 About Miss CalaverasHero Name: Miss Calaveras Real Name: Catrina Xochitl Ortiz Abilities 46 Powers 37+33 Advantages 6 Skills 17 Defenses 11 = 150 Origin: Endowment/familial history Theme: Mexican-style death-adjacent magic Strength 1
Defenses:
Dodge (0 ranks) +3; [with The Spirits' Favor power active] +5 Fortitude (5 ranks) +5 Parry (0 ranks) +4 [with The Spirits' Favor power acive] +5 Toughness (0 ranks) [2 ranks of Defensive Roll advantage] +2; [with The Spirits' Favor power active] +10 Will (6 ranks) +10 Skills:
Acrobatics (4 ranks) +7 Athletics (2 ranks) +3 Deception (5 ranks) +11 Expertise (Horse Riding) (4 ranks) +7 Insight (2 ranks) +6 Intimidation (6 ranks) +12 Perception (6 ranks) +10 Persuasion (5 ranks) +11 Advantages:
Attractive (1 rank) Defensive Roll (2 ranks) Diehard Languages (1 rank, Spanish) Trance Non-Array Powers:
The Calaveras Look: The costume of Miss Calaveras appears as needed from Mictlan, the Land of the Dead. Feature: Quick Change, 1 rank (1 point) She Will Choose the Time: Death cannot be summoned against Miss Calaveras; only the goddess Mictecacihuatl may choose. Immunity (death/necromantic effects), 10 ranks (10 points)
Speaks with the Dead: She can speak with those who have passed before, gaining knowledge about an area’s history, or about what has been left undone. Comprehend (Spirits), 2 ranks (4 points)
The Spirits’ Favor: Spirits of the dead will come to her aid, protecting her from blows. [sustained] Protection (necromantic) (8 ranks) (8 points)
Power Array - The Kindness of Death:
Base power cost (Healing - Bargaining with Death): 28 points base power is dynamic: 1 point dynamic Afflcition power - Speaks with the Bones (28 points) : 2 points dynamic Summon (the former) Miss Calaveras (27 points): 2 points Total Cost of Power Array: 33 points All powers in the the array are dynamic so as Catrina (incuding fuure Summon Mount dynamic alternate power) so that she can make use the Healing and/or Afflction power while Soledad actively has Soledad and/or the horse actively summoned. Bargaining with Death: Catrina can plead with Mictecacihuatl to stave off wounds inflicted on others. 6 ranks of Healing (with the Restorative (+1/rank) & Resurrective (+1/rank) extras & the Affects Incoporeal (2 ranks), Persistent and Stabilize flat-cost extras) (28)
Dynamic Power Array interaction: The flat-cost extras of Healing use up 4 points of the 28-point dynmaic array whenever any ranks Healing is part of the active dynamic power array. Each rank of Healing uses up 4 points of the 28-point power array. Speaks with the Bones: Catrina can convince the bones of the target to simply stop doing what the target wishes, freezing them in place. 7 ranks of Affliction (with the progressive (+2/rank) and ranged (+1/rank) extras; resisted and overcome by Will; Effects: Impaired, Disabled, Paralyzed (28 points) Dynamic Power Array interaction: Each rank of Affliction uses up 4 points of the 28-points for the active dynamic power array. Her Great-Grandmother's Care: Soledad, the former Miss Calaveras, occasionally makes her presence known to protect her great-granddaughter. Summon (9 ranks) (135 power points used to create her)
Total cost/rank: 3
Dynamic Power Array interaction: Having Soledad actively summoned uses up 27 points of the 28-point dynamic power array.
The former Miss Calaveras, Soledad:
Attributes (4 points) Strength -2 (elderly)
Defenses (27 points) Dodge (7 ranks) +5
Total Points for Attributes (4) & Defenses (27): 31 Skills: (15 points) Insight (15 ranks) +19
Total Points for Attributes (4), Defenses (27) & Skills (15): 46 Advantages (3 points) Languages (1 rank) (Spanish)
Total Cost for Attributes (4), Defenses (27), Skills (15) and Advantages (3): 49 Non-Power Array Powers (67 points) Comprehend Spirits (2 ranks): Cost: 4 Concealment (10 ranks) (Total concealment from all sense types except tactile]: Cost 22
Immunity (death/necromantic effects): Cost: 10 Insubstantial (3 ranks) (spiritual energy) (Soledad's form appears as it did in life.): Cost: 20
Immortality (2 ranks): Cost: 4 Senses (1 rank for (spiritual) Awareness: Cost 1 Senses (1 rank for [mental] Communication Link (Catrina) with the Dimensional (1 rank) flat-cost extra for mental communication to also work from/to the spirit world): Cost: 2 Senses (4 ranks for Postcognition): Cost: 4 Total Cost for Non-Power Array powers: 67
Power Array Power (19 points) Base power of the array: (sustained) Protection (12 ranks): Cost: 12
Alternate Power (3 ranks of Affliction with the progressive and ranged extras and the Affects Corporeal (3 ranks) flat-cost extra): Cost: 1 Alternate Power (1 rank of Healing with the area (burst) x 2, reaction*, restorative, resurrective and selective extras and the Affects Corporeal (1 rank), Affects Incorporeal (2 ranks) Persistent and Stabilize flat-cost extras): Cost: 1 * The trigger is when Catrina's blood is spilt. The 60 foot radius healing burst emanates from Catrina instead of Soledad when it is triggered. Alternate Power (5 ranks of continuous Flight): Cost 1 Alternate Power (16 ranks of Healing with the Empathic flaw and the Activation (1 rank: move action [full-round action to use the power]) flat-cost flaw.): Cost: 1 Total Cost of Power Array: 15 + 4 = 19 Total cost of power array: 19
Complications: Motivation: Responsibility to the Dead: Miss Calaveras recognizes that she has been chosen to protect people, both alive and dead. She will never desecrate the memory of those departed, and always strive to honor those who have come before. She also wishes for people to live the fullest, kindest lives possible. Relationship: Meddlesome Great-Grandmother: Her great-grandmother Soledad held these powers before her, and mentors Miss Calaveras on what she can do and how best to use the gifts she has received. She’s also constantly following her around, giving her life advice, complaining about her choices, and misunderstanding technology. Ah, if only she would stay dead! Background: Catrina Xochitl Ortiz was born and raised in Angels Camp, CA. Her father worked at one of the local livestock ranches, and she spent her early years tagging along and helping him whenever she could. She quickly took to riding horses and spent much of her childhood riding alongside the other ranch hands. She grew up to be a lovely girl, with long black hair and large dark eyes. With the attention she had gained, she was encouraged to join a local beauty pageant. She wowed the judges with her poise, her skill on horseback, and her looks, and was named Miss Calaveras, in time for her quinceañera. The quinceañera was a lovely affair, by the way. She picked out a fancy red dress, was escorted to the party riding a white horse, and the whole town came out to watch their little celebrity of the day have a wonderful party. She received her presents from all her friends and family, danced late, and finally returned to her room, exhilarated and exhausted. And there, on her vanity, was one more gift. She looked at the tag, and the name tag said it was from her great-grandmother. She loved her great-grandmother, but she had died years ago. She didn't mind, figuring this was from her family. She opened the present. Inside was an old framed black-and-white photograph, depicting Nana Soledad, wearing a beautiful dress, flowers in her hair, and her face painted as a decorated skull. This filled her with joy. The whole idea of her beloved Nana dressed as La Catrina Calavera was beautiful, her reaching across the years and death to be with her on her special day. And she heard back, "Oh, my sweet little baby, how you've grown up! You're a woman now, and it is time you had my most precious possession." Catrina looked up, wondering why she heard Nana's voice. And in the vanity mirror, she saw that her face was painted with the same decorated skull in the photograph. "The secrets of death have been in our family for generations," Nana continued. "I need to teach you all about them." And since then, Nana Soledad has watched over her, showing her how to speak with the dead, how to speak with the bones, how to reach between death and life to help others. And Catrina, as Miss Calaveras, has never been more thankful. |
