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COMBAT PROFICIENCY- MELEE WEAPON // AMBIDEXTERITY // SONIC MANIPULATION // PSYCHIC LINK

MARVEL RPG STATS:


NAME: CLAIRE HSU

GROUP AFFILIATION: CABAL


ATTRIBUTES:


FIGHTING: INCREDIBLE [40]

AGILITY: EXCELLENT [20]

STRENGTH: GOOD [10]

ENDURANCE: EXCELLENT [20]

REASON: REMARKABLE [30]

INTUITION: EXCELLENT [20]

PSYCHE: INCREDIBLE [40]


HEALTH: 90

KARMA: 90

POWERS:


COMBAT PROFICIENCY: MELEE WEAPON: MORNINGSTAR HAS TRAINED IN AN UNNAMED MARTIAL ART FOR SEVERAL YEARS, OFFERING HER THE FOLLOWING BONUSES: +1CS TO STRIKE, +2CS TO DODGE, +2CS TO GRAPPLE, AND +1CS TO USE MELEE WEAPONS IN COMBAT. SHE HAS TRAINED EXTENSIVELY USING DUAL SPIKED FLAILS. WHEN USING THESE WEAPONS, SHE GAINS A +2CS BONUS.

AMBIDEXTERITY: MORNINGSTAR ENJOYS A NATURAL AMBIDEXTERITY THAT ALLOWS HER TO MAKE DUAL ATTACKS WITH NO PENALTY, ON SAME OR DIFFERENT TARGETS.

SONIC MANIPULATION: MORNINGSTAR HAS LEARNED A TRIBAL TECHNIQUE HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION OF FEMALE WARRIORS, INVOLVING THE SOFT MOSULATION OF HIGH-OCTAVE VOCAL TONES, WHICH SOUND AUDIBLY LIKE SOFT HUMMING. THE TARGET MUST MAKE A PSYCHE FEAT OR BECOME ENTRANCED AND DISTRACTED BY THE SOUNDS, AND SUFFER -3CS IN DEFENSIVE ACTIONS. THE EFFECT LASTS UNTIL A SUCCESSFUL FEAT IS MADE, WITH ONE ATTEMPT PER TURN.

PSYCHIC LINK: MORNINGSTAR HAS DISCOVERED AN INNATE PSYCHIC LINK WITH THE CREATURE DUBBED BELLICAUST, AND IS THE ONLY PERSON IT OBEYS. THE LINK IS OF INCREDIBLE RANK, AND IS NOT CONSCIOUSLY MAINTAINED.
MORNINGSTAR STUDIED A RARE FORM OF MARTIAL ARTS THAT HAS NO NAME AND IS PRACTICED ONLY BY A SMALL SECT OF MONKS AND NOMADIC TRIBESMAN IN A REMOTE REGION OF MONGOLIA. SHE WAS RAISED TO BE A FIGHTER FROM A YOUNG AGE, AS HER TRIBE'S REPUTATION WAS FOR A LONG STRING OF SUCCESSFUL FEMALE PRIZE-FIGHTERS WHO COMPETED IN SEASONAL CONTESTS AGAINST THE CHAMPTIONS OF NEIGHBORING TRIBES. MORNINGSTAR'S SPECIALTY WAS THE MACE-AND-CHAIN [SPIKED FLAIL,] AND SOON HSU WAS A PROVEN AND CAPABLE COMBATANT, BY HER EARLY TEENS SHOWING A PARTICULARLY RUTHLESS BLOODLUST. BY SIXTEEN, SHE FLED THE COUNTRY AND TRAVELED TO EUROPE TO COMPETE IN AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNEY SPONSORED BY A LOOSE ALLIANCE OF UNDERWOLRD BOSSES FROM FRANCE, ENGLAND, SPAIN AND DENMARK. SHE WAS RECRUITED FOR THE CABAL AFTER DRACONIA'S INFORMANTS ALERTED HER TO A PROMISING YOUNG FIGHTER WHO HAD RECENTLY KILLED HER OPPONENT DURING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAD BEEN DISQUALIFIED AS A RESULT. SHE TOOK TO THE CABAL QUICKLY, AND FORMED A CLOSE BOND WITH DRACONIA, AND LATER, DEVELOPED A PSYCHIC RAPPORT WITH BELLICAUST, TRAINING HIM TO EVENTUALLY JOIN THE GROUP AT HER SIDE