[Characters] Explorers of the Ninth World

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[Strangemund]

Character Application Vinter Kheen is a Cultured Nano who Abuses Alchemy Name: Vinter Kheen Gender: Male (he/him) Occupation: Aeon Priest Concept: Vinter Kheen used to reside in the glorious city of Qi, home to both the Order of the Truth and the future. He served (and still does despite his current unfortunate circumstances) as a member of the aeon priesthood, dedicating his life, values, and others’ valuable time and money to exploring numenera and the secrets that lie within the mortal body. He is a scientist more than a mystic, and refuses to humor the very idea that the world around them was created by anything but geniuses of his equal. Vinter Kheen believes he will shepherd the Ninth World into a new age of knowledge and evolution. He just… has to figure out how to get back home first. As he didn’t actually plan to go to The Beyond, or anywhere outside the comfort of his luxurious laboratory. The one that was safely tucked away in the heart of the Durkhal. In fact, it was somewhat of an accident that he found himself teleported away from the life he knew. And no, no, no, it wasn’t his fault, it was the new scribe's fault, certainly the new scribe, but that’s fine, Vinter Kheen is a man of science~! Surely it can’t be that hard to survive in the wild, can it? Cypher/Numenera Experience?: I have played a multitude of Cypher and Numenera games, usually as a GM myself! I only briefly got the chance to play as a player years and years ago on RPGX, so I had to strike while the iron was hot and apply as a player here when the Ad popped up! I have not read the module at all. No idea what the adventure is about or what will happen, so I will be pleasantly clueless throughout the game! Roleplay Links: I have quite a few! Here are some recent posts: The aftermath of The Great Feng Wu’s loss at The Finger-Eater Trap. Krow Munday’s big reveal that the trees smell like poo! Harp Strum getting knocked out while I RP an NPC at the request of the GM! References: Abuses Alchemy is in Numenera: Character Options 2, page 51. Cultured is in Numenera: Destiny, page 43.

Vinter's Character Sheet Might: 7 E 0 Speed: 12 E 0 Intellect: 15 E 1 Effort: 1 Max Cyphers: 3 XP: 3 Cultured Ability: Learned - Being well read and well educated, you have a wide range of talents. You can attempt one task in which you have no training as if you were trained. This ability refreshes every time you make a recovery roll, but the uses never accumulate. Inability: Using Medium Weapons is increased by one step. Using Heavy Weapons is increased by one step. Getting people to trust or believe me is increased by one step. Skills: T: Understanding numenera. T: Using Light Weapons. T: Alchemical Tasks. T: Knowledge of current events and history. T: Perception, detecting differences, and noticing minor flaws (or strengths) in the work of others. Esoteries: Ward: You have a shield of energy around you at all times that helps deflect attacks. You gain +1 to Armor. Enabler. Aggression (2 Intellect point): You reach into the mind of a character and unlock his more primitive instincts. Choose one character within short range. That character has an asset on Might-based attack rolls. The effect lasts for one minute. Action to initiate. Focus Abilities: Tier 1: Alchemical Dependence: You are trained in alchemical tasks. In addition, you take a daily regimen of special drugs you’ve designed to work with your body in particular, drugs that have slowly adapted your muscles and organs, allowing you to accept still more concentrated doses. In effect, you’ve enhanced yourself with permanent abilities while you keep taking your daily dose of drugs. You can change your matrix of active daily abilities by choosing to take a different complement of drugs on a given day, assuming you have the recipe in your manual and ingredients for granting yourself that ability. You can have only one active ability of a given tier at a time. To make the switch, spend ten minutes studying your manual, preparing a new alchemical concoction, and finally taking it, after which time your activity ability is changed out. You can choose to change your active abilities up to twice per day, immediately after a one-hour or ten-hour recovery roll. Others who’ve taken your drugs experienced life-threatening reactions the few times you’ve experimented. Recipes: Choose one of the following abilities as your active alchemical ability for tier 1. ACTIVE -- Deadly Reflexes. You deal 1 additional point of damage with every attack you make. Enabler. INACTIVE -- Densely Muscled. Your alchemical infusion provides +1 to your Might Edge, and 3 additional points to your Might Pool. Enabler. Equipment: Boring, regular lothing. Fine clothing. A book about numenera - provides an Asset. A book about alchemy - provides an Asset. Bedroll. Backpack. Armor: Ward - 1 point of Armor. Weapon: Buzzer - 2 points of Damage. Short Range | Action to Reload | Magazine of 5 Oddities: Goggles with glowing lenses (although, you can see through them normally.) Cyphers: Magnetic Master Level: 5 Wearable: Gloves with metal plates Effect: Establishes a connection with one metal object within short range that a human could hold in one hand. After this connection is established, the user can move or manipulate the object anywhere within short range (each movement or manipulation is an action). For example, the user could wield a weapon or drag a helm affixed to a foe’s head to and fro. The connection lasts for ten rounds per cypher level. Motion Sensor Level: 1d6 + 2 Internal: Injection into spine Effect: Indicates when any movement occurs within short range, or when large creatures or objects move within long range (the cypher distinguishes between the two). It also indicates the number and size of the creatures or objects in motion. Once activated, it operates for one hour per cypher level. Sleep Inducer Level: 1d6 Usable: Gas sprayer Effect: Touch or ingestion puts the victim to sleep for ten minutes or until awoken by a violent action or an extremely loud noise.

[Effete]

 

Jolm Ornax is a Mechanical Delve who Fuses Mind and Machine
TIER EXPERIENCE 1 0 xp ADVANCEMENT □ Increase Effort by +1Extra Effort □ Add +4 to any Stat PoolsIncrease Capabilities □ Increase Edge for one Stat by +1Move Toward Perfection □ Get Trained or Specialized in one skillSkill Training □ • Reduce Might and Speed penalties for wear armor by 1. • Add 2 to recovery rolls. • Select a new Delve Lore.Other ABILITY POOL EDGE MIGHT 9 /9 0 SPEED 12 /12 1 INTELLECT 19 /19 1 Costs 3 points to reduce difficulty one level. +2 points for each additional level.EFFORT 1 Restore 1d6 +tier points. Four rests per day: 1st = one Action, 2nd = 10 minutes, 3rd = 1 hour, 4th = 10 hours.RECOVERY 1d6+1 DAMAGE TRACK ■ All three stat Pools are at 1 or higher, and the PC has no penalties from harmful conditions.Hale □ • Effort costs 1 extra point per level applied. • Minor and Major Effect results on rolls are ignored. • Extra damage from a roll of 17+ is capped at 1.Impaired □ Cannot take any actions other than to move (probably crawl) no more than an immediate distance. If Speed Pool is 0, no movement is possible.Debilitated □ ..is dead.Dead SPECIAL DAMAGE - - SPECIAL ABILITIES Detect presence of active numenera by studying an object or location for about a minute.Sense Numenera Action (1 Intellect point) Perform small tricks: temporarily change the color or basic appearance of a small object, cause small objects to float through the air, clean a small area, mend a broken object, prepare (but not create) food , and so on. Cannot harm another creature or object. Must have a free hand and can pay the Intellect point cost.Hedge Magic Action Can use light and medium weapons without penalty; attacks with heavy weapons are hindered.Weapons Training Enabler Protects implants and enhancements from disruption or intrusion. Resisting such attacks is eased.Unique Enabler DELVE LORE Trained in perception, sense danger.Additional Training Enabler Trained in Speed defense tasks when not wearing armor.Trained Without Armor Enabler INTRUSIONS A trap or a dangerous device malfunctions before it can affect you.Fortuitous Malfunction When lost, something suggests the best path forward.Serendipitous Landmark A poison or disease turns out not to be as debilitating or deadly as it first seemed, and inflicts only half the damage that it would have otherwise.Weak Strain	SKILLS Charm Inability Crafting Numenera Inability Deception Inability Geography Trained Identifying Numenera Trained Navigation Trained Perception Trained Persuasion Inability Salvaging Numenera Trained Sensing Danger Trained Understanding Numenera Basic WEAPON DAMAGE NOTES Spear 4 Long range if thrown ARMOR None EQUIPMENT Shins: 3 Rations/day: 3 Parts: 0 Backpack Rope (50ft) Hammer & spikes (3) Light tools Torches (3) Minor glowglobe (2) Warm clothes & boots - - - - - -	ODDITIES Glass orb that slowly drips perfumed water Virtually indestructible /unsulliable scarf CYPHERS (Limit 2) LEVEL Explodes to release a burst of neurotoxic mist affecting all creatures within long range, hindering all attacks for about an hour. If effectively targeted during a conflict against a ranked horde or community, the affected horde or community inflicts 1 point of damage less than normal during that community action.Detonation (Horde Suppressor) 1d6+1 The user directs one end of the cypher at a target within short range, which is then subject to an attack by a projected mass of rapidly expanding and hardening foam. The target is held immobile in the hardened mass of foam for one hour, after which the mass turns to powder.Immobilizer 1d6+2 ARTIFACTS LEVEL - - IOTUM LEVEL VALUE/UNIT UNITS Io (basic iotum) 1 1 io Responsive synth 2 3 io 1 Apt clay 3 5 io Bio-circuitry 4 10 io Synthsteel 4 10 io Pliable metal 4 10 io Azure steel 5 20 io Mimetic gel 5 20 io Quantium 5 20 io Amber crystal 6 30 io Protomatter 6 60 io Thaum dust 6 30 io Smart tissue 7 40 io Psiranium 7 40 io Kaon dot 7 40 io Monopole 7 40 io Midnight stone 8 50 io Oraculum 8 50 io Virtuon particle 8 50 io Tamed iron 9 70 io Philosophine 9 70 io Data orb 9 100 io Scalar boson rod 9 100 io Cosmic foam 10 200 io

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Application Jolm Ornax is a Mechanical Delve who Fuses Mind & Machine The tower on the distant mountain had always fascinated Jolm from a young age. Many of the elders in the village feared it, remembering a time long ago when it unfolded and thousands of small devices came screaming out, whizzing through the sky in all directions. Since before Jolm was born, it had been taboo to approach the tower, and that only piqued the boy's interest more. After three days of rugged travel and precarious climbing, Jolm found himself at the base of the tower. Its gleaming metallic walls were even more impressive up close than from the vantage of the village. Small circular ports vented a warm air and offered a way inside the structure. With only a moment's hesitation, Jolm climbed into one of the ports and shimmied along it's smooth, warm surface. The drop from the vent placed the opening at an impossible angle to reach again, forcing Jolm to find another way out. This concerned him, but the anxiety he felt was mostly from the thrill of what he saw. Esoteric devices glittered with scintillating lights around a cylindric opening that must have dropped miles into the earth. Narrow tunnels spiderwebbed throughout the entire complex, and Jolm followed these randomly for what seemed like hours. Presently, he arrived in a small chamber littered with debris. It looked like a storage closet, or perhaps a small repair shop. The devices appeared inactive, and curiosity got the better of the boy. He tinkered with several of them, even managing to open a few up. One of the devices, however, was not entirely inert, and when Jolm separated its shell, thin metallic fibres spring out, piercing his skin and winding their way throughout his body. Pain like he never felt before lanced his body, and he lost consciousness. Jolm awoke to find small mechanical parts fused to his body: tiny ports (not unlike those on the tower)bore into his flesh, and little lights pulsed with a dim glow. Devices in various states of disassemby were strewn throughout the room and a flash of memory intruded upon the boy's mind. He had worked meticulously, harvested parts and fastening them to his flesh, the silver threads linking each part to his nervous system. No! He didn't do that... it did it. He could feel it now; something else existed in his head. It whispered to him, speaking in a language he intuited more than understood. He... knew things, now. The purpose of this tower. The satellites high above in orbit. He could picture the lay of the land for miles around. And he felt a thirst for knowledge. More than mere curiosity, it was a machine-desire, to complete a purpose. He needed to explore the ruins of old Worlds and sate this burning ambition. Experience with the system/adventure: None, but I'm a fast learner. Example Posts: Bill opens up to Samuel. (Deadlands: Hell on Earth) Oniver, the silver-tongued snake, manipulates a young barmaid. (Forbidden Lands) Gan apologizes to his halfling companion (two posts). (The Shadow of Aufstrag)

[HotsuSama]

 

Application - Abanti Abanti is a Rugged Jack who Fuses Flesh and Steel Abanti is a self-given name for what was once a member of a vast colony of human/machine hybrids. The colony fell apart in a storm of war and turmoil, and Abanti found themselves ... alone. No guiding hive-mind voice, no grand lines of workers and soldiers fulfilling the collective needs. Just Worker-8756, but with a quiet mind. The concept of 'self' has been a difficult one for Abanti to learn, and while it has been an interesting experience to act in independence, it's not enough. Abanti craves something more, whether it be a tangible connection with someone else or just the opportunity to fill the void left behind by having such a large part of their previous mental space taken away from them. Cypher experience: None, but I've been nursing Numenera Discovery for a while now and have had an idle interest in learning Cypher. Everything in Abanti's character statement is from Discovery. Post links: Stahl takes stock before leaving on a journey Har-Lann gets everyone wasted without a single drink Thalente prepares to engage in some shock-and-awe rampaging

 

Abanti is a Rugged Jack who Fuses Flesh and Steel MIGHT 17/17 ║ Edge: 1 SPEED 15/15 ║ Edge: 0 INTELLECT 10/10 ║ Edge: 0

Training Inabilities/Hindrances Using light and medium weapons Charm, persuasion, etiquette, or deception Climbing, jumping, running, and swimming Attacks with heavy weapons Training, riding, or placating natural animals   Identifying or using natural plants   Repairing machinery   Clothing/Armour Weapons Light armour (patchwork hide wrappings) Polearm (4dam) Clothing (rags) Forearm blade (2dam) Fine boots Crank crossbow (4dam ranged, rapid fire) Miscellaneous Items 100 feet (30 m) of rope Rations for five days Three spikes Hammer Three torches Two minor glowglobes Two bags of light tools Variety of spare parts Small square stasis cage Abilities Intrusions (1XP): You know this person (or heard about them somewhere) well enough to give insight about their motives or intentions and how best to convince them to see things your way. You know the right words, posturing, inflection, amount of emotional manipulation, or even what sort of joke or agreeable complaint might sway them. This can convince a neutral person to take your side, or a hostile one to hear you out for a little while longer.Familiar Insight, You recall an important detail from a previous encounter (perhaps something you don’t even remember noticing at the time) that suggests a successful course of action for your current situation. This might be recognizing a password hidden in an innocuous code or riddle, realizing you saw a suspicious individual near a crime scene, overhearing an important conversation between two NPCs, or understanding that an NPC’s subtle glance or gesture had additional connotations indicating what you should do.Inspirational Recall, Something unexpected happens that is to your advantage. A rope your opponent is hanging from might snap, the person you’re debating in front of an influential Aeon Priest might trip or forget what they were going to say, or something that was supposed to last only a round or two lasts a little while longer.Lucky Break At the beginning of each day, choose one task (other than attacks or defense) on which you will concentrate. For the rest of that day, you’re trained in that task. You can’t use this ability with a skill you’re already trained in to become specialized.Flex Skill You touch a willing creature and link its senses to yours for one minute. At any time during that duration, you can concentrate to see, hear, and smell what that creature is experiencing, instead of using your own senses. If you or the creature move out of long range, the connection is broken. Action to initiate.Link Senses (2 Intellect points) A level 1 creature accompanies you and follows your instructions. This creature is no larger than a large cat (about 20 pounds, or 9 kg) and is normally some sort of domesticated species. You and the GM must work out the details of your creature, and you’ll probably make rolls for it in combat or when it takes actions. The critter companion acts on your turn. As a level 1 creature, it has a target number of 3 and a 3 health, and it inflicts 1 point of damage. Its movement is based on its creature type (avian, swimmer, and so on). If your critter companion dies, you can search an urban or wild environment for 1d6 days to find a new companion. Enabler.Critter Companion Traditional healing skills, medicines, and techniques work only half as well for you. Each time you start at full health, the first 5 points of damage you take can never be healed in these ways or recovered normally. Instead, you must use repairing skills and abilities to restore those points. For example, if you start with a full Might Pool of 10 and take 8 points of damage, you can use recovery rolls to restore 3 points, but the remaining 5 points must be restored with repair tasks.Special Healing Cyphers (2/2) Lv Form Effect: Establishes a connection with one metal object within short range that a human could hold in one hand. After this connection is established, the user can move or manipulate the object anywhere within short range (each movement or manipulation is an action). For example, the user could wield a weapon or drag a helm affixed to a foe’s head to and fro. The connection lasts for ten rounds per cypher level.Magnetic Master 1d6 + 2 Gloves with metal plates Effect: The user and any additional targets that can fit into a space an immediate distance in diameter are encapsulated in a spherical force field for up to ten hours or until the user collapses it. The sphere hovers at all times and moves as the user wishes vertically or horizontally up to a short distance each round. If the sphere is destroyed or collapsed, whatever it contains falls to the ground.Travel Bubble 1d6 + 4 Handheld device

Tier 1 Effort 1 XP 0 Armour 2 Shins 8

[QueenQatherine]

Character Application Violet Vatrice is a Mercurial Glint Who Augments Flesh with Grafts Name: Violet Vatrice Gender: Female (She/her) Background: House Vatrice was once a respected noble family, one with a reputation and fortune built upon their understanding of medical arts otherwise forgotten by the common rabble. While many Aeon Priests would have been impressed by the medical marvels the family displayed they have faced difficulties in recent years. Due to some unfounded rumors the family is viewed negatively despite their indisputable positive contributions to society, nay to history! Those who take their sickly child to the doorstep of a Vatrice compare it not to visiting a beloved village healer, but to making a desperate pact with a covetous witch. Rumors of experimentation and deviance swirled around the family, made all the worse by the sudden fire that broke out one night, burning the Vatrice Plantation to the ground and killing the entire family... well... except one. Violet Vatrice. An elderly woman, severely burned, was ultimately saved by the very technology of which her family was so well known for. Violet denied knowing anything about the night of the fire, only that it overtook her so quickly she only had enough time to apply anesthetic jell to her burns before locking herself in a cryobed. And yet, this poor old woman, victim to some unsolved crime was treated like a pariah in her community. This was the last ill omen they were willing to take, this time they weren’t buying the old woman’s sweet words, and soon she found doors closing and backs turning time and time again. Which made one thing more painfully clear then her third degree burns... time for a change of scenery!! With a silver tongue and razor wit the old woman saddled up for adventure. She scavenged old medical technology from the forgotten corners of the world as a little girl. If she could do it then, she could do it now! She helped build the reputation of the House Vatrice... the uh, the good one, not the diabolic witch thing, that was somebody else, and she would do it again! Concept: Somewhere between Altruistic Doctor and Fast Talking Mad Scientist, Violet is someone who simply refuses to admit that she might be too old to go adventuring anymore. Cypher/Numenera Experience?: I have played a handful of Numenera/Cypher games, loved them all! All of which have been run by everyone’s favorite eldritch horror, Strangemund! As for the module, I haven’t read this or... any other module at all! I’m just excited to go in totally blind and have a whirlwind adventure in the wild and weird world of Numenera. Roleplay Links: 5th Edition: Zadari Flies Changeling The Dreaming: Lady Gale Listens to a Pew Sources: Mercurial (Character options 2: Page 32) Glint (Character options 2: Page 5) Augments Flesh with Grafts (Destiny: Page 60)

 

Violet Might: 10 E 0 Speed: 12 E 0 Intel: 14 E 1 Effort: 1 Max Cyphers: 2 Mercurial Ability: Changeable - Changing tacks sometimes achieves your objective. When you fail at a task, you can change the way you go about achieving it and roll twice on the second attempt and take the higher result. For example, instead of trying to pick the lock a second time, you might elect to bash the door down. Or instead of trying to skewer the tetrahydra with your sword a second time, you might take a shot with your buzzer. Inability: Intellect Defense increased by one step. Skills: T: Deception (Mercurial) T: Healing T: Surgery T: Endure Pain T: Persuasion T: Seeing Through Deception Pronouncements: Coax Information (1 Intellect point): If you have a conversation with someone lasting at least a minute, you can get that someone to give you some information you desire during the course of the conversation. If this information is ectremely secret or vital, the difficulty may be higher then simply their level (likewise, if it is not very vital, it might be lower). Best of all, if you are successful, the person either doesn’t realize the information slipped out or thy are not alarmed that they gave it to you: Enabler. Friendship (1 Intellect point): You convince a sentient creature to regard you positively, as they would a potential friend. You gain an asset in all future interactions with the creature until you give them a reason to no longer regard you well, at which point this effect ends (and may result in the difficulty of future interactions increasing by one step, because scorn is a powerful emotion). The affected creature isn’t “charmed” supernaturally—they are not compelled or controlled in any way. A target affected by this is simply more likely to perceive you as a friend if you give them a reason to believe this to be so. This isn’t enough to keep a hostile foe from attacking, but it can help in a subsequent interaction task to do that. Focus Abilities: Tier 1: Autodoctor. You are trained in healing, performing surgical procedures, and withstanding pain. You can perform surgeries on yourself, remaining conscious while you do so. Enabler. Surgical Graft. You use your knowledge to surgically attach a cypher to your body, linking it to your nerves and muscles. Activating or using this cypher is as natural for you as breathing and doesn’t require any obvious motion (allowing you to activate it secretly). A grafted cypher still counts toward your cypher limit, but it is not destroyed after one use. A grafted cypher has a depletion of 1 in 1d10. The GM may allow you to graft biological parts from other creatures, giving you an ability like one of the creature’s abilities. This is treated exactly the same as if it were a grafted cypher (that is, it counts toward your cypher limit, has a depletion of 1 in 1d10, etc.), except for the graft to work you must make a surgery skill roll against a difficulty chosen by the GM. The less human the creature is, the more difficult it is to perform a successful grafting surgery. Action to initiate surgery, one hour to complete. Equipment: Fancy Clothes First Aid Kit Oddity(TBA) *Forearm Blade *2 Cyphers(TBA) * - Grafted