Connor MacLeod

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Connor MacLeod

Powers:
Danger Sense: 15, Detect (Other immortals): 05, Empathy: 08, Enhanced Initiative: 08, Invulnerability: 08, Life Sense: 05, Regeneration: 10, Running: 05

Bonuses and Limitations:

• Danger Sense, Detect, Empathy are linked through the Quickening that all immortals of the Highlander series possess.
• Detect (other immortals) has a range of approx. 5 APs; Always on; Always treated as if were an automatic success; There is no defense against this, nor can the precise location of the Immortal be determined; and can also be used to sense if a person is a future Immortal.
• Invulnerability contingent on Regeneration and will not function if beheaded.
• Regeneration works beyond death; and it can allow immortals to heal usually without scarring (except neck are – ex: Kurgan), but cannot replace lost limbs (as seen with Xavier St. Cloud in the TV series).

Skills:
Acrobatics (Athletics, climbing, dodging): 06, Charisma: 05, Detective: 04, Evasion (Ranged only): 06, Martial Artist: 06, Military Science: 06, Thief: 05, Vehicles (Land): 04, Weaponry: 06, Weaponry (swords and edged weapons): 07

Advantages:
Area Knowledge (Scotland, New York City, and others), Connoisseur, Expertise (melee weapons, swords and edged weapons), Headquarters (Expansive — his loft in New York City), Immortal, Iron Nerves, Languages (Connor is fluent in Scottish and German. Having traveled extensively all over the world, Connor is most likely fluent in a variety of other languages), Scholar (history, most types of weaponry), Sharp Eye.

Connections:
Ramirez (High — when he was still alive), Rachel Ellenstein (High), Duncan MacLeod (High), Immortal community (having lived and traveled extensively, Connor has met other immortals like himself. Some have become friends.).

Drawbacks:
Dark Secret (Must hide the fact of his immortality); CIA to adhering to the “There can be only one” rule (see below); Loss Vulnerability (Regeneration, if beheaded), Misc. Drawback: Immortals cannot have children.

Equipment:
Sword [BODY: 08, EV: 05, (06 w/STR, 07 w/Martial Artist)] A custom made sword which is designed to be much more durable than any regular combat sword. The blade is extremely sharp and can usually cut off limbs (or the head) with one swipe.

Quickening

This section is excerpts from Caliburn’s writeup of Highlander. Caliburn made some really interesting points that I think definitely needs to be included into the game mechanics for the immortals of the Highlander series.

This advantage is available to only Immortals using the storyline of the Highlander series or the movies. However if you use your imagination I willing to bet you can use it for other stuff.

This advantage is used to explain how immortals become stronger with the killing of other immortals.

Add up the AP points of all Attributes (Do not include Initiative or Wealth, Powers (Use Power Reserves maximum AP value, do not include Lightning), and Skills of the immortal who has been killed. Add this to the immortals Hero Points prior to Death. The total equals the number of Hero Points that goes to the immortal that received the Quickening.

Hero Points earned are spent as normal with Character Growth but should be under GM supervision. Recomendation: Spent Hero Points from Quickening Absorption so that they boost attributes that more closely resemble high traits of the immortal killed. New Powers and skills gained should be powers and skills that the previous immortal possessed.”

Duncan:

Attributes: 51
Powers: 66
Skills: 70
Hero Points: 100
Total: 287

A high reward but who ever can take Duncan’s head worked real hard to earn it.

Notes

The Detect Power: Some immortals seem to have abilities that others don’t. Duncan is able to sense future immortals. Connor also has this power. I placed it as zero because Duncan only feels them up close and how do you defend from a power when it senses a trait that you don’t even know you possess.

As immortals take more heads and become more powerful I needed to explain how their Quickenings are more impressive when they finally get killed themselves. I made up this system of Energy Absorption, Power Reserve, and Lightning to explain this. I hope I didn’t confuse anyone but I like it.

Immortals from the films and the TV series are able to absorb the essence of any slain immortal in their immediate vicinity (whether they killed the other immortal or not). According to the films and TV series, the immortal gains the knowledge, skills, talents, abilities, and even in some cases, special powers of other immortals.

The TV series also makes mention of the dangers of an immortal absorbing the essence of too many villainous immortals. A Dark Quickening will turn a good immortal to evil as when Duncan became susceptible to this affect in the TV series.

Darius, another immortal from the TV series, had the reverse happen to him. Darius was an evil immortal who turned good after slaying a particular righteous immortal.

Live by the sword… die by the sword

According to the code, immortals must face each other in combat with melee weapons — usually a sword or some other edged weapon is preferable since beheadings are best done with these types of weapons. Once an immortal is decapitated, he or she dies the final death.

In a Killing combat attack, if an immortal opponent makes a -2 CS trick shot AND does enough damage to bring an immortal to death then invulnerability fails.

It would probably be more accurately described as a Maneuver. Perhaps it’s a Critical Blow or Devastating Attack that must inflict enough RAPs to reduce Current Body Condition to -BODY after LDD and other factors have been taken into account.

This would fit in well with the extended duels. They consume the opponent’s HPs so he will have little ability to LDD or boost his OV/RV versus the killing stroke.

In the TV series, the loser was usually battered to the point of collapse by the time, leaving them with an OV of 0 (as they’re not moving at all) which makes the Beheading Maneuver suggested above much easier.

What is the Quickening?

The Quickening is the sensation that an Immortal experiences when he or she has beheaded another Immortal. It is accompanied by flashes of lightning-like energy and the destruction of items around him. In the film and the TV series, the Quickening has been amended slightly to encompass a variety of special abilities and powers.

In the first film, Connor was able to sense Brenda was recording their conversation, her hidden gun, and the police detective parked outside Brenda’s building.

The TV series expanded on the Quickening explaining that an immortal doesn’t just absorb the essence of any immortal who dies in their vicinity. This also works whether or not the immortal has killed the other immortal.

It may also be worth noting that the Quickening does not occur if an immortal is killed when no other immortal is present.

There has been certain instances where two different battles between immortals were going on simultaneously — Duncan v. Kronos and Methos v. Silas. Each respective immortal absorbed only the Quickening of the immortal they had specifically fought and killed in that instance.

The GM should feel free to model this in any manner they see fit, but the more powerful the slain Immortal in question the larger the conflagration should be.

To simulate the Quickening’s affect on the victorious Immortal, add up the AP points of all Attributes (Do not include Initiative or Wealth (Resources), Powers (Use Power Reserves maximum AP value, do not include Lightning), and Skills of the immortal who has been killed.

Add this to the immortals Hero Points prior to Death. The total equals the number of Hero Points that goes to the immortal that received the Quickening. Hero Points earned are spent as normal with Character Growth but should be under GM supervision.

Quickening Powers & Abilities

Energy Absorption (Quickening): 08, Lightning (Quickening): 8, Mind Probe: 8, Power Reserve (Lightning): 00, Recall: 16

Bonuses & Limitations:

• Energy Absorption will absorb APs up to 8 even if RAPs exceed 8 (however full damage is still inflicted upon Connor);
• Lightning (Quickening) only appears when an immortal has been beheaded and if another immortal is nearby to absorb the deceased immortal’s powers and abilities; It creates a Multi-Attack against the immortal who killed him and all objects within range; the range is approx. 2 APs, uncontrollable and indirect. Immortals hit by the Lightning (Quickening) are left stunned regardless of RAPs received.
• RAPs gained through Mind Probe go to Recall when increasing power attributes through Character growth; Mind Probe, Energy Absorption, Regeneration and Power Reserve must all be increased together. Mind Probe, Regeneration and Energy Absorption must be half of Power Reserve rounded up.

What is the Prize?

According to the film, the Prize is the ability to be linked mentally to all people living (knowing their thoughts and feelings, and being able to help them communicate with one another). Connor attempts to explain this to Brenda at the end of the movie and calls it a “whirlwind” within his head.

My first guess would be a combination of Empathy, Mind Probe, Telepathy on a global scale.