Meathook

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Meathook (battle form)

Powers:
Analytical smell/tracking scent: 05, Claws: 11, Extra limbs (x4): 03, Growth: 04, Invulnerability: 10, Jumping: 01, Magic sense: 02, Regeneration: 10, Running: 05, Stretching: 01

Bonuses and Limitations:

• Growth is Always On and Already Factored In (but this is not worth points since he has an Alter-Ego).
• Analytical smell/tracking scent has a +2CS to OV penalty for scents not from the Wold (-2).
• Flight is Winged and cannot be used if Meathook is in natural battle form (see below).
• Stretching does not include the defensive bonus (-1).
• Claws and Running are Contingent on Growth.
• Invulnerability has a Catastrophic Burnout (-2).

Skills:
Martial artist: 05, Weaponry: 06

Advantages:
Alter-Ego (compressed form), Immortal, Language (Darkurian), No Vital Area, Stabilization.

Connections:
Death Dance (Low).

Drawbacks:
Strange Appearance, MIF of the Vyr. If he has to use his Invulnerability, he gains Catastrophic Rage and Catastrophic Psychological Instability for 1d10 Phases before reintegrating.

Meathook (smaller form)

Most of the time, Meathook will look like a near-Human. as such, will not draw too much attention in a major metropolis as long as he wears sufficient clothing. However, this is a compressed form. Darkurians are natural shape-shifters, whose natural form is huge, ugly and well-suited for combat.

Only two forms have been demonstrated, with no intermediary state. This is essentially an Alter-Ego, in game terms.

Powers:
Analytical smell/tracking scent: 05, Invulnerability: 10, Jumping: 01, Magic sense: 02, Regeneration: 10

Bonuses and Limitations:

• Analytical smell/tracking scent has a +2CS to OV penalty for scents not from the Wold (-2).
• Invulnerability and Regeneration have a sort of Minor Burnout and a Power Loss (see below).

Skills:
Martial artist: 05, Weaponry: 06

Advantages:
Alter-ego (battle form), Immortal, Language (Darkurian), No Vital Area, Stabilization.

Connections:
Death Dance (Low)

Drawbacks:
Distinct Appearance, MIF of the Vyr. If he has to use his Invulnerability, he gains Catastrophic Rage and Catastrophic Psychological Instability for 1d10 Phases before reintegrating.

You could make a killing

Darkurians are quite unstoppable, as they can regenerate terrible wounds very quickly. In many cases an attack that doesn’t actually score RAPs will appear to wound the Darkurian and be nigh-instantly healed.

Darkurians have, however, a special organ inside their body. If that organ is badly damaged or destroyed, Darkurians lose their regenerative power.

It is unclear how long this condition lasts. Our stats assume that in most cases the organ is damaged enough to cease to function, but can eventually fix itself and resume its regenerative properties. This occurs as the Darkurian Recovers from the Burnout or Power Loss discussed below.

Darkurian fighters are trained to move that organ within their body in random patterns during combat. Knowledgeable opponents thus cannot concentrate their attacks on it. There are two main ways they can be hit in their special organ:

• Dumb chance. This is the Minor Burnout Drawback on their regenerative powers. The Burnout is reversed, due to the nature of the Powers under consideration. Rather than have a Burnout when the Darkurian rolls a double 1, the Burnout occurs when an attacker rolls a double 0.
• A Called Shot made by a person knowing about Darkurian physiology — usually another Darkurian — using the standard +2CS penalty. If successful, it brings a complete Power Loss on the regenerative Powers’s part. Darkurian combat training includes a fair bit about predicting where the opponent will shift his innards, though. Therefore, the OV of the Called Shot suffers from a penalty equal to the difference between Martial Artist scores.
  A Darkurian with Martial Artist: 05 attacking a Darkurian with Martial Artist: 07 would thus suffer a +2 OV Penalty on top of the usual Called Shot difficulty. Whereas the Darkurian with Martial Artist: 07 could attempt his Called Shot at no additional penalty.