Takahashi Jones

Notes

Born in the state of California, Takahashi Jones has some Japanese ancestry (which explains his name), although it is not obvious from his looks. He seems to be the archetypal Californian golden boy, with sunbleached hair, golden skin and sea-blue eyes. Well built, he carries himself with a dancer's grace and makes quite an impression with the ladies - a fact he is well aware of! Takahashi never stays in one place long. Despite his normal appearance, he has a surprising past and strange powers that cut him off forever from an ordinary life. Takahashi is one of the last survivors of an ancient Japanese clan that has dedicated its sons to fighting the powers of darkness - powers that the mundane world has no inkling of. His great-granduncle Katsuhiro came to the US many decades previously, on the trail of the hengeyokai - a race of evil spider-like beings. He passed his secret arts and the sword which is their family's sacred heirloom on to his nephew Christopher, who in turn has taught these arcane powers to Takahashi. However, Takahashi and his father quarreled over their training and mission (and his involvement with a certain girl). Christopher remains in the US (along with the sword) while his son has gone out into the broader world to carry on the secret crusade.

Takahashi is a thoroughly modern demon-hunter. He supports himself where he can by playing the guitar and singing in bars, rather than living from hand to mouth and relying on the few who know, as his elders did. Worse, where his grandfather and, to a lesser extent his father, practice the Shinto rites faithfully, and train in the ancient forms of sword and staff, Takahashi has whole-heartedly embraced the concept of heavy firepower and his personal fighting style is an efficient but mongrel mix of various martial arts styles. He knows there are things that are unaffected by mundane weaponry and he is careful to observe the forms of Shinto sorcery, but he will talk of psychic powers as easily as magic, and prefers to talk of his magic as psycho-sorcery or psychic-enhancing rituals. He thinks that the power that has passed down through his family is an inherited predisposition for psychic powers, not some magical mumbo-jumbo (although if pressed, he will reluctantly agree that there might be something in it).

Takahashi comes from Mike Surbrook's Silent Mobius Zeta campaign

CHA	VAL	COST	NOTES
STR DEX CON BOD INT EGO PRE COM PD ED SPD REC END STUN Total cost	20 20 18 12 18 14 14 19 5 5 4 8 30 31	10 30 16 4 8 8 4 4 1 1 10   -3   93
OCV:	7	+2 (pistols) ±2 (vs supernatural*) ±2 (Martial arts), +3 (hit location), ±2 (Strike, Dodge, Block)
DCV:	7	±2 (vs supernatural*) ±4 (Martial arts),±2 (Strike, Dodge, Block)
ECV:	5		* Requires skill roll
Run: Jump: Swim:	9"/18" 4" / 8" 2" / 4"

Cost	Powers and Skills
3	FAM : Small arms, Swords
16 Martial Arts Multipower (Taijitsu, 16 point reserve) 1 (u) Disarm + 15 STR, only for Disarm (-1) 1 (u) Killing Strike + 1d6 HKA (2d6 with STR) 1 (u) Martial Strike + 3d6 HA (7d6 with STR) 1 (u) Martial Escape + 15 STR, only for Escape (-1) 1 (u) Nerve strike + 2d6 HA, NND (not vs solid armour on hit location, 4d6 with STR) 2 (u) Takedown + 1 1/2d6 HA, double KB, (3 1/2d6 with STR)
6 6 7 4 8	CSL: +2 with Strike, Dodge, Block CSL: +2 with Martial Arts CSL: +3 (only vs hit location modifiers, -1) CSL: +2 OCV with Pistols CSL: +2 with combat, only vs Supernatural (-1/2), needs KS: Supernatural Creatures (-1/2)
3	Breakfall (13-)
3	Scholar
6	KS : Supernatural creatures, KS: Sorcery, KS: supernatural world (all 13-)
1	KS: Cults (11-)
15	Combat Driving, Climbing, Computing, Security Systems, Stealth (all 13-)
12	Concealment, Tracking, Paramedic (all 13-)
7	Shadowing (12-), Conversation (11-)
17	Danger sense, out of combat (13-), Intuitional
20	Shinto magic powers (60 point reserve) all powers take : Obvious Accessible foci (Ofuda, -1), Variable Limit (-1)
2	(u) 4d6 RKA, only vs supernatural targets (-1/2), 1 recoverable charge (-1), Gestures (throw Ofuda) (-1/4) and incantations (-1/4)
2	(u) 2 1/2d6 HKA, plus 3" stretching only for combat (-1), reduced to 0 END, only vs supernatural targets (-1/2)
2	(u) 6d6 Entangle, only vs supernatural targets (-1/2), 1 recoverable charge (-1), Gestures (unfurl Ofuda) (-1/4) and incantations (-1/4)
2	(u) Force wall 10PD/10ED, only vs supernatural attacks (-1/2), 1 recoverablecharge lasting 1 minute (-1/2), Gestures (unfurl Ofuda) (-1/4) and incantations (-1/4), unranged ( 1/2)
2	(u) Force field 20PD/20ED, Invisible to sight (+1/2), only vs supernatural attacks (-1/2), 1 recoverable charge lasting 5 minutes (-1/4), Gestures (unfurl Ofuda, -1/4) and incantations (-1/4), Concentrate (1/2 DCV) to turn on (-1/4), Extra time: Full Phase (-1/2)
2	(u) 15d6 Dispel, vs any magical effect (+1/4), 1 recoverable charge (-1), Gestures (unfurl Ofuda) (-1/4) and incantations (-1/4)
1	(u) Detect supernatural beings, 360°, Ranged, +4 PER, Tracking, 1 recoverable charge ( 1), Gestures (unfurl Ofuda) (-1/4) and incantations (-1/4)
2	Shinto healing 1d6 Healing, requires gestures and incantations throughout (-1), concentration (0 DCV throughout, -1) Extra time, 5 min (-2) requires herbs and rare ingredients (OAF, -1), Requires KS: Sorcery roll (-1/2), 2x END (-1/2)
3 2 3 6	Lang: Japanese (fluent, accent), English (native) FAM : Ground Vehicles PS: Guitarist/singer (12-) +3" running (9" total)
170 263	Total Powers & Skills Cost: Total Character Cost:
+150	DISADVANTAGES
15 Psychological limit. Hunting Bakemono (Common, strong) 10 Psychological limit. Protects the innocent (Uncommon, strong) 10 Psychological limit. Womaniser (Common, moderate) 5 Psychological limit. Rebel, reacts badly to authority (Uncommon, moderate) 20 Normal Characteristic Maxima 5 DF: AMP uniform 5 Reputation: AMP officer 10 Watched by the AMP (8-, more powerful, extensive NCI) 15 Hunted by Lucifer Folk. (8-, more powerful) 3 AMP package Bonus 14 Experience 14 Spent