Post by emyaj on Sept 20, 2006 21:11:50 GMT -5
Name: Ed
Nickname: Frog
Race: Orc
Sex: Male
Age: 22
Body: 9
Quickness: 6
Strength: 7
Charisma: 2
Intelligence: 3
Willpower: 6
Essence: 6
Magic: 6
Initiative: 2d6 + 6
Combat Pool: 7
Karma Pool:
Good Karma:
Karma Spent: 0
Skills:
Athletics 5
Aura Reading 5
Stealth 5
Unarmed Combat 5
Pistols 5
Etiquette 4
Biotech 5
Knowledge skills:
Martial arts 4
Orc Underground 4
Lone Star Procedures 4
Strong-Arm Tactics 4
Adept Powers:
Astral Perception (2)
Gliding (1)
Improved Reflexes (2)
Killing Hands (1)
Flaws:
Incompetent (Driving)
Incompetent (Data Search)
Edges:
Astral Chameleon
Equipment:
Ares Predator w/silencer
Shock Gloves
Armored vest 2/1
Lined Coat 4/2
Certified Cred Stick ¥1,500
Contacts:
Fred lvl2 (Bartender)
Tina lvl2 (Fixer)
Squat lvl2 (Steet Doc)
History:
Talk about doing things in reverse order and I hold the patent. I'm an Orc that looks suspiciously like a low squat fat frog. I've got the warts to prove it too. I was born in the Puyallup Barrens near a toxic waste dumb. I wasn't one of those humans that goblinized either. I don't look much like the standard orc due to the sludge. My tusks are barely noticeable, I'm small for my meta type and I'm more spread out than heavily muscled. You can begin to see why I have the nickname. Unlike most orcs, I'm an adept with some powers but I haven't really used them much. Have you heard the fairy tales about the frog who gets some babe to kiss him and he turns into a prince? If that is me, I haven't had a chance to find out, babes, especially pretty ones don't want to kiss me. Frogs are also suppose to be real lucky. I'm lucky but it's all usually bad.
In Rome, the frog was a mascot believed to bring good luck to the home. In Ireland the frog is considered a close relative of the leprechaun and capable of playing tricks on you when least expected. The three-legged toad from China is the traditional pet of the immortal Liu Hai, who is also the Chinese god of wealth. This toad is a symbol for riches, and is often pictured with a gold coin in its mouth. Well that hasn't worked for me. I did do some study with a frog shaman though and he clued me to what is known about the Frog Totem: One of his long boring lessons went like this;
"Listen carefully boy," He wheezed and croaked, "If you have long been attracted to the frog as your totem animal, you quite likely have always been intrigued by a study of the ancient wisdoms. You may also enjoy delving into the mysterious and the unknown. You are probably quite adaptable to sudden changes in your reality and in your environment, and while you pride yourself on your independence, you also have a great deal of empathy toward others. If you will only receive the frog as your totem animal and spirit helper, you may be about to undergo an unexpected change in your lifestyle or a transformation of a high spiritual nature. In either event, you may rely upon your frog to guide you safely through what might otherwise be a rather difficult transitional period. As a spirit helper, you may expect the frog to encourage you to spend a great deal more time in meditation and in a more active study of the ancient mysteries."
Yeah right, so when your starving and getting your butt jumped not only by the Humanis thugs, the Star and the gangers you really feel like sitting and meditating. OH yeah, he really tried to impress me with the power of the Sacred Frog and all that Devil Rat Drek.
"YOU FOOL! Frog has a mighty history. A mighty history. Frog is the Spirit of Change! The ancient ones knew this where others have forgotten it. The frog is a very ancient symbol, of rebirth. In old Egypt, Hekat, Queen of the Heavenly Midwives, wore a sacred amulet in the shape of a frog that bore the inscription, "I am the Resurrection." To the ancient Romans, the frog was sacred to Venus, the love goddess. The frog as a popular fertility symbol goes all the way back to Babylon. Who are you to deny such an ancient lineage of power? During the Middle Ages in Europe, Hekat had become Hecate, Queen of the Ghostworld or Queen of the Witches, and her frog totem had become a familiar that allegedly set curses and spells on the unwary. You are cursed because you deny your nature as a servant and servitor of Frog! Because of its amphibious nature, in many systems of magic the frog represents the transition from earth to water and vice versa. Add to this its largely nocturnal activities, and the frog becomes a totem animal favored by moon goddesses and other night creatures. Early scientists mused that more than any other of the 'cold-blooded' animals, the frog appeared to be a transitional step toward humans. Perhaps this line of thinking encouraged the fairy tales that tell of transforming a frog into a prince or princess or vice versa through the magic of a virginal kiss. A West African folktale attributes the advent of death into the world to the frog, who reached the gods with his decree that humans should not be immortal before the faithful dog got to them with his plea that humans should have eternal life. For many North American tribes, the frog was the great rainmaker of spring, summer, and fall. During the winter months, the people of the northeastern tribes began to worry about how the little manitous were faring under the ice. A Chippewa folksong by a poet of long ago imagines the plight of the Okogies (frogs) as they found themselves crying out for springtime to arrive. Yet you disregard the power and teachings of Frog and continue to follow your fools path. Get thee from my lodge and don't come back until you are ready to learn the ways of Frog and have it control your destiny."
I guess I blew that gig, but it was stupid and boring and not at all what I want to do. Sit in a hut and think and hibernate as I contemplate the mysteries of sacred frog? Fat lot of good it's done me. Still, if I want to eat, it looks like a need a new place to hang and that means a new job. I wonder what's shaking in Puyallup? I just hope I don't end up on some French table as frog's legs!
Nickname: Frog
Race: Orc
Sex: Male
Age: 22
Body: 9
Quickness: 6
Strength: 7
Charisma: 2
Intelligence: 3
Willpower: 6
Essence: 6
Magic: 6
Initiative: 2d6 + 6
Combat Pool: 7
Karma Pool:
Good Karma:
Karma Spent: 0
Skills:
Athletics 5
Aura Reading 5
Stealth 5
Unarmed Combat 5
Pistols 5
Etiquette 4
Biotech 5
Knowledge skills:
Martial arts 4
Orc Underground 4
Lone Star Procedures 4
Strong-Arm Tactics 4
Adept Powers:
Astral Perception (2)
Gliding (1)
Improved Reflexes (2)
Killing Hands (1)
Flaws:
Incompetent (Driving)
Incompetent (Data Search)
Edges:
Astral Chameleon
Equipment:
Ares Predator w/silencer
Shock Gloves
Armored vest 2/1
Lined Coat 4/2
Certified Cred Stick ¥1,500
Contacts:
Fred lvl2 (Bartender)
Tina lvl2 (Fixer)
Squat lvl2 (Steet Doc)
History:
Talk about doing things in reverse order and I hold the patent. I'm an Orc that looks suspiciously like a low squat fat frog. I've got the warts to prove it too. I was born in the Puyallup Barrens near a toxic waste dumb. I wasn't one of those humans that goblinized either. I don't look much like the standard orc due to the sludge. My tusks are barely noticeable, I'm small for my meta type and I'm more spread out than heavily muscled. You can begin to see why I have the nickname. Unlike most orcs, I'm an adept with some powers but I haven't really used them much. Have you heard the fairy tales about the frog who gets some babe to kiss him and he turns into a prince? If that is me, I haven't had a chance to find out, babes, especially pretty ones don't want to kiss me. Frogs are also suppose to be real lucky. I'm lucky but it's all usually bad.
In Rome, the frog was a mascot believed to bring good luck to the home. In Ireland the frog is considered a close relative of the leprechaun and capable of playing tricks on you when least expected. The three-legged toad from China is the traditional pet of the immortal Liu Hai, who is also the Chinese god of wealth. This toad is a symbol for riches, and is often pictured with a gold coin in its mouth. Well that hasn't worked for me. I did do some study with a frog shaman though and he clued me to what is known about the Frog Totem: One of his long boring lessons went like this;
"Listen carefully boy," He wheezed and croaked, "If you have long been attracted to the frog as your totem animal, you quite likely have always been intrigued by a study of the ancient wisdoms. You may also enjoy delving into the mysterious and the unknown. You are probably quite adaptable to sudden changes in your reality and in your environment, and while you pride yourself on your independence, you also have a great deal of empathy toward others. If you will only receive the frog as your totem animal and spirit helper, you may be about to undergo an unexpected change in your lifestyle or a transformation of a high spiritual nature. In either event, you may rely upon your frog to guide you safely through what might otherwise be a rather difficult transitional period. As a spirit helper, you may expect the frog to encourage you to spend a great deal more time in meditation and in a more active study of the ancient mysteries."
Yeah right, so when your starving and getting your butt jumped not only by the Humanis thugs, the Star and the gangers you really feel like sitting and meditating. OH yeah, he really tried to impress me with the power of the Sacred Frog and all that Devil Rat Drek.
"YOU FOOL! Frog has a mighty history. A mighty history. Frog is the Spirit of Change! The ancient ones knew this where others have forgotten it. The frog is a very ancient symbol, of rebirth. In old Egypt, Hekat, Queen of the Heavenly Midwives, wore a sacred amulet in the shape of a frog that bore the inscription, "I am the Resurrection." To the ancient Romans, the frog was sacred to Venus, the love goddess. The frog as a popular fertility symbol goes all the way back to Babylon. Who are you to deny such an ancient lineage of power? During the Middle Ages in Europe, Hekat had become Hecate, Queen of the Ghostworld or Queen of the Witches, and her frog totem had become a familiar that allegedly set curses and spells on the unwary. You are cursed because you deny your nature as a servant and servitor of Frog! Because of its amphibious nature, in many systems of magic the frog represents the transition from earth to water and vice versa. Add to this its largely nocturnal activities, and the frog becomes a totem animal favored by moon goddesses and other night creatures. Early scientists mused that more than any other of the 'cold-blooded' animals, the frog appeared to be a transitional step toward humans. Perhaps this line of thinking encouraged the fairy tales that tell of transforming a frog into a prince or princess or vice versa through the magic of a virginal kiss. A West African folktale attributes the advent of death into the world to the frog, who reached the gods with his decree that humans should not be immortal before the faithful dog got to them with his plea that humans should have eternal life. For many North American tribes, the frog was the great rainmaker of spring, summer, and fall. During the winter months, the people of the northeastern tribes began to worry about how the little manitous were faring under the ice. A Chippewa folksong by a poet of long ago imagines the plight of the Okogies (frogs) as they found themselves crying out for springtime to arrive. Yet you disregard the power and teachings of Frog and continue to follow your fools path. Get thee from my lodge and don't come back until you are ready to learn the ways of Frog and have it control your destiny."
I guess I blew that gig, but it was stupid and boring and not at all what I want to do. Sit in a hut and think and hibernate as I contemplate the mysteries of sacred frog? Fat lot of good it's done me. Still, if I want to eat, it looks like a need a new place to hang and that means a new job. I wonder what's shaking in Puyallup? I just hope I don't end up on some French table as frog's legs!