Kid Celtic (WIP)

alderwitch · March 25, 2020

Kid Celtic
Power Level: 8/10 (150/150 PP)
Unspent Power Points: 0
Trade-Offs: 0

In Brief: Neo-Druid, Looking to live up to the family legacy.

Catchphrase:

Alternate Identity: Victoria 'Tori' Griffen
Birthplace: London, England

Residence: currently: Freedom City, USA
Base of Operations: Claremont
Occupation: Student
Affiliations: Claremont
Family: Clarence and Nadia Griffen (parents), Thomas Griffen (younger brother), Michael Griffen (younger brother)

Description:
Age: 16
Apparent Age: Teenager
Gender: Female (CIS)
Ethnicity: European
Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 122 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Ginger

After generations that took after the all american Human Tank, Tori was born with her great grandmother's flaming red hair and brilliant green eyes. As a teen, she has the sort of ginger corkscrews that are clearly entirely natural and also a pain to manage. After a disastrous preteen episode where she tried for 'cute short hair' and ended up looking uncomfortably like little orphan Annie, Tori keeps her hair long enough that it can be clipped back from her face or braided to try and keep her mop of curls under control. Like most redheads, she's pale with a smattering of freckles across her skin. Now that her abilities have awakened, Tori has vivid woad tattoos on her skin that wrap around her biceps and forearms, shoulders, thighs and ankles, and over her face and under her hairline. In addition to abstract symbols, the animals whose spirits she taps into are also depicted in her markings. She has a notched brow over her left eye. When she's not in costume, Tori wears baggy jeans and cropped t-shirts with heavy boots. Her aesthetic tends towards vaporwave. Her wardrobe at bedtime is a revolving collection of shirts from nonprofits focused on the environment that she's collected over the years.

In costume, as Kid Celtic, Tori wears tight leggings and knee high leather boots that match her leather corset. She has a wrap skirt that covers her to mid thigh and is split up the side for ease of movement. She wears bracers and a fur trimmed cloak although she's been known to shuck the cloak right before launching herself at an enemy. She wears greens and browns with the bright blue of her woad markings on display. If Tori has time, she'll braid the sides of her hair back to help keep it from her face.

History:

Tori was born to the British aristocracy. After the death of Human Tank and Lady Celtic, Lady Celtic's estranged parents involved themselves in the lives of their orphaned children. Eventually, their son would rise to a position of prominence in the Ministry of Powers. He married and had children of his own, including Tori's father. Unlike her great grandmother, Tori's black sheep position in the family was more one of fond indulgence. While Tori's parents and younger brothers are content to be in the upper class, enjoying the perks and privileges, Tori has been raging against capitalism and the monarchy since middle school. At fourteen, she eschewed her parents' Anglican faith to embrace Wicca which they took in stride. Until her Awakening, her parents assumed that it was a phase that would mellow with time.

It was not a phase.

On her sixteenth birthday, Tori awoke and left her home in a near trance. When her feet touched the manicured green lawn of her parents' grounds, she was sucked into a portal and greeted by the same Druid that had awoken her great-grandmother. When she emerged, Tori was covered in the mystic tattoos of Lady Celtic's legacy, her sleeping clothes tattered and her bare feet covered with fresh earth.

Thankfully, her parents were more phlegmatic about such things than the original Lady Celtic's had been. Her grandfather had been called and his connections at the Ministry of Powers had been tapped. Within a few hours, admission to Claremont had been secured for Tori's sophomore year.

Personality & Motivation:

Stubborn and strong willed. Tori has a strong sense of right and wrong and at an early age, she realized that a lot of the adults in her life didn't seem to be taking things like climate change or poverty as sincerely as Tori felt like they should be. Yes, they're complicated problems but her family is not without power or influence. The dichotomy of the deep love for her family and her deep frustrations with them have shaped large parts of Tori's personality. She was relieved, even eager, when she was chosen to bear the Lady Celtic mantle. At least now she could DO something rather than feel powerless and impotent. Tori will always chose to act rather than stand by, even if she doesn't know for certain what the right course of action is. She knows she's intense but Tori hasn't learned to throttle that for other people's comfort yet. Honestly, she struggles with whether or not she should throttle her passion for the people around her.

She feels the injuries done to the world around her keenly, even more so now that she's awakened. Tori didn't have a lot of friends before gaining magic, and she has less now. She's always been the kid that asks for donations to non profits instead of presents. Tori has half a dozen animals that she's adopted that were injured and nursed back to health. She's a person who feels deeply and wears her heart on her sleeve. Tori has little to no poker face. Even if she manages to keep her mouth shut, it's going to be pretty clear if she thinks you're a jerk just by her expression.

Powers & Tactics:

Tori's abilities come from her connection to nature. In addition to a strong connection to all things green and growing, and a natural affinity for animals, Tori can call plants from the earth to meet her needs. Beyond that, she can open her mind to the spirits of wild creatures that once roamed the British isles. When she does, a ghost of the creature appears behind her like a corona as her powers activate. These aspects allow her to channel different elements, taking on aspects of that creature as well as abilities associated with them.

In a fight, Tori is generally an up close and personal kind of fighter. She fights with the same sort of ferocity that colors much of her actions. There are certainly people who grew up with stories of her great grandmother that are a little horrified by the more animistic intensity of her successor.

Power Descriptions:

Tori's woad markings glow when she's accessing her powers, the corona of the animals that she's channeling show when she's shifting from one form to another or when she's tapping into their more obvious magic. Her magic aura is always in the blues of her woad markings.

Complications:
Recognizable: Lady Celtic is a famous legacy and even in her civvies, Tori can't hide her woad markings. (To be fair, she wouldn't if she could. She's stubborn like that.)

One With Nature: Tori has strong feelings about disrupting the natural balance or extensive ecological damage. Even if it's the 'right' course of action, she's not going to go along with it.

Family Ties: There are expectations on Tori. Her family has been entangled with the British Ministry of Powers for generations and there's every expectation for Tori to return. That's a lot on a sixteen year old's shoulders... and Tori's never been all that good at doing what she's told to start with.

Insubordinate: Tori has never liked being told what to do. She's bound to chafe a bit under the rules of Freedom City's super powered school.

ABILITIES 40PP

Strength: 14 (+2), Heavy Load: 175 lbs.

Dexterity: 14 (+2)

Constitution: 22 (+6)

Intelligence: 16 (+3)

Wisdom: 16 (+3)

Charisma: 18 (+4)

COMBAT 18PP

Initiative: +2 (+2 Dex)

Attack: +4, +8 Magic

Grapple: +6 (+4 Melee Attack, +2 Strength), +16 Plant Control (+8 Attack, +8 Move Object)

Defense: +8/+6 (+5 Base, +1 Dodge Focus, +2 Shield), +3 Flat-Footed

Knockback Resistance: 4/2

SAVING THROWS 7PP

Toughness: +8/+6 (+6 Con, +2 Force Field)

Fortitude: +6 (+6 Con, +0PP)

Reflex: +6 (+2 Dex, +4PP)

Will: +6 (+3 Wis, +3PP)

SKILLS 48R = 12PP

Concentration 5 (+8)

Knowledge (Arcane) 12 (+15)

Knowledge (History) 2 (+5)

Knowledge (Life Sciences) 2 (+5)

Knowledge (Theology/Philosophy) 2 (+5)

Languages 2 (English [Native], Gaelic, Old Irish)

Notice 5 (+8)

Search 5 (+8)

Sense Motive 5 (+8)

Stealth 3 (+5)

Survival 5 (+8)

FEATS 5PP

Dodge Focus

Luck 2

Ritualist

Track

POWERS 68PP

Comprehend 4 (Animals 2 [Speak To; Understand]; Plants 2 [Speak To, Understand]) [8PP] (Descriptors: Nature Magic)

Emotion Control 8 (Extras: Action 3 [Reaction], Area [Type: General; Shape: Visual Perception]; Flaws: Limited [Animals], Limited [Love], Range 2 [Touch], Uncontrolled; Feats: Subtle) [9PP] (Descriptors: Nature Magic Aura)

Force Field 2 (Extras: Linked [Shield]; Feats: Selective, Subtle) [4PP] (Descriptors: Force Magic)

Shield 2 (Extras: Linked [Force Field]) [2PP]

Magic 16 (32PP Array; Feats: Alternate Power 3; Drawbacks: Power Loss 2 [When unable to speak and gesture; Frequency: Common]) [33PP] (Descriptors: Nature Magic)

Base Power: [32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Clinging Vines, Grasping Branches, Plant Control)

Snare 8 (Extras: Area [Type: General; Shape: Burst], Selective; Flaws: Range [Touch]; Feats: Chokehold, Indirect 3, Progression [Area Size] 2 [200ft radius], Reversible, Subtle) [32PP]

Alternate Power: [32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Plant Control, Plant Growth)

Create Object 8 (Range: 800ft; Max Volume: 8 cubes; Toughness: 8; Lifting Strength: 40, Heavy Load: 3 tons; Extras: Duration [Continuous]; Feats: Indirect 3, Progression 2 [25ft cubes], Selective, Stationary, Subtle) [32PP]

Alternate Power: [32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Plant Control)

Move Object 8 (Range: 10 80ft Increments, 800ft Max; Lifting Strength: 40, Heavy Load: 3 tons; Extras: Damaging; Feats: Accurate 2 [+4 Attack], Improved Pin, Indirect 3, Subtle, Variable Descriptor [Animating/attacking plants directly, or using animated plants to move/attack other things]) [32PP]

Alternate Power: [32PP] (Additional Descriptors: Plant Control, Plant Shaping)

Transform 8 (Plants; Extras: Duration [Continuous, Lasting]; Flaws: Action [Full], Range [Touch]; Feats: Accurate 2 [+4 Attack], Extended Reach [10ft], Indirect, Progression [Mass] 3 [2,500 lbs.], Subtle) [32PP]

Morph 1 (One Form: Animal Spirit; Feats: Metamorph 4) [5PP] (Descriptors: Animal Spirit Channeling, Nature Magic)

Spirit of The Cunning Fox

Spirit of The Hungry Wolf

Spirit of The Raging Bear

Spirit of The Wise Owl

Super-Senses 7 (Magic Awareness; Descriptor Frequency: Very Common; Sense Type: Mental, Default Extras: None; Extras: Acute, Radius, Ranged, Tracking) [7PP] (Descriptors: Magic)

Abilities (40) + Combat (18) + Saving Throws (7) + Skills (12) + Feats (5) + Powers (68) = 150/150 Power Points

ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT

Unarmed Touch DC17 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical)

Create Object Ranged DC18 Reflex Trapped

Dropped Object DC18 Reflex Avoided

DC23 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical)

Move Object Ranged Grapple vs +16 Pinned/Bound

DC23 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Energy or Physical)*

Snare Touch/Area DC18 Reflex 1/2 Effect

DC18 Reflex (Staged) Entangled/Bound

Transform Touch +5ft DC18 Fortitude Transformed**

*Variable Descriptor. Energy against Plants, Physical against everything else.

**Plants only.

Totals: Abilities (40) + Combat (18) + Saving Throws (7) + Skills (12) + Feats (5) + Powers (68) - Drawbacks (0) = 150/150 Power Points

Edited March 28, 2020 by alderwitch

Amelia · March 27, 2020

Here's my best attempt based on our conversation:

Power Level: 10 (Built as PL8)

Tradeoffs: None

Power Points: 150/150

Unspent Points: 0