HoneyBadgaez / ???

for making your character.

Alrighty, so the following is the basic idea I've got;

The character in question is from a long-lived and powerful dynasty of Lamia, who are very politically and finanically connected within the monster world (and if the rumours are true, maybe even the human world). As a result of this long lineage, those born within the family are expecte to conduct themselves with grace, use their talents and so on and so forth to advance the family name and bring more prestige to it.

Enter Mei Hebihana, who thinks that all of that 'rich and powerful people' stuff like decorum and manners are really lame, and wants to do nothing more than read fanfiction, draw manga, and listen to true crime styled podcasts. While she is naturally very gifted when it comes to most manner of academics, she finds it all pretty boring and pours pretty much all of her energy and time into her two interests - the occult, and nerd stuff.

Her family is, to put it simply, not very happy with her attitude. While her parents put up with it for the moment, believing that it's "just a phase that she'll grow out of", her older sister and fellow student of the Academy, Yuuka, believes it's her duty as the oldest child of the family to steer her little sister in the "right direction" and basically is always keeping her on a short leash and constantly getting up to goofy plans to try and convince her to go on the straight and narrow, and take her studies seriously.

As a result of basically half-way shunting the family heritage, Mei doesn't really care all that much about using her Lamia powers, instead preferring to look like just a normal girl and only really using her yokai powers when a situation especially calls for them. This has also led to her being something of a black sheep in the academy, with many others viewing her as either very lazy, very eccentric, or just downright someone who'd prefer to be a human over a monster, even if that isn't true.



The following is what I've got for her Abilities and Weaknesses:

ABILITIES:

Smart - 4
Transformation - 5
Wealthy - 2
Sixth Sense - 1
Passion (Occult) - 2
Passion (Nerd) - 1
Knowledge (Occult) - 4
Knowledge (Nerd Culture ) - 4
Evasive - 1
Agility - 1

WEAKNESSES:

Soft Spot (Manga & Anime) - 2
Languid - 1
Impulsive - 2
Fussy - 2
Impaired Sense (Vision) - 1 (Wears VERY thick glasses, and even then has trouble seeing)
Obsession (Mysterious Knowledge) - 2
Trigger (Transformation, Rage) - 2
Rival - 3
Infamous - 1

For her transformation, I figured that it was basically going "Full Lamia" and growing in size, along with her lower half turning into a massive snake tail. I had the following Abilities and Weaknesses for it.

Armored - 2
Attack (Bite) - 2 / Perks: Armor Piercing + 5, Paralyzing + 10
Attack (Tailwhip) - 2 / Perks: Reach + 5, Multiple Targets + 10 / Flaws: Unwieldy - 5, Require (Lots of Room) -5
Strong - 4
Quick - 2
Vigorous - 2


Awkward Size - 2
Vulnerability (Fire) - 2

With all that taken care of, I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty rusty when it comes to OVA, so please lemme know if there's any problems!

Oh, very nice! The prompt to add an NPC is always welcome!

As for how we ruled transformation works in a PbP game: instead of letting you turn once a session, you can turn once a day, and keep it for a scene.

I would worry a bit that she looks really incapable in a combat outside of her transformation, unless that's what you're going for.

Yeah, that's the general plan I had, but that said I don't mind moving some stuff around if you want her to have some capacity in a brawl without going full BIG mode.

Well, I wouldn't mind it myself, specially if you don't too, just worrying about your enjoyment of the game.

Hmmmm... I've given it some thought, and I do have a quick question - would you be opposed to me swapping her from a lamia to a naga? They're both in the same wheelhouse of 'snake-like person' though nagas are much more revered in their respective mythology which I think fits with the aspect of her family being well known and respected. They also have more generally defined associations with them rather than the lamia, who have more vague stories and power sets depending on which story in particular you're looking at, and therefore I'd have more to pull on for her Abilities and Weaknesses.

Sure, no problem at all!

Alrighty, after some tinkering and reconstruction, I've come to the following changes - I went ahead and added two Weaknesses, Easily Distracted 1 due to her fun-seeking and slackoff-ish nature, as well a Quirk 1 (Almost Always Dressed in Winter Clothes) to sort of represent snake's being cold blooded, which would be humorous to me while also noticeably marking her in a meaningful way. I also went ahead and dropped Sixth Sense 1 because I felt like it fit more into her nature and her sort of supression of her powers and natural senses.

In that same vein, to help with potential combat scenarios, I went ahead and added Magic, Arcane 4 (Affinity: Water) to represent the fact that Naga's were originally depicted as protectors of lakes and oceans, and noted as being capable of granting blessings to others. I feel like this should grant her some ability to be useful in combat while still remaining on theme. With the remaining points, I also increaed Transformation up to 6, which would additionally grant her Magic, Arcane 5 as she goes all out, as well as Vigorous 3, and finally swapped the Weakness (Fire) to Weakness (Cold) for the same reason as the Quirk. I figured that made more sense that way.

I also bumped Wealthy up from a 1 to a 2. In total, her Abilities would be 24 and her Weaknesses would be 19. Is this all acceptable to you?

Overall yes, just the transformation part, we're capping abilities at a +5.

Oh gotcha, in that case I'd change it back down to 5, and shuffle a few things around, using the point that would be in 6 and give it up to bump Passion (Occult) from 2 to 3.

So the total Abilities would read as follows;

Agility - 1
Evasive - 1
Knowledge (Nerd Culture) - 3
Knowledge (Occult) - 3
Magic, Arcane - 4
Passion (Nerd) - 1
Passion (Occult) - 3
Smart - 4
Transformation - 5
Wealthy - 2

And the Weaknesses as follows;

Easily Distracted - 1
Fussy - 2
Impaired Sense (Vision) - 1
Impulsive - 2
Infamous - 1
Languid - 1
Obsession (Mysterious Knowledge) - 2
Quirk (Almost Always Dressed in Winter Clothes) - 1
Rival - 3
Soft Spot (Manga & Anime) - 2
Stubborn - 1
Trigger (Transformation, Rage) - 2

And the transformation gaining the following Abilities and Weaknesses:

Armored - 3
Attack (Bite) - 2 / Perks: Armor Piercing + 5, Paralyzing + 10
Attack (Tailwhip) - 2 / Perks: Reach + 5, Multiple Targets + 10 / Flaws: Unwieldy - 5, Require (Lots of Room) -5
Magic, Arcane - 5 (From 4)
Strong - 4
Quick - 2
Vigorous - 2


Awkward Size - 2
Vulnerability (Cold) - 2
Impulsive - 3 (from 2)

Alright! All seems good now!

Baller. Is there anything else that needs handeled?

I don't think so. Just filling up your charsheet and you'd be good to go.

Portrait link seems to have stopped working though.