yay!

I was considering a stuck furry speedster from the Afrikorps like a cheeta or gazel, but the likes of quicksilver from days of future past bother me as over the top gamebreaking if one can dodge bullets so I started thing of twenty people hitting once rather than one hitting twenty times. A cloning ninja not like naruto which is where the ninjutsu legend came from. Historically it was not one ninja capable of a dozen amazing feats, it was actually twelve people all dressed identical each with one specalization, the climbing expert went up the wall perfectly and left a rope for the others to come up easily behind him, then the one skilled in stealth snuck up to the guard to remove the lookout so the others could pass in the window provided, each one leapfrogging their skills like an edo-era-oceans-eleven.

I totally get to approve my character by myself. Perks of the Co-GM.

Love it! Lets begin!

Appearance:


Name:
Jagluiperd Dokter "Kalahari"

Age:
15/40 (26/100)

Nationality:
Africa (Afrika Korps)

Three random facts about your character:
*Can speak Afrikaan, Zulu, German, and english with a clear accent from his feline mouth.
*Due to his heightened metabolic rate, he is always eating something, as such he has both become a fair chef and has a favoritism to insect bassed foods.
*To pass by boredom, he is a juggler and a collector of weapons. Sometimes even a juggler of weapons as long as it isn't grenades, again.

Mutant Power:
Permanent Feline(cheetah) physiology; A moderate healing factor reflected my an increased metabolic rate, roughly his body cycles much faster than humans, making injuries that take weeks to heal last only days. He can jump up to 35 feet forward at a run and 7-15 feet high from a standing. He can also reach speeds of 70 mph for one minute before breaking stride and can cover 90 feet a second. His senses are sharper than a humans, and his reaction time is truly monstrous. His changed physiology makes him resistant to many human and feline specific diseases, but he can still carry the sickness like a Typhoid Mary.

Biography:
Born in Cape Horn to medical parents and German army veterans of World war One. His mother was a medical nurse and his father was a equine veterinarian who chose to get as far away from the war as they could, settling down in the southernmost point in all of Africa. For the first decade of his life he was like any other child growing up in his region, but the changes started around his tenth year.

His bones burned, his skin itched as he grew hair at a bewildering rate. Fearing an epidemic of some kind, they quarenteened his home while he screamed in agony while his teeth fell out to make room for his new fangs. For a whole year, his life was constant agony while his parents watched on... and documented. They were medically fascinated by the change in their son to the point of treating him like a patient rather than their boy. By the end of the year he was a new man, and he was finally coming into his own, Charting his growth, his family calculated he had physically aged three years while mutating, an 11 year old mind in a 14 year old's body. if he kept this new rate, he would be a hundred years old by the time he was forty.

Unable to bear the depression of a son who could end up buried before them or even turn again into a wild animal if he were to hit a second puberty, they sent him away to an 'uncle' who was an armchair anthropologist of African lore along with a copy of the medical file. Unbeknown to them, their friend was a member of the Nazi party who studied African lore as part of the orders of 'Ahnenerbe' to build a new wold lore and fallen civilizations to make facts fit fiction. With this half animal boy set in his hands, he took the advantage to train the boy as a hitler youth for a year in the ways of war while parading him around African tribes to prove his powerful 'magic' and the like.

Not caring for his dehumanization, but grateful for the care he was receiving and positive attention to a 12 year old boy in a 17 year old body, he could hardly complain. By the time he was 13 going on 21, he was actively supporting this idea and ideal of the propaganda. He was taught how to fight with both Rifle and Bayonet using Zulu warrior techniques to adopt African warrior methods when taking on tribe champions. In many ways he started thinking of it like a game as he was being molded into his'uncle's perfect solider... Then his uncle died.

No great battle, no charging animal, just a bug bite when visiting the outhouse. He was dead within the month and now the boy had nowhere else to go. He was making his way back to his parents in Cape Horn when he was found by a most interesting group on his 15th birthday.

Nice character. He and Riley should have an interesting dynamic, he'll probably be the only one Riley can tolerate (and he'll be sure to show more favor for one of Rommel's boys than the Americans and British)

Nice character. He and Riley should have an interesting dynamic, he'll probably be the only one Riley can tolerate (and he'll be sure to show more favor for one of Rommel's boys than the Americans and British)

Thanks, I was trying really hard to not copy Riley, as much as they parallel each other. I wonder what happens if they shake hands, touching the pelt of a mutated cheetah...

I didn't get that vibe at all-different cultures/regions. Riley's more of a jack-of-all-trades but Kalahari's got more specialized focus. They'd be a pretty dope team.

Hmm. He'd have to wear the pelt, I think, so unless Kalahari's willing to get one hell of a buzz cut....Plus I think Riley would rather stick to North American animals, just out of personal choice/nationalism. Could be interesting though.

I'm really enjoying all these characters so far. Have a feeling most everyone is going to be watching their backs around Heinrich for a bit and I honestly wouldn't blame them.

Pushing through Finals. I'll try to get a true opener up, but feel free to start your own opening scenes!

Can I get a yea or nay on the cheetah before I post?

Pushing through Finals. I'll try to get a true opener up, but feel free to start your own opening scenes!

What exactly should the opening entail? Are we en route to the SSR?

Very good question there.

I'm not sure, Hawk. As co-GM, I make the decision along with Ruby, and I would say nay, just as I don't really see how it would fit in with our vision for the roleplay.

But I'll consult with her and let you know ASAP!

In a regard to us beginning, I would say we will start with the group's first meeting. So maybe post how your character is anticipating what the others will be like.

Can I get a yea or nay on the cheetah before I post?

Very cool character. But he can't pass as human when required, and that would have left him off the team. It's a big deal for Howard Stark, because he knows the attitudes of his day...and the realities of politics.

I'm not sure, Hawk. As co-GM, I make the decision along with Ruby, and I would say nay, just as I don't really see how it would fit in with our vision for the roleplay.

But I'll consult with her and let you know ASAP!

In a regard to us beginning, I would say we will start with the group's first meeting. So maybe post how your character is anticipating what the others will be like.

I appreciate the consult for a quick resolution. If I may ask, can you give me some constructive suggestions and ideas to work from to either make him fit or else to make someone else that would fit if kalahari is completely un-salvageable for this particular RP.

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Very cool character. But he can't pass as human when required, and that would have left him off the team. It's a big deal for Howard Stark, because he knows the attitudes of his day...and the realities of politics.

That makes total sense, I can see why he wouldn't be a viable choice.

Get your characters to Bath, England. If they can do it themselves, nifty. If not, I'm sure SSR would have offered to get them there...probably shoving them on some transport, where ever there was room. Good luck with Uboats, and all that. In Bath, they'll be told to head to the New Crown Pub and Inn.

Obviously not everyone would get there at the same time, but we'll use a bit of magic to say they all get there the same night.

I was thinking to make his relaxed form the furred and it takes a concentrated effort to revert to human. IF He Who Walks behind allows, it could happen if he shakes hands with his skinwalker as the two mutant powers clash. Perhaps he has to touch the Native American each time he has to pass for human or else just once and it becomes a permanent reflexive function.
Otherwise....

Also, call me Shade-that username was taken on here so I went with a Dresden Files reference.

Yeah I'm cool with that. I enjoy blurring the lines between scientific stuff and supernatural-SSR wil say that Riley's abilities are a result of genetics or mutations, he'll insist they're witchery. The specifics I'll leave up to our GM's-to me, it's no fun if there's not a touch of mystery...and regardless of the truth, Riley's too damned stubborn to ever accept it as fact, even if they genetically engineered another skinwalker right in front of his eyes.

He could definitely help train him in how to retain his human form, though, so I could see something like that working-while their powers are fundamentally different (at least, in Riley's eyes-whether they actually are or not, again, isn't up to me) he could probably help him with that, yeah.

Also I'll be making a post now, since we have the go-ahead. Looking forward to this RP. Anyone, feel free to interact with my characters. I'll have them already be at the New Crown if that's alright...?

Now to wait and see if the Alight goddesses approve the mere mortal petition. ^_^