lambem@rpi.edu Gambit 15-AUG-1994 16:15:39 Salubri seem to be popular all of a sudden! Last week I promised a couple of them myself, and so... This is the elder of the two Salubri I'm posting. They are being used in a one-person Suspire chronicle which I'm running and which I expect to last perhaps as much as a couple of years. Name:. . . . . James Nature:. . Visionary Clan:. . . . Salubri Player:. . . . . . . Demeanor:Traditionalist Sire: . . . Wilhelm Chronicle: . . . . . Concept: In Golconda Generation:. . . . 8 ================================================================== PHYSICAL SOCIAL MENTAL Strength:. . . **ooo Charisma:. . . ****o Perception: . .****o Dexterity: . . **ooo Manipulation:. ****o Intelligence: .**ooo Stamina: . . . ***oo Appearance:. . **ooo Wits: . . . . .***oo ================================================================== TALENTS SKILLS KNOWLEDGE Acting:. . . . **ooo Animal Ken:. . *oooo Bureaucracy:. .*oooo Alertness: . . ****o Drive: . . . . ooooo Computer: . . .ooooo Athletics: . . *oooo Etiquette: . . **ooo Finance:. . . .ooooo Brawl: . . . . ***oo Firearm: . . . ooooo Investigation: ooooo Dodge: . . . . ***oo Melee: . . . . ***oo Law:. . . . . .ooooo Empathy: . . . **ooo Music: . . . . *oooo Linguistics:. .**ooo Intimidation:. *oooo Repair:. . . . ooooo Medicine: . . .***oo Leadership:. . ***oo Security:. . . ooooo Occult: . . . .**ooo Streetwise:. . ooooo Stealth: . . . ***oo Politics: . . .ooooo Subterfuge:. . **ooo Survival:. . . **ooo Science:. . . .ooooo Diplomacy: . . **ooo Blind Fighting *oooo Kindred Lore: .**ooo Instruction: . ****o Herbalism: . . ***oo Mage Lore:. . .*oooo Sense Deception**ooo Style: . . . . **ooo ================================================================== MERITS FLAWS Concentration (1) Anachronism (2) Calm Heart (3) Enemy (1) Inoffensive to Cursed (3) [see below] Animals (1) Special Gift (1) [see below] ================================================================== DISCIPLINES BACKGROUNDS VIRTUES Auspex:. . . .****** Generation:. . ***** Conscience: . .****o (Eagle's Sight, Resources: . . **ooo Self-Control: .****o Clairvoyance) Contacts:. . . ***oo Courage:. . . .***oo Fortitude: . . **ooo Obeah: . . . .****** Humanity:. . . . . 8 (Renewed Vigour) Willpower: . . . . 7 Obfuscate: . . **ooo Blood Pool:. . . .15 / 3 per turn ================================================================== James was somewhat ill-prepared for unlife as a Salubri. His sire thought that his chances for reaching Golconda (the goal of most Salubri) would be greatest if he knew as little as possible about his new situation- by searching for the answers, James would be moving towards his ultimate goal. Essentially, James was told that he was a vampire of the clan Salubri, that there were other vampires of many varieties throughout the world, and that his purpose now would be to bestow aid to as many beings as possible, both alive and undead. His sire then demonstrated the various powers of his own Disciplines (so that James would know what to work towards in that regard) and then forced James to diablerize him. The entire process took less than a week, in the year 1783. James was left with only an ancient, rather ornate silver ring to remember his Sire by. All the rest, James found out on his own. It didn't take him long to find other vampires; it took him even less time to discover that one doesn't simply walk up to one of the Kindred and announce himself as a Salubri. Through many misadventures, and not a few close calls, James gradually learned how to conceal his true nature, and how to defend himself when he was discovered. Over the next several years, now that he was no longer under constant threat from other undead, James deeply explored his vampiric nature, and began to teach himself to balance this with his humanity. James had been a doctor in life (one point which had attracted his Sire) and he now returned to that profession with a vengeance. He went from town to town through the American frontier, masquerading as a traveling peddler of "healing potions and tonics". He had no direct contact with the Garou in the wilderness; his high Humanity prevented them from identifying him as Undead. James' sire had been known to the Inconnu, and some of them kept an interest in the Childe himself. It was one among them who clued James in to the latent power of his Sire's ring. Fueled by the power of the sun itself, this ring could give him the strength to resist the calling of his Beast. In game terms- this ring stores up to 3 Willpower points which the wearer may use only in order to resist Frenzy or Rotschreck. The ring may be fully recharged by exposure to sunlight. The downside is that the ring must be on the user when it is recharged. It requires but an instant of full exposure to fully recharge the ring. Partially obscured sunlight may take longer. This ring has been passed from Sire to Childe now nine times; Andrea will be the tenth. James eventually reached Golconda, after intense personal trial. He then began to branch out his powers, particularly those of Auspex, to begin his search for a successor. Finally, he discovered Andrea. One more important point in James' past- he was discovered by the leader of the Tremere chantry in a city where he spent a few years immediately after his attainment of Golconda. The Tremere tried to convince others of James' true identity, but aside from his fellow warlocks and an Anarch or two, he was unable to muster enough support to directly attack him (James had by then developed friendships among the local Primogen). So the Tremere resorted to magic, placing a curse on James which was intended to cause his form to show his true age, reducing him to a mere skeleton in minutes. The curse was not entirely successful however, perhaps due to poor execution on the Tremere's part but more likely having to do with James state of Golconda. Instead of aging instantly, James normal aging process resumed. By the time he embraces Andrea, he appears 40ish, but then again people in his time seldom lived much longer than that. He has no idea what this means in terms of his own life span, and he has no intention of staying around to find out. Andrea immediately to follow.... Gambit lambem@rpi.edu