[Paradise] Violet, the Beast Master

[Echo1]

Woman, scrounge wear, hopeful face, eyepatch, built body


Dark skin, dark hair, dark eyes (or eye, rather). Clothes are a patchwork, might wear warpaint on her face if she's feeling nostalgic. Looks unfriendly at a glance, but is actually rather reserved and behaves submissively – avoids eye contact with superiors, speaks very formally, etc. The only way to get her jabbering is to ask about Pugnax.


Stats:


Cool +0


Hard +0


Hot +2


Sharp +1


Weird +0


Gear:


- 9mm (2-harm close loud)


- whip (1-harm hand close)


- roughshod breastpiece made from Pugnax's latest molt (1-armor)


Moves:


All Basic Moves


Fetch!


Unleashed

Spoiler

Fetch!: When you command your beast to do something or get something for you (a person, a vehicle, a weapon, etc.), roll+hot. On a 10+, the beast does exactly what you want or comes back with what you wanted, no problems. On a 7-9, choose 2:

• The beast doesn't do exactly what you wanted it to do, but it's close (MC's call)
  
• The beast is distracted by one of its impulses
  
• The beast has to fight through someone or something and it's harmed
  

On a miss, one or more of its impulses completely distract it from completing the task.


Unleashed: When you make your beast display a show of power to intimidate a person or group, roll+hot. On a 10+, hold 2. On a 7-9, hold 1. They can spend your hold, 1 for 1, by:

• Giving you something you want
  
• Fleeing as far and fast away from your beast as possible
  
• Doing something you tell them to
  

For NPCs, while you have hold over them they can't act against you. For PCs, instead, they can spend your hold to act against you, but they're acting under fire. On a miss, they don't care about your display and the MC should trigger one of your beast's impulses, which it will follow until you regain control.


Beast Master Special:


When you and another character have sex, they hold 1. They can spend their hold any time to help or interfere with you when you're dealing with your beast, as though they rolled a 10+.


Hx:


El-Amin +3


Hooper +0


Midas +2


Crow +1


Sin -1


XP: 2/5


Pugnax, a Hive Eater (2-harm small gang 2-armor)


Impulses: hoard, rest, destroy, seek attention, consume. He's quirky.


Body: Insect


Abilities: Heavily Armored, Horns (3-harm hand messy, Alice mentioned something earlier about maybe giving him a charge ability with +1 harm with “reload”)


Personality: Protective. Acts like a big, daft dog.


Control: Bribes of special food. Pugnax loves sweet things, but to really spoil him you gotta feed him a beehive or two. Those are his favorite.


Description: Pugnax looks like the freak lovechild of a beetle and some Golden Age ruins. His body's huge, hefty, and covered in matte dark-grey carapace plates that give him a weathered, ancient look. He's got a rough texture full of dents and bumps and, er, a few embedded bullets that I haven't gotten around to picking out yet. I use his horns to climb onto his humpback. Moss grows on him and kind of shags down in places, which just adds to his charm. Pugnax has six eyes: a gold pair you can see under his faceplate, and four simple eyes clustered on his forehead that help him sense light, dark, and temperature. Don't ask me how that last one works.


Violet's Improvement


__ Get +1 cool (max cool +2)


__ Get +1 hard (max hard +2)


__ Get +1 hot (max hot +3)


__ Get +1 sharp (max sharp +2)


__ Take another Beast Master move or remove one impulse


__ Take another Beast Master move or remove one impulse


__ Take another Beast Master move or remove one impulse


__ Get a breeding pit and training ground (acts as a workspace for your beast)


__ Take a move from another playbook


__ Take a move from another playbook