Duffy
05-24-12, 12:24 PM
Duffy Bracken
Regent of the Bardic College of Istien
2636
Name: Brandybuck Defoe.
Alias: Duffy.
Title: Lord, Regent, Bladesinger Liege, Tantalum.
Gender: Male.
Race: Humanoid.
Age: 542yrs (appears late twenties).
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 150lbs.
Eye Colour: Blue.
Hair Colour: Light Brown.
Languages: Scara Brae, Tradespeak.
Intelligence: Genius.
Alignment: True Good.
Occupation: Lecturer, Politician.
Accent: Corone (Neutral).
Literacy: Unrivalled.
History:
Work in progress.
Skills:
Bardic Menagerie: As a bard, Duffy constantly strives to recite, recant, and produce eternally more pompous renditions of classical plays and witty comedies. As part of his stage life, and his early progeny as a street runner and later as a thief, he has amassed the skills required to perform in the various styles of theatre prevalent throughout Althanas.
• Actor: Duffy is an outstanding actor of legendary skill. He is familiar with all common plays and the classics, and can method act almost as if he were possessed, even if he invariably 'Duffyfies' the role.
• Dancer: Duffy has a legendary knowledge of the performance of most common dances, tango, waltz etc., as well as the Scara Brae variations/court dances etc. Due to his injury, he can no longer perform these dances, but can instruct others to do so.
• Virtuoso: Duffy can sing at an above average level. He can play the flute, common harp, harpsichord (, or similar) to a legendary level. Duffy can spontaneously play common styles, utilising the arts/culture knowledge skill.
Rogue's Gambit: As the Tantalum, Duffy hears and sees allot that he should no't, and he has the rapport to talk his way into a location where most would resort to a large axe. To represent this, Duffy is considered to possess the following skills:
• Local Knowledge: legendary knowledge skill pertaining to the arts, culture and flora and fauna of the island of Scara Brae.
• Forbidden Lore (Thayne): Duffy possess an adept understanding of the history of the creation of the Thayne, especially N’Jal and Tantalus.
• Street Slang: Duffy may have heard a rumour or tit bit that is relevant to the topic at hand, but careful consideration should be applied both to his age, and wherever or not he would understand what it was he ‘overheard’.
The Aria: The Aria has changed; it sings no more as if Duffy were the only one who could hear it. The Silver Sea, both metaphor and quasi-reality in the minds of the avatar of Tantalus is no longer turbulent, unfettered, unbridled; it is a calm, serene and harmonious plane of existence that harbours the creative endeavours of all the multiverse. The name Tantalum no longer means ‘gifted,’ it is simply a leader’s name, a formulaic and stuffy title given to the one who leads, through choice or election, a troupe born of Scara Brae. It has developed in time, and his former method acting ability has caused him to reincarnate not as a vessel, but as the Hero Lysander himself – crossed with Defoe, his first life, and peppered with the woes of all his former lives:
Persuasion: A convincing aura that applies to characters up to three levels higher, and three levels lower. (Those outside of this range are beyond his curtailing charm). This, crossed with his speechraft, allows Duffy to attempt to convince others to do his bidding, part ways, and lay down their blades, but it cannot and never will be able to cause others to directly harm themselves (he can, however, instruct them to take arms up against another. Any command he makes with persuasion must remain within his moral alignment).
Bladesinger of the Western Weald: Reborn as Lysander Brandybuck and William Defoe combined, Duffy now possesses the memories of the Bladesinger, and those of the blood mage Defoe. His abilities have thus changed, as below, and he has lost all of his combat abilities with his daggers.
• Duellist’s Gambit: He can however wield short swords, long swords, katanas and similar one handed bladed weapons in any combination. He wields these instruments at a legendary level, and can switch between simplistic but swift styles of the blade singer’s art with ease.
• Recanting Orison: Twice per thread, by channelling his vocal chords and summoning The Aria into this realm, Lysander can augment a single weapon with a vibrating force. This has two effects; firstly, it augments the material of the weapon so that it is one tier higher (this is cumulative with the effects of The Katarhna) and strikes at X1.5% the normal strength of a blade swung with a man of Duffy’s physical build. Secondly, for the duration of the subsequent post or attack (whichever transpires first) the blade in question cannot be tarnished or broken by non-magical means.
• Note-bound Reflexes: using stoic steps, a defence of steel and a keen sight that is beyond a mortal’s, Duffy can instigate a fighting stance that is all but impervious to blows from bladed weapons from opponents who or one level higher or below. He can only retain this for three posts maximum. When in such a stance he cannot strike in return, and it requires patience and song whilst engaging in this form, as well a cool down period of one post before retaliatory strikes can be delivered. He can activate this ability whilst wielding his cane, or the Katarhna.
The Union of Ages: Four times per thread the profile ability of one other member of the Tantalum Troupe may be called upon as a non-NPC action, working for all intent and purpose as described in the original biography (except that if the original ability can only be used once per thread Etc, ignore that restriction provided it is not used more than Union of Ages allows). At present, this requires all the same conditions as the original ability, so that if the original requires PC permission, so too does Duffy.
Equipment:
Tooth & Nail: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?24237-A-Moulding-Menagerie) Duffy’s first two iron daggers from his youth, nicknamed ‘Tooth’ & ‘Nail’. They are inscribed with the opening and closing lines of I Want to Be Your Canary, the former on Tooth and the latter on Nail. They are 25 centimetres long from hilt to blade tip and are enchanted to slash or pierce (respective of their names) at a much fiercer rate than their components would otherwise allow (at present, at X1.5 a normal dagger would). They were upgraded to steel and reworked to be inscribed with the final two lines of the play on the reverse edge of the blades.
The Katarhna: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?24237-A-Moulding-Menagerie) A simple dehlar katana with a black handle and gold hilt. It is a magical blade that is held in a simple black Akashima sheath. It can be drawn with either hand but requires adjustment to do so with the left, making any such movement risky and more time consuming. It now strongly resists blows from non-magical weapons and if Duffy is singing, or using spell singing via the Union of Ages, the blade strikes at an additional X1.5 multiplier as it begins to vibrate at a high frequency (which can stack with other modifiers).
The Beast of Tongues: (Geisha Mask: A ceramic fox masque in the traditional Akashiman style, with red ribbon to secure it to the face and a broad bright smile moulded into it. It conceals the face completely, but asides from its disguise potential, it has no magical ability nor is it worth anything.) A ceramic fox masque in the traditional Akashiman geisha style, with red ribbon to secure it to the face and a broad bright smile moulded into it. It conceals the face completely. Whilst wearing the mask, Duffy can understand every language spoken throughout time and space fluently. It does not afford him the ability to speak it, though it will boost his ability to learn through absorption.
The Bonds of Artistry: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?24237-A-Moulding-Menagerie) Duffy has purchased a matching set of four masterwork platinum bangles, each delicately inscribed with the leading, most memorable line from I Want To Be Your Canary spoken by the intended recipients. He will give them to Lillith, Ruby, and Arden in their next updates. They afford the wearer the ability to teleport back and forth between Brandybuck Castle at will (quests only) and once per thread, during a battle, they may call on Arden's Blink ability, as described in his original profile:
Blink: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?20577-Arden-Blank-Janelle&highlight=)Blank can manipulate his own chronotrons once per thread to, quite simply, Blink himself from existence, flittering between the reality that is Althanas and the alternative realm of The Aria for precisely two seconds. He will re-appear in exactly the same place, and continue on exactly the same momentum and trajectory should he have been moving when activated. The practical uses of this are self-defence, to avoid, if given warning a projectile or moving object, or to dash through an opponent to attack from behind; it takes considerable focus to activate at present, and leaves ripples and a vacuum in its wake. When he disappears and re-appears, snippets of text, song or noises darker still will emerge, flying out from the heart of creativity itself.
Regent of the Bardic College of Istien
2636
Name: Brandybuck Defoe.
Alias: Duffy.
Title: Lord, Regent, Bladesinger Liege, Tantalum.
Gender: Male.
Race: Humanoid.
Age: 542yrs (appears late twenties).
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 150lbs.
Eye Colour: Blue.
Hair Colour: Light Brown.
Languages: Scara Brae, Tradespeak.
Intelligence: Genius.
Alignment: True Good.
Occupation: Lecturer, Politician.
Accent: Corone (Neutral).
Literacy: Unrivalled.
History:
Work in progress.
Skills:
Bardic Menagerie: As a bard, Duffy constantly strives to recite, recant, and produce eternally more pompous renditions of classical plays and witty comedies. As part of his stage life, and his early progeny as a street runner and later as a thief, he has amassed the skills required to perform in the various styles of theatre prevalent throughout Althanas.
• Actor: Duffy is an outstanding actor of legendary skill. He is familiar with all common plays and the classics, and can method act almost as if he were possessed, even if he invariably 'Duffyfies' the role.
• Dancer: Duffy has a legendary knowledge of the performance of most common dances, tango, waltz etc., as well as the Scara Brae variations/court dances etc. Due to his injury, he can no longer perform these dances, but can instruct others to do so.
• Virtuoso: Duffy can sing at an above average level. He can play the flute, common harp, harpsichord (, or similar) to a legendary level. Duffy can spontaneously play common styles, utilising the arts/culture knowledge skill.
Rogue's Gambit: As the Tantalum, Duffy hears and sees allot that he should no't, and he has the rapport to talk his way into a location where most would resort to a large axe. To represent this, Duffy is considered to possess the following skills:
• Local Knowledge: legendary knowledge skill pertaining to the arts, culture and flora and fauna of the island of Scara Brae.
• Forbidden Lore (Thayne): Duffy possess an adept understanding of the history of the creation of the Thayne, especially N’Jal and Tantalus.
• Street Slang: Duffy may have heard a rumour or tit bit that is relevant to the topic at hand, but careful consideration should be applied both to his age, and wherever or not he would understand what it was he ‘overheard’.
The Aria: The Aria has changed; it sings no more as if Duffy were the only one who could hear it. The Silver Sea, both metaphor and quasi-reality in the minds of the avatar of Tantalus is no longer turbulent, unfettered, unbridled; it is a calm, serene and harmonious plane of existence that harbours the creative endeavours of all the multiverse. The name Tantalum no longer means ‘gifted,’ it is simply a leader’s name, a formulaic and stuffy title given to the one who leads, through choice or election, a troupe born of Scara Brae. It has developed in time, and his former method acting ability has caused him to reincarnate not as a vessel, but as the Hero Lysander himself – crossed with Defoe, his first life, and peppered with the woes of all his former lives:
Persuasion: A convincing aura that applies to characters up to three levels higher, and three levels lower. (Those outside of this range are beyond his curtailing charm). This, crossed with his speechraft, allows Duffy to attempt to convince others to do his bidding, part ways, and lay down their blades, but it cannot and never will be able to cause others to directly harm themselves (he can, however, instruct them to take arms up against another. Any command he makes with persuasion must remain within his moral alignment).
Bladesinger of the Western Weald: Reborn as Lysander Brandybuck and William Defoe combined, Duffy now possesses the memories of the Bladesinger, and those of the blood mage Defoe. His abilities have thus changed, as below, and he has lost all of his combat abilities with his daggers.
• Duellist’s Gambit: He can however wield short swords, long swords, katanas and similar one handed bladed weapons in any combination. He wields these instruments at a legendary level, and can switch between simplistic but swift styles of the blade singer’s art with ease.
• Recanting Orison: Twice per thread, by channelling his vocal chords and summoning The Aria into this realm, Lysander can augment a single weapon with a vibrating force. This has two effects; firstly, it augments the material of the weapon so that it is one tier higher (this is cumulative with the effects of The Katarhna) and strikes at X1.5% the normal strength of a blade swung with a man of Duffy’s physical build. Secondly, for the duration of the subsequent post or attack (whichever transpires first) the blade in question cannot be tarnished or broken by non-magical means.
• Note-bound Reflexes: using stoic steps, a defence of steel and a keen sight that is beyond a mortal’s, Duffy can instigate a fighting stance that is all but impervious to blows from bladed weapons from opponents who or one level higher or below. He can only retain this for three posts maximum. When in such a stance he cannot strike in return, and it requires patience and song whilst engaging in this form, as well a cool down period of one post before retaliatory strikes can be delivered. He can activate this ability whilst wielding his cane, or the Katarhna.
The Union of Ages: Four times per thread the profile ability of one other member of the Tantalum Troupe may be called upon as a non-NPC action, working for all intent and purpose as described in the original biography (except that if the original ability can only be used once per thread Etc, ignore that restriction provided it is not used more than Union of Ages allows). At present, this requires all the same conditions as the original ability, so that if the original requires PC permission, so too does Duffy.
Equipment:
Tooth & Nail: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?24237-A-Moulding-Menagerie) Duffy’s first two iron daggers from his youth, nicknamed ‘Tooth’ & ‘Nail’. They are inscribed with the opening and closing lines of I Want to Be Your Canary, the former on Tooth and the latter on Nail. They are 25 centimetres long from hilt to blade tip and are enchanted to slash or pierce (respective of their names) at a much fiercer rate than their components would otherwise allow (at present, at X1.5 a normal dagger would). They were upgraded to steel and reworked to be inscribed with the final two lines of the play on the reverse edge of the blades.
The Katarhna: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?24237-A-Moulding-Menagerie) A simple dehlar katana with a black handle and gold hilt. It is a magical blade that is held in a simple black Akashima sheath. It can be drawn with either hand but requires adjustment to do so with the left, making any such movement risky and more time consuming. It now strongly resists blows from non-magical weapons and if Duffy is singing, or using spell singing via the Union of Ages, the blade strikes at an additional X1.5 multiplier as it begins to vibrate at a high frequency (which can stack with other modifiers).
The Beast of Tongues: (Geisha Mask: A ceramic fox masque in the traditional Akashiman style, with red ribbon to secure it to the face and a broad bright smile moulded into it. It conceals the face completely, but asides from its disguise potential, it has no magical ability nor is it worth anything.) A ceramic fox masque in the traditional Akashiman geisha style, with red ribbon to secure it to the face and a broad bright smile moulded into it. It conceals the face completely. Whilst wearing the mask, Duffy can understand every language spoken throughout time and space fluently. It does not afford him the ability to speak it, though it will boost his ability to learn through absorption.
The Bonds of Artistry: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?24237-A-Moulding-Menagerie) Duffy has purchased a matching set of four masterwork platinum bangles, each delicately inscribed with the leading, most memorable line from I Want To Be Your Canary spoken by the intended recipients. He will give them to Lillith, Ruby, and Arden in their next updates. They afford the wearer the ability to teleport back and forth between Brandybuck Castle at will (quests only) and once per thread, during a battle, they may call on Arden's Blink ability, as described in his original profile:
Blink: (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?20577-Arden-Blank-Janelle&highlight=)Blank can manipulate his own chronotrons once per thread to, quite simply, Blink himself from existence, flittering between the reality that is Althanas and the alternative realm of The Aria for precisely two seconds. He will re-appear in exactly the same place, and continue on exactly the same momentum and trajectory should he have been moving when activated. The practical uses of this are self-defence, to avoid, if given warning a projectile or moving object, or to dash through an opponent to attack from behind; it takes considerable focus to activate at present, and leaves ripples and a vacuum in its wake. When he disappears and re-appears, snippets of text, song or noises darker still will emerge, flying out from the heart of creativity itself.