Jack-o-Spades
04-23-15, 01:01 AM
Name: Jack-o-Spades
Nickname/Alias: Jack
Age: ???
Race: Personified Sin's and Emotions
Height: 2"
Weight: 3 lbs
Personality: Jack is a cynic, and a sadist. Weather it qualifies as a personality, or just a by product of his nature, is as of yet unknown. He has been known to express other emotions, though difficult to judge due to the lack of facial expressions. Careful observation, or long standing acquaintance with the ephemeral Gambler, shows that light cast by the flickering flame inside his skull dims and grows according to his emotional state. For example, it will seem to dance and flicker with mirth and laughter, or grow dim and appear almost black with sadness or depression.
History: It could be said that Jack himself has no history really, and there are not many references in this world to what or where he might have come from. He himself has little knowledge. It has been hypothesized that he is some lesser demon, a stray spirit, and embodiment of sin, or a witches familiar. Jack is pretty sure he is not the last, he is never felt any ties or calls or any form of bond at his back, and a ghost he is reasonably sure he is not, as they generally have some tragic sense of loss or some such none sense.
No jack simply is, and jack simply enjoys what he does. He has drifted through the shadows of history, Shuffling cards, rolling dice, and dealing death.
There are bright moments of memory, of great nights of debauchery, of joyful sin in hushed gambling halls, and there are long Decades of dark, of nary a spark to light his hollow mind of those times. He is however reasonably sure that this is not the world he hails from.
Why, even his ability to coherently comprehend the fact that this is not his world, was beyond him before he drifted into a solemn way house on a forgotten road. But the games were the same, the deals the same, the men and women the same. And so now he continues on as he always has, perhaps as he always will.
Appearance: Jack is a largely incorporeal being, the majority of his visible mass is the large floating Jack-o-Lantern that drifts along roughly 6 feet above the ground. Its of average pumpkin size, with a simplistic yet seemingly sinister design. The eyes are carved in the shape of the spades symbol from a deck of cards, with a wide smiling swatch of flesh carved into savage grin of sharpened teeth. A soft orange glow flickers as if candle-light shimmers from within, highlighting his features, but no visible light source can be seen when peering into the jack-o-lantern.
Occasionally a slight vaguely mannish silhouette can be seen where the rest of his body is, but this is only in visible in bright light, and shimmers much like a mirage when visible. The only other visible physical features are two hands, permanently covered in thin white gloves that clearly define long slender hands, almost feminine in the litheness.
Abilities:
Incorporeal- With the exception of his jack-o-lantern head, and gloved hands, jack has no physical presence in the world. Even his hands have little substance, seeming to be filled with air when touched (though faintly warm) and are of little use besides manipulating light objects (No more then 5 pounds).
Any attempts to use his physical features as a weapon has little effect, his hands deflating like balloons when attempted, and his head being no more deadly then an average hollowed pumpkin, in other words, very squishy, easily smashed, and practically useless.
It has been observed that he is able to use his hand to administer a "slap", resulting in a stinging sensation similar to a humans slap, though his hands often deflate for a moment after such an occurrence.
This does however render him neigh invulnerable to physical harm, and as of yet, no physical damage to his person has yet to render him to cease to exist. In the event of the destruction of his "head", he will reform at the nearest pumpkin patch if given enough time. This does appear to be quite painful for him however, and he will attempt to avoid such a fate if at all possible.
Gamblers Gut: Jack is able to conjure any necessary "common" gambling devices from within his ephemeral being. His white gloved hands will appear to "disappear" into his midsection, and pull out any necessary implements for the game at hand. These implements hold no special properties, other then the fact that they disappear at the completion of the game. He can not conjure these items unless necessary for the game to be played, with the exception of one deck of cards, which he often passes time shuffling, and dealing. He is also familiar with the rules, and methods of play, for any "common" games he conjures. (Common in this case refers to common portable "earth" games. Black jack, craps, poker, etc)
Gamblers Compulsion: Jack's presence compels persons within 25 meters to take bigger risks, and engage in riskier behavior. The effect is mild at this time, effectively being a "1.5x" increase to an effected beings risk taking behaviors. A being that would only gamble 10 gold, will gamble 15, a man that would only have one drink, will have one and a half.
This however can be compounded as multiple risky behaviors further degrade the beings decision making process, as they get drunker then normal, or more stressed from their own activities. Strong willed characters, such as those of religious nature, or disciplined military personnel, may be unaffected by a small effort on their part, though due to its faint nature, they will be hard pressed to find what exactly caused them to want to be riskier then normal.
Jack is also able to suppress this skill if he so chooses and makes an effort to, though the cause and reasons for him to do this in the past have thus far been rare.
Aura of Acceptance:
An aura of acceptance eminates from jack, and while not strong enough to allow him to do as he wishes, it means that people accept that he's just a floating pumpkin without too many questions. This usually takes the impression of him being some type of flamboyant magician, or some haughty illusionist with a penchant for the grandiose.
Nickname/Alias: Jack
Age: ???
Race: Personified Sin's and Emotions
Height: 2"
Weight: 3 lbs
Personality: Jack is a cynic, and a sadist. Weather it qualifies as a personality, or just a by product of his nature, is as of yet unknown. He has been known to express other emotions, though difficult to judge due to the lack of facial expressions. Careful observation, or long standing acquaintance with the ephemeral Gambler, shows that light cast by the flickering flame inside his skull dims and grows according to his emotional state. For example, it will seem to dance and flicker with mirth and laughter, or grow dim and appear almost black with sadness or depression.
History: It could be said that Jack himself has no history really, and there are not many references in this world to what or where he might have come from. He himself has little knowledge. It has been hypothesized that he is some lesser demon, a stray spirit, and embodiment of sin, or a witches familiar. Jack is pretty sure he is not the last, he is never felt any ties or calls or any form of bond at his back, and a ghost he is reasonably sure he is not, as they generally have some tragic sense of loss or some such none sense.
No jack simply is, and jack simply enjoys what he does. He has drifted through the shadows of history, Shuffling cards, rolling dice, and dealing death.
There are bright moments of memory, of great nights of debauchery, of joyful sin in hushed gambling halls, and there are long Decades of dark, of nary a spark to light his hollow mind of those times. He is however reasonably sure that this is not the world he hails from.
Why, even his ability to coherently comprehend the fact that this is not his world, was beyond him before he drifted into a solemn way house on a forgotten road. But the games were the same, the deals the same, the men and women the same. And so now he continues on as he always has, perhaps as he always will.
Appearance: Jack is a largely incorporeal being, the majority of his visible mass is the large floating Jack-o-Lantern that drifts along roughly 6 feet above the ground. Its of average pumpkin size, with a simplistic yet seemingly sinister design. The eyes are carved in the shape of the spades symbol from a deck of cards, with a wide smiling swatch of flesh carved into savage grin of sharpened teeth. A soft orange glow flickers as if candle-light shimmers from within, highlighting his features, but no visible light source can be seen when peering into the jack-o-lantern.
Occasionally a slight vaguely mannish silhouette can be seen where the rest of his body is, but this is only in visible in bright light, and shimmers much like a mirage when visible. The only other visible physical features are two hands, permanently covered in thin white gloves that clearly define long slender hands, almost feminine in the litheness.
Abilities:
Incorporeal- With the exception of his jack-o-lantern head, and gloved hands, jack has no physical presence in the world. Even his hands have little substance, seeming to be filled with air when touched (though faintly warm) and are of little use besides manipulating light objects (No more then 5 pounds).
Any attempts to use his physical features as a weapon has little effect, his hands deflating like balloons when attempted, and his head being no more deadly then an average hollowed pumpkin, in other words, very squishy, easily smashed, and practically useless.
It has been observed that he is able to use his hand to administer a "slap", resulting in a stinging sensation similar to a humans slap, though his hands often deflate for a moment after such an occurrence.
This does however render him neigh invulnerable to physical harm, and as of yet, no physical damage to his person has yet to render him to cease to exist. In the event of the destruction of his "head", he will reform at the nearest pumpkin patch if given enough time. This does appear to be quite painful for him however, and he will attempt to avoid such a fate if at all possible.
Gamblers Gut: Jack is able to conjure any necessary "common" gambling devices from within his ephemeral being. His white gloved hands will appear to "disappear" into his midsection, and pull out any necessary implements for the game at hand. These implements hold no special properties, other then the fact that they disappear at the completion of the game. He can not conjure these items unless necessary for the game to be played, with the exception of one deck of cards, which he often passes time shuffling, and dealing. He is also familiar with the rules, and methods of play, for any "common" games he conjures. (Common in this case refers to common portable "earth" games. Black jack, craps, poker, etc)
Gamblers Compulsion: Jack's presence compels persons within 25 meters to take bigger risks, and engage in riskier behavior. The effect is mild at this time, effectively being a "1.5x" increase to an effected beings risk taking behaviors. A being that would only gamble 10 gold, will gamble 15, a man that would only have one drink, will have one and a half.
This however can be compounded as multiple risky behaviors further degrade the beings decision making process, as they get drunker then normal, or more stressed from their own activities. Strong willed characters, such as those of religious nature, or disciplined military personnel, may be unaffected by a small effort on their part, though due to its faint nature, they will be hard pressed to find what exactly caused them to want to be riskier then normal.
Jack is also able to suppress this skill if he so chooses and makes an effort to, though the cause and reasons for him to do this in the past have thus far been rare.
Aura of Acceptance:
An aura of acceptance eminates from jack, and while not strong enough to allow him to do as he wishes, it means that people accept that he's just a floating pumpkin without too many questions. This usually takes the impression of him being some type of flamboyant magician, or some haughty illusionist with a penchant for the grandiose.