TENCHI MUYO!
RYOKO
Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 30 STR 20 15- 1600kg; 6d6 18 DEX 24 13- OCV: 6/DCV: 6 30 CON 40 15- 13 BODY 6 12- 10 INT 0 11- PER Roll 11- 10 EGO 0 11- ECV: 3 20 PRE 10 13- PRE Attack: 4d6 16 COM 6 12- 15 PD 9 Total: 15 PD 15 ED 9 Total: 15 ED 4 SPD 12 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 12 REC 0 60 END 0 45 STUN 2 Total Characteristics Cost: 135 Movement: Flight: 23"/60" Running: 6"/12" Swimming: 2"/4" Teleport: 10"/20" Cost Powers & Skills Combat Training: 16 Combat Skill Levels: +2 with Combat Matter and Energy Manipulation Powers: 64 Energy Manipulation Multipower: 80 Point Pool, IIF: Wrist Gems (-1/4) 6 u - Energy Blast: 15d6 END 7 6 u - Energy Burst: Energy Blast: 8d6, Autofire 5 (+1/2), 1/2 END (+1/2), 3 END (per shot) 3 u - Beam Sword: HKA: 2d6 Energy, 0 END (+1/2) 3 u - Beam Javelin: RKA: 2d6 Energy, 1/2 END (+1/4), END 1 31 Matter Manipulation Elemental Control: 31 Point Pool 15 1- Matter Absorbtion: Growth: 50 Points, +50 STR, +10 BODY, +10 STUN, -10" KB, -7 DCV, +7 PER, +5" Reach, 24m tall (12 hexes), 12m wide (6 hexes), 100,000 kg mass, 1/2 END (+1/4), Requires Available Mass (-1/2), Growth Goes Away if Body Taken Exceeds Body Bonus for Growth (-1/4), IIF: Wrist Gems (-1/4), END 3 49 2 - Desolidification: Not through mystic shields and wards, Invisible Power Effects: Sight (+1/2), Usable by 1 Other (+1/2), END 8 34 Hair Needles: RKA: 1d6, Armor Piercing (+1/2), Autofire 3 (+1/2), 1/2 END (+1/2), END 1 (per shot) 15 Body of Masu: Does Not Bleed 12 Body of Masu: Aid: 5d6 to Body, Self Only (-1/2), Only to Starting Values (-1/2) 143 Body of Masu: Duplication: Single Duplicate 25 Body of Masu: Life Support: Self-contained breathing, Pressure, Heat/Cold, Vacuum, Aging, Disease 72 Flight: 30", 1/2 END (+1/4), IIF: Wrist Gems (-1/4), END 3 30 Teleport: 10", x2 Distance, x 2 Mass (20" noncombat), 1/2 END, IIF: Wrist Gems, END 2 108 Spirit Calling: Summon: 300 point creature, Limited group: Spirits (usually from the surrounding air), 0 END (+1/2), IIF: Gem on Left Wrist (-1/4) 50 Spirit Control: Mind Control: 15d6, Only to Control Summoned Creatures (-1), 0 END (+1/2), IIF: Gem on Right Wrist (-1/4) 70 Spirit Removal: Dispel: 35d6, Only to Remove Summoned Creatures (-1), 0 END (+1/2), IIF: Gem on Right Wrist (-1/4) Skills 3 Acrobatics 13- 3 Combat Pilot: Space Ship (Ryo-oh-ki) 13- 5 KS: Local Space Empires 14- 3 Navigation 11- 3 Persuasion 13- 3 Seduction 13- 7 Shadowing 13- 6 SL: +2 with 'Ship' Skills (Combat Pilot, Navigation, Systems Operations) 3 Stealth 13- 3 Systems Operations 11- 1 WF: Ship to Ship Weapons 792 Total Powers & Skills Cost 927 Total Character Cost 100+ Disadvantages 5 Distinctive Features: Sea-green hair, Gold cat's eyes (C, N) 10 Hunted: Galaxy Police (AsPow) 8- Psychological Limitation: 10 Delights in causing trouble 15 In love with Tenchi 15 Lazy, self-indulgent and vain 10 Reputation: Ryoko - notorious space pirate 14- (limited group) 5 Rivalry: Ayeka (Romantic) 757 Bakemono Bonus 927 Total Disadvantage Points
Ryoko's Duplicate: This form only possess Ryoko's 'innate' powers as well as any that were used when she didn't have possession of any gems. Since this form has little combat capabilities, she doesn't seem to bother creating it while fighting. She has created it to have someone to talk to, as well as to set up scams (this stunt was pulled in the TV series).
Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 30 STR 20 15- 1600kg; 6d6 18 DEX 24 13- OCV: 6/DCV: 6 30 CON 40 15- 13 BODY 6 12- 10 INT 0 11- PER Roll 11- 10 EGO 0 11- ECV: 3 20 PRE 10 13- PRE Attack: 4d6 16 COM 6 12- 15 PD 9 Total: 15 PD 15 ED 9 Total: 15 ED 4 SPD 12 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 12 REC 0 60 END 0 45 STUN 2 Total Characteristics Cost: 135 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills Combat Training: 16 Combat Skill Levels: +2 with Combat Matter and Energy Manipulation Powers: 80 Desolidification: Not through mystic shields and wards, Invisible Power Effects: Sight (+1/2), Usable by 1 Other (+1/2), END 8 34 Hair Needles: RKA: 1d6, Armor Piercing (+1/2), Autofire 3 (+1/2), 1/2 END (+1/2), END 1 (per shot) 15 Body of Masu: Does Not Bleed 12 Body of Masu: Aid: 5d6 to Body, Self Only (-1/2), Only to Starting Values (-1/2) 25 Body of Masu: Life Support: Self-contained breathing, Pressure, Heat/Cold, Vacuum, Aging, Disease Skills 3 Acrobatics 13- 3 Combat Pilot: Space Ship (Ryo-oh-ki) 13- 5 KS: Local Space Empires 14- 3 Navigation 11- 3 Persuasion 13- 3 Seduction 13- 7 Shadowing 13- 6 SL: +2 with 'Ship' Skills (Combat Pilot, Navigation, Systems Operations) 3 Stealth 13- 3 Systems Operations 11- 1 WF: Ship to Ship Weapons 222 Total Powers & Skills Cost 357 Total Character Cost 100+ Disadvantages 5 Distinctive Features: Sea-green hair, Gold cat's eyes (C, N) 10 Hunted: Galaxy Police (AsPow) 8- Psychological Limitation: 10 Delights in causing trouble 15 In love with Tenchi 15 Lazy, self-indulgent and vain 10 Reputation: Ryoko - notorious space pirate 14- (limited group) 5 Rivalry: Ayeka (Romantic) 187 Bakemono Bonus 357 Total Disadvantage Points
Designer's Notes: Well... I guess this is what happens when you try and define all of a character's powers... Thus, I offer this warning: Ryoko's point total is OVER 900 points! Got that? Good.
Ryoko comes from the extremely amusing series Tenchi Muyo!. The basic story is a rather common one in Japanese anime/manga; young man meets beautiful girl, falls in love and then meets said girl's friends, relatives and enemies. This sort of plot is the root for such anime/manga as Urusei Yatsura (aka Lum), Ah (or Oh) My Goddess!, Ranma 1/2, Tenchi Muyo!, Video Girl Ai, Girl from Phantasia... Uhm... OK, you get the idea.
Ryoko was created to be the servant of a very powerful being known as Kagato. Her intended use was as a sort of 'living weapon', going about and wrecking havoc wherever Kagato pleased. At one point, Ryoko attacked the home planet of the Jurai and was pursued to Earth afterwards. Crashing to Earth, she was imprisoned in the depths of a cave for over 700 years. Eventually, she was released by Tenchi Masaki (the 'hero' of the series). After an initial misunderstanding (in which Ryoko destroyed Tenchi's high school), Ryoko settled down to live with Tenchi (sort of).
This is (of course) a simplified account of the first two episodes of the series. There are (naturally) a number of other characters in the series, including Ayeka, Princess of the House of Jurai, Tenchi's love interest and Ryoko's rival in all things.
Description: Ryoko is rather short, standing only about 5'4" or so. She is slim, with a well proportioned figure. She has pale sea-green hair that falls past her shoulders and gold eyes with vertical cat-like pupils. Although she is over 2,000 years old, Ryoko appears to be about age 17 or so. Ryoko dresses in a wide assortment of outfits, most of which look sorta like modernized versions of the traditional kimono. Her battle costume is a skintight body suit in deep red with a black jagged pattern that covers each arm and the sides of her torso.
Powers Notes: Uhm... where to start..
Most of Ryoko's powers center around the the gems set into each wrist (and, I believe, her throat). Most of her powers seem to require at least one of the gems to be present. When creating Ryoko's powers, I used the list found in Ryoko's Cave, which is a rather cool Web site (sorry, URL forgotten).
First, Ryoko can manipulate heat energy. This allows her to project intense bolts of energy (EB), or a rapid pulse (EB with autofire), or to create a beam sword (HKA), or to 'throw' the sword (RKA). The sword appears as a beam of light and acts very much like a lightsaber. When switching slots, Ryoko is usually surrounded by a swarm of glowing dots.
Second, Ryoko can manipulate matter. This grants her a broad range of powers, not all of which are expressed in the elemental control. She herself is made from a material called 'Masu' or Mass. A such, she doesn't bleed if cut (or doesn't appear to), she can grow lost body parts at will (Body Aid), create a Duplicate of herself (Duplication), really doesn't need to breath and doesn't age (Life Support) and so on. Ryoko can walk through walls with ease, and can even carry someone with her. When desolid, she looks perfectly normal (ie. 'solid'). Usually, she combines Desolid and Flight to create such visual effects as sinking straight down into the floor or ground, looking almost as if she's riding on an elevator. Finally, she utilize her desolid to sink into a large object and manipulate it from within (Growth).
Note: this last power does require a little explanation. When this power was used in the anime, Ryoko cut a large stone column down, and then sank into it. Moments later, the column assumed Ryoko's form, grabbing a nearby opponent and standing up. After a few moments, the column was blasted to chunks and Ryoko abandoned that attack to try something else. Thus, the following limitations have been placed on the power: "Requires Available Mass", which means that there needs to be a free standing object for her to sink into; "Growth Goes Away if Body Taken Exceeds Body Bonus for Growth", which means that if she takes Body damage greater than that granted by the current level of Growth, then the manipulated object has been destroyed and Ryoko loses all bonuses from Growth.
Aside from all of Ryoko's other matter manipulation tricks, she can also fly, as well as teleport. Note: Ryoko has no problem flying in deep space.
Ryoko used her hair needles once. They were projected from her hair, and looked like long thin spines. She used them while entangled in a thick sticky goo.
Ryoko's final power is the ability to summon 'spirits' from the surrounding atmosphere. This requires a gem on her left wrist. Once summoned, she can control them and even send them back, but this requires a gem on her right wrist. The one time she summoned such a creature, she only had one gem... (and the thing was immune to all of her attacks...).
A few words on Ryoko's powers: If, for some reason, you plan on using Ryoko, I have a few suggestions. One: down power everything. Simply having Ryoko pay *full* END for everything will do wonders for her play balance. Two: Ryoko's gems are implanted in her wrists. Removal requires lopping her hand off (in which case the gem will vanish) or the use of a powerful 'key' to remove them. In the series, the sword Tenchi was used this way. Ryoko was impaled on the weapon and the gems were 'dispelled' from her body. GMs should decide what forms of non-lethal methods sound good for removing the gems. Three: Remove such things as the hair needles, summon and duplication. These powers are demonstrated only once in the series and shouldn't detract from her combat capabilities in the slightest. Four: Play up the fact that Ryoko would rather sleep, drink sake and sit in a hot spring than fight anyone! (usually).
Disadvantages Notes: Although no one ever really comments on the way Ryoko looks in the anime, she does stand out in a crowd. In a more 'normal' superhero universe, she certainly would appear a bit different.
Ryoko is amazingly lazy, doing her best to get out of any real work. She also rather self-indulgent, preferring to spend her time relaxing in a hot spring, drinking sake over all else. On the other hand, she is some what vain. After being caught in an explosion, she actually wasted time straightening her hair and dusting off her clothing before pursuing the person responsible.
As a way of amusing herself, Ryoko occasionally goes out of her way to stir up trouble. This usually involves cruel tricks on Ayeka, or some way to make Tenchi look bad in Ayeka's eyes.
Ryoko has fallen head over heels in love with Tenchi. She will do her best to protect him from any and all threats (including Ayeka) and woe to anyone that actually harms him...
Ayeka is Tenchi's fiance (sort of). She is also Ryoko's biggest obstacle to winning Tenchi's heart. Ryoko has tried a number of schemes to get Ayeka out of the way, but none have succeeded. It doesn't help that as a member of the Royal House, Ayeka has a number of powers of her own.
Ryoko is well known as a pirate and thief and is still wanted in some parts of the galaxy. She's safe from the Jurai though, the statue of limitations on her attack ran out a right after she was released from the cave (convenient that).
(Ryoko created by Naoko Hasegawa, Masaki Kajishima, Hiroko Hayashi; character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)
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