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Kaiden Cross

Portrayed By: Freddy Keith

Character Brief

Codename:

Alchemy

Occupation:

Doctor

Age:

19

Height:

6'2"

Eyes:

Blue

Hair:

Blond

Creation:

Chimera

Legacy:

Hybrid

Biography

He wasn’t ever meant to be a person, really; he was meant to be a tool.

He was supposed to be a revenue stream. A cure to the ultimate disease; there was no budget for the R&D of his creation because they thought he might have an endless pay out. A salvation for the Company.  With Project Elixir, DCI would save the world — at a hefty profit — on their terms.

Josh Foley was a miracle. If records were to be believed, his mastery over life itself was second to none– that potential they sought to exploit to earn their place back within the modern business regime.

Unfortunately, the sample of Josh’s DNA they had was imperfect, and attempts at cloning it was not viable. That is, until they hybridized it with another mutant sample, one with a flexible and adaptive genetic code. A shapeshifter.

Kaiden Cross is not Josh Foley, though. The Company made no attempt to instill in him any part of what made Josh who he was, save his power alone; but for his power to work it required knowledge. He grew up within a Framework reality, where Kai was a prodigy, a genius, where he knew intuitively about medical sciences what others studied with difficulty. His mind and the Frameworks database were linked at a very intimate level, and he grasped biology in a way few others could.

In this reality, he never thought he had any power at all.

He was a star athlete, a star student, a medical researcher, geneticist, and as he learned to cure disease after disease, he was in truth simply learning to know and master his sense of organic matter.

Meanwhile, the Company connected him to patients in the real world, and the Framework integrated their scans with his own biological perception to heal them.

Project Elixir was showing itself to be a success.

But it was the practical part of the testing that proved the failure of the project; Kaiden could not heal without a touch, could not touch but feel what was wrong with someone, and he felt this on a level deeper then the scans of the Project Computers could provide. This created a disconnect: what he knew and what his natural senses told him diverged.

Something was wrong.

The implant, the connection that linked Kaiden into the machine, he became aware of unconsciously. He healed it, he expelled it, he became whole… and awoke in a white room, bleeding lightly from where his body rejected the implant, though already healing even that.

He was thin, weak. He had never been entirely aware of his body while in the framework. He was afraid, and confused. Kaiden may have been weak, but he wasn’t helpless. He rose, he stumbled– knowledge of walking and the reality of walking are different things– but he moved. A nurse came, and he lifted a hand and she fell.

He was shocked, afraid, horrified.

But he walked.

Kaiden escaped, almost entirely on pure instinct, and he left in his wake some hurt in his passing. He shapeshifted for the first time unconsciously, just mimicing people as he tried to fit into this world which was mostly the same– but not– that did not quite make sense.

He grew stronger, faster then he should, as he became truly aware of his own body for the first time, and his ability to manipulate it rushed his healing and strengthening.

Chicago.

He can’t let go of who he was within the dream– the VR psychosis the Company laid on him– but he knows he’s not that person, and this isn’t that world. He doesn’t know who he is, or where he is, truly.

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Aspects

High Concept:

The Healer who Hurts

He is a divided man, a man who can touch and feel the fullness of life, and heal that life; but he is a man who will when put into a position he can not avoid-- at all costs-- lay hands and cause pain, and he does so. It isn't that he's immune to guilt, for he knows as much as those he hurts what that hurt is, but he acts.

Trouble:

The Cure? The Salvation

Those who made him think he is the answer to the Phage, the great sterility plague; but he himself thinks that he is responsible for all pain that he sees around him. They hunt him to capture him and harness his power. He is driven and can't *not* use his power to save.

The Calm Within the Storm

All around him, there are things he doesn't understand, there are things always in motion he can not hold still to measure. But Kaiden is still, steady, and ready.

Skills

Superb (+5)

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Great (+4)

Will

Good (+3)

Fight

Physique

Fair (+2)

Athletics

Lore

Notice

Average (+1)

Contacts

Empathy

Investigate

Rapport

Stunts

Mechanical Effect:

Stunt Cost:

Power Suite One: Biokinesis

Alchemy, Kaiden, Kai, has the power over life and death. Organic matter, it is his to manipulate, his to control. By laying hands on someone, he can heal or hurt someone: but on himself, its instinctive, and goes beyond simple changes. He can mold his body like sculpted clay. For himself, almost nothing can kill him -- his power manifests all on its own to bring him back.

Power Breakdown

  • Disguise - +2 Deceive when opposing efforts to see through disguise.
    • Harm - Deal 2 stress by touch, add 2 stress to all fight attacks using your bare hands.
      • Piercing Damage - Your Harm ignores armor ratings and works through clothing.
    • Healing - May start physical consequence recovery using Will. May roll Will against Fair (+2) opposition to clear another character's stress track. Characters may only have stress cleared once per scene.
      • Fast Healing - When you put another character's consequence into recovery, decrease it's severity by one step if a slot is available. Mild consequences clear immediately.
    • Regeneration - Mild consequence clear at the end of a scene or when they start recovery. Other physical consequences downgrade one slot if available when they start recovery.
      • Immortal - You cannot die as a result of being taken out in combat.

    Special Effects

    • Inflict Condition - You add an aspect to the target which you can invoke once for free
    • Physical Recovery - You recover from all physical stress

    Drawbacks

    • Must Maintain Physical Contact -Your ability is less than short-range; you Must Maintain Physical Contact to keep someone empowered. -

    Collateral Damage

    • “DIE!” - Nameless NPCs are taken out instantly, while named NPCs and PCs must use Will to successfully overcome a Fair (+2) obstacle or take a moderate physical consequence as their own body tears itself apart.

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    Stunts

    • Always a Way Out
    • Always Making Useful Things
    • Armor of Fear
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    • Better than New!
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    • Ear to the Ground
    • Eavesdropper
    • Face in the Crowd
    • Grappler
    • Hard Boiled
    • Hard to Shake
    • Hardcore Parkour
    • Heavy Hitter
    • Hidden Knowledge
    • I’ve Read about That!
    • Indomitable
    • Killing Stroke
    • Lie Whisperer
    • Lies upon Lies
    • Mind Games
    • Money Talks
    • Ninja Vanish
    • Nose for Trouble
    • Okay, Fine!
    • One Person, Many Faces
    • Pedal to the Metal
    • Popular
    • Provoke Violence
    • Psychologist
    • Quick on the Draw
    • Ramming Speed!
    • Reactive Shot
    • Ride
    • Rumormonger
    • Savvy Investor
    • Security Specialist
    • Shield of Reason
    • Slippery Target
    • Specialist
    • Sprinter
    • Strength From Determination
    • Surgical Strikes
    • Take the Blow
    • Talk the Talk
    • The Power of Deduction
    • The Weight of Reputation
    • Tough as Nails
    • Trust Fund Baby
    • Uncanny Accuracy

    Powers

    • Animal Control
    • Creature Summoning
    • Disguise
    • Duplication
    • Elasticity
    • Energy Absorption
    • Energy Blast
    • Flight
    • Gadgeteering
    • Harm
    • Healing
    • Illusion
    • Influence
    • Invisibility
    • Item Summoning
    • Machine Control
    • Machine Control (Hacking Variant)
    • Material Mimic
    • Natural Weapon
    • Phasing
    • Plant Control
    • Power Amplification
    • Power Nullification
    • Power Replication
    • Precognition
    • Regeneration
    • Shape-Shifting
    • Shielding
    • Slowing
    • Super Agility
    • Super Intelligence
    • Super Senses
    • Super Speed
    • Super Strength
    • Super Toughness
    • Telekinesis
    • Telepathy
    • Teleportation
    • Teleportation: Portals (Variant)
    • Theme: Chaos Conduit (Mutant Only)
    • Theme: Corruption
    • Theme: Dark Conduit (Mutant Only)
    • Theme: Electricity Projection
    • Theme: Energy Manipulation
    • Theme: Fire Projection
    • Theme: Frost Projection
    • Theme: Gravity Manipulation
    • Theme: Light Conduit (Mutant Only)
    • Theme: Shadow Projection
    • Theme: Super Form
    • Theme: Technology
    • Wall-Crawling
    • Weather Control

    Enhancements

    • Accelerated Growth
    • Alarm Bypass
    • Alertness
    • All the Things
    • Animal Telepathy
    • Banish Darkness
    • Black Bargain
    • Bloody Weapon
    • Built-In Wi-Fi
    • Capacitance
    • Cat’s Landing
    • Chessmastery
    • Close Observation
    • Cocoon
    • Collective Teleportation
    • Complex Summoning
    • Conductive Trip
    • Convincing
    • Critical Hit
    • Dark Aura
    • Dark Rites
    • Dark Sight
    • Dazzle
    • Defensive Blasts
    • Defensive Phasing
    • Disposable Duplicates
    • Distant Power Nullification
    • Dryad Step
    • Eagle-Eyed
    • Effective Duplication
    • Eye of the Needle
    • Familiar Presence
    • Fast Healing
    • Featherstep
    • Fire Control
    • Fortean Storm
    • Friend to Flames
    • Full Nullification
    • Full Sensory Overload
    • Giant Illusions
    • Growth
    • Horrifying to Behold
    • Hot Blooded
    • Human Pincushion
    • Ice Slick
    • Icy Aura
    • Immortal
    • Implacable
    • Improved Reaction Time
    • Intense Training
    • Ionize
    • Jaunt
    • Juggernaut
    • Kinetic Acceleration
    • Lasting Harm
    • Lingering Power Amplification
    • Lingering Power Replication
    • Lingering Weather
    • Long-Distance Telekinesis
    • Long-Distance Telepathy
    • Long-Range Blaster
    • Luck Curse
    • Machine Language
    • Mark and Recall
    • Master Absorption
    • Master Animal Control
    • Master Creature Summoning
    • Master Disguise
    • Master Duplication
    • Master Elasticity
    • Master Energy Blast
    • Master Flight
    • Master Gadgeteering
    • Master Hacking
    • Master Harm
    • Master Healing
    • Master Illusion
    • Master Influence
    • Master Invisibility
    • Master Item Summoning
    • Master Machine Control
    • Master Mimicry
    • Master Natural Weapon
    • Master Phasing
    • Master Plant Control
    • Master Power Amplification
    • Master Power Nullification
    • Master Power Replication
    • Master Precognition
    • Master Regeneration
    • Master Shape-Shifting
    • Master Shielding
    • Master Slowing
    • Master Super Agility
    • Master Super Intelligence
    • Master Super Senses
    • Master Super Speed
    • Master Super Strength
    • Master Super Toughness
    • Master Telekinesis
    • Master Telekinesis
    • Master Telepathy
    • Master Wall-Crawling
    • Master Weather Control
    • Menagerie
    • Mental Blasts
    • Mimicry Memory
    • Multiple Mimicry
    • Nice Toys
    • Obvious Target
    • Ongoing Mutations
    • Opaque Shields
    • Orbital Path
    • Out of the Shadows
    • Overhealing
    • Overwhelming Voice
    • Pain for Power
    • Piercing Damage
    • Portal Mastery
    • Power Generation
    • Power Suite Duplication
    • Power Vampire
    • Precise Invisibility
    • Precision Shielding
    • Quick Recovery
    • Radiohead
    • Rapid Shifting
    • Ray of Empowerment
    • Ray of Harm
    • Realm Warp
    • Restore Sanity
    • Sartorial Doubling
    • Semi-Permeable Shield
    • Sensory Suite
    • Shadow Dodge
    • Shareable Invisibility
    • Shiny Shiny
    • Shrinking
    • Skill Shifting
    • Slow Field
    • Spatial Distortion
    • Stand Fast
    • Stop
    • Stunning Blow
    • Superior Gadgeteering
    • Supersonic Flight
    • Taskmastery
    • Telekinetic Might
    • Telepathic Flexibility
    • Teleportation Mastery
    • Temperature Reduction
    • The Right Tools for the Job
    • Tireless Grip
    • TK Shield
    • Tough Little Thing
    • Tunneling
    • Uncanny Dodge
    • Useful Devices
    • Visions
    • Walking Library
    • Wall Kick
    • Weather Precision
    • X-Ray Vision
    • Zoological Polyglot

    Improved Special Effects

    • Bullrush
    • Dangerous Weather
    • Duplicate Action
    • Flame On
    • Hammer Toss
    • Healing Wave
    • Ice Shield
    • Magical Disruption
    • Visions of Change

    Drawbacks

    • A Danger to Anyone Nearby
    • Accident-Prone While Indoors
    • Always Freezing
    • Always on Fire
    • Always Shrouded in Darkness
    • Bright Green Skin
    • Burnout
    • Can’t Climb Perfectly Smooth Surfaces
    • Can’t Get Rid of Your Creature
    • Can’t Heal Someone You Don’t Like
    • Can’t Shut It Off
    • Caught Up In Dark Plans
    • Clumsy
    • Completely Visible Reflection
    • Constant Migraines
    • Darkened Soul
    • Destructive Rage
    • Doesn’t Work on Clothes
    • Don’t Get Along with Yourself
    • Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore
    • Don’t Know Your Own Strength
    • Easily Distracted
    • Easily Forgotten
    • Easily Overwhelmed
    • Energetic Diet
    • Energetic Distraction
    • Exhausting
    • Extended Transformation Sequence
    • Feel Their Pain
    • Fragile as Glass
    • From Another Time
    • Fueled By Rage
    • Grotesque
    • Grotesquely Scarred
    • Hackable
    • Half-Feral
    • Hard to Maneuver in Flight
    • Horrifying to Behold
    • Hot-Tempered
    • Huge, Visible, Pulsating Brain
    • Hyperactive
    • Illusions Dissipate in Daylight
    • Illusions Don’t Show Up on Video
    • Inaccurate at Close Range
    • Inhuman Visage
    • Intensely Sleep-Deprived
    • Involuntary Bursts of Energy
    • Involuntary Energy Field
    • Involuntary Mimicry
    • It Has a Mind of Its Own
    • It Looks Like a Living Nightmare
    • Kept Alive by Your Own Devices
    • Leaves You Weakened
    • Lethargic
    • Limited Fuel
    • Limited Fuel
    • Limited to Organic Materials
    • Limited to Terrestrial Mammals
    • Lots of Collateral Damage
    • Machinery Tends to Fail Around You
    • Massive Bursts of Ill-Smelling Smoke
    • Modern Tech Just Doesn’t Like You
    • Must Maintain Physical Contact
    • Need a Hardline
    • Need a Mask to Protect Those Around You
    • Need a Spark
    • Need Solid Anchor Points
    • Need to Concentrate to Stay Solid
    • No Empathy
    • Not Useful Indoors
    • Not Very Useful Indoors
    • Often Arguing with Yourself
    • Only Effective While Indoors
    • Only Good Up Close
    • Only Live in the Cold
    • Overflowing Light
    • Overwhelming Animal Instincts
    • Power Drain
    • Power-Hungry
    • Psychic Feedback
    • Quite Frail
    • Racked with Guilt
    • Radioactive
    • Reality Kind of Hates You
    • Require a Prop
    • Require Complete Concentration
    • Requires Physical Contact
    • Requires Sustained Physical Contact
    • Restless
    • Shabby Equipment
    • Short-Range Control
    • Slow
    • Slow to Form
    • Slowed Reaction Time
    • Sometimes Things Drop Right Through Your Hands
    • Sticky-Fingered (Literally)
    • Subconscious Made Real
    • Surrounded by Admirers
    • Sympathetic Weather Patterns
    • Tend to Abuse Your Power
    • The Machines Never Stop Talking!
    • Touch-Activated
    • Trail of Random Stuff
    • Unpredictable Superpower Misfires
    • Unwanted Feedback
    • Unwanted Feedback (Hacking)
    • Unwanted Menagerie
    • Up, up and away
    • Very Noticeable
    • Visibly Corrupted
    • Water Shorts You Out
    • Weak
    • Weak and Frail Body
    • Weakened by Daylight
    • Weakened in Ordered Environments
    • Weighty
    • You Can’t Breathe While Phasing
    • You Can’t Feel Much of Anything
    • You Can’t Turn It Off
    • You Don’t Look Quite Human
    • You Have Trouble Seeing the Present
    • You Think You’re Better than Everyone

    Collateral Damage

    • “DIE!”
    • Armor Piercing
    • Army of Me
    • Bad Ride
    • Balloon
    • Battle Plan
    • Berserk
    • Black Blessing
    • Blizzard
    • Bulking Up
    • Bulletproof
    • Charged Shot
    • Come to Me!
    • Deadly Ivy
    • Decay
    • Deflection
    • Demonic Gaze
    • Direct Control
    • Dramatic Entrance
    • Earthing
    • Escape Plan
    • Eviscerate
    • Expected Backup
    • Extra Copies
    • Flaming
    • Flashburn
    • Foreign Objects
    • Future Echoes
    • Gravity Manipulation
    • Grounded Discharge
    • Hair-Trigger Reaction
    • Handmade Off Button
    • Highly Experimental Device
    • Hold Fast
    • Holding Pattern
    • Horror Show
    • Hyper-Mode
    • Hyper-Visibility
    • Hyperfocus
    • Interception
    • Invulnerability Charge
    • Jaunt
    • Killing Disguise
    • Killswitch
    • Mass Empowerment
    • Mass Hysteria
    • Mass Illness
    • Mass Slowing
    • Megaton Punch
    • Mental Map
    • Micro Singularity
    • Mighty Bound
    • Missed Me
    • No More
    • Noble Sacrifice
    • Overload
    • Pacifist Aura
    • Pawn Interception
    • Perfect Evasion
    • POW!
    • Psychic Lockdown
    • Psychic Maelstrom
    • Puppetry
    • Quantum Tunneling
    • Rapid Fire
    • Rapid Reforestation
    • Ravage
    • Replicated Collateral Damage
    • Rubber Vengeance
    • Shadow Beast
    • Shield Bubble
    • SMASH!
    • Speed Demon
    • Stegosaurus
    • Sturm und Drang
    • Super-Power Strike
    • Sweet Ride
    • T-Rex
    • Take Up Arms
    • Through the Grid
    • Timeless Zone
    • Unstoppable Telekinesis
    • Untouchably Airy
    • Virtual Possession
    • Whirlwind
    • Winds of Change
    • Wormhole

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