Note*
I have an almost unhealthy obsession with Fairuza Balk. That being said, I really liked the movie
The Craft and thought that it was a perfect opportunity to write-up a Fairuza Balk character.
One of four women who were actually witches, Nancy Downs was the one who is the most unstable, and ultimately, the villain of the movie
The Craft, using her powers to attempt to drive fellow witch Sarah into committing murder. Nancy's descent into madness was interesting to watch, and she made a decent foil and villain to the movie.
So...Nancy
Nancy Downs
Nancy Downs
F: Gd (10)
A: Gd (10)
S: Typ (06)
E: Gd (10)/Rm (30)
R: Gd (10)Ex (20)/Gd (10)
I: Gd (10)/ Am (50)/Typ (06)
P: Ex (20)/Am (50)/ Gd (10)
Health: 36/56
Karma: 40/120/26
Resources: Pr (04)/Ex (20)
Popularity: 0
Talents:
Occult Lore
Student* - Nancy has the Student* talent,although her occult lore talent either predated her first appearance or is outside the normal restrictions and/or limitations of the Student talent.
Powers:
Witch: Nancy Downs is a talent witch of considerable power prior to her battle with fellow coven member Sarah Bailey. Due to her abilities and inclusion of Sarah, Nancy was able to entreat a greater power to amplify her own powers, which resulted in the following powers:
- Elemental Control: Nancy could control elements, such as fire, water, earth, and air with Ex (20) ability. Nancy could cause flames to leap up and grow in intensity, as well as manipulate local weather patterns or cause water to support her weight (allowing her to walk across water).
- Flight: Nancy could fly with Ex (20) ability.
- Illusion-Casting: Nancy could manipulate the minds of individuals, giving her the ability to create realistic illusions which she uses with great skill. Nancy has Rm (30) ability to change her appearance, make individuals seem to experience terrifying transformations, make victims experience real events such as news reports and/or overwhelming negative emotions.
- Telepathy: Although not directly stated, Nancy could perceive the thoughts of those in her coven after the four corner ritual, and could even influence their actions to some degree.
- Telekinesis: Nancy could affect her environment with Ex (20) ability, able to 'slash' at individuals while doing damage. Nancy could also move objects with a look.
- Bio-Physical Control: To some degree, Nancy could affect an individual's biology, such as causing heart attacks and the like, although it was never a conscious thought. Nancy could affect such things with Gd (10) ability.
- Power-Pool: Nancy tapped direclty into a greater spirit, who embued her with greater gifts, and raising her attributes (see above), and as such, Nancy became slowly unraveled by such. It as assumed the longer Nancy maintains her connection, she gains additional power, but such is purely conceptual. Nancy cannot mask her mystical abilities, nor can she force someone to do something completely against their nature and/or will. Nancy inadvertantly 'causes' events to happen (Similar to luck or probability manipulation), granting her the ability to affect things in her life. For example, Nancy's stepfather suffered a massive heart attack (Possibly due to Nancy's anger at him - See Bio-physical control). Shortly afterwards, Nancy and her mother received an unheard of life insurance policy, which boosted her resources significantly.
Contacts:
Nancy had the three other members of her coven at one time as her contacts, but lost Sarah Bailey as a contact after the events of the film.
Limitations:
Madness: Nancy was not ready for the power that she was given, and she was slowly driven mad by it. As such, Nancy must make Psyche FEATs whenever she uses her abilities or suffers a -1cs penalty for control. In addition, once Nancy was defeated by Sarah, she effectively lost her power pool and possibly her other abilities, and suffered a loss in her attributes (as reflected in the second set of stats in () ).
Known to Authorities: Nancy is a known patient of a mental institution, as well as possibly possessing a criminal record.