Everything was taken from me when I was turned into a vampire. Everything!




Licorice Dust



F: Rm (30)
A: In (40)
S: Rm (30)/In (40)
E: In (40)
R: Gd (10)
I: Ex (20)
P: Rm (30)

Health: 140/150
Karma: 60
Resources: Pr (04) to Typ (06)
Popularity: 0/5/-5 (Generally/In occult circles)

Talents:
Licorice has the following talents:
Mystic Origin*: Vampire
Computers
Brawling
Aerial Combat
Knowledge: Area
Knowledge: Occult sites
Knowledge: Vampires

Powers:
Vampire: Licorice is a vampire, possessing all of the traditional powers as one of the undead and the specific physical changes accordingly. Licorice’s powers include:

• Bio-Vampirism*: Vampires within Tarot’s world are not necessarily bound by the same traditional powers and limitations of a regular vampire. Licorice’s thirst is never beyond her control, although there are times it has come closer. Licorice could infect someone with vampirism, turning them in 1 – 3 days after infecting them, but rarely contemplates this unless truly angry or engaged. Licorice regains health after feeding, and shortly after feeding Licorice’s strength is increased to Incredible with an increase of health total by ten.
• Hypnotic Control: Licorice has mastered the ability to use her hypnotic control, capable of swaying other supernatural creatures with ease and is considered to have In (40) ability, but has shown only to be able to affect one person at a time, and only through direct eye contact. Licorice will spend karma to succeed in controlling someone, and the victim is fully aware of what is happening while Licorice has control over them.
• Shape-Shifting: Licorice can alter her shape to some degree, giving her natural weaponry in the form of claws or allowing her to have bat-like wings. Licorice can alter her shape at will within those parameters with Rm (30) ability, granting her Rm (30) flight, Rm (30) natural weaponry: Claws which halve effective body armor, and increase her natural bite attack to Rm (30).
• Adjusted FASERIP: Licorice’s attributes were changed when she became a vampire, hence the enhanced abilities and higher than normal strength/agility.
• Immunity: Licorice is considered ‘Immune’ to the following: Poisons, Aging, Toxins, and gas effects. In addition, Licorice seems unbothered by temperature extremes or other environmental effects (except sunlight).
• Animal Control: Licorice has the ability to control vermin, bats, wolves, spiders, and other similar creatures with Rm (30) ability. Licorice can summon such swarms within one round and can command them while acting either through premediated actions or verbal commands.
• Hyper Speed: Licorice is inhumanly fast, possessing Rm (30) hyper speed and uses her speed to both boost her initiative and gain a second action.
• Inhuman senses: Licorice has inhuman senses, can see in complete darkness and perceive auras, hear heartbeats and discern them up to three areas away, see the blood flow through an individual, discern poisons and scents, and other associate sensory processing with Rm (30) ability.
• Undetectable: Licorice cannot be seen with electronic devices and does not show up in photographs or similar devices. Licorice can be picked up with special equipment which can see auras as a ‘negative’ being. Similarly, Licorice can be detected through means used to spot the undead. Licorice can track with Rm (30) ability.
• Stealth: Licorice is incredibly stealthy, possessing Ex (20) stealth to avoid detection.

Contacts:
Licorice Dust has connections in the occult world, specifically through her girlfriend Boo-Cat, as well as her original vampire ‘sisters’ who were converted at the same time. Licorice has tentative contacts with the Skeleton Man, and has a terse relationship with Tarot and the witches of the Black rose.

Limitations:
Licorice has several key limitations:

• Unusual Looks: Licorice has pale alabaster skin, pointed ears, and fangs at all times. Licorice is clearly a vampire and suffers a -2cs to social FEATS anyone who recognizes the signs.
• Fatal Vulnerability: Licorice has a fatal vulnerability to sunlight, and takes +2cs damage each round exposed, suffering a -1 to Endurance ranks each round exposed. Licorice will regain her Endurance ranks as soon as she escapes sunlight, and regenerate damage per her Endurance score each round, but such burns leave her skin marked for at least a day. The slightest beam can affect Licorice and begin the damage/dying process.
• Fatal Vulnerability: wooden stakes: Licorice suffers the traditional Hollywood vulnerability of destruction via wooden stake through the heart. If the stake penetrates Licorice’s heart, she will immediately begin the dying process with three to four rounds before she is considered ‘permanently dead’. If the stake is removed prior to permanent death, Licorice will regenerate damage accordingly and will return in 1-3 rounds. During the dying process, Licorice’s body collapses into a skeleton, decaying instantly until/if the stake is removed.
• Jealous: Licorice is quietly very jealous of her girlfriend’s other relationships, and will allow her temper and emotions to get the better of her, often acting or overreacting to situations. Licorice will assume the worst in any situation concerning Boo Cat, and must make a Psyche FEAT at -1cs to regain control of herself.
• Prey Dedication: Licorice hates those who prey on children, specifically child predators and abusers, once spending a full year hunting them with merciless precision. Licorice will dedicate herself to any length of time to bring those beings to bloody justice, specifically at her own hands.
• Reputation: Licorice Dust has a reputation within the greater Salem community as a temperamental and violent figure at times, as well as someone who can be mercurial in her dealings.

Notes:
Licorice Dust is one of the more interesting characters in Jim Balent’s Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose . I think that Licorice’s stats are fairly straightforward and direct, much like Licorice herself. Licorice’s hypnotic control is probably her most effective ability, limited by the need to make eye contact and only been shown to effect one person at a time. I felt Licorice’s FASERIP was probably on par given context, and her abilities while mostly traditional to vampires had some variation. The one thing to stress is that sunlight is extremely damaging to her, and the wooden stake is fatal if not removed immediately.

It looks like my image server is down. This may impact many of the write-ups here I've done, and certainly puts a kink in today's write-up. I'll post it here without image as soon as I can.

I'm not criticizing, but I am curious...

"a fatal vulnerability to sunlight, and takes +2cs damage each round exposed"

+2CS from what? Is there a standard rank for sunlight? Are there different intensities for dawn/dusk/mid-day or for slightly overcast weather?

well, I always put sunlight's intensity at Typ (06) effect for illumination and a base for effect. I'm only going with two things in the right-up - the times that Jim has stated in the book that the briefest ray of sunlight was deadly to Licorice, and that when exposed to sunlight or UV light, how damaging it is - doing additional damage and starting the killing process.

Good point

this one is interesting, nice pic!! LOL