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NPC: Upperclassman Ciel (Ciel-Sempai) from Tsukihime Heavens Feel - NPC: Upperclassman Ciel (Ciel-Sempai) f... http://heavens-feel.insanejournal.com/414932.html Heavens Feel - NPC: Upperclassman Ciel (Ciel-Sempai) [entries|archive|friends|userinfo] from Tsukihime NPC: Upperclassman Ciel (Ciel-Sempai) from [November 30 2007|10:08:00 AM] Tsukihime [Tags|fate_nasuverse_rpg, tsukihime_npc] Ciel, extremely experienced Immortal and Undying Monster Hunter Look, Sammy, I'm not a very good shot. [holds up gigantic handgun] But the Samaritan here fires really big bullets. -Hellboy 1 of 5 11/11/2008 12:51 AM Heavens Feel - NPC: Upperclassman Ciel (Ciel-Sempai) f... http://heavens-feel.insanejournal.com/414932.html Nature: Judge Demeanor: Caregiver STR 7 INT 5 DEX 9 PER 6 CON 9 WILL 5 Derived Statistics Characteristic Luck 3 Actions 4 attacks, 4 defensive actions Movement 13 Life Points 98 (74 + 24 from Hard to Kill) Initiative 20 Mana 38 + (100 from Extra Energy 10, +12 from Magic Circuit 4) = 150 Fear Save 10 +Conviction 5 = 15 Spendable Luck: 8 Perks: Monster Hunter, Immortal , Energy Bonus Level 10 (+100 Mana), Focused Damage Level 3 (+6 Damage to Brawl-based attacks), Approachable, Attractiveness Level 2, Catlike Balance, Contacts (Burial Agency) 6, Contacts (various supernatural beings including Akiha and Arcueid) 3, Conviction 5, Danger Sense Level 2, Eidetic Memory Level 2, Extra Lucky Level 5, Magic Circuit Rank 4 (+12 Mana, + 4 to Spellcasting), Fake Past (WILL x2 vs WILL + Resistance, target "remembers" having a friendly classmate/teacher they got along with), Fresh Gear Level Five - (Seven, her Conceptual Weapon), Good Sense of Character, Hard To Kill Level 8 (+24 Life Points, + 8 to all Survival Rolls), Megaleap level 2, Natural Runner Level 3, Occult Library 3, Regeneration Level 3 (Heals CON in Life Points every minute), Resistance (Magickal 2, Pain 2, Powers 2), Supernatural Senses Level 1 (can tell a character's basic nature), Tireless Level 5 (needs only 3 hours of sleep a night), Focused Damage 3,Acute Senses (Hearing 1, Vision 1, Smell 1), Combat Reflexes 5, Unique Kill (not yet known), Organization (Burial Agency - Impressive Occult Library 3, Help Other Members -1, Must Obey Leaders -1) , Shadow Snap (4 point Supernatural Quality): If Ciel can impale the shadow of a target with a blade (a called shot at -3 or -4), she can pin that person in place (his Movement is reduced to zero). Holding a bright light near the shadow or using a flashbulb against it would shift the shadow's position, freeing the person. Removing the blade would also do it. The pinned character can still use firearm attacks or sorcery, and could produce a light from his own person to use against the Shadow Snap. If the target has no soul (Storyteller's discretion), the target can resist the Shadow Snap if he beats the user with a an opposed WILL x2 test. Dimensional Portal (9 points, as big as a room, location: Ciel's Costume): Ciel can produce Black Keys - long thin knives - out of her cloak, and can keep producing them as her the room behind the portal is chock full of them. If the Storyteller wants, these Black Keys will gradually return to her collection over the 2 of 5 11/11/2008 12:51 AM Heavens Feel - NPC: Upperclassman Ciel (Ciel-Sempai) f... http://heavens-feel.insanejournal.com/414932.html course of one day -- vanishing or disappearing from the grasp of whoever has one. The Black Keys are individually created magic items created by her Church agency for her personal use. No-Sell (1 point Supernatural Quality): In her Executor Ciel guise, Ciel can choose to No-Sell an incoming attack. She still takes damage, but she suffers no knockback and does not wince or react to the attack. Flaws: Adversary (Various Big Bads, Various Supernatural Enemies) 8, Honorable Level 2 (Must Oppose the Aims of Heretics, Must Finish the Mission or Die Trying, Always Protects the Weak, Never Turns Her Back on an Ally) Secret 2 (Much older than she appears, illegal alien, arrest and deportation), Watched 3 Skills: Alertness (Urban Areas) 5, Athletics (Climbing, Tumbling, Distance Running) 4, Brawl (Boxing, Throws) 7, Bureaucracy (Fraud) 3, Dodge (Firefights, Fistfights) 7, Domestic (Cooking [Indian Food]) 3, Empathy (Hidden Motives, Personalities) 4, Etiquette (Asian Customs) 3, Firearms (Crossbows, Called Shots, ) 4, Influence (Persuasion) 3, Investigation (Motives, Searching) 3, Languages (French, Japanese, English, Italian), Leadership (Friendly) 3, Medicine (First Aid, Surgery) 3, Melee (Knives, Throwing Weapons) 8, Occultism (Vampires) 8, Research (Rare Book Collections), Repair 2, Security (Breaking and Entering) 2, Stealth (Tracking) 4 Attacks: Punch, 18, 1D4 x 7 + 6 Bashing. Kick, 17, 1D4 x 8 + 6 Bashing. Head Butt 16, 1D4 x 7 + 6 Bashing. Thrown Black Nail, 17, 1D4 x 6 Lethal. Stab Attack with Black Nail, 1D4 x 7 Lethal. Pin Shadow for Shadow Snap, 14, pins target until dispelled, No damage. Crossbow 15, 1D10 x 7 Lethal. Seventh Holy Scripture, 13, damage special* Roll With Blow, DEX + Dodge, successes block five points of incoming Bashing damage. Costs 1 attack action to perform. *Seventh Holy Scripture: This is the materialized form of Seven, referred to as Nanako in Japan. Ciel is currently the only known person who could materialize Seven. It is an Enchanted item, a Conceptual Weapon (probably created by an Alchemist) which resembles a portable cannon with a spike tip. Manifesting this item is expensive in Mana cost for Ciel. Assume it costs her 15 Mana to manifest the spirit and another 7 to fire it. If Ciel shoots it at her target, roll her DEX + Firearms and keep track of how many Success Levels she scores. Each success does 20 points of damage to her target. Notes and Background, freely lifted from Wikipedia Her birthday is May 3rd. Her height is 165, weighs 52 kg with a blood type of O. Her three sizes are B85/W56/H88. She appears to be a sixteen year old, the age at which she was first possessed by Roa, but her true age is much older, and unknown. [Editor: I gave her the Age advantage to reflect this, but only picked 3 of 5 11/11/2008 12:51 AM Heavens Feel - NPC: Upperclassman Ciel (Ciel-Sempai) f... http://heavens-feel.insanejournal.com/414932.html one level. In truth I don't know how many levels to give her.] Description Ciel is first presented as a senior attending the same school as the main protagonist Shiki Tohno, where she is the president and only member of the tea ceremony club, and also good friends with Arihiko Inui, Satsuki Yumizuka and Shiki himself. Her outward demeanor is that of a calm, friendly, and peaceful person. However, Ciel's true character is later revealed as the story progresses. She is a member of the Burial Agency, a secret organization within the Catholic Church made up of skilled assassins, feared even within the Church itself, known for showing no mercy and willing to do whatever it takes to get their task done even to the point of using forbidden magics and creatures. Her objective in Tsukihime is that of hunting down the heretic vampire Roa, which while being a direct order from the church is also her own vendetta. In Melty Blood she has been ordered by the church to hunt down a certain vampire. Ciel is shown to be a very skilled individual who relies in speed and agility. In addition to her exceptional physical skills, Ciel relies on certain weaponry detailed below. Ciel's fighting style in the fighting game Melty Blood is based on that shown in both the Tsukihime visual novel and manga. In the anime adaptation Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Ciel's abilities and main weapon were changed. Past Ciel (whose real first name is Elesia) was a normal individual living in France with her father. However, unlike those around her, Elesia had a high magic potential (as evidenced by her Extra Energy and Magic Circuit Rank) and it was this rare characteristic which ultimately drew Roa inside her as his 17th host body after his 16th host body was killed without his having time to choose his next host body. In the process, Ciel became a vampire and killed everyone in her village, the massacre only ended when Arcueid Brunestud arrived and killed her, part of her duty involving killing Roa whenever he reincarnates (ironic in itself since Arcueid was the one who made Roa a vampire to begin with). However, unlike previous hosts, Ciel returned to life (thanks to her Unique Kill Perk) after Roa had moved on to a new host. The secret Vatican agency known as the Burial Agency arrived and captured her, and over the course of a month she was killed repeatedly by the Church, only to rise again on every occasion, a living paradox because that she was both Roa (in that she was a host for him) while Roa was also inhabiting another, making it impossible for her to permanently die until the paradox can be rectified with the death of Roa himself. Eventually, despite their usual views on sorcery, vampires, and the like, the Church decided to use her abilities as a member of the Burial Agency, her main desire and mission being the elimination of Roa to end her eternal existence. Personality Ciel's peaceful and kind attitude is mostly a disguise. In reality she was a cold individual with no other objective than that of eliminating Roa. However, after meeting Shiki Tohno, her priorities and personality gradually change. Ciel herself states that there's only one person to whom she wants to show her merciful side, that being Shiki.
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