Aggressive Attack - +3 steps to attackers attk and Dmg step. Defender also receives +3 steps to attack against the attacker due to the fact that they aren't defending as well.

Attack to KnockDown - same as standard attack, except that the targets target number to resist knock down is the total damage, modified by armor. As opposed to resisting knockdown only when the target takes a wound, and the target # being the difference between their wound threshold and the damage dealt. Knockdown is resisted with a strength test.

- Penalities for knockdown is -3 to all steps for actions, and -3 to physical and spell defense

Called Shot -3 steps to attack . Hits called area if attack succeeds.

Defensive Stance - +3 to physical defense

Going inside a shield - subtract the shield's armor rating from the attackers initiative to bypass the shield, basically attacking before the defender can get their shield in the way. If the modified inititive is less than the defenders, the defender manages to get their shield in the way, knocking hte attack aside. Attacker then receives -2 steps to the attack test.

Giving Ground - defender back steps, giving gorudn to the attacker. +1 Physical defense for every 3 feet given. Defender can give 3 feet for every rank in the combat being used (i.e. rank 5 melee weapons defender can give 15 feet). Defender takes 1 point of strain for giving ground.

Talent Rank Circle1-4 5-8 9-12 13-15
1 100 200 300 500
2 200 300 500 800
3 300 500 800 1300
4 500 800 1300 2100
5 800 1300 2100 3400
6 1300 2100 3400 5500
7 2100 3400 5500 8900
8 3400 5500 8900 14400
9 5500 8900 14400 23300
10 8900 14400 23300 37700
11 14400 23300 37700 61000
12 23300 37700 61000 98700
13 37700 61000 98700 159700
14 61000 98700 159700 258400
15 98700 159700 258400 418100

Increase LP cost
1 800
2 1300
3 2100
4 3400
5 5500

New Circle Min# of Talents Minimum Rank Single talent from Circle #
2 5 2 1
3 6 3 2
4 7 4 3
5 8 5 4
6 9 6 5
7 10 7 6
8 11 8 7
9 12 9 8
10 13 10 9
11 14 11 10
12 15 11 11
13 16 12 12
14 17 12 13
15 18 13 14

Race: Human (0)
Attributes: (225)
Skills: (196)
Edge: (20)
Magic: (65)
Resources: 70000 (14)
Qualities: (-20)
Spells: (45)
Foci Bonding: (4)
Total: 550

Body: 3 (20)
Agility: 3 (20)
Reaction: 3 (20)
Strength: 2 (10)
Charisma: 3 (20)
Intuition: 4 (30)
Logic: 6 (65)
Willpower: 5 (40)
Edge: 4 (20)
Magic: 6 (65)
Essence: 6

Qualities:

Magician [Hermetic] (15)
Photographic Memory (10)
Combat Paralysis (-20)
Incompetent [Intimidate] (-5)
Sensitive System (-15)
SINner (-5) [Not sure if I should count this for this game]

Skills:
Biotech 3 (30)
Conjuring 2 (20)
Electronics 2 (20)
Sorcery 5 (50)
Unarmed Combat [Blocking] 2 (10)
Dodge 2 (8)
Etiquette 3 (12)
Assensing 5 (20)

Knowledge Skills: [Int + Log x3 free = 30] (26 BP)
AK Archeology 6 (6 free points)
PK Magical Theory [Archeology Finds] 6 (6 free points and 1BP)
AK Paranormal Creatures of North America 6 (6 free points)
AK Paranormal Creatures of Africa 6 (6 free points)
PK Ancient History 6 [Africa] (6 free points and 1BP)
English [Native] (0)
Spanish 4 (8BP)
Russia 4 (8BP)
Sprethial [Ancient Written] 4 (9BP) [Guessing that this is even acceptable as a specialisation at 1 BP as I had 1 at the end hiding *8->]

Spells: (45)
Stunbolt (3)
Stunball (3)
Detect Magic, Extended (3)
Antidote (3)
Cure Disease (3)
Detox (3)
Heal (3)
Stabilize (3)
Trid Entertainment (3)
Physical Mask (3)
Armour (3)
Levitate (3)
Magic Fingers (3)
Physical Barrier (3)
Mana Barrier (3)

Resources: 69885 spent (14 BP)
Power focus 2, Bonded (50000 + 2BP)
Counterspelling focus 2, Bonded (10000 +2BP)
2 set of clothing 500 [Aiming for good quality upper wage mage style]
Armour Jacket 900
Lined Coat + chem Prot 3 [Lab Coat?] 1450
Hermes Ikon [4/3] 3000
Iris Orb OS [3/3] 1000
AR Gloves 250
Subvocal Mic 50
Contact Lenses + Lowlight + Imagelink + Vision Enhancement 3 + Vision Mag + Thermographic 675
Earbuds + Audio Enhancement 2 + Select Sound Filter 2 610
Chemsuit 6 600
Gas Mask 100
Medkit 6 + 3 refills 750

20 Questions.... err 18 as two or three really weren't applicable *8->

1. What is your characters Sex?
Male

2. What is your characters physical size?
5'9" medium build.

3. What is the color of the characters Hair, eyes, and skin?
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Skin: Caucasian

4. What is the character's general appearance (i.e., How does he dress, etc.)?
Suit to work, while working same but minus the jacket but a lab coat over the top. Collared T-shirt and slacks at home. Plus a golden glove-like device attached to his right hand (think the finger and bracelet thingy that the gou-uldhave in Stargate SG-1)

5. Where was the character born (City, State, Hospital Name)?
Seattle, Washington, Seattle General Hospital

6. What is the characters date of birth?
4th April 2047

7. What was the character's family life like?
Lovely and supportive, in hindsight carefully nuturing as his mind was groomed by his parents and their employing corporation as soon as his intellect was noticed and potential magic.

8. Has the character begun his own family?
No.

9. Where or how was the character educated?
Educated through various corporate schools and universities during his school years. Achieved his first diploma in Archeology and Ancient History at age 14, and proceeded to get degrees in Paranormal Studies, Magical Theory. And a doctorate in Magical Theory.

10. Has the character ever done anything else for a living?
No, as soon as he was counted as a major he was employed in the magical research division of NeoNet specialising in the Pheonomenom of the Year of the Comet and the effects of cyberware and magic interactions.

11. What are the characters beliefs on church and state?
Having been carefully educated by NeoNet (or earlier Novatech and Fuchi North America) through his formative years and his scientific viewpoint he isn't religious but recognises that some need to hold on to a belief to sustain them. As for his view of the state (governments) he sees them as having failed in their jobs of protecting the masses over the years and that they should fully stand aside for the corporations to take over.

12. Describe the characters Moral code. Include how mercenary he is, whether or not he'll kill innocents, etc.
Having never been put in the position of killing another metahuman he can't really see himself as doing it although when in danger he thinks he would fight rather than flee but does not know this for certain even with the defensive training he has received over the years. He would certainly try his best not to kill innocent metahumans.

13. What are the character have any goals?
At this point in his life mostly to learn as much as he can, impress his superiors in the corporation and find out what the glovelike device attached to his right hand is and what effect it will have on his mind and body.

14. What kind of personality does your character have? This should not necessarily be obviously stated in the background, as it is more important for actually playing the character, but it may color or add mood to the history.
A slighty absent mind professor like personality, he doesn't flount his intellect but at the same time does occasionally fall into explaining a problem in fair to much detail and then going off on a massive tangent... or starting off into space for a while and then give you an answer to a question asked 30 minutes before and then dropping back into the current conversation.

15. What special qualities does the character possess? This does not refer to skills, but rather at other things, such as How he gets along with people, does he plan ahead, etc.
Having a photographic memory helps immeasurably in his current job as well as remembering who people are, although his memory is more like leafing through a reference book rather than just having instant access to everything so it might take a short while to remember but he always does, this does mean that he can usually get on fairly well with people once he has been around them for a short while gathering enough information on their likes and dislikes from listening to them.

16. What things, people, or ideas does the character hate?
People who cause unnecessary damage/harm to people and places for no good reason, and who would unnecessarily harm creatures for study.

17. What things people, or ideas does the character love?
His family most of all, then his corporation. And more recently Zoe (an elf) from the accounts department who he has a crush on.

18. What is the character's name? Give both full birth name, as well as nicknames, street names, etc.
Birth Name: Michael Patrick Holder
Nick Name: Mike, Mikey.

Data Search (Logic + Data Search) = 8
2 1 6 6 4 5 6 2 = 4 hits

Charisma + Ettiquette = 6
2 4 1 6 5 5 = 3 hits (go go ettiquette dice)

Rough equipment outline, will need to be tailored to carrying ability of jeeps/people

Backpacks
Tents
Bug netting/Repellent (preferably not the one that attracts sharks *8->)
Medkits with antivenin for Australian critters
2 weeks of emergency ration bars
at least 2-3 canteens each
desert/jungle survival gear
sturdy boots
solar recharging and self cooling clothing
water purification equipment (tablets, still, etc)
2 sets of spare batteries
Sat dish
GPS and maps (both electronic and hardcopy)
Range of Knowsofts for (desert and jungle survival, Hunting, trapping, finding water, australian wildlife, emergency medical treatments) and Linguasofts for Aboriginal langauges (if available on linguasoft)

Corp Politics (defaulting to Logic)
5 dice: 5 1 2 5 2 (2 Hits)

Neonet moved in flush from cash after their IPO back in '64. Cairns had been on a down swing for a while, after a number of japanacorps moved out of the area. Cairns was a corporate center suddenly without corps. So Neonet got some amazing deals on real estatte and business deals.

Perth is a Capitol city, although some parts of it sure don't seeem it. They moved in after expanidng in Cairns. Neonet has been making major gains in Australia. Mostly beacuse their busniesses never made much of a push to the Outback, so they didn't take take as muchin losses when storm activity increased. Neonet also has a launch facility in Australia, so they've become a pretty major player out here.

roll an assessning test to assense Hood's spell casting and shielding.

Assensing (Intuition + Assensing): 5 4 6 4 6 4 4 4 5 = 4 hits

Ward 1 (Force 4) [Tent, probably mine as SinN's go tent-tastic *8->]
Duration roll (Magic + Willpower + Foci): 6 6 2 5 5 3 5 2 3 6 5 3 2 = 7 hits
Drain Resist (Willpower + Logic): 4 2 1 4 3 4 5 6 4 6 5 = 4 hits no drain

Ward 2 (Force 4) [Jeep Number 1]
Duration roll (Magic + Willpower + Foci): 4 5 3 5 3 2 3 6 1 2 2 5 1 = 4 hits
Drain Resist (Willpower + Logic): 2 6 5 2 3 5 4 1 3 6 1 = 4 hits no drain

Ward 3 (Force 4) [Jeep Number 2] ugh, Michael so asleep in the jeep tomorrow *8->
Duration roll (Magic + Willpower + Foci): 3 3 5 4 4 6 6 2 2 3 3 6 6 = 5 hits
Drain Resist (Willpower + Logic): 1 1 4 5 1 3 4 6 2 6 4 = 3 hits = 1 box of stun

Assensing on Hood's spellcasting and shielding: you haven't seen anything like his technique. You aren't really sure what tradition it is. Some parts seem shamanic, sort vaguely hermetic. It isn't chaos magic. When he did his shielding, there was also some sort of residual astral energy around him. Looked as if he had just done somethin, but it wasn't a spell or summoning. Also didn't look like any adept powers your familiar with, or foci use.

Body roll.... I'm thinking edge use here *8->

Body + Edge: 5 1 3 2 5 4 5 = 3 hits... gogo edge *8->

Summoning Force 4 Spirit of Earth
Summoning (Magic + Foci - Defaulting): 6 1 6 4 2 4 1 = 2 hits
Spirit's Opposition Role (Force): 1 3 3 2 = 0 hits, so 2 services
Drain (Willpower + Logic): 6 4 3 3 5 4 6 5 2 1 3 = 4 hits no drain

I show magic of six, and a conjuring (G) of 2, and a power focus of 2. That means you should have 10 dice, no default . I show seven rolled. It should be 10 dice -2 for backgorund count if you're using your foci. Not a big issue in this case, since you'd be getting dice anyways, but for the future, count up dice, nad I'll roll spirit opposition.

You list abody roll of 7. Your body is 7 or 8 isn't it? Please list your rolls, and if youre using edge, and list the rolls for that as well so I know what you've got.

Body 3, edge 4 Body 1,2,3 Edge 2,3, 1, 6 - reroll 6, reroll 3 Net 2 successes.

Body 7 -1,2,1,5,2,5,5 3 Net

Body 4 5,5,3 Net 3

test force 4 1,3,4,6 You have one net success, so you have one service.

First Aid/Medicine (Logic + Biotech): 3 1 5 5 3 6 5 6 3 = 5 hits

Heal spell number one at force=damage
Spellcast (Magic + Spellcasting): 5 2 2 6 4 1 2 5 4 2 6 = 4 hits (Limited by force)
Drain (Logic + Willpower): 5 6 3 6 5 2 5 6 4 3 4 = 6 hits

Heal spell number two at force=damage
Spellcast (Magic + Spellcasting): 1 1 6 2 5 3 4 3 3 6 4 = 3 hits (Limited by force)
Drain (Logic + Willpower): 6 1 3 5 4 4 5 6 1 4 = 4 hits

Heal spell number three at force=damage
Spellcast (Magic + Spellcasting): 3 1 6 1 3 6 2 5 6 3 6 = 5 hits (Limited by force)
Drain (Logic + Willpower): 5 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 = 2 hits

Heal spell number four at force=damage
Spellcast (Magic + Spellcasting): 1 1 4 3 5 6 5 6 2 3 2 = 4 hits (Limited by force)
Drain (Logic + Willpower): 5 5 1 4 3 2 3 3 5 1 6 = 3 hits

[edit]Forgot about first aid rolls for checking myself and Dr. Patrick for bites earlier[/edit]
First Aid on me (First Aid + Logic): 1 4 2 2 3 6 3 2 6 = 2 hits
First Aid on Dr.Patrick (if she lets me) (First Aid + Logic): 5 2 6 1 2 5 4 6 3 = 4 hits

Ward Force 1 on first jeep leaving Foci off atm
Warding (Magic + Willpower): 6 3 4 2 4 5 3 3 1 5 3 = 2 hits
Drain (Logic + Willpower): 3 3 3 1 5 4 2 3 1 2 = 1 hit (glitch?)

Ward Force 1 on second jeep
Warding (Magic + Willpower): 3 6 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 2 5 = 2 hits
Drain (Logic + Willpower): 2 3 5 2 5 3 5 2 2 1 = 3 hits