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Ecco

ECCO THE DOLPHIN
Affiliations: SOLO D8, BUDDY D6, TEAM D10
Distinctions:
MARKED BY DESTINY
CHOSEN OF THE ASTERITE
DEFENDER OF THE FUTURE
Power Sets:
TIME-TRAVELING DOLPHIN
ENHANCED DURABILITY D8, ENHANCED REFLEXES D8, ENHANCED STAMINA D8, ENHANCED STRENGTH D8, SUPERHUMAN SENSES D10, SUPERHUMAN SWIMMING D10
SFX: Asterite's Blessing. Spend 1 PP to recover your physical stress or step back your physical trauma by -1.
SFX: Immunity. Spend 1 PP to ignore stress, trauma or complications from poisons, disease or cold.
SFX: Second Chance. Spend 1 PP to reroll when using any TIME-TRAVELING DOLPHIN power.
Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any TIME-TRAVELING DOLPHIN power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

ATLANTEAN GIFTS
SHAPESHIFTING D10, SONIC BLAST D8
SFX: Song of Confusion. Add a D6 and step up your effect die by +1 when inflicting Confused complication on a target.
SFX: Burst. Step up or double an ATLANTEAN GIFTS die against a single target. Remove the highest rolling die and add 3 dice for your total.
SFX: Focus. If a pool includes an ATLANTEAN GIFTS power, you may replace two dice of equal size with one die +1 step larger.
Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any ATLANTEAN GIFTS power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Specialties:
ACROBATIC EXPERT D8, COMBAT EXPERT D8, MYSTIC EXPERT D8
Milestones:
SWIM THE TIDES OF TIME
You are the one given the power to swim the Tides of Time, capable of changing past, present and future. Discover secrets lost throughout time and change history forever.
1 XP when you swim a new current, whether literally or figuratively.
3 XP when you travel to a different era, or when you learn from a new font of wisdom.
10 XP when you swim into the Tides of Time and your actions greatly alter the distant past or far future.

DEFEAT THE VORTEX
The alien Vortex have come to feed upon Earth's oceans, and they have captured your podmates, as well as many other living things. Stop them from consuming the world's biomass before it's too late.
1 XP when you rescue a podmate, or brave danger to save a cetacean from the Vortex.
3 XP when you defeat a dangerous oceanic or Vortex creature, or when your ingenuity wins you a new ally or weapon.
10 XP when you defeat the Vortex Queen.

ID: Ecco (Public)
History:
Ecco was always a special dolphin, marked with five stars on his forehead which reflect the constellation Delphinus. He and his pod lived a peaceful, playful life in the ocean, until one day Ecco met a challenge to see how high he could jump. As though spared by fate, at that very moment, a vortex sucked up Ecco's pod, along with myriad marine life. Alone and forlorn, Ecco searched for his pod, as the storm had shaken all the ocean to its core. Directed to seek out the wise blue whale Big Blue by a friendly orca, Ecco learned from Big Blue that such storms had occurred every five hundred years for time out of mind. Big Blue directed Ecco to find the Asterite, the world's most ancient creature.

Ecco found the Asterite, who was weakened by missing a vital piece of itself. The Asterite sent Ecco to the sunken city of Atlantis, to use the time machine built by the long-lost Atlanteans. He succeeded in restoring the Asterite, and then learned that the marine life was captured by an alien race called the Vortex, who had lost the ability to make their own food. Blessed with the power to breathe underwater and enhance his sonar into a deadly force, Ecco traveled first into Earth's prehistory, and then to the very moment the Vortex captured his pod. Ecco traveled into their vessel and battled the Vortex Queen, saving his pod and the rest of the ocean.

The Vortex Queen was not defeated, however. She traveled to Earth to create a new hive, and Ecco lost the powers given to him by the Asterite. However, he met Trellia, his descendant and a dolphin from a future wherein dolphins can fly via helium sacs and possess some telekinetic powers. In this future, the ocean itself has developed a mind of sorts and great waterways connect the world's seas. Ecco once again met the Asterite and learned that his own actions had fractured the time stream. He would have to repair the damage done, but without the Asterite's help, as the Vortex Queen killed the eons-old being in the past. In order to restore the Asterite so that their conversation could even happen, Ecco ventured into the past and future and once again found the missing pieces of the Asterite.

With his powers restored by the Asterite, Ecco fought through a mechanical Vortex hell in the present. He defeated the Vortex Queen, though she escaped death once more. However, forced to retreat, weakened and reverting to a larval state, the Queen used the Atlantean time machine to escape into the Mesozoic. Weakened, she was unable to rule the powerful creatures of that time, and the Vortex eventually integrated into Earth's ecosystem.

Rather than destroying the time machine as the Asterite bid, Ecco instead used it one final time, swimming into the Tides of Time and disappearing.

Personality:
Ecco is a brave young dolphin. His nobility leads him to help all marine life, and oppose the terrifying Vortex and their insatiable hunger. Like all dolphins, he is curious and playful at times, but also a courageous warrior. By the end of his quest, Ecco has gained much wisdom and power from his journeys across time, second perhaps only to the eons-old Asterite itself in his enlightenment.
Abilities and Resources:
At first, Ecco had all the abilities of a dolphin, if perhaps somewhat greater: he was faster and more agile than his podmates. As he journeyed through time, he gained new abilities; of these, the most powerful were those granted to him by the Asterite. He gained the power to breathe underwater and turn his sonar into a devastating song of power and confusion. Ecco also learned to use many Atlantean artifacts, including a time machine and "metaspheres", which allowed him to change his shape into other oceanic life, or even a Vortex itself.

ALISIA DRAGOON
Affiliations: SOLO D6, BUDDY D10, TEAM D8
Distinctions:
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
SEEKING REVENGE
SUMMONER SORCERESS
Power Sets:
LIGHTNING SORCERESS
ELECTRICAL CONTROL D8, ENHANCED REFLEXES D8, ENHANCED SENSES D8, ENHANCED STAMINA D8, FLIGHT D6, LIGHTNING BLAST D10, MYSTIC RESISTANCE D10, SORCERY ADEPT D8
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, add a D6 for each additional target and keep an additional effect die.
SFX: Second Chance. Spend 1 PP to reroll when using any LIGHTNING SORCERESS power.
SFX: Unleashed. Step up or double LIGHTNING BLAST for one action. Step back the power by -1 step afterward, or by -2 steps if the action failed.
SFX: Versatile. Split LIGHTNING BLAST into 2D8 or 3D6.
Limit: Depleting Reserves. For every consecutive action in which LIGHTNING BLAST is used, step back LIGHTNING BLAST by -1, to a minimum of D6. Recover its normal power rating during a Transition Scene, or by spending 1 PP, or recover by +1 step in an Action Scene for each action in which you don't use LIGHTNING BLAST.
Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any LIGHTNING SORCERESS power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

ALISIA'S FAMILIARS
Each of the following power sets represents one of Alisia's four summoned companions. They are all considered Mutually Exclusive with one another and can all act on their own, independently of Alisia, even if she is stressed out of a scene. The only way Alisia can use more than one companion at once is by creating an asset to represent the others.

FRYE THE DRAGON
ENHANCED SENSES D8, ENHANCED STRENGTH D8, FIRE BREATH D8, SUBSONIC FLIGHT D8, SUPERHUMAN DURABILITY D10
SFX: Dangerous. Add a D6 to your dice pool for an attack action and step back the highest die in the pool by -1. Step up physical stress inflicted by +1.
SFX: Immunity. Spend 1 PP to ignore stress, trauma or complications from aging, disease, poison, or environmental extremes.
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one FRYE THE DRAGON power die to a pool. Step back each FRYE THE DRAGON power die in that pool once for each die beyond the first.
Limit: Summoned Creature. FRYE THE DRAGON may be affected by stress, complications and other effects like a normal character. If stressed out or overcome by a complication, shutdown FRYE THE DRAGON and recover as normal during a Transition Scene, or until a successful recover action is completed.

BOOMERANG LIZARD
CUTTING BOOMERANG D10, ENHANCED SENSES D8, ENHANCED SPEED D8, FLIGHT D6, SUPERHUMAN REFLEXES D10
SFX: Boomerang Burst. Step up or double a CUTTING BOOMERANG die against a single target. Remove the highest rolling die and add 3 dice for your total.
SFX: Focus. If a pool includes a BOOMERANG LIZARD power, you may replace two dice of equal size with one die +1 step larger.
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one BOOMERANG LIZARD power die to a pool. Step back each BOOMERANG LIZARD power die in that pool once for each die beyond the first.
Limit: Summoned Creature. BOOMERANG LIZARD may be affected by stress, complications and other effects like a normal character. If stressed out or overcome by a complication, shutdown BOOMERANG LIZARD and recover as normal during a Transition Scene, or until a successful recover action is completed.

BALL O' FIRE
FIRE AURA D10, FIRE CONTROL D8, FLIGHT D6, INTANGIBILITY
SFX: Burn! On a reaction against a physical stress melee attack action, inflict physical stress with your effect die at no PP cost or spend a PP to step up your effect die by +1.
SFX: Invulnerable. Spend 1 PP to ignore physical stress or trauma unless caused by cold- or water-based attacks.
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one BALL O' FIRE power die to a pool. Step back each [BALL O' FIRE power die in that pool once for each die beyond the first.
SFX: Reignite. Spend 1 PP to recover your own physical stress or step back your own physical trauma by -1, unless caused by cold- or water-based attacks.
Limit: Fire Elemental. BALL O' FIRE is considered to always be intangible and cannot solidify.
Limit: Summoned Creature. BALL O' FIRE may be affected by stress, complications and other effects like a normal character. If stressed out or overcome by a complication, shutdown BALL O' FIRE and recover as normal during a Transition Scene, or until a successful recover action is completed.

THUNDER RAVEN
ENHANCED REFLEXES D8, SUPERHUMAN SENSES D10, SUPERSONIC FLIGHT D10, THUNDER BLAST D10
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, add a D6 for each additional target and keep an additional effect die.
SFX: Thunder Flash. Add a D6 and step up your effect die by +1 when inflicting a deafened or blinded complication on a target.
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one THUNDER RAVEN power die to a pool. Step back each THUNDER RAVEN power die in that pool once for each die beyond the first.
Limit: Summoned Creature. THUNDER RAVEN may be affected by stress, complications and other effects like a normal character. If stressed out or overcome by a complication, shutdown THUNDER RAVEN and recover as normal during a Transition Scene, or until a successful recover action is completed.

Specialties:
ACROBATIC EXPERT D8, COMBAT EXPERT D8, MYSTIC MASTER D10

Milestones:
REVENGE ON BALDOUR
You seek vengeance for the murder of your father and the terror wreaked upon your homeland by the dark god Baldour.
1 XP when you save someone from the assault of Baldour's forces.
3 XP when you destroy one of Baldour's more powerful servants, or when you lose one of your companions in battle.
10 XP when you defeat Ornah, Baldour's most trusted servant, or face Baldour himself in battle.

MASTERING MAGIC
Ever since your father was murdered, you have trained yourself to become an even more powerful sorcerer than he was. You will stop at nothing to master the power of magic.
1 XP when you use your magic to awe those who do not know you.
3 XP when you use a magical stunt or resource to overcome a serious threat.
10 XP when you gain a new familiar or unravel a great magical mystery.

ID: Alisia Dragoon (Public)
History:
Alisia is the daughter of a powerful mage, who once fought the dark alien god named Baldour. She was raised as a sorceress herself and showed great promise with the magical arts, more potential than even her father. Yet she suffered tragedy, like so many others, when Baldour descended upon the world. Unable to slay the god, Alisia's father instead trapped him within a cocoon and banished him from the world. In turn he was slain by Ornah, the servant of Baldour, and his minions, shattering the lives of Alisia's family.

In the time that followed, with Ornah's forces held at bay by the bravery of many, Alisia trained in the magical arts. She became a sorceress of great renown and power, ultimately becoming the greatest mage in the world as only a young woman. Her courage, purity and power earned her the companionship of four magical creatures, each with different abilities. Knowing some day that Baldour would return, Alisia trained and pushed herself hard to prepare for the day when she would exact her revenge.

Just as she knew it would, Baldour's cocoon crashed down upon the planet once more and the dark god awakened. Aided by her familiars, Alisia set out on a dangerous journey across war-torn lands, determined to destroy Baldour once and for all.
Personality:
Alisia is a thoughtful young woman, introspective and quick-witted. Though deeply hurt by the loss of her father, Alisia is not embittered, instead living as her parents always wished her to live. She is kind and compassionate, and her heart drives her to protect others. Though quiet and reserved, Alisia also possesses a fierce spirit which is revealed in battle. Like the lightning she wields, Alisia's calm demeanor can suddenly give way to thunder and fury.

Friendly, spirited, Alisia is a paragon of purity. She is wholly dedicated to her arts and to improving the lot of others through that power.
Abilities and Resources:
Alisia's rigorous training keeps her in excellent shape, with the agility and stamina of a dancer. Her greatest power by far, however, is her sorcery. Gifted in magical potential even from a young age, time and intense training has turned Alisia Dragoon into the most powerful mage in perhaps the world. She favors lightning elemental magic, controlling primal electrical forces in the environment with great skill. She can channel this power into destructive blasts, though to do so drains her reserves of magical energy for a time. Alisia can also fly through spells and conjure magical creatures and forces.

Four such creatures of great power accompany Alisia in battle, though she can generally only maintain the mystic link to one of them at a time. Though smaller than his kin, Frye the dragon can breathe scorching blasts of fire and possesses a durable, armored hide. He can also carry Alisia, in a pinch. Though smaller and weaker, the Boomerang Lizard is very quick and throws piercing blades of energy with great precision. Conversely, the aptly named Ball o' Fire is a fire elemental, quite literally manifesting as a sentient floating fireball. Though it is not solid in form and cannot carry Alisia or shield her physically, its fiery body scorches all who touch it and allows it to control fire over a large area. Finally, the Thunder Raven possesses unmatched swiftness on the wing, its senses have no equal and it can emit devastating thunder blasts which deafen or even blind enemies.

Working as a team, Alisia and her companions form a powerful and versatile fighting force capable of opposing the armies of Baldour, prevailing where larger forces fail.

Theme: Dreams, Dreams

NiGHTS
Affiliations: SOLO D10, BUDDY D8, TEAM D6
Distinctions:
FIRST-LEVEL NIGHTMAREN
SOARING SPIRIT
CAPRICIOUS TRICKSTER
Power Sets:
INTO DREAMS
Enhanced Durability D8 • Enhanced Reflexes D8 • Enhanced Stamina D8 • Enhanced Strength D8 • Novice Sorcery D8 • Shapeshifting D10 • Subsonic Flight D8 • Teleport D8
SFX: Drill Dash. Spend 1 PP or add a Doom die to double SUPERSONIC FLIGHT as part of an attack or movement action.
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one INTO DREAMS power to a single dice pool. Step back each INTO DREAMS power die in that pool once for each die beyond the first.
SFX: Nightmaren. Spend 1 PP or add a Doom die to ignore stress, trauma or complications from poisons, disease or fatigue.
SFX: Paraloops. When using TELEPORT with a stunt as part of an attack, or inflicting a banished complication step up the TELEPORT die. Stressing out an opponent with the attack or the complication removes them from the current scene.
Limit: Dream Creature. Earn 1 PP when affected by complications and tech which specifically target mystic beings.
Limit: Nightmare Creature. If a pool includes an INTO DREAMS power, both 1s and 2s on those dice count as opportunities, but only 1s are excluded from being used for totals or effect dice.

Specialties:
ACROBATIC MASTER D10, COMBAT MASTER D10, MYSTIC MASTER D10
Milestones:
REBELLIOUS JESTER
You detest your creator and often oppose his schemes simply because it pleases you, not even because it's the right thing to do. That you get to stymie Wizeman's cruel plans is just an added bonus.
1 XP when you escape or elude capture by the forces of Nightmare.
3 XP when you defeat a second-level Nightmaren or snatch away an object Wizeman the Wicked desires.
10 XP when you oppose Wizeman himself in the heart of Nightmare, despite knowing your fate.

FLY FREE
Of all the creatures of the dream world, none soar so effortlessly or gracefully as NiGHTS. As the shark must swim, so must you fly to live, fly to new horizons and new dream vistas.
1 XP when you soar to new heights and new horizons.
3 XP when you do battle with your only aerial rival, Reala, or ignore a problem in order to fly free.
10 XP when you Dualize with a Visitor to allow them to fly as you do, or you sacrifice your freedom to help a Visitor.

ID: NiGHTS (Secret)
History:
NiGHTS was created in ancient times by the lord of the realm of Nightmare, Wizeman the Wicked. It—NiGHTS is genderless and its appearance often changes to suit a particular dream or Visitor, or its own capricious whims—is a Nightmaren, the inhabitants of Nightmare. Wizeman created NiGHTS to steal Ideya, the very essence of dreams, with which he might conquer the whole of the Night Dimension. NiGHTS rebelled millennia ago and has been at odds with Wizeman and the Nightmarens ever since. Ever does the jester escape their grasp, opposing Wizeman out of sheer distaste for his creator and his wicked schemes.

Throughout the endless count of years, NiGHTS has been imprisoned by Wizeman many times, to keep it out of the way, or broken and reforged into a more obedient creature. With the help of Visitors, rare dreamers who possess the Red Ideya of Courage, NiGHTS escapes imprisonment and does battle with Wizeman. With the help of two such Visitors, Will and Helen, NiGHTS apparently destroyed Wizeman, and all of his creations—including NiGHTS. Even knowing it would lead to its own demise, NiGHTS defeated Wizeman the Wicked and caused their dissolution.

Or so it seemed...
Personality:
NiGHTS is childish in many ways, both good and bad. It is an impatient creature, eager to flit away and explore new dreams. NiGHTS is also quite mischievous and particularly enjoys causing trouble for the creatures of Nightmare, which often lands the jester in trouble, as well. Despite this, NiGHTS is both kind and compassionate, and will go to great lengths to help Visitors conquer their nightmares and taste the freedom of Nightopia. In its heart, NiGHTS simply wishes all the creatures of the Night Dimension and all Visitors to be free to dream as they will.
Abilities and Resources:
Don't let its appearance fool you—NiGHTS is no mere jester, and far more powerful than it looks. As a First-level Nightmaren, NiGHTS is one of the most powerful creatures ever made by Wizeman. Its most notable ability is that of flight, a gift few enjoy to the degree that NiGHTS does. A gifted acrobat and incredibly swift in the air, NiGHTS weaves effortlessly through legions of Nightmarens, dodges enemy attacks and avoids the unearthly environmental forces of Nightmare. As a part of its flying ability, NiGHTS can also use its patented Drill Dash (perhaps a reference to a certain hedgehog's Spin Dash) to increase speed or attack enemy Nightmaren.

Despite its slight build, NiGHTS seems very strong, its blows capable of knocking around monstrous Nightmaren several times its own size. This strength may be an effect of the Twinkle Dust, sparkling streams of tiny stars that trail from NiGHTS' hands as it flies through the Night Dimension. NiGHTS can also use this Twinkle Dust to form "Paraloops" by flying in a circle, which create portals to various parts of the Night Dimension. NiGHTS often uses the Paraloops as an attack, to banish enemy Nightmaren or damage larger beasts.

As befits a creature of dream, NiGHTS can change its shape into many forms, including dolphins, bobsleds, boats, roller coasters, even dragons and rockets. It is possible that NiGHTS can adopt any shape that might be found in a dream.

WIZEMAN THE WICKED
Affiliations: SOLO D10/D10/D10/D10, BUDDY D8/D8/D8/D8, TEAM D6/D6/D6/D6
Distinctions:
LORD OF NIGHTMARE
ANCIENT EVIL
GODLY ARROGANCE
Power Sets:
DREAMING GOD
FIRE/ICE/WATER BLAST D10, GODLIKE DURABILITY D12, GODLIKE STAMINA D12, GODLIKE STRENGTH D12, MYSTIC RESISTANCE D12, SUPERSONIC FLIGHT D10
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each additional target add a D6 and keep an additional effect die.
SFX: Immunity. Spend a Doom die to ignore stress, trauma or complications from poisons, disease, psychic attack and environmental effects.
SFX: Invulnerable. Spend a Doom die to ignore physical stress or trauma unless caused by magical attacks.
Limit: Dream Creature. Earn a Doom die when affected by complications and SFX which specifically target mystic beings.
Limit: Nightmare Creature. If a pool includes a DREAMING GOD power, both 1s and 2s on those dice count as opportunities, but only 1s are excluded from being used for totals or effect dice.

NIGHTMARE CONJURER
FIRE SUPREMACY D12, ICE SUPREMACY D12, SORCERY SUPREMACY D12, SUPERHUMAN SENSES D10, TELEPATHY D10, TELEPORT D10, WATER SUPREMACY D12
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each additional target add a D6 and keep an additional effect die.
SFX: Lord of Terror. Add a D6 and step up your effect die by +1 when inflicting fear-based complications on a target.
SFX: Lord of the Unreal. When using NIGHTMARE CONJURER to create assets, add a D6 and step up your effect die by +1.
SFX: Second Chance. When in Nightmare, spend a Doom die to reroll when using any NIGHTMARE CONJURER power.
Limit: Born of Night. Outside the realm of Nightmare, step back all NIGHTMARE CONJURER powers by -1. His SOLO dice also become 3D10, and his BUDDY Affiliation is reduced to 2D8.
Limit: Nightmare Creature. If a pool includes a NIGHTMARE CONJURER power, both 1s and 2s on those dice count as opportunities, but only 1s are excluded from being used for totals or effect dice.

Specialties:
COMBAT EXPERT D8, COSMIC EXPERT D8, MENACE MASTER D10, MYSTIC MASTER D10

History:
Wizeman is by all accounts as ancient as nightmares themselves. He is the creator of the realm of Nightmare, the dark half of the Night Dimension, and its absolute master. Within his realm, Wizeman's power is nearly complete, and he has for eons drawn power from those terrorized in their dreams. Wizeman has long sought the Ideya, fragments of the soul, including the rare Ideya of Courage. By taking the Ideya from a dreaming Visitor's soul, Wizeman desires to open a way into the mortal realm so that he may rule it, as well.

Sometime in the past, Wizeman created powerful Nightmaren named NiGHTS and Reala. While Reala stayed loyal to his cruel and domineering creator, the capricious NiGHTS disliked his former master and rebelled, defecting to Nightopia, the other half of the Night Dimension. NiGHTS chose to fly free, and though Wizeman detested that freedom, he always sought to regain command of his creation rather than destroy him. Every time they clashed, NiGHTS defeated his former master with the help of Visitors, but always Wizeman returned to haunt the Night Dimension.

Wizeman has come into conflict with NiGHTS and others many times over his unimaginably long life. Always he schemes to take control of the whole Night Dimension, and from there the waking world. He is opposed by the tremendous difficulty of the task as well as NiGHTS and other dreamers.
Personality:
True to his name, Wizeman the Wicked is cruel, cunning and megalomaniacal. He delights in conjuring the nightmares of dreamers and Nightopians, but he does not hesitate to torment his own creations when they fail him. Ancient and godlike in power, Wizeman is arrogant in the extreme, believing it is his right to rule everything that dreams. He considers himself above mortals and most mortal emotions, save the fear that permeates his being and sustains him.
Abilities and Resources:
Wizeman wields godlike power as the Lord of Nightmare. Within his own realm, he is nearly omnipotent, having almost complete command over every aspect of dreaming reality. The elements of Nightmare dance to his whims and he can summon creatures, forces and illusions, including those ripped straight from the minds of his victims. He can fly and appear anywhere within Nightmare, making escape nearly impossible. Though the realm is ever-changing, Wizeman knows its lands intimately, and there is nowhere dreamers can hide where he cannot find them.

Outside of Nightmare, Wizeman's power is greatly diminished, though he is still a mighty sorcerer and god of dreams. On the rare occasions he must do battle in Nightopia or even in the mortal world, Wizeman is a true terror: conjuring nightmares, illusions and monsters or directing the elements of the waking world against his foes. Towering over most opponents, his presence always casts a shadow of fear over the world.