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hyperpotamous) wrote2023-03-21 06:06 pm
hyperpotamous) wrote2023-03-21 06:06 pm
「 kenos | opt-in post 」
As a very powerful necromancer, John has the ability to sense the thalergy (life energy), thanergy (death energy), and souls of any living thing.
So! What does this mean?
This means that John can sense just about everything that goes on with a person physiologically down to the chemical processes. In Kenos, he's been heavily nerfed, and most of his powers are affected in a general sense by all the fun new energies present, which is a convenient handwave-y way of explaining why he doesn't have turbo knowledge about everything and everyone at all times.
The purpose of this page is a general opt-in where you can optionally share any details about your character that John might recognise and whether or not you want them referred to, etc.
This is mostly a reference for me, so be as detailed as you like because it's definitely fun for me to sprinkle things in hehe.
As a note, it is acceptable to say that John outright can't sense something too! There are several characters where We Just Don't Know, or it's otherwise more interesting to leave question marks, so feel free to mention if you want John to perceive someone as Eldritch Static or a migraine or something!
Fill out the handy dandy form below and leave a comment!
PLAYER NAME:
CHARACTER NAME:
CANON:
WHAT CAN JOHN SENSE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?: Physical details? Interesting soul stuff? Weird eldritch mysteries?
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS?: Anything specific that shouldn't be mentioned (i.e. in case you want something kept secret longer, etc.)?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT HIM TO NOTICE?: I am happy to use this ability to highlight something if you like!
So! What does this mean?
This means that John can sense just about everything that goes on with a person physiologically down to the chemical processes. In Kenos, he's been heavily nerfed, and most of his powers are affected in a general sense by all the fun new energies present, which is a convenient handwave-y way of explaining why he doesn't have turbo knowledge about everything and everyone at all times.
The purpose of this page is a general opt-in where you can optionally share any details about your character that John might recognise and whether or not you want them referred to, etc.
This is mostly a reference for me, so be as detailed as you like because it's definitely fun for me to sprinkle things in hehe.
As a note, it is acceptable to say that John outright can't sense something too! There are several characters where We Just Don't Know, or it's otherwise more interesting to leave question marks, so feel free to mention if you want John to perceive someone as Eldritch Static or a migraine or something!
Fill out the handy dandy form below and leave a comment!
PLAYER NAME:
CHARACTER NAME:
CANON:
WHAT CAN JOHN SENSE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?: Physical details? Interesting soul stuff? Weird eldritch mysteries?
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS?: Anything specific that shouldn't be mentioned (i.e. in case you want something kept secret longer, etc.)?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT HIM TO NOTICE?: I am happy to use this ability to highlight something if you like!
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CHARACTER NAME: Liem Talbott
CANON: Original Character (Pathfinder RPG)
WHAT CAN JOHN SENSE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?: At first glance, you could pretty safely call Liem "human-adjacent." His parents were both human, when they were alive. He looks mostly human, except for slightly pointed ears, and the long, pointy fangs, and the eyes with their black sclera. His skin is bloodlessly pale, as well, with greyish undertones on account of the fact that his blood is dark, red-tinted black.
The weirdness continues beneath the surface. Liem recently celebrated his 122nd birthday, and he hasn't even hit middle age. His heartbeat, metabolism, and other biological processes are markedly slower than what would be healthy for a normal living human. His thermoregulation is shit, which makes him especially susceptible to extremes in temperature. Additionally, his biological processes tend to get a little Fucked Up if he goes too long without consuming blood. We're talking auto-immune disorder leading to problems eating, problems sleeping, joint pain, fatigue, you name it. A blood-starved Liem is not a happy Liem.
Most weirdly of all, although Liem is definitely a living man, he is actually harmed by positive energy (in general terms, "life energy," which heals living things), and healed by negative energy (the opposite; usually, only undead creatures like ghosts and zombies are healed by negative energy). This has some weird implications for how his body actually functions and what's really going on there on a cellular level. Who knows how any of it actually works... your guess is as good as mine. But as a side-effect, he is highly resistant to life-stealing effects, like a succubus's life-draining kiss. Attacks of that nature straight up do nothing to him, up until the threshold is high enough that he just keels over and dies all at once. Go figure.
Edit: I forgot to mention, but if you feel like John's bullshit god necromancy would be able to sense shard location (and why wouldn't it?), Liem's shard is positioned in the middle of his chest.
EDIT 2 DAMN IT: Tacked onto all of the above, one of the powers Liem gained since arriving in Kenos is accelerated healing. So, although his metabolism is slow as shit, his rate of healing is actually pretty fast. Not lyctor fast by any means, but it's capable of healing serious wounds completely in only a week, so it's still definitely far above the norm.
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS?: Nope! Feel free to play around with any and all of the above at will.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT HIM TO NOTICE?: His "negative energy" weirdness is probably his most stand-out feature, from a necromantic point of view. Feel free to interpret it however seems most interesting from a thanergetic/thalergetic standpoint.