Reveners are demons that reanimate corpses. Julia Stone is unusual in that her corpse stays safely tucked away in its tomb, only stepping out into the world through her painting. Most reveners can reanimate several corpses, but we see no evidence of that here. She also seems interested in blood, rather than fear, which is the usual food of her kind.
Order: Vessel of Iniquity (technically an infernal ghost)
Infernal Might: 5
Characteristics:
(human form) Int 0, Per +1, Pre +3, Com 0, Str -2*, Sta -3 , Dex +3, Qik +3.
*Julia regenerates when she feeds. This raises her Strength score by +1 for every minor wound inflicted, up to a maximum +1. The score returns to -2 at daybreak.
Size: 0
Virtues and Flaws:. Many
Confidence Score: 1 (3)
Personality Traits: Bloodlust +5, Pride +3
Reputations: Minor vampire +1 (Infernal)
Combat:
Bite: Initiative 0, Attack 0*, Defense -3*, Damage +3**
* Julia had no combat training before her death, so she has a -3 penalty on her bite attack. It has been included in these statistics.
** Julia regenerates when she feeds. This raises her Strength score, and her Damage bonus.
Soak: -3 (bloated corpse)
Julia regenerates when she feeds. This raises Julia’s Strength score, and her Soak bonus.
Wound Penalties: –1 (1–5), –3 (6–10), –5 (11–15), Incapacitated (16-20), Dead (21+)
Abilities: All suitable for story, except that Julia had no combat training when she became a predatory revener, so her Abilities are poor. She tries to compensate with ambush predation, but her Weakness counters that in some cases.
Powers:
Envisioning, 1 point, Init 0, Mentem: For 1 point, allows the demon to enter and twist dreams. If used to terrify, the victim can ignore it with a Brave Personality trait roll against an Ease factor of 9 or more. Failure to resist leads to a profound physical reaction, like a seizure. This allows Julia to freely attack the victim. It is not clear if the dreams the hero of this story has are this power, or his own Visions virtue priming him to make the Awareness check allowed by Julia’s Weakness (see below).
Hide in the Tomb: 1 point, Init. 0, Corpus. Julia can step forth from her portrait, and use it as a portal to return to rest in her unhallowed grave.
Obsession: 0 point, Init. 0, Mentem: Forces any character who touches her portrait to make a roll against her Bloodthirsty personality trait. If the roll is successful, the character is unharmed. If Julia wins, the character cuts a hand on her painting’s frame, without noticing they have done so, until later. This is a Minor Wound, and increases Julia’s Strength score.
She Walks Again : 1 point, Init. -1, Corpus: Animates Julia’s corpse. As this is a supernatural power, the physical attacks of this demon, such as they are, can be deflected with Magic Resistance.
Watch Over The Sleeper: 1 point, Init. 0, Herbam: Moves the portrait back to its room. Note that characters can be tricked into touching her portrait repeatedly through the use of this power, suffering minor wounds each time via her unusual Obsession power.
Weakness: Must speak to her victims before she attacks. This is a painful trick played on her by the demon that gave her this form of limited life. Generally she is so stealthy that even if a sleeping character makes a Perception + Awareness roll against an Ease Factor of 9 to wake, she still gets to attack with surprise, but it she would prefer to bite the defenceless.
Vis: 1 pawn, shroud.
Appearance: A bloated, shrouded corpse that has been soaked in rotting blood for months.
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