Lignacious wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 2:07 pm
Character
Chipsqueak or
'Chip', from The Mother. A mostly unexplored frontier world which is small, rocky and wet. Groundling, genderless (may use 'he' for convenience)
Groundlings are a sentient & telekinetic form of lichen and moss that bind stones together for structure. Their own language uses the rocks to shape ambient air currents and sound.
Grey small boulders and pebbles with mottled brown, green and orange lichen
Background
The Groundlings go through a period of hibernation when The Mother's elliptical orbit takes it far from its star. During one such period, a Vrusk mining crew surveyed the planet and found it rich in minerals. Not knowing ( or not caring) that the rocks were sentient, they set about their business. In the process they excavated much of Chip's henge ( collective noun for a group of Groundlings).
In the years that followed, Chip set out to find the stones of its lost siblings to return them to The Mother so they can be properly laid to rest. It found a visiting explorer who gave Chip a lift off planet after Chip sang its sad tale to her, and has been hunting for that Vrusk crew when the story begins. Chip operates slowly (Groundlings are long-lived) and so has been somewhat distracted from this task with exploring the wider universe, but it remains on its mind.
Mechanics
Charismatic
Extraordinary Abilities:
- Keen Hearing (a la tremorsense)
- Minor Telekinesis (a little excess of the ability that binds chip together used for fine manipulation)
Skills:
- Performance (Groundlings are finely attuned to sound and vibration, and even among his people Chip was considered gifted)
- Pursuasion
- Stealth (Chip is a pile of rocks and can hold very still)
- Medicine (The moss and lichen that make up Chip's body turn out to have beneficial effects on more organic beings, and Chip has begun to learn to use the equivalent of his 'dead skin cells' to heal others)
Languages:
PanGal and Groundling +
Free slots
Equipment:
Items-
[2d6]=6
- Toolkit (Medical)
- PolyVox (standard)
-
HoloRecorder
-
Environment Cloak
- Stun Baton
- Rations
- Carryall
- Link
Lost Items-
[1d6]=2
- Environment Cloak
[1d6]=4
- HoloRecorder
[1d6]=3
Chip lost his Holorecorder and Environment cloak due to a misunderstanding. He had been exploring a planet and found some native sentients, and needed very little excuse to attempt to perform his favorite aria. Unfortunately the particular high note Chip hit caused all the natives to become extremely nauseous and he got out of dodge very quickly, leaving his cloak and recorder behind. The cloak is a small loss, but the recorder had some of his favorite compositions and he misses it. He's low on funds (the whole idea of 'credits' is still a bit novel) and is signing on with whomever will take him/tolerate his singing.
Links to other characters
Shaidar - Bertie and Jeeves smuggled Chip aboard the
Goodnight Irene to help him get out of his jam with the sound-sensitive natives. Unfortunately, he was found out and has been fined and earning his oxygen by performing basic maintenance on the starcruiser. The
Goodnight Irene is ending Chip's contract at Port Verdigris, and Chip has been asking about looking for work, which is how he has met some of the others...
