<strong>Name:</strong>Bennett "Ben" Smith<br/><strong>Calling:</strong>Unlikely Hero<br/><strong>Nature:</strong>Pedagogue<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><strong>Sexual orientation:</strong>Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual (1 on the Kinsey Scale, never actually had homosexual experiences)<br/><strong>Pantheon:</strong>Shen (Celestial Bureaucracy)<br/><strong>God:</strong>Xiwangmu<br/><strong>Nationality:</strong>Dual Chinese & American citizenship<br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Graduate student (Asian studies & comparative religion)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>23<br/><strong>Date of birth:</strong>September 18, 1992<br/><br/><strong>Motivation:</strong>Ben is motivated by a thirst for knowledge; this has only been exacerbated by the ichor in his veins. Xiwangmu has informed his handlers and contacts within the Celestial Bureaucracy to withhold information from Ben that is not pertinent to any missions; if he wants learn the truth, he must do field work in order to acquire it.<br/><strong>Deific goal: </strong>Ben will continue to master Taiyi, and as he grows in power, may eventually acquire specific Death & Psychopomp Boons (Summon Ghost, Open Underworld Portal, & Otherworldly Portal) that will assist him in retrieving the ghosts of great heroes to immortalize using Divinize Kuei.<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong>5'11"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>157 lbs.<br/><strong>Hair colour:</strong>Black<br/><strong>Eye colour:</strong>Dark brown<br/><strong>Distinguishing features:</strong>N/A<br/><strong>Appearance:</strong>(https://abagond.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/takeshi05.jpg)<br/><strong>Face claim:</strong>Takeshi Kaneshiro<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Personality</div><div class="spoiler_body">Above all, Ben has a voracious appetite for knowledge, and since his Visitation stirred the ichor in his veins, that thirst for knowledge has become so powerful that it drives him to carry out the missions passed to him by the Celestial Bureaucracy, hungry for any scraps of lore, puzzle pieces never unearthed by any mundane scholar.<br/><br/>Though he loves and is loved by his family, he struggles with not feeling like he fits in, which has led to his attempts to connect with his native culture, including, but not limited to, picking up Tai Chi as a hobby and a semester abroad in China during his undergraduate studies.<br/><br/>While not violent by nature, Ben has taken self-defense classes and usually carries a taser with him. His Visitation further augmented his potential.<br/><br/>Growing up, Ben knew it was summer when he saw his father on the big screen, saving the world. He had always thought he knew he wasn't that person, that hero that his father was – or, at least, the hero his father played. Now that he's become a Scion, however, Ben may have no choice but to become that hero he never thought he of himself as capable of being.</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Family</div><div class="spoiler_body"><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith: John (http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTczMzk1MjU1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDk2MzAyMg@@._V1_UY317_CR2,0,214,317_AL_.jpg) &amp; Jane (http://www.kontrolmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Angelina-Jolie.jpg). Ben's adoptive parents; Hollywood power couple. Jane is also a notable humanitarian.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Alona &amp; Maddox Smith: Ben's `siblings`; adopted, much like Ben. Maddox has followed their parents into the entertainment industry, co-starring in films with John. Alona has gone into medical research, inspired by Jane's cancer advocacy work to search for a cure.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Carlton Banks: Ben's adoptive uncle on John's side. Successful attorney, recently appointed court judge.</li></ul></div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rivals &amp; Enemies</div><div class="spoiler_body"><ul class="bbc_list"><li>The Church of <del>Scientology</del> Visualosity: A controversial <del>cult</del> religious movement widely popular among the rich and famous. Most members of the Church are unaware that the inner circle acting as the highest authority within the Church is, in fact, a cabal of those loyal to the Titans, using the unwitting members of their Church to reap riches and wield influence and power. While presently unaware that Ben is a Scion, the inner circle has set their sights on drawing Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith under their sway. To that end, they are working on recruiting one of Ben's siblings, with the intent of having them introduce the rest of the family to the Church and its teachings.</li></ul></div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Background</div><div class="spoiler_body">Orphaned by a terrible natural disaster, a Chinese child not even old enough to remember his own parents was adopted by a Hollywood power couple known for adopting children left orphaned in the wake of tragedies. They gave him a home, a family, love, and the finest education money could buy. Still, as Ben grew up, he began to struggle with feeling like he didn't belong, feeling different, like a puzzle piece sorted into the wrong box, though he loved his parents and siblings no less. When he began to pursue connecting to his native culture, his parents were nothing but supportive of his efforts to master Cantonese and Mandarin, to read the Chinese classics, to study China's myths. Eventually, he double-majored in Asian studies and comparative religion, graduating from a prestigious university at the head of his class, and has since become a graduate student.</div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Visitation</div><div class="spoiler_body">Recently, Ben was drawn into conversation with a stranger at one of his parents' parties. They spoke long into the night and into the early hours of the morning, traversing many topics, from classical Chinese literature to Chinese mythology and comparative religion. Finally satisfied, the stranger revealed themselves to Ben as one of the Eight Immortals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals) as Ben realized they were utterly alone, all others having left the party or retired.<br/><br/>Despite how incredible it all sounded, Ben was surprised to discover that the stranger's words were, in fact, quite compelling as they wove a tale of gods and titans and demigods – Scions – and the tale of the ichor that flowed in Ben's veins, a divine birthright. The stranger explained that the disaster which orphaned Ben was not natural at all, but unnatural – the work of the titanspawn and the titans, and charged him with ensuring no such tragedies came to pass again, that no others would be orphaned as Ben himself had been.<br/><br/>The identity of Ben's divine parent has yet to be revealed to him, though he knows they are among the most venerated members of the Celestial Bureaucracy. He has narrowed the suspects down to Nüwa and Xiwangmu.<br/><br/>In truth, while like all of her children, Ben possesses great potential, Xiwangmu chose him because she felt that giving him purpose would put him on the path toward fully realizing that potential, feeling he might have squandered it without the direction and purpose of being a Scion.</div></div><br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong>Meatbuns, mythology, classical Chinese literature<br/><strong>Hobbies:</strong>Tai-chi, self-defense classes<br/><strong>Fears and phobias:</strong>Not exactly a fear, but Ben does have some anxiety that his pursuit of education and knowledge in lieu of the more concrete ambitions of his adoptive siblings may disappoint his adoptive parents.<br/><strong>ONs and OFFs:</strong>Attracted to femininity, competence, intelligence, cleverness, and curiosity. Finds sexual aggression attractive, but modesty is not a turn-off. Significantly more selective about being attracted to men, to the point he's unaware of it, as he's never actually met a man he's attracted to. Could find himself attracted to a sufficiently feminine man, especially one able to convincingly dress as a female. (Essentially, "Traps".)<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Legend: </strong>••<br/><strong>Legend points: </strong>4<br/><strong>Willpower: </strong>••••••<br/><br/><strong>Experience (spent): </strong>0<br/><strong>Experience (unspent):</strong>0<br/><strong>Experience (total):</strong>0<br/><br/><strong>Virtues:</strong>Duty • Intellect •••• Loyalty •• Valor ••<br/><br/><strong>ATTRIBUTES</strong><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div style="text-align: right;"><em>Strength</em> ••<br/><em>Dexterity</em>* ••••• (•)<br/><em>Stamina</em>* •••• (•)</div></td><td>     </td><td><div style="text-align: right;"><em>Charisma</em> ••• (•)<br/><em>Manipulation</em> ••<br/><em>Appearance</em> ••</div></td><td>     </td><td><div style="text-align: right;"><em>Perception</em> ••<br/><em>Intelligence</em> ••••• (•)<br/><em>Wits</em>* •• (•)</div></td><td>   </td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong>ABILITIES</strong><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div style="text-align: right;"><em>Academics</em> •••<br/><em>Animal Ken</em>* •<br/><em>Art</em> -<br/><em>Athletics</em> •••<br/><em>Awareness</em>* •••<br/><em>Brawl</em>*  •••<br/><em>Command</em> •<br/><em>Control</em>  • (cars)</div></td><td>    </td><td><div style="text-align: right;"><em>Craft</em> -<br/><em>Empathy</em> •<br/><em>Fortitude</em> •••<br/><em>Integrity</em>* •••<br/><em>Investigation</em> ••<br/><em>Larceny</em> -<br/><em>Marksmanship</em> •<br/><em>Medicine</em> -</div></td><td>    </td><td><div style="text-align: right;"><em>Melee</em> •<br/><em>Occult</em>* •••<br/><em>Politics</em> -<br/><em>Presence</em>* •<br/><em>Science</em> -<br/><em>Stealth</em> -<br/><em>Survival</em> -<br/><em>Thrown</em> -</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong>EPIC ATTRIBUTES</strong><br/><br/><em>Epic Attribute</em>:  Epic Charisma •<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Never Say Die</div><div class="spoiler_body">Not every Scion can knock down foes like bowling pins and scatter titanspawn body parts in his wake. Yet some are just so full of optimistic joie de vivre, even when they take a beating for some spectacular failure, that you just can't help but love them. A Scion might be accident-prone or have an infuriating talent for picking fights with titanspawn that are out of his league, but he takes his lumps with a smile and inspires his fellows with his can-do attitude. All he has to do is flash a thumbs-up, holler an "I'm okay!" or show a smile full of dangling teeth. When he does, all the Scions in his Band who can see him gain one Willpower point per health level the character has suffered (i.e., however many are marked on his character sheet at that moment). The character can inspire his fellows thus only once per scene, but he can do so even if he is knocked to Incapacitated or killed -- after which, he collapses.</div></div></li></ul><br/><em>Epic Attribute</em>:  Epic Dexterity •<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Untouchable Opponent</div><div class="spoiler_body">The Scion might as well be a ghost for all his enemies can lay a hand or a weapon on him. The Scion adds 2 to his Dodge DV for every dot in Epic Dexterity he has. He also ignores an amount of DV penalties due to unstable terrain equal to his Epic Dexterity dots. Only the normal Epic Dexterity bonus applies to the character’s Parry DV, though, and this Knack’s bonus to Dodge DV doesn’t apply if the character is merely hiding behind cover or tucked in behind a scutum like a lowly turtle. Only if the character is physically dodging the attacks that are coming his way does this Knack help him out.<br/><br/>Activating this Knack costs one point of Legend. Its effects last for one scene.</div></div></li></ul><br/><em>Epic Attribute</em>:  Epic Intelligence •<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Tactical Planning</div><div class="spoiler_body">Usually, personal combat relies heavily on quick thinking and razor-sharp timing. A Scion with the Tactical Planning Knack, though, thinks three moves ahead of everyone else on the battlefield. With his excellent command of the battle situation and his prepared contingency plans, he is able to react by using a previously-developed script instead of falling back on reflexes. As long as he is not surprised, the Scion can choose to substitute his Intelligence score (including Epic Intelligence) for his Wits when making Join Battle rolls.</div></div></li></ul><br/><em>Epic Attribute</em>: Epic Stamina •<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Skin-Shedding</div><div class="spoiler_body">Not only is this Knack a life-saving power, but it can also be an effective (if surreal) means of escape. If an enemy's attack against the Scion inflicts enough damage to cause knockback, the Scion may spend a point of Legend and a point of Willpower to reflexively negate all damage from the attack. The attack still inflicts its knockback, though, seemingly knocking the Scion completely out of his skin. The empty husk collapses at the attacker's feet, disintegrating over three ticks. The Scion who was apparently knocked out of his skin lands perfectly unharmed however far away the knockback threw him, retaining all of his clothing and possessions and radiating a golden sheen until the shed skin disintegrates. The Scion can use this Knack only once per scene.</div></div></li></ul><br/><em>Epic Attribute</em>:  Epic Wits •<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Opening Gambit</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sometimes, victory in conflict is all about being the guy who makes the first move, and the Scion is usually that guy. When he joins battle, his player can either make a Join Battle roll like everyone else, or he can simply spend a point of Legend for his character to automatically go first in the reaction count. This Knack cannot automatically preempt an otherwise unexpected attack, though, as the character must actually be able to join battle for this Knack to function. If more than one character involved in a combat scene has this Knack, the character with the highest (Wits + Epic Wits) total goes first. If characters with this Knack have equal totals, default to a separate Join Battle roll to see which of them acts first.</div></div></li></ul><br/><strong>PURVIEWS</strong><br/><br/><em>Purview</em>: Animal (lion)<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Animal Communication</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Dice Pool:</strong> Intelligence + Animal Ken<br/><br/><strong>Cost:</strong> None<br/><br/>The Scion can understand and make himself understood by an animal as he speaks his native language and the animal responds with its own postures, scents and/or vocalizations. This Boon does not make animals smart, calm, or loyal, but most are curious enough about having a person address them that they will hear a Scion out before defaulting to aggression, panic, or indifference.</div></div></li></ul><br/><em>Purview</em>: Darkness<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Night Eyes</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Dice Pool:</strong> None<br/><br/><strong>Cost:</strong> None<br/><br/>Darkness no longer inflicts visibility penalties on the character. He can see in pitch-blackness almost as well as He can see in bright sunlight, losing only the ability to perceive colors. (Objects he sees in darkness are black-on-black yet perfectly distinguishable in a way that is conveniently impossible to describe to someone who does not have this Boon.) The Scion cannot see through physical impediments, however.<br/></div></div></li></ul><br/><em>Purview</em>: Magic<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Unjinx</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Cost:</strong> None<br/><br/><strong>Dice Pool:</strong> None<br/><br/>The Scion with this boon is uncannily lucky, even when he takes on contests or tasks that are clearly beyond him. Once per game session when he botches a roll, he may call upon Fate to grant him a little luck and mitigate its effects; the roll still fails, but it no longer counts as a botch and the catastrophic consequences of such a failure are not visited upon him. Single-die rolls made to determine boon effects (such as those in the Out of the Frying Pan or Deus ex Machina boons) are not affected by this boon, but any other action the Scion takes is fair game.[/spoiler</div></div></li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Unlidded Eye</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Cost:</strong> 1 Legend per use<br/><br/><strong>Dice Pool:</strong> Perception + Occult<br/><br/>The Scion with this boon is able to open his perceptions to stimuli far beyond the normal ken of mortals, becoming able to see magic and even the footsteps of Fate itself as he chooses. Once the Scion has spent the requisite cost, he is able to see any magical auras, spells, or items, which light up to his inner eye; he can also see Fatebonds as shimmering lines, and may instantly pick Legendary creatures or people out of a crowd, gaining an accurate assessment of whether they are Hero, Demigod or God-level in Legend rating. Legendary beings who are intentionally and successfully hiding from him are not betrayed by this boon, but any who are simply going about their business are immediately apparent to his second sight. Other normally invisible marks such as Vigil Brands also become noticeable. The dizzying overlay of the world of the magical levies a -4 distraction penalty on all the Scion's actions (unless he uses the Parallel Attention knack), and his second sight remains for the duration of the scene, after which he returns to a normal range of vision.<br/>This boon also allows a Scion to attempt to identify unfamiliar Birthrights; whenever he is confronted with one while The Unlidded Eye is active, he may pay a point of Willpower to roll Perception + Occult against a difficulty equal to the Birthright's rating as if it were an Epic Attribute (so a six-dot relic would require him to overcome a difficulty of 16). If he is successful, he knows the Birthright's capabilities, powers and exact rating.</div></div></li></ul><br/><em>Purview</em>: Taiyi<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Five Cycle Augmentation</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Dice Pool:</strong> None<br/><br/><strong>Cost:</strong> 1 Legend<br/><br/>The first art of Taiyi is learning to pass Qi to another being to augment his own supernatural force. The Scion concentrates, touches another character who is using a Boon or spell, and spends a point of Legend. This enhances the target character's use of the Boon or spell as if his Legend were one higher than its actual value. For instance, a dice pool that included the character's Legend would gain one die, or the recipient's Legend would be treated as one higher than its real value (for purposes of Boons whose effectiveness depends on the attacker's Legend being equal or higher than his target's).<br/><br/>Shen can perform Five-Cycle Augmentation in a series, each character passing her point of Legend to the next in line until the final character receives the boost in effective Legend from all of them. This boost cannot exceed the highest Legend value of any of the participants, though, and it cannot raise anyone's effective Legend above 12. Thus, if four Scions used Five-Cycle Augmentation in series on a fifth, and they all had Legend 2, the final recipient's effective Legend could not rise above 4.</div></div></li></ul><br/><strong>BIRTHRIGHTS</strong><br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Dragon's Tear Black Pearl</div><div class="spoiler_body">A dragon's tear, harvested at the nadir of the greatest sorrow of the dragon maiden's life. The relic grants its bearer access to the Darkness purview.</div></div> - Relic •</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Dragonslayer's Red Envelope</div><div class="spoiler_body">Once upon a time, a young man saved a village from a dragon. In gratitude, the villagers gathered money in a red envelope with which to reward him. This is the same red envelope from that legend. Presently, only a single coin is sealed inside.<br/><br/>The red envelope grants the bearer great fortune. In addition to granting its bearer access to the Magic purview, the bearer may spend 1 (or more) Legend and roll Charisma + Presence. On a success, Fate itself guards the bearer of the envelope. The most improbable -- even impossible -- escapes can be delivered by the relic. If the bearer hangs from a cliff by his fingernails, a sudden earthquake might cause a ledge to jut out beneath him, catching his fall. If he is tied to a train track before a speeding train, the train might leap the track over him, continuing on its way as if he were not there. The bearer cannot choose the manner of help he gets; he has thrown his lot in with Fate and gets whatever destiny brings. Basically, the Storyteller can get as dramatic and creative as they wish, but they are under no onus to do so. They can choose a quite mundane rescue if they so desire (the Scion hanging from a cliff is pulled to safety by a boy scout).<br/><br/>The bearer is Fatebound to the person, place, or means of her rescue. The strength of the binding is 3, unless the bearer spends extra Legend points -- on a scale of one point per -1 strength -- during the casting to lower it (minimum strength of 1).</div></div> - Relic ••••</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Family</div><div class="spoiler_body">While Ben's adoptive family is utterly ignorant to the existence of the supernatural, they are a Hollywood power couple and have access to considerable resources and wield considerable influence, opening doors that might otherwise be closed.</div></div> - Guide ••</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Figurine of Wondrous Power</div><div class="spoiler_body">This carved jade statuette of a foo lion fits in the palm of Ben's hand. The relic grants its bearer access to the Animal purview. Furthermore, by spending 1 Legend, the bearer of the relic may call a foo lion to their side.</div></div> - Relic ••</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Foo Lion</div><div class="spoiler_body">On his first mission after his Visitation, Ben was assigned to rescue a shipment of foo lion cubs from smugglers. One became very attached to him.<br/><br/><strong>Attributes:</strong> Strength 6, Dexterity 3, Stamina 5; Charisma 1, Manipulation 1, Appearance 2; Perception 3,<br/>Intelligence 1, Wits 3<br/><strong>Virtues:</strong> Harmony 1, Intellect 1, Loyalty 5, Valor 2<br/><strong>Abilities:</strong> Athletics 4, Awareness 3, Brawl 3, Integrity 2, Investigation 2, Presence 3, Fortitude 3, Stealth 4, Survival 3<br/><strong>Join Battle:</strong> 6<br/><strong>Supernatural Powers:</strong><br/><em>Epic Attributes:</em> Epic Strength 1 (Crushing Grip), Epic Dexterity 1 (Perfect Partner), Epic Stamina 1 (Body Armor)<br/><strong>Attacks:</strong><br/><em>Bite:</em> Accuracy 6 (+1 success), Damage 8L (+ Threshold successes), Parry DV —, Speed 6<br/><em>Claw:</em> Accuracy 7 (+1 success), Damage 7L (+ Threshold successes), Parry DV —, Speed 4<br/><strong>Soak:</strong> 2A/3L/6B<br/><strong>Health Levels:</strong> -0/-0/-0/-0/-1/-1/-3/Incap<br/><strong>Dodge DV:</strong> 4 <strong>Willpower:</strong> 7<br/><strong>Legend:</strong> 1 <strong>Legend Points:</strong> 1</div></div> - Creature •••</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Immortal Guide</div><div class="spoiler_body">One of the Eight Immortals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals) acts as Ben's divine handler.</div></div> - Guide ••••</li></ul><br/><strong>Attacks:</strong><br/><br/><em>Clinch</em>: Accuracy 8 (+1 success), Damage 3B (+Threshold successes), Speed: 6; Piercing<br/><em>Unarmed, Heavy</em>: Accuracy 7 (+1 success), Damage 6B (+Threshold successes), Parry DV 4, Speed 5<br/><em>Unarmed, Light</em>: Accuracy 9 (+1 success), Damage 3B (+Threshold successes), Parry DV 5, Speed 4<br/><em>Taser</em>: Accuracy 5 (+1 success), Damage 6B (+Threshold successes), Range 20, Clip 1-2, Speed 6; Piercing<br/><br/><strong>Join Battle</strong>: 8 (+1 success)<br/><strong>Soak</strong>: 1A/3L/5B<br/><strong>Health levels</strong>: -0/-0/-0/-0/-1/-1/-3/Incapacitated<br/><strong>Dodge DV</strong>: 6<br/>Movement: 6 yards; Dash: 13 yards; Climb/Swim Speed: 3 yards<br/>Vertical Jump: 5 yards; Horizontal Jump: 10 yards<br/>Weight capacity: 450 lbs.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Notes &amp; Plot hooks</div><div class="spoiler_body"><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Which titan/titans/titanspawn is responsible for the incident that caused the death of Ben's mortal birth parent is deliberately left unspecified so you can slot in whichever one suits the plot best. Likewise, the titan or titans is pulling the puppet strings of the Church of Visualosity.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Similarly, whichever sibling suits your purposes better for the one the Church of Visualosity is trying to recruit.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Possible plot hooks include one or both siblings being latent Scions (that is, Scions who have yet to have their Visitation). Whatever pantheons or divine parents that suit the plot.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Alternatively, Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith adopt a new child – another latent Scion – and the child is targeted for kidnapping and/or assassination by Titanspawn or cultists, ala Herakles. The PCs must defend the child. Again, whatever pantheon or divine parents would suit the plot. Neither plot hook need be used, just making them available if you'd like to use them.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>While nominally based in the greater Los Angeles area, as a grad school student, Ben could be attending university just about anywhere, inside or outside America, where a reputable university could be found, for ease of plot.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Which of the Eight Immortals performed Ben's Visitation – and whether the same Immortal is his handler – is whichever suits your purposes best.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith have an open marriage.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Takeshi Kaneshiro is a little older than I would have liked but I haven't found others that I liked for Ben. Suggestions from both fellow players and GM for alternative PBs are welcome.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li>All BP was invested in Birthrights.</li></ul></div></div>