The Yithian

Character Name: Incomprehensible to human tongues.

Player Name: Riddy

Alias: The Yithian

Family/Allies/Friends: N/A (SHIELD?)

Archetype: Alien

Age: Unknown

Height: 7'

Weight: 500 lbs

Hair: N/A

Eyes: Red, blue, blue, green

Nationality: The Great Race of Yith

Description: A strange, unearthly being, the Yithian does not match any other known sentient lifeform. Its "body" is a tall conical shell, from which four stretching appendages extend. Two end in claws, one in a set of four fleshy trumpets, and the last is topped with four colored eyes and a collection of tiny feelers. It "walks" with the assistance of a single, mollusk-like foot underneath its shell.

Occupation: Oracle

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STATISTICS



Fighting: Feeble (see: Non-Combatant)

Agility: Poor

Strength: Remarkable (see: Non-Combatant)

Endurance: Incredible



Reasoning: Amazing

Intuition: Incredible

Psyche: Incredible



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Health - 75

Mental Health - 130

Karma -



Popularity - N/A

Contacts -

Resources - N/A

Appearance - Eldritch

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Talents:

Encyclopedic Mind:  The Yithian can absorb and learn vast amounts of knowledge

Knowledge Seeker:  The Yithian is driven to learn more.

Bibliophile:  The Yithian would make a good librarian.

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Quirks & Flaws



Non-Combatant: The Yithian is a complete pacifist, and cannot or will not fight. Although it is strong enough to tear through a car, that strength will not be applied to living beings. As well, if it had to defend itself, its movements are too slow to fight effectively.



Language Barrier: The Yithians concept of language is so far removed from human language that it cannot communicate outside of telepathy. It lacks the organs to speak, and it cannot understand our speech.



Curiosity: The Yithian has an urge to explore and learn about everything it comes across. Whether this translates to absorbing a book or taking a fire hydrant apart depends on the situation. It does value life, and will attempt to shield or protect anything near it.



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Powers:



Impervious Shell: A Remarkable carapace, The Yithian's shell can absorb up to 30 HP of damage per attack taken.



Telepathic Communication: Although the Yithian cannot project its own thoughts, it can communicate very easily with telepaths. It needs to use telepathy to communicate with humans.  It can 'think' loudly enough for a Telepath to hear even if they aren't actively trying to communicate.  Those versed in Lovecraftian demonology may be able to speak to the Yithian through magical channels.
*Beseeching: A telepath or magician can link to the Yithian to temporarily use any Skill it has learned.    The beseecher can 'hold' one Skill/Spell per 30 points of Mental Health and changing the "set" takes a full hour of concentration.


Knowledge Absorption: Although the Yithian cannot understand our language, it can absorb knowledge from books, articles, and even computer databases. The only difficulty comes from communicating with it.  It cannot properly learn any language based skills, but its connection to pure knowledge allows it to comprehend written or even electrically encoded wisdom. 
Rolling Reasoning, he deals Amazing (50) "damage" to a source of knowledge, modified by the color rolled and failing on a White.  Once a source's HP is depleted by enough such checks, it can be assumed the Yithian knows everything it did.  The HP is largely arbitrary and set by the GM.
*Tomes: The Yithian can learn any tome-bound spell, dealing 5 'damage' per Yellow check until it reaches the potency of the spell in points.  Only one such check can be made per hour.  There is no guarantee that the Yithian will actually be able to cast the spell, as it cannot speak incantations, but it can pass its spells along through Beseeching.
*Skills:  The Yithian can gain skills if it devours at least 200 points worth of knowledge on the subject.  There is no guarantee that it will actually be able to use the skill, however.



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Personality - The Yithian is a naturally curious creature, devoted to gathering knowledge about the world. Although its motivations often seem helpful, it is



History - In aeons long past, the Great Race of Yith once dominated this planet. They were known as the "Great Race" because they first truly mastered time travel by swapping their minds with other bodies throughout the history of the universe. But as with all beings, their time assed, coming in the form of the hideous Flying Polyp race. There was a mass exodus of Yithian Minds to a race of beetles in the far-flung future, but at least one member of the Great Race found itself propelled body and soul into the modern era. It has taken this development in stride, using this chance to learn more about the surrounding world.



Equipment -

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