Samantha Jane Kessler
Samantha Jane Kessler
Vampire Slayer
Katie Smith as Samantha Kessler

Moira: She has (makes little quote marks in the air) "special" powers.
Drew: You mean she's a superhero?
--1.2 Silent Screams

As of 4.20 The Other Foot

Outdoorswoman, Vampire Slayer

STR 8, DEX 8, CON 8, INT 5, PER 5, WIL 7.

Life Points 104, Drama Points 1, Experience Points 0
Initiative 13, Actions 3, Natural Armor 4.

Qualities: Slayer (includes: Hard to Kill 5, Nerves of Steel, Fast Reaction Time, Regeneration 1 HP/ Hour, +3 to all Physical stats, +2 Willpower, +1 to Kung Fu and Getting Medieval skills, oh, and she can Sense Vampires with a Perception Roll. On the other side of the ledger, there's a hefty Duty, and scads of Enemies), Attractiveness 2, Hard to Kill 5 (That's in addition to her Slayer-granted Hardness to Kill), Natural Toughness, Situational Awareness, Sorcery 1, Blind-Fighting, Psychic Visions (dreams), The Sight

Drawbacks: Honorable 2, Duty 1 (work), Dependent (her father), Secret (duh!), Recurring Nightmares (previous Slayer deaths, icky monsters she's studied in Hartsdale's library, being trapped inside a car engine, etc.)

Skills: Acrobatics 3, Art 2, Crime 1, Doctor 2, Driving 3, Getting Medieval 6, Gun Fu 2, Knowledge 2, Kung Fu 6, Ms. Fix-It 4, Notice 3, Occultism 4, Science 3, Sports (cross country) 1, Wild Card (Camping/Outdoor Survival) 5, Wild Card: Archery 2

Languages: English (native), smatterings of Church Latin and German

Selected Maneuvers:

Maneuver Bonus Damage Notes
Aim (Gun) 7 - adds successes to shot; move to end of initiative
Big Ass Sword 14 D10x(STR+1) slash/stab; used 2 handed
Big Knife 14 D6xSTR slash/stab
Dodge 14 - -2 vs. missiles
Feint 11 - add successes to next attack
Grapple 16 - target may Dodge or break out with STR+STR roll; impairment varies: -1 body, -2 limb, -4 two limbs
Kick 14 D4x(STR+1) bash; if parried may be grappled
Parry (Medieval) 14 - -2 vs. thrown, -6 vs. arrows
Punch 14 D4xSTR bash
Shot Gun 10 d8x5/d8x6 slug/shot; armor doubled vs. shot
Stake 14 D4xSTR slash/stab
Stake (Through the Heart) 11 D4xSTR damage x4 for humans, x5/x1 for vampires
Take Down 14 STR bash; knocks target down
Toss Opponent 12 STR must grapple first; min STR 4

Spells:
Prayer to St. Francis of Asisi (Three levels: Speak to Animals, See through their eyes, Control Animal)
Prayer to St. George/Commune with the Kessler Sword (Cuts through wards, pentagrams, etc.)
Scrying
Sweet Dreams (Guards against nightmares)
Dispell other's magic
Enter the Orb
Light (effect as a flashlight, extending from her hand)
Cantrips (practice spells: clean, tinkerbell-light, etc.)

Equipment:
Jeans, button-down shirt or pullover sweater, Sneakers, Backpack, 10 lbs Schoolbooks, Pencils, erasers, etc.
When patrolling: Leather Jacket, extra stakes (in case of breakage), wooden cross necklace, bottle of holy H2O.
At all times: Swiss Army Knife, can of bug spray, lighter.

Equipment, Special:
The Kessler Sword, a German hand-and-a-half broadsword forged during the Crusades for Johann Kessler, the first man inducted into the Teutonic Order of Knights after they split off from the Knights Templar. After his death in 1236, the sword passed into obscurity, until it was found by the vampire Britta Kessler in the 1930s. She wielded it until she was slain in 1990. Since then, Sam has kept it and it does good duty decapitating vampires. Briefly stolen by Neo-Nazis in 1993, recovered by Sam and her friends, it was given a new hilt and cleansed of evil taint by sword-smith Herr Doktor Professor Ernst Schmitt of Dusseldorf, Germany.

Therowing ring, with enchantment of returning.


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