Rickard Schmidt

# About

## Backstory

Rickard was born in Germany, growing up with his mother and father for the majority of his life. Around age 6, his parents left to go on a trip without him. They unfortunately never came home, causing Rickard to go off on his own before anyone could even tell him what had happened.

He grew up on his own for the rest of his life after that, scrounging for scraps wherever he could, until one day, he was caught and pulled away by a strange woman. She was a fortune teller, who had noticed Rickard's theft and felt pity for him, knowing the struggles of poverty. They became fast friends after that, Rickard coming to visit her every day and visiting with each other. She would entertain him with tales of magic, and other occult and arcane stories, and he would always listen intently. Eventually, she started to teach him certain rituals and other such things, helping him learn and practice. This continued well into his late teens, before one day he came to visit and she was no longer there.

After searching about, he had found out that she had been thrown in prison for not having a permit for her business. In her old things, he had managed to find a small amulet that exuded magical energy. He took it as a memory of her, before fleeing to Poland and becoming heavily involved with the movement of cultists that had formed in Poland's underbelly.

## Equipment/Resources

The Amulet of Mysticism, Hat of Disguise (cloaks his facial appearance)

# Powers

## Physical Parameters

 Sprinting Speed
 Lifting Strength
 Grip Strength
 Punching Strength
 Punching Speed
 Kicking Strength
 Kicking Speed
 Human Durability

## Ability

### Fireball

Rickard is able to summon forth small bolts of fire to send towards enemies. While they are generally pretty weak, he is capable of firing them at a rather quick rate

* Bolts do not deal impact damage at lowest power.
* They burn at 1000 degrees Celsius
* 3 a turn
* Speed up to 50 m/s
* Bolts are about 5 inches as a ball, and upon impact, the flame ends up being about 7 inches across

### Prestidigitation

* He can create a harmless sensory effect.
* He can light or put out a small fire. (however not on living beings)
* He can clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot.
* He can chill, warm, or flavour up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour.
* He can make a small mark appear on an object or surface for 1 hour.
* He can create a nonmagical trinket or a hand-sized illusory image. It lasts until the end of your next turn.

### Chain Lightning

Rickard creates a bolt of lightning that arcs toward a target of his choice that he can see within range. Three bolts then leap from that target to as many as three other targets, each of which must be within 15 feet of the first target. A target can be a creature or an object and can be targeted by only one of the bolts. upon impact, the initial bolt causes the target to be stunned and lose movement for one turn, the other people hit by the other bolts of lightning only being stunned for a second.

It's also super fucking loud, giving it an extra deafening effect for one turn (one turn to the subjects hit, 10 seconds for anyone else in the near vicinity). Unfortunately, this eliminates any stealth use for it whatsoever. He is able to fire one at 30 m/s and on a cooldown of once every 3 turns

### Barrier

Able to summon a 60 kN barrier with magic energy, once broken, however, he is not able to use it until the RP is finished

## Pact or Catalyst

The amulet from which he channels said power boosted his magical abilities, however, it also robbed him of his constitution, causing excessive movement to be hard on his weak and frail body. he constantly has coughing fits and finds it rather difficult to run for more than 2 turns