Ryu Ketsu

* aBoB
* Pc
* Rage

**Ryu Ketsu** is a player character in Pubcrawl and *a Battle of Birds*, and is played by Technicmau48.

## Stats

Level 6
74
 **STR**
18
 **CON**
14
 **WIS**
12
12

## Appearence

Ryu stands at 5'11" and weighs 142ibs he wears a black trench coat with no shirt and dons kakies with a long red belt. When it is not in a ponytail, Ryu often gets mistaken for a woman due to to his very long hair. Ryu is almost always seen with a creepy smile on his face, he wears that smile to comply with a friends dying wish.

In *A Battle of Birds*, Ryu wears a red shirt and cut his hair shorter. He replaced his old belt with a new one and engraved the word "RIOT" on it and repurposed his old belt as a sash on the gnarly tooth. Ryu also has the ability to enhance his body with his bestial soul and change his appearance. For instance he can grow flaming wings to help him jump, enhance his climbing his flaming arms, and be able to breathe underwater with flaming gills.

### Rage Form

When Ryu gets serious he shifts into his rage form, which covers his body in gray flames. Depending on his situation he gains an animalistic feature to his form. This includes... Claws, a tail, and sharp teeth to rip through flesh.

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## Personality

Ryu is a very laid back individual when he is calm. However, he acts like a different man in combat and can be described as a man who loves the "Thrill of the Fight" with a blatant desire to crush his enemy.

## History

### Background

As a former soldier, Ryu is used to doing hard labor and getting into fights. He also was one of the main choices for an interrogator due to his methods.

### Trapped in a Labyrinth of Taverns

After Ryu tries to exit the tavern he spent the night in with four other people. They discover that the exit just leads to another tavern

### Not a Good Father Figure

After venturing the labyrinth for some time Ryu and the group come across a child who became friends with a bunch of leechi. Convincing the child to come out of the room they were hiding in, Ryu tries to escort the child to the safe area they had built. While on their way back the child recognizes one of the corpses as their mother. The group ditches Ryu, leaving kimto explain the concept death to the child. Ryu just says that "she won't be waking up".

### The Beast Awakens

Ryu and the group comes across a ghost who is willing to give the party a challenge. The challenges were pretty pathetic, except for one challenge in which they had to take down a mind fayer. But due to a shock wave from the mind fayer, Ryu was put out of commission for the entire fight, which angered him. After they complete the challenges, Ryu and the group head to a separate bar and they were faced with a challenge to take on a fused zombie. Ready to unleash the pent up anger, Ryu takes his beast form for the first time, and after the group dealing damage to the zombie. Ryu finishes off the creature by taking a bite out of it's neck.

### The False Dragon

Ryu and the group come to a self governed monarchy consisting of entirely kobalds. After proving that they are stronger than the queen who claimed she was a dragon (despite obviously looking like another kobald). The group corners the false dragon and as she makes an effort to stab Frac when he gets too close. Ryu chops the arm holding the knife off. On his way to finish the queen kobald, she catches ryu off guard by getting him to step on charcoals and setting them on fire to try and take him with her. Ryu manages to hold his ground while escaping the flames.

### The Gnarly Tooth

Ryu and the group reach a safe heaven inside the labyrinth. Ryu catches word that there was a lizardfolk in the tavern who had a greataxe he doesn't need anymore. Curious, Ryu goes and talks to the lizardfolk. The lizardfolk agrees to give him the axe, but on one condition. He has to win an arm wrestling match against him. This is easier said than done. To have victory come easier, Ryu changes into his beast form to be more of a match for the lizardfolk. After managing to beat the lizardfolk, he was awarded with the Gnarly Tooth. which has the ability to make it's cuts deal damage after they have been made.

### The Labyrinths Master

After delving another floor deep, Ryu and the group come across the creator of the labyrinth. The group asks if they can leave but the creator is not willing to let them out because "why would they want to leave such a perfect world?". After refusing the creator sees them as pest and tries to be rid of them, forcing the group to fight the creator. After a very close battle, they triumphed over the creator and were able to leave the labyrinth of taverns.

## Abilities

### Human Traits

* **Aptitude**
	+ The gold and time you must spend to gain proficiency with a skill or tool is halved.

### Barbarian Abilities

* **Rage**
* **Unarmored Defense**
* **Danger Sense**
* **Reckless Attack**
* **Primal Path: Path of the Beast**
	+ **Form of the Beast**
		- When you enter your rage, you can transform, revealing the bestial power within you. Until the rage ends, you manifest a natural weapon. It counts as a simple melee weapon for you, and you add your Strength modifier to the attack and damage rolls when you attack with it, as normal.
			* **Bite**
				+ Your mouth transforms into a bestial muzzle or great mandibles (your choice). It deals 1d8 piercing damage on a hit. Once on each of your turns when you damage a creature with this bite, you regain a number of hit points equal to your proficiency bonus, provided you have less than half your hit points when you hit.
			* **Claws**
				+ Each of your hands transforms into a claw, which you can use as a weapon if it's empty. It deals 1d6 slashing damage on a hit. Once on each of your turns when you attack with a claw using the Attack action, you can make one additional claw attack as part of the same action.
			* **Tail**
				+ You grow a lashing, spiny tail, which deals 1d8 piercing damage on a hit and has the reach property. If a creature you can see within 10 feet of you hits you with an attack roll, you can use your reaction to swipe your tail and roll a d8, applying a bonus to your AC equal to the number rolled, potentially causing the attack to miss you.
* **Extra Attack**
* **Fast Movement**
* **Bestial Soul**
	+ The feral power within you increases, causing the natural weapons of your Form of the Beast to count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
	+ You can also alter your form to help you adapt to your surroundings. When you finish a short or long rest, choose one of the following benefits, which lasts until you finish your next short or long rest:
		- You gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed, and you can breathe underwater.
		- You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, and you can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
		- When you jump, you can make a Strength (Athletics) check and extend your jump by a number of feet equal to the check's total. You can make this special check only once per turn.

## Trivia

* Ryu's rage form is heavily inspired by Sol Badguy's Dragon Install from *Guilty Gear*
* Ryu's greataxe, the Gnarly Tooth is inspired by the Black Dragon Greataxe from *Dark Souls II*