Chris Carter (Master)

[Chris James Carter]

Chris Carter



"The best choice to take, is the one that gets us out of here alive."

[/b]: // Chris James Carter[/color]
NICKNAMES: // Chris... just call him Chris[/color]
AGE: // 30[/color]
DATE OF BIRTH: // 5th of June [/color]
GENDER: // Male[/color]
ALIGNMENT: // Lawful Good[/color]
OCCUPATION: // Former Police Officer, CIA Private Investigator[/color]
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That Shades!
That Suit!
THAT SUIT!!!
Ready for Battle [/color][/b][/color]

HEIGHT: // 6 foot 1

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WEIGHT: // 180 pounds[/color]
EYE COLOR: // Brown (He wears sunglasses all the time, one rarely see his eyes)[/color]
HAIR COLOR: // N/A [/color]
PIERCINGS: // Multiple Earrings on both ears[/color]
TATTOOS: // Command Spell on his left Shoulder, it takes the form of an eagle.[/color]
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: // His Sunglasses, His Gloves and THAT SUIT [/color]
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[/b]: // "He'd rather run 10 laps than chit chat for 2 mins, that's the kind of guy he is"[/color]

• Expressionless (Cool, Calm Collected)
  
  • He remains calm and steadfast even in the face of danger, He can blow things up and just walk away unfazed. In a normal chaotic situation where normal people would've panicked, he maintains a straight expression and has a clear analysis on how to solve the ensuing chaos. In the case of an Interrogation, his unflinching facial expression and his steadfast voice can make hardened criminals crack from sheer pressure.
  
  
• Awkward
  
  • Because he was trained at an early age, He rarely develop any socializing skills for he spent most time training than going out with friends, So trying to spark a conversation with him wont last long, unless you have knowledge on guns and fighting. Because of his low socializing skills, he was often bullied only for the offenders to get their behinds handed to them, therefore In school he was treated as a delinquent and nobody would dare approach him adding to his untrained socializing. He has little trust to strangers.
  
  
• To the Point
  
  • He does not waste time, He likes to finish a job as fast and swift as possible to avoid any further complications, anyone that strays away from the job annoys him. This also applies when starting a conversation with him, If he feels that the conversation is pointless, he gets annoyed.
  
  
• Gentle Giant
  
  • He's NOT a bad guy, He's just that intimidating, He learned to value comradeship after joining the police force and anybody that becomes a friend to him, He ensures them that their backs are safe. Although he may get rude at times he will still be gentle to his comrades. He tends to avoid being verbally rude when a comrade is emotionally fragile.
  
  

LIKES: //

• Guns
  
• His Family
  
• Nutritious Food
  
• Physical Training
  
• Ancient History
  
• Peace and Order
  
  

[/color] DISLIKES: //

• Nonsense
  
• Ignorant People
  
• Rude People (Oh the Irony)
  
• Bullies
  
• Oppressive People
  
• Crime
  
• Disorder
  
  

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STRENGTHS: // He is physically in top shape and condition and his body was trained for close quarter combat, has many specialization in different martial arts and is a natural athlete. Aside from his physical superiority, he is also a cunning strategist and is experienced with human psychology (He interrogates criminals).[/color]
WEAKNESSES: // He has very low training in magecraft only excelling in 1 particular craft that is developed through practice, a total novice at fire magecraft, majority of the different elemental spells are unknown to him.[/color]
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MY FAMILY LINE: //
The Carters (Father Side) are an average American family, however unlike most American families the Carters have a strict tradition in that Boys must be trained to become Protectors of the Family, while Girls are trained to be Lifegivers to the family. So a Carter parent has a responsibility to physically train their Sons at a young age and their Daughters are to be trained in Culinary arts while young. The Carters has no Magus blood in their history. Drake Carter (The Father) jogs with Chris while he was still 7 years old and at the same time had him take taekwondo lessons at this stage, various martial arts followed in the following years and never stopped till Chris is 18, where he is already skilled in many forms of martial arts at that age.

The O'Connells (Mother Side) however are a English magus family. The O'Connells are part of a circle of Inbreeding Maguses in order to slow down the decay of magus blood in their bodies as well as to preserve the knowledge passed down to families. To avoid incestuous relationship, the Inbreeding circle consists of 7 families 4 of which are families of maguses and 3 has a warrior lineage/ancestry. Part of their inbreeding is that the 3 strongest in terms of inherited magus blood is to participate in the inbreeding, cycling to many different families to avoid incestous relationship. Theresa O'Connell (The Mother) is the "weakest" (lowest prana quality) among the O'Connell's and was given freedom to choose her spouse and go where she pleases and Theresa ended up immigrating to America. The O'Connolly family is a 600 year old magus family but has started to join the circle 500 years ago, so their magus blood has not declined badly yet. Because they are inbred, the family leaders are powerful maguses(The best conceives a child with THE BEST) and the quality of magus blood declines much much slower. The O'Connolly family had 9 generations of leaders. Despite being the weakest in the family, Theresa boasts 15 magic circuits with 9 PrC totaling 135 prana. The strongest affinity within the O'Connoly is Fire, but because of Inbreeding, hints of other element is being exposed, Chris also has a small amount of warrior blood with him.

MY HISTORY: //
Born as Chris James Carter in the crime ridden state of Miami Florida with a Chief Police African - American Father named Drake Carter and a English/British Mother named Theresa. An ordinary family, living in America, Chris has one sister named Tanya. The family doesn't know that they possess magus blood within them.

Life in America has been dull for carter, by the age of 7 he has been enrolled to a taekwondo school and since then has been jogging with his father becoming muscular at such a young age.Typically shy and passive, his sister Tanya is outgoing and cheerfull, the Family often jokes about how Chris inherited his mother's shyness and Tanya inherited his fathers brashness.

By the Age of 10, Chris has become an expert(black belt) at taekwondo, prompting his father to train him in other forms of martial arts, and they still take morning jogs together, at 15 he is expert at various martial arts.

Theresa kept her magus heritage a secret only from her husband, afraid that Drake might suddenly abandon her, but the case is different for her children, She taught a young Chris and Tanya basic reinforcement magecraft whenever her husband is out at work, Chris being the Mama's boy that he is trained and improved whatever his mother taught him to impress her. In high school, because of his silent demeanor, Chris was one time bullied by a local gang, but because of his early training, he was able to fight off the offenders leaving them bruised, but this only discredited him with the title of a delinquent, people were then afraid to get close to him. By the time Chris was 19, he can do reinforcement magecraft at the level of an average magus obtained only pure practice. After this, Theresa trained him Fire element magecraft. He practiced this while attending Police training school.

By the age of 24, Chris graduated from Police training school and during training at the police school did Chris learn on strengthening his body using magecraft and shortly after, joined his father at the police force, chasing criminals and thugs at the streets of Miami. However one event changed his outlook in life, during a shootout against a armed gang, Drake and Chris are forced in a stalemate while waiting for reinforcements, not wanting to involve any more people, Chris strengthened his whole body and Charged in the middle of gunfire, Drake followed to support his son but Chris in his superpowered state was able to dodge the gunfire, but Drake was not, Drake was shot at the shoulder and chest, not knowing his father was shot, Chris proceeded to incapacitate the gang with melee combat, he turns around and is horrified at the scene, The cause of his recklessness, luckily the reinforcement quickly arrived and was able to rush Drake to the hospital, and luckily because of his superior physique, Drake was able to survive the encounter. Reflecting on this experience, Chris then learned not to rush in recklessly and prioritize safety, and this furthermore increased his anger against crime. Drake never asked on how Chris moved like a beast or what happened that night.

At the age of 29 Chris moved to the CIA after 5 years of service on Miami Police Department, and Drake finally retired. By this point he is very skilled at Melee martial arts as well as Parkour/Free Running, he also has managed to become average at using Fire magecraft.

While searching at old family documents, Chris happened to stumble upon an old document that belonged to Theresa, apparently the document was accidentally brought by Theresa to America, its a Document from the O'Connolly family. Curious about the O'Connolly family, and thinking that the document details history on the family, Chris secretly reads the entire document. Through this document did Chris learned about the existence of the 6th Holy Grail war, because he is aware of the existence of magic, he never had a single doubt on the document, 2 things enter his mind after reading the entire document, its the Wish Granting Grail and the word WAR, taking a photocopy of the entire document with him with details on how to summon a being called a Servant, His arms of war, and HIS SUIT, he bids farewell to his Mother, Father and Sister, lying that he is taking a Month of Vacation in the Mediterraneans so as to not furthermore worry his loved ones, asked for a temporary dismissal from his superiors and takes Flight to Lucca, To the Holy Grail War with a renewed hope that he can Get rid of crimes in the entire World.

MY GOALS: // To eliminate Crime in the world or rather World Peace

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The Glock 9mm Suppressed - A standard issue Handgun in the Police Department that Chris worked for. Chris favors this handgun due to its lightweight, portability and its attachable suppression, allowing stealth kills because of this Chris favors his handgun over his Sniper Rifle.
ASP Baton - Favored by Chris again because of its portability(Foldable Baton)
M24 Sniper Rifle - The standard Military Sniper Rifle, Chris brought this with him because he wanted the extra range a sniper rifle can bring in combat, limited in use and unfavored by chris because the noise of the recoil and glint of the scope gives away the position of the sniper, The Rifle is stored inside a Plain Black Drag Bag and Chris only takes it out when necessary.
Combat Knife - Standard Military Combat Deadly Knife, It's concealed underneath THE SUIT
Binoculars - Portable Binoculars for scouting enemy positions at long range Distances[/color]
RANK: // None[/color]
ELEMENT: // Fire[/color]
EXPERTISE: //
Martial Arts Expertise: Various Experience on different Martial arts. He has been trained since childhood and has never stopped his training(His father stopped training him at 18 but he himself never stopped). Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, Aikido, Parkour, Capoeira, Boxing, JEET KUNE DO(WOTCHA!!!) you name it, he knows it however He's only a Jack of all trade, A master of none, He cannot match a master of a certain art, should he face a Master of aikido, Chris will get flipped to the ceiling, Should he face Vladimir Putin, Chris will get flipped back to the white house, He has no mastery over one art. However having knowledge on various arts, He initially knows how to counter against a specific art. This is limited to modernly practiced Martial arts though, ancient arts are unknown to him.

Marksmanship:
He does not use Bows but Guns, In his time as a Police Officer, He uses his free time to target practice and therefore he has Knowledge on various guns and how to use them. He is quite the Sharpshooter[/color]
MAGIC CIRCUITS: // Chris posses 14 Magic Circuits and 6 PrC from his mother's side of the family totaling 84 prana[/color]
SPELLS: //[/color]
Signal Flare (Fireball) (Fire)
Rank: E
Cost: 6
Range: 20m up
Effect: Increases temperature in the oxygen molecules within the caster's grasp until it ignites, The Modified Fireball basic spell, by sacrificing its offensive power and adding additional prana on the spell, Chris managed to make the spell increase in range. The spell is formed by gathering heat to his fingertips and sending it to the atmosphere but prana prevents the gathered heat to combust, when it reaches its maximum range combustion occurs and a bang is then heard. The spell can never harm anything because the theory behind the modification is just a delay in combustion. Chris abandoned the original Fireball spell after learning Signal flare.
A One Line spell.

Strengthen (Reinforcement)
Rank: D
Cost: 3 per reinforcement
Range: Self
Effect: The standard reinforcement magecraft. Chris took advantage of this spell and used this as part of his everyday life strengthening his weapons. He can strengthen his baton and knife to harden the weapon allowing the baton and knife to cut/bash through wood and make minimal damage to steel, the baton can break bones when strengthened and the Combat knife can scratch steel.
A One Line spell ~Reinforcement Initiate

Overdrive - Beyond the Limits (Reinforcement)
Rank: B
Cost: 54/4 or 10 per body part (Arms x2, Legs x2, Torso and Head = 4 prana per part, Brain, Heart, Skeletal system = 10 prana per part)
Range: Self
Effect: Reinforcement magecraft applied to his entire body. Chris uses this to gain a quick yet short burst of adrenaline.He strengthens his body parts and internal body system. By strengthening the three(smell, sight, hearing is all that's needed to be strengthened in combat) out of the five senses he can respectively increased eyesight, increased hearing ability and increased smelling power. Strengthening his bones causes his skeletal system to support his body when moving at inhuman speed, Strengthening his heart causes it to pump more blood faster than the average human rate and thus increasing adrenaline flow,and Finally he can strengthen his nervous system which increases the rate the brain send and receive messages to and from the muscles giving increased reflexes and reaction enough to perceive an incoming bullet and ultimately dodge it. By applying strengthening body throughout his entire body, Chris can become temporarily Superhuman, exhibiting feats above the best what the best human can do(when strengthened Chris can outrun the world's fastest sprinter), however this is not without a price the strain that the strengthening puts on Chris' body physically and mentally breaks him down, any further magecraft will break down his mind and body. Chris uses this as a last resort and requires at "least" a full 24 hours of rest to use again. Although stronger and faster than an the strongest/fastest human at this state, due to his untrained magecraft, it is not enough to hold defensively against a servant. Overdrive lasts for 4 minutes and it takes about 1 min before the withdrawal takes effect.
A One liner Spell per separate reinforcement ~Reinforcement Initiate, A three line spell for the entire body reinforcement.

PLAYER'S NAME: //factsunknown
FACE CLAIM: // Rude from Final Fantasy 7
OTHER CHARACTERS: //Robin Hood
MISC. INFORMATION: // Various wonders remain unknown regarding what's inside THAT SUIT
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[Chris James Carter]

Your Criticism won't fall on deaf ears, Ready for approval

[Chris James Carter]

Hmmm~ Just have to bump this, its been more than 3 days.

[Tohsaka Rin]

The general concept is okay, although I would suggest to tone down the general prana running in the family. (Not a big deal though.)

The real problems actually begin with your spells. Chris is hardworking and it is true that magi also learn combat arts together with magic, but work to advance, gunskills, martial arts in so many facettes that you wonder if he ever had a free day AND good spells are a more than just awkward combination.

I actually expected a reduced number of low level spells after reading your weakness.

Spells are shortened through 'generations' of training, spells rarely developed by just one practicioner, yet your profile is full of them.

Overdrive is also basically your normal strengthening, although you had so far the most detailed explanation for it. With the rather neat boni, a bit low cost, low rank though. As for the magus Rank, hoping to really hold their own defensively against a servant is a dream, anyway.

Overdrive can also be applied to a servant to increase its Strength, Endurance and Agility by a [+] rank for the same amount of duration without the negative drawbacks.
A One liner Spell per separate reinforcement but uses Two Verses for the entire body reinforcement.

That part is denied. This spell is better than some Passive NPs that servants use. Not only do you grant a User with this Servant Level stats, which is already unlikely, especially without any good means of power transfer or trait, but you are also a rookie magus.

1.) Please adapt your spell list (Ranks, Lines) to your style. They are too self developed, too powerful for your character. You are the gunning mage and not the orthodox super genius.

2.) Although stated in one, the last spell needs to have the last line removed. That part is a severe problem.

In general you need to work a bit on your spells, the Rest is fine.

[Chris James Carter]

Thank you for using your time to take a look at my profile Miss Rin ~ahem

Anyways done and done

As suggested I lowered Theresa's prana by 2 magic circuits and 1 PrC, also lowered Chris' magic circuits by 2. ( Still need that huge prana pool because I increased Overdrive's cost)

1.) Signal Flare and Strengthening is now a One liner spell, Signal Flare has prana cost reduced from 9 to 6, Strengthening has prana reduced from 5 to 3, Grenade has been removed (Original Idea was meant to be exploding Bullets but that's just Impossible), Overdrive has the rank raised to D+ and Cost tweaked to 4 per limb, and 10 per system.

2.) Thanks for pointing that out, the quoted line has been Removed.

I also added a Binoculars to the Equipment Section.

So, Is there anything I missed out?

[Tohsaka Rin]

Okay, your last technique is quite powerful for a D Rank and we don't assign + to actual spells, considering that this would cause a little conflict with the Parameters as situational raising effects.

I would usually say that your spell is B Rank (in our system) and should so be 3 lines. If the next mod is fine with it, it can also be a C Rank and work with your current chanting time.

The goggles are fine, but could you please remove the crossed out text? It would make it easier to read and you don't have any joke content, but just modified text here.

Also: We might need a new pic link. This one is dead.

[1/2 APPROVAL]

[Chris James Carter]

Thanks for the Approval Miss Rin

Anyways fixed everything to fit Miss Rin's Suggestions

Changed Overdrive rank to B, and is now a 3 line spell, all Crossed out texts are removed

Ready for the Next Inspection!

[Cu Chulainn]

Alright, time to start the second approval. Sorry for the long wait by the way, things came up all the time and the other mods are busy.

Personal and Family History:

Your history and concept is good, and although the tradition of the Carters is quite unusual, I see no particular problem in the particular family history itself. Your personal history is also quite well-done, and the history is well presented.

The thing is, because of the family’s tight-knit background, they won’t allow Chris to participate just like that into the Grail War given the danger of it. I would recommend you had detailing the way that Chris never told his family about his true motive to travel to Lucca, as to not worry them.

84 Prana is also quite high for a crest-less magus even with the ‘big’ drop in the circuit, but since your main O’Connell family is quite old it’s possible. The amount of prana total of Chris' mother Theresa is also quite abnormally high, since I'm assuming that it's without the O'Connell crest. Maybe you should avoid mentioning the ‘big’ drop in circuit and lower Theresa's prana to the 120s and go with the standard 'slight drop' in quality/circuit count that’s been caused by marriage to a non-magus. Mostly because over 3 times the prana count of the average magus is quite talented already.

Equipment:

Mostly good, but you could also detail on how he plan to carry his sniper rifle with him, since owning a sniper rifle is no laughing matters. He could conceal it in a bag or other container, but the way you word it right now can be taken as him carrying it unconcealed.

Aside from that, I see no other problems. Do all of these and you would get your second approval~.

[Chris James Carter]

Thanks for taking your time reading my profile, No need for apologies I understand your situation, I'm glad you found my family history in the profile good, Now to get to the point...

Ahem, Anyways...

Well Chris is a 30 year old grown adult so he does not need his parents' permission to go anywhere he wants to, the strict upbringing by his father was just so that he doesn't end up as a random thug, you know the streets of America, and a crime ridden one at that. Just want to clear that part up.

Done, Done and Done, here are the Changes

-Changed the History, The Documents that Chris brings to Lucca are Photocopies of the Original One(Theresa owns the Document so if she finds that missing, She'll gain suspicion). Now Chris lies about going to Lucca.

-Reduced Theresa's magic Circuit to 15 with 9 PrC for a total of 135 prana, Let's not forget that Theresa's parents are the best in their generation because of the Inbreeding so I took the Liberty of making her prana slightly higher than what you recommended, the sentences regarding the 'big drops' in prana is now gone. Despite being high I'd like to keep Chris' prana like that if possible. Yes, you assumed correct, Theresa does not have the Family Crest.

- The Sniper Rifle has now a Drag Bag!

Since now there are more Mods I'm expecting another approval, Done with the changes, Ready again
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[Cu Chulainn]

Feb 22, 2011 4:37:31 GMT -5 Chris James Carter said:

Well Chris is a 30 year old grown adult so he does not need his parents' permission to go anywhere he wants to, the strict upbringing by his father was just so that he doesn't end up as a random thug, you know the streets of America, and a crime ridden one at that. Just want to clear that part up.

Maybe that was partially my fault too, what I mean was that if the family know he's participating in a war, they won't let him and will do everything they can to stop him. But anyway, you've done all I asked anyway, so there's no biggie.

Now I will direct your attention to a certain Mister Zack Smith. Doesn't he look like a good man to watch your back with? I'm sure you two will make a good buddy cop duo or something.

[2/3 Approved]

[Herakles]

Last hurdle before you reach the fine city of Lucca, Mr. 47 Chris. Only a few minor questions about the profile before I approve it.

1. Under your strengths you list him having little knowledge in computer system hacking. How much would you say is little here? I read it right now as little to none maybe getting into a personal computer or a weakly guarded public computer. A little more clarification would be nice here.

2. In personal history you mention a license to kill? Chris has a license to kill now? Maybe if working on a mission condoned by his superiors in the CIA. If he asked for leave, any murders done regardless of where are on his own head. Chris will not have any backup or anyone to cover up any murders for him in Lucca. Feel free to kill other masters should you be so inclined but no license to do so.

3. Under the strengthen spell you have reinforced bullets. Are you reinforcing them one by one or every bullet in a magazine in one go? Regardless each bullet as it is now would be 3 pr a piece.

[Chris James Carter]

You have my thanks for reading the profile...

Done, Done and Done

1. That was totally random, my mistake on that one, I removed the line regarding his tech savvyness.

2. Again another mistake, I tried to be dramatic and failed hard on that line, Removed the License to kill Line. Of course any murder committed will be on his Head. Thanks for pointing those out.

3. The gun is reinforced as a whole, that includes the bullets inside, In case of reloading the next magazine is needed to be strengthened for another 3 prana, all bullets inside the magazine will be strengthened for 3 prana. Added that Information on the Strengthening spell section.

Hitman Chris is ready for war...

[Herakles]

Not quite Chris. I phrased that badly on my part since the second option presents problems. My apologies for that.

The reason I asked was because if you try to do reinforcing the bullets all in one go it won't work. When trying to reinforce the magazine all in one go you are reinforcing the magazine itself not the bullets. You would need direct contact with the bullets and reinforce them one by one. Even so it would be risky business since they could explode if done incorrectly. Each bullet would be 3pr too if you wanted to keep the spell. You could still reinforce a bullet (risky as it is) for say your sniper rifle or the first round in a handgun for extra oomp. But in a battle I would think it impractical to have to stop and reinforce every bullet.

[Chris James Carter]

Hm I see... My mistake for misinterpreting your words and misunderstanding something so obvious, That was stupid of me.

Done

Because Reinforcing bullet per bullet is going to be inconvenient, I completely removed that idea on the strengthening Section.

[Herakles]

Welcome to Lucca and enjoy your stay. Try not to ruin your nice suit during your visit.

[3/3 Approved]