Quad Psycho

Opponent

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Combat Name	The psychopath
HP	60
Stats	Perception: 10 Reflexes: 10 Strength: 10 Will: 10
Power	Melee: 0 Ranged: Fire: Etheric: 0 Stealth: 4 Evasion: Unopposed: 0
Defense	Melee: 4 Ranged: 4 Fire: 0 Etheric: 10 Stealth: 0 Reactive: 0
Awards	7 XP You found: shining glasses (only when permanently defeated, see below) You found: psychopath's knife (sometimes) You found: old scalpel (sometimes) You found: immaculate suit coat (sometimes) You found: pressed slacks (sometimes) You found: strange watch (sometimes) You found: 1-3 ectoplasmic sample (sometimes, with Myers Sampling Kit equipped)

Encountered

The Quad in Gang Warfare as a Vigilante Encounter.

To encounter the psycho you need to:

• Watch Killers 3.
• Then join the rat digging in the trash on the quad while Etheric to find a corpse.
• Adventure in the quad while etheric and have Gang warfare set to vigilante justice.

The Quad Psycho disappears for the day when defeated.

Info

Technique	Chain	Power	Type	Notes
Throttle	0	4	Melee	(normal)
''		10	Melee	(unopposed)
Kidney Punch	1	10	Stealth
Rush in Close	1	6	Melee/Evasion (R,?)
Brutality	2	4	Melee	(normal)
''		8	Melee	(unopposed)
Cruel Slash	2	8	Melee
Switchblade	2	11	Stealth
Psychotic Break	3	8	Stealth	(normal)
"		15	Etheric	(as opener)

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Technique	Text
Throttle	Normally: The psychopath grabs you to shake you for <X> melee damage. If unopposed: The psychopath grabs you and shakes you brutally, dealing <X> melee damage.
Kidney Punch	The psychopath sneaks up behind you and punches you square in the kidney for <X> stealth damage.
Rush in Close	The psychopath rushes in close to you and lands a vicious punch for <X> melee damage. Vs. Ranged: <Your attack>, but the psychopath is too close to draw a good bead and manages to avoid all but <X> / of the damage.
Brutality	Normally: The psychopath slams into you and deals <X> damage before you can fend off the attack. If unopposed: The psychopath hammers you unrelentingly, dealing <X> melee damage.
Cruel Slash	The psychopath viciously slashes you for <X> melee damage.
Switchblade	The psychopath flips out a switchblade and slashes you for <X> stealth damage.
Psychotic Break	Normally: The psychopath grins maniacally and slashes into you for <X> stealth damage. As opener: The psychopath imagines a dark place filled with knives and blood and screaming. Then the psychopath drags you into that place, leaving you shaken and bleeding for <X> etheric damage.

Chains

Chain		Chance	Samples
1:0	Kidney Punch:Throttle	1/7?	23
1:2:3	Kidney Punch:Cruel Slash:Psychotic Break	1/7?	14
2:1:0	Switchblade:Rush in Close:Throttle	1/7?	21
3:2	Psychotic Break:Brutality	1/7?	25
3:2	Psychotic Break:Cruel Slash	1/7?	8
3:2:1:0	Psychotic Break:Brutality:Rush in Close:Throttle	1/7?	11
3:2:1:0	Psychotic Break:Cruel Slash:Rush in Close:Throttle	1/7?	19

On Winning

Killing him gives the following message (disappears for the day):

He collapses to the ground, smiling up at you. "I hope this makes you happy," he coughs. "It's not as though you can kill a bad dream, only replace one."

His body dissolves into dull mists, leaving his possessions behind like an insect's husk.

Or, if you have more than 13 Etheric Power, you will defeat him permanently with the following message:

He collapses to the ground, laughing bitterly. "You must be the one they told me about. One bad dream… killing another. Whose are you? Mine?"

He laughs again, then stops with a choke. A wisp of silver mist escapes his lips, then his entire body dissolves, leaving his possessions behind like an insect's husk.

And for both of the above, if you have a Myers Sampling Kit:

You capture some of the escaping mists with your sampler and stopper them up in vials.

You found: 1-3 ectoplasmic sample

You feast on the psychopath's flesh, regaining x Energy.

1 XP