GRIT COMBAT GUIDE: JESSE

Jesse Sumisuke, Professional Delinquent

RL: Fox Lee
E-mail: foxlee@synthetic-surrealism.net
ICQ: 38049868
AIM: JesseSensei

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RANK & TRAITS

Rank: 6

Attributes:
Strong+
Tough+

Skills:
Brawling+

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ATTITUDE

Style: Brawling - Jesse doesn't know any proper martial arts styles or
 fancy ways of fighting, and is damn proud of that fact.

Methods: As above. In close combat, Jesse will simply wail on her
 opponent with anything at her disposal, relying on her formidable
 raw power to punk her adversary straight away, or her endurance to
 take enough of a beating to tire them out. When faced with ranged
 combat, her usual "tactic" is simply to close on her opponent; she
 will happily charge through an oncoming attack to close and do some
 real damage. If this fails, she's likely to resort to throwing
 nearby objects (cars, bits of buildings, that sort of thing).

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SPECIALS

Advantages:
 Emotive Fighting: Jesse's fighting "style", along with any of her
   abilities and specials and such, is nothing more than what comes
   naturally to her. Thus, she does not necessarily need to think
   clearly or focus herself to be effective in combat.
 Insane Toughness: Simply put, Jesse can take a beating; as scary as
   it is, she could probably match a regular Rank /10/ for staying
   power. None of this regenerating stuff, though; if you kill her,
   she stays down. It's just /bloody/ hard to kill her.
 Insane Strength: While she may not have much style or skill, Jesse
   /does/ have a lot of raw power at her disposal; we're talking
   lifting and throwing hundreds of tons, and grappling with the best
   of them.
 Fire: Although she's unaware of it, Jesse naturally uses the Fire in
   all of her attacks; it's simply a part of her. As such, her unarmed
   attacks can still damage people who are immune to non-ki based
   techs, such as Kon Tatsu. She doesn't have any skill or ability
   with her Fire aside of this, though.
 Stand-Alone Complex: While most Nerimans have come to take for
   granted the slight amplifying effect that ambient ki/Fire/et
   cetera has on their powers, Jesse is quite the opposite. Rather
   than being adversely affected in situations where such ambient
   powers are muted, Jesse thrives. She doesn't become stronger, per
   se, but rather reaches her full potential only when the
   "smothering" effect of such powers is removed.

Disadvantages:
 Temper: Jesse is far too hot-headed for her own good; it's very, very
   easy to  get her generating a hot battle aura. In a place like
   Nerima, where at least two practitioners of the Hiryu Shoten Ha
   exist, this isn't good. More importantly, it also means she's
   easy to bait, and if you know her buttons, it doesn't take much to
   coax her into doing some pretty dumb things.
 Defenceless: Jesse just doesn't think in terms of defence - as Talen
   put it, her idea of defending is to laugh at her oppponent while
   they hit her. And, although she has the toughness to withstand
   quite a pounding from somebody who's evenly-matched with her,
   stronger fighters stand to be a problem.
 Uneducated: Jesse doesn't know a damn thing about fighting styles,
   ki techniques, battle auras, or any of that sort of thing. Thus,
   where a more educated fighter might be able to predict their
   opponent's moves, or adjust their style to better counter that of
   their adversary, Jesse just has to stick it out. Similarly, if
   Jesse is somehow deprived of one of her advantages, she wouldn't
   know how to compensate for the loss.
 Unconscious: Given that Jesse doesn't actually /know/ that she uses
   her Fire in combat, it's fairly obvious that she doesn't know how
   to control it, nor does she have the potential to learn any ki
   techniques or the like. And, even if she could, her own
   stubbornness and chaotic nature means she wouldn't want to.
 Stand-Alone Complex: While most Nerimans have a constant "boost" to
   their powers from the high levels of ki/ambient Fire/et cetera
   that surround them, Jesse is quite the opposite. The presence of
   other powers tends to smother her potential; the more energy-
   soaked a particular area is, the more likely it is that Jesse will
   be weakened when fighting there. And yes, this means normally,
   Jesse's combat prowess is being somewhat held in check, and her
   abilities are at least slightly sub-par for her Rank/Attributes.

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TECHNIQUES

Not a damn thing. And proud of it ;p