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+ | =• RP Roles •= | ||
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+ | '''Looking to include Cate in your RP plot?''' Fantastic! Where does she fit in? | ||
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+ | She's a rather versatile character, so you've got a few options. She's brilliant in situations requiring stealth, forced entry, technical skill, persuasive abilities, or all of the above. Put simply, she's a rogue crossed with a tech expert, giving her a fair amount of versatility. | ||
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+ | Though she can work solo effectively in some cases, she's generally better as part of a duo, or serving in a support role on a team. Ideally, she should be paired with characters possessing higher resilience and more combat experience, to compensate for her shortcomings in those areas. | ||
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+ | == Ideal Roles == | ||
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+ | These are some examples of roles she could fill. You might come up with other possibilities! | ||
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+ | '''SCOUT:''' Her ability to move quietly and evade detection, combined with her excellent recall, make her ideal for the role. If she runs into any computer-controlled security systems on the way, she can clear the path by taking care of them for the team. Worst-case scenario, if she hits any resistance and has no choice but to engage, she can handle it discreetly—as long as she gets the jump on them. | ||
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+ | '''THIEF:''' She can get almost anything from almost anywhere, given enough time and planning. She can pick conventional locks and defeat electronic locks with nearly equal aplomb. As for alarms, she's familiar with a wide variety of makes and models, and knows their vulnerabilities. And cameras? When possible, she'll keep to their blind spots, or she can disable them entirely in some cases. If things go terribly wrong? She can run like the wind. | ||
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+ | '''SPY:''' Sometimes, evading detection is about blending in, not stealth. Good news is, Cate's got the charm and the quick wit to pull it off. She's a natural actress who knows how to inhabit a role completely, and she can stick to the script—or improvise like a boss, if that's what the situation calls for. With her heightened situational awareness, she's good at spotting seemingly insignificant details that others may miss. | ||
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+ | '''HACKER/TECH:''' Sometimes all you need is someone who's good with computers, and Cate certainly is. She's mastered both security tech and social engineering, so one way or the other, she'll find a way in. Need someone to keep an eye on the rest of the team, clear some obstacles for them remotely, feed them the right info at the right time, and/or warn them of impending danger? She's got your back. | ||
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+ | '''ASSASSIN:''' She shouldn't be the first pick for the job, but she'll do in a pinch, as long as it can be done at short range. She's all but useless with a sniper rifle, so forget that. Thankfully, her stealth abilities allow her to get close to a target with minimal chance of detection. Once the job's done, generally speaking, she can get out just as quietly. | ||
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+ | == Not-So-Ideal Roles == | ||
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+ | However, despite the impressive breadth of her abilities, there are some roles she shouldn't accept under normal circumstances. | ||
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+ | '''TEAM LEADER:''' Though she's charismatic, she lacks practical experience in this area, so the stress of leadership and people management will inevitably break her. And even if that wasn't an issue, she's not particularly keen on it. Granted, if she must assume the mantle, she will and she'll do her best. Just don't expect her to be thrilled about it. | ||
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+ | '''SOLDIER:''' Because she's physically weaker and not as robust as most of her peers, she's not as capable of enduring the rigors of the battlefield. She's also not proficient with anything more powerful than a 9mm semi-automatic pistol or a combat knife. Long story short, keep her off the front lines unless the situation is truly desperate. | ||
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+ | '''SPELLCASTER:''' Although she knows a small amount of magic and can cast some basic spells, it's not a well-developed ability, and she shouldn't confront master spellcasters on her own. That will most certainly end badly for her and everyone else on her team. | ||
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+ | == Blue-Only Policy == | ||
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+ | Note that due to the nature of her involvement with the Illuminati (basically, the worst non-compete clause ever), she usually only takes jobs from fellow members of Team Blue. It's possible for a character of another faction to employ her, but only if there's a really good reason for it, such as a cross-faction joint task force with all the necessary approvals. | ||