Obloxon, O'xon

Name	Obloxon, O'xon (awks on)
Gender	Male, He/They, bi
Homeworld	A variety of Pern where quite a few creatures survived rather than dying out in the new environment, and where the Red Star wandered off no longer requiring fighting
Species	Space faring dragon riding human
Totem	Racehorse, the 'man, I gotta pee like a-' totem, stubborn, used to winning and whining. +2 Bod, +1 RWP, +1 Looks, -1 Cool, +2 Bonk, +5 extra KK's
Nut	Feels like the nut option is too mild and is full on Zany
Class	Freshman, 20 KnacKudos (he looks older than he is by a bit)
Smarts	7
Bod/Feet	4 > 6
RWP	4 > 5
Luck	7
Drive	7 (Dragon or Animal Riding 7, vehicles 1)
Looks	5 > 6
Cool	5 > 4
Bonk	3 > 5
Powers	Fingerguns - almost always hits their target even if it's just with a perfect smile; any Aiming for powers or effects is always at +3; If he was ever required to actually fight Thread, he'd be stunning. As his profession dictates, however, even though he's on a big bronze dragon, this ability shows up far more in his precise medical and surgical work, his ability to spot very small differences in otherwise same creatures, and playing video games Animal and Dragon Empath / Xeno/Eco Warrior - knows far too much about aliens or local fauna, including mythological or cryptids, gain +1 to Animal Cluster, and Knack: Interact With and Repulse (whatever it is) +3; he is able to sense basically all animal life technically including humans and sentient creatures, with accuracy to identify each creature based on size and proximity. The bigger animals with bigger brains can be sensed and ID'd up to 250 meters away, while smaller or less complex-brained ones down to 'small lizard' sized he can detect at around 50 meters. However the inverse is true of controlling or commanding large or intelligent creatures, the bigger the brain the more he has to work at it. But that said, he can still get his point across far more easily even to 'dumb' animals on through 'brilliant corvids' or 'dragons' who understand speech. The Xenowarrior aspect kicks in with animal life that he's not directly familiar with, creatures that don't exist on his version of Pern or their distinct likenesses on Twoarth - so, he's fine with horses, cattle, cats and dogs, and Pernese or Alskyran dragons. But things like houndeyes or headcrabs for instance, he'd get a ping of location but not be able to identify them until he has a chance to experience them up close, which isn't likely since they would have a 'flight' response rather than 'fight'. While convenient in terms of dangerous animals, this applies across the board for all unknown critters until they are captive and can't flee Dragon's abilities as below, but with his high empathic ability he can almost always convince dragons to do what he wants, much to the ire of anyone else riding them...
Clusters 6	Beast-Mastery +3(2) O'xon knows his critters. Through and through, inside and out. He can feel their fears and desires, sometimes quite base but often enough eloquent as well. He is adept at locating strays, finding their owners or their right place in the Hold, figuring out whether they've run away because of their owner, fixing them up after injuries, and making sure that any births are smooth when it's foaling season. He has his preferences, he likes larger and smarter animals, like horses and dogs, though on his Pern there are a number of enhanced creatures that he has tried to tell people aren't 'animals' any more, they're as smart as humans and dragons... He doesn't mess with dolphins, they can take care of themselves
Skills 14	^Aim And Shoot +3 Inherent to his Fingerguns power, he has hardly ever missed an actual shot when he's using a tranquilizer gun or crossbow, though he prefers to be shooting a video or taking photographs (which works the same here). He isn't as practiced with weaponry as he is with healing kits and camera lenses Animal Identification and Command +4 Not just 'that's a dog' but 'that's a highly bred hunting hound with an old injury to his left hind leg belonging to a woman who pampers him in his old age'. Even on sight, not using his power, O'xon is capable of assessing animals of many types for medical reasons, and can help train certain ones for specific uses such as racing, hunting, and guard duties. It takes him about 1/3 the time a non-empath could, to train an animal up to its best behaviors Technophile +3 His world has electricity and plumbing and the internet, he's not sure what the issue is? He has yet to visit a 'different Pern' but the stories they tell of losing their main computer aide AIVAS and plunging into a dark age (according to him anyway, if you don't have indoor plumbing, apparently, it's the dark ages) they're so scary! Ugh! He enjoys tv and movies, video games, and cell phones, and can help people program their recordings or phones easily
Knacks 5	Interact With and Repulse Animal +4/-3 As above, his ability to detect and help animals is limited only by his experience directly with them. A new species can become friendly to him but it does take a lot of effort! But if they're of a species that he's familiar with, they almost always come to him first at a big busy party, or 'oh he doesn't like people getting too close - hey why is my guard dog rolling over for you?'... It takes several days or up to a month for more advanced animals he's not familiar with, to get used to him and trigger his inherent attraction power, and he's getting quite a workout on campus since there are a lot of alien life forms with pets from their distant worlds! Snappy Dresser +3 yes, he always seems to look like he's heading to a Steampunk meet-up, and that is part of his charm! He even gets a chuckle at being asked if he does "barbershop quartet" songs, which he does, he just didn't know it was a 'thing' here?! Fantastic! Quirky Queries +1 Just when you think you know him, he comes up with something new to pester people with, or asks the weirdest questions. Not intrusive, he knows better than to even accidentally embarrass anyone, but his questions might get some people uncomfortable in their implications rather than their answers
Period	Class / Instructor / Grade (Failing, Passing, Decent, Excellent, Superb)
1	Using Telepathy Politely / Apogee / Decent
2	Claw, Howl, Scratch / Mint / Excellent
3	Animal Riding / Autry / Superb
4	Veterinary Tech / K.Marad / Superb
5	Measuring Up / Haital / Superb
6	Choir and Chorale (Acapella) / A Caroline Clone / Decent
7	Naming and the Power of True Names / Noah / Excellent
8	Dragon Care / T.Kshau / Superb
Pets	All the things! Even the weird ones! Whee! No no you can have it back later right now let's play frizbee good doggo!
Parents?	Both Beastmasters in their local hold, his mother's family is the heavily empathic one; they are super proud of his abilities as well as his impression!
Siblings?	Has a younger sister, who will be following in their parents footsteps, but unlikely to become a rider
Image From	Doll Divine David Kawena Prince Maker
Other Info	Lives on campus with the other riders, though he has a dorm in the Ranch veterinary training area as well Has a 'Disloyal' disposition - this isn't really 'disloyal to their friends' but they're not seen as 'Proper Pernese' by the rest of this gang. With a bronze dragon they expected things he isn't going to ever deliver

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