The Book of Knots - Jags

The Cheshire Cat
Side: Deconstructionist
The Cat only grinned when it saw
Alice. It looked good-natured, she
thought: still it had very long claws and
a great many teeth, so she felt it ought
to be treated with respect.
-- Not quite the Disney picture, is it?
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Overview
The Cat is one of Wonderland’s
outlaws: the Caretakers (the elder,
established Caretakers) have been
trying to kill him, well, forever. He
exists in a state of what has been
described as Hisenberg Uncertainty—
everywhere and nowhere at once.
He can certainly manifest at will, becoming solid, a phantasm, or only
partially “there” in an instant (or taking his time). When he is invisible,
no force known can locate him (other than sound, if he speaks).
Personality
The Cat is a trickster: he likes to watch. He likes to stir things up—the
more chaos the better. He likes the underdog but may play games with
those he’s chosen to engage
with. He can be hard to get a
straight answer out of as he
finds frustration and confusion
amusing and he’s never one
to let things settle down to a
conclusion if he can “turn the
heat up.”
If you are powerful, and you
have a plan he gets wind of,
he may decide to foil it for his
amusement (indeed, many of
the Caretaker’s meetings take
some precautions to keep the
Cat out, should he discover
the congregation). If you are
noteworthy, he may find ways
to vex you, since nothing
is more interesting than an
Name: The Cheshire Cat Decon
PHY 14 STR 14 BLD 08 CON 14
REF 16 COR 16 REA 16 AGI 16
INT 16 RES 16 MEM 16 WIL 16
DP 90 Minor Major Critical
Wounds 30 90 180
To Hit 18-
To Be Hit -7
Armor None
Damage 13 PEN
Description: The Cat appears as a shaggy, leopard-sized feline with a massive grin and
wicked claws that extend like switchblade knives when it wants to scratch. It is sometimes
striped a little like a tiger and sometimes solid in color. Often it is only partially visible,
shifting in and out of space and time as it wishes.
The Uncertainty Principle: As a Short Action the Cat can vanish and re-appear anywhere.
There is no roll for this and it operates as a defensive action. It can equally become
insubstantial and any attack that effects the normal spectrum of physical objects will simply
pass through it. Equally, if it chooses it can become invisible (or partly invisible).
Phase Claws: If the Cat chooses physical combat (very rare, often simply to make a point)
its claws ignore all armor and, if it hits by 4+, the Base Damage is doubled to 26 PEN
(before damage modifiers are applied).
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Book of Knots - The Caretakers