Storm Shadow - GI Joe Write

Storm Shadow
Ninja • Tommy Arashikage
Attributes
Mental
Physical
Social
Skills
Fight
(Swords)
Focus
Shoot
(Bows)
Sneak
Influence
(Teach)
Survive
Move
(Acrobatics)
Throw
Notice
Distinctions
War Veteran
Storm Shadow’s time in the Vietnam War hardened him and helped
hone his talents, despite the emotional trauma that war causes.
Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a D4 instead of a D8.
[Highlighted Skills: Fight, Shoot, Survive]
Mystic Warrior
“Banish your fear and doubt, Billy. Open your inner eye and you’ll
‘see’ with all your senses.”
Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a D4 instead of a D8.
The Ear That Sees: Step up or double Notice when listening. 1s
and 2s count as jinxes for this roll.
Sleeping Phoenix: Spend 1 PP to gain Trick D12 when attempting to
make people think you’re dead. 1s and 2s count as jinxes for this roll.
[Highlighted Skills: Throw, Notice, Sneak]
Arashikage Ninja Master
Trained by his uncles, the Hard Master and the Soft Master, Storm
Shadow is a living, breathing weapon.
Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a D4 instead of a D8.
Arashikage Mind-Set: Pay 1 PP and touch another character’s body
to remove any Complications from him or her that represents being
mind-controlled or brainwashed.
Deadly Aim: Once per scene, take a Leave Yourself Open D8 Complication to force an opponent to reroll their dice pool when they set
the stakes against your attack with a bow.
[Highlighted Skills: Move, Fight, Focus]
Storm Shadow served in Southeast Asia on the same
Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol team as future
Joes Stalker and Snake-Eyes. The intense nature of
this service together forged a strong friendship between him and Snake-Eyes. After Vietnam, Storm
Shadow visited his family in Japan. His family, the
Arashikage Clan, had actually been a fierce ninja
clan, but for many centuries had remained clandestine. Hoping to learn the ways of the ninja, Storm
Shadow studied under the tutelage of his estranged
uncle, the Hard Master. When Snake-Eyes arrived
in Japan following the death of his entire family
in a horrific automobile crash, he was invited to
study with the clan. He quickly began to surpass
Storm Shadow’s abilities and was the Hard Master’s choice to succeed him as the head of the clan.
This caused a rift between the two friends and
Snake-Eyes decided that he would leave the clan.
However, before he could, an assassin (who would
later be revealed as Zartan) killed Storm Shadow’s
uncle while he was demonstrating a ninja technique. Storm Shadow, seeing the assassin fleeing in
a Cobra helicopter, left the clan to follow the assassin. Needless to say, everyone thought that Storm
Shadow was responsible due to planted evidence.
Storm Shadow went undercover to infiltrate Cobra
in an effort to find his uncle’s murderer and get revenge. Eventually, he learned that vengeance leads
to a black heart and abandoned his quest. He took
his exit from Cobra and trained Cobra Commander’s young son, Billy, in the ways of the ninja. In
the end, he and Snake-Eyes made amends with one
another, leading to Storm Shadow joining G.I. Joe.
Storm Shadow is a good guy, really, who is continually in the midst of incredibly bad situations.
Despite having had to walk a hard road for the majority of his life, he usually comes out on top and
he hasn’t become a bitter man despite the years
of hardship he’s endured thanks to the G.I. Joe /
Cobra conflict.
Signature Assets
Compound Bow D8: Being an archer matched perhaps only by Zartan, Storm Shadow is never far away from
his high-powered compound bow. He carries personalized arrows as well.
Katanas D6: While not as skilled with swords as his “brother” Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow carries at least
one of his twin ninja blades on his person. These swords were made by folding hard and soft metal in upon
themselves hundreds and hundreds of times.
Psychic Link D6: Storm Shadow shares a mental bond with his sword-brother Snake-Eyes, allowing them to
sense when the other is in trouble, etc.