Aliases
Flame of Destruction, Hand of the Earthborn, Child of Nuada
Magma lad Metal Fairy Obsidian
Age Andy looks and, in fact is, in his early to mid thirties. Though calculated ages are largely meaningless...
Distinguishing Features No longer wears, or needs glasses. His skin is a touch more duskier than it used to be. He also rarely wears shoes, or any other footwear for that matter. Occasionally meat-splodes to become a human-shaped and nearly human-coloured golem. This leaves his body in messy gobbets on the floor, usually.
Bio
Andy joined the group sometime in May 2009 by their reckoning (or Stardate something or other 2371 by the local timeline). This was a little odd, as it had been October 2010 for him. One minute he's on a bus heading past London Bridge, the next he's on a Klingon Bird of Prey. He rapidly decided that he was suffering from a psychotic break and it's not clear that he has since changed his mind.
Following a phaser accident and a Sally 'suck and dump' special, he developed several powers, including the ability to survive in vacumn, which proved to be remarkably useful following a battle with a giant space monster which destroyed the ship.
Since then, Andy has integrated into the group well, despite a few rocky periods along the way. These include an unfortunate bout of Slanneshi taint, during which he developed a taste for, and the uneering ability to find 'friendly' twins as well as a rather more dangerous thrill-seeking streak. He spent a few months, while stuck in Stardock, learning blacksmithing, though he didn't progress further than journeyman, despite being able to work tirelessly through night and day, often only stopping to do some combat training with Matt, Jon and Ginnie. He dropped his studies as soon as the group was able to leave the island.
Following his time in Midkemia, he found himself abandoned in a proto Fading Suns / Aberrant cross over setting, while the rest of the group wintered in Carnivale due to a world hopping accident. This was unfortunate, as the locals seemed to think he was a major in a military organisation. They kept him confined to a base in China while they tried to find the rest of his unit (which apparently consisted of the Sally, Ginne, Jon and MattMatt...) Having little else to do, he set about doing some OU courses (geology and metallurgy) and putting himself through basic military training.
Recently Andy has undertaken further training in blacksmithing in Azeroth and Skyrim, under the tutelage of Eorlund Gray-Mane. As a result he has access to the Skyforge. While in Whiterun he also joined the Companions.
Powers
Hand of the Earthborn: Andy's connection to earth, which seems to come from a geode within his body, allows him to control,manipulate and transmute earth, stone and metal. As with many powers, gross manipulation of existing materials is easier than fine control or creation; ripping 70m walls of rock out of the ground is simpler and less tiring than creating a diamond. He is also capable of sensing these elements around him and can extend this sense miles down into a planet's crust. This has proved useful as a means of finding underground caverns or for mapping castles by looking for voids in the rock. With concentration, he can identify the exact composition of metals, or find and draw particular elements from the ground.
The power set also brings with it enhanced physical capabilites. He has little need to eat, sleep or even breathe while in contact with the earth and regenerates wounds rapidly. He is much more robust and resistant to damage than a normal human and much, much stronger. Tests have determined that he can bench press around 1.5 tons under normal conditions and approximately 10 times that weight when he has a connection to earth.
Lastly, he is also capable of transmuting his flesh to variety of substances associated with earth. His default appears to be obsidian, though a range of other materials are possible, including ceramite, dirt and tarmac. Initially these tranformations involved the new form exploding out of his body, leaving bloody chunks of flesh lying around. He can also sculpt a new form out of available materials and transferring his consciousness to it, leaving his normal body intact. While in one of these forms, he can translate himself through earth and rock, by creating a new body out of whatever materials are present in the new location.
Recently, following a world hopping accident, he has picked up Husk like capabilities and can now transmute his form by sloughing off his skin / outer layer of his current form.
Flame of Destruction: Following the phaser accident, Andy developed two power sets, a connection to earth and a similar connection to fire. At the time it was thought that they might have been a single power set, however, he lost the fire powers when he was cleansed of Slanneshi taint by Sal. While he misses them, he is quick to acknowledge that getting rid of the taint was worth the cost.
Similar to the earth powers, this connection allowed him to manipulate and create fire, plasma and even enhance phaser beams. It also allowed for a number of alternate forms including a humanoid form composed entirely of fire and a flight capable wheel of fire. He could also transform himself into
a hybrid earth / fire form, which seemed to be one of the defaults while he possessed both power sets. In this form he appeared as a roughly hewn, though recognisably Andy-like, humanoid figure wreathed in fire and cracks in the surface through which magma could be seen.
The thing he misses most about the power set is weapon mastery; the ability to understand and use any weapon he picked up. This ability extended to the use of shipboard weapon systems and came with a complete understanding of their operation, maintenance and construction.
Child of Nuada: Andy has 2 relics associated with Nuada, the Sword of Light (or Shining Blade, depending on which translation you prefer) and a suit of dark grey leather armour. He also has access to the War purview, though this comes with some draw backs and he has not yet consciously used them.
Other Powers & Capabilities: Andy trained as a paladin in Azeroth, levelling up to 90 with the Holy and Retribution specialisations. He also has training in the Blacksmith and Miner professions.
Old Power Sets
Andy has had a number of other power sets at various points during his travels including Gjarti Theurgy (or 'stupid spirit stuff' as he often referred to it). MattMatt originally had them, but they were transferred from him during the power swapping madness. He was a Cyber Knight for a short while, and, following a hounds of the Wild Hunt related incident, he had a soul eating mithril / moonsilver arm.
Carried Equipment (38 slots used)
Jokearo digi plasma gun (1 shot, requires 1 hour to recharge) Jokearo digi melta gun (1 shot, requires 1 hour to recharge)
NG-E4 Plasma Ejector & power pack (70 shots, 6D6 MD, regenerates 4 shots per hour) NG45LP (8 shots per clip, 5D6MD per shot) Wilk's Portable Laser Torch (Damage ranges from 1D6 SDC to 4D6 MD, See Rifts p225) Wilk's Laser Wand (50 shots, Damage: 1D4, 1D6, 2D6, 3D6 SDC or 1MD, See Rifts p225) 4 spare e-clips
Black Prism spear Black Prism rifle Black Prism pistol
Phaser Romulan Disruptor rifle Romulan Disruptor pistol W40k Plasma Gun & clips
.357 Magnum revolver & ammo 50 cal Heavy Machinegun & ammo Firewand pistol Dual Lightsaber Dragon bone combat knife Ferrus Manus' golden hands Ornate power hammer Pair of throwing energy glaive (Azeroth) Invocation of Dawn (two handed sword) Sun Blade (Double damage to undead)
Sword of Light (Claíomh Solais / Uiscias) Cliffbreaker Plate armour from Azeroth (see spreadsheet) Eufiber (5 pts)
6 TW Globe of Daylight Flares 6 Primal Earth 10 Volatile Earth 1 Volatile Air 20 Volatile Fire 3 ultimate mana pots (full refresh) 3 ultimate stamina pots (full refresh) 5 potions of stamina (50 pts refresh) Kindle 2 small Fusion blocks Candles
Kindle Compact camera Robe (Halloween costume) Large pouch of assorted semi-precious stones