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| SKILLS | |||||
| Cost | Name | ||||
| 30 | +3 Overall | ||||
| 15 | +3 with HTH Combat | ||||
| 10 | Defense Maneuver I-IV | ||||
| 4 | Language: French (Completely Fluent, w/Accent; Literacy) | ||||
| 5 | Language: Vietnamese (Idiomatic, native accent; Literacy) | ||||
| 10 | Mixed Attack Notes: Mixed Attack: A Character with this Combat Skill is able to mix Ranged and HtH Attacks with Multiple Power Attacks, and to mix Ranged attacks with HtH attacks in conjunction with Sweep?Rapid Fire. For 5 points the Character may do this with a -4 OCV -4 DCV penalty. For +5 points the Character may do this with a -2 OCV -2 DCV penalty. The penalties are in addition to any of the standard penalties applicable to an MPA or Sweep?Rapid Fire | ||||
| Skillz | |||||
| 3 | 1) Analyze: Obstructions 13- | ||||
| 3 | 2) Breakfall 14- | ||||
| 3 | 3) Bugging 13- | ||||
| 3 | 4) Bureaucratics 12- | ||||
| 3 | 5) Combat Driving 14- | ||||
| 3 | 6) Combat Piloting 14- | ||||
| 3 | 7) Concealment 13- | ||||
| 3 | 8) Cryptography 13- | ||||
| 3 | 9) Deduction 13- | ||||
| 3 | 10) Demolitions 13- | ||||
| 3 | 11) Fast Draw 14- | ||||
| 3 | 12) Gambling 13- | ||||
| 3 | 13) Interrogation 12- | ||||
| 3 | 14) KS: Superhuman World (INT-based) 13- | ||||
| 3 | 15) KS: Vietnam War History (INT-based) 13- | ||||
| 3 | 16) Lockpicking 14- | ||||
| 3 | 17) PS: Law Enforcement (INT-based) 13- | ||||
| 3 | 18) Paramedics 13- | ||||
| 3 | 19) Security Systems 13- | ||||
| 3 | 20) Shadowing 13- | ||||
| 3 | 21) Stealth 14- | ||||
| 3 | 22) Streetwise 12- | ||||
| 3 | 23) Survival 13- | ||||
| 3 | 24) Systems Operation 13- | ||||
| 3 | 25) Tactics 13- | ||||
| 3 | 26) Teamwork 14- | ||||
| 3 | 27) Tracking 13- | ||||
| 0 | TF: Everyman Adjustment, Grav Vehicles/Hovercraft, Large Motorized Ground Vehicles, Small Motorized Ground Vehicles | ||||
| 11 | WF: Common Melee Weapons, Common Missile Weapons, Small Arms, Garrote, General Purpose/Heavy Machine Guns, Grenade Launchers, Off Hand, Vehicle Weapons | ||||
| 166 | Total Skills Cost | ||||
| PERKS | |||||
| Cost | Name | ||||
| 2 | Reputation (Famous Former Law Enforcement, Federal Government Agent) (A large group) , 11-, +1/+1d6 | ||||
| 4 | Fringe Benefit: Federal/National Police Powers, Passport | ||||
| 6 | Total Perks Cost | ||||
| TALENTS | |||||
| Cost | Name | ||||
| 4 | Resistance: 3 points | ||||
| 3 | Lightsleep | ||||
| 7 | Total Talents Cost | ||||
| DISADVANTAGES | |||||
| Cost | Disadvantage | ||||
| 5 | Distinctive Features: Martial Style (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses; Not Distinctive In Some Cultures) | ||||
| 5 | Distinctive Features: Scarred over eye Easily Concealed, Noticed and Recognizable, Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses | ||||
| 10 | Enraged: When it looks like his mission will be botched Uncommon, go 11-, recover 14- | ||||
| 15 | Hunted: Shadowdragon (CKC pg 193-194) 8- (Occasionally) (As Pow, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Harshly Punish) | ||||
| 15 | Hunted: Watched by PRIMUS 8-, More Powerful, NCI, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Watching | ||||
| 15 | Hunted: Watched by VIPER-X 8-, More Powerful, NCI, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Watching | ||||
| 10 | Physical Limitation: One Eye: 1/2 OCV w/ Range (Infrequently, Greatly Impairing) | ||||
| 20 | Psychological Limitation: Cantankerous (Very Common, Strong) | ||||
| 15 | Psychological Limitation: Patriot (Uncommon, Total) | ||||
| 10 | Reputation: Hardass, Frequently (11-) | ||||
| 10 | Reputation: Washed out Silver Avenger, 11- | ||||
| 5 | Rivalry: Professional (Silver Avenger Sanchez, "that upstart skirt"; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry) | ||||
| 10 | Social Limitation: Public Identity (Very Frequently, Minor, Not Limiting In Some Cultures) | ||||
| 5 | Vulnerability: Poisons/Toxins Uncommon | ||||
| 150 | Total Disadvantages Cost | ||||
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| BACKGROUND | |||||
| Height: 5' 11" | Hair: Black (Greying at temples) | ||||
| Weight: 210 lbs | Eyes: Blue | ||||
| Appearance: Stocky, grizzled man who appears to be in his early 40's. Has a knife or sword scar down the left side of his face through his eye socket; he wont talk about it. Wears a Silver Avengers uniform, but with a gun belt and modern loadbearing harness. Almost always is either smoking or chewing on a stogey, and smells like a ripe cigar, Old Spice, and testosterone. He is a "Man of Action"(tm), and is always on his toes, bristling with a visible readiness to leap into action. UPDATE: Since his "retirement", he no longer wears a Silver Avenger uniform and instead wears black leathers with fighting gloves and a black t-shirt. |
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| Personality: Patriot. Pure and simple. He loves the goddamn U.S. of A. and if you dont like it you can lump it. He is an American of the old skool; in fact, he's so old skool, he's PRE-skool. In Nam he was a straight shooter, and a decade of teaching indigenous 'freedom fighter' and doing slimy things for the CIA in the name of National Security have had no dilluting affect on his patriotism. "In the National Interests" is an absolution of just about anything in his mind. He has the morals of a soldier, and will kill when he deems it necessary, and is known for his 'accomplish the mission at any cost' mentality. Some criminals have been known to just turn themselves in to his without a fight, knowing that this Silver Agent wont treat them with kid gloves. | |||||
| Quote:"I am John Wrath, SOLO AVENGER! Turn yourselves in or resign yourselves to a beating! Either way, Im happy!; "Grrrrrrr"; "Get out of my way, candy ass." | |||||
| Background: Born in 1935 to a military family in Biloxi, he grew up a rabid patriot and joined the Army in 1953 to go to Korea where his father had fallen in battle the year before, but by the time he cleared Basic and his MOS school, the armistice had been signed (on July 27, 1953). He was stationed at Panmunjeom (Joint Security Area 1) for 1 year from 1957-1958, but that is as close as he came to the Korean War. In 1961, already a 1SG and a Ranger, Jon became involved in covert actions in Vietnam as a supposed Military Advisor, and in 1967 his LRRP unit went to MACV Recondo School at Nha Trang. After passing the 'you bet your life' trial by fire in a LRRP that saw Jon's team uncover and and rout a much larger VC force, Jon was attached with Company E LRP 51st Infantry (Airborne) and served with that unit until its disbanding on September 14, 1971. During his time in the LRRPs, he lead his team, nicknamed the 'Growling Recondos' on 37 official missions and a number of missions that officially 'never happened'. His daring successes attracted media attention, and despite their covert nature certain reporters embellished the accounts for public consumption, and 1SG John Wrath became something of a media darling in a time of a generally negative characterization of the US forces in Vietnam. The State Department and the DoA decided to take advantage of this and John, along with a handful of other 'heroes' of the war were brought back stateside in late 1971 for a USO/Public Relations tour. John was pissed by this wasting of resources and of his time, and in 1973, still stateside and attached to the Army Recruiting branch, he retired with 20 years in. He was snatched up by the CIA, entering service as a field operative as a Military Advisor in a number of small states where the CIA was establishing 'anti-Communist' resistance forces. In 1986 PRIMUS was formed, and experienced agents were acquired from other agencys. John, finishing a stint in various parts of Central and South America, submitted a request to join and was accepted despite his age (51), still being in excellent shape and extremely experienced in all manner of operations. He was was found compatible and became one of the 1st to undergo the Cyberline treatments. As a side effect of the Cyberline treatments, his aging seems to have been arrested. In the nearly 20 years of service since joining PRIMUS, Jon has not appeared to age a day; although almost 70, he still looks and had the physique of a very fit 40 or 50 year old. He ran afoul of Shadowdragon in 1998, when Shadowdragon was involved in a bit of espionage for an unrevealed employer. PRIMUS was tipped off that he was in the country when Shadowdragon made a minor error coming through Immigration with false papers, and John lead a team of other PRIMUS agents who tracked him down and arrested him. John was able to get the jump on Shadowdragon and managed to beat him in HtH combat, although in truth there were some mitigating circumstance that contributed to this victory. Shadowdragon of course escaped imprisonment and has had it out for John ever since. He has made an appearance twice since, when it was convenient to Shadowdragon's other activities. John has narrowly managed to fight him off, but Shadowdragon evaded capture both times. UPDATE: With mounting pressure to discover the culprits in a string of supervillain robberies, Wrath snapped at the limp-@$%! Director of PRIMUS when he called Wrath to task, and then poured gasoline on the fire by getting into an ego-contest with the Millennium City Station Chief and was put on suspension for 2 weeks. After the 2 week interval Wrath was still unrepentant and the Director gave the old warhorse a forced retirement. However, a small thing like getting all-but-fired and loosing the many perks and benefits of his office isnt enough to keep a man like John Wrath down. Undaunted, he changed his status on his superhuman registration and took to the streets as John Wrath, Solo Avenger in his own private war against supervillains. The U.S. Gov thinks its time he 'slows down and takes it easy', but hell if he will! In honor of his long years of services, as the oldest and longest serving Silver Avenger still in office, he was given a special, fully tested version of the Cyber-Eye PRIMUS built to replace his missing left eye, and a specially branded Peacemaker Mark IV, with flat black finish and "WRATH" engraved on the back of the slide as part of his retirement gifts. He puts them to good use fighting supercrime down and dirty, minus all the paperwork and red tape. |
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| Powers/Tactics: A very skilled normal, with considerable Close Combat training. John was a Silver Avenger and has enhanced physical capabilities due to receiving Cyberline treatments. As a side effect of the Cyberline treatments, Jon's aging process has been slowed significantly and his body shows minor regenerative abilities. | |||||
| Campaign Use: (See http://www.angelfire.com/va3/companyg/rangershistory.html, http://www.hmss.com/otherspies/shield/ for inspiration.) | |||||