Claremont Academy of Higher Learning (Inactive)

Game Master inxpitter

Abilities:32 Powers:38 Advantages:3 Skills:11 Defenses:-- Total:90

Strength: 0 Agility: 2 Fighting: 0 Awareness: 4 Stamina: 2 Dexterity: 2 Intellect: 4 Presence: 2

DEFENSE
Dodge: 3 Parry: 0
Fortitude: 2 Toughness: 2 Will: 4

Attacks:
Mental Blast (Perception range, Damage 5, Resisted by Will)

Powers
Telepathy: Mind Reading 5 Linked to Area, Subtle 2, Mental Communication 2 (1 mile) [22 points]
--Telepathic Illusion: Illusion 4 (all senses), Resisted by Will, Selective [1 point]
--Mental Blast: Perception Range Damage 5, Resisted by Will [1 point]

Insubstantial 2: Gaseous, Affects Corporeal, Affects Others, Attack, Precise, Subtle 2 [13 points]
Immune to Suffocation due to being incorporeal [1 point]

Skills:
Expertise (private eye) 2 (+6), Acrobatics 2 (+4), Athletics 4 (+4), Insight 3 (+7), Investigation 3 (+7), Perception 3 (+7), Stealth 5 (+7)

Advantages:
Equipment 1: Smart Phone (2), Video Camera (2), Multi-tool(1)
Well-informed: Immediate Investigation or Persuasion check to know something.
Assessment Use Insight to learn an opponent’s combat capabilities.

Complications: Reputation, Doing good

Strength 6/1, Stamina 1, Agility 4, Dexterity 5/4, Fighting 6, Intellect 0, Awareness 1, Presence 3

Advantages
Accurate Attack, All-out Attack, Benefit, Ambidexterity, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll 5, Evasion 2, Fast Grab, Fighting Style: Aikido, Fighting Style: Jujutsu, Fighting Style: Karate, Grabbing Finesse, Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Grab, Improved Hold, Improved Smash, Improved Trip, Improvised Tools, Instant Up, Languages 1, Power Attack, Uncanny Dodge

Skills
Acrobatics 6 (+10), Athletics 4 (+10), Insight 4 (+5), Intimidation 2 (+5), Perception 10 (+11), Persuasion 4 (+7), Stealth 4 (+8), Technology 2 (+2)

Powers
Bionic Arm
. . Cyberarm - Enhanced Strength: Enhanced Trait 10 (Traits: Strength +5 (+6); Limited: One Limb)
. . Cyberhand - Extendable Fingers: Feature 1
. . Cyberhand - Finger Tools: Enhanced Trait 1 (Advantages: Improvised Tools)
. . Cyberhand - Improved Dexterity: Enhanced Trait 2 (Traits: Dexterity +1 (+5))

Offense
Initiative +4
Grab, +6 (DC Spec 15)
Throw, +5 (DC 21)
Unarmed, +6 (DC 21)

Complications
Honor: Kanna has a highly developed sense of honor and will not use her powers to cheat or gain an unfair advantage. She pulls her punches when fighting "ordinary" opponents, restricting her strength to more or less normal levels. She will never attack an opponent who is helpless and does not use weapons, preferring to rely on her martial arts skills.

Relationship: Kanna is in a relationship with Jason Davis. Kanna does not attempt to hide her identity, but neither does she go out of her way to advertise her condition.

Languages
English, Japanese

Defense
Dodge 4, Parry 6, Fortitude 1, Toughness 6/1, Will 1

Power Points
Abilities 40 + Powers 9 + Advantages 23 + Skills 18 (36 ranks) + Defenses 0 = 90

Female, 19 years old; 5'4"/118 lbs., black hair, brown eyes

Kanna Tanaka was only 7 years old when her parents moved to the United States and was only 8 when she was in the car accident that claimed her right arm. For many years, she learned to rely on her left hand, but her father, a leading scientist in the field of cybernetics crafted a bionic arm to replace her missing arm when she was 16 years old.

Kanna, already a martial arts expert, knew that she must use her strength for good, not for personal gain. She joined the Claremont Academy to hone her skills and to form relationships with other supers. Unlike some of her peers, she does not hide her identity or take pains to look "normal." She displays her arm openly and is happy to allow the curious to examine it.

She prefers to avoid fighting and tries instead to talk her way out of fights, but is more than capable of defending herself should the need arise. She has a black belt in karate, jujutsu, and aikido and was a cheerleader in high school.

Strength 3, Stamina 2, Agility 4, Dexterity 2, Fighting 4, Intellect 0, Awareness 2, Presence 0

Advantages
Agile Feint, Defensive Roll 3, Improved Initiative 3, Redirect

Skills
Acrobatics 1 (+5), Athletics 1 (+4), Close Combat: Unarmed 5 (+9), Perception 1 (+3), Ranged Combat: Throw 1 (+3)

Powers
Damage: Strength-based Damage 3 (DC 21; Multiattack)
Enhanced Trait: Enhanced Trait 6 (Traits: Dodge +3 (+7), Parry +3 (+7))
Movement: Movement 3 (Wall-crawling 2: full speed, Water Walking 1: you sink if you are prone; Limited: While Moving)
Speed-Reader: Variable 3 (Fades, Limited: Limited to Skills, Source: Information to Read)
Super-speed (Advantages: Improved Initiative 3)
. . Quickness: Quickness 8 (Perform routine tasks in -8 time ranks)
. . Speed: Speed 8 (Speed: 500 miles/hour, 1 mile/round)

Offense
Initiative +16
Damage: Strength-based Damage 3, +4 (DC 21)
Grab, +4 (DC Spec 13)
Throw, +3 (DC 18)
Unarmed, +9 (DC 18)

Complications
Addiction: Stimulants: He was placed on a number of different drugs for ADHD when he was a child. The various stimulants never really helped him since the problems were larely the earliest manifestation of his prowers. As he grew older though he began to find himself attracted to stimulants more and more. Caffine is the easiest to get hold of and is something he consantly uses, but he's used pills before in order to get the same rush.
Motivation: Thrills: He's a thrill seeker first and foremost. He loves using his abilities and take pride in being different because of it. He pushes himself into positions that aren't always advisable because not to would "be boring".
Prejudice: Homosexual: Nicolas came out when he was relatively young. This led to a bit of teasing from other people. Generally he tries not to let it get to him. Having powers means being different, being gay is the same in his mind. Its not bad it just sets him apart.

Languages
Native Language

Defense
Dodge 7/4, Parry 7/4, Fortitude 2, Toughness 5/2, Will 2

Power Points
Abilities 34 + Powers 46 + Advantages 5 + Skills 5 (9 ranks) + Defenses 0 = 90

Abilities:32 Powers:40 Advantages:3 Skills:14 Defenses:1 Total:90

Strength: 0 Agility: 2 Fighting: 0 Awareness: 4 Stamina: 2 Dexterity: 2 Intellect: 4 Presence: 2

DEFENSE
Dodge: 3 Parry: 0
Fortitude: 2(3) Toughness: 2(4) Will: 4

Attacks:
Mental Blast (Perception range, Damage 5, Resisted by Will)

Powers
Telepathy: Mind Reading 5, Subtle 2, Mental Communication 2 (1 mile) [22 points]
--Telepathic Illusion: Illusion 4 (all senses), Resisted by Will, Selective [1 point]
--Mental Blast: Perception Range Damage 5, Resisted by Will [1 point]

Insubstantial 2: Gaseous, Affects Corporeal, Affects Others, Attack, Precise, Subtle 2 [13 points]
Immune to Suffocation due to being incorporeal [1 point]
Protective Telekinetic Field 2: Continuous [2 points]

Skills:
Expertise (private eye) 2 (+6), Acrobatics 2 (+4), Athletics 4 (+4), Insight 4 (+8), Investigation 4 (+8), Perception 4 (+8), Stealth 6 (+8), Technology 4 (+8)

Advantages:
Equipment 1: Smart Phone (2), Video Camera (2), Multi-tool(1)
Well-informed: Immediate Investigation or Persuasion check to know something.
Assessment: Use Insight to learn an opponent’s combat capabilities.

Complications: Reputation, Doing good

Defenses (Total = 4)
Dodge 2 (1 rank)
Parry 4
Fortitude 3 (1 rank)
Toughness 2
Will 4 (2 ranks)

Skills (Total = 8)
Acrobatics --
Athletics +2
Close Combat +8 (4 ranks)
Deception +0
Expertise +5 (4 ranks, spirits/spirit world)
Insight +6 (4 ranks)
Intimidation +0
Investigation --
Perception +6 (4 ranks)
Persuasion +0
Ranged Combat +0
Sleight of Hand --
Stealth +1
Technology --
Treatment --
Vehicles --

Advantages (Total = 1)
Assessment

Powers (Total = 53)
Alternate Form
- Activation: Standard Action
- Concealment 4 (All Visual Senses, Precise)
- Flight 3 (Speed: 16mph/250fpr, Subtle 2: undetectable)
- Immunity 2 (Suffocation: all)
- Insubstantial 4 (Incorporeal, Innate, Precise, Subtle 2)

Comprehend 2 (Spirits)

Damage (array)
- Strength-based Damage 3 (DC 20; Affects Insubstantial 2, Penetrating 4)
- Strength-based Damage 3 (DC 20; Affects Corporeal 2, Penetrating 4)

Complications
Curse Sworn (During his explorations of the spirit realm he accidentally stumbled across the demesne of Xiuhcoatl, an ancient Aztec spirit of significant power. Xiuhcoatl agreed to mentor Zackery in the use of his powers in exchange for him being the spirit's mortal emissary. While Xiuhcoatl is not evil and enjoys instructing its new pupil, its morality is alien, and it occasionally requires incongruous actions on Zackery's part.)

Motivation: Responsibility (While not an overly passive or submissive person, Zackery is a paragon of the ISTJ personality type, and finds it very difficult to not do what he's told by those he views as having authority over himself.)

Misc.
200 lbs. load limit
-2 size rank
+1 Initiative
-2 vs Knockback

Even he doesn't know when it started, from his earliest memories he'd always had the dreams. At night when he slept, he heard the voices of the spirits around him. As he grew older, and was better able to communicate, the spirits took notice. They began to seek him out, interested in the boy who was both mortal and spirit. For the most part, they were friendly, and kept him from the more malicious denizens of the spirit world. However, during a cruise around the Carribean, at a stop in Coatzacoalcos, he met a god-like spirit called Xiuhcoatl. While initially irritated by the intrusion, the spirit eventually grew interested in Zackery, and rather than eat him, decided to tutor him instead.

The serpentine spirit's looming presence over his life did not seem to make him upset or nervous though, but rather filled him with a sense of focus and determination that he had thus far never displayed in his life. Under Xiuhcoatl's tutelage, he began to experiment more and more with his powers, developing the ability to enter the spirit world even when he wasn't asleep, and improving his control over his body and his spirit. This unknowingly brought him to the attention of the staff of Claremont Academy, who sent their own spiritually-oriented teacher to measure Zackery's potential. Eager to improve himself, and with Xiuhcoatl's blessing, he enrolled with no hesitation.

Generally modest and not particularly fond of finding himself the focus of attention, he is nevertheless easy-going, funny and witty, even if on occasion that wit of his does take on a dry or snarky quality. Despite his natural affinity for athletic endeavors, he is more of a nerd at heart, preferring books, videogames, (not necessarily good) movies and TV shows and the like, ideally in the company of friends, to sports games, parties, clubbing and such.

He was returning home one night when he heard someone shouting; he always did have good hearing. Following the sound he came upon three men, hoods over their heads, attacking an older woman. He did not have to think twice about what to do, though if he had, he might have found it perhaps a little odd that he felt not even a hint of fear. He quickly approached the scene, calling out for the muggers to stop. They did, at least as far as attacking the woman was concerned. But they turned their attention to Michael. One of them was holding a club of some sort and wasted no time, closing the distance and swinging it at his new target’s face. The result was not what he expected, as it was the wood that broke and splintered into pieces, while the young man noted that it did not even sting. And next thing he knew he was picking the attacker up by his collar, effortlessly lifting him off the ground with one hand before casually flinging him away. The other two muggers immediately started to run; the older woman did the same by the way, though in the opposite direction. Michael ran after the two men, easily catching up to them. It did not really take much to subdue them; simply lifting both of them and knocking their heads together seemed to do the trick. An anonymous phone call later and they were in police custody, still unconscious. Michael on the other hand was already home, heart racing, but not out of fear. Out of excitement and sheer curiosity. But mostly excitement.

At first he said nothing to his parents, unsure of how to approach such a subject. It was not like super-powered men and women did not exist, lifting cars and flying through the sky, but even so, how exactly do you tell your mother? “Hey mom, let me lift that bed for you so you can vacuum the floor a bit more easily? Oh, sure, I can push that nightstand out of the way with my pinky. After all, I only need one arm for the bed.” Well, you know what? That is exactly how he did it. He expected perhaps some shock. Maybe a bit of awe. Not mild surprise followed by getting back to vacuuming. How was he to know that super-strength and more ran in the family?

His mother told him that he was not the first member in her family to develop such abilities. Though a very rare occasion, he had heard stories from her grandparents who had probably heard them from their own grandparents that once every more than a few centuries one of the children in her family would be gifted, with those gifts dating back to ancient times and ancient Greece. Sometimes it would be a male child, other times a female, but each and every one of them had the potential for great power, even if not all of them had lived long enough to realize that potential; heroes tend to make enemies quite easily. Although she was not sure of this gift's origin, the truth having been lost in antiquity, she did say that it had been quite a long time since the last such birth, from what she had been told anyway.

Life went on after that revelation pretty much in the same way it had before it, barring the occasional act of vigilantism and of course trying to get used to his abilities. However, as the time for the exams that would get him into medical school was approaching, Michael shifted his focus more towards studying rather than his powers. Still, his choice paid off. But even so, he could not help but wonder how much good he would be able to do if he managed to develop his powers further. But could he do so and not neglect his medical studies? He was not certain, but he knew he had to try. And from what he found after some research into schools, there was one such academy that might help him pursue both callings.

He soon found out that it would not be so easy. After all, each was a considerable task on its own. Imagine trying to balance both.

His people were spit upon, treated with contempt, considered 'untouchable', as one would consider animal waste. Rodion tried to ignore this, but his childhood was hard, and poor, and burning resentment began to fester, as it did with many of his family and friends. But during unrest, his family home was burned and his parents and brother killed by those who hated those like him. His sisters were raped, and only a UN peace keeping force saved him and his younger sister, arriving minutes too late to save the older. Well, the peacekeepers, and his own burgeoning powers, which shocked him and the attackers.

This should have cemented the hatred and resentment, but instead, something else happened. The UN people were a miracle for young Rodion, they did not look down on him, they looked down on those who had attacked his family. They arrested the survivors, and he and his sister were rescued, and given refugee status by the United States. The selflessness of the UN protectors, who had come in and saved him and his sister, people considered worse than animal waste by those who attacked them, left a lasting and ever felt impression. Determined to do what the UN protectors had done, to help those who were downtrodden, those who were judged by a stick that had no meaning, Rodion vowed to grow up and help others.

Rodion and his sister were sent to a specialized school wherein they could learn english and a bit of a fast track to integrate them into american society. His sister kept pace learning the material but Rodion excelled. He picked up english very quickly, though the finer points of sarcasm, idioms, and such still alluded him. After learning english he blitzed through the basics of math and science and was soon recommend for college level classes.

Among the peacekeepers was one with powers himself, who recognized Rodion's growing potential, and quietly recommended a special school...

Teleport (rank: 5)
Action: Move • Range: Rank • Duration: Instant • Cost: 2 points per rank

Accurate +1/rank
Change Direction +1 flat
Change Velocity +1 flat
Extended +1/rank
Turnabout +1 flat

Total Cost
((2+2)5)+3=23
((base effect cost + extras – flaws) x rank) + flat modifiers

Skills

Acrobatics 2
Athletics 2
Close Combat:Unarmed 4
Expertise: Biology 8
Expertise: Chemistry 8
Expertise: Physics 8
Technology 10
Investigation 2
Perception 6
Treatment 2
Vehicles 2
27

Advantages

Inventor
Languages (English, Hindi)
Eidetic Memory
Uncanny Dodge
4

Dodge (+2) 5
Fortitude (+1) 2
Parry 2
Toughness (+1) 2
Will (+2) 3
6

This should have cemented the hatred and resentment, but instead, something else happened. The UN people were a miracle for young Rodion, they did not look down on him, they looked down on those who had attacked his family. They arrested the survivors, and he and his sister were rescued, and given refugee status by the United States. The selflessness of the UN protectors, who had come in and saved him and his sister, people considered worse than animal waste by those who attacked them, left a lasting and ever felt impression. Determined to do what the UN protectors had done, to help those who were downtrodden, those who were judged by a stick that had no meaning, Rodion vowed to grow up and help others.

Rodion and his sister were sent to a specialized school wherein they could learn english and a bit of a fast track to integrate them into american society. His sister kept pace learning the material but Rodion excelled. He picked up english very quickly, though the finer points of sarcasm, idioms, and such still alluded him. After learning english he blitzed through the basics of math and science and was soon recommend for college level classes.

Among the peacekeepers was one with powers himself, who recognized Rodion's growing potential, and quietly recommended a special school...