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Full Name	Balbus
Classes/Levels	Wealthy Jack who Exists Partially out of Phase

About Balbus

Tier: 1
Effort: 1

Pools
Might: 10 (Edge: 0)
Speed: 14 (Edge: 1)
Intellect: 12 (Edge: 0)

Damage Recovery: 1d6+1

Skills
Trained in Sneaking (Chosen as part of Jack)
Trained in any situation where having money would be an advantage. (from Wealthy)
Trained in Lockpicking. (from Sabotage trick)
Trained in the Numenera. (from Sabotage trick)
Trained in Sabotage. (from Sabotage tricks)

Daily Flex-Skill: *To be determine after starting situation is given* (From Jack)

Abilities

- Practiced with Light and Medium weapons.

- Walk Through Walls (2 intellect points):

You can slowly pass through physical barriers at a rate of 1 inch (2.5 cm) per round (minimum of one round to pass through any barrier). You can’t act (other than moving) or perceive anything until you pass entirely through the barrier. You can’t pass through energy barriers. Action.

- Connected:

You have connections, resources, and a head for business. Whenever you spend at least an hour in a community with a population
of 1,000 or more, you can find comfortable accommodations for you and your companions for as long as you stay there. The accommodations also provide you with food and 50 shins to spend in whatever manner you choose. (from Wealthy)

Tricks of the Trade

- Combat Ruse (1 speed point):

You feint or juke to mislead your foe and foil its defenses. Choose a creature within short range. If you succeed on a Speed roll, the next character to attack that creature before the end of your next turn has an asset to its attack roll. Action. (From Numenera Character Options)

- Sabotage:

You are particularly good at bypassing locks and dismantling devices. You are trained in lockpicking, the numenera, and any task that involves sabotaging an object. Enabler. (From Numenera Character Options)

Cyphers (max 2):

*Empty Slot*

Oddities:

Equipment
- Fine Clothing
- Buzzer (light ranged weapon)
- 3 x 5-disc buzzer magazines
- Verred (medium blade weapon)
- light armor
- An explorer's pack (50 feet of rope, 3 days of rations, three spikes, hammer, warm clothes, sturdy boots, three torches, and two minor glowglobes.)
- a pack of light tools (small tongs, pliers, screwdriver, small hammer, small pry bar, lockpicks, 10 feet of strings, 3 feet of wire, and miscellaneous screws and nails.)
- 56 shins (8 from jack, additional 50 from wealthy, -2 for additional buzzer magazines)

Fluff:

Background: Years ago, Balbus was a master thief of some renown, working under the name “The Hound”. He hit it big with a famous heist where he robbed the vaults of five different Navarene merchants in a single night. They never caught him, unaware they were looking for a man who could walk through walls, and afterwards he had more than enough to shins to retire and go straight. He invested the money in the floatstone quarries of Orrila, and turned his modest wealth into a vast fortune. Lately he has become restless and after years of soft living he's determined to get his edge back by (insert whatever works best to involve him the adventure).

Appearance: A dark-skinned man just past middle age. He's starting to go grey around the temples and sporting a bit of a belly from his soft spot for sweet wine. His clothes aren't flashy but are very well made, particularly his boots which he insists are made of real illiana leather. As far as anyone can tell, there is no such creature as an illiana. Balbus insists this is only because his boots were made out of the last one.

Personality: Balbus is the jovial type, happy to be back in the field for the first time in years. He'll try to keep up others in all things, insisting about how he could do it better in his youth, but these day his reach often exceeds his grasp. He is desperate to have everyone like him, particularly any close companions. He is not above making judicious use of his wealth to ensure he is well liked, but he knows that friendship founded on shins is rarely true friendship.