About "Jedi" Jack Straw
OFFENSE
Danger Sense +10 vs DC 10, DC 15 and can act
Initiative +8
Telekinesis +10, Ranged, Subtle, Damage 8
Unarmed +4, Close, Damage 0
DEFENSES 0 points
Dodge 8
Fortitude 8
Parry 4
Will 10
Toughness 8
ABILITIES 70 points
Strength 0
Stamina 8
Agility 8
Dexterity 0
Fighting 4
Awareness 10
Intellect 2
Presence 3
POWERS 37 points
Bad Feeling Danger (Mental) Sense 1 point
Telekinesis Move Object 8, Accurate 5 (Damaging, Subtle, Concentration, Precise) 30 point
Surge Flight 2, Safe Fall 6 point
SKILLS 13 points
Acrobatics 2 (+10)
Athletics 0 (+0)
Close Combat 0 (+4)
Mind Trick Deception 17 (+20)
Expertise: Journalism 1 (+3)
Insight 0 (+10)
Intimidation 0 (+3)
Investigation 6 (+8)
Perception 0 (+10)
Persuasion 0 (+3)
Stealth 0 (+8)
Background
Jack Straw was a relatively normal kid until puberty hit in a suburban junior high school outside Chicago. He enjoyed video games and played soccer and basketball, because his mother didn’t want him to play football and baseball is too boring. He wasn’t super popular but had a several friends. He was in the advanced classes of mathematics but was not one of the star students. From his father, he inherited a passion for movies, especially Star Wars. From his mother, he learned compassion for the unfortunate.
When puberty began, Jack discovered the Force was real. He started moving small things with his mind. At first, he tried to show his parents and friends, but the Force wouldn’t work when he knew someone was paying attention. They made fun of him, so he kept it to himself. In that bottle inside himself where he kept his knowledge of the Force grew an overwhelming concern to avoid falling to the Dark Side. He watched Episode V over and over again to duplicate the training of Luke by Yoda and Episodes I to III as a warning of what could happen. He memorized all of the wisdom of Yoda and the other Jedi Masters. He practiced avoiding fear, which leads to anger, which leads to hate, which leads to the Dark Side.
Outwardly, Jack continued to be a relatively normal kid in high school. He was a short guard on the junior varsity basketball team who never missed when he needed to make a bucket. He was a full back in soccer who was very stingy on defense. Deft use of telekinesis helps in ball games. Overall, he was not a star in academics, society, or sports. However, he did begin to train in the local Karate dojo. His activities, grades, and mother's alumni status with the University in Megapolis was enough to earn him admittance and a scholarship.
In private, Jack trained himself in the use of the Force. While Jack has read everything there is to read about the Star Wars universe, he has problems imagining Force powers that he has not seen in the movies. Therefore, his current repertoire of powers are only from the movies. Using the Force, Jack earned a black belt at his dojo before graduating high school.
At the Colorado Mountain College, Jack majors in Criminal Justice and prefers investigating criminal activity. He minors in philosophy specializing on Eastern philosophies that underpin the Force. He has had a couple of articles in the Post Independent.
He belongs to several clubs of languages and books that discuss his interests, while he continues training at a Tae kwon do dojo that focuses on the five tenets that he finds resemble the Jedi Code.
* Courtesy Showing courtesy to all, respecting others, having manners as well as maintaining the appropriate etiquette at all times, both within and outside the designated training area.
* Integrity means not only to determine what is right or wrong but also having the conscience to feel guilty if one has done wrong and to have the integrity stand up for what is right.
* Perseverance One will persevere time and time again until they have achieved a result which is adequate towards what one was trying to achieve.
* Self-control means to not only have control over one's physical acts, but also their mental thoughts and actions.
* Indomitable spirit means to have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, no matter what odds you are up against, and to always give 100% effort in whatever you do.
Personality
Jack is an introvert who is still searching for his place in the world. His philosophical studies have awakened his perspective that he does not know everything, except that the Force is real.
He is friendly with people that share his interests of philosophy, languages and movies. However, he won't go out of his way to meet strangers. If he supposed to meet someone, the universe will connect them.
While he regularly quotes the Star Wars movies, he avoids using movie quotations when he wants to sound serious. He accepts that most people think the Force is not real, so he hides his belief with historical corollaries. However, he attempts to live by the codes of the Jedi:
There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.
Jedi are the guardians of peace in the galaxy.
Jedi use their powers to defend and to protect.
Jedi respect all life, in any form.
Jedi serve others rather than ruling over them, for the good of the galaxy.
Jedi seek to improve themselves through knowledge and training.
Actuality
Jack is a mutant mentalist. His powers could have developed in any number of ways but now express themselves as Force powers.
Development
In the future, he will continue to train himself in the ways of the Force, because he still considers himself a Padawan.
