WILD CARDS

DIGGER DOWNS (Thomas Downs)

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
9	STR	-1	11-	Lift 87.1 kg; 1 1/2d6 HTH Damage [2]
10	DEX	0	11-	OCV:  3/DCV:  3
12	CON	4	11-
10	BODY	0	11-
15	INT	5	12-	PER Roll 14-/19-
13	EGO	6	12-	ECV:  4
10	PRE	0	11-	PRE Attack:  2d6
12	COM	1	11-

2	PD	0		Total:  2 PD (0 rPD)
2	ED	0		Total:  2 ED (0 rED)
2	SPD	0		Phases:  6, 12
4	REC	0
24	END	0
21	STUN	0		Total Characteristic Cost:  15

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
		Leaping:	1"/2"
		Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
17	Can Smell An Ace:  Detect Wild Card Aces 18-/21- (Smell/Taste Group), Increased Arc Of 
	Perception (360 Degrees), Range
7	Can Smell Your Lies:  Detect Lies 16-/19- (Smell/Taste Group)
6	Enhanced Senses:  +2 PER with all Sense Groups
10	Enhanced Sense Of Smell:  +5 PER with Smell/Taste Group

	Perks
1	Fringe Benefit:  Press Pass

	Skills
10	+2 with Interaction Skills
	 
4	AK: United States Of America 13-
5	CK: New York City 14-
3	Conversation 11-
0	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
4	PS: Reporter 13-
2	PS: Writer 11-
5	Persuasion 12-
3	Streetwise 11-

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  77
Total Cost:  92

50+	Disadvantages
0	Normal Characteristic Maxima
10	Psychological Limitation:  Overconfidence (Common, Moderate)
10	Psychological Limitation:  Pushy And Obnoxious In His Efforts To Get A Story (Common, Moderate)
10	Reputation:  Reporter for Aces Magazine tabloid, 11-
15	Social Limitation:  Secret ID (He's an Ace) (Frequently, Major)
95	Total Disadvantage Points

Designers Notes: Digger is of average size, 5'10" and 150 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He is a reporter for Aces Magazine, and a more pushy, obnoxious "news-hound" you will never meet. His ace power is the ability to smell aces, detecting them by a sweet pleasant odor. This sense can also clue him into a person's emotional state allowing him to readily tell if someone is lying. He is not very well liked by most other aces and has made virtual enemies of a few (such as Carnifex, Peregrine, and Hiram Worchester).

Campaign Use and Designer’s Notes: Probably the easiest way to port Digger over to your game is to switch his “Detect Ace” to “Detect [catalyst for supers in your world].” For example, he could detect an active metagene, or an active Gestalt, or detect mutants, or… well, you get the idea.

Digger Downs's Hero Designer File

(Digger Downs created by Steve Perrin, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)


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