Post by Savant on Feb 17, 2014 21:34:42 GMT -5
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Codename: Jumper
Real Name: David Rice
Height: 5'11"
Weight: Unknown
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Species: Mutant
Abilities
Intelligence: 2
Strength: 1
Agility: 3
Speed: 2
Durability: 2
Vitals
Health: 2
Energy: 12*
Regeneration Rate: 4**
Actions
Close Combat: 4
(Agility Bonus or Weapon Modifier)
- Self-Defense
- Using “Jumps” in Combat
- Fighting Teleporters
- Street Fighting
Ranged Combat: 1
(Weapon Modifier)
Computers: 2
(Intelligence Bonus)
- Internet
- Basic Programs
General Knowledge: 3
(Intelligence Bonus)
- Literature
- Stage Plays
- Various Worldly Cultures
Thieving: 4
(Agility Bonus)
- Robbery
- Escape
- Lying
- Con Man
“Jump” (Teleportation): 8
- Efficient
- Only “jump” to places he has been or has seen with his eyes
- Follow other teleporters through their portals
Social Skills: 4
- Youth Culture
- Jumper Culture
- Persuasion
- “Tourist”
Modifiers
Appearance: Mutant, human appearance.
Team Affiliation: None.
Reflexive Dodge [+2]
*Energy Battery: 2
**Rapid Recovery
Rice Ball (Psycho-Centric Power Template) [+3], modifies all actions
Wealth [3]
Equipment
Challenges
Being a Mutant {Davy was born as one of the Jumpers, a secretive subset of mutants with unique teleportation powers that manifest at age 5.}
Vulnerable Loved Ones: Millie {His wife may be another Jumper, but she lacks his experience.}
Compulsion to Stick Up for the Underdog {Unlike many Jumpers whose powers have corrupted them, David is a genuine good guy.}
Haunted Past {Both his parents are dead and he’s being hunted by a racist cult.}
Deadly Enemies: The Paladins {These templar-like zealots believe that Jumpers are a menace to the world, citing that "Only God should have the power to be in all places at all times". Both groups have been at war since medieval times.}
Psychological: Vigilantism {As most street-level heroes do, Davy steps in when the police can’t. Unlike most, he does it to relieve his guilt.}
Guilty Conscience {He wonders if his powers are making his life easier or harder.}
Special Vulnerability: Small Spaces {If he is trapped or pinned against an immovable object, his powers will not work.}
Special Vulnerability: Electricity {Electrical fields or direct contact with sources of electricity will negate his power.}
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Biography
One evening while being physically abused by his father David Rice unexpectedly "jumps" to the local library. The origin of this power is never fully explained in the novel. Vowing never to return to his father's house Davy makes his way to New York City. After getting mugged and discovering he can't get a job without a birth certificate and social security number, David robs a local bank and steals almost a million dollars by teleporting into the safe. He then begins a life of reading and attending plays and dining in restaurants. At one play he meets a woman named Millie and they spend time around New York before she returns to college. David later visits her in Oklahoma and begins a romantic relationship. The New York police start investigating after he saves the neighbor from an attack by jumping her abusive husband to a park. The husband turns out to be a cop and starts investigation drives.
Davy moves to Oklahoma where he gets an apartment but Millie breaks up with him after learning he is being pursued by the police. Returning to New York David eventually finds his mother, who left the family years ago, but while his mother is on a business trip her plane gets hijacked and all crew and passengers get killed by terrorists. Davy then sets out to find Rashid Matar, the terrorist responsible for his mother's death. While he is searching for the terrorist he and Millie eventually reconcile. However, the National Security Agency led by veteran agent Brain Cox is now hunting Davy and takes Millie hostage in order to get to him. Eventually Davy captures Matar, the hijacker responsible for his mother's death, along with his abusive father and Brian Cox; thereby putting him in the position of controlling all three of his tormentors. This experience has profound effects on all four of them. David finds himself unable to kill his captives despite the crimes they have caused against him. Davy gives Matar to the authorities, releases Brian Cox after he gives Millie back, and enrolls his father into counseling. Afterwards Millie comforts David as he realizes that he cannot escape his pain through teleportation or vigilante action. David then enters counseling as well.