Heart of the Machine

[  Mood: Sleepy ]
My first pass at the template our GM put out for our Wild Talents character. I’m playing kind of a ghostly ‘killer of killers’ type.

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Real Name: David Jansen
Description: A thin, tall man in his late 20s early 30s. He has short
cut brown hair and somewhat washed out looking blue eyes. He seems to
be in very good, if lean condition. He has several scars on his hands
and back.
Alias: Shroud
Costume: Usually just jump (military) boots, and black fatigue pants
with a dark tshirt and leather jacket. If on the job he also adds thin
leather gloves, a microweave kevlar vest and sunglasses.

Passions & Loyalties: He is very dedicated to the job. While he has no
illusions about who his employers are he also knows that if he shows
up at someone’s door there is a good reason. He is very loyal to
those that employ him until one of two conditions is met; he finishes
the job and is paid, the current employer tries to double cross him in
some fashion. This has earned him a reputation in the underworld. The
fact that he occasionally removes those he thinks needs removing on
his own is usually ignored due to his usefulness.

Background: David grew up in a series of foster homes. After abuse
and neglect after abuse and neglect he wound up in one last chance
type placement. It was there that the foster father and his eldest son
almost beat David to death. It was also there that his powers first
manifested. His ‘family’ was killed in furnace explosion, David
vanished into the streets. While he is not technically ‘wanted’ for
this event it is on his rap sheet. Since then he has taken the time to
explore his powers, establish a trade and try and make himself
comfortable. He tries to desguise the fact, but he is very protective
of children, espescially those from broken homes.

Stats & Skills: He is unusually, almost preternaturally, quick
reflex-wise and highly trained in the use of firearms. Additionally he
is a very competent knife fighter and hand to hand combatant, relying
on speed and accuracy rather than brute strength.

Powers: David has the ability to turn both intangible and
invisible. These powers are linked, he can’t do one without the other.
While invisible he can be picked up on infrared but will not trip
laser traps, etc. While intangible he is immune to physical effects of
all sorts and makes no sound. While intangible he can follow the
physical contours of things, climb stairs etc. but can also ignore
them (sink through floors for example). He can only move at base
movement while intangible, he cannot run.