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Psy Strike Power Level: 10 (150/151PP) Unspent Power Points: 1 Trade-Offs: None In Brief: Psychic girl discovers her mother's superhero costume after her death, decides to use her powers to help people. Fast and strong, but not smart. Alternate Identity: Rose Callux (Secret) Birthplace: Freedom City Residence: Southside, South Freedom, Freedom City Base of Operations: Southside, South Freedom Occupation: Works at local fast food joint Affiliations: None Family: No living close family; Amy Callux (Mother, deceased), unknown father Description: Age: 18 (Born 1998) Gender: Female Ethnicity: Caucasian Height: 5 ' 9 “ Weight: 190lbs Eyes: Green Hair: Short, scruffy and dark brown. Standing at roughly 5'9”, Rose looks a little bulkier than your average 18-year-old. She's quite attractive in appearance, marred only by a couple of little scars, a small one on her right cheek, and one just above her left eye, from the scrapes she's gotten into during her heroics (there are more on her body, but she's not in a rush to show everyone). She tends to dress quite casually, in t-shirts and jeans and trainers, usually in non-branded ones (they're cheaper, after all). Her costume is a fairly simple spandex bodysuit covering everything below her neck. It is a deep purple colour on the body, with a lighter purple on the legs, and comes with a purple domino mask. It's a little worn out, and the colours have faded slightly. History: Raised by her mother, Amy Callux (her father left when she was a couple of years old), in a small house in Southside, Rose's powers started to manifest at age 6 when she levitated the tv remote over to her when she wanted to change the channel. Amy couldn't afford to send her somewhere or pay for someone to train her power set, so she decided to do it herself, in her back garden or wherever she could find space. Rose was far more interested in training than any academic study, but she was never good at that anyway, so it didn't bother her. In school, she used her powers subtly and tried to go unnoticed (but couldn't resist using them to get on the gymnastics team). She was also naturally very sociable and outgoing. Her life changed when, one night, local mob boss Eddy Garcia broke the front door down and shot Amy right there in front of poor Rose. She tried to fight back using her powers, but he shrugged off her punches and threw her to the ground, laughing as he just walked away. Orphaned at age 12, the police came to take her statement and agreed to put her into foster care, but nothing happened. Maybe a file went misplaced, maybe something worse happened, but they didn't come back to put her in another home. She quietly dropped out of school, and still no-one came to even check on her. She was well and truly alone. Over the next few years, she did what she could to survive. She spent a lot of her time during the day begging (and pickpocketing if she really needed it), and on a night she'd train hard. When she was 16, she managed to get a job at a fast food place. A little later that year, looking through her mother's bedroom, she pulled the right book out of her bookcase and the whole thing span around. An awestruck Rose discovered that, on the other side was a superhero costume! Alongside it was a note, addressed to her. “Dear Rose, if you're reading this it means you've discovered it by accident. I planned to give you it for your eighteenth birthday, along with an explanantion. See, back in the day, I was a superhero. I didn't do much – I mostly operated on Southside, helping random people and foiling the odd robbery – but I helped people. I think you could take on that legacy too, help those who can't help themselves, which is why I took the time to train you. I think you should be the next Psy Strike. I love you more than anything, Rose. Signed, Amy. PS: Try and act surprised when I show you the costume, please.” Overcome with emotions, she did the only thing she thought she should – try the costume on. It fit her well, and from then on, she did the same thing her mother did – help those in need of it, even if it was just in the little corner of the world she knew. Personality & Motivation: Rose is a cheerful, outgoing girl with an optimistic outlook on life and humanity as a whole, despite her childhood being stolen from her. She's very confident in her abilities (almost to the point of cockiness), and will use them however she can to protect the average person. She enjoys a good fight, and is motivated by a strong moral compass and desire to help and save people. She tends to be distrusting of authority, however, especially the police, and can be far too quick to rush into battle when she sees wrongdoing. Powers & Tactics: In a fight, Rose tends to hit hard and fast. When fighting a group, she'll use stealth and intimidation to her advantage before knocking down as many of them as she can as fast as she can. One on one, she'll charge in and start smacking people around before they can fight back on any real level. While she does have ranged options, and limited usage of her telepathy, she prefers to fight up close and personal, unless the situation absolutely needs her to hang back. Power Descriptions: Her psychic powers are mutant in nature, but her movement, dexterity and strength come from her using her psychic abilities rather than due to something inherent to her genetics. When she's not using her powers subtly, they have a golden look to them – for example, her Strikes are done by covering her fists in transparent golden energy, and using them to carry something heavy gives her a golden aura around her. Complications: Wealth – Struggling: Finds it difficult to make ends meet, but at least she still owns her home. Responsibility - Job: She has a job, and it is quite important to her that she keeps it considering her financial situation. If she keeps disappearing on the job, she's gonna get fired. Mistrust of Authorities: Due to her past, and the way she fell through the system, she's gained an apprehension towards trusting authority figures, especially police officers. If someone tries to pull rank or speak from a place of authority, she's going to be openly wary of them. Enemy – Eddie's Mob: Rose has a reputation amongst the Southside crime syndicate that killed her mother as being dangerous to their plans, mostly by virtue of operating in the exact area they work. They know her secret identity, too, as they were familiar with her mother, who used the same costume. Can't Drive: Growing up poor, her mother didn't have a car, so she hasn't the faintest clue how to drive one. Abilities: 2 + 6 + 2 + 0 + 6 + 4 = 20PP Strength: 18/12 (+4/+1) Dexterity: 22/16 (+6/+3) Constitution: 12 (+1) Intelligence: 10 (0) Wisdom: 16 (+3) Charisma: 14 (+2) Combat: 8 + 12 = 20PP Initiative: +10/+7 Attack: +10 Unarmed, +8 Melee, +4 Base Defense: +10 (+6 Base, +4 Dodge Focus), +3 Flat-Footed Grapple: +16 [Super-Strength] / +13 [Move Object] / +11 Knockback: -5/-2 Saving Throws: 5 + 5 + 3 = 13PP Toughness: +10 (+1 Con, +6 Defensive Roll, +3 Protection) Fortitude: +6 (+1 Con, +5) Reflex: +11/+8 (+3 Dex, +3 Enhanced Dex, +5) Will: +10/+6 (+3 Wis, +4 Enhanced Will, +3) Skills: 40R = 10PP Acrobatics 4 (+10) Bluff 2 (+5) Climb 2 (+6) Concentration 6 (+9) Intimidate 4 (+7) Knowledge (Streetwise) 4 (+4) Language (English [Native]) Notice 5 (+8) Sense Motive 5 (+8) Stealth 4 (+10) Sleight of Hand 4 (+10) Feats: 19PP Attack Focus [Melee] 4 Attack Specialization [Unarmed] 2 Defensive Roll 3 Distract [Intimidate] Dodge Focus 3 Grappling Finesse Improved Initiative Improved Trip Trance Takedown Attack Weapon Bind Powers: 6 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 10 + 24 = 68PP Enhanced Strength 6 [6PP] (Telekinetic) Enhanced Dexterity 6 [6PP] (Telekinetic) Enhanced Will 4 [4PP] (Psionic) Enhanced Movement Array 1 [2PP Array, Feats: Alternate Powers 2] [4PP] (Telekinetic) BE: Leaping 2 [x5, Running Long Jump 100', Standing Long Jump 55', Vertical Jump 25'] {2/2} AP: Speed 2 [20 MPH / 250' per Move Action] {2/2} AP: Super Movement [Slow Fall] {1/2} Protection 3 [3PP] (Telekinetic) Super Senses 7 [Mental; Danger Sense, Mental Awareness 2, Uncanny Dodge, Accurate 1, Extended 1, Radius 1] [7PP] (Psionic) Super-Strength 2 [Effective Strength 28, Heavy Load 1200lb] [4PP] (Telekinetic) Telepathic Array 4 [8PP Array, Feats: Alternate Powers 2] [10PP] (Psionic) BE: Communication 3 [Feats: Subtle 2] {8/8} AP: Illusion 5 [Visual, Auditory; Feats: Progression, Flaws: Phantasms, Limited (One Subject)] {6/8} AP: Mind Reading 8 [Mental] {8/8} Telekinetic Array 10 [20PP Array, Feats: Alternate Powers 4] [24PP] (Telekinetic) BE: Move Object 5 [Telekinesis; Strength 25, Heavy Load 800lb, Extra: Range [Perception], Feats: Precise, Subtle, Split Attack] {18/20} AP: Trip 10 [Telekinetic, Extra: Range [Perception]] {20/20} AP: Strike 10 [Telekinetic, Extra: Penetrating] {20/20} AP: Strike 10 [Telekinetic, Extra: Autofire] {20/20} Drawbacks: (-0) + (-0) = -0PP Total: 20 (Abilities) + 20 (Combat) + 13 (Saving Throws) + 10 (Skills) + 19 (Feats) + 68 (Powers) – 0 (Drawbacks) = 151 PP DC Block ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT Unarmed Touch DC 19 Toughness Damage [Physical] Move Objects Perception Opposed Grapple Check Pinned/Bound Trip Perception DC 20 Strength/Dexterity Trip Penetrating Strike Touch DC 25 Toughness Damage [Physical] Autofire Strike Touch DC 25 Toughness Damage [Physical]

GM December 29th, 10.43 PM, 2016 Outside the Long Ladder tavern, Southside, Freedom City "I keep tellin' you, mask, I won't say nonthin'!" Theo Braithwaite, the so-called 'worst informant in Freedom' was certainly living up to his name. As he dangled from Psy Strike's telekinetic grip, his face a mask of terror as four pudgy limbs flailed from a core that resembled an over-the-hill barrel, he'd proclaimed total ignorance of the job going down tonight at the docks under the Atlantis casino. He definitely didn't want to get in any trouble with Garcia, "Big Al" Driogano or his witchy sidekick, and anyway the secret tunnels would stop intruders no matter how many friends she called in, on account of their being reliant on hidden mechanisms that nobody on the wrong side would ever find. And there were like thirty men there anyway, so she'd never deal with it herself. It was days after Christmas, and the few tired-eyed people wandering under the garish lights and tinsel that remained after the massive snowstorm didn't even bother glancing over, except to yell "Shut up, Theo!"

OOC thread for this, Psy Strike gets in a tussle with a soft-spoken noisemaker. @Bisexuhell

GM Saturday, December 31st , 2016 Freedom’s Fry 12th Kissinger “Greasy Joe’s” , Southside, Freedom City 10:43 PM It was New Year’s Eve. Which meant that generally, most fast food places were open for quite a while, and usually got a fair amount of customers. Of course, it also was a Saturday, which further increased the amount of customers. Greasy Joe’s, as the locals endearingly referred to the local joint of Freedom’s Fry in memory of its first owner, was a rather small place. Six tables inside, a few more outside for the warm days (not the end of December), and the counter. Together with a small storage-slash-staff room at the back. And at the moment, all tables were filled. Mostly groups of teens and young adults, who went to grab something to eat before delving into the night and it’s various parties. Southside didn’t see much in terms of night-life, but there were a few college parties and other events every now and then. Rose Callux had been the (un)lucky one to get the evening-to-night shift on this day together with one of her colleagues, Jamie. Together, the two served the various people coming in and leaving, or coming in and staying, dealing with the joys of fast-food on a Saturday night. So far, the evening had been rather quiet when it came to uncomfortable situations, which came as somewhat of a surprise.