WILD CARDS

DEADHEAD
(Glen Stephens)

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
6	STR	-4	10-	Lift 57.4 kg; 1d6 HTH Damage [1]
8	DEX	-6	11-	OCV:  3/DCV:  3
8	CON	-4	11-
8	BODY	-4	11-
15	INT	5	12-	PER Roll 12-
10	EGO	0	11-	ECV:  3
8	PRE	-2	11-	PRE Attack:  1 1/2d6
8	COM	-1	11-

2	PD	1		Total:  2 PD (0 rPD)
2	ED	0		Total:  2 ED (0 rED)
2	SPD	2		Phases:  6, 12
3	REC	0
16	END	0
15	STUN	0		Total Characteristic Cost:  -13

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

Cost	Powers & Skills
18	Reliving Past Lives:  Retrocognitive Clairsentience (Sight, Smell/Taste And Hearing Groups), 
	Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Must Eat The Brains/Living Tissue Of Desired Subject (-2), 
	Retrocognition Only (-1), No Range (-1/2), Only Through The Senses Of Others (-1/2)

	Perks
15	Contact:  Shadowfist Society (Contact has very useful Skills or resources), Organization 
	Contact (x3) 12-

	Skills
3	KS: Art 12-
4	KS: Nutrition 13-
0	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
6	PS: Artist 15-
3	Streetwise 11-

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  49
Total Cost:  36

0+	Disadvantages
10	Distinctive Features:  Babbles And Chatters Constantly, Mostly To Himself (Concealable; Noticed 
	and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
0	Normal Characteristic Maxima
10	Psychological Limitation:  Afraid Of Food And Eating (Common, Moderate)
15	Psychological Limitation:  Believes That He *Must* Eat Human Flesh (Common, Strong)
5	Reputation:  Disgusting Ace Geek, 8- (Extreme;  Known Only To A Small Group [NYC Aces and 
	the like])
40	Total Disadvantage Points

Description: Deadhead is tall and exceedingly thin, standing 5'10" and weighing 120 lbs. He is only about 20 years old, but looks much older due to his dead white skin , black hair, and staring eyes. He is bothered by a constant nervous tic and babbles almost nonstop. Deadhead's power is the ability to experience the memories of anything he eats. If he has a burger (for example) then he'll relive the life of the cow that made up the meat. If he eats brain tissue, the memories become very clear, and he can often "relive" the subject's last moments. Being an excellent artist, he can then sketch what he sees. It should be noted that Deadhead is very much on the edge of insanity (or over it). People who know him find him disgusting to say the least.

Campaign Use and Designer’s Notes: Deadhead just begs to be placed into a Horror Hero setting (or a Fantasy Hero setting—imagine him as a ghoul with this power.) Oddly enough, he also would fit into something like Heroes—I mean, Sylar already does something like this! If you really want to expand on this power, give him a VPP of Skills he can use for a bit after eating someone’s brain. If you really want to push the Sylar analogy, let him temporarily use their powers, too.

Deadhead's Hero Designer File

(Deadhead created by John J Miller, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)


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