Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 7 STR -3 10- Lift 66 kg; 1d6 HTH Damage [1] 8 DEX -6 11- OCV: 3/DCV: 3 8 CON -4 11- 7 BODY -6 10- 18 INT 8 13- PER Roll 13- 15 EGO 10 12- ECV: 5 15 PRE 5 12- PRE Attack: 3d6 6 COM -2 10- 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: 5 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Leaping: 1"/2" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills 3 Trunk For A Nose: Extra Limb (1), Inherent (+1/4); Trunk Can Only Lift Small Objects/Weights (-1) Perks 3 Fringe Benefit: "Mayor of Jokertown" 5 Money: Well Off Skills 3 CK: Jokertown 13- 1 High Society 8- 2 KS: Economics 11- 4 KS: Politics And The Political Scene 14- 0 Language: English (idiomatic; literate) 3 Oratory 12- 3 PS: Investment Banking 13- 2 PS: Owner/Manager Of The Funhouse 11- 3 PS: Writer 13- 3 Persuasion 12- 3 Streetwise 12- 3 Trading 12- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 41 Total Cost: 46 25+ Disadvantages 10 Age: 60+ 10 Distinctive Features: Two Foot Pink Trunk (With 7 Fingers) In Place Of A Nose (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses; Not Distinctive In Some Cultures (Jokertown)) 0 Normal Characteristic Maxima 15 Psychological Limitation: Feels A Sense Of Duty To Aid His Fellow Jokers Everywhere (Common, Strong) 15 Social Limitation: Joker (Very Frequently, Minor) 75 Total Disadvantage Points
Designers Notes: Xavier Desmond is a large man, standing 6' tall and weighing 180 lbs. He was born in 1917, and was afflicted with the Wild Card virus when Jetboy fought Dr. Tod over New York in 1946 He became a joker, having a two-foot trunk, complete with seven fully functional fingers, in place of a nose. He lost his wife, his job, and his home soon after. Moving to Jokertown, he found work at the Funhouse, eventually becoming the owner. With time, he founded the JADL (Joker Anti-Defamation League) fighting for joker's rights. His work resulted in his being called "The Mayor of Jokertown." Xavier died in 1987 (at the end of Wild Cards Book VII).
Campaign Use and Designer’s Notes: Remove the nose and Xavier becomes a Pulp Hero or Dark Champions nightclub manager/Contact for the PCs.
Xavier Desmond's Hero Designer File
(Xavier Desmond created by George R R Martin, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)
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