Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 20 STR 10 13- Lift: 400kg; 4d6 HTH Damage 18 DEX 24 13- OCV: 6/DCV: 6 15 CON 10 12- 12 BODY 4 11- 14 INT 4 12- PER Roll 12- 13 EGO 6 12- ECV: 4 18 PRE 8 13- PRE Attack: 3 1/2d6 14 COM 2 12- 8 PD 4 Total: 11 PD (3 rPD) 8 ED 5 Total: 11 ED (3 rED) 4 SPD 12 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 7 REC 0 30 END 0 30 STUN 0 Total Characteristics Cost: 87 Movement: Running: 7"/14" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills Martial Art: Boxing Maneuver OCV DCV Damage 4 Block +2 +2 Block, Abort 4 Cross +0 +2 6d6 Strike 5 Hook -2 +1 8d6 Strike 3 Jab +2 +1 4d6 Strike 4 Leather Body Armor: Armor (3 PD/3 ED); Activation Roll 11- (Locations 4, 5, 9-13) (-1), OIF (-1/2) 3 Chainmail Inserts: Armor (3 PD/3 ED); Activation Roll 9- (Locations 4, 5, 13) (-1 1/2), OIF (-1/2) 2 Running: +1" (7"/14"), END 1 Perks 2 Fringe Benefit: Local Police Powers Skills 3 Combat Skill Levels: +1 with Service Pistol 6 Combat Skill Levels: +2 with Boxing 3 Acrobatics 13- 2 AK: New York 11- 3 Breakfall 13- 3 Climbing 13- 3 Deduction 12- 3 Inventing 12- 2 KS: Criminal Law 11- 2 KS: New York Underworld 11- 0 Language: English (native) 1 Mechanics 8- 0 Paramedic 8- 3 PS: Police Officer 12- 3 Stealth 13- 3 Streetwise 13- 0 TF: Small Motorized Ground Vehicles 3 WF: Nightstick, Small Arms 71 Total Powers & Skills Cost 158 Total Character Cost 75+ Disadvantages 5 Distinctive Features: Uniform (Police Officer) (EC) 10 Hunted: New York Police Department (Mopow, NCI, Lim Geo, Watching) 11- 10 Psychological Limitation: Craves Adventure/Excitement (C, M) 15 Psychological Limitation: Upholds The Good (C, S) 5 Reputation: Good Cop 8- 15 Social Limitation: Secret ID (Hollis Mason) (F, Major) 20 Experience 158 Total Disadvantage Points
Description: Hollis started his life helping his father at a local auto repair shop. Desiring to do something with his life, he became a police officer in 1938. After reading of the exploits of Hooded Justice (and influenced a bit by such comics as Superman) Hollis became Nite Owl in 1939. He joined the Minutemen soon after and remained with them until they disbanded in 1949. HUAC quickly cleared him of any wrong doing (due to his police background) in the 50's, and Nite Owl remained active until 1962, when he retired.
Upon retirement, Nite Owl opened his own auto shop, wrote and published Under the Hood, and allowed Dan Dreiberg to carry on with the name of Nite Owl. He was murdered in October of 1985 by a street gang.
Nite Owl is probably the most stable of the original Minutemen (or all the characters for that matter). He genuinely wanted to help people, which is why he became a police officer and a superhero. He also craved adventure, why else did he put on a mask?
(Nite Owl I created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)
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