Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 13 STR 3 12- Lift 151.6 kg; 2 1/2d6 HTH Damage [1] 26 DEX 48 14- OCV: 9/DCV: 9 20 CON 20 13- 15 BODY 10 12- 18 INT 8 13- PER Roll 13- 20 EGO 20 13- ECV: 7 18 PRE 8 13- PRE Attack: 3 1/2d6 20 COM 5 13- 14 PD 3 Total: 14 PD (8 rPD) 14 ED 2 Total: 14 ED (8 rED) 5 SPD 14 Phases: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 8 REC 2 40 END 0 50 STUN 18 Total Characteristics Cost: 161 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Gliding: 10"/20" Leaping: 2"/4" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills 35 Trick Playing Cards: Multipower, 80-point reserve, all slots OAF Expendable (Difficult to obtain new Focus; -1 1/4) 1u 1) Darkness to Sight Group 1" radius; OAF Expendable (Difficult to obtain new Focus; -1 1/4), 4 Charges (-1), [4] 1u 2) EB 4d6, Area Of Effect (One Hex; +1/2), Double Knockback (+3/4); OAF Expendable (Difficult to obtain new Focus; -1 1/4), 4 Charges (-1), [4] 2u 3) Entangle 4d6, 4 DEF, Area Of Effect (One Hex; +1/2), Sticky (+1/2); OAF Expendable (Difficult to obtain new Focus; -1 1/4), 4 Charges (-1), [4] 2u 4) Sight Group Flash 8d6, Area Of Effect (One Hex; +1/2); OAF Expendable (Difficult to obtain new Focus; -1 1/4), 4 Charges (-1), [4] 16 Kevlar Suit: Armor (8 PD/8 ED); OIF (-1/2) 7 Glider Vanes In Suit: Gliding 10"; OIF (-1/2) 5 Hand And Knee Pads: Clinging (normal STR); OAF (-1) 2 Goggles: IR Perception (Sight Group); OAF (-1) 50 Knows When To Hold 'Em, Knows When To Fold Them: Luck 10d6 Talents 34 Danger Sense (immediate vicinity, any danger, Function as a Sense) 15- Skills 5 Acrobatics 15- 3 Acting 13- 2 AK: Monaco 11- 5 Breakfall 15- 3 Bugging 13- 5 Climbing 15- 5 Combat Driving 15- 3 Concealment 13- 5 Contortionist 15- 3 Conversation 13- 3 Disguise 13- 3 Electronics 13- 2 Gambling (Card Games) 13- 3 High Society 13- 2 KS: Monaco Casinos 11- 2 Language: English (fluent conversation) 0 Language: French (idiomatic; literate) 5 Lockpicking 15- 3 Persuasion 13- 3 Security Systems 13- 3 Seduction 13- 3 Shadowing 13- 5 Sleight Of Hand 15- 5 Stealth 15- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 236 Total Cost: 397 200+ Disadvantages 5 Hunted: Detective Klosu 11- (As Pow, Capture) 25 Hunted: Interpol 11- (Mo Pow, NCI, Capture) 20 Hunted: Monaco Police 11- (Mo Pow, NCI, Limited Geographical Area, Capture) 20 Psychological Limitation: Compulsive Gambler (Very Common, Strong) 15 Psychological Limitation: Leaves Behind Playing Cards (Common, Strong) 15 Psychological Limitation: Overconfident (Common, Strong) 0 Psychological Limitation: Thrives on Excitement (Common, Strong) 5 Rivalry: Professional (Cockney; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry) 15 Social Limitation: Secret ID (Frequently, Major) 77 Experience Points 397 Total Disadvantage Points
Designer's Notes:
1) The errata sheet states Blackjack needs to pay an extra 4 points to have his 5 SPD. I added this in.
2) Blackjack only paid 2 points to have a 50 STUN, this was corrected to 18 points. ([13/2 = 6.5 (rounded to an 7)] + [20/2 = 10] + 15 = 32. 32 + 18 = 50.)
3) Placed his trick playing cards into a Multipower. I am unsure as to the need for the "Expendable" Limitation added to the OAF, as I figure Blackjack gets more cards from the same place Godfather gets his 2 1/2d6 Armor Piercing RKA bullets. However, the write-up had them, so I am presenting it as-is. However, I did remove the "STUN only" Limitation from Slot 1, as STUN-Only attacks cannot do Knockback.
4) All of Blackjack's Agility skills were priced at 3 points for a 15-. As a 26 DEX gives one a 14- base ([26/5] + 9 = 14.2), in agility skills, I bumped the cost of each one up by 2 points and +1 DEX to get the correct values.
5) Fixed the point values for all Disadvantages. Note he is Hunted by "Inspector Klosu" [i.e. Kluso] the Secret ID of The Napoleon of Crime. I figured that was good enough for "As Powerful". He also has a rivalry with Cockney, while Cockney lists him as a Hunted. But Cockney doesn't have Gambling, and isn't a fellow thrill-seeker, so I'm not sure how they can be rivals (all Cockney wants is to get rich).
6) The original version of Blackjack cost 385 points. He now costs 397, a 12 point increase. Although he saved over 20 points by placing his cards in a Multipower, he's paying 25 more points for Characteristics, and roughly 10 more for all those Agility skills to be at 15-.
7) Assessment: I personally think that somewhere down the line Blackjack was dropped from 30 DEX to 26. His 10 points for a 5 SPD, and his 3 points for a base 15- on his DEX Skills supports this. He is also woefully under- and over-powered. His 4d6 Energy Blast is pretty useless, while his 4d6 Entangle seems to be overdoing it (what with it being Sticky and AOE (One Hex)). And let's not talk about having 10d6 of Luck....
It has been pointed out that his name shouldn't be Blackjack. On the continent, the name of the game in Europe is strictly "Twenty-One" (Vingt-et-un), while Monaco itself is known for Baccarat. Y'know, the game James Bond plays whenever he is in town.
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