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THE MESSENGER²

NAME : Prof. John Blake IDENTITY : Secret OPERATIONS : Crown Hill, RI, USA POWER LEVEL : 14 PLAYER : Eric Grzywa
STRENGTH 2/15 STAMINA 2/15 AGILITY 2/8 DEXTERITY 2/6 FIGHTING 2/8 INTELLECT 4 AWARENESS 3/10 PRESENCE 3 Abilities Cost: 40	Lifting STR 18 6000 tons Flying SPD 4, 16 30 mph or 125,000 mph
DODGE (AGL) 4/10 PARRY (FGT) 4/10 FORTITUDE (STA) 2/15 TOUGHNESS (STA) 2/17 WILL (AWE) 5/12 Defense Cost: 6

Offense:


 Unarmed		+12	Close, Damage 15
 Psychokinetic Punch	+14	Ranged, Damage 14

INITIATIVE
+9

Notes:
While Messenger's parahuman abilities come from exposure to the pendant, the
 residual energies take a long time to wear off. This is a Quirk on the
 powers that are marked with an asterisk(*).
Blake works at Petrie College in the History Department and coaches the
 Field Hockey team.


Beginner's Luck
Jack-of-all-trades

Equipment 2

Close Attack 3
Ranged Attack 2
Advantages Cost: 3


Acrobatics	 9	 8	 1
Athletics	15	15	--
Unarmed Combat	 9	 8	 1
Deception	 3	 3	--
Expertise			  
 Teaching	 5	 4	 1
 Field Hockey	 5	 4	 1
 Classic Literature	 5	 4	 1
 History	 5	 4	 1
Insight		10	10	--

Intimidation	 3	 3	--
Investigation	 4	 4	--
Perception	10	10	--
Persuasion	 3	 3	--
Ranged Combat	 6	 6	--
Sleight of Hand	 6	 6	--
Stealth		 9	 9	--
Technology	 4	 3	--
Treatment	 4	 3	--
Vehicles	 6	10	--
Skills Cost: 3


 Strength of the Messenger: Enhanced Abilities* (Strength 13,		    52
	 Stamina 13), sustained; Enhanced STR 3, lifting only
 Deftness of the Messenger: Enhanced Traits* (Agility 6, Dexterity 4,	    46
	Awareness 7, Fighting6), sustained; Enhanced Advantages (Close
	Attack 3, Ranged Attack 2)
 Resilience of the Messenger: Immunity* - Life Support, Aging;		    27
	Protection* 2; Impervious Toughness* 17 (ignores 9)	
 Flight of the Messenger Array: Flight* 4			       7     8
  AE: Movement* (Space Flight, Environmental Adaptation - Zero G)      1
 Sight Beyond Sight: Sense - Vision Penetrates Concealment and		     5
	Extended 2*
 Mental Powers Array, Removable (-8) [hidden Pendant]			    32
  Brain Bolt: Ranged Damage 8, Perception, Resisted by Will	     32
  Psychokinetic Punch AE: Ranged Damage 14, Accurate 3 (+6)	      1
  Telepathy AE: Mind Reading 14					      1
  Psychokinesis: Move Object 10, Perception			      1
  Psychokinesis Area: Move Object 8, Burst, Selective		      1
  Psychoillusions: Illusions 14 (sight, Sound, Smell), Resisted       1
	By Will, One Target
  Psychoillusions Area: Illusions 10 (sight, sound), Resisted	      1
	By Will, Selective
  Cloak of Psychoinvisibility: Concealment 10,Resisted by Will,       1
	Precise
  Enhnaced Flight: Flight +12					      1
Powers Cost: 170

Devices Cost: 0

Total Cost: 223

Base Points: 224
Power Points Spent: 0		Power Points Total: 6		Hero Points:
Total Points: 223

Equipment:

 Power Crystal Shard from another dimension			      1
 CoJ Communicator COJ-046					      2
 Contribution to CoJ Bases					      1
 Contribution to CoJ Vehicles					      3

Known Background: John Blake discovered he was the victim of identity theft. Someone in New Orleans had gotten a driver's lisence and had obtained credit cards using John Blake's identity, but he left Blake's actual finances: his bank accounts, 401K, etc. alone. Further investigation led Blake to the Force d'Orleans Mansion in the Big Easy. There he met Johnathan Blake. This Blake was also the costumed adventurer known as Messenger. He had arrived in New Orleans more than a year earlier with no memory, just his costume, powers, and name. As he had regained his memory he had realised he was from a parallel Earth. As he regained more memory he recalled his true identity and he began to establish that identity on our world. It hadn't occurred to him that he might have a counterpart, a doppleganger native to this world. By now, Messenger's teammate Diamant had made some connections with the larger parahuman community. He made some calls. The English hero Doctor Tesseract, formerly of the Legion of Champions, came, and after some investigation, acertained which Earth Messenger was from. Together they arranged for Messenger to get home. Before leaving, though, Messenger decided that this Earth he's been on for the past several months still needed a Messenger. He gave his pendant with the meteorite shard to the John Blake native of our world, and this John Blake became the new and improved Messenger.

Personality: Messenger in new enough to the world of parahuman crimefighting that his personality is not yet known. What is known is that he lacks the arrogance his predacessor had had while his memory was gone (the only thing he knew for certain was that he was a powerful hero, and he focussed on that).

Powers/Tactics: The pendant Messenger wears under his costume draws on the mysterious energies of a meteorite that has been in the other Blake's family for generations. This energy bolsters his willpower and strengthens his body to a tremendous degree. It also allows him to fly at great speeds and to perform various telepathic and telekinetic feats. Still inexperienced, this Messenger is still learning the best ways to utelise these abilities.

Appearance: Messenger is 6’4", with dark hair and an athletic build. When he took posesseion of the pendant its glow changed from green to blue. As such, he made a similar colour adjustment to his uniform. The rest of his uniform is similar to the other Messenger's but with the red and white reversed, and the decorative belt gone.

Messenger II was created and designed by Jim Caswell, Ken Hallaron and Eric Grzywa; based on concepts created by Luke Wagner. He is played by Eric Grzywa.

© Copyright 2007, 2012 - Eric Grzywa, James Caswell, Kenneth G. Hallaron

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Last updated on 14 May 2012