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Jubilee, we come into the world alone -- and we leave the same way... the time we spend in-between... time spent alive, sharing, learning... together... is all that makes life worth living. - Jean Grey
MARVEL GIRL (JEAN GREY)
PL14
OPL: 14;
SPL: 3;
DPL: 12;
FWPL: 10;
HP: 1
Real Name: Jean Grey
Age: 32
Height: 5-9
Weight: 130
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
Skin: Fair
Race: Mutant
Identity: Public
Alignment: Hero
Status: Active
Occupation: Student; Adventurer
Base of Operations: Westchester County, NY, USA
Team Affiliations: X-Men
ABILITIES: STRENGTH 1, STAMINA 2, AGILITY 2, DEXTERITY 2, FIGHTING 5, INTELLECT 3, AWARENESS 7, PRESENCE 4
SKILLS: Athletics 2 (+3), Deception (+4/+6) [
Attractive], Expertise [Psychology] 2 (+5), Insight 6 (+13), Intimidation (+4), Perception 6 (+13), Persuasion 4 (+8/+10) [
Attractive], Ranged Combat [Telekinesis] 8 (+10), Stealth (+2), Technology 2 (+5), Vehicles 2 (+4)
ADVANTAGES: Attractive (1), Defensive Roll (2), Equipment (1), Extraordinary Effort, Languages (1) (Krakoan, 1 other, Base: English), Second Chance (1) (Will checks vs. Mind Control), Teamwork
POWERS:
Mind Shield: Enhanced Will 4 (Extra: Impervious 4, Flaw: Limited [Mental Powers only], Sustained); 4 pts
Aura Reading: Senses 3 (Detect Emotional and Physical State [Visual, Mental], Ranged); 4 pts
Mental Detection: Senses 5 (Detect Minds [Mental], Accurate, Acute, Ranged); 5 pts
Personal Force Field: Protection 9 (Flaw: Sustained), Impervious Toughness 11 (Flaw: Sustained); 20 pts
Telekinetic Flight: Flight 9 (1,000 mph/2 mpr; Extra: Subtle); 19 pts
Telepathic Array: 50 pt Dynamic Array; 60 pts
Mental Blast: Perception Ranged Psychic Damage 12 (Extra: Alternate Resistance [Will], Dynamic, Subtle); 50 pts
Telepathy: Mind Reading 12 (Extra: Effortless, Sensory Link, Dynamic); 2 pts
Mental Communication: Communication 4 (Mental, Worldwide; Extra: Area, Dynamic, Selective); 2 pts
Hallucinations: Illusion 9 (All Senses, Extra: Dynamic, Selective, Flaw: Limited [one subject], Resistible [Will]); 2 pts
Mind Control: Perception Ranged Cumulative Affliction 12 (Resisted/Overcome by Will; 1st: Dazed, 2nd: Compelled, 3rd: Controlled, Extra: Dynamic, Subtle); 2 pts
Astral Projection: Remote Sensing 20 (4000 miles; Visual, Auditory, Aural, Mental; Extra: Dynamic, Flaw: Side Effect [Physical Body is defenseless and immobile]); 2 pts
Telekinetic Array: 26 pt Dynamic Array; 30 pts
Telekinesis: Move Object 12 (Extra: Dynamic, Precise); 26 pts
Telekinesis Blast: Ranged Force Damage 12 (Extra: Dynamic); 2 pts
Telekinetic Objects: Create 12 (Force Objects; Extra: Dynamic); 2 pts
Omega Level Telepathy: Enhanced Telepathy Array 2 (Flaw: Uncontrolled); 4 pts
EQUIPMENT:
(5 pts)
Krakoan Tech Costume: Feature 1 (Quick Change); 1 pt
OFFENSE:
Initiative +2
Close Attack +5 [Unarmed +1]
Ranged Attack +2
Telekinesis +10 [Telekinetic Blast +12; Telekinesis Move Object +12; Telekinetic Objects Create +12]
Special Attack [Mind Control Affliction +12,
Perception; Omega Level Mind Control Affliction +14,
Perception; Mental Blast +12,
Perception; Omega Level Mental Blast +14,
Perception;]
DEFENSES:
Dodge +7 [DC17] Parry +7 [DC17]
Toughness +4 (+2 without Defensive Roll, +13 with Force Field, +6 Impervious with Force Field), Fortitude +6, Will +9 (+13 against Mental Effects)
COMPLICATIONS:
Dark Side: Just a little thing called the Dark Phoenix force…
Plot Device: Being avatar of the Phoenix Force may sometimes lead to universe spanning events.
Prejudice: Mutant.
Relationships: She had a long, off and on relationship with Scott Summers. She also has had a mutual attraction to Wolverine. She is close to her other First Class teammates as well as Storm and she sees Professor X as a father figure.
Responsibility: To Xavier's Dream.
Rivalry: With Emma Frost.
Abilities 52 + Skills 16 (32 ranks) + Advantages 8 + Powers 146 + Defenses 13 = 235 / 235
Build Comments: I'm glad the "real" Jean Grey is back in Marvel proper. I haven't read the mini-series chronicling her return nor X-Men Red but I hope they actually let her fulfill her non-Phoenix potential this time around. I did see the first panel where they did a take on the scene from Superman Returns where she's hovering high in the air, taking in thoughts from around the world. It was pretty freakin' awesome and a reminder of what Jean could be.
I statted her at PL13, right above Emma at PL12 and right below Professor X at PL14, but that could change. She always been touted as the most powerful psychic in the world even without the Phoenix Force but I prefer to keep Professor X at the top in my setting. For now.
Secret Origins: Jean's mutant powers of telepathy and telekinesis first manifest when her best friend is hit by a car and killed. Jean mentally links with her friend and nearly dies as well. The event leaves her comatose, and she is brought back to consciousness when her parents seek the help of powerful mutant telepath, Charles Xavier. Xavier blocks her telepathy until she is old enough to be able to control it, leaving her with access only to her telekinetic powers. Xavier later recruits her as a teenager to be part of his X-Men team as "Marvel Girl", the team's sole female member.
The Story so Far: After several missions with the X-Men, Xavier removes Jean's mental blocks and she is able to use and control her telepathic powers. She begins a relationship with teammate Cyclops (Scott Summers), which persists as her main romantic relationship, though she also develops a mutual secret attraction to later addition to the team, Wolverine.
During an emergency mission in space, the X-Men find their shuttle damaged. Jean pilots the shuttle back to Earth, but is exposed to fatal levels of radiation. Dying, but determined to save Cyclops and her friends, Jean calls out for help and is answered by the cosmic entity, the Phoenix Force. The Phoenix Force, the sum of all life in the universe, is moved by Jean's dedication and love and takes the form of a duplicate body to house Jean's psyche. In that instant, the Phoenix Force is overwhelmed and believes itself to be Jean Grey and places Jean's dying body in a healing cocoon. The ship crashes in Jamaica Bay, with the other X-Men unharmed. The Phoenix Force, as Jean Grey, emerges in a new green and gold costume and adopts the new codename "Phoenix", with immense cosmic powers. Meanwhile, the cocoon containing the real Jean Grey sinks to the bottom of the bay, unnoticed. Phoenix continues her life as Jean Grey with the other X-Men, joining them on missions and saving the universe.
During the "The Dark Phoenix Saga", Phoenix becomes overwhelmed and corrupted by her first taste of evil and transforms into a force of total destruction, called "Dark Phoenix", consuming a star, inadvertently killing the inhabitants of the star's planetary system, and jeopardizing the entire universe. However, Jean's personality manages to take control and Phoenix commits suicide to ensure the universe's safety.
Upon its suicide by way of a disintegration ray, the Phoenix Force disperses into its original form and a fragment locates the still-healing Jean at the bottom of Jamaica Bay. In trying to bond with her, Jean senses its memories of death and destruction as Dark Phoenix and rejects it, causing it to bond with and animate a lifeless clone of Jean Grey created by the villain Mister Sinister. Sinister created the clone to mate with Cyclops to create genetically superior mutants. Named "Madelyne Pryor", the unaware clone meets Cyclops in a situation engineered by Sinister and the two fall in love, marry, and have a child, Nathan Christopher Summers. Meanwhile, the cocoon is discovered and retrieved by the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Jean emerges with no memory of the actions of the Phoenix/Dark Phoenix. The Avengers and Fantastic Four tell her of what happened and that she was believed dead until now. She is reunited with the original X-Men, and convinces them to form the new superhero team X-Factor. Jean learns that Cyclops has romantically moved on with Madelyn, who is angered over his decision to lead X-Factor and neglect his family. Though Jean encourages Cyclops to return to Madelyne, he finds their house abandoned and assumes that Madelyne has left him and taken their infant son; Cyclops returns to X-Factor and he and Jean continue their relationship.
Madelyne eventually resurfaces with powers awakened by a demonic pact, calling herself the "Goblyn Queen". Learning of her true identity and purpose as a clone had driven her completely insane and she plans to sacrifice Nathan Christopher to achieve greater power and unleash Hell on Earth. While attempting to stop her, Jean is reunited with the other X-Men, who are happy to learn that she is alive, particularly Wolverine, reminding Jean of her unaddressed feelings for him. Jean and Madelyne confront each other, and Madelyne attempts to kill them both. Jean manages to survive only by absorbing the remnant of the Phoenix Force housed within Madelyne, giving her both Madelyne's memories and the Phoenix's memories from "The Dark Phoenix Saga".
When X-Factor unites with the X-Men, Jean joins the Gold Team, led by her best friend Storm. During this time, she no longer uses a codename, instead being referred to by her civilian name. After some time, she decides to take control of her life, proposes to Cyclops and the two marry. Soon after, Jean adopts the codename "Phoenix" once again to establish it as a symbol of good after all the bad it had caused. Meanwhile, her psychic and telekinetic abilities begin to grow and she begins using the iconic green and gold Phoenix costume again.
Following Cyclops' possession by the mutant villain Apocalypse and apparent death, Jean continues with the X-Men, but is distraught by the loss of her husband. She later learns that she is an "Omega-level" mutant with unlimited potential. Jean begins to suspect that Cyclops may still be alive and with the help of Nathan Christopher Summers, now the artificially aged superhero Cable is able to locate and free Cyclops of his possession by Apocalypse. The couple return to the X-Men as part of the Xavier Institute's teaching staff to a new generation of mutants. While Jean finds she is slowly able to tap into the powers of the Phoenix Force once again, her marriage to Scott begins to fail.
Jean and Wolverine address their long-unspoken mutual attraction, deciding it is best not to act on their feelings; Cyclops grows further alienated from Jean due to her growing powers and institute responsibilities and seeks consolation from the telepathic Emma Frost to address his disillusionment and his experiences while possessed by Apocalypse. These therapy sessions lead to a "psychic affair" between Scott and Emma. Jean's discovery of the psychic affair results in a confrontation between her and Emma, though ultimately Jean realizes that her marriage to Scott has run its course and that Emma truly loves him.
In a final confrontation with a traitor at the institute (the X-Men's teammate Xorn, posing as Magneto) Jean fully realizes and assumes complete control of the powers of the Phoenix Force, but is killed in a last-ditch lethal attack by Xorn. Jean dies, telling Scott "to live." However, after her funeral, Scott rejects Emma and her offer to run the school together.
What no one else realized is that Jean had becomes the fully realized White Phoenix of the Crown. Seeing a vision of a dystopian future caused by Scott’s decision, she used the abilities of the Phoenix Force to influence Cyclops to accept Emma's love and her offer to run the school together. Jean then reconciles with Cyclops and fully bonds with the Phoenix Force and ascends to a higher plane of existence called the "White Hot Room". Though she had yet to fully return, the Phoenix Force continued to manifest itself, particularly through the red-haired, green-eyed "mutant messiah" Hope Summers, and Jean briefly appeared in a vision to Emma Frost from the White Hot Room, telling the X-Men to "prepare."
When the Phoenix Force returned to Earth and was seemingly destroyed by Hope Summers and the Scarlet Witch, the resulting explosion broke the psychic dimensional walls of the White Hot Room, allowing Jean to return to life. She and The Phoenix Force had a stand off that resulted in The Phoenix Force agreeing to leave her alone. For now...
Characterization: Jean is one of the most polarizing figures on the planet. Some see her as one of the greatest heroes of all time; others see her as one of the most dangerous entities in the universe. Only time will tell which, if either, is true.
Friends and Foes: Jean is close to her X-Men teammates, being particularly close to her “First Class” teammates, Iceman, Beast, Angel and of course, her former lover, Cyclops. She is best friends with Storm and remains close to Wolverine and Professor X. She and Scott are on good terms now, and she even seems to be getting along with Emma Frost, even though she watches her with a very leery eye. And she is not alone in that…