Charger (2.0)
Sunstorm
PL 7/ PP 140 (Unspent 0)
(135 base; +2pp 10/25/22; +2pp 10/23/23; +1pp 11/21/2023)
-HP: 1
Real name: Victoria Agnieska Pulaski
Codename/nickname/other aliases: Vickie, Vex
Concept/archetype: Flight speedster (Kinetic energy control)
Gender: female
Age: 18 (first year student/ athlete at U Chicago)
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 135
Hair: light reddish-brown, VERY frizzy, currently quite short
Eyes: hazel
Skin: golden brown, dusted with freckles (biracial)
GAME STATS:
Abilities: (52 pp)
STR 0 / STA 5 / DEX 1 / AGI 6
FGT 4 / INT 4 / AWE 4 / PRE 2
Defenses: (6 pp)
Toughness: +5 (STA +5, +0pp)(+6 with Force Field)
Parry: +6 (FGT 4, +2pp)(+8 flying)
Dodge: +6 (AGI 6, +0pp)(+8 flying)
Fortitude: +5 (STA 5, +0pp)
Will: +8 (AWE 4, +4pp)
Immunity: disease, poison
Immunity (Half effect): Natural aging, need for sleep, fear, interaction effects
Offense:
Initiative: +10
Close attack: +4
Ranged attack: +1
>Specific attacks:
-Basic unarmed: +4, DC 15 (+0); close, crit 20
-Kinetic strike: +8, DC 21 (+6), Close (5ft reach), Crit 20
-Kinetic pulse: +8, DC 16 Fort/ Affliction, Close (5ft reach); Crit 20
-Kinetic lance: DC 17 dodge, DC 22/18 Toughness resist; 5x30 ft line/ close; (Damaging Move Object 7)
Skills: (10 pp= 20 sp)
>Trained: Acrobatics +7 (1sp; flying +15); Athletics +7 (1sp); Insight +5 (1sp); Investigation +5 (1sp); Perception +5 (1sp); Stealth +7 (1sp); Technology +5 (1sp)
>Combat skills: Ranged combat (throwing) +2 (1sp); Close combat (unarmed) +4 (0sp); Close combat (kinetic array) +6 (2sp)
>Expertise skills: Profession- student +5 (1sp); Business (finance/accounting) +6 (2sp); Sports/fitness +5 (1sp); Survival +5 (1sp); Area knowledge (Chicago) +5 (1sp); Geek culture +5 (1sp); Law +5 (1sp); Science (Physics) +5 (1sp); Profession: Video production +5 (1sp)
>Untrained: Deception +2, Intimidate +2, Persuasion +2, Sleight of hand +1, Treatment +4, Vehicles +1
Advantages: (10 pp)
>Base: Benefit x1 (Ambidexterity); Benefit x1 (Athletics skill based on AGI); Equipment x3; Evasion x1; Great endurance; Luck x1; Move-by action; Skill mastery x1 (Athletics)
>Campaign bonus (Free from PRE 2): Attractive x1; Language x1 (Spanish)
>Equipment 3 (15ep): Smartphone with police scanner app, burner phone (Batphone), multitool, Go-pro video camera/recorder, Laptop with video editing suite, emergency parachute (Safe-Fall, 1 use), "Her Parents' Cabin" (HQ: Tiny size -1, Isolated 1, Power system (solar/wind/generator) 1, Living quarters 1, Secret 2, Grounds (forest, mostly) 1; 5ep total)
>Non-points "equipment": Costume (modified ski-racing bodysuit), light helmet with Go-Pro mount, tandem skydiving harness
>Enhanced Advantages (bought as Powers): Improved initiative x1; Quick draw, Uncanny dodge, Favored environment (flying/ open air); (+Others, dependent on array selection)
POWERS: (62pp)
>Natural talents (Not really Powers):
-Senses 1: Direction sense; (1pp)
-Mental discipline: Immunity 6 (half effect)- Fear (1), Interaction effects (5); (3pp)
>Healing factor:
-Regeneration 1; (1pp)
-Immunity 2: Disease, Poison; (2pp)
-Immunity 2 (half effect): Natural aging, need for sleep; (1pp)
>Built for speed:
-Superspeed 1 (Speed, Quickness, Improved Initiative); (3pp)
-Senses 2: Vision (Rapid1, Extended 1); (2pp)
-Speed-vantages: Enhanced Advantages 2 (Quick draw, Uncanny dodge); (2pp)
>Force field:
-Protection 1; (1pp)
-Immunity 3 (Friction heat, own slams), linked to Protection; (3pp)
-Immunity 4 (Half effect)(Need to breath- all/2; Environment- cold; Environment- low pressure), linked to Protection; (2pp)
>Basic kinetic control (Array)(6pp base, +1 AE)
-Lift it: Flight 2, +Precise, +Subtle 1 (unusual senses); (4+1+1= 6pp, base power)
-(AE) Move it: Move object 2, +Precise, +Subtle 1 (unusual sense); (4+1+1= 6pp; +1pp/ AE)
-Feature 1: Dramatic wind; (1pp)
-Enhanced Advantage 1: Favored environment- Flying (open air); (1pp)
-Senses 1: Awareness (Kinetic); (1pp)
>Advanced kinetic control (Array)(20+1+2+2+2+2+1= 30pp total)
-Agile flight (Base power; Dynamic): (20pp Base, +1 Dynamic)
-Fast flight (AE; Dynamic): (20pp; +2pp/ DAE)
-Kinetic control field (AE; Dynamic): (19pp; +2pp/ DAE)
-Kinetic strike (AE; Dynamic): (11pp; +2pp/ DAE)
-Kinetic Pulse (AE; Dynamic): (8pp; +2pp/ DAE)
-Kinetic Lance (AE; Dynamic): (16pp; +1pp/ AE)
1. Agile flight:
(5x2= 10+1+2+2+3+2= 20pp; +2pp/ DAE)
-Enhanced Flight +5 (7 total; 250 mph); (2 x5= 10)
-Feature: Perfect maneuverability; (1pp)
-Enhanced Defenses 4 (Dodge +2, Parry +2); Limited- only while flying; (2pp)
-Enhanced Skills 4 (Acrobatics +8); Limited- only while flying; (2pp)
-Enhanced Advantages 6 (Agile feint, Evasion +1, Fascinate- Acrobatics, Improved Defense, Set-up x1, Skill mastery- Acrobatics); Limited- only while flying; (3pp)
-Movement 1 (Sure-footed x1); (2pp)
2. Rapid flight:
(7x2= 14-1+4-1+2+2= 20pp; +2pp/ DAE)
-Enhanced Flight +7 (9 total; 1000mph), -Quirk; Flight loses Precise, Subtle 1; (2 x7= 14, -1)
-+Enhanced Flight +4 (Stacks; 13 total; 16000mph), -Distracting, -Quirk: must have Force Field active; (2-1= 1 per rank x4= 4,-1)
-Movement 1: Environmental adaptation- high altitude; (2pp)
-Enhanced Immunities 4 (raised from base half effect to full): Need to breath (all/ 2), Environmental cold, environmental Low pressure/ Vacuum; (+2pp)
3. Kinetic Control Field:
(2x3= 6+2+1+1 +3+1 +5= 19pp base, +2pp/DAE)
-Move Object 2, +Area 1 (Burst 1; 30ft), +Selective, -Reduced Range (close, burst centered on self); +F Affects insubstantial 2 (full power), +F Precise, +f Subtle 1 (Unusual senses); (2+1+1-1= 3pp per rank x4= 12, +2+1+1)
-Kinetic Siphon: Environment 1 (Impede movement -2), +Selective, +F Subtle 1 (unusual senses); (2+1= 3pp per rank x1= 3, +1)
-Immunity 5: Bullets/ballistic damage, -Sustained; (5pp)(Maybe a Deflect/physical projectiles, someday?)
This trick, from Neo, at about 0:27 in the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXGE0vuuaDo
4. Kinetic strike:
(6+1+1+3= 11pp; +2pp/ DAE; 9pp left)
-Close damage 6 (force), +F: Accurate x1, +Feature 1 (Reach 1; 5ft); (6+1+1= 8pp)
-Enhanced Advantage 3: Improved Smash, Takedown x2; (3pp)
6. Kinetic pulse:
(6+1+1= 8pp; +2pp/ DAE; 12pp left)
-Affliction 6 (close), +Extra condition, -Limited degree, +F: Accurate x1, +Feature 1 (Reach 1; 5ft); (6+1+1= 8pp)
Resist= FORT 16, Recover= FORT 16; Dazed +Impaired/ Stunned +Disabled
7. Kinetic lance:
(14+1+1= 16pp; +2pp/ DAE; 4pp left)
-Move Object 7, -Reduced Range (Close), -Limited: only to push away, +Damaging, +Area 1 (Line 1, 5x30 ft), +Feat: Affects insubstantial 1 (half power), +Feat (Split x1; fires from hands)
>Background:
-History: Waldomir ("Wally") Pulaski was a nerdy Polish kid from Passaic, who went across the river to Fordham for college. He came back and settled down just a few blocks from where he had been raised- but now he had a degree in Accounting and a Dominican wife, who he had met at her family's diner during his breakfast sojourns in college. Some people looked at them askance, and every once in a while there was an uncomfortable moment- but Wally and Maria were obviously very much in love. And Wally was very, very good at his job. In ten years, he had left the firm and started his own office- and he and his wife had a daughter, Victoria Agnieska (named after both of her grandmothers). In another ten years, they had left the bustling city behind and moved out near Princeton- Wally could see the sense of leaving the densely populated city behind, but he couldn't bear to leave New Jersey entirely. He was successful enough to semi-retire, operating a small 'boutique' office for select clients, and his wife began to dabble in real estate- life was pretty good. The family liked to take vacations to the Adirondacks (enough to buy a cabin there), and all of them had a healthy appreciation for a quiet hike in the forest.
Vickie went to the local Catholic school for elementary and middle school, but was shipped off to private school when it was time for high school. She was an excellent student, as well as an avid runner- and in high school, she moved from track to cross country; running by herself through the woods was her own time, when she let the pressures of school (and her more-than-a-bit overbearing parents) just wash away. By her junior year, she was All-State in both Cross Country (fall) and Track (1500 and 3000 meters; Spring), though the spring season (early 2020) was marred by COVID protocols. That fall, she started her senior year, and college applications were front and center. Her parents lobbied for places close to home- Rutgers or Princeton, or even her father's alma mater in the City. But Vickie had enjoyed living away from her parents, and she didn't really want to go back. She was accepted on a (partial) athletic scholarship to the University of Chicago. In early 2021, she narrowly missed the final round of tryouts for the US Olympic team- but that was good enough to intrigue her soon-to-be coach at UChicago. She also graduated in the top ten percent of her class- and she was planning on majoring in business and accounting; she had seen first-hand what a good career that could offer, and there had to be a solid plan when she started to slow down...
Her first semester was pretty good, but living in a real city was a big adjustment- as a student and an athlete, she did fairly well (but just barely okay by her own standards). She had planned to go home for Winter Break and Christmas, but her parents both got COVID just as she was finishing her finals. Both of them ended up with mild cases, but none of them wanted to risk unnecessary exposure. Luckily the University had set up one of the residence halls to house all the students who were unable to travel home over break- as a last-minute "stay over", Vickie got a room on the top floor (but at last it was a single, and that gave her an excuse to use the stairs while the gym was closed, to get a head start on next semester's class reading, and to binge all the shows and movie she had missed during fall semester).
Christmas was kind of miserable- her first big holiday alone, seeing her parents through the magic of Zoom- but they had express shipped her presents, including a pretty sweet set of hiking and camping gear for next summer's family vacation (not much serious hiking to be had in Chicago-land...). And her roommate (a Chicago native) showed up with a foil-wrapped plate of food (not a real Christmas dinner, but much better than dorm food), so things weren't all bad. The 'stay-over' students had kind of a party in the residence hall for New Years and Vickie, never a real party animal, had woken up the day next day as miserable as you could imagine. After lunch she burrowed back into bed with some hot tea and her laptop- only to wake up three days later...
Complications:
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Thrills (maybe just a bit...): While she is generally sensible and down-to-earth, she does like to move fast and Do Stuff. It is kind of fun, and paradoxically relaxing (when she is running, she can get lost in the moment, and let the pressures and demands of the rest of her life take a back seat for a bit). Only now she can move a lot faster, and Do a lot more Stuff- will she get addicted to the the thrills that her new powers offer?
Do good, help people (Secondary Motivation): Vickie is a friendly and cheerful person, who enjoys being helpful- and could get into all kinds of trouble by jumping in to help without assessing the situation first. She would have made an awesome Boy Scout, if they weren't still so hung up on
tiny little details. Vickie, like many college students, has also developed a fondness for social causes- she is always up for a good protest march, and loves to cheer for the underdog, to fight discrimination, and to stand up against bullies of all sorts. In addition, she realizes that she has had a pretty good life- and feels she has to pay back some of that karma every once in a while. In general she is loyal, dependable and generally sensible- but also stubborn and more than a little competitive...
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Kinetic potential (power loss): Vickie doesn't generate the kinetic energy that she uses (or at least, no more than a normal person generates through normal movement)- she absorbs and redirects the energy (and potential energy) in the world around her. She can, to some degree, store some of that absorbed energy within herself, but not an infinite amount. In a contained environment (without a lot of availabe environmental energy), she could conceivably use up her stored reservoir of energy, leaving her abilities weakened or curtailed. Once she is in a more normal setting, she could probably recharge quite quickly (using her Kinetic Siphon ability).
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Melo-Dramatic wind (Accident): The same air movement that can work to her advantage for a dramatic entrance or stunt can also work against her. Particularly when she is angry or stressed (even a 'pleasant' stress, like the attention of somebody cute), things around her are subject to a sudden burst of air- enough to slam doors, scatter papers or hats, or upset someone's tray in the lunchroom. It isn't enough to actually HURT anyone, but it can make quite a mess, and it definitely draws attention in her direction. It was an expression of this issue which first clued her in to the fact that she was, well,
different now...
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Prejudice (Racism- among other things): Vickie is a light-skinned biracial girl, and she has grown up in a pretty white environment. But, well, some racists are just gonna racist, and even golden brown is brown enough to set them off. In addition, after years of uncertainty and discomfort, Vickie is increasingly certain that she isn't straight- and she isn't really sure how to handle this development...
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RP Hooks (not full Complications):
-Family matters (Responsibility):
-Parents: Vickie is pretty sure that her parents are some of the most boring people ever created, and are staunchly conservative (small c, not Conservative). They believe in planning and preparation, and that hard work should be well rewarded, but that laziness should not be indulged. They are happy that she got into a good school, and that she has developed a sensible plan for her life- but they are overbearing, high-pressure people (at least in private- most of their friends probably think of them as sensibly relaxed). They have an agreement where they will pay for her college expenses as long as she maintains her scholarship- but if she loses it, she will have to take up her own student loans, even if they COULD pay for her). Both of them enjoy the outdoors, and family vacations usually involve hiking and other outdoor recreation- they don't enjoy bare-bones camping very much though. Father: Wally Pulaski, age 48 (semi-retired accountant); Mother: Maria (Ortiz) Pulaski (housewife, part-time real estate agent).
-Kind of geeky, for an accountant: During a crucial portion of her childhood, her father's office was located above the local comic book shop, and Vickie got hooked early. The comics (and later movies) came out of her own allowance and chore money though, because her parents are BORING. She drifts into and out of comics on a regular basis, but rarely misses a superhero movie or TV show- and like any fan of such material she has some strong opinions about a few things.
-Roommate: (Rashida Muhammad) Also on the track team (a long-distance runner), but not nearly as serious a student. A native of the Chicago area, and proud of it, a first-generation college student. She is from a Muslim family, but they are not terribly observant- Rashida usually only goes to mosque on important holidays, but she did drag Vickie along a few times during their first semester; in return Vickie introduced her to the glories of Polish food (of which Chicago has PLENTY). In the aftermath of the Sunstorm, Rashida has decided to drop out of college, but is Vickie's best friend in town, and doesn't live that far away from campus- Vickie has been know to "stop by" when she needs a break from academic stress.
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Description: Vickie is just a tiny bit over average height and has a lean, well-toned build- the term "sleek" has been used to describe her. She has golden-brown skin, lightly dotted with freckles on her face and shoulders; hazel eyes, and reddish-brown hair (which is fine and very, very frizzy; she has recently taken to wearing it quite short, as it easily becomes unmanageable). For in-person classes or any kind of school function, she tends to dress in a "private school" style, a habit she is very much used to. On her own time, she prefers functional athletic-style clothes (shorts or leggings, hooded sweatshirt with a U-Chicago logo); she also has an array of very functional outdoorsy, hiking-type clothes (though there isn't much use for them in Chicago-Land). By early March, she has obtained an honest-to-goodness costume- a modified ski-racing bodysuit, dark grey with silver accents, with a full hood, balaclava style mask, and ski goggles; sensible black combat boots, gloves, and a tightly-packed emergency parachute complete the outfit. She also routinely wears a lightweight plastic helmet with a mounted Go-Pro video recorder when flying around.
>Point Accounting: Abilities 52pp; +Defenses 6pp; +Skills 10pp; +Advantages 8pp; +Powers 59pp= 135/ 135pp
>+2PP (10/25/22): Skills +2 (1pp), Expertise- Science (Physics) +5 (1sp), Expertise- Law +5 (1sp)
+Advantage +1: Equipment +1 (2 total)
>+2PP (10/23/23): Advantage +1 Equipment +1 (3 total); +Add AE to Array: Kinetic lance
>+1PP (11/21/2023): Shift Kinetic lance AE to Dynamic AE