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| Desert Ghost[PL 12] 187pp Concept: A charismatic Vietnamese bad boy who has escaped a dark past to come to America and start over. Appearance: Male Asian, 17 years old, 5’10”, 180 lbs, short spiky black hair, when not wearing his protective armor, he dresses in t-shirts, leather jackets, leather gloves, and blue jeans with boots. SKILLS
SKILLS
Acrobatics [5] +8, Bluff [7] +9, Computers [8] +10, Concentration [3] +5, Diplomacy [2] +4, Drive [5] +8, Escape Artist [2] +5, Gather Information [2] +4, Intimidate [5] +7, Knowledge – Art [2] +5, Knowledge - Pop Culture [5] +8, Knowledge - Streetwise [5] +8, Knowledge - Technology [7] +10, Language 2 (English, Vietnamese, Korean), Notice [5] +7, Search [5] +8, Sense Motive [7] +9, Sleight of Hand [2] +4, Stealth [5] +7, Survival [2] +4, Swim [7] +9.
92 ranks total
Subtotal: 23 pp.
FEATS
FEATS
Accurate Attack, Attack Focus (melee) 2, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll [4], Equipment 1, Improved Disarm, Improved Grab, Improved Pin, Improved Trip, Luck, Stunning Attack.
Subtotal: 14pp.
POWERS POWERS Corrosion 16 3pp/rank [affects objects, full action] 48pp. Alt. Power-Healing 9 [energizing, action: standard, total] 5pp/rank Regeneration 8 [+7 bonus (total +9), Resurrection: 1 week; Drawback-Noticeable (cocoon)]. 1pp/rank 7pp. Device 2. [hard to lose-Armored mask, vest, shirt, boots and gloves; Protection 5. [Impervious] 4pp/rank 8pp. Subtotal: 63 pp.
Back Story: Spoiler:
Xi'an Chi Xan, or "X" to his American friends, led a very rough life in Vietnam. The son of poor field hands, he only ever aspired to farm once he was old enough to help-and that was at a young enough age. However, when officials discovered that his father had been keeping back too many crops in order to feed the family, they came to arrest him. Xi'an grabbed the arm of the officer, and as he did, the boy's arm grew black and grainy like sand, and the officer faded away, falling apart molecule by molecule. Eventually a organized crime syndicate heard of this ability and, fearing for their son's life and fearing him, Xi'an's parents gave him to the syndicate, known as The Lawless. From the time Xi'an was 12 until just before his 15th birthday, he served the lawless, touching vault doors and breaking them down...or even threatening shop-owners not keeping back what the Lawless felt was their due. They trained him extensively in defensive martial arts, letting his amazing hand do the rest. They also gave him the name Desert Ghost, as he was brought to the enemies of the lawless from no where, and frightened them with his corrupting and disintegrating touch. They had custom protective armor designed, both to protect him and to keep him from touching anything that he didn't want to disintegrate. Eventually, the Vietnamese government caught the lawless in a massive raid, and Xi'an was gunned down by his own country. When he awoke in the morgue, he found the remains of a cocoon surrounding him and all of his wounds healed...he also found that his left hand now glowed with a soft white light as beautiful as his right hand was hideous. He pulled one last job to keep his pockets well lined, snuck onto a ship that dropped him in Korea where he stayed for a year, taken in by a family that was sympathetic to this young man so full of promise. Eventually, he discovered Xavier's school and agents of Xavier brought him to America, where he has quickly assimilated American culture and made himself comfortably surrounded by computers, technology, and sports cars. Despite his cool demenour, he has completely bought into Professor X's vision, and is very loyal to him--though he still occasionally has nightmares about the things he has done in the past and hopes he'll never snap and resort to doing those things again.
Real Version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_%28comics%29
Last edited by ShaggySpellsword; 27th April 2008 at 09:32 PM..
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