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Dynamo - PL 10
James (Jim) Galen
Age: 32 Height: 6' 2" Weight: 200lbs Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
Strength 1, Stamina 2, Agility 2, Dexterity 2, Fighting 4, Intellect 2, Awareness 1, Presence 1
Advantages
Close Attack 6, Contacts, Defensive Roll 2, Evasion 2, Ranged Attack 8
Skills
Athletics 4 (+5), Expertise: Electrician 6 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+6), Insight 2 (+3), Intimidation 4 (+5), Investigation 4 (+6), Perception 6 (+7), Persuasion 4 (+5), Technology 4 (+6)
Powers
Electrical Form: Insubstantial 3 (Energy) 15pp
Electromagnetic Field: Force Field 6 (+6 Toughness) 6pp
Energy Control: Energy Control 10 (DC 25, ranged damage, 250/500/1000 feet) 24pp
Alt: Electrical Arc: Dazzle 10 (Alternate; Affects Sense: visual, Resisted by: Fortitude, DC 20, ranged damage, 250/500/1000 feet)
Alt: Static Electricity: Move Object 10 (Alternate; 25 tons; Limited Material: Ferrous Metals, ranged 250/500/1000 feet)
Alt: Taser: Cumulative Affliction 10 (Alternate; 1st degree: Dazed, 2nd degree: Stunned, 3rd degree: Incapacitated, Resisted by: Fortitude, DC 20; Cumulative, Close Damage Attack)
Alt: Teleport: Teleport 10 (Alternate; 4 miles in a move action, carrying 50 lbs.; Accurate; Medium: Electrical wiring)
Immunity: Immunity 10 (Common Descriptor: Electricity; Limited - Half Effect) 5pp
Immunity: Immunity 2 (Disease, Poison; Limited - Half Effect) 1pp
Senses: Senses 1 (Low-light Vision) 1pp
Offense
Initiative +2
Electrical Arc: Dazzle 10 (Ranged Damage), +10 (DC Fort 20)
Energy Control: Energy Control 10 (Ranged Damage), +10 (DC 25)
Grab, +10 (DC Spec 11)
Static Electricity: Move Object 10, +10 (DC 20)
Taser: Cumulative Affliction 10 (Close Attack), +10 (DC Fort 20)
Throw, +10 (DC 16)
Unarmed, +10 (DC 16)
Languages
English
Defense
Dodge 10, Parry 10, Fortitude 10, Toughness 10/2, Will 9
Power Points
Abilities 30 + Powers 52 + Advantages 19 + Skills 19 (38 ranks) + Defenses 30 = 150
Complications:
Power Loss: Dynamo loses his powers when immersed in water or covered in an electrical insulator such as rubber.
Relationship: Ex-Wife Lisa Galen and children Jeff and Amanda.
Identity: Dynamo’s real identity is known by law enforcement and the hero community.
[sblock=Background]
Jim was just a regular guy, married with 2 kids, and working as an electrician. Everything changed one fateful day when he was working at a job site. There was a fight going on nearby between Captain Incredible and the villain Dr. Photon. Most of the other guys on the job site had gone to watch. Jim had no desire to goof off like that. He was being paid to work and that's what he did.
Jim continued to work even when the sounds of battle drew closer. He had just finished completing the wiring and had turned the main breaker on when Captain Incredible came crashing through the building and into Jim, knocking both of them into the live electrical box. As the electricity coursed through his body, Jim watched as Captain Incredible simply got up and went back to continue the fight.
Minutes later, the fight was over and the rest of the guys came back into the building. When they saw Jim laying on the floor, near death, they called emergency services. Jim was rushed to the hospital where he eventually recovered. While he recovered, he developed an intense hatred for Captain Incredible. Not only had the hero caused the accident in the first place, he didn't bother to stay around and make sure he was okay. To add to the insult, the hero never bothered to visit him in the hospital.
Within weeks after his release, Jim began to discover he had some new and powerful abilities. He was scared of these new abilities and they frightened his family. Jim wanted nothing more than to get rid of these abilities and have his life return to normal.
Through sheer luck, he came into contact with a Dr Markus. He told Jim that he could help him with his problem but it would take time and a lot of money. Jim agreed and, in desperation, robbed a bank to get enough money for a down payment on the treatments. After that initial theft, Jim decided he needed a better disguise in order to protect is family. He created the identity of Dynamo.
Over time, he started robbing more and more banks, ATMs, and armored cars. During one of these heists, he encountered Captain Incredible. Jim's hatred for the hero took over and the two battled. Jim was able to escape the hero by turning himself into living electricity and entering nearby power lines.
The two would clash a couple more times before Jim was captured and put into a special jail cell. His family found out what he had been doing. They were devastated. His wife left him and filed for divorce. Not only that, she got a restraining order against him.
As Jim sat in jail, awaiting trial, his hatred of Captain Incredible grew even more. He blamed the hero for the loss of his family, believing that if he had not caused the accident that gave Jim powers, then his wife would never have left him.
Jim was broken out of jail one day by Dr. Photon. Even though the man was a villain, Jim was grateful. After all, this would give Jim the chance to continue with his treatments and hopefully be cured. What he didn't know was that Dr. Markus and Dr. Photon were the same person. Dr. Markus was not trying to cure Jim, he had been working on increasing his power for the sole reason of defeating Captain Incredible once and for all.
Not long after, the aliens came. Everything changed after that day.
During another robbery, this time of a diamond shipment, the aliens grabbed Jim. He found himself powerless and restrained on some sort of spaceship. His fate unknown, Jim could only hope his family was safe.
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James (Jim) Galen
Age: 32 Height: 6' 2" Weight: 200lbs Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
Strength 1, Stamina 2, Agility 2, Dexterity 2, Fighting 4, Intellect 2, Awareness 1, Presence 1
Advantages
Close Attack 6, Contacts, Defensive Roll 2, Evasion 2, Ranged Attack 8
Skills
Athletics 4 (+5), Expertise: Electrician 6 (+8), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+6), Insight 2 (+3), Intimidation 4 (+5), Investigation 4 (+6), Perception 6 (+7), Persuasion 4 (+5), Technology 4 (+6)
Powers
Electrical Form: Insubstantial 3 (Energy) 15pp
Electromagnetic Field: Force Field 6 (+6 Toughness) 6pp
Energy Control: Energy Control 10 (DC 25, ranged damage, 250/500/1000 feet) 24pp
Alt: Electrical Arc: Dazzle 10 (Alternate; Affects Sense: visual, Resisted by: Fortitude, DC 20, ranged damage, 250/500/1000 feet)
Alt: Static Electricity: Move Object 10 (Alternate; 25 tons; Limited Material: Ferrous Metals, ranged 250/500/1000 feet)
Alt: Taser: Cumulative Affliction 10 (Alternate; 1st degree: Dazed, 2nd degree: Stunned, 3rd degree: Incapacitated, Resisted by: Fortitude, DC 20; Cumulative, Close Damage Attack)
Alt: Teleport: Teleport 10 (Alternate; 4 miles in a move action, carrying 50 lbs.; Accurate; Medium: Electrical wiring)
Immunity: Immunity 10 (Common Descriptor: Electricity; Limited - Half Effect) 5pp
Immunity: Immunity 2 (Disease, Poison; Limited - Half Effect) 1pp
Senses: Senses 1 (Low-light Vision) 1pp
Offense
Initiative +2
Electrical Arc: Dazzle 10 (Ranged Damage), +10 (DC Fort 20)
Energy Control: Energy Control 10 (Ranged Damage), +10 (DC 25)
Grab, +10 (DC Spec 11)
Static Electricity: Move Object 10, +10 (DC 20)
Taser: Cumulative Affliction 10 (Close Attack), +10 (DC Fort 20)
Throw, +10 (DC 16)
Unarmed, +10 (DC 16)
Languages
English
Defense
Dodge 10, Parry 10, Fortitude 10, Toughness 10/2, Will 9
Power Points
Abilities 30 + Powers 52 + Advantages 19 + Skills 19 (38 ranks) + Defenses 30 = 150
Complications:
Power Loss: Dynamo loses his powers when immersed in water or covered in an electrical insulator such as rubber.
Relationship: Ex-Wife Lisa Galen and children Jeff and Amanda.
Identity: Dynamo’s real identity is known by law enforcement and the hero community.
[sblock=Background]
Jim was just a regular guy, married with 2 kids, and working as an electrician. Everything changed one fateful day when he was working at a job site. There was a fight going on nearby between Captain Incredible and the villain Dr. Photon. Most of the other guys on the job site had gone to watch. Jim had no desire to goof off like that. He was being paid to work and that's what he did.
Jim continued to work even when the sounds of battle drew closer. He had just finished completing the wiring and had turned the main breaker on when Captain Incredible came crashing through the building and into Jim, knocking both of them into the live electrical box. As the electricity coursed through his body, Jim watched as Captain Incredible simply got up and went back to continue the fight.
Minutes later, the fight was over and the rest of the guys came back into the building. When they saw Jim laying on the floor, near death, they called emergency services. Jim was rushed to the hospital where he eventually recovered. While he recovered, he developed an intense hatred for Captain Incredible. Not only had the hero caused the accident in the first place, he didn't bother to stay around and make sure he was okay. To add to the insult, the hero never bothered to visit him in the hospital.
Within weeks after his release, Jim began to discover he had some new and powerful abilities. He was scared of these new abilities and they frightened his family. Jim wanted nothing more than to get rid of these abilities and have his life return to normal.
Through sheer luck, he came into contact with a Dr Markus. He told Jim that he could help him with his problem but it would take time and a lot of money. Jim agreed and, in desperation, robbed a bank to get enough money for a down payment on the treatments. After that initial theft, Jim decided he needed a better disguise in order to protect is family. He created the identity of Dynamo.
Over time, he started robbing more and more banks, ATMs, and armored cars. During one of these heists, he encountered Captain Incredible. Jim's hatred for the hero took over and the two battled. Jim was able to escape the hero by turning himself into living electricity and entering nearby power lines.
The two would clash a couple more times before Jim was captured and put into a special jail cell. His family found out what he had been doing. They were devastated. His wife left him and filed for divorce. Not only that, she got a restraining order against him.
As Jim sat in jail, awaiting trial, his hatred of Captain Incredible grew even more. He blamed the hero for the loss of his family, believing that if he had not caused the accident that gave Jim powers, then his wife would never have left him.
Jim was broken out of jail one day by Dr. Photon. Even though the man was a villain, Jim was grateful. After all, this would give Jim the chance to continue with his treatments and hopefully be cured. What he didn't know was that Dr. Markus and Dr. Photon were the same person. Dr. Markus was not trying to cure Jim, he had been working on increasing his power for the sole reason of defeating Captain Incredible once and for all.
Not long after, the aliens came. Everything changed after that day.
During another robbery, this time of a diamond shipment, the aliens grabbed Jim. He found himself powerless and restrained on some sort of spaceship. His fate unknown, Jim could only hope his family was safe.
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