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<blockquote data-quote="Samnell" data-source="post: 1691276" data-attributes="member: 130">Thanks to Mimic, who's formatting I'm stealing without any shame or guilt.&nbsp; &nbsp; Teslan&nbsp;&nbsp; PL: 10&nbsp;&nbsp; Name: Jan Sverak&nbsp;&nbsp; Size: Medium&nbsp;&nbsp; Gender: Male&nbsp;&nbsp; Age: 25&nbsp;&nbsp; Height: 5'9&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Weight: 120&nbsp;&nbsp; Hair: Blond&nbsp;&nbsp; Eyes: Blue&nbsp; &nbsp; ABILITIES&nbsp;&nbsp; STR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10&nbsp; &nbsp; +0&nbsp;&nbsp; DEX&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 16 +3&nbsp;&nbsp; CON&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 14&nbsp; &nbsp; +2&nbsp;&nbsp; INT 20&nbsp; &nbsp; +5&nbsp;&nbsp; WIS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 14 +2&nbsp;&nbsp; CHA&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 12 +1&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SAVES&nbsp;&nbsp; DMG&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; +2/+12 with force field&nbsp;&nbsp; FORT&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +7&nbsp;&nbsp; REF&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; +8&nbsp;&nbsp; WILL&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +2&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; MOVEMENT&nbsp;&nbsp; INIT&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +7&nbsp;&nbsp; SPEED&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 30/60/120&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; COMBAT&nbsp;&nbsp; BASE DEF 2&nbsp;&nbsp; DEF 15&nbsp;&nbsp; FLAT 12&nbsp;&nbsp; MENTAL&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 14&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; BASE ATT 1&nbsp;&nbsp; MELEE&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +1&nbsp;&nbsp; RANGED&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; +4/+5 with energy blast/+6 if within point blank range&nbsp;&nbsp; MENTAL&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; +3&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SKILLS&nbsp; Computers +11&nbsp; Diplomacy +11&nbsp; Drive +5&nbsp; Knowledge (Medieval History) +21&nbsp; Languages (Czech [native], English, French, German, Latin, Old English, Russian)&nbsp; Science (Archaeology) +11&nbsp; Science (Physics) +7&nbsp; Sense Motive +15&nbsp; Spot +8&nbsp; Swim +4&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FEATS&nbsp; Attack Focus (energy blast)&nbsp; Fame (very public power manifestation, first Czech elite)&nbsp; Far Shot&nbsp; Improved Initiative&nbsp; Photographic Memory&nbsp; Point Blank Shot&nbsp; Precise Shot&nbsp; Radio Hearing&nbsp; Radio Broadcasting&nbsp; Rapid Healing&nbsp; Skill Focus (Medieval History)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; POWERS&nbsp; Absorption (to healing) +5&nbsp; Flaw: electricity only&nbsp; &nbsp; Amazing Save (Reflex) +5&nbsp; Extra: and Fortitude&nbsp; &nbsp; Electricity Control +10&nbsp; Extra: Flight&nbsp; Stunt: Drain Electricity&nbsp; &nbsp; Force Field +10&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; COST&nbsp;&nbsp; abilities&nbsp; &nbsp; [26]&nbsp;&nbsp; base att&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [3]&nbsp;&nbsp; base def&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [4]&nbsp;&nbsp; skills&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [33]&nbsp;&nbsp; feats&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [22]&nbsp;&nbsp; powers&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [62]&nbsp;&nbsp; weakness&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [0]&nbsp; &nbsp; I decided to get creative (which is never good) and do something that seemed clever (so it won’t be). I beg the forgiveness of speakers of British English for my no doubt incompetent and misguided, if feeble, efforts at emulating it for role-playing purposes.&nbsp;Partial transcript of a recent interview with The Guardian.&nbsp; &nbsp; Guardian: Could you tell us something of your background?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jan Sverak: I was born and raised in London after my parents fled Czechoslovakia. They were idealists and met in the streets during the Prague Spring. But when the crackdown came they managed to hide themselves and decided they had to flee or they would eventually be found and shot. With some help from family friends, they managed to escape several years later over the border into Germany.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; They found work first as translators, and saved enough money over a few years to move to London. At the time they didn’t think they should have a child until they could safely return home, but you have to remember that back then it seemed like the Cold War would go on forever. These were the days before Lech Walensa and Solidarity. Things looked very much like they did when Stalin still lived. So after a few years they gave it up and had me.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G: This would be 1979?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; J: That’s right. By then they were well-established in London and doing well enough. They could afford to provided good schooling, which I am grateful for. Settled in though they were, the dream of going home – it was always ‘home,’ never ‘Czechoslovakia’ – never left them and after the Velvet Revolution they just had to go. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I did not like it there. I have no grudge against Prague, but despite my father’s insistence on always speaking Czech at home I had lived my whole life in the UK. I had no Czech friends and we were not close to our relations behind the Curtain. Going there was very strange. I did make some friends, but my home was here.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G: Your father became involved with politics on the nationalist right. Did that have anything to do with your decision to return to Britain for university?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; J: [laughs] Right to the point! Very well, I don’t agree with the politics my father has promoted since we returned to Czechia. That’s no secret to anyone who knows me. But it wasn’t as though he drove me out because I wasn’t a Eurosceptic. I came back to the UK because it is my home. My life was here.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G: Your mother left at nearly the same time. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; J: She did. She had a very generous offer to teach Czech literature in Canada and did not like the life of a politician’s wife. She did not want to be Mr. Sverak’s wife.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G: But she didn’t leave because of her husband’s new political affiliations?&nbsp;&nbsp; J: Not at all. Anyway, it’s only a few hours by air to Prague.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G: Some weeks ago you had a bit of an accident at Oxford.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; J: [laughs] That’s a fine way to put it! But I suppose it wasn’t intentional.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G: Could you share your impressions of the event.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; J: My first thought was that this kind of thing only happens to Americans. [laugh] I was very afraid of course. How could you be much else when a great arc of electricity is shooting right at your chest and roaring all the way? I was struck by manmade lightning, more or less.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; G: But you survived.&nbsp;J: Thanks to that comet, I suppose. I tell you I’m well-disposed towards it now, except for the physics I’ve been learning because of the whole incident. My ineptitude with maths is well-known in certain quarters.&nbsp; &nbsp; G: There’ve been conflicting reports. Exactly what can you do?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; J: I can operate an automobile as well as any Briton and I’m a fair swimmer. I speak several languages fluently and I can hold up my end of an intelligent discussion of the geopolitics of Norman England, Capetian France, or the Holy Roman Empire of the same period. But you want to know about my other abilities, I suppose. One can’t get a profile in the Guardian based on charm alone.&nbsp;G: [laughs] I suppose not.&nbsp;&nbsp;J: Did you know Tesla coils disrupt television and radio signals? Since being struck I’ve been my own radio station. I spend a lot of time listening to the BBC. I can broadcast too, but I’ve been asked not to. I wouldn’t want to interrupt someone’s favorite programme.&nbsp;&nbsp;G: But that isn’t all of it?&nbsp;&nbsp;J: No. I can absorb electricity and use it to heal myself, which is how I survived being struck in the first place, and I can drain power sources just as easily.&nbsp;&nbsp; G: Does it hurt you at all? How does it feel to have all of that electricity running through your body?&nbsp;J: No, it doesn’t hurt. It’s rather pleasant. I can generate a current too.&nbsp; &nbsp; G: So if the Guardian should ever have a blackout before a deadline…&nbsp;&nbsp; J: By all means, ring me up!&nbsp;&nbsp;G: How has your life changed since the incident?&nbsp;&nbsp;J: It’s been very strange. The Physics department feels responsible for me, so they’ve been very helpful. But they want to poke and prod me a bit too, which I must confess can leave me a bit bad-tempered.&nbsp;&nbsp; G: You’re the first Czech to have these abilities. Has that affected you?&nbsp;J: I suppose it has some. I’ve received some very flattering offers to go over and speak. But nobody wants to hear what I think of Innocent III or even Jan Hus. Those are the things I expected to be asked to speak on. I guess it’s a bit like being a footballer or something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samnell, post: 1691276, member: 130"] Thanks to Mimic, who's formatting I'm stealing without any shame or guilt. [b]Teslan[/b] PL: 10 Name: Jan Sverak Size: Medium Gender: Male Age: 25 Height: 5'9" Weight: 120 Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue [b]ABILITIES[/b] STR 10 +0 DEX 16 +3 CON 14 +2 INT 20 +5 WIS 14 +2 CHA 12 +1 [b]SAVES[/b] DMG +2/+12 with force field FORT +7 REF +8 WILL +2 [b]MOVEMENT[/b] INIT +7 SPEED 30/60/120 [b]COMBAT[/b] BASE DEF 2 DEF 15 FLAT 12 MENTAL 14 BASE ATT 1 MELEE +1 RANGED +4/+5 with energy blast/+6 if within point blank range MENTAL +3 [b]SKILLS[/b] Computers +11 Diplomacy +11 Drive +5 Knowledge (Medieval History) +21 Languages (Czech [native], English, French, German, Latin, Old English, Russian) Science (Archaeology) +11 Science (Physics) +7 Sense Motive +15 Spot +8 Swim +4 [b]FEATS[/b] Attack Focus (energy blast) Fame (very public power manifestation, first Czech elite) Far Shot Improved Initiative Photographic Memory Point Blank Shot Precise Shot Radio Hearing Radio Broadcasting Rapid Healing Skill Focus (Medieval History) [b] POWERS [/b]Absorption (to healing) +5 Flaw: electricity only Amazing Save (Reflex) +5 Extra: and Fortitude Electricity Control +10 Extra: Flight Stunt: Drain Electricity Force Field +10 [b]COST[/b] abilities [26] base att [3] base def [4] skills [33] feats [22] powers [62] weakness [0] I decided to get creative (which is never good) and do something that seemed clever (so it won’t be). I beg the forgiveness of speakers of British English for my no doubt incompetent and misguided, if feeble, efforts at emulating it for role-playing purposes. Partial transcript of a recent interview with The Guardian. Guardian: Could you tell us something of your background? Jan Sverak: I was born and raised in London after my parents fled Czechoslovakia. They were idealists and met in the streets during the Prague Spring. But when the crackdown came they managed to hide themselves and decided they had to flee or they would eventually be found and shot. With some help from family friends, they managed to escape several years later over the border into Germany. They found work first as translators, and saved enough money over a few years to move to London. At the time they didn’t think they should have a child until they could safely return home, but you have to remember that back then it seemed like the Cold War would go on forever. These were the days before Lech Walensa and Solidarity. Things looked very much like they did when Stalin still lived. So after a few years they gave it up and had me. G: This would be 1979? J: That’s right. By then they were well-established in London and doing well enough. They could afford to provided good schooling, which I am grateful for. Settled in though they were, the dream of going home – it was always ‘home,’ never ‘Czechoslovakia’ – never left them and after the Velvet Revolution they just had to go. I did not like it there. I have no grudge against Prague, but despite my father’s insistence on always speaking Czech at home I had lived my whole life in the UK. I had no Czech friends and we were not close to our relations behind the Curtain. Going there was very strange. I did make some friends, but my home was here. G: Your father became involved with politics on the nationalist right. Did that have anything to do with your decision to return to Britain for university? J: [laughs] Right to the point! Very well, I don’t agree with the politics my father has promoted since we returned to Czechia. That’s no secret to anyone who knows me. But it wasn’t as though he drove me out because I wasn’t a Eurosceptic. I came back to the UK because it is my home. My life was here. G: Your mother left at nearly the same time. J: She did. She had a very generous offer to teach Czech literature in Canada and did not like the life of a politician’s wife. She did not want to be Mr. Sverak’s wife. G: But she didn’t leave because of her husband’s new political affiliations? J: Not at all. Anyway, it’s only a few hours by air to Prague. G: Some weeks ago you had a bit of an accident at Oxford. J: [laughs] That’s a fine way to put it! But I suppose it wasn’t intentional. G: Could you share your impressions of the event. J: My first thought was that this kind of thing only happens to Americans. [laugh] I was very afraid of course. How could you be much else when a great arc of electricity is shooting right at your chest and roaring all the way? I was struck by manmade lightning, more or less. G: But you survived. J: Thanks to that comet, I suppose. I tell you I’m well-disposed towards it now, except for the physics I’ve been learning because of the whole incident. My ineptitude with maths is well-known in certain quarters. G: There’ve been conflicting reports. Exactly what can you do? J: I can operate an automobile as well as any Briton and I’m a fair swimmer. I speak several languages fluently and I can hold up my end of an intelligent discussion of the geopolitics of Norman England, Capetian France, or the Holy Roman Empire of the same period. But you want to know about my other abilities, I suppose. One can’t get a profile in the Guardian based on charm alone. G: [laughs] I suppose not. J: Did you know Tesla coils disrupt television and radio signals? Since being struck I’ve been my own radio station. I spend a lot of time listening to the BBC. I can broadcast too, but I’ve been asked not to. I wouldn’t want to interrupt someone’s favorite programme. G: But that isn’t all of it? J: No. I can absorb electricity and use it to heal myself, which is how I survived being struck in the first place, and I can drain power sources just as easily. G: Does it hurt you at all? How does it feel to have all of that electricity running through your body? J: No, it doesn’t hurt. It’s rather pleasant. I can generate a current too. G: So if the Guardian should ever have a blackout before a deadline… J: By all means, ring me up! G: How has your life changed since the incident? J: It’s been very strange. The Physics department feels responsible for me, so they’ve been very helpful. But they want to poke and prod me a bit too, which I must confess can leave me a bit bad-tempered. G: You’re the first Czech to have these abilities. Has that affected you? J: I suppose it has some. I’ve received some very flattering offers to go over and speak. But nobody wants to hear what I think of Innocent III or even Jan Hus. Those are the things I expected to be asked to speak on. I guess it’s a bit like being a footballer or something. [/QUOTE]

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