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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 1677465" data-attributes="member: 11437">Hinder – James PattonJames Patton is hoping to be the most famous journalists in Freedom City. He knows that great stories don't just fall into the laps of the lucky. He has to go out there and get the story. In a city filled with heroes, interest in their back-stories is something that he can latch onto for that big break. From the inside, he is going to write the story that will put him at the top of the journalistic mountain.So Patton, as Hinder, has joined a group of heroes to start his own career in the business of saving folks' lives. Of course, getting the story is also part of this new mission in life. As the up-and-coming hero, Hinder, James was born with the ability to manipulate an invisible kinetic force. This power manifested itself almost immediately. As most children explore the world around them and how they are capable of effecting it, so did Patton. His path of exploration was just a bit different then most kids, though no less difficult. The ease that his abilities gave him in accomplishing certain tasks was counter-balanced with the extra time it took him to figure out this other set of talents worked. Having always known his power, it never seemed odd or foreign to him. It were just a part of him like his hands of feet. So his power never really felt like that and it certainly never felt super.Growing up, Patton never really let his powers possess or engulf him. He did not repress or hide it; he just used what he had as he always did. James enjoyed school and did well, working hard but not so hard as to sacrifice too many good times with his friends and family. Showing off was never a problem either - its pretty easy to have a lot of friends when you can fetch every one a beer without them or you getting up to do it.James always did well at the challenges life gave him, which were rarely that tough. Not for him at least. This created an itch inside him. He wanted to be great at something. Patton saw how there were those with abilities both greater and weaker than his own abilities, using them to both help and hurt people. For a long time, Patton never thought much about this as it applied to him. One thing that he did begin to notice was that good or bad, these 'supers' always seemed to get a lot of press. People could not get enough of it. So give the people what they want. As society moved into the information age, the people were starved for storied about their heroes.  And with deeply moving stories, a great success can be achieved. That is now Patton's goal. While doing this, Patton figures he will also have some fun seeing what the protecting people thing is all about. Hinder: 147pp; 8pp Unspent; PL 10; Init +8 (Dex); Defense 22 (18 flat-footed); Spd 30ft; Atk +6 melee (+0S, punch) or +11 ranged (+10S, force bolt); SV Dmg +2, Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +4; Str 10, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 18, Cha 12. Hero Points: 5.Skills: Gather Information +12, Profession - Reporter +8, Sense Motive +12.Feats: Attack Focus – Kinetic EB, Improved Init, Multi-Shot, Point Blank Shot, Power Attack, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot.Powers: Force Field+10 [Extras: Deflection, Force Attack (EB), Force Shaping, Immunities (Need to List); Source: Mutation; Cost: 5pp/rank; Total: 60pp].Equipment: Nice street clothes and a writing pad.</blockquote>

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