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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8643860" data-attributes="member: 30538">Rumpelgeist<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-2n23WtS/1/c6e7fdfe/M/ezgif-1-807dd013fe-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Since 2017, corrupt businessmen and criminal enterprises in Central Europe, particularly East Germany and Austria, have found themselves significantly less secure than they had been. The being who calls themselves Rumpelgeist, after the phantasmal creature who may have inspired the fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin, has seen to that. They rarely come into conflict with their operatives, preferring to observe, document and report on their activities to members of the press who have proven trustworthy. On a handful of occasions, Rumpelgeist has demonstrated considerable combat skills, suggesting highly enhanced reflexes are part of their "power package". They also sometimes set up complicated pranks on their targets, and have been known to indicate their presence to the people they observe (after recording their activities) by rattling something.As far as is known, no one knows that Rumpelgeist is Dresden-born Hoyt Sauer, who developed superpower levels of agility and reflexes in his early teens. Becoming something of a prankster and the despair of his parents, they cheerfully packed him off to the Futurian Academy when representatives from the school came calling. He did quite well in his studies there but his abilities were too subtle to allow him to really stand out among his fellows. In his graduation interview with Exelion, however, the headmaster suggested that he make a virtue of this lack of ostentation, employing his talents for a more covert style of heroism.Hoyt seems to have taken this to heart. Exactly how he came into possession of the stealth suit which allows him to become invisible (and also incorporates a relatively weak force field) is not something he has discussed with anyone. He has stated his belief that it functions using much the same properties as the Griffin formula. It does not appear to have the neurological effects that the chemical does, likely because the invisibility persists only as long as the user wishes. However, Rumpelgeist has admitted that he is concerned about the possibility that he might one day lose control due to this invisibility, and claims to use it with appropriate caution. Whether that is true or not is open to question.During the recent Konan invasion, Rumpelgeist found himself pressed into service as a messenger by the group of European heroes fighting in the Carpathians, many of whom were former classmates of his. (This required him to work with Der Fahrer, similarly tasked, and neither of them gets along with the other.) He survived the experience, but avoided both the celebration afterwards and any attempts to offer him honors, preferring to mourn his losses privately and then get back to work. "Handeln ist seine Belohnung," remarked one of the reporters with whom he has had frequent interactions.Rumpelgeist -- PL 10Abilities:STR 1 | STA 3 | AGL 5 | DEX 3 | FGT 11 | INT 4 | AWE 4 | PRE 4Powers:Stealth Suit: Concealment 6 (radio, visual); Sustained Protection 2; Removable (-2 points) - 12 pointsStriking Strength: Strength-based Damage 2 - 2 pointsSwift: Movement 1 (wall-crawling); Speed 2 (8 MPH) - 4 pointsAdvantages:Contacts, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Equipment, Fearless, Improved Initiative, Precise Attack (Close/Concealment), Skill Mastery (Stealth), Uncanny Dodge.Equipment:Smartphone and 3 points of equipment as needed.Skills:Acrobatics 5 (+10), Athletics 6 (+9), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+13), Deception 8 (+12), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+8), Insight 6 (+10),Intimidation 7 (+11), Investigation 8 (+12), Perception 6 (+10), Sleight of Hand 7 (+10), Stealth 9 (+14), Technology 4 (+8), Vehicles 4 (+7).Offense:Initiative +8Unarmed +13 (Close Damage 3)Defense:Dodge 11, Parry 13, Fortitude 5, Toughness 7/5/3, Will 9 Totals:Abilities 70 + Powers 18 + Advantages 9 + Skills 39 + Defenses 15 = 151 pointsOffensive PL: 8Defensive PL: 10Resistance PL: 7Skill PL: 7Complications:Justice--Motivation. Secret Identity. Trickster.Note: For his PL 8 stats as a student at the Academy, modify as follows: reduce STA to 1 rank, FGT to 9 ranks, INT to 2 ranks, AWE to 2 ranks, PRE to 2 ranks; drop Stealth Suit; reduce Stealth to 7 (+12); reduce Dodge to 9.</blockquote>

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