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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dirigible" data-source="post: 1188804" data-attributes="member: 12631">The MarksmanReal Name : Lord Lucian DeVries Featherstone-Haugh IVConcept : Aristocratic English super-sniper.Power Level 10 (143 / 150pp spent)DOB / POB: August 14th, 1920 / Featherstone Hall, Sussex.Nationality: British.Political Affiliation: Tory.Known Parahuman Abilities: Long-range, high acuity vision, exceptional skill with rifles.Background: Lucian is the only male child in his family, though he has two sisters, Marian and Alice, and a handful of cousins, nephews and neices. He was gromed from a young age to the position of aristocrat, and his father (Lucian deVries Featherstone-Haugh III, dontcherknow), had every intention his son would suceed him in his title. Lucian lived the typical life of the idle rich, an endless round of posh dinner parties, social engagements, theatre patronage and hunting.This suited him to a tee. Especially the hunting.The Featherstone-Haughs had long been blessed with superb eyesight and excellent aim, but Lucian amazed his father and all the other hunters on his family grounds with his skill. At first it was put down to beginners luck, but when the seven year old brought down a duck on the wing from a little over two miles away, they realised he had a gift.Inspite of his attempts to sneak away to the rifle ranges whenever possible, Lucian received the best education possible, Eton and Oxford, all the best tutors. One of his tutors was a young woman scarcely older than him, Bethany Westenchurch. Given the stormy anatgonism of their early relationship, no-one was surprised when they fell in love and were engaged.In 1941, he was headhunted by Britain's Ministry of Parahuman Affairs, who believed his 'talent'  were the result of a nascent parahuman mutation. It took them some effort to convince him, but Lucian eventually bowed to the government's requests and his father's pride. Bidding his fiance farewell, he was pushed through a crash course in sniper school (the discipline didn't stick, and there was nothing they could teach him about using a gun), he was attatched to the Allied Parahuman 1st Commando Squad (AP-1-CS).Appearence/Personality: You could say Lucian is the poster boy for parahuman soldiers; indeed, his face adorns the recruitment poster, alongside the famous super-pilot Dogfight and the Master of the Seven Seas, Admiral Poseidon. At 22, he is extraordinarily handsome, with even, chiselled features, slightly curly golden hair that retains it's tidyness regardless of abuse, clear blue eyes and a brilliant smile.Lucian is charming and he knows it. Although cocky and at times somewhat supercillious, he can get on well with most people (especially women). He has a natural affintiy for command, and can rouse the troops like no-one else; however, the actual orders he gives can be unwise, as he lacks experience. He has yet to experience the horror of battle; for him, killing is a slow, precise art performed at a distance further than most men can even see, and he hasn't really made the mental connection between the targets he snipes down and the dead men on the ground. And he certinaly hasn't felt the panic and pain of close quarters combat, with blood and gunshots all around. Who knows what will happen when he does.Str 10 (+0) [0pp], Dex 20 (+5) [10pp], Con 10 (+0) [0pp], Int 13 (+1) [3pp], Wis 10 (+0) [0pp], Cha 17 (+3) [7pp].BAB: +2 [6pp], Def: +5 [10pp].Dam: +0 / +5 evasion.Fort: +0.Ref: +5 (+5 dex).Will: +0.Skills Craft : Gunsmith +9 (8 ranks), Diplomacy +12 (9 ranks), Innuendo +9 (6 ranks), Knowledge : History +6 (5 ranks), Knowledge : Geography +6 (5 ranks), Language : English, French, German, Latin, Greek, Spanish. (5 ranks), Perform +9 (6 ranks), Sense Motive +9 (9 ranks), Spot +23 (13 ranks, +10 super), Swim +6 (6 ranks), Taunt +12 (9 ranks).Feats Attractive, Connected, Dodge, Evasion, Fame, Far Shot, Improved Initiative, Inspire, Leader, Multishot, Point Black Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Ricochet Attack, Surprise Strike (+5 dam).Powers“The Featherstone Knack”Weapon +10 (34pp) Source: Mutation/Training.Base: 1 +4 extras, -2 flaws = 3pp (+4 stunt)Power Stunts: Dual Damage, Any Sniper Rifle.Extras: Accuracy, Autofire, Multifire, Range.Flaws: Device, Full Effect.This ability allows Lucian to turn any sniper rifle in his hands into an utterly lethal weapon, with a range of Sight, +10 to attack rolls, +10 S or L damage, and the auto- and multifire abilities, regardless of it's normal stats. At the GM’s discretion, a dirty, damaged or shoddy weapon may suffer a penalty to damage or accuracy, until cleaned and realigned with the Gunsmith skill. This is a Concept Flaw.“The Featherstone Eye”Telescopic Sense +10 (16pp) Source: Mutation/Training.Base: 1 +1 extra -1 flaw = 1pp (+6 stunt)Power Stunts: Penetration Vision, See Invisibility, True Sight.Extras: Super-Sense (flaw: Limited - Sight only).Flaw: Limited - Sight only.The Featherstone-Haughs have always had excellent vision; Lucian goes far, far beyond this, though. He can see the rank insignia on a German officer ten miles away, count the feathers on hawk circling far above, and even percieve things that are really there (much harder than seeing things that aren’t really there).He gains +10 to Spot and Search checks, gains the advantage of several sight-improving superfeats, above, and the ‘range increment’ of his vision is 10,240’ (1.939 miles). He can use Surprise Attack out to a distance of 30,720' (5.8 miles).NB : Penetration Vision is not 'x-ray', rather it is extreme perceptivness, and it only lets Lucian see through relativly thin, low hardness and non-continuous materials like trees, tall grass, chain-links and wooden fences. He cannot see into a tank or through a brick wall, for example. This is a Concept Flaw.TotalsInitiative: +9Defence: 21 (+5 dex, +1 dodge, +5 base)Sniper Rifle: Attack +15 (+2 base, +10 power, +5 dex), Damage +10 S/L, Range LOS. - Multifire: Attacks (x2) +13 - Autofire: Attacks (x3) +11Equipment* Personal L4A1sniper rifle (+7 L, 7pp).* Durable and subded, yet fashionable clothing.* Soldier's kit bag.Stats: 20ppAttack/Defence: 16ppSkills: 27pp.Feats: 30pp.Powers: 50pp</blockquote>

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