BLACK KING (Sebastian Shaw)

PL14

STRENGTH

STAMINA

AGILITY

DEXTERITY

FIGHTING

INTELLECT

AWARENESS

PRESENCE

2

4

2

2

6

3

3

4 POWERS

Kinetic Absorption: Enhanced Strength 15, Fades; Enhanced Stamina 10, Fades; Enhanced Fighting 5, Fades; Enhanced Agility 5, Fades; Enhanced Speed 5 (60 MPH), Fades; Immunity 20 (bludgeoning damage); Immunity 60 (slashing and piercing, energy damage), Limited to half effect • 90 points SKILLS All-Out Attack, Benefit 4 (wealth and resources), Connected, Contacts, Leadership, Takedown, Taunt, Well-Informed ADVANTAGES DESIGN NOTES Boost powers only look complicated because there’s no combined trait options, but from a design standpoint, they’re actually pretty straightforward because there’s really just one way to do them and they use the actual trait as a base effect. In the Black King’s case, he enhances most of his physical traits from strength to speed from absorbing kinetic energy, which is loosely defined as all impact energy, as well as the momentum behind piercing and slashing attacks and other non-kinetic energy to a lesser extent. He takes no damage from bludgeoning effects and half damage from slashing, piercing, and energy that is not strictly kinetic (such as electrical).

Deception 12 (+16), Expertise: Business 16 (+19), Insight 8 (+11), Intimidation 8 (+12), Persuasion 10 (+14), Technology 10 (+13) POWER POINTS Abilities 52 + Powers 90 + Advantages 11 + Skills 32 + Defenses 14 = Total 199 COMPLICATIONS Absorption Overload: Particularly powerful attacks can overload Shaw’s Kinetic Absorption and render him incapacitated. Responsibility: Black King of Hellfire Club. Secret: Sebastian Shaw’s criminal activities are not public knowledge.

OFFENSE Initiative +2 [+6] Unarmed +6 [+11], Close • Damage 2 [17] DEFENSE TOUGHNESS FORTITUDE WILL

4  [14] 7  [17] 10

DODGE PARRY

* Impervious 12 ** Without Mystic Shield bonus

6  [11] 6  [11]