PSYLOCKE (Betsy Braddock)

PL10

STRENGTH

STAMINA

AGILITY

DEXTERITY

FIGHTING

INTELLECT

AWARENESS

PRESENCE

2

3

5

3

10

1

4

2 POWERS

Psychic Bond: Senses 1 (Communication Link [Captain Britain]) • 1 point Psychic Ninja: Enhanced Advantages 5 (Close Attack 2, Ranged Attack 2, Uncanny Dodge), Enhanced Defenses 4 (Dodge 2, Parry 2), Senses 1 (Danger Sense), Limited: Psylocke must first read surface thoughts of target • 5 points Telekinesis: Array (16 points) Telekinesis: Move Object 8 • 16 points • Force Blast: Ranged Damage 8 • 1 point • Force Shield: Deflect 12 • 1 point

DESIGN NOTES There are several versions of Psylocke, and her powers have undergone so many changes, but it’s easiest to distinguish between her original form as a pure telepath and her Kwannon form as a telepathy or telekinesisassisted ninja. While she has gone from telepathy and using psychic knives, to a mixture of both telepathy and telekinesis, to acquiring the ability to shadowwalk, to using telekinesis alone and manifesting psi-katanas (not included here, but would be Penetrating Damage under her Telekinesis array), to regaining both, the heart of her character is still the psychic ninja. Thus, I added a degree of complexity here with her Psychic Ninja power. She needs to first use her Psychic Awareness or Mental Probe to establish Mind Reading, after which she gains augmented combat ability. I don’t like using Resistible by Will because you usually have to apply that Flaw to most of the ranks or else it becomes too easily resisted.

Telepathy: Array (20 points) Psychic Knife: Damage 10, Alternate Resistance (Will) • 20 points • Mental Probe: Mind Reading 10 • 1 point • Mind Control: Perception Ranged Cumulative Affliction 5 (Resisted by Will; Entranced, Compelled, Controlled) • 1 point • Psychic Awareness: Burst Area Mind Reading 10, Free Action, Close Range, Limited to Surface Thoughts • 1 point • Telepathic Illusion: Illusion 5 (all senses), Selective, Limited to One Subject, Resistible by Will • 1 point

SKILLS Acrobatic 6 (+11), Athletic 8 (+10), Close Combat: Unarmed 4 (+14), Deception 6 (+8), Insight 8 (+12), Investigation 4 (+5), Perception 8 (+12), Stealth 8 (+13), Vehicles 6 (+9)

OFFENSE Initiative +9 Force Blast +8 [+10], Ranged • Damage 8 Katana +10 [+12], Close • Damage 5 (Crit 19-20) Psychic Knife +10, Close • Damage 10, Resisted by Will (DC 25) Unarmed +14 [+16], Close • Damage 2

DEFENSE TOUGHNESS FORTITUDE WILL

6/3* 7 13

DODGE PARRY

12  [14] 12  [14]

* Without Defensive Roll bonus

EQUIPMENT Two Katana (Strength-based Damage 3, Improved Critical) • 4 points each

ADVANTAGES Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, All-Out Attack, Attractive, Defensive Roll 3, Equipment 2, Evasion, Improved Initiative, Move-By Action, Power Attack, Precise Attack (Close, Concealment), Ranged Attack 5, Takedown

POWER POINTS Abilities 60 + Powers 48 + Advantages 20 + Skills 29 + Defenses 22 = Total 179

COMPLICATIONS Enemy: Shadow King, Sabretooth. Prejudice: Mutant. Quirk: Psylocke feels conflicted about her identity.