Paul Balsamo, AKA Qabal

[Freemage]

Player Name: Freemage
Google Handle: Soren

Name: Paul Balsamo
Supranym: Qabal
Rank: Heroic 1
Race: Human (Supers)
Age: 45
Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d10, Spirit d8, Strength d6, Vigor d6
Pace: 6/d6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 5

Skills

• Athletics d4
• Common Knowledge d6
• Language (English Native) d8
• Notice d10
• Persuasion d4
• Stealth d4
• Focus d12+10
• Fighting d6
• Academics d6
• Research d8
• Occult d12+2
• Spellcasting d12+5

Hindrances

• [Major]: Megalomaniac (Demands to be in charge, gains no Command bonuses, -4 to Support others)
• [Major]: Arrogant (Challenges most dangerous foe in the fight, only attacking lesser opponents if they are in the way)
• [Minor]: Outsider ("Otherworldly aura"; -2 Social rolls)
• [Minor]: Mild Mannered (Soft-spoken, looks innocuous; -2 Intimidation rolls)

Edges

• Super Powers (Free): Pretty much the name of the game
• Professional/Expert--Focus (Hind): +2 to all Focus Rolls
• Luck
• Great Luck
• Alertness (+2 Notice)

POWERS
PPT/Limit: 60/20

Mystic Training
Awareness (4): 4
Heightened Senses (Infravision, Low-Light Vision): 2
Super Sorcery: 4
Doesn't Sleep (Tireless): 2
Speak Language (Written Word): 2
Super Skill: Focus (8): 8
Super Skill: Spellcasting (5): 5
Super Skill: Occult (4): 4

Bracers of Acturo
Absorption (All Energy, Device I, Transmute): 8

Cowl of Hermes
Flight II (Device 1, Maneuverable): 3

Cthonic Shackles
Entangle (Strong): 5

Arsenal of the Dragon
Ranged Attack (2d6 3, 8 AP 4, MBT AoE 2, Cone 1, 2 RoF 3): 13
Bolts of Eldritch Energy that can take multiple forms, from a cone, to multiple pin-point shots, to a trio of mystic grenades. Though not powerful, they are almost impossible to stop by conventional armor (AP 8).

GEAR
Super-Suit
Cell phone

BUILD
Starting Skills: Athletics d4, Common Knowledge d6, Language (English Native) d8, Notice d6, Persuasion d4, Stealth d4, Focus d12, Fighting d6, Academics d6, Research d6
Free:
Super Powers Edge
From Powers:
Super Skills: Occult +3DT, Spellcasting +5DT, Focus +8DT
Creation (Hindrances):
Professional--Focus
Expert--Focus
Occult d4/Spellcasting d4
Human: Spirit +1 DT
ADVANCES:
N1: Smarts d8
N2: Occult d6/Spellcasting d6
N3: Luck
S1: Smarts d10
S2: Occult d8/Spellcasting d8
S3: Notice d8/Research d8
S4: Occult d10/Spellcasting d10
V1: Great Luck
V2: Smarts d12
V3: Spellcasting d12/Notice d10
V4: Alertness
H1:

BACKGROUND
Paul Balsamo was born in a small town in provincial France. On his twelfth birthday, a severe-looking woman in a dress came to him as he played, and asked if he would like to be the most powerful wizard in the world. Naturally, he thought this was a grand idea. She then went to speak to his parents; a few minutes later, she left with young Paul, as his parents waved happily.

Paul spent the next several years in intense training, eventually achieving the promised goal. While he spends a great deal of time dealing with inter-dimensional threats and others of a supernatural nature, he does occasionally

Setting Rules

Setting Rules: Four-Color

High Adventure
(SW), Larger than Life (SPC), Mega
Destruction (SPC), More Skill Points (SW),
Never Surrender (SPC), No Finishing
Moves (SPC), Throwdown (SPC),
Villainous Conviction (SPC), Wound Cap
(SW)

• Born a Hero (SW): No Rank Caps on Starting Edges
  Comic Book Combat (SPC):
  • Combined Attacks: Support may enhance ally Damage
  • Knockback: Damage over Scale Threshold causes Knockback, if appropriate
  • Power Stunts: Can spend Bennies for other options:
    • Aim Knockback
    • All Out Attack (change from d6s to d10s for Attack Powers, including Damage Field and Explode
    • Change Power Type
    • Interrupt: Suffer Distracted (or Distracted+Vulnerable if already acting this turn) to be as if On Hold.
    • Mimic: Use one Power as if it were a different Power.
    • Overawe: When using Power, get a free Test vs. all targets in a LBT.
    • Push: Temporarily amp one Power by 5 points.
    • Respec: Change Modifiers on a Power, keeping the total the same.
  • Synergy: Powers can work with the environment, or each other, for a +2 Focus/Damage bonus, or against each other, similarly.
  Conviction (SW): May hold onto one Super-Benny at a time
  Creative Combat (SW): Roll on CC Table (SW Pg 137) when getting a Test Raise, instead of Shaking target.
  Death & Defeat (SPC): Check SPC Incap Table (page 34)
  Fanatics (SW): Minions are ablative armor for Masterminds
  High Adventure (SW): Spend a Benny for one-time use of a Combat Edge.
  Larger than Life (SPC): May take an extra Major Hindrance at creation, for normal points.
  Mega Destruction (SPC): Property damage happens, especially with Knockback. Civilian casualties are a real possibility.
  More Skill Points(SPC): PCs start with 15 Skill Points, plus Common Skills.
  Never Surrender (SPC): Incapped character still draws Init cards; a Joker returns to consciousness, but Shaken.
  No Finishing Moves (SPC): Helpless Supers are immune to Finishing Blows.
  Throwdown (SPC): No Unarmed Defender Bonus.
  Villainous Conviction (SPC): Villains may earn/spend Conviction--in addition to normal Conviction rules, they also gain Unstoppable for the scene!
  Wound Cap (SW): Never suffer more than 4 Wounds from a single hit.