Catspaw:
PL: 8
Strength 4 (0)
Stamina 8 (1)
Agility 4 (0)
Dexterity 4 (0)
Fighting 4 (2)
Intellect 1
Awareness 3 (0)
Presence 1
Skills: Athletics 2 (+12), Expertise [Pop Culture] 3 (+4), Expertise [Survival] 6 (+7), Insight 2 (+11), Intimidation 0 (+7), Perception 2 (+11), Stealth 6 (+10)
Advantages: Power Attack, Task Focus [Expertise (Pop Culture): Fantasy Literature], Teamwork
Powers: Affinity With Cats: Feature 1 [Cats accept her as one of their own]
Catspaw Form: (Move Action -1 pt)
Enhanced Strength 4
Enhanced Stamina 7
Enhanced Fighting 2
Enhanced Awareness 3
Enhanced Skills 8 [Athletics +6, Insight +6, Intimidation +6, Perception +6]
Enhanced Advantage 10 [Close Attack 2, Daze (Intimidate), Evasion 2, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Move-By Action, Startle, Uncanny Dodge (hearing)]
Extra Limb 1 [tail]
Leaping 3
Movement 1 [Sure-Footed]
Regeneration 1 [1/every 10 rounds]
Speed 4
Senses 10 [Hearing (Extended), Infravision, Low-Light Vision, Olfactory (Acute, Extended, Tracking 2), Ultra-Hearing, Ultravision]
Bite/Claws: Strength-Based Damage 4 (Feat: Improved Critical 2)
Combat: Initiative +8
Melee Attack +4 (+8 Catspaw Form)
Ranged Attack +0 (+4 Catspaw Form)
Defense: Dodge +2 (+8 [Catspaw Form])
Parry +2 (+8 [Catspaw Form])
Toughness +4*/+1 (+8 [Catspaw Form]) [*Vanguard Academy Uniform]
Fortitude +1 (+8 [Catspaw Form])
Will +6
Equipment: Vanguard Academy Uniform:
Feature 3 [Commlink, GPS, Watch]
Immunity 2 [Environmental Cold, Environmental Heat]
Protection 3 (Feat: Subtle)
Costs: Abilities 10+ Skills 7+ Advantages 3+ Powers 77+ Defenses 8= 105 pts.
Real Name: Amanda Stamper
Height: 5’1” (normal) / 5’10” (transformed)
Weight: 105 lbs (normal) / 145 lbs (transformed)
Hair: Auburn (normal) / Orangish-Red (transformed)
Eye Color: Green (normal) / Yellow (transformed)
Complications:
Accident: Catspaw periodically exhibits strong animalistic behavior when transformed, which she later regrets.
Prejudice: Alpha.
Relationships: Catspaw is close with the other members of Delta Class and a few of the other students of the Vanguard Academy.
Religious: Catspaw had a religious upbringing, which she holds strongly to.
Background: Amanda Stamper was raised by Reverend Walter Williams, a harsh man that likely would have done better in decades gone by, who beat religion into her starting at an early age. For years this went on and nobody in the small town they lived ever did anything, fearing the social clout of the Reverend. Eventually though, Amanda had enough and tried to run away, though she was soon caught and returned to her guardian who promptly began to beat the teenager for her rebellious efforts.
This time however, something was different; Amanda had tired of her abuse and become stronger mentally for the ordeals she’d had to endure and began arguing with the Reverend, which caused him to lash out even more than he’d done before. That caused something deep inside Amanda to snap after years of abuse at the hands of the man who was supposed to be protecting her from the kinds of harm he’d inflicted upon her, and she manifested her Alpha abilities for the very first time – transforming into a cat-like creature that lashed out at her abuser. In his alcohol and rage fueled state, the Reverend thought that Amanda had been transformed into some kind of demon and tried to banish her back to the “pit of hell that had spawned her” only to find that this version of Amanda wasn’t as easy to intimidate as the one he was used to dealing with.
In the end it was Amanda who survived that encounter, though she still has trouble remembering much of anything from that night after her first transformation and doesn’t like talking about it. Unfortunately, the other members of her community were less than understanding about what had happened and wanted nothing to do with her which led to her being driven from her small town and into the nearby state park where she was forced to rely on her powers to survive. In the end it was purely accidental that she was discovered by members of the current Alpha Class who had gone camping there on one of their breaks from the Vanguard Academy.
In the time since Amanda has become a ward of the school and been adjusting to her life, such as it is now, having made friends at the school as well as developing a crush on Randy Van Zant (which she is keeping to herself because she thinks that there is no way he would be interested in her in that way). The staff hopes that Amanda will continue to open up to her friends as she continues going to the school, as her upbringing has left her ill-prepared for dealing with today’s societal needs.
Art by FrischDVH on Deviant Art