Palooka Joe
Real Name: John Bradley
Hair: Sandy Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 165 lbs
Power Level: 10; Power Points Spent: 150/150
STR: +0 (10),
DEX: +1 (12),
CON: +0 (10),
INT: +10 (30),
WIS: +5 (20),
CHA: +1 (12)
Tough: +0/+8, Fort: +8, Ref: +10, Will: +6
Skills: Bluff 6 (
+7), Computers 8 (
+18), Concentration 5 (+10), Craft (electronic) 8 (
+18), Craft (mechanical) 8 (
+18), Diplomacy 7 (
+8), Disable Device 8 (
+18), Investigate 3 (
+13), Knowledge (technology) 10 (
+20), Medicine 5 (
+10), Perception 7 (
+12), Sense Motive 5 (
+10)
Feats: Accurate Attack, Attack Focus (ranged) 2
(+2 ranks from Device for 4), Attack Specialization 2 (Palooka Gauss Pistols (Device 5)), Dodge Focus 3, Eidetic Memory, Improvised Tools, Inventor, Online Research, Precise Shot, Skill Mastery 2 (Craft (Electronic), Craft (Mechanical), Disable Device, Knowledge (Technology)), Well-Informed
(from Charisma)
Powers:
Palooka Bipolar Boots (Device 2) (Hard to lose) [8 pp]
. .
Flight 3 (Speed: 50 mph, 250 ft move action) [6 pp]
. . . .
Leaping 6 (Alternate; Jumping distance: x100)
. . . .
Speed 6 (Alternate; Speed: 500 mph, 2500 ft move action)
. .
Super-Movement 1 (wall-crawling 1 (half speed)) [2 pp]
Palooka Deflector Belt (Device 4) (Hard to lose) [16 pp]
. .
Enhanced Trait 4 (Traits: Defense Bonus +2 (
+12)) [4 pp]
. .
Force Field 8 (+8 Toughness; Impervious) [16 pp]
Palooka Pulse Pistols (Device 4) (Easy to lose, Custom (Paired (First disarm only removes half ranks))) [12 + 1 pp]
. .
Enhanced Trait (Takedown Attack 2) [2 pp]
. .
Blast 8 (DC 23 Toughness) [16 + 2 pp]
. . . .
Dazzle 8 (DC 18 Reflex / Fortitude, Visual)
. . . .
Confuse 8 (DC 18 Will, Insidious)
Palooka Visor (Device 1) (Hard to lose) [4 pp]
. .
Enhanced Trait 2 (Traits: Attack Focus (ranged) 4 +2 (
+4)) [2 pp]
. .
Super-Senses 3 (analytical: Sight, extended: Sight 1 (-1 per 100 ft), microscopic vision 1 (dust-size)) [3 pp]
Attack Bonus: +4 (Ranged: +6/+8, Melee: +4, Grapple: +4)
Attacks: Blast 8, +12 (DC 23), Unarmed Attack, +4 (DC 15)
Defense: +10/+12 (Flat-footed: +5), Knockback: -8
Initiative: +1
Languages: Native Language
Totals: Abilities 34 + Skills 20 (80 ranks) + Feats 17 + Powers 41 + Combat 20 + Saves 18 + Drawbacks 0 = 150
Complications
- Addiction (grandstanding) - John had always been the quiet kid in school. Joseph hooked him up with an acting coach when it became evident that John was going to have to be the man in the suit if they wanted to be able to swim with the big fish in superheroics. John took to the lessons with gusto and he will sometimes get caught up in his character, allowing villains to get the drop on him.
- Code of Behavior (naive) - John grew up on syndicated episodes of Freedom Friends, and defaults to believing that villains will try to avoid excessive collateral damage, and that all heroes are upstanding paragons of morality. Needless to say, not all villains play fair and not all heroes are wonderful people, and this might blindside him.
- Obsession (New technology) - John loves learning new things and he's particularly fascinated by the wide variety of technological solutions that heroes and villains employ. He's not above trying to reverse-engineer their capabilities, and he sometimes strings out a fight if it means he has a chance to observe a nifty device at work.
- Power Loss (fiddly technology) - The technology of "Palooka Joe" is bleeding edge, which means that it will sometimes break down without warning, necessitating field repairs. This is particularly tricky for John because he needs to represent the equipment as reliable.
- Responsibility (corporate mascot) - "Palooka Joe" is a character who represents the Bradley company. John has to be careful about not messing with that image. That means always acting in an upstanding manner, shilling the products at every opportunity, and avoiding any situation where he might be seen using a competitor's product (unless to show how badly it works. Intentionally botching that attempt is an option).
- Rivalry (Daedalus) - Daedalus believes that the world just isn't ready for things like jet boots and pocket pulse pistols and feels that Bradley Technologies is irresponsible in trying to bring such technology to the masses. As such, John has a bit of a friendly rivalry with Daedalus, complicated by the fact that Daedalus is superior in practically every way.
- Secret Identity - John hides his real identity both because the idea of an "everyman" sells better than some egghead and because he could otherwise be used as leverage against his brother.
Background
"Palooka Joe" is the hero, and walking advertisement, for Bradley Technologies, a firm which is attempting to carve a niche in the market adapting super-technology for the masses. Their icon is always quick to the scene, and just as quick to explain his devices and how consumer versions are available on the market to the general public. Despite the corporate shilling, Joe is sincere in his desire to help, and the home versions of the technology work on a more more limited level, and with large quantities of batteries, or the addition of wall power.
The general suspicion is that "Palooka Joe" is actually Joseph Bradley, CEO of the company, who has a tendency to disappear at odd times and always seems to have inside info on what's going on in the Hero business. In actuality, the truth is slightly more simple. "Palooka Joe" is actually John Bradley, Joseph's younger brother, and the brains behind the technology they've been adapting. You see, the issue they've run into (and the reason why super-tech is not standard on every corner) is energy storage and output. As anyone with a smartphone can attest to, it's hard to store large amounts of energy in a small package. As anyone with a Samsung Galaxy Note can tell you, even that small amount of energy can be dangerous to have around... as it is, Bradley has not yet completely solved the energy problem. John has a prototype reactor that he claims taps into Zero-Point fields, but it's temperamental enough that it's far from ready for mass production. The devices they sell to the public aren't scaled down for safety, but because there's no way to sustain the power output yet.
John has leapt headlong into his role are "Palooka Joe", and Joseph has occasionally suspected that John is sandbagging research efforts to make the reactor more stable, because it might put him out of work, particularly as Joseph is concerned that John might injure himself, both because he's family and because he is their head technologist, capable of brilliant leaps of logic and jury-rigged fixes in the field.
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Notes: This is basically the standard Gadgeteer archetype with altered technology and a shift toward being attack / defense shifted (because I'm curious about how the changes will work out).