WILD CARDS

LOOPHOLE
(Edward St. John Latham)

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
10	STR	0	11-	Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage
10	DEX	0	11-	OCV:  3/DCV:  3
13	CON	6	12-
13	BODY	6	12-
23	INT	16	14-	PER Roll 14-
23	EGO	32	14-	ECV:  8
20	PRE	10	13-	PRE Attack:  4d6
14	COM	2	12-

2	PD	0	Total:  2 PD (0 rPD)
2	ED	-1	Total:  2 ED (0 rED)
3	SPD	10	Phases:  4, 8, 12
5	REC	0
26	END	0
25	STUN	0	Total Characteristic Cost:  81

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
		Leaping:	2"/4"
		Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
	Perks
9	Contact:  Kien Phuc (Contact has extremely useful Skills or resources, Contact has significant 
	Contacts of his own, Good relationship with Contact) 13-
2	Fringe Benefit:  License to practice law, Well-known And Influential Lawyer
10	Money:  Wealthy

	Skills
5	+1 with Interaction Skills
	 
3	Acting 13-
3	Bureaucratics 13-
3	CK: New York City 14-
3	Criminology 14-
5	High Society 14-
7	KS: Law 18-
0	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
5	Language:  French (idiomatic; literate)
5	Language:  Vietnamese (idiomatic; literate)
5	Oratory 14-
3	PS: Lawyer 14-
3	SS:  Intelligence Analysis 14-
3	SS:  Psychology 14-
5	Streetwise 14-
1	WF:  Handguns

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  80
Total Cost:  161

75+	Disadvantages
10	Distinctive Features:  Emotionless (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By 
	Commonly-Used Senses)
0	Normal Characteristic Maxima
15	Psychological Limitation:  Overconfident, Especially In Court Room Situations (Common, Strong)
20	Psychological Limitation:  Totally Amoral, Is Concerned Only With Himself And His Employers 
	(Very Common, Strong)
5	Reputation:  attorney with far to many criminal dealings, 8-
36	Experience Points
161	Total Disadvantage Points

Description: Loophole stands 6'1" and weighs 170 lbs. He’s reasonably handsome, although a bit cold, and dresses impeccably. He is so emotionless and distant that many believe his human feelings were burned away by the wild card virus. At top notch lawyer, he served the Astronomer at one point, before coming into Kien Phuc's employ. He cares nothing for right and wrong, but only if he can get way with what ever he is planning. He has no compunctions about killing, especially if it will aid him in a case.

Campaign Use and Designer’s Notes: In case you don’t know, Loophole is an ace, who after contact with Typhoid Croyd gained the ability to give others the “Jumper” power via sexual contact. He then created a small army of male and female jumpers and ended up bringing ruin to a great many people (I also think this is when the series turned really dark and lost of lot of the fun of a supers setting.) This version (obviously) presents him before that contact. If want to simulate the power he needs a Major Transform with various Limitations represented extended sexual contact. The Transform gives the target the ability to swap minds with another person. I’m fairly sure you can find that power in The Ultimate Mentalist. In any case, the results won’t be pretty once the jumpers get loose in your game.

Loophole eventually meets his end at the hands of Mr. Nobody.

Linetap's Hero Designer File

(Loophole created by Lewis Shiner, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

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