COMICS-DERIVED CHARACTER ADAPTATIONS
J. JONAH JAMESON
Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 8 STR -2 11- Lift 75.8 kg; 1 ½d6 HTH Damage [2] 10 DEX 0 11- OCV: 3/DCV: 3 12 CON 4 11- 11 BODY 2 11- 11 INT 1 11- PER Roll 12- 13 EGO 6 12- ECV: 4 11 PRE 1 11- PRE Attack: 2d6 10 COM 0 11- 4 PD 2 Total: 4 PD (0 rPD) 4 ED 2 Total: 4 ED (0 rED) 4 SPD 20 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 4 REC 0 24 END 0 21 STUN 0 Total Characteristics Cost: 36 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Leaping: 1"/2" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills Martial Arts: Boxing Maneuver OCV DCV Notes 3 Basic Strike +1 +0 3 ½d6 Strike 4 Martial Block +2 +2 Block, Abort 4 Martial Dodge -- +5 Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort 4 Martial Escape +0 +0 23 STR vs. Grabs 3 Martial Grab -1 -1 Grab Two Limbs, 18 STR for holding on 3 +1 PER with all Sense Groups Perks 27 Contact: New York City News Services (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has significant Contacts of his own, Contact has very useful Skills or resources, Very Good relationship with Contact), Organization Contact (x3) (27 Active Points) 12- 1 Fringe Benefit: Press Pass 4 Fringe Benefit: Chairman of BoD of a minor business 5 Money: Well Off Skills 3 Analyze: Agility Skills 11- 3 Bribery 11- 3 Bugging 11- 3 Bureaucratics 11- 3 CK: NYC 12- 3 Conversation 11- 5 Deduction 12- 3 High Society 11- 3 Interrogation 11- 3 KS: Journalism 12- 5 KS: Newspaper Business 14- 4 KS: Photography 13- 3 Oratory 11- 5 PS: Editor 14- 3 Persuasion 11- 3 Streetwise 11- 5 Trading 12- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 118 Total Cost: 154 75+ Disadvantages 15 Enraged: Spider-Man Gets the Better of Him (Uncommon), go 11-, recover 11- 0 Normal Characteristic Maxima 10 Psychological Limitation: Cocky (Common; Moderate) 15 Psychological Limitation: Committed To Getting Spider-Man (Uncommon; Total) 15 Psychological Limitation: Compulsive Cigar Smoker (Common; Strong) 10 Psychological Limitation: Compulsively Sarcastic (Common; Moderate) 14 Experience Points Total Disadvantage Points: 154
Background/History: J. Jonah Jameson is editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, a New York newspaper. Jameson was raised by his stepfather, his biological father's brother. This is who he learned to love cigars from. His biological father, J. Jonah Jameson Sr., left the country for unknown reasons. He was a Boy Scout during his childhood. In high school, his interests were mainly boxing and photography. He met his first wife, Joan, when they both joined their high school's photo club. When the school's three top athletes started bullying him, he fought back and beat all three of them to a pulp. This impressed Joan, and they started dating. They married as soon as they finished school. After school, Jameson sought employment as a journalist. When the U.S.A. joined World War II in 1941, Jameson served as a war correspondent in Europe.
Personality/Motivation: Jameson gained a mostly deserved reputation for journalistic integrity, but his greedy opportunism and unyielding belligerent stubbornness made him more than a few enemies. Jameson has also been a tireless crusader for civil rights. He has also agitated in print on behalf of labor union rights. He has even stood up for mutant rights, despite his dislike of superhuman individuals.
Quote: "Who is Spider-Man? He's a criminal that's who he is! A vigilante! A public menace! What's he doing on MY front page?"
Powers/Tactics: Jameson is an accomplished reporter, editor and businessman, knowledgeable in virtually every aspect of print publication. He demonstrates surprising fitness, though he is subject to fits of rage, has had multiple heart attacks, and is a chain smoker of cigars. His brusque behavior, capitalistic outlook and obsession with Spider-Man frequently mislead people into believing him less principled and compassionate than he in fact is.
Appearance: Recognizable by his mustache, flattop haircut and ever-present cigar.
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