MOVIE-DERIVED CHARACTER ADAPTATIONS
JASON VOORHEES
Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 30 STR 20 15- Lift 1600 kg; 6d6 HTH Damage [3] 13 DEX 9 12- OCV: 4/DCV: 4 25 CON 30 14- 20 BODY 20 13- 9 INT -1 11- PER Roll 11- 13 EGO 6 12- ECV: 4 20 PRE 10 13- PRE Attack: 4d6 8 COM -1 11- 10 PD 4 Total: 10 PD (10 rPD) 8 ED 3 Total: 8 ED (8 rED) 3 SPD 7 Phases: 4, 8, 12 15 REC 8 50 END 0 50 STUN 2 Total Characteristic Cost: 117 Movement: Running: 15"/30" Leaping: 6"/12" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills 17 Makes Anything a Weapon: Multipower, 35-point reserve, all slots OAF: Object of Opportunity (-1) 2u 1) Melee Weapon: HKA 2d6+1 (4d6+1 w/STR); OAF: Object of Opportunity (-1), END 3 1u 2) Thrown Weapon: RKA 2d6+1; OAF: Object of Opportunity (-1), Range Based On Strength (-1/4), END 3 90 Unstoppable: Physical Damage Reduction, Resistant, 75% plus Energy Damage Reduction, Resistant, 50% 9 Damn Hard to Hurt: Damage Resistance (10 PD/8 ED) 8 Stomping Grounds: Running +9" (15" total); Requires An AK: Camp Crystal Lake Roll (-1/2), END 2 37 Life Sense: Detect Life A Large Class Of Things 11- (Unusual Group), Discriminatory, Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Range, Sense, Targeting 33 Supernatural Creature: Healing BODY 3d6, Resurrection; Self Only (-1/2), END 5 44 Undead Body: Life Support (Eating: Character does not eat; Immunity All terrestrial poisons and chemical warfare agents; Immunity: All terrestrial diseases and biowarfare agents; Longevity: Immortal; Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Intense Heat; Self-Contained Breathing; Sleeping: Character only has to sleep 8 hours per year) Perks 7 Urban Myth: Reputation: Crystal Lake Killer (A medium-sized group) 11-, +7/+7d6 Talents 14 Fearless Skills 32 Home Field Advantage: +6 with All Combat; Requires An AK: Camp Crystal Lake Roll (-1/2) 20 Master of Improvised Weapons: +5 with various improvised weapons 7 AK: Camp Crystal Lake 16- 9 Stealth 15- 11 Shadowing 15- 11 Tracking 15- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 352 Total Cost: 469 200+ Disadvantages 15 Distinctive Features: Big & Grusome (Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) 10 Hunted: Survivors 8- (Less Pow, NCI, Harshly Punish) 15 Physical Limitation: Mute (All the Time, Slightly Impairing) 20 Psychological Limitation: Casual Killer (Common, Total) 25 Psychological Limitation: Hunts Teenagers (Very Common, Total) 15 Reputation: Urban Myth, 11- (Extreme) 25 Social Limitation: Serial Killer (Very Frequently, Severe) 144 Experience Points 469 Total Disadvantage Points
Background/History: Jason made his first appearance in the original Friday the 13th (1980), not as the film's killer, but as a memory of his mother, Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), and a hallucination of Alice's (Adrienne King). Though the character is never truly seen, he is the subject of the plot of the film, as Mrs. Voorhees seeks revenge for the death of her boy which she sees as the fault of the counselors. Jason's second appearance was in the sequel, Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981). Jason's death as a boy is retconned in this film, and he gets his revenge on the girl who decapitated his mother. Jason (Steve Daskewisz) returns to Crystal Lake, guarding it from all intruders. Five years later, a group of teenagers comes to Crystal Lake to set up a new camp, only to get murdered one by one by Jason. Ginny Field (Amy Steel), the lone survivor, finds a cabin in the woods with a shrine built around the severed head of Mrs. Voorhees, and surrounded by mutilated corpses. Ginny fights back, and slams a machete through Jason's shoulder. Jason is left for dead as Ginny is taken away in an ambulance. In Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982), Jason (Richard Brooker) escapes to a nearby lake resort, Higgins Haven, to rest from his wounds. At the same time, Chris Higgins (Dana Kimmell) returns to the property with some friends. An unmasked and reclusive Jason kills anyone who wanders into the barn where he is hiding. Taking a hockey mask from a victim to hide his face, he leaves the barn to kill the rest of the group. Chris fends off Jason by sending an axe into his head, but the night's events drive her into hysteria as the police take her away.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) continues the story, with Jason (Ted White) found by the police and taken to the morgue. Once delivered to the Wessex County morgue, Jason awakens and kills an attendant and nurse, and then makes his way back to Crystal Lake. A group of friends rent a house on Crystal Lake and fall victim to Jason's rampage. After killing all of the teens next door, Jason seeks out Trish and Tommy Jarvis (Corey Feldman). While distracted by Trish, Jason is attacked and killed by Tommy.
His appearance in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) was short lived. Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd) was committed to a mental hospital after the events of The Final Chapter, and has grown up constantly afraid that Jason (Tom Morga) will return. Jason's body was supposedly cremated after Tommy killed him. Roy Burns (Dick Wieand) uses Jason's persona to become a copycat killer at the halfway home to which Tommy was moved. The only moments of Jason's appearance are through the hallucinations and dreams of Tommy. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) had Tommy (Thom Mathews) visiting Jason's grave after having been released from a mental institution. It is revealed that Jason's body was never actually cremated, but buried in Forest Green cemetery (formerly Crystal Lake cemetery). Tommy inadvertently resurrects Jason (C.J. Graham), via a piece of cemetery fence which acts as a lightning rod. Jason returns to Forest Green, still believing it is Crystal Lake. Tommy finally manages to get Jason back to the lake that supposedly caused his death as boy. Tied to a boulder at the bottom of the lake, Jason is left to die.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) begins an undisclosed amount of time after Jason Lives. Jason (Kane Hodder) is resurrected again, this time by the telekinetic Tina Shepard (Lar Park Lincoln), who was trying to resurrect her father. Jason begins killing those who occupy Crystal Lake, and after a battle with Tina, Jason is returned to the bottom of the lake. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) sees Jason return from the grave, brought back to life via an underwater electrical cable. He follows a group of students on their senior class trip to Manhattan, boarding the Lazarus to wreak havoc. Upon reaching Manhattan, Jason kills the rest of the survivors, with the exception of Rennie and Sean; he chases the final two into the sewers, where Jason is caught and melted away by toxic waste.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) marked the second time Jason was killed off. Jason, through unexplained resurrection, returns to Crystal Lake, where he is being hunted by the F.B.I.. The F.B.I. sets up a sting to kill Jason, which proves successful. Through possession, Jason manages to survive by passing his demon-infested black heart from one being to the next. Though Jason is hardly seen throughout the film, it is learned that he has a sister and niece, and that he needs them to get his body back. After resurrecting his own body, Jason is finally killed by his niece and dragged to Hell.
Jason X (2002) marked Kane Hodder's last performance as Jason to date. The film takes place in the future, where Jason has again been resurrected, though it is not explained how. He is being held and experimented upon in a research facility. It is determined that he has regenerative capabilities, and that cryonic suspension is the only possible solution to stop him since he cannot be killed. Jason breaks out of captivity and manages to slice through the cryo-chamber, spilling the cryonics into the room freezing the only other survivor, Rowan (Lexa Doig). Four hundred and forty-five years later, Jason's body is discovered by a team of students studying Earth. Upon being thawed by the team, he proceeds to murder everyone aboard the spacecraft, before finally being blown into space, and landing on Earth 2.
Jason's most recent appearance was in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), set in the present. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) has grown weak, as people in Springwood, his home, have suppressed their fear of him. Freddy, who is impersonating Pamela Voorhees, sends Jason (Ken Kirzinger) to Springwood to cause panic and fear. Jason accomplishes this, but refuses to stop killing. A battle ensues in both the dream-world and Crystal Lake. The winner is left ambiguous, as Jason surfaces from the lake holding Freddy's severed head, which winks and laughs.
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