Val Char Cost Roll Notes 8 STR -2 11- Lift 75 kg; 1½d6 [1] 14 DEX 12 12- OCV: 5/DCV: 9 15 CON 10 12- 8 BODY -4 11- 10 INT 0 11- PER Roll: 11- 13 EGO 6 12- ECV: 4 18 PRE 8 13- PRE Attack: 3½d6 16 COM 3 13- 3 PD 1 Total: 3 PD (0 rPD) 3 ED 0 Total: 3 ED (0 rED) 4 SPD 16 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 5 REC 30 END 20 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 50 Movement: Running: 11”/22” Leaping: 1½”/3” Swimming: 2”/4” Cost Powers & Skills 32 Small: +4 DCV, Stealth, and Concealment (already figured in) 12 Fizzable Torso: Multipower (30-point Powers); Activation 14- (-½), Costs END to Activate (-¼) 1u 1) Tablet Torso: Armor (10 PD/10 ED); Activation 14- (-½) 1u 2) Fizzing Torso: Physical Damage Reduction 50%; Activation 14- (-½), Costs END to Activate (-¼), END 3 32 Fizzing Torso of Suffocation and Blindness: EB 2d6, Continuous (+1), NND (Self-Contained Breathing, +1), Reduced Endurance (0 END, +½); No Range (-½), Linked to Fizzing Torso (-¼) plus Flash Sight, Hearing, and Smell/Taste Groups 2d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END, +½); Linked to NND (-½), No Range (-½) 7 Sliding on Fizz: Running +5”; Straight Line Only (-½), END 1 2 Calm Stomach: Life Support (Immunity to Nausea) Skills 4 +2 with Fizzing Torso 1 Acting 8- 2 Concealment 15-; Self Only (-½) 3 Paramedics 11- 2 SS: Pharmacology 11- 1 Stealth 12- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 100 Total Cost: 150 100+ Disadvantages 10 Physical Limitation: Requires Special Medical Attention (use Pharmacology in place of Paramedics) 10 Physical Limitation: Small (Takes +6” Knockback Distance) 10 Psychological Limitation: Perky and Cheerful (Common, Moderate) 5 Reputation: Famous Medicine Boy 8- 15 Susceptibility: 1d6 STUN per Phase from Immersion in Water (Very Common) Total Disadvantage Points: 150
Background/Personality: Speedy was tragically born without a torso. How can a child survive a catastrophic birth defect like that? Thankfully, his mother’s doctor was the famous Dr. Seltzer, who besides being an obstetrician, was also an expert on gastrointeracidology. Quickly grafting a large experimental stomach acid control tablet onto the boy, he saved the child’s life. His growth was artificially stunted so that he would not outgrow the medicinal tablet that takes the place of his chest.
But what kind of a life is it to be made mostly of a pharmaceutical remedy? Surprisingly, Speedy grew up with a remarkably, almost irritatingly, cheerful attitude, and dealt with his deformity with aplomb. His mother got him into show business at a young age, and the child actor was lucky enough to land the role of lead spokesman for Dr. Seltzer’s new invention – Alka Seltzer.
Speedy sang and danced his way into the hearts of the American public, becoming a champion for the pharmaplegics everywhere.
Quote: “Plop, plop. Fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is to smother you in my cute bubbly torso.”
Tactics/Powers: Speedy has a torso made of a giant Alka Seltzer tablet, which he can convert from solid to fizzy semisolid at will. When it’s fizzing, he can grab a target and force his head into the foamy substance, suffocating and blinding him at once.
Roleplaying Notes: Lassie’s Timmy meets Elijah Wood.
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