Messenger II

THE MESSENGER²


 NAME : John Blake
 IDENTITY : Secret
 OPERATIONS : Mount Zeein, New Avalon,
	       Mysteria 
 POWER LEVEL : 11
 PLAYER : NPC, was Eric Grzywa


 STRENGTH	13/2 
 STAMINA	13/2
 AGILITY	 6/1
 DEXTERITY	 4/0
 FIGHTING	 8/3
 INTELLECT	 4
 AWARENESS	 7/2
 PRESENCE	 2
 Abilities Cost: 32


 Lifting STR 22 
100,000 tons


 Flying SPD 4, 19 
30 mph or
1,000,000 mph


Impervious
ignores up to 6


 DODGE (AGL)	 8/3 (DC 18)
 PARRY (FGT)	 8/3 (DC 18)
 FORTITUDE(STA)	13/2 
 TOUGHNESS(STA)	14/2
 WILL (AWE)	 8/3
 Defense Cost: 3

Offense:


 Unarmed		+9	Close, Damage 13
 Psychokinetic Punch	+8	Ranged, Damage 14

INITIATIVE
+6


Acrobatics	 8	 7	 1
Athletics	12	12	--
Unarmed Combat	 9	 8	 1
Deception	 2	 2	--
Expertise			  
 Teaching	 5	 4	 1
 Field Hockey	 5	 4	 1
 Literature	 5	 4	 1
 History	 5	 4	 1
Insight		 7	 7	--

Intimidation	 4	 2	 2
Investigation	 4	 4	--
Perception	 7	 7	--
Persuasion	 2	 2	--
Ranged Combat	 6	 4\2	--
Sleight of Hand	 4	 4	--
Stealth		 7	 7	--
Technology	 4	 4	--
Treatment	 4	 4	--
Vehicles	 4	 4	--
Skills Cost: 4
Notes:  While Messenger's parahuman abilities come from exposure to the pendant,
 the residual energies take time to wear off. This is a Quirk on the powers
 that are marked with an asterisk(*).


Beginner's Luck
Jack-of-all-trades

Equipment 2
Power Attack

Close Attack 3
Ranged Attack 2
Advantages Cost: 5


 Strength of the Messenger: Enhanced Stamina* 11;			    43
      Enhanced Strength* 11, AE: Enhanced STR 21, lifting only
 Deftness of the Messenger: Enhanced Traits (Agility* 5, Dexterity* 2,	    30
      Awareness* 5, Fighting* 5)
 Resilience of the Messenger: Immunity* 11 (Life Support, Aging);	    21
      Protection* 1; Impervious Toughness 11 (ignores 6)	
 Flight of the Messenger Array: Flight* 4, Stacks w/Flight Boost 	     7
 Mental Powers Array, Removable (-9) [hidden Pendant]		     	    35
  AE Brain Blast: Perception Damage 9, Resisted by Will  	     36
  AE Psychokinetic Punch: Ranged Damage 14, Accurate 3 (+6)	      1
  AE Telepathy: Mind Reading 11, Cumulative			      1
  AE Psychokinesis: Perception Move Object 11			      1
  AE Psychokinesis Area: Burst Area Move Object 9, Selective	      1
  AE Psychoillusions: Illusions 11 (Sight [as 2], Sound, Smell)	      1
	Resistible By Will, One Target
  AE Psychoillusions Area: Illusions 11 (Sight [as 2], Sound)	      1
	Resistible By Will, Selective
  AE Enhanced Flight: Flight +15; Movement (Space Travel 2,	      1
	Environmental Adaptation: Zero G)
  AE Assorted Powers: Variable 4, Free Action    		      1
    Cloak of Psychoinvisibility: Concealment 10: (All Senses),
	Precise
    Speak with Anyone Anywhere: Comprehend 6 (Understand All,
	Is Understood, Speak to and Understood by Animals,
	and Plants); Mental Communication 2 (1 mile)
    Long Range Telepathy: Mental Communication 5 (anywhere)
    Sight Beyoond Sight: Senses 13 (Vision Counters Concealment,
	Penetrates Concealment, and Extended x4) 
    Dimensional Travel: Movement 3 (All Dimensions)
Powers Cost: 136


Devices Cost: 0

Total Cost: 180

Base Points: 176
ExP Spent: 4		Experience Points Total: 7 
Total Points: 180

Equipment:

 Enchanted Commlink						      2
 contribution to Champions of Mysteria Tower			      3
 Power Crystal Shard from another dimension			      1
 Honorary COJ Communicator COJ-127				      2

Complications:
Mistaken Identity - On Earth, Messenger is often confused for the first Messenger, who returned to his home dimension. This includes being assumed to be arrogant and being pursued by any powerful enemies the original made. It has also been discovered that he has other dopplegangers in other dimensions as well.
What Does His Name Mean? - The Message isn't a soundbite, it's a lifestyle.
Falls in Love Easily - Multiversal John Blakes fall in love easily with heroic women; in this case with Silver Sorceress.
Vulnerability - Due to the attributes of the meteorite pendant, gold has an increased effectiveness on Messenger. Gold-coated weapons get +5 to the effect.

Known Background: John Blake discovered he was the victim of identity theft. Someone in New Orleans had gotten a driver's lisence and had obtained credit cards using John Blake's identity, but he left Blake's actual finances: his bank accounts, 401K, etc. alone. Further investigation led Blake to the Force d'Orleans Mansion in the Big Easy. There he met Johnathan Blake, who was also the costumed adventurer known as Messenger. He had arrived in New Orleans more than a year earlier with no memory, just his costume, powers, and codename. As his memory returned he had realised he was from a parallel Earth. As he regained more memory he recalled his true identity and he began to establish that identity on our world. It hadn't occurred to him that he might have a counterpart native to this world.

Messenger's teammate Diamant had connections with the larger parahuman community, and made some calls. The English hero Doctor Tesseract, formerly of the Legion of Champions, came, and after some investigation, acertained which Earth Messenger was from. They arranged for Messenger to get home. Before leaving, Messenger decided that this Earth he's been on for the past several months still needed a Messenger. He gave his pendant with the meteorite shard to the John Blake native of our world, and this John Blake became the new Messenger.

After several months experimenting with being a hero, Messenger went on a mission with the Champions of Justice that took him to Mysteria. Having lost his job, he didn't have much to return for, but found the land and one of its inhabitants in particular (Silver Sorceress) infatuating. This sparked his interest in staying and becoming a member of the champions of his new home.

Personality: Messenger in new enough to the world of parahuman crimefighting that his personality is not yet known. What is known is that he lacks the arrogance his predacessor had had while his memory was gone (the only thing he knew for certain was that he was a powerful hero, and he focussed on that).

Powers/Tactics: The pendant Messenger wears under his costume draws on the mysterious energies of a meteorite that has been in the other Blake's family for years. This energy boosts his willpower and strengthens his body. It also allows him to fly at great speeds and to perform various telepathic and telekinetic feats. Still inexperienced, this Messenger is still learning the best ways to utelise these abilities.

Appearance: Messenger is 6’4", with dark hair and an athletic build. When he took posesseion of the pendant its glow changed from green to blue. As such, he made a similar colour adjustment to his uniform. The rest of his uniform is similar to the other Messenger's but with the red and white reversed.

Messenger II was created and designed by Jim Caswell, Ken Hallaron and Eric Grzywa; based on concepts created by Luke Wagner. He was played by Eric Grzywa, but is now an NPC.

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Last updated on 2 June 2023