Matt Cole (a.k.a. Ghost)

Associations

Solo D8, Buddy D6, Team D10

Distinctions

Criminal Background
Gentle Soul
Thrillseeker

[D4+1PP or D8]

Power Sets

Dead & Doesn't Know It

Intangibility D10
Invisibility D8
Senses (Supernatural) D6
Sorcery (the Dead) D8

SFX: Second Chance Spend 1 PP to reroll when using any POWER SET power.
SFX: Focus If a pool includes a POWER SET power, you may replace two dice of equal size with one die +1 step larger.
Limit: Uncontrollable Change any POWER SET power into a com- plication and gain 1 PP. Activate an opportunity or remove the complication to recover the power.
Limit: Exhausted Shutdown any POWER SET power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Ghost Suit

Enhanced Durability D8
Speed D6
Enhanced Reflexes D8
Leaping D6
Swingline D6
Weapon D6

SFX: Grapple Add a D6 and step up your effect die by +1 when inflicting TYPE complication on a target.
Limit: Gear Shutdown POWER SET and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. doom pool to recover.

Specialties

Acrobatic Master D10
Combat Expert D8
Covert Expert D8
Crime Expert D8
Tech Expert D8

[You may convert Expert D8 to 2D6, or Master D10 to 2D8 or 3D6]

Milestones

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT

1 XP when he interacts with someone from his criminal past.
3 XP when he commits a non-violent crime.
10 XP when he has to decide between betraying an old friend from his underworld days and letting him escape.

DEAD MAN WALKING

1 XP when he successfully uses Sorcery for the first time in a scene.
3 XP when he encounters supernatural events or people for the first time.
10 XP when he stresses out or is stressed out by a supernatural hero (e.g. Dr Fate, Phantom Stranger, Madame Xanadu, the Spectre, Zatanna, Deadman).

XP

5

PP

5

History

Matt Cole grew up in one of Gotham's slums and was always in trouble, mainly for theft and burglary. He used his natural agility and small size to pay the bills for him and his invalid mother. (Not that he didn’t enjoy the thrill too: he was fascinated by the growing legend of ‘the Cat-Woman’ and flattered himself he could be like her.) As he got older, his reputation grew and he started taking contracts, justifying it by telling himself he was the non-violent option for jobs that were going to get done anyway.

Everything was going well enough until one job, stealing an artefact from an old collector on behalf of the Riddler. It should have been easy, but something went wrong. Matt had his hands on the item when the house exploded. He didn’t know how he managed to get out unscathed, but he did. He stumbled home and picked up his life again the next day, soon noticing, however, that he his skills had improved massively: he was quicker, stronger, more agile and flexible. He could blend into a crowd and didn't leave traces. Even alarm systems didn’t pick him up any more. He decided to go independent, and the press gave him the nickname ‘The Ghost’, because of his ability to get in anywhere. His independent career was short, however, because he was quickly caught by the Batman and given an ultimatum: join up and pay back, or be turned in.

Personality

Thrillseeking and short-sighted. Cole’s under the mistaken impression that so long as he doesn’t do anything evil personally, then he’s not done anything wrong.

Abilities & Resources

Matt is, unbeknownst to everyone including himself, dead. He was fated to die in that explosion, but holding the artefact when he was killed instead put him out of synch with this universe. He can ‘cheat’ its laws to a limited extent, which means, for him, being better at what he used to do, as well as new abilities to be forgotten/not noticed. This is also why a run-in with magical heroes like Dr Fate or the Phantom Stranger is likely to be a problem. Matt may have as-yet undiscovered abilities, but because he doesn't know what's happened, he doesn't think outside the box of what he normally does and so has only discovered powers that directly relate to what he was already used to doing.