Captain America PL14

Captain America

Steve Rogers was born during the Depression and grew up a frail youth in a poor family. His father died when he was a child, his mother when he was in his late teens. Horrified by newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to try to enlist in the Army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was rejected. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea to be accepted, General Chester Phillips of the U.S. Army offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special experiment called Operation: Rebirth. Rogers agreed and was taken to a secret laboratory in Washington, D.C. where he was introduced to Dr. Abrahan Erskine (code named: Prof. Reinstein), the creator to the Super-Soldier formula.

After weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Soldier serum. Given part of the compound intravenously and another part orally, Rogers was then bombarded by "vita-rays," a special combination of exotic (in 1941) wavelengths of radiation designed to accelerate and stabilize the serum's effect on his body. Steve Rogers emerged from the vita-ray chamber with a body as perfect as a body can be and still be human. A Nazi spy who observed the experiment murdered Dr. Erskine mere minutes after its conclusion. Erskine died without fully committing the Super-Soldier formula to paper, leaving Steve Rogers the Sole beneficiary of his genius.

Roger was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program,teaching him gymnastics, hand-to-hand combat and military strategy. Three months later, he was given his first assignment, to stop the Nazi agent called the Red Skull. To help him become a symbolic counterpart to the Red Skull, Rogers was given the red, white, and blue costume of Captain America.

During the war, he served as both a symbol of freedom and America's most effective special operative. Then, during the final days of the war, he was trying to stop a bomb-loaded drone-plane launched by Nazi technician Baron Heinrich Zemo when the plane exploded, killing his partner Bucky; and throwing him unhurt into icy Arctic waters. The Super-Soldier formula prevented crystallization of Captain America's bodily fluid, allowing him to enter a state of suspended animation. Decades later, he was rescued by the newly-formed Avengers and became a cornerstone of the team. His might undiminished. Captain America remains a symbol of liberty and justice.

Captain America: PL 14;

Init +9 (Dex, Improved Inititive); Defense 23 (18 flat footed); Spd 30ft; Atk +13 melee (+8S Shield), +13 ranged (+5S anything thrown); SV Dmg +7, Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +5; Str 20, Dex 20, Con 20, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 16

Skills: (synergies and super bonuses counted.) Acrobatics 12, Balance 7, Diplomacy 5, Gather Information 5, Intimidate 8, Jump 12, Profession (Soldier) 8, Sense Motive 8

Feats: All Out Attack, Dodge, Evasion, Fame, Heroic Surge, Immune to Exhaustion, Improved Inititive, Iron Will, Leadership, Lightning Reflexes, Ricochet Attack, Throwing Mastery

Powers:

• Deflection Mastery +14 [Stunt: Swashbuckler; Extra: innate; Flaw: Shields only; Cost 5pp]

Equipment:

Captain America usually only carries his shield and wears a coat of chain mail as the only two items in his equipment list. A World War 2 era Cap may have a machine gun and/or a pistol. The stats for the famous (however not original) round shield are as follows:

• Star Spangled Shield: Deflection +3 [Feature: Hardness; Extra: Boomerang, Weapon; Flaw: Device; Total Cost 10pp]

• Chainmail: Armor +3 [Total Cost 3pp]