Everyman

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Everyman PL: 10 (160pp)

[[1]] [2] Story "Put aside for the moment the rulership of gods, strip away the powerseekers and the paragons, the mighty magicians and the mutants and you have humanity. All alone, yet together - a flock that needs guidance, protecting...ruling. That’s what they would have you think. I prefer to think of Us as a pack, and every now and then that pack pushes forth its collective will and says "No!". Every now and then poor old humanity creates a hero out of nothing more than the collective need to have one, to stand against its innermost fears and outermost enemies. I'm now an explicit part of that will, I tap into it and draw from it and do what’s right. For the everyman, for humanity. For now, that collective need and will is me...the Everyman." Interview with Karl Jung, 1919.

Daniel Kane is an undying man who can tap into the collective abilities of humanity to face down their greatest threats.

"There is a tribe in the lower reaches of Peru that know how to hold their breath for 10 minutes. There’s an old woman and her pupils who can enter a state where their wounds wont bleed. The Ngala of Australia can track a man across anything. I borrow from them and am eternally grateful."

Also known in WWII as "The man who never stops", he shrugs off things that should harm or kill him with ease. Also a nice guy with a taste for culture who has travelled the world, delighting and merging with the myriad cultures of earth.

He has wandered the world since his assumption of the Everyman at Verdun in 1915, when he was killed and rose again. Since then he has walked with the humble and famous, all the time drawn to defend humanity against outside threats – even though those threats are sometimes drawn from inside ‘himself’ - his people, humanity. When some idiot mage has summoned powers from beyond, he is there. When one of the pack goes feral and genocidal, he is there.

The only sorrow he carries is that he cannot defend humanity against itself.

In person, Everyman is urbane and charming, able to slip into any culture and subculture. He speaks any language he needs to, understands the subtleties of Russian mafia interconnections as well as he breathes the tribal links of New Guinea highlanders. He needs no disguise – he is what he needs to be.

Currently based in the U.S.A. due to it being a particular locus for the ‘waves’ that created him and others like him, he has been disturbed for years by a vague feeling of dread…something that comes to him from the collective unconscious. Following his instinct and these misgivings, he has been carefully following a plan to bring together many of the Next Wave…although he is still unsure why…

Characteristics

Name : Daniel ('call me Dan') Kane

Appearance: 6’0”, fair hair, pale skin, Green eyes. Slender.

Age: 114 (appears to be in early 20’s)

Nationality: Originally Canadian, now considers himself a citizen of the world.

Costume: Grey/Brown jumpsuit in ‘hero’ attire, with facemask.

Origin; Awakened after being shot and gassed at Verdun in 1915.

Motivation: Justice for collective humanity.

Abilities:

• STR: 14 (+2)
• DEX: 14 (+2)
• CON: 28 (+9)
• INT: 14 (+2)
• WIS: 14 (+2)
• CHA: 14 (+2)

Combat:

• Attack +4 [+2 Damage]
• Defense 11 [12]
• Init +2

Saves:

• Toughness +9
• Fortitude +9
• Reflex +2
• Will +9

Skills:

• Bluff 8
• Profession [traveller] 6
• Sense Motive 10

Feats:

• Fearless
• Connected
• Contacts
• Leadership
• Seize initiative
• Benefits: Wealth 2 (optional) or status & security clearance (iconic figure)

Powers:

• Regeneration 10
• - Resurrection 9
• - Disabled 3
• - Power Feat: Persistent.

• Immunity – Aging.

• “Will of humanity” (Immunity Mental Powers )

“You can’t control all of humankind at once, can you?”

• "Face of humanity” variable power 8 at 7pts/level

Fault: Human level Characteristics, Abilities, Skills and Feats only.

“Anything we can do, I can do.” [note: this could actually stray into some minor level 1 powers – Or would you consider the powers as feats option from the masterminds manual. I’m thinking along the lines of certain unique individuals who can do things like – always float in water, or sleep in cold conditions without freezing, lower their heartrates to appear dead, etc. signature effects rather than powers per se]

• ”Collective unconscious”Precognition.
• Faults: Only when sleeping, not personal.

Cost: 160pts

Drawback Weakness: Mass deaths, minor [Sudden weakness, full round disabled. (perception range)]-2 points. link title