Longshot

F: Rm (30)	Health:	        90
A: Rm (30)
S: Gd (10)	Karma:	        66
E: Ex (20)
R: Ty (6)	Resources:	Ty(6)
I: Ex (20)
P: Rm (30)	Popularity:	6

KNOWN POWERS:

PROBABILITY MANIPULATION: Longshot can manipulate probability fields to 
his advantage. Any percentile roll made by the player running
Longshot is read as the high dies first (a roll of "2" and "8" would be 
a roll of 82, regardless of how the dice fell). If the player rolls a 
"0" on either of his dice, then the Judge should roll a die in private; 
this d10 roll indicates which upcoming die roll will be inverted (a 
stroke of bad luck, meaning a roll of "9" and "1" would be a 19). Thus 
is the Judge rolled a "4", it would mean that the fourth roll after 
that FEAT will have reversed numbers indicating bad luck. No further 
checks for bad luck should be made until the fist bad luck occurrence 
is resolved. The Judge should not inform a player that the rolls "good" 
or "bad" until he has spent Karma for the roll. Lonshot's bad luck 
applies to his allies as well as himself.

AURA READING: Longshot may read the psychic aura of an object with In 
(40) ability, and may understand the thoughts of those who have
handled (and will handle in the future) the object, at the time the 
object is held. The auras of those with the strongest emotions (fear, 
anger, etc.) will be read best. Failure of a power rank FEAT will 
indicate that no auras may be read. Longshot will only detect future 
auras if the Judge has defined plans for the object in the future.

TALENTS:
Longshot is a stuntman in his own world, and as such has Acrobatics and 
Tumbling skills. He has Martial Arts A and E, and gets +1CS to his
Agility FEAT in tossing of cleaver-like blades that cause Gd (10) 
damage. He is also skilled in the use of jetpacks, which allow Flight 
at Ex (20) speed (6 areas/round, Agility FEAT to steer).

CONTACS:
Longshot has contacts among the rebels of his own homeworld and with 
the X-Men.

ROLE PLAYING NOTES:
Longshot is a very happy-go-lucky (no pun intended) character, a man 
who loves thrills and adventure, and who has few inhibitions. He has a
tendency to look at the world in ways that we take for granted (such as 
the time he referred to ham and eggs as "dead burned animal flesh, and
unborn baby birds"). Spiral is his avowed enemy.

BACKGROUND:

Universe: Marvel Comics
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Former slave, now pro-stuntman and rebel leader, now 
	professional adventurer.
Legal Status: None on Earth, renegade slave with criminal record on his 
	homeworld.
Identity: The general populace of Earth does not know that Longshot is 
	an extra-dimensional being.
Other Known Aliases:
Place of Birth: An unidentified world is another dimension.
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Inapplicable
Base of Operations: Australia
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of rebels on his homeworld, current member of the X-men.
Present Group Affiliation:

HISTORY:
On a world in another dimension a race of sentient semi-humanoid beings 
lacking spines evolved. The race's inability to stand upright
prevented their civilization from advancing beyond a relatively 
primitive level. Finally, the scientist Arize designed an artificial 
exoskeleton and under Arize's guidance, their civilization rapidly 
advanced.
However, some of Arize's race refused to use the exoskeletons and for 
unknown reasons, these so called Spineless Ones somehow became
the race's rulers. The Spineless Ones demanded to have a race of 
slaves, which Arize created for them through genetic engineering. The
Spineless Ones' mythic images of devils had humanoid form, and Arize, 
apparently with ironic intent, designed his genetic creations to
resemble them. Moreover Arize had no intention of allowing his sentient 
creations to be oppressed, and secretly designed their genetic codes
so that, despite the Spineless Ones' wishes, the humanoids would be 
intelligent and have a strong sense of individual self. Hence, a 
rebellion of the slaves would be inevitable. Furthermore, Arize 
designed some of these slaves, including the one who would be known as 
Longshot and his ally Quark, to have special superhuman powers. Later, 
the Spineless Ones demanded that Arize create immensely powerful 
weaponry for them, and when refused, they cast him out, and he began a 
life as a hermit.
Longshot first achieved consciousness as an adult, having been grown in 
machines to become a warrior slave for one of the Spineless Ones,
Mojo. Longshot's first words were to tell Mojo, his owner, "No one owns 
me." Mojo put Longshot to work as a performer of dangerous stunts
in the movies he produced. Eventually Longshot sought out Arize, who 
told him his origin, explained to him that he was indeed a living being
with a right to freedom, and urged him to help bring about a rebellion 
of the slaves against the Spineless Ones.
Longshot became a legendary heroic rebel leader on his homeworld, but 
was finally captured by the Spineless Ones who artificially induced
amnesia in him so he would become a submissive slave. Instead, the 
amnesiac Longshot fled with rebel hunters hot on his trail, he found an
interdimensional portal and escaped through it to Earth. There he was 
dubbed "Longshot" because he continually acted against heavy odds in
his exploits. Longshot had many adventures on Earth, including battles 
against rebel hunters from his own world such as Spiral and Gog and
Magog. He was befriended by the movie stuntwoman Ricochet Rita.
Mojo ultimately came to Earth, determined to prevent Longshot from 
returning to their home world and telling the humanoid slaves how Earth
was ruled by human beings like themselves. Mojo feared that this news 
would inspire further rebellions. Once coming to Earth, Mojo began
planning to enslave its population. Meanwhile, Longshot began regaining 
his memories, enough to recall his true origin. Aided by Ricochet
Rita, Quark, and the sorcerer Doctor Strange, Longshot defeated Mojo, 
forcing him into an interdimensional portal. Spiral followed Mojo,
and Longshot, Ricochet Rita, and Quark also entered the portal in order 
to follow Mojo back to his homeworld. Longshot intends to kill Mojo
there and then lead his thousands of fellow humanoids from his 
homeworld to Earth where they can be free. Whether Longshot will 
succeed in his quest remains to be seen.
Longshot intended to kill Mojo and lead his thousands of humanoid 
followers to Earth where they could be free. Mojo, however had other
plans, and teleported him to Earth, at a time before he recovered his 
memories. Longshot joined the X-Men, and participated with them in
"The Fall of the Mutants," where they saved the world from an extremely 
evil entity, at the cost of their lives. Longshot was resurrected and 
is still a member of the X-Men.




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