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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:39 pm

The Phantom Thief

You know them, you love them, and you probably could live without them. The Phantom Thief is the most clever of burglars, able to steal everything just short of the kitchen sink. All the while, you'd never know that they were there! Generally, the Phantom Thief has wealth on his side to pay for his shenanigans, but when he doesn't he'll just make it overnight.

Strengths:

The Phantom Thief excels in stealth and trickery. Whether conning a guard to let him pass, or hiding behind a statue to evade the watchful eyes of the law, the Phantom Thief always holds the better hand.

Weaknesses:

To be both stealthy and cunning comes at a price. The Phantom Theif isn't made for combat like other builds are. He wears little armor and only the most basic of weapons. The Phantom Thief holds a few devices, which can be disarmed from him by an even more clever thief or even broken in battle.

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:02 pm

PL: 1
PP: 0/20
Super Group:

Attributes
-Stat Name: Total (without enhanced) / modifier-
Strength: 8 (8 ) / -1
Dexterity: 18 (18 ) / +4
Constitution: 8 (8 ) / -1
Intelligence: 10 (10) / +0
Wisdom: 10 (10) / +0
Charisma: 14 (14) / +2

(Trade Offs: None)

Saving Throws
-Save Name: (Base + Ability + Misc) = Total-
Toughness: (0+-1+0) = -1
Fortitude: (0+-1+0) = -1
Reflex: (0+5+0) = +0
Will: (0+0+0) = +0

Combat
-Name: Total (defense bonus + misc + size) / Flat Footed-
Defense: 10 (0+0+0) / 10
-Name: Total (Dex mod + Power + misc) / Flat Footed-
Initiative: 5 (5+0+0) / 0
-Name: Melee/Ranged (Specific if feat)-
Attack: 0/0

Luck Points: 1

Feats:

Attractive
+4 Bluff and Diplomacy

Equipment (x2)
Grants 10 Equipment Points

Hide in Plain Sight
You can make Stealth checks even while being observed and even if you do not have cover or concealment. Characters normally must have cover or concealment to hide and cannot make Stealth checks while being observed.

Skills:
-Name: Total = Skill Rank + Ability Mod + Misc-
Acrobatics (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Bluff (Cha): 6 = 0 + 2 + 4
Climb (Str): - = 0 + -1 + 0
Computers (Int): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Concentration (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Craft (Int): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Diplomacy (Cha): 6 = 0 + 2 + 4
Disable Device (Int): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Disguise (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Drive (Dex): - = 0 + 4 + 0
Escape Artist (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Gather Information (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Handle Animal (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Intimidate (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Investigate (Int): - 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Knowledge (Int): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Language (-): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Medicine (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Notice (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Perform (Cha): - = 0 + 2 + 0
Pilot (Dex): - = 0 + 4 + 0
Profession (Wis): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Ride (Dex): - = 0 + 4 + 0
Search (Int): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Sense Motive (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Slight of Hand (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Stealth (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Survival (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Swim (Str): -1 = 0 + -1 + 0

[align=center][b]PL:[/b] 1
[b]PP:[/b] 0/20
[b]Super Group:[/b]

[b]Attributes[/b]
[size=11]-[i]Stat Name: Total (without enhanced) / modifier[/i]-[/size]
[u][i]Strength:[/i][/u] 8 (8 ) / -1
[u][i]Dexterity:[/i][/u] 18 (18 ) / +4
[u][i]Constitution:[/i][/u] 8 (8 ) / -1
[u][i]Intelligence:[/i][/u] 10 (10) / +0
[u][i]Wisdom:[/i][/u] 10 (10) / +0
[u][i]Charisma:[/i][/u] 14 (14) / +2

[b][i](Trade Offs: None)[/i][/b]

[b]Saving Throws[/b]
[size=11]-[i]Save Name: (Base + Ability + Misc) = Total[/i]-[/size]
[u][i]Toughness:[/i][/u] (0+-1+0) = -1
[u][i]Fortitude:[/i][/u] (0+-1+0) = -1
[u][i]Reflex:[/i][/u] (0+5+0) = +0
[u][i]Will:[/i][/u] (0+0+0) = +0

[b]Combat[/b]
[size=11]-[i]Name: Total (defense bonus + misc + size) / Flat Footed[/i]-[/size]
[u][i]Defense:[/i][/u] 10 (0+0+0) / 10
[size=11]-[i]Name: Total (Dex mod + Power + misc) / Flat Footed[/i]-[/size]
[u][i]Initiative:[/i][/u] 5 (5+0+0) / 0
[size=11]-[i]Name: Melee/Ranged (Specific if feat)[/i]-[/size]
[u][i]Attack:[/i][/u] 0/0

[b]Luck Points:[/b] 1

[b]Feats:[/b]

Attractive
[size=9]+4 Bluff and Diplomacy[/size]

Equipment (x2)
[size=9]Grants 10 Equipment Points[/size]

Hide in Plain Sight
[size=9]You can make Stealth checks even while being observed and even if you do not have cover or concealment. Characters normally must have cover or concealment to hide and cannot make Stealth checks while being observed.[/size]

[b]Skills:[/b]
[i]-Name: Total = Skill Rank + Ability Mod + Misc-[/i]
Acrobatics (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Bluff (Cha): 6 = 0 + 2 + 4
Climb (Str): - = 0 + -1 + 0
Computers (Int): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Concentration (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Craft (Int): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Diplomacy (Cha): 6 = 0 + 2 + 4
Disable Device (Int): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Disguise (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Drive (Dex): - = 0 + 4 + 0
Escape Artist (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Gather Information (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Handle Animal (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Intimidate (Cha): 2 = 0 + 2 + 0
Investigate (Int): - 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Knowledge (Int): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Language (-): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Medicine (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Notice (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Perform (Cha): - = 0 + 2 + 0
Pilot (Dex): - = 0 + 4 + 0
Profession (Wis): - = 0 + 0 + 0
Ride (Dex): - = 0 + 4 + 0
Search (Int): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Sense Motive (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Slight of Hand (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Stealth (Dex): 5 = 1 + 4 + 0
Survival (Wis): 0 = 0 + 0 + 0
Swim (Str): -1 = 0 + -1 + 0
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:22 pm

EQUIPMENT

-Hand Cuffs (1) (1ep)-
Handcuffs are restraints designed to lock two limbs— normally the wrists—of a prisoner together. They fit any Medium or Small humanoid. Handcuffs can only be placed on a pinned, helpless, or unresisting target. Steel cuffs have Toughness 10 and require a Disable Device check (DC 25) or Escape Artist check (DC 35) to remove without the key.

-Multitool (1 ep)-
This device contains several different screwdrivers, a knife blade or two, can opener, bottle opener, file, short ruler, scissors, tweezers, and wire cutters. The whole thing unfolds into a handy pair of pliers. A multi-tool can lessen the penalty for making Craft (mechanical), Craft (electronic), or Craft (structural) checks without appropriate tools to –2 instead of the normal -4.

-Combat Knife (3ep)-
Damage Bonus +1 - Critical 19-20 - Piercing Damage - Tiny
A large recurve folding military knife.

-Pistol (5ep)-
Ranged Damage Bonus +1 - Critical 19-20 - Piercing Damage - Tiny - Accurate (+2 on Attack Rolls)

POWERS

Black Cat Suit
-Rank: 2
-Cost: 4pp per rank (8pp) (0/10 dpp)
-Build: Device (Hard)
-Description: An expensive stealth suit made for infiltration and burglary.

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Auto-Stealth (Black Cat Suit)
-Rank: 4
-Cost: 1/2 pp per rank + 1 (3pp)
-Build: Concealment (All Visual) - Blending - Passive + Close Range (PF)
-Action: Free (Active)
-Range: Personal
-Saving Throw: None
-Duration: Sustained
-Description: Using a computer embedded into the fabric of the suit, the user can make himself visually invisible. Even at close range, the illusion is good enough to fool the vigilant. The fibers of suit can't handle quick changes in acceleration, so if the user moves to quickly or attacks an enemy, the invisibility disappears.

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Mini Grappling Hook (Black Cat Suit)
-Rank: 4
-Cost: 1pp per rank + 1 (5pp)
-Build: Array + Alternate Power (PF)

-----Setting 1-----

Hanging from a Wire (Mini Grappling Hook)
-Rank: 2
-Cost: 1pp per rank (4pp)
-Build: Super Movement (Swinging + Wall Crawling (2) + Surefooted) - Limited (Requires a high object to grapple to)
-Action: Move (Active)
-Range: Personal
-Saving Throw: None
-Duration: Sustained
-Description: Using his wrist-mounted grappling hook, the user can travel across many surfaces. Given that he can connect it to a high object of some sort, he can swing across gaps, scale walls, and even use it to balance or travel across unstable ground!

-----Setting 2-----

Electro-Dart (Mini Grappling Hook)
-Rank: 1
-Cost: 3pp per rank + 1 (4pp)
-Build: Paralyze + Range + Accurate (PF)
-Action: Standard (Active)
-Range: Ranged
-Saving Throw: Will (Staged)(DC 11)
-Duration: Instant (Lasting)
-Description: The point of the grappling hook has an added feature. When fired at an enemy, it can grab or pierce them, then deliver a crippling electric shock. Use with care: You can't fire this at an enemy while you're swinging with it!

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Mecha Monacle (Black Cat Suit)
-Rank: 2
-Cost: 1pp per rank (2pp)
-Build: Super Senses (Ultravision + Infravision)
-Action: None (Passive)
-Range: Personal
-Saving Throw: None
-Duration: Continous
-Description: Attached to the head of the suit is a specialized visor that gives the user the ability to see the world in an overlap of normal light, infrared light, and ultraviolet light. These overlapped supervisions give the Phantom Thief the ability to see the triggers for many types of alarms and traps when he's on the job.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:49 pm

Suggestions

Over the next few updates, there are certain ideas that you should expand on. The next few tips will give you insight one where you can improve your character.

>>> If you like the idea of being invisible to your enemies, you should put more points into Auto-Stealth. By adding a rank to your Black Cat Suit, then using 2pp on Auto-Stealth, you could have a power that looks like this:

Quote:

Auto-Stealth (Black Cat Suit)
-Rank: 8
-Cost: 1/2 pp per rank + 1 (5pp)
-Build: Concealment (All Visual, All Hearing, All Olfactory) - Blending - Passive + Close Range (PF)
-Action: Free (Active)
-Range: Personal
-Saving Throw: None
-Duration: Sustained
-Description: Using a computer embedded into the fabric of the suit, the user can make himself visually invisible. New sensors and gadgets in the suit completely blot out every sound the user makes. Aero-absorbent fibers weaved into the suit conceal the user's scent as well.

Even at close range, the illusion is good enough to fool the vigilant. The fibers of suit can't handle quick changes in acceleration, so if the user moves to quickly or attacks an enemy, the invisibility disappears.

The above version of Auto-Stealth conceals you from all forms of Visual, Hearing, and Olfactory Senses. Having it built this way makes the Phantom Thief much stealthier than before. Now enemies with enhanced hearing or smell will have difficulty finding you. However, there is still that pesky pair of flaws, Blending and Passive, that take away some of Auto-Stealth's usefulness. For 11pp (about 3 more ranks on your Black Cat Suit), you can remove these flaws, and perfect your stealth.

Quote:

Auto-Stealth (Black Cat Suit)
-Rank: 8
-Cost: 2 pp per rank + 1 (16pp)
-Build: Concealment (All Visual, All Hearing, All Olfactory) + Close Range (PF)
-Action: Free (Active)
-Range: Personal
-Saving Throw: None
-Duration: Sustained
-Description: Using a computer embedded into the fabric of the suit, the user can make himself visually invisible. New sensors and gadgets in the suit completely blot out every sound the user makes. Aero-absorbent fibers weaved into the suit conceal the user's scent as well. Even at close range, the illusion is good enough to fool the vigilant.

Like this, Auto Stealth stays in effect even when you're moving quickly or attacking. It may be costly, but for the hero that seeks to be a stealth expert, this is a must!

>>> For the Phantom Thief that seeks to be enchanting and entrancing, the addition of a mind-altering gadget would be right up his alley.

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Siren's Song Aural Amplifier (Black Cat Suit)
-Rank: 1
-Cost: 1pp per rank + 2 (3pp)
-Build: Emotion Control - Sense Dependent (Hearing) + Subtle (2) (PF)
-Action: Standard (Active)
-Range: Perception
-Saving Throw: Will (Staged)
-Duration: Sustained(lasting)
-Description: On the Black Cat Suit are a pair of small pads, near the collar bone. When the user taps a button on the left one, the right one records and plays back the speaker's voice with a subtle frequency added it. The noise in his voice gives it a hypnotic quality. With it, he can speak in a way that influences those around him and changes their emotions to suit his will.

This one, for instance, gives the Phantom Thief the power of Emotion Control. With it, you could seduce a museum guard, or perhaps send him cowering into the corner with insane fear instead.

What's the best part? Two ranks of the power feat Subtle make the effects of your emotion control undetectable! One moment, the victim is fine, and the next, they're sobbing, and they won't know why!

>>> In order to make a good getaway, you're going to need to gain some speed. Depending on the character, it might be a stretch to have the Black Cat Suit grant them super speed. If so, look into buying a stylish vehicle. For just a two points put into the Equipment Feat, you can buy yourself a Motorcycle like the one below:

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Motorcycle
-Str 15
....Carry (Normal: /Medium: /Heavy: )
-Speed 5
-Defense 10
-Toughness 8 (Capped at 5+PL)
-Size Medium
-Cost 9 (equipment points)

If a motorcycle isn't your thing, you can read more about vehicles in the Device and Equipment thread.

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