Name: GREEN HORNET Val Char Cost 20 STR 10 18 DEX 24 15 CON 10 14 BODY 8 15 INT 5 11 EGO 2 18 PRE 8 14 COM 2 8 PD 4 8 ED 5 3 SPD 2 7 REC 0 30 END 0 32 STUN 0 Characteristic Rolls: STR: 13-, DEX: 13-, CON: 12-, INT: 12-, EGO: 11-, PER: 12- Run: 6", Swim: 2", Jump: 4", Lift: 400 kg Cost Powers END/Roll 33 Gas Gun -- 8D6 EB, +1 No Normal Defense (Life Support, holding one's breath), +1/2 one-hex Area Effect, -1 OAF gun, -3/4 six charges, -1/4 No Knockback Cost Skills, Talents, Perks Roll Boxing Maneuvers 5 Jab (Defensive Strike), +1 OCV, +3 DCV, STR strike 5 Hook (Offensive Strike), -2 OCV, +1 DCV, +4D6 strike 4 Block (Martial Block), +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort 3 Cinch (Martial Grab), -1 OCV, -1 DCV, Grab +10 STR 4 Cross (Martial Strike), +2 DCV, +2D6 strike 5 Perk: Well Off 1 Perk: Press Pass 3 Breakfall 13- 3 Bugging (Eavesdropping) 12- 3 Climbing 13- 3 Combat Driving 13- 3 Concealment 12- 3 Conversation 13- 3 Deduction 12- 3 High Society 13- 3 Interrogation 13- 3 Lockpicking 13- 3 Paramedic 12- 3 Persuasion 13- 3 Stealth 13- 3 Streetwise 13- 2 KS: Boxing 11- 2 KS: Automobile Racing 11- 2 KS: The Underworld 11- 2 PS: Journalism 11- 2 CK: Campaign City 11- 2 Familiar with Small Arms 3 +1 with Pistols 12 Follower: Kato (60-point base) 10 Vehicle: The Black Beauty 100+ 120 Disadvantages 20 Normal Characteristics Max. 20 Hunted 11-: Police 10 Hunted 11- : Mike Axford, less powerful 5 Watched 8-: The Mob (as Brit Reid) 10 DNPC 11-: Mike Axford, normal, useful skills 15 Protects Kato, common, strong 15 Overconfidence, common, strong 15 Secret ID: Brit Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel 10 Reputation 11-: Criminal Mastermind OCV: 6 (7 w/ Pistols); DCV: 6; ECV: 4; Mental Def.: 0; Phases: 4, 8, 12 PD/rPD: 8/0; ED/rED: 8/0 Costs: Char.: 81 Disad.: 120 Powers: + 139 Base: + 100 Exp.: + 0 Total: = 220 Total: = 220 Background: Brit Reid is yet another wealthy Depression-era playboy who dons a mask to battle crime. Like other period vigilantes, he’s hunted by the police himself. Unlike contemporaries such as The Bat-Man and The Shadow, however, Reid actually holds down a job – as publisher of the Daily Sentinel, a major metropolitan newspaper. The newspaper provides a rich source of information for Reid’s after-hours activities. He’s got a whole staff of eager reporters to dig up clues for him. It also is a vulnerability; if the police or the underworld ever linked the Green Hornet to the Daily Sentinel, he’d be finished. To make this disastrous possibility less likely, Reid has had the Sentinel offer a hefty reward for information leading to the Green Hornet’s capture. Another difference is his attitude. While other vigilantes are grim, driven figures, Reid appears to be enjoying himself. He hasn’t experienced personal tragedy like Bruce Wayne or his own great-uncle, the Lone Ranger. His whole approach to heroism is much more relaxed. The Green Hornet obeys his famous ancestor’s credo that life is precious; his trademark is a non-lethal gas gun. He relies on trickery and intimidation to stop the bad guys rather than the wholesale slaughter employed by crime-fighters such as The Spider. The Green Hornet is assisted in his efforts by his Filipino valet, Kato, who invented both the Hornet’s gas gun and his souped-up car, the Black Beauty. Kato accompanied Reid to America after Reid saved his life. Once in the United States, the two found they had a common interest in automobile racing. They were preparing the Black Beauty for competition when the city was wrenched by a series of construction site accidents later connected to a rising crime syndicate. When he overheard the embattled police commissioner grumble that it would take "a modern Robin Hood" to stop the gang’s schemes, Reid took up the challenge and decided to put his car to other uses. Powers and Abilities Despite his reputation as a lazy rich kid, Brit Reid is an excellent boxer, a competent journalist and businessman, and a passable detective. He’s athletic and smart, but he’s not a physical and mental paragon in the mold of, say, Doc Savage or Captain Marvel. He keeps Kato, his gadgets, and his news staff nearby because he really does need them to be effective. Without his gas gun and fancy car, Brit Reid would be just another crusading reporter rather than a superhero. Disadvantages Thanks to his own editorials, Brit Reid's alter ego is widely regarded as a public menace and is sought after by the police and the mob. In addition, the Green Hornet is hunted by Reid's loyal bodyguard and would-be crime reporter Michael Axford, who is eager to collect the Sentinel's reward. Since Axford has more guts than brains, the Hornet frequently has to get him out of sticky situations, risking attack from both gangsters and Axford himself. Height: cm ( 5' 6"), Weight: kg (170 lbs), Sex: Male, Race: Caucasian Appearance: The Green Hornet's face is concealed by an rigid, emerald-green, shield-shaped mask that extends from his forehead to the point of his chin. It has a yellow hornet emblem where his mouth and nose would be. He also wears a black fedora and trenchcoat and a white cravat. When he has to do a bit of burglary, he puts on a pair of green gloves. The Green Hornet made his debut on radio in the mid-1930s, was the hero of two 1940s movie serials, and made brief appearances on television and in the comics in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. This version is loosely based on the 1940 Universal Pictures 13-chapter movie serial. =============================================================================== Hero System write-up by Kevin S Scrivner