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Norville worked 3rd shift as a lab technician, when he was victim
of an strange accident. One night he was making some popcorn in an old
microwave, when unknown to him there was a metal detectable bandage in the
popcorn. The metal interacted with the microwave – causing it to explode
sending radiation everywhere changing Norville forever.
The disadvantage table
can be harsh on a character, and it was on Flash. His powers were ruled
the result of a industrial style accident, to explain how he could end up
working in a lab and occasionally exploding for damage. He would be kept
around the lab as an intelligence of 7 makes him a genius just beyond the
range of normal humans. So despite his short comings he is officially in
charge of all SPAT investigations.
The power tweak was an
attempt by the player to make it possible for him to damage his opponents,
and reign in the destructive tendency of a uncontrolled distance attack.
An uncontrolled power
will go off 50% of the time in a moderately stressful situation. This is
defined as any time the character make a roll. As a result this character
does not do hands on lab work, as he could get stressed and destroy the
crime scene.
In combat he runs up to
opponents and explodes at them, as an uncontrolled power is one that goes
off sporadically – but also will go off when the player wants it to, up to
the normal times a round the player can use it. So flash runs up to a bad
guy the bad guy punches him, he dodges but the stress triggers his power
to go off. When it comes his turn in the initiative he makes an attempt to
punch his opponent.
Some sort of set up
would exist to allow him to view work and enter information into a
computer – probably something holographic, as on the nation wide level
SPAT has access to some pretty creative technical skills.
To the extent that
circumstances allow Norville is an extrovert longing for social
interaction, although always away of the 5 foot zone that he must keep
around himself. To the point that if someone enters that zone it would
qualify as a stressful situation and may set off his distance
attack.
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