Gravestone
| Characteristics | | Disadvantages |
| 30 | STR | 20 |
| 26 | DEX | 48 |
| 28 | CON | 36 |
| 20 | BOD | 20 |
| 18 | INT | 8 |
| 20 | EGO | 20 |
| 25 | PRE | 15 |
| 10 | COM | - |
| 10 | PD | 4 |
| 10 | ED | 4 |
| 5 | SPD | 14 |
| 12 | REC | - |
| 56 | END | - |
| 60 | STN | 11 |
| | = 200 |
|
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| 15 | Secret ID: Unknown |
| 55 | Protectors Disads |
| 20 | Distinctive Features: Aura of Supernatural, gives creepy feeling to people (treat as constant PRE attack at PRE 20) |
| 10 | Reputation: Various rumored pasts, 11- |
| 20 | Psych: EXTREMELY Grim |
| 15 | Psych: Still in love with his dead lover (who is the prime agent assigned to keep him in the afterlife whenever he dies) |
| 10 | Psych: Refuses to stay dead, and damn the Balance |
| 92 | Experience |
| = 237 |
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Powers
| 7 | Teleport 10": Requires Stealth Roll, only to vanish or appear while no one is looking, only to places he could walk or jump to, no Noncombat multiple |
| 12 | +4d6 HA (grim determination) |
| 8 | +4" Running |
| 10 | +4 DCV OAF cloak (hides within its shadows) |
| 30 | +45 PRE only for fear, magical effect |
| 3 | Immortal (must fight out of Hell if killed, will someday lose) |
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| 25 | Stealth 25- |
| 8 | KS: Various obscure and forgotten pieces of abstruse lore 18- |
| 10 | Various contacts and skills |
| 24 | Protectors Package |
| = 137 | (Total: 337 character points, 237 in disadvantages) |
"When a wave of crimes began to plague the New York World's Fair of 1939,
it seemed the event might well collapse. But then a mysterious caped figure
appeared to serve as its special protector. This dark avenger was known as
Gravestone [or Fantom, to some]. Very little is known about Gravestone,
other than the fact that he appears to he hundreds -- possibly thousands --
of years old. He comes and goes at will, favoring the cloaking shelter of
night and shadows. Gravestone is a true mystery man in every sense of the
term. There are rumors that men who have tried to uncover his secrets have
disappeared, never to be seen again. It is rumored that he may actually be
from another dimension or world other than our own. Of the two, this rumor
has garnered the most support for truth." - Protectors Handbook
Facts in Gravestone #1 reveal he dies periodically, then must fight his
way out of the underworld. The imagery of his personal hell, including the
river Styx and Charon, implies that he was born in ancient Greece, perhaps
as the son of a god (Phobos seems likely). He is apparently capable of
bringing people back with him should he chose, but rarely does because his
own continued existence is enough of a threat to the cosmic Balance.
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