Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Temp! (The temp)

SYSTEM: ICONS

Meet Temp (Tom Asamot). In some ways, he's just a worker in the gig economy—he temps for all sorts of office organizations. He's really good at accounting and Microsoft Office (and he can really organize files). He's fairly bright and he's quick, and he has his truck and limousine licenses.

Also, he has some superpowers.

So he temps for superhero groups and supervillain groups when they need a bit of muscle. He temps for both. (What, you think there are so many vacancies on hero groups that he can get make a living at it?)

Powers? Well, he heals like crazy and he can fly a little bit (but not so fast that taking the car or train isn't usually a better option). It's hard to read his mind. Oh, yeah, he can be crazy strong for about ten rounds.

He sometimes works for SuperUber, the hero transport company, so the heroes might run across him if they call a SuperUber to the crime scene, or he might be temping in the villain hideout. Or he could escape the raid on the villain hideout and then be hired in the hero hideout.

The two things to remember about Tom are that he knows everybody because he's been around and that he's strict about not spilling anybody's secrets. So even if he does know where the villain hideout is, he's not going to tell, because he might need a job from them someday.

That could be a scenario subplot: the heroes need some information, and Tom is the guy who knows. How do they get it from him?

TEMP (Tom Asamot - Birthright)
PRW CRD STR INT AWR WIL Stamina
6 6 4 4 5 5 9
Specialties Business (+1), Drive (+1), Mental Resistance Expert (+2)
Powers
  • Great (6) Regeneration
  • Average (3) Flight
  • Supreme (10) Strength Increase
    • Limit: Temporary
Qualities
  • Still a fill-in
  • Works both sides of the street
  • Knows everybody

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