This version of the Question came about with some
brainstorming with Matt about his favorite DC characters for the new world,
with those being the Question and John Constantine. Wat we ended up with was
kind of a fusion of the two. Charles Victor Sazas has spent 20 years as a
blogger travelling the world in search of Fortean events, magical places,
conspiracy theories and general weirdness. Along the way he has mastered
Chinese Zen Awareness, Indian Kalaripayattu, European Ritual Magic, Haitian Voodoo,
Thulian Viril technology, the secret maps of ley lines and a dozen other
things. Returning to his home town of Hub City he has befriended inventor
Aristotle Rodor and started using Tot’s inventions of Psueododerm and a variety
of chemical compounds to explore deeper criminal conspiracies – from criminal
gangs to government corruption to the world spanning Kobra cult -that are
threatening civilization. At best an affiliate of the team, he also fulfills
the Phantom Stranger niche in he can show up with any bizarre-ass problem to
draw the Alliance into any adventure while still relying on a fairly broad
array of modest powers.
While we’ll get to the mechanics later, look at how the
Question kicks up the Sarcity cost on his Chameleon power since it behooves him
to have other shape shifters be relatively rare. Plus with the regenerative
powers of Pseudoderm for his body and his Zen Awareness for his mind and spirit
he is, like Vigilante with his Inevitable Comeback, a go-to character for
kicking the crap out of to watch them get back up. What we didn’t add were all
fo the spirit walking/urban magic stuff that Rick Veitch did with the
character, but he is still more magical and has more powers than the Earth One
Denny O’Niel classic version.
Player
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Matt
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Affiliation
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Justice Alliance of America
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Character
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The Question
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Secret ID
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Charles Victor Sazaz is a slightly mad investigator who runs a
Fortean Events Blog with the screen name Vic Sage.
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Metaphor
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Deeper Truths in a Weird World
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Attributes
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Normal
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Enhanced
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Normal
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Enhanced
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Normal
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Enhanced
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Current
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Defense
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Notes
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Dex
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6
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Str
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5
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Body
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5
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Physical
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9
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400 lbs
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Lift
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Int
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6
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Will
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7
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Mind
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7
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Mental
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9
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8 MPH
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Run
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Infl
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7
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Aura
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7
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Spirit
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8
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Spiritual
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10
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5
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Hero Pts
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Initiative
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21
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Running
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3
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Wealth
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3
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60k
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Income
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Abilities
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Name
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Potency
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V. Factor
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Scarcity
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Notes
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Facial Cameleon Device
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6
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3
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50
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The pseododerm can be molded to perfectly match another's face.
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Regeneration (dev)
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4
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8
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5
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Gets to recover lost Body (via pseudoderm), Mind or Spirit (via
Zen Awareness) in 4 min
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Alternate Form Device
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5
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1
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5
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Mask+Hair+Clothes change color, -5 on any Investigation roll to
identify, instant change
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Fog Device
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5
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4
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5
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Covers 15 AP (10' square) with 5AP density fog. He can see
through it w/ mask
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Aura of Fear Device
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3
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4
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15
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Spiritual attack to make fear, but based on gas (10' radius,
blocked with masks)
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Vertigo Device
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5
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4
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15
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Gas-based attack on mental stats, Outcome=reduction to Dex, Int,
and effect duration.
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Danger Sense
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6
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3
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5
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his Zen Awareness make him very hard to surprise.
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Mind Blank
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4
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5
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20
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His Zen Awareness makes his mind very hard to read or even sense
mentally/magically.
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Skills
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Expertise
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V. Factor
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Scarcity
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Description
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Combat (S. Asian Weapons)
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7
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5
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0
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Replace 1 stat (usually Body for defense) when armed with South Asian
style weapons
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Combat (Martial Arts)
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8
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5
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0
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Replace 1 stat (usually Dex for accuracy) when making unarmed
attacks.
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Investigaton (Forensics/Sci)
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8
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5
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0
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He's professional level with police forensics and Fortean weird
science
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Invention (Ritual Magic)
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8
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8
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0
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He's able to use and redesign ritual magic for specific effects.
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Connive
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10
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5
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0
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He's an exceptionally skilled actor, liar, sleight of hand
expert,
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Profession (Jorurnalist)
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7
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3
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0
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He's a Blogger with an established following for reporting on
the strange and impossible
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Intrusion
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7
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5
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0
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He's has established skills as a burglar and general sneaky type
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Origins
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Earth 2
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None
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Earth 1
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Vic Sage is a crime reporter & brawler using a Pseudoderm
mask to conceal his identity when getting to the truth as the Question
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Earth 9
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As Earth 1, but having received deep spiritual and martial arts
training he now fights to find deeper truths of justice, law and humanity
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Earth 10
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Vic Sage travelled the world for secrets profound & mundane,
mastering martial & magical arts before donning the Question's mask.
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