Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

[sinanju]

Cassandra SugarbakerPlayer: Mark Jones

Val	Char	Cost
30	STR	0
14	DEX	12
13	CON	6
10	BODY	0
13	INT	3
14	EGO	8
13	PRE	3
14	COM	2
7/17	PD	1
3/13	ED	0
4	SPD	16
10	REC	2
40	END	7
40	STUN	8

6" RUN02" SWIM06" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 68

Cost	Power	END
25	Touch Telekinesis: +20 STR, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (25 Active Points)	2
50	Telekinetic Powers: Multipower, 40-point reserve, all slots Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (50 Active Points)
8m	1) Flight 15", Position Shift, x4 Noncombat (40 Active Points)	2
8m	2) Force Field (10 PD/10 ED/10 Mental Defense/10 Power Defense) (40 Active Points)	2
2u	3) Telekinesis (25 STR) (38 Active Points); Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (1/2 DCV; -1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (-1/2)	2
1u	4) Telekinesis (20 STR), Fine Manipulation (40 Active Points); Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (0 DCV; -1), Requires A Skill Roll (-1/2), Limited Range (-1/4)	2

Powers Cost: 94

Cost	Skill
3	Acrobatics 12-
1	Combat Driving 8-
6	+2 with Dodge, Grab, and Strike
3	Conversation 12-
1	CuK: Atlanta High Society 8-
3	High Society 12-
2	KS: Ballroom Dance 11-
2	KS: Make-Up & Fashion 11-
1	Mechanics 8-
3	Persuasion 12-
3	Stealth 12-
1	Streetwise 8-
5	Power 13-
1	TF: Small Motorized Ground Vehicles, Two-Wheeled Motorized Ground Vehicles
2	WF: Small Arms
	Everyman Skills
0	1) Acting 8-
0	2) Area Knowledge: Atlanta 8-
0	3) Climbing 8-
0	4) Computer Programming 8-
0	5) Concealment 8-
0	6) Conversation 8-
0	7) Deduction 8-
0	8) Language Skill: English (Native) 8-
0	9) Paramedics 8-
0	10) Professional Skill: Debutante 11- (Custom Adder) 11-
0	11) Shadowing 8-

Skills Cost: 37

Cost	Perk
1	Custom Perk

Perks Cost: 1

Val	Disadvantages
10	Physical Limitation: Crushing Grip (Infrequently, Greatly Impairing)
10	Physical Limitation: Nearsighted (Infrequently, Greatly Impairing)
10	Psychological Limitation: Adventurous & Funloving (Common, Moderate)
15	Psychological Limitation: Overconfident (Common, Strong)
15	Psychological Limitation: Secretive (Common, Strong)
10	Psychological Limitation: Stubborn (Common, Moderate)
1	Quirk: Aggressive in Combat
1	Quirk: Disdain for Authority
1	Quirk: Smartass
1	Quirk: Speaks in a strong Georgia accent
1	Quirk: Hedonist
5	Social Limitation: Minor (Occasionally, Minor)
10	Social Limitation: Seen as a Troublemaker (Occasionally, Major)
10	Social Limitation: Jerk Magnet (Seen as Easy) (Frequently, Minor)

Disadvantage Points: 100

Base Points: 100Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 7Experience Unspent: 7Total Character Cost: 200

Height: 1.75 m	Hair: Black
Weight: 70.00 kg	Eyes: Green

Appearance: Slightly above average height for her age, with long dark curly hair, green eyes and a round face. She's got an hourglass figure and appears very comfortable in her body, though she's heavier than is currently fashionable.Personality: Cassandra is extremely confident in herself--though perhaps not quite as confident as she likes to pretend. Nonetheless, she's fairly certain of her ability to handle any situation, however daunting it may appear. She's also supremely unconcerned with the opinions of authority figures, and isn't shy about saying so loudly and often, and as a result has been marked as a troublemaker. Her casual disregard for laws about underage smoking, drinking, sex, and pretty much anything else she wants to do that doesn't directly affect anyone else has marked her as a delinquent in the eyes of authority figures and as "easy" in the eyes of many of her teenage peers, leading to frequent confrontations--which add to her reputation as a troublemaker. If there's trouble and Cassandra is anywhere around, she's likely to be blamed for it whether she was involved or not, which only feeds her disdain for authority figures. Cassandra is stubborn and secretive, and will either remain mulishly silent or cheerfully make up lies in response to nosey questions, depending on her mood.Quote:"How hard can it be?"Background: Cassandra grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of wealthy parents. She was raised by very proper parents and taught how to get along in high society, but learned at least as much--and probably more--from her favorite aunt, the black sheep of the family. Her aunt taught her self-reliance, critical thinking, and to pay only as much attention to decorum, social mores and the opinions of others--including the law--as required to avoid serious trouble. Cassandra was grief-stricken when her aunt died three years ago, but her life truly changed when she and her parents were involved in a serious traffic accident only months ago. Cassandra's parents were killed in the crash; Cassandra was pried out of the crumpled vehicle without a scratch on her, and wound up in the care of her only living relatives--distant cousins with several well-behaved children of their own and little patience for a delinquent, even one who came with a very large trust fund to cover her expenses.

 

She spent the intervening months grieving and acting out. Her previous calculated disregard for stupid rules was nothing compared to the hardcore delinquency she engaged in after her parents' death. She frequently sneaked out of the house to vanish all night or all weekend, drinking, smoking, shacking up with various boyfriends, or going on road trips at high speed. One such road trip resulted in another crash. Again she was unhurt--but it was when she tore herself free of the vehicle that she realized something had changed in her. She also realized it was sheer blind luck that nobody else was injured or killed by her recklessness.

 

Cassandra returned to her new home and confessed her fears and unhappiness to her guardians, and even revealed what she'd learned about her inexplicable new abilities. Her guardians listened in stony silence and then sent her to bed. Two days later, Cassandra came home from school to find her belongings packed up and waiting in the family's limo. The chauffeur drove her to the airport while she read a letter explaining that things just weren't working out, that she was too troubled and too dangerous to the other children, that her guardians loved her...but they couldn't deal with her. They were sending her away to a school for teens like her. The letter also revealed that the trust fund left for her by her parents gave her guardians authority over the fund until she turned 18--but that so long as she remained in Redwood Academy, they'd continue to allow her to spend the money as she wished.

 

Cassandra crumpled the letter. She'd been exiled. She was a remittance woman. It hurt to be thrown out of their home, even if she didn't particularly know or like them. On the other hand, she had money--and "teens like her?" That was promising. Perhaps she wasn't the only freak around.

Powers/Tactics: Cassandra has a powerful but limited telekinetic ability. She can employ it with little or no difficulty to manipulate objects she touches, or to defend herself against attacks. Attempts to manipulate items at more than arm's reach require a great deal of concentration, and frequently fail even so. As a result, Cassandra tends to prefer to be up close and personal in combat, using her apparent superhuman strength and toughness to best advantage.Campaign Use: Cassandra is a housemate of Stopwatch in the Red Raptors pbem game. She is one of the "psychopaths" whose casual mention of killing drove Stopwatch to flee the school. Cassandra thinks she's overreacting, frankly. It's not like she actually _tried_ to kill anyone. She'd just feel safer--a hell of a lot safer--if Richard were no longer polluting the communal oxygen.

 

Cassandra began the game knowing she had superhuman strength and resistance to injury (she's survived two serious car crashes and kicked her way out of one wrecked vehicle), but only recently discovered her ability to fly, and is enjoying it thoroughly. She has still not yet realized that she possesses any sort of ranged telekinetic abilities.

[Katherine]

Re: Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

 

[stopwatch]

Crap! She found me!

[/stopwatch]

 

[sinanju]

Re: Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

 

[Cassandra]

Geez! Get over yourself! The only person I've suggested killing is Richard, and it's not like I actually _tried_!

[/Cassandra]

[Oruncrest]

Re: Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

 

Designing Women now, are we?

[sinanju]

Re: Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

 

Designing Women now' date=' are we?[/quote']

 

What? Just because she's named Sugarbaker. And she's from Atlanta?

 

Well, okay, she is modeled in part on Suzanne Sugarbaker. She started off as a mouthpiece for a friend and I while we watched really bad episodes of Star Trek. Ensign Sugarbaker (named after Suzanne, who was right more often than any of the other characters ever wanted to admit) became our make-your-own-plot addition to the storylines. She did all the simple, easy things that would have solved most of the plots in the first ten minutes of the episode. She was the one who never hesitated to point out that the Emperor was, in fact, naked.

 

She got tagged with the first name of Cassandra because, of course, like the oracle of that name, she told everyone what was going to happen...but they never listened. I've since dropped her in a number of tv/movie universes in games or fanfics. This is the first incarnation that's actually had super powers, though.

[Guest WhammeWhamme]

Re: Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

 

[Cassandra]

Geez! Get over yourself! The only person I've suggested killing is Richard, and it's not like I actually _tried_!

[/Cassandra]

 

[Fred]

(Inner monologue)

Sadly

[/Fred]

 

He's creepy... Hi there, both of you.

[nexus]

Re: Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

 

Wow, its nice to see Richard made such an impression.

[sinanju]

Re: Character Post: Cassandra Sugarbaker

 

Wow' date=' its nice to see Richard made such an impression. [/quote']

 

You have no idea how close I came to having Cassandra try to kill Richard right there in the kitchen (beating him to death with the refrigerator, probably--so there'd be no need to, you know, touch him).

[animemun001]

Do rather miss that campaign