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Re: Women in Pulp adventures? Do you want Pulp, or low level supers? Pulp could have Sandra of the Secret Service, Brenda Starr, or Christy Sawyer. Supers - Liberty Belle, Red Tornado or Black Canary Real life - Amelia, Maud Fitch, heck even Julia Child (most people forget she worked for the predecessor or the CIA)

Re: mental Invisibility Depending on how you work it, you may be able to do it with Mind Control as well. Xd6 Mind Control, 1 target at a time, one order - "Do not be consciously aware of my presence"

Re: New to system... character ?? Your best bet is to check with your GM and get him/her to tell you what to expect. First things first though, know your genre, then determine your schtick. With 200 pts, your going to be hard pressed to pull of all of the Shadow's trick. Concentrate on 2 or 3 and do them well. Unless they are in blatant violation of your character's schtick, I'd advise every pulp hero to have the (at least) following (most of which has been already mentioned): 1 level Combat luck +1" Running Stealth Breakfall +1 PER Enough defenses that an average shot from a average thug won't leave you Stunned. A fallback skill, other than your main schtick. If you schtick is throwing knives and someone takes your knives away, you may be handicapped, but don't let that make your character useless. And one or both of the below -At least 1 skill with at least 2 more skill levels in that skill -An ability no one else in the party has.