Background: Antonio Cassanelli was born the son of prominent corporate lawyer Angelo Cassanelli. The child grew up in a rich lifestyle on the Pacific coast. A teen Antonio had a tendency to towards fast cars and fast women, always skirting the edge of trouble. The few times he crossed the line his father was there to bail him out and smooth things over. Feeling he could benefit from a bit more discipline, Angelo enrolled him in a military academy. Antonio excelled in his new school environment and joined the Marines. It was there he learned the various arts of combat fighting and familiarity with weapons. Again, performing well, he took part in some special forces training where he learned by black ops skills. But, again, Antonio's thrill seeking desires got the better of him, and he was forced to resign from the military. Returning home, he found his mother a total wreck. His father had been found dead a week before, tossed into the ocean with a custom pair of cement shoes. Antonio soon realized that not all of his father's dealings were on the level. His father had crossed some of the criminal elements on the west coast and paid for it with his life. Antonio decided to put his talents to work by becoming a masked, killer-for-hire called the Assassin. While a lot of those who employed him were in fact the very types of men who killed his father, Antonio figured this new role would serve him two-fold: 1) he could bleed these men financial while performing jobs for them - often involving the elimination competition, others in the same business, and 2) he could gain the confidence of the bigger crime bosses in hopes to discover who had in fact been the one who had ordered his father's death. In the Spring of 1987, the Assassin was hired by a Los Angeles mob boss named Caravelli to take out a hit on the super-heroine named Night Owl. The killer got a quarter million up front and proceeded to New York City where his target currently resided. He ended up battling both the woman and her current partner the User. Leaving the later buried under rubble, he decided to fake Night Owl's death for his employers. Her beauty was enough to sway him to instead kidnap her to a villa he kept in Europe. There, he attempted to woo her. However, the User tracked them down and rescued her, forcing the Assassin to flee his private safe haven. Motivation: Antonio grew up wanting for nothing, and as an adult he is the same way. The quickest, most thrilling way that he knows to get paid is by being a professional hit-man. He enjoys the rush, the challenge and the excitement - all which in the end provides a large payout. His other big challenge in life is the winning of the hearts of beautiful women. He isn't searching for the perfect woman for life - just the perfect one of the moment. Like anything else, it is the challenge of the conquest that ignites his passion, not a long lasting relationship.

Value Characteristic Cost Base Pts 24 Strength x1 10 14 23 Dexterity x3 10 39 18 Constitution x2 10 16 12 Body x2 10 4 16 Intelligence x1 10 6 12 Ego x2 10 4 14 Presence x1 10 4 12 Comeliness x1/2 10 1 12 Physical Defense x1 5 7 10 Energy Defense x1 4 6 5 Speed x10 3.3 17 15 Recovery x2 9 12 50 Endurance x1/2 36 7 45 Stun x1 33 12 Char. Cost: 149 Char. Disadvantages Base: 150+ pts Secret ID Antonio Cassanelli 15 Hunted User, as powerful, harsh, appear 11- 15 Hunted the FBI / CIA, more powerful, harsh, non-combat influence, appear 11- 25 Hunted the Mob (west coast), more powerful, harsh, non-combat influence, appear 11- 25 Psych Lim Loves a challenge, common, strong 20 Psych Lim Arrogant, very common, total 25 Psych Lim Attracted to beautiful women, very common, stong 20 Rep. extreme reputation, 11- occur 15 Other dangerous profession - paid killer 15 Disadvantages Total: 175 Experience Spent: + 104 Total Points: = 429 Rolls: STR: 14 DEX: 14 PER: 12 INT: 12 EGO: 11 CVs: OCV: 12 DCV: 12 ECV: 4 Phases: 3 5 8 10 12

Pts Powers END Martial Arts manuevers 3 Akido Throw +0/+1, STR+V/5 4 Boxing Cross +0/+2, STR+2D6 5 Choke Hold -2/+0, Grab, 2d6 NND 4 Escape +0/+0, +15STR vs Grabs 3 Hold -1/-1, Grab, +10STR 4 Judo Disarm -1/+1, +10 to STR roll 4 Kung Fu Block +2/+2, Block, abort 4 Nerve Strike -1/+1, 2d6 NND 4 Killing Strike -2/+0, 1/2d6 HKA (2DC) 4 Reversal -1/-2, STR+15 escape 3 Takedown +1/+1, STR Strike, fall 8 +2 DC Martial Damage Class 3 Weapon Groups: staffs, clubs 2 Weapon Groups: knives 3 Weapon Familiarity: fire-arms 3 Ambidexterity 4 Lang: Italian, fluent w/accent, literacy 10 Money - wealthy 5 Lack Weakness 5pts 5 PS: Killer for Hire 16- 6 Running 9" total 2 3 Climbing 14-- 5 Acrobatics 15- 3 Breakfall 14- 9 Demolitions 14- 10 Find Weakness 11- 9 Shadowing 14- 3 Stealth 14- 7 Streetwise 14- 10 2 Levels (OCV) with aiming (guns, thrown weapons, etc.) 30 10/10 Armor, x2 Hardened, OIF costume 3 Throwing Knives (OAF) 1/2D6 HKA, 2 charges, recoverable 0 5 Garrote wire (OAF) 1/2D6 HKA, 2 hands-must follow grab-aimed at head 0 5 Nunchaku (OAF) 3D6 damage, +1 OCV 0 20 Automatic Pistol (OIF), 2D6 RKA, 12 charges, 2 clips 0 22 Bo Staff (OAF) 8D6 HA, +1" range 0 13 4" Darkness, sight group, linked to Bo Staff, 2 charges 0 20 Shock Gloves (OIF) 12D6 EB (Elec.), STUN only, no range, 4 charges 0 12 Explosives (OIF - unique set/trigger), 5D6 EB vs PD, 8 charges 0 280 : Powers Total 149 + Characteristic Total 429 = Total Cost