Scanner

Tortured psychic on the run

Scanner
Quotation   "Stop thinking at me!"
First Appearance   Forgotten Tales #19, 2001
Real Name   Ryan Joseph Beisley
Identity   Secret ID
Player   NPC
Team Affiliation   Solo
Base Of Operations   Portland, OR, USA
Range Of Operations   National
Origin   Gifted
Archetype   Mirror

Description

Age   36 Nationality   American
Height   6’ 3” Hair   Blonde
Weight   185 lbs. Eyes   Grey
Gender   Cis Male Sexuality   Homosexual

Scanner usually wears a black suit and tie. He seems uncomfortable at the best of times, and nervous or irritable the rest of the time.

Attributes

Brawn 1
Agility 2
Reason 5
Perception 6
Willpower 9
Prowess 2
Accuracy 2

Endurance: 10
Plot Points: 1

Character Points Spent: 61
Unspent Experience: 0

Advantages

  • Unsettling

Skills

  • Combat
    • Danger Sense +3
    • Distracting +3
    • Mind Blast +3
    • Telepathy +3
  • Culture
  • Deception
    • Lying +3
  • Investigation
  • Medicine
  • Social
    • Streetwise +3

Powers

Psychic Scanner [Ultra-power] 9

Psychic Scanner

Communication 1
Explosive (+1) (Mind Link)
Danger Sense 9
Mind Blast 9
Mind Hold 4
Mind Shield 4
Telekinesis 1
Telepathy 8
Explosive (+1)

Equipment

  • “Burner” Cell Phone
  • Multi-tool

Movement

  Base Move     Double Move     All-out Move  
Run   20 feet 40 feet 120 feet (14 mph)
Swim   4 feet 8 feet 24 feet (3 mph)
Jump   3 feet 3 feet 3 feet

Personality

Scanner is uncomfortable around other people, and prefers to be alone. He isn’t deliberately unpleasant, but he finds the dichotomy between what other people think and what they say almost physically painful. He is more likely to reply to what people are thinking at him rather than to what they have said. Most of the time, this makes his behaviour socially unacceptable.

Motivations

  • Rebellion: The character doesn't fit into the larger society.
  • Individualism: The character believes that the rights of the individual hold the highest moral value.

Complications

  • Uncontrolled Power: Scanner is unable to completely block out the thoughts of those around him.

History

Ryan never fit in with the other children. He always seemed strange and aloof, and he seemed to like it that way. It was not until he was in his early teens that his telepathic abilities began to surface. Disturbed by the “voices” Ryan said he heard, his parents had him committed to a mental institution for treatment. He was freed from this institution a decade later when two posthumans broke into the facility to rescue another patient. Since then, Scanner has been on the run and on his own.

Powers and Abilities

Scanner is one of the most powerful telepaths on earth. He also has a variety of other mental abilities, but these are not as potent as his telepathic abilities. Unfortunately, he does not have complete control over his telepathy. He is unable to completely screen out others’ thoughts, making it uncomfortable for him to be near crowds.

Summary

Attributes 27 + Skills 6 + Advantages 1 + Powers 27 = 61 / 61