The Great and Powerful Turtle - Thomas Tudbury Nature : Cavalier Demeanour: Autist/Caregiver perhaps after identity revealed Concept : Middle-aged adventurer/best-selling author Card : Ace Tommy is in his mid-40s, and the most powerful telekineticist ever known, and hence of the most powerful aces. He is currently involved with Danny Shepherd, aka Legion, and his best friend Joey Di Angelis no longer lives within close contact. The Turtle faked being dead for 3 years, but his identity was re-discovered when he had to take one of Danny's bodies to hospital after she received sympathetic wounds on the death of one of her other bodies. So, he has gone public and written an autobiography. He has the IRS after him for money, people after him for money for structural damages and other such problems that have resulted from going public. He has been a big wild card fan since he was a kid, and has continued this as an adult, having an extensive library of wild card literature, books, etc. Physical Social Mental STR 2 CHA 3 PER 2 DEX 2 MAN 3 INT 3 STA 2 APP 2 WIT 3 Talents Skills Knowledges Alertness 1 Technology 4 Computer 3 Dodge 2 Electronics 4 Wild Card Lore 4 Expression 4 -- Author Area Knowledge 2 Intimidation 2 -- Jokertown --As Turtle Allies 5 Tachyon, Legion, Zoe Harris, Joey Di Angelis, Cap'n Trips Contacts 1 Charles Dutton Status 2 This is Wild Card Status, is known as sympathetic. Conscience 4 Tommy really does not like to kill, is kind and caring. Self-Control 4 If you really make him mad he will use his power. Courage 3 He has a few problems here, particularly out of shell. Humanity 8 Tommy is a compassionate kind of guy. Willpower 7 Above average, has to be to deal with his powers. Health Levels Normal Human Merits and Flaws Dark Secret Has a secret identity (until second series). Unlucky The Turtle has one point of unluck. Code of Honor The Turtle won't kill (unless incredibly provoked). Shy Limited to dealing with women. Reputation Famous as the Great and Powerful Turtle and author of his autobiography, Shell Games. Limitation The Turtle is limited to deuce level telekinesis when out of his shell, i.e. 1 Power. Wild Card Affinity The Turtle was liked by jokers, aces and nats. Wild Card Dislike After the Rox, the Turtle's joker popularity dived, as well as after he was revealed as an ace. Some jokers had a secret longing that Turtle was an ace, hence he kept himself hidden. Power : 100 Ace Power : Telekinesis 100 All the Turtle's power is his TK. Here are the equivalent levels of Telekinesis possessed in the World of Darkness by various characters in terms of power. Power Weight movable (maximum) 100 100,000 tonnes 90 10,000 tonnes 80 1,000 tonnes 70 100 tonnes 60 10 tonnes 50 1 tonnes 40 500 kilograms 30 250 kilograms 20 100 kilograms 10 50 kilograms 5 10 kilograms 1 1 kilogram The more weight that is lifted, the less time that it can be accomplished. i.e. if the turtle lifts 100000 tonnes, he could only do it for one turn. At power - 1 level he would be able to move that for one scene. At power - 2 levels for an hour At power - 3 levels for two hours At power - 4 levels for four hours At power - 5 levels only stopping is for fatigue, can do this indefinitely Speed At power level - move a few metres only in a turn At power - 1 levels move 10s of metres in a turn At power - 2 levels move 100s of metres in a turn At power - 3 levels move kilometres in a turn At power - 5 levels move 10s of kilometres in a turn. Remember, you have to take weight carried and desired speed into account. Also, the speed that can be moved is also related to this. The turtle won't be able to move 100000 tonnes any distance at all other than a few metres, but at power - 5 levels he can move exceedingly quickly, as is seen by his chasing Baby into the upper limits of the atmosphere, etc. Notes The turtle flies in a large, circular shell, hence his name. His first one was created from a Volkswagen and other scrap metals, and was very primitive. His latest creation was made of battleship armor, which I would suggest might be around 8 toughness with around 12 successes needed to break through the protection. Earlier models would get progressively weaker, right down to his car-metal one. His latest shell contained a lot of mod cons, tvs, VCRs, a PA system, a fridge, a comfortable chair and various other devices. He had a problem with keeping them intact, however, and lots of them were trashed and are now exhibits in Charles Dutton's museum. Tommy has also been unlucky with women, after finding out his childhood sweetheart was a wild card, even thought a benign one, he could not ask her to marry him due to the problems with having children. Brainwashed here, wasn't he? Not smart for visible aces to do, anyway, nice Card Shark and other crazies target, a kid.