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Big Chief Shitting-Wet
Name:	John-Joe Reilly
Nationality:	Irish
Political Affiliation:	Fianna Fail
Education:	Primary
Occupation:	Soldier
Rank:	Sergeant
DOB:	March 19, 1917
Manifestation:	February 02, 1944
DOD:	July 02, 1944
Sex:	Male
Height:	5'11''
Weight:	190
Known Parahuman Abilities: Reilly was able to summon rain. When wearing a feathered head-dress (usually on record as being home-made and in varying styles) and dancing a Hollywood-type, Red Indian war dance, Reilly could induce a localised atmospheric effect resulting in the release of water in the air as rain. Depending on how fast and how wild his dance was the resulting rain could be anything between a heavy, sustained downpour and a persistent mizzle that reduced visibility more than making things wet. He could not produce true fog nor induce thunder or lightning even when the 'rain-making' effect on the local air masses should have done so. Reilly could not stop natural rain nor could he sustain the 'rain-making' effect without continuing his dance.
History: Sergeant John-Joe Reilly was born, the third of eight children, on a farm outside the small village of Ballinhassig, roughly 10 miles from Cork city. He left school at 12 years old without having distinguished himself in any way. A member of the local Gaelic Athletic Association, he was a keen sportsman. His true obsession, though, was the cinema, and he would spend as many evenings there as he could afford, in spite of the twenty mile round trip by bicycle that it entailed. His great love of Western movies resulted in his speech being a bizarre mixture of Irish-isms and jargon from cowboy films. He joined the British army in 1935 as a bid for financial independence and to get away from his father's farm. When war came he held the rank of corporal and initially worked in basic training, putting new recruits through their paces, earning his promotion to sergeant in 1940. By 1944 he and his new unit were in Italy with the 5th Army. His career as unit sergeant was successful, in that he survived and brought many of his men with him, although the mortality rate of unit officers was high, losing three captains in as many months. He never lost his passion for the Wild West and habitually referred to his men as 'the cavalry.' who responded by nicknaming him 'Sergeant Custer.' His talent manifested itself at an impromptu concert at a field hospital when, in a head-dress made of chicken feathers (the donor having provided the refreshments in the form of soup) and two NAAFI tea cloths, he did a rain dance. It worked. He was immediately recalled to England for assessment and training, but his talent did not extend to any other manifestation. It was felt that his abilities would be of most use against frontline troops and tanks, so he was sent back to Italy. He made extensive use of his talent and doubtless saved the lives of many allied troops by his hampering of enemy observations, aircraft and tank movements. He was never very popular with his men, though, as few private soldiers appreciate being wet through most of the time; his talent code-name was selected from the cleanest of the names the troops had for him. When he was finally killed by a German sniper's bullet on the march to Berlin, there were wide-spread rumours that his own side had shot him in order to finally get dry. The men of his old unit however buried him and the grave today reads: "So long pardner!"
Game Stats:
Body: 3   Coordination: 2   Sense: 1 Brains: 1   Command: 2   Cool: 2   Base Will: 10
Skills: English 1, Rifle 2, Radio Operation 1, Drive Jeep 2, Grenade 2, SMG 2, Tactics 1, Dance 3, Mental Stability 2, Brawling 3, Athletics 3, Throw 2, Endurance 2
Talent Powers: Gourmet Power "Rain Dance" 5d+1wd (Defends, Robust, UoC) 4/8/16, Flaw - Nervous Habit, Must Dance (-1/-2/-4), Flaw - Result no higher or wider than result of Dance+Body roll (-1/-2/-4). Final cost 2/4/8 Total cost: 18 points. This talent makes it rain. The width of the roll can be used as a difficulty for any actions attempted in the downpour. The height of the roll indicates the intensity of the rain. I have chosen to model the talent with a gourmet power rather than with the Create talent, as Create is more versatile and more expensive.
Total Will Points Spent: 30
Author:	Samantha Mullaney & Myles Corcoran, May 23, 2002