MOTTE
Clifford Latham
 
Cost

Characteristic

 Value Roll Notes
40 STR 50 19- Lift 25 tons; 10d6; [5]

48 DEX 26 14- OCV: 9  DCV: 9
26 CON 23 14-  
20 BODY 20 13-  
5 INT 15 12- PER Roll 12-
16 EGO 18 13- ECV: 6
13 PRE 23 14- PRE Attack: 4½d6
0 COM 10 11-  
0 PD 10   Total: 24 PD (14 rPD)
5 ED 10   Total: 20 ED (10 rED)
24 SPD 6   Total: 0 MD (0 rMD)
0 REC 15   Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
2 END 50   Running: 6" / 12"
13 STUN 70   Swimming: 2" / 4"
 

Cost

 Powers

END
5 Malleable Arms: Elemental Control (10 point powers)
25 1) Extendable Finger Claws: Killing Attack - Hand-to-Hand 2d6 (4d6 w/STR) (30 Active Points) 3
6 2) Finger Picks: Lockpicking 18- (11 Active Points) 0
10 3) The Strangler: Stretching 4" (20 Active Points); Limited Body Parts (Arms and Hands Only) (-¼), No Noncombat Stretching (-¼) 2
36 Leatherback Skin: Armour (14 PD / 10 ED) 0
18 You Can't Keep Me Down For Long: Healing 2 BODY, Can Heal Limbs, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½), Persistent (+½) (50 Active Points); Extra Time (Regeneration-Only) 1 Turn (Post-Segment 12) (-1¼), Self Only (-½) 0
 

Cost

 Perks

4

 Contact: Unnamed Contract Agent in Marseilles, France (Useful Skills, Good Relationship) 11-
Cost Martial Arts

15

 The Strangler's Moves
Maneuver OCV DCV Notes
Block +2 +2 Block, Abort
Dodge -- +5 Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort
Grab -1 -1 Grab Two Limbs, 60 STR for Holding On
Strike +0 +2 12d6 Strike

Cost

 Skills

20

 +4 with HTH Combat
4 Area Knowledge: Western Europe 13-
3 Breakfall 14-
3 Climbing 14-
5 Contortionist 15-

0

 Everyman Skills
Acting 8-
Area Knowledge: London, United Kingdom 11-
Climbing 8-
Computer Programming 8-
Concealment 8-
Conversation 8-
Deduction 8-
Language Skill: English (idiomatic)
Paramedic 8-
Persuasion 8-
Professional Skill: Assassin 11-
Shadowing 8-
Stealth 8-
Transport Familiarity: Small Ground Vehicles
3 Interrogation 14-
4 Knowledge Skill: Assassins 13-
2 Language Skill: French (completely fluent)
2 Language Skill: Italian (fluent conversation)
3 Lockpicking 14-
3 Security Systems 12-
7 Stealth 16-
3 Streetwise 14-
0 T.I.T.A.N. Package
Communicator: High Range Radio Perception, IIF (-¼)
Knowledge Skill: Known European Uberhumans 11-
Knowledge Skill: Terrorist World 11-
Teamwork 14-
Hunted: Local Law Enforcement Agencies 8-
200+ Disadvantages
10 Distinctive Features: Exceptionally Tall and Gaunt
10 Distinctive Features: Overwhelming Aura of Self-Confidence
20 Hunted: CIA 8-
20 Hunted: Europol 8-
20 Physical Limitation: Feels No Pain
15 Physical Limitation: Weird Biochemistry Requires Specialist Medical Care
15 Psychological Limitation: Always Calm and Collected
15 Psychological Limitation: Casual Killer
10 Reputation: Serial Killer, 8- (Extreme)
15 Social Limitation: Wanted Criminal
30 Experience Points
 
Characteristics Cost 209 Base Points 200
Powers Cost 100 Disadvantages 150
Talents Cost 0 Experience Points 40
Perks Cost 4 Total Points 390
Martial Arts Cost 15
Skills Cost 62
Total Cost 390
 
Concept Brick Hair Colour Black
Nationality British Eye Colour Dark Brown
Place of Birth London, United Kingdom Height 2.42m
Date of Birth March 23, 1956 Weight 86kg
 
Background

Operating under the codename Strangler, Latham terrorised London in the 1970s and early 1980s with a series of strangulations.  He moved quickly into the career of hired assassin and developed a solid reputation across Europe.  After changing his name to The Butler, he spent most of the 1980s in Eastern Europe in the service of corrupt governments, but came to re-settle in England in 1993.

With a constant stream of contracts, Latham continued his career in Western Europe while becoming aware of his son's existence.  Cricket Wilkinson was the result of a violent encounter in London, and nearing his retirement age Latham underwent a kind of transformation.  He began to monitor his son's progress across the housing estates of inner London, and marvelled at the boy's innate ability for destruction.  Never one to acquiesce to offers of partnership in the past, Latham decided to undertake the fostering of his son in the ways of the professional mercenary and assassin.

In 1997 Motte and Bailey took on their first contract: to assassinate a soccer team in Barcelona.  Latham was thrilled with the opportunity and the two partners celebrated in style once their work was accomplished.  It was the beginning of a successful partnership which continues to this day.
Personality

Clifford Latham is the consummate English prude: unable to smile or ever offer a compliment; having a knack for eyebrow acrobatics and drooping frowns; and possessing an insatiable appetite for tea and scones.  He is sensible.  He is astute.  He is successful.  And he is a cold-blooded killer.  Latham has been in the mercenary business for twenty years and has spent only a small number of years behind bars.  He knows his business, and he does not tolerate mistakes in etiquette or deliverance.  It is, therefore, a wonder how he has managed to maintain a working relationship with Bailey over the past six years.  Being the boy's father may have something to do with it, but there must be limits to paternal understanding - even if Motte is the only one who knows Bailey is his son.

Latham is getting old, and he knows it.  After spending most of his life free he now looks forward to retirement.
Quote
"Your throat is very beautiful.  Like a robin: so fragile..."
Powers

Motte possesses superhuman strength and durability, and is renowned for strangulation.  His fingers are unnaturally long, and have the ability to stretch while retaining their incredible strength.  As he has grown older, Motte has begun to lose his potency, so that the man he is today is but a shadow of the killer he was during the 1970s and 1980s.  Latham also possesses a healing factor which has enabled him to seemingly come back from the dead on more than one occasion.
Appearance

Motte is a gaunt giant.  His skin is pale and his eyes seem to droop perpetually.  His movements are slow but deliberate, and his great strength is complimented with an unearthly grace.  Motte wears a green velvet coat and antiquated suit, which he has continuously worn for most of his career in crime.

Out of uniform, Latham enjoys comfortable and light clothing: usually drab and uninspired, much to the chagrin of Bailey.

 

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