Entropy
                   (character created by Heather Strait)

BACKGROUND:   Kelly Masters, a brilliant anthropological researcher, is a 
   collector of various text on the occult.  One of these texts was a rare 
   book which contained a set of spells designed to transform an individual 
   into a living elemental and back to human form.  What wasn't mentioned 
   in the book is that it also made the subject the focus of bad karma (aka 
   Unluck).  Well, Kelly performed the rituals and was granted both 
   incredible power and, as she found out later, bad luck.  She still 
   decided to use her abilities to help others and entered the superhero    
   world as Entropy.  She works as an assistant professor of anthropology   
   at a university in the campaign city, where she also takes care of her   
   16-year old sister Emily.  Emily idolizes her sister and tends to follow 
   her around a lot (ergo, a NPC).  She currently works solo but is 
   considering joining a super-hero team.

PERSONALITY:  Kelly is something of a rarity in the superhero biz:  someone 
   with a psychologically-balanced personality.  She is friendly, 
   forthright with her opinions, and prudent enough to keep her mouth shut  
   when appropriate.  Her main fallacy is that she tries to think about her 
   actions before executing them in order to make sure she's doing the 
   right thing.  The problem is that time to think is a luxury that not 
   everyone can have, especially in combat.

POWERS/TACTICS:  By shouting the name of an element, Entropy is able to 
   transform into a living embodiment of that element.  Her air form allows 
   her to become one with the air (invisible, desolid).  She can also uses  
   her body to create a small vacuum around a target, effectively cutting 
   off all air to the target.  Her earth form allows her great strength     
   and defenses as long as she is within 6 feet of something touching the   
   Earth.  Thus, she would have her full powers on the roof of a skyscraper 
   (which is touching the ground), but not on an airplane which is flying   
   (unless it's flying REALLY low).  Her water form allows her to create    
   blast of water from her hands.  Her fire form operates similarly with 
   fire, but her fire attacks are much more subtle.

   Generally, Entropy's water form is her primary attack form.  Her air 
   form is for stealth situations and rapid transport.  Her fire form gives 
   her wider forms of attack (from explosion to armor-piercing).  Her earth 
   form is for physical combat, lifting, and using her N-Ray Vision to 
   track stealthy opponets (invisibility, etc.)

   Her elemental forms tend to burn END quickly.  Should she reach 0 END in  
   her appropriate form, she will revert back to human.  She can not go 
   back to that elemental form until enough time has passed so that her END 
   Reserve (or END in case of her earth form) is full.  She can assume 
   another form even though one of her elemental forms may be at 0 END.


Charles Gibbs
gibbsc@ac.grin.edu