Quote:Is Doug's inherent toughness part of his metagift (I presume so.)?Not directly. It's mostly the SFX for his hit points, which are a calculated stat (involving 4 stats, 4 tables, and his body weight); weapons in V&V are weak -- a handgun does 1-4 points of damage, and Doug has 70 (IIRC) HP (a normal would have 3 to 4). The other part of his toughness is of course the Polykev, which (in V&V) is 30 points of Invulnerability (game mechanic: he can ignore the first 30 points of damage received in every combat round). Although I describe it as a little leotard-like thing, it really does protect his entire body (and his helmet is made from an even thicker layer of polykev).
Quote:As his ST is only 12, which isn't very high for a scrapper, how much damage can he do with his fists?Quite a lot; he gets bonuses from his intelligence and agility, and from his martial arts -- IIRC he does 1d6 + 19 per punch. To scale that for you, in order to kill a normal you have to do 44 points of damage -- 4 for their HP and 40 for their power points (HP alone and they're in a coma and dying at a rate of 1 power point per minute). Doug can kill a normal outright with two punches (which is why he does half a Kill/punch in Fuzion...)
Quote:How far can he safely jump in one go?Gah. I can't answer that one for you from work. I'll have to wait until I get home. And finding a copy of V&V won't help you, the physicists in the group rewrote the equation that calculates jump distance.
You might want to check the scene where the ADP investigates Doug's alley fight in the second chapter of DW2; I know there's a jump distance specified there, and I believe it's his maximum.
Quote:Attractive or Handsome?I think I've had female characters refer to him as handsome, so sure, let's go with that.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.