Pete Johnson

Pete Johnson, otherwise known as Bug Man, is a Fomor Hollow Man.

Quote: Oh, God! It's happening again! I'm chaaanngrbblph...

Prelude

Pete Johnson was a normal guy, once. He was employed by the state as a sewer maintenance manager, meaning he went down into the bowels of the city to make sure that feces, piss and contaminated water didn't come out of people's faucets. He had a wife, two kids, a dog and a little duplex in the suburbs. Life wasn't great, but it certainly wasn't bad.

Then, one day he was down in the depths, checking one of the pipe valves for leakage, and he found some shit-cobbled nest hanging under one of the massive pipeline elbows. Crawling all around the nest were these iridescent beetles, chittering their mandibles at one another. Fascinated, Pete leaned in for a closer look. One of them took flight and bit him on the cheek. Pissed, Pete knocked the nest down with his flashlight and stomped on every last one of the damn things.

Now Pete's not such a normal guy anymore. Oh sure, he wants to be, but a recent "problem" has made a normal life harder and harder to maintain. Without warning, Pete's body disintegrates into a horde of those shiny beetles, and everything goes black. He wakes up hours later, naked, with no memory of what happened, and a funny, coppery taste in his mouth. Even worse, just last week he found the bones of the dog out in the garage, stripped clean. He doesn't know when he's going to change, or what he does when it happens. What if someone finds out?

Concept

The Bug Man is a perfect example of a normal life gone wrong. A poor bastard with an uncontrollable "power" (if it can even be called that), the Bug Man is a foe that doesn't intend the horrible things he does. He's a twist on the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story.

Stats

Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 2, Stamina 3, Charisma 3, Manipulation 2, Appearance 2, Perception 2, Intelligence 2, Wits 3
Abilities: Alertness 1, Athletics 2, Crafts 2, Drive 3, Intuition 2, Investigation 1, Leadership 1, Science 1
Backgrounds: Allies 1, Contacts 1, Resources 2
Powers: In Pete-form, none. Bug Man shapeshifts into "swarm form." The swarm has Strength 3, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3 and Brawl 3, and 15 health levels that impose no wound penalties when lost. Turning back to Pete imposes human wound penalties, which could mean his Incapacitation or death if seven or more levels were list in bug form.) The swarm can heal by drinking blood, regaining one level lost to any kind of damage per point of damage inflicted by biting. The swarm also has Venomous Bite (see page 93).

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