Norgil the Magician
The Master of Prestidigitection

Prowess 4
Coordination 5
Strength 3
Intellect 4
Awareness 5
Willpower 4

Stamina 7

Powers
All of Norgil’s abilities stem from stagecraft and misdirection. He uses a variety of flash powders, collapsible props, and other stage magician items.
*Illusion 6
*Dazzle 4
*Binding 5 (Extra: Escape) – Norgil has numerous items that can be used to restrain individuals and also ones that can help him escape from traps or restraints
*Cane-Sword 4
*Magician’s Kit: Contains smoke bombs, flash powder, collapsible props, trick cards, handcuffs, and a variety of tools for escapology and illusions. In Icons terms, it gives him Gadgets 4.

Specialties
Acrobatics – Escape Artist (Expert +2 bonus), Investigation (Expert +2 bonus), Occult, Stealth (Expert +2 bonus), Performance – Sleight of Hand (Expert +2 bonus)

Qualities
*Master of Misdirection
*Famous Face
*Code of Honor

Background

Norgil the Magician was a talented stage magician who used his skill at sleight of hand and other skills of prestidigitation to capture crooks. All in all, he appeared in 23 short stories which were originally published in the pages of Crime Busters & Mystery magazines in the late 1930s & 1940. He was created by Walter Gibson, famed creator of The Shadow, writing under his pseudonym of Maxwell Grant.


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