Ghost Rider
Real Name John “Johnny” Blaze

ADVANTAGES: Acting Ability -3D, Acute Sense of Direction -2D, Ally (Danny Ketch) -7D, Ally (Midnight Sons) -14D, Charismatic -3D, Courage -2D
DISADVANTAGES: Enemies (Mephisto) +3D, Extremely Competitive +2D, Nightmares +4D, Obsessive Tendencies +2D, Shady Background +2D

POWERS (all powers are limited to Super Hero Form -3D): Immunity (to non-magical Fire, Heat, Poisons and Radiation) 15D; Natural Armor 9D; Sustenance 15D; Hell Fire (Fire Manipulation – Enhancement : mystic-linked, flame project only) 10D; Penance Stare (Mind Blast, forces the victim to experience the pain he has inflicted on others) 12D, Healing (self-only) 8D

EQUIPMENT: Ghost Rider’s Chain [BDV 5D when used as a weapon; Snare 6D; Elasticity 1D; Shapeshifting 4D (Ghost Rider’s chain may shift form into shurikens which can be thrown all at once); Motorcycle [Ghost Rider’s motorcyle is a mystic construct that uses standard motorcycle stats with these advantages : Ghost Rider can mentally control the bike from at most firing distance; the bike possesses a form of Resurrection (self-only) and will begin to reform in two rounds after being destroyed; the bike has Sustenance and does not need gasoline to run; and the bike has Clinging 10D, allowing it to ride up the sides of buildings. The Base Damage Value is 4Dx3 if the bike is used as a ramming weapon.]

JOHNNY BLAZE FORM: Reflexes 4D, brawling 5D, dodge 5D, driving (motorcycles) 14D; Coordination 3D, marksmanship 5D (shotguns +2D), thievery 5D; Physique 2D; Knowledge 2D, arcane knowledge 6D, criminology 4D; Perception 3D, Hide 6D, search 6D, shadowing 6D, streetwise 5D, tracking 6D; Presence 2D, willpower 7D. PDV: 3, BDV 3D, P/l Bonus: +1, Body Points: 27.

BACKGROUND: A motorcycle stunt driver turned spirit of vengeance after a fateful deal with the demon lord Mephisto, Ghost Rider defies his benefactor and rides his blazing motorcycle, dispensing vengeance to the souls of all those who would do the world harm.

Possessed by a demon named Zarathos, Johnny Blaze constantly craves vengeance against evil and is compelled to seek it out, using his supernatural hellfire and Penance Stare to burn the souls of the wicked. The human inside of Ghost Rider would like nothing more than to be free of his curse, but in the meantime, he’s going to make a lot of bad people suffer.

Johnny Blaze grew up in a family of stunt drivers. His father, Barton Blaze, raised Johnny and his siblings alone when Johnny’s mother, Naomi, left them. Barton later died in a stunt, and Johnny was adopted by fellow stunt drivers Crash and Mona Simpson. Johnny eventually grew to have romantic feelings for his adoptive sister, Roxanne.

When Johnny’s stepfather was dying of cancer, Johnny turned to the occult to try and cure the illness. Believing he had summoned the biblical Devil himself, Johnny in fact had summoned the demon lord Mephisto and bargained his soul away in exchange for Crash’s life.

The first rule is that the devil always lies. Crash was cured, momentarily, but then died shortly after in a stunt gone wrong. When Mephisto came to collect his soul, it was only the timely intervention of Johnny’s love, Roxanne, that temporarily drove Mephisto away.

As a final act of spite before fleeing, Mephisto cursed Johnny by bonding him with the demon Zarathos, transforming Johnny into the blazing spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider.

Ghost Rider uses numerous mystical abilities to punish the guilty and save innocent lives. His chief weapon is called the Penance Stare, an ability picked up from his brother, Danny Ketch. By gazing into the soul of the guilty, Ghost Rider causes the affected party to relive all the harm they’ve done to anyone else over the years. This stare leaves its victim permanently catatonic.

Another element Blaze incorporates from Ketch as time goes on is a mystical, metal chain bathed in hellfire which can be used as both a weapon and to bind his enemies. Johnny can infuse any motorcycle with hellfire or even conjure up a vehicle from nothing. Whichever approach he takes, Ghost Rider lives up to his name.