Name: James "Metal" Melcher<br/>Concept: Out of work TV action star<br/>Player: kckolbe<br/>Style: Boxing<br/>School: Personal trainer<br/>Signature: Smile to the crowd.  "Still think I'm fake?"<br/>EXP      0/0<br/><br/>Attributes:<br/>Str 3 Dex 4 Sta 3<br/>Cha 3 Man 2 App 2<br/>Per 2 Int 3 Wit 3<br/><br/>Abilities:<br/>Alertness 2 Insight 2 Intimidation 3 Subterfuge 2<br/>Drive 2 Leadership 1 Stealth 1<br/>Arena 2 Computer 1 Investigation 2 Mysteries 1 Style Lore 1<br/><br/>Personal Backgrounds:<br/>Fame 1<br/><br/>Team Backgrounds:<br/>Backing 1, Manager 1 (2 remaining)<br/><br/>Techniques<br/>Punch 4 Kick 0 Block 2 Grab 0 Athletics 3 Focus 0<br/><br/>Maneuvers<br/>Esquives (pre-req)<br/>Displacement S: 6 D: 6 M: 4 (Costs 1 Willpower)<br/>Buffalo Punch S: 2 D: 12 M: 1<br/>Combo: Displacement to Buffalo Punch 1<br/><br/>Basic moves:<br/>Jab S: 6 D: 6 M: 3<br/>Strong S: 4 D: 8 M: 3<br/>Fierce S: 3 D: 10 M: 2<br/><br/>Chi: 2<br/>Willpower: 7<br/>Health: 11<br/><br/>History:<br/>James Melcher had "the look" as a teenager, and a natural speed that assured him success as an action star.  It wasn't long before he was getting bit parts in action movies and TV shows, but never seemed to really spring past that.  Having been happy to just let fight choreographers and special effects do the work, it wasn't until he was offered the lead role of a TV series that he was given the ultimatum of learning to fight or find work elsewhere.  Deciding to capitalize on James' fast hands, they took a gamble and hired a boxing trainer to show James the ropes.  The decision was later discovered to have been a horrible one.  Fans wanted roundhouse kicks, throws, broken arms.  Boxing was just too simple, and that meant boring.  A little more work was done with special effects, but that just destroyed the credibility they were wanting to build.<br/><br/>Season one of his show ended with horrible ratings, and only a couple of episodes in it seemed there would be no season three.  Calling in what few favors he had, James managed to arrange a live fight, on air, with a professional fighter.  A man who went by the name Samson, Jr was hired on to play the antagonist, and on the season finale, he and James fought all out.  The show had mixed successes.  On one hand, the ratings were amazing.  Everyone watched that episode.  On the other hand, there was the problem of James losing...and badly.  Samson, Jr was too strong, and too tough.  Compared to him, James did look like a fake.  His career was over.