Zatanna

Zatanna
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Dex:   6   Str:   3   Body:    5
Int:   9   Will:  5   Mind:    6
Infl:  8   Aura: 14   Spirit: 13
Initiative: 23  Hero Points:  75

Powers: *Mystic Link
Air Control: 10*
Earth Control: 10*
Flame Control: 10*
Flame Project: 10*
Ice Control: 10* 
Plant Control: 10*
Sorcery: 16
Water Control: 10*
Weather Control: 10*

Skills:
Occultist: 9

Limitations: Must speak all of her spells aloud and backwards. She cannot use any of her Power if she is unable to fulfill this condition.

Advantages:  Connections:  Justice League of America (High), Earth's Mystical Community (High), John Constantine (Low); Magical Background


 
Alter Ego: Zatanna Zatara
Motivation: Upholding the Good
Occupation: Stage Magician, Adventurer
Wealth: 5



Source: Who's Who, 3rd Edition; 2nd Edition Background Roster Book, page 39, Justice League Sourcebook, Pages 25-26

Also see: Zatara
affiliation(s): Justice League of America



Ed's Notes: Why do so many people keep saying that DC Heroes under-powers their Sorcerer characters?  Take Zatanna... In a given round, she could use 10 AP's Earth Control to throw up a defensive wall, 12 AP's of Sorcery for Dispersal, taking NO Spiritual damage, and then attack with (for example) Air Control.  Grated she only has an AV/EV of 10/10 (which  is still not that bad) but her OV/RV would be 18/27!  I think she'd win THAT war of attrition!

2nd Edition sources list her Wealth as 4, her Spirit as 11 and the B/R Book omits her JLA Connection (High). They also mention a brief time in which she lost her Sorcery Power but gained it back.

BTW... How does she NOT have a Connection (High) to Zatara the Magician?!

First Appearance: Hawkman #4 (November, 1964)

3 comments:

  1. She should have the Thief skill (as least Escape Artist and Slight of Hand/Pickpocket). She doesn't have the connection with Zatara b/c he is deceased. That doesn't stop him from showing up occasionally though.

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  2. In my humble opinion, she also needs Attractive :)

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  3. Shouldn't she also need the drawback of "Public Identity"? Isn't she well known as being a stage magician as well.

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