Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Capabilities and Motivations
Maia Montgomery is a proficient martial artist
in peak physical condition, who supplements her
speed and stealth with darts, knives, and stun bolts.
While she is not as deadly in hand to hand combat
as a true master of the craft, like the hero Mantra
or the villain Dragonclaw, she has the edge in any
ranged engagement with a martial artist of superior
skill, particularly if she has opportunities to bring her
stealth or superior mobility into play. Her physical
skills are only a small part of her ability, however.
Wraith’s biggest strength is her analytical approach
to fighting crime: she hangs back until she sees an
opening, detecting weaknesses in the enemy’s plan
and then striking at the opportune moment. She
also carries a variety of gadgets, seemingly able to
find just the right thing in her utility belt for any
dilemma, and on the rare occasion where she
has nothing available, she can improvise. Wraith
is most in her element on a rooftop stakeout, or
reconstructing a crime scene. This is not to say that
she isn’t valuable in a fight against an alien despot,
but street level crime is where she can bring all of
her skills to bear.
Personal Life
Wraith’s shift towards teaching has necessitated
a few changes in Maia Montgomery’s lifestyle.
The biggest one is that she has shifted her base
of operations to Megalopolis, both as Maia
Montgomery and as Wraith. While crime still
exists in Rook City, it is evolving to the point
that Dark Watch’s community oriented system
is more effective than a shadowy terror stalking
the night. When the crime network known as
The Organization sent thugs to collect “protecting
payments” from businesses, Wraith descending
from the shadows could make a difference, but
now The Organization is trying a new approach.
When Organization flunkies create Homeowners
Associations in Rook City that require residents
to pay “maintenance and protection” dues, that is
the sort of thing where a grassroots community
response is more effective. This new approach
meant that Montgomery Industries was suddenly
more effective combating the Organization through
social programs than through the actions of their
secret vigilante CEO!
Basically, Wraith does more good right now
as Maia Montgomery working in the open and
teaching in secret as Wraith than she could do by
aiding in secret as Maia Montgomery and working
openly as Wraith. Megalopolis is rebuilding, and
there are a lot of opportunities for criminals in
the shadows there, so when the night air calls her
and the roofs of Megalopolis beckon, she gets her
grappling hook and goes to work. Many of her
field-work classes happen at night, and often on
rooftops. Sometimes she takes promising students
with her on stakeouts, so that they can learn the
vital skills required to successfully stalk a band of
thugs, or shows them how to piece together how a
crime went down from the clues left behind.
Her daily life is a mix of being a busy CEO, missions
as Wraith, and learning how to date someone who
not only knows her secret identity, but who knows
the masked facets of her life better than who she
is without the mask. Maia is also finding that, while
she knows the Tyler Vance that operates the Bunker
suit and is very focused on missions, there is a lot
about him that she doesn’t know when he is more
relaxed. Her analytical side finds it fascinating, but
she’s learning to just relax around him… at least
until she sees a group of thugs corner someone in
an alley. Then, she knows she has someone who can
cover for her while she changes, and who can back
her up as needed.
Heroes
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