OWL

Leland Owlsey was a ruthless financier whose criminal connections were exposed during a special Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit that uncovered documents linking him with numerous fraudulent business enterprises. As his underworld activities came to light, Leland, nicknamed the Owl, discarded his pretence of respectability and began to make plans to become a major crimelord in New York.

Owl began recruiting henchmen to serve as his Owl Gang and, under circumstances as yet unrevealed, acquired a serum that in some manner enabled him to glide and fly for short distances. However, he was soon brought to justice by Daredevil.

After serving a short prison term, the Owl was paroled and immediately kidnapped the judge who had sentenced him. Daredevil managed to free the judge from his clutches, but the Owl escaped. Seeking to avoid both Daredevil and the authorities, he laid low for a time, quietly moving his base of operations to San Francisco.

In San Francisco the Owl was contacted by the mysterious Mister Kline, who assigned him the task of capturing Daredevil. The crimefighter Black Widow aided Daredevil in escaping the Owl, Daredevil physically overpowered the Owl, but the criminal escaped before the police could take him into custody. The Owl then left San Francisco for Chicago.

In Chicago the Owl acquired technology able to electronically drain human brains of all their knowledge, but when he was opposed by the Chicago crimefighter the Cat, he was forced to flee.

Owl returned to San Francisco with the plans for the mind device, and after having it reconstructed, captured Daredevil and tried to use it on him. Daredevil was saved by the Black Widow once again, and again defeated the Owl in battle.

The Owl was stricken by a debilitating ailment that paralyzed his legs. It was apparently a side effect of the serum he had been taking over the years to give him the power to fly. Owl moved back to the New York area, established a new headquarters in the New Jersey Palisades overlooking Manhattan, and then freed the bestial Man-Bull from prison to serve as his henchman. The Owl assigned the Man-Bull the task of kidnapping the renowned neurologist Professor Brent Kerwin, so that Kerwin could cure the Owl's neurological problem. Daredevil intervened and kept Kerwin out of the Man-Bull's clutches.

Desperate, the Owl travelled upstate to see another specialist, Dr. Howard Petrovic. Coercing him to help, the doctor devised an exoskeleton for the Owl's legs and attached some sort of 'flying device' to his spine. During winter, and while battling Daredevil in mid-air, the Owl learned that the doctor had sabotaged the device, however the Owl plunged into the icy waters of the Hudson river. His Owl Gang rescued him and after resuscitating him, succeeded in forcing Professor Kerwin to examine him. Kerwin devised a 'neurological pacemaker' to cope with the chemical effects of his flight serum. daredevil and Spider-Man came to Kerwin's rescue and defeated the Owl by triggering an acute anxiety attack his pacemaker could not cope with.

When the Owl regained his mental faculties, he had a flying support module built to compensate for his legs. His plan was thwarted in the planning stages by spider-Man and the Black Widow.

The Owl turned to the Tinkerer to repair the leg braces so that he could walk. Embarking upon his most ambitious scheme to date, an attempt to replace the Kingpin as New York's top gang leader, the Owl contacted Doctor Octopus and proposed that the two join forces against the Kingpin. Octopus was not interested, however, and the two joined in battle. When the fight was interrupted by Spider-Man, the two criminals fled. Doctor Octopus attacked the Owl in his New Jersey headquarters a short time later, and physically beat the Owl in personal combat, destroying the Owl's hand talons and his leg braces. The Owl fell from a height of twenty feet and was further injured.

He is currently recuperating from his injuries in a prison hospital.

Leland is a ruthless financier and businessman who has found a perfect outlet for his greed and viciousness by becoming the Owl. He prefers to plan the crimes carried out by his minions. He acts only when a superhero or rival criminal threatens his gang's success. Leland's paralysis has led to an obsession to cure or compensate for it. He will risk his safety in pursuit of possible cures.

STATISTICS

PHYSICAL FORM: Normal Human
ORIGIN OF POWER: Chemical Exposure

ATTRIBUTES:ELECTROS FITNESS 70? MIND POWER 76 STAMINA 70? KNOW 76 STRENGTH 70? CHARISMA 63 DEXTERITY 70? 115 Flying IDEA 152 MOVE 56m* LUCK 50 SANITY 152 LIFE POINTS 105 MYSTIC POWER 63 SPIRIT POWER 63

SENSES:ELECTROS SIGHT 5 TASTE 5 HEARING 5 SMELL 5 MYSTIC 2 SPIRIT 2 TOTAL 24

BATTLE VALUES: DODGE 70 PARRY 3 ENCUMBRANCE 105lbs DAMAGE BONUS +2 MISSILE BONUS +2D4+1 STRIKE BONUS +10

SAVING THROWS: BLOWS 31 POISON 24 PARALYSE 17 TOXIN 17 PAIN 25 TRANCE 18 DRUGS 32 DISEASE 24 ENERGY 17 MYSTIC 15 HEAT 25 SPIRIT 16

*WEAKNESS: Owl's legs are paralyzed. MOVE is pre-paralyzation. Using electronic leg supports Move is increased (see Leg Supports).

Gliding

Rating: ???
Air Speed Rank 2, dropping 1.5 feet for each 132 feet he travels (15 feet/1320feet traveled).

Glider Capes:
Specially designed capes give Owl 115 flying DEX.

Claws:
10 inch, hardened-steel claws are extendable from his forearms.

Owl Flier:
distinctive flying vehicle used to transport the Owl and his Owl Gang.

SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL Businessperson 60 Leader 30 GENERAL Bargain 20 Law 45 Leadership 40 Accounting 75 Debate 50 Research 50 Oratory 15 Etiquette 40 Business 70 Pilot aircraft: Helicopter 42 Communication Systems 20 Bureaucracy 40 Security 20 Physics 10 Tactics 40 Debate 35 COMBAT Archaic Weapon: (Knife) Claws 63

TSR Owl Stats

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