Profile: Nightcrawler

Additional Information

Azazel (father); Raven Darkholme (Mystique) (mother); Baron Christian Wagner (step-father, deceased); Margali Szardos (foster mother); Jimaine Szardos (Amanda Sefton) (foster sister); Stefan Szardos (foster brother, deceased); Gloria Brickman (half-sister); Rogue (unofficial foster sister); Graydon Creed(maternal half-brother, deceased); Nils Styger (Abyss)(paternal half-brother); Kiwi Black (paternal half-brother); Talia Wagner (Nocturne) (alternate reality daughter); Salamander (Earth-1005) (alternate reality son); Unnamed half-siblings (deceased).

• Teleportation: Amazing ability to teleport up to 3 miles. This produces a loud "BAMF" and the smell of sulfur. Nightcrawler can perform the following power stunts:
  • Exceed normal range by 2 miles. He must make a Endurance FEAT or be confused for 1-10 rounds.
  • Teleport 1 large or 2 average sized passengers. Passengers must make an Endurance FEAT or be stunned for 1-10 rounds.
  • Teleport part of an object (usually non-organic), causing Amazing damage on the object (and a possible kill result).
  • Kurt can also use his multiport power as a stun attack of at least Remarkable. Victims are stunned for 1-10 rounds.
  • May use his 'porting to dodge or evade at power rank ability.
  • Multiple Attacks: Kurt can make up to 4 attacks in 1 round, this power stunt combines with the power stunt above as a result he is dodging or evading while making his attacks using the power rank to hit instead of his fighting. He can only use this power once every 4 rounds.
• Prehensile Tail: Kurt can support his weight by his tail, and use it as a third hand as well with Amazing Agility.
• Wall-Crawling: Amazing. 3 areas per turn. He cannot adhere to frictionless or slippery surfaces.
• Blending: Nightcrawler's blue-black fur allows him to blend into deep shadow. If he is staying absolutely still while in deep shadows, he cannot be seen except with the use of infravision or some other enhanced scanning device. If Kurt is attacking or otherwise moving in the dark, anyone looking for him or trying to hit him suffers a -2CS. Kurt treats his Intuition as Incredible when attacking by surprise from darkness.

Leadership: Kurt is a natural leader and any group that elects him leader the group karma pool gets an additional 50 karma points.

First Aid: Kurt is trained in first aid and knows how to prevent someone from dying if they reach 0 health.

Electronics: Kurt has Excellent Reason in the field of electronics, their design, building of, and application

Mechanical Repair: Kurt has Excellent Reason to repair mechanical devices of all shapes and sizes.

Piloting: Kurt is a long time pilot and receives +1CS on all control rolls behind the controls of a plane or helicopter, he has Excellent Reason to do repairs.

Martial Arts B & D: Kurt has Remarkable Fighting when engaging in unarmed combat and due to his training at the Xavier school he can stun and slam a foe through Body Armor after watching them for 2 rounds.

Acrobatics/Tumbling: Kurt is fast and nimble with Incredible fighting to evade, Monstrous Agility to Dodge and Excellent Strength to escape from holds or grappling attacks, he is a trained circus aerialist and has studied parkour allowing him to move at his maximum speed in crowded environments and fall up to 30 feet without taking damage on an Endurance feat roll.

Weapon Specialist: Sword: Kurt has Incredible fighting when using swords and may (on a red feat) make 3 attacks around.

Bi-Lingual: Kurt speaks, reads and writes German, Latin, English, Russian and Japanese fluently.

Resist Domination: Kurt has been trained by Professor X to resist mental attacks, probes and dominations at Remarkable ability.

Theology: Kurt studied in a seminar to become a priest and should, for the purposes of resisting the undead, be considered to have 'True Faith'

Nightcrawler has only three digits (including an opposable thumb) on each hand. He also has only 2 toes on each foot, each longer than an ordinary human's. He has a prehensile tail, approximately 3'6" long, which could support his own weight. Nightcrawler has pointed ears and pronounced fang-like canine teeth. His spine is more flexible than an ordinary human being's, allowing him to spend much of his time in a semi-crouching position without damaging his posture and enabling him to perform contortionist-like feats. His body is almost entirely covered with a fine Blue-colored fur.

Since taking charge of Excalibur and getting close to Amanda again, Kurt has become noticeably more businesslike and ruthless. He’s tired of the anti-mutant prejudice, and sees Excalibur as a constant preemptive strike against hatred and bigotry; he’s a competent and aggressive officer, good at snap decisions and morale-strengthening remarks. Kurt still has a private life, however. He’s still with Amanda Sefton (in fact, they've grown much closer than before), still loves the swashbuckling culture (especially Errol Flynn), and is still a practicing Catholic. Simply, the later two aspects are less visible than during his career with the X-Men. He no longer acts like a comedian to cover his own insecurities.

• Rapier: Sword Excellent damage.
• X-Men Uniform: The Uniforms are constructed out of unstable molecule fabric of Remarkable Material. The suits come with a standard comlink that has a 250 mile range and a GPS tracking device built into it. The suits are insulated providing Good Protection vs. Heat and Cold as well as being designed to hide the wearer from mutant scanning equipment, with the exception of the Cerebro. Consider this to be Amazing protection vs. Electronic Mutant Detection. The Suits are also lined with a material designed by both Forge and Hank McCoy that provides body armor, Excellent vs. Physical and Energy. The armor is extremely light and is no thicker or heavier then a standard tee-shirt.
• Image inducer: This personal holographic projector allows Kurt to disguise himself with Remarkable ability, he used it to conceal his appearance originally but has since, for the most part, stopped using it.

All of the X-Men have contacts with their teammates, past X-Men, the New Mutants and other X-Related groups, Professor Xavier, Lilandra, and the Starjammers. As a member of Excalibur Kurt also has the following connections... Captain Britian, Meagan, agents of W.H.O. as well as British Authorities, Scotland Yard and MI6.

Kurt Wagner was born a mutant, blue furred, yellow eyed, and fanged. He was found, abandoned as a babe, by a woman named Margali Szardos, who took him in and raised him as her own child. He grew up in the circus, part of the trapeze act as his incredible agility made him one of the best for the job, and fell in love with Margali's daughter, Amanda Sefton. It was also here at the circus, that he took on the name of Nightcrawler, his stage name. At some point, Kurt left the circus, and it was in Germany that Professor Xavier found him, about to be beaten to death by an angry mob who thought he was a demon. Proffesor X saved him that night, offering him a chance to help the world by becoming part of his new team of X-Men. Kurt agreed, and went off on a mission to rescue the original X-Men along with Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Banshee, Sunfire and Thunderbird. After they succeeded, Kurt decided to stay as part of the new team.

A swashbuckling comedian at heart, Kurt became fast friends with the rest of the team, his personality bolstered the spirit of his teammates, and he developed a particularly tight bond with Wolverine and Kitty. Still, his appearance remained an obstacle, terrifying most humans on sight, and so, an image inducer was developed for him so that he could appear as a normal human while in public. Though he loathed the fact that people could not accept his appearance, accept him, as he was, he still uses it today to avoid conflict. Kurt saw many things while he was part of the X-Men, the least of which was not the Beyonder, a God-like being that shook Kurt's very faith in his own God. It took him some time, and the wisdom of his teammates to reconcile with his faith, but eventually he did. He also met an evil mutant named Mystique, who resembled him almost exactly in appearance. Wondering if they might be related, he asked her how they could resemble each other so much. She gave him no answer though, and he was left wondering for several years. Brave and noble, Kurt fought many battles alongside the X-Men; his friends and family, and he might have remained with them always, if not for fate.

During what would become known as the Mutant Massacre, Kurt was gravely injured by the Marauder known as Riptide. Caught in the hurricane force winds the mutant created, Kurt was nearly sliced to pieces by the projectiles released within the gale. He spent some time in a coma, and the X-Men feared for his very life. But with time, Kurt recovered, and reawoke only to find that the X-Men had died during the Fall of the Mutants. Having no way of knowing that his friends had been returned to life by the Goddess Roma, Kurt remained on Muir Isle with Kitty (Shadowcat) during the remainder of his recovery. His teleportation power was just beginning to return when he joined up with Shadowcat, Phoenix II, Captain Britain and Meggan to form the Britain based team, Excalibur.

Captain Britain led the team in name, but it was Nightcrawler who led, in truth, and eventually, he taught the headstrong hero how a leader should conduct himself. Some time later, the X-Men returned to public view, and Kurt reunited with his old family, albeit for a brief visit. He had come to feel that his place was now with Excalibur, and did not return to the team. Shortly following, Kurt received a call from Forge, instructing him to come back to America on a matter of utmost importance. He met up with Rogue, and soon found himself pulled into a chain of events which led to the discovery of his origin. Mystique had given birth to him, but much as the angry mob had chased Kurt for his appearance, they now chased the mother and her newborn child. Throwing him over the falls in order to save her own life, Mystique left him to die. But being a mutant, Kurt survived the fall and was found by Margali Szardos. With this revelation also came the realization that the mutant-hater, Graydon Creed, was his half-brother, and Rogue, having been raised by Mystique, his foster sister. Kurt returned to Excalibur to reconcile with this new information, and had it out with his foster mother, Margali, angry that she had never told him the truth of his birth mother. But Kurt had little time to dwell on these things, as Excalibur found itself being drawn into battle after battle.

With the disappearance of Captain Britain, Nightcrawler found himself again the leader of the team, in name as well as truth. When the Captain finally returned and wed Meggan, and Excalibur disbanded, Nightcrawler decided to return home to his original team, the X-Men. Now back with his old friends, he fights for the Professors dream as he ever has.