Size: Tiny
Description:
Monkey Wrench appears to be a normal looking squirrel monkey.
Wearing overalls...
Carrying a wrench and a toolbox...
And, honestly, it just gets weird from there.
edit: updated version, mostly gadget changes, a few other things
updated again 12/18/06
Last edited by raynbow; 18th December 2006 at 03:04 PM..
NOTES
Real Name: De’ron Conrad
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Size: M
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 120
Hair: Black (dredlocks)
Eyes: brown
Nationality: Jamacian
Ethnicity: Jamacian
Tradeoffs: none
Education: High School
Family: Uncle Jon
Identity: Public
Light Load: 33lbs, Med Load: 66lbs, Heavy Load: 100lbs, Max Load: 200lbs, Push/Drag: 500
DESCRIPTION
Average would be the best way to describe De’ron. Although on the short and light side, he has a relativly normal build (not overly athetic but not obese), black hair woven into dredlocs and brown eyes. He tends to be on the quiet side more of a follower then a leader.
History
De’ron Conrad was born north of Morant Bay, Jamaica. At the age of 6 his parents were lost during a storm while fishing and the boy was raised by a close friend of his father’s, his “Uncle” Jon. His childhood and adolescene were fairly typical and his grades in high school weren’t stellar but weren’t bad.
On the eve of December 31st, 1999, De’ron and his best friend, Reggie Phillips decided to celebrate by spending the night in an old cave renown for his echoing properties. They boys were having a fairly good time and as the comet entered the atmsphere De’ron shouted “Echo! Happy New Year!”
Unbenown to the boys they were both altered by the radiation of the comet. No effects were immeidate and the boys continued their senior year blissfully ignorant of the changes they were undergoing. Soon, Reggie started to not show up for class and wouldn’t anwser the phone or the door when De’ron called or paid him a visit.
Three months after Reggie’s mysterious disappearance he contacted De’ron via a message written in rocks in front of De’ron’s house. “Meet me at the cave-R” was all the message said.
Last edited by Raylis; 19th April 2007 at 08:13 AM..
Reason: Updating
All-out Attack
Accurate Attack
Power Attack
Defensive Attack
Attractive (+2 to Bluff and Diplomacy)
Evasion 2
Uncanny Dodge
Attack Specialization (Unarmed) 5
Improved Critical (Unarmed) 4
Benefit: Wealth 6 (8 base +24 wealth= +32 Total )(Flaw: Philanthropist -1, since he can't use it )
POWERS
The Curse (Revised) -- Net: 35 pp Transform 8 [InAnimate objects -> Gold (250 lbs)](4 PP/Rank + 3 PP = 35 PP)
PF: APx2, Split Attack
EX: Move Action (+1), Alt Save(Reflex) (+0), Continuous(Lasting) (+1)
FL: Limited(Ireversible)(-1), Touch Range (-1)
AP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^{
....Drain 12 [Reflex Save](.5 PP/Rank = 6 PP) -- Will Save DC of 18
....FL: Flaw (Target recovered instantly from drain) (-1)
....PF: Alt Save(Will)
........Linked: &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
....Transform 8 [Animate Objects ->Gold](3 PP/Rank + 2 PP = 26 PP)--DC 18 Reflex Save
....PF: Incurable
....EX: Alt Save(Reflex) (+0), Continuous(Lasting) (+1)
....FL: Limited(Ireversible)(-1), Touch Range (-1)
}-32 pp Net
AP^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^{ Animate Object 8 [Gold Only](2 PP/Rank + 2 PP = 21 PP)
PF: Progression 2 (5 Objects)
FL: Limited(Gold) (-1)
NOTES Real Name: King Midas (of) Pessinus
Gender:Male
Age:3k+
Size:Medium
Height: 5.8
Weight:300 lbs
Hair:Gold
Eyes:Gold
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Greek(Phrygian)
Tradeoffs:
Toughness-->Defence(+5)
Save DC --> Attack (+2)
Drawbacks
Minor Vulnerability to Heat and Electricity (uncommon?) (Good Conductor)
COMPLICATIONS
Involuntary Transformation( ) aka Accidental 'Golding' of Objects or People
DESCRIPTION Midas appears as a 5.8 golden human male with a full beard. As he was in life, he is slighly rotund. Midas powers are his golden touch(which he refuses to use against humans), and the gold properties of his body(It is ductile, which is both good and bad). He also can animate gold objects to a degree, which allows him to wear cloths. Midas is quite wealthy, although it does him little good as he can't benefit from most equipment(it just becomes gold). Despite his curse, Midas is quite personanable, and was a decent ruler. (He was originally rewarded for being hospitable to Dionysus's father.)
Personality
Midas is(was) a king(and a decent one, at that), and this shows in his personality. While somewhat unsure in this era, he will attempt to lead if no-one else makes an effort. He feels a great responsiblity to help, but is fearful of what he can do.
HISTORY The story of King Midas is well known. How we was reward by Dionysus with a the power to turn things to gold with a touch, how he at first was overjoyed, but his joy was short lived when he discovered the extent of his curse. How he could not eat, and his touch even turned his own daughter into a statue. He fled the palace, and waited for death, and his postion was taked by his younger brother(leading to legands that Dionysus repealed the curse).
Midas waited for death upon a golden bier, but when it finally came, even it did not provide release. When Midas awoke, his entire body had turned to gold. All this did was increase his curse suffering though, as he no longer had the crass needs of mortals, but he still infliced gold with a touch, thus cutting him off from his own kind. The Golden King eventually learned to live with his curse, hiding, and using the one gift it gave him...incredibly wealth, to help others as much as he could. He was still cut off from humanity however, and yearned for companionship.
On the eve of the new millenium, his power changed. His body assumed more of the properties of gold, and more importantly, he actually had some control over it. This allowed him to wear cloths of gold, for he could make them as supple and moveable as the the rich cloth he wore in life. After hiding for a while he vowed to join the newly chartered team, while less powerful than many of them, he still hoped to have something to contribute(besides funding).
Spoiler:
I had a vague idea about him helping 'bankroll' the group a bit, although it would be more of a background thing/hook. Didn't want to write that in if it was a problem though.
Last edited by Damion; 19th November 2006 at 07:19 AM..
EQUIPMENT
Bag of Tricks (Utility Belt) 25 ep:
Blast Ball (Blast Explosion 5) 1 ep *Damage does not stack with Throwing Mastery
Flasher Ball (Flash-Bang Grenade, Dazzle Burst 4) 1 ep *Damage does not stack with Throwing Mastery
Gum Ball (Snare Explosion 4) 1 ep *Damage does not stack with Throwing Mastery
Shuriken 1 ep
Sleeper Ball (Sleep Gas Grenade Fatigue Explosion 4) 1 ep *Damage does not stack with Throwing Mastery
Smoker Ball (Smoke Grenade Obscure Visual) 1 ep *Damage does not stack with Throwing Mastery
Throwing Blades, (Blast 2) 1 ep
Weeper Ball (Tear Gas Grenade, Dazzle 4 + Nausea Explosion 4) 18 ep *Damage does not stack with Throwing Mastery
Caltrops 1 ep
Camo Clothing (Urban) 1 ep
Flash Goggles 1 ep
Masterwork Disguise Kit 1 ep
Masterwork lockpicking kit 1 ep
NOTES
Real Name: Simon Bateleur
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Size: M
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 124 lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Grey
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Caucasian
DESCRIPTION
A slender, delicate figure of just above-average height, Simon Bateleur is a rather pale man with a rather intense expression, even if it is usually one of amusement. His favored costume is modeled after a jester's motley, colored red, orange, and yellow, though he's worn many variations thereof, and can be found in everything to camoflage to fine tuxedos.
HISTORY
When the event occured in 1999, Simon Bateleur was a rather unremarkable street performer in New York City. The boost to his reflexes that occured shortly thereafter was so subtle that it took some time for him to realize that his skills had gone from decent, to 'remarkable' to 'inhumanly good' in a matter of months. Simon was amazed at his newfound proficiency, even moreso when he discovered that he'd gained an uncannily accurate aim as well. Indeed, he seemed to develop skills involving manual dexterity with remarkable ease, learning them almost as fast as he tried.
A better man than Simon would have been sorely tempted by such abilities--and Simon was not a better man. He turned to crime--having always had a back-door connection to it, and became one of the world's first Super Criminals. Simon relished the danger and the display of skill of his heists, and was the first Super Criminal to go public, creating the persona of the Juggler. His brazenness and colorful costume made him a major figure in the public eye, and his lengthy crime spree made him a target to the first "Super Heroes" that appeared on the scene. But somehow, through a combination of skill, luck, and sheer daring, the Juggler evaded capture, taunting and humilating far more powerful foes for three years.
His lucky streak broke in 2005, and with such a strong case against him, Simon plead guilty and went immediately to 'the Citadel' one of the first Super Criminal only prisons. In there, he had something of a revelation--he didn't like most of his fellow Super Criminals. Simon had long seen himself as a sort of romantic antihero, pitting himself against the system, and usually winning--he'd exprected the same sort of views from his fellow inmates. Instead he found a group that went from petty little thugs enjoying a power rush to psychopaths and megalomaniacs who viewed all others as insects to be crushed under their heels. The Juggler found it hard to sympathize--or even get along with people like this.
Then one year into his sentence, he found out about an escape plan involving several dozen inmates, including five of the most notorious prisoners there. Without a second thought, he reported it to the guards--and when asked, agreed to join the group as an undercover informant. Simon handled the job admirably, and when the prison break began, was not only instrumental in stopping it, but saved the lives of several guards.
As Simon had made life in the Citadel rather difficult for himself, he was quickly transfered to a more comfortable facility, and shortly thereafter, given a parole with one condition--that he remain in the custody of the Resolutes, serving them as an agent, until such time that it was certain that he was undeniably reformed.
Last edited by Rhialto; 23rd January 2007 at 10:47 PM..
Blast (rapid fire popup autocannon) - 5; autofire, unreliable (5 charges)
(2pp/rank = 10 PP) {{mounted in both forearms}}
Complications:
==============
Unknown Enemy: Shadowy villain may interfere with Gauntlet's affairs. Wants to reclaim his "creation". Enemy is fully aware of Gauntlet's vulnerability to magnetic attacks and effects (he engineered him that way purposfully in order to more easily control him).
Disadvantages:
==============
Weakness vs Powerful Magnetic Fields: intensity = moderate (+1);
frequency = uncommon (+1); time increment = every round (+3)
(Causes a Cumulative -1 drain on strength each round)
[value = 5 pp bonus]
Vulnerable to Magnetic Attacks: intensity = moderate (+1);
frequency = uncommon (+1)
(increases saving throw DC of magnetic attacks by 50%)
[value = 3 pp bonus]
Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push
Max Weight: 8t 16t 24t 48t 125t
APPEARANCE/DESCRIPTION
======================
Alex has square, masculine, chiseled features. His hair is dark, almost black, and has
a slight natural curl to it. He keeps it long but tied back. His eyes are a brilliant
green and very intense looking.
Aleksander is massively muscled, but that fact is overshadowed by the massive robotic arms
mounted to the body at the shoulder. They are painted bright yellow and resemble
construction equipment moreso than normal limbs. The arms are oversized and sometimes make it difficult for Alex to squeeze through tight spaces.
Alex dresses simply, normally wearing sleeveless t-shirts and camouflahed or khaki cargo pants when not in uniform. His uniform is similarly cut, normally displaying the yellow-green two tone on the top with simple green cargo pants.
BACKGROUND
==========
Aleksander Zoya spent his early years as any typical youth would in the largest of the former soviet republics. His family was less than affluent, and Alex (his nickname) dropped out of school when he was 15 to start working with his father in construction. Years passed and Aleksander shaped up into a strong, strudy young man, whonontheless yearned for a better life for him and his family. Alex thought he had found that opportunity when a shadowy figure offered him a large sum of money for doing what he called "freelance construction work."
What really happened was that Alex found himself drugged and strapped to a table in the cloaked figures laboratory. His body was painfully modified with robotic implants, the most drastic of which were massive robotic arms which resembled construction equipment more than normal limbs. Aleksander was groomed to be a controlled cybernetic slave to this shadowy villain, chosen for his powerful build and ability to survive the agonizing rebuilding process.
However, Alex managed to burst free of his captor before the process was complete. The
equipment which would enslave his mind was never installed, and the newly empowered young man tore a path of destruction through the facility as he fought his way out. His captor vanished amidst the chaos. He never even saw his face.
Now Aleksander Zoya mourns his lost humanity, but also sees his newfound strength as a chance to do some good, perhaps even elevate his family to above the poverty line. Hearing of the opportunities available to him within the ranks of the Resolutes, he scraped together the money and set off for America...
Aleksander's personality tends to fluctuate somewhat. At times he is jovial and friendly, and at others he will withdraw from others to brood over what he feels he can never regain. Doctors have told him that removing the robotic implants within him would most likely be fatal, and so he has tried to make the best of it. Sometimes it gets to him though...
Last edited by modus666; 13th December 2006 at 11:06 PM..
Reason: forgot to add complications to character sheet
MOVEMENT
MPH: 10,000/20,000/40,000
Feet per Round 88,000 Exactly or 16.6repeating miles a round
176000 f/p accelerated or 33.3r m/r
352,000 f/r All out. Or 66.6r M/r
Tactical Movement.(In combat)
80f/r 160f/r 10,000m/h
(Crossed out because it is a variant rule the judges will discuss)
POWERS Super Speed r10[Mutant](5 PP/Rank + 7 PP = 57 PP)
PF: Rapid Attack(Free due to SS)
PF: Insubstantial(incorporeal)[Hitable by Mental and Electric]
PF: Rapid Fire
PF: Wall Run
PF: Water Run
SS Array Air Control 10 [Speed](3 PP/Rank=30 PP)
Tripping, No damage.
EX: Explosion Air Control 10 [Speed](2 PP/Rank=20 PP) Deflect 15 [Speed](3 PP/Rank= 45 PP)
All Ranged
EX: Action(Free)
EQUIPMENT Flash Goggles PDA Camera/Phone Undercover Vest GPS Recevier Multitool Energy Knuckles +3 Damage Bonus 19-20crit
Complications
Enemies [people he's sent to jail], Fame
NOTES
Real Name: Dexter Arron Morris
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Size: Med
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 130lbs
Hair:Red
Eyes: Green
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Tradeoffs:Att/Dam +5/-5 Def/Tough +5/-5
DESCRIPTION
Spoiler:
Punk, short spikey red hair, goggles and a couple of peircings. Torn clothing, his pulls off the look well.
He has peircings- in one ear, tounge and nose, and in a few other places. The nose and tonge rings and well postioned enough to be hideable. He has a multitude of tattoes on his arms and body. When not in uniform.
Unless, he's his Alternate ego.
Dexter is a successful lawer type, wears a suit and has slicked back red hair. His peircings and his his tattos are hidden or covered by his 3 peice, with the exception of his earring which is replaced by a diamond stud.
HISTORY
Spoiler:
You know that nerdy smart kid; Head of his class wouldn't even try to get a date, over reaching parents? That was Dexter; He was as many high schoolers, miserable. Going as far to envy one of his friends, a punk type that put no effort into much but he always seemed free.
Well, time passed, and Dexter graduated with honors. Attended law school and became a lawyer. The rather large problem with this was that he lacked "force of personality". He seemed doomed to work for low pay as a Free State defender, defending many a guilty man.
Enter: One mysterious meteor
Fun times hearing about all the effects of the new era, but Dexter still had work to do. Late one night Dexter was reading over case files. He read one, then another then another. It all felt so natural till he realised he had read over 100 files in their entirety in under an hour.
The next day Dexter seems a bundle of nervous energy, he took up jogging, got to places 30 minutes early, finishing chores in half the time, sometimes less. He poured his energy into his work. Rapidly becoming one of the best defenders in the state, there was no one he couldn't get off!
Until he got someone off who was very guilty. Stanley Smith, A man who killed and then killed again. Dexter couldn't be a part of the new trial, deemed a conflict of interest. So he had to watch in horror as an inept prosecution got the whole case thrown out of court.
It was Dexter’s fault, he got that kid killed and now someone else would suffer. No, Dex wouldn't have any of that. Stanley had gotten by twice on luck instead of brains, going straight back to whence he came, it seemed he was all set to kill again.
Enter Dexter
An old house, a soon to be victim, a soon to again be killer set the scene. Dexter bursts in, a gun awaits his arrival, and it fires. Everything stops. Dexter doesn't though, he moves forward, around the bullet that hangs in the air, around the killer with a cocky look in his eye. He comes up with an elbow that sends the guy flying. If Stanley was conscious he might have been as surprised as Dexter, but alas. He checks the victim, a little girl, alive but unconscious. Dexter sighs and finds a phone.
When the police arrived they didn't question Dex that much. He was the hero, what strange coincidences in the world that he should be in the area when he heard screaming.
Back at work, Dexter switched to prosecution. Vowing to put away all that deserved it.
It's been a few years now, Dex is best of the best again and things have been moving fast. For our hero on the other hand they have been moving so slow, he tried new hobbies, he tried extreme hobbies but nothing was like that night, the night he realized his powers. He is and will always be a lawyer but he needs a break, a vacation, the thrill of the hero is what he's shooting for.
His costume was originally an outfit much like his old friends, the thought of being free, it was new to him. But he knew if he we're recognized he'd never be able to go back to Lawyering and he wears goggles and spikes his hair and dons the clothes of punk.
TBA
DRAWBACK
Dependency, Must take special pill supplied by UN Task force daily or suffer a -1 penelty to Wisdom.(Cumulative)
SF keeps about a month supply on him but usually runs out weekly.
Since he descovered his power he has been able to take the time to learn many new things but in the recent months it was becoming harder and harder to stay centered, focused. He was managing well enoughtill the UN offered him the job. When the problem came up they promised to help however they could. A week later they created a pill, for Dexter, The Pill. He's focused again sharper than ever but it seems to have a price, without it he loses focus and self faster than ever. He's tried not taking them anymore and the effort allmost
Complications
Dexter is one of the best of the best in the law world. Having taken down many high profile criminals, and tried many very public cases his face is know. That's why he dons goggles, pierceings, a mohawk, ect.
One of the things he liked to do before joining the resolute was to take down crime lords and low powered villians and prosucute them himself, putting many people behind bars who if the ever made the connection...
Eventually he was contacted by the UN taskforce, an offer, gladly accepted. They gave him some equipment and sent him to the Resolutes. For now Dexter will have to be on extended vacation, traveling the world perhaps. While he's doing that the world will be able to rest easier with a new hero... Speed Freak!
COST
Abilities [15]
Combat [20]
Saves [0]
Skills [7]
Feats [8]
Powers [73]
Drawbacks [5] (3 from drawbacks, 2 from wis)
Total [123]
Unspent [0]
Appearance:
Spoiler:
It's a demon! Two horns jutting out of her forehead, pointy teeth, pupil-less teal eyes, and a long, ropey tail that ends in a spade. Yup, looks like a demon! A girl demon at that! K'joa's skin tone is very.. orange and her straight, teal-colored hair reaches a little ways past her shoulders.
A black leather choker with shiny steel spikes , with a matching bracelet adorning each wrist. Her top is a tattered grey halter-top that reads 'Spank' in bold gold letters and leaves her arms and abdomen free, showing off a very well-muscled physique. Further down a studded leather belt holds up her beaten and battered blue-jeans, which are full of 'fashionable' holes and tears and more than a few burn marks. Black combat boots cover her feet and disappear into the hem of her pants. Her uniform is a sleevless black and red affair.
.
Personality:
Spoiler:
Rude, Crude, and Crass. Thrash loves to push buttons and tease people though not half as much as she loves to fight them. Completely fearless, she believes that strength can solve anything(if it doesn't you weren't trying hard enough) and will jump into any confrontation without a second thought and possibly without a first thought. She also likes to drink heavily and smoke, though both do very little considering her remarkable constitution.
History:
Spoiler:
"...Invictum Torae Nerus..." "-REAT BAEZLEBORR WILL DESTR-" "... you think this will really work? I mean the goat thing..." Bits and pieces of conversation, all jumble together as Kati slowly pulls herself out of the murdy darkness of sleep. A groan forced out by cramped muscles and an aching head as her eyes flutter open. She's tied to what feels like an old picnic table, still dressed in her work clothes (that's a relief), surrounded by James and his friends, all dressed in goofy red robes. All of this is taken in the instant before james drives the most beautiful knife through her heart, and the world ends with "...man I can't believe what we just did...".
Wait a minute, that looks REALLY confusing for the most part, lets back up a bit, ok, enter Movies Galore! a small video store across the street from the University of Chicago , the pretty young brunette that's asleep and drooling at the counter is in fact Katilen Joanne Somers (Senior) it's okay though, arfternoon classes don't get out for another hour so we won't hold that against her, the lazy bum. There's really not much to tell about Kati (as her friends call her) she dropped out of school at the tender age of 16, having worked at this very store for a year already. From there she did... well absolutley nothing, just worked, hung out with friends, she seemingly had no ambition or drive as life passed her by (well i suppose she did move out of her parents house 2 years ago..) Still, she was quiet popular with the college students, who saw her as something of an older sister to go to for advice (among other things) so the owner paid her enough money to keep her happy. What's this? Someone entering the store before class gets out?! Slightly older than college age and looking pretty fancy to boot, Kati immedidatly recognizes him as... "James Tyler Madison! I haven't seen you since the day you graduated! How have you been?" pointless question really, as she knew perfectly well that he had struck it big in some upscale marketing firm. Pointless flirting ensues (boring, where's the awesome fight scene?) ending with James picking up Kati when she gets off work.
Enter :Mxtypzl, most vile demon of the sventh plane of hell, Demon Lord Baezleborr's personal squigee blah blah blah (Long name for one of the weakest imps around) still, he was on the rise it would seem. Some silly mortal man had started a cult, at a college no less! (prime seduction time, experimental years) So what if he was a prick? So what if he was in control? He dealt with jerks all the time in hell and that second problem could (and soon, would) be easily rectified (hehe, rectified) James (as his human cohorts name was) had recently 'purchased' an old occultists book (he couldn't read it anymore anyway, what with the maggots eating his eyes and all) for the piddly price of one human soul (Silly mortals, when will they learn they lose everything when they sell their soul? Their body is simply mimicing what it would have done, like an old record). All of this adds up too: the glowy ball he held in his hands, it was part of the essence of a dead demon, and a beast of a demon it was, out of the top fighting caste! Imbibing it would increase his power greatly for a time, long enough to break free of the usual wards that held him at bay and possess the uppity mortal that was due to summon him tonight. From there he would consume the souls of all the helpers in the ritual so they couldn't rat him out (and to gain some extra power) and then lie low, slowly raising a powerbase and creating his own bit of hell on earth. Yes, big plans for such a cute lil guy, look at him, so happy he's drooling as he hears the summons from the mortal realm, stepping through the opening without doing the usual checks for traps and such.
And now we come full oval too.. James (bleagh) Jay here (as he so hates to be called) graduated college three years ago, and right out of college used his familys connections to get a job at a marketing firm (which i already told you, pay attention!) his hobbies include, model airplanes, secretaries, and dabbling in satanic rituals. I wasn't really paying attention to what he said so this'll be short but here what i know, he used the book to formulate his own spell to combine a human soul and a demonic spirit (which any demon would laugh at as it's a standard entree level spell that any 6 year old could pull off, that is until they realized it has the opposite effect of what usually happens, the human soul gets all the power and the demonic force is basically subsimed) Poor katie and Mxtypzl were a test to see if it would work, and work it did, though the imp's little ball of 'special' caused the spell to ...stutter. Thinking it failed they stopped their binding chants and started to clean up. Now normally combining an imp and a soul like Kati's (so apathetic!) would have resulted in an easily controllable and rather useful half-demon. But this unbound mixture of an angry woman's soul , a slightly lessed angry demon, and powerful demon leftovers stewed together to create.. me! (yay)
You know, it's odd when i think aobut it but my very first memory actually happens a couple seconds before I was 'born'. There was a strange pop/snap sound as James stabbed through the nametag on my shirt (jackass) followed by a flash of pain and a weird burning sensation as Kati's soul was engulfed in demonic power. A small scream escapes from her/my lips as she/I convulse(s) in pain before going limp. Then the oddest thing happened, Kati's life flashes before our eyes as does Mxtypzl (Bet you didn't know demons lives flash before their eyes before their destroyed eh? Well now you do) A young girls birthday, where she got a soul eating doll, enjoying a nice summer in the bloody lake of the unforgiven... you know i think they might have ran together a bit. While we're playing memory lane, the defunct cultists are starting to leave, bitching to each other about the failure. James visciously yanks the knife out and the world comes back into focus with a loud 'wumph' "What a gyp! Who's gonna buy us beer now?!" that stood out above all the other muttering, though he was one of the farthest ones away, and for some reason it made me really, really angry. Leaping up from the table I landed besid him, picking him up by the throat and slamming him into the ground with a wet 'crack'. Things continued in that vein for about 5 minutes as i trashed everyone in there. Well, James escaped (having very rudely stabbed me in the arm with that knife, that really hurt, especially when the paramedics pulled it out!) somone managed to reach a cell phone and call 911, who arrived like 45 mintutes later (so slow)
No one died luckily, though some are still in the hospital, the paramedics found me huddled up in a corner apparantly (I don't remember much after getting stabbed) i wasn't really coherent anyway, just a big dumb animal. All the stuff was there (memories that weren't mine and such) but i didn't know what to do with them. I was thrown in jail(!) until one of the boys confessed everything, then i was put into some sort of mentally disabled therapy place. I learned rather quickly (considering i technically knew everything already). After 3 months i was given a clean bill of mental health (well, I was let out at any rate) and then there was this big discussion with my parents abou t what should be done with me. Now, i have something of a weird relationship with my parents considering they aren't really my parents but I am closely related (at least gentically) they didn't like me at all, said I was something that should be put down. I didn't really like that.
After that I just sort of wandered about, taking oddjobs, living in homeless shelters and halfway houses. For a while I was making good money at some fighting matches, but one night the cops came and shut everything down, or so I heard(I wasn't there at the time). Then, one day, I got my lucky break. Some firey guy was robbing a bank and I stopped him(it was pretty easy, who throws fire at a demon anyway?) Long story short, I enventually got an offer to join the resolutes, which was a pretty sweet deal all things considered. I get paid to fight people!(Which is alot of fun) and they give me free room and board(that means a palce to sleep and food). Made me pick a codename, wouldn't let me pick Demon or Devil or a ton of other cool names though, so I just settled on Thrash.
Powers:
Spoiler:
As a demon(technically a half-demon) Thrash is much stronger and sturdier than humans. An enhanced sense of smell and a nifty tail. Wounds tend to heal fast and she can even regrow lost limbs. Lastly she has sort of a built in defensive mechanism that protects her mind, anyone trying to read her thoughts or worse starts having hellish hallucinations
NOTES
Spoiler:
Real Name:Katilenn Joanne Somers (Junior)
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Size: Med
Height: 5'6''
Weight: 120lbs
Hair:Teal
Eyes: Teal
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Demonic
Tradeoffs:-2Attack/+2Damage, -4Defense/+4Toughness
On Ressurection:Head cut off or heart cut oout can be fixed
Last edited by horrible; 21st December 2006 at 02:25 AM..
POWERS Mental Array [Mental, Magic](32 Base + 7 AP = 39pp)
AP Mental Blast 8 (4/rank) (32)
AP Mind Control 10 (3/rank + 2) (32)
EX - Concious
PF - Subtle
PF - Mental Link
AP Telepathy (32) Mind Reading 10 (2/rank +1)
EX - Sensory Link
PF - Subtle Comunication 10 (1/rank +1)
PF - Subtle
AP Mind Switch and Mind Shield (32) Mind switch 10 (2/rank) Mind Shield 12 (1/rank)
AP Nulify 8 (4/rank) (32)
EX - Concentration
EX - Perception
FL - Phantasms*
AP Illusion 10 (3/rank + 2) (32)
EX - All Senses
FL - Phantasms
PF - Selective
PF - Progresion
AP Confuse 10 (3/rank + 2) (32)
EX - Area
PF - Selective
PF - Subtle
AP Emotion Control 10 (3/rank + 2) (32)
EX - Area
PF - Selective
PF - Subtle
Real Name: David Schwartz
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Size: Medium
Height: 6'2
Weight: 140
Hair: Dark/Going slightly grey
Eyes: Piecing Blue
Nationality: English
Ethnicity: White
Profession: Performing Magician
A tall thin man with short hair going slightly grey at the temples. David usually wears a dark suit and tie, with a voluminous cloak and an opera hat perched on his head. A white silk scarf and a pair of white gloves complete the look. A pin showing the Resolutes logo adorns his left lapel.
Having had a fascination with magic and mind reading from a young age and an insatiable desire to show off his tricks David drifted into performance magic and was making a respectable living working cruise ships and small auditoriums when the event occurred.
He specialised in mental magic and sleight of hand; producing the card someone was thinking of or drawing the same shape on a piece of paper as they had, although he liked to spice up his act with a little escapology, or hypnotism occasionally. All very innocent but a good way to entertain the tourists and always popular.
I think it is fair to say that David was completely amazed to find that he was now able to do for real what he had been claiming to be able to do for years. He really could pull a rabbit out of his hat, or twirl his cloak and reappear on the other side of the stage. Suddenly he always knew which card his mark had picked from the deck without the need to perform a force.
The quality of his act increased many times over. Not over night, he had to tease out his new abilities and of course he had to work the new tricks in to his act carefully. No one would pay to come and see a magician if they knew the tricks were for real. The whole point was trying to work out how the impossible was accomplished.
David was not quite careful enough though his incredible performances drew the attention of the Resolutes and he was recruited into their ranks.
Notes
These are few explanatory notes on the powers:
A fairly extensive mental array, but Mental Blast and Mind Control are the only real attacks. Also most of the abilities are concentration.
Mind shield is only in one of the slots of the mental array so the he can not defend and attack mentally at the same time.
Similarly Force Field is an AP of Teleport so protection has to be turned off in order to teleport.
I have taken the Phantasms flaw with nullify. Essentially this is a mental effect the victim forgets they have powers so they can't use them. This means that effects and machines can not be targeted only the wielder and only if they have mental stats. It would probably be a very bad idea to use this on power with a natural on state, (eg Cyclops' eye beam. If he forgot he had the power it would likely result in everyone getting zapped indiscriminately.)
Similarly turning off uncontrolled powers is probably not going to work. I hope this justifies the point reduction.
Super Senses
Detect Thought - A completely new sense type, accurate, ranged and radial so kind of all round sight for anything thinking. Blocked by thin lead or thick concrete I imagine (Like High energy gamma radiation not neutrinos) This is not going to allow blind sight as although he could locate an enemy in the dark, objects don't think so he would have no idea about anything blocking the path. However it is going to allow ghosts or other concealed characters to be detected. And it probably makes it a lot harder to surprise him, no sneaking up behind.
Mental Awareness - Notice check to spot anyone else pulling off mental powers in the vicinity. (Linked to the detect thought sense)
Opera Hat. The idea is that real objects can be created, eg a playing card, or anything which has been previously put into the hat can be pulled out at will, eg a rabbit or a pair of doves.
Advancement
10 pp from Stolen University
-4pp - 2 ranks of Defence dropped
4pp - 1 rank of Device for Cloak (Complete redesign)
2pp - 4 ranks of Mental Quickness
1pp - 1 rank of Supper Senses (Mental Awareness)
1pp - 1 rank of Luck
2pp - 2 ranks of Dodge Focus
4pp - 8 Skill points (6 Search, 3 Bluff, 2 Stealth, 2 Perform - Magic, 2 Diplomacy, 1 Disable Device)
Added a flaw to Comprehend Languages to correct the error.
Unapproved
Last edited by rgordona; 3rd December 2007 at 02:59 PM..
Reason: Spending Earned Points
NOTE: Zenji is RETIRED. Any GMs who wish to do so are welcome to use him as an NPC. He has earned 10 PP from missions, which have been unspent. They are currently being held in reserve until I make my next PL 10 character.
NOTES
Real Name: Radha Singh
Gender: female
Age: 24
Size: medium
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 125 lbs
Hair: black
Eyes: brown
Nationality: British
Ethnicity: Indian
Tradeoffs: +2 Damage and Toughness (max. +10); -2 Attack and Defense (max. +6)
DESCRIPTION
Spoiler:
Radha Singh is just a bit taller than average, and thanks to her unusual metabolism she has the toned and slender build of a dancer- even if she rarely gets any actual exercise. Her skin has a reddish-gold tone, which clearly displays her Indian heritage, and her features have a pleasantly exotic cast. Her hair is a glossy black, worn in a single thick braid that reaches almost to her waist.
On her own time, she tends to wear stylish, moderately fancy clothing, preferring the colorful and ornate Indian garb to more traditional Western clothes. Her Resolutes uniform is two-toned as required, with gold trim over a dark red background (instead of the usual green and gold). A heavy gauntlet of gold-colored metal and electronics covers her left hand and forearm- this helps her direct and channel her plasma energy.
HISTORY
Spoiler:
Radha Singh and her family were part of a thriving Indian community in the western suburbs of London. Her family and many of her neighbors maintained a fairly close-knit, isolationist community, a tiny island of India in England. Radha, however, always had a more adventurous, inquisitive streak- she was interested in the cultures, languages, and stories of other lands and people, from the mundanity of the London suburbs to the wildest and most exotic foreign locales. Luckily for her, a number of her relatives worked in and around Heathrow, and through a bit of social networking, Radha managed to get a job with British Airways. She began as a counter attendant, but quickly worked her way into the role of flight attendant. Naturally poised and charismatic, she found herself assigned to the first class cabin on any number of British Airways flights to exotic destinations all around the world. For several years, she was quite happy with this lifestyle, despite her parents’ constant nagging disapproval.
All of this, both good and bad, came to an end late in 2005. Kashmiri separatist militants managed to hire a metahuman mercenary, the powerful telekinetic known as Typhoon. As a symbolic act, Typhoon attacked a number of airliners headed into or out of Indian airspace over the course of a three-week period, striking at random to maximize the fear and chaos of his actions. Several planes crashed, and a number of others were damaged but managed to land at least somewhat safely. The plane that Radha was on was the last one that typhoon targeted- for a number of reasons. In the sky 35,000 over northern India, the British Airways 747 was all-but torn apart by a gale of telekinetic force. 350 people were killed- one survived. That one was Radha Singh, saved from certain death when her metahuman powers were triggered by the catastrophic stress of the situation. As sometimes happens with metahumans, the first surge of her powers was quite impressive- enough to badly injure Typhoon, and to cause a pyrotechnic display visible for miles. Afterwards Radha was exhausted, and only the timely arrival of other metahumans allowed her to be brought to a hospital in time to arrange medical care.
Radha spent quite some time in isolation after that, in the care of the British government. They wanted to examine her thoroughly, and then they had to decide what ought to be done with her. She wasn’t precisely military material, despite the potential tactical value of her powers. And while the British Isles were not exactly overflowing with metahumans, the government wasn’t quite sure they wanted to back a “superheroine” who had quite so much potential for property damage… After a few months, though, another opportunity presented itself- The UN inquired about Radha, having observed her appearance over India. With the new superhuman task force finally getting into the field operations stage, there was a constant need for new operatives- and Great Britain had not contributed very much thus far. After a bit of diplomatic wrangling Radha was packed off to the USA to begin her training, under her new codename Spitfire. One additional benefit of the arrangement was access to the sort of technology that only the UN could provide- in her case, a portable electromagnetic field projector which allowed her to harness and focus her plasma energies with significant increase in range and scope. Despite her relative inexperience, she was assigned to the field team rather quickly.
Power notes:
Spoiler:
Spitfire is basically a living nuclear plasma reactor, rather like the sun. The energies that she generates sustain her body more efficiently than normal nourishment, and she can generate her plasma aura with almost no effort or conscious thought. She is far less practiced at projecting her energies at range- at this point she can only do so with technological assistance, and while she is learning quickly, she has not yet mastered the intricacies of that form of usage (this is why she has a Blast-based array instead of the more advanced Plasma Control power).
Note 2: While her powers are mutation-based (triggered by the so-called “Comet effect”), Radha believes that she is divinely blessed by one or more of the deities of the Hindu pantheon (possibly Durga or Shiva). She doesn’t talk about the matter really; it is more a detail of her personal attitude and approach to things.
Last edited by pathfinderq1; 22nd January 2007 at 09:57 PM..
Reason: changes based on judge's commentary
HERR DOKTOR VIKTOR ARCHEVILLE Concept/Archetype: Gadgeteer/Super-Scientist Power Level: 10 Power Points: 150 Experience Points: 10 Hero Points: 2
Learning About Doktor Archeville
The following is information characters might learn about Doktor Archeville: Gather Information DC 10: Viktor Archeville, "genius of science," is a metahuman native of Germany possessing a nigh-unfathomable intelligence. He fits most of the stereotypes of the "Mad Scientist," though he's uncharacteristically handsome. DC 15: He's a member of The Resolutes, the UN-affiliated team of metahumans. DC 20: Before joining the Resolutes, Archeville worked as a solo hero for a few years in and around Germany, making him something of a minor celebrity in parts of Europe. DC 25: Archeville also possesses a degree of infamy. Rumors persist of some manner of inherited neurological disorder, or possibly even a series of disorders, that has plagued most of his family for generations. Perhaps the "Mad Scientist" thing isn't just an act....
Knowledge (Technology) DC 10: Dr. Archeville is one of the top poly-scientists on the planet, working in almost all fields with uniform -- and superhuman -- ease. He's equally good with both theoretical and practical applications. DC 15: Archeville has created numerous hyper-tech inventions, both in "proper" laboratory settings and in the field from found/scavenged items. DC 20: Archeville wears an ultra-tech belt that allows him to manipulate gravity for various effects, primarily to fly and to generate a protective force field. DC 25: He also frequently carries some sort of pistol or wand-like device that projects beams of energy, though what the energies are -- and what the effects of those beams are -- seems to vary from encounter to encounter
Stats
ABILITIES
STR 10/+0 (0 PP)
DEX 13/+1 (3 PP)
CON 10/+0 (0 PP)
INT 30 (20) / +10 (+5) (10 PP)
WIS 20/+5 (10 PP)
CHA 10/+0 (0 PP)
SAVES
TOUGH +12 [Imp 10] (Force Field + Labcoat; 0 Con +12 Power) / +9 [Imp 4] (Invisible Force Field + Labcoat) / +4 [Imp 4] (Labcoat)
FORT +4 (4 Base +0 Con) (4 PP)
REF +6 (5 Base +1 Dex) (5 PP)
WILL +8 (3 Base +6 Wis) (3 PP)
COMBAT
INIT +1
BASE DEF +8 (16 PP)
DEF 18 (10 + 8 Base + 0 Feat + 0 Power)
FLAT-FOOTED 14
KNOCKBACK -11 [-4 without Force Field], additional -10 with Sustained Immovable 10
BASE ATT +8 (16 PP)
ATTACK Melee: Attack +8 (DC 15, SAVE Toughness/Nonlethal, CRIT 20, TYPE Bludgeoning [unarmed] or by Invention) Ranged: Attack +8 (by Invention)
LANGUAGES (8 Ranks / 2 PP)
Arabic
English
French
Italian
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
Russian
Spanish
(German is native)
MOVEMENT
SPEED 30 ft./60 ft./120 ft.
LEAP 10 ft./5 ft./2 ft.
OTHER (Gravimetric Belt/Flight 4): 50 ft./100 ft./200 ft.; MPH: 100
FEATS (10 PP)
Attractive -- +4 to Bluff and Diplomacy checks vs. those who find him attractive.
Eidetic Memory -- +4 bonus to checks to remember things, make any Knowledge skill check untrained.
Equipment 2 (10 ep on Personal Laboratory)
Improvised Tools -- Ignore -4 penalty for using skills without proper tools.
Inventor -- Can use Knowledge (technology) and Craft skills to create inventions and temporary devices.
Jack-of-All-Trades -- Can use any skill untrained.
Luck -- Have an extra Hero Point.
Master Plan -- Prepare for encounters.
Skill Mastery (Computers, Craft [electronic], Craft [mechanical], Disable Device) -- Can take 10 even when distracted or under pressure.
Quickness 6 [mutation] (0.5 PP/Rank = 3 PP) FR: Perform tasks 100 times faster than normal FL: Limited - mental tasks only (-1)
Gadgets 1 (Elektromagnetischer Schraubenzieher/Electromagnetic Screwdriver; technological/electromagnetic; 5 DP, easy to lose) (6 PP/Rank = 6 PP) FR: Standard action to rearrange/reassign 5 "device points," which last until reassigned.
Device 7 (Gravimetric Belt; technological/gravitic; 35 DP, hard to lose) (4 PP/Rank = 28 PP) Device Power: Flight 4 [100 mph; gravity manipulation] (2 DP/Rank + 4 DP = 12 DP) Device PF: 2 Alternate Powers, Instant Up, Move-By Action Alternate Power #1: Immovability 10 (Sustained Duration) Alternate Power #2: Teleport 3 (300 ft.; Power Feats: Change Direction, Change Velocity, Instant Up, Turnabout) Device Power: Force Field 8 [gravity manipulation] (1 DP/Rank + 2 DP + 13PP = 23 DP) Device PF: 1 Alternate Power, Selective Device EX: Impervious on 6 ranks, Linked Sustained Immunity 7 (cold, heat, high pressure, radiation, suffocation effects, vacuum) Alternate Power #1: Force Field 5 (Extras: Linked Concealment 6 [all radio and all visual; Power Feat: Close Range; Flaw: Blending], Linked Sustained Immunity 7 [cold, heat, high pressure, radiation, suffocation effects, vacuum]; Power Feats: Selective, Subtle 2)
Device 2 (Lab Coat; technological/chemical; 10 DP, hard to lose) (4 PP/Rank = 8 PP) Device Power: Immunity 1 [super-science fibers] (1 DP/Rank = 1 DP) Device FR: Immunity to cold (environmental cold) Device Power: Protection 4 [super-science fibers] (2 DP/Rank + 1 DP = 9 DP) Device PF: Subtle (DC 20 Notice check to see that it's anything but a normal full-length lab coat) Device EX: Impervious
EQUIPMENT Personal Laboratory: Size: Small (house size); Toughness 15; Features: Communications, Concealed (attached to/within Resolute HQ), Laboratory, Library, Living Space, Power (Gadgets 3 [hard to lose; Flaw: Action/Full Round to reconfigure]), Security System, Workshop. Cost 2+8 = 10ep. Note: The Gadgets power represent assorted devices strewn about the laboratory, which only operate within the confines of the HQ. It takes a full round (at least) for Archeville to find a particular device.
Resolutes Team Communicator (2 mile range)
NOTES Real Name: Viktor Archeville Gender: Male Age: 29 Size: Medium Height: 5’10” (1.78 meters) Weight: 180 pounds (81.65 kg) Hair: Golden Blonde Eyes: Rhine Blue Nationality: German Ethnicity: German Tradeoffs: -2 Attack for +2 Save DC. -2 Defense for +2 Toughness. Complications: Enemies (assorted supervillains from Germany and neighboring countries), Fame/Infamy (in Germany), Prejudice (against magic, mages, and other "superstitious fools"), Public Identity, Scientific Curiosity. Quote: “Let’s see you laugh at mein theories vhile you rot in jail, schweinhund!”
DESCRIPTION
Description
Archeville’s strong Aryan features would’ve made him a prize nab for the Nazi Party, had he been born forty years earlier. His alabaster skin, thin and imperial nose and lips, and cheeks cut of marble make for a regal face. His eyes are Rhine-blue & carry the wolf’s glare, and his hair is silky and golden, falling down past his shoulders. Archeville usually wears sturdy black rubber-soled boots, black or dark blue khaki pants, a short-sleeved shirt (usually solid red, blue, green, or purple), and his white lab coat; when in the field or on a mission, he wears the blue two-tone uniform and his lab coat. Since he is trying to release his madness in controlled bursts, specifically so it won’t overtake him, Archeville does look after his appearance, wearing clean clothes and keeping his hair neat and tidy. He stands 5’10” (1.78 meters) and weighs 180 pounds (81.65 kg).
HISTORY
History
Viktor Archeville was born in the summer of 1977 in Schönwald, a small town in the majestic Black Forest of Germany [which is in the southwestern portion of what was known as West Germany]. Cynthia, his lovely mother and a skilled psychologist, died in childbirth, leaving her husband Heinrich to raise him alone. Heinrich was trying to break away from the family trade of making fine cuckoo clocks and enter the burgeoning computer programming field, and so had little time for little Viktor. Fortunately for Heinrich, Viktor proved more than able to take care of himself, as he was walking before he was a year old, and speaking coherent sentences by age two.
It has been said that the Archeville family was cursed with madness. Some say it was from a hex laid on one of the line’s ancestors generations ago due to some slight, either real or perceived. Some say it was from working with cuckoo clocks, or that they all worked on cuckoo clocks because they were mad. It was not a trait that showed up in all members of the Archeville line, and Heinrich seems to be spared (though Heinrich’s father, Helmut Archeville, was known to have been a collaborator on numerous Nazi top secret weapons projects, and was very much the stereotypical Mad Scientist). Heinrich had hoped that by distancing himself and young Viktor away from their families ties, he could lessen the chances of Viktor going mad. Heinrich was initially quite worried for his son’s sanity – he knew that great intelligence often came with great ego, and with great ego often comes madness. Heinrich tried to juggle monitoring young Viktor with trying to break into the computer programming field, but doing so did nothing but cause him to develop manic/depressive syndrome and low-grade paranoid schizophrenia.
Viktor seemed hardly to notice his father’s deterioration, or if he did he chose not to point it out. He made a few friends here and there, but none of his friendships lasted terribly long due to the rumors of his family’s affliction and his grandfather’s past affiliations). His intellect and skill continued to grow as time passed… as did his father’s madness. On Viktor’s 13th birthday, Heinrich Archeville was admitted to an insane asylum, leaving Viktor to be taken in by Child Services and await adoption.
Unfortunately, adoptions are tricky at best, and near impossible if the child is in his teens, so for several years, Viktor was effectively a ward of the state. He would visit his father occasionally, but each visit grew more and more awkward.
When he was 16, Viktor enrolled in the Technische Universität München, the Technical University of Munich, as the University was celebrating it’s 125th anniversary. While there, the barest signs of his familial madness began to make themselves apparent. He’d find himself laughing maniacally at times, or he would become annoyed almost to the point of enragement by incompetent people. He was relieved to find that by keeping his conscious mind focused on his studies, he could suppress his outbursts and in fact use that mental energy to make impressive leaps in logic or near-revolutionary breakthrough. He earned a Doctorate in Mathematics and Meisters (Masters) degrees in both chemistry and physics by the age of 22 (Spring 1999). He could easily have done more, but he didn’t want to seem too intellectually flashy.
Now Archeville faced a conundrum. He had numerous offers from a number of technological firms, both in Germany and in other countries, but no one seemed right for him. He was sure that if he didn’t find some constructive way to use his intellectual skills, he would likely end up in the asylum (like his father) – as time (and The Comet) passed, he felt his intellect continue to grow by leaps and bounds, and he feared his familial madness would grow with it. For many months he busied himself with being a wandering tinkerer, helping people in need of his electrical and mechanic skills, or setting up a small repair shoppe in a quiet corner of a small German town for a few months before moving on to another quaint town, and for a time he felt truly happy in helping others. As months turned into years, though, and his intellect continued to expand further and further, he began hearing reports of people all over the world with enhanced abilities, and he knew he must be one of them. At first this made Archeville excited, for it meant he finally had an answer to why his mind seemed to continue expanding with no end in sight, an explanation that wasn’t necessarily tied to his bloodline’s “condition.” This excitement soon turned to dread, though, as he realized that, were his madness to overtake him, and if it did so with as much fury and vigor as that shown by his superhuman intellect, then he could easily become a megalomaniacal supervillain, the kind seen (until now) only in comic books, who hijack television broadcasts and make grandiose threats to the world. He had heard vague rumors of superhero groups beginning to form in various countries, and the idea of working as a superhero intrigued him. By using his skills to combat evil and injustice – a never-ending battle – he’d be sure to never be idle and thus not allow the madness to overtake him. He worked for a while as a crime fighter in Germany, using teleportation devices to get nearly anywhere he needed. Sometimes he’d go into a situation with nothing more than his armored labcoat, trusting in his inherent genius to be able to turn whatever items he found at the scene of the crime into some gadget that could be used to stop the villains. In between “jobs,” he sold some of his theoretical notes and designs to various tech firms, and wisely invested the money to form a sizeable nest egg.
Apparently, the German government – or someone in a position of influence – was impressed by Archeville’s works, and recommended him for membership in the Resolutes. When he was approached, he jumped at the chance.
PERSONALITY/MOTIVATION
Personality & Motivation
Archeville is trying to redeem his family name and keep himself busy with important, useful work. As long as he’s busy in superheroics or working on some gadget that can help himself or his teammates, he’s fine. If he goes for about a week without something to do, he becomes noticeably edgy and paranoid, and will often throw himself into some project that no one can identify the reason behind.
Over the past four months or so, though, Archeville has noticed that his madness has been starting to manifest even if he’s in the midst of something truly noble and heroic. After having fought it for so many years, Archeville is trying something new – controlled outbursts. Like rangers starting brushfires to retard the spread of a raging forest fire, or slowly opening a shaken-up bottle of soda so that the contents don’t explode outwards, Archeville occasionally lets his madness have free reign. He’ll laugh maniacally at times, becomes somewhat absent-minded, gets readily annoyed by incompetent people, becomes somewhat arrogant and overconfident, speaks with an exaggerated German accent, and will spends several rounds describing exactly how his latest invention will aid his allies/bring ruin to his opponents. He’ll never use his inventions to kill, or even permanently harm a foe... at least, not usually.
Archeville enjoys a professional rivalry with other high technologists, including Monkey Wrench. Archeville loathes magic, as it cannot be reliably controlled or scientifically analyzed (or the user is using actual mutant/psionic powers but is deluding themselves as to the source), and due to the possibility that his lineage’s madness is the result of a mystical hex. He’ll work with mage and witches if he absolutely must, but he’ll grumble the whole way through.
ROLEPLAYING NOTE
Roleplaying Note
Archeville's inner conflicts are often represented by two "Shoulder Angels/Daemons." On his right is an angelic version of Archeville, in a pristine white labcoat and a white-gold glow about him; this represents his conscience and morals, his super-ego. On his left shoulder is a demonic version of Archeville, with a gore-spattered labcoat, a very nasty looking bionic arm, and a cybernetic skullcap with antennae/horns projecting from it; this represents the temptations and madness within him, his desire to take disproportionate revenge over quasi-imagined slights, his id.
POWERS & TACTICS
Powers & Tactics
Archeville’s metagene-enhanced intellect makes him a master of a variety of scholarly and scientific fields, from acoustics to zoology. His work stands far ahead of the efforts of most other researchers, allowing him to produce gadgets, machines, and computers more advanced than any in the real world, and in some cases more advanced than even cutting-edge technologies seen in the Living Supers world. Archeville is also skilled at using mundane items to produce highly effective gadgets and gear. Using baling wire, duct tape, circuit boards, and a TV, he could produce a laser rifle, a hologram projector, or some other gadget. With access to a standard janitorial closet, he could create potent corrosives and various types of bombs. If he has sufficient raw materials on hand, he can produce nearly any kind of technological gadget. These items last for a short time before their jury-rigged construction fails (the TV he uses to project an illusion burns out from the strain placed on it, or the crude laser pistol’s barrel melts).
Archeville's mutation-enhanced brain works approximately 100 times faster than a normal human brain, through a combination of both truly working faster and being able to hold multiple trains of thought at once, and retains everything he experiences with nearly total perfection. His hyper-efficient brain also frees him from the need for sleep, something he didn't notice until he realized he had spent 52 hours straight working in his laboratory without feeling the least bit tired. In addition, he can accurately judge direction (including automatically telling which way is North), distances, and time (including accurately judging how much time has passed between two events), which together allow him to calculate the speed and trajectory of most objects.
Archeville is mathematician even in combat. He analyzes every possible permutation of an opponent’s moves and profile almost instantly, and adapts to exploit weaknesses and apply his own strengths to their best effect. (This explains why his BAB and BDB are +8, rather than the +4 or less they should be for a regular scientist with little to no formal combat training.)
Archeville has interwoven his nigh-ubiquitous lab coat with various metallic and polymer threads that diffuse incoming energy, including kinetic energy. His gravimetric belt (utilizing both antigravity and contragravity technologies) enables him to fly and can surround him with a protective force field; the belt can also allow him to teleport short distances (creating brief, small wormholes), stabilize him against unwanted movement, and bend electromagnetic energies (light and radio waves) around him to render him invisible (as long as he doesn't move too fast -- the belt cannot yet keep up with rapid movement). For a time he wielded an elektromagnetische pistole ("electromagnetic pistol") which could unleash potent and lethal blasts of any form of electromagnetic energy (gamma rays, hard x-rays, soft x-rays, extreme ultraviolet, near ultraviolet, visible light, near infrared, moderate infrared, far infrared, microwaves, and radio waves/telvision), but he used the parts from it to both upgrade his gravimetric belt and construct his immensely versatile elektromagnetische schraubenzieher ("electromagnetic screwdriver").
ADVANCEMENT
Rearrangement between Missions: Swapped out Blaster (Device 5 [15pp]) for upgrades to Gravimetric Belt [8pp], the Electromagnetic Screwdriver [6pp], and 4r in Language [1pp].
Earned 12pp from Stolen University.
* 3pp in Skills (4r in Knowledge/Behavioral Science, 4r in Medicine, and 4r in Sense motive)
* 2pp in Feats (Equipment 2 - Personal Laboratory)
* 5r in Powers (add Immunity 1 (sleep) [1pp], +2 ranks to Mental Quickness (to 6/x100) [1pp], and Linked Super-Senses 3 (direction sense, distance sense, time sense) to Enhanced Intelligence 10 [3pp]
MISCELLANEOUS
Miscellaneous
Archeville has used Extra Effort to:
* Gain Super-Senses 10 (True Sight [Vision Counters Concealment, Counters Illusion, Counters Obscure {all}, Detect Hidden]) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Analytical Mind").
* Gain Telelocation 4 (1 mile range; Extras: No Save; Flaws: Check Required [DC 14 Investigate], Unreliable; Power Feats: Subtle 2) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Hyper-Deduction").
Archeville could potentially use Extra Effort for:
* Comprehend Languages 3 (speak, understand, and read) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Linguistic Analysis")
* Enhanced Charisma 10 as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Interpersonal Intelligence")
* Enhanced Feats 5 (Rage 5) + Protection 5 as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Berserk Fury")
* Enhanced Feats 5 (Improved Critical 2 [unarmed], Sneak Attack 4, Stunning Attack) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Anatomical Knowledge").
* Enhanced Feats 10 (Attack Focus [Ranged], Precise Shot, Ranged Pin, Ricochet 2, Throwing Mastery 5) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Calculating Angles & Vectors").
* Enhanced Wisdom 10 as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Intrapersonal Intelligence")
* Mind Control 10 (Extras: Conscious, Penetrating; Flaws: Action/Full Round, Hearing-Dependent; PF: Subtle 2; Drawbacks: Action 2/5 Minutes) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Debating a Vastly Superior Intelligence").
* Mind Reading 10 (Flaws: Distracting, Full Round/1 Minute, Limited - Must Carefully & Closely [within 30 feet] Observe Subject And Their Facial Expressions; PF: Subtle 2; Drawback: Action 2/5 Minutes) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Deductive Observation/Face Reading")
* Stun 9 (Extras: Alt Save/Will, Range/Perception; Flaws: Action/Full, Dazed Only, Hearing-Dependent; PF: Subtle) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Technobabble").
* Super-Senses 4 (Postcognition) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Deductive Reasoning")
* Super-Senses 4 (Precognition) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Anticipation/Analytical Foresight")
* Super-Senses 5 (Acute Precognition; Drawbacks: Action 3/Full Round) + Enhanced Intelligence 10 (Flaw: Limited to predicting the future) + Enhanced Wisdom 10 (Flaw: Limited to predicting the future) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Anticipation/Analytical Foresight, Improved")
* Telelocation 9 (Entire Earth; Flaws: Check Required [DC 19 Investigate or appropriate Knowledge]; Power Feats: Subtle 2) plus Quickness 9 (x1,000; Flaw: Limited to Search checks) as an alternate power of his Enhanced Intelligence 10 ("Hyper-Deduction, variant").
Sample Settings for Elektromagnetische Schraubenzieher ("Electromagnetic Screwdriver") [Gadgets 1, 5pp]:
* Blast 10 (electron beam [electricity/heat]; Flaws: Action/Full, Limited/Does not work in vacuum, in water, in magnetic fields, or against targets encased in metal)
* Blast 10 (magnetic beam; Flaws: Action/Full, Limited/Only works against targets composed of/encased in metal)
* Blast 10 (ionizing radiation [x-rays/gamma rays] beam; Flaws: Action/Full, Limited/Only works against plants)
* Datalink 4 (PF: Machine Control)
* Dazzle 5 (visual/light or radio/electromagnetic burst; alternately add Area/Burst or Explosion extra and Action/Full flaw)
* Drain Constitution (radiation sickness)
* Drain Toughness 10 (Limited to UV-sensitive polymers [polypropylene, polyethylene, aramids]; reduce ranks to add Extended Range power feat or Range extra)
* Enhanced Skills (bonuses on Crafts checks [perfect tool] and Knowledge checks [onboard computer databases], and Medicine)
* ESP 2 (100 feet; Flaw: Medium/cameras and listening devices)
* Healing 2 (PF: Persistent; metabolic booster)
* Illusion (visual - holograms)
* Nullify (any one effect of an electrical circuit descriptor; mini-EMP; decrease range to touch to boost ranks)
* Obscure 2 (radio jamming)
* Strike (short-range energy beam; reduce range to add Extended Range or Precise power feats)
* assorted Super-Senses (bio-scanner, current detector, energy spectra detector, Geiger counter, metal detector, omnichronometer, teleport tracer, etc.)
* Transform (two pieces of metal into one [solder/weld])
* Transform (assorted mutations)
Edit #1: Bolded and underlined some things, hoping to make things a bit easier to read.
Edit #2: Added Complication (Prejudice [magic & mages]); it's mentioned in his Personality/Motivation section but was not listed in his Complications.
Edit #3: Added Lethal note on Blaster/Elektromagnetische Pistole, addition of Roleplaying Notes section, slight expansion of Powers/Tactics section.
Edit #4: Rearrangement and spending pps earned from the Stolen University adventure, and added Miscellaneous section.
Edit #5: Added Complication (Enemies [assorted supervillains from Germany and neighboring countries]); it's mentioned in his History section but was not listed in his Complications.
Edit #6: Added in "Learning About Dr. Archeville" setion.
__________________
Assorted Ramblings
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Tharizdun Oerth wgah'nagl fhtagn.
I'm better known as Dr Archeville on the Atomic Think Tank LOLTHULHU My MySpace page
My Published Stuff: at e23, at Lulu (all Cracked Mirror products, not just mine), and at RPGNow.
Last edited by Hand of Vecna; 17th September 2007 at 01:28 AM..
Emotion Control 8 (Fear Only) Alternate Powers: Mind Reading (Fears Only) 10; Morph (Any form, Fears only) 4; Paralyze 4; Stun 4, Mental Weapon 4 [Fear-based melee attack]) [cost=13pp] Fear has many effects, causing people to quake, to freeze, to flee, to reel. Gus is a master of these effects. Additionally, Gus can look into minds and see the fears that dwell there. As a bogeyman, his body was made to mimic those fears.
Immunity 5 (Starvation, Suffocation, Sleep, Age) [cost=5pp] Dreams neither eat, nor sleep, nor breathe, nor age.
Invisibility 1 (Regular sight) [cost=4pp] In Gus' prior life, avoiding parental detection was paramount. Fortunately, dreams fade and vanish as they please.
Density 6 (Flaw: Night Only) (Str +12, Protection (Impervious) 3, Super Strength 2 (Heavy Load 6,400 lbs), Immovable 2)(Alternate Power: Insubstantial 3 (Flaw: Daytime Only) [cost=13pp] During daylight hours a dream can be as insubstantial as a breeze. At night, though, they are more substantial and real than anything found in the waking world.
Protection 4 (Impervious) [cost=8pp] Bogeymen are tough. It's their nature.
Regeneration 8 (Bruised 3(1/round automatic), Injured 2(1/5 minutes), Resurrection 3 (1/ 5 hours; weakness: incineration) (Extras: Regrowth, Flaw: Night Only) [cost=5pp] At night, Gus' injuries are short-lived. Even death will not hold him for long, when the shadows are between the earth and sun.
Teleport 5 (Medium: Shadows, Feats: Change Direction, Easy, Turnabout, Mass Progression 2 (500 pounds) (Alt Power: Super-Movement 5: Wall-Crawling 2, Slithering, Air Walking 2) [cost=11pp] Walking through shadows quickly and silently is an old nightmare trick. These days, it's Gus' principle means of transportation.
Super-Senses 3 (Darkvision, Detect Fear) [cost=3] Darkness is no cloak for nightmares. And don't show fear... they can sense fear.
Comprehend 1 (languages) [cost=2] Dreams know all languages, every human tongue.
NOTES
Real Name: Gustav Makesbabiescry
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown, possibly centuries
Size: Medium
Weight: 240 lbs/ 1,000 lbs (Density)
Hair: Brown and Spiky
Eyes: Flaming Orange
Nationality: Dream
Tradeoffs: None
Complications: Naiveté, Ugly Appearance, Possible Enemies (Children he frightened), Repercussions for living in the mortal world, Samantha
Quote: "Show me a man's fears, and I will show you man."
Description
DESCRIPTION
Mister Scares is a creature that once haunted children's nightmares. Almost seven feet in height, with dark gray skin, a bulbous belly, long groping arms, and a hideous twisted smile, the sight of him is enough to frighten most adults. His irises are orange, his teeth dirty and misshapen, his hair grows in strawlike patches on his head and elsewhere on his body. His movements tend to be unnatural, with joints that bend in the wrong places, and a tendency to skitter across floors when he's in a rush.
His face tends shape itself unconsciously in response to people's fears. One moment, he may have a decidedly canine look to him. Another, he may have sprouted a small ring of spider's eyes.
In spite of his grotesque appearance,Gus, as he likes his friends to call him, is a distinguished gentleman of sorts. He likes to clad himself in sartorial splendor. He collects hats, and whenever possible he wears dark tailored three-piece suits and clutches a splendid cane-handled black umbrella. He strives to stand upright and present a neat appearance. He can carry himself with great dignity at times, but could never be mistaken for anything human.
Even though dreams know all human languages, Gus speaks with a thick Eastern European accent. It is no affectation. It is something that became a part of him, because it once scared a child.
History
HISTORY
There was a man in Samantha Rosen's closet. When her father went to look in the closet, she would see him grinning out from the shadows underneath her bed. No one believed her, of course. In his many years of frightening children, Gustav Makesbabiescry had never once been seen by an adult.
However, this child Samantha was not like the other children Gus had terrorized. When she realized that her parents were useless against this hideously dapper intruder, she reacted more with curiosity than with fear. It wasn't that she was not afraid-- Gus could see her fears inside her, squirming around-- it was simply that she did not give in to her fear. "Why are you here?" she asked him as he towered over her bed. "Can you teach me that?" she asked when took the form of a camel cricket-- which he knew she loathed!-- and came clicking across her ceiling towards her. Gus abandoned his place inside the heads of other juvenile sleepers, determined to make Samantha squirm and scream with fright.
Samantha only continued to talk to him, making conversation with him whenever his bizarre visage peered out from her closet door. Eventually, in exasperation, Gus found himself asking "What, child? What do I have to do to frighten you? Devour your parents? Make you watch, yes?"
"I'd prefer you didn't" she replied cautiously.
He sat down on the foot of her bed. "You," he proclaimed with a strong (but oddly generic) Eastern European accent, "are worst child in existence. I am Boogeyman! Don't you know enough to be afraid?"
"I don't think that would help." said Samantha, staring at Gus with unblinking brown eyes. There was a long moment before she asked "Where do you come from?"
"Because I am Monster?" Gus asked with a sneer.
"Because you talk funny," was her reply.
Against his better judgment, Gus returned to Samantha's room the next night. And the night after that. She grew older, and smarter, and more curious, and braver still. It was some time before Gus realized that he had abandoned the torment of children for earnest conversation and imaginary tea parties in the dark. He spent his days pacing his run-down mansion in the Dream Realm, a gift from the Dream Lord many centuries back, thinking of the brown-haired girl. He did not know the right word for her. When he asked her for it one night, she told him the word was "friend."
One night, when Gus arrived to see his friend, Samantha's room was empty. Her door was open, and he heard voices beyond her darkened door. He stepped toward the threshold listening, hearing Her voice beyond. Little Sam was angry, but there was no quaver of fear in her voice as she demanded that the strange men leave. He heard unfamiliar voices shushing her, then heard a blow, then silence. All this beyond the forbidden doorway leading to the adult world. Adults were not meant to see the faces of living dreams. But she could be hurt. Whispering Samantha's name, Gustav Makesbabiescry walked into the waking world.
The burglars were there. They mistook him for her father, briefly, then tried to run. It was useless, of course. Seconds later, the three men were cowering in the empty fireplace, one trying forlornly to scramble up the chimney. Gus smiled horribly at them, then offered a gentle misshapen hand to Samantha. She stood up gravely. She knew her world had changed. Gustav Makesbabiescry was not just a Boogeyman anymore. He could be a hero.
Gus grinned at the thought. "I believe," he said, "I have perfect name."
Personality
PERSONALITY/MOTIVATION
Since he has made himself known to the waking world, Gus has proven himself kind and eager to please. He has an enthusiastic personality, and loves to tell jokes. His laugh is loud and infectious, and it upsets him when people shun him. He can be very formal at times, and is struggling to find a balance between these elements of his personality. Human society is still very strange to him, and his behavior is sometimes awkward as a result.
Gus truly enjoys fighting criminals and righting wrongs. They are, in fact, a cowardly and superstitious lot and are a lot of fun to frighten. Gus himself is insanely brave, and enjoys a good fight. His real reason for being in the world is to make Samantha happy, though. He loves her like a daughter. She's his reason for trying to make a better world.
Gus has a very deep understanding of humans, but it is not very wide. Most humans, he knows only from their fears. He believes fear reveals who a person truly is. Sometimes he is right, of course, but only some of the time.
Powers and Tactics
POWERS AND TACTICS
The powers of a nightmare in the waking world are... interesting, to say the least. Gus can manipulate human fears, can see the fears of mortals quite clearly, and can change his shape to reflect them. He can even hold that fear in his hand and use it against a person, if he feels they deserve it.
Invisibility and teleportation through shadows are old tricks that Gus has retained from his former profession. His various forms of movement-- be it walking on air or sliding across a floor on his belly-- come very naturally to him. He relies on shadows for transportation, though, and he knows this can be dangerous.
Being a dream, Gus is not quite as real-- and is certainly less powerful-- during the day. At night, his dream body gains its full power, just as it does in his small section of the Dreamlands, where it is always night. He becomes more real, becoming impossibly dense and strong. At night, he can repair his body easily. He is more vulnerable and slow to heal during the day. The flip side to this is that during daylight hours he can become as insubstantial as a thought, using his mental powers to bludgeon his foes.
In a fight, Gus prefers to ambush his enemies, enjoying their shock as he appears behind them and lays a heavy hand across their face. He uses invisibility and teleportation to good effect in this regard. It's hard for him to resist the temptation to reveal himself as he strikes, though.
Against faster foes, Gus uses his mental powers, paralyzing them or stunning them. He is not a defensive fighter, having little concept of self-preservation. Even if he is killed, he knows that he will return the next night. As is true in many regards, Gus still has a lot to learn.
EDIT: Removed Dimension Walk per Judge's request. Reduced Teleport power to 5, and increased (alt power) Wall Crawling to 2. Replaced Equipment feat with Fearsome Presence 1.
EDIT 2: Changed flaw on "Alt Power: Insubstantial" to daylight only. My thought is that dreams are less real at night. Plus, he's less vulnerable during the day this way. Change approved by Judge Jackson.
Also, character is approved, though not on the forum's approved list.
Also also, I learned how to sblock. Sblocks added.
4/19/07 Edited unarmed damage to reflect Gus' actual damage. Evidently, I'm bad at reading.
5/20/07 Hero Point awarded.
10/4/07 Hero Point awarded.
11/29/07 Hero Point spent.
Last edited by Victor_Von; 21st December 2007 at 03:06 PM..
Well, here is a evolution of my first ever M&M character (who was originally made 2 weeks ago). I'm still not quite sure how I managed to get from a caring healer to a street smart, flying diplo-brick blaster... but I did.
I did the character using Ultimate Power, not noticing until afterwards that it was not in use for this game. I checked over my powers and it looks like all of them are covered in the core rules, but I could be mistaken. I also noticed after the fact that I did the same thing that held up Quasar's approval. Regardless of the source of the problems, I'll change the character as needed.
By the way, if anyone can think of a good codename for Jack, I'm listening. I've been drawing a blank. I had a really good one (Aesculapius), but it doesn't work now that I have completly changed the background.
Real Name: Jack Barrett
Codename: TBD
Concept/Archetype: Bio-kinetic Reformed (mostly) Petty Crook
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Size: Medium
Height: 179 cm (5’11”)
Weight: 76kg (167.2 pounds)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Nationality: Canadian
Ethnicity: Anglo-Canadian
Tradeoffs: -5 Defense for +5 Toughness.
Complications - Criminal Past, Greed, Possible illegitimate child
Jack grew up in a lower class family, in the capital of Canada - Ottawa, Ontario. He was never as big or as tough as the other kids but made up for it by being lucky and smart. In his early teenage years he did some petty crime, but he found it wasn’t really his style. He found his niche as more of a middle man rather then getting his hands dirty directly, though he wasn’t above running a bit of a con job either.
He dropped out of High School in grade 11, making enough money as a fence and a con-man to convince him that this education thing was over rated. He wasn’t risking his life doing B&E or mugging people, he was ‘just a middle man’. The guy that people came to when they needed to get rid of something or needed something special. And if he couldn’t get what they needed, he could often come up with something that he could pass off as good enough. It was a sweet deal as far as he was concerned.
After few months of this, Jack started noticing that seemed to be in better shape then he had been before. He was never out of breath, and didn’t have any trouble lifting even the biggest sack of loot. He passed it off as clean living and fresh air. After all, if you wanted to get ahead in his business you needed a clear head. Booze and drugs would dull the edge you needed to stay ahead. He had his health and plenty of easy cash. Life was good for a couple years.
It was then that Jack started to feel dissatisfied. The lies, the deals, the cons and the cash. It just wasn’t as... fulfilling as it used to be. What was the point? He’d found out that not only had his girlfriend had been sleeping with two other guys the whole time they’d been going out, she was pregnant and didn’t have the faintest clue as to who the father was. His main supplier was in jail doing time for selling crack, something Jack had insisted he avoid. All around him peoples lies, cheats, cons and deceptions were coming up to bite them. He realized that he had to get out before he got bitten to.
Things came to a head one night. A couple of guys finally got sick of Jack’s smart mouth and less then scrupulous business practices. They corned Jack in a back alley with the intention of beating him within an inch of his life. Just as a friendly warning, of course, so that he would know not mess around with them again. However, things didn’t go quite as planned.
When Jack took a large fist to the face without going down, they figured he was tougher then he looked. When he took a hit from the baseball bat without wincing, they started to get a bit concerned. When the thug with the bat started bleeding out his ears, they knew they had made a big mistake. They tried to turn and run, but found themselves frozen in places. Things only went downhill from there.
Jack had been almost as surprised as the thugs had been. Standing over the bodies, he had NO idea what had just happened. So he did the only thing he could think of and ran. Getting to his pad, he tried to figure out what to do. These were probably not the only guys who were getting tired of him, so he could probably expect more trouble soon. He also really didn’t want to face murder charges. While he didn’t THINK anyone had seen anything, he just couldn’t be sure. If anyone could connect him to the bodies, it would be bad. He barely had a mark on him, so no one would believe a claim of self defense. Not to mention the fact that the cops were getting rather suspicious of him to. They hadn’t yet been able to find enough evidence to charge him with anything, but they were looking close enough that it was getting hard to do business.
At a loss, he flopped onto the couch. As he did, the TV turned on. Reaching under the cushion to pull out the remote, he noticed that the news was doing a story about the new team that the UN was putting together. That was it! It was obvious he had superpowers of some sort and a stint with the UN would be just the thing to help take the heat off. A couple of months with these ‘Resolutes’ and he could retire with a clean slate. No one would suspect a former UN Super Hero of being a criminal after all, and only a true idiot would mess with one.
The more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea. He sold off the last of his hot merchandise, payed off the few guys he owed money to, and converted most of his possessions to cash. Jack gave five grand to one of the only guys he really trusted, telling him to keep half and use the other half to make sure his ex’s kid didn’t starve. (Jack figured giving the cash to the mother would just let her buy more smokes and booze. He would have been right). Along with the cash, he gave his buddy a way to contact him if it looked like the kid was in trouble. He didn’t know if it was his, but he wanted to make sure he did right by the kid, just in case. Once he had tied up all his loose ends, he made his application.
Powers
Jack’s powers all spring from the same source. His Biokinesis, a psionic power. It has been responsible for the sub-conscious modifications of his body that have boosted his Constitution so high, and enable him to recover from even the most grievous wounds. In fact the Biokinesis is so strong that his skin is reenforced to the point that bullets often fail to do more then leave a faint red mark.
Using his Biokinesis more actively he can cause a great deal of harm. Either directly through the tearing of blood vessels and the like, interfering with the targets physical or mental processes to reduce performance, scrambling neural impulses to slow or stop them dead in their tracks, or by introducing a powerful bio-chemical sedative into the target’s bloodstream. What Jack doesn’t know is that he can also heal the target, reversing the damage he or others inflict, as well as fly slowly through further manipulations.
DESCRIPTION
Jack looks pretty average. 5'11", average build. Short brown hair and brown eyes. Nothing about him really stands out. His clothes tend to be low key casual. Nothing really flashy.
__________________ Water Sleeps
Last edited by Jalinth; 23rd January 2007 at 06:48 AM..
Reason: (Unarmed Damage DC Error (Was:Previous Version Rejected)
Name: Nimbus
Real Name: Toni Barnes
Size: Medium
Gender: Female
Str: 10 +0 (0 PP) PowerLevel: 8 PP: 120
Dex: 16 +3 (6 PP) AB: +5 (10 PP) XP: 0
Con: 10 +0 (0 PP) Grapple: +5 HP: 1
Int: 14 +2 (4 PP) Speed: 30'
Wis: 12 +1 (3 PP) Init: +3
Cha: 15 +2 (5 PP)
Base Power Feat Total
Defense: +7 +0 +0 17 (14 PP)
Dodge: +0 Flatfooted: 13
Base Mod Feat Power Misc TotalFort: 7 +0 +0 +0 +0 +7 (7 PP)
Ref: 1 +3 +0 +0 +0 +4 (1 PP)
Will: 2 +1 +0 +0 +0 +3 (2 PP)
Toughness: 0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0
Attack Attack Damage Save Type Type
Unarmed +0 DC 15 Tough Bruise
Light Strike +8 DC 23 Tough Bruise
Movement Types:
Base 10/60/120
Leap 10/5/2
Feats: (4 PP)
Accurate Attack
Power Attack
Quick Change
Jack of All Trades
Skill Points: 92 (23 PP)
Skills Ranks Mod Misc Total
Bluff 5 +2 +0 +7
Craft: Artistic 13 +2 +0 +15
Diplomacy 4 +2 +0 +6
Gather Info 6 +2 +0 +8
Investigate 6 +2 +0 +8
Knowledge: Popular Culture7 +2 +0 +9
Knowledge: Art 8 +2 +0 +10
Knowledge: Current Events4 +2 +0 +6
Knowledge: Streetwise 4 +2 +0 +6
Notice 11 +1 +0 +12
Profession 8 +1 +0 +9
Search 2 +2 +0 +4
Sense Motive 8 +1 +0 +9
Stealth 4 +3 +0 +7
Language - 2
Languages:
Mandarin
Cantonese
Equipment:
Communicator
Powers:
Light Control 8 (2 PP/Rank + 1 Alternate Power = 17 PP) [Mutation]
- Alternate Power - Strike 8 [light weapon] (1 PP/Rank + 1 PP/Rank Penetrating = 16 PP)
Concealment 4: All visual senses (2 PP/Rank + 1 PP/Rank Affects Others + 3 PP Progression Feat = 15 PP) [Mutation]
Can cause others to become invisible by touch, up to 10 people.
Immunity: Light 10 (1 PP/Rank = 10 PP) [Mutation]
Lgt Med Hvy Lift PushMax Weight: 33 66 100 200 500
Appearance:
This young woman has narrow brown eyes that are like two discs of wood. Her thick, straight is cut short and spiky, and is the color of yellowed ivory. She is very tall and has a voluptuous build. Her skin is nut-brown. She has an upturned nose.
Personality:
Thoughtful. Tends to be slow to warm up to people, but once she likes you, she's chatty, witty and animated. Wry sense of humor.
Background:
Toni was raised in a middle class area, by a single mom who had a career as a public defender. Mom claims dad died in a fire. Things were a bit awkward, since her uncle had a drug problem, and kept moving in and out, and that had to stay a secret. Toni can't actually remember anything before she was 12, other than she REALLY doesn't like her uncle.
During her adolescence, they traveled a lot, and she kept transfering to different private schools, none of which she liked. She was a bad student anyway.
Upon becoming an adult, she moved out, got her own place, and tried college. Actually got through a year on a journalism major. But she kept feeling like there was so much more she could accomplish. So she dropped out, got herself a loft downtown, and started painting. Her work has even shown in some galleries.
Of course, since taking up the trade of an artist, she discovered what she really is supposed to be doing. A meteor fell from the sky, and next thing she knew, she was glowing. After much experimentation, she figured out that it seems to be a general control over light particles or waves or whatever. Not only can she glow, but she can make herself and others invisible, and make a sword of light that's actually damaging.
Notes When boost is engaged, change Flight power too: Flight 10 [Mystic]
Boost points are used to 'buy off' the Flaw (4 points) and then increase ranks up to 10.
When losing points, remove from ranks first.
COST Abilities [20]
Combat [10]
Saves [12]
Skills [11]
Feats [6]
Powers [99]
Drawbacks [8] (9 Total with alternate powers)
Total [150]
Unspent [0]
Spirit Form 4 - Fighter based
Spoiler:
[ABILITIES STR 10 (0 PP)
DEX 16 (6 PP)
CON 12 (2 PP)
INT 14 (4 PP)
WIS 12 (2 PP)
CHA 14 (4 PP)
SAVES TOUG +9 (1 Con + 8 Power)
FORT +3 (2 Base + 1 Con ) (2 PP)
REF +10 (7 Base + 3 Dex ) (7 PP)
WILL +3 (2 Base + 1 Wis ) (2 PP)
COMBAT INIT +7
BASE DEF +3 (6 PP)
DEF 21 (10 + 3 Base + 8 Feat)
FLAT-FOOTED 11
BASE ATT +3 (6 PP)
GENERAL NOTES Real Name: Marie M. Schaeffer
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Size: Medium
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 120 Pounds
Hair: Dyed Chestnut (Naturally Black)
Eyes: Dk Brown
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Mixed. Korean-Mother, German/Irish-Father
Tradeoffs: Varies
DESCRIPTION Despite being of mixed heritage, few people realize she is partly Asian as she takes after her father then her mother. Her skin is fairly pale and tends to burn more then tan. Another factor she inherited from her father is a tendency toward freckles, a trait she dislikes. While she is nearsighted and requires corrective lenses, she tends to rely on contact lenses, disliking how she looks wearing glasses. She favors loose, comfortable clothes, often in shades of green.
While in her armored forms, her appearance can vary but all share common traits. In general, these armored forms look to be a fusion of human and vehicle, often making her appear to be wearing battle armor based around the vehicle she is emulating. Most often, these vehicle parts appear to be worn over a skin tight body stocking, but occasionally these parts will appear to be physically integrated into her flesh. Usually, the vehicle's primary gun armament will be adapted into a hand carried rifle form, with additional weapon systems placed as necessary and convenient. Another consistent trait is the appearance of a helmet, usually based around the helmet a crewmember of that vehicle would wear. This helmet incorporates various sensor gear based around the emulated vehicle, with a face plate that glows brightly when in use. Being of American birth, she favors US designs, but has been known to incorporate others as the mood takes her. The actual color of these armored forms can be changed as she forms them, and she is fond of incorporating tiger, bird, turtle, and dragon motifs into the color schemes of her vehicle 'parts'. She has lately started taking up the two toned look of the Resolutes on the 'body stocking' aspects of her forms.
HISTORY A military brat, Marie was born the daughter of an USAF MSgt and his wife. An only child, she was often doted on by her father and grew up with a love of military hardware that she was often too embarrassed to acknowledge to her friends. Growing up, she was a fan of Japanese animation and learned to speak Japanese on her own, a fact that often infuriated her Korean mother who held decidedly anti Japanese feelings. In order to help alleviate this, she also learned how to speak Korean on her own, and quickly developed a fascination with her mother's culture and its shamanistic traditions. Learning that her mother's family had several powerful shamans (Known as mudangs) in its history, she convinced her hesitant mother to let her spend a year there as an exchange student, learning some of their traditions and rites. This was in 1999, and would come to have some profound implications later in her life.
A bright girl, and an equally bright young woman, this helped her to achieve a scholarship to Columbia where she majored in mythological studies. It was their that her first possession happened. In Korean Shamanistic belief, shamans could speak with the spirits of the world, and would sometimes host them in their bodies. While she knew of these beliefs, she had never actually believed in them, so the fact that she had become the host to 4 powerful elemental spirits came as a bit of a shock to her. They told her that she had been watched by them since they awoken several years back. She had chosen by them to be their host, to incorporate their power as her own when needed, as she was judged worthy. The form that a shaman would take while hosting a spirit was greatly variable depending on the nature of the host, and while the ultimate result was strange to them, they were amused by the emulation of technology that resulted, a combination of her love for military hardware combined with other beloved shows of her youth. When she graduated, she was recruited by the Resolutes.
NOTES Real Name: Madeline Glass
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Size: M
Height: 5'
Weight: 98 lb
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Tradeoffs: +2 to Attack Dmg, -2 to Attack, +3 to Toughness, -3 to Defense
DESCRIPTION A young woman of rather slight form and harsh demeanor, Madeline has short, spiky brown hair, and a tendency to baggy clothes. She wears a normal Resolute uniform, surrounded by an oversized leather jacket, and of course, a pair of very thick glasses. When her force field is active a mild purple glow surrounds her--hence her name.
HISTORY Madeline Glass was a girl like a lot of other girls--especially among the girls who went to her high school. She wasn't one of the especially pretty girls. Or the especially popular girls. Or the especially intelligent girls. And because she wore thick glasses and possessed a last name that lent itself to cruel nicknames, Madeline found herself edged towards what was generally known as the "loser" social class. But not quite a full-member. Living in this awkward state gave Maddy a lot of bitterness. But not as much as some people.
It was three years after the event, and five students suddenly developed powers. As they were rather unpopular, they saw this as their chance to "get back at people". And so, taking the names Dr. Ultra, Queen Goth, Speed Freak, Slime, and Glitter, the so-called Ferocious Five tore through the school--until Dr. Ultra hit Maddy with his Sci-Gun. Madeline still doesn't know whether it was the awakening of her innate psionic powers, some strange interaction of her physiology and Dr. Ultra's weapon, or a mixture thereof--but suddenly, she was surrounded by thin, glowing force field that the Five's attacks just bounced off of--and she had incredible, unbelievable strength. The surprised novice supervillains were quickly finished off by the hero that the press would name--much to Maddy's chagrin--Bright Girl.
For the next few years Maddy mastered her powers while dealing with the unusual problems that came to afflict her town. She began to take yoga and karate classes to help her get a handle on her abilities, and has become a proficient--if not exceptional--fighter. When the Resolutes began to recruit, Maddy--eager to leave her hometown behind her--joined up.
Maddy's powers are psionic in nature--they require a conscious effort on her part to maintain, and are based not on her body's physcial performance, but her mind. Thus, as she has discovered, she can be neutralized by being knocked unconscious. Scientists have dubbed her a "physical psionic" however, as it's been noticed that her powers are most effective in close vicinity to herself. Still, it's believed she might develop other psychic abilities as she continues to grow proficient in their use.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last edited by Rhialto; 7th March 2007 at 08:24 PM..
Disadvantages:
==============
Weakness vs Powerful Magnetic Fields: intensity = moderate (+1);
frequency = uncommon (+1); time increment = every round (+3)
(Causes a Cumulative -1 drain on strength each round)
[value = 5 pp bonus]
Vulnerable to Magnetic Attacks: intensity = moderate (+1);
frequency = uncommon (+1)
(increases saving throw DC of magnetic attacks by 50%)
[value = 3 pp bonus]
Lgt Med Hvy Lift Push
Max Weight: 8t 16t 24t 48t 125t
ADVANCEMENT NOTES
=================
on 3/1/07: spents 3 pp, increased rank of 'blast' power from 5 to 6 (2pp cost)
gained all-out-attack feat (1pp)
APPEARANCE/DESCRIPTION
======================
Alex has square, masculine, chiseled features. His hair is dark, almost black, and has
a slight natural curl to it. He keeps it long but tied back. His eyes are a brilliant
green and intense looking.
Aleksander is massively muscled, but that fact is overshadowed by the massive robotic arms
mounted to the body at the shoulder. They are painted bright yellow and resemble
construction equipment moreso than normal limbs. The arms are oversized and sometimes make
it difficult for Alex to squeeze through tight spaces.
Alec dressed simply, normally wear sleeveless t-shirts and cargo pants when not in uniform.
His uniform is similarly cut, normally displaying the yellow-green two tone on the top and
simple green cargo pants.
BACKGROUND
==========
Aleksander Zoya spent his early years as any typical youth would in the largest of the former soviet
republics. His family was less than affluent, and Alex (his nickname) dropped out of school when
he was 15 to start working with his father in construction. Years passed and Aleksander shaped up
into a strong, strudy young man, whonontheless yearned for a better life for him and his family.
Alex thought he had found that opportunity when a shadowy figure offered him a large sum of
money for doing what he called "freelance construction work."
What really happened was that Alex found himself drugged and strapped to a table in the cloaked
figures laboratory. His body was painfully modified with robotic implants, the most drastic
of which were massive robotic arms which resembled construction equipment more than normal
limbs. Aleksander was groomed to be a controlled cybernetic slave to this shadowy villain,
chosen for his powerful build and ability to survive the agonizing rebuilding process.
However, Alex managed to burst free of his captor before the process was complete. The
equipment which would enslave his mind was never installed, and the newly empowered young
man tore a path of destruction through the facility as he fought his way out. His captor
vanished amidst the chaos. He never even saw his face.
Now Aleksander Zoya mourns his lost humanity, but also sees his newfound strength as a chance
to do some good, perhaps even elevate his family to above the poverty line. Hearing of the
opportunities available to him within the ranks of the Resolutes, he scraped together the
money and set off for America...
Super senses [Mutant](Variable pp/rank + 6 pp = 10 pp)
Blindsight [Mental] (4 ranks)
Power Feat: Acute (1)
Power Feat: Accurate (2)
Power Feat: Innate (1)
Power Feat: Radius (1)
Power Feat: Subtle (1)
Equipment (5ep) Cell phone (1ep)
Holdout pistol [Damage +2] (4ep)
Military uniform (0ep)
Resolute uniform (0ep) ... (Standard: Two-toned blue)
Resolute uniform (0ep) ... (Customized: Dark green and gray)
Task force communicator (0ep)
Mundane details Name: Ulla-Maria Wallenius Gender: Female Age: 26 years (Apparent age 19) Size: Medium Height: 5'1" Weight: 98lbs Hair: Mousy brown Eyes: Green Nationality: Finnish Ethnicity: Caucasian
Description A short petite woman. Standing barely 5'1", Ulla-Maria moves with a lithe grace that is simply unearthly. She is rather plain looking, although she is always impeccably dressed and groomed. Her mousy brown hair is simply pulled back into a neat ponytail and her piercing green eyes are a vibrant counterpoint to her bland expression. Ulla-Maria is exceedingly intelligent and strong willed and possesses a hardy constitution that many an athlete would envy, yet it is her almost preternatural grace and dexterity that obviously sets her apart ... that and her innate ability to teleport. Strangely, Ulla-Maria has not aged at all over the last few years and still appears to be a young woman of 19.
Ulla-Maria's demeanor is quiet and unassuming, yet exceedingly professional. Very military. Yet somehow she always seems to blend in, unnoticeable until she speaks. Combined with her subtle ability to teleport, this often means that those in her company are surprised at her presence when she makes herself known.
Background Apart from a relatively normal childhood, very little is known about Ulla-Maria since she joined the Finnish military at the age of 18. Her service record shows that she completed basic training. From that point on her record is classified. Coincidentally this coincides with the arrival of the comet at the end of 1999. Ulla-Maria was later assigned to the Finnish contingent of the UN task force, and then, at the end of 2006, was transferred to the Resolutes.
Notes
Military (Highly classified) Once the Finnish military became aware of Ulla-Maria's special abilities, she was placed in specialized training within the army intelligence division. She is specialized in reconnaissance and site-based intelligence gathering, although she has been assigned other missions on several occasions. Ulla-Maria still maintains her connections within the Finnish army and the UN task forces.
Power descriptions Teleportation: A latent innate ability of which Ulla-Maria was previously unaware, it was a fully regressive trait until the appearance of the comet. Now it as easy and natural as breathing to her. When she 'ports, she is simply there, at her destination. There is nothing to indicate the teleportation except the fact that she is there, no sound, no smell, no effects of any sort.
"Teleport self": Can teleport with a thought. Can change her own velocity and direction freely when teleporting. Can teleport further by herself than with others. She has not yet discovered any limits to how far she can teleport.
"Reactive teleport": Can teleport as a reaction. Can change her own velocity and direction freely when teleporting.
"Teleport friends": Can teleport others as long as she can perceive them. Can even 'port crowds of people, however this takes longer than normal.
"Teleport another": Can teleport another as long as she can perceive them, even against their will, however this takes longer than normal.
"Control teleportation": Can control another's teleportation ability with a thought. Is currently unaware of this ability.
Immunity: Ulla-Maria has not aged since the appearance of the comet. She is not yet aware of this (although she does know that she looks younger than she is).
Super senses: With the appearance of the comet, Ulla-Maria began to experience intense headaches almost continuously. Eventually, after several months, they began to subside and in their place Ulla-Maria found that she was able to perceive her surroundings in a completely new way. She can sense things everywhere around herself and her perception is so acute and accurate that even if she is unable to see her surroundings, she can still use her mental perceptions to target things around her.
Last edited by Stormwind; 10th July 2007 at 06:23 PM..
Reason: Added age
istracting) 
) aka Accidental 'Golding' of Objects or People 
Linear Mode
And yet another word from our sponsors
