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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8970634" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: red">Sid Viscous</span></span></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Z1dzMKW.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Ronald Rampulsky, better known by the alias Doctor Viscous, was one of the most notorious supervillains of the first age. Not for success in his criminal endeavors, but for sheer persistence. Despite being beaten by nearly every member of the Institute at some point, he kept coming back for more. Exactly how he avoided the inevitably lethal attention of Stardust is not clear, though Richard Lawson noted that the police reports about the crimes of Doctor Viscous do not show him as involved in any homicides, suggesting that his crimes never rose to the level that Stardust considered deserving of retribution.</p><p></p><p>In the end, however, he found himself behind bars for an extended period after the Battle of Vietnam, with his escape attempts foiled. Rampulsky would not be freed until 1982, when he was broken out of prison at the start of the Pythonian Insurgency. Seeing an opportunity, Doctor Viscous pledged his loyalty to the movement, and went to work in its scientific department. Despite the proposals he repeatedly pitched about outfitting an entire unit of Pythons equipped with his glue gun, he accomplished relatively little during his time with the Insurgency, and was ultimately killed several months prior to the invasion of Delphi.</p><p></p><p>Roughly twenty years after the death of Doctor Viscous, a new supervillain made his debut fighting the Blue Bolt under the alias Sid Viscous. (Reportedly, he was bewildered when the Bolt quoted Sex Pistols lyrics at him, raising a number of questions.) While employing what he claimed was an improvement on the original glue formula, he proved just as easily defeated as his forebear. Following his capture, he identified himself as Sidney Rampulsky, the son of Dr. Viscous, born to his Pythonian personal assistant.</p><p></p><p>This only raised <em>further</em> questions. Peri Brown, that assistant, had been taken into custody following the downfall of Delphi, and served a relatively short jail sentence. While she was the single mother of a young son -- named Dennis and born in 1986, on the same birthdate claimed by Sidney Rampulsky -- there is no evidence proving that Ronald Rampulsky was the father, and some witness accounts which suggest that the Doctor was asexual. Further, Sidney Rampulsky provides a narrative of his life, including time spent at a think tank, which is somewhat at odds with what little is known about the subsequent lives of Peri and Dennis Brown, which apparently came to an end during the Cerebron assault, after which they were both missing and presumed dead.</p><p></p><p>Nevertheless, Sid Viscous has since demonstrated the same bloody-minded persistence in his unsuccessful criminal endeavors as his supposed father, often coming back from defeats that seem fatal. His persistence is such that it has been seriously suggested that he is, in fact, a clone of Ronald Rampulsky let loose on the world by some unknown party. Sid has heard of these rumors, finds them outrageous, and intends to find out who started the silly idea and do some fatal things to them. He is his own man, living his own life, and if it parallels the father he never knew, that is just how it goes. He certainly never spends any sleepless nights contemplating this nonsense!</p><p></p><p>Based in St. Louis, Sid will sometimes claim that he was invited to join the Combination when it was formed but had to turn them down as he had other irons in the fire at the time. This is untrue; he turned the invitation down flat, no matter how flattering it was to be the first one asked, and has regretted it every time he has to pay protection money to them. Having learned from his mistake, he agreed to the similar invitation from the Slough, last year, and saw that operation fall to pieces due to the mistakes that everyone but him made. He managed to escape capture, but has sworn off on any team-ups after this. The only person he can rely on is himself, in the end.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sid Viscous -- PL 8</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 2 | <strong>STA</strong> 3 | <strong>AGL</strong> 1 | <strong>DEX</strong> 1 | <strong>FGT</strong> 4 | <strong>INT</strong> 5 | <strong>AWE</strong> 1 | <strong>PRE</strong> 0</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Armored Costume:</em></strong> Immunity 2 (suffocation); Protection 5; Removable (-1 point) - 6 points</p><p><strong><em>Glue Gun:</em></strong> Array (32 points); Easily Removable (-14 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Blob Shot:</em></strong> Ranged Cumulative Affliction 8 (Resisted by Dodge; Overcome by Damage; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Contagious, Extra Condition, Limited Degree - 32 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Narrow Stream:</em></strong> Cumulative Line Area Affliction 8 (Resisted by Dodge; Overcome by Damage; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Contagious, Extra Condition, Limited Degree - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Wide Strean:</em></strong> Cumulative Cone Area Affliction 8 (Resisted by Dodge; Overcome by Damage; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Contagious, Extra Condition, Limited Degree - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Ultimate Solvent:</em></strong> Selective Burst Area Nullify Glue Effects 8, Simultaneous - 1 points</li> </ul><p><strong><em>Jump Boots:</em></strong> Leaping 4 (120 feet); Removable (-0 points) - 4 points</p><p></p><p><em>Occasional Power Stunts:</em></p><p><em><strong>"Here's Glue in Your Eye":</strong> Ranged Cumulative Affliction 10 (Resisted by Dodge, Overcome by Damage; Visually Impaired, Visually Disabled, Visually Unaware)</em></p><p><em><strong>"Here's Glue in Your THROAT":</strong> Ranged Progressive Affliction 8 (Resisted by Fortitude; Fatigued, Exhausted, Incapacitated/Dying)</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Beginner’s Luck, Improved Initiative, Leadership, Power Attack, Takedown, Well-informed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Athletics 5 (+7), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+6), Expertise: Criminal 4 (+9), Expertise: Science 4 (+9), Intimidation 6 (+6), Investigation 2 (+7), Perception 4 (+5), Ranged Combat: Glue Gun 7 (+8), Technology 4 (+9).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +5</p><p>Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 2)</p><p>Glue Blob +8 (Ranged Affliction 8, Resisted by Dodge)</p><p>Narrow Stream -- (Line Area Affliction 8, Resisted by Dodge)</p><p>Wide Stream -- (Cone Area Affliction 8, Resisted by Dodge)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 8, Parry 6, Fortitude 5, Toughness 8/3, Will 7.</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 34 + Powers 31 + Advantages 6 + Skills 19 + Defenses 17 = 107 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Offensive PL:</strong> 8</p><p><strong>Defensive PL:</strong> 8</p><p><strong>Resistance PL:</strong> 6</p><p><strong>Skill PL:</strong> 4</p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Inferiority Complex--Motivation. Mild Paranoia.</em></strong> </p><p></p><p><em>Note: Should stats be required for Doctor Viscous, a PL 7 villain, reduce STR to 0 and STA to 1, increase INT to 8, reduce the rank of all Glue Gun powers to 6, drop all powers other than Glue Gun, drop Improved Initiative, add Defensive Roll 2 and Evasion, drop Athletics and Close Combat: Unarmed, increase Intimidation to 9 (+9) and Perception to 10 (+11), add Deception 10 (+10) and Stealth 8 (+9), reduce Dodge to 6 and Parry to 4. His motivations and other complications are exactly like his successor.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>If</strong> Sid Viscous is a clone, add the power <strong>Endless Doubles:</strong> Immortality 5 (1 day) and a Delusion (I am the son of Doctor Viscous) and Memory Lapses complications.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8970634, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=red]Sid Viscous[/color][/size][color=red][/color] [img]http://i.imgur.com/Z1dzMKW.png[/img] Ronald Rampulsky, better known by the alias Doctor Viscous, was one of the most notorious supervillains of the first age. Not for success in his criminal endeavors, but for sheer persistence. Despite being beaten by nearly every member of the Institute at some point, he kept coming back for more. Exactly how he avoided the inevitably lethal attention of Stardust is not clear, though Richard Lawson noted that the police reports about the crimes of Doctor Viscous do not show him as involved in any homicides, suggesting that his crimes never rose to the level that Stardust considered deserving of retribution. In the end, however, he found himself behind bars for an extended period after the Battle of Vietnam, with his escape attempts foiled. Rampulsky would not be freed until 1982, when he was broken out of prison at the start of the Pythonian Insurgency. Seeing an opportunity, Doctor Viscous pledged his loyalty to the movement, and went to work in its scientific department. Despite the proposals he repeatedly pitched about outfitting an entire unit of Pythons equipped with his glue gun, he accomplished relatively little during his time with the Insurgency, and was ultimately killed several months prior to the invasion of Delphi. Roughly twenty years after the death of Doctor Viscous, a new supervillain made his debut fighting the Blue Bolt under the alias Sid Viscous. (Reportedly, he was bewildered when the Bolt quoted Sex Pistols lyrics at him, raising a number of questions.) While employing what he claimed was an improvement on the original glue formula, he proved just as easily defeated as his forebear. Following his capture, he identified himself as Sidney Rampulsky, the son of Dr. Viscous, born to his Pythonian personal assistant. This only raised [i]further[/i] questions. Peri Brown, that assistant, had been taken into custody following the downfall of Delphi, and served a relatively short jail sentence. While she was the single mother of a young son -- named Dennis and born in 1986, on the same birthdate claimed by Sidney Rampulsky -- there is no evidence proving that Ronald Rampulsky was the father, and some witness accounts which suggest that the Doctor was asexual. Further, Sidney Rampulsky provides a narrative of his life, including time spent at a think tank, which is somewhat at odds with what little is known about the subsequent lives of Peri and Dennis Brown, which apparently came to an end during the Cerebron assault, after which they were both missing and presumed dead. Nevertheless, Sid Viscous has since demonstrated the same bloody-minded persistence in his unsuccessful criminal endeavors as his supposed father, often coming back from defeats that seem fatal. His persistence is such that it has been seriously suggested that he is, in fact, a clone of Ronald Rampulsky let loose on the world by some unknown party. Sid has heard of these rumors, finds them outrageous, and intends to find out who started the silly idea and do some fatal things to them. He is his own man, living his own life, and if it parallels the father he never knew, that is just how it goes. He certainly never spends any sleepless nights contemplating this nonsense! Based in St. Louis, Sid will sometimes claim that he was invited to join the Combination when it was formed but had to turn them down as he had other irons in the fire at the time. This is untrue; he turned the invitation down flat, no matter how flattering it was to be the first one asked, and has regretted it every time he has to pay protection money to them. Having learned from his mistake, he agreed to the similar invitation from the Slough, last year, and saw that operation fall to pieces due to the mistakes that everyone but him made. He managed to escape capture, but has sworn off on any team-ups after this. The only person he can rely on is himself, in the end. [b]Sid Viscous -- PL 8 Abilities: STR[/b] 2 | [b]STA[/b] 3 | [b]AGL[/b] 1 | [b]DEX[/b] 1 | [b]FGT[/b] 4 | [b]INT[/b] 5 | [b]AWE[/b] 1 | [b]PRE[/b] 0 [b]Powers: [i]Armored Costume:[/i][/b] Immunity 2 (suffocation); Protection 5; Removable (-1 point) - 6 points [b][i]Glue Gun:[/i][/b] Array (32 points); Easily Removable (-14 points)[list] [*] [b][i]Blob Shot:[/i][/b] Ranged Cumulative Affliction 8 (Resisted by Dodge; Overcome by Damage; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Contagious, Extra Condition, Limited Degree - 32 points [*] [b][i]Narrow Stream:[/i][/b] Cumulative Line Area Affliction 8 (Resisted by Dodge; Overcome by Damage; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Contagious, Extra Condition, Limited Degree - 1 point [*] [b][i]Wide Strean:[/i][/b] Cumulative Cone Area Affliction 8 (Resisted by Dodge; Overcome by Damage; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Contagious, Extra Condition, Limited Degree - 1 point [*] [b][i]Ultimate Solvent:[/i][/b] Selective Burst Area Nullify Glue Effects 8, Simultaneous - 1 points[/list] [b][i]Jump Boots:[/i][/b] Leaping 4 (120 feet); Removable (-0 points) - 4 points [i]Occasional Power Stunts: [b]"Here's Glue in Your Eye":[/b] Ranged Cumulative Affliction 10 (Resisted by Dodge, Overcome by Damage; Visually Impaired, Visually Disabled, Visually Unaware) [b]"Here's Glue in Your THROAT":[/b] Ranged Progressive Affliction 8 (Resisted by Fortitude; Fatigued, Exhausted, Incapacitated/Dying)[/i] [b]Advantages:[/b] Beginner’s Luck, Improved Initiative, Leadership, Power Attack, Takedown, Well-informed. [b]Skills:[/b] Athletics 5 (+7), Close Combat: Unarmed 2 (+6), Expertise: Criminal 4 (+9), Expertise: Science 4 (+9), Intimidation 6 (+6), Investigation 2 (+7), Perception 4 (+5), Ranged Combat: Glue Gun 7 (+8), Technology 4 (+9). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +5 Unarmed +6 (Close Damage 2) Glue Blob +8 (Ranged Affliction 8, Resisted by Dodge) Narrow Stream -- (Line Area Affliction 8, Resisted by Dodge) Wide Stream -- (Cone Area Affliction 8, Resisted by Dodge) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 8, Parry 6, Fortitude 5, Toughness 8/3, Will 7. [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 34 + Powers 31 + Advantages 6 + Skills 19 + Defenses 17 = 107 points [b]Offensive PL:[/b] 8 [b]Defensive PL:[/b] 8 [b]Resistance PL:[/b] 6 [b]Skill PL:[/b] 4 [b]Complications: [i]Inferiority Complex--Motivation. Mild Paranoia.[/i][/b] [i]Note: Should stats be required for Doctor Viscous, a PL 7 villain, reduce STR to 0 and STA to 1, increase INT to 8, reduce the rank of all Glue Gun powers to 6, drop all powers other than Glue Gun, drop Improved Initiative, add Defensive Roll 2 and Evasion, drop Athletics and Close Combat: Unarmed, increase Intimidation to 9 (+9) and Perception to 10 (+11), add Deception 10 (+10) and Stealth 8 (+9), reduce Dodge to 6 and Parry to 4. His motivations and other complications are exactly like his successor. [b]If[/b] Sid Viscous is a clone, add the power [b]Endless Doubles:[/b] Immortality 5 (1 day) and a Delusion (I am the son of Doctor Viscous) and Memory Lapses complications.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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