Kryptonian!

[Drowbane]

32 point buy - no where near complete...

Superman, aka Kal-El, aka Clark Kent
Paragon Human Warlock 20 (coughkryptonianunderyellowsuncough) (ECL 31+)
Chaotic Good (with strong lawful tendencies, see Vows)

10 Str 36 (16 +15 +5)
3 Dex 26 (11 +15)
8 Con 30 (15 +15)
5 Int 28 (13+15)
1 Wis 24 (9+15)
3 Cha 26 (11+15)

Speed: 90 (Fly 90 with fell-flight)
AC: 47 before VoPoverty

Punch +49/+44/+39 (d3+13 non-lethal)
Heat Vision (eldritch blast) +48 rangetouch (9d6 fire or acid, 250ft range or cone)
Freezing Breath (eldritch blast) 30ft cone; Reflex DC... (9d6 cold)

Feats: Precise Shot;
Vow of Poverty; Supes needs no gear!)
Vow of Peace; Would require very little difference in wording. Basicly Supes can dish out Non-Lethal to most foes attacking him and has no qualms about putting destroying Undead and Constructs. He never starts combat, always tries to reason with his foes first.

Invocations: Fell Flight (90 fly speed, not ideal, but meh), Eldritch Shapes for tricks with his Eldritch Blast (heat-vision), others to cover the various tricks Superman has used in the past... and others that he gains on this unusual version of Earth

 

[Aleolus]

Well, the way I saw it, they were continuously under the effect described for when in the effective range of Kryptonite, which I also figured out and put here. Basically, it's a stone that produces an Anti-Magic Field, and whenever a Kryptonian is within the area of effect of that field, they become humans, without the bonus feat or bonus skill points.

 

[Drowbane]

Well, the way I saw it, they were continuously under the effect described for when in the effective range of Kryptonite, which I also figured out and put here. Basically, it's a stone that produces an Anti-Magic Field, and whenever a Kryptonian is within the area of effect of that field, they become humans, without the bonus feat or bonus skill points.

Krypton had a Red Sun.
Kryptonians are only Super under a Yellow Sun.

Pieces of Green Kryptonite are radioactive fragments of Krypton from its explosion. A normal chunk of krypton wouldn't affect Kal-el... and other colors of Kryptonite affect him differently than Green Kryptonite does.

For simplicity though, your version is fine.

 

[Pyrex]

Superman, aka Kal-El, aka Clark Kent
Paragon Human Warlock 20 (coughkryptonianunderyellowsuncough) (ECL 31+)

That's a pretty interesting (and, given the limitations of 3.5, pretty reasonable) interpretation. I like it.

I'm not quite sure about the Vow of Peace though. Superman may be LG, but I don't think he's quite up to maintaining Exalted status. (VoP fits just fine though)

 

[Aust Diamondew]

LA +9 seems too high. Compare the goodies a half fiend or dragon gets to this guy.

I'd put LA at +5 or 6.

Also instead of a scorching ray why not an effect that scales with level? That way it won't be too good early on nor will it be weak at higher levels.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

Actually, they shouldn't get DR whatever/-, it should be DR whatever/magic as Superman has been shown to be vulnerable to magic.

 

[Drowbane]

That's a pretty interesting (and, given the limitations of 3.5, pretty reasonable) interpretation. I like it.

Thanks

I have a growing collection of "Super Hero D&D" builds.

Archangel, The Human Halfling Torch, The Incredible (War) Hulk, Sabretooth, Superman, and Wolverine to name the first that come to mind.

I'm not quite sure about the Vow of Peace though. Superman may be LG, but I don't think he's quite up to maintaining Exalted status. (VoP fits just fine though)

Here, I must disagree. Superman, to me, defines "Exalted status".

Also, Vow of Peace has an ability that breaks weapons when you get hit... that just screams Man of Steel to me. And Vow of Poverty... no brainer there.

To reiterate (beware of flying hyperbole); if Superman isn't Exalted, I can't think of a single literary character that is.

 

[Aleolus]

Thanks

I have a growing collection of "Super Hero D&D" builds.

Archangel, The Human Halfling Torch, The Incredible (War) Hulk, Sabretooth, Superman, and Wolverine to name the first that come to mind.

What about Batman, Spiderman, the X-Men and so forth?

 

[Drowbane]

What about Batman, Spiderman, the X-Men and so forth?

All of my D&D-Supers builds are "Super-hero-lite" compared to how the characters are presented in other media...

Batman - Human Monk with uber-stats and alot of creative gear.

Spiderman: haven't found an acceptable (to me) way yet. damnit!

X-Men: I don't have any inspired builds for most of the X-Men...

* Archangel - Winged (Savage Species) Human Monk?
* Cyclops - Warlock. Optic Blasts (Eldritch Blast), physical-buff-type & and Blast-shape invocations. Unarmed Combat feats.
* Jean Grey - Human Psion (kineticist)
* Nightcrawler - can't do it to my satisfaction... yet (is incredibly easy to make in M&M though )
* Phoenix (Jean Grey) - Jean Grey + 15 or so more levels.
* Storm - High level Druid with wild-shape traded out for some sort of Weather-related class features.
* Xavier - Epic Psion (kineticist)

Wolverine on the other hand...

* Race/Templates - Feral (savage species; gives weak Fast Healing) Stony (FR Underdark; DR 8/Adamantine) Anthropomorphic Wolverine (Savage Species; Rage whenever you're damaged...)
* Classes - Fighter (barbarian is a no, his race already lets him rage pretty much at will) or perhaps Warblade + Frenzied Berserker (Complete Warrior; vastly improved raging)
* Feats - INA: claws, Weapon Mastery: slashing (focus, spec, etc), robilar's gambit, Power Attack, boost DR, etc
* Gear - put cash towards improving Wolvie's claws. Damage as Adamantine, +s, etc.

 

[Aleolus]

The Teen Titans (Can't remember their names, other than Robin and Raven (I think))?

By the way, I think Batman would probably be a LN Monk 20/Avenging Executioner 5. Sudden Strike + Flurry of Blows, anyone?