M&M Character Ideas & Help

LiVeWiRe

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Getting ready to start in an Mutants & Masterminds PBeM game....been asked to play a Powerhouse character.
The campaign has a Silver Age feel to it so the character needs to be designed with that in mind. I am at a complete loss for ideas and am asking for a bit of help in designing a PL 14 Powerhouse character for this game.

The only thing I have at the moment is a possible name: Steadfast.

Any and all suggestions are welcomed and are appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
-LW
 
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Hey, LiVeWiRe:

First off, what kind of help are you asking for? Do you want us to help design the character, or are you asking for thematic help?

Thematically, here's a random sprinkling of ideas on how to make a powerhouse more than just "Big Strong Dude" (which is also fine, but if you're asking for more, it sounds like you want something more interesting).

- An alien whose power comes from his ability to manipulate immense gravities. He arrived on Earth by coming through a black hole unscathed. Give him flight, space-flight, gravity control, and density control.

- A totemic nature spirit guarding the world's natural creatures from all manner of insidious threats. Play him as verbally silent but telepathic and good with animals, and then add Super-Strength and Protection and the usual Powerhouse stuff to reflect his magical power. He can look like a humanoid bear or have a stag's head or something like that.

- A guy who looks like an eight-foot-tall black-and-maroon demon -- but he's a good demon, more of a police officer than a fiendish creature. He was created to destroy things of evil, and because his kind are always around evil, fighting it and hunting it, they are unfairly associated with that evil. He flies on great batlike wings, and in addition to Super Strength and Protection, give him a Mental Blast -- turning the thoughts of evildoers back upon them, so to speak. As a weakness, say that he was designed by angels as a self-correcting mechanism -- his power is fueled by human suffering, so that when he finally succeeds in eradicating human suffering, his power fades. So, for example, he loses his powers in a church or on holy ground, which an evil person could use to his advantage. To freak people out, make him nice. Have him go from talking about the depths of human suffering and the unknowable pain of existence to "Oooh, puppies!" in the same sentence.

- A mysterious sappire-skinned creature that could be a robot, an alien, or a mystical creature. Nobody knows. Play up the mysterious angle for as long as you want, and give him every immunity you can find. Protection, Mental Protection, high Con and Wis and Dex to boost those saves, Immunity feats to make him even harder to wrangle, and then give him Super-Speed with the Mach-one-punch extra to give him some combat power.

Hope some of these ring a bell. :)
 

takyris said:
First off, what kind of help are you asking for? Do you want us to help design the character, or are you asking for thematic help?

Sorry, I should have provided more info...

Thanks for the suggestions Takyris! :)

In continuing to think about a character, I really like the Steadfast concept and would like help building a character. It is my first shot at making a character for this game system and would like some suggestions and advice on creating a character of this type.

My concept for the character is the 'immovable object' type of hero but can also deal out some damage if he needs to. And, just remember that this game is a Silver Age style game.

Thanks,
-LW
 

I'm not that familiar with M&M, but...

For a Silver Age game, it's hard to go wrong with a patriotic brick/super-soldier. You could be a football player (the immovable lineman). Maybe a boxer that can't be knocked out and just keeps punching.

A name like Steadfast also implies endurance. Maybe you could go long periods without sleep or push yourself physically without rest.
 

Greatwyrm said:
I'm not that familiar with M&M, but...

For a Silver Age game, it's hard to go wrong with a patriotic brick/super-soldier. You could be a football player (the immovable lineman). Maybe a boxer that can't be knocked out and just keeps punching.

A name like Steadfast also implies endurance. Maybe you could go long periods without sleep or push yourself physically without rest.

Thanks for the input Greatwyrm! Good ideas...hmm, football player. ;)
 

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