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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8809492" data-attributes="member: 30538">Antaeus<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-TqmDdvX/0/04c9fb10/S/e0b033a1cbb028932137e8e2946e8111-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Art by RicardoTo Steve Panagakos, death had come as something of a release, with a sense of a great burden finally being set down. For so long, he had borne up under the weight of his powers and the responsibilities that came with them, and the isolation that they had both brought. Now that was at an end, in the only way that it could end. More than the terror of what was happening to him and his closest friends, that was the clearest sensation that he felt as Stardust drowned him beneath the risen river waters.And then, in an eyeblink, he found himself restored, aware that the weight had grown even greater from the very first moment of his consciousness. He has not become any stronger, as the others have, but his body is much more massive and resistant to damage. Even if it should suffer enough damage to disrupt his awareness, that can easily be repaired by completely burying him within the earth, as he was at the start of all this. His body is much harder to damage than the mind within it.Unfortunately, that mind has suffered several serious shocks. He was the leader of the team and its smartest member, but had no idea that one of its members was manipulating him and all the rest from the moment that they met. Can someone as easily fooled as he was be a leader? Can a scientist who has managed to miss some fifty years of advancements really be considered a scientist? And without such traits, is he anything more than a stone statue that wanders around?Despite such angst, and his enduring regret about the way that his powers distance him from the world around him and humanity, Antaeus did not spend too long dissolved in grief. After turning over leadership to Phoenix when the latter demonstrated that his impulsiveness had turned to decisiveness, he began an intense course of study to let him catch up with all that he had missed. The internet has been a boon for this, though he has learned to always double check what he learned. (He considered carrying a tablet with him to let him do that at all times, but could not find one rugged enough to stand up to the punishment he routinely endures.)Both because of this desire to get caught up and his enduring reputation as a former leader of the Institute, Antaeus has the warmest relations with other groups of superheroes out of all the reborn Primals. He finds little enjoyment in posing as the friendly giant that he used to be, but if that is what his responsibility demands of him, that is what he will do. As a consequence, however, he has encountered the Vagabond called Pok' and learned about the role someone very like him played in the sagas of her people. Clearly, there is to be more time travel in the future for him and his team, and he wonders what more will be demanded of him.Antaeus -- PL 11Abilities:STR 10 | STA 6 | AGL 2 | DEX 1 | FGT 8 | INT 3 | AWE 2 | PRE 2Powers:Strength Tricks: Array (10 points)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Groundstrike: Burst Area Affliction 10 (Resisted by Fortitude, Overcome by Dodge; Dazed and Vulnerable, Stunned and Prone), Extra Condition, Limited Degrees, Limited (targets and attacker must both be in contact with the ground) - 10 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shockwave: Burst Area Damage 10, Limited (targets and attacker must both be in contact with the ground) - 1 point</li> </ul>Resurrection: Immortality 10, Source (burial within earth) - 10 pointsTransformed Form: Reaction (being struck in melee) Damage 6, Limited to lesser of this Damage rank or that of the triggering attack; Immunity 10 (life support); Immunity 80 (Toughness), Limited to half effect; Impervious Protection 8; Regeneration 10, Source (contact with natural earth) - 89 pointsAdvantages:Benefit (make Well-informed checks with Technology), Fearless 2, Improved Defense, Interpose, Leadership, Move-by Attack, Power Attack, Well-informed.Skills:Expertise: Science 6 (+9), Insight 6 (+8), Intimidation 6 (+8), Investigation 4 (+7), Perception 6 (+8), Technology 4 (+7).Offense:Initiative +2Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 10)Defense:Dodge 6, Parry 8, Fortitude 9, Toughness 14, Will 9.Totals:Abilities 68 + Powers 110 + Advantages 9 + Skills 16 + Defenses 14 = 217 pointsOffensive PL: 10Defensive PL: 11Resistance PL: 8Skill PL: 4Complications:Responsibility--Motivation. Clumsy (inflicts Reaction Damage on held object.) Inhuman Appearance. Massive (mass rank 6). Out of Time. Weakness (when separated from the earth by air or water.)</blockquote>

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