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[Arthur Eld]

Fear the veins!

Red Hulk
PL 12 234pp

Abilities: STR 40/12 (+15), DEX 14 (+2), CON 34/14 (+12), INT 14 (+2), WIS 14 (+2), CHA 16 (+3)

Skills: Bluff 4 (+7), Computers 4 (+6), Gather Information 9 (+12), Intimidate 9 (+12), Knowledge (Tactics) 12 (+14), Notice 6 (+8), Search 4 (+6), Sense Motive 4 (+6)

Feats: Accurate Attack, Chokehold, Fearless, Improved Block, Improved Initiative, Luck, Masterful Tactics, Power Attack, Startle, Well-Informed

Powers: Enhanced STR 28, Enhanced CON 20, Drain 15 (All energy powers), Boost 4 (Free Action, Personal Only, Any trait of an energy descriptor, Power Loss ((must Drain first) Immunity 4 (high pressure, low pressure, cold, heat)
Super-Strength 9 (PF: Groundstrike, DAP: Leaping 9)
Regeneration 3 (Disabled 2, Staggered 1)
Protection 4, Impervious Toughness 11

Combat: Attack +9 (DC 30 unarmed), Defense 18, 14 flat-footed

Saves: Toughness +16, Fortitude +13, Reflex +4, Will +8

Drawbacks: Normal Identity (uncommon, major, -4pp)

Abilities 24+Skills 13+Feats 10+Powers 148+Combat 34+Saves 9-Drawbacks 4=234

•This is a build that I've been wanting to tackle for a while. But I wanted to wait to see Rulk in action for some time. Seeing as how its been two years, I like how he turned out. PL 12, which puts him on par with my Thor build. He should have a 50/50 shot against Thor at any time. The Hulk, on the other hand, should usually win.

•With more information on the Red Hulk, and who he really is, I felt comfortable with this build. He has only used the Drain a few times, but enough for it not to be chalked up to Fiat or a power-stunt. As for how he fared against the Hulk (the whole 'madder he gets, hotter he gets' thing) I call that Extra Effort and the resultant Fatigue. He had just fought the new Abomination, Hulk, Thor, and then Hulk again. Boy was tired. No need to bog him down with Auras with side effect. He can take away energy (Gamma radiation, cosmic energy, whatever) and then use Boost. Note that said Boost can break his caps, and that's intentional. Need him to fight Thor, but lose? Use this build as is. Want him to school Goldilocks? Have him drain some gamma radiation from-I don't know, a failed hulk clone or something. There's enough of them running around after all.

•I should have a build of Rulk's Normal Identity up in a little while too. Probably have the same base Abilities, maybe some more skills, and some Feats.

[Thorpacolypse]

Man, that Rulk identity reveal was...something. It's not often I'm actually right on something like this, but it was exactly who I thought it was. It was the She-Rulk reveal that actually took me off guard.

Nice Rulk. I actually have been getting a kick out of War of the Hulks. Spider Hulk cracked me up!

[MisterO]

So, spoil me: Who's Red Hulk?

[kenseido]

Check Wikipedia. Has both Red Hulk's and Red She Hulk's identities.

[Thorpacolypse]

Check Wikipedia. Has both Red Hulk's and Red She Hulk's identities.

Yep, I don't think it's really a spoiler anymore with that. When you type in Red Hulk, it takes you right to said person's Wiki page instead of the old Red Hulk page.

But to be nice, in case someone is REALLY trying to stay surprised, they are..

Thunderbolt and Betty Ross, just like I thought in the first place!

They did a decent job of keeping suspense up for something that wasn't that big of shock in the first place. The signs were all around, especially in Rulk's inner monologues throughout Fall of The Hulks.

I think you should let you Rulk and Thor rumble, Eld.

[Arthur Eld]

It has been a while since I did a playtest. I'll take another look at my Thor build, and then set it up maybe.

[Arthur Eld]

Legionary
PL 10 150pp

Abilities: STR 32/18 (+11), DEX 14 (+2), CON 20 (+5), INT 12 (+1), WIS 14 (+2), CHA 14 (+2)

Skills: Bluff 8 (+10), Concentration 4 (+6), Gather Information 6 (+8), Profession (accountant) 4 (+6), Intimidate 6 (+8), Knowledge (business) 4 (+5), Notice 4 (+6), Search 4 (+5), Sense Motive 4 (+6)

Feats: Accurate Attack, Attack Specialization (unarmed), Defensive Attack, Improved Initiative, Interpose, Jack-of-all-trades, Luck, Power Attack, Set-up, Teamwork

Powers: Flight 6 (250 MPH), Protection 7 (Impervious), Duplication 8 (PF: Absorption Healing, Progression 3 (10 dupes), Sacrifice, Extras-Heroic), Super-Strength 5 (HL:25 tons)

Combat: Attack +7, +9 unarmed (DC 26 unarmed), Defense 18, 14 flat-footed

Saves: Toughness +12 (7 Impervious), Fortitude +8, Reflex +5, Will +7

Drawbacks: Weakness (Prometheus X Moderate, -1 to CON, each round, can kill, -7pp)

Abilities 32+Skills 11+Feats 10+Powers 63+Combat 30+Saves 11-Drawbacks 7=150

•An original character, Legionary here is an NPC from my PbP. Again, I mostly just started with the name and went from there. He's strong enough to be a decent solo hero (most PL 10 characters are) but his Duplication makes him insanely overpowered. The fact that he fits in at points should not fool you-GMs, don't let a character play someone like this. 10 PL 10s under the control of one player is bad enough, but its got worse for my players cause he's on a team. He's not a groundbreaking build aside from the Duplication but give him a few turns to pop out dupes and the Legionaries can fight high-level opponents, lift massive weights, and be as effective as, well 10 paragons.

[Arthur Eld]

Little Boy
PL 11 148

Abilities: STR 12 (+1), DEX 16 (+3), CON 12 (+1), INT 16 (+3), WIS 12 (+1), CHA 12 (+1)

Skills: Acrobatics 4 (+7), Bluff 9 (+10), Climb 4 (+5), Computers 6 (+9), Craft (chemical) 12 (+15), Disabel Device 8 (+11), Gather Information 8 (+9), Knowledge (physical sciences) 12 (+15), Knowledge (technology) 12 (+15), Pilot 4 (+7), Notice 8 (+9), Search 4 (+7), Sense Motive 6 (+7), Stealth 7 (+10)

Feats: Defensive Roll 2, Equipment 10, Improved Aim, Improved Initiative, Improvised Tools, Inventor, Quick Draw, Move-by Action, Power Attack, Seize Initiative, Sneak Attack

Equipment: Evil Wheeled shoes (Speed 1), Explosive belt (Blast 10 (Explosion), AP: Strike 10 (Penetrating), Strike 10 (Burst)), Heavy Pistol, Knife, Armored Costume (+5, Subtle)

Powers: Paralyze 5 (Burst Area, No Save, Free Action, Flaw-Not Lasting, Subtle, Progression 1 (50 Feet)

Combat: Attack +9 (DC 16 unarmed, DC 17 knife, DC 25 Toughness, 20 Reflex Blast and Strike, DC 25 Strike), Defense 20, 15 flat-footed, Initiative +7, Knockback Resistance -

Saves: Toughness +8, +6 flat-footed, Fortitude +5, Reflex +8, Will +8

Drawbacks: Side-effect (If LB's condition becomes Unconscious due to Extra Effort, his condition automatically worsens to Dying, Major, uncommon, -3pp)

Abilities 20+Skills 26+Feats 21+Powers 32+Combat 38+Saves 14-Drawbacks 3=148

•I've built this guy like 3, maybe four times now, not gonna say a lot about him. He's based on Rolo from Code Geass and Fatman from MGS2 (hence the name). His power is shamelessly broken (Under the No Save Extra, it says it shouldn't apply to Toughness Saves or effects that always hit, like Areas), but so is the character he's based on. His power maybe should be Reaction instead of Free Action, and I might go change that on Rolo's sheet (this build is really a mismash of my Rolo build and Snowman's Fatman build, with a few tweaks) but as is, he's powerful enough. If he needs to, Villain Point to Paralyze as a Reaction.

•Personality/tactics. He's a creepy nine-teen year old obsessed with bombs and clocks, with the power (not sure how he got it, let's say...magic?) to stop one's sense of time, effectively Paralyzing one. The power's effects don't last (not that it makes a difference, since its No Save) but how it works is, he uses the power, you're frozen, he does something, and all the while, since its Subtle, you don't know what happened. It seems like he's teleporting more than anything else. But he ain't, he just freezes you, walks up, puts a bomb on your chest, and glides away on his wheel-shoes (another nod to Fatman). I guess he gets the Drawback (not effective against Constructs) but does it really make a difference?

[Arthur Eld]

Crusader
PL 14 226pp

Abilities: STR 32/18 (+11/+4), DEX 18 (+4), CON 34/18 (+12/+4), INT 12 (+1), WIS 14 (+2), CHA 16 (+3)

Skills: Bluff 4 (+7), Diplomacy 2 (+5), Intimidate 8 (+11), Knowledge (current events) 4 (+5), Knowledge (streetwise) 4 (+5), Notice 8 (+10), Profession (writer) 6 (+8), Search 8 (+9), Sense Motive 8 (+10)

Feats: Attack Specialization (unarmed) 2, Benefit (Status), Improved Critical (unarmed), Inspire 3, Interpose, Luck 2, Move-By Action, Power Attack, Ultimate Toughness, Uncanny Dodge (hearing)

Powers: Super-Strength 14 (DAP: Speed 17, AP: Autofire Extra 2 on Unarmed Damage),
Leaping 4, Impervious Toughness 7, Enhanced Feats 22: Improved Initiative 17, Evasion, Dodge Focus 4 Quickness 12, Enhanced Reflex 5
Enhanced STR 14, Enhanced CON 16

Combat: Attack +13, +17 unarmed (DC 26 unarmed, 19-20 crit), Defense 26, 16 flat-footed

Saves: Toughness +12 (7 Impervious), Fortitude +14, Reflex +12, Will +9

Drawbacks: Weakness (Prometheus X Moderate, -1 to CON, each round, can kill, -7pp), Normal Identity ((Prometheus X), -4pp))

Abilities 36+Skills 13+Feats 14+Powers 112+Combat 50+Saves 12-Drawbacks 11=226

•Crusader is another NPC for my PbP game, he's the Resident Superman analog. Super-Strong, Super-tough, Super-Fast. Overpointed, but not by too much, his Skills are pretty low, but with Quickness 12 (letting him take 20 10,000 times faster) he can get by pretty well at classic hero stuff-seeing things out of the ordinary, spying criminals about to hold up pretty damsels, that kind of thing. And then, at PL 14, he has the sheer oomph to do something about it. Not too tough, but with a few extra Hero Points and Ultimate Toughness, it would take something at rank 22 to stun him. Oh, yeah, he's a bad-arse. He's not as boy-scouty as Supes, hence the low Diplomacy but high Intimidate. He's been active enough on his own world that people know he's a good guy (Status), and also know to get out of his way if he gets mad. A strong combatant, good fun hero type, with minor trimming, he'd make a fine starting PL 14 character.

[Severance]

Cool originals Eld! But I'm curious, they all seem to have a weakness to Prometheus X. Is there a connection between superhumans because of this element?

[Arthur Eld]

Well, on the world they come from, Prometheus X is sort of like Kryptonite, but it affects more than just one race of aliens-nearly one in every twenty superhumans are affected by it to some degree. No one's really sure why. That's why Crusader loses his powers and can die from it, but Legionary would keep his powers while it was killing him.

I guess I could give them Vulnerability (Prometheus energies) but I probably won't. Not a lot of Superman builds have vulnerability (Kryptonite descriptor).

[Arthur Eld]

Captain Robert Cross
PL 10 150pp

Abilities: STR 20 (+5), DEX 16 (+3), CON 22 (+6), INT 13 (+1), WIS 12 (+1), CHA 14 (+2)

Skills: Acrobatics 4 (+7), Intimidate 6 (+7), Knowledge (tactics) 6 (+7), Notice 6 (+7), Search 4 (+5), Sense Motive 6 (+7)

Feats: Accurate Attack, Attack Focus (melee), Benefit (Rank) 4, Defensive Attack, Equipment 3, Improved Block, Improved Defense, Improved Initiative, Lionheart, Luck, Move-by Action, Swift, Tiger Leap

Equipment: Body Armor (+4 toughness), communicator, 10 ep in mission-specific equipment

Powers: Device 5 (Shock baton, easy to lose Linked Strike 8 & Linked Stun 8, Extended Reach)
Device 5 (Grenade Launcher, hard to lose Blast 10, PF: Split Attack, AP: Blast 7 (Extra- Burst Area))

Combat: Attack +10, +11 melee, Defense 20, 15 flat-footed

Saves: Toughness +10, Fortitude +10, Reflex +7, Will +5

Abilities 37+Skills 8+Feats 18+Powers 35+Combat 40+Saves 12=150

•From Prototype, Cross, also known as the Specialist, is a mid-level boss who actually gets a fair amount of characterization. He's a perfect lieutenant type for all kinds of villains, or could serve as an ally if the heroes work for or with the government. He's a skilled soldier, talented officer, and is outfitted with enough cutting-edge gear and experience to go toe-to-toe with superhumans.

•At PL 10, Cross isn't a match for Alex Mercer (whenever I get around to building him), but he's good enough to give him a decent fight, and he starts with one Villain Point. He should also have the Complication (Must let enemy know he's reloading) although I didn't want to give him a Drawback for having to reload in the first place.

[JackGiantkiller]

I think she's perfectly suited to a scene in Grand Central at rush hour. Just think of all the lovely innocent bystanders. Great build, Arthur. Keep on with originals.

[Arthur Eld]

Cyclops
PL10

Abilities:
Strength 2, Stamina 3, Agility 3, Dexterity 3, Fighting 5, Intellect 2, Awareness 3, Presence 3

Powers:
Immunity 2 (Own powers, Havoc's powers) 2
Optic Beam (Line Area Ranged Damage 10) 30
•Optic Blast (Ranged Damage 10, Accurate, Ricochet 2, Precise, Split) 1
•Wide Beam (Blast 10, Cone Area) 1

Equipment
X-Man uniform Protection 3
Commlink

Advantages
Accurate Attack, Assessment, Diehard, Equipment, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Optic Blast), Improved Initiative, Inspire 3, Leadership, Luck, Move-by Action, Power Attack, Precise Attack (ranged), Ranged Attack 5, Teamwork

Skills
Acrobatics 4 (+7), Athletics 3 (+5), Close Combat (unarmed) 3 (+8), Expertise (teacher) 2 (+4), Insight 5 (+8), Perception 6 (+9), Technology 2 (+4), Vehicles 7 (+10)

Offense
Initiative +2
Unarmed +8, Close Damage 2
Optic Blast +10, Ranged Damage 10

Defense
Dodge 14, Parry 14
Toughness 6, Fortitude 8, Will 9

Abilities 48+Powers 34+Advantages 21+Skills 16+Defenses 31=150

Complications:
Accident: If Cyclops' visor or ruby glasses are removed, his powers can harm anything he looks at lest he keep his eyes closed.
Prejudice As a mutant, Scott Summers is 'hated and feared' by much of the world.
Responsibility As leader of the X-Men, Cyclops has to put the team's needs first.

Cylcops 3E is a simple build, and an iconic one, so I made him my first third edition build. Hopefully I'll get the chance to test him out soon.

[Thorpacolypse]

Man, you guys must read a helluva lot faster than me! I'm just now getting to the Powers section of the DCA book.

Nice 3E Cyclops. I think he's one of the few fairly iconic characters that you can make playable PP fairly easy with the new Skill PP cost and Power structures. I'm not saying it can't be done (because we'll do it) I just think it's going to be trickier for the big guns.