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[Brianide]

Hah. I think Diesel had the nickname before he became a super, and it suits his liquid self well. I also came up with it because the river in my fictional city is the "Diesel River," and originally the press was going to call him "The Diesel Man" because he was spotted by the river. Then the name would be shortened to "Diesel" over time. But, I scrapped that and thought it would be simpler if Diesel was an alias he carried while doing jobs for the mafia to pay off his gambling debts.

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Eagle Eye (Garrett Harvey) PL 7 Top Shot
Abilities STR 0, AGL 4, FGT 0, AWE 6, STA 2, DEX 7, INT 0, PRE 0 • 40 points
Defenses Dodge 9, Parry 9, Toughness 5/2, Fortitude 7, Will 7 • 20 points
Offense
Explosive Arrow, Burst Damage 7
Flare Arrow +7, Affliction 7 (Resisted by Fortitude)
Knockout Gas Arrow +7, Affliction 7 (Resisted by Fortitude)
Stun Arrow +7, Multiattack Damage 7
Arrow +7, Multiattack Damage 7
Advantages Accurate Attack, Power Attack, Precise Attack (Ranged; Concealment, Cover), Uncanny Dodge, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Bows), Ultimate Effort (Aim), Quick Draw, Evasion, Defensive Roll 3 • 14 points
Skills Acrobatics +8, Athletics +5, Insight +10, Perception +12 • 10 points
Powers/Devices
Eagle Eyes: Senses 4 (Danger Sense, Distance Sense, Extended Sight, Tracking (Sight) ) • 4 points
Collapsible Bow and Trick Arrows: Array, Easily Removable, Feature (concealable) • 17 points
• Cable Arrow: Movement 1 (Swinging) Linked Speed 4 (30 mi/hour)
• Explosive Arrow: Burst Area Ranged Damage 7
• Flare Arrow: Ranged Progressive Affliction 7 (Resisted by Fortitude; Visually Impaired, Visually
Disabled, Visually Unaware), Limited to One Sense
• Knockout Gas Arrow: Cloud Area Ranged Affliction 7 (Resisted by Fortitude; Fatigued, Exhausted,
Asleep)
• Smoke Arrow: Cloud Area Ranged Affliction 7 (Visually Impaired and Hindered, Visually Disabled and Dazed, Visually Unaware and Paralyzed; Extra Condition, Instant Recovery)
• Stun Arrow/Normal Arrow: Ranged Multiattack Damage 7
Complications
Motivation - Recognition: Garrett uses any available competition to let others see his skill.
Motivation - Doing Good: Garrett dedicates some of his after-school hours to protecting the people of Paradigm City.

Costs Abilities 40 + Defense 20 + Advantages 14 + Skills 10 + Powers 21 = 105

Eagle Eye (Garrett) is obviously a Hawkeye/Green Arrow type. He has minor sensory powers, which help his incredible skill with bows and guns. Garret Harvey is an incoming freshman at Paradigm High, a school for supers. The tech teacher, Gearhead, created Garrett's collapsible bow. Gearhead also designed Garret's trick arrows, which let him stand up to any of his more super-powered classmates.

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Stormcrow (Keiran O’Connor) PL 7 Weather Controller
Abilities STR 0, STA 2, AGL 2, DEX 2, FGT 0, INT 0, AWE 2, PRE 2
Advantages Favored Environment (Sky), Power Attack
Skills Expertise: Weather 6 (6), Insight 5 (7), Perception 5 (7)
Powers
Weather Control (Dynamic Array):
• Cyclone: Burst Area Ranged Affliction 7 (Resisted and Overcome by Strength; Hindered and Impaired, Prone and Stunned), Alternate Resistance (Strength), Concentration, Extra Condition, Instant Recovery, Limited Degree
• Lightning Bolt: Ranged Damage 8, Accurate 2, Indirect 3 (Any point downward)
• Summon Storm: Environment 7 (1/2 mile, Cold, Impede Movement, Visiblity)
• Whirlwind: Burst Area Move Object 7
Vigorous: Enhanced Stamina 3; Enhanced Defenses 16 (Dodge 7, Parry 9), Sustained
Weather Resistance: Immunity - Weather Effects, Limited to Half Effect
Wind Riding: Flight 5 (60 MPH)
Defense Dodge 9, Parry 9, Toughness 5/2, Fortitude 7, Will 7
Offense
Lightning Bolt +6, 8 Damage, Indirect (Any point downward)
Cyclone - Ranged Burst Area, DC 17 Strength
Whirlwind - Burst Area Move Object, DC 17 Strength
Complications
Accident: When Keiran experiences strong emotions, he tends to influence the weather.
Motivation - Responsibility: Keiran tries to use his powers to combat dangerous weather, but he’s not powerful enough to take on everything just yet.
Description Keiran is a good-looking young boy with auburn hair and gray-green eyes. He is usually focused and serious, since he knows how important it is to master his powers. This demeanor makes him come off cool and distant. Keiran wears canvas cargo pants, a gray t-shirt, a leather jacket with green sleeve stripes, green fingerless gloves, and green-lensed goggles.
Cost Abilities 20 + Advantages 2 + Skills 8 + Powers 65 + Defense 10 = 105

Keiran is a kid from Iowa whose parents were killed by a tornado when he was 12. Keiran survived the incident, and he soon discovered it was due to his unique powers. He now lives with his mom's sister in upstate New York, and he's about to start his first year at Paradigm High.

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Blue Beacon (PL 7) aka Bridgett Palmer
Abilities STR 0, AGL 2, FGT 0, AWE 6, STA 0, DEX 3, INT 1, PRE 4 • 32 points
Defense Dodge 5, Parry 5, Toughness 9/0, Fortitude 5, Will 9 • 16 points
Offense Azure Grip +7, 7 Damage
Skills Insight 3, Perception 3, Persuasion 4, Ranged Combat (Azure Grip) 4 • 7 points
Advantages Accurate Attack, Assessment, Attractive, Extraordinary Effort, Inspire, Power Attack • 6 points
Power Gloves (Restricted: Nascent psionics; Removable) • 44 points
Hard Light: Create 7 (Movable, Precise, Stationary) • [22 points]
• Azure Grip: Move Object 7 (Damaging, Precise) • [1 point]
Force Field 9 • [9 points]
Flight 6 • [12 points]
Life Support: Immunity 10 • [10 points]
Complications
Identity - Bridgett wants to keep her true identity secret from the outside world. In addition, she wants to live up to the mantle of "Blue Beacon" set by her great-grandmother.
Relationship - Winter (Romy Michigan) is Bridgett's cousin on her father's side.
Cost Abilities 32 + Defense 16 + Skills 7 + Advantages 6 + Powers 44 = 105

Bridgett has a pair of gloves that she inherited from her great-grandmother, Reyna Anderson - the original Blue Beacon, who fought for the Brits in WWII. When Bridgett dons the gloves, she gains the powers of her great-grandmother. Bridgett doesn’t know how the gloves work, however. She suspects that it has something to do with her family line, which is partially correct. The sapphire inlaid in the gloves absorbed some of her great-grandmother’s power, and these energies fuel Bridgett’s own nascent powers. Perhaps someday she won’t need the gloves at all.

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Blink (PL 7 Teleporter) aka Jeffrey Clarke
Abilities STR 0, AGL 2, FGT 2, AWE 2, STA 2, DEX 0, INT 2, PRE 0
Defense Dodge 11, Parry 11, Toughness 3/2, Fortitude 7, Will 7
Advantages Defensive Roll
Skills Acrobatics 4 (6), Expertise: Dimensions 2 (4), Perception 4 (6)
Powers
Defensive Porting: Enhanced Defenses 18 (Dodge +9, Parry +9)
Blinking: Teleport 11 (Accurate, Change Direction, Change Velocity, Dimensional Travel 1, Extended, Turnabout; 8 mi, Extended 2,000 mi; Dimensional Travel leads to Pocket Dimension)
• Sending: Teleport 7 (Accurate 3, Accurate Teleport, Attack, Change Direction, Change Velocity, Dimensional Travel 1; ½ mi)
• Object Displacement: Ranged Area Damage 7
Complications
Curiosity: Jeff can't keep from exploring any interesting place he sees.
Motivation - Thrills: Jeff seeks adventure and excitement, which can land him in dangerous situations.
Description Jeff has brown hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. When he teleports, he leaves behind a wisp of blue plasma. Jeff is an explorer at heart. He loves going to the remote parts of the world, and he spends much of his free time in his Pocket Dimension, a strange place filled with shifting gravities and dangerous energy. Jeff is genial, adventurous, and excitable. He has friends but enjoys time alone. He is secretive to the true extent of his powers and usually hides that he can travel to a different dimension or make extended teleports.
Cost Abilities 20 + Advantages 1 + Defense 10 + Powers 69 + Skills 5 = 105

[kenseido]

Blue Shadow
Defense
Dodge 8 (13), Parry 5 (13),
Toughness 0 (7 w/ Def. Roll and armor),
Fortitude 5 (9), Will 8 (11)

For the record, his Toughness is never 0. It is 7 normally, 5 without armor. With armor and flat footed, it is 6. With no armor, and flat footed it is 4.

[Brianide]

Whoops! Oversight on my part. Thanks for the correction.

[Brianide]

I gotta get the Paradigm High faculty up here, along with the other freshmen students. The faculty are all PL 12 vets with varying archetypes and backgrounds.

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Winter (Romy Michigan) PL 8 Ice Controller
Abilities STR 0, AGL 4, FGT 2, PRE 2, STA 2, DEX 4, INT 1, AWE 2
Defense Dodge 10, Parry 10, Toughness 6, Fortitude 8, Will 8
Powers
Ice Sculpting: Create 8 (Innate, Permanent, Precise) • 18 points
• Freezing Blast: Cumulative Ranged Affliction 6 (Resisted by Fort; Hindered, Immobile, Paralyzed) • 1 point
• Freezing Cone: Cumulative Cone Area Affliction 6 (Resisted by Fort; Hindered, Immobile, Paralyzed) • 1 point
• Ice Shards: Cone-Area Damage 8 • 1 point
• Ice Sword: Strength-based Selective Multiattack Damage 6 • 1 point
Ice Slide: Platform Flight 7 (250 mi/hour) • 7 points
Blizzard: Environment: Extreme Cold 2 (60 ft radius)• 4 points
Ice Armor: Protection 4 (Sustained) • 4 points
Cold Blooded: Immunity 1 (Cold) • 1 point
Advantages Improved Critical: Ice Sword 2, Improved Disarm, Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics 8 (12), Athletics 8 (8), Close Combat: Blades 8 (10), Investigation 4 (5), Ranged Combat: Ice 6 (10)
Complications
Weakness - Fire: Romy suffers an extra degree of effect from fire or heat attacks.
Motivation - Doing Good
Rivalry - Firebrand
Relationship - Bridgett Palmer: Romy is Bridgett’s older cousin. Romy’s mother is sister to Bridgett’s father.
Cost Abilities 34 + Defense 26 + Powers 38 + Advantages 4 + Skills 17 = 120

This is my first crack at an ice controller. Romy will start out as one of several defined NPC sophomore students at Paradigm High. She and her friends will always be one PL above the PCs, but they won't be featured prominently as combatants, and when they are helping out during action scenes, they'll probably just be there for atmosphere more than stats.

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Firebrand PL 7 Fire Controller
Abilties Str 0, Agl 2, Fgt 0, Awe 0, Sta 2, Dex 2, Int 0, Pre 2
Defense Parry 9, Dodge 9, Toughness 5, Fortitude 7, Will 7
Advantages Attractive, Defensive Roll 3, Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics 2 (+4), Athletics 2 (+2), Deception 2 (+4), Expertise: Current 2 (+2), Insight 2 (+2), Persuasion 5 (+7), Ranged Combat: Fire 3 (+5)
Powers
Fireball: Ranged Burst Area Fire Damage 7 • 21 points
• Fire Blast: Ranged Fire Damage 9 • 1 point
Immunity to Heat: Immunity 10 (Heat Effects) • 10 points
Rocket Flight: Flight 4 • 8 points
Warm: Environment (Extreme Heat) 1 • 2 points
Complications Accident, Temper
Cost Abilities 16 + Defense 28 + Advantages 5 + Skills 9 + Powers 42 = 100

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Alphagirl and Omegaman (PL 7 Twin Paragons) aka Paige and Cory Maddox

Abilities STR 7, AGL 2, FGT 4, AWE 0, STA 7, DEX 2, INT 0, PRE 3
Defense Dodge 7, Parry 7, Toughness 7, Fortitude 9, Will 5
Powers Flight 7 (250 mph), Impervious Toughness 7
Advantages Attractive, Teamwork, Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics 5 (Paige only), Athletics 3 (Paige only), Athletics 8 (Cory only), Persuasion 2, Close Combat: Unarmed 3, Ranged Combat: Thrown 5

Paige and Cory are the twin children of Gallant Gold, a pompous but good superhero. He's kind of like Captain Hammer mixed with Superman, which means he can be a bit overbearing as a father, and the twins have a lot to live up to.

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Tank PL 7 Metal Powerhouse

Abilities STR 9/2, AGL 0, FGT 5, AWE 0, STA 4, DEX 0, INT 0, PRE 2
Defense Dodge 5, Parry 5, Toughness 9 (4), Fortitude 9, Will 5
Offense
Unarmed +5, 9 Damage
Groundstrike Burst-Area Damage 7
Shockwave Burst-Area Affliction 7
Powers
Platinum Form
Super Strength: Enhanced Strength 7
Groundstrike: Burst-Area Damage 7 (Limited: everyone must be in contact w/ the ground)
Shockwave: Burst-Area Affliction 7 (Resisted by Fortitude; Dazed and Vulnerable, Stunned and Prone; Extra Condition, Limited Degree; Limited: everyone must be in contact w/ the ground)
Invulnerability: Protection 5, Impervious Toughness 9, Immunity (Environmental Conditions)
Crushing Fists: Enhanced Trait: Improved Critical (Unarmed), Enhanced Trait: Improved Smash, Enhanced Trait: Takedown
Advantages Power Attack
Skills Athletics +13/+6, Intimidation
Complications
Electricity Weakness [+5 Damage or Affliction (Dazed and Vulnerable, Stunned and Defenseless)]
Bully (Tank is used to throwing his weight around to get what he wants, and he doesn’t take “no” for an answer.)

Tank is the son of the powerhouse hero Behemoth.

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Amp (PL 7 Electric Speedster) aka Sammy Jacobs
Abilities STR 0, AGL 2, FGT 3, AWE 0, STA 2, DEX 3, INT 0, PRE 0
Defense Dodge 9, Parry 9, Toughness 5/2, Fortitude 7, Will 7
Powers
Lightning Storm: Cone Area Damage 7
• Lightning Blast: Blast 5 Linked Ranged Affliction 5 (Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated; Resisted by Fortitude), Accurate 1
• Shocking Punch: Multiattack Damage 6 Linked Affliction 7 (Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated; Resisted by Fortitude), Accurate 2
• System Shock: Ranged Affliction 5 (Dazed and Vulnerable, Stunned and Defenseless, Paralyzed and Incapacitated; Resisted by Fortitude), Extra Condition, Accurate 3
Super Speed: Speed 9, Quickness 4, Improved Initiative 4
Advantages Move-by Action
Skills Athletics +6, Ranged Combat (Lightning Blast) +4
Offense
Init +18
Lightning Storm - Cone Area Damage 7
Lightning Blast +9, Damage 5/Affliction 5 (Resisted by Fortitude)
Shocking Punch +7, Multiattack Damage 6/Affliction 7 (Resisted by Fortitude)
System Shock +9, Affliction 5 (Resisted by Fortitude)
Complications
Hyper - Amp has trouble sitting still and paying attention to any one task for long.
Showoff - Amp likes others to know he’s good at what he does, which can get him into trouble.
Accident - Amp has yet to gain full control of his powers. Sometimes, his super speed causes an electric discharge that damages nearby electronics.
Description Sammy Jacobs, aka Amp, is part of the popular crowd. His cocky nature and flashy powers make him a natural jock. Sammy’s normal clothing consists of name brand t-shirts and designer jeans. His super costume is form-fitting blue and white with lightning patterns. He's the son of Charge (dad, electricity controller) and Jetstream (mom, speedster).

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Never (Nick Genet) PL 7 Raven Thief

Abilities STR 2, AGL 2, FGT 4, AWE 2, STA 0, DEX 2, INT 2, PRE 2
Defense Dodge 9, Parry 9, Toughness 5, Fortitude 7, Will 7
Offense
Unarmed +9, 5 Damage
Murder +9, Affliction 5
Grab +4, DC 12
Powers/Devices
Cape of the Raven (Removable) (16)
Conspiracy: Flight 5 • [10 points]
• Murder: Ranged Affliction 5 (Resisted by Will; Dazed and Vulnerable, Stunned and Defenseless; Limited Degree, Extra Condition)• [1 point]
Feather Armor: Protection 5 • [8 points]
Raven Sight: Low-light vision • [1 point]
Skills Acrobatics 4, Close Combat: Unarmed 5, Deception 4, Insight 4, Investigation 4, Perception 4, Persuasion 4, Sleight of Hand 4, Stealth 5, Technology 4
Advantages Attractive, Chokehold, Contacts, Equipment 1, Evasion, Grabbing Finesse, Improved Hold, Power Attack, Redirect, Takedown, Skill Mastery (Stealth), Taunt
Equipment Sap Gloves (Damage 3, Improved Critical 1), Lockpicks
Complications
Spotted Past: Never’s parents used to be infamous thieves.
Guideless: Never doesn’t have much direction in his life and doesn’t yet know what he wants to become.
Cost Abilities 32 + Defense 24 + Devices 16 + Skills 21 + Advantages 12 = 105

The Genets live in a stately manor in upstate New York. They operated for many years as expert thieves, but after Nick was born, they leveraged their knowledge of the criminal underworld to place themselves in a position more in-line with the law. They now broker information and act as security consultants for both world governments and commercial organizations. Their treasured family heirloom, the Cape of the Raven, has been passed to Nick. Nick’s parents bought him an apartment in Paradigm, as they live about an hour away. They keep tabs on him covertly, and they see him about once a month personally. They’re loving parents, but their busy work lives don’t give them much time to spend with their son. Nick craves their attention and approval, but too much negligence will drive him away. Nick could either follow his parents and become a paid operative, or he could rebel and be a poor but self-sustained city vigilante.

Designer Note: Never is one of my favorites in the bunch. I first envisioned him as an adult hero and later sized him to down to fit in at Paradigm High, but his core essence remains the same. The Cape of the Raven was originally a full-sized cloak and hood, but that would look a little silly on a high school student (and the editor doesn't have a hood I liked), and I thought this small cape fits his attitude too well. However, I think that the cape can "resize" in a fashion. Nick can pull on the end and make the cape furl around him as he turns into a flock of ravens, and perhaps it can transform into the full cloak and hood when he wants it to. The reason I put his Flight power into an array is because I don't see him using it much when he's actually in combat. He would swoop in as a spooky flock of ravens (which join into a shadowy mass to form Nick), and then he'd be like Batman, jumping around and kicking people in the head. I don't know what's going to happen with Never, yet. If the PCs decide to get involved with him, then we can see where he goes! Just look at his face. You know he's about to get into trouble.

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Silhouette (PL 7 Shadow Controller/Teleporter) aka Dahlia Black

Combat
Shadow Strike +9, Damage 5
Teleport Other +9, Rank 5
Dodge/Parry 9, Toughness 5
Fortitude 5, Will 9

Powers
Shadow Control
Teleport