World That Needs Heroes: Vanguard Academy: Continuum

[Godfallen]

Yes, he’s basically a Native American Superman. Which, IMO, is what the original X-men character Thunderbird should have been like. Instead, they made him second best at everything, and then killed him off. Sigh.

yes...and then they introduced Warpath...and have yet to give him a decent story arc after "Rise and Fall of the Shiar Empire". However, his mutant powers are still coming in, and growing...at least according to Marvel.

[Libra]

Keep up the good work Jack.

[JackGiantkiller]

Nice Bearclaw build, but one thing troubles me about his drawbacks; what in God's name do you have to do to offend a bear?!?!?

If he does that, he deserves a 5pp tradeoff!!!!

I knew a band that changed their name to " Grizzly Bear Cub Destroyer".

I would assume that that would be one of the things that would offend a bear....because, having to live up to a name like that....you would eventually reap the harvest of destroying grizzly bear cubs...and I am not talking about PETA

That would do it. Failing to punish them, in Bearclaw's case, would do it.

[JackGiantkiller]

Yes, he’s basically a Native American Superman. Which, IMO, is what the original X-men character Thunderbird should have been like. Instead, they made him second best at everything, and then killed him off. Sigh.

yes...and then they introduced Warpath...and have yet to give him a decent story arc after "Rise and Fall of the Shiar Empire". However, his mutant powers are still coming in, and growing...at least according to Marvel.

Warpath is cool...but could be a lot cooler.

[Godfallen]

Nice Bearclaw build, but one thing troubles me about his drawbacks; what in God's name do you have to do to offend a bear?!?!?

If he does that, he deserves a 5pp tradeoff!!!!

I knew a band that changed their name to " Grizzly Bear Cub Destroyer".

I would assume that that would be one of the things that would offend a bear....because, having to live up to a name like that....you would eventually reap the harvest of destroying grizzly bear cubs...and I am not talking about PETA

That would do it. Failing to punish them, in Bearclaw's case, would do it.

also...i think the "god of bands" would kill them....cuz thats just a terrible name all around....I tell that story to other bands at concerts like we were roasting marshmellows and telling bad ghost stories.

[JackGiantkiller]

Allapattah

Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

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

Skills: Handle Animal 5 (+8), Language (Seminole), Stealth 5 (+7), Survival 5 (+8), Swim 5 (+13)

Feats: Animal Empathy, Attack Focus (Melee) 2, Chokehold, Environmental Adaptation (Underwater), Improved Critical (Bite), Improved Grab, Improved Grapple, Takedown Attack

Powers:
Growth 3 (E:Duration (Sustained->Continuous);F:Permanent;PF:Innate)
Immunity 8 (Aging,Disease,Heat,High Pressure,Need for Sleep,Poison,Suffocation)
Impervious Toughness 6
Protection 2 (E:Impervious)
Regeneration 9 (Recovery Rate (Bruised - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Injured - No Rest);PF:Persistent, Regrowth)
Strike 1 (E:Penetrating;F:Requires grapple;PF:Mighty) Bite.
Super-Strength 6
Swimming 4

Combat: Attack +6 melee +8
Damage Unarmed +11 (dc 26), Bite (dc 27, pen 1)
Defense 16 (Flat-footed: 13) Initiative +2
Grapple: +25 (Attack - +8,Strength - +11,Size - +0, Super-Strength - +6)

Saves: Toughness +14(+12) Impervious 8
Fortitude +12 Reflex +3 Willpower +5

Lifting: 66 tons

* - includes bonuses from Growth

Drawbacks:
Noticeable (Gator hide;Uncommon,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 51 + Skills 7 (26 Ranks) + Feats 9 + Powers 57 + Combat 24 + Saves 3 - Drawbacks -1 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Allapattah isn’t sure if he’s a gator who grew up shaped like a man, or a man born within the hide of a gator, who gets bigger and stronger every year. This is him at age 12. He was raised by a secluded group of Seminoles who still live in the Everglades…they claim him as kin, and have never told him whether he was born one of them or found. He doesn’t care. He protects his family, and the swamps. Woe unto the unwise outsider who trespasses in his territory.

He’s villain and hero at once, depending on point of view. He's also seven foot six of black plated hide with a mouth full of razors. Yummy.

[Libra]

Oh Mummy.

[JackGiantkiller]

Oh Mummy.

Nope. Alligator. More like the Creature from the Black Lagoon than the Mummy.

[Libra]

Gah!

[JackGiantkiller]

Laughing Raven
Raven Laughs-At-Nothing
OPL:6 DPL:10
Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

Abilities: STR 12(+1) DEX 14(+2) CON 12(+1) INT 14(+2) WIS 18(+4) CHA 14(+2)

Skills: Bluff 10 (+12/+16), Climb 5 (+6), Craft (Artistic) 5 (+7), Drive 5 (+7), Handle Animal 5 (+9), Investigate 5 (+7), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 10 (+12/+16), Knowledge (Streetwise) 5 (+7/+11), Knowledge (Tactics) 5 (+7/+11), Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) 6 (+8/+12), Language (Cherokee), Perform (Dance) 5 (+7), Perform (Singing) 5 (+7), Ride 5 (+7), Sense Motive 10 (+14), Stealth 5 (+7), Survival 5 (+9), Swim 5 (+6)

Feats: Attack Specialization (pistols), Animal Empathy, Attractive, Connected, Defensive Roll 5, Eidetic Memory, Equipment 2, Ritualist, Track, Well-Informed

Powers:
Comprehend 2 (Animals (Speak, Understand))
Super-Senses 6 (Awareness,Danger Sense,Detect magic (Mental),Extended (Detect Magic),Extended (Mystic Awareness),Ranged (Detect magic))
Telepathy 4 (F:Distracting)

Magic 10
AP-Animal Control 10
AP-Emotion Control 10
AP-Healing 10
AP-Life Control 10
AP-Summon (Spirits) 10 (E:Spirits group(1);F:Action (Standard->Full),Attitude (indifferent)(1))
AP-Super-Movement 2 (Dimensional Movement (Group - Cherokee Otherworlds))
AP-Weather Control 5 (Mix and Match x2)

Combat: Attack +6 Pistols +8
Damage Unarmed +1 (dc 16) light pistol +3 (dc 18)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +2
Grapple: +7 (Attack - +6,Strength - +1,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +1 Armored Leather Jacket +5 Defensive Roll +10
Fortitude +4 Reflex +6 Defensive Roll +11 Willpower +10

Lifting: 130 lb.
Equipment (10 points):
UTactical Vest (4), Light Pistol (6)

Drawbacks:
Power Loss (Magic,must be able to dance and sing;Common,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 24 + Skills 28 (112 Ranks) + Feats 15 + Powers 40 + Combat 32 + Saves 13 - Drawbacks -2 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta


Raven is a fully trained Cherokee medicine woman (“Cherokee,” she scoffs, “We are the Ani Yunwiyah, the Principle People.”) She’s also a cop, a member of the Atlanta chapter of the A.M.P. (American Metahuman Police). She’s been on the job 8 years, and she’s good at it.
She works with Rebel, Stone, and Troubleshooter on a daily basis.

Her eidetic memory comes from a shaman's memory training. It comes in handy for criminal investigations.

She also laughs often, and rarely for any reason anyone else can tell. Her fringed leather jacket is very obviously heavily reinforced and armored…she doesn’t know any combat magic, so she relies on her service pistol and her bullet-proof vest if she’s forced into a fight.

She’s a good looking Cherokee (scoff) woman in tight jeans, the aforementioned jacket, and a white button up shirt. She doesn’t wear a lot of Native American jewelry, but she does wear a power wheel on a silver chain around her neck, under her shirt. She wears sensible brown running shoes.

[Libra]

Sounds like a lovely young lady.

[JackGiantkiller]

Sparks
T.J. Sparks (Thelma Janice…don’t call her that.)
OPL 10, DPL 9.5
Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

Abilities: STR 12(+1) DEX 14(+2) CON 12(+1) INT 14(+2) WIS 16(+3) CHA 14(+2)

Skills: Bluff 5 (+7), Concentration 7 (+10), Diplomacy 5 (+7), Drive 5 (+7), Gather Information 5 (+7), Intimidate 5 (+7), Investigate 5 (+7), Knowledge (Civics) 5 (+7), Knowledge (Streetwise) 5 (+7), Knowledge (Tactics) 5 (+7), Language (Spanish), Profession (Police Officer) 5 (+8), Search 5 (+7), Sense Motive 5 (+8), Stealth 5 (+7)

Feats: Attack Specialization (Electrical Control) 2, Defensive Roll 5, Equipment 4, Precise Shot, Trance

Powers:
Absorption (Energy) 8 (E:Power Magnet; F:Limited to Electricity) (note: Bought without Impervious Protection because she is already immune)
Electrical Control 10 (PF:Improved Range)
AP-Element Control (Fire) 10
AP-Ignite 7
AP-Stun 7 (E:Range (Touch->Ranged))
Immunity 15 (Damage Type (fire), V.C. Descriptor (electrical effects))

Combat: Attack +6 Electrical Control +10
Damage Unarmed +1 (dc 16) Light pistol +3 (dc 18)
Electric Blast +10 (dc 25)
Ignite +7 (dc 22) Stun +7 (dc 17)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +2
Grapple: +7 (Attack - +6,Strength - +1,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +1 Vest +4 Defensive Roll +9
Fortitude +4 Reflex +6 Defensive Roll +11 Willpower +10

Lifting: 130 lb.
Equipment (20 points):
Light Pistol (6), Undercover Vest (4), Police Cruiser (7), Commlink (1), Video Camera (2)

Drawbacks:
Power Loss (Electrical Array, when soaked;Uncommon,Minor)
Vulnerable (water effects;Uncommon,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 22 + Skills 20 (80 Ranks) + Feats 13 + Powers 51 + Combat 32 + Saves 14 - Drawbacks -2 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



T.J. (don’t use my first two names) Sparks is a natural born pyrokinetic and electrokinetic. When the AMP was first formed, she was an early recruit. She’s been on the job almost 10 years, now. She’s slim, a little hard faced. Her red hair is tied back in a severe bun. She always wears jeans, red blazer, a dress shirt, and her bullet proof vest. She’s got a wide variety of ranged options, and she prefers to use them from cover, like any experienced cop.

Her Absorption only works on Electricity, and she did not pay for the Impervious Protection portion because she was already immune.

She’s had three partners. All of them quit because of her temper. One became a super villain.

[Libra]

He wanted to get away from her that badly?!?

(I was going to go with "Shocking!" but I hate to do the obvious. )

[JackGiantkiller]

They had serious personality conflicts, and she's a straight arrow. He was well, a crooked cop. See below...

[JackGiantkiller]

Wash
Myron Washington

Power Level: 10 (190 power points)

Abilities: STR 14(+2) DEX 16(+3) CON 14(+2) INT 16(+3) WIS 12(+1) CHA 14(+2)

Skills: Bluff 10 (+12), Computers 5 (+8), Diplomacy 5 (+7), Drive 5 (+8), Gather Information 10 (+12), Intimidate 10 (+12), Investigate 5 (+8), Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Civics) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Streetwise) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Tactics) 5 (+8), Notice 8 (+9), Search 8 (+11), Sense Motive 8 (+9), Stealth 5 (+8), Swim 5 (+7)

Feats: Attack Focus (Ranged) 2, Attack Specialization (pistols), Attractive, Connected, Contacts, Defensive Roll 3, Distract (Bluff), Dodge Focus 4, Equipment 2, Fascinate (Bluff), Precise Shot, Uncanny Dodge, Well-Informed

Powers:
Comprehend 2 (Language (Understand, Speak all))
Mind Shield 10 (E:Duration (Sustained->Continuous))
Telepathy 4
Transform (Mental) (completely alter mind) 10 (Subtle, E:Continous)
AP-Mind Control 10 (E:Conscious;PF:Mental Link,Subtle)

Combat: Attack +8 Ranged +10 Pistol +12
Damage Unarmed +2 (dc 17) light pistol +3 (dc 18)
Defense 22 (Flat-footed: 22) Initiative +3
Grapple: +10 (Attack - +8,Strength - +2,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +2 Vest +5 Defensive Roll +8
Fortitude +6 Reflex +6 Defensive Roll +9 Willpower +6 Mind Shield +16

Lifting: 175 lb.
Equipment (10 points):
Light Pistol (6), Undercover Vest (4)

Cost Summary:
Ability 26 + Skills 26 (104 Ranks) + Feats 20 + Powers 74 + Combat 32 + Saves 12 = 190 / 190

Size: Medium
Description:


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Myron Washington was a highly decorated officer of the A.M.P. before he was partnered with Sparks. They had a few high profile busts together, before Sparks realized something… Wash was as crooked as they come. The rest of the force didn’t know, because Wash had been editing their memories. Some of the people he had busted had had their memories edited, too…some of them had been innocent fall guys for him and his partners. Think an African American version of Vic Mackey from the Shield TV series, but without any real motivation to oppose crime in general. Now give him mind control and permanent mental re-write ability. And no one knew, because even the telepaths on the force had to really strain to get past Wash’s shields. (Which, by the way, were the only power he admitted to having. Made him really useful on psi detail.)

The fact is, Wash is (and was) a crime lord, a mastermind and a manipulator, working, untouchable, within the police…until Sparks exposed him, with Laughing Raven’s help and a psi suppression rig built by Mentech, the psi department’s resident techno-wizard. He got way, and has been working from the shadows ever since. His knowledge of police (especially A.M.P.) tactics serves him in good stead. He doesn’t have regular minions…why bother, when a few moments work can make anyone into a minion?

The nickname, Wash? It’s short for Washington, of course…but he also picked it as a reference to brainwashing, to cover-stories, and similar things. Wash is clever, and enjoyed laughing at his co-workers.

Wash looks a lot like Levar Burton, and usually wore a gray turtleneck, blue blazer, blue slacks. A single gold necklace was worn outside the turtleneck, and he wears a diamond stud in his left ear. No one has seen him recently to find out if he still dresses the same way.