Jab's Builds: Cassidy, Herr Starr, The Saint of Killers

[danelsan]

That quote will always reminds me of one of the victory quotes from Lezard Valeth (from the best JRPG ever, Valkyrie Profile): "They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say 'Nice try!'"

[Spam]

EDIT:
GREAT Luthor build. Resisting urges to run a DCAU game...

Resistence is futile.

[Jabroniville]

MERCY GRAVES
Created By: Bruce Timm & Paul Dini
Role: Girl Friday, The Kato
Voice Actor: Lisa Edelstein
Finest Moment: Getting into a catfight with Harley Quinn
PL 8 (113)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 11 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Acrobatics 5 (+11)
Athletics 4 (+6)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+12)
Deception 5 (+8, +10 Attractive)
Expertise (Criminal) 3 (+6)
Expertise (Business) 8 (+11)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 2 (+5)
Perception 4 (+7)
Stealth 3 (+9)
Vehicles 4 (+8)

Advantages:
Attractive, Beginner's Luck, Defensive Attack, Equipment 2 (Gun), Evasion, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Ranged Attack 6

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Gun +10 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +6

Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +3, Fortitude +6, Will +5

Complications:
Relationship (Lex Luthor)- It's rather implied that there was... a history between those two. Plus, she works for him, and his will is hers.

Total: Abilities: 70 / Skills: 42--21 / Advantages: 12 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 10 (113)

-Mercy was added to be another Harley Quinn, but for Lex Luthor- an attractive female sidekick to the Main Villain, as well as being a general Girl Friday sort, taking Lex's calls, driving him around, and beating up on people he didn't like. Her most notable scenes include her catfighting with Harley (complete with "cat yowls" in the background), and taunting a dying Lex Luthor once she'd gotten the reigns of LexCorp while he was a wanted criminal. She's nowhere near the Heroic Class of fighters, but handy for Mooks and the like- PL 7 at Martial Arts, PL 7.5 with a Gun.

[Jabroniville]

THE DARK HEART
Created By: Warren Ellis
Role: Mindless Abomination, Minion-Summoner, World-Devourer
Voice Actor: N/A
Finest Moment: Required the entire League just to hold it off.
PL 10 (209)
STRENGTH -- STAMINA -- AGILITY --
FIGHTING -- DEXTERITY --
INTELLIGENCE -- AWARENESS -- PRESENCE --

Skills:
None

Advantages:
None

Powers:
"Mechanical Body"
Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) [30]
Growth 17 (Str & Sta +17, +17 Mass, +8 Intimidation, -8 Dodge/Parry, +2 Speed, -17 Stealth) -- (120 feet) [34]
Protection 20 (Extras: Impervious 15) [35]
Regeneration 12 [12]
Summon 6 (Extras: Controlled, Active, 4096 Multiple Minions +24, Variable Type) [174]

Offense:
Unarmed --
Initiative --

Defenses:
Dodge -- (DC --), Parry -- (DC --), Toughness +20 (+8 Impervious), Fortitude --, Will --

Complications:
Motivation (Destroy All Creation)

Total: Abilities: -76 / Skills: 00--0 / Advantages: 0 / Powers: 285 / Defenses: 0 (209)

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DRONE SPIDERS
PL 4 (62)
STRENGTH 0 STAMINA -- AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 2 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -- AWARENESS -1 PRESENCE --

Skills:
Perception 4 (+3)

Advantages:
Close Attack 2, Fast Grab, Improved Hold, Teamwork

Powers:
"Mechanical Body"
Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) [30]
"Small Size" Shrinking 4 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [9]
(-1 Strength, +2 Defenses, +4 Stealth, -2 Intimidation)

Protection 4 [4]
Leaping 1 (15 feet) [1]
"Claw Legs" Damage 3 [3]
Movement 1 (Wall-Crawling) [2]
"Matter-Eating" Weaken Toughness 4 (Extras: Affects Objects) [8]

Summon Duplicate 5 (Extras: Active) (Flaws: Limited- Only if Sliced Cleanly) [10]

Offense:
Unarmed +4 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Matter Eating +4 (+4 Weaken, DC 14)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +4 (DC 14), Toughness +4, Fortitude --, Will -1

Total: Abilities: -12 / Skills: 4--2 / Advantages: 5 / Powers: 67 / Defenses: 0 (62)

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ATTACK TIGERS
PL 8 (66)
STRENGTH 7 STAMINA -- AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -- AWARENESS -1 PRESENCE --

Skills:
Perception 4 (+3)

Advantages:
Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Bite), Improved Pin, Teamwork

Powers:
"Mechanical Body"
Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) [30]

Protection 7 [7]
Leaping 1 (15 feet) [1]
"Claws & Teeth" Strength-Damage +1 [1]
Movement 2 (Wall-Crawling, Sure-Footed) [4]
"Matter-Eating" Weaken Toughness 4 (Extras: Affects Objects) [8]

Offense:
Unarmed +4 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Matter Eating +4 (+4 Weaken, DC 14)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +7, Fortitude --, Will -1

Total: Abilities: 4 / Skills: 4--2 / Advantages: 4 / Powers: 49 / Defenses: 5 (66)

-"The Dark Heart" was a pretty awesome "JLU" episode, featuring The Atom helping out the League against a massive extraterrestrial threat- a nanotech-driven machine that endlessly produces a massive horde of unthinking mechanical weapons to eat matter and ultimately destroy whatever planet it lasts on. The Atom, using the snarky, self-righteous/self-deprecating acting style of John C. Reilly, has his finest moment here, giving the creature a 'heart attack' by sneaking in through it's defenses and wrecking it's innards, after the ENTIRE LEAGUE fails to stop it's forward momentum (merely holding it off).

-The Dark Heart is mainly showcased through it's endless drones, and barely requires stats (ie. it's a Plot Device). By using their Matter-Eating power, the Heart builds more robots, sending an unending tide against the world. Not that high in PL- it's immobile and it's Minions are nowhere near a match for the JLU members one-on-one, or even ten-on-one, it's still among the greatest threats the team's ever faced. Even the prospective limit on it's Summon is probably not entirely accurate- it'll simply reproduce mechanical creatures until the entire planet and everything on it is gone.



And of course this is the first picture I see on Google Image when I look up "Dark Heart JLU". Oh, internet, you are so predictable .

[Jabroniville]

Here's a fun link to Rob Liefeld's blog, in which he describes how he handles the monumental amount of criticism that comes his way. He even refers to his infamous "horrible Captain America drawing" that's the largest source of anti-Rob snark out there. Liefeld fascinates me- I loved him like everyone else did in the early '90s, but his stuff aged poorly, his post-X-Force creations SUCKED, and his bad business decisions and image-tracing burned everyone on him later.

Also, a bit on The G.I. Joe comic book by Larry Hama, which I've referred to before. Also, watching cartoon episodes and reading the comics just re-affirms my belief that Dusty is one of the most awesome Joes, and totally worthy of being in my Top Ten Joe Characters. Seriously, in the comics he hauls ass across a No Man's Land just to grab a dying buddy, then carts his dead carcass for MILES, all because he made a promise to the guy's mother to bring a body back if he ever died (her own brother was K.I.A. years ago, but they received nothing to bury).

And in the cartoon, he finds out his mother's sick and needs money for medicine, and Cobra comes calling with an offer to betray the Joes for money. So what does he do? A) Reject them outright? B) Play along, then try to betray them of his own accord? C) Accept their offer, only to feel bad about it later and try to make it up to the Joes? Hell no- he goes straight to his Commanding Officer (Duke), and then asks HIM what to do, just like a good soldier should. DUKE creates the entire plan to act as a spy within Cobra's ranks, and Dusty does his job. Dusty rules.

[Jabroniville]

RICK FLAGG
Created By: Robert Kanigher & Ross Andru
First Appearance: The Brave and the Bold #25 (1959)
Role: Ultra-Loyal Army Guy
Voice Actor: Adam Baldwin
Finest Moment: Beats the ever-loving CRAP out of Vigilante
PL 9 (151)
STRENGTH 3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 9 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Acrobatics 3 (+8)
Athletics 7 (+10)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 6 (+15)
Deception 5 (+8)
Expertise (Soldier) 10 (+13)
Insight 4 (+7)
Intimidation 5 (+8)
Investigation 4 (+7)
Perception 5 (+8)
Stealth 2 (+7)
Treatment 2 (+5)
Vehicles 4 (+8)

Advantages:
Assessment, Beginner's Luck, Benefit 2 (Cadmus Operative), Chokehold, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Diehard, Evasion, Extraordinary Effort, Fast Grab, Fearless, Grab Finesse, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed) 3, Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Improved Hold, Jack-of-All-Trades, Last Stand, Leadership, Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Ranged Attack 6, Takedown

Offense:
Unarmed +15 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +1

Defenses:
Dodge +13 (DC 23), Parry +13 (DC 23), Toughness +4 (+5 D.Roll), Fortitude +7, Will +8

Complications:
Responsibility (Cadmus, The United States)- "Not everyone has to be BLACKMAILED into serving their country."

Total: Abilities: 66 / Skills: 58--29 / Advantages: 33 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 21 (151)

-Rick Flagg is a character from War comics, then his son got transfered over to "Suicide Squad", making his bones as the team leader. He's a one-shot guy in "Task Force X", beating the living crap out of Vigilante, and leading his squad to stealing The Annihilator from Justice League Headquarters. He's elite enough to be a PL 9 Soldier who can kick ass in melee as well as Black Canary.

[Jabroniville]

Haha, he looks like a tool.

DOCTOR POLARIS (Neal Emerson)
Created By: John Broome & Gil Kane
First Appearance: Green Lantern #21 (June 1963)
Role: Lesser Master of Magnetism
Voice Actor: Michael Rosenbaum
Finest Moment: Almost led a revolt against Lex Luthor.
PL 11 (181)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 6 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+8)
Deception 6 (+9)
Expertise (Science) 8 (+14)
Expertise (Criminal) 2 (+8)
Insight 3 (+6)
Intimidation 5 (+8)
Perception 3 (+6)
Stealth 3 (+5)
Technology 8 (+14)
Treatment 1 (+7)
Vehicles 2 (+5)

Advantages:
Equipment (Armour +2), Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Magnetic Attacks), Power Attack, Ranged Attack 7, Startle

Powers:
"Ferrokinesis"
Flight 6 (120 mph) [12]
Senses 4 (Detect Magnetics/Metals- Ranged, Acute & Analytical) [4]

"Mass Trap" Snare 11 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Quirk: Requires Metals -2) (43) -- [59]

Dynamic AE: Force Field 7 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Affects Others, 30ft. Burst, Impervious 13) (Quirks: Requires Metals -2) (33)
Dynamic AE: "Metal Storm" Blast 12 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Multiattack) (Quirk: Requires Metals -2) (35)
Dynamic AE: "Metal Trap" Snare 12 (Feats: Dynamic) (Quirk: Requires Metals -2) (35)
Dynamic AE: "Magnetic Lifting" Move Object 10 (Feats: Precise, Increased Mass 4- 400 tons, Dynamic) (Extras: Perception Range) (Flaws: Limited to Metallics) (26)
Dynamic AE: Nullify Electronics & Machinery 14 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Area- 60ft. Burst +2, Sustained +2) (Flaws: Touch Range) (43)
Dynamic AE: "Shape Metal" Transform Metals to Metals 12 (Feats: Increased Mass 5- 100 tons, Dynamic) (30)
Dynamic AE: "Metal Everywhere!" Environment 4 (Impede Movement 2) (Feats: Dynamic) (9)
Dynamic AE: Concealment 10 (All Senses) (Feats: Dynamic) (Flaws: Limited to Machines) (11)

Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Mass Trap +11 Area (+11 Ranged Affliction, DC 21)
Metal Trap +10 (+12 Ranged Affliction, DC 22)
Metal Storm +10 (+12 Ranged Damage, DC 27)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +3 (+5 Armour, +12 Force Field), Fortitude +5, Will +5

Complications:
Motivation (Greed, Power)
Power Loss (Heat)- All magnets lose power when they are heated, and Dr. Polaris is no exception.

Total: Abilities: 58 / Skills: 42--21 / Advantages: 12 / Powers: 75 / Defenses: 15 (181)

-Doctor Polaris is basically a lesser version of Magneto in many respects, though his comic book version (initially a Green Lantern foe, he was later "farmed out" to most other DC Characters, since he's always been minor-league) had a case of "Jekyll & Hyde Syndrome", with an evil super-powered side, after his experiments with magnets gave him super-powers. He really only showed up in two "JLU" episodes ("The Great Brain Robbery" and the Blackhawk Island attack), showing an intense rivalry with Lex Luthor in the "Legion of Doom", and attempting open revolt with Flash-in-Luthor's-Body was having problems keeping order. His comic book version & "JLU" version both have ridiculously-bad costumes, though a later version developed a REALLY cool helmet/mask, making him look rather awesome. Unfortunately, Magneto casts a VERY large shadow here, and thus Polaris will always be known as a lesser guy.

-Determining his PL from a single pair of episodes was tough, but I figure him for about PL 11, since he was a potential leader of the Legion, and did really well against Hawkgirl, Flash & Fire (until they found out his weakness). But yeah, Magneto-Lite.

[Jabroniville]

LOBO
Created By: Roger Slifer & Keith Giffen
First Appearance: Omega Men #3 (June 1983)
Role: The Main Man, Every Dumb Kid's Favourite Super-Hero, Bad-Ass '90s Anti-Hero Parody/Straight Example
Voice Actor: Brad Garrett, Kevin Michael Richardson
Finest Moment: Beat the bejeezus out of Kalibak.
PL 12 (158)
STRENGTH 13 STAMINA 13 AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 9 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -1

Skills:
Deception 5 (+4)
Expertise (Space Bounty-Hunter) 12 (+12)
Intimidation 10 (+9)
Investigation 4 (+4)
Perception 5 (+5)
Technology 4 (+4)
Vehicles 6 (+8)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Close Attack 2, Equipment 3 (Space Bike), Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Hold, Luck, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 8, Startle, Tracking

Powers:
Power-Lifting 2 (1,600 tons) [2]
Impervious Toughness 9 [9]
Regeneration 4 (Feats: Regrowth) [5]
Immunity 11 (Aging, Life Support) [11]

Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+13 Damage, DC 28)
Initiative +1

Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +13 (+5 Impervious), Fortitude +14, Will +6

Complications:
Motivation (Violence)

Total: Abilities: 74 / Skills: 46--23 / Advantages: 21 / Powers: 27 / Defenses: 13 (158)

-Lobo was originally a bounty-hunter character in the Omega Men series DC had going in the '80s, but he pretty quickly disappeared- oddly enough, he was created by Roger Slifer, who wrote some of the best episodes of "Jem and the Holograms" back in the day. He was brought back in the '90s, deliberately decked out as a bad-ass, leather wearing pastiche of '90s heroes, but, in the kind of thing that usually happens in comics, he ended up getting POPULAR among the very crowd he was supposed to be making fun of, and he was set as a character. This kind of thing tends to happen to "over the top bad-ass" characters, as the line between parody and straight example is razor-thin, and bad-ass antics tend to make fans very quickly, even if they're meant in jest, because they're STILL BAD-ASS FEATS. The same thing occurs with "Parody Fanservice Characters", since they, y'know, dole out fanservice. Snarky boobs are as good as regular boobs, ya know.

-As a result, any time you meet an unironic Lobo fan, beware. With a variable power level based on the book he's involved in, his appearances are invariably comedic, as he just hits anything moving and uses his colourful assortment of alien slang swear words.

-I just went with the standard Superman-class brawler Lobo, as that's pretty much how he was in the "JLU" episode I've seen. Physically he's a match for Kal-El or anyone on the League (it took the whole team to beat him up, and he took down PL 11-ish Kalibak single-handedly without much effort), but he's a bit lower-end on Defense. I took out the silly "Regenerate from a single drop of blood" thing that was probably intended as a gag and not a recurring thing, but left on a couple ranks just for the hell of it. His cartoon appearance was more of a "generic big guy" role.

[JetstreamGW]

So, am I odd in that when I saw "Dark Heart" there I thought of this?

http://www.mojomovie.com/images/cache/s ... _99771.jpg

[Mike5000us]

Jab, I love your JSU builds! I was wondering can you stat up the two major big bads of the series? Super Lex (merged with Brainic) and Super Darkseid (technological enhanced).

[Jabroniville]

Yeah, both guys are on the list. Though Super Darkseid isn't any different from Regular Darkseid, really. I saw no evidence of extra power.

And haha, the "Care Bears 2" villain. Awesome. Dude had Beast Boy's power-set, and convinced the audience to "Clap your hands to save her life".

[catsi563]

best lobo appearance--and the funniest--.

Superman punches Lobo

break to lex talking on the phone about his newest weapons sytem.

Lobo bursts through the floor "KILL FRAG MAIM DESTROY!!" Lobo goes out through ceiling

Lex stands there with stunned look on face.

[JetstreamGW]

Yeah, both guys are on the list. Though Super Darkseid isn't any different from Regular Darkseid, really. I saw no evidence of extra power.

And haha, the "Care Bears 2" villain. Awesome. Dude had Beast Boy's power-set, and convinced the audience to "Clap your hands to save her life".

Dude, he was basically Satan

He had way more than Beast Boy's powers He could like teleport people and make tornadoes and... yeah...

And he was a red, pointlessly evil dude who wanted to destroy everything good in the world just because

I've always maintained that the Care Bears movies had a major fundie bent At least the first two.

[Ares]

Dude, he was basically Satan

A very lame, emo Satan who spent all of his time at a summer camp.

I've always maintained that the Care Bears movies had a major fundie bent At least the first two.

I like the interpretation that the Care Bears are thought police, personally. They've even got a machine that measures the happiness level of the world.

"What! This person isn't happy! NO! That's WRONG! How DARE you not be happy! We're going to shoot radioactive happy beams from our stomach reactor cores and FORCE you to be happy!"

[Jabroniville]

HELLGRAMMITE (Roderick Rose)
Created By: Unknown
First Appearance: The Brave and the Bold #80 (Nov. 1968)
Role: Background Villain
Voice Actor: N/A
Finest Moment: Uhhh...
PL 8 (113)
STRENGTH 8 STAMINA 8 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 0

Skills:
Athletics 4 (+11)
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+4)
Expertise (Science) 8 (+12)
Intimidation 7 (+7)
Perception 8 (+8)
Stealth 5 (+8)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Fast Grab, Ranged Attack 2, Startle

Powers:
"Insectoid Hybrid"
Leaping 4 (120 feet) [4]
Movement 4 (Wall-Crawling 2) [4]
"Insectoid Senses" Senses 3 (Acute & Extended Scent, Infravision) [3]

"Transform Humans to Larvae"
Affliction 8 (Fort; Hindered & Vulnerable/Disabled & Defenseless/Transformed to Larva) (Extras: Extra Condition, Continuous +3) (Flaws: Grab-Based, Distracting, Limited to After Many Hours -2) [8]

Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Transform +8 (+8 Affliction, DC 18)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +8, Fortitude +8, Will +4

Complications:
Prejudice (Giant Bug)

Total: Abilities: 62 / Skills: 36--18 / Advantages: 5 / Powers: 19 / Defenses: 9 (113)

--Hellgrammite is a fifth-tier Superman villain who was chosen (seemingly at random) to be a background character in "JLU". Never named on-screen that I can remember, he basically stood around and was a bug, and that's it. I was nice to him by making him a PL 8 (like the show's other Jobbers), and he keeps his comic book abilities, which include turning people into bugs, and being a bug himself.