I love rolling up random characters and seeing what comes out. I have no idea what I'm doing in this system, so I'm just going to jump straight in and see what happens. I'm using Necromancer's Character Creation Compendium for origin and powers.
[ +- ] Physical Form: Demihuman (Chiropteran)
Chiropterans are similar to angelic humans except that they combine the human parts with those of a bat. Their arms also serve as leathery wings, their feet have elongated toes that can serve as hands, and in addition they possess large ears. They possess the Power of Active Sonar at Good rank. Pterans scare most people, especially the bulk of the populace who believe all bats are Vampires. Initial Popularity is Feeble. Chiropterans roll on Column 2.
[ +- ] Origin of Power: Biological Exposure
The hero gained Power after exposure to a special life-form or a substance secreted by that life-form. Werewolves and Bio-Vampires are common examples of this. Normal Humans are transformed into those kinds of beings after being bitten by another Werewolf or Bio-Vampire. The hero can also gain Power from an experiment using bio-chemicals.
[ +- ] Primary and Secondary Abilities
Fighting: Good (8)
Agility: Typical (5)
Strength: Typical (5)
Endurance: Typical (5)
Reason: Typical (5)
Intuition: Good (8)
Psyche: Poor (3)
Resources: Typical (5)
Popularity: Feeble (1)
Health: 23
Karma: 16
[ +- ] Number of Powers, Talents, and Contacts
Powers: 6/8
Talents: 2/4
Contacts: 2/6
[ +- ] Chiropteran Power: Sonar (DT31)
Range column B. The hero can gain a three-dimensional picture of his environment through the use of sound waves. The Power allows the hero to locate and identify targets by the way they reflect sound. There are two ways this Power can operate. Passive Sonar utilizes existing sound. Active Sonar uses special sounds emitted by the hero (this is how bats and dolphins do it). The latter form requires a special adaptation of the hero's voice; otherwise there is no real difference between them. Because of the special sensitivity of the hero's hearing, he is vulnerable to sonic attacks (-1CS to resist).
[ +- ] Power 1: Speech Throwing (M50)
This is best described as "super-ventriloquism." Although it is radically different in execution from the Talent of Ventriloquism, the effect at low levels is similar. Simply put, the hero can make his voice audible in a distant location, without the vocal sound waves actually traveling the intervening distance. The Power is actually a specialized form of Telekinesis which allows the hero to agitate the distant molecules in a way that simulates sound transmission. The Power enables the hero to be heard instantaneously at any distance, despite any barriers to normal sound transmission. The only barriers that stop this Power are those that interfere with Psionic Powers. Speech throwing range is determined by its Power rank. Column E of the Range Table shows appropriate distances. The hero has 100% accuracy, provided he can somehow sense the target area. This is commonly provided by such Powers as Clairaudience and Clairvoyance. If the hero lacks the means to check on his aim, he cannot control anything but the basic direction his voice is being sent. If the hero has other sonic based Powers, they can be combined with this Power to greatly enhance their range. If the hero has Extradimensional Detection or Dimension Travel, these can be used to modify the Power and enable the hero to Speech-throw into other Dimensions. The Bonus Power is Clairaudience. Optional Powers include Clairvoyance, Vocal Control, Hyper-hearing, and Sensory Link. The Nemesis is Force Field vs. Psionic.
[ +- ] Speech-Throwing Bonus Power: Clairaudience (M5)
The hero can "hear" distant sounds and voices despite any intervening distance or barriers. The Power is not hindered by factors that affect normal sound transmission, such as distance, time lag, muffling, distortion, or the absence of a transmitting medium. Because of this, Clairaudience has superior range over Hyper-Hearing. Only Clairaudience enables the hero to hear across a vacuum, for example. Unfortunately, Clairaudience can act as a pipeline to direct others Psionic or Sonic attacks toward the hero. Because of this side-effect, the hero is -1CS to resist such attacks. These attacks need not even be aimed at the hero but might still affect the hero if the other Power is being used in the area the hero is spying upon. The ranges for Clairaudience are shown on column E of the Range Table. When the Power operates, it overrides the hero's natural hearing. Distant sounds are sensed at their original volume level. If the volume is too loud the hero can reduce it with a green FEAT. Faint sounds can be magnified by a yellow FEAT. The Power is normally a voluntary Power that must be summoned. Sometimes it functions automatically; this can be the result of improper control, tampering by outside forces, or be triggered by sudden, dramatic events occurring to someone with whom the hero shares an emotional rapport. When using the Power to eavesdrop on another Clairaudience, that person may automatically sense the first Clairvoyant's effort. This is determined by the Judge making a secret red FEAT based on the second hero's Power rank. The Optional Powers for this are Hyper-hearing, Clairvoyance, and Remote Sensing. The Nemesis for this is Force Field vs. Psionic.
[ +- ] Power 2: Shadow Casting (EE16)
The hero can emit a field that decreases light and radiation. The obscured energy's Intensity is lowered by the Power's rank taken as Intensity. The energy forms that can be affected by this Power are Light, Heat, Hard Radiation, Radio-waves, Energy Doppelgangers, and Energy Bodies. The hero possesses the ability to affect only Light when his Power is at Good rank. At each rank above Good, he gains the ability to affect another energy form in the following order: EX-Heat, RM-Hard Radiation, IN-Radio-waves, AM-Energy Doppelgangers, MN-Energy Bodies. This Power includes the ability to see clearly through his own natural or Power created shadows of Intensity less than the hero's Power rank. The Power can disrupt Darkforce Manipulation on a Typical Intensity FEAT if its rank is higher than that of the Darkforce manipulator, Remarkable Intensity FEAT if they are equal, and Unearthly Intensity FEAT if the Power's rank is lower. Optional Powers include Shadowshaping and Darkforce Manipulation. The Nemesis is Light Emission.
[ +- ] Power 3: Hyper Swimming (T12)
The hero can cover large distances by swimming at Power rank speed. Speed is decreased 1CS for each 100 feet of depth at which the hero is swimming. This is due to increased water pressure. Water Freedom can negate this limitation. The Power does not free the hero from the need to breathe. The hero can tow other objects in his wake at a decreased speed of -1CS. This assumes the towed object has a buoyancy equal to the hero's body. If the object has a greater or lesser buoyancy, the hero's Strength determines the limit to what things can be towed. Bonus Powers include a choice of Water breathing or Water Freedom. The remaining one is available as an Optional Power. The Nemesis is Matter Animation/Water.
[ +- ] Hyper-Swimming Bonus Power: Water Freedom (P42)
The hero's body is adapted for movement in the water. The hero can move through water with the same ease that normal beings can move through air. One method of accomplishing this is the presence of a body coating that reduces the effects of water resistance. The more common method is the hero is extraordinarily strong and swift in order to compensate for water resistance. This permits him to function normally, even at great depths. If such a person were on the surface, his
extra strength and speed would be evident (+2CS Strength and Endurance). Unfortunately, since the hero is normally moving in water, he overcompensates on dry land (-2CS Agility). Water Freedom also negates the effects of great pressure and allows the hero to travel to the depths of the oceans without harm.
[ +- ] Power 4: Omniversal Awareness (DT18)
The hero with this power is connected with his alternate reality selves in all universes in the Omniverse. On a successful power feat the hero may be able to attain useful information from any of his other selves. With a Power FEAT roll the hero may gain a +1 CS to attacks by finding a foes weakness if any of his other selves have ever faced the enemy in question. The hero may develop a power stunt in the form of reality swapping by overcoming the Psyche of one of his current selves. With this Power FEAT he may possess that version of himself. The other version may decide to resist with the Psyche of the target used as the FEAT intensity. The Psyche and personality of the invaded version is immediately and irrevocably slain, causing the hero to lose all of his Karma and becoming a resident in the universe of the slain version of himself.
[ +- ] Power 5: Ectoplasm Casting (EE4)
The hero can project a invisible expanded force of Ectoplasm (spirit energy) at power rank range and damage. The Ectoplasm blast affects the target's base Karma, not health. If the base Karma drops to 0, then the Reason, Intuition and Psyche Ability ranks of the hero start losing points equal to this power's ranks divided across all 3 abilities. If any of the target's abilities drop to 0 then the target is forced to make an Endurance check or fall into a coma. If the check fails the hero can regain lost ranks at the rate of +1CS per day of rest.
[ +- ] Power 6: Enhanced Reflexes (P14)
The heroes reflexes are so quick that he receives a natural +1 bonus to his initiative rolls. In addition, the hero may make a Power Rank FEAT roll to avoid the surprise attacks that often come from blindsiding attacks. The hero may use the Power Rank ability of this power instead of Fighting and Agility to catch thrown objects, dodge or evade attacks.
[ +- ] Talent 1: Astronautics
The science of the construction and design of vehicles for travel in space beyond Earth's atmosphere. A hero with this Talent can not only research these things but can also attempt to build such vehicles, and is even at a +1 CS bonus to do so.
[ +- ] Talent 2: Theoginist
The character is a scholar of the origins of the extra powerful extra-dimensional beings and gods of the Marvel Universe (this category includes all of the major entities listed in the Miscellany of Mysticism and those beings that provide dimensional energy when called upon, such as Dormammu). The hero has a +2 CS when researching information on this subject.
So far, I'm thinking this guy is called Seabat and I think his power set is hilarious. I'm not sure whether I generated the powers in the right way - I kind of jumped the gun by rolling all six powers at once, not noticing that when you generate a power which has a bonus that's supposed to go in place of your next roll. It's probably fine, since I would prefer the earlier ones and their bonus/optional choices anyway, and I can just pretend I didn't roll the later ones that I wasn't supposed to.
I probably need to pick some kind of offensive power from the optionals available, otherwise he sort of doesn't do much. He can make the area dark, and psychically project his voice and hearing, and swim real good (just like a bat!) but I think he should probably pick up Shadowshaping so he can use his darkness to slap people around too. Thoughts?
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