Sketchpad
06-22-2005, 10:54 PM
Here's a rough idea I've been playing with for a few powers, as well as a new character from my 4-color supers game :)
Animal Mimicry
Duration: Activated
Range: normal
Base Damage Value: special
Managing Skill: none
Cost: 5 per Rank
Your character has the ability to mimic the powers of animals. When an ability is needed, all the character needs is to have an animal with that ability within range against the difficulties in Table AM1: Sample Abilities. If successful, the character gains the ability temporarily and if more than one power is mimicked, they must divide the abilities within their Power ranks.
No Animal Needed (+3 per Rank): This special enhancement allows the hero to mimic any animal they’ve actually seen rather than relying on a range. The character cannot mimic animals from pictures, rather they must have actually seen the animal with their own eyes.
Table AM1: Sample Abilities
Ability.................DC......Power
Armored Hide.....15......Body Armor
Claws.................13......Natural Weapons
Flight..................18......Flight
Leaping..............13......Super Jump
Nightvision.........10......Super Senses
Quills..................18......Ranged Power Attack – Projectile Attack
Running..............15......Running*
Strength.............15......Super Physique
Venom................18......Poison Secretion
Water Breathing.15......Amphibious
Running
Duration: Semi-Permanent
Range: n/a
Base Damage Value: n/a
Managing Skill: none
Cost: 4 per Rank
Your hero moves faster than most people. For every rank that the hero has in Running, increase their Move by 10. Unlike Super-Speed, Running just increases the speed at which they travel and not the reaction time.
Fauna
Quote: “Perhaps the power of my brother elephants will persuade you not to hunt squirrels!”
Archetype: Protector PL 4 (150 pts)
Ref 3D+2; acrobatics 4D+2, brawling 4D+1, climbing 4D+1, dodge 4D,
flight 4D, jumping 4D, riding 4D+2, sneak 4D+2
Coo 3D
Phy 3D+1; running 4D, stamina 5D+1
Kno 2D+1; medicine (veterinary) 5D, scholar (animals) 5D
Per 2D+1; hide 3D, search 2D+2, survival 3D, tracking 3D
Pre 3D+1; animal handling 4D, intimidation 4D
Advantages/Disadvantages: Cultures – Anima Tribe (R3), Enemy – Echidna (PL5) (R7), Fame (R1), Good Looks (R1), Hard to Kill (R2), Known Publicly (R1),
Powers: Animal Mimicry 10, Regeneration 2
Background: Orphaned in the Congo at the age of four, Cassie Parson was found and raised by the mysterious Anima Tribe, ancient protectors of the jungle and the animals that inhabit it. Taught in their ways, Cassie learned that there was a balance in life and, if mankind is to survive themselves, someone had to protect both man and animal kind. Leaving the tribe at the age of eighteen, the young woman went back to civilization to share with the world the message she’d learned. Unfortunately the world wasn’t ready for such a revelation.
Mocked and alone, Cassie was ready to go home when she read about costumed heroes in the local paper. Creating a makeshift costume, she donned the name Fauna and burst onto the scene as a new heroine. Within months, Fauna went from an unknown vigilante to a household name. Now starring in her own adventure series, Cassie has found a way to use the media to save mankind and to deliver a message of hope to those who need it.
Animal Mimicry
Duration: Activated
Range: normal
Base Damage Value: special
Managing Skill: none
Cost: 5 per Rank
Your character has the ability to mimic the powers of animals. When an ability is needed, all the character needs is to have an animal with that ability within range against the difficulties in Table AM1: Sample Abilities. If successful, the character gains the ability temporarily and if more than one power is mimicked, they must divide the abilities within their Power ranks.
No Animal Needed (+3 per Rank): This special enhancement allows the hero to mimic any animal they’ve actually seen rather than relying on a range. The character cannot mimic animals from pictures, rather they must have actually seen the animal with their own eyes.
Table AM1: Sample Abilities
Ability.................DC......Power
Armored Hide.....15......Body Armor
Claws.................13......Natural Weapons
Flight..................18......Flight
Leaping..............13......Super Jump
Nightvision.........10......Super Senses
Quills..................18......Ranged Power Attack – Projectile Attack
Running..............15......Running*
Strength.............15......Super Physique
Venom................18......Poison Secretion
Water Breathing.15......Amphibious
Running
Duration: Semi-Permanent
Range: n/a
Base Damage Value: n/a
Managing Skill: none
Cost: 4 per Rank
Your hero moves faster than most people. For every rank that the hero has in Running, increase their Move by 10. Unlike Super-Speed, Running just increases the speed at which they travel and not the reaction time.
Fauna
Quote: “Perhaps the power of my brother elephants will persuade you not to hunt squirrels!”
Archetype: Protector PL 4 (150 pts)
Ref 3D+2; acrobatics 4D+2, brawling 4D+1, climbing 4D+1, dodge 4D,
flight 4D, jumping 4D, riding 4D+2, sneak 4D+2
Coo 3D
Phy 3D+1; running 4D, stamina 5D+1
Kno 2D+1; medicine (veterinary) 5D, scholar (animals) 5D
Per 2D+1; hide 3D, search 2D+2, survival 3D, tracking 3D
Pre 3D+1; animal handling 4D, intimidation 4D
Advantages/Disadvantages: Cultures – Anima Tribe (R3), Enemy – Echidna (PL5) (R7), Fame (R1), Good Looks (R1), Hard to Kill (R2), Known Publicly (R1),
Powers: Animal Mimicry 10, Regeneration 2
Background: Orphaned in the Congo at the age of four, Cassie Parson was found and raised by the mysterious Anima Tribe, ancient protectors of the jungle and the animals that inhabit it. Taught in their ways, Cassie learned that there was a balance in life and, if mankind is to survive themselves, someone had to protect both man and animal kind. Leaving the tribe at the age of eighteen, the young woman went back to civilization to share with the world the message she’d learned. Unfortunately the world wasn’t ready for such a revelation.
Mocked and alone, Cassie was ready to go home when she read about costumed heroes in the local paper. Creating a makeshift costume, she donned the name Fauna and burst onto the scene as a new heroine. Within months, Fauna went from an unknown vigilante to a household name. Now starring in her own adventure series, Cassie has found a way to use the media to save mankind and to deliver a message of hope to those who need it.