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Susano
Apr 21st, '06, 05:45 PM
How'd I do?

CHILD OF THE WASPS


Val CHA Cost Roll Notes
10 STR 0 11- Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage
8 DEX -6 11- OCV: 3/DCV: 3
10 CON 0 11-
5 BODY -10 10-
8 INT -2 11- PER Roll 11-
10 EGO 0 11- ECV: 3
5 PRE -5 10- PRE Attack: 1d6
10 COM 0 11-

4 PD 2 Total: 4 PD (4 rPD)
4 ED 2 Total: 4 ED (4 rED)
2 SPD 2 Phases: 6, 12
4 REC 0
20 END 0
15 STUN 0 Total Characteristics Cost: -17

Movement: Running: 4"/8"
Swimming: 1"/2"

Cost Powers & Skills
11 Skull Full Of Wasps: Summon 67-point Stinging Insect Swarm (Hero System Bestiary,
pg. 183), Slavishly Loyal (+1), Extra Time (Full Phase; -1/4), One Recoverable
Charge (-1 1/4)
90 Undead Nature: Energy, Mental, and Physical Damage Reduction, Resistant, 50%
4 Undead Nature: Damage Resistance (4 PD/4 ED)
15 Undead Nature: Does Not Bleed
10 Undead Nature: Not Hit Locations
-4 Short Legs: Running -2" (4" total), END 1
-1 Small Size: Swimming -1" (1" total), END 1
50 Undead Nature: Full Life Support (includes Longevity: Does Not Age)
6 Undead Senses: +4 PER with all Senses; Only To Perceive Images Created By
Means Other Than Necromancy (-1)

Skills
10 Small Size: Combat Skill Levels: +2 DCV

2 AK: Local Area 8-
3 Climbing 11-
0 Deduction 8-
0 Language: Local Tongue (native)
0 Stealth 8-
4 Small Size: +2 with Stealth
200 Total Powers & Skills Cost
183 Total Character Cost

75+ Disadvantages
5 Distinctive Features: Faint Buzzing Noise (EC)
5 Physical Limitation: Small (1 m tall, 12.5 kg mass, +3" KB) (I, S)
10 Psychological Limitation: Tries To Remain Quiet And Calm (C, M)
88 Experience Experience
183 Total Disadvantage Points


Background/History:
No one is exactly sure as to the origin of the Child of the Wasps. One was reported by a team of paranormal researchers investigating strange goings on in a mysteriously abandoned town. After the initial encounter, which was described as one of the most frightening experiences several of the researchers ever had, the Child was incinerated. All involved have stated they vehemently hope to never encounter something like that ever again.

Personality/Motivation:
The Child of the Wasps seems, for the most part, to act like a fairly normal child. She will play games, read books, eat, and sleep, all like a normal child would. Of course, in her case, she was doing all of this in an abandoned town, never seeming to notice her surroundings. She is also very quiet, and never shows much emotion or makes much noise. She will also actively encourage others to do the same.

Quote: "Shhh, loud noises make them angry."

Powers/Tactics:
The Child of the Wasps has no real powers of her own, aside from being an undead corpse, and thus very hard to injure or harm. If disturbed or in the presence of loud noises (shouts, gunshots, an argument), masses of wasp or hornets will issue from her mouth and nose, gathering into a massive swarm that will then attack anyone in the local area. Once the wasp swarm has formed, the Child will collapse, getting up once the wasps have returned.

Appearance:
The Child of the Wasps appears a fairly normal eight-year-old child (of any race or nationality you need). Her clothing is worn-looking, while the Child herself often looks a bit thin and in need of a hot bath. If all is quiet a faint buzzing can be heard when she is around, and when she speaks her words have a faint buzzing quality to them. If the Child is ever destroyed, her skull will be found to be hollow and filled with a wasp's nest.

Designer's Notes:
The Child of the Wasps was inspired by this post on the HERO Message Boards: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1024355&postcount=50. I took the idea an sort of ran with it, building a undead little girl with a nest of killer wasps inside of her skull. Game Masters may wish to add the Trigger Advantage to her Summon power, with the Trigger being loud noises and the like. The sight of the wasps issuing from the Child's face should be worth around +4d6 of PRE attack, since it is something totally unexpected. I built the swarm as Slavishly Loyal, as the wasps will attack anything or anyone threatening the Child, without her needing to do or say anything.

The Child was built using the Small Child character sheet in HERO System 5th Edition, Revised with some material added from the Undead Template in the HERO System Bestiary. I didn't make her an Automaton so that she could interact with PCs on a more "believable" level.

(Child of the Wasps created by Old Man, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

AlHazred
Apr 21st, '06, 06:36 PM
If I'd built it, I'd probably have built the extra Presence Attack dice as a Power. But I like it, I like it very much!

Enforcer84
Apr 21st, '06, 07:18 PM
I'm scared now.

TheQuestionMan
Apr 22nd, '06, 02:12 PM
I am always scare of how creative and productive this Susano purson can be.

AlHazred
Apr 22nd, '06, 10:49 PM
I get a value of -1/2 for Extra Time (Full Phase) on the Skull Full Of Wasps power, giving it a cost of 9. Also, you charged her 2 points for a Familiarity with AK: Local Area, instead of 1. With those changes, I get a total character cost of 180.

Susano
Apr 23rd, '06, 05:05 AM
I get a value of -1/2 for Extra Time (Full Phase) on the Skull Full Of Wasps power, giving it a cost of 9. Also, you charged her 2 points for a Familiarity with AK: Local Area, instead of 1. With those changes, I get a total character cost of 180.

My mistake... I was thinking Summon was a "Constant" power, in that the being sticks around after it is summoned. But, it's an Instant power. I'll make the changes.

EDIT: I changed Skull Full Of Wasps, but upped her AK to 11- (for 2 points.) Powers cost 198, Total cost 181.

yamamura
Apr 23rd, '06, 05:23 AM
Spooky and now it is my turn to have nightmares... Time to resend a certain tape:eg:

ghost-angel
Apr 25th, '06, 09:12 AM
Finally, been trying to rep you for like 2 or 3 days now... Yeesh. Anyways, that's sufficiently creepy to be a keeper. :thumbup:

Susano
Apr 25th, '06, 09:17 AM
Old Man gets the credit for this, actually. He's the one who described the initial concept.

ghost-angel
Apr 25th, '06, 10:12 AM
Good point. I repped him too.

Sketchpad
Apr 25th, '06, 10:25 AM
Spooky and now it is my turn to have nightmares... Time to resend a certain tape:eg:
Hey ... I got that tape you sent ... why'd you send me a copy of Showgirls :D