Zeropoint
Jun 27th, '08, 02:07 PM
Hi, everyone. I just wrote up this character, and was wondering what Herodom Assembled thought of the build.
Alexandra Viktor, AKA "Ilyusha"
"Sasha" to her family and "Alex" to her close friends.
Val Char Cost
60 STR 50
15 DEX 15
20 CON 20
18 BODY 16
13 INT 3
13 EGO 6
20 PRE 10
12 COM 1
12 PD -
10 ED 6
5 SPD 25
16 REC -
60 END 10
58 STUN 10
Total Characteristics cost: 162
Cost Skill
3 Bureaucratics, 13-
3 Computer programming, 12-
3 Conversation, 13-
3 High Society, 13-
3 Land/Air Navigation, 12-
3 Paramedics, 12-
3 Persuasion, 13-
3 Seduction, 13-
3 KS: Superhuman World, 12-
3 AK: Campaign City, 12-
3 Language: Russian, Fluent With Accent
- PS: Charity Fundraiser, 11- (free professional skill)
5 CSL: +1 DCV vs. All Attacks
5 CSL: +1 With HTH Combat
Total Skills Cost: 43 pts.
Powers
4 Naturally Tough: Damage Resistance for 4 PD/4 ED
48 Even Tougher: Armor, 16 PD/16 ED
50 Flight Powers: Multipower Reserve, 50 AP
5u Levitate: 10" Flight, Zero Endurance (+1/2), Invisible Power Effects vs Sight and Hearing (+3/4)
5u Full Flight: 20" Flight, x8 Non-Combat Multiplier
1u Underwater Flight: 15" Swimming
3 Bump of Direction
3 Superior Myoglobin: LS: Extended Breathing 1 END/5 Min.
4 High Flight: LS: Safe Environment--Low Pressure/Vacuum, Cold
5 Fast Healing: Regeneration, 1 BODY/6 Hours
5 Tough Eyes: 5 pts Flash Defense, Sight
5 Tough Ears: 5 pts Flash Defense, Hearing
7 Base/Vehicle Contribution
Total Powers Cost: 145
Disadvantages
20 Hunted: Institute for Human Advancement
15 Hunted: VIPER
15 Secret ID
15 Code vs. Killing, Common, Strong
15 Claustrophobia, Common, Strong
15 Protective, Common, Strong
10 Medical Resistant Skin, Infrequently, Greatly
5 Heavy Sleeper, Infrequently, Slightly
20 Vulnerability: Toxins, x2 STUN
5 Distinctive Features: Mutant, Not Concealable, Unusual Senses
5 Distinctive Features: Big Girl (AKA "****ing Amazon!")
10 DNPC
Total Disadvantages: 150
Background/History
The history of Russia is a bloody one (not that any other country is much better), and the Viktor family was involved in many of those conflicts. One side of the family helped push Napoleon back from Moscow. During the Caucasian War, they fought, ultimately in vain, to keep their homeland independent. In World War I, Alexandra's great-grandfather was wounded pushing back an Austrian advance. Her grandfather flew an IL-2, hounding German tanks in WW II. After the war, he decided that too much of the family's blood had been shed, and he managed to move the family to the United States. Alexandra's mother grew up in the US, and Alexandra was one of the first generation to be born a US citizen.
When Alex was 13, the aliens came. Her family narrowly escaped destruction, thanks to grandfather Anton's choice of a rural lifestyle, and as "little Sasha" began to grow into a woman, her personal struggle was echoed by a world trying to recover. She was offended on a visceral level by the destruction and loss inflicted on so many innocent people, and used her free time to work for various charity organizations, helping people rebuild. In this, she felt that she had found her calling.
Alex entered college as an awkward, gangly girl, tall for her age, but soon found that she had a gift for talking to people, for getting people on board a cause and smoothing over red tape. Although her major was Computer Science, her true path was learning how to put her personality to good use in Making a Difference.
By the time she finished college, Alex had FINALLY stopped getting taller, and started to fill out. When she started hitting the gym to help the process along, she was a bit surprised to see the other girls working with such small weights, but assumed that the difference stemmed from their smaller size, and a desire to tone rather than bulk up, and never brought it up. Several months into her program, she was pleased with the results--she was almost rid of the scarecrow look, and her lifting capacity had improved quite a bit. She didn't really appreciate how much, until she noticed a well-built male bodybuilder get on the weight machine she'd just used . . . and reduce the weight to half of what she'd been using. Later that night, she came back to the gym, and discovered that she could move the entire weight stack, if she pushed herself. Two weeks later, she could do it one-handed. There was no rational way to deny that her body was developing in unusual
ways, but she tried . . . until the night she dreamed of flying and woke up when she hit the ceiling.
Alexandra realized that with her gifts, she could do more than just raise awareness and gather funds--she could perform physical labor on a superhuman scale. She could personally contribute to disaster cleanup, supply distrubition, rebuilding--the possibilities were nearly endless. Fond memories of listening to her grandfather's heroic war stories suggested a theme for her alter ego, and she took the name "Ilyusha" after the affectionate nickname of the IL-2, and created a costume patterned after the aircraft's paint scheme. With a name and a costume, she was ready to make a public debut, but wasn't sure how.
About then, Hurricane Katrina flattened New Oreleans. She responded without hesitation, and found that there was more than enough work to keep all the relief workers, normal and super, busy around the clock. By the time she left, she had blossomed into a striking Amazon of a woman, capable of lifting nearly a hundred tons, and flying at speeds over 300 MPH. She finished every day exhausted and loved every minute of it.
She kept it up when she returned home . . . and eventually started to wonder if she might be a little more proactive. Helping people recover from disasters was good, but wouldn't preventing disasters in the first place be better? Maybe she should look into joining a superhero team.
Personality/Motivation
Alexandra grew up enjoying the warmth of a large and friendly extended family, and learned to value the connections that bring people together. She's a very warm and outgoing person who enjoys meeting new people, and has a gift for making friends. These attributes serve her well in her civilian career, where she makes a living in the non-profit world, helping to organize, smooth ruffled feathers, help people work together for common goals, and convince wealthy patrons that the various causes are worth donating to. She's equally at home schmoozing at a fancy ball or handing out blankets in the mud. While she has a strong idealistic streak, she also tries to be practical, and focus on what does the most actual good.
Quote
"Why do we HAVE powers and abilities, if not to help people?"
Powers/Tactics
Ilyusha's powers are straightforward: she's very strong, very tough, and she can fly. Her first instinct is to use these abilities to either evacuate civilians from danger, or prevent danger from reaching them. She has not had much combat experience, but has found that placing large/heavy things on enemies (if they're tough enough to take it) is a good way to take them out of a fight. Beyond that, her tactics are extremely basic: find the opponent who seems to be the biggest threat, fly over, punch.
Appearance
Alexandra is fair-skinned, with brown hair down to her shoulder blades and green eyes. She turns heads when she enters a room, not because she's exceptionally beautiful, but because at 5'11" and 170 pounds, she's a strikingly large woman. She's not in any way fat, though, and her athletic build leads people to underestimate her weight. In her professional life, she wears business suits most of the time, with occasional evening dress. In the field, jeans and a t-shirt. As Ilyusha, she wears a half-mask and spandex suit. The suit is light gray on the front of the torso and legs, and camouflage elsewhere. She also wears light boots and gloves.
Alexandra Viktor, AKA "Ilyusha"
"Sasha" to her family and "Alex" to her close friends.
Val Char Cost
60 STR 50
15 DEX 15
20 CON 20
18 BODY 16
13 INT 3
13 EGO 6
20 PRE 10
12 COM 1
12 PD -
10 ED 6
5 SPD 25
16 REC -
60 END 10
58 STUN 10
Total Characteristics cost: 162
Cost Skill
3 Bureaucratics, 13-
3 Computer programming, 12-
3 Conversation, 13-
3 High Society, 13-
3 Land/Air Navigation, 12-
3 Paramedics, 12-
3 Persuasion, 13-
3 Seduction, 13-
3 KS: Superhuman World, 12-
3 AK: Campaign City, 12-
3 Language: Russian, Fluent With Accent
- PS: Charity Fundraiser, 11- (free professional skill)
5 CSL: +1 DCV vs. All Attacks
5 CSL: +1 With HTH Combat
Total Skills Cost: 43 pts.
Powers
4 Naturally Tough: Damage Resistance for 4 PD/4 ED
48 Even Tougher: Armor, 16 PD/16 ED
50 Flight Powers: Multipower Reserve, 50 AP
5u Levitate: 10" Flight, Zero Endurance (+1/2), Invisible Power Effects vs Sight and Hearing (+3/4)
5u Full Flight: 20" Flight, x8 Non-Combat Multiplier
1u Underwater Flight: 15" Swimming
3 Bump of Direction
3 Superior Myoglobin: LS: Extended Breathing 1 END/5 Min.
4 High Flight: LS: Safe Environment--Low Pressure/Vacuum, Cold
5 Fast Healing: Regeneration, 1 BODY/6 Hours
5 Tough Eyes: 5 pts Flash Defense, Sight
5 Tough Ears: 5 pts Flash Defense, Hearing
7 Base/Vehicle Contribution
Total Powers Cost: 145
Disadvantages
20 Hunted: Institute for Human Advancement
15 Hunted: VIPER
15 Secret ID
15 Code vs. Killing, Common, Strong
15 Claustrophobia, Common, Strong
15 Protective, Common, Strong
10 Medical Resistant Skin, Infrequently, Greatly
5 Heavy Sleeper, Infrequently, Slightly
20 Vulnerability: Toxins, x2 STUN
5 Distinctive Features: Mutant, Not Concealable, Unusual Senses
5 Distinctive Features: Big Girl (AKA "****ing Amazon!")
10 DNPC
Total Disadvantages: 150
Background/History
The history of Russia is a bloody one (not that any other country is much better), and the Viktor family was involved in many of those conflicts. One side of the family helped push Napoleon back from Moscow. During the Caucasian War, they fought, ultimately in vain, to keep their homeland independent. In World War I, Alexandra's great-grandfather was wounded pushing back an Austrian advance. Her grandfather flew an IL-2, hounding German tanks in WW II. After the war, he decided that too much of the family's blood had been shed, and he managed to move the family to the United States. Alexandra's mother grew up in the US, and Alexandra was one of the first generation to be born a US citizen.
When Alex was 13, the aliens came. Her family narrowly escaped destruction, thanks to grandfather Anton's choice of a rural lifestyle, and as "little Sasha" began to grow into a woman, her personal struggle was echoed by a world trying to recover. She was offended on a visceral level by the destruction and loss inflicted on so many innocent people, and used her free time to work for various charity organizations, helping people rebuild. In this, she felt that she had found her calling.
Alex entered college as an awkward, gangly girl, tall for her age, but soon found that she had a gift for talking to people, for getting people on board a cause and smoothing over red tape. Although her major was Computer Science, her true path was learning how to put her personality to good use in Making a Difference.
By the time she finished college, Alex had FINALLY stopped getting taller, and started to fill out. When she started hitting the gym to help the process along, she was a bit surprised to see the other girls working with such small weights, but assumed that the difference stemmed from their smaller size, and a desire to tone rather than bulk up, and never brought it up. Several months into her program, she was pleased with the results--she was almost rid of the scarecrow look, and her lifting capacity had improved quite a bit. She didn't really appreciate how much, until she noticed a well-built male bodybuilder get on the weight machine she'd just used . . . and reduce the weight to half of what she'd been using. Later that night, she came back to the gym, and discovered that she could move the entire weight stack, if she pushed herself. Two weeks later, she could do it one-handed. There was no rational way to deny that her body was developing in unusual
ways, but she tried . . . until the night she dreamed of flying and woke up when she hit the ceiling.
Alexandra realized that with her gifts, she could do more than just raise awareness and gather funds--she could perform physical labor on a superhuman scale. She could personally contribute to disaster cleanup, supply distrubition, rebuilding--the possibilities were nearly endless. Fond memories of listening to her grandfather's heroic war stories suggested a theme for her alter ego, and she took the name "Ilyusha" after the affectionate nickname of the IL-2, and created a costume patterned after the aircraft's paint scheme. With a name and a costume, she was ready to make a public debut, but wasn't sure how.
About then, Hurricane Katrina flattened New Oreleans. She responded without hesitation, and found that there was more than enough work to keep all the relief workers, normal and super, busy around the clock. By the time she left, she had blossomed into a striking Amazon of a woman, capable of lifting nearly a hundred tons, and flying at speeds over 300 MPH. She finished every day exhausted and loved every minute of it.
She kept it up when she returned home . . . and eventually started to wonder if she might be a little more proactive. Helping people recover from disasters was good, but wouldn't preventing disasters in the first place be better? Maybe she should look into joining a superhero team.
Personality/Motivation
Alexandra grew up enjoying the warmth of a large and friendly extended family, and learned to value the connections that bring people together. She's a very warm and outgoing person who enjoys meeting new people, and has a gift for making friends. These attributes serve her well in her civilian career, where she makes a living in the non-profit world, helping to organize, smooth ruffled feathers, help people work together for common goals, and convince wealthy patrons that the various causes are worth donating to. She's equally at home schmoozing at a fancy ball or handing out blankets in the mud. While she has a strong idealistic streak, she also tries to be practical, and focus on what does the most actual good.
Quote
"Why do we HAVE powers and abilities, if not to help people?"
Powers/Tactics
Ilyusha's powers are straightforward: she's very strong, very tough, and she can fly. Her first instinct is to use these abilities to either evacuate civilians from danger, or prevent danger from reaching them. She has not had much combat experience, but has found that placing large/heavy things on enemies (if they're tough enough to take it) is a good way to take them out of a fight. Beyond that, her tactics are extremely basic: find the opponent who seems to be the biggest threat, fly over, punch.
Appearance
Alexandra is fair-skinned, with brown hair down to her shoulder blades and green eyes. She turns heads when she enters a room, not because she's exceptionally beautiful, but because at 5'11" and 170 pounds, she's a strikingly large woman. She's not in any way fat, though, and her athletic build leads people to underestimate her weight. In her professional life, she wears business suits most of the time, with occasional evening dress. In the field, jeans and a t-shirt. As Ilyusha, she wears a half-mask and spandex suit. The suit is light gray on the front of the torso and legs, and camouflage elsewhere. She also wears light boots and gloves.