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    Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    He all,

    Have been working on a 350 pt champs guy just for fun, no specific game in mind. He is done execpt for a good name. I wont spend the time typing out the character competely, but here is a thumbnail:

    His is big, cobalt blue, and bald, with crytaline skin. (A mutant). He is faster and tougher than a normal person (although only in the moderate range as supers go) and has low end superhuman strength (pick up a car, not a buidling). His powers focus on an EC defined as "bio-electrical generation", which includes a force field, and area affect flash and stun drain, a dammage shield, and flight. His skills include some martial arts training (Judo/Akido style, focus on blocks/grab/throw) His combat roll will be hand to hand and short range utility powers. He has a good deal of academics skills (he is an archeologist/anthropologist specializing in Meso-American cultures.) He speaks Spanish well, but is not hispanic himself. He is in his Mid thirites, and his powers only recently manifested. He has a forcefull personality (high Pre) and is a effective speaker (Converstaion, Persuasion). Enemies include Demon, and he is watched by the US government, mostly for Blogging about radical left wing politics and advocating theories about how metahumans will eventually take over leadership of society.

    So, I feel that I have a well rounded character here with an effective combat role, significant non-comabt skills, and some story hooks for a GM to work with. (Public ID, media involvment, controversial ideas on his websight)

    I just need a freakin' name.

    Rep for whoever suggests a good one (I have plenty to spare).

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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    why not Cobalt?
    I've always thought it was a great name for a hero, nice and stylish without actually describing his powers at all. I used it as a street handle for a Cyberhero "Brick" character I once wrote up... he got the name from the blued finish of his soviet millitary cyberware
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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Ac Yanto: He was the mayan god of white men.
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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Blue Bolt

    Super Bolt

    Captain Bolt

    Michael Bolton

    Captain Cobalt

    The Cobalt Man

    That is about it for me.

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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    electric blue
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    Topaz
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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Brother Thunder!~ It's too easy to latch on to his color.
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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Looks like the leading candidate so far is "Cobalt". Anyone else want a crack at it?

    PS. Yes this is a shameless bump to keep this on the front page another day.

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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Looks like he's got a pretty wide range of abilities.

    Howabout "The Blue Marvel" or "Azure"?

    Or something generic like "Omniman".
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    Icon26 Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Sapphire...? Going from both his color and crystalline skin...

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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Spectrolite is a blue crystalline feldspar mineral. I like Spectrolite as a name, though I think Cobalt is better....


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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Quote Originally Posted by AmadanNaBriona
    why not Cobalt?
    I've always thought it was a great name for a hero, nice and stylish without actually describing his powers at all.
    My first thought, as well.

    Only other things I can think of without gettin' cheezy are "Indigo" or "Cobalt Blue". I don't see any reason to overcomplicate the process.
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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    how about Blue Diamond? He could get an endorsement deal hawking Almonds!

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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Quote Originally Posted by Debra Winger
    how about Blue Diamond? He could get an endorsement deal hawking Almonds!
    That's nuts!












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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Skybolt [why: blue, flies, electrical powers].

    Energon [electrical powers]

    Charger [ditto]

    Blue Knight [if he adopts a suitable costume]

    Electric Smurf [just add the conical white hat...]
    Mantis

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    Re: Yet Another "Name This Character" thread.

    Xolotl was the Aztec god of lightning and was apparently viewed as the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl. He was also the lord of the evening star and pushed the Sun at sunset towards the ocean and guarded it during the night, when it passed through the Underworld. He also guides the dead there.

    So, as your character has an interest in the culture, how about calling himself Xolotl, or even Dr. Xolotl. He would inevitably be nicknamed 'Dr. X', of course!

    The Aztecs also had a god called Chac, but while he was lord of lightning, his primary speheres of influence seem to have been rain and vegetation.

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