Longbow 6th ed 400 pt Hero

[dsatow]

So in response to a thread in Hero System Discussion (link), I made this character.

 

Power Level: Game Average: 12DC, 8 CV, 5 Spd

 

Sex: Male

Age: 23

Height: 178cm (5'10")

Weight: 60kg (132.28 lbs)

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Color: Black

Handed: Right

 

Background: 

Beau Long was playing with his cowboys and indian toys.  He always like the indians and how they use bows and arrows instead of a gun.  While playing he heard shouting outside in his bedroom window and saw a family of three get attacked by a robber.  The robber killed the parent and fled.  Beau went to bed thinking if there were indians there, the poor boy wouldn't have become an orphan.  On that day, Beau Long decided he would become like Robin Hood and the Indians and fight injustice with bow and arrows.

 

Personality/Motivation:

OK, so he's a nut case vigilante.  At least his heart is in the right place.

 

Quote:

You have failed this city!  Heh, sorry, always wanted to say that.

 

Powers/Tactics:

Outside in the city he will use mostly sniping tactics and move.  In more confined areas where can not use the swing line arrow, he will resort to martial arts.  He always delays until before his next segment in case he needs to dodge or dive for cover.  While his DCV is very good, he can be a bit quishy when hit.

 

Appearance: 

He's 5'10 and athletically fit.  Dressed in black leather and wielding a aluminum composite folding longbow, he looks straight out of some gritty television or movie TV show.

 

Notes:

With the quiver, Longbow has a fairly good arsenal for about 3 turns of combat just in shooting.  With or without his bow as a club, his martial arts also make him a very effective close in fighter.  His one big problem is his actual defenses are a bit low for a 12DC game.  A 62 act. pt 10d6 AoE 4m Radius attack will only just barely not stun on average him doing 15 points of stun past defenses.  A straight up 12d6 attack will most likely stun him doing 22 points past defenses.

 

The background is total cheese.  And not even real cheese but pasteurized prepared cheese product.  If you use this character as a base for your own personal character, please come up with something better.

 

Logbow.pdf

[dsatow]

Ran this character as a blackmailed superhero.  Didn't do a lot of damage as the hero was trying to avoid doing damage to the PC heroes, but when it came time to do damage, was fairly effective.  Though he ran through about 2/3 of his arrows.