Need Help With A Super's Name

[Susano]

This one has been driving me nuts. I have a character, I have a time-period, an origin, and all that. But I can't come up with a decent superhero ID and costume.

 

The basic origin is of a 1930's police officer in San Francisco trying to help clean up Tong/Triad activity in Chinatown. His efforts result in his being attacked by a horde of Tong soldiers. In the fight he looses his arm, and is dumped in the Bay.

 

He is fished out by an eldery Chinese gentlemen, who nurses him back to health, and along the way instructs him in the art of kung fu.

 

Unable to rejoin the force, and presumed dead, he starts a new life. As a one-armed crime-fighter (and defender of Chinatown and elsewhere).

 

Here's the character sheet:

 

One-Armed “Boxerâ€

Val CHA Cost Roll Notes

15 STR 5 12- Lift 200 kg; 3d6 HTH damage [1]

18 DEX 24 13- OCV: 6/DCV: 6

16 CON 12 12-

12 BODY 4 11-

18 INT 8 13- PER Roll 13-

16 EGO 12 12- ECV: 5

18 PRE 8 13- PRE Attack: 3 1/2d6

14 COM 2 12-

 

8 PD 5 Total: 11 PD (3 rPD)

7 ED 4 Total: 10 ED (3 rED)

4 SPD 12 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12

6 REC 0

32 END 0

30 STUN 2 Total Characteristics Cost: 98

 

Movement: Running: 8â€/16â€

Leaping: 6â€/12â€

Swimming: 2â€/4â€

 

Cost Powers END

17 Chain-Whip: HA +4d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); OAF (-1), Hand-To-Hand Attack (+1/2) plus Stretching +2â€, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); OAF (-1), Always Direct (-1/4), No Noncombat Stretching (-1/4), Only To Cause Damage (-1/2), No Velocity Damage (-1/4) 0

13 Spinning Chain-Whip: HA +4d6, Area Of Effect Nonselective (2†Radius; +3/4), Personal Immunity (+1/4): Extra Time (Full Phase; -1/2) OAF (-1), Hand-To-Hand Attack (+1/2) 4

13 Utility Belt: Multipower; 20-point reserve, OIF (-1/2)

1u 1) Colt Police Positive: RKA 1d6+1; 6 Charges (-3/4), OAF (-1), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4) [6]

1u 2) Flash Grenade: Sight Group Flash 2d6, Area Of Effect Nonselective (1†Radius; +3/4); 4 Charges (-1), OAF (-1) [4]

1u 3) Smoke Grenade: Darkness to Sight Group, 1†Radius; 4 Charges (-1), OAF (-1), Limited Effect (Normal Sight only; -1/4) [4]

Martial Arts: Boxing and T'an T'ui Kung Fu

Maneuver OCV DCV Notes

4 Arm Sweep Block +2 +2 Block, Abort

4 Cross/Front Kick +0 +2 6d6 Strike

4 Disarm -1 +1 30 STR Disarm

3 Footsweep +2 -1 5d6 Strike, Target Falls

5 Hook/Side Kick/Roundhouse Kick -2 +1 8d6 Strike

3 Jab +2 +1 4d6 Strike

4 +1 Damage Class (already added in)

1 Use Art With Chain-Whip

4 Leather Body Armor: Armor (3 PD/3 ED); Activation Roll or Locations 9-13 (-1), OIF (-1/2) 0

4 Fleet Of Foot: Running +2†(8†total) 2

2 Acrobatic Movement: Leaping +3†(6†forward, 3†upward); Requires An Acrobatics Roll (-1/2) 1

-1 Poor Swimmer: Swimming -1†1

 

Perks

3 Contact: An old friend on the force 11-, useful resources, limited to normal identiy

2 Fringe Benefit: Private Investigator's License

 

Talents

3 Resistance (3 points)

 

Skills

10 +2 Hand-to-Hand

4 +2 OCV with Colt Police Positive

3 +1 with Acrobatics, Breakfall, and Climbing

 

3 Acrobatics 13-

3 Breakfall 13-

1 Bureacratics 8-

2 CK: San Francisco 11-

2 CK: San Francisco’s Chinatown 11-

3 Climbing 13-

1 Conversation 8-

5 Deduction 14-

1 KS: Boxing 8-

2 KS: Criminal Law 11-

1 KS: T’an T’ui Kung Fu 8-

2 KS: San Francisco Underworld 11-

1 Language: Cantonese (basic conversation, English native)

1 Mechanics 8-

1 PS: Ex-Police Officer 8-

2 PS: Private Investigator 11-

3 Shadowing 13-

3 Stealth 13-

3 Streetwise 12-

3 WF: Chain-Whip, Nightstick, Pistol

 

Total Powers & Skills Cost: 152

Total Cost: 250

 

150+ Disadvantages

10 DNPC: Shing Peng (his sifu)11- (LessPow)

10 Distinctive Features: Style (Not Concealable, Always Noticed And Recognizable, Detectable By Large Group)

Hunted:

15 Physical Limitation: One Arm (Frequently, Greatly)

Psychological Limitation:

Reputation:

Rivalry:

15 Social Limitation: Secret ID () (Frequently, Major)

Experience Points

 

Total Disadvantage Points: 250

 

Background/History:

 

Personality/Motivation:

 

Quote: “In the back-alleys of Chinatown there’s no justice. There’s just me.â€

 

Powers/Tactics:

 

Campaign Use:

 

Appearance:

 

Anyone have any suggestions for his Heroic ID? (and a costume)

[BlackCobra]

The Scorpion

 

With the one arm and the whip as his sting, it isn't too far a stretch. You might even add a color or some menacing adjective to spice it up. It's a very 30's kind of name --- think the Green Hornet. I would imagine him in black (or other color) leather biker kind-of outfit with a half-face mask. Sort of police-inspired, but with a big scorpion emblem on it somewhere. It comes off American (leather & police outfit) and asian (scorpion).

 

Does that help at all?

[Susano]

Sure does. I'll let it mull in my mind.

 

Hmm... Cantonese for scorpion?

[lemming]

Originally posted by Susano

Sure does. I'll let it mull in my mind.

 

Hmm... Cantonese for scorpion?

Sounds like it'd make a good name just using english. If it's 30s based, you'd just use the english name anyway. I had no luck on the finding the translation, but did find this:

 

[Fuzzy Gnome]

Originally posted by Susano

Hmm... Cantonese for scorpion?

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[Susano]

Originally posted by lemming

Sounds like it'd make a good name just using english. If it's 30s based, you'd just use the english name anyway. I had no luck on the finding the translation, but did find this:

 

Uhm... Dare I even ask?

[lemming]

Originally posted by Susano

Uhm... Dare I even ask?

It's better if you don't.

[Susano]

BTW -- any comments on the stats and such for the character?

[Space Cadet]

As far as ideas for a costume go, something like a strongman's

outfit comes to mind -- sleeveless tank-top, leotard-type

pants, leather knee-high boots and wristbands. Since the

outfit is (apparently) going to include a utility belt, said belt

should be designed in such a way as to make its equipment

easily accessible to the remaining arm. As far as concealing his

ID goes, you could have him wear either a hood or a domino

mask (whatever would be easiest for a one-armed man to put

on or take off).

 

As far as a name for this guy goes, the only thing I can think

of to call him would be Shadow Boxer.

 

Does any of this help at all?

 

Space Cadet

[Doc Democracy]

Just a thought, and probably not a good one as I sit in my office wishing I wasn't at work!

 

Where I grew up a slot machine was called a one-armed bandit or more often a puggy. I was thinking that if you made the character a Scot he might think of himself as a one-armed bandit and use the code-name Puggy as a self-deprecating reminder. As the pug is a dog commonly associated with the Orient there are resonances...

[winterhawk]

I really like the Scorpion suggestion, especially for a 1930s style setting...has a very pulpish feel to it. Since he was a cop, may I suggest Blue Scorpion?

[Susano]

Originally posted by winterhawk

I really like the Scorpion suggestion, especially for a 1930s style setting...has a very pulpish feel to it. Since he was a cop, may I suggest Blue Scorpion?

 

I was thinking of adding a color element.