[Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

[Steve]

An adult version of this character can be found here.

 

[b]White Phoenix - Robert "Bobby" Baker[/b]

[b][u]VAL[/u]   [u]CHA[/u]   [u]Cost[/u]   [u]Total[/u]   [u]Roll[/u]      [u]Notes[/u][/b]
7     STR    -3     7/15   10-/12-   HTH Damage 1d6/3d6  END [1]
8     DEX    -6     8/24   11-/14-   OCV 3/8 DCV 3/8
7     CON    -6     7/19   10-/13-
7     BODY   -6     7/14   10-/12-
18    INT     8       18   13-       PER Roll 13-
11    EGO     2       11   11-       ECV: 4
7     PRE    -3     7/15   10-/12-   PRE Attack: 1d6 / 3d6
10    COM     0    10/16   11-/12-
1     PD      0     1/12             1/12 PD (0/6 rPD)
1     ED      0     1/12             1/12 ED (0/6 rED)
2     SPD     2      2/5             Phases:  6, 12/3, 5, 8, 10, 12
2     REC     0      2/8
14    END     0    14/38
15    STUN    0    15/32
5     RUN    -2    5"/7"             END [1]
1     SWIM   -1    1"/4"             END [1]
1     LEAP    0    1"/5 1/2"         1"/5 1/2" forward, 0 1/2"/2 1/2" upward

[b]CHA Cost: -15[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]POWERS[/u][/b]
140    [b][i]King of the Streetfighting Warriors Avatar: Qi Yin[/i][/b]: (Total: 209 Active Cost, 140 Real Cost)
*      Shapeshift  (Sight, Touch, Hearing, Smell/Taste and Mental Groups), Cellular, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2) (64 Active Points); Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2), Requires An EGO Roll  (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll; -1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate Constant or Persistent Power, -1/4) (Real Cost: 28)
*      [b]plus[/b] +8 STR (8 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 6)
*      [b]plus[/b] +16 DEX (48 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 38)
*      [b]plus[/b] +12 CON (24 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 19)
*      [b]plus[/b] +7 BODY (14 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 11)
*      [b]plus[/b] +8 PRE (8 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 6)
*      [b]plus[/b] +6 COM (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 2)
*      [b]plus[/b] +3 PD (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 2)
*      [b]plus[/b] +3 ED (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 2)
*      [b]plus[/b] +2 SPD (20 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 16)
*      [b]plus[/b] +2 REC (4 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 3)
*      [b]plus[/b] Leaping +3" (1"/5 1/2" forward, 0 1/2"/2 1/2" upward) (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 2)
*      [b]plus[/b] Running +2" (4"/6" total) (4 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 3)
*      [b]plus[/b] Swimming +3" (0"/3" total) (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 2) - END=4
36     [b][i]Immortal Phoenix Kung Fu Abilities[/i][/b]: Multipower, 45-point reserve,  (45 Active Points); all slots OIHID (-1/4) - END=
1u     1)  [b][i]Basic HTH Abilities - Blocks/Parries[/i][/b]: (Total: 20 Active Cost, 8 Real Cost) +2 with HTH Combat (10 Active Points); Only While Blocking (-1), OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 4) [b]plus[/b] +2 with DCV (10 Active Points); Only While Blocking (-1), OIHID (-1/4) (Real Cost: 4) - END=0
1u     2)  [b][i]Basic HTH Abilities - Dodges/Evades[/i][/b]: +2 with DCV (10 Active Points); Only While Dodging (-1), OIHID (-1/4) - END=
2u     3)  [b][i]Basic HTH Abilities - Grabs/Holds[/i][/b]: +30 STR, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (45 Active Points); No Figured Characteristics (-1/2), Only To Simulate Exert-Based Martial Maneuvers (-1/2), OIHID (-1/4) - END=
3u     4)  [b][i]Basic HTH Abilities - Punches/Kicks[/i][/b]: HA +6d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (45 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), OIHID (-1/4) - END=0
1u     5)  [b][i]Feint[/i][/b]: Sight Group Images 1" radius, -4 to PER Rolls, Trigger (Activating the Trigger requires a Zero Phase Action, Trigger requires a Zero Phase Action to reset; +1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (44 Active Points); DCV Reduction Only Works For Attacker (-1), Only For Martial Arts Feints (-1), No Range (-1/2), DCV Reduction Only Lasts For One Phase (-1/2), Side Effects (if target makes PER Roll, attacker suffers -1 OCV on real attack; -1/4), OIHID (-1/4) - END=0
2u     6)  [b][i]Flurry Kick[/i][/b]: HA +4d6, Autofire (5 shots; +1/2), Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/2) (40 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), May Only Be Used On A Single Target (-1/4), OIHID (-1/4) - END=1
2u     7)  [b][i]Phoenix Fist[/i][/b]: EB 6d6, Armor Piercing (+1/2) (45 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, -1/2), No Knockback (-1/4), OIHID (-1/4) - END=4
3u     8)  [b][i]Power Kick[/i][/b]: HA +6d6, Penetrating (+1/2) (45 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), OIHID (-1/4) - END=4
1u     9)  [b][i]Shielding Wing of the Phoenix[/i][/b]: FF (25 PD), Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4), Hardened (+1/4) (37 Active Points); Only Protects Against HTH Attacks (-1), Requires A DEX Roll  (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll; -1/2), OIHID (-1/4) - END=1
11     [b][i]Avoiding The Blow[/i][/b]: Armor (6 PD/6 ED), Hardened (+1/4) (22 Active Points); Requires A DEX Roll  (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll; -1/2), Nonpersistent (-1/4), OIHID (-1/4) - END=0
5      [b][i]Rapid Healing[/i][/b]: Healing 1 BODY, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2) (20 Active Points); Extra Time (Regeneration-Only) 20 Minutes (-2), Self Only (-1/2), OIHID (-1/4) - END=0
4      [b][i]Instant Change[/i][/b]: Cosmetic Transform 2d6 (Clothing into Battle Costume and back) (10 Active Points); Clothing Only (-1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, -1/2), OIHID (-1/4) - END=1

[b]POWERS Cost: 212[/b]


[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]SKILLS[/u][/b]
2      Acrobatics 11- (14-) (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4)
1      Acting 8-
2      Breakfall 11- (14-) (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4)
3      Computer Programming 13-
2      Stealth 11- (14-) (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4)
3      Jack of All Trades
1      1)  PS: Photography (2 Active Points) 11-
1      2)  PS: Play Roleplaying Games (2 Active Points) 11-
1      3)  PS: Play Video Games (2 Active Points) 11-
3      Linguist
2      1)  Language:  Cantonese (idiomatic) (4 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4)
1      2)  Language:  Japanese (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)
3      Scholar
1      1)  KS: Immortal Phoenix Kung Fu (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) 13-
1      2)  KS: Japanese Anime & Manga (2 Active Points) 11-
1      3)  KS: Roleplaying Games (2 Active Points) 11-
1      4)  KS: Superhero Comics (2 Active Points) 11-
3      Scientist
1      1)  SS:  Astrophysics 11- (2 Active Points)
2      2)  SS:  Mathematics 13- (3 Active Points)
1      3)  SS:  Physics 11- (2 Active Points)
2      WF:  Common Martial Arts Melee Weapons, Three-Section Staff  (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4) (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4)

[b]SKILLS Cost: 38[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]PERKS[/u][/b]
3      Well-Connected
1      1)  Contact:  Julie Morgan (Contact has useful Skills or resources, Contact limited by identity, Good relationship with Contact) (2 Active Points) 8-
2      2)  Contact:  Principal Michael Winters (Contact has useful Skills or resources) (3 Active Points) 11-
2      Deep Cover: Qi Yin
1      Fringe Benefit:  Press Pass
1      Membership: Science Geek Clique

[b]PERKS Cost: 10[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]TALENTS[/u][/b]
3      Lightning Calculator
2      Environmental Movement (no penalties on narrow surfaces) (3 Active Points); OIHID (-1/4)

[b]TALENTS Cost: 5[/b]
[b][u]Value[/u]  [u]DISADVANTAGES[/u][/b]
10     Accidental Change to Qi Yin Form:  When Overly Excited or Angry 14- (Uncommon), Change Takes One Turn
5      Distinctive Features:  Beautiful Chinese Girl (Qi Yin Form) (Easily Concealed; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
5      Distinctive Features:  Science Geek (Bobby Baker Form) (Easily Concealed; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
10     Distinctive Features:  Style Disadvantage (Qi Yin Form) (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Large Group)
10     Hunted:  Millenium City News Publisher Amos McCarry 11- (Less Pow, NCI, Mildly Punish)
10     Hunted:  Windsor PD 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, Watching)
10     Hunted:  Nightwind 11- (Mo Pow, Watching)
10     Hunted:  Science Geeks 11- (As Pow, NCI, Watching)
15     Psychological Limitation:  Code of the Hero (Common, Strong)
10     Psychological Limitation:  Protective of Innocents (Common, Moderate)
15     Psychological Limitation:  Uncertain Gender Identity (Common, Strong)
5      Reputation:  Masked Vigilante, 8-
5      Social Limitation:  Harmful Secret (girl who is really a boy) (Occasionally, Minor)
5      Social Limitation:  Minor (Under 18) (Occasionally, Minor)
15     Social Limitation:  Secret ID (Bobby Baker) (Frequently, Major)
10     Unluck: 2d6

[b]DISADVANTAGES Points: 150[/b]

Base Pts: 100
Exp Required: 0
Total Exp Available: 0
Exp Unspent: 0
Total Character Cost: 250

White Phoenix in Battle Uniform

 

Quote: It's cool to be a superhero, but why do I have to be a girl to be one?

 

Background: Bobby Baker was the sterotypical geek, a brilliant kid just trying to get through high school without getting picked on too much by the musclebound neanderthals that played football there. One day while walking home from South Windsor High School, he took a shortcut to avoid some of the jock guys from his school. On a back street he came across a small video arcade called the Mystic Lane Arcade. He spotted a new video game he had never seen before: "King of the Streetfighting Warriors - Ultimate Edition." Slipping past the creepy attendant sitting near the door, a wizened old Chinese man smoking a pipe, he went over and dropped his pack next to the game. He'd never heard of the game before, which suprised him, and he looked over the available characters. Spotting a cute kung fu girl fighter, his favorite to play, he chose her: Qi Yin. He put a quarter in the game and laid his hands on the controls. A deep voice intoned from the game's speaker, "FIGHT!" Then the world went dark as arcane fire seemed to leap from the game.

 

Bobby awoke in a deserted arcade, cobwebs and dust covering old hulks of rusty pinball machines. There was no sign of the old man, or the game that had enticed Bobby into the arcade.

 

Then he noticed that he was now female. After screaming and having flashbacks from one of his favorite animes for several moments, Bobby realized he was now a she, and not just any girl but the girl from the video game. He was now Qi Yin.

 

Since then, Bobby has learned how to tranform back and forth between his two forms, and what his new form is capable of. As Qi Yin, Bobby is a skilled martial artist, a practitioner of the Immortal Phoenix School of Kung Fu. Deciding that he'd been given such powers for a reason, and the old bit of wisdom "With great power comes great responsibility" ringing in the back of his mind, Bobby became a superhero, the White Phoenix.

 

It hasn't been easy. He's found that he'll turn into Qi Yin whenever he gets too excited or angry, and there've been a few close calls. He's also finding that it's oddly intriguing and enjoyable to be a girl, but he worries about it. A lot. For some reason, Amos McCarry, the publisher of the Millenium City News, has been writing a series of articles on White Phoenix, calling her a vigilante menace. Taking a cue from one of his comic book heroes, Bobby started using his hobby of photography to take action photos of himself in action as Qi Yin. It's oddly satisfying to get paid by the man who seems hell-bent on making White Phoenix into some kind of pariah, and becoming part of the press brought him into contact with Julie Morgan, who has been helpful on a couple of cases. The police are a bit suspicious of her too, and the hero Nightwind seems intent on mentoring Qi Yin. That would be cool, if only Nightwind wasn't so condescending about it.

 

What makes it hardest for Bobby is that he can't tell any of his friends about his adventures. His few friends at school are constantly talking about the new "kung fu babe" and occasionally some raunchy commentary on her physique. Luckily, one of his first cases as White Phoenix involved saving Principal Winters from a minor supervillain, and the stodgy principal turned out to be a retired superhero himself. The two have been working together to establish a legal identity for Qi Yin.

 

Personality: No great tragedy mars Bobby's life to turn him into a hero, but he is trying his best to be one, like his idols from the comics he collects, and the real life heroes in nearby Millenium City. He's exploring his new "feminine side" a little, going out as Qi Yin in normal clothes and seeing what it's like to be female and do things like shopping, but he's also afraid of what it means to his sexual identity.

[Steve]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

I thought about using Multiform for making this character, but it didn't have the right feel for me. So I went with Shapeshift and abilities OIHID instead.

[mikesama]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Using a multi form is really best when your character really changes. If the same personality lives there and the same limitations apply it's probably better to do the OHID. Looks fine to me and I wouldn't have an issue with alowing the character in one of my campains.

[Steve]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Thanks. I was trying for a character that changed physically, but not really mentally, and the disadvantages pretty much wrote themselves.

 

I wanted to do a character that mixed the angst of teenaged Spider-Man and Ranma Saotome. I am working on an adult version (19-20 yrs old) that I will be posting in the next few days, along with a brief synopsis of the events that the character has gone through.

[Matt Frisbee]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Shades of Ranma 1/2, eh? Or maybe that classic comic character Prime? I like how you did this one, but I'd almost think that working the multiform might have been slightly easier -- but that's just me, and I'm an old school 4th Ed gamer. Good design, too. If I can, I'll rep you!

 

Matt

[Steve]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Shades of Ranma 1/2' date='[/i'] eh? Or maybe that classic comic character Prime? I like how you did this one, but I'd almost think that working the multiform might have been slightly easier -- but that's just me, and I'm an old school 4th Ed gamer. Good design, too. If I can, I'll rep you!

 

Matt

 

I guess you could read a bit of Prime into it. I'd forgotten about that comic. I was really shooting for Ranma 1/2 with a touch of Peter Parker/Spider-Man mixed in.

 

I thought about doing it as a Multiform construction, but I was trying to hold the character to 250 points. By judicious use of the limitation OIHID, I was able to get more bang for my buck than Multiform would have given me, since I would have had to duplicate all skills and pretty much anything else that the base form of Bobby has. Doing that would have certainly pushed the Qi Yin form over 250 points. I also tend to save the use of Multiform for really major changes, like a man to a dinosaur or something.

[Steve]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

I just realized that I missed a limitation on the Shapeshift: "Only Affects Body" -1/2. Hmm, that frees up five points, it looks like.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Reminds me of the webcomic Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki, which I feel really bad does not get updated more often. The setup is that a male otaku who really likes magical girls gets turned into a Valkyrie and has to deal with the business end of Norse mythology -- including a rather ticked-off Thor.

 

Got an .hdc file?

[Steve]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Yeah, I've read that comic, too. A shame it's not being updated very often.

 

I've attached the .hdc file to my original post.

[starblaze]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Shades of Ranma 1/2' date='[/i'] eh? Or maybe that classic comic character Prime? I like how you did this one, but I'd almost think that working the multiform might have been slightly easier -- but that's just me, and I'm an old school 4th Ed gamer. Good design, too. If I can, I'll rep you!

 

Matt

 

Which is interesting as Prime was a blantant rip-off of the Original Captain Marvel.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Looking for a truly original idea in the superhero genre is about as pointless an exercise as one can undertake. which explains both its appeal as an RPG genre (plenty of reasonable examples to base characters on) and the difficulties it is undergoing as a comics genre (How many times and in how many ways can you tell essentially the same story?).

 

Originality is not going to come froma power, ability or skill set. It is going to come from the intangible areas that won't show up in a character sheet -- characterization. A story about a Superman-like character who does what Superman does is not going to be as interesting as a story about a Superman-like character coming to a world he knowsz absolutely nothing about, learning as he goes along, and going through those kinds of struggles.

[Susano]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Repped for using "King of the Streetfighting Warriors"!

 

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Steve again.

 

Or not....

 

Hey! Does this mean Midnite Maid will show up?

[Steve]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

Repped for using "King of the Streetfighting Warriors"!

 

Or not....

 

Hey! Does this mean Midnite Maid will show up?

 

I was wondering when you'd notice this thread.

 

I was actually thinking about doing a thread on the Other Genres board to populate the King of the Streetfighting Warriors world after I get done with some other projects I'm working on.

 

Another option I was thinking about with the original version of White Phoenix was to give her the ability to Summon other characters from the Streetfighting Warriors universe and call it something like Here Comes A New Challenger. By giving it an Activation Roll and a Side Effect, I could have Friendly characters show up when the roll succeeds, but fail the roll and the character that showed up would be an Antagonistic one, and would want to fight Qi Yin instead.

[Susano]

Re: [Character] White Phoenix - Ninja Hero/Teen Champions

 

I was wondering when you'd notice this thread.

 

I was actually thinking about doing a thread on the Other Genres board to populate the King of the Streetfighting Warriors world after I get done with some other projects I'm working on.

 

Another option I was thinking about with the original version of White Phoenix was to give her the ability to Summon other characters from the Streetfighting Warriors universe and call it something like Here Comes A New Challenger. By giving it an Activation Roll and a Side Effect, I could have Friendly characters show up when the roll succeeds, but fail the roll and the character that showed up would be an Antagonistic one, and would want to fight Qi Yin instead.

 

That's awesome!