Sword of St Michael - A Character Review

[LoresLost]

Here is a character for the Herophiles to critique.

He needs a fleshed out back ground as well.

 

VAL STAT COST  ROLL
10  STR     0    11     HTH DAMAGE 2D6 LIFT 100KG END 1
18  DEX    24    13     OCV 6 DCV 6
20  CON    20    13
20  BODY   20    13
10  INT     0    11     Peception Roll 11
20  EGO    20    13     Base ECV 6
14  PRE     4    12     Base Present Attack 3D6
12  COM     1    11

20  PD     18           Resistant PD 20 Total 20
20  ED     16           Resistant ED 20 Total 20
3  SPD     2
10  REC     4
50  END     5
35  STUN    0

6  RUN     0
2  SWIM    0
2  LEAP    0

TOTAL     134

POWERS

60    MULTIPOWER - STRIKE OF HEAVEN
6u   8D6 EB +1/2 Reduced Endurance     0END
6u   12D6 EB "Power Shot"              6END
6u   6D6 EB +1 AOE Cone "Wide Shot"    6END
6u   4D6 RKA "PAIN OF JUDGEMENT"       6END
4u   2D6 RKA +1/2 Armor Percing        4END

40    16" Flight +1/4 Half End          2END
25    Damage Resistant (20PD 20ED)      0END
     +1/4 Hardened

13    Life Support Extended Breathing   0END
     (20 Min) Safe Low Pressure/Vac,
     High Pressure, High Rad, Extreme
     Heat, Exterme Cold.

10    Mental Defense                    0END
13    Not Easily Impressed (+20 PRE)    0END
     Defense Only -1/2

TOTAL     189

SKILLS
2     PS: Police Officer
2     KS: Police Officer
3     Bureaucratics ROLL 11-
2     WF Small Arms Group
2     TF Common Ground Vehicles
3     Combat Driving  11-
2     AK: Campain City 11-
3     Streetwise    11-
5     CSL +1 Ranged

TOTAL     24

PERKS
2    Local Police Power
1    Weapons Permit

TOTAL     3

DISADVANTAGES
20   DNPC: Wife and Children 11-
15   Hunted: Camapian Villian Group(MoPow Kill) 8-
10   Hunted: Police Dept (MoPow NCI Limited Watch) 11-
20   Psyc Lim: Honorable (Total, Common)
20   Psyc Lim: Protect Inocents (Total, Common)
20   Psyc Lim: Devout (Common, Total)
15   Distenctive Feature Glowing Eyes (Concealable, Major Reaction)
15   Hunted: Drug Gang (As Pow, Kill) 11-
15   Soc Lim: Subject to Orders (Freq, Major) 11-
Total    150

 

Here is his basic background: He is a Catholic Policeman in Campain city and is wounded during a battle with a super-villian group. He has a vision of St Michael the Archangel and patron of police and gains super power's that he uses against the villians and for the good of the community and law and order.

 

Thoughts, background Ideas and feedback are all welcomed.

[pinecone]

Re: Sword of St Michael - A Character Review

 

Depends on the game you're in I'd expect that a 20 Dex and 3 Speed will get real old real fast....if thats not a problem then it looks fine......

[LoresLost]

Re: Sword of St Michael - A Character Review

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

This character is just an exerise in character building. I do think a speed is slow but my goal was to graft powers on above average normal and see how he came out. Several older threads I was reading also fed into his design. One mentioned Catholic Church based supers and another talked about supers on a police force. So I ran with the Catholic Police hero and then pondered how a hero like this would see himself. So I came up with the name Sword of St Michael, I also thought of calling him the Hand of St Michael but that did not sound quite right. I also was influnced by several threads that complained 'bout DEX infation so I kept it in the very high 'normal' range.

 

I tried to compensate for his lack of speed by giving him an overall level in range attacks and resistance defences. I could remove an ultra slot and some resistant defenses and up his speed but I like for the most part how he turned out.

 

Now I have give you his meta-background, any other input.

[Trebuchet]

Re: Sword of St Michael - A Character Review

 

Justicar, my Dark Champions PC in our DC game, is a Catholic priest and Jesuit in his secret ID. His powerset is not too disimilar from your character's, and his Characteristics are similar (of course our Dark Champions campaign is 250 points; not the 350 of a Standard Champions 5e game) and he glides rather than flies. He plays rather like Batman, prefering to strike from the shadows with martial arts rather than using his "God given" powers. His costume is somewhat remniscent of Moon Knight's except it's maroon and black.

[EverKnight]

Re: Sword of St Michael - A Character Review

 

At first glance it looks to me to be a pretty solid character. As has been noted SPD 3 is low, a BODY of 20 also seem high to me. The AP RKA also looks redundant; half the defenses but also half of the damage of the other RKA.

 

I would suggest thinking about an entangle as well. It would go with the preferred police approach of capturing criminals rather than going straight to shooting them.