CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

[Enforcer84]

Goliath (IV)Val Char Cost Roll Notes15/60 STR 5 12- / 21- Lift 200.0kg/102.4tons; 3d6/12d6 [1/5]17 DEX 21 12- OCV: 6/DCV: 620/35 CON 20 13- / 16-12/21 BODY 4 11- / 13-18 INT 8 13- PER Roll 16-11 EGO 2 11- ECV: 415/35 PRE 5 12- / 16- PRE Attack: 3d6/7d614 COM 2 12-10/25 PD 7 Total: 10/25 PD (10/15 rPD)7/25 ED 3 Total: 7/25 ED (7/15 rED)4 SPD 13 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 127/10 REC 040/70 END 030/47 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 90Movement: Running: 6"/24"/12"/48" Leaping: 3"/6" Swimming: 2"/4"Cost Powers END56 Enormous Size: Growth (+45 STR, +9 BODY, +9 STUN, -9" KB, 46,592 kg, -6 DCV, +6 PER Rolls to perceive character, 15 m tall, 7 m wide), Costs END Only To Activate (+1/4) (56 Active Points) 4\tab Notes: Foster's work with the High Evolutionary allowed him to refine the effects of his growth powers.10 Nanite Radiation Defense I: Power Defense (15 points) (15 Active Points); Only Works Against Radiation based attacks (-1/2)10 Nanite Radiation Defense II: Armor (0 PD/10 ED) (15 Active Points); Only Works Against Radiation based attacks (-1/2)5 Strong Willed Man: Mental Defense (7 points total) Gigantic Form24 1) Gigantic Defense: (Total: 30 Active Cost, 24 Real Cost) +15 PD (15 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; gains +5 PD per 15 points of Growth; Greater Power is Constant; -1/4) (Real Cost: 12) plus +15 ED (15 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; gains +5 PD per 15 points of Growth; Greater Power is Constant; -1/4) (Real Cost: 12)36 2) Gigantic Legs: Running +18" (6"/24" total), Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (45 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; +6" Running per 15 points of Growth; Greater Power is Constant; -1/4) 224 3) Gigantic Physique, And Tougher, Too: +15 CON (30 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; gains +5 CON per 15 points of Growth; Greater Power is Constant; -1/4)12 4) Gigantic Resilience: Damage Resistance (15 PD/15 ED) (15 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; gains 5 PD/5 ED Damage Resistance per 15 points of Growth; Greater Power is Constant; -1/4)7 5) Gigantic Senses: +3 PER with all Sense Groups (9 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; only applies at 30 points' worth of Growth or more; Greater Power is Constant; -1/4)8 6) Gigantic Swing: +4 OCV with Sweep16 7) Impressiveness: +20 PRE (20 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; Greater Power is Constant; -1/4)-8 8) One Man Gang Tackle: Area Of Effect (up to 6" Radius; +1); Only Works When Performing A Move Through (-1), Only Versus Groups Of Normal-STR People (-1/2) for up to 60 Active Points of STR (-12 Active Points); Linked (Enormous Size; Greater Power is Constant or in use most or all of the time; Lesser Power can only be used when character uses greater Power at full value; -1/2)Perks1 Doctor? Doctor: Fringe Benefit: PhD3 Membership has its privledges? : Fringe Benefit: Membership: The New Champions5 Money: Well Off3 Well-Connected8 1) Contact : Hank Pym (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has significant Contacts of his own, Contact has very useful Skills or resources, Very Good relationship with Contact) (9 Active Points) 12-5 2) Contact: Ben Grimm, The Thing (Contact has significant Contacts of his own, Contact has very useful Skills or resources) (6 Active Points) 12-6 3) Contact: Tony Stark (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has significant Contacts of his own, Contact has very useful Skills or resources, Good relationship with Contact) (7 Active Points) 11-11 4) Contact: Project Pegasus (Contact has very useful Skills or resources), Organization Contact (x3) (12 Active Points) 11-Skills10 +2 with HTH Combat2 AK: Los Angeles 11-2 AK: New York 11-3 CK: Los Angeles 13-1 Computer Programming 8-3 Deduction 13-3 Demolitions 13-1 Electronics 8-3 Forensic Medicine 13-3 Inventor 13-1 Mechanics 8-1 PS: Soldier 8-3 Paramedic 13-3 Scholar2 1) KS: Infectious Disease Control and Prevention (3 Active Points) 13-1 2) KS: The Superhuman World (2 Active Points) 11-1 3) KS: US Military Hardware & Symbolism (2 Active Points) 11-1 4) KS: US Military Protocol & Etiquette (2 Active Points) 11-3 Scientist2 1) SS: Biochemistry 13- (3 Active Points)2 2) SS: Biology 13- (3 Active Points)2 3) SS: Chemical Engineering 13- (3 Active Points)2 4) SS: Chemical and Biological Weapons 13- (3 Active Points)2 5) SS: Combat Medicine 13- (3 Active Points)2 6) SS: Emergency Medicine 13- (3 Active Points)2 7) SS: Exobiology 13- (3 Active Points)2 8) SS: Marine Biology 13- (3 Active Points)2 9) SS: Medicine 13- (3 Active Points)2 10) SS: Mutagenics 13- (3 Active Points)2 11) SS: Pharmacology 13- (3 Active Points)2 12) SS: Surgery 13- (3 Active Points)2 13) SS: Toxicology 13- (3 Active Points)2 14) SS: Virology 13- (3 Active Points)4 Systems Operation (Environmental Systems, Medical Systems) 13-2 TF: Common Motorized Ground Vehicles3 Teamwork 12-2 WF: Small ArmsTotal Powers & Skill Cost: 328Total Cost: 418200+ Disadvantages10 Dependent NPC: Claire Temple (Ex-Wife) 8- (Normal)20 Hunted : Hydra 8- (Occasionally) (Mo Pow, NCI, Harshly Punish)15 Hunted: Gigas 8- (Occasionally), More Powerful, Harshly Punish Notes: Gigas took over the Goliath name but was "Convinced" by Atlas, to drop it. He is a mutant with growth powers. He is one of the largest beings on the planet when his powers are full on.10 Hunted: Atom-Smasher II: 8- (Occasionally), As Powerful, Harshly Punish10 Psychological Limitation: Can be reckless in combat (Common, Moderate)20 Psychological Limitation: Code Against Killing Common, Total10 Psychological Limitation: Feels "in the shadow" of Henry Pym Uncommon, Strong15 Psychological Limitation: Protective of Inner City Citizens Common, Strong10 Reputation: Giant Man's Successor: , Frequently (11-)5 Rivalry : Professional (Atlas; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry)15 Social Limitation: Secret Identity: William Barrett "Bill" Foster (Frequently, Major)78 Experience Points(17 points unspent)Total Disadvantage Points: 418Background/History: From: Marvel Universe.comWilliam Foster spent his childhood in the Watts ghetto. His natural intelligence and the influence of several good people helped him leave the ghetto and attend California Technical Institute, but not before enlisting in the military. He saw combat in southeast Asia, where he made an enemy of CIA operative Geoffrey Ballard, later the rogue super-agent known as the Centurion. As a student, Foster worked toward a degree in biochemistry and met and married Claire Temple, a medical student. Upon graduation, he worked his way up the corporate ladder at Stark Industries, but his drive for success strained their marriage to the point of divorce.When the scientific adventurer Henry Pym was trapped at a minimum of ten feet in height, Tony Stark recommended that Foster assist Pym in finding a cure. For several months they worked together in Pym's laboratories in New Jersey and the Avengers Mansion, although Foster often became embroiled in the Avengers’s cases, such as surviving attacks by the Sons of the Serpent and helping to thwart Whirlwind’s attempt to kill Pym and the Wasp in order to claim their estate. The two scientists eventually found a cure.Foster returned to Stark Industries, where he was promoted to head of the biochemistry division at Stark Industries' Los Angeles plant. Fascinated by Pym's research, Foster synthesized the growth compound, hoping to eliminate any side effects. Eventually Foster tested the formula on himself and found he had successfully duplicated Pym's growth powers. Taking a vacation from his duties at Stark Industries, Foster devised a plan by which he might win back the affection of his ex-wife, Claire Temple. He wrote her about how he had worked with Pym and duplicated his powers but deceived her into believing that, like Pym, he was also trapped at giant stature. She agreed to meet him to see what help she could provide. They met at a traveling circus where he said he had to work in order to earn money to continue his research. Foster had outfitted himself in a costume and billed himself as "Black Goliath." Claire's current boyfriend, Luke Cage (then known as the hero Power Man), had followed her, and the two men fought over her. They settled their differences long enough to join forces against the Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime, which Foster had unwittingly joined. Ultimately, however, Claire chose to remain with Cage rather than her ex-husband. Ashamed, Foster returned to Los Angeles.Although he had fashioned a costumed identity for himself, Foster was uncertain whether he should use it to fight crime, considering the circumstances in which he fashioned it. With the encouragement of Henry Pym, he decided to try. On his first outing, Foster encountered the criminal Atom-Smasher, who bombarded him with deadly radiation. This bombardment immediately produced painful side effects, making his size transformations difficult and causing him to occasionally black out. Before Foster was able to defeat the Atom-Smasher, his foe was killed by a mysterious assassin that later turned out to be Atom-Smasher's brother, the second Atom-Smasher. Ignoring the symptoms of radiation poisoning, he continued his career, battling such menaces as Vulcan, the Stilt-Man, and the Hijacker, and aiding the Champions and the Thing. After some time, Foster changed his code-name to Giant-Man.When it became difficult to ignore his illness, Foster took a leave of absence from Stark International to come a consultant at Project: PEGASUS, an upstate New York energy research installation facility. There to do research on the corpse of the Atom-Smasher, he nearly sacrificed his life to stop the mad scheme of the Nth Man. Following the attack, a team of top radiologists were assigned to help cure his condition, including Reed Richards and Walter Langkowski. After their treatments failed, Foster returned to Los Angeles to finish his life's work with Stark Industries, only to be attacked by the new Atom-Smasher. The Thing, Spider-Woman, and himself defeated Atom-Smasher. Spider-Woman saved his life with a transfusion of her blood, at the expense of losing her own power of immunity to radiation. However, Foster believed his cell structure had deteriorated to a point that he could never become Giant-Man again. He retired and became a full time researcher. During this time, he became a consultant to the Avengers when they opened their West Coast base.Eventually, Foster found himself working as technician for the High Evolutionary at his Antarctic strong hold. Learning the High Evolutionary's plan to mutate everyone on earth, he managed to release a warning to the West Coast Avengers, who tracked him to the stronghold. But as the Avengers were being defeated, Foster swallowed a chemical that again transformed him into Giant-Man, and he learned that his cellular disintegration had been cured. He then defeated the High Evolutionary in combat. Foster declined joining the Avengers full time, returning to research.Foster renewed his research partnership with Henry Pym for a time, and with it, his occasional association with the Avengers (for instance, he assisted Pym in saving the life of the second Swordsman who was residing at the Avengers Mansion). Later, he and Pym learned of a potential invasion from the dimension of Kosmos, from which their growth powers derived. After thwarting the attempt, Foster found himself powerless once more, and he once again returned to scientific research.

Restoring his growth powers and resuming his Black Goliath identity, Foster aided Black Panther, Falcon, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist against a gang of criminals; later, as Foster, he assisted the Avengers during the Red Zone crisis. Modifying his costume and adopting a new alias of Goliath, Foster teamed with the Thing to defeat Cauldron the Scalding Man. Subsequently, Foster was one of many heroes who opposed the U.S. government's Superhuman Registration Act and joined Captain America's Secret Avengers team. During a clash with Iron Man's squad of Registration Act supporters, Foster was killed by a clone of the thunder god Thor.Personality/Motivation: Bill Foster is a man who has played the roll of superhero in the past. First as the poorly named Black Goliath, and then as the second Giant Man, he never felt confident in his abilities. That and the health problems that he encountered as a result of his heroic career lead him to hang up the tights on several occasions, becoming Giant Man only when directly threatened. Since his cure from the cellular degeneration that was caused by his use of Pym Particles to grow he had kept to science and left the heroing to others. Although he wouldn't admit it, even to himself, Foster missed being a hero. He kept the Giant Man uniform and his nanite research had the "side effect" of allowing him to once again grow to gigantic proportions. When he got the email he was secretly thrilled. Though he complains about his "retirement" and his health concerns, Foster, now as "Goliath" is back where he wants to be.Quote: "Don't even think about it.""This will be the shortest comeback in history."Powers/Tactics: A "Growth" brick, Goliath trades invulnerability and greater strength for reach and impressive stature. It's not a fair trade and most Growth bricks (Atlas formerly excluded) are generally the secondary strong man on their team. Goliath is great for natural disasters and rescue missions, where his size and reach can be used to their fullest. However, in a superhero combat that doesn't take place outside or in a tall building, he's at a disadvantage. Campaign Use: Once there was a Giant Drought in Marvel Comics. There were two giant characters, both villains (Tower and Goliath III). Now, Pym is back in the saddle (or is he gone again), Goliath took the name Atlas and turned the other cheek, becoming a Hero. Jan Van Dyne has done some growing of her own recently, as well. Foster is my favorite for the role. He's smart, rational, a good technology guy (not a gadgeteer, but he knows medical tech and other such things quite well). He works well with a team as a level headed veteran and someone who still has an inclination as to how goofy superheroing can be.Appearance: Bill Foster is a handsome man in his mid thirties. His illness and time as a superhero aged him but since he's regained his health and his powers he seems to be younger and more energetic than ever. He wears his hair short and dresses in tailored suits when not in the lab or in his superhero costume. His current costume is based on his Blue and White Giant Man costume.

[teh bunneh]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

You forgot:

 

Physical Limitation: Dead (All the time, fully)

 

[teh bunneh]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

j/k.

 

Good writeup, Chad. I still have my original copy of the Marvel Two-in-One where Ben Grimm suggests he drop the name "Black Goliath" ('cause it's kinda obvious he's black, and Goliath was a bad guy) and just go with Giant Man.

 

Project Pegasus -- what a good story arc. :wistful:

[OddHat]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

Good write up.

 

Amazingly, law and order Tony and Reed aren't going to be turning themselves in for their roles in murdering him.

 

Not that there's anyone for them to accept their surrender, what with Marvel America being a dysfunctional police state and all.

[Enforcer84]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

j/k.

 

Good writeup, Chad. I still have my original copy of the Marvel Two-in-One where Ben Grimm suggests he drop the name "Black Goliath" ('cause it's kinda obvious he's black, and Goliath was a bad guy) and just go with Giant Man.

 

Project Pegasus -- what a good story arc. :wistful:

and if you read my Thundra Thread, one of my favorite cat fights ever.

[Enforcer84]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

I still can't belive they couldn't shrink him down for his burial. What a crock. Millar's an idiot.

[Enforcer84]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

You forgot:

 

Physical Limitation: Dead (All the time, fully)

 

Shut up you!

[misterdeath]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

You forgot:

 

Physical Limitation: Dead (All the time, fully)

 

 

And Social Limitation: "It's OK, it's only Goliath." (all the time, fully)

 

for all the care and concern Pym and Stark showed for their friend and coworker.

 

D

[Enforcer84]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

And Social Limitation: "It's OK, it's only Goliath." (all the time, fully)

 

for all the care and concern Pym and Stark showed for their friend and coworker.

 

D

Ironically? I think that the "We can't shrink him" insanity was to show how much care and concern Tony had for him.

 

Bear with me.

 

I've only read the Parodies, but while doing my research for Bill, it came up that since they were unable to shrink him back to normal size, Tony bought 37grave plots so he could be buried. I think that was to point out that even though Bill 'Betrayed' Both Tony (who he once worked for) and Hank (Whom Bill once aided when Hank was stuck in Giant size) by joining the Anti-Reg side, Tony was classy enough to pay for the funeral. Notice none of the Anti Reg side was there (IIRC).

 

Ironically, his last words were the second quote. He said them to Clor; implying that Thor's "return" would be short lived.

 

I hate Mark Millar. He can't even write a good Superhero Death. And then, he can't even remember that he knocked one off.

[Doc Samson]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

Well done. I was sad when they killed him off.

[input.jack]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

He should be proud. When he fell, so did the Marvel Universe.

[MilkmanDan]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

Being that he stayed big after he got Clor-i-fied, doesn't his Growth need to be Persistent?

[Enforcer84]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

No, I do not acknowledge his death. It's in the history I swiped, but in my world he's alive.

[Cold Steel]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

He should be proud. When he fell' date=' so did the Marvel Universe.[/quote']

 

The Red Skull must be laughing his butt off somewhere because of all this.

[Twilight]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

No' date=' I do not acknowledge his death. It's in the history I swiped, but in my world he's alive.[/quote']

 

And an Avenger I hope.

[Cold Steel]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

Sorry, He is in a Seattle/Vancouver based superteam called The New Champions.

 

Don't ask.

[Enforcer84]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

I posted that didnt' I?

[Twilight]

Re: CHA: Goliath (IV); Bill Foster

 

I posted that didnt' I?

 

That he was a member of the Avengers or that he was a member of the New Champions? Either is good of course, so long as he's a major member and not just a hanger on.