Tigra

[Mark Rand]

Tigra is one of Marvel's cooler characters. This is a version of her that's based, somewhat, on the Marvel character.

 

Tigra's a mutant who can shift between a human form and a were-tiger form. In her human form, she's a highly skilled crime scene investigator in the campaign city. In her were-form, her characteristics and senses are in the superhuman range.

 

She is not a member of the local superhero team. Since the heroes have seen her only in human form, they probably don't know that she has metahuman abilities. In the upcoming Seacouver campaign, she would have both the skills of a scientist and a deputy sheriff.

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

In a campaign set in Pittsburgh, Tigra would be either a crime scene investigator or a lab technician.

 

I have the 4E sheets for Tigra created by Sam Bell and Matt Ignash and plan to use them to help create my version of her.

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

I've started the HD3 sheet for my version of Tigra. I'll post it here when I'm done.

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

Here, for comment, is Tigra.

[b]Tigra - Lindsay Monroe[/b]

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

[b]CHA Cost: 38[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]POWERS[/u][/b]
10     Armor (4 PD/4 ED) (12 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
14     +20 STR (20 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=2
65     +30 DEX (90 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=
11     +10 CON (20 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=
2     +5 PRE (5 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=
4     Extra Limbs: tail (1) (5 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
12     Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand: claws 1d6 (1 1/2d6 w/STR) (15 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=1
5     Cosmetic Transform 1d6 (civilian to heroic ID) - END=1
18     Running +10" (16" total), x4 Noncombat (25 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=2
12     +5 PER with all Sense Groups (15 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
4     Infrared Perception (Sight Group) (5 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
8     Tracking with Smell/Taste Group (10 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
8     Discriminatory with Smell/Taste Group (10 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0

[b]POWERS Cost: 173[/b]


[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]SKILLS[/u][/b]
3      Bureaucratics 11-
9      Criminology 16-
3      Deduction 13-
3      Paramedics 13-
6      SS: biology 15-
3      Systems Operation 13-
3      TF:  Common Motorized Ground Vehicles, Agricultural & Construction Vehicles
13      Climbing 16-
7      AK: Bozeman, Montana 16-
2      AK: Campaign City 11-
2      PS: Criminalist 11-

[b]SKILLS Cost: 54[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]PERKS[/u][/b]
3      Access: County Crime Lab
2      Fringe Benefit:  International Driver's License, Passport

[b]PERKS Cost: 5[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]TALENTS[/u][/b]
3      Lightning Calculator
5      Eidetic Memory
4      Speed Reading (x10)
3      Double Jointed (4 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4)

[b]TALENTS Cost: 15[/b]
[b][u]Value[/u]  [u]DISADVANTAGES[/u][/b]
20     Psychological Limitation: CVK:  (Common, Total)
15     Social Limitation: Secret ID Lindsay Monroe:  (Frequently, Major)
15     Distinctive Features: as Tigra, orange an black fur, feline appearance:  (Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
15     Social Limitation: Subject to orders:  (Frequently, Major)

[b]DISADVANTAGES Points: 65[/b]

Base Pts: 200
Exp Required: 20
Total Exp Available: 0
Exp Unspent: 0
Total Character Cost: 285

[Hermit]

Re: Tigra

 

Interesting write up. You obviously like her more than Bendis does.

[Bloodstone]

Re: Tigra

 

Ok, I know she isn't supposed to be a direct port of the comics but...

 

The tail isn't fully prehensile, so it probably needs limited manipulation if it's even worth including as an extra limb at all.

 

Tigra had fangs as I recall.

 

You are missing the Figured characteristics from her OIHID stats.

 

Tigra had a unique fighting style that would probably best be represented by Martial Arts.

 

No Acrobatics? No Breakfall?

 

Don't know what your benchmarks are, but she doesn't do very much damage. Of course, she can't take very much either. And 42 Dex...but only a 5 SPD...

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

Ok, I know she isn't supposed to be a direct port of the comics but...

 

The tail isn't fully prehensile, so it probably needs limited manipulation if it's even worth including as an extra limb at all.

 

Tigra had fangs as I recall.

 

You are missing the Figured characteristics from her OIHID stats.

 

Tigra had a unique fighting style that would probably best be represented by Martial Arts.

 

No Acrobatics? No Breakfall?

 

Don't know what your benchmarks are, but she doesn't do very much damage. Of course, she can't take very much either. And 42 Dex...but only a 5 SPD...

 

I'll make some changes, however Lindsay is just starting her career as a superhero, and, probably isn't a skilled fighter, yet.

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

Here's he updated Tigra.

[b]Tigra - Lindsay Monroe[/b]

[b][u]VAL[/u]   [u]CHA[/u]   [u]Cost[/u]   [u]Total[/u]   [u]Roll[/u]      [u]Notes[/u][/b]
12    STR     2   12      11-       HTH Damage 2d6  END [1]
12    DEX     6   12      11-       OCV 4 DCV 4
12    CON     4   12      11-
12    BODY    4   12      11-
18    INT     8   18      13-       PER Roll 18-
15    EGO     10   15      12-       ECV: 5
12    PRE     2   12      11-       PRE Attack: 2d6
14    COM     2   14      12-
2    PD      0   2/6             2/6 PD (0/4 rPD)
2    ED      0   2/6             2/6 ED (0/4 rED)
4    SPD     0   4                 Phases:  3, 6, 9, 12
4    REC     0   4
24    END     0   24
24    STUN    0   24
16    RUN      0   16"                END [3]
2    SWIM     0   2"                END [1]
2    LEAP     0   2"                2" forward, 1" upward

[b]CHA Cost: 38[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]POWERS[/u][/b]
10     Armor (4 PD/4 ED) (12 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
14     +20 STR (20 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=2
65     +30 DEX (90 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=
11     +10 CON (20 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=
2     +5 PRE (5 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=
3     Extra Limbs: tail (1) (5 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4), Limited Manipulation (-1/4) - END=0
12     Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand: fangs 1d6 (1 1/2d6 w/STR) (15 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=1
12     +2 SPD (20 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) (Modifiers affect Base Characteristic) - END=
12     Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand: claws 1d6 (1 1/2d6 w/STR) (15 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=1
5     Cosmetic Transform 1d6 (civilian to heroic ID) - END=1
18     Running +10" (16" total), x4 Noncombat (25 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=2
12     +5 PER with all Sense Groups (15 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
4     Infrared Perception (Sight Group) (5 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
8     Tracking with Smell/Taste Group (10 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0
8     Discriminatory with Smell/Taste Group (10 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0

[b]POWERS Cost: 196[/b]


[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]SKILLS[/u][/b]
3      Bureaucratics 11-
9      Criminology 16-
3      Deduction 13-
3      Paramedics 13-
6      SS: biology 15-
3      Systems Operation 13-
3      TF:  Common Motorized Ground Vehicles, Agricultural & Construction Vehicles
13      Climbing 16-
7      AK: Bozeman, Montana 16-
2      AK: Campaign City 11-
2      PS: Criminalist 11-
7      Acrobatics 13-
7      Breakfall 13-

[b]SKILLS Cost: 68[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]PERKS[/u][/b]
3      Access: County Crime Lab
2      Fringe Benefit:  International Driver's License, Passport

[b]PERKS Cost: 5[/b]

[b][u]Cost[/u]   [u]TALENTS[/u][/b]
3      Lightning Calculator
5      Eidetic Memory
4      Speed Reading (x10)
3      Double Jointed (4 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4)

[b]TALENTS Cost: 15[/b]
[b][u]Value[/u]  [u]DISADVANTAGES[/u][/b]
20     Psychological Limitation: CVK:  (Common, Total)
15     Social Limitation: Secret ID Lindsay Monroe:  (Frequently, Major)
15     Distinctive Features: as Tigra, orange an black fur, feline appearance:  (Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
15     Social Limitation: Subject to orders:  (Frequently, Major)

[b]DISADVANTAGES Points: 65[/b]

Base Pts: 200
Exp Required: 57
Total Exp Available: 0
Exp Unspent: 0
Total Character Cost: 322

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

Tigra's 5 foot three. (Her appearance as Lindsay is based on Anna Belknap, who plays Lindsay on CSI: New York.)

 

A possible presence attack is for her to change from Lindsay to Tigra in front of someone and lunge at them with claws extended and fangs showing.

[psychonaut_raz]

Re: Tigra

 

Something that has been ignored pretty much from the time that it was introduced is that when Agatha Harkness gave Tigra the ability to look human, that's all it was; the ability to look human. So technically she shouldn't have ANY powers as OIHD (except for possibly senses due to the different shaped-eyes etc) because her Greer Nelson form is only an illusion anyway...

 

Plus, given that she kicked SO MUCH ASS in human form in the Tigra mini-series from a few years back, even if you do go the "two separate forms" route, her human stats should have STR, DEX and CON all in the 20's, plus some major martial arts skills...

 

(it's not like she's one of my favourite characters or anything....)

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

Something that has been ignored pretty much from the time that it was introduced is that when Agatha Harkness gave Tigra the ability to look human' date=' that's all it was; the ability to [i']look[/i] human. So technically she shouldn't have ANY powers as OIHD (except for possibly senses due to the different shaped-eyes etc) because her Greer Nelson form is only an illusion anyway...

 

Plus, given that she kicked SO MUCH ASS in human form in the Tigra mini-series from a few years back, even if you do go the "two separate forms" route, her human stats should have STR, DEX and CON all in the 20's, plus some major martial arts skills...

 

(it's not like she's one of my favourite characters or anything....)

 

Interesting stuff. I may adopt some of this for my version of Tigra.

[psychonaut_raz]

Re: Tigra

 

I think she's one of the most badly written characters in the Avengers - she was an effective crimefighter even before she had her powers, so that in itself would indicate some combat levels at least if not actual martial arts......then with the upgrade she got in West Coast Avengers when she got her tail, she's physically pretty much on par with Spider-Man - yet, she always gets jobbed. Considering how much Marvel loves its teeth&claws animalistic types (see Wolverine, Sabretooth, Feral, Wolfsbane etc), it's surprising that Tigra never gets any respect...

[Corven_Ren]

Re: Tigra

 

As a criminialist I would give her more science skills. At least Chemistry & forensic medicine. Maybe even entamology.

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

As a criminialist I would give her more science skills. At least Chemistry & forensic medicine. Maybe even entamology.

 

Okay, I can do that. They'll probably be related to her main science, which is biology. However, I don't think forensic medicine would be right. That, if memory serves me correctly, refers to doing autopsies.

[Enforcer84]

Re: Tigra

 

Interesting write up. You obviously like her more than Bendis does.

I cry when you say things like this.

 

Do I need to hunt Bendis down like a rabid weasel?

What did he do to her?

[Enforcer84]

Re: Tigra

 

As to Tigra. I like her, as I don't know the campaign world I won't discuss her combat ability. Since she is a criminal investigator, I'd consider SS:Ballistics, perhaps Shadowing or Streetwise? I admit I'm not sure what a Criminalist is though.

[Tech]

Re: Tigra

 

You also might want to increase the PD & ED a little. Unless I missed something, the total PD & ED with armor comes out to around 10 or so.

[psychonaut_raz]

Re: Tigra

 

I cry when you say things like this.

 

Do I need to hunt Bendis down like a rabid weasel?

What did he do to her?

Check out New Avengers #35..

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

You also might want to increase the PD & ED a little. Unless I missed something' date=' the total PD & ED with armor comes out to around 10 or so.[/quote']

 

Will do.

 

I'm also giving her a few more skills that she acquired on the family farm.

[Enforcer84]

Re: Tigra

 

Check out New Avengers #35..

No! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!

If I don't read it, it didn't happen.

[freakboy6117]

Re: Tigra

 

enforcer if you like i can show you he parody/protest version with Danny Rand instead but if your also an iron fist fan that would also suck.

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

As to Tigra. I like her' date=' as I don't know the campaign world I won't discuss her combat ability. Since she is a criminal investigator, I'd consider SS:Ballistics, perhaps Shadowing or Streetwise? I admit I'm not sure what a Criminalist is though.[/quote']

 

Done.

 

A criminalist is a crime scene investigator. Some are also police officers.

[Radar]

Re: Tigra

 

I'll be okay with Bendis' portrayal if somewhere down the line when this storyline wraps up, Greer takes handful out of the Hood and his gang using her abilities. She was ganged up on, had her family threatened and beaten up pretty decently. Payback should be definitive and final as to why you don't mess with an Avenger and more importantly, the Cat People's chosen warrior woman.

[Korvar]

Re: Tigra

 

I can't even understand how she got beaten up in the first place. Nothing about this Hood bloke seems to give him the edge he'd need.

[Mark Rand]

Re: Tigra

 

As Lindsay, Tigra drives an SUV provided the county crime lab. Like all agency vehicles, it has a two-way radio, flashing lights, siren, and other emergency gear as well as gear for evidence collecting.

 

Her transformation doesn't change her clothes. It merely transforms her from a normal human to a were-tiger.

 

I may change Lindsay's secret ID to a public ID. If so, the crime lab probably has samples of her fur and DNA as well as tooth and claw impressions and prints of her four paws. It's also possible that her SUV would be assigned a plate reading "TIGRA".