I am putting together a new character and as you all know the great thing about Hero is the many ways you can put together the concept. I would like to see some ideas on building this concept into a 250-350 pt character. I won't deny that this is also a great way to get some good advice from the pros on these boards! I hope you all enjoy the concept and character.
Secret ID: Mason Bradshaw
Super ID: Heap
Background:
Mason Bradshaw lived most of his childhood in and out of hospitals from either his many ear and eye problems - or broken bones from the beatings of a very abusive father. Mason was a bright kid (genius in fact) but slightly withdrawn and quiet. He wasn't much of a kid to look at and really spent most of his childhood behind the scenes really staying out of the way. He lived in a lower middle class home and the family, under the abusive hand of Mason's father, never got very far financially. Mason and his mother became very close as they both struggled through the same abuse. Mason liked building things. He found that he had a knack at inventing at 12 years old when he built his mother her very own washer and dryer. He built it from scraps from a local city dump. Thus started Mason's ventures to the city dump and local junk yards. He found the solitude comforting and also the unlimited resources for his gadgets and inventions. Mason felt that he could accomplish anything. It was a sad day for Mason when his mother passed away. Strangely enough it wasn't his fathers hand but cancer that took her life that cold fall morning. Unfortunately for Mason, who had still yet to graduate high school, his father had become even more abusive towards him as he was now the single focus of his aggression. The beatings continued to intensify until the one day the typically passive and quiet Mason snapped. It was at this moment that Mason's latent super powers (mutant manifestation) came to the surface. As Mason defended himself from his father's attacks his skin started taking on a sickly black color and he noticed that his feet had become part of the floor. As he reached back to punch his father his hand touched part of the wall behind him and to his surprise his fist came at his father not as he intended - part of the wall came with it! With no surprise this punch laid his father low. Mason ran off into the night with nothing but the cloths on his body. He ran to where he knew he could be safe, The City Dump. There he would build his home. There he knew that he could build a new life for himself.
Over the years Mason perfected his power to absorb material surrounding him make it part of his own body. He can increase his mass and strength many times over giving him the ability to lay low many opponents. Mason's gift of invention has blossomed over the years into a very lucrative craft. Mason is well connected in the vigilante and crime fighting underground developing gadgets and tools - for a cost. Although, Mason charges for his services he isn't in it for the money. He uses his earnings to further continue the development of his grand invention. You can't get all of the material you need from the City Dump! Although Mason is still very quiet and reserved he can be found joining with local city vigilantes where Heap and his super strength is needed.
Powers:
Mason has the mutant ability to absorb material (that he is in direct contact with) into his body thus increasing his mass, density, size and strength. With massive amounts of material absorbed into his body, Heap is very resistant to physical damage. He has even perfected the ability to stretch his body out giving him the ability to reach across the battleground to inflict damage on his enemies from a distance. There are other abilities that will stem from his mutant powers that are yet unknown and untapped (maybe the ability to move through material like desolidification?)-- Mason is just too involved in his inventions to find out!
Mason has a secret underground base of operations built to protect him and server as a quiet domain to work on his projects. The base resides directly underneath the largest city dump in the campaign city. He also has a few different transportation inventions to get around the campaign city (weird helicopters and mad max looking cars). All of Mason’s inventions are built for purpose and not esthetics so everything looks a bit “junky”.
Appearance:
When not using his powers, Mason appears to be very plain. 5'10" tall with brown hair and brown eyes lean build with a normal face. He typically dresses out of date as most of his cloths are picked out of the trash heaps. Mason doesn't care. His mind is typically on the development of new gadgets and his grand invention.
As Heap, Mason takes on an ever changing appearance depending on the material he absorbs into his form. Typically, he has the appearance of a monstrous hulking humanoid comprised of garbage (the city dump is where he usually assumes his Heap ID). His skin changes to a greenish black color when he starts using his mutant power.
Well that’s what I have so far. I would love some feedback on the concept as well. It’s been fun creating him so far.
