Hey folks,
I thought I'd put my two cents worth in here free of charge. I play Rook in Shrike's MC campaign and while Rook is tough to take down usually, he can and does fall in battle. He just usually recovers faster then the other players and gets right back in the fight. However all that aside the best way to describe him on the battle field is a mix of Sue Richards (AKA: Invisble woman of the Fantastic Four), Iceman of the X-Men, and Doctor Octopus of the Spider-man comics.
He uses the "Force-slides" like Iceman does to move around quickly, the invisble force fields like Sue Richards does, and the extra limbs like Doc Ock. Susan Richard's power set was my original inspiration for Rook and Shrike helped me build him into what he is now. Rook doesn't have as many force-field tricks as Sue Richard's but I didn't want a clone of her anyways, just someone similar. Rook does ok with the tricks he does have though .
He has used his actual force-fields to save his butt and those of his teammates on more then one occassion. He once used the force-dome ability to foil a henchman's plan to chuck a grenade into the room our group was in by blocking the doorless entrance with the dome. I wish I could've seen the look on the poor henchman's face when the grenade came right back to him .
Ok I digress, in response to the comments about the "only with extra limbs" disadvantage... a)it is in the HERO designer and since I mentioned him previously the villain Doctor Octopus probably has this same limitation. He obviously is not strong enough to pick up cars, tear through walls, and whatnot but his extra arms sure are. Being a fan/collector of Spidey since I was a kid I can recall more then one occassion when the Doctor was stripped of his arms. No more picking up cars, tearing through walls or whatnot for the good Doctor until he got those arms back.
As mentioned previously it does take alot to put Rook down but it's not impossible. There's martial artist villain running around MC named Wu who put Rook down with a few good flying kicks (three to be precise). Don't get me wrong now Wu knew he was in a fight after it was all said and done but my point is he can fall down like anyone else and his regeneration bit didn't do didely or squat to help him. Also any brick worth his salt would put Rook on the pain train to unconsciousness too. Grond is only ten pts above Rook but I wouldn't have a prayer of hurting or even slowing down Grond.
Well thats about it for me from here. If there is an interest I'll post Rook's back story soon. It hasn't come out in play yet and I want to see how the other players react when they learn of it in case their reading these boards. The group's character's haven't meshed well yet due to some personality differences but they will be resolved soon I'm sure. The group by the way consists of Chitin, Gravitic, Rook, and the old warhorse John Wrath agent of P.R.I.M.U.S.! You can read about these colorful characters on Shrike's other posts labeled for the corrosponding character. OK guys and gals I'll catchya later.
In our current group we have a character Gravitic who is the half-brother of Gravitar unbeknownst to either of them...yet. He has taken her as a -8 Hunted, based on the assumption that when she eventually sees him on the SNN channel she'll come looking for him. Now the rest of the group being his trustworthy and stalwart allies that we are; have all pledge our unwavering silent support in not interferring in any family feuds . Not that this will likely do us any good but hey what are friends for?