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The biggest problem with superhero games is the whole "How do I build so-and-so" issue; due to the nature of the genre, character creation has to have a lot of options, so it can get pretty confusing or intimidating. Mutants & Masterminds helped alleviate some of those issue by including "archetypes" in the main book; sample characters based on standard superhero types that could be played right out of the book. They also put out Instant Superheroes which expanded on the idea. So, in the interest of spreading the word of Wild Talents and the ORE, I've taken a shot at building a template for each of the more archetypal character types. I assumed a standard Wild Talents campaign with 300 point characters; most of these have a few points left over for customising and making the character distinctive. Even simple builds like these take quite a bit of time to throw together, so please excuse me if I've forgotten something. The Blaster: This guy doesn't have a lot of tricks, but he's very goo with them. For the most part, the blaster just melts things with whatever energy type he prefers (in this case, we've got the traditional blast - fire!). He can also use these fiery blasts to deflect attacks, and naturally boasts some immunity to flame as well. The Blaster, 283 ptsThe Brick: Does this character really need any explanation? He's tough, he hits hard in a fight, and he has the unusual ability to punch through walls and the steel-like skin of other Talents without routinely murdering normal people by accident. There's a lot of customising that can be done here. Upgrading some of the brick's Body into hard or wiggle dice will change the nature of the character. With regular dice he's an exceptionally strong bruiser, but hard dice turn him into a killing machine (perhaps a killer robot character). Wiggle dice give him precise control and far greater effectiveness with physical prowess - a Wonder Woman, perhaps. A combination of hard and wiggle dice makes him similar to Superman. A more diverse set of super powers is also possible if you change Persmission: Power Theme to Permission: Super for an extra 10 points. The Brick, 239 ptsThe Controller: This character can only do one thing - reach out towards an element, substance, property, or subject, and control it like a puppet. This can be an extremely flexible power if the controller has a fairly common element and has given a little forethought about ways to exploit his control. The controller has an unusual combinations of extras and flaws on his power. Go Last means that actions with this power always happen last in the round; however, until this happens he is still protected from attacks by the Reflexive extra. Four levels of Radius allow the controller to affect a radius of 80 yards, although if he wants to increase or decrease stats or damage in a radius he'll need a higher Base Will to pay the increased Willpower cost. The Controller, 262 ptsThe Feral: He's animalistic! He's atavistic! He brings claws to a gunfight! Good thing that he regenerates faster than anything in nature! The feral is primarily a close combatant - he's damn fast in a brawl, shakes of damage easily, and slices through unprotected and lightly-protected opponents with ease. Furthermore, the feral's heightened sense of danger provides some protection from attacks that might kill him before he can regenerate his regular and Extra Tough wound boxes. The Feral, 266 ptsThe Fishguy: On to the, uh, fishguy. There's a lot that you can get with these characters, including fish control, water control, super-duper swimming speed... heck, Namor can even fly for some inexplicable reason. But the essentials of a fishguy involve being amphibious and pretty tough (although not to Brick levels), so that's what the basic package gets you. Aquaman: "I'll check the harbour!' The Fishguy, 200 pointsThe Gadgeteer: This is a character for those players who know the Wild Talents rules well and like to tinker with miracle ideas. You'll spend more time planning your gadgets than rolling to create them; with the Willpower investment required, you may not have very many different gadgets at a given time, but you can always disassemble one in order to focus on what you need next. Gadgeteers need a decent dice pool in their single power... and a whole bucketload of Willpower to fuel their devices. The Gadgeteer, 230 ptsThe Power Suit: This character could be a very specialised gadgeteer, or the recipient of a strange alien artifact, or possibly just the employee of a government or corporation wealthy enough to put a prototype battlesuit into action. How you customise his stats and skills depends on how the character came into possession of the power suit and how he uses it. The Power Suit, 209 ptsThe Psionic: There's a lot of different powers that could easily be added to a psionic character - Invisibility, Projected Hallucination, Puppet, and Telekinesis all leap to mind. This basic psionic character is focused on telepathic powers, with a bit of Nullify to represent his ability to reach into a Talent's mind and briefly inhibit or shut down its powers. A few wiggle dice in the psionic's Sense, Command, and Cool stats indicate an almost imperceptible ability to influence others and observe the psionic's surroundings. The Psionic, 258 ptsThe Shape Changer: He can turn into anything. Well, anything between 1.5 lbs and 1.6 tons. The skills chosen for this character are all based on his pshycial abilities; you'll want to expand on them, perhaps increase the shape shifter's mental stats, and put some more dice into Dead Ringer or Metamorph (whichever you decide to focus on). A few levels of Regeneration and/or Extra Tough might be appropriate, and possibly Elasticity if your character's body stretches like silly putty. The Shape Changer, 188 ptsThe Sorcerer: A decent sorceror is hard to manage at 300 points or less. Here's how I'd put together a fairly generic spellcaster; you could swap out some of his miracles and rely more on Spellcasting, but I think that it's helpful to have a few "built-in" spells to fall back on. Magical detection and teleportation are fairly standard sorcerous abilities that should always be available, and the Mental Armour extra (from telepathy) represents the sorcerer's guarded mind. Indomitable Willpower is helpful to allow the sorceror to continue casting spells after his Willpower quickly runs low. The Sorcerer, 300 ptsThe Speedster: The speedster is goshdarned fast, although for some reason his body doesn't obey inconvenient laws of physics regarding momentum and inertia. He doesn't hit hard, but he rarely misses and can punch an enemy all over in a flurry of light strikes (the Engulf extra on Body). This speedster's stats and skills are fairly vanilla; you'll almost certainly want to add some dice there to reflect the character's background and gifts. The Speedster, 265 ptsThe Supernormal: The supernormal character is a normal, unenhanced human being... except that he's better than any human could hope to be. The supernormal may not be faster or stronger than a regular man, but he's more reliable and consistent - he just doesn't miss. The supernormal does indeed have some goddamned wiggle dice. This is a fairly generic character base, with plenty of points left over to focus on particular stats, add a set of skills based on the character's background (some First Aid and Medicine for a surgeon-turned-vigilante, for example), or perhaps pay for Permission: One Power or Permission: Super-Equipment and associated miracles. The Supernormal, 164 pts
The Cosmic Alien: This character is a unique individual, capable
of traversing the vacuum of space entirely unaided. Perhaps she is the
personification of some universal principle; perhaps she was empowered
by an even more potent entity; or perhaps she is just an exceptionally
powerful mutant. The Cosmic Alien, 366 ptsThe Martial Artist: The martial artist character is related to the supernormal, but his abilties are focused on physical perfection and mastery in hand-to-hand combat - he has become an almost supernatural ass-kicking master. The martial artist may have developed his powers through "intense training" or unlocking the power of chi, or perhaps being taught mystical secrets by an order of forgotten monks in the Hidden City. This character template gets you a highly competant hand-to-hand combatant - he's likely to strike faster and more frequently than most characters, striking at hidden weaknesses to bypass armour, and with a number of martial arts bonuses to enable him to efficiently cripple dangerous foes. His strength is within the normal human range, but he punches hard. The Martial Artist, 280 ptsThe Robot: The robot character is a fully artificial humanoid who is almost but not quite alive. This is a very basic prototype with connectivity built into the design but few peripherals. The robot character has a robust frame which is very resilient to wear and tear, and includes a self-repairing facility to superficial damage (Shock), but major structural damage (Killing) requires a licenced mechatronics engineer to repair. The Robot, 290 pts
The Paragon: He's super strong, he flies like the wind, he
inspires and leads other heroes, and he probably wears a cape. His skin
is as hard as an inch of steel. He's the paragon, and even if
he's built to exactly the same point total as other characters in the
campaign, people may well treat him as though he were more powerful
because that's what they've come to expect. The Paragon, 300 ptsThe Power Mimic: The power mimic can't do very much without other Talents around - he's practically a normal human. Maybe that's why he tends to either join a super team or seek out enemies to fight - it gives him a chance to actually use his powers! If you have a few more points to play with, you might consider the Nullify miracle to turn a power mimic into a power drainer (a common variation on this theme). * Nullify 10d (ARU; Universal, x2; Flaw: Always On, -1/2/4; Flaw: Attached to Power Mimic, -1/2/4; 60 pts) The Power Mimic, 269 pts
The Weapon Master:
This character is an unrivalled swordsman (or archer, or less commonly
axeman or some other weapon) who has chosen to put on a costume and
fight crime (or commit crime, depending) rather than take up
professional sports. He possesses exceptional stats and a wide range of
skills, and like the supernormal archetype, is generally considered a
normal human being. The Weapon Master, 200 pts
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