Tell me if you see this. Marine Sergeant, gets out and goes into construction. Hes organizing guys at the bottom of this large hole thats going to be a skyscraper when one of the rigging beams of the crane fails. Its suddenly going to be raining thousands of tons of metal on to his men in the pit, but he throws himself in front of it, trying to stop it. Instead of being a tank because he just is really tough, translucent fields form around his torso and arms and legs, blocking the metal and preventing it from crushing him, pinning him between the rig and another beam, long enough for his men to get to safety, before the crane finally pitches far enough to pivot off of him and into the pit. After that, he knows hes a super hero. Tank force field with previous Marine sgt exp.
Mmm, pretty much the kind of thing I'm thinking off. Actually, Force Field is one of the things I was considering. Perhaps giving him more of a Green Lantern (From the new JLA animated series.)
Sneak-peekd in the rulebook in a store today, and the force field power actually goes like this: Covers your body in a protective shield. You can upgrade it to also be able to create a wall your team can hide behind. So it could fit very well.
Got any ideas about a secret ID and reason for it?
Nice.
I was thinking maybe a football player, since he covered the military angle.
nothing quite as flashy, Quarterback for the team, on a date with his best girl. A mugging occurs she is injured while he tries to take on the mugger. He wakes up in the hospital unsure what had happened. Later he sees a crime being commited, robbery, etc... And he moves into action picking up the nearest thing and flinging it like a football only instead it some type of engery. just another idea.
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Well, obviously he'd have to move after the crane incident. For a name, I'd go with his original first name and either Crane or the name of a big industrial crane as his last. He should stay away from undustrial work, but he would want a job that he could use his previous skillset of leadership. At the same time, we want to make him likable. How about working at an underprivilaged youth center, and coming up with "donations" from local thugs?
Some good suggestions so far. Allthough I'm still having problems coming up with a justification for him having a secret ID.
Hiya. A friend of mine is contemplating brushing off his "Abberant" books and starting a super-hero campaign. Since I'm the one in the group with most experience when it comes to super heroes, I've been given the job of leader of our little SG. So I'm considering what kind of hero to play and what kind of background to give him.
For those not familliar with the Abberant setting (Not that I'm too familiar myself): It's set in present day. A sattelite explodes and irradiates the people of earth. This makes some (possibly all) people able to develop super powers. The powers will "errupt" in a moment of extreme stress and will be highly flavoured by the persons wishes at the time of erruption.
Example: A skydiver jumps out of a plane. His parachute won't open. So he suddenly errupts and devlops the power of flight. His flying power is shown by a pair of burning wings from his back.
So, the world is pretty much as it is today, but with these "Novas" as they are called, mixed in.
So, I need to make a character that can lead the group. The campaign will be high-paced and action-oriented (We're playing another game called "In Nomine" at the same time which is allmost no action, so we'll use Abberant for "letting off steam") so my character needs good combat abilities.
The GM has also stated that he intends for us to have secret IDs, so he needs a real life role and a reason for wanting to hide his identity.
My clearly preferred AT in CoH is a tanker, so somthing in that directin seems like the most suitable.
So, for powers I'm thinking something superman-ish, allthoguh slightly more flashy. Probably the equivalent of an Inv/Em tank. What kind of powers I'm taking is still pretty uncertain, since I have a lots of ideas and I'm going to make something that fits in with the rest of the group.
Now, the real problem is who he is/was?
What kind of life has he had that gave him the qualities to lead the team?
I'm thinking of a military career. Maybe never reached any high rank, but experience in leading a team in combat and education in startegy on a team-based level.
Why does he feel compelled to use his powers to protect people?
No real certain ideas. On thing I have swirling around in my head is that he once failed to protect somone (perhaps a loved?) and will never let that happen to anyone else.
Why would he keep his indentity secret?
Perhaps he has enemies and he tries to protect someone close to himself?
Anyway, with all the creative juices flowing around in here, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas. All suggestions are welcome. I'm not asking for a detailed novel of his life or anything. But anything you can come up with. Just general story outlines or plot twists or whatever.
Thanks to anyone who replies.