Re: World of Freedom 3.2 - Horus! Hercules! The Ultima! Sentinels of Emeraldias! Hero High Revised!
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:49 pm
Eel-Skin
Charles Kumble was more interested in the opportunities for his family to emigrate to the United States than his own personal benefit when he accepted the Claremont Academy's invitation to study there. After all, he could have studied at any of a number of schools for would-be superheroes in Bandhana (see Atlas of Earth-Prime: South Asia.) But he was familiar with rumors that suggested that students of these schools are encouraged to break ties with their birth families and view the school as their supreme allegiance. (In fact, not all of Bandhana's schools do this ... but some do, and are pretty serious about manufacturing compliance.)
He was thrilled when he was finally given the chance to be a member of the third Next-Gen team, and served with distinction there. Unfortunately, by the time of his graduation, it had become clear that he'd reached the limit of his powered development, and that said limit was quite a bit below what the Freedom League was looking for in an stretching hero and in an electrical one. He lacked the strength and toughness of the group's stretching member, the famous Stretch Armstrong, and his electrical generation was significantly less than a typical energy controller. He was encouraged to put his skills to use with another team.
Undaunted by this, Charles did so, and became a member of the Freedom Knights. He's served with them ever since, even acting as the team's rotating leader a few times. He's also an unofficial go-between for the Knights and Claremont Academy when one is required. While not fighting crime, Charles works as a math tutor, notably serving as such for the members of Seven-Up. His mother keeps trying to get him interested in nice Keralan girls she meets for him online, but he honestly feels too busy for romance -- and identifies as asexual, but has chosen not to go into that with his parents.
Eel-Skin -- PL 8
Abilities: STR 1 | STA 3 | AGL 4 | DEX 4 | FGT 8 | INT 2 | AWE 2 | PRE 2
Powers: Electrical Aura (Array: Damage 4, Reaction [touched], AP: Ranged Damage 8), Stretcher (Elongation 8; Enhanced Dodge 5; Enhanced Parry 5; Insubstantial 1, Precise; Movement 6 [environmental adaptation: tight spaces, safe fall, slithering, sure-footed, swinging, wall-crawling]).
Advantages: Chokehold, Grabbing Finesse, Improved Defense, Improved Hold, Improved Trip, Language 2 (English, Hindi, Marathi, Spanish, [Malayam is native]), Teamwork.
Skills: Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+6), Expertise: Mathematics 4 (+6), Ranged Attack: Electrical Discharge 4 (+8), Sleight of Hand 8 (+12), Stealth 6 (+9).
Offense: Initiative +4, Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 1), Electrical Aura +8 (Close Damage 4), Electrical Discharge +8 (Ranged Damage 8).
Defense: Dodge 13/8, Parry 13/8, Fortitude 6, Toughness 3, Will 7.
Totals: Abilities 52 + Powers 53 + Advantages 8 + Skills 11 + Defenses 12 = 136 points
Complications: Thrills--Motivation. Family. Secret Identity.
Charles Kumble was more interested in the opportunities for his family to emigrate to the United States than his own personal benefit when he accepted the Claremont Academy's invitation to study there. After all, he could have studied at any of a number of schools for would-be superheroes in Bandhana (see Atlas of Earth-Prime: South Asia.) But he was familiar with rumors that suggested that students of these schools are encouraged to break ties with their birth families and view the school as their supreme allegiance. (In fact, not all of Bandhana's schools do this ... but some do, and are pretty serious about manufacturing compliance.)
He was thrilled when he was finally given the chance to be a member of the third Next-Gen team, and served with distinction there. Unfortunately, by the time of his graduation, it had become clear that he'd reached the limit of his powered development, and that said limit was quite a bit below what the Freedom League was looking for in an stretching hero and in an electrical one. He lacked the strength and toughness of the group's stretching member, the famous Stretch Armstrong, and his electrical generation was significantly less than a typical energy controller. He was encouraged to put his skills to use with another team.
Undaunted by this, Charles did so, and became a member of the Freedom Knights. He's served with them ever since, even acting as the team's rotating leader a few times. He's also an unofficial go-between for the Knights and Claremont Academy when one is required. While not fighting crime, Charles works as a math tutor, notably serving as such for the members of Seven-Up. His mother keeps trying to get him interested in nice Keralan girls she meets for him online, but he honestly feels too busy for romance -- and identifies as asexual, but has chosen not to go into that with his parents.
Eel-Skin -- PL 8
Abilities: STR 1 | STA 3 | AGL 4 | DEX 4 | FGT 8 | INT 2 | AWE 2 | PRE 2
Powers: Electrical Aura (Array: Damage 4, Reaction [touched], AP: Ranged Damage 8), Stretcher (Elongation 8; Enhanced Dodge 5; Enhanced Parry 5; Insubstantial 1, Precise; Movement 6 [environmental adaptation: tight spaces, safe fall, slithering, sure-footed, swinging, wall-crawling]).
Advantages: Chokehold, Grabbing Finesse, Improved Defense, Improved Hold, Improved Trip, Language 2 (English, Hindi, Marathi, Spanish, [Malayam is native]), Teamwork.
Skills: Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+6), Expertise: Mathematics 4 (+6), Ranged Attack: Electrical Discharge 4 (+8), Sleight of Hand 8 (+12), Stealth 6 (+9).
Offense: Initiative +4, Unarmed +8 (Close Damage 1), Electrical Aura +8 (Close Damage 4), Electrical Discharge +8 (Ranged Damage 8).
Defense: Dodge 13/8, Parry 13/8, Fortitude 6, Toughness 3, Will 7.
Totals: Abilities 52 + Powers 53 + Advantages 8 + Skills 11 + Defenses 12 = 136 points
Complications: Thrills--Motivation. Family. Secret Identity.