SETH
Created By: Bill Mantlo, Roy Thomas & Sal Buscema
First Appearance: Thor #240 (Oct. 1975)
Role: Egyptian God of Death & Evil
Group Affiliations: The Heliopolitan Pantheon
PL 15 (425)
STRENGTH 13
STAMINA 15
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 11
DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 6
AWARENESS 6
PRESENCE 4
Skills:
Deception 10 (+14)
Expertise (God of Evil) 12 (+18)
Expertise (History) 7 (+13)
Expertise (Magic) 14 (+20)
Insight 4 (+10)
Intimidation 10 (+14)
Perception 5 (+11)
Stealth 2 (+5)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Artificer, Beginner's Luck, Benefit (God), Chokehold, Diehard, Extraordinary Effort, Fast Grab, Improved Critical 4 (Death Touch 2, Concussive Beams 2), Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Ranged Attack 8, Ritualist, Startle
Powers:
"Immortal God"
Regeneration 6 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [7]
Immunity 14 (Aging, Starvation & Thirst, Heat, Cold, Disease, Drowning & Suffocation, Poison, Pressure, Fatigue Effects) [14]
"Enormous Serpent Form" Shapeshift 3 [24]
"Usurper of Death" Immortality 2 [4]
Impervious Toughness 15 [15]
"Induce Death With a Touch" Affliction 15 (Fort; Hindered & Impaired/Exhausted & Disabled/Transformed to Elderly) (Extras: Cumulative, Extra Condition) Linked to Weaken Stamina 16 (61) -- [64]
- AE: "Concussive Beams" Blast 19 (38)
- AE: "Wide-Area Blast" Damage 15 (Extras: Area- 120ft. Cone +2) (45)
- AE: "Hypnosis" Mind Control 14 (Extras: Area- Visual Perception) (Flaws: Touch Range -2) (42)
"Empower Others" Variable 4 (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Continuous) [32]
"Animate Dead" Summon 6 (Feats: Mental Link) (Extras: Active, Controlled, Continuous, Horde, 4 Multiple Minions +4, Variable Type- Undead +2) (Flaws: Requires Remains) [72]
Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+13 Damage, DC 28)
Death Touch +11 (+15 Affliction & +16 Weaken, DC 25 & 16)
Concussive Beams +11 (+19 Ranged Damage, DC 29)
Wide-Area Blast +15 (+15 Damage, DC 30)
Hypnosis +11 (+14 Ranged Affliction, DC 24)
Initiative +7
Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +15 (+8 Impervious), Fortitude +15, Will +12
Complications:
Motivation (Power)- Seth seeks to take over the entire world.
Enemy (Osiris, Horus, Thor)- Seth's frequent enemies are among the most powerful Gods on Earth.
Disabled (One Hand)- Seth lost a hand to Odin many years ago, and this affects his ability to lift objects.
Total: Abilities: 120 / Skills: 64--32 / Advantages: 26 / Powers: 232 / Defenses: 14 (425)
Set in Mythology: Set/Seth is the legendary God of Egypt that was said to have slain Osiris, resulting in Horus resurrecting his father and battling the God- his vague Animal-shaped head (Giraffe? Jackal? Horse thing? Egyptologists cannot agree, though in later years, he was a Donkey-headed God) and he were apparently THE Gods of Lower Egypt (he is the God of Deserts, among other things), while Ra & Osiris were worshipped in Upper Egypt. When Egypt unified, the Uppers took over, and thus Seth became demonized- this once-worshipped guy was soon relegated to being a monstrous, evil figure. It didn't help that he was associated with foreigners, and foreigners had taken over Egypt repeatedly
around that time. Sucks to be him.
-This guy has an absolutely HUGE stumbling block to overcome as a super-villain these days. That NAME! The original God is named "Set" or "Setesh", but Marvel chose many years ago to name him "Seth", as one of the closer approximations to his name, as a Serpent God was named that in Marvel's books already. The problem NOW is that "Seth" is one of the more common "generic male names", giving this Evil Death God a name more equivalent to "Chris" or "John" or "Steven". It's not even a TOUGH-sounding regular guy name, either- it's straight-up a fairly sissy one, in fact. No hard letters at all.
-Seth is an occasional enemy of Thor, generally being the most powerful and evil of all the Heliopolitan Gods- he imprisoned all the others, manipulated the Asgardians from time to time, and he's generally an ass. The son of Geb (Earth) and Nut (Sky), he is the brother of Osiris, whom he later killed and dismembered. Osiris was later brought to life, but Seth was thus an enemy of the others, and imprisoned Osiris, Isis and Horus in a tomb for thousands of years, until they were freed by Odin in modern times. Later, he captured Odin, but was defeated by Thor, Hogun the Grim, and the Earth Force that Seth had empowered from regular humans. He then allied with Surtur, and transformed himself into a mile-long serpent in an attempt at slaying Odin. Seth was impaled by the Black Knight's Ebony Blade, and disappeared for years, having lost many powers. He later reappears, but Spider-Girl leads some heroes in defeating him.
-I've never read one of his appearances, but I figure him as a Pluto/Poseidon-powered guy, who occasionally does stuff to get boosted to Odin level. Most of what I've seen has him fighting Thor in hand-to-hand, so he's not QUITE Skyfather-level. He IS an elite-level manipulator and Summoner, though.