Quislet
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:50 pm
QUISLET (Unpronouncable Glyphs)
Created By: Paul Levitz & Steve Lightle
First Appearance: The Legion of Super-Heroes #14 (Sept. 1985)
Home Planet: Teall
Origin of Powers: Stolen Flying Ship, plus Racial Abilities
Eras: Original Only
Relationships: None
Role: Forgotten Character
PL 8 (188)
STRENGTH 0/-3 STAMINA -- AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE 1
Skills:
Deception 3 (+4)
Expertise (Technology) 6 (+8)
Expertise (Space Hero) 2 (+4)
Perception 4 (+5)
Stealth 3 (+6)
Advantages:
Equipment 12 (Legion Gear, Tiny Spaceship), Power Attack, Set-Up, Teamwork
Powers:
"Energy Form Body"
Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) [30]
Protection 3 [3]
Insubstantial 4 (Flaws: Permanent Without Possessing Matter +0) [21]
Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Flaws: Permanent) [25]
Flight 3 (16 mph) [6]
"Possession and Destruction of Matter"
Concealment (Visuals) 2 [4]
Shapeshift 7 (Flaws: Medium- Possessed Objects, Fades- Disintegrates Slowly) (42) -- [43]
AE: "Deliberate Corrosion" Weaken Toughness 6 (Extras: Reaction +3) (Flaws: Limited to Possessed Objects) Linked to Damage 4 (Extras: Reaction +3) (Flaws: Limited to Possessed Objects) (30)
Equipment:
"Legion Gear"
"Telepathic Ear Plug" Comprehend 3 (Languages) (6)
"Legion Flight Ring"
Flight 7 (250 mph) (14)
Immunity 7 (Hot, Cold, Vacuum, Pressure, Radiation, Suffocation 2) (7)
Movement 1 (Space Travel 1) (2)
Communication 5 (Flaws: Fifth Rank is only towards Legionnaires) (18)
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (-3 Damage, DC 12)
Shapeshifted Forms +8 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +9 (+12 Size, DC 22), Parry +8 (+11 Size, DC 21), Toughness +3 (+8 Possessed Forms), Fortitude --, Will +5
Complications:
Responsibility (On the Run from Home Dimension)
Involuntary Transformation (Energy Being, if Ship is Destroyed)
Disabled (No Hands)
Vulnerable (Magnetic Attacks)
Total: Abilities: 24 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 13 / Powers: 132 / Defenses: 10 (188)
-I keep forgetting this thing was on the original Legion, not the Reboot one.
-Quislet is perhaps the least-known and most minor Legionnaire ever (and that's saying something), being one of the few non-humanoid members. A tiny little spaceship imbued with an alien energy, Quislet was a prankster and annoyance, acting sorta like Wheelie from Transformers but less Satanic, bothering his teammates and talking about how great he was. Quislet was always referred to as "he", despite being a genderless construct.
-Quislet turns out to have stolen the spaceship and imbued it with his own life-force, and used to to travel the stars. He also helped Wildfire form a corporeal body! However, when the Emerald Empress destroyed his ship, he had to return to his homeworld of Teall, where he was captured. His ultimate fate is left unknown, but it's believed that his people were about to wipe out his personality- tantamount to execution.
-With his super-complicated powers and inhuman appearance, he was doomed to a short run. And yes, they really did the "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet" ending. Though seen as "Missing" and as a statue in Legion headquarters in the Post-Infinite Crisis era, Quislet showed up in the "New 52" era as a roving "Cameraman" for the Legion as they entered the 21st Century.
-One of the more difficult concepts to stat EVER, Quislet had the power to possess technology or other objects (the ground, etc.), animating them into some kind of shapeshifting thing (usually becoming a powerhouse) for a short time. After a time, the object would disintegrate, slowly but surely. I think Shapeshift is the best power for this, as he can basically turn into just about anything, depending on what he possessed- I don't really like the H&V version which uses Summon, as that requires a TON of weird Flaws like "uses his own stats" and stuff- Shapeshift is much more simple and reflects a more Variable ability. He gets a minor Corrosion Effect from the disintegrating nature of his possessions (they break apart as soon as he leaves the objects)- he can do this deliberately to evil robots and computers and stuff.