We've got another
CAN'T MISS SPECIAL and this one's getting stocked on Aisle 2!
I mean, I can't miss... I'm on a team with super-humans. And one god, in case you've forgotten. Even you... well, you climb walls really well. The training is the only thing that makes me special. And if I'm not special, then none of this is worth it. I gave up a lot for this life. I could have been happy with Mockingbir-- Bobbi. We could have had a good, simple life. But I wanted to play with the big boys. And if I miss, it means I'm just another dude with a bow. It means I've been fooling myself this whole time. And that's why I never miss. - Hawkeye
HAWKEYE (CLINT BARTON)
PL: 10 (150 pts) -
OPL: 10;
DPL: 10;
HP: 1
ABILITIES: STRENGTH 3, STAMINA 3, AGILITY 5, DEXTERITY 7, FIGHTING 13, INTELLECT 1, AWARENESS 3, PRESENCE 2
SKILLS: Acrobatics 10 (+15) [
Agile Feint], Athletics 7 (+10), Deception 6 (+8), Expertise [Streetwise] 4 (+5), Insight 4 (+7), Intimidation 3 (+5), Investigation 4 (+5), Perception 7 (+10), Persuasion (+2), Stealth 5 (+10), Technology 4 (+5), Vehicles 3 (+10)
ADVANTAGES: Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, All-Out Attack, Defensive Roll (2), Equipment (7), Improved Aim, Improved Critical (1) (Bow), Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative (1), Move-by Action, Precise Attack (2) (Ranged, Cover; Ranged, Concealment), Quick Draw, Ranged Attack (5), Skill Mastery (1) (Ranged Combat [Bow]), Takedown (1)
POWERS:
Eagle Eyes: Senses 1 (Normal Vision [Extended]); 1 pt
EQUIPMENT:
(35 pts)
Leather Costume: Protection 1, Subtle; 2 pts
Bow and Arrows: (30 pts)
Rapid Fire Arrows: Ranged Multiattack Piercing Damage 6; 18 pts
Standard Arrow: Ranged Piercing Damage 6, Extra: Penetrating 4; 1 pt
Exploding Arrows: Ranged Burst Area Ballistic Damage 8 (Extra: Burst Area [30 ft radius], Triggered, Flaw: Inaccurate, Unreliable [5 uses]); 1 pt
Stun Arrow: Ranged Affliction 6 (Resisted by Fortitude; 1st: Dazed, 2nd: Stunned, 3rd: Incapacitated); 1 pt
Flare Arrows: Ranged Burst Area Affliction 6 (Resisted by Fortitude; 1st: Visually Impaired, 2nd: Visually Disabled, 3rd: Visually Unaware, Extra: Burst Area [30 ft radius], Limited to one sense [visual]); 1 pt
Net Arrows: Ranged Affliction 6 (Resisted by Dodge, Overcome by Strength/Damage; 1st: Hindered and Vulnerable, 2nd: Defenseless and Immobilized; Extra: Cumulative, Extra Condition, Flaw: Limited to two Degrees); 1 pt
Cutting Torch Arrows: Weaken Toughness 6 (Resisted by Fortitude, Extra: Affects Objects, Linked [Damage], Flaw: Affects Object only), Heat Damage 6 (Extra: Linked [Weaken]); 1 pt
Knockout Gas Arrows: Ranged Burst Area Affliction 6 (Resisted by Fortitude; 1st: Fatigued, 2nd: Exhausted, 3rd: Asleep, Extra: Burst Area [30 ft radius]); 1 pt
Bola Arrow: Ranged Affliction 6 (Resisted by Dodge; 1st: Hindered and Impaired, 2nd: Immobile and Prone, Extra: Extra Condition, Flaw: Limited to two degrees); 1 pt
Glue Arrow: Ranged Affliction 6 (Resisted by Dodge; 1st: Hindered and Vulnerable, 2nd: Defenseless and Immobilized; Extra: Extra Condition, Contagious, Flaw: Limited to two Degrees); 1 pt
Parachute Arrow: Movement 1 (Safe Fall; Extra: Affects Others, Attack); 1 pt
Bow Bash: Bludgeoning Strength-Based Damage 1; 1 pt
Grappling Hook Arrow: Movement 1 (Swinging); 1 pt
OFFENSE:
Initiative +9
Close Attack +13 [Unarmed +3; Bow Bash +4]
Ranged Attack +14 [Arrows +6, Critical 19-20; Rapid Fire Arrows +6, Critical 19-20,
Multiattack; Net Arrow Affliction +6, Critical 19-20; Bola Arrow Affliction +6, Critical 19-20; Stun Arrow Affliction +6, Critical 19-20; Glue Arrow Affliction +6, Critical 19-20]
Special Attack [Flare Arrow Affliction +6,
Burst Area; Knockout Gas Arrow +6,
Burst Area; Exploding Arrow +8,
Burst Area]
DEFENSES:
Dodge +24 [DC22] Parry +13 [DC23]
Toughness +6 (+4 without Defensive Roll), Fortitude +7, Will +7
COMPLICATIONS:
Enemy: The Tracksuit Mafia (Bro), The Death Throws, Crossfire, mostly himself.
Guilt: Sometimes he gets down on himself for some of his bad decisions and letting his friends down.
Relationships: His ex-wife, Mockingbird, his "work wife" Black Widow, his protégé Kate Bishop, Lucky/Arrow/Pizza Dog the dog and his neighbors in his building.
Rivalry: He and Green Arrow have a long running rivalry as to who is the better archer.
Weakness: It seems to be women…
Abilities 74 + Skills 29 (58 ranks) + Advantages 29 + Powers 1 + Defenses 17 = 150 / 150
Build Comments: Man did I love the previous Hawkeye solo series with the Tracksuit Mafia (bro). One of my favorite series of all time. Took Clint to a new level of relatability.
Secret Origins: Clinton "Clint" Francis Barton was born to Harold and Edith Barton. He grew up working in his father's butcher shop in Waverly, Iowa with his brother Barney. Their father was abusive, especially when he drank and continually beat the young boys, Barney taught Clint how to fight and helped him to improve his aim. Harold's drinking eventually cost him his life along with his wife when both died in a car accident. Clint and Barney were sent to a children's home, from where they run away to join a traveling circus, the pair worked as roustabouts.
While a member of the circus, Clint was trained by the original Swordsman and by Trick Shot.
After witnessing Superman and Iron Man in action, Barton attempted to emulate them by donning a colorful costume and employing his archery skills to fight crime. However, during his first public appearance, Hawkeye was mistaken for a thief by police.
The Story so Far: After escaping, he fell in with some other villains, developed a drinking problem similar to his father and worked on the wrong side of the law for some time.
However, after coming into conflict with his former idol, Iron Man, Clint decided to turn his life around. He gave up drinking, rededicated his life to his craft and honed his archery skill even further. Captain America took him under his wing and eventually nomintated him for Avengers membership. Barton along with The Scarlet Witch and her brother, Quicksilver, who were also reformed villains, formed the core of an incarnation of the Avengers that at first was regarded as less formidable than the previous roster, but the new team soon proved themselves against the likes of Kang the Conqueror and Doctor Doom.
Hawkeye has remained an active member of the Avengers for years, his archery skills and inventive trick arrows augmenting the superhuman powers of his associates. His carefree and rebellious personality meant that he sometimes argued with Captain America but their teamwork never faltered when faced by outside threats.
Clint also led a new second team of Avengers based in LA, the West Coast Avengers. After leaving that team, he started the Thunderbolts program, to help reformed supervillains become heroes. The program has had its share of failures and successes, but continues today under government control led by Amanda Waller.
After the apparent assassination of Captain America, Iron Man approached Clint about taking up the shield. Barton proved himself to be one of the few who could wield it effectively, and considered taking up the mantle. After he and Stark had a falling out over the Superhero Registration Act, he took up the mantle of Ronin for a while and joined Luke Cage’s group of unregistered Avengers. But he took up his mantle of Hawkeye again after helping take down Norman Osborn’s HAMMER regime.
When this crisis was over, Clint found a new purpose to his life, beginning to take more serious stock in his personal life outside of his various Avenger-related duties. First along this endeavor, he bought an apartment building in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn where he had recently began living, from the unsavory thugs who were going to evict all of his neighbors by tripling their rent. In the process, Hawkeye also adopted an injured dog named Arrow, which he later gave the name Lucky but he also calls Pizza Dog for his love of pizza. Barton also began closer mentoring Kate Bishop as his partner/protege.
Characterization: Clint can be a carefree, wise-cracking, rebel one minute, then a self-obsessed, depressed shell of himself a minute later. The years of abuse by his father have had serious impacts on he and his brother, Barney, and he struggles with his self-esteem constantly. He also has a very complicated relationship history, from his failed marriage to Bobbi Morse, his complicated relationship with the Scarlet Witch, and various other short term affairs.
Regardless, he is unfailingly loyal and has never let his teammates and friends down when it matters most.
Friends and Foes: Clint is close to his “work wife” Black Widow, his ex-wife Mockingbird and has had a mutual flirtatious relationship with Spider Woman. He sees his fellow Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, as a little sister. And he always has the support of Pizza Dog/Arrow/Lucky.
He and his brother Barney have clashed from time to time, with Barney even trying to kill him on several occasions but recently, they have reconciled, with Clint helping Barney with his own drinking problem and Barney supporting Clint through his recent problems with the Russian mob (bro).