[SUPERS] My Unofficial Handbook to the DC Universe

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Prince Charon

Am I missing something, or did you leave out the 'Freezing' option on Super Breath?

I mentioned it at the bottom of my Superman post. It just felt a little silly. So I left it off.

If I decide it's so iconic to the character I have to include it, it will be pretty easy--I basically already designed the ability for Mr. Freeze (Fatigue attack with Freezing hazard + Binding). I'll just make sure to give it optional link to the knockback attack.

[aesir23]

Supporting Character: Lois Lane

Aliases: Superman's Girlfriend
Affiliations: Superman
Enemies: Lex Luthor, Various Metropolis Criminals and Corrupt Politicians she exposed, any Superman enemies.

Lois Lane was an army brat raised by a father who wished he'd had a son. She grew up tough and she staid tough. She earned an Ivy-League degree in journalism before her 20th birthday got her first job as a reporter for the Daily Planet before her 21st.

She was already best reporter at the Planet when she broke her career-making story by scoring an exclusive interview with Metropolis's newest hero, the mysterious alien Superman.

Since then, she's managed to garner a reputation as one of the best investigative reporters in the world.

More recently, she surprised the world by marrying her long-time coworker Clark Kent, despite long-running rumors linking her romantically with Superman himself.

Despite her penchant for getting rescued, Lois Lane is not to be underestimated. She's investigated crime lords and war zones and taken great care to learn how to protect herself when necessary.

Name: Lois Lane
Race: Human

Attributes [160]
ST 10
DX 12 [40]
IQ 15 [100]
HT 12 [20]

HP 10
Will 15
Per 15
FP 12

Basic Lift 20
Damage 1d-2/1d

Basic Speed 6
Basic Move 6

Ground Move 6
Water Move 1

Social Background
TL: 8 [0]
Cultural Familiarities:
Languages: Arabic (Accented) [4]; Bosnian (Broken) [2]; Croatian (Broken) [2]; English (Native) [0]; Farsi (Broken) [2]; German (Accented) [4]; Hebrew (Accented) [4].

Advantages [158]
Appearance (Very Beautiful) [16]
Born Journalist (4) [20]
Fearlessness (1) [2]
Fit [5]
Higher Purpose (Find the Truth/Get the story) (1) [5]
Intuition [15]
Patrons (Superman) (12 or less) [50]
Patrons (The Daily Planet) (9 or less) [10]
Reputation (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist) (2) (10 or less; Large class) [2]
Single-Minded [5]
Wealth (Comfortable) [10]

Perks [4]
Brave [1]
Improvised Weapons (Karate) [1]
Style Familiarity (Jujutsu - Brazilian Jiu-jitsu) [1]
Style Familiarity (Military Hand-to-Hand - Krav Maga) [1]

Disadvantages [-60]
Code of Honor (Professional) [-5]
Pacifism (Reluctant Killer) [-5]
Secret (Superman's Wife) (Possible Death) [-30]
Sense of Duty (Her readers) (Small Group) [-5]
Stubbornness [-5]
Unluckiness [-10]

Quirks [-5]
Caffeine Addiction [-1]
Hates when she needs to be saved, but won't stop taking risks. [-1]
Proud [-1]
Slight Workaholic Tendencies [-1]
Talks fast [-1]

Packages [0]
Jujutsu - Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (Martial Arts) [0]
Military Hand-To-Hand - Krav Maga (Martial Arts) [0]

Skills [111]
Acting IQ/A - IQ+0 15 [2]
Area Knowledge (Metropolis) IQ/E - IQ+0 15 [1]
Area Knowledge (World) IQ/E - IQ+0 15 [1]
Arm Lock (Judo) Tech/A - 14 [1]
Body Language (Human) Per/A - Per-1 14 [1]
Choke Hold (Judo) Tech/H - 13 [3]
Computer Hacking/TL8 IQ/VH - IQ-1 14 [4]
Computer Operation/TL8 IQ/E - IQ+0 15 [1]
Computer Programming/TL8 IQ/H - IQ-1 14 [2]
Current Affairs/TL8 (Headline News) IQ/E - IQ+5 20 [2]
includes: +4 from 'Born Journalist'
Current Affairs/TL3 (local region) IQ/E - IQ+4 19 [1]
includes: +4 from 'Born Journalist'
Current Affairs/TL3 (People) IQ/E - IQ+4 19 [1]
includes: +4 from 'Born Journalist'
Current Affairs/TL3 (Politics) IQ/E - IQ+4 19 [1]
includes: +4 from 'Born Journalist'
Disguise/TL3 (Human) IQ/A - IQ+0 15 [2]
Elbow Strike (Karate) Tech/A - 11 [1]
Electronics Operation/TL3 (Media) IQ/A - IQ-1 14 [1]
Electronics Operation/TL3 (Sensors) IQ/A - IQ-1 14 [1]
Escape DX/H - DX+0 12 [4]
Eye-Rake (Karate) Tech/H - 9 [3]
Fast-Talk IQ/A - IQ+1 16 [4]
First Aid/TL3 (Human) IQ/E - IQ+0 15 [1]
Forensics/TL3 IQ/H - IQ-1 14 [2]
Ground Fighting (Judo) Tech/H - 11 [3]
Guns/TL8 (Pistol) DX/E - DX+1 13 [2]
Guns/TL8 (Rifle) DX/E - DX+1 13 [2]
Guns/TL8 (Taser) DX/E - DX+0 12 [1]
Interrogation IQ/A - IQ+0 15 [2]
Judo DX/H - DX+1 13 [8]
Karate DX/H - DX+0 12 [4]
Law (local) IQ/H - IQ-2 13 [1]
Lip Reading Per/A - Per-1 14 [1]
Liquid Projector/TL8 (Sprayer) DX/E - DX+0 12 [1]
Lockpicking/TL3 IQ/A - IQ+1 16 [4]
Photography/TL3 IQ/A - IQ-1 14 [1]
Politics IQ/A - IQ-1 14 [1]
Professional Skill (Journalist) IQ/A - IQ+5 20 [4]
includes: +4 from 'Born Journalist'
Public Speaking (Debate) IQ/E - IQ+0 15 [1]
Research/TL3 IQ/A - IQ+5 20 [4]
includes: +4 from 'Born Journalist'
Running HT/A - HT+1 13 [4]
Savoir-Faire (Military) IQ/E - IQ+0 15 [1]
Savoir-Faire (Police) IQ/E - IQ+0 15 [1]
Search Per/A - Per+1 16 [4]
Shadowing IQ/A - IQ+1 16 [4]
Stamp Kick (Karate) Tech/H - 11 [3]
Stealth DX/A - DX+1 13 [4]
Streetwise IQ/A - IQ-1 14 [1]
Typing DX/E - DX+3 15 [6]
Wrestling DX/A - DX-1 11 [1]
Writing IQ/A - IQ+4 19 [2]
includes: +4 from 'Born Journalist'

Stats [160] Ads [158] Disads [-60] Quirks [-5] Skills [111] = Total [368]

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by aesir23

Hmmm, maybe. But I don't like it.

Superman gets +4 from everyone when he's Superman. And only +2 from some people when he's Clark Kent.

Should he pay the same price as someone who has +4 Reputation and no secret identity (Iron Man for most of his career, for example or any of the Fantastic 4? Maybe President Lex Luthor to give a DC example?)

Or what about someone who has the same value reputation in both of their identities? Should they pay less than Superman for the priviledge of actually getting to use their reputation all the time?

They should pay for it twice, they get the benefit in two identities, for the same reason you pay to have extra identities.

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by NineDaysDead

They should pay for it twice, they get the benefit in two identities, for the same reason you pay to have extra identities.

They're not paying for two identities. They're taking the Secret Identity disadvantage. Extra Identities cost more when they're backed up by apparently legal paperwork, etc... i.e. when they confer an advantage.

In what way is it more valuable for Superman to have +4 sometimes and +2 sometimes, than it would be to have +4 all the time?

If you're getting less you should pay less.

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by aesir23

In what way is it more valuable for Superman to have +4 sometimes and +2 sometimes, than it would be to have +4 all the time?

If you don't take Reputation twice, you can't use it when you act as another person. If you do take it twice, you can use it when you act as one other person. That is the extra benefit.

[CeeDub]

Originally Posted by aesir23

Bad Temper (15 or less) [-5]
Charitable (12 or less) [-15]
Code of Honor (Super-Hero) [-10]
Impulsiveness (12 or less) [-10]
Pacifism (Cannot Kill) [-15]

Not an expert on Power Girl, but those personality disads seem crippling to me. An impulsive, bad-tempered, charitable no-kill pacifist with a code of honor... that sounds a little whacky. At least some of them should be Quirks, IMO.

Overall, the IAs should probably be stronger, considering that a Kryptonian can easily bisect a modern MBT literally just by looking at it. My build is:
Innate Attack (burn) 20 (Cosmic: Irresistible Attack, +300%; Cosmic: Ignores Hardened, +50%; Increased Range (LOS), +40%; Rapid Fire (24), +150%, Variable, +5%; All-Out, -25%; Costs Fatigue, -5%; Takes Extra Time 1, -10%) [605]

IMO you're also low-balling Damage Resistance and Damage Reduction. Kryptonians can take a lot of punishment even from similarly high-powered opponents. I suppose Regeneration makes up for it, but my build has DR 100 and IT:DR (/1000), with Regeneration (Regular).

I think that power level is appropriate for Golden Age kryptonians, but in most current versions, it should be (wait for it) OVER NINE THOUSAAAAND!

[awesomenessofme1]

Depending on how generous the hypothetical GM is, you might be able to convince them to let you buy the smaller Reputation as an Alternative Ability if they'd never apply simultaneously. I personally would find that reasonable.

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by awesomenessofme1

Depending on how generous the hypothetical GM is, you might be able to convince them to let you buy the smaller Reputation as an Alternative Ability if they'd never apply simultaneously. I personally would find that reasonable.

That seems reasonable.

[Culture20]

Originally Posted by CeeDub

Not an expert on Power Girl, but those personality disads seem crippling to me. An impulsive, bad-tempered, charitable no-kill pacifist with a code of honor... that sounds a little whacky. At least some of them should be Quirks, IMO.

She's essentially a grown up supergirl with anger issues. Since she's a pacifist, she punches walls when she gets angry. All the other disads are classic superhero disads, so not wacky at all. I guess if you consider Ben Grimm, the whole package is a classic superhero disad list.

[Culture20]

Originally Posted by aesir23

Supporting Character: Lois Lane

Lois is also usually depicted with reasonable skills in longarms and pistols.