NBC's "Heroes"

[Hypester]

Hmmm... I love this show.

Well, I guess I have to say more than that... I love this show AND I realize that everyone in the show is not defined, and therefore these bios may need some updating... that's fine with me. I'm also comfortable with others not agreeing on my conclusions about powers based on the show... that's fine too, it can be, like, a whole discussion and stuff.

Might as well start with the "Trinity" of the show...

Peter Petrelli
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Occupation: Currently unemployed, former hospice nurse
Known Family: Angela Petrelli (mother), Father (unnamed, deceased)
Sibling(s) Nathan Petrelli (older brother)

Abilities
Intelligence: 3
Strength: 1
Agility: 1
Speed: 1
Durability: 2

Actions

Healing, Medical: 3
-Hospice Nursing

Telepathy: 5
- Cannot Read Minds
- Empathy
- Modifier (no stones used)
- Artificial Intelligence (uses itself)

Social Skills: 3
- Nursing and Medicine
- The innocent naive card
- Herditary Deception skill

Modifiers

Copy Action/Ability/Modifier
Precognitive Flashes (Dreams only)

Challenges

Being on the List
Guilty Concience from Visions

Bio
Peter Petrelli is one of the series' protagonists on the NBC drama Heroes, played by Milo Ventimiglia. He can mimic the powers of other superhuman characters. He also experiences clairvoyant dreams. Experienced "Heroes" such as Claude, claim that Peter is an empath.

Hiro Nakamura
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Occupation: Office worker

Abilities
Intelligence: 4
Strength: 1
Agility: 1
Speed: 1
Durability: 1

Actions

Computers: 4
- Comptuer Programming

Mastery of Space-Time: 5
- Freeze Time (Manipulate element)
- Buy Movement power at -1
- Slow Time (Speed and Agility at AN)

Time-Space Travel: 5
[Teleportation]
- Time Travel

General Knowledge: 4
- Comic book Lore
- Heroic Fiction

Modifiers

Kensai Sword (+3) to Close Combat (+3) to Mastery of Space-time

Challenges

Being on the List
Hero Code

Bio
Hiro Nakamura is a character on the NBC drama Heroes who possesses the ability to teleport and manipulate the space-time continuum. He is portrayed by actor Masi Oka. Hiro is presently on a quest with his friend Ando to find the Kensai Sword, now in the possession of Mr. Linderman.


Claire Bennet
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Occupation: High School student
Known Family: Sandra Bennet (adoptive mother) and Mr. Bennet (adoptive father); Meredith Gordon (biological mother).
Sibling(s) Lyle Bennet (younger brother)

Abilities
Intelligence: 3
Strength: 1
Agility: 2
Speed: 1
Durability: 3

Actions

Social Skills: 4
- High School Scene
- Playing Stupid

Acrobatics: 2
- Agility Bonus
- Cheerleading

Modifiers

Reconstitute Self
- Requires brain to be free of foreign objects.

Challenges

Being on the List
Conflicting Interests (Birth Parents vs The Bennets)

Bio
Claire Bennet is a fictional character in the NBC drama Heroes, portrayed by Hayden Panettiere. A 15-year-old cheerleader, she attends Union Wells High School in Odessa, Texas. Her life is changed drastically when she discovers she possesses the power of spontaneous regeneration.

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Interesting. I'll have to come back and calculate the stone costs later, but it's a bit surprising how easily this system deals with Hiro and how difficult it is to capture Peter. Claire is kinda just a rap on the head how little powers have to do with how great a character is. If anyone wants to take shots at the other charaters (or these) feel free.

[Kaimontfendo]

Pretty well-done CADs. Just a few problems...

Although Hiro can freeze time, it's not on his CAD. Not that I blame you for it, because that's a power even MURPG has trouble with.

Also, Claire is supposed to be a cheerleader, right? Shouldn't she have acrobatics, or some sort of custom "Cheerleading" Action, or even a higher Agility? Something?!

[rennyn]

Claire also needs basic reconstitute self to go along with her Healing Factor. She can come back to life, even after being physically dead. We don't know yet just how far that can be, but that is definitely beyond a healing factor.

In fact, Reconstitute Self (Next Panel) might even be a better choice than Healing Factor. She seems to instantly regenerate any and all damage done to her. (Unless the source of the damage is still prsent, i.e. when her brain was bashed in).

[Pope Mega Force]

rennyn said:

Claire also needs basic reconstitute self to go along with her Healing Factor. She can come back to life, even after being physically dead. We don't know yet just how far that can be, but that is definitely beyond a healing factor.

In fact, Reconstitute Self (Next Panel) might even be a better choice than Healing Factor. She seems to instantly regenerate any and all damage done to her. (Unless the source of the damage is still prsent, i.e. when her brain was bashed in).

I think the name for that is Instant Healing Factor combined with Reconstitute self instantly with some disadvantages. Like, must be intact with brain, nothing in the way of healing, stuff like that. I figured Claire would have Instant Healing Factor.

[shazam]

Not as knowledgeable as some people but would Sylar's powers be?

[rennyn]

popeman said:

rennyn said:

Claire also needs basic reconstitute self to go along with her Healing Factor. She can come back to life, even after being physically dead. We don't know yet just how far that can be, but that is definitely beyond a healing factor.

In fact, Reconstitute Self (Next Panel) might even be a better choice than Healing Factor. She seems to instantly regenerate any and all damage done to her. (Unless the source of the damage is still prsent, i.e. when her brain was bashed in).

Nothing indicates she has any extra energy. Reconstitute self (instantly) works perfectly for everything we've seen so far.

I think the name for that is Instant Healing Factor combined with Reconstitute self instantly with some disadvantages. Like, must be intact with brain, nothing in the way of healing, stuff like that. I figured Claire would have Instant Healing Factor.

[rennyn]

shazam said:

Not as knowledgeable as some people but would Sylar's powers be?

Steal Superpower with a very small changes.

[Beacon]

A few quick thoughts just from skimming this. I don’t recall Peter being telepathic (except where he causes some feedback to the telepathic cop and that doesn’t count because they were the other guy’s powers). While Hiro certainly believes the sword will focus his abilities, we’ve yet to see any confirmation of this (we haven’t even seen the real sword yet) beyond Hiro taking an old legend very literally. Also, shouldn’t a cheerleader have a higher agility than one (and possibly even some Acrobatics).

Oh, and given Hiro’s “secondary mutation” a couple episodes back, he probably ought to have superspeed (maybe with a Mastery-like +1 “use Teleport AN for Speed” option) to simulate his “time freeze”.

[Hypester]

Very good comments. I made some changes, the most obvious being Claire's agility and acrobatics.

I think I'd consider freezing AND slowing time as simple manipulation in a massively powerful mastery, y'know, the +13 kind. I'm also sticking by Hero's sword, even though it's rediculous, it's the only solution I have right now to offset his low durability... perhaps he regenerates stones on intelligence? Not sure, since, while Hiro is intelligent he doesn't exactly scream "smart hero" to me.

I'd put Sylar ability to Steal Superpower dependent on his 'analyze weakness' custom action. Even though they are one and the same, technically, the MURPG game works it better if you keep them seperate. But I stick by my 'empath' analysis until this thing with Claude plays out, but I already suspected it, and then the show all but confirmed it and it'll be a heckuva fight for me to see it any other way.

And now, for the Family. Keep in mind, my interpretation may differ from yours.



D.L. Hawkins
Superpower(s): Phasing
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Occupation: Escaped criminal and former construction worker.
Known Family: Niki Sanders (wife) Paulette Hawkins (mother), Hal Sanders (father-in-law) Micah Sanders (son)

Abilities
Intelligence: 2
Strength: 2
Agility: 2
Speed: 2
Durability: 3

Actions

Technology: 4
- Construction Tools
- Construction Techniques

Social Skills: 4
- African American Culture
- Street Drug Trade
- Prison Life
- Construction Workers

Phase Shift: 3
-Phase Stun

Modifiers

Challenges

Single Parent
Criminal Record/Reputation

Bio
D.L. Hawkins is a fictional character played by Leonard Roberts in the TV series Heroes. The father of Micah Sanders and husband of Niki Sanders, he has the power to phase through solid objects. D.L. struggles to take care of his son without his wife, Nikki, and fails to be supportive of Nikki as she deals with the struggles of being inhabited by another person.



Nikki Saunders/Jessica
Superpower(s): Superhuman strength/Possess Others
Real name: Nicole "Niki" Sanders
Alias(es): Jessica
Gender: Female
Occupation: Stripper
Known Family: D.L. Hawkins (husband/brother in law) Hal Sanders (father) unnamed mother
Paulette Hawkins (mother-in-law/) Micah Sanders (son/nephew) Jessica Sanders (sister; deceased/)

Abilities
Intelligence: 2
Strength: 1/5
Agility: 1/2
Speed: 1/2
Durability: 1/3

Social Skills: 3
- Website Clients/Criminal Underground
- Parenting/Negotiation
- Seduction/Intimidation

Close Combat: 0/4
- Strength Bonus
- Ripping people in half

Ranged Combat: 0/4
- Sniping
- Handguns

Black Ops: 0/4
- Sniping Positions
- Hiding Evidence

Performance: 4/0
- Erotic Dancing
- Stripping
- Seduction

Modifiers

Jessica: 4
[Telepathy]
- Modifier
- Artifical Intelligence
- Possess Others
- Can't Read Minds
- Requires Eye Contact

Challenges

Possessed by Jessica/Stuck in Nikki
Jessica used her powers as a child to flee her dying body and jump into her sister, Nikki's mind, leaving Nikki with a condtion identical to that of Multiple Personality Disorder, save for the second personality did not originate in Nikki's mind. While Nikki has to contend with Jessica's wrath and killing, Jessica must endure Nikki's weakness and constant fear. Jessica has been able to lock Nikki from her own powers and use them instead, but loves her sister too much to completely do away with her.

Bio
Nicole "Niki" Sanders is a fictional character portrayed by Ali Larter in the television series Heroes. She is the wife of D.L. Hawkins and mother of Micah Sanders. Niki has an alter ego, Jessica, who has exhibited superhuman strength when she takes control of Nikki's body.



Micah Saunders
Superpower(s): Technopathy
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Known Family: Niki Sanders (mother), D.L. Hawkins (father)

Abilities
Intelligence: 4
Strength: 1
Agility: 1
Speed: 1
Durability: 1

Actions

General Knowledge: 2
- Intelligence Bonus
- Computers

Social Skills: 3
-Elementary School

Computers: 5
- Interface Directly by touch

Modifiers

Challenges

He's ten years old.
His parents are jacked up.

Bio
Micah Sanders is a fictional character on the NBC television series Heroes, portrayed by Noah Gray-Cabey. Micah is the son of Niki Sanders and D.L. Hawkins. He is ten years old and a child prodigy, capable of rebuilding the motherboard for his own computer.


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And you thought you had revisions before!

[Pope Mega Force]

I think 1 durability might be low. Even for Nikki. Maybe even Micah. Yeah, they aren't athletes or anything, but they aren't the epitimy of useless. Durability 1 is tiring after a few seconds. Barely anyone tires after that long. You might wanna up that.

[Beacon]

Heh, you just opened a whole new can of worms with Nikki/Jessica since a lot of us aren’t even sold on the idea she has ANY powers let alone the class two to five strength indicated by an AN of 5.

I don’t see Hiro’s energy production problems as much of a problem. Unlike a comic teleporter such as Nightcrawler, Hiro doesn’t constantly jump from place to place so he shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting places when he needs to despite his low energy (well, with something like the “accumulate energy” option anyway). Heck, given his recent trouble with his abilities, a case could probably be made for him having a limited form of the “overstrain” option.

[rennyn]

Nikki/Jessica obviously have some small amount of super strength. Adrenaline and training can do some things, but some of the stuff she's done is beyond what a human body in her condition can do without damaging itself.

[Pope Mega Force]

rennyn said:

Nikki/Jessica obviously have some small amount of super strength. Adrenaline and training can do some things, but some of the stuff she's done is beyond what a human body in her condition can do without damaging itself.

Aye, breaking a nightstick in two with absolutely no effort is superhuman strength.

[Pope Mega Force]

Also, I don't think Micah would have direct interface with computers. If you go into my campaign, "The Instance of Time" and go to the CADs and look at Samus's character. She has recomposition which is like metamorphosis in some ways but with technology and stuff. I think that's closer to what Micah has. I don't think fixing a payphone counts as direct interface with computers.

[Beacon]

popeman said:

Also, I don't think Micah would have direct interface with computers. If you go into my campaign, "The Instance of Time" and go to the CADs and look at Samus's character. She has recomposition which is like metamorphosis in some ways but with technology and stuff. I think that's closer to what Micah has. I don't think fixing a payphone counts as direct interface with computers.

Didn't we just see him "interface" with an ATM?