Taskmaster (Revision)

[mako]

Me again, with another CAD revision, to reflect current information. Though I fudged a little on a few things, including giving Taskmaster one bonus to Acceleration not normally there, to better reflect his use of it. Also included a list of those he's copied styles from. The exception as I know is Batroc, who Taskmaster fought, but didn't think was worth copying the style for himself.

Name: Taskmaster (Real Name Unknown)
Alias: Tony Masters, "Captain America", Contingency T
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Hair: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Skin: Unrevealed
Gender: Male
Age: Unrevealed
Species: Human

Abilities

INT: 4
STR: 3
AGI: 3
SPD: 3
DUR: 4

Health: 4
Energy: 12

Actions

Close Combat: 7
[Intelligence Bonus or Weapon Modifier]
-All Combat Styles
-Aerial Acrobatics
-Martial Arts
-Swordsmanship
-Wrestling
-Boxing

Ranged Combat: 8
[Weapon Modifier]
-Handguns
-Shield Throwing
-Lasso
-Archery
-Mimicking Bullseye, Punisher, Hawkeye

Acrobatics: 6

Social Skills: 4
-Professional Criminal
-Academia
-Super Hero Culture
-Carnival Culture

Reflex
-Used to represent Physical Actions copied from others,
up to the max AN of the copied Action. May not copy
the Ability Bonus or the Modifiers added. Must pay
stones equal to desired effect, and may not spend more
than the AN of the copied action. (Exception for
spending additional stones to overcome resistance,
using Ability.) Cannot exceed Taskmaster's existing AN
values, or peak human ability.

Modifiers

Photographic Memory

Voice Impersonation

Photographic Reflexes
-Acceleration (Optional)
-May use Acceleration to double Speed, Agility, and
Reflexive Dodge as well as double attack.
- +2 situational modifier and Prescience against foes
he has copied.

Reflexive Dodge: 2

Targeting: 2

Wealth: 2

Equipment

Kevlar Costume: +2 Defense

x2 .45 Colt Automatic: +2 each

Custom Katana: +3

Wrist Mounted S.H.I.E.L.D. Energy Construct Unit: +4 to

any relevant action.
-Capable of spontaneously making simple energy forms.
-Fond of mimicing Captain America's Shield and
Spider-Man's Webbing.
-Duplicates the powers/effects of mimicked gear, such
as rebound of Captain America's Shield,
consistency/strength of Spider-man's webbing.

Vast Video Library of other super hero/villains in
action.

List of Copied Styles

Anaconda
Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
Batman (Bruce Wayne) [DC Comics - Canon unknown]
Batroc [Not committed to memory]
Beast (Hank McCoy)
Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)
Blizzard (Donny Gill)
Boomerang
Bushwacker
Blacklash
Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
Black Panther (T'Challa)
Captain Ameria (Steve Rogers)
Cat (Shen Kui)
Conquest
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
Deadpool
Elektra
Eel (Edward Lavell)
Falcon (Sam Wilson)
Fatale
Firestar
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
Headhunter
Hulk (Bruce Banner)
Huntress [DC Comics - Canon unknown]
Iron Fist (Daniel Rand-K'ai)
Jack O'Lantern (Steven Levins)
Justice (Vance Astrovik)
Libra [DC comics - Canon unknown]
Machete
Mach-IV
Mister X
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Oddball
Porcupine (Alexander Gentry)
Photon (Genis-Vell)
Puma
Punisher (Frank Castle)
Quicksilver
Razorfist
Scarlet Witch
Shockwave
Silverclaw
Silver Samurai
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Shatterhead
Stiltman
Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)
Thing (Ben Grimm)
Thor (Thor Odinson)
Tigra
Toad
Trapster
Triatholon
Tumbler
U.S.Agent
Vision
Whirlwind (David Cannon)
Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett)
Zaran

[Beacon]

Are you sure about all those? I wasn't aware that TM had ever even meet Genis, M.A.C.H. IV (unless it was in his Beetle days, in which case his stats'd be a lot lower anyway...the game books skipped over Abe's MACH# stats), and some of the others.

[dorkknight23]

He got the list from here:

www.taskmastersite.com/Main.htm

[mako]

I also got something that might validate Taskmaster's knowledge of Batman's style. It seems the crossover that it occured in, has been accepted as canon, by BOTH comic companies. More details at link.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLA/Avengers

[Beacon]

dorkknight23 said:

He got the list from here:

www.taskmastersite.com/Main.htm

It still doesn’t really answer my question. I have nearly every appearance of Genis (every issue of all three of his Captain Marvel ongoings, Avengers Forever, his Thunderbolts cameos, Infinity Abyss, his New Thunderbolts membership, ect) and many of the modern appearances of Abner Jenkins (certainly all his Thunderbolts appearances since he was MACH III) but I don’t remember Taskmaster ever showing up.

mako said:

I also got something that might validate Taskmaster's knowledge of Batman's style. It seems the crossover that it occured in, has been accepted as canon, by BOTH comic companies. More details at link.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLA/Avengers

It’s only confirmed as canon in the DCU. Marvel barely acknowledges their own company’s continuity these days. Validating one of their better crossovers with a competitor would be out of the question for current Marvel.

[mako]

The main problem with validating Taskmaster's list of styles, is a lot of them he was never actually present at, using tapes taken by the media to get what he needs. It's hard to confirm those he didn't show up for. Out of that list, I'm only aware of him actually facing a fraction of them physically. But watching his actions in the comics does give a good clue to who he's mimicked. That's right. Watching the master of learning skills from others, is how to learn what skills he's learned. Vomit bags for head spinning are located under your seats.

Seriously though, it does give a good clue. One can assume he would mimic the styles of anyone he's currently facing just so he can interpret how to counter them. Doesn't mean he'd necessarily USE their style though.

There was also a brief stint where, with a technology boost, he could copy powers by watching them, which was probably when he bothered to watch those like the Hulk or Photon, who have weak fighting styles, but rely on their powers. Didn't last though. Dunno why he hasn't tried again.

[Deznita]

Actually on your styles, I read somewhere recently that he actually couldn't copy DeadPool's style (Well it said Agent X but they pretty much fight the same), because it's not much of a style. I wish I could remember where I saw that though...

[Beacon]

That wasn’t why he couldn’t copy Agent X. He couldn’t copy Agent X because he had BLACK SWAN’S (latent) psychic powers in addition to Deadpool’s (and his essentially being a zombie with someone else’s fighting skills couldn’t have made him very easy to “read” even without the mental powers blocking TM’s abilities).

It wouldn’t apply to Deadpool.

[mako]

So I should probably add Telepathy can negate the situational modifier and/or the ability to copy a fighting style.

Deadpool DOES get an edge against it, but for another reason. He's SO insane and unpredictable, he can literally change his style completely and completely disrupt Taskmaster's focus. This might've been a comic joke, but by changing his antics and going against Taskmaster's predictions of Deadpool's style, Taskmaster was confused to the point of inaction, while Deadpool pummeled him with the Macarana. Taskmaster still copied Deadpool's "normal" style, but Deadpool can just switch off to something silly and weird to muddle Taskmaster's ability to predict him with it. So even if Agent X didn't have the telepathy, the zombie thing wouldn't matter, but the fact he's as crazy as Deadpool does, and still messes Taskmaster up.

[Beacon]

mako said:

So I should probably add Telepathy can negate the situational modifier and/or the ability to copy a fighting style.

Yes and no. I wouldn’t say ALL telepaths automatically mess with TM’s abilities but Agent X’s would just because – in game terms – he bought telepathy as a modifier.
While I have no doubts that Professor X being in the area and working his mental magic could make it harder (or imposable) for TM to copy Wolverine’s moves (heck Chuck could just make him forget a big chunk of what he’s picked up), Agent X’s powers don’t work that way. His telepathy subconsciously blocks things like TM’s ability mimicry and Mary Zero’s power to go unnoticed by everyone BUT Agent X.