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Spitfire
Power Level: 11 (167/181PP)
Unspent Power Points: 14
Trade-Offs: +2 Defense / -2 Toughness

 

In Brief: First Class White Trash, fire breathing Carnie! 

Theme: "Firestarter" The Prodigy

 

Alternate Identity: Maxwell "Maxie" Compton, AKA: Max the Fire Eater, AKA: Maxie Napalm
Birthplace: Back of a Pinto on the side of the highway in Texas
Occupation: Owner/Operator of Fire Eater Ink
Affiliations: 
Family: 

 

Description:
Age: 25
Apparent Age: Early 20's
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 146
Eyes: Red
Hair: Bald (normally black)

Description: Maxie likes tattoos, a lot. Both his arms, back and chest are covered in them. On his left arm there's a long chinese type dragon who's mouth ends at his write, breathing fire up his hand to his fingertips. On his right arm there's a similar dragon, but this one done in the style of H.R. Geiger, breathing black fire. The tattoos on his chest are more varied, including some less than clad women and mermaids, a flaming skull, a number thirteen with some dice and playing cards around it, as well as some script circling his navel reading: Walk Through the Fires of Hell and Come Out Clean. The tattoos on his back are a bit more ordered than his chest. On each shoulderblade there are tattoos of bat wings and down the center of his back there's a tattoo that looks like his skin has been burned and slashed open, and beneath the skin there's a red dragon.

Maxie's eyes have turned red as an effect of his mutation, which only helped him fit into the carnival business better. His smile is surprisingly dazzling his skin is well tanned.

 

History:

Maxie was born to poor rednecks who moved and lived along the Rio Grande. Being unable to afford to take care of a child, they sold him to a travelling carnival that took an interest in him because of his red eyes and pointed dazzling teeth like fangs. Growing up among carnies taught Maxie many lessons most children don't recieve, such as how to lift someone's wallet, how to play a crowd, how to clean up after elephants, and how to take his turn on high flying trapeze. For the first few years of his internship, Maxie did little more than clean and run errands. Knowing no other way to live, Maxie loved his life in the carnival, the adventuresome spirit lended well to life on the road, and Maxie loved seeing new places.

 

When the carnival (the carnival was named Deedra's Travelling Menagerie) finally got it's very own fire eater, Maxie was immediately drawn to the man. His tattoos and amazing abilities related to fire seemed to speak to Maxie, and so he became the man's apprentice. The fire eater was named Bertram Firebrand, or at least that's what he said, and he had a very easy manner and a soft voice, which belied his abilities that seemed so fantastic and uncommon. Bertram wasn't only a fire eater, he also walked on hot coals, walked into a specially made furnace and came out unscathed, basically any trick that involved fire, Bertram did, and also taught to Maxie.

 

One day, while practicing in the fire chamber, the contraption malfunctioned, usually a sheet of fire was only displayed on the outer side of the chamber, the rest of the chamber remained free and ventilated, but the pilot light blew, causing fire to fill the chamber with Maxie inside. Maxie was horrified and screamed, sure that he was to be burned alive. He heard shouting outside the tank, as Bertram and others were trying to get him out, and he prayed they wouldn't be too late, or he wouldn't be too badly burned. Ten seconds passed, and still Maxie felt nothing. He reasoned that his nerve endings had been burned shut, closing his body off to the pain, which was fine by him. His hair and eyebrows had already been singed away, that he knew, still he refused to open his eyes, afraid they would burst and boil from the heat. After about thirty seconds of raging flames and building pressures, the tank exploded, and Maxie went flying out. Maxie landed against a nearby elephant and was knocked unconcious. He awoke some time later, with his friends, and Deedra, standing over him. Maxie feared the worst, but they were all smiling and congratulating him on the greatest trick they'd ever seen. Only Bertram looked concerned. Apparently Maxie was unscathed, not a burn on him. This puzzled Maxie, but when everything had settled down, Bertram pulled him aside and told him of his suspicions.

 

Bertram believed Maxie was a metahuman, and the tank had triggered his talents. Maxie found this preposterous, but no other logical explanation remained. After a few private tests, Bertram and Maxie learned that he could breath fire, as well as withstand any intensity of flame. Maxie was excited and frightened, all at the same time. He could really breathe fire! Bertram considered his new powers for weeks, and when the carnival arrived in Freedom City, Maxie took his leave of the carnival, with his pay in hand, and decided to make a new life as a hero in the greatest city in America!

...

 

It's been 9 years since Maxie came to Freedom City.  He's done his share of heroing, helping out when needed, but the itch to travel got him good after a couple years, so he took his earnings from Fire Eater Ink and went on the road.

 

Mostly he roamed, sometimes, when caught in the middle of some terrible situation he did the hero thing, but mostly he tried to stick to himself.  He even, for a small amount of time, rejoined the travelling carnival gig, though he relegated himself to mostly running the rides and not doing the fire eater tricks.  Reminded him too much of Bertram.  After some years of this he started feeling homesick.  A feeling he didn't really recognize at first since he'd never really had a home before Freedom City.  He missed the people, the hustle and bustle of big city life, and he missed his ink shop.  Everytime he heard or read about some disaster befalling the city he felt like he was abandoning it and it's people.  Oh sure, there were plenty other heroes there to answer the call, but that didn't stop him from feeling responsible.  

 

On little more than a whim, Maxie packed up his trailer and headed back to Freedom City.  Back to his home.

Personality & Motivation:
Maxie is an upbeat, fast talking boy, and always seems to see the good side of things. Growing up with freaks and misfits has made Maxie extremely accepting, and judges few based on their appearance or background. This trait has also made him develop a seething hatred for bigots and racists. Maxie believes no matter what you look like, or what differences or deformities you have, you can make a difference, and so seeks to be a hero to make the most difference. He does not think less of those who, like he did before, made a difference simply by aweing a crowd, or making someone smile.

Powers & Tactics:
Maxie can breath fire and can skate across the ground at high speeds while melting it with his breath. He is relatively new to the heroing business so his tactics are pretty straightforward, first he'll go in with his flame blast, after attempting to catch the target unawares. After that he'll continue to blast away till whatever it is goes down.

Power Descriptions:

The color of the fire maxie breaths is usually your normal reds, yellow and oranges, but if he decides to really turn up the heat the fire will turn white.  Other than that it's fire, and behaves mostly like fire, as much as it can coming from a human's mouth.

Complications:
Carnie (people are naturally mistrusting and fearful of carnies)

 

Stats: 4+6+10+2+4+4 = 30pp

Str: 14 (+2)

Dex: 16 (+3)

Con: 20 (+5)

Int: 12 (+1)

Wis: 14 (+2)

Cha: 14 (+2)



 

Combat: 22 + 16 = 38pp

Attack: +11

Grapple: +13

Defense: +13 (+8, Dodge Focus 5), +4 flat-footed

Knockback: -4

Initiative: +3


Saving Throws: 2+7+5 = 14pp

Toughness: +9 (+5 Con, +4 Protection)

Fortitude: +7 (+5 Con, +2)

Reflex: +10 (+3 Dex, +7)

Will: +7 (+2 Wis, +5)




Skills: 80r = 20pp

Acrobatics 12 (+15)

Climb 3 (+5)

Craft (artistic) 11 (+12)

Bluff 8 (+10)

Concentration 8 (+10)

Escape Artist 7 (+10)

Knowledge: Streetwise 4 (+5)

Notice 8 (+10)

Sense Motive 3 (+5)

Sleight of Hand 7 (+10)

Stealth 7 (+10)

Swim 2 (+4)



Feats: 9pp

Acrobatic Bluff

Dodge Focus 5

Evasion

Power Attack

Uncanny Dodge (Visual)

 


Powers:4 + 38 + 10 + 4 = 56pp

Protection 4 (mutation) [4PP]

Fire Eater Tricks (33PP Array; Feats: Alternate Power 5) [38PP] (mutation,fire)

  • Base Power: Damage 11 (Fire Breath; Extras: Area [Cone], Duration [Concentration]); {33/33}
  • Alternate Power: Blast 11 (Spitball; Extras: Area [55-ft. Burst, General]);  {33/33}
  • Alternate Power: Blast 11 (Spitfire; Extras: Autofire) {33/33}
  • Alternate Power: Dazzle Visual 11 (Fireblind; Extras: Area [55-ft Burst]) {33/33}
  • Alternate Power: Corrosion 11 (Slagbreath;) {33/33}
  • Alternate Power: Suffocate 11 (Breathtaker; Extras: Range [Ranged]) {33/33}

Immunity 10 (Fire Effects) [10pp]

Speed 4 (100 mph / 1,000 feet per Move Action; "Firewalker") [4PP]



Drawbacks: (-0) + (-0) = -0PP

 




DC Block

ATTACK                     RANGE                 SAVE                                                       EFFECT 

Fire Breath       Touch Cone     DC21 Reflex, DC26 Toughness      Bruised [Staged]

Spitball          Ranged Burst   DC21 Reflex, DC26 Toughness      Bruised [Staged]

Spitfire          Ranged         DC26 Toughness (Autofire)        Bruised [Staged]

Fireblind         Touch Burst    DC21 Relfex                      Blinded

Slagbreath        Touch          DC21 Fortitude, DC26 Toughness   Drain Toughness [Staged], Bruised [Staged]

Breathtaker       Ranged         DC21 Fortitude                   Suffocating

 

Totals: Abilities (30) + Combat (38) + Saving Throws (14) + Skills (20) + Feats (9) + Powers (56) - Drawbacks (0) = 167/181PP

Edited by Fox
+2pp for December 2017
EviscerusNox Advanced Member

EviscerusNox

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I removed the equipment and added protection to Powers that should fix that issue.

 

The reason why he is pl11 is because he's not a new character just one to be unarchived.  I linked to the original sheet in my post above.  I thought it would be a good idea to resubmit him with the new sheet aesthetic in mind for ease of use is all.

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Some small math things:

 

With a base attack bonus of +11, and a Str bonus of +2, this character would have a grapple bonus of +13, not +12.

 

The Protection power is missing its pp total; it's also missing its descriptor(s). These seem awfully nit-picky, but having them there saves trouble for future GMs and refs who need to reference the sheet.

 

I also took the 2am liberty of changing 'Strike' to 'Damage' - the base name of the effect is a little more clear on what this power represents.

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