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Ok, so now it's time to try and see how this works in action:
Name: Doris Zeul (formerly Dr. Damon Zeul)
Codename: Giganta
Age: 29 (physically about 16)
Height: 5' 10 1/2"
Weight: 190
Stats: 34C-26-34
Power: Enhanced Strength, Size/Density Alteration
Talents: Doctorate in Genetics, Doctorate in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology*
Accessories: GL communications and costume ring
Shoe: 6
Dress: 8
*Acquired Doctorates at Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson College of Graduate Studies
Strength: Class 3 (maximum press about 500 lbs.)
Agility: Class 3
Endurance: Class 3
Intelligence: 150 IQ
Willpower: Class 4
Skills-
Unarmed Combat: 3 (seems a little high, but this is about where she performs in the stories)
Life Sciences: 4 (gross oversimplification, I'm sure Doris doesn't know much about biopolymers or agrotechnology)
Powers-
Size Alteration/Enhanced Strength: Giganta can shrink to about 4' 5" tall, or grow to heights up to at least 70' tall. Her physical strength increases exponentially as she grows, allowing her to achieve Class 7 Strength rating. At her maximum height, lifting something that weighs 70 tons shouldn't be a problem.
Density Alteration: Giganta is normally slightly more dense than she should be; under ordinary circumstances, her density increases as she grows. This grants her greatly increased resistance to damage from physical impact or blunt trauma, and even attacks that would cut or pierce her skin become less effective. She has learned how to control her density increase, allowing her to assume the density of a statue while only growing a few feet in height. Her upward limits are unknown, as very few surfaces could support her weight if she attemped to test them.
At her maximum height, her body would be as tough as the armor of a battleship, and this additional mass adds incredible force to her blows, as well as making her very difficult to move against her will.
Giganta has practiced negating her density increases as well, giving her the weight and mass one would expect of a person of her size (whatever size that may be); dropping mass suddenly allows her to leap great distances, as an example.
Radically increasing her mass when in the air, allows her to strike the ground with the force of an explosion (good for beating up villains, bad for property values).
Comments
"Bad for property values"
*giggle*
Reminded me of a line from Futurama.
"For one, superheroes cause a lot of collateral damage, and we don't wanna get our butts sued."
Even though I'm writing in a universe-within-a-universe setting for Aria Blade, I'm going to make heavy use of this system for my personal records, seeing it in action like this. Very nice :-D
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Glad you like it, it's free for everyone!
I just feel it's a useful tool when you have characters from different stories interact, even if they're not fighting or anything like that. I don't think powers need to be formalized, but at least work out what they can/can't do. Some kind of ranking would be nice, for powers, but I'll have to work on it so it makes sense.
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause-of-effect...but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly...timey-wimey...stuff.
origin
Is she still an evolved gorilla?
No Monkey Business!
Ah no, not going with that version of her origin. : )
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause-of-effect...but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly...timey-wimey...stuff.
Purple Monkeys
One of the old DC editors was convinced that you could increase sales by having the color purple and an ape or monkey on the cover. :)
The Grape Ape would have sold a ton of comics in a crossover with Batman, I'm sure. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Great Apes!
That explains Gorilla Grodd, that super-ape with the kryptonite eye lasers, and why the Ultra-Humanite gave up the body of a perfectly hot actress for an albino monkey!
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause-of-effect...but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly...timey-wimey...stuff.