Tasmanian Devil

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Origin: Birthright
Real Name: Hugh Dawkins
First Appearance: Super Friends #9 [DC Comics December 1977]

                            Character created by E.Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon

ABILITIES

Prowess 6 {Great}
Coordination 6 {Great}
Strength 6 {Great}
Intellect 4 {Fair}
Awareness 4 {Fair}
Willpower 5 {Good}

Stamina 8 / 11
Determination: 1

Prowess, Coordination and Strength are 3 in normal form.

SPECIALTIES

Nature
Performance (Actor)

POWERS

Transformation (Animals, "Lycanthrope-like Tasmanian Devil") 6
       Growth [Permanent] 1
       Strike (Claws) 5
       Super-Speed 2
       Supersenses 3
             Enhanced Hearing
             Enhanced Smell
             Enhanced Vision

QUALITIES

. Aggressive and bestial when transformed.
. Convoluted family history.
. Openly gay.

Points: 50

ORIGIN STORY

Hugh Dawkins is a born metahuman with the ability to turn into a supernaturally large and intelligent Tasmanian Devil, in a fashion similar to a werewolf. While Hugh is a pacifist, his alter ego of the Tasmanian Devil is aggressive and bestial. His parents had a hard time with him until he saved his father's life. Hugh's mother has been noted to have been abusive, particularly to his father.

He worked as a superhero in Tasmania until he was contacted by Doctor Mist to join the Global Guardians. He fought alongside the team until their base was destroyed and they temporarily disbanded.

Dawkins helped to rebuild the Justice League Embassy which had been destroyed during an alien invasion. He then joined Justice League International. His affiliation with the Justice League caused his rejection by the Queen Bee, ruler of Bialya, who was reforming the Guardians. Her efforts seemed beneficial but were for her own selfish gain, as she was using brainwashing techniques to put the Global Guardians under her control. He and the League helped free the Global Guardians from their mind control and put a stop to the Queen Bee's evil schemes. Dawkins and the League helped with relief and recovery efforts. He then rejoined a team of Guardians to rescue those still endangered by the secret machinations of Harjavti, an associate of the Queen Bee. The entire group was endangered as those left behind had been implanted with subliminal orders to kill. Fortunately, nobody was actually harmed and the Global Guardians were reformed again.

He later assisted the Justice League and the Global Guardians on a number of occasions. During a battle with Phobia in New Zealand, where he confronted his fears of his mother, he saved the country and earned that nation's love and support. He assisted the Justice League until the death of Ice, when that particular branch of the League fell apart. He remained with the Global Guardians, and he joined the Ultramarine Corps as well shortly after the formation of that team.

Converted characters unavoidably exceeds the 45-point limitation that the ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying Game core book recommends. Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book. Streamlined, once again, according to ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying: The Assembled Edition..

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Starman (Fusion)

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Origin: Transformed
Real Name: Prince Gavyn
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #467 [DC Comics January 1980]

                            Character created by Paul Levitz and Steve Ditko

ABILITIES

Prowess 4 {Fair}
Coordination 4 {Fair}
Strength 7 {Incredible}
Intellect 4 {Fair}
Awareness 4 {Fair}
Willpower 4 {Fair}

Stamina 11
Determination: 1

SPECIALTIES

Power ("Stellar Energy")

POWERS

Blast ("Stellar Energy") 8 {Amazing}
Damage Resistance 4 {Fair}
Flight 8 {Amazing}
       Space Flight
Life Support 6 {Great}
       Breathing
       Cold
       Heat
       Pressure
       Radiation
       Vacuum
Supersenses 1 {Weak}
       Additional Sense ("Telelocation")

QUALITIES

. "I'm the ruler of Throneworld people".
. Enemy: Mongul.
. Must wear gauntlets to facilitate his conversion of stellar energy.

Points:  63

ORIGIN STORY

Prince Gavyn was one of the potential heirs to the Empire on the death of Rilsom the 18th. When passed over for the throne in favor of his sister, Clryssa, he was executed by being tossed unprotected into space (as was customary for all heirs other than the one chosen to prevent civil war).

Unknown to his people, Gavyn survived, rescued by a being called Mn'torr. Mn'torr was a member of an elder race, on a thousand year retreat of silent study. Mn'torr realized that Gavyn possessed unusual latent abilities, which his "execution" brought out and Mn'torr enhanced with special gauntlets that concentrated Gavyn's energies.

Adopting the costumed identity of Starman, later Fusion, Gavyn became the protector of the Empire and, after his sister's murder, Emperor. Clryssa had been murdered by Mongul, who attempted to steal the throne of the Empire. With the assistance of Superman, Starman (Fusion) defeated Mongul. In the process, he was forced to destroy the doomsday device which had blackmailed the planets of the Empire into union under the crown. Thus, he became the last Emperor.

Converted characters, most of the times, unavoidably exceeds the 45-point limitation that the ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying Game core book recommends. Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book. Streamlined, once again, according to ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying: The Assembled Edition.

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Captain Comet

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Origin: Birthright
Real Name: Adam Blake
First Appearance: Strange Adventures #9 [DC Comics June 1951]

                   Character created by Julius Schwartz, John Broome and Carmine Infantino

ABILITIES

Prowess 6 {Great}
Coordination 6 {Great}
Strength 7 {Incredible}
Intellect 6 {Great}
Awareness 6 {Great}
Willpower 5 {Good}

Stamina 12
Determination: 1

SPECIALTIES

Athletics
Pilot
Science (Physics)
Weapons (Guns)

POWERS

Damage Resistance 2
Telekinesis 8
       Telekinetic Force Bolts
       Flight
       Force Field
Telepathy 8
       ESP
       Mind Control
     

EQUIPMENT

Blast Device 5 [Stun Gun]

QUALITIES

. Eidetic Memory (Recalls perfectly everything he's experienced).
. DC's first mutant.
. Uphold the Good.

Points: 100

ORIGIN STORY

Adam Blake was born in 1931 to John and Martha Blake in a Mid-Western town (closely paralleling the origin of Superman). His birth coincided with the passing of a comet in the night sky, which Johnathan Blake jokingly noted as a sign of good fortune. The comet's radiation activated Adam's metagene, and he began to exhibit various powers at a very young age.

Adam's mental powers develop very early in his childhood. By the time he was four-years-old Adam demonstrated acute powers of observation, possibly the emergence of the sensory centers that grant him clairvoyance or early indicators of his photographic memory. On one occasion he mentally located his mother's missing wedding band beneath a pile of discarded wood. When questioned, he claimed that he simply knew where it was. By the time he was eight, he possessed a photographic memory and was able to memorize and comprehend all of the information that he had read from an entire volume of encyclopedias. He excelled at every sport and activity he tried: he could play musical instruments without lessons (the first time he picked up a clarinet, he played a Mozart concerto) and performed athletic feats comparable to Olympic participants. When Blake became a teenager his superhuman durability and strength began to manifest, and he exhibited signs of telekinesis and telepathy. He even saved the life of a fellow college student by catching her with his telekinetic abilities.

Despite this, Adam felt isolated because he was wildly different and had to suppress his powers from being known by the public. He went to Professor Zackro Emery for help in coming to terms with his nature. After many extensive tests Zackro deducted that Adam was a mutant, the pinnacle of human evolution 100,000 years in the future. He offered Adam a job as his assistant in the science hall.

When criminals attempted to steal Zackro's solar reducer technology, Adam used his telekinesis to stop their bullets and foil their plans. He and the scientist agreed that Adam should use his powers for good. "Captain Comet" became an international hero by single-handedly stopping the alien Astur from terraforming the Earth. During this battle he also gained the equipment that he would use for many more years (all invented by Professor Zackro): a stun gun and his trademark costume.

For three years Captain Comet acted as a protector of Earth and an explorer of the galaxy, while maintaining his secret identity as an information clerk in a metropolitan library. He fought off dinosaurs, Greek gods, alien invaders, and a super-powered ape several times. He rescued damsels in distress from different worlds and visited alien civilizations. But he could never shake the feeling that he was fundamentally different than his fellow human beings and could never belong without a superhero identity. Adam noticed that while the people in his life aged and changed in appearance, he remained the same; he became frustrated by the limitations of Earth's knowledge. In 1954 Comet left Earth in the Cometeer, and would not return until 1976.

Upon his return he is tricked by Gorilla Grodd into joining the Secret Society and fights Darkseid and the forces of Apokolips alongside them He eventually figures out the ruse, sparking a long-time crusade against the Society.

One notable fact is that Captain Comet was the first official superhero mutant in mainstream comic books. He appeared 12 years before the X-Men debuted, and Namor was only officially classified as a mutant during the X-Men's revival in the 1990s. Converted characters, most of the times, unavoidably exceeds the 45-point limitation that the ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying Game core book recommends. Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book.

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Karate Kid

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Origin: Trained
Real Name: Val Armorr
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #346 [DC Comics July 1966]

                            Character created by Jim Shooter

ABILITIES

Prowess 9 {Fantastic}
Coordination 6 {Great}
Strength 5 {Good}
Intellect 5 {Good}
Awareness 6 {Great}
Willpower 6 {Great}

Stamina 11
Determination: 4

SPECIALTIES

Athletics Expert
Martial Arts
Stealth Expert
Weapons (Melee)
Wrestling

POWERS

None

EQUIPMENT

Legion Flight Ring

QUALITIES

. Relationship: Princess Projectra.
. Focused: Val is very mentally disciplined.
. Fearless courage.

Points: 44

ORIGIN STORY

Val, named for his mother, Valentina, who died shortly after he was born, was the only son of Kirau Nezumi, a Japanese super-villain also known as the Black Dragon. Japan's super-hero, The Sensei, killed Black Dragon, then promised to raise the villain's son as his own, teaching him not only the martial arts but also an appreciation for more peaceful pastimes such as sculpting and painting. Val grew up in Japan, later moving to Metropolis to join the Legion. He viewed it as a challenge, how to make himself, a non-powered human, into a Legionnaire. By that time, he had established a proficiency in all forms of hand-to-hand combat and hand weaponry, with a special talent for karate. Focusing on this self-created super-karate, he tried out for the Legion on the eve of the Khund invasion and was accepted along with Princess Projectra, Ferro and Nemesis Kid.

Successful in his Legion career, he eventually served as Leader, for one term. He even trained many of his fellow Legionnaires in various types of hand-to-hand combat.

Karate Kid has studied every single martial arts known to man in the 31st century and by applying simple physics, he has been known to best even M'Onel. Val once took on the entire Fatal Five single-handedly, clearly defeating the Persuader, Emerald Empress, and Mano (though Mano was largely a matter of luck as the Kid admitted to himself). At one point or another he launched solo flying kicks at villains whose power level far exceeded Superboy, including Validus, Mordru, Omega and even Darkseid. Though they had little effect, they showed the degree of his fearless courage. Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book. Thanks again, +Max Traver for making me rethink (for the better!) the build!

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Night Girl

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Origin: Transformed
Real Name: Lydda Jath
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #306 [DC Comics March 1963]

                            Character created by Edmond Hamilton and John Forte

ABILITIES

Prowess 6 {Great}
Coordination 5 {Good}
Strength 8* {Amazing}
Intellect 4 {Fair}
Awareness 4 {Fair}
Willpower 5 {Good}

Stamina 11
Determination: 3

* Strength is 3 during daytime.

SPECIALTIES

Martial Arts Expert
Teaching
Wrestling Expert

POWERS

Damage Resistance [Limit: Only at night] 6 {Great}
Supersenses 1
       Additional Sense (Infravision)

EQUIPMENT

Legion Flight Ring

QUALITIES

. Ultraviolet Negation.

. Relationship: Cosmic Boy.

. Loyalty: Night Girl is protective of those she loves.

Points: 40

ORIGIN STORY

Night Girl was the daughter of one of the most renowned scientists of Kathoon, a planet with a dead and distant sun which is heated by internal geothermal activity. Like all Kathoonians, Lydda can see in the dark. Because of their Terran heritage, humans from Kathoon can also adapt to normal sight, but take a period of adjustment before they can focus properly. 

Lydda's father had always wanted a son and, lacking one, he taught his daughter to be completely self-reliant and prodded her toward being successful. When she grew older, he used a vitalizing ray to give her limited super powers, primarily super-strength. In part, this was because Lydda, like most of her generation, was a huge fan of the nascent Legion of Super-Heroes, and secretly had developed a crush on Cosmic Boy, the Legion's first and quite dashing Leader. She asked her father to help her develop super powers that would qualify her for Legion membership. Though the vitalizing ray was successful, she only possessed her strength in darkness or in artificial light. Sunlight returned her to normal.

She gamely applied for Legion membership despite her limitations, but was rejected. Unwilling to give up and have all her efforts come to nothing, she joined together with four other Legion rejects to form a secret auxiliary of "Substitute Legionnaires" who would pitch in behind the scenes or when the LSH was unavailable. Inevitably, their activities came to the attention of the LSH, and the Subs were made a special branch of the Legion Reserve.

Once the Legion began officially recognizing the Subs, the two groups met intermittently for talk and training. During these meetings, Night Girl finally got to know Cosmic Boy, and the two have been a couple ever since. Recently, she was included in the Legion ranks. Besides working with the Legion, Night Girl serves as one of the instructors at the Legion Academy.

Night Girl's an odd one: she starts out, in the sixties, being rejected because her Superman-Class super-strength is only availabel to her at night. Yes, they actually TURNED DOWN someone at Kryptonian level! I guess they thought that with Superboy, M'Onel and Ultra-Boy they were covered. Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book. Streamlined, once again, according to ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying: The Assembled Edition.

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Chemical King

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Origin: Birthright
Real Name: Condo Arlik
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #371 [DC Comics August 1968]

                            Character created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan

ABILITIES

Prowess 5 {Good}
Coordination 4 {Fair}
Strength 4 {Fair}
Intellect 4 {Fair}
Awareness 4 {Fair}
Willpower 4 {Fair}

Stamina: 8
Determination: 5

SPECIALTIES

Martial Arts
Power Expert
Science (Chemistry)

POWERS

Transmutation [Limit: Extra Only] 9 {Fantastic}

       Catalytic Control

EQUIPMENT

Legion Flight Ring

QUALITIES

. Inferiority complex: unsure of his powers usefulness.
. Cannot speed up the disintegration process of indestructible materials.
. Cool, calm and collected in face of danger.

Points: 38

ORIGIN STORY

Before the Legion came into his life, Condo's powers were the source of terrible suffering for him. He was born a mutant, with the ability to alter chemical reactions. His powers mostly manifested, at first, over the reactions of his own body, making him gravely ill and needing to be hospitalized through most of his childhood. 

It wasn't until his case was brought to the attention of Lyle Norg (a.k.a. Invisible Kid of the Legion), an expert chemist, that things began to turn around for Condo. Lyle managed to provide a treatment for Condo, and then helped train him in how to control his abilities. He also convinced Condo that his powers were not a curse, but a great ability that could be used for good. The power to accelerate or decelerate any chemical reaction was a significant ability, and Lyle convinced Condo to apply to the newly-founded Legion Academy. 

In his try-out for the Legion, Condo, now calling himself Chemical King, was sent to infiltrate the Legion of Supervillains, which had been forming on Mars under crime boss Tarik The Mute, and included many of the Legion's old foes or failed applicants. Condo did well in his first mission and was elected unanimously into the Legion.

From that time on, Condo proved to be a dedicated and serious Legionnaire, utterly loyal to the group that had saved him from a life of suffering. 

Chemical King had the ability to control the speed of chemical reactions near him. While this was a rather unique ability, it made the character a difficult one to write (not every writer has a science background). This could be used for a variety of abilities. Among those demonstrated, his most common stunt was oxidizing objects at great speed causing them to rust quickly or burst into flame. He could accelerate cellular decay. He could also affect other people's abilities if they had a chemical mechanism for the abilities. This could allow him to slow the susceptibility to Kryptonite, radiation or other materials temporarily, or a chemical reaction which turns the body invisible could be slowed to the point that it was ineffective. He could also throw various chemical interactions in a body out of whack at once — instantly inducing shock (medical shock, not electric shock) or slowing down an opponent's metabolism to the point they passed out. He had to be careful with these abilities - too much could easily be deadly. He could also affect his own body chemistry, giving himself super strength and speed — but doing so was temporary and exhausting. With ICONS Great Power book, Chemical King's powers were much more simplified and streamlined. As someone has stated elsewhere, the Legion of Super-Heroes became the poster team of really odd powers. Character revised according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book. Streamlined, once again, according to ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying: The Assembled Edition.

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