Waste
(Darren
Meachum)
PL 6 (95 pp)
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 12, Con
14, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 14
[20 pp]
Attack: Melee +4, Ranged +2 [4 pp]
Defense: +4 (+2 flat-footed) [8 pp]
Initiative: +1
Damage +2 hand to hand, +6 Strike Aura in energy form, +6
Strike (or +5 10’ cone) in liquid form, +6 Suffocate in gaseous form, +8 hand
to hand in solid form
Saves: Toughness +2, Fort +7, Ref +2, Will +2 [5 pp]
Skills: Bluff 2 (+4), Climb 2 (+4), Computers 1 (+2),
Concentration 0 (+2), Craft (structural) 2 (+3), Craft (chemical) 1 (+2),
Diplomacy 2 (+4), Disguise 0 (+2), Drive 1 (+2), Escape Artist 0 (+1), Gather
Information 0 (+2), Handle Animal 1 (+3), Intimidate 0 (+2), Knowledge
(business) 2 (+3), Knowledge (civics) 1 (+2), Knowledge (earth sciences) 2
(+4), Knowledge (physical sciences) 1 (+3), Language (English, native), Notice
2 (+4), Profession (construction worker) 2 (+4), Search 1 (+2), Sense Motive 2
(+4), Stealth 1 (+2), Survival 4 (+6), Swim 2 (+4)
[8 pp, 32 ranks in skills]
Feats: Attack Focus (melee) 2, Benefit 1 (wealth)
[3 pp]
Powers:
Immunity 9 (life support)
Alternate Form (energy) 7 (nuclear radiation, Insubstantial
3, Strike 6 (Extra: Aura, Power Feat: Selective), Flight 3, Super-Senses
1 (radio), Power Feats:
Alternate Power – Alternate Form (liquid) 7 (corrosive
sludge, Insubstantial 1, Strike 6 (Power Feat: Alternate Power – Strike
5 (Partial Extra: Area (cone 1)), Snare 6 (Extra: Engulf), Swimming
2, Elongation 2, Protection 3 (Extra: Impervious), Environmental Adaptation
(aquatic)),
Alternate Power – Alternate Form (gaseous) 7 (toxic
fumes, Insubstantial 2, Suffocate 6, Flight 1, Protection 4 (Extra:
Impervious), Concealment 2 (visual, Flaw: Partial), Evasion 1),
Alternate Power – Alternate Form (solid) 10 (junk
pile, Enhanced Strength 12, Super-Strength 2 (Hvy
Load 1.5 tons), Elongation 1, Immovable 3, Protection 6 (Extra: Impervious),
Healing 1 (Extras: Action 3 (free action), Flaws: Limited (self only),
Limited (requires loose solid matter to assimilate into self))) [38]
[47 pp]
Abilities 20 + Combat 12 + Saves 5 + Skills 8 + Feats 3
+ Powers 47 = 95 pp
Combat
In human form – Attack +4 melee, +2 ranged, Defense +4 (+2
flat-footed), Damage +2 hand to hand, Toughness save +2
In energy form – Attack +4 melee, +2 ranged, Defense +4
(+2 flat-footed), Damage +6 Strike Aura, Toughness save +2
In liquid form – Attack +4 melee, +2 ranged, Defense +4
(+2 flat-footed), Damage +6 Strike (or +5 with 10’ cone attack), Toughness save
+5 (3 Impervious)
In gaseous form – Attack +4 melee, +2 ranged, Defense +4
(+2 flat-footed), Damage +6 Suffocate, Toughness save +6 (4 Impervious)
In solid form – Attack +4 melee, +2 ranged, Defense +4 (+2
flat-footed), Damage +8, Toughness save +8 (6 Impervious)
Darren, called ‘Dare’ by his friends, because they could
dare him to do anything, was the son of a successful businessman who ran a construction
firm. During the summers, he would hike and do Scouts and various other
activities, interspersed with working for his dad’s firm to gather up the cash
he needed for his other activities, since his dad remains a firm believer in
his kids earning every penny they get out of him and learning the value of both
work and money.
While his dad wasn’t complicit in the matter, some of the
land on which he was developing a lot of housing units turned out to be a
top-secret dumpsite for all sorts of dangerous wastes. The concrete enclosure
concealed beneath the soil contained dozens of dangerous chemical toxins and
waste-products, as well as hundreds of tons of radioactive slurry, supposedly
‘buried safely away’ decades before, and long forgotten. Digging the foundation
for the complexes swimming pool, the scoop cracked the surface of the degraded
bunker, and Darren, standing ‘at a safe distance’ ended up being sucked into
the subterranean enclosure, pulled in along with hundreds of pounds of soil and
deposited into a toxic stew of materials that had long since eaten their way
out of the metal barrels intended to contain them.
Darren erupted from the mess, a sixty foot tall composite
of sludge and debris, spewing toxins and radiation all about, and it took a
half-dozen heroes to shut down the out-of-control reactions that were mutating
his body, allowing him to finally regain some semblance of control, after which
he mercifully passed out, and reverted to his human form.
The site is now a Superfund poster-case, and who knows how
many more millions of dollars will be required to make it remotely safe. Darren
himself has enrolled in