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A Character in [[MHR_A_New_Dawn|A New Dawn]]
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A Character in [[MHR_A_New_Dawn:_Main_Page|MHR A New Dawn]], played by Stattick
  
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=HUDSON=
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==Origin==
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Daniel (don't ever call him Danny), grew up as the son of the Scorpion. Or maybe it was grandson. Daniel's not quite sure. He got different stories from his "father" at different times, and even different stories from people his father was associated with.
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==Affiliations==
 
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Solo d10 / Buddy d6 / Team d8
 
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==Distinctions==
 
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*Creature of Science and Magic
 
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*Recycled by Super-Villains
 
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*He Fights Like He’s Possessed!
 
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==Powersets==
 
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===TECHNO GOLEM===
 
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Godlike Durability: d12 / Enhanced Stamina: d8 / Superhuman Strength: d10 / Leaping: d8
 
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*'''SFX: Area Attack.''' Target multiple opponents. For every additional target, add D6 to your pool and keep +1 effect die.
 
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*'''SFX: Haymaker.''' Double Strength for an action, then add second highest rolling die from that action to the Doom Pool.
 
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*'''SFX: Energy Convertor.''' On a successful reaction against an energy-based attack, convert your opponent’s effect die into a Techno Golem stunt or step up a Techno Golem power until the next Transition Scene. If your opponent’s action succeeds, spend 1 PP to use this SFX.
 
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*'''SFX: Hellfire Radiation.''' On a successful reaction against a physical attack, inflict physical stress with your effect die at no PP cost or step up +1 for 1 PP.
 
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*'''SFX: Self-Healing.''' Step back a Techno-Golem power to recover physical stress or trauma. Recover the power during a Transition scene.
 
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*'''LIMIT: Existential Doubt.''' Earn 1 PP and step up emotional stress caused by existential doubt or self worth by +1
 
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*'''LIMIT: Power Outage.''' Lose consciousness vs. effects that disrupt magic or technology and gain 1 PP. Recover by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.
 
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==Specialties==
 
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Combat Expert: d8 / Tech Expert: d8 / Arcana Expert: d8 / Menace Expert: d8
 
  
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==Milestones==
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Daniel and Scorpion bounced around from place to place a bit, but most of the time, Daniel spent much of his time in a lab. They always seemed to be fiddling with him - drawing blood samples, giving him injections or exposing him to energy, trying to keep him "stablized". It was probably for the best, really. Scorpion is a psycho, and unhinged is about as best as he gets. What time Daniel spent out of a lab was either in some hellhole tenement Scorpion was living in, or someplace with some serious swag. It was never in-between. It all depended on whether Scorpion was working, who he was working for, or whether he'd recently hit a big score.
  
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Psychic Archaeology
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Daniel grew up around psychopaths and killers... Kingpin was once his godfather, The Goblin King once claimed to be his adopted grandfather, Uncle Red Skull always had candy for him, and so forth. He spent more time around the Osbornes than anyone else, but naturally, Scorpion never stayed in one place for for more than a couple of years.
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*1 XP when you first find out that your body was the Thing’s.
 
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*5 XP when you trust a scientifically or magically minded friend to help you discover who you really are.
 
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*10 XP when you come to believe you’re actually Ben Grimm or Hudson, an entirely new creature.
 
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The Heart of a Prince
 
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*1 XP when you first use your powers to give a support asset to an ally.
 
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*3 XP when you either take trauma to save a non-combatant or convince an opponent to attack you rather than a non-combatant.
 
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*10 XP when you either sacrifice yourself for your allies or fight until you’re the last to fall.
 
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==Appearance==
 
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Exactly like the Thing in form, but marbled with darker rock. Modified Hebrew letters/runes dot the body in key locations (e.g. the forehead, shoulders, biceps, chest, hamstrings). They glow a strange radioactive green, bleeding green Kirby dots, powered by a miniature fusion reactor embedded deep in the chest. Unlike Ben Grimm, Hudson’s eyes are a glowing green.
 
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==Origin==
 
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Everyone thought the Thing would last forever. He didn't seem to age, and he was always the toughest one around (he was from Yancy Steet, after all). It was surprising to those that knew him well that he was among the first to die.  
 
  
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Dr. Doom regretted that he was not the one to end the Thing, but his death was an opportunity Doom could not pass up. A fleet of Doombots trolled the bottom of the Hudson river and unearthed the rocky corpse, already intermingled with rocky sediment. His kingdom already destroyed, Doom brought the body back to the lair that he shared through an uneasy alliance with the Red Skull: A series of sub-basements formerly used by Dr. Reinstein, the creator of the Super Soldier serum, and the various scientists of the Manhattan Project.  
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As Daniel grew up, he didn't so much have a formal education, but did spend a lot of time around scientists, doctors, and technicians; a bright child, he asked lots of piercing questions, and probably made quite a pest of himself. As often as not, they'd get him to read a one of the reference books around the lab, just to get him out of their hair. And of course, his "adopted relations" always kept him on a vigorous physical training routine.
  
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Together, Doom and the Skull collaborated on what they had hoped would be a weapon that would turn the tide in their favor. Their very own super soldier. A golem formed from the rocky corpse of Ben Grimm, a Jew. The Red Skull contributed a highly functioning but miniaturized fusion reactor, along with his unrivaled knowledge of the human psyche. Doom contributed used his knowledge of the rarely trodden pathways between magic and technology to mark the body with runes in key locations and hardwire an energy convertor hardwired directly to the runes. Their collaboration proved problematic for them. Hudson’s glowing green eyes first opened as he awoke in a berserk rage, emerging from the lair in a destructive frenzy.  
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Once Daniel came of age, Scorpion expected him to put some of that knowledge to use, and Daniel had to start maintaining, repairing, and sometimes modifying his father's armor. Daniel too, soon had to turn to technology to maintain the stability of his own genetic structure - it was starting to degrade and mutate much like his father's was prone to.
  
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It was here that Hudson's wanderings first began.
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After working as an Oscorp tech for a couple of years, Daniel seemed to have settled into a decent enough life - don't anger the managers, especially any with the last name of Osborne or first name with Goblin in it, and they'll pay you enough to get by on. Daniel was even liked enough to be given a (low tech) glider, to make it so he could get to work faster if one of the managers snapped their fingers and wanted him in during his off-time. Daniel was working on a black project in another dimension, accessed through Oscorp's dimensional transporter. And then, his "father", Scorpion showed up. There was a big fight... Scorpion killed most of the techs, and demanded that Daniel hand over copies of all the research. Scorpion was resigning from Oscorp. Again. And he'd had a good offer from Red Skull that included turning over the files on certain black projects that Oscorp was working on.
  
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==Powers==
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Caught between the psycho in front of him, and the pack of psychos with their demon army if he betrayed their trust, Daniel turned on his father. Scorpion vs Scorpion. It was epic. Cathartic. They brought the building down around them. Literally.
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With the body of the Thing, Hudson borders on invulnerable.  
 
  
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The power for Hudson’s strength, movement, and consciousness stems from a unique UNI-DIRECTIONAL (TECH to ARCANA) ENERGY CONVERTOR with DEFAULT FUSION REACTOR (MINIATURIZED). Energy from our plane of existence comes in; arcane energy comes out. This device is hardwired to runes that dot Hudson’s body, facilitating both physical and mental ability. This device also includes a fusion reactor that provides a default level of power when no external energy source is present.  
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After the dust settled, The original Scorpion seemed entirely buried in a collapsed area, and Daniel was pulling himself around with his arms, because it seemed that he'd broken his back just above the pelvis.
  
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The energy convertor can absorb external energy as well. Standard forms of energy can be converted and channeled as a boost to various runes on Hudson’s body. This energy can also be used to heal Hudson’s body.
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There was no help coming, as far as Daniel knew. Black lab in some unknown dimension, far underground... power offline, teleporter not working. Daniel got the power plant running again, got part of the grid restored, and to work. First he took an off the shelf crawler chassis designed as the base portion for a robot or weapons platform, and figured out how to wire it into his own nervous system. It was the only thing he had around - no cyber humanoid legs. He programmed the autodoc, went in, and went under the anesthesia as the laser scalpel warmed up. He woke up a cyborg.
  
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Because Hudson’s runes have been carved by occult-minded super-villains and are powered by a fusion reactor, they emit what is essentially hellfire radiation. A form of radiation that is naturally found only in the deepest of arcane planes.
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His mobility restored, he spent the next few days working on the teleportation system until he could finally 'port home. Not knowing if the Goblins would believe him, or whether they'd blame him for the destruction, he never returned to work. He just went on the run. And all in all, he's decided that there's things worse than death and worse than being crippled. He was never really a bad guy he just worked for them. But now he's doing his best not to make that mistake again. He's trying to figure out who his is, you know, that whole "self discover" stuff that people talk about. Also, he really wants to know if Scorpion really his is father, grandfather, or what. Maybe Daniel's a clone? Well... probably not, he doesn't really look much like Scorpion. Does Daniel have other family out there somewhere, family that aren't a bunch of psycho-killers?

Latest revision as of 11:29, 30 April 2014

A Character in MHR A New Dawn, played by Stattick

Origin[edit]

Daniel (don't ever call him Danny), grew up as the son of the Scorpion. Or maybe it was grandson. Daniel's not quite sure. He got different stories from his "father" at different times, and even different stories from people his father was associated with.

Daniel and Scorpion bounced around from place to place a bit, but most of the time, Daniel spent much of his time in a lab. They always seemed to be fiddling with him - drawing blood samples, giving him injections or exposing him to energy, trying to keep him "stablized". It was probably for the best, really. Scorpion is a psycho, and unhinged is about as best as he gets. What time Daniel spent out of a lab was either in some hellhole tenement Scorpion was living in, or someplace with some serious swag. It was never in-between. It all depended on whether Scorpion was working, who he was working for, or whether he'd recently hit a big score.

Daniel grew up around psychopaths and killers... Kingpin was once his godfather, The Goblin King once claimed to be his adopted grandfather, Uncle Red Skull always had candy for him, and so forth. He spent more time around the Osbornes than anyone else, but naturally, Scorpion never stayed in one place for for more than a couple of years.

As Daniel grew up, he didn't so much have a formal education, but did spend a lot of time around scientists, doctors, and technicians; a bright child, he asked lots of piercing questions, and probably made quite a pest of himself. As often as not, they'd get him to read a one of the reference books around the lab, just to get him out of their hair. And of course, his "adopted relations" always kept him on a vigorous physical training routine.

Once Daniel came of age, Scorpion expected him to put some of that knowledge to use, and Daniel had to start maintaining, repairing, and sometimes modifying his father's armor. Daniel too, soon had to turn to technology to maintain the stability of his own genetic structure - it was starting to degrade and mutate much like his father's was prone to.

After working as an Oscorp tech for a couple of years, Daniel seemed to have settled into a decent enough life - don't anger the managers, especially any with the last name of Osborne or first name with Goblin in it, and they'll pay you enough to get by on. Daniel was even liked enough to be given a (low tech) glider, to make it so he could get to work faster if one of the managers snapped their fingers and wanted him in during his off-time. Daniel was working on a black project in another dimension, accessed through Oscorp's dimensional transporter. And then, his "father", Scorpion showed up. There was a big fight... Scorpion killed most of the techs, and demanded that Daniel hand over copies of all the research. Scorpion was resigning from Oscorp. Again. And he'd had a good offer from Red Skull that included turning over the files on certain black projects that Oscorp was working on.

Caught between the psycho in front of him, and the pack of psychos with their demon army if he betrayed their trust, Daniel turned on his father. Scorpion vs Scorpion. It was epic. Cathartic. They brought the building down around them. Literally.

After the dust settled, The original Scorpion seemed entirely buried in a collapsed area, and Daniel was pulling himself around with his arms, because it seemed that he'd broken his back just above the pelvis.

There was no help coming, as far as Daniel knew. Black lab in some unknown dimension, far underground... power offline, teleporter not working. Daniel got the power plant running again, got part of the grid restored, and to work. First he took an off the shelf crawler chassis designed as the base portion for a robot or weapons platform, and figured out how to wire it into his own nervous system. It was the only thing he had around - no cyber humanoid legs. He programmed the autodoc, went in, and went under the anesthesia as the laser scalpel warmed up. He woke up a cyborg.

His mobility restored, he spent the next few days working on the teleportation system until he could finally 'port home. Not knowing if the Goblins would believe him, or whether they'd blame him for the destruction, he never returned to work. He just went on the run. And all in all, he's decided that there's things worse than death and worse than being crippled. He was never really a bad guy he just worked for them. But now he's doing his best not to make that mistake again. He's trying to figure out who his is, you know, that whole "self discover" stuff that people talk about. Also, he really wants to know if Scorpion really his is father, grandfather, or what. Maybe Daniel's a clone? Well... probably not, he doesn't really look much like Scorpion. Does Daniel have other family out there somewhere, family that aren't a bunch of psycho-killers?

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