Black Bolt
Real Name: Blackagar Boltagon
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #45 (Dec, 1965)
Creators: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Capsule: Black Bolt is the king of the Inhumans, a genetic offshoot of mankind that lives in the hidden city of Attilan. Each inhuman possess a superpower derived from exposure to a mutagenic known as the Terrigen Mist. Black Bolt has the deadliest power of all: a voice with the potency of a nuclear detonation.
Black Bolt wears a special suit that includes a fork-like antenna on his brow that helps him direct his power in more controlled manner, resulting in a variety of effects. Nonetheless, he is still forever forced to remain silent, lest even his whispers cause earthquakes.
As a king, Black Bolt is wise, fair, compassionate, and sensitive. He is by nature a man of peace, but will make any sacrifice to protect his subjects.
Black Bolt, PL 14
Str 30 (+10), Dex 26 (+8), Con 30 (+10), Int 20 (+5), Wis 22 (+6), Cha 18 (+4)
Skills: Acrobatics 1 (+9), Concentration 6 (+12), Diplomacy 6 (+10), Intimidate 6 (+10), Investigate 3 (+8), Knowledge (civics) 3 (+8), Knowledge (tactics) 5 (+10), Knowledge (technology) 3 (+8) , Notice 4 (+10), Pilot 1 (+9), Profession (monarch) 6 (+12), Search 3 (+8), Sense Motive 2 (+8), Stealth 2 (+10)
Feats: Accurate Attack, Assessment, Benefit (Inhuman King), Defensive Attack, Elusive Target, Endurance, Evasion, Fascinate (Diplomacy), Fearless, Leadership, Improved Initiative, Low-Profile 2, Move-By Action, Power Attack, Teamwork 2
Powers:
- Absorption 8 (Healing, Flaw: Limited to Electricity, Power Feat: Boosts Strength)
- Blast 18 (Electrons, Alternate Powers: Boost 16 [Physical Abilities, One at a time, Flaw: Personal], Create Object 18 [Flaw: Tiring], Force Field 8 [Extra: Impervious], Nullify 18 [All Electric Device Powers at once])
- Blast 30 (Vibrational Voice, Extras: Area [Explosion], Duration [Concentration], Power Feats: Progression 5 [15.000 ft radius])
- Flight 6 (500 MPH)
- Immunity 1 (Own Powers)
- Super-Senses 10 (Detect Electricity [Free Action, Extended, Radius, Ranged, Mental Group], Detect Magnetism [Same modifiers as Detect Electricity)
Combat: Attack +10, Grapple +20, Damage +10 (unarmed), +18 (blast), Defense +10 (+5 flat-footed), Knockback -5 (-13 w/Force Field), Initiative +12
Saves: Toughness +10 (+18 w/Force Field), Fortitude +10, Reflex +8, Will +8
Drawbacks: Disability (Mute, -4), Power Loss (All but Vibrational Voice, if antenna is destroyed, -4), Weakness (Pollution, -1 drain on all abilities, Weekly, -2)
Abilities 86 + Skills 13 (52 ranks) + Feats 17 + Powers 204 + Combat 40 + Saves 2 - Drawbacks 10 = Total 352
Complications: Enemy (Maximus), Obsession (Self-Control), Responsibility (Family, Profession)
Notes: Black Bolt is, in most respects, a PL 14 character. He becomes even more formidable when he uses his destructive voice (he only employs it in the rarest and direst of circunstances). Then he should be considered a PL 30 character. His vibrational voice adds 125 power points to Black Bolt's total.
Black Bolt's presence is such that he can use the Diplomacy skill and even the Fascinate feat derived from it without speaking.
