Supers of Leyline Island:Brixton

Brixton Barlow

"Air delivery coming in! Who ordered the surgical kit?"

Description

Blond haired, brown eyed hunk of obviously Scandinavian ancestry. Very tall and extremely heavily muscled, but lighter on his feet than he looks. Earnest and easygoing, great with kids.

Costume

Reinforced jeans with a vest, boots and gloves in heavy firetruck red leather. Made mostly for comfort and durability in the face of extreme wear and tear.

Brixton has never bothered trying to hide his identity, seeing no need for it; being a head taller than most people and twice as wide would make it pretty difficult, anyway.

Backstory

Competitive strongman who outgrew all possible competition and switched careers to superpowered emergency services.

Sheet

Combat

Refresh: 3

Physical stress: [_] [_] [_] [_] + 1 extra mild consequence slot

Mental stress: [_] [_] [_] + 1 extra mild consequence slot

Weapon Rating: 2 with Fight

Armor Rating: 2

Aspects

High Concept (Mundane): Good Old-Fashioned Country Boy

High Concept (Super): Super Strong Athlete

Trouble: When All You Have Is A Hammer...

Origin: Man of Tomorrow?

Issue 1: A Giant's Strength

Issue 2: New in Town

Issue 3: - - -

Skills

Superb +5

More Powerful than a Locomotive

Great +4

Faster than a Speeding Bullet

Physique

Good +3

Athletics

Fight

Will

Fair +2

Empathy

Notice

Provoke

Rapport

Average +1

Crafts

Medicine

Resources

Shoot

Survival

Super skills descriptions

More Powerful than a Locomotive seems surprisingly hard to quantify, except that judging by the average freight train he should be able to pull at least 5,000 tons worth of train cars, and probably lift some small fraction of that. Nominally, She-Hulk can do 100+ tons at her baseline strength, Spiderman 10 or 25 depending; Brixton might manage 50? (Nominally, ignoring the inevitable fluctuations at the whim of the narrative.) Marvel Class 5, anyway - stronger than Spiderman, weaker than the Thing. Lifts tanks, juggles cars, like Mr. Incredible or, indeed, early comics Superman.

Faster than a Speeding Bullet is a lot easier! Assuming it refers to a handgun bullet, it'd mean he can sprint at close to but not quite the speed of sound (or maybe even breach the sound barrier if he really, really pushes it), terrain allowing. Faster than any conventional ground vehicle, slower than a fighter jet. That makes him about thirty times as fast as a regular athlete, so I assume he can probably also jump about thirty times as far, something on the order of 240m long, 60m high.

Stunts

Herculean Strength

+2 to overcome or create advantage rolls with MPL when shifting something massive.

Mighty Leap

+2 to overcome rolls with FSB when totally jumping hella high.

Popular

Use Rapport in place of Contacts when in an area where you're known and liked.

Stubborn

Extra mild consequence slot reserved only for mental consequences.

Ton of Bricks

Gain Weapon rating based on MPL for Fight attacks.

Story

Origin Issue

Growing up on the family farm, Brixton trains from an early age to compete as a strongman. He keeps growing stronger and stronger, though, far beyond normal human limits and any notion of fair competition, and eventually decides there are more important uses for his talents than sports or farm work. The cause of his superhuman abilities is unknown, but having grown up reading his dad's giant stash of old comic books the popular conceit that superpowers are just evolution jumping ahead kinda stuck with him; it's inspiring in a way, the notion that these now amazing abilities might some day be as ordinary as feet.​

Aspect: Man of Tomorrow?

Issue One

Early in his career, Brixton struggles with how to throw his weight around without becoming just another bully. Like one old stage play put it, "O, it is excellent/ To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous/ To use it like a giant."​

Aspect: A Giant's Strength

Issue Two

The newest arrival on the scene, Brixton isn't very familiar with the city and has yet to make much of a name for himself.

Aspect: New in Town

Issue Three

- - -

Aspect: Phase 3

Allies, Sidekicks and Rogues

- - -

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