Exiles - Cyclops

CYCLOPS

AFFILIATIONS

Solo  d10

Buddy  d6

Team  d8

DISTINCTIONS

Cocky Celebrity

Heroic Ambition

Whatever It Takes…

POWER SETS

Optic Beam

    Force Blast        d10

• SFX:    Area Attack.  Target multiple opponents. For every additional target add a D6 and keep +1 effect die.
• SFX:    Energy Absorption.  On a successful reaction against an energy-based attack action, convert opponent’s effect die into an Optic Beam stunt or step up Force Blast by +1 until used in an action. Spend 1 PP to use this stunt if opponent’s action succeeded.
• SFX:    Ricochet.  Step up or double Force Blast die against a single target. Remove highest-rolling die and add an additional die to your total.
• SFX:    Versatile.  Replace Force Blast die with 2d8 or 3d6 on your next roll.
• Limit:  Mutant.  Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.

SPECIALITIES [You may convert Expert D8 to 2D6, or Master D10 to 2D8 or 3D6]

Combat Expert        d8

Cosmic Expert        d8

Vehicle Expert        d8           

MILESTONES

In Over Your Head

1 XP    when you first use your Energy Absorption SFX.

3 XP    when you first add one of your own stress dice to one of your own action rolls.

10 XP  when you stress out a villain on an action roll not using your Force Blast power die.

Who’s The Man?!

1 XP    when you talk trash to a super villain and the doom pool has at least 2d8 in it.

3 XP    when your refusal to back down when obviously outclassed or overpowered either causes you to take stress or allows one of your allies to gain XP from one of their Milestones.

10 XP  when you publically take full credit for defeating a superior enemy or acknowledge the aid of your allies

HISTORY

Scott Summers was born to be famous. His single father, Christopher Summers, had a successful career as the professional wrestler known as Corsair, and Scott and his younger brother Alex traveled around the world with their father.  All that came to an end when, on one of their trips, their fathers private jet came under attack by a Shi’ar spaceship.

Christopher managed to bring the plane down reasonably safely though he and the boys suffered comparatively minor injuries. When the Shi’ar landed to finish off the wounded family, Scott’s powers manifested and he released a massive blast of concussive force from his eyes, incapacitating the would-be invaders.  Superhumans had been around for almost a century on their Earth and mutants, while uncommon, weren’t subject to any special prejudices.

Upon their rescue and the governments capture of the aliens and their ship, Scott became an instant celebrity and appearances, book deals, and movie offers came rolling in.  Corsair, who’s wrestling career had been cut short by injuries sustained in the crash, became Scott’s manager hired noted psychic and hero trainer Charles Xavier to train Scott in the responsibility of using and controlling his powers effectively.

Now nineteen, Scott is at the height of his popularity, and has been chosen to lead Xavier’s team of superhuman troubleshooters, Charlie’s Angels, on their very first mission. Recently, long range scans of space show a silver, human-sized object on a course to Earth and they’ve been chosen to intercept it. Whatever it is.

PERSONALITY

Scott Summers is a little bit of a jerk and is convinced of his own abilities. He also happens to be a true hero, willing to put himself in harm’s way to help others. From giant monsters to evil mutants, Scott is right in the thick of it and there’s nowhere else he’d rather be.

ABILITIES & RESOURCES

Scott Summers is an alpha-level mutant whose eyes act as apertures to an extra-dimensional source of energy. This energy emits in beam form whenever he chooses but can be filtered safely by ruby quartz lenses. Powerful enough to blast easily through reinforced materials and knock aside heavy vehicles, the beam manifests as concussive force rather than heat or radiation. The visor Summers wears gives him precise control over the beam’s size, intensity, and scatter, though it is not necessary – and he is an expert marksman with his innate attack. Cyclops is immune to the effects of his own blast and the energy powers of his brother Alex, aka Havok.