His whole planet was destroyed. He's the last of a holocaust. He grew up in the dirt.
Finding
out slowly how different he was. A stranger discovering every day how strange he was. He
has the power to tear the world apart. And he could. With a pinkie. It's not his world. We're
not his people. We should be ants to him. Imagine that. Always being on the outside. The
pain that would come from always being on the outside. And yet, he took that pain and
became the symbol of hope. - Batman
SUPERMAN (KAL-EL)
PL15
OPL: 15; SPL: 9; DPL: 15; FWPL: 13; HP: 1
Real Name: Kal-El; Clark Kent
Age: 45
Height: 6-4
Weight: 225
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Skin: Fair
Race: Kryptonian
Identity: Secret
Alignment: Hero
Status: Active
Occupation: Journalist; Adventurer
Base of Operations: Metropolis, USA
Team Affiliations: Justice League; JLAXI; Legion of Super Heroes (Honorary)
ABILITIES: STRENGTH 20, STAMINA 15, AGILITY 3, DEXTERITY 4, FIGHTING 7,
INTELLECT 5, AWARENESS 5, PRESENCE 5
SKILLS: Athletics (+20), Close Combat [Unarmed] 3 (+10), Deception (+5), Expertise
[Farmer] 2 (+7), Expertise [Journalism] 5 (+10), Expertise [Kryptonian Lore] 5 (+10), Insight
(+5), Intimidation (+5), Investigation 2 (+7), Perception 6 (+11), Persuasion 10 (+15)
[Connected], Stealth (+3), Technology 7 (+12)
ADVANTAGES: Accurate Attack (1) (Unarmed), Beginner's Luck, Benefit (1) (He’s
Superman), Connected, Deep Ties* (1) (Responsibility), Diehard, Equipment (6),
Extraordinary Effort, Inspire (3), Great Endurance, Interpose, Languages (3) (Kryptonian,
Spanish, French, Farsi, Russian, 5 others, Base: English), Leadership, Luck (Edit Scene) (1),
Luck (Heroic Feat) (1), Power Attack (1) (Unarmed), Rousing Speech* (1) (Persuasion),
Ultimate Effort (2) (Ultimate Strength Check, Ultimate Toughness Check)
POWERS:
Fire in the Eyes: Feature 1 (Harmless flames that flicker within the depths of the character’s
eyes, providing a +2 circumstance bonus to Presence-based checks); 1 pt
More Powerful Than a Locomotive: Enhanced Strength 4 (400,000 Tons; Flaw: Limited to
Lifting), Feature 1 (Extraordinary Effect for +2 ranks of strength); 5 pts
Man of Steel: Protection 4, Impervious Toughness 17, Bludgeoning Damage 3 (Extra:
Reaction [to being hit with close attack], Flaw: Limited [damage equal to rank of attack]); 30
pts
Invulnerability: Enhanced Advantages 2 (Diehard, Great Endurance), Immunity 11 (Aging,
Life Support), Regeneration 2 (1/every 5 rounds; Extra: Persistent, Flaw: Limited [Requires
exposure to yellow sunlight]); 15 pts
Super Speed: Quickness 8; 8 pts
Super Senses: Senses 19 (Normal Vision [Acute, Extended 3, Penetrates Concealment, Flaw:
Cannot see through lead], Normal Hearing [Extended 3], Infravision [Extended], Microscopic
Vision 4 [Atomic], Ultra-Hearing [Extended]); 19 pts
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: 31 pt Dynamic Array; 35 pts
Able to Leap Tall Buildings: Flight 15 (64,000 mph/125 mpr; Extra: Dynamic); 31 pts
Super Speed: Speed 15 (64,000 mph/125 mpr), Quickness 8 (Extra: Dynamic); 2 pts
Space Travel: Movement 2 (Space Travel 2 [Other star systems]); 1 pt
Powers Far Beyond Those of Mortal Men: 35 pt Array; 37 pts
Heat Vision: Ranged Heat Energy Damage 16 (Extra: Accurate 3); 35 pts
Freezing Breath: Cone Area Cumulative Affliction 11 (Ice; Resisted by Dodge, Overcome by
Fortitude; 1st: Hindered, 2nd: Immobilized, 3rd: Paralyzed; Extra: Cone Area [60 ft cone]);
1 pt
Super-Breath: Cone Area Move Object 11 (Air; Extra: Cone Area x2 [120 ft cone], Flaw:
Range [Close], Limited Direction [towards or away]); 1 pt
EQUIPMENT:
(30 pts)
Headquarters: (28 pts)
Fortress of Solitude: Size – H, Tough – 20, Features - Communications, Computer,
Concealed 3 [+20 DC], Defense System, Hangar, Holding Cells, Infirmary, Isolated,
Laboratory, Library, Living Space, Personnel [Kelex and Robots], Power System, Security
System 2 [DC25]), Trophy Room; 28 pts
OFFENSE:
Initiative +3
Close Attack +7 [Man of Steel +3, Reaction]
Unarmed +10 [Unarmed +20]
Ranged Attack +4
Heat Vision +10 [Heat Vision +16]
Special Attack [Super Breath Move Object +11, Cone Area; Freeze Breath Affliction +11,
Cone Area]
DEFENSES:
Dodge +10 [DC20] Parry +10 [DC20]
Toughness +19 (+19 without Defensive Roll, +9 Impervious), Fortitude +15, Will +10
COMPLICATIONS:
Power Loss: Superman loses his powers and his Str and Sta are reduced to 3 under a red sun,
like that of Krypton, and other effects draining or interfering with the energies of the yellow
sun can deprive him of his powers.
Relationships: Superman’s closest relationship is with his wife, Lois Lane and his son, Jon
Lane Kent. Other important people in his life include his mother and father, Martha and
Jonathan Kent, his cousin, Supergirl, his clone Kon-El, and friends and co-workers Jimmy
Olsen, Perry White, and Catherine “Cat” Grant and of course, his loyal dog, Krypto. In the
superhero community he is close to Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain America and Thor.
Responsibility: Superman feels a strong sense of responsibility to use his powers for the
benefit of all.
Secret Identity: Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet.
Vulnerable: Kryptonians are as vulnerable to magic as anyone else. They lose their ranks of
Protection and their Toughness is not Impervious against magical attacks.
Weakness: Kryptonite...Its radiation saps the Strength and powers of Kryptonians, leaving
them impaired, disabled, and eventually debilitated in terms of Strength and power effects.
Long-term exposure (usually a matter of minutes, less for a large enough amount) imposes
the dying condition and may lead to death.
Abilities 128 + Skills 20 (40 ranks) + Advantages 26 + Powers 150 + Defenses 15 = 339 /
339
Build Comments: You all know my philosophy. To quote:
For some reason, it always starts with Superman. – Alexander Luthor.
So I moved the timeline for my main setting of Earth-T1 to being about 20 years from
Superman’s first appearance, making him and Bruce about 45-ish. Allows for more spread in
experience between the big names and the newer heroes/villains and allows for me to pump
the PLs up a little bit from where I had them. My last few tests and my FTF games showed
me that a PL10/150 pt hero is more formidable than I originally thought and should not have
as much of a chance against someone like Batman as they do. Plus it allows Damian and Jon
Kent to be about 17 without unnatural aging, where I like them better.
As a build not a lot of changes from my last updates. I bumped his strength up to 20 to
account for the extra solar absorption but other than, he’s good old Supes.
Secret Origins: Kal-El was born on the doomed planet, Krypton, the only son of reknowned
scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara. Jor-El realized that Krypton faced imminent destruction
due to its unstable core, the result of years of depleting Krypton's natural resources. The
ruling council, pre-occupied by a military coup led by planet's military commander General
Zod and his followers, refused to act or advise the general populace.
In order to save his son, and the legacy of his planet, Jor-El infused Kal-El’s cells with a
genetic codex of the entire Kryptonian race and sent him on a spaceship to Earth. After a
confrontation with Jor-El, Zod and his followers are captured and banished to the Phantom
Zone.
Kal-El's ship landed outside Smallville, Kansas, where he is found by Jonathan and Martha
Kent who raised the child as their own and named him Clark. During a temper tantrum over
his lost security blanket, Clark knocks over a tractor and the Kents realize that Clark's
Kryptonian physiology affords him superhuman abilities on Earth. This initially caused him
confusion and ostracism, but he gradually learned to harness his powers to help others. On
Clark’s 16th birthday, Jonathan revealed to him that he was an alien and advised him not to
use his powers publicly, fearing that society will reject him. Clark found the Kryptonian
crystal tech that Jor-El sent with him and began to learn his origins and developed a
relationship with his birth parents through the interactive holograms contained within the
crystals. He made good friends in high school, Lana Lang, Pete Ross, Chloe Sullivan, and for
a while, a young Lex Luthor who was “exiled” as he called it, to Smallville for a couple of
years.
The Story so Far: After high school, Clark attended Kansas St. University and got his
journalism degree in 3 years. He spent a couple of years traveling around the world, doing
freelance writing and trying to find his place in the world. He found himself in West Africa,
where an ethnic conflict between the Ghuri and Turaaba clans caught his attention and he
went to cover the conflict. He met with the Ghuri political leader and human rights activist,
Kobe Asuru. Over the course of several days, Clark and Asuru established a rapport and
became friends. Asuru emphasized the Ghuri tradition of honoring ancestors through wearing
symbolic clothing and working for human rights. While Clark and Kobe establish a quick
connection, Kobe Asuru's sister Abena was suspicious of Kent's motives and at one point
accused him of cultural imperialism and acting in a condescending "white savior" manner to
the Ghuri.
Later, Clark interviewed the Turaaba politician Rep. Kebile who disliked Kobe and oppressed
Ghuri rights. While protecting Abena Asuru from a thrown bomb, Clark heard a commotion
and flew back to the rally (carrying Abena Asuru on his back) where Kobe had already been
fatally stabbed. Enraged, Clark grabbed the fleeing assassin and threw him into a wall,
demanding to know who hired him. The terrified killer raised his arm—pointing directly at
Kebile, who was incidentally surrounded by media. Kebile was besieged with questions and
was later forced to resign. This incident led Clark to don his Kryptonian Battlesuit and honor
his fallen friend by making his presence known to the world.
After a number of small public appearances where he became an internet sensation known as
The Blur, he lept into the public eye about 20 years ago on December 30th. A plane bound
for Metropolis, MO, was going down in a snowstorm. It appeared that the 115 passengers and
crew on board were heading for certain doom. Suddenly, a red and blue blur streaked by the
window, the plane’s dive was halted and to the astonishment of the captain, was set down
gently in a field outside of Metropolis. As the flight crew opened the emergency exit doors
and activated the inflatable safety slide, they saw a dark-haired man in a blue costume with a
flowing red cape floating outside. He asked if everyone was OK, and once the pilot
confirmed as much, he smiled then flew away into the early evening sky. One of the
passengers, star reporter for the Daily Planet Lois Lane, chronicled the entire event and
within minutes her uploaded cell phone picture and internet headline gave the world the first
real glimpse of the man who would become known to the world (and eventually, most of the
known universe) by the name she gave him: Superman.
Soon after, it seemed he was everywhere at once. Rescuing trapped miners in Chile, saving
people from burning buildings all over the US, catching a jumper off the Eiffel Tower,
removing a bomb that was going to blow up Big Ben and even finding time to save a cat
stuck in a tree in Smallville, KS, while visiting his parents. His commitment to humanity was
proved during a massive attack on his adopted home planet by the Kryptonian General Zod
and his allies that he repelled. He became a beloved world figure, and quickly became the
most searched for entity on the internet. And his sit down interview with Lois Lane became
the most widely viewed event in TV and internet history.
A few weeks after the Daily Planet article, reports of superhuman activity across the globe
exploded. Countless other superheroes and villains began to appear and new superhumans,
mutants and aliens have continued to emerge ever since. It’s generally considered that
Superman’s appearance ushered in the modern superhuman age.
In the years since, Superman has become Earth’s greatest hero, defending his adopted home
planet from countless threats, both terrestrial and otherworldly. He’s a founding and current
member of the Justice League. After the events of the Superhero Civil War, he’s rededicated
himself to mentoring young heroes and maintaining unity in the superheroic community as a
whole, being a driving force behind the formation of the Justice League/Avengers/X-Men
Alliance (JLAX).
Characterization: Superman of Earth-T1 is the first and greatest hero of his generation.
Respected the world over, and a legend in several other galaxies, he’s the standard that all
heroes are measured by. The only other hero with his level of respect is Captain America.
Friends and Foes: Clark remains close to his parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent. He also
keeps in contact with Pete and Chloe, who remain in Smallville. He and Lana remain friends,
even though Lana’s employment at LexCorp has put a strain on their relationship from time
to time. He has a Kryptonian dog, Krypto, who he found and rescued from Warworld during
his first encounter with Mongul, that he has a strong bond with.
In his home city of Metropolis, his closest relationships are with his wife, Lois Lane and his
son, Jon Samuel Lane Kent. He fell in love with Lois almost at first site when he started at
the Daily Planet and his feelings for her have only strengthened over the years. He retired
from superhero work for some time after Jon was born, but has returned to his role as the
greatest hero in the world and is showing Jon how to use his powers and, if he chooses, to
continue in the "family business". His best friend is Jimmy Olsen, Pulitzer Prize-winning
photographer for the Daily Planet. He is also close to his boss, Perry White and his co-
workers Cat Grant and Steve Lombard.
His cousin, Kara, arrived from Krypton only a few years ago, even though their ships were
launched at about the same time. Now known as Supergirl, she and Clark are now close and
have shared a number of adventures. Power Girl, the matured clone of Kara is also part of
Clark’s extended family. After a rough start to their relationship, Clark has become a father
figure to his clone, Conner Kent, who goes by his given Kryptonian name by Clark and Kara,
Kon-El.
In the superhero community, his closest friends are Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Wonder
Woman (Diana Prince). The three of them are generally known as The Trinity and along
Captain America, Iron Man, Jenny Sparks and others, are among the top leaders of the
superhero community. He is also good friends with Thor and Hyperion. He has a big brother
relationship with Invincible and Nightwing and is generally seen as a mentor to the
superheroic community as a whole.
Superman’s greatest rival is Lex Luthor. Luthor is the world’s richest and smartest man and
has an obsession with bringing Superman down. Despite that, Lex and Clark have had
moments where Lex has shown that he still values their friendship, none moreso than the fact
that Lex knows his secret identity but has never shared it with anyone and has never made a
move against Clark’s family. Their relationship is complex to say the least.
Superman has a large rogue’s gallery that includes Brainiac, the Kryptonian artificial
intelligence; Doomsday, a Kryptonian monster that killed Superman a few years ago;
Metallo, the cyborg with the Kryptonite heart; Mongul, the ruler of Warworld along with his
son Mongul II and his sister, Mongal; General Zod and his cohorts, Ursa and Non, who
escaped the Phantom Zone during the destruction of Krypton and have done again so on
several occasions; and Darkseid, the god of evil and ruler of Apokolips.
