[OOC] Love Will Keep Us Together: A Suicide Squad RPG

[GubGar]

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Yeah I'd recommend going a slightly different route.

Also, Vertigo, Onomatopoeia, and Grifter are approved.

@Byrd Man

Will do. Expect a Preston Payne sheet soon.

[Natty]

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Yeah I'd recommend going a slightly different route.

@Byrd Man

Does this mean a character like Zebra-Man may also not be the best approach?

[Byrd Man]

I think Zebra-Man is fine. I'm just trying to find a good balance of characters. They all can't be cannon fodder

[Byrd Man]

Roster is also updated

[GubGar]

Here's my take at, in my opinion, the best Clayface aside from the original.

EDIT: Like I say in the character notes section, I don't have any issue with the GM deciding that Preston cannot melt through certain persons/things.

CS

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C L A Y F A C E III

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^{_{Preston Payne ♦ Male ♦ 30 ♦ Gotham City}}

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:

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^{"The Fever returns yet again, and without sweet Helena to calm me, I fear what I may do."}

Born both hideously distorted, and astoundingly smart, Preston grew up equal parts miserable and successful. He was able to burn through school and college, and land a job at the Gotham City branch of S.T.A.R. Labs. But despite all that success, all he truly cared about was fixing his disfigurement. Believing he may hold the secrets of a cure, Preston managed to secure a visit with the second Clayface, Matt Hagen, and came away with a sample of his clay body. Preston attempted to alter the chemical makeup of the sample in order to synthesize a cure for himself, and it seemed to work, up until his body began to melt while on a date. And when he attempted to reach out for help, he ended up turning his date into a pool of protoplasm. Though it seemed to temporarily 'transfer' what Preston called the Fever to her, giving him enough time to construct himself an exoskeleton that would keep him stable even while his body liquefied. He was forced to liquefy others in order to prevent horrible flashes of pain, which lead to his sanity gradually slipping away, and eventually to him taking on the mantle of Clayface.

After an arrest and a subsequent escape, he was eventually found by the Caped Crusader while hiding in a mall after hours, believing one of the mannequins to be the only woman immune to his touch. He was apprehended, but allowed to keep the mannequin in order to pacify him. However instead of Arkham where he belonged, the Government sent him straight to Belle Reve, separating him from his 'wife', the mannequin he called Helena. Believing that it could be used as leverage to very easily coerce and manipulate the unstable Preston. After all, a man with an acid touch would be highly useful if properly controlled.

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Genius and Madness: Preston Payne is, admittedly, a genius scientist. His mind has been warped by madness, but he has not lost any of that intellect. It is merely buried under layers of trauma and instability. He is especially gifted in the field of biochemistry, but is capable enough in other fields to have built an exoskeleton that both keeps him alive, and enhances his strength.

The Fever: After his 'cure' went horribly wrong, Preston's body became a protoplasmic mess of melty flesh. Preston is capable of transferring this 'fever' to anything organic through touch, melting it all down into puddles. Though some with the right powers or equipment may be able to resist or survive this touch, it is typically a rule that anything organic will be melted away. It is also important to note that Preston is afflicted with horrible flashes of pain that can only be alleviated by transferring the 'fever' to others. Though these flashes of pain halted when he was isolated with his mannequin 'wife,' meaning it is quite possible that they are due to his mental state, and not a result of the flesh melting virus he has become.

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Preston Payne has never stopped searching for a cure, although the cure he searches has gone from one to fix his disfigurement, to a way to reconstitute himself from a liquid mess. The only thing equal in motive is the safety and return of his 'wife' Helena. Though, his marriage with her has been unsteady as of late, and if he somehow met another woman immune to his touch, his loyalties would shift quite quickly to them.

Being easily manipulated, easily led, and having what can only be considered a great equalizer in terms of powers, Preston is the perfect fit for a shady Government-run team of expendables. And his demented and tragic spin on an alias as re-used as Clayface has always made him a personal favorite, but very underused Batman rogue in my eyes. Seeing him attempt to come to terms with his lot in life and try to mend his fractured mind would, I think, make for great storytelling.

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This Preston Payne is lifted straight after being apprehended for the second time by the Caped Crusader, pre-Mudpack. I don't have anything against the Preston used in Mudpack, but always thought he was a lot more interesting as a tragic but dangerous villain, and not as the goon of a group of Clayfaces. Also, to address the nature of his melty touch, I absolutely do not mind any exceptions to the general rule of 'if it's organic, it'll melt.' I'm not playing him to try and cheese the roleplay and melt through whatever threat comes our way.

In terms of equipment, Preston Payne has nothing other than his specially designed Exoskeleton, which is needed for him to survive, providing life support and structure to his mostly liquid body. It has also been designed to retract from around his hands in order to free them for his melting touch. In addition, the exoskeleton is more physically powerful than any non-powered human, though not by any great margin. It is also very durable, enough to ignore lower caliber rounds outright.

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TBA

[Zoey Boey]

Here's my submission. :)

Harley Quinn

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H A R L E Y Q U I N N

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^{_{H A R L E E N Q U I N Z E L ♦ F E M A L E ♦ 2 5 ♦ B R O O K L Y N}}

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^{"We're bad guys. It's what we do!"}

This is where you outline your vision for the character This should be a short summary that provides insight into where the character is in terms of their overall progress and development.

Harley Quinn is still in love with the Joker and cooks up villainous schemes mostly to gain his approval. When left to her own devices her schemes are more anti-hero rather than evil, but she's very easily swayed by bad influences. On the flip side, positive influences can bring out the best in her. Harley is also more practical than most people assume, not letting her scruples get in the way of achieving a goal.

In her opinion there are few things funnier than poetic justice or irony. Though she hasn't realised it, Harley Quinn definitely has a better sense of humor than the Joker. She understands that punching up is a lot funnier than punching down.

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All In: Harley has an uncanny ability to pull off impossible, hare brained schemes. The gambles and risks she takes pay off more often than not. Maybe luck is just preparation meeting opportunity. Harley is good at being unpredictable and utterly confident in her abilities and plans, which leads to better results.

Olympian: Harley is very flexible, agile, and acrobatic. She can always keep her balance and do very useful, evasive, or offensive feats of athleticism. Also, really good at roller skating.

Big Whack: Harley's strikes, be it with her fists and feet or with a giant hammer or baseball bat, have a considerable amount of power behind them. A limited form of super strength that only applies to quick bursts of power.

Bouncy: Harley bounces! Much in the same way she has limited super strength, she has limited super durability, too. Something about her just makes her hard to keep down.

Pretty Decent Shot: Better than most people, anyway!

C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:

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I want to play Harley because there's a lot of freedom with her. She's comic relief, but also, has a lot of heart. She's a supervillain who is always driven by normally positive emotions like love, romance, companionship. And she isn't afraid to show it, she's very affectionate and very extroverted. She likes making friends, even if she isn't very good at it. It makes her good to be the glue of any team. The type of person who isn't judgemental and can pull all sorts of disparate, crazy folks together. I'd like her to get a taste for hero work and become more of a good guy now that she has some distance from the Joker. Especially since he's probably not coming to rescue her. Harley likes adventure, having a good time, and causing some chaos.

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For signature gear, Quinn has her heavy wooden mallet and her roller skates. And her jester suit is resistant to damage. Other than that she won't pass up very useful things like guns and grenades.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S:

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Short summary of your characters thoughts, feelings and regards for the rest of the cast. Optional and can be added to whenever.

[IceHeart]

Was considering Killer Croc too, but Solomon Grundy feels like I can explore a bit more with him.

Solomon Grundy

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S O L O M O N G R U N D Y

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^{_{C Y R U S G O L D ♦ M A L E ♦ 1 5 0 ? ♦ U N K N O W N}}

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^{"Born on a Monday. Born on a MONDAY!"}

Solomon Grundy is a character that keeps getting reset, since every time he 'dies', he just comes back up from Slaughter Swamp in Gotham. What I want for Grundy is for him to actually try to live for once and attempt to discover his niche in the world. Grundy will start off as a pretty typical low-IQ hard hitter but the longer he 'lives' in this cycle, the more he'll start to remember things from his original life and therefore grow as a 'new' Grundy.

A B I L I T I E S:

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Grundy is a zombie, a super-strength meat shield that is almost impossible to kill. Since Grundy is technically already dead he is essentially immortal so that even if he does get obliterated, he'll just revive back in Slaughter Swamp after a set amount of time, sort of like a respawn point. As they don't want Grundy to respawn the suicide bomb switch is more of a method to incapacitate Grundy until they can retrieve him, but can be used to destroy if they don't want him to fall into enemy hands.

C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:

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Solomon Grundy is usually just used these days as a big baddie to stand in a hero's way but his intelligent incarnations and rather tragic backstory are quite fascinating. A monster that has based his identity around a children's nursery rhyme because he has forgotten who he was, but what if Grundy had the chance and the intelligence to really understand himself instead of getting reset into a new Grundy with each defeat? I hope to explore who Solomon Grundy can become if he is given the chance to rediscover himself and learn how to function in society.

The obvious role for Grundy on the suicide squad is to be the vanguard and just push his way to whatever objective needs to be demolished. Also the most likely pick to tackle any super strong villain threats since he can both take a hit and dish out more. This incarnation of Grundy has decided, rather unconsciously, to stick around with the Suicide Squad to see if something different would happen. Rather than rampaging on his own, will being directed by someone else's hands for 'good' lead to Grundy taking a different path in his un-life?

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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Solomon Grundy has also been noted to have some connection to The Green, a sort of collective consciousness with plant life. He has also had the ability to manipulate wood though he will have almost no connection to it at the start, but might grow into his 'green' powers as the story progresses.

He won't be quite as 'hulking' as some of his other versions. He will still be a large, well-built zombie standing at 6'5" but not extraordinarily huge like a lot of his more recent appearances.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S:

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Grundy no like weird men, but no kill cause told not to.

[iGeorge]

The Eraser

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T H E E R A S E R

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^{_{L E O N A R D ''L E N N Y'' F I A S C O ♦ M A L E ♦ 29 ♦ G O T H A M C I T Y}}

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^{"A good eraser removes clues as they're being made!"}

Lenny Fiasco was, once upon a time, one of the most bright and promising students at Gotham Academy, right alongside his classmate, billionaire emo orphan Bruce Wayne. Lenny wanted to make sure, above all else, that he wasn't shown up by Bruce's cerebral prowess as both young men studied criminology and Chemistry religiously through their initial school years. For Lenny, it was imperative that any and all mistakes he made were erased before they were seen. It was an obsession to him. After Bruce's expulsion from the Academy, Lenny became cocky, overconfident and a huge asshole, leading to his longtime girlfriend, Celia Smith, to dump him. After that, Lenny became depressed and laxed in his studies, seeing to the point in continuing to try. His grades began a steady decline until he was sustaining a steady C- Average. Eventually, bored of school life and believing that he had learned all that he needed to, Fiasco dropped out mid-way his third year.

Spurned and disowned by his parents, Lenny drifted aimlessly for some time, drifting in and out of criminal gangs with seemingly no identity. That was, until the coming of The Batman and Robin duo. It was at its time that Gotham's criminal element experienced a boom, with every idiot with a theme in mind trying to become the next Joker or Penguin or Scarecrow. Among the Eggheads, Condiment Kings, Polka-Dot Men, and Zebra Men, Lenny decided to take on the visage of ''The Eraser'' Using his knowledge of chemicals, he create a helmet in the shape of the ferrule of a pencil, complete with a giant, pink, Vinyl eraser, treated with a special chemical liquid that could destroy all non living matter. Dressed in a yellow, pinstriped suit and sharp, pointed shoes filled with knockout gas, Lenny used his new gimmick to commit crimes, then erase the forensic evidence in order to cover his tracks. Outsmarting the cops and even The Bat, Fiasco's future felt secure, until, blaming Bruce Wayne for the loss of Celia, convinced that she had cheated on him with the Billionaire, The Eraser brought Wayne to his hideout, a reconstruction of their old Academy's annual Ice Festival. This proved to be his undoing, as Wayne would change into his then grey and blue batsuit in secret and Bring the villain to Justice. Fiasco was deemed to be not as high a risk as the Bat's other criminals and so was placed in Blackkgate Prison. There, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson visited him and gifted him with an Eraser, encouraging him to reform. For a while, Fiasco considered it, but, feeling insulted by the gift, refused. Two failed crime sprees later, Lenny Fiasco has become more and more embarrassed by his old non de plume. Nevertheless, Taskforce-X has need of it...

A B I L I T I E S:

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The Eraser has no powers to speak of. Save for his hand-to-hand fighting skills as well as skills in criminology, grating him a keen eye for spying out evidence for him to dispose of. He also has good running legs because in Gotham, those as a necessity if you want to at least try to avoid the bat. Recently, he's taken up gymnastics and gunmanship as well. Works best with Automatics, especially Uzis.

C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:

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Every iteration of Taskforce-X has some guy that's just too soft or comical to be there. The Silver Age joke villain that you know is either gonna die by the end of it, die before the mission starts, or is going to become darker and grittier if they actually manage to make it to the end. In James Gunn's new movie, that distinction belongs to Abner Krill, the Polka-Dot Man. Here it goes to The Eraser, Lenny Fiasco. Another One Time villain that's made a few camos here and there, especially in the LEGO Batman Movie, but nothing major in comics.

My version of Lenny Fiasco is one that's significantly more self-aware than the rest of the Silver Age Dropouts like Egghead, Crazy Quilt, Penny Plunderer, etc. He recognizes how stupid his gimmick truly is and was at this point, looking back, and would gladly use his matter destroying chemical in a new light, but at this point, his connection to his old gimmick is sort of symbiotic. Like he feels as if he can't survive without the yellow suit and helmet. His biggest hope is that he can somehow make himself more of a threat, retooling his ferrule helmet's compound to destroy the bodies of living beings. Hey, if Calendar Man can do it... And of that doesn't work? Maybe a stint at the vigilante life, maybe?

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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Aside from his garish tastes in dull yellow striped suits and thin, lanky body, The Eraser's only other distinguishing traits are his matter-destroying Eraser helmet and his pointed, weaponized shoes with the knockout gas inside the sharpened tips. Recently, Lenny has tried to update his wardrobe more by investing in a yellow leisure suit and black t-shirt combo and more inconspicuous looking shoes.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S:

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TBA, but it'll probably be mixed.

[Byrd Man]

Gonna say that Clayface, Harley, Solomon Grundy, and Eraser are all APPROVED. I'll update the roster probably tomorrow.

I think I'll allow for one or two maybe more roster additions before we lock it in

[rocketrobie2]

I'd better get my arse in gear and settle on a char then! Sorry for the wait.

[rocketrobie2]

Speaking of getting my arse in gear...

Let me know if this guy's good or not. I've got a backup sheet in the works that I'll post too incase Frank's no-go.

Phantom Lantern

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PHANTOM LANTERN

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^{_{FRANK LAMINSKI♦ MALE, MAN ♦ 26 ♦ COAST CITY}}

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:

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^{”I thought I was gonna make it big as the next Green Lantern. Now I’ll be lucky to be a Crazy Quilt knock off.“}

Frank wanted to be a Green Lantern more than anything after getting saved by Hal Jordan. He more or less gave up on his military career in the pursuit of becoming worthy of a power ring, training in his free time and even moving to Gotham to work at Arkham Asylum. After losing out on a ring due to a glitch in the ring, Frank was ready to give up on it all until he was visited by Volthoom, the first Lantern. Through some wacky] hijinx, Frank got his hands on the Phantom Ring; a prototype power ring capable of utilizing all aspects of the emotional spectrum but without the higher functions and safety measures.

Initially Frank was able to keep himself under control enough to do some good deeds but after being confront by Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, Frank flew off the handle, succumbing to his emotions and causing havoc. In a drawn out fight the Phantom Lantern was defeated after the apparent destruction of the ring. Frank Laminski was quickly taken into custody but just as quickly transferred to Belle Reve where a revelation revealed itself to the distraught would-be hero. The Phantom Ring had gone dormant after its power had been used up, its power signature only showing up to those actively scanning for it ie. the U.S. government. The ring recharged itself while Frank was in custody where he began to try more to better utilize his new tool.

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Accomplished Pilot: Frank spent a good amount of time in the Air Force and as such he can likely fly any man made craft with a fair amount of skill and possibly otherworldly ones. Frank is tangentially familiar with specific models of aircraft and the basic behind how they tick but he wouldn’t be able to fix one save for patching holes. Along with his pilot training, Frank is able to hold his own well enough with a firearm.

C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:

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Coming into this I had two-ish rules for myself when choosing a character. I wanted to either; pick a character that was a doppelgänger of a hero and relatively unknown B or C lister. Thinking and looking around I found a few that fit one or both of the bills but after finding Frank again I’d remembered how much I liked him from his brief stint in the comics. I’m a sucker for bad guys trying to do good things and that seemed perfect for a Suicide Squad game. He’s a pretty flawed guy who was more so in the heroics for the sake of purpose and validation than any moral obligation which is a neat angle to tackle. Roll wise I think Frank would fit well as the “I’m not supposed to be here type”. I won’t play him the whole time trying to do his best to get out of custody (within reason) but more so hating the fact that he’s now being associated with career criminals.

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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Phantom Ring: Before the corps the Phantom Ring was a trail run at harnessing the emotional spectrum for use in peace keeping throughout the universe. The Ring has unfiltered access to the entire emotional spectrum allowing it’s wearer to manipulate the entire thing. With its status as a prototype, the Phantom Ring doesn’t have many of the features of it’s future successors such as translator, onboard AI or any sort of autonomy. With all its boons comes some bad in the form of making the wearer very emotionally unstable.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S:

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WIP

[Zoey Boey]

@Byrd Man Hey there GM!

I worked on my Harley sheet over the course of a couple days and a couple of abilities I had in mind, slipped my mind. Can I run some changes by you, if that's okay?

One of them is Resistant to Poison and Toxin: A mixture of being dunked in acid to make her skin white and also a benefit of her 'friendship' with Poison Ivy has made her immune system and skin resistant to acid and poison.

And the other is PhD in Psychology: Harley went to medical school and is a Psychologist. Not only is she crazy, but she's basically fully cognizant of how and why. And with enough time and conversation she can get a good read on other people's "major malfunctions" too.

I should also probably add something in there about playing up her Jewishness and her Brooklynlyness because I think those are very endearing and good traits about her.

[Sanity43217]

Deathstroke

Deathstroke

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Slade Wilson • Male • 57 • California

Character Concept

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“We’re not done.”

Slade Wilson, known by his codename, Deathstroke, is an elite mercenary, commonly considered the world's greatest and deadliest assassin. Slade Wilson was sixteen years old when he first enlisted in the United States Army, after faking his age. He proved to be an exceptional soldier, earning decorations for valor in combat. After this, Slade was selected for the covert-operations unit, Team 7. Five years before taking the name "Deathstroke", Slade operated with Team 7, a team created to secure The Majestic Project - a plan to control future metahuman threats. It was during this time, he underwent experimentation that turned him into a super soldier. Enhancing his abilities. He was the only one to survive, and the US government deemed it easier to bury the project then have to explain where the subjects went. So Slade escaped. Taking the Moniker Deathstroke, and became the deadliest assassin.
As Deathstroke, he worked for whoever paid the most. While that was often those on the wrong side of the law, there were a few occasions a Government needed some dirty work handled. Which has led to some rather dubious legal standings on where he stands. Having faced off against with the likes of Batman, Green Arrow and even Superman as well as several politicians, it was only a matter of time. The US government figured he’d be the best fall guy.

Slade took a pretty standard job. Taking out a senator. Specifically the senator for Colorado. A sticky fingered politician doing things they shouldn’t have. Higher ups found out, and figured an assassination would make a better story and incriminate less people. Said higher ups may also have been involved.
Turns out it was a set up. The Titans were tipped off, and Slade was arrested. Locked up in Belle Reve. Wilson wanted to get revenge those that set him up. It wasn’t because he was arrested. It was because he didn’t get paid.
It was the principle of it. He wouldn’t let that one go.

Abilities

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Slade Wilson is a killer. He knows how to kill. Years of training made him a formidable hand to hand combatant, and skilled marksman. This was only increased when he underwent experimentation.
Skills and abilities courtesy of DC Wiki.

Deathstroke volunteered for the Enhanced Soldier Initiative, an experimental procedure that activated a dormant metagene, which evolved his brain. This greatly enhanced Slade's mental capacity, causing his mind to operate at peak efficiency, nine times beyond that of a normal man. Deathstroke's evolved mind also allows him to access his brain functions on a cellular level, granting him enhanced physical attributes.
Accelerated Healing: Deathstroke possesses a greatly accelerated healing rate. His rapid healing clots blood in seconds and seals wounds in minutes. The time it takes for full healing depends upon the wound, ranging from seconds to hours, depending on the level of injury.
Enhanced Senses: Deathstroke's senses are far more heightened than those of a normal human, to the extent that he can feel slight shifts in the air.
Superhuman Agility: Deathstroke's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels, allowing him to easily gunfire.
Superhuman Reflexes: Deathstroke's reflexes far superior to a normal human. He is able to easily react to and dodge point-blank gunfire, as well as catch arrows and daggers and thrown at him from behind, without looking.
Superhuman Stamina: Deathstroke can exert himself for long periods of time, without tiring easily and while wearing heavy body armor. He has exerted himself for days on multiple occasions. During the "War of Jokes and Riddles", Deathstroke exerted himself for 5 days and 5 nights.
Superhuman Strength: Deathstroke's natural strength has been augmented to superhuman levels. He is strong enough to easily snap a sword in half, overpower normal humans, throw others several feet with one arm, as well as lift and throw a large piece of concrete.

Character Motivations and Goals

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Coin and principle.
This iteration of the Terminator is motivated by money and honour. He takes pride in his professionalism and abides by a set of rules. He won’t turn on his employer, or leave a job until it’s done. He expects the same respect he shows his clients shown to him. He doesn’t betray his clients, and he expects not to be betrayed. After being set up, he intends to make an example.
I intend for this Deathstroke to be more of a team player then he traditionally was. Pulling more from conventional military camaraderie and professionalism. If he is treated with respect, he will give respect.
As a player, I would like Deathstroke to grow as a team player. To have his morals and code pushed. Maybe the ones who set him up also are responsible are supporting some of the actions the Squad is thwarting.

Character Notes

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I intend for this iteration of Deathstroke to fulfil the Deadshot role which normally comes with the Suicide Squad. With him focusing more on weapons like rifles. While he will still use his signature sword, staff and handguns, he will act more as a sniper than a brawler.
This iteration has worked for Waller in the past, and holds her with great respect.

Relationships

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TBD
Though will probably bond with Grifter over previous military experience, and respects the team as he trusts Waller to pick the right people for the job.

[Byrd Man]

@Byrd Man Hey there GM!

I worked on my Harley sheet over the course of a couple days and a couple of abilities I had in mind, slipped my mind. Can I run some changes by you, if that's okay?

One of them is Resistant to Poison and Toxin: A mixture of being dunked in acid to make her skin white and also a benefit of her 'friendship' with Poison Ivy has made her immune system and skin resistant to acid and poison.

And the other is PhD in Psychology: Harley went to medical school and is a Psychologist. Not only is she crazy, but she's basically fully cognizant of how and why. And with enough time and conversation she can get a good read on other people's "major malfunctions" too.

I should also probably add something in there about playing up her Jewishness and her Brooklynlyness because I think those are very endearing and good traits about her.

@Zoey Boey

That's fine.

Also, @rocketrobie2 I'm gonna say any kind of Lantern on the Suicide Squad is a bit overpowered.

[rocketrobie2]

@Byrd Man That’s fair, I’ll try to have my back up posted later today.

[rocketrobie2]

Here's my backup! Sorry for the post in the Char tab, assuming I don't get accepted I'll make a post to the mods to get it removed.

GRID

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GRID

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^{_{NONE ♦ NONE ♦ 5 ♦ CYBORG}}

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:

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^{”HAVE A NICE DAY.“}

Victor Stone, while not a founding member, has become pivotal to the operation of the Justice League. His ability to interface with technology made running the Watchtower a breeze but with so much responsibility Vic knew he couldn’t do it all on his own. The Grid was originally a set of subroutines Vic set up to take care of the more mundane tasks he didn’t need to be consciously aware of (in depth personal repair reports, teleport calibration, etc) but as time went on Vic added more subroutines and the Grid was damaged by the menagerie of hackers and viruses Vic would contend with on a day to day basis.

The core degradation of the Grid came to a head during the League’s battle with The Crime Syndicate; an evil reflection of the Justice League. In the midst of their fight Victor’s cybernetics tore themselves away from Victor and began to fill in its gaps with other tech, creating the haunting visage of a now sentient Grid. The heroes and villains continued to fight over the coming days as the Syndicate along with Grid did their best to take over this Earth. As with most stores though, the bad guys lost and Grid was nearly completely destroyed. The remaining parts were claimed by the U.S. Government and sent off to dismantled properly. This did not happen. Instead Grid’s body was rebuilt with a high grade explosive placed near his main memory banks and a multitude of worm programs were implemented into his code, able to wipe out the robot’s programming in seconds. Now Grid stands in his cell, confined to his shell of a body, only to be activated when on a mission for the aptly named Suicide Squad.

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Strong as Steel: Grid is an absolute machine capable of taking just as much punishment as he can dish out. That’s not so say he’s invisible, far from it, and a good slug from a strong metahuman is more than enough to send some scrap flying off the metal-man.

Technopath Savant: Being a machine also come with the advantage of a nigh perfect memory (of which is admissible as evidence in court) and ability to get a better feel for machine when hacking into them. Grid can directly interface with nearly any machine and bring it under his control though sometimes this leaves him a sitting duck in meatspace or vulnerable to hackers in cyberspace.

Walking Light Show: From his body, Grid can reshape some of his mass to create weapons, usually of the beam variety. Forming his forearm into a cannon is usually his go to as that was also the go to of his progenitor Cyborg but Grid isn’t above getting medieval with axe blade hands or swords from the wrist.

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Coming into this I had two-ish rules for myself when choosing a character. I wanted to either; pick a character that was a doppelgänger of a hero and relatively unknown B or C lister. Grid definitely fits the bill on the doppelgänger side of things and he’s not well known enough that I’d consider him a B-lister (maybe a C-lister). Grid’s always been cool to me because he’s one of the extremes for what could happen to a hero, a dark future almost. I plan on running with this idea that Grid’s one of the extremes of Victor Stone but actively trying not to be. I know it’s a bit cliche at this point to have a robot trying to understand and/or emulate emotions but it wouldn’t be a cliche if people didn’t enjoy it (ie. me). Like in the comics I’ll have Grid be pursing the development of emotions while working on Task Force X though not in the standard “gotta understand love” way but more so related to negative emotions. Grid will know he’s in a crap situation and try to build his emotions around why he should feel like crap if that makes any sense. Role wise Grid would definitely fit the techie archetype but could also fit into the bruiser category a little with his enhanced strength.

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When not on mission, Grid’s body will be completely immobile and basically sitting in storage, waiting for another suicide mission. When in custody, Grid has access to a closed network in Belle Reve where he can be spoken to from a small intercom just outside his cell.

Unless I screw up and forget I’m going to try to have Grid end every convo, finisher and insult with his catch phrase “HAVE A NICE DAY” since I’m an absolute sucker for speaking ticks in RPs.

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[Byrd Man]

Alright, so I'm going to give it another 24 hours with these last two sheets and see if anyone else applies. If they don't then we have our team

[iGeorge]

Looking forward to being part of this. ^^

[Eviledd1984]

I'm curious is there room for one more?

[Byrd Man]

Sorry, folks. Got busy with real life. If anyone wants to apply I'll call for a few more apps to go up and we'll get started on the IC thread