Jim Otto/Titan
Mutants & Masterminds 1st Edition, Silver Age Era
Strength 10/18 (+4)
Dexterity 10/18 (+4)
Constitution 10/18 (+4)
Intelligence 10 (0)
Wisdom 10 (0)
Charisma 13 (+1)
Size: Medium
Height: 5' 10"/6' 6"
Weight: 175 lb/300 lb
Eyes: Blue/Glowing Red
Hair: Black/Brown
Age: 16/?
Quote: "It's all right, I'm here now"
Damage save: +4
Fortitude save: +4
Reflex save: +21
Will save: +0
Base Attack: +1
Melee +5
Ranged +5
Mental +1
Base Defense: +1
Defense 21 (22 while flying)
Flat 11
Mental 11
Initiative Modifier: +13
Move
Base Speed: 30/60/120
Super Speed: 750/1500/3000
Flying: 50/100/200 (Super Flight 23,273 Miles/Hour) (Space Flight 95,232,000 Miles/Second)
Hero Points: 6
Powers:
Flight 10 (Mystical)
Extra: Super Flight (23,273 Miles/Hour), Space Flight (95,232,000 Miles/Second)
Super Strength +10 (Mystical)
Extra: Protection
Super Speed 5 (Mystical)
Amazing Save: Reflex 5 (Mystical)
Feats:
Aerial Combat, Improved Initiative, Durability (Super), Identity Change (Super), Immunities: Aging, Disease, Heat, Cold, Radiation, Suffocation, Starvation, Pressure; Power Immunity (Super), Evasion, Lightning Reflexes, Dodge
Weakness:
Naive (Min)
Quirk: Youthful Personality (still has mind of 16 year old)
Balance +4
Bluff +1
Climb +14
Computers +5
Diplomacy +1
Disguise +1
Escape Artist +4
Gather Information +1
Hide +4
Intimidate +14
Jump +14
Move Silently +4
Perform +1
Sense Motive -2
Swim +14
Taunt +1
Lift & Load:
Light 51.2 tons, Medium 102.4 tons, Heavy 153.6 tons, Overhead 153.6 tons, Off Ground 307.2 tons, Push/Drag 1,536.0 tons
Points Spent 150 (-8)
Breakdown: Abilities 27, Skills, 5, Powers 109, Combat 5, Feats 32, Weaknesses -20
Background (from the character sheet)
Occupation: Student. 1st Appearance: Titan Special #1. Calling: Protector. Personality: Happy young fellow who is now living his dream of being a super hero. He only hates having to lie to his family and friends about it. Physical Apperance: Jim is 5' 5", Brown Hair & Blue Eyes. An average teenager with a slight build. Battle Tactics: Pure brute strength and speed. Team: The Cavaliers, based in Freedom City. Other members included: Atlas (an Iron Man type), Go-Go Girl (a Huntress type hero with no powers) , Inferno (fire elemental like Human Torch) & Rudy Bermuda (Dean Martin as a secret agent who can't be killed). Important NPC's: Grandpa Beck (Jim's maternal grandfather who takes care of Jim), Wolfie (Jim's pet dog and the only person who knows Jim's secret id), Willow (his best friend) & Ted Adams (school "enemy" & bully)
Inspirations:
Titan was my attempt at a very "Silver Age" hero. Obviously, he's inspired by Captain Marvel, better incorrectly known as Shazam. Titan was also inspired by another "youth to adult" type hero called Prime. There are references to Captain Marvel in Titan's story. Grandpa Beck is named for CC Beck who created Captain Marvel & Ted Adams is a not too hard to figure out reference to Black Adam. Wolfie is the fake name used for John Connor's dog in Terminator 2. Willow is actually NOT the name of Titan's red headed female best friend. She was based on Allison Hannigan's character in the television show Buffy, but it was the name we kept using until we came up with another one. I have no record of what it was. I'll suggest "Amy" if that makes you feel better. :)
I had a hard time coming up with this character. I had thought about doing a Green Lantern type character, which exists in the M&M Universe. I believe it was the GM Fred Dailey who suggested a Captain Marvel type and who drew the picture you see here. I even went so far as to purchase the "Kingdom Come" Captain Marvel figure for the game. Titan's "real" name is for the Great long time center for the Oakland Raiders, Jim Otto. The last person to wear the number 00 (the NFL now prohibits it's usage). Mr Otto played center for the Raiders for 15 years, never missing a game due to injury. He played in 308 consecutive games according to Wikipedia. He has, however, paid for it with almost 40 surgeries and is disabled. He claims to not regret it and would do it all over again if given the chance. If that's not tough, I don't know what is.
Memory/High Point:
My favorite memory of Titan was against a villain named Orion the Hunter. This guy was hired by someone to put the team through it's paces and gage them. He then attacked the team and Freedom City, culminating in using a "baby nuke". The quick and near complete defeat of his team hit Titan hard. And in a moment that was suppose to be a foreshadowing of his future, Titan decides if Orion wants to play rough, he'll oblige Orion. Using every bit of speed in his powers, Titan performs a flying tackle into Orion and carries him to the edge of the atmosphere. Needless to say Orion was knocked out and we returned to Earth. However, Orion was somehow able to regain conciousness and escaped. To be honest, I didn't think the guy would be able to breath easily, let alone escape but it is a very comic book thing to happen...
Future:
Alluded to in the High Point section, there was suppose to be some foreshadowing of Titan. I had the idea to copy some of Malibu Comics Hero Prime's storylines. Prime was also around 16, like Titan. Think about it. You're 16 and suddenly you have the powers of a god. You're going to be tempted to do somethings that probably aren't exactly high on the hero meter. It might or might not have culminated in "Rogue Titan", but definately would have included some very "teenager" moments where Titan would show up at the HQ listening to heavy metal and wearing black clothes. Since the group didn't know who Jim was, he would only show up in his Titan identity.
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