MUSIC-DERIVED CHARACTER ADAPTATIONS

WONDERBOY

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
10	STR	0	11-	Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage [1]
20	DEX	30	13-	OCV:  7/DCV:  7
18	CON	16	13-
13	BODY	6	12-
13	INT	3	12-	PER Roll 12-
10	EGO	0	11-	ECV:  3
15	PRE	5	12-	PRE Attack:  3d6
10	COM	0	11-

5/20	PD	3		Total:  5/20 PD (0/15 rPD)
5/20	ED	1		Total:  5/20 ED (0/15 rED)
5	SPD	20		Phases:  3, 5, 8, 10, 12
7	REC	2
36	END	0
27	STUN	0		Total Characteristic Cost:  86

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
		Flight:		18"/36"
		Leaping:	2"/4"
		Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
2	"That's Telekinesis, Kyle":  Elemental Control, 44-point powers
23	1)  "The Power... to Move You":  Telekinesis (30 STR), END 4
23	2)  "MIND Bullets!!!":  RKA 3d6, END 4
23	3)  Telekinetic Shield:  FF (15 PD/15 ED), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2)
23	4)  "High Above the Mucky-Muck":  Flight 18", Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4), END 2

5	"What is the Secret of Your Power?":  Power Defense (5 points)
5	"What is the Secret of Your Power?":  Lack Of Weakness (-5) for to Analyze Powers rolls

	Skills
3	+1 with "That's Telekinesis, Kyle"

2	PS: Singer 11-
129	Total Powers & Skills Cost
215	Total Character Cost

100+	Disadvantages
20	Hunted:  Satan 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, Harshly Punish—wants to eat Wonderboy's soul)
15	Hunted:  Young Nastyman 11- (As Pow, Harshly Punish)
15	Psychological Limitation:  Heroic (Very Common, Moderate)
15	Psychological Limitation:  Overconfidence  (Very Common, Moderate)
15	Social Limitation:  (Frequently, Major)
35	Experience
215	Total Disadvantage Points

Background/History: A superhero of unknown origins, Wonderboy patrols the skies and is opposed by his arch-nemesis, Young Nastyman. The premise was taken from Wonderboy, a song by the duo Tenacious D, which rather deliberately sounds like all the Styx and Triumph singles that were on the radio in the early '80s.

Powers/Tactics: The powers of both Young Nastyman and Wonderboy come across as a basic suite of Telekinesis powers, including The Power of Flight ('That's levitation, Holmes'), the power to kill a yak from 200 yards away with MIND Bullets (!!!), and "the power... to move you." Within a 45 Active Point range, these abilities are fairly effective, giving Wonderboy decent movement and a powerful attack. I gave him a Telekinetic Shield mainly because he'd get pasted otherwise. Since there aren't too many other details in the song, other than that Wonderboy and Young Nastyman eventually teamed up and formed a rock band, I didn't put too many points in the write-up.

Appearance: Since Wonderboy is not really described in the song lyrics, I have to assume he would look much like Jack Black in a tight spandex costume with a cape. In other words, like Jack Black in Nacho Libre. In other words, pretty ridiculous.

['Wonderboy' written 2001 by Jack Black and Kyle Gass, write-up by James Gillen 2006]


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