Barb
Powers Qualities
Agility d8 Alertness d8
Awareness d6 Finesse d6
Barbs d8 Fitness d6
Leaping d6 Melee d8
Strength d6 Stealth d6
Vitality d8 Feral! d10
Status (Guerrilla)
Health: Health: 50+5/hero
Current Health: Current Health:
Die # of engaged
d10 4+
d8 2-3
d6 0-1
Approach: Underpowered Archetype: Guerrilla
Upgrade: Group Fighter Mastery: Rage
Abilities
Action Name Type Game Text
attack defend Barb Storm A Attack multiple nearby targets using Barbs. Defend against all Attacks against you until your next turn using your Min die.
attack boost hinder Ferociously Frantic A Boost with Feral! using your Max die. Hinder using your Mid die. Attack using your Min die.
attack Shredding Assault A Attack with Barbs + Melee + Feral! using the Max die against one target, Mid die against a different target, Min die against a third target. If you Attack three different targets, the damage is irreducible.
defend boost hinder recover Survival Instincts R When Attacked, Defend yourself using Feral!. If your roll reduces the damage to 0, Recover 1 Health per hero. Boost using that amount, and Hinder the source of the Attack using that amount.
subtract Tangled Fray I If you are outnumbered by nearby opponents, reduce all damage dealt to you by 2.
attack Extra Attack I Whenever you take an action that lets you make an Attack, you may make another Attack using your Mid die.
overcome Rage Mastery I When you are at half Health or less, you may automatically succeed at an Overcome to break free of restraints or to get past something between you and your prey.
Character Details
Background: Underpowered Power Source: Guerrilla
Personality: Rage Archetype: Group Fighter
Principle: Principle:
Physical Attributes
Gender: F Age: 29 Height: 6'2'' Weight: 190 lbs
Eyes: Red Hair: Black Skin: Tanned Build: Ripped
Barb is a formidable figure, whose appearance reflects her feral, dangerous nature. Her black hair is wild and untamed. Her eyes, the color of blood, suggest a deep-seated rage and predatory instinct. Her outfit, a burnt umber and maroon leather bikini, is both provocative and practical for combat, emphasizing her agility and strength rather than hiding it. What truly sets her apart are the spiky spines that protrude from her body.
Biography
Barb's mutation manifested early and violently, not as a controlled power but as a physical transformation that drove her from human society. The bone-deep process was agonizing, pushing her natural strength and agility to peak human levels while simultaneously sprouting the tell-tale spines and barbs that earned her an unkind nickname. This period of ostracization and pain, of being hunted and feared, left deep psychological scars. She learned to fight dirty and to survive on instinct, her raw power and feral rage becoming her greatest assets. She didn't choose to be an animalistic monster in the eyes of the world, but if that's all they saw, that's what she would become.
She eventually crossed paths with the mutant mastermind Exigent, who recognized her potent combination of fury and skill. Exigent didn't offer sympathy or a cure, but rather validation. He gave her a purpose, a sense of belonging among others who had been similarly cast aside by a world that reviled them. Under Exigent's tutelage, Barb's unbridled rage was weaponized and refined, as she was honed into a devastating, close-quarters operative who thrives in asymmetrical combat against superior forces. Now Barb operates with a cold, calculated brutality that belies her monstrous appearance. She fights not just for Exigent's cause, but for the inherent injustice of her own story.
Capabilities and Motivations
Barb’s powers are a potent blend of her mutant ability to generate and weaponize sharp barbs, combined with an animalistic, feral fighting style. This, paired with her natural agility makes her a highly mobile and deadly close-quarters combatant. Her senses and survival instincts are animalistic, sharper than normal humans.
Barb's primary motivation is derived from a place of deep-seated hurt and rejection, stemming from her mutant transformation. Having been ostracized and viewed as a monster by a society that couldn't accept her, her worldview was shaped by fear, pain, and a primal need for survival. Her feral, rage-filled combat style is not merely a manifestation of her powers, but an expression of her anger at a world that cast her out.
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