Furnace
	Powers Qualities Heat Generation Conviction Vitality Imposing Hot Hot Hot! Status (Domain) Health: Health: 75+5/hero Current Health: Current Health: Die # of enviro 3+ 1-2 0 Approach: Overpowered Archetype: Domain Upgrade: Thermal Overcharge Mastery: Thermal
Abilities Action Name Type Game Text Area Denial A Hinder your location with Heat Generation + Hot Hot Hot! using your Max die. This Punishing Heat penalty is persistent and exclusive and is considered to be an environment mod. While this penalty exists, all targets that end their turn at the location take heat damage equal to the penalty's value. Heat Wave A Attack all nearby targets with Heat Generation. Hinder each of those targets that take damage using your Mid die. Thermal Bubble I You are immune to damage and penalties related to heat and cold. Too Hot To Handle R When Attacked, Defend with Heat Generation. Deal that much damage to all nearby targets. Upgrade:  Meltdown A Once per scene, Boost yourself with Heat Generation + Hot Hot Hot! using your Max + Min dice, and Hinder all other targets at your location with the same result. All of the penalties are considered to be environment mods. Master:  Thermal Mastery I Automatically succeed on Overcome attempts related to heat or cold.
Character Details Background: Overpowered Power Source: Domain Personality: Thermal Archetype: Thermal Overcharge Principle: Principle:
Physical Attributes Gender: M Age: 20's Height: 6'2'' Weight: 180 lbs Eyes: Grey Hair: Black Skin: Pale Build: Average Tall, dark, and glowering. Constantly smoldering, smells like something is burning, and has occasional flare ups from clothing or nearby items as his heat causes contact burns and fires. Wears street clothes, which generally are spotted with holes where they have burned through in places. His clothes have a shelf life of about a day, after which they are heat damaged beyond use.
Biography Furnace's villainous career began after he was rejected from the San Diego-based, corporate-sponsored super-team known as Aegis. The team was formed by the Aesir corporation to combat the supervillain group, the Violators, who had been plaguing the city with industrial sabotage. Public tryouts were held to recruit members, and Furnace was one of the nineteen applicants who applied for a position on the new team. During the trials, Furnace's immense power was obvious, but so was his complete lack of control. His intense heat-based abilities were deemed dangerously unstable, randomly causing secondary fires that he could not manage. This made him a massive liability, and the corporation ultimately turned him away. It was also noted that during this time, he developed a clear animosity, specifically not getting along with fellow applicants Apex (who would found the West Coast Champions) and Seizure (who became a founding member of Aegis). Spurned by the 'heroes' and rejected by the very organization he tried to help, Furnace was left without a path. This made him a prime target for recruitment by the very group that had inadvertently started his journey: the Violators. He accepted their offer and has since become a mainstay of the villain team, frequently clashing with the heroes he might have once called teammates. Capabilities and Motivations Furnace is a powerful thermal combatant whose body contains an insanely high core temperature. This provides him with a natural damage shield in the form of a 'heat aura' and grants him superhuman toughness, as his body must be durable enough to withstand its own internal heat. He can project brutal waves of heat as an attack and has a major ability to raise the ambient temperature of the entire area around him. His primary weakness is a severe lack of control; all of his heat effects are constantly at 'full strength', making him incredibly dangerous and destructive to his surroundings and anyone nearby. Furnace's motivations appear to be rooted in his rejection and the animosity he developed during the Aegis trials. Having been publicly branded as too 'dangerous' and 'unstable' to be a hero, he likely harbors a deep-seated resentment against the heroes and the corporate system that spurned him. His recruitment into the Violators gave him an outlet to unleash his powers without restraint and a clear target for his anger: the rival heroes he personally clashed with, like Apex and Seizure, and the organization that deemed him a liability.

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