Datafile Inspiration: Published Datafiles

[MidnightBlue]

The Human Fly
Real Identity - Richard Deacon

Affiliations: Solo D10; Buddy D6; Team D8

Distinctions:
-Petty Criminal from Newark
-Another J. Jonah Jameson Villain
-Fly-like Tendencies

Power Set 1: Fly-Powers
-Faceted Eyes [Enhanced Senses] D8
-Superhuman Reflexes D10
-Wall-Crawling D6
-Enhanced Stamina D8
-Superhuman Strength D10
-Winged Flight D6

SFX: 270 Degree Vision. [Same as Spider-Man's Spider-Sense.]

Limit: [Exhausted]

Power Set 2 (Optional): Advanced Mutation
-Acidic Vomit D8
-Antennae [Enhanced Senses] D8
-Enhanced Durability D8
-Enhanced Stamina D8

SFX: Razor Sharp Wings [Dangerous]
SFX: Hightened Regeneration [Wolverine's Healing Factor SFX]

Limit: Taste for Human Flesh and Garbage. Add a D6 or step up Doom Pool and turn an Advanced Mutation power trait into a Hungry Complication.

Specialties: Acrobatics Expert D8; Combat Expert D8; Covert Expert D8; Crime Expert D8.


Human Fly Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Fly_(comics)

Here's an example on how you can use existing datafiles to create a similar character with just a little flavor alteration.

Meet the Human Fly...sometimes just called the Fly.

He's pretty much just Spider-Man with wings...at least in the beginning. So that's where I started. I just took Spider-Man's datafile and flavored up some of the powers from spider to fly. Then I added wings.

Reading through the wiki I saw that the human fly later mutated further and became a bit more of a threat. That's where the 2nd power set comes in. And yes...I duplicated Enhanced Senses to represent the adding of antennae. It's not the only way to handle this, but it was the way that I chose.

Oh...I gave him Team D8 to represent his time in the Savage Six.

Anyway...as you can see, this is pretty much Spider-Man's datafile.

You could easily take this approach to create just about any other character.

You want a Batman/Nightwing/Robin kind of character...look at Black Widow or Black Panther for a beginning.

You want DC's Guardian or Marvel's Red Guardian...start with Captain America.

There are plenty of official datafiles to give you inspiration for other, similar characters...and every new book just gives us more.