Post by Mr. Fantastic on Feb 16, 2014 6:29:28 GMT -5
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Name: Reed Richards
Alter Ego: Mister Fantastic
Character Type: Canon
Place of Birth: Central City, California
Age: 35
Moral Compass: Good
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Appearance:
Affiliation: The Fantastic 4
Personality: Reed is an intellectual who prefers to examine foes and if possible negotiate with them before actually fighting them. He is often intrigued by the scientific implications of a problem, so much so that he almost forgets there is a problem in the first place. As Ben once put it, "...if an alien stubbed his toe, Reed would want to spend ten years studying it." Reed is an extremely likable fellow who keeps a pleasant smile on his face. However, he does occasionally lapse into depression over long-standing unsolved problems, most notably Ben’s inability to return to human form and Franklin’s mysterious potential. Reed is a humanitarian who will try to prevent any intelligent being from suffering. This can lead him to do controversial things that fly in the face of all apparent logic, such as when he once revived Galactus.
Powers: Hyper-Intelligence: Mister Fantastic’s natural mental abilities were greatly augmented by the Cosmic Rays that gave him his powers.
Plasticity: Mister Fantastic possesses the ability to convert the mass of his entire body into a highly malleable state at will. How his body's respiration and circulatory systems function at these distorted extremes is as yet unknown. Mister Fantastic can alter his form in a matter of seconds, often much less (depending on the complexity of the shape), and revert to his normal humanoid shape within a similar time. The greater the distance he stretches or the more extended the size of the object he becomes, the weaker his overall strength becomes. Mister Fantastic's transformation to a malleable state is reflexive and nearly instantaneous: if he was at his normal form and taken unaware by machine gun fire, his body would still absorb the bullets' impact through radical deformation. Mister Fantastic's skin is virtually impervious to laceration or punctures unless he willfully relaxes his reflexive control over small areas of his body. In that case, scalpels and ordinary needles can penetrate his skin.
Abilities: Scientific Genius-Level Intellect: Dr. Richards is one of the most intelligent beings on the planet. Reed possesses a mastery of electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering, electronics, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and alien biology. A visionary theoretician and inspired machine smith, he has made breakthroughs in such varied fields as space travel, time travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, spectral analysis and more. He is one of the few people on Earth to be an expert on other dimensions and the methods by which to travel to and through them. Reed’s patents are so valuable that he is able to bankroll the Fantastic Four, Inc., without any undue financial stress. Not only has Reed proven himself to be a genius in virtually every science native to Earth, he has shown himself to be more knowledgeable than even some of the most highly advanced alien civilizations in the known universe as well.
Hypnotism: Mister Fantastic is trained in hypnosis.
Weaknesses: Reed is a family man. When it comes to his family he will go through any lengths to assure their safety at ANY costs even if that means his own life and other morally questionable things such as the fate of the world.
Reed's body much like a rubber band can only stretch so far. His body shows great levels of pain and weakness when reached to it’s limit.
History: Reed is the son of Nathaniel Richards and his first wife, Evelyn, who died when Reed was only seven. Reed seems to take more after his father, devoting a great deal of his time towards intellectual pursuits, often forgetting (or ignoring) basic human functions like sleeping and eating. He has always been a quick study and earned several degrees before attending Empire State University, where he met both Victor Von Doom and Ben Grimm, his roommate.
After graduation, Reed went on to attend the California State Institute of Technology, Harvard and Columbia University. It was there where met Susan Storm, his landlady’s niece, who fell in love with him.
Nathaniel Richards vanished shortly after Reed’s graduation, leaving him with a two billion dollar inheritance. Although he had substantial backing from the government, Reed spent most of his fortune building the rocket which eventually would grant him his super powers.
As his project was being shut down, Reed, Ben, Sue and her younger brother, Johnny, decided to test the rocket on their own.
Once in space, they were exposed to a freak radiation storm, which overwhelmed the shielding and then the crew. Reed’s body became very malleable and elastic, allowing him to assume almost any form he can think of (maintaining, of course, a similar degree of mass). Reed has also theorized that the cosmic rays also heightened his intellect, making him one of the most brilliant men on Earth.
Upon realizing what had happened during their space flight, Reed adopted the name Mr. Fantastic and founded, with his crew, the Fantastic Four.
A few years after the Fantastic Four’s creation, Reed married his long-time sweetheart, Susan Storm, then known as the Invisible Girl. Like all marriages, it has had rough patches - largely due to Reed’s devotion to his work. However, Reed and Sue have always returned to each other. The two have fostered two children. A son, Franklin and their younger daughter Valeria.
Devices: Although the Fantastic Four have numerous devices, crafts, and weapons, there are some items that Reed Richards carries with him at all times.
◾Fantasti-Flare: Launches a fiery "4" into the sky that is used during combat situations to let other members of the group know their location.
◾Fantastic Costume: Like all the Fantastic Four's costumes and the rest of Reed's wardrobe, his suit is made of "unstable molecules". This means that the suit is attuned to his powers, which is why Johnny's costume doesn't burn when he "flames on," Sue's costume turns invisible when she does, and Reed's costume stretches with him. The costume also insulates them from electrical assaults. In addition, the team's uniforms are also, in essence, wearable computers. Their costumes have a completedata processing and telemetry system woven into the material of the uniform on a molecular level. This forms a network with the entire team, providing a constant, real-time uplink of everyone's physical condition as well as their location and current situation. The suit is capable of displaying data and touch-pad controls on the gauntlets. Its sensors can track all of the team's uniforms and provide a picture of their immediate vicinity. The suit has an intricate scanner system which can detect things around the wearer, from how many people are in the next room to what dimension or planet they are on. Reed can also up-link the bodysuit to any computer by stretching his fingertips to filament size and plugging them in to an I/O data-port. With this, Reed can establish a fairly comprehensive database of any computer's cybernetic protocols and encryption algorithms
-------------- Player Information --------------
Name: Luke
IM Contacts: n/a
Email: pm for email contact
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“Eureka!!” Reed’s voice echoed from his lab as he grinned with triumph. It had taken him a full 2 days but finally he had gotten the repairs done on H.E.R.B.I.E. “Fantastic!, Herbie you’re as good as new! Now remember when you see Johnny and Ben get into it please stay out of it.” The robot’s eyes sparked to life and beeped as it glanced over at Reed. “Thank you Mr.Richards.”
Reed smiled and stretched a single arm several yards away as his fingers clicked several keys on a keypad. He was shutting his lab down now since Herbie was finally restored. Sue hated when he spent so much time in the lab especially when the children were up causing chaos. Herbie floated up beside Reed now. “Mr. Richards there is currently 5 minutes left until you must end your lab session.”
Reed nodded and let out a small sigh almost annoyed now. “I’m working on it Herbie…” Sue had finally put her foot down and only allowed Reed 8 hours a day in his lab unless an emergency rose up. At first it was a little aggravating but he knew that eventually he would have to trade in some of his work time for family time. The giant computer screen that sat in Reed’s lab now went black as all was shut down. “Come on Herbie let’s go show everyone that you’re back and fully functional!”
As Reed made his way into the large apartment of the Baxter building he could hear Sue and Johnny arguing as usual. He slowly stepped up with Herbie hovering slowly behind. “Hey guys look who’s back and with 5 minutes to spare Susan.” He smiled feeling as if he had discovered a new planet. “It was complicated at first. Herbie’s circuitry nodes had been scrambled due to a short circuit. I was able to repair the problem by cross tracking his dual capacitors and transferring the repaired nodes to each side of his artificial cerebral cortex. Once that was done things got a little complicated. I had to calculate several algorithms to finally recover herbie’s memory and reprogram his movement modules to correct his velocity factor, and then…”
Reed paused after seeing the look on both Sue and Johnny’s face. “sorry..” read chuckled nervously still seeing that Susan was unimpressed. “Well I added a few things to help you around the house Susan. Herbie will even vacuum.” He watched as herbie hovered around the kitchen scooping up the tiniest pieces of dirt and trash then hover up again to spray and polish their granite countertops. He could see she was feeling a little better now and now that he was back in her good graces he would only have to continue with the good news. “As promised I’m done for the day and ready to spend quality time with everyone.”
Reed’s efforts were sincere but it was a fact that the man was never done with his work. Although he was away from his lab, the custom PDA that held all of his work and notes was in his pocket. Within 5 minutes as the conversation dragged away from him he was on his handheld machine plotting his next invention. He and his good friend Hank Pym had been in what seemed like a friendly competition on a new discovery of theirs and now finally Reed would be able to focus on it. Losing himself in his calculations he felt his PDA be lifted out of his hands in a force field. He looked at Susan and grinned innocently as she held it in her hand. “Okay..you win…” his said defeated as he wrapped his arms around Sue.
Name: Reed Richards
Alter Ego: Mister Fantastic
Character Type: Canon
Place of Birth: Central City, California
Age: 35
Moral Compass: Good
-------------- Character Information --------------
Appearance:
Affiliation: The Fantastic 4
Personality: Reed is an intellectual who prefers to examine foes and if possible negotiate with them before actually fighting them. He is often intrigued by the scientific implications of a problem, so much so that he almost forgets there is a problem in the first place. As Ben once put it, "...if an alien stubbed his toe, Reed would want to spend ten years studying it." Reed is an extremely likable fellow who keeps a pleasant smile on his face. However, he does occasionally lapse into depression over long-standing unsolved problems, most notably Ben’s inability to return to human form and Franklin’s mysterious potential. Reed is a humanitarian who will try to prevent any intelligent being from suffering. This can lead him to do controversial things that fly in the face of all apparent logic, such as when he once revived Galactus.
Powers: Hyper-Intelligence: Mister Fantastic’s natural mental abilities were greatly augmented by the Cosmic Rays that gave him his powers.
Plasticity: Mister Fantastic possesses the ability to convert the mass of his entire body into a highly malleable state at will. How his body's respiration and circulatory systems function at these distorted extremes is as yet unknown. Mister Fantastic can alter his form in a matter of seconds, often much less (depending on the complexity of the shape), and revert to his normal humanoid shape within a similar time. The greater the distance he stretches or the more extended the size of the object he becomes, the weaker his overall strength becomes. Mister Fantastic's transformation to a malleable state is reflexive and nearly instantaneous: if he was at his normal form and taken unaware by machine gun fire, his body would still absorb the bullets' impact through radical deformation. Mister Fantastic's skin is virtually impervious to laceration or punctures unless he willfully relaxes his reflexive control over small areas of his body. In that case, scalpels and ordinary needles can penetrate his skin.
Abilities: Scientific Genius-Level Intellect: Dr. Richards is one of the most intelligent beings on the planet. Reed possesses a mastery of electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering, electronics, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and alien biology. A visionary theoretician and inspired machine smith, he has made breakthroughs in such varied fields as space travel, time travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, spectral analysis and more. He is one of the few people on Earth to be an expert on other dimensions and the methods by which to travel to and through them. Reed’s patents are so valuable that he is able to bankroll the Fantastic Four, Inc., without any undue financial stress. Not only has Reed proven himself to be a genius in virtually every science native to Earth, he has shown himself to be more knowledgeable than even some of the most highly advanced alien civilizations in the known universe as well.
Hypnotism: Mister Fantastic is trained in hypnosis.
Weaknesses: Reed is a family man. When it comes to his family he will go through any lengths to assure their safety at ANY costs even if that means his own life and other morally questionable things such as the fate of the world.
Reed's body much like a rubber band can only stretch so far. His body shows great levels of pain and weakness when reached to it’s limit.
History: Reed is the son of Nathaniel Richards and his first wife, Evelyn, who died when Reed was only seven. Reed seems to take more after his father, devoting a great deal of his time towards intellectual pursuits, often forgetting (or ignoring) basic human functions like sleeping and eating. He has always been a quick study and earned several degrees before attending Empire State University, where he met both Victor Von Doom and Ben Grimm, his roommate.
After graduation, Reed went on to attend the California State Institute of Technology, Harvard and Columbia University. It was there where met Susan Storm, his landlady’s niece, who fell in love with him.
Nathaniel Richards vanished shortly after Reed’s graduation, leaving him with a two billion dollar inheritance. Although he had substantial backing from the government, Reed spent most of his fortune building the rocket which eventually would grant him his super powers.
As his project was being shut down, Reed, Ben, Sue and her younger brother, Johnny, decided to test the rocket on their own.
Once in space, they were exposed to a freak radiation storm, which overwhelmed the shielding and then the crew. Reed’s body became very malleable and elastic, allowing him to assume almost any form he can think of (maintaining, of course, a similar degree of mass). Reed has also theorized that the cosmic rays also heightened his intellect, making him one of the most brilliant men on Earth.
Upon realizing what had happened during their space flight, Reed adopted the name Mr. Fantastic and founded, with his crew, the Fantastic Four.
A few years after the Fantastic Four’s creation, Reed married his long-time sweetheart, Susan Storm, then known as the Invisible Girl. Like all marriages, it has had rough patches - largely due to Reed’s devotion to his work. However, Reed and Sue have always returned to each other. The two have fostered two children. A son, Franklin and their younger daughter Valeria.
Devices: Although the Fantastic Four have numerous devices, crafts, and weapons, there are some items that Reed Richards carries with him at all times.
◾Fantasti-Flare: Launches a fiery "4" into the sky that is used during combat situations to let other members of the group know their location.
◾Fantastic Costume: Like all the Fantastic Four's costumes and the rest of Reed's wardrobe, his suit is made of "unstable molecules". This means that the suit is attuned to his powers, which is why Johnny's costume doesn't burn when he "flames on," Sue's costume turns invisible when she does, and Reed's costume stretches with him. The costume also insulates them from electrical assaults. In addition, the team's uniforms are also, in essence, wearable computers. Their costumes have a completedata processing and telemetry system woven into the material of the uniform on a molecular level. This forms a network with the entire team, providing a constant, real-time uplink of everyone's physical condition as well as their location and current situation. The suit is capable of displaying data and touch-pad controls on the gauntlets. Its sensors can track all of the team's uniforms and provide a picture of their immediate vicinity. The suit has an intricate scanner system which can detect things around the wearer, from how many people are in the next room to what dimension or planet they are on. Reed can also up-link the bodysuit to any computer by stretching his fingertips to filament size and plugging them in to an I/O data-port. With this, Reed can establish a fairly comprehensive database of any computer's cybernetic protocols and encryption algorithms
-------------- Player Information --------------
Name: Luke
IM Contacts: n/a
Email: pm for email contact
-------------- RP Sample --------------
“Eureka!!” Reed’s voice echoed from his lab as he grinned with triumph. It had taken him a full 2 days but finally he had gotten the repairs done on H.E.R.B.I.E. “Fantastic!, Herbie you’re as good as new! Now remember when you see Johnny and Ben get into it please stay out of it.” The robot’s eyes sparked to life and beeped as it glanced over at Reed. “Thank you Mr.Richards.”
Reed smiled and stretched a single arm several yards away as his fingers clicked several keys on a keypad. He was shutting his lab down now since Herbie was finally restored. Sue hated when he spent so much time in the lab especially when the children were up causing chaos. Herbie floated up beside Reed now. “Mr. Richards there is currently 5 minutes left until you must end your lab session.”
Reed nodded and let out a small sigh almost annoyed now. “I’m working on it Herbie…” Sue had finally put her foot down and only allowed Reed 8 hours a day in his lab unless an emergency rose up. At first it was a little aggravating but he knew that eventually he would have to trade in some of his work time for family time. The giant computer screen that sat in Reed’s lab now went black as all was shut down. “Come on Herbie let’s go show everyone that you’re back and fully functional!”
As Reed made his way into the large apartment of the Baxter building he could hear Sue and Johnny arguing as usual. He slowly stepped up with Herbie hovering slowly behind. “Hey guys look who’s back and with 5 minutes to spare Susan.” He smiled feeling as if he had discovered a new planet. “It was complicated at first. Herbie’s circuitry nodes had been scrambled due to a short circuit. I was able to repair the problem by cross tracking his dual capacitors and transferring the repaired nodes to each side of his artificial cerebral cortex. Once that was done things got a little complicated. I had to calculate several algorithms to finally recover herbie’s memory and reprogram his movement modules to correct his velocity factor, and then…”
Reed paused after seeing the look on both Sue and Johnny’s face. “sorry..” read chuckled nervously still seeing that Susan was unimpressed. “Well I added a few things to help you around the house Susan. Herbie will even vacuum.” He watched as herbie hovered around the kitchen scooping up the tiniest pieces of dirt and trash then hover up again to spray and polish their granite countertops. He could see she was feeling a little better now and now that he was back in her good graces he would only have to continue with the good news. “As promised I’m done for the day and ready to spend quality time with everyone.”
Reed’s efforts were sincere but it was a fact that the man was never done with his work. Although he was away from his lab, the custom PDA that held all of his work and notes was in his pocket. Within 5 minutes as the conversation dragged away from him he was on his handheld machine plotting his next invention. He and his good friend Hank Pym had been in what seemed like a friendly competition on a new discovery of theirs and now finally Reed would be able to focus on it. Losing himself in his calculations he felt his PDA be lifted out of his hands in a force field. He looked at Susan and grinned innocently as she held it in her hand. “Okay..you win…” his said defeated as he wrapped his arms around Sue.