Well, I think I
finally got my CCer to where I like her. Burned all my LTS retcons and probably 3-4 extra, but she is a lot of fun to play, now. Here is the build:
Vice - FreeformSuper StatsLevel 6:
Presence (Primary)Level 10:
Constitution (Secondary)Level 15:
Ego (Secondary)TalentsLevel 1:
Mind over Matter (Ego: 12, Pre: 12)Level 6:
Ascetic (Con: 5, Ego: 5)Level 9:
Lasting Impression (Pre: 5, Rec: 5)Level 12:
Shrug It Off (Con: 5, Pre: 5)Level 15:
Quick Recovery (Con: 5, Rec: 5)Level 18:
Showmanship (Ego: 5, Pre: 5)Level 21:
Wordly (Ego: 5, Rec: 5)PowersLevel 1:
Psi LashLevel 1:
ManipulatorLevel 6:
Ego Sprites (Rank 2, Slave Mentality, Challenge!)Level 8:
Telepathic ReverberationLevel 11:
Ego Sleep (Rank 2, Rank 3)Level 14:
Mind Drain (Rank 2, Deplete)Level 17:
Mental Storm (Rank 2, Rank 3)Level 20:
Ego Storm (Rank 2, Rank 3)Level 23:
Telekinetic Maelstrom (Rank 2, Inner Peace)Level 26:
Telekinetic Shield (Telekinetic Reinforcement)Level 29:
Masterful DodgeLevel 32:
Iniquity (Rank 2, Rank 3)Level 35:
Gravity DriverLevel 38:
Aura of Primal Majesty (Rank 2, Rank 3)Adv. Points:
36/36Travel PowersLevel 6:
Energy Slide (Rank 2, Rank 3)Level 35:
Tricolor Superspeed (Horizontal)SpecializationsPresence:
Dominion (2/2)Presence:
Grandeur (3/3)Presence:
Moment of Glory (3/3)Presence:
Force of Will (2/2)Vindicator:
Aggressive Stance (2/2)Vindicator:
Merciless (3/3)Vindicator:
Modified Gear (2/2)Vindicator:
Mass Destruction (3/3)Guardian:
Fortified Gear (3/3)Guardian:
Ruthless (2/2)Guardian:
Retribution (2/2)Guardian:
The Best Defense (3/3)Mastery:
Presence Mastery (1/1)GEAR:For Dog CCing:
Distinguished Gloves of Healing, Pre Enh x2, Growth Am x2
Distinguished Armor of Freedom, Pre Arm x2, Growth Am, Impact Prism
Distinguished Helmet of Spees, Con Enh, Pre Arm, Sentinals x2
Onslaught Gloves of the Defender, Pre Enh
Onslaught Tights of Fitness, Con Enh
Onslaught Mask of Speed, Con Enh
For Backup Healing & Heart CCing: Swap
Cosmic Fang of Wrath, Healing Core
For Soloing: Swap
Distinguished Gloves of Offense, Ego Enh x2, Impact Prism x2
Cosmic Fang of Wrath, Critical Core
She carries quite the variety of Devices for various situations:
DEVICES:Psionic Accelerator (of course), Nimbus of Force, Demonic Flesh Graft, Necrulitic Elixer, Ice Grenades, Archer's Memory (lucky drop and so awesome), Empowered Dragon Staff, Primus Spark Shield, Revenency, Supernatural Possession, Become Celestial. She also has a Rhino Helm which LIES about it's activation time and a Prototype Psi-Bomb that doesn't seem to do anything, so she doesn't use those.
At rest, in Dog CCer mode, her Sleep is 53 seconds. In Healer mode, her Iniquity does 1887. He AoPM adds 94 to teammates.
And, lastly (mostly for me) here is her background:
BACKGROUND:
I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING and your mother would be horrified.
Imagine, hearing all the voices in everyone's heads around you and not being able to block them out, from the time you were in the womb. This is what happened to Vice and her twin sister and rival, Red.
As soon as her brain started to form, just weeks after conception, the noise flooded in, the thoughts and emotions of every human nearby. Her underdeveloped mind could not handle it, did not know how to process it. She clung to her twin sister, who was nearly the same, but slightly different, less empathic and able to erect some small mental barriers.
As they developed and the noise intensified, the unborn children thrashed in agony, injuring their mother. As soon as their mother went to the hospital, the doctors knew something was strange and called PRIMUS. Mother was moved to a special unit at PRIMUS. They held her in a psychically shielded room so the unborn babies would not be subjected to the voices, or so they thought.
As the babies grew, they learned to filter out the noise that leaked through the shields. The older sister, helped to protect her younger sibling. The only thoughts they could not hear were each others. They were born fully cognizant, having interfaced with their mother and the PRIMUS attendants, as well as the thoughts that leaked through the shields, throughout their gestation.
On the day of their birth, PSI attacked, to kidnap them. Even as babies, the children were formidable psychics. PRIMUS sacrificed many soldiers to defend them, but PSI had brought some of their heavies and the twins' mother was killed in the battle. In the end, Red went with PSI, possibly sacrificing herself to save her sister, possibly because she saw something in PSI she wanted.
PRIMUS trained the younger sibling, who evenutally took the name Vice, while PSI trained Red. Despite giving her the best care and training they could, Vice hated PRIMUS and blamed them for her mother's death and her sister's capture.
By the time they were adults, they were both formidable fighters. But, on the day of their 18th birthday, at the exact same moment (not that anyone was counting...), they both broke free of their respective groups.
They met together to discuss their future. They both still had trouble blocking out the mental noise, Vice moreso than Red. Red's tough nature had greatly increased in her time at PSI. Being surrounded by all those evil thoughts had turned her terribly bitter and maniacal. All she really wanted to do was silence the noise. Vice, though still angry at PRIMUS, was still the more empathic and felt like there was good in people worth preserving.
Though Red begged Vice to join with her, Vice could not support her sister's insane lust for power and destruction. When Vice turned her down, Red flew into a rage, screaming at her sister about how she had sacrificed for her. Though their mental powers are nearly matched, Vice had received more physical combat training than her sister (PSI tending to focus solely on the mental aspects), and managed to get her sister under control.
Though she could not condone her methods, Vice could not bring herself to take her sister in, so she left Red there to pursue her own destiny. Red screamed after her, vowing revenge, which broke Vice's heart. Since then, the sisters have met numerous times in combat, as it is nearly impossible to keep Red incarcerated. Vice has continued her pursuit of goodness, even though she knows everyone's dirty secrets.
Vice's name is something of an ironic pun. Vice, like she can hold her opponents in her mental grip as if in a workshop vice. And vice, as in a naughty personal characteristic, because she hears all of them. She often dresses provocatively to purposefully increase the level of irony.
No one knows who Vice's & Red's father is, and their mother scanned as a normal human, so the origin of the twin's powers is rather a mystery. Of course, there are plenty of theories that one superhuman or another is their father, but none have ever come forward.