Name: Thing Val Char Cost 14/59 STR 4 18 DEX 24 14/24 CON 8 15 BODY 10 13 INT 3 18 EGO 16 18/23 PRE 8 6/10 COM -2 16/17 PD 5 10/11 ED 5 4 SPD 12 16 REC 0 48 END 0 54 STUN 0 Characteristic Rolls: STR: 12/21-, DEX: 13-, CON: 12/14-, INT: 12-, EGO: 13-, PER: 12- Run: 6/20", Swim: 2", Jump: 12", Lift: 174kg/87 ton Cost Powers END/Roll 3 Armor (0 PD/4 ED); Limited Power: Only vs. fire.: -½; Linked (to CON bonus.): -½ 16 +10 CON; Only in Hero ID: -¼ 5 Elemental Control: Brick! (5-pt reserve) a-11 Armor (9 PD/5 ED); Linked (to CON bonus.): -½ b-3 Density Increase-1 (×2 mass); Mass: 0 kg/0.00 lbs; Extra PD: +1; Extra ED: +1; Extra STR: +5; Knockback: -1"; Add to Characteristics: Yes; Concentrate: ½ DCV, -¼; Extra Time: full phase, -½; Reduced END: Zero & Persistent, +1 0 3 Flash Defense (Hearing, 5 pts); Linked (to CON bonus.): -½ 4 Life Support; Linked (to CON bonus.): -½ (2) Life Support: Intense Heat/Cold; Linked (to CON bonus.): -½ (2) Immune to Disease; Linked (to CON bonus.): -½ 2 +5 PRE; Limited Power: Negative uses only.: -½; Linked (to CON bonus.): -½ 22 Running (+14", 20", NC: 40"); Non-Combat Multiplier: ×2, +0; Non-Combat (MPH): 42; Only in Hero ID: -¼ 4 32 +40 STR; Only in Hero ID: -¼ 4 2 +4 COM; Limited Power: Only in normal ID.: -¼ Cost Skills, Talents, Perks Roll 3 Combat Piloting 13- 4 Crush (OCV +0, DCV +0, 15½d6) 1 Interrogation 8- 3 Knowledge Skill: Public supers. 12- 24 +3 level w/All Combat 2 Local Police Powers 7 Navigation 13- 1 Professional Skill: Professional Wrestler 8- 1 Stealth 8- 3 Streetwise 14- 1 Tactics 8- 4 Transport Familiarities (2) Air Vehicles (2) Space Vehicles 100+ Disadvantages 10 DNPC: Girlfriend (Normal, 8-); Skills: Normal, +0 15 Distinctive Features: Big orange rocky guy in hero ID.; Concealability: Easily, 5; Reaction: Extreme, +10 25 Hunted: Super villains galore! (14-); Capabilities: As Powerful, 10; Non-combat Influence: Extensive, +5; Geographical Area: Unlimited, -0; Actions: Hunting, ×1; Punishment: Harsh, 0 5 Phys. Lim.: Big and heavy in hero ID. (Infrequently, Slightly) 15 Psych. Lim.: Code vs. killing. (Common, Strong) 15 Psych. Lim.: Plays the dumb tough guy part. (Very Common, Moderate) 15 Psych. Lim.: Overconfident (Common, Strong) 10 Public Identity: Benjamin Jacob Grimm 15 Reputation: Famous hero. (11-, Extreme) 5 Rivalry: with other bricks.; Situation: Professional, 5; Position: Equal, +0; Rival: NPC, +0 10 2d6 Unluck 10 Watched: by the media. (11-); Capabilities: As Powerful, 10; Non-combat Influence: Extensive, +5; Geographical Area: Unlimited, -0; Actions: Only Watching, ×½; Punishment: Harsh, 0 OCV: 6; DCV: 6; ECV: 6; Mental Def.: 0; Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 PD/rPD: 26/9; ED/rED: 20/9 Costs: Char.: 93 Disad.: 150 Powers: + 157 Base: + 100 Total: = 250 Total: = 250 ''Why can't I stay? The future hold nothing for me! In the twentieth century I'm nothing but a monster... a freak!'' - The Thing Real name: Benjamin Jacob Grimm Other known aliases: Blackbeard the Pirate, Bashful Benjy. Occupation: Adventurer, former student, pilot, professional wrestler, motorcycle stunt driver and actor. Current group affiliation: Fantastic Four. Past group affiliations: Avengers, Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, Thunder Riders, Yancy Street Gang, Secret Wars Heroes, U.S. Air Force. Major enemies: Doctor Doom, Mad Thinker, Galactus, Skrulls. First appearance: Fantastic Four #1 Origin: Fantastic Four #1 Description: Ben is a powerhouse covered in an orange rock-like covering. He has no hair and blue eyes. He has only four fingers and toes and no visible outer ear. History: Ben spent the early years of his life in the suburbs of Manhattan, especially on Yancy Street, were he lived as a teenager, trapped in a world of poverty and street violence. His elder brother died leading the Yancy Street Gang, and Ben took over as the leader as he grew up. When his parents died, he went to live with his uncle Jake and his aunt Petunia, the change being very positive for him. Soon, he became a football star and went to college, where he met his roommate and soon best friend, Reed Richards. Later, he entered the Air Forces and became a test-pilot. He was called then by Reed to fulfill a promise he jokingly made many time before, to pilot Reed's spaceship if he ever built one. But then funds for the project had been cut before tests were properly conducted, and Ben refused to pilot the spaceship. Reed talked him into it anyway. Reed, his girlfriend Susan Storm, her little brother Johnny and Ben all snuck onto the airfield and stole the experimental rocket. As Ben had feared, the hull wasn't capable of deflecting cosmic radiation, and their bodies were mutated. They crash landed and soon discovered they has gained super-human powers. Ben was transformed into an orange stone-skinned thing. Reed became the elastic bodied Mister Fantastic. Sue gained the ability to become invisible to the naked eye and became the Invisible Girl. Johnny gained powers over fire and became the Human Torch II. Unlike his friends, Ben was not happy with his mutation, feeling he was a monster (Fantastic Four #1). For a brief time, he was almost happy when he fell in love with Alicia Masters, a blind sculptor. When the group was captured by the Beyonder and taken to an alien planet during the Secret Wars, Ben decided to stay there for a while. He realized that he was capable of reverting to his human shape at will on this planet. When he returned, stuck in his stone shape, he discovered Alicia had fallen in love with Johnny and they were about to marry. Mad with grief, Ben left the Fantastic Four for a while. Years later he would learn that this was not the real Alicia, but a Skrull spy named Lyja posing as Alicia. While away he briefly joined up with the Thunder Riders, the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, and the Avengers. The Thing got a job acting in a film being shot in the south seas about the time the Beyonder was trying to discover his place in the universe. During part of Mephisto's plot to kill the Beyonder Mephisto needed a someone to keep the Beyonder from leaving an island he was on, so Mephisto approached the Thing in his sleep about signing a contract that would grant the Thing a hundred fold his normal strength in order to attack the Beyonder, who the Thing balmed for loosing Alicia. The contract also secretly cost the Thing his soul. The Thing signed the contract, but when he arrived to attack the Beyonder, Mephisto's Legion Accursed attacked the Beyonder, and the Thing decided to oppose the Legion, which ended up delaying them long enough for Mephisto's plan to fall apart. During the fight Mephisto tore up the contract so that the Thing would loose his enhanced strength, but it was too late to save the Legion and Mephisto lost ownership of the Thing's soul (Secret Wars II #7). He eventually came back to the Fantastic Four and even led it for a while when Reed and Sue left to spend more time raising their son, Franklin. He currently is a member of the Fantastic Four. More recently Ben has gained the ability to change from his normal to Thing form at will by concentrating. Trivia: The origin of the Fantastic Four is a popular topic for stories of alternate realities. Their have been worlds where Ben didn't gain any powers at all, or where he died in the spaceship crash. Even more interesting are worlds where he gained different powers all together. Their have been worlds where Ben gained Human Torch powers, or Mister Fantastic powers, or where he gained the ability to project force fields or grew a pair of leathery wings and went by the name Dragonfly. Trivia: In the alternate future depicted in the M2 series of comics, Thing is a member of the Fantastic Five. He is the father of twins with Sharon Ventura. Powers: Ben has the ability to change from human form into a into a rock-like superhuman powerhouse. In his superhunan form he is impervious to conventional damage and can survive blows from some of the strongest superhumans in the world. He can lift about 90 tons. For a long time after gaining his powers Ben didn't know how to control his change, and was often stuck in his rock form. For a short time his powers were increased by Mephisto. Character created by Marvel Comics. Page setup by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@yahoo.com. Last Updated - October, 2001