Player Character Archetypes

Hero Archetypes
The fastest and easiest way to create a hero is to select one of the hero archetypesin the following section. A hero archetype offers a ready-made character, complete with statistics, skills, feats, and powers. Give the hero a name, a costume, and an origin story, and you’re  ready  to  take  on  whatever  supervillains  the  Gamemaster  has  to throw at you!

The hero archetypes are also useful for Gamemasters looking for some quick villains or NPC heroes. Take a few archetypes, give them catchy names and descriptions, and you’re ready to go! (Villains are covered in more detail in their own section).

Skills are listed with the number of ranks after the skill name and the total skill bonus listed in parentheses. For example: Bluff 5 (+8), means the character has 5 ranks of Bluff and a total bonus of +8 when making Bluff checks. Several of the archetypes use the Attack/Defense trade-off rule to adjust their maximum attack, defense, damage,  and Toughness save bonuses, as determined by their power level.