How many more jobs... How long will it take... I don't know if I can do it... Even if I could forgive myself... This is what I am now. And you'll never know who I was before. - Black Widow
BLACK WIDOW (NATASHA ROMANOV)
PL10
OPL: 10; SPL: 5; DPL: 10; FWPL: 8; HP: 1
Real Name: Natasha Romanov
Age: 93
Height: 5-7
Weight: 125
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
Skin: Fair
Race: Human
Identity: Secret
Alignment: Hero
Status: Active
Occupation: Spy; Adventurer
Base of Operations: Washington, DC, USA
Team Affiliations: Avengers; SHIELD; JLAXI
ABILITIES: STRENGTH 3, STAMINA 4, AGILITY 7, DEXTERITY 7, FIGHTING 13, INTELLECT 4, AWARENESS 5, PRESENCE 5
SKILLS: Acrobatics 8 (+15) [Agile Feint], Athletics 7 (+10), Deception 8 (+13/+15) [Attractive, Daze, Skill Mastery, Ultimate Effort], Expertise [Dance] 4 (+8), Expertise [Spy] 10 (+14), Insight 8 (+13), Intimidation 5 (+10), Investigation 9 (+13), Perception 7 (+11), Persuasion 7 (+11/+13) [Attractive], Sleight of Hand 3 (+10) [Conceal Efforts], Stealth 8 (+15) [Accelerated Stealth, Skill Mastery], Technology 7 (+11), Treatment (+4), Vehicles 3 (+10)
ADVANTAGES: Accelerated Stealth*, Agile Feint, Attractive (1), Benefit (3) (SHIELD Status 3 - Next highest rank to Steve Rogers and Nick Fury), Close Attack (2), Conceal Efforts*, Daze (1) (Deception), Defensive Roll (2), Equipment (6), Evasion (1), Grabbing Finesse, Improved Aim, Improved Initiative (1), Jack-of-all-Trades, Languages (3) (English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Arabic, 5 others, Base: Russian), Move-by Action, Power Attack (1) (Unarmed), Ranged Attack (7), Set-Up (1), Skill Mastery (2) (Deception, Stealth), Takedown (1), Teamwork, Ultimate Effort (1) (Ultimate Deception), Uncanny Dodge
POWERS:
Red Room Treatments: Immunity 1 (Aging, Disease), Speed 1 (4 mph/60 fpr); 3 pts
Widow's Bite: 21 pts Traits, Removable (-4 pts); 17 pts
Widow's Sting: Ranged Multiattack Electrical Damage 6 (Flaw: Diminished Range [10/25/50]); 17 pts
Widow's Stun: Ranged Multiattack Affliction 6 (Electrical; Resisted by Fortitude; 1st: Dazed, 2nd: Stunned, 3rd: Incapacitated, Flaw: Diminished Range [10/25/50]); 1 pt
Widow's Line: Movement 1 (Swinging), Feature 1 (Can make Trip attacks at range); 3 pts
EQUIPMENT:
(30 pts)
Leather Costume: Protection 1, Movement 1 (Wall Crawling [Speed rank -1]); 3 pts
Binoculars: Feature 1 (+5 Perception [Visual at Distance]); 1 pt
Rebreather: Immunity 2 (Suffocation, Flaw: Limited -20 Rounds of Oxygen); 1 pt
Lockpicks: Feature 1 (Tools, Technology); 1 pt
Arsenal: (23 pts)
Twin Light Machine Pistols: Ranged Multiattack Ballistic Damage 6, Split; 19 pts
Light Pistol: Ranged Ballistic Damage 3, Concealable; 1 pts
Tear Gas Grenades: Ranged Cloud Area Affliction 4 (Resisted by Dodge, Overcome by Fortitude; 1st: Dazed and Visually Impaired, 2nd: Stunned and Visually disabled, 3rd: Incapacitated, Extra: Cloud Area [15 ft radius], Extra Condition, Flaw: Diminished Range [10/25/50]); 1 pt
Assault Rifle: Ranged Multiattack Ballistic Damage 5; 1 pt
Knife: Piercing Strength-Based Damage 1, Dangerous; 1 pt
OFFENSE:
Initiative +10
Close Attack +15 [Unarmed +3; Knife +4, Critical 19-20]
Ranged Attack +13 [Widow's Bite +6, Multiattack; Assault Rifle +5, Multiattack; Twin Light Machine Pistols +6, Multiattack; Light Pistol +3]
Special Attack [Tear Gas Affliction +4, Burst Area]
DEFENSES:
Dodge +13 [DC23] Parry +13 [DC23]
Toughness +7 (+5 without Defensive Roll), Fortitude +7, Will +8
COMPLICATIONS:
Enemy: The second Black Widow, Yelena Belova, some members of the former Soviet Union, especially those involved with the Red Room experiments.
Motivation: Removing as much red from her ledger as she can.
Relationships: Bucky Barnes, Daredevil and her "work husband" Hawkeye. Other past relationships often come back to haunt her as well.
Reputation: She's a Russian super-spy who has betrayed others several times…for some reason, that causes others to mistrust her.
Abilities 96 + Skills 47 (94 ranks) + Advantages 42 + Powers 20 + Defenses 12 = 217 / 217
Build Comments: Natasha in this setting comes in at a goon sweeping machine PL10. I tried to get her where she can be a great assistance to the Avengers big hitters in a team environment, but she really excels where you think she would, espionage and street level settings. I would have hoped to be able to throw in comments about the movie, but...
Stupid global pandemic.
Secret Origins: Not much is known about Black Widow's history prior to World War II other than she was born as Natalia Romanova in Stalingrad, Russia to unknown parents. Nazi's set fire to the building that Natasha and her parents were living in and her mother threw Natasha out of the window into the arms of a Russian soldier named Ivan Petrovitch, who was serving in the army at the time. Ivan took care of Natasha while she was growing up and later became her chauffeur.
After a youth spent travelling through war-torn Europe with Ivan and his company of troops, Natasha was recruited by the Red Room. Her masters there arranged a marriage with the hero pilot Alexei Shostakov, and soon with the help of Red Room brainwashing, Natasha became convinced she was an ordinary Russian housewife. When Alexei was seemingly killed, Natasha found she had a deep-rooted desire to serve her country, and demanded the government let her serve in his place. She became the KGB's top agent.
The Story so Far: One of her early assignments was to infiltrate Stark Industries with her partner Boris Turgenov in the assassination of Anton Vanko. The Black Widow, however, had her plans foiled by Iron Man. Natasha decided to stay in America and act as an undercover spy in order to regain the favor of the K.G.B. She remained close to Stark in order to steal some of his tech. Natasha would be successful in stealing what she was after and used it to cause destruction. Eventually Iron Man would be able to destroy the anti-gravity device but was unable to apprehend Natasha.
Natasha would soon run into Hawkeye, who was a wanted man by mistake. She would sometimes use Hawkeye as he was attracted to her, and he would help her in some of her missions. Natasha was able to trick Hawkeye into stealing plans from Tony Stark. Hawkeye agreed to her plan and would eventually run into Iron Man. The two fought each other while Natasha watched from far away. However, one of Hawkeye’s arrows was reflected by Iron Man and it flew off and hit Natasha, knocking her unconscious. After she woke up, the K.G.B. gave her orders to stop attacking Stark Industries and gave her a new target, Williams Innovations. Natasha would again convince Hawkeye somehow into attacking the company. Natasha would also convince Hawkeye again into stealing from Stark again. While Hawkeye was on that mission, the K.G.B. came and kidnapped Natasha, bringing her back to Russia. They designed a new costume for Natasha and new equipment. Natasha then returned to join Hawkeye in a battle against Iron Man. However, Iron Man would defeat them.
However, her attraction towards Hawkeye made her question her loyalty to Russia. Hawkeye refused to work with Black Widow anymore, and joined the Avengers. The K.G.B. once again kidnapped Natasha, and brainwashed her into serving for them again. They ordered her to attack the Avengers, but she freed herself from their brainwashing, and reunited with Hawkeye. She became an ally of the Avengers, aiding them in many missions. However, she was not a full time member as she did not respect the Avenger’s oath of non-killing.
Natasha later decided to join SHIELD to be their double agent and operative against the K.G.B. During a mission for S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha discovered that Alexei Shostakov was in fact still alive and had become the Red Guardian. She and the Avengers fought Red Guardian and he died in battle. Distraught, she declined the Avengers' offer to make her an official member, and abandoned her Black Widow alias for a while.
She worked as a solo vigilante for a while and began a relationship with Daredevil. After she and DD helped the Avengers defeat Magneto, they were offered membership on the team. She accepted and has been a member of the team on a regular basis ever since.
Characterization: Natasha is a mystery to most people, even herself. With the tampering of her memories over the years by the KGB and Red Room group, she often struggles with who she really is. Most of the time, she is a loyal teammate and friend and very passionate about everything she does.
Friends and Foes: She has many enemies in the former Soviet Union and has a great rivalry with her replacement for the KGB, the second Black Widow, Yelena Belova. Belova was believed dead on several occasions, but it’s verified that she is still alive and continuing her covert work.
She is very close to Clint Barton. At one point they were romantically involved, but that was many years ago and since, the two of them have been more like brother and sister, or as Hawkeye calls her, “his work wife”. She was recently involved with the Winter Soldier again, but they mutually called it off as not interfere with their work anymore. But they still harbor feelings for each other.
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