This companion piece to our last new item kicks off our
EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING Special!
My name is Daniel Rand. After watching my parents murdered in cold blood, I was taken in by mystical monks. They protected me the only way they knew how. They turned fear into rage. To focus my rage, they promised vengeance. They turned me into a living weapon. Trained for ten years for the sole purpose of returning to Earth and killing Harold Meachum in the name of my dead mother and father. And then they acted surprised when I left. I returned to the world of men and found Meachum waiting for me in Rand Tower. A paraplegic, reeking of bourbon and fear. In essence, he was already dead. Guilt, reject and terror had already taken him. I looked into his hollow eyes. It was like looking into nothingness. I had become a weapon without a target. A worthless exercise. A lie. My fist wasn't forged in iron... But irony. An orphan of two worlds. Two families. Stuck in that place in-between. - Iron Fist
IRON FIST
PL11
OPL: 11;
SPL: 9;
DPL: 11;
FWPL: 8;
HP: 1
Real Name: Danny Rand
Age: 32
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Skin: Fair
Race: Human
Identity: Secret
Alignment: Hero
Status: Active
Occupation: CEO of Rand Industries; Adventurer
Base of Operations: New York, NY, USA
Team Affiliations: The Defenders; The Outsiders; The Avengers
ABILITIES: STRENGTH 3, STAMINA 4, AGILITY 6, DEXTERITY 5, FIGHTING 14, INTELLECT 2, AWARENESS 3 [6], PRESENCE 2
SKILLS: Acrobatics 9 (+15) [
Agile Feint], Athletics 8 (+11), Close Combat [Unarmed] 5 (+19), Deception (+2), Expertise [Business] 5 (+7), Insight 7 (+10/+13) [
Assessment], Intimidation (+2), Perception 7 (+10/+13), Persuasion 3 (+5), Ranged Combat [Throwing] 3 (+13), Stealth 6 (+12)
ADVANTAGES: Agile Feint,
All-Out Attack, Assessment, Benefit (4) (Wealth 4 [Multimillionaire]), Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll (3), Evasion (1), Grabbing Finesse, Improved Critical (1) (Unarmed), Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative (1), Instant Up, Languages (1) (Cantonese, Mandarin, Base: English), Move-by Action, Power Attack (2) (The Iron Fist, Unarmed), Precise Attack (1) (Close, Concealment), Ranged Attack (5), Redirect, Takedown (2), Uncanny Dodge
POWERS:
Mystical Enhancements: Enhanced Awareness 3, Senses 1 (Mystical Awareness [Mental]), Speed 1 (4 mph/60 fpr), Immunity 2 (Environmental Heat, Environmental Cold); 10 pts
Chi Array: 19 pt Array; 20 pts
Chi Healing: Healing 6 (Extra: Restorative, Stabilize); 19 pts
The Iron Fist: Bludgeoning Mystical/Fire Strength-Based Damage 6, Enhanced Advantage 1 (All Out Attack); (Extra: Penetrating 9, Variable Descriptor [Mystical, Fire], Flaw: Unreliable [5 uses], Inaccurate 3); 1 pt
EQUIPMENT:
NONE
OFFENSE:
Initiative +10
Close Attack +14
Unarmed +19 [Unarmed +3, Critical 19-20]
The Iron Fist +13 [Iron Fist +9, Critical 19-20]
Ranged Attack +9
Throwing +13
DEFENSES:
Dodge +14 [DC24] Parry +15 [DC25]
Toughness +7 (+4 without Defensive Roll), Fortitude +7, Will +8
COMPLICATIONS:
Enemy: Steel Serpent (Davos).
Relationships: He is close to Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Luke Cage and his family and the other Marvel Street Level Heroes. He has also forged a bond with the other Immortal Weapons.
Responsibilities: To run Rand Industries and uphold his duties as the champion of K’un Lun.
Abilities 78 + Skills 27 (54 ranks) + Advantages 28 + Powers 30 + Defenses 17 = 180 / 180
Build Comments: The Immortal Iron Fist. I admittedly had to do some stretching from what I could have done to get him up to 15pts per level but I really wanted the Iron Fist attack to hit that level so I made him pretty nasty. Still, outside of that, he's really a PL10, so he's not quite out of bounds for general interpretations of him. And I know that since the Immortal Iron Fist series, he really doesn't have any limitations on using the Iron Fist anymore, but I wanted him to have at last something to keep him (or anyone that might use this build) from using it every round.
Haven't heard much good about his series, but I will give it a shot this winter after I catch up on DD, Luke Cage, The Defenders, The Punisher and Supergirl. Hmm...I'm seeing a trend...
Secret Origins: Daniel Rand was the son of businessman Wendell Rand, who had once lived in the fabled city of K'un-Lun, which exists in another dimensional realm. Wendell Rand-K'ai, as he was known there was the eldest son and heir of Lord Tuan, who ruled K'un-Lun, in the guise of the August Personage in Jade. However, Wendell was driven from K'un-Lun by his brother, who not only wanted to rule K'un-Lun himself, but who was Wendell's rival for the love of a woman named Shakirah. It was Wendell that Shakirah chose, and she bore him a daughter, Miranda. Wendell found refuge on Earth and became a successful businessman in the United States. In his absence, Tuan died and Wendell's brother succeeded him as Yu-Ti, the August Personage in Jade. Wendell married a woman named Heather, who bore him a son, Daniel.
Wendell sought to return to K'un-Lun, which ordinarily was only accessible from Earth through an interdimensional nexus that opened once every ten years. When Daniel was nine, his father traveled to Tibet along with Heather and his business partner Harold Meachum in search of the nexus to K'un-Lun. Toppling off a treacherous mountain passage, Daniel dragged his mother and father over the ice shelf with him. While he and his mother landed on a ledge below, his father dangled over the sheer drop of the mountainside and called to his partner for help. Hoping to take over Rand's share of the business, Meachum instead caused him to lose his grip and plunge to his death. Though Meachum offered to help Heather Rand and her son, they spurned him. Attempting to make it back to camp on their own, Heather and her son spied a long suspension bridge as a pack of wolves attacked. Heather tried to hold them off long enough for her son to get to safety and was killed in the effort.
Soon thereafter, denizens of K'un-Lun found the boy and took him to their city. There Daniel was brought before Yu-Ti, who had secretly plotted the murder of both Wendell and Heather. Yu-Ti apprenticed Daniel to the martial arts master Lei Kung the Thunderer.
Rand's training under Lei Kung was rigorous. At age sixteen Rand earned the Crown of Fu-Hsi, king of the vipers, vanquished four foes in the ritualistic Challenge of the Many, and defeated Shu-Hu, a mechanical being whose name means "Lightning". Rand diligently conditioned his hands by thrusting them into tubs of hot sand, then gravel, and finally rock.
At age nineteen Rand was given the opportunity to gain the power of the Iron Fist. He was sent to battle the enormous fire-breathing serpent called Shou-Lao the Undying which lived in a cave outside the city and which ferociously guarded a brazier containing its heart, which had mystically been removed from its body. In their battle Rand grabbed the serpent's body, which bore a scar which imprinted itself upon Rand's chest. Killing the serpent, Rand plunged his hands into the now unguarded brazier containing Shou-Lao's molten heart when his hands shone with a quasi-mystical force and he earned the title "Iron Fist," for he could now summon superhuman energy to reinforce the power of blows struck by his hands.
Iron Fist is a legacy power, and that to date there have been sixty-six Iron Fists.
The Story so Far: Declining to stay in K'un-Lun eternally, Rand returned to America when the nexus reopened in order to take vengeance on Meachum for his father’s death. While recovering from severe frostbite in the Himalayas, Meachum learned of Rand's training at K'un-Lun, and returned to America as an invalid to await Rand. Clad in the ceremonial garb of Iron Fist, Rand finally confronted Meachum but took pity on the invalid and spared him. Minutes later, however, a mysterious ninja murdered Meachum. Blamed for the murder by Meachum's daughter Joy, Iron Fist undertook the mission of finding the ninja and clearing his own name. Eventually Iron Fist succeeded in both tasks.
Iron Fist was befriended by Professor Lee Wing and his daughter Colleen, a private investigator. Eventually Daniel Rand became the lover of his partner; Misty Knight. Although Harold Meachum's daughter Joy and his brother Ward long mistakenly sought vengeance on Iron Fist for Harold's death, Daniel finally made peace with Joy Meachum. Daniel claimed his inheritance as a full partner in Rand-Meachum, Inc., thus becoming a millionaire.
However, Rand allowed Joy Meachum to manage the business. His activities as Iron Fist had led him to become a crime fighter, and eventually he chose to devote his time to acting as the partner of Luke Cage, alias Power Man, in their firm Heroes for Hire, Inc. Through this firm Cage and Rand accepted jobs as special bodyguards or detectives.
During the superhero Civil War, Rand disguised himself as Daredevil to convince the media and the public that Matt Murdock was not the masked vigilante. Rand believed that he had been hired to pose as Daredevil by Foggy Nelson. In reality Nelson had faked being murdered and was in witness protection.
He opposed to the Super-human Registration Act, and joined Captain America while still pretending to be Daredevil. While posing as Daredevil, Rand was apprehended by Pro-Registration forces, calling Tony Stark 'Judas' and giving him a silver dollar. He was later freed from the Negative Zone Prison, joining Captain America's team for the final battle with Iron Man's forces.
After the final battle, Rand returned his role as Iron Fist and joined the underground New Avengers alongside fellow former Hero for Hire Luke Cage. In World War Hulk, he, alongside his teammates Echo and Ronin, tried to protect Rick Jones from Elloe and Hiroim of the Hulk's Warbound. They were briefly defeated and imprisoned. During Secret Invasion, Iron Fist, along with the reunited Avengers and a myriad of other heroes, took a final stand against the Skrulls in an all out battle in New York City.
During the heroes of Earth battle against the Phoenix Five, Danny helped several of them operate from K’un Lun and train Hope there for eventual battle to control The Phoenix Force. After the Phoenix was defeated, he returned to New York to focus on running his company, his relationship with Misty and take a break from the superhero life for a while.
Characterization: Danny is one of the greatest martial artists on Earth, even without using the Iron Fist. He believes in using his powers and wealth for the greater good and has a high standing in the superhero community.
Friends and Foes: He and Luke Cage are best friends, and Luke even named his daughter, Danielle, after him. He has been a long, off and on relationship with Misty Knight and they are currently trying again.
He is close to the other Immortal Weapons of the Seven Cities of Heaven. His greatest rival has been Davos, the Steel Serpent.
Me fail English? That's unpossible. - Ralph Wiggum
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