NEPTUNE (aka Poseidon)
Created By: Stan Lee & Gene Colan
First Appearance: Tales to Astonish #70 (Aug. 1965)
Role: The Greco-Roman God of The Sea & All Waters, Horses, Earthquakes
Group Affiliations: The Olympian Pantheon
PL 15 (392), PL 16 (392) Within the Seas
STRENGTH 15
STAMINA 15
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 11
DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 5
AWARENESS 4
PRESENCE 5
Skills:
Deception 8 (+13)
Expertise (God of the Seas) 13 (+18)
Expertise (History) 7 (+12)
Expertise (Magic) 13 (+18)
Insight 8 (+12)
Intimidation 8 (+13, +19 Size)
Perception 8 (+12)
Ranged Attack (Blasts) 2 (+12)
Stealth 2 (+5)
Advantages:
Beginner's Luck, Benefit 6 (Status- God-King of the Seas), Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Trident) 2, Improved Hold, Jack-of-All-Trades, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 7, Ritualist, Startle
Powers:
Powers:
"Immortal God"
Regeneration 8 (Feats: Regrowth) [9]
Immunity 12 (Aging, Drowning, Pressure, Starvation & Thirst, Heat, Cold, Disease, Fatigue Effects) [12]
Immunity 2 (Poison & Suffocation) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]
Leaping 2 (30 feet) [2]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Shapeshift 4 (Animal Forms, Growth) [24]
"Magical Might"
"Blast Stream" Damage 15 (Feats: Variable- Water or Energy) (Extras: Area- 60ft. Line +2) (46) -- [51]
- AE: Movement 10 (Dimensional Travel 3) (6)
- AE: Blast 18 (Feats: Variable- Water or Energy) (37)
- AE: "Blast Burst" Damage 15 (Feats: Variable- Water or Energy) (Extras: Area- 60ft. Burst +2) (46)
- AE: "Blast Wave" Damage 15 (Feats: Variable- Water or Energy) (Extras: Area- 60ft. Burst +2) (46)
- AE: Force Field 2 (Extras: Affects Others 14, Impervious 17) (33)
- AE: "Invisible to Mortals" Concealment 4 (Visuals) (Flaws: Limited to Mortals) (6)
"Extra Power Within The Seas" Damage +2 (Extras: Area- 60ft. Line +2) (Flaws: Limited to Within the Seas) [4]
Note: Every power in the Magic Array is boosted this way.
"King of the Seas"
Swimming 10 (500 mph) [10]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Comprehend Animals 4 (Flaws: Limited to Sea Life) [4]
"Trident of Poseidon" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [92]
"Water-World" Environment (Impede Movement) 4 (2 ranks, 250ft. Radius) (8)
"Water Elementals" Summon 5 (Extras: Active, Controlled, Horde, 8 Minions +6) (55)
"Earthquake" Affliction 14 (Strength; Dazed & Hindered/Prone & Stunned) (Extras: Area- 500ft. Burst +5, Extra Condition) (Flaws: Limited Degree) (84) -- (90)
- AE: "Earthquake" Affliction 14 (Strength; Dazed & Hindered/Prone & Stunned) (Extras: Area- 500ft. Line +5, Extra Condition) (Flaws: Limited Degree) (84)
- AE: "Water Torrents" Move Object 16 (32)
- AE: "Water Snare" Snare 14 (42)
- AE: "Forced Drowning" Affliction 14 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Incapacitated) (Extras: Ranged) (28)
- AE: "Mass Drowning" Affliction 15 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Incapacitated) (Extras: Area- 120ft. Burst +3) (60)
- AE: "Water Control" Move Object 16 (Extras: Perception Range) (Flaws: Limited to Water) (32)
- AE: "Boost Power to Blasts" Area Damage (250ft. Area +3) (60)-- Note: Affects each Area Damage from Magic Array
-- (154 points)
Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+15 Damage, DC 30)
Energy Blasts +10 (+18 Ranged Damage, DC 33)
Area Blasts +15 (+15 Damage, DC 30)
Earthquake & Drowning +14 Area (+14 Affliction, DC 24)
Water Snare & Drowning+12 (+14 Ranged Affliction, DC 24)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +15 (+17 Force Field), Fortitude +16, Will +12
Complications:
Responsibility (Olympian Pantheon)- Poseidon is loyal to Zeus.
Responsibility (Atlantis)- Poseidon is the patron God of Atlantis, and seems to take this role seriously, viewing Namor as his greatest champion.
Reputation (Man-Whore)- Poseidon has nearly the same troubles ZEUS has with chasing around random women.
Total: Abilities: 122 / Skills: 72--36 / Advantages: 24 / Powers: 191 / Defenses: 19 (392)
Poseidon in Mythology: Poseidon is pretty much just like Zeus in many regards- a muscular bearded man who lorded over people, had legendary wrath, and slept with a STAGGERING amount of women (among them Medusa Gorgon, which got her into a LOT of trouble with her patron Athena)- his offspring, mortal and otherwise, number into the dozens, and rival Zeus'. Drawing the Sea in the lots with Zeus and Hades, Poseidon had a pretty good deal, and got to do a lot in Greek mythology. He had a feud with Athena in general, starting because Athens named itself after Athena instead of him, and he was much more wrathful in general- the Greeks feared the seas a fair bit (like most seafaring cultures- it was a mix of awe and fear), and Poseidon was also declared as a God of EARTHQUAKES. Poor Odysseus had to deal with all KINDS of crap, just for defending himself against one of Poseidon's sons (he put out the eye of a Cyclops while under the nom de guerre or "Nobody").
-Poseidon's link to the Oceans makes him pretty popular in comics as a Sea God, and he's the patron God of Atlantis in Marvel Comics as a result, making him one of the only Greek Gods to be worshipped actively in modern times. He's often shown as Atlantean Blue, but I've seen a big white guy as well (not that a GREEK GOD needs any excuse to change their appearance), and he's generally been a bit more diligent in the comics I've read than he ever was in mythology. He is in fact the creator of the Atlantean
Homo mermanus race, and has sent Namor on Fetch Quests and installed him as true ruler of Atlantis before. He's often called Neptune due to the planet's symbolism matching up with water a lot, but he was Poseidon in some recent
Hercules stuff.
-He is forced to fight against Namor at the behest of Zeus in the
Assault on Olympus story arc, as Zeus wishes to punish the Avengers for the injuries of Hercules. At the end of that story, Zeus bars the Gods from Earth forever, a point which Neptune openly complains about- he is immediately silenced by an enraged Zeus. He was kind of a Butt-Monkey in the
Hercules series, being heavily-weakened by the Assault on Olympus, and was made short work of by THE AMAZONS, and trussed up like some loser. Still weak, he could not challenge Hera, nor Athena's role as Godhead of the Olympians.
-Neptune is much like Pluto, being INSANELY powerful, particularly within his own element (he was so tough that be basically just easily defeated Namor himself in an eyeblink, while both were underwater). He's stated to be equal to Pluto in pretty much every way, and so he's a PL 15/16 being who's nigh-unstoppable (being one PL above maximum Thor and a LOT more effective overall). He's only cheaper than Pluto thanks to needing the Trident for a bunch of his tricks, though it's outside of his "Magic" array- he can kick ass pretty heavily without it.
Divine Offspring:
With Arne: Aiolos (God of Winds)
With Halia (Sea Goddess): The Proseus Daimones (Sea Spirits that haunted the caverns of Rhodes)
With Demeter: Despoine (Goddess of the Arkadian Mysteries)
With Unknown: Proteus (Elderly Sea God)
With Amphritrite: Triton (Fish-Tailed Sea God)
Heroic Offspring:
With Queen Eurynome: Bellerophon (Heroic slayer of the Chimera)