ARES
Role: God of War, Psychotic Attacker
PL 16 (307)
(PL 20 Defensively, PL 22 on Olympus)
STRENGTH 13 STAMINA 15 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 18 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 4 AWARENESS 6 PRESENCE 5
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Benefit 4 (God), Power Attack, Ranged Attack 12, Startle
Powers:
"Godly Longevity" Immunity 11 (Aging, Life Support) [11]
"Mega-Damage Being" Protection 5 [5]
"Olympus Durability" Protection 4 (Flaws: Limited to Olympus) [2]
Speed 4 (30 mph) [4]
Leaping 2 (30 feet) [2]
"Godly Abilities"
Regeneration 12 (Feats: Regrows Limbs) [13]
"See the Invisible" Senses 4 (Vision Counters Concealment) [4]
"Turn Invisible" Concealment 2 (Vision) [4]
"Aura of Discord" Mind Control 6 (Extras: Area- Visual Perception, Reaction +3) (Flaws: Touch Range -2, Limited to Hate & Aggression) [30]
Teleport 15 (Extras: Extended, Accurate) (60) -- [61]
- AE: Movement 3 (Dimensional Travel 3) (6)
"Psionics" (All Healing & Physical Powers)
Offense:
Unarmed +18 (+13 Damage, DC 28)
Initiative +4
Defenses:
Dodge +20 (DC 30), Parry +20 (DC 30), Toughness +20 (+24 on Olympus), Fortitude +15, Will +10
Complications:
Motivation (Fighting)
Temper- Ares has little care for tactics, and simply charges willy-nilly into battle.
Total: Abilities: 130 / Skills: 00--0 / Advantages: 19 / Powers: 136 / Defenses: 22 (307)
-Ares was one of the more eye-popping designs to me looking at this book for the first time in 1998 or so- this "Image Comics" design of an armored guy firing a Space Gun was a big "oh YEAHHHHH... Gods don't HAVE to all wear togas and use melee weapon" moment, and it permanently shifted how I viewed Greek Gods in my settings. The whole "Techno/Magic" contrast was great and inventive for the time. Ares himself is a top-tier fighter, sporting PL 15 stats and INSANE defenses owing to 9 attacks and great bonuses to avoid hits- It says Athena's beaten him several times, but the way the stats are laid out, that seems hard to believe.