THE PATRIOT I (Jeffrey Mace, aka "Captain America III")
Created By: Ray Gill & Bill Everett
First Appearance: Human Torch Comics #4 (April 1941)
Role: Generic Patriotic Hero
Group Affiliations: The Liberty Legion, The All-Winners Squad, The Daily Bugle (staff)
PL 8 (115)
STRENGTH 3
STAMINA 3
AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 9
DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 2
PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Athletics 4 (+6)
Deception 3 (+6)
Expertise (War Hero) 4 (+6)
Expertise (Journalism) 4 (+6)
Insight 3 (+5)
Intimidation 2 (+5)
Investigation 5 (+7)
Perception 4 (+6)
Stealth 2 (+6)
Vehicles 3 (+5)
Advantages:
Agile Feint, Close Combat, Defensive Roll, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defenses, Improved Hold, Improved Trip, Ranged Attack 7, Takedown
Powers:
"Rip-Off of Captain America's Mighty Shield" (Feats: Restricted to Those Trained) (Flaws: Easily Removable) [12]
Enhanced Advantages 2: Evasion, Withstand Damage (2)
"Shield Toss" Strength-Damage +2 (Feats: Dynamic, Ricochet 3, Split 2) (Extras: Ranged 5) (Diminished Range -1) (12) -- (15)
- Dynamic AE: "Shield Bash" Strength-Damage +3 (3)
- Dynamic AE: "Bouncing Shield" Strength-Damage +2 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Shapeable 5, Selective 5) (12)
- Dynamic AE: Enhanced Dodge 2 & Parry 2 (Extras: Sustained +0) Linked to Enhanced Strength 2 (Flaws: Limited to Resisting Movement) (6)
-- (17 points)
Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Shield Bash +10 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Shield Toss +9 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Bouncing Shield +5 Area (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +4
Defenses:
Dodge +10 (+12 Shield, DC 22), Parry +9 (+11 Shield, DC 21), Toughness +3 (+4 D.Roll), Fortitude +6, Will +6
Complications:
Motivation (Patriotism)- Inspired by Captain America himself, Jeffrey Mace is devoted to his country.
Total: Abilities: 56 / Skills: 36--18 / Advantages: 16 / Powers: 12 / Defenses: 13 (115)
-Jeffrey Mace was The Patriot, a D-League Patriotic hero... wait, he was in over SEVENTY ISSUES? Okay, never mind, he was actually a pretty solid hit in the 1940s, and was in the tier just under the Cap/Subby/Torch triad of power. Debuting only the month after Cap, he was one in a LONG line or patriotic Flag-wearing heroes (MLJ/Archie's The Shield being the first, or one of them, debuting more than a year before either), and stuck around for quite a while. Roy Thomas and others tossed him onto the Retroactive team The Liberty Legion, as well as the existing-but-he-wasn't-on-it-then All-Winners Squad (the reason for all these varied teams of the same few characters escapes me), and he was decided to be the "1950s Cap", taking the mantle after William "Spirit of '76" Naslund croaked while saving then-senator J.F.K. from a killer robot. He himself eventually retired, and married Cap's one-time girlfriend The Golden Girl. He died of cancer in the modern era.
-This build may look a bit familiar. That's because he's basically identical to The Spirit of '76 in every single way. I mean, c'mon, they're both two-fisted patriotic defenders of America who fought Nazis and used an alternate version of Captain America's Shield. How different are they gonna be? Only difference is that his baseline form is only PL 7, because he has no fancy resistant outfit. Greycrusader added in some other info, stating that he was more of a grappler who used a lot of takedowns, so I modified him slightly.