SPIDER-MAN (Peter Parker)- 1990s Version
Created By: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko
First Appearance: Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962)
Role: The Symbol of Marvel Comics, Taunting Hero, THE Everyman Character, Fate's Butt-Monkey
Group Affiliations: The Avengers, The New Fantastic Four
PL 11 (220)
STRENGTH 8 STAMINA 7 AGILITY 8/10
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 5 AWARENESS 4 PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Acrobatics 3 (+11, +19 Spider-Sense)
Athletics 6 (+14)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 5 (+12)
Deception 6 (+9)
Expertise (Photography) 4 (+9)
Expertise (Science) 7 (+12)
Expertise (Streetwise) 2 (+7)
Insight 3 (+7)
Intimidation 2 (+5)
Investigation 5 (+9)
Perception 2 (+6, +14 Spider-Sense)
Ranged Combat (Webbing) 4 (+12)
Sleight of Hand 4 (+6)
Technology 7 (+12)
Advantages:
Beginner's Luck, Diehard, Equipment (Bitchin' Camera, Spider-Tracers, Spider-Flashlight), Extraordinary Effort, Fearless, Great Endurance, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Webbing), Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Instant Up, Inventor, Jack-of-All-Trades, Last Stand (Removes Damage for 1 Round with HP Spent), Move-By Action, Ranged Attack 6, Takedown 2, Taunt
Powers:
"Proportionate Strength of a Spider"
Power Lifting 1 (12 tons) [1]
Leaping 2 (30 feet) [2]
"Does Whatever a Spider Can"
Movement 4 (Wall-Crawling 2, Sure-Footed, Safe Fall) [8]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
"Spider-Sense- Warns of Danger & Boosts Agility"
Enhanced Agility 2 [4]
Enhanced Skills 14: Acrobatics 6 (+19), Perception 7 (+14) [7]
Enhanced Advantages 8: Agile Feint, Defensive Attack, Evasion 2, Improved Defense, Second Chance (Falling), Ultimate Acrobatics Skill, Uncanny Dodge [8]
Senses 1 (Danger Sense) [1]
Enhanced Dodge 3 [3]
Enhanced Parry 4 [4]
"Web-Shooters" (Flaws: Removable) [27]
"Webbing" Snare 8 (Feats: Split, Tether, Dynamic) (27) -- (33 points)
- Dynamic AE: "Here's Web In Your Eye!" Dazzle Visuals 7 (Resisted By Dodge & Strength) (Feats: Dynamic) (Inaccurate -1) (12)
- Dynamic AE: "Webline & Web-Net" Movement 2 (Swinging, Safe Fall) (Extras: Safe Fall is Affects Others Only +0) (Feats: Dynamic) (5)
- AE: "Web Spray" Snare 6 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Cone +1/2) (Flaws: Touch Range) (18)
- AE: "Stuff Made of Webbing" Create 6 (Feats: Innate) (Flaws: Permanent +0) (13)
Spider-Tracers (Detect Radio, Ranged, Tracking) (3)
Fancy-Ass Camera (1)
Spider-Flashlight (1)
Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Spider-Web +12 (+8 Ranged Affliction, DC 18)
Web Spray +6 Area (+6 Affliction, DC 16)
Web in the Eyes +10 (+8 Ranged Affliction, DC 18)
Initiative +8 (+14 Spider-Sense)
Defenses:
Dodge +9 (+11, +14 Spider-Sense, DC 24), Parry +8 (+12 Spider-Sense, DC 22), Toughness +7, Fortitude +9, Will +11
Complications:
Responsibility (Human Life)- Losing his Uncle Ben made Peter realize that all human life is sacred. Even if faced with a situation that all but demands someone be put down, Peter can't do it. Even if they murder hundreds of people, or even the love of his life.
Responsibility (With Great Power Must Come Great Responsibility)
Motivation (Guilt)- Peter's selfish decision cost him the most important man in his life- his Uncle Ben. Another failure saw him lose the love of his life- Gwen Stacy. Peter will never stop trying to make amends for these losses.
Relationship (Mary-Jane Watson-Parker)- Peter's wife is long-suffering due to his dangerous job, but they make do the best they can. Peter worships his wife, and will do anything to protect her. Even when Mephisto steals their marriage.
Relationship (May Parker)- Peter's aunt has raised him since he was a young boy, and he is incredibly devoted to her (especially since Uncle Ben died). Her frequently failing health leads him to spectacular feats of power. If she is sick or needs medicine, then I don't care if you're a #@%*! Herald of Galactus, God of Asgard, or super-powered Mystic Sorceror- get the hell out of his way.
Relationship (Other Women)- Peter's had crushes on or relationships with Liz Allan, Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, Carlie Cooper, Felicia Hardy and more.
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Enemy (Everyone)- Peter has amassed a truly horrifying amount of enemies over the years, to the point where his Rogues Gallery is easily as large as those belonging to entire teams. His worst enemies include Dr. Octopus, Electro, Venom, Carnage and more. He has fought every supervillain in existence at least once.
Enemy (Norman Osborn)- Norman has a sick obsession with Parker, seeing him almost as a son, while also trying to either kill him, ruin his life, or get him to become as evil and twisted as the Green Goblin himself.
Enemy (The Symbiote)- Spider-Man rejected an Alien Symbiote years ago, and it has hunted him down ever since, both with Eddie Brock and Mac Gargan.
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Reputation (Spider-Man: Threat or Menace?)- Peter is mistrusted at best by the general public, no matter how many people he has saved. The police frequently chase him, and no matter how many freaking times a super-villain disguises themself as Spider-Man and commits a crime, the people of New York will automatically believe the lies and chase him. The freakin' Rhino could be in that costume and they would buy it.
Rivalry (J. Jonah Jameson)- Peter's boss, the volatile newspaperman, has a major mad-on for Spidey over all other superhumans, and relentlessly hunts for signs he's gone bad. Aside from this, JJJ is a classic "no-nonsense" newsman.
Power Loss- If Peter gets the flu or a cold, or if something weird is going on genetically, he will lose his powers. Still in shape, he is reduced to Strength 2, Stamina 3 and Agility 4 (6 with Spider-Sense).
Power Loss (Web-Shooters)- Spider-Man runs out of Web Fluid whenever the GM demands it. Always at the worst possible time. Especially if he makes a super-big Web thing. Spidey's GM is an asshole.
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Responsibility (That Parker Luck)- Spidey has tons of powers and skills, right? Well, too bad, Spidey- you've got the flu, your powers are on the fritz, and you can barely see straight. Oh yeah, and both Kraven and the new Vulture have decided to team up to finish you off. Good luck.
Weakness (Newbie Villains)- Spider-Man has bad luck fighting super-villains making their debut. Though he can beat guys like The Scorpion & The Vulture while standing on his head, a brand-new rookie like Menace or The Shocker can beat him in almost every single fight before they are downgraded over the years. All new villains fighting Spider-Man will be treated as if they are one full Power Level higher than normal (or Spidey as one PL lower, whichever). Assuming this rule is already Houseruled for everybody, then Spidey will feel it twice as hard.
Secret Identity- Peter obsesses over keeping his identity a secret, because of people like Osborn & Venom, who know, and torture him for it.
Total: Abilities: 88 / Skills: 58--29 / Advantages: 25 / Powers: 67 / Defenses: 11 (220)
-No comic book character has ever had as bad of a decade as Spider-Man had during the 1990s. He did manage to get a few popular new villains, at least- Venom hit HUGE as soon as he debuted, and was one of the most popular characters in comics for a number of years, especially once he turned into a Bloody '90s Anti-Hero. Carnage was also a big deal, getting a Super-Crossover amongst the Spidey titles. Superstar artist Todd MacFarlane came into his own by this point, becoming the biggest name in comics in the process- and Erik Larsen was hot on his heels. Their Spider-Man title was a HUGE seller, becoming the second-most-important, but coolest, Spidey book. But... the '90s hit. The Comic Book Crash affected Peter more than any other character- he lost two of his four books, had an endless thing with the mysterious Judas Traveller, had Mary-Jane get pregnant and then LOSE THE BABY (in a story that was basically never touched on in the mainstream continuity again, even though we saw the baby be stolen away), he turned out to be a CLONE, said Clone acted as the main character for a year before they gave up and went back to the Status Quo, and more. It was ugly, ugly, UGLY stuff.
-Spider-Man needed to be rescued, and shockingly they were able to pull it off in the 2000s with J. Michael Straczynski's wildly-successful run. The number of titles was reduced, and Spidey was brought back to a new Status Quo. Well, they kept F-ing around with him by doing a "Mary-Jane is Dead" arc, then finally ERASING THEIR MARRIAGE, just because Joe Quesada hated the idea of Spider-Man being married. Few great new villains were created, though JMS pulled out this giant "Possible Retcon" about Spidey's origin being predestined and involved an Immortal Predatory Sorceror dude named Morlun.
-Spider-Man in the 1990s slightly weaker than the modern day overall, keeping PL 11 in only his Dodge- he's PL 10 on offense, and PL 9.5 with his Parry/Toughness. He only loses a handful of Advantages, and drops fifteen points because he's still basically the same guy, but he's a fair bit easier to defeat. He got challenged by a LOT of scrubs in this era, including people like Delilah and Lady Octopus.
SPIDER-ARMOR SPIDER-MAN:
"Spider-Armor" (Flaws: Removable) [9]
Protection 4 (Extras: Impervious 7) (11 points)
-Basically a one-off that appeared in Web of Spider-Man #100, the Spider-Armor basically existed as a mini-event to sell a cover. A really shiny, metallic-looking cover. You'll remember how speculation and fancy covers worked to nearly-bankrupt the comic book industry. It gave Spider-Man a temporary boost to his durability because a bunch of bad guys were throwing their weight around- the suit was comprised off compressed Spider-Webbing, and pretty much fell apart by the end of the story, never to be seen again... until ANOTHER random one-off story years later, when Pete whips up a new suit in order to fight... The Enforcers? Really?