Paragon (I was tempted to call him F4 or Phantom)
Stuart Roberts certainly never expected the life he wound up living. He was a clean cut, athletic boy with good grades in highschool, but he was never very popular. He was just too straight laced, honest, and determined to do the right thing. And little by little, doing the right thing made him more and more powerful.
When he ran into traffic after a little girl's dog, he was just fast enough to get away with it. When he put himself between a gang of bored students and a homeless man he walked away without a mark on his skin. And then, one day the Demonic Desolator attacked his school and there was Stuart standing in front of the monster trying to talk it down. Nobody was surprised when it backhanded him aside. Even Stuart was surprised when it broke its hand after which he proceeded to beat the fiend into submission. Before long he was flying.
Stuart wasn't from a religious family. He wasn't even sure he believed in God but he believed quite firmly that his new found powers obligated him to protect the weak and help the unfortunate. Donning a mask and calling himself The Hawk, he set out to fight evil and make the world a better place but the media soon gave him a new name: PARAGON.
Stuart has been fighting the good fight for twenty years now. His heroism is lauded by the media and he has the good will of the police, other heroes, and government. But once the mask comes off, Stuart Roberts life is quite different. Crime fighting ment missing classes and not having time to study so he never got an education. Employers let him go for being unreliable. His relationships inevitablely ended either when he told them why he missed so many dates or when he didn't. Digging into his own pockets to help people out has left him destitute. And so the mighty Paragon scrapes by on whatever part time jobs he can get, mostly in the fast food industry, but lately he's been working at a laundromat folding shirts.
Bit by bit his real life is effecting his heroic life and it may only be a matter of time before whatever force has empowers him deserts him for one more worthy.
PARAGON (Stuart Roberts)
ST 12 [20];
DX 10
IQ 12 [40]; Per 10 [-10]; Will 12;
HT 12 [20];
Base Lift 34 / 106 / 2554
Basic Speed 6.75
Damage 12d / 14d
Higher Purpose [5];
Strength 10 (Super Effort +300%, Moral -20%) [380];
Damage Resistance 40 (Moral -20%, Tough Skin -40%) [80];
Damage Reduction 1/2 (Moral -20%) [40];
Flight (Moral -20%) [32];
Enhanced Flight Move 2 (Moral -20%) [32];
Attractive [4];
Police Contacts (Skill 15, Somewhat Reliable, 12-) [4];
Reputation +4 (pretty much everyone while he's Paragon, even the bad guys know they can trust him) [10];
Hard Fists [1];
Skin Tight [1];
Callous [-5];
Code of Honor (Silver Age Hero's) [-15];
Dependant (Nephew, 125 Points, 9-) [-20];
Enemies (He's been a superhero for 20 years) [-60];
Hide Bound [-5];
Honesty [-10];
Impulsive [-10];
Overconfident (doesn't realize his powers have started to fade) [-5];
Pascifism (Cannot Kill) [-15];
Secret Identity (Possible Death) [-30];
Poor [-15];
Neat Freak [-1];
Respects Lawns and Flowerbeds [-1];
Always Courteous [-1];
Takes the High Road [-1];
Attends a Variety of Churches Regularly [-1];
Area Knowledge (city) 12, IQ [1];
Area Knowledge (USA) 12 IQ [1];
Brawling 12 DX+2 [4];
Computer Operation 12 IQ [1];
Current Affairs (headline news) 12 IQ [1];
First Aid 12 IQ [1];
Housekeeping 12 IQ [1];
Intimidation 11 Will [1];
Savoire Faire 12 IQ [1];
Singing 12 HT [1];
Swimming 13 HT [1];
Foot Ball 11 DX+2 [2];
Theology 10 IQ [1];
History (American) 10 IQ [1];
Throwing 11 DX [4];
Gardening 12 IQ [1].
Notes
Anyhow, he's a flying brick as I said, but not one that's built for maximum efficiency though cashing in on the fat -20% Moral helps. I went with the idea that he's slowly becoming jaded and bitter as a result of his civilian life because I think it adds a layer of interest to what could easily be an annoyingly preachy character. Instead he's getting to the point where he sees a lot of other people's problems as being their own fault and its slowly erroding his powers.