KMC Superhero/villain Types Thread

Originally posted by Blair Wind
No. Too broad; too many people fit under that umbrella. Those are all separate powers like enhanced senses, innate translation, immortality, etc.

Originally posted by Badabing
How do you think characters like Mirror Master or Spot should be labeled?

Originally posted by Blair Wind
No. Too broad; too many people fit under that umbrella. Those are all separate powers like enhanced senses, innate translation, immortality, etc.

I was trying to be broad, IMO its better to have a easily manageable number of categories, with broad ranges, then devide into subcategories for more specific powers.

guess we're just on different wavelengths.

Maybe you can call charachters like Superman, Gladiator, Sentry, Silver Surfer, Manhunter & Captain Marvel somethinng like "versatiles" because they seemingly possess powers from all categories (super strength, super speed, flight, energy projection, etc)

Then you can keep characters like Namor, Wonder woman & Capt Britain listed as "flying bricks"

Originally posted by byrdgang21
Maybe you can call charachters like Superman, Gladiator, Sentry, Silver Surfer, Manhunter & Captain Marvel somethinng like "versatiles" because they seemingly possess powers from all categories (super strength, super speed, flight, energy projection, etc)

Then you can keep characters like Namor, Wonder woman & Capt Britain listed as "flying bricks"

And beings like Namor also have energy projection, in that he has been shown to generate electricity.

Newjak , why isn't there a mod title under your avy ? Is that something only globals can have ?

Originally posted by TheGodKiller
Newjak , why isn't there a mod title under your avy ? Is that something only globals can have ?

By the way I'm thinking of adding the category Flying Brick to the front page soon.

Great thread Newjak. So the criteria is that the specific category has to be their main powerset?

Thanks dyna. Something like that.

For instance Blink, Nightcrawler are all teleporters and that is their only powerset so they are under the Teleporter category.

Here is my description for Flying Bricks

Flying Brick - Someone that possesses flight, super-strength, and increased durability. They also possess super-speed and can also have some form of energy based attack

Low-Level: ...
Mid-Level: Namor, Captain Britain
High-Level: Superman, Gladiator, Captain Marvel

Let me know if you guys think it fits.

I also had an idea for another called Technopath for people like Cyborg Superman, and Danger.

gotcha. thanks.

And when i think of "Flying Bricks" i definitely see most of characters listed being on that list. Mainly the cats with capes and flight and strength...ultimately the "all arounder".

Originally posted by Newjak
NOt a bad idea.

I have one to be judged.

Teleporter - People who possess the power to teleport either themselves or others.

Low: Nightcrawler
Mid:???
High:Blink

I think a more appropriate name for "flying bricks" is 'paragons".
Flight + strength + invulnerability + some degree of super speed + (sometimes) a long range blast = Paragon

Originally posted by FOOM
I think a more appropriate name for "flying bricks" is 'paragons".
Flight + strength + invulnerability + some degree of super speed + (sometimes) a long range blast = Paragon

But would you think someone like Silver Surfer fits the Paragon definition more?

I added Flying Brick to the front page but should we decide to change the name to Paragon or something else it's a quick change

Kratos vs spawn

This feels like an exercise in futility.

Although...

I guess I feel like rather than creating broad classes that can be broken up into high/medium/low, you should break it up into meta, herald and street and come up with classes within those.

Herald could be something like magic/tech/cosmic/innate, stuff that amounts to broad categories or something.

Meta could be more specific, with bricks/energy manipulators/psychics... etc.

Adapters: They are able to adapt to their opponents.
Doomsday, The Fury, Nimrod

Added Adaptors to the front page

I admit Newjak what you are dong here is quite cool and useful i always thought of making a thread defining a characters powerset!

How would Caiera be classified? Her old power is pretty much artificial power cosmic and I'm pretty sure you know it's application. She's strong, durable and fast enough to fight the hulk as well.

Always been curious on how to define her, also whatever she's classified as should be applied to her sons I'd imagine.

Originally posted by SevenShackles
How would Caiera be classified? Her old power is pretty much artificial power cosmic and I'm pretty sure you know it's application. She's strong, durable and fast enough to fight the hulk as well.

Always been curious on how to define her, also whatever she's classified as should be applied to her sons I'd imagine.

Originally posted by Scoobless
Thought we always called Superman types "flying bricks"

Since a lot of people reference them as "Superman Types" or "Superman Clones" couldn't they be classified at "Supes"?