{"id":268,"date":"2012-05-02T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invulnerablog.imperfekt-industrees.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2017-11-17T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:21:46","slug":"permafrost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/invulnerablog.imperfekt-industrees.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Permafrost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to my poll on Facebook, the villain from the Invulneraverse that most people wanted to see written up was Permafrost. The example hero in <em>Invulnerable RPG<\/em> was Incendiary, a powerful fire-wielding government hero, and Permafrost is her ice-wielding criminal twin brother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permafrost, Mutant Villain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Norman Louis Holt and his twin sister Neva Louise were born to a single mother in Dallas, Texas. Abandoned to their aunt when they were still kids, they grew up poor. While Neva was determined to make a better life for herself, and worked hard in school, Norman found acceptance in a rough crowd, and dropped out of school to join the Chaos Crew. He was sent to New Amsterdam to start a new branch of the gang, and his crew sells Overdrive and Extinguisher to Mutants in the slums, and tangles frequently with the Street Knights. He&#8217;s occasionally faced his sister, in her guise as the A.P.E.X. hero Incendiary, as well, and their battles are bitter for both of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secret Identity:<\/strong> Norman Lewis Holt.<br \/>\n<strong>Awesomeness Level:<\/strong> 4.<br \/>\n<strong>Origins:<\/strong> Mutant 4.<br \/>\n<strong>Motivations:<\/strong> Freedom, Revenge.<br \/>\n<strong>Physical Attributes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AGI: 7<\/li>\n<li>STR: 7 (HTH 2d6 flesh form, 7d6 ice form)<\/li>\n<li>TGH: 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mental Attributes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>INS: 6<\/li>\n<li>PER: 6<\/li>\n<li>WIL: 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>INIT: 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Physical Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LIF: 21 (flesh), 23 (ice)<\/li>\n<li>VIG: 29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mental Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DET: 29<\/li>\n<li>REP: 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Health (Flesh Form):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roll: 2; Foot; HLT: 21; DPRO: &#8212;; IPRO: &#8212;<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 3 to 4; Leg; HLT: 35; DPRO: &#8212;; IPRO: &#8212;<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 5 to 8; Torso; HLT: 70; DPRO: &#8212;; IPRO: &#8212;<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 9; Head; HLT: 21; DPRO: &#8212;; IPRO: &#8212;<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 10 to 11; Arm; HLT: 28; DPRO: &#8212;; IPRO: &#8212;<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 12; Hand; HLT: 21; DPRO: &#8212;; IPRO: &#8212;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Health (Ice Form):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roll: 2; Foot; HLT: 45; DPRO: 8; IPRO: 2<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 3 to 4; Leg; HLT: 83; DPRO: 12; IPRO: 4<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 5 to 8; Torso; HLT: 130; DPRO: 16; IPRO: 6<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 9; Head; HLT: 57; DPRO: 12; IPRO: 4<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 10 to 11; Arm; HLT: 64; DPRO: 12; IPRO: 4<\/li>\n<li>Roll: 12; Hand; HLT: 45; DPRO: 8; IPRO: 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Physical Defenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CDEF: 20<\/li>\n<li>RDEF: 21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mental Defenses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MDEF: 43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basic Talents: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Athletics: 3, Close Combat: 4, Dodge: 4, Driving: &#8212;, Education: 1, Endurance: &#8212;, Intimidation: 4, Metahuman Lore: 2, More Money Than God: 1, Notice: &#8212;, Persuasion: &#8212;, Piloting: &#8212;, Ranged Combat: 5, Self-Control: 4, Sneak: &#8212;, Trickery: &#8212;, Tech: &#8212;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Advanced Talents: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connections [Drug Lab]: Level 3.<\/li>\n<li>Creepy Looks: Level 3.<\/li>\n<li>Expert: Level 1 (Streetwise).<\/li>\n<li>Leadership: Level 1.<\/li>\n<li>Stoic: Level 3.<\/li>\n<li>Team Training: Level 1 (Chaos Crew).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Weaknesses: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Human Weaknesses:\n<ul>\n<li>Criminal Record: Level 4.<\/li>\n<li>Distant: Level 4.<\/li>\n<li>Outsider: Level 2.<\/li>\n<li>Reject: Level 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Powers: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>Biological Power Source:<\/p>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Elemental Control [Ice]: Level 4 (Armored Fists, Deadly Barrier, Elemental Barrier, Elemental Bolt, Elemental Entanglement, Sculpt Element, Slick Surface, Temperature Extremes, Transform Into Matter). Power Modifiers: Power Overdrive (Major Benefit), Tag Change [VIG Cost \u00bd] (Typical Benefit), Undisciplined Power (Minor Detriment).<\/li>\n<li>Hyper-Will: Level 4 (Hard Glare, Iron Will).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gear:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gear: Bling, Cigarette and Lighter, Extinguisher, Nanoweave Costume, Overdrive, Smart Phone, Sunglasses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Details: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sex: Male.<\/li>\n<li>Preference: Heterosexual.<\/li>\n<li>Height: 6&#8242; 1\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Weight: 185 lbs.<\/li>\n<li>Eye Color: Glowing Blue.<\/li>\n<li>Hair Color: Ice white.<\/li>\n<li>Hair Style: Cut short.<\/li>\n<li>Skin Tone: Dark.<\/li>\n<li>Costume\/Clothes: Permafrost wears standard, loose-fitting street clothing, but always wears a t-shirt with an icicle emblem on it.<\/li>\n<li>Personality: Permafrost is pragmatic and focused. Despite the accusations of his sister, the A.P.E.X. hero Incendiary, Norman isn&#8217;t lazy, greedy, or violent; he just wants a place to belong, but doesn&#8217;t believe that&#8217;s possible unless the downtrodden folks like Mutants take a place for themselves by force.<\/li>\n<li>Goals: Permafrost long ago gave up on the idea of Mutant acceptance, and now just wants Mutants to have a place to live. He&#8217;s aware of the Perfected Ones, but hates their almost-religious attachment to Obelisk and how they&#8217;re trapped in the underground tunnels of Subterranea; to Norman, it&#8217;s freedom or nothing.<\/li>\n<li>Obstacles: Permafrost is a natural leader, but like most leaders in the Chaos Crew, he&#8217;s not the best strategist. He doesn&#8217;t always make the best use of his powers, and forgets to support his teammates instead of facing the enemy leader head-on himself. Despite his cool and calculating demeanor, he tends to loses his composure on the rare occasions he faces his sister Incendiary; he loves her, and she&#8217;s done well for herself, but only by supporting the same system that refuses to fix so many problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Central Contradiction:<\/strong> Norman faced prejudice for being poor, for being black, for being a mutant, for being abandoned, for being involved in a street gang and later for doing time. Despite all of this, he sees himself as a good person pushed too far, part Robin Hood and part pro-Mutant crusader. He&#8217;s not interested in \u201craising awareness\u201d or protesting or holding signs; he&#8217;s carved out a territory he&#8217;s going to protect, formed a business to get him what he needs to survive, and survive he will. In a world of terrible choices, he&#8217;s made a terrible choice and is willing to be vilified for doing what he thinks is best, without apologies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Story Use\/Notes<\/strong>: Permafrost is a conflicted \u201cvillain.\u201d Although the Chaos Crew sells illegal drugs on the streets, Permafrost&#8217;s crew also does some good, selling Extinguisher to Mutants that can&#8217;t control their powers, and protecting them from mobs of mutant-haters. If the heroes are willing to bend the rules and look the other way sometimes, Permafrost can be an occasional ally instead of just an enemy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to my poll on Facebook, the villain from the Invulneraverse that most people wanted to see written up was Permafrost. The example hero in Invulnerable RPG was Incendiary, a powerful fire-wielding government hero, and Permafrost is her ice-wielding criminal twin brother. 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