Starting Out Strong

Side Effect stopped in front of the police department, looking the building over. He wasn't quite sure what exactly he was doing there and if it was a good idea, but it was the plan he and his friends had agreed on. Scott turns around after a few moments, awaiting the arrival of his compadre.

Scott Pansley

Identity: Scott Pansley

Known to Public As: Side Effect

Race: Super

Alignment: Hero

Starting District: West



Powerset: Poison

Powers:

Centipede Claws - You can grow dark venomous claws to attack your foes. The wounds you inflict sting because of the poison. If you hit the enemy enough with your claws, they are affected by "Poison, Light". You can retract or un-sheathe them at will.

Slash [Attack] – You attack an enemy with your claws.

Blue-ringed Octopus [Shapeshift] – the lower half of your body turns into octopus legs, allowing you to attach to ceilings and climb walls. You are also able to swim faster than normal.

Rattlesnake Strike [Attack]– Your arm extends and turns into a snake, striking an enemy up to 15ft away. It immediately retracts and shifts back. Can Cause "Poison, Light". 2 round cooldown
Level 5-You can grab objects with the snakes mouth when you strike.

Power Origin: Experimentation
Weight: 210 lbs.
Height: 6'1"
IQ: 119
Age: 27
Weakness: Bug Spray, Chlorine water (pools)
Fear: Claustrophobic in crowds of people.
Fame: 3 (0 mission credits, 0 heroic actions)

Backstory:

Scott was born with and has been carrying a clear determination to achieve a personal best his entire life. He felt it the first day his father left him and his mother alone in the West district to find his “dream”, which came in the form of a rich lady in a far wealthier side of town. Scott grew up thinking he always had to test himself an achieve greater goals, surpassing his personal best no matter what anyone else told him. He managed to enroll in college after working several jobs, along with the support of his mother. College life suited him and his determination, ceasing every opportunity he could find and talking very little to anyone else around him unless necessary. Scott thought his life going swimmingly until he found himself bored by everything around him. Desperate to rid himself of the thought he dedicated himself to sciences, making his first friends along the way. A self proclaimed magician and a man in a wheelchair, both of which he grew attached to. He allowed himself to relax and enjoy their company, which was quickly replacing his need to fill his schedule.

As they were studying a compound in a high-tier science class as an extra credit project, his two friends made a slight mistake that resulted in an explosion, causing Scott to black out. He awoke a bed, white sheets stained red from blood. Surrounding him were doctors, who quickly injected him with a sleeping drug. The few words he heard were along the lines of “Lucky to be alive” and “Commence the tests tomorrow”. The next time he awoke, he found himself in his dorm. He remembered nightmares of possessing claws and tentacles instead of legs, and a man dressed in a suit. He quickly found out this was more than a nightmare, and he was able to transform himself at will into an abomination. An abomination…or a hero? Scott re-united with his friends to discover they had also received some sort of powers, but no memory of a man in suit. They all agreed that when they finished college, they would join forces to fight crime, which they knew all to well was plagued the west district where little help was to be found. That is when Scott took up the name of Side Effect.

Poison!

Lvl 1
Centipede Claws - You can grow venomous claws to attack your foes. If you hit the enemy enough with your claws, they are effected by "Poison, Light".

Slash [Attack] – You attack an enemy with your claws.

Lvl 2
Blue-ringed Octopus [Shapeshift] – the lower half of your body turns into octopus legs, allowing you to attach to ceilings and climb walls. You are also able to swim faster than normal.

Lvl 3
Rattlesnake Strike [Attack]– Your arm extends and turns into a snake, striking an enemy up to 15ft away. It immediately retracts and shifts back. Can Cause "Poison, Light". 2 round cooldown
Level 5-You can grab objects with the snakes mouth when you strike

Lvl 4
Fugu Shield [Defense] – An ethereal spiked shield appears around you, protecting you from danger. When it breaks the spikes shoot outward, potentially harming foes. 4 round CD after it breaks

Lvl 5
Poison Jelly Form [Shapeshift] - You turn into a tiny ooze (about the size of a poison dart frog) that can creep up walls and ceilings, and fit through tiny spaces. You lose all other powers except for passives while in ooze form. You can emit poison from your body, which is absorbed through the skin, and causes drowsiness and can lead to Medium Poison if left untreated. If you enter a liquid, you can release the poison for the same effect. The time it takes to work on a target varies. You can sustain the shape for up to 1 hour. CD equal to time used.

Lvl 6
Jellyfish Bomb [Offense] – You launch a glob of poisonous ooze at an enemy and attaches to them. If it misses, it slowly moves towards an enemy. After two rounds it explodes in a wave a poison. The poison is absorbed through the skin and causes muscle spasms. 5 round cooldown.

Lvl 7
[Passive] - You are immune to poison and disease.
Antidote [Heal] – Thrice per day you can totally cure a poisoned victim or disease by touching them.

Lvl 8
Hornets Nest [Offense] - Hornets explode outward from under your skin freeing you from any bonds you may be in and forming a large fog of hornets that obscures enemy vision. After 3 rounds you can focus them all at one point, and they kamikaze at the focused point/enemy. Lasts for a max of 6 rounds. 5 round cooldown once wasps disintegrate.

Lvl 9
Spider-Silk Grapple [Utility] - Large spiders cover your hands. When you attack an enemy with Slash or Rattlesnake Strike, the spiders attach to your opponent opponent and leave spider-silk threads leading back to your hands. The spiders bite and envelop your opponent in silk threads, hindering their movement. The spider threads cannot be broken for 5 rounds, and the attached opponent can't move more than 15 ft away from you, while allowing you some measure of control over their movements. 1 hour cooldown

Lvl 10
Frog Needle Rain [Offense] - You shoot acidic needles in a 20ft by 20ft cone at your enemies. After the attack, they secrete a poisonous gas in the area that causes hallucination. If the target is hit by the attack and is effected by the gas, they are effected by "Poison, Heavy". 6 hour cooldown.