Watcher Datafile: The Thousand
“I’m not wearing this body. I’m eating it.”
Once a cruel bully named Carl King, The Thousand gained twisted spider-powers after consuming the irradiated spider that bit Peter Parker. Rather than becoming a hero, King transformed into a colony of thousands of parasitic spiders sharing a single consciousness. He survives by hollowing out victims and wearing their bodies like grotesque disguises, abandoning ruined hosts whenever they cease to be useful.
THE THOUSAND
Affiliations
Solo d10
Buddy d8
Team d6
Distinctions
Colony of Flesh-Eating Spiders, Wearing Someone Else’s Face, Peter Parker Was Supposed to Be Me
SPIDER COLONY
Enhanced Reflexes d10, Enhanced Speed d8, Wall-Crawling d8, Superhuman Strength d10
SFX: Swarm Body. On a successful reaction against a physical attack, spend a d8 or larger die from the doom pool to ignore physical stress and instead create a Spiders Everywhere! complication on the attacker.
SFX: Crawl From Every Direction. Add a die from the doom pool to target every character in your zone. Keep an additional effect die.
SFX: Consume the Weak. If you take out a stressed-out target, remove your highest stress die or recover a shutdown power.
Limit: Scattered Colony. Shutdown a power in this power set to add a d8 to the doom pool. Recover by activating an opportunity.
STOLEN FLESH
Shapeshifting d10, Invisibility d8, Enhanced Durability d8
SFX: Wear Their Skin. If a character is taken out, spend a die from the doom pool to create a Perfect Disguise d10 Asset.
SFX: Burst From the Host. When a disguise is exposed or destroyed, step up or double Shapeshifting for one action. After the action, remove Shapeshifting from your dice pool and add a d6 to the doom pool. Recover by activating an opportunity.
SFX: Horrifying Revelation. When revealing your true form, create an emotional stress effect instead of physical stress.
Limit: Fragile Host. If The Thousand is using a disguise and takes physical stress, the disguise is immediately destroyed.
Specialties
Combat Expert d8, Covert Expert d10, Menace Expert d10, Psych Expert d8
About Mark Meredith
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