Hero Datafile: Gambit
Well, as I mentioned on Monday, we are going to be offering hero datafiles related to our Monday Milestones articles. The milestone set this week is for the X-Men. So for your enjoyment, we present the ragin’ cajun: Gambit! You can find his bio here at the Marvel Universe Wiki.
Feel free to leave your feedback in the comments. If you have any suggestions for other datafiles you would like to see, please let me know.
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Stolen! Thanks I needed this. *crosses his fingers for Rogue, Iceman or X-23*
Any chance we can get the template for making our own heroes look nice?
I’ll see what I can do about those three. Rogue would be really interesting.
An idea for Rogue, Andrew: Give her Ms. Marvel’s Kree Genetics power set for half her powers (removing her energy blast, of course). Rogue did, after all, get her powers from Ms. Marvel.
Yeah Mark, that would work.
Rogue is trick….as is Jaime Maddrox…..
I can definitely provide it. It’s a large file, and a Photoshop document. It’s also a confusing mess. I haven’t placed the layers in very good order. I’ll post it up later in the week.
Awesome
I would love to have the hero / villain photoshop files. Too many characters I just *have* to create!
I for one would like to see the Invaders and Liberty Legion, but then I am an old fart.
Do you want datafiles or milestones, or both?
Both.
I’d like to see someone’s take on Multiple Man. I’ve some ideas of how I’d do it myself, but it seems like one of the power sets that’s open to a very wide range of interpretations.
That could be really awesome actually.
Hum…..
Challenge Accepted
[insert meme here]
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Great stuff. If you’re taking requests, I have a friend who’d love to see Nightcrawler statted up. I have some very rough ideas of my own, but I’d love to see how you tackle it.
I’ll add him to my list. I’m hoping to start working through some of the requests then end of this week/ first of next week.
Great work!
I have my own version I was working on for my game. I did borrow a couple of modifications from your sheet.
Namely, I did not have the Psychic Resistance on the sheet at all. Good call.
I *Loved* Cajun Casanova and replaced my original Southern Charmer distinction with this.
A few of the changes I made for my version of Gambit:
Additional SFX on Energy Tap aka Molecular Acceleration. Affliction is there to cover the kind of tricks Gambit can do with cards such as bring something down on someone with an explosion, etc. From what I remember, he tends to do this a lot.
I kept the rating of Energy Blast aka Kinetic Charge at 8 rather than 10. I love the idea of Unleashed being on the sheet, but I think upping to a 12 with this power is a bit overkill from what I remember of Gambit’s power.
For the Telescopic bo, I kept this weapon at a d6, closer to Black Panther or Daredevil rather than the D8 rating that matches Cap’s Vibranium Shield.
I also don’t see a justification for the weapon having a d8 endurance, so I left that out.
I added Grapple to the SFX under telescopic bow because I saw it on Daredevil and remember Gambit using the staff to hold or bind opponents at times.
Link to my version: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajm_cINdTg5ydFY1NjFCb0k3VVBtcjJMcmhaZ2dLTlE#gid=0
Hey Bobby,
First off, nice use of Google Spreadsheet. I love how versatile it can be.
More on topic, the tough part of a hero like Gambit, is that he’s one of those mutants who have fluctuated in power level over the years. Its not entirely clear how much of this is the influence of others, such as Mr. Sinister and Apocalypse, or how much of this is Gambit’s unfilled potential.
I suspect you could build his datafile in many ways, depending on which event period you were basing it on.
Great work, and nice sheet design!
Quick correction : the milestone should be “Bonjour chérie” (roughly “Hello darling”), not “Bonjour chére”, which, if spelled correctly (“Bonjour chère”; “chére” is not a word), would mean “Hello dear”… which would be a GREAT milestone for aunt May, by the way! 🙂
I’ll get it fixed. Gotta love Google Translate…
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So the Marvel website also lists a hypnotic charm ability? A low grade Mind Control perhaps?
If you added that, it probably shouldn’t be more than a D6. Something like that could also arguably be handled as a Stunt.