Name: Richard Renner, aka Reverb
Age: 19
Appearance: Richard stands at 5'8" and weighs around 140 pounds. He doesn't have a well-define body, but he likes to keep himself in shape. He has bushy/wavy brown hair that more or less exists on his head; he doesn't style it or comb it. He has vibrant green eyes and an average-sized nose that comes to a small point. His mouth has no particular features to it. His chin is rather point, but not noticeably so.
Attire: Richard changes his attire seasonally, but with stark contrast. In the colder weather, he will always wear a solid-colored T-shirt with a long-sleeved jacket and dark jeans. In warmer weather, he'll wear dark cargo shorts and a T-shirt.
Personality: Richard can be overall described as a rather reserved person. He doesn't usually engage in interaction with people; instead, he sticks to his thoughts. Although he is very driven about the things he is passionate about, he doesn't like to spend more effort than he needs in order to achieve his goals. He stands by his unwavering sense of morality and his ultimate goal of living comfortably.
Powers/abilities/weapons/etc:
- Molecular Vibration Control: Complete control over vibrations on a molecular level. Can excite or dampen molecules, allowing control over heat, tangibility, and even physical structure. Primarily used to create shock waves.
- Sound Generation: Ability to cause physical vibrations with complete control over amplitude and wavelength, as well as control over where the sound is coming from.
- Enhanced Hearing: Enhanced ability to process sound.
- Accelerated Healing: Slightly increased healing.
Strengths:
- extensive understanding of sound physics
- extensive musical knowledge
- strong ambition
- strong moral drive
- strong memory retention
Weaknesses:
- lack of awareness of extent of abilities
- only defensive ability (intangibility) cannot be used in conjunction with offensive abilities
- lack of social skills, makes working with a team difficult
- 10-meter range for shock/sound waves (for now, at maximum strength will extend to 30 at most)
- tinnitus
- power consumes a lot of energy, needs to consume much more food than normal
Origin Story (history): Richard Renner always had an affinity for music. When he was young, he studied piano and music theory, which he excelled in. He also loved the sciences, particularly physics. Richard always wanted to know how the world worked and why. Growing up with both science and art, Richard had a very fulfilled sense of the world around him.
Eventually, it came time for Richard to go to college. He was accepted to both conservatory and university, but was forced to attend university to study physics due to financial concerns from his family. Although he was more than happy to study physics, he couldn't help but feel like he would regret not being able to study music.
In university, Richard was given the opportunity to research the applications of sound waves in everyday use, such as suspending objects in mid-air or demolition in construction. In the research lab, there was a machine that generated sound waves at an inputtable frequency. While working with the machine alone after hours, it suddenly stopped producing a sound while it was still activated, prompting Richard to open the machine to see what was wrong. Richard fumbled with the circuitry until he thought he had it fixed. After a few seconds, the machine exploded and bursted a powerful concentration of sound at Richard, shaking every atom in his body, nearly disintegrating him. He immediately fell unconscious, and was rushed to the hospital by a janitor who heard the explosion. When Richard woke up in the hospital, he felt physically agitated and anxious, and he could hear a ringing noise in his ears. Oddly, the doctor cleared him to return home with little no injuries.
Over the next few weeks, Richard began noticing he had manifested strange abilities. Occasionally his hands would vibrate so quickly that anything he was holding fell straight through them. When he rubbed his hands together, they would heat up more intensely than normal. He could hear people talking from other sides of hallways. Richard never expected himself to manifest powers like the Champions who were protecting Hyperia, but he wished his abilities weren't a nuisance that could barely help people.
Any other notes about your character: Richard isn't aware of the full extent of his powers yet, but I plan to have him somehow discover more and more of his abilities as he goes on. He's not a hero yet, but he will eventually become Reverb.
Roleplay Sample:
https://www.pokecommunity.com/posts/8470219
Unfortunately that died very quickly, and I didn't get a lot in. That was my first time roleplaying on this forum and this is me getting back into it. If it helps, I read insane amounts of comic books.
As much as I wanted create a Vegetable Man with an allergy to rhubarb, I had to contain my excitement.
You laugh now, but little did you know that one of DC's Doom Patrol's most iconic villains was called Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man.