SUPERHERO NAME HELP

Never!!!

 

How would you go about making powers like the ones I listed more interesting? I'm honestly curious, because I'm open to changing them somewhat, but the trouble I'm having is figuring out the limitations without taking away what makes him...him, if that makes sense. I was thinking maybe some kind of heightened weakness to a certain element, but that sounds a lot like Superman's kryptonite. And the thing isn't meant to be super serious, but I get what you mean.

 

I don't think you fully understand the irony of your post.

 

Gordon Freeclaw.​

 

I fully understand it . . . and accept it. It was meant as both a retort to you and a jab at Mr Bieber . . .

 

Nah, you totally missed it.

>Never say never
>say never

 

I assume you want a sorta biological theme right?
How about this...
He can grow tumors onto any surface through touch of any size. If he grows a tumor on a biological structure that tumor can greatly affect the health of the affected person depending on the size from being sick to straight up killing them.
Simple as that, it's very specific but that's the idea. At first glance because of how specific it is it seems to be capable of little to nothing but with a bit of creativity it can have potential to be amazing.
Each battle he has would be based on if he is capable of landing a touch on the head of his opponent(or general brain area), it's a simple task but depending on who he's fighting he would have to use his wits and cunning to succeed.
The greatest powers are the one's that are over powered in the right hands rather then the ones that are straight up over powered.

 

To give another perspective because I know Jube is gonna say something totally different from me.

It's hard to limit a power that is just good without either scaling back or making it unreasonably taxing to use. The best way to actually scale back on powers is to be creative with the power you come up with in the first place and then working around how specific it is or how weak it seems to make it good.

Right now he has too many powers. Any one of those powers could basically make him a one man wrecking crew when used in the stupidest possible way. But back to your character as he is. I'd drop the healing factor entirely or at least make it more of an informed ability. He has enough defensive shits already and his defenses can even be used to patch himself up the way Emiya would grow swords over his wounds. Then there's the adaptation. Even Cars couldn't handle outer space and he survived being blasted by a volcano. I'd make his adaptation more like a, "you got me last time, but this time I'm ready" kind of deal. Even a, "What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger," version isn't as bad as instant adaptation. But I'd try to focus your attention on his armor and claw deals and how to put a personalized twist on that. The virus this is pretty much a story point and you should see if you can adapt that into his fighting style somehow.

 

Fine I give. But back to the serious business . . .

Why not just pick three random things you see, take those words and pick either two or all three jumbling them together in cool name. Let's just hope it's not, body knife blood . . . 0_0

 

As much as I actually really like your idea, it's not the kind of character I would like to write. And I totally agree with your statement about powers being better in certain hands. I might use the idea, however, for a different character, but I'd like to stick to the idea of claws grown from an armor-like skin, and the regeneration thing, I'm willing to limit more, but I also use that as a way the character gains said powers (dead or dying, bonds with virus, brought back to life, to put it really simply)

I can take out the adaptation thing, now realizing how OP a defense that is with his armor skin and regeneration. The healing factor is important because it's how he gets his powers in the first place (it's not known that the virus is actually sentient when it's given to him), but I might slow it down or something, still thinking of how.

(and who's Cars?)

You guys are really helping though, I appreciate the well thought out responses and idea sharing.

 

http://jjba.wikia.com/wiki/Cars

And if you're going with the claws and armor type thing then be creative with where the claws come from and how he blends it into his fighting style, flailing your limbs around get's boring after a while especially if there seems to be no rhyme or reason like wolverine. Try looking up a fighting style and picturing how one would blend blades, claws and other sharp appendages into that fighting style without making the actual martial art redundant, Leo's Muay Thai lazer blades from Anarchy Reigns is a good example. You could also try basing it off dancing like Mugen from Samurai Champloo.
And try not to limit it to just his arms and legs growing ****. His neck, his back, his toes, his stomach, anything that would make a reader go "OH ****!" when they see it spew out of him.

 

He definitely would already have fighting experience before hand, with a liking for blades...perhaps some kind of under-rated martial art that uses bladed weapons. I'll look some up in detail. He's a more coordinated fighter than Wolverine (not as strong though)
I thought about giving him the ability to generate the blades anywhere actually, and my design includes a long tail-like blade growing from the back of his head, though the blades would only be able to grow a certain length. Don't want to make it so he can just take out anyone in the same room as him, probably up to say, 6 feet? Not sure how long to make it effective, yet limited.

 

You could make it a disease or poison resistance. He doesn't need to be able to regenerate to take the virus. He just needs to be able to take the virus. You could even make part of his character that he doesn't get sick because microbes cannot keep up with his immune system or something. The healing thing is a nice plot device but something only a little different could help while not being so obtrusive. I'd probably go with super immune system or a body that is able to process harmful substances like poison or contagions without being effected. This particular virus could be the only one strong enough to be an exception to this to make it seem tougher or whatever. In my opinion, it's a nicer plot device than healing because its forgettable. When no one thinks it'll be important it comes back to the forefront but other than that, just fades in to the background.

Also, for blade range, conservation of mass.

 

What about limiting the total length of all blades he decides he wants? Say he has ten feet worth of blades coming out of different parts of the body, out of a predefined total (say fifteen feet total)? If he wants six feet worth of blades elsewhere, he'd have to subtract from the ten feet already out.

 

Yeah, I was thinking of doing something like that, so he'd have to strategically switch his blade positioning to both counter different angles of strikes and attack enemies at different positions from him.

 

la Razor

In response to the numerous "la"s in your post.

Also, give him a wonderful singing voice.