Hydra

I have mixed feelings about this character. I thought the original idea was great -- a water based Superhero, able to take the form of water, ice or steam, having lost his original body in an accident. The actual implementation pushed the Multiform rules way past any concept of balance, it seems, since it combined a brick, energy blaster and an almost impervious form to good effect. Here are the results, though there a few too many numbers for my current tastes. Some of the disadvantages look a bit dodgy too (but this was Champions... :-)

	Base Form		Ice Form		Water Form		Steam Form
Char	Value	Cost	Value	Cost	Value	Cost	Value	Cost
STR	11	1	60	49	21	10	11	0
DEX	17	21	17	0	17	0	17	0
CON	35	50	35	0	35	0	35	0
BODY	10	0	22	24	15	10	10	0
INT	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0
EGO	11	2	11	0	11	0	11	0
PRE	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0
COM	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0
PD	5	3	18	13	5	0	5	0
ED	7	0	18	11	10	3	7	0
SPD	4	13	4	0	4	0	4	0
REC	7	0	7	0	7	0	7	0
END	70	0	70	0	70	0	70	0
STUN	34	0	89	55	86	52	34	0

Cost	Powers: Base	END
133	Multipower 200 pts, full phase to change
13	Ice form
13	Water form
13	Steam form
33	Additional steam powers (50 pts, linked -½)
-5	Running not useable in stream form (-½)
Cost	Powers: Ice	END
15	10 PD/10 ED Hardened & Resistant
8	8 PD/8 ED Resistant
25	5d6 NND -- no range, requires grab (-½)
Cost	Powers: Water	END
15	Shapeshift into puddle
30	½ Damage Reduction -- physical, resistant
27	8d6 Energy Blast, 2x END	8
8	+8" running, downhill only
30	Invisible vs normal sight, hearing, smell/taste, N-Ray vision, no fringe, underwater only (-1½). 0 END, persistent, power is required (-¼)
5	Breathe underwater
Cost	Powers: Steam	END
42	Desolidification 0 END, Persistent, Not vs sold objects, affected by cold, wind, water, power is required (-¼)
88	Invisible vs Radar, sonar, UV, normal sight, smell group, spatial awareness & N-Ray vision. 0 END, persistent, power is required (-¼)
70	4d6 scalding Damage Shield, 0 END, persistent, affects physical world
	Remaining supplied from outside slot:
14	7" Flight	1
5	Infrared Vision
10	No need to breathe
2	Immune to exteme heat
7	1 level growth, 2x mass, +5 STR, -1" knockback, +1 BODY, +1 STUN, 0 END
10	360 degree vision
125+	Disadvantages
10	DNPC (Ester, 8-, Norm)
20	Hunted 8- (campaign)
10	Dependency Water 2d6/day
15	Very low self-image
20	Code vs Killing
10	Psych: Wants to be normal (common, total)
10	Accidental change 8- common (temperature changes)
10	No fine manipulation
15	Distinctive features
20	Psych: Difficulty with being superhero
10	Susc. To Transformation attacks