Goldspike

Name	Goldspike (Heroic Name)
Gender	Male, bi
Homeworld	Paragon City RI, Earth Heroic Prime
Class	Junior, 28kks
Nut	More of a Shellfish man himself
Totem	None, Mentored by Rita Tailor the Retail Retali8r
Smarts	4
Bod/Feet	7
RWP (M)	6
Luck	3
Drive	1
Looks	5 / 2 *ew?
Cool	4
Bonk	5
Powers	Poison Spines - able to erupt a number of bone or thorn-like spikes out of his body at will, which can obviously pierce flesh or most thin substances up to brick or wood; these are coated with or inject a poison substance which is quite powerful but not necessarily deadly unless injected into small creatures or ones with existing allergic reactions to food (of any kind). He can fling small clusters of these sharp spines from his hands about 20 feet accurately, and each can cause very painful wounds without the poison added. The poison will act as a debuff agent to all but the hardiest of enemies, and has several effects including slowing their overall movement rates, reducing the strength of their attacks, and 'softening them up' for further attacks; these effects wear off after a few minutes but it's usually enough to get them through a fight with boss, LTs, and minions alike. Teleportation - though it costs him quite a lot of endurance to manage, he can move between spaces up to 100 meters by simply appearing there. He can't move while doing this, so he can't use it as a 'combat' maneuver, and he remains somewhat slow after doing this so he likes to make sure he's moving toward a clear spot free of enemies. He cannot use this on others, it's a self-only ability.
Clusters	Doesn't Injure Friends +2 Though the sound of all of this is a little freaky and gross, as the thorns erupt, gush, and then are flung out with a dripping splat, he is incredibly good at selectively throwing or blorching out this poison and spines at specific targets or areas. Whether he offers a warning about it or not, unless the spine coated with the poison is aimed at someone, it will not even affect them Great Throwing Arm +2 When not busy with his heroics, he is actually very good with sports involving accurate throwing. He isn't involved directly with any of the school sports teams, but that hasn't stopped them from asking him to sub for their pitcher or quarterback now and then
Skills	Save Up Potency +3 If he doesn't get that stuff out of his system it does tend to become stronger. In the course of about 2 full days, it can become a roiling lethal concoction that even singes his hands a little when it comes out - so he does his best to basically practice daily and keep it to a minimum. However if there is a threat that actively comes up, like that one kaiju that impacted the nearby hillside and started tearing up homes, he can force the process to speed up for a short time Actually Not Ruin Clothing +3 They do come out of his skin. And they do poke through clothing, but neither the spines themselves nor the sticky icky poison that comes from his body seem to leave holes or stains? Somehow? The campus laundry service is keenly interested in collecting and analyzing some of this goop because there is a good chance it would be a terrific solvent if it was just a little less harmful!
Knacks	Eat Anything And Not Die +4 Maybe his spines and poison are a result of a super-active digestive system, because he can chew on beef jerky, beef bones, shoe leather, or leather-bound books and still get nutrition out of them. Also can snack on small metal items or shards of glass, though if the item isn't organic to start it just kind of ... dissolves in his gut and doesn't emerge later if you know what I mean. Yes, he could eat your homework, and yes he can destroy evidence. He's a hero though who would want him to do either of those? >_>
1	Heroic Ethics / Peacemongrel / Superb
2	Current Affairs / Talshoy / Decent
3	Speech / G. Fettel / Decent
4	Measuring Up / Haital / Decent
5	Danger Rooms and Reset Buttons / Moonrose * / Excellent
6	Allergies Are Everywhere / Virus / Decent
7	History of Warfare / G. Fettel / Excellent
8	Martial Arts for the Fashion Conscious / Alcott (Moondive) * / Excellent
Pets	none, can't get too close
Parents?	none, but likes to consider Rita his Weird Aunt
Siblings?	the other Protectors perhaps, but not biologically
Notes	* Martial Arts and Danger Rooms both qualify for Physical Education, Heroic Ethics and Danger Rooms give local permit credit
Weakness	More on the personal end, he would like to be considered a team leader with all the benefits, but those benefits are curtailed by the presence of those spines. He does have to concentrate on not growing bitter about this.

On seeing his handsome face and proud posture, most people inherently trusted and wanted to follow Goldspike. But few hung out too close to his spines, as they were quite painful and looked a bit... gross. His outfit has had to be made specially for him, the 'wounds' created by the spines healed using a nanofiber technology that he didn't pretend to understand. But he did like to look good. He knew that his spines would become a problem if he ever got too up-close, so Rita had to help him figure out how to internalize the poisons, and meditate a bit in order to keep them from erupting with his moods. He is a good front-line fighter, able to hold his own even in the heat of battle. Generally he would send out a long-range spike to alert a group of enemies and keep their attention on him. But little did they know they were already being affected by the poisons, and by the time his team would reach them those enemies melted like butter. He had a good awareness of biological enemies, but even mechanical ones will fall to the piercing spikes.

Rita had been of considerable use to help him learn how to teleport, using clever methods to chase enemies over or around an area. He has been able to scoot through a battlefield to reach the end boss though he still has no way to then summon his team. Perhaps at some point he'll work on that, but in the meantime he was well equipped to handle wading into a lot of enemies and allowing others to mop up behind him. ... Literally, sometimes the poison spikes drop that stuff on the walls and floor. As a team leader he listened to his group, and liked to assess their abilities before doing anything. That had gained him quite a bit of respect from the authorities, and Peacemongrel awarded him very high marks in his Ethics class.