Widow

Super-strong web-spinning acrobat

Widow

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Quotation	"Consider yourself lucky. I could have done much worse than web you to a streetlight."
First Appearance	Shadow Watch #3, 1986
Real Name	Charlotte McCoy
Identity	Secret ID
Player	NPC
Origin	Alien
Archetype	Sword
Team Affiliation	Shadow Watch
Base Of Operations	Chicago, IL, USA
Range Of Operations	Local/National with team

Description

Age	24		Nationality	American
Height	173 cm (5' 8")		Hair	White (Brown)
Weight	67 kg (148 lbs)		Eyes	White (Blue)
Gender	Cis Female		Sexuality	Homosexual

Widow is an athletic young Caucasian woman with pale ivory skin, blue eyes, and long brown hair. In her guise as Widow, her entire body is covered by a thin layer of extraterrestrial nanotechnological goo, making her eyes and skin chalk white. The goo can take on any color or texture, but because of the neuroses of the previous wearer of the goo, it now tends to display itself in ways that represent spiders. Because of the symbiotic nature of the entity, Charlotte is always wearing it, even when in street clothes. At these times, it takes on the color and texture of underclothes.

Attributes

Agility 5
Brawn 4
Endurance 4
Presence 2
Reason 2
Power Level 5

• Normal Lift: 55 t (loaded tanker truck)
• Max Lift: 170 t (locomotive)
• Throws (25 kg): 3,500 m

• Max Range: 100 m
• Max Area: 10 m radius

Skills

• Athletics
• Computing
• Culture
• Hand-to-hand Combat (+)
• Investigation
• Perception
• Ranged Combat
• Science

Gifts

• Quick Change

Powers

Clinging

Free action, Self-only

Only while "in costume"

Damage Resistance

Constant, Self-only

Only while "in costume"

Danger Sense

Free action, Self-only

Environmental Immunity

Constant, Self-only

Only while "in costume"

Flight

Move action, Self-only

Swinging

Hold

Standard action, Ranged, Special

Nanomesh "webbing"

Night Vision

Free action, Self-only

Only while "in costume"

Radio Communication

Free action, Self-only

Speak With Objects

Standard action, Self-only

Computers only; must touch

Strike

Standard action, Hand-to-hand, Normal

Only while "in costume"

Super-agility

Constant, Self-only

Only while "in costume"

Super-lifting

Constant, Self-only

Only while "in costume"

Equipment

Commlink (PL 1)

Covert Tracking Device (PL 2)

Digital Camera, Micro (PL 1)

Movement

	Base Move	Double Move	All-out Move
Run	40 m	80 m	240 m (140 km/h)
Swim	7 m	14 m	42 m (25 km/h)
Jump	5 m
Fly	40 m	80 m	240 m (140 km/h)

Personality

Charlotte is smart and outgoing, and she loves helping people. Charlotte enjoys being Widow because it gives her opportunities to be adventurous while making the world a better place.

Motivations

Audacity

The character is an adrenaline junkie driven by a desire to experience thrills and risk.

Justice

The character seeks to ensure that misdeeds are met with appropriate punishment.

Complications

Enemy

Charlotte may be mistaken for the infamous Scarlet Spider, the previous host for the extraterrestrial nanotech.

History

Charlotte McCoy is the daughter of Jonathan McCoy and Wendy McCoy, of Oak Brook, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois). Charlotte has an older brother, Jacob, whom she has always idolized. When Jacob focused on the natural sciences and physics at university, Charlotte focused on chemistry and forensic science. When he had a life-changing experience and began to participate in "extreme sports", so did she. Charlotte wasn't in competition with him: he was her role model. With "extreme sports" come extreme risks, and after a particularly bad fall during a freestyle motocross competition, Charlotte found herself in the hospital with a mild concussion and several broken bones. As luck would have it, she was being wheeled into the emergency room at the same time as a local photographer, Carson Cross (ex-husband of the famous model and actress, Mary-Elizabeth Bell), who'd suffered a gunshot injury. What no one knew was that Carson Cross was in fact the infamous Scarlet Spider. As Cross died, the extraterrestrial nanotechnological goo that granted Cross his Scarlet Spider powers sought a new host. Charlotte was the nearest candidate. Frightened and confused, Charlotte and the entity fled the hospital. Later, authorities theorized that the Scarlet Spider had attacked and kidnapped Charlotte for reasons unknown. The Scarlet Spider had a history of irrational behaviour, so this was a reasonable deduction, given the facts available. Eventually, Charlotte and the entity came to an understanding. She learned that the entity was designed by an alien race as a protective covering for space exploration, and that its original host had perished many years ago. She sensed a great relief that it had finally found a human host not plagued by insecurity and depression. For her part, Charlotte was excited when she realized that she would have the powers of the Scarlet Spider: strength, speed, and resistance to harm.

Powers and Abilities

The entity that gives Widow her powers provides her superhuman strength and speed. It allows her to cling to surfaces at will, and it provides her with protection equivalent to an armored car. The entity is able to excrete thin adhesive strands (originally intended as safety lines during space travel), which Widow can use to swing through the city like Tarzan, or to engulf and restrain her opponents. The entity can listen and respond on radio frequencies, and Widow uses this ability in conjunction with micro-transmitters to track and follow persons of interest. The entity can also act as a computer interface, allowing Widow to mentally access computers by touching them.

Widow is fluent in American English, and she can speak Mexican Spanish at a conversational level.

Summary

Character Points Spent: 50
Unspent Experience: 0
Attributes 28 + Skills 9 + Gifts 1 + Powers 12 + Modifiers 0 = 50 / 50