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THE THING
Identity: Benjamin Jacob Grimm
Group Affiliation: Fantastic Four, former member of the West Coast Avengers, former member of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation
Base of Operations: New York City
First Appearance: FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (1962)
Side: Good
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Height: 6'
Hair: None (Brown, in human form)
Eyes: Blue
Level: 12th
Experience: 77,000
Training: +1 Strength
Powers:
1. Body Power (Orange Rock-like Hide): The Thing's body is covered with an orange, flexible, rock-like hide which grants him increased endurance (Heightened Endurance B +32), strength (Heightened Strength B +72), and mass (weight is 500 lbs.). He has a natural ADR of 220 and 8 points of Invulnerability (subtract the Invulnerability Points from any damage before applying it to his ADR rating). His reflexes have maintained their normal levels, inspite of his increased mass (he does not suffer from an Agility Modifier from his increased weight). The Thing's lungs have increased their capacity allowing him to hold his breath for up to nine minutes, and he can exhale a small windstorm (attack as Vibratory Powers; Range 50" (E in inches), 2d10 Damage, PR 4 per attack). Finally, the Thing's body is able to withstand extremes of temperature from -59 Degrees to 426 Degrees Celsius (-75 Degrees to 800 Degrees Fahrenheit) -- this grants the Thing free Adpatation defense against Flame and Ice Power attacks.
2. Heightened Attack: +1 Damage per level (+12 Damage). Used with HTH attacks only.
3. Heightened Defense (Orange Rock-like Hide): -4 to be hit.
4. Natural Weaponry (Orange Rock-like Hide): +5 to hit, +10 damage
5. Natural Weaponry (Natural HTH Combat Skill): +3 to hit, +6 damage
Character Data:
Weight: 500 lbs. Basic Hits: 10 Agility Mod: Nil
Strength: 90 Endurance: 50
Agility: 15 Intelligence: 12
Charisma: 10 Reactions from:   Good: --     Evil: --
Hit Mod. (6.4) (6.2) (1.6) (1.1) = 69.8368 Hit Points: 699
Damage Mod.: +1 Healing Rate: 15.0
Accuracy: +2 Power: 167
Carrying Capacity: 183,500 lbs. Basic HTH Damage: 6d10
Movement Rates: 155" ground.
Det. Hidden: 10% Det. Danger: 14%
Inventing Points: 14.4 Inventing (36%):
Origin and Background: (American)
Areas of Interest: Military, Pilot, & Sports (Football).
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States of America with no criminal record.