The Thing
Ben Grimm
F) In40
A) Gd10
S) Un100
E) Mn75
R) Gd10
I) Gd10
P) Rm30
Health: 225 Karma: 50
Resources: Gd Pop: 30
Known Powers:
Rock Form: In, has the following power stunts:
-Body Armor: In vs. physical, Ex vs. Energy
-Resistance to Fire: In
-Protected Senses: Rm protection vs. sonics
-Immovability: The Thing can only be moved by an adversery of Mn strength or greater and only on a Red FEAT. He is immune to stuns and slams.
-Movement: The Thing can move 2 areas/round and he should be treated as CL1000 material to be stopped. He pays no attention to force field or objects of less than Rm strength. Those of greater force will slow him down to 1 area/round.
-Stomp: Every time The Thing walks, he creates an In intensity quake within a radius of 5 areas. While he wears the Impact Suit, this power is not in effect.
Equipment:
Impact Suit: Ex material, absorbs the extra impact that Ben puts on himself and the world.
Talents: Hand-to-Hand Combat, Wrestling
Contacts: Fantastic Four
Athletically and intellectually gifted, young Ben Grimm, regarded as a future football star as early as fourth grade, was nicknamed "Grimm Reaper" for his linebacking skills. At the age of seven, Grimm had befriended fellow student Reed Richards, protecting Reed from bullying students. In turn, Reed helped Ben with his studies, tutoring him in math and science; he also shared his research with Ben, showing him his devices built for accessing other dimensions. In fifth grade, Reed was moved uptown to a government research facility. Ben seldom saw his friend thereafter.
Ben finished high school and soon began college in the New York area. He remained in occasional contact with Reed over the years, and when time came for Reed to demonstrate his teleportation device, Ben was invited to observe. As the test was during Ben's spring break, he rode cross-country to the Nevada test site, where he watched the test beside Reed, Susan and Johnny Storm, and Victor Van Damme. The device malfunctioned and Ben woke up in Mexico City, transformed into a rocky, brutish Thing. He was taken to the Baxter Building by the U.S. government. When the Baxter Building was attacked by Arthur Molekevic's monster, Ben leapt from the skyscraper and battled the beast. Ben, Reed and Johnny pursued the monster into Molekevic's hidden headquarters beneath Manhattan, where they retrieved Susan Storm, though Ben's massive strength inadvertently collapsed Molekevic's chambers.
As the U.S. government wanted to keep the foursome a secret, Ben was confined to the Baxter Building for months after his change and limited to weekly phone calls to his family. He accompanied his teammates to Denmark to confront Victor Van Damme, and again in the N-Zone on a voyage of exploration. While Reed and Sue had each other, and Johnny was allowed in public, Ben was the most isolated of the four, unable to pursue his interests or see his friends, his pro football dreams dead. His first real joy since being changed came when the quartet entered the N-Zone and Ben space-walked for the first time; he found similar moments venturing into the Jurassic Era. After the team went public as the Fantastic Four while battling the alien Nihil in Las Vegas, Ben slowly began to accept what he'd become, even adopting an old football coach's slogan as his battle cry: "It's Clobberin' Time!"
