Human Torch Hero
Real Name: Jonathan "Johnny" Storm.
Occupation: Race car driver and mechanic, adventurer, college student with no declared major.
Identity: Publicly known.
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record.
Other Aliases: None.
Place of Birth: Glenville, Long Island, New York.
Marital Status: Single.
Known Relatives: Franklin (father, deceased), Mary (mother, deceased), Susan (alias Invisible Woman, sister).
Group Affiliation: Fantastic Four.
Base of Operations: The Fantastic, known space; the Baxter Building, Manhattan, New York City.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: FANTASTIC FOUR #1.
History: Johnny Storm is the younger of two children born to physician Franklin Storm. Growing up, Johnny was always the rebel of the family; part of this stemmed from the attention showered on his older sister Susan, leaving him to act out in order to get attention. Johnny didn't care what kind of attention.
As he got older, he discovered he had a knack for fixing engines, and was soon running an underground repair shop in his parents' garage for the neighborhood kids' motorcycles and hot rods. After being invited to a race track (allegedly as a mechanic, although part of that may just have been his bragging), he got his first taste at drag-racing. It wasn't long before he found himself behind the wheel of a drag-racer.
When Susan's boyfriend, Reed Richards, announced that the ship with an experimental hyperdrive he'd designed was nearing completion at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Johnny was invited to tour the ship. During the tour, Johnny got lost in the engine room while admiring the workmanship. Four hours later, the work crews found him reassembling a thruster assembly that had come loose. An inspection of his work showed that the thruster worked better than before it had been installed, and Johnny was quick to accept their offer of employment, despite still being in high school.
Reed's ship, the Fantastic, launched on schedule. During the first test of the hyperspace drive, what was supposed to be a quick run from Earth to Mars and back, the shields on board proved unable to withstand the unusual radiation of hyperspace. The four crew members – Reed, Sue, Johnny, and pilot Ben Grimm – were bombarded with radiation the ship could not keep out. It was only a last-minute jury-rig of Johnny's that enabled the ship to return to Earth.
It wasn't long before Johnny, along with the other three that were on board the Fantastic, manifested powers, with Johnny becoming the second Human Torch. Not long afterward, he accepted Reed's proposal to form the super-team known as the Fantastic Four.
Recently, under pressure from his older sister, Johnny has decided to go to college, and has enrolled at Empire State University. On his first day, he met a woman named Crystal, who he was since started dating and who has powers of her own.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 10".
Weight: 170 lbs.
Eyes: Green.
Hair: Red.
Uniform: Dark blue bodysuit with a stylized 4 on the left breast, white belt, white gloves, white boots.
Strength Level: The Human Torch possesses the normal human strength of a man his age, height, and build who engages in moderate regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: The Human Torch possesses the superhuman ability to create and control fire and heat.
Johnny's most common manifestation of his powers is the ability to surround his body with a sheath of super-heated plasma. Because most of the energy he generates is in the infrared spectrum, he is dimmer than would be expected from such an energy source. He can mentally control both the energy output and the areas covered by the flame, enabling him to carry someone aloft by making sure his arms are not aflame. Johnny is impervious to this flame, and can withstand temperatures up to the surface temperature of the sun.
By directing the energy beneath him, Johnny can fly like a rocket. He can also produce various forms such as a constant jet of flame, much like a modern flamethrower, or in balls of flame. He can also generate an omnidirectional blast of super-heated fire, which he calls his "nova blast"; the use of the nova blast is known to leave him physically drained.
Johnny also possesses the ability to control flame, both those he generates and those from other sources. He can suppress these flames, or shape them into forms like cages.
Johnny's fire requires both oxygen and fuel, and can be doused by immersion in water or by removing the air from his surrounding area.
Abilities: Johnny Storm is a skilled racing car driver. He is also a superb mechanic, and while is isn't able to design an engine or vehicle from scratch, he is capable of fine-tuning engines and other machines to run beyond their stated performance rates without problems.
Paraphernalia: Johnny Storm's Fantastic Four uniforms and regular clothing have been created using dynamic molecules, enabling them him to "flame on" while wearing them without harming them in any way.
1,215 points
| ST: 11 [10] | HP: 11 [0] | Speed: 6.00 [5] |
| DX: 13 [60] | Will: 11 [0] | Ground Move: 6 [0] |
| IQ: 11 [20] | Per: 11 [0] | Air Move: 12/72 [0] |
| HT: 10 [0] | FP: 10 [0] | SM: 0 |
| Dmg: 1d-1/1d+1 | BL: 24 lbs. | |
| Dodge: 10 | Parry: 12 | DR: 25 (flame sheath) |
Languages: English (Native) (Native Language) [0].
Cultural Familiarities: Western (Native) [0].
Advantages: 3D Spatial Sense [10]; Appearance (Attractive) [4]; Artificer 2 [20]; Burning Attack 5d (Fireballs) (Increased Range ×2, +10%; Increased 1/2D Range ×5, +10%; Rapid Fire, RoF 5, +70%; Rapid Fire: Selective Fire, +10%; Ricochet, +10%; Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%; Alternative Attack, x1/5) [10]; Burning Attack 6d (Flame Jet) (Jet, +0%; Jet: Increased 1/2D Range ×2, +5%; Jet: Increased Range ×2, +10%; Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%; Alternative Attack, x1/5) [6]; Burning Attack 3d (Flame Sheath) (Aura, +80%; Link (with DR), +10%; Melee Attack: Destructive Parry, +10%; Melee Attack: Reach C, -30%; Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%) [23]; Burning Attack 18d (Nova Burst) (Area Effect (64 yds), +300%; Costs 10 Fatigue, -50%; Emanation, -20%; Requires Concentrate, -15%; Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%) [266]; Combat Reflexes [15]; Control Fire 3 (Collective, +100%; Independent, +40%; Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%) [132]; Create Fire 10 (Cosmic: No FP Expenditure, +50%; Destruction: Create and Destroy, +100%; Elemental, -10%; Super, -10%) [69]; Damage Resistance 25 (Flame Sheath) (Force Field, +20%; Link, +10%; Switchable, +10%; Visible, -10%; Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%) [138]; Daredevil [15]; Driver's Reflexes 2 [10]; Enhanced Move (Air) 2.5 (Air Move 72/144 mph) (Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%) [40]; Fit [5]; Flight (Elemental: Heat/Fire, -10%; Super, -10%) [32]; Heat/Fire Talent 4 [20]; High Manual Dexterity 1 [5]; Infravision (Super, -10%) [9]; Legal Enforcement Powers 2 (Informal, -10%) [5]; Temperature Control 20 (Heat, -50%; Increased Range (×10), +30%; Super, -10%) [70]; Temperature Tolerance 160 [160]; Wealth (Comfortable) [10].
Perks: Honest Face [1]; Ignition [1]; Illumination [1]; Skintight [1]; Supersuit [1].
Disadvantages: Code of Honor (Hero's) [-10]; Compulsive Carousing (12) [-5]; Impulsiveness (12) [-10]; Lecherousness (12) [-15]; Overconfidence (12) [-5]; Pacifism (Cannot Kill) [-15]; Slow Riser [-5]; Xenophilia (12) [-10].
Quirks: Dual Identity [-1]; Loves his Fans [-1]; Show-Off [-1].
Skills: Aerobatics (H) DX+4 [12] – 17*; Artist (Flame Sculpting) (H) IQ+3 [2] – 14†; Brawling (E) DX+3 [8] – 16; Driving/TL8 (Automobile) (A) DX+2 [2] – 15‡; Driving (Motorcycle) (A) DX+1 [1] – 14‡; Fire Control (H) IQ+4 [4] – 15†; Innate Attack (Beam) (E) DX+3 [8] – 16; Innate Attack (Projectile) (E) DX+3 [6] – 16§; Mechanic! (WC) IQ+5 [60] – 16#; Piloting/TL8 (High Performance Airplane) (A) DX+3 [2] – 16‡∫; Piloting/TL8 (High Performance Spacecraft) (A) DX+3 [2] – 16‡∫; Skiing (H) HT+2 [12] – 12.
Starting Spending Money: $8,000 (20% Starting Wealth).
* Includes +2 from 3D Spatial Sense.
† Includes +4 from Heat/Fire Talent.
‡ Includes +2 from Driver's Reflexes.
§ Defaulted From Innate Attack (Beam).
# Includes +2 from Artificer.
∫ Includes +1 from 3D Spatial Sense.
Role-Playing Notes:
Johnny is flamboyant and impulsive, loving the public attention.