Hey y'all. I was wondering if I could try and get in on some of this action. I've got a character I wrote for a mutants and masterminds game that didn't stick on another forum and I figured I'd try and fit him in here.
Name: Caleb Anderson
Hero Name: Berzerker
Parent: Not heroes. His mother is a trucker, whose quirk didn't really take on her son, and his biological father is Muscular, a villain with the Muscle Augmentation quirk, although he was never her husband, rather Caleb was conceived in... Shall we say unusual and undesirable circumstances. Her subsequent husband's quirk is obviously completely irrelevant since he has no biological share in Caleb, although he has been an overall positive male role model that every boy needs.
Age: 15
Sexuality: Straight as an Arrow
Appearance: 6'1" tall, a very athletic build weighing 160 lbs of shredded wiry muscle, all due to his quirk letting him build muscle and burn fat literally on command. He has pale white skin, short brown hair, blue eyes. He has a face that isn't ugly, but nobody would call him classically handsome, because of minor damage incurred by untrained use of his quirk early in life.
Costume: Technically none. He goes out wearing manacles and a straightjacket that leaves his legs free, but these are purely there so he can tear out of them when he enters the fray. The idea is to evoke the idea of a primal force being unleashed as a form of intimidation and showmanship. Aside from that, he prefers to wear shorts and cheap shirts because he tends to tear a lot of clothing in his rages.
Personality: Quiet, not terribly emotional. Caleb is gentle and tries to be nice but he's usually poor conversation as his social skills are not very well developed, making him seem aloof. This lack of experience comes from a lot of time alone in prayer to discipline himself to control his latent rage.
When angry, he's unsurprisingly very different. He becomes aggressive, wild, and and almost feral in appearance.
Quirk: Berserk. This quirk is arguably a variant on his father's quirk, Muscle Augmentation. Like his father, Caleb can boost his muscle power at will. Unlike his father, Caleb becomes angrier the more strength he calls up, which has the upside of allowing him to ignore pain, fatigue, fear, and even psychic attack. The downside is that when he boosts his strength too high, his rage can take over, and it becomes harder for him to control it. At his current limit of control he can withstand bullets with minor discomfort and punch through solid rock. However he also loses control over himself and can even fail to be conscious of his actions, like a dream. This can work to his advantage on occasion, when his mind becomes consumed with rage telepathy and other mind interaction powers become harder to use on him, even being ineffective as his mind becomes like a burning iron to a telepath's touch.
When his quirk is active, his muscles bulge and his veins pop up. His eyes go wide and bloodshot.
After his rage ends, he goes through withdrawal, spending time slurring words, staggering about like a drunk. If he goes into a particularly powerful rage he suffers headaches and nosebleeds.
Other: Caleb knows he should hate his biological father, but he feels a desire to find Muscular and at least try to make an attempt at reconciliation, in light of his Christian upbringing.
TL;DR he's basically got muscle augmentation and resistance to mental attacks but it comes at the cost of risking loss of control when he generates excessive amounts of strength.