Osmosis Man
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Osmosis Man | |
| Player: | |
| Origin: | Science |
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| Archetype: | Defender |
| Security Level: | 10 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Gino Pirelli |
| Known Aliases: | None |
| Species: | human |
| Age: | 25 |
| Height: | 6'1" |
| Weight: | 240 lb |
| Eye Color: | multicoloured |
| Hair Color: | black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | US Citizen |
| Occupation: | Personal AssistantIP Lawyer |
| Place of Birth: | New York |
| Base of Operations: | Earth |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Confidential |
| Known Powers | |
| Low grade Strength, Invulnerability and Flight, Superpower trading | |
| Known Abilities | |
| clerical | |
| Equipment | |
| none | |
| No additional information available. | |
Contents |
Character History
Gino Pirelli was a moderately successful Business Studies graduate, a career pretty much chosen for him by his parents as a way to better himself and rise above his working class roots. His big break came when he was hired as a Personal Assistant by Suza Jagger, alias Sun Lass.
Gino happily put up with her demands, often staying late in the office to help her with cases. A casual affair started between the two, which lead to two shocking discoveries in close succession. First, Gino discovered that his boss was Sun Lass, shortly after, his fiance Michelle discovered that he'd been fooling around with his boss behind her back.
Unceremoniously dumped and angry, Gino confronted Sun Lass, threatening to expose her identity to the public. She placated him by offering him the position as her personal assistant in crimefighting, and introduced him to Ms. Amazing and the Orgone Institute. At first, it seemed that the treatment he received there was not working, since he manifested limited abilities at best, but further tests revealed that he was developing the ability to induce or retard superhuman gifts in others.
Gino adopted the identity Osmosis Man, much to Ms Amazing's disgust, since his powers have nothing to do with the biological process of osmosis technically. She also attributed his abilities to a servile and submissive personality, but was prepared to let him keep the name with a little push from Sun Lass.
Affiliations
Osmosis Man is a reserve member of the 21st Century chapter of the Celestial Bodies.
Personality
Gino prefers to avoid the limelight, and take a secondary role to heroes who seek the limelight. He treats his teammates like business clients, politely and deferentially and will typically complemetn them on their choices of additional superpowers from his "menu".
He's not particularly bright, and easily lead by anyone with a strong personality.
Powers
Gino has Class 1 Superstrength, and can bench pres around 800kg. He can fly, and has limited invulnerability, allowing him to withstand a considerable beating.
His real power lies in his "Power Trading Library". He can induce abilities in others up to at least Class 3 standard, giving them sufficient strength to bench press 10 tons, Invulnerability sufficient to withstand small calibre fire with little or no effect, and sub-sonic flight.
He is also able to augment or damp existing natural powers. He has a harder time working with artificial powers or robots.
Despite the name, he does not need to touch his clients, but can induce or retard powers from diatances of around 50 feet.
Weaknesses and Limitations
Gino's greatest weakness is working alone. His innate powers are moderate at best, and he lacks the drive or training to function as a solo crimefighter.
Trivia
Gino prefers to fight crime in his business clothes. Sun Lass has created a costume for him, but he's too embarassed to wear it in public.
Gino's eyes change colour frequently as he cycles through his library of powers. He wears dark glasses most of the time to hide this effect.
