Superteam, assemble!

[Overcast]

Bringing the rhythm, the funk, the rock and the groove. If you gotta make way for the homo superior then you better build roads for,

The Beat

His real name is Danny Mills, and he was just an aspiring musician till the day he attempted to summon a demon to sell his soul to for musical fame as all great musicians before him. Unfortunately he miffed the ritual, and instead of just getting regular fame he was forcibly fused with the talents of all the individuals who had made the deal before all augmented with oddly supernatural effects!

He has since given up on deals with demons, and his abilities have turned out not so great for live shows or music circuits but he has found them very good at FIGHTING CRIME.

The Beat can summon any instrument at will, and can unleash devastating audio attacks just through improvised playing or singing. He can also use specific songs, as long as they are from dead musicians, to unleash sometimes amusing effects, such as summoning a group of backup zombies by singing Thriller. Though these effects only seem to last for as long as he sings the song.

[Intern Nin]

Originally Posted by Arhra

Try harder!

Lamb's blood is easily circumvented, a dozen teleports a day is still ridiculous depending on what is covered under a teleport, the light of the Moon restriction renders him completely useless a lot of nights (barring a 'I stand in the shadows, lawl' loophole) and there's still no definition on what he's actually capable of.

I'm gonna backpedal and say disregard almost all of what I wrote in the last post. Sorry, I had the wrong idea about "limitations".

As far as what he's capable of, well there's a lot of things. The Warlock is a 5,000+ year old wizard. But he can't create something out of nothing or rewrite reality or anything like that. If he could, he wouldn't have spent the last five millenia trying to conquer the world.

The Warlock favors using the Staff of Geb for pure offensive purposes, which can make earthquakes, lava geysers, and sprout a bunch of evil thorny vines although these will take a minute to charge up. He can summon creatures and spirits from the Otherworld, but they usually come at a steep price and Ida has a strict "No Sacrifice" policy. Given a little bit of time and preperation, he can actually bring an inanimate object to life for a little while, but he cannot bring back the dead. Well, can't bring them back as they were anyways.

The Warlock can't blast lightning out of his hands or throw someone around with telekinesis, so don't ask. He's not clairvoyant but he does have connections to forces that have eyes and ears most everywhere. He can teleport things but if it's a living being he's teleporting, they have to be willing to be transported to the place he's sending them. So he can't just, say, snap his fingers and send an evil-doer to the center of the earth. Also, teleporting is limited to twice a day, three things at a time, and only on this planet (so no vacations to Jupiter or Mars).

He can control, curse, and transmogrify a person but he needs something belonging to the aforementioned person plus their real name. Monikers or names that they've legally changed to won't work. Plus those types of spells always come with some sort of condition or way to be broken. He can make illusions that last for as long as he can concentrate or until the subject realizes that what they're experiencing is not real.

As far as his immortality goes, he can't die and that's about it. He's not indestructible and he won't automatically regenerate if injured. He will just continue living, even if grounded up into a fine powder. He can magick himself together again if that should happen but without help it can take decades to do so. This the kind of immortality a name which is also a word of power can buy.

The Warlock is a student in pretty much every mystic art, so he can recognize any kind of magick being used against him. He is also familiar with quite a few super-villains, having worked alongside them in the past.

Most importantly, The Warlock does not want to be a do-gooder. He may be under Ida's control but he still drags his feet every step of the way. He will not rush to fight a bad-guy or help an innocent person who's in danger or voluntarily give information that would otherwise help someone unless given an order to do so. The geis forces him to obey Ida and protect her but he can still take liberties with ambiguous orders (Ex. Ida orders him to "attack" a fifty foot tall monster, he can throw a small stone at it's leg and it will still be considered a command obeyed.). Also, if an order will lead to Ida being hurt, contradicts a previous long-standing order (Ex. Ida ordered him to not hurt innocent people anymore.), or is just plain impossible to fulfill, the Warlock will not be compelled to carry it out.

[Arhra]

Overcast, that ability is waaaaaaay too open ended. Also, if he has the musical talent of a ton of famous musicians combined, why is he using it to fight crime instead of, you know, being the greatest rock star to have ever lived?

Nin, you've narrowed it down a bit but there's still a lot of undefined things andd at least three abilities that are plot-killers. I shall expand on this when I have time tomorrow.

[Overcast]

Every rock star who ever died, and because it has been tainted by the ritual, he can only perform very excellent cover songs and they all have side effects. I'll narrow it down to a few more dominant musicians and get back to you.

EDIT:
The King of Pop: The now deceased king once dominated the world of popular music. With well made hooks great choreography, and simple instrumemtals the king had wide appeal that shown beyond his somewhat weird lifestyle up to his death. In death singing his music is risky, he hardly ever starts strong so the effects don't appear till the bridge, and if it isn't well choreographed then he may not arrive at all. Nothing cool about getting punched while performing. But when the bridge arrives everyone becomes part of the video, and if you aren't attempting to dance to the beat the king will drop the hammer on you, usually via well placed movements by the sudden large quantity of backup dancers.
Average song length: 4 minutes
Average effect length: 45 seconds
Usability:*
Effect: Reality Modify: Music Video
Effect power: *****
Effect damage type: Physical/enviromental

The Mixmaster: Legendary dj element of a three man crew he now cuts breaks for the Beat. Requiring Beat take the part of MC the Mixmaster is fond of improvisational dj mixes that mess about with the time s[ace continum. Not always in a way beneficial to Beat.
Average song length: 3 minutes
Average effect length: Momentary but possibly frequent.
Usability: *
Effect: Modify Reality: Scratchin' and mixin'
Effect power: *****
Effect Damage type: N/A

[Arhra]

Hey Nin, I was being a little harsh since powers are there to help resolve issues in a dramatic fashion.

With that said though, the Warlock is a bit of a mess thematically. Environmental attacks, summoning, enhanced awareness, teleporting stuff, curses, mind control, illusions...

Most of these abilities by themselves would be excellent material for a superhero's powers. Pick a theme and stick to it.

Originally Posted by Overcast

Every rock star who ever died, and because it has been tainted by the ritual, he can only perform very excellent cover songs and they all have side effects. I'll narrow it down to a few more dominant musicians and get back to you.

EDIT:
The King of Pop: The now deceased king once dominated the world of popular music. With well made hooks great choreography, and simple instrumemtals the king had wide appeal that shown beyond his somewhat weird lifestyle up to his death. In death singing his music is risky, he hardly ever starts strong so the effects don't appear till the bridge, and if it isn't well choreographed then he may not arrive at all. Nothing cool about getting punched while performing. But when the bridge arrives everyone becomes part of the video, and if you aren't attempting to dance to the beat the king will drop the hammer on you, usually via well placed movements by the sudden large quantity of backup dancers.
Average song length: 4 minutes
Average effect length: 45 seconds
Usability:*
Effect: Reality Modify: Music Video
Effect power: *****
Effect damage type: Physical/enviromental

The Mixmaster: Legendary dj element of a three man crew he now cuts breaks for the Beat. Requiring Beat take the part of MC the Mixmaster is fond of improvisational dj mixes that mess about with the time s[ace continum. Not always in a way beneficial to Beat.
Average song length: 3 minutes
Average effect length: Momentary but possibly frequent.
Usability: *
Effect: Modify Reality: Scratchin' and mixin'
Effect power: *****
Effect Damage type: N/A

What.

[Overcast]

Yeah my laptop is busted and attempting to do this intuitively via mobile was a terrible idea hopefully I can get on a computer for proper thought