''Security system's picked up something major. Whatever it is... Dwayne Taylor's up for it... as NIGHT THRASHER!'' - Night Thrasher in Web of Spider-Man #109, February 1994.
Real name: Dwayne Michael Taylor Other known aliases: Thrash Occupation: Hero and businessman. Current group affiliation: None Past group affiliations: New Warriors, Folding Circle, Psionex. Major enemies: Psionex, Force of Nature, Sphinx, Poison Memories. First appearance: Mighty Thor #411 Origin: Description: Dwayne is an athletic a black man standing 6'3'' tall and weighing 220lbs.
Characteristics
15 STR 5
18 DEX 24
18 CON 16
13 BODY 6
18 INT 8
13 EGO 6
18 PRE 8
12 COM 1
7 PD 4
7 ED 3
4 SPD 12
8 REC 2
36 END 0
30 STUN 0
Characteristics Cost: 95
Powers, Skills and Equipment
35 38 Mental Defense
8 10" RUN
3 Acrobatics 13-
3 Breakfall 13-
3 Bureaucratics 13-
5 Choke Hold
3 Computer Programming 13-
3 Deduction 13-
3 Demolitions 11-
1 Electronics 8-
4 Fast Strike
3 Interrogation 13-
4 Killing Strike
4 Martial Disarm
4 Martial Dodge
10 Money,wealthy
3 Shadowing 11-
3 Streetwise 13-
3 Tactics 13-
4 WF,Common Melee,Small Arms
2 4/4 Damage Resistance,"Paded suit.",OIF(-1/2),14-
Activation(-1/2)
9 1D6 HKA,"Claw",vs physical defense,OIF(-1/2),No Knockback
(-1/4) 1
27 MP (61),"Weapons hidden in his suit.",Gestures(-1/4),OAF(-1)
2u 4" Darkness,"Smoke pellets",Sight,7-8 Charges(+1/4),
continuing,duration: 1 minute 0
2u 7D6 EB,"Mini-Plastique Packs",9-12 Charges(-1/4),Explosion
(+1/2),Time Delay(+1/4) 0
1u 1D6 RKA,"Throwing blades.",vs physical defense,13-16
Charges(+1/2),recoverable,Penetrating(+1/2) 0
1u 10" Swinging 2
2 Radio XMIT/REC,OAF(-1)
Powers Cost: 155
Disadvantages
Base Points: 100
10 Distinctive,"Scar on cheek.",concealable,minor
15 Hunted,"By various enemies.",as powerful,non-combat
influence,harsh,appear 8-
20 Normal Stats
10 Psych Lim,"Overbearing",common,moderate
15 Psych Lim,"In love with Sil.",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Overconfident",common,strong
5 Rep,"Martial artist hero.",occur 8-
5 Rivalry,"with Bandit or Nova.",professional
15 Secret ID,"Dwayne Michael Taylor"
10 Unluck,2D6
Disadvantages Total: 120
Experience Spent: 30
Total Points: 250
Explanation of the conversion: Over the years Night Thrasher has used at least five different armors. At his last appearance he stopped wearing power armor and only wears a protective costume and carries a few weapons and a swing line. Even though the weapons are hidden on his body, I made them Obvious and Accessible Foci because he has to pull them out to use them.
History: Dwayne Taylor is the son of Daryl and Melody Taylor. While
serving in the U.S. Army in Cambodia, Daryl, his friend Andrew Chord, and
their unit stumbled upon an ancient temple and met an old woman named Tai
who explained the generation old plan to fulfill a pact between
western men and eastern women, where the children of this pact would
serve as sacrifices in order to give control of a well that goes
through endless dimensions, and thereby give the controller ultimate
power. Taylor rejected Tai, and returned to his wife in America.
Dwayne was born to the Taylors, and during this time, Taylor used
inheritances to begin a conglomerate of benevolent companies named
the Taylor Foundation. Taylor used his investments wisely, and became
very wealthy. He also tapped into the resources of Andrew Chord for
assistance in raising the Foundation and Dwayne. Unknown to all,
Chord was being manipulated by the mystically adept Tai in an effort
to reclaim the children of the Pact. Through Chord, Tai was able to
slaughter the Taylors and fog the mind of Dwayne, and through Chord
again, gained legal guardianship of Dwayne. Chord, still under Tai's
control, trained Dwayne in the ways of strategy, hand to hand combat,
and over the years, helped Dwayne perfect his body to peak human
standards. Dwayne and Chord created a battle armor that has served
Dwayne as Night Thrasher ever since, a soldier in a "war against
crime".
One escapade lead Thrasher into the acquaintances of Silhouette and
Midnight's Fire, unknown to all to be the children believed to be
killed in a car accident in their youth (an effort by their mother to
hide them from the Pact). This trio formed a team of sorts, and began
infiltrating the underworld of gangs in an effort to stamp out
organized crime. A romance between Sil and Dwayne formed, and a
brotherhood between the two young men was developed. On one occasion,
a police officer stumbled upon a delivery set-up, and believing
Silhouette to be involved in crime, began to open fire, the gang
member fired back, hitting Silhouette in the spine, paralyzing her
legs. Fire blamed Thrasher for the incident, and holds extreme
animosity towards Dwayne for preventing him from harming the police
officer in an attempt to protect his sister. This enmity continues to
this day.
Not long after this incident, Dwayne formed the New Warriors, a team of superhuman youth who he brought together to deal with the types of crimes the "big guns" were forgetting. He joined with Firestar, Marvel Boy, Nova, Namorita and Speedball in the group's first battle against Terrax (New Warriors #1).
Then Warriors then aided Thor in his battle with the Juggernaut during Loki's Acts of Vengeance (Mighty Thor #411).
One later member of this team
was Silhouette, who was romantically involved with Dwayne again until
recently. Upon learning of the truth of his parents, the Pact, Tai
and Chord, Dwayne was placed in a position where he was forced to
slay Tai, and reclaim his life. Since then, Dwayne has gone to great
lengths to forgive Chord, gain total control of the Taylor
Foundation, and continued to lead the Warriors until recently, when
the team demanded he leave due to irreconcilable differences in
purpose and leadership styles.
Estranged from Silhouette after the appearance of his half brother
Bandit, Dwayne left the Warriors completely to lead a team of
psychologically unstable teens who possess incredible psionic powers
who go by the name Psionex.
Dwayne and Chord also become legal
guardians of a superhuman youth known as Rage. Dwayne has also become
the secret benefactor of the Warriors, continuing to financially
support them in their endeavors.
Dwayne Taylor is a bitter and angry young man who has dealt with
enormous hardship and pain in his young life. Over the last few
years, however, Dwayne has begun to mature, and become more in
control of his anger, and has found positive ways of dealing with it.
Dwayne is highly intelligent, but has learned most of his life from
books and private tutors, lacking in some areas of common sense of
the world around him. Dwayne has been independently wealthy from
birth, and has learned to use this wealth wisely. Dwayne, sometimes
driven by revenge and anger, strives for control in a chaotic world,
and often stops at nothing to accomplish this, many times to the loss
of those whom care for him.
Night Thrasher and the other New Warriors teamed up with the Thunderbolts, Heroes For Hire, Spider-Man, Darkhawk, the Swordsman and
Magdalene in protecting the city from the Elements of Doom II (Thunderbolts #8).
He aided Nova and Turbo in combating the worldwide disasters caused by
the weather control machines of the Masters of Evil VI (Thunderbolts #25).
Dawyne then decided to give up his life as Night Thrasher to devote his life to his business career (Nova II #1).
He couldn't keep away from heroing for long. Dwayne became an independent hero, giving up his powered armor and relying more on his body and martial arts skills. He aided Iron Fist in a battle with assassins from the Hand (New Warriors II #8).
Trivia: The American Heritage Dictionary defines thrash as ''To defeat utterly; vanquish.''
Powers: Dwayne is an excellent hand to hand combatant, martial artist. Dwayne is a superb tactician, a computer genius, and possess a high i.q. Dwayne wears a triple weave suit that protects him from harm and carries a number of weapons including throwing blades and a claw. He used to wear various suits of powered armor, but has given them up. Dwayne is a mutant with a powerful psionic shield that protects him from mental attacks.
Links to other Night Thrasher pages:
Character created by Marvel Comics.
Champions rules conversion by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@comcast.net.
Last Updated - December, 2002
Not long after this incident, Dwayne formed the New Warriors, a team of superhuman youth who he brought together to deal with the types of crimes the "big guns" were forgetting. He joined with Firestar, Marvel Boy, Nova, Namorita and Speedball in the group's first battle against Terrax (New Warriors #1).
Then Warriors then aided Thor in his battle with the Juggernaut during Loki's Acts of Vengeance (Mighty Thor #411).