Iceman

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Background= ''Grew up in Floral Park, Long Island, just a short train ride outside New York City. Mutant powers emerged in early teens, but were kept hidden until an incident that (ironically) snowballed into a near disaster that had Bobby's neck literally in a noose after he encased a local bully in ice. Was rescued by Cyclops, and Professor Xavier ended up having to wipe the locals' memory of the incident. Bobby went off to the Xavier Institute, and went on to become the youngest of the original team of X-men. Went through various adventures, traumas, and other developments, and eventually survived long enough to graduate. Studied Accounting at UCLA for the next four years, occasionally visiting 'home', which had come to mean the Institute, not his family residence.''

''After receiving his degree, returned to New York and got a job as an accountant. Before long, circumstances drew him back to the X-men, and he quit that job to sign on as faculty at the Institute. Has been spending his time since in the combined roles of teacher and X-man, and as resident comic relief.''
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The Sheet
Powers= Thermokinesis | Champion | ''Iceman can use his powers to rapidly cool objects or areas in his vicinity. The cooling is extremely intense, and he has been shown to, with concentration and a little time, be able to producing cooling as close to absolute zero as some of the best scientific labs in the world have been able to achieve. in more practical scenarios, he could drop a large room to dangerously sub-zero temperatures in moments, or a hanger-sized space to freezing just as quickly. An unconfined space could also be chilled, but the effect would dissipate rapidly once he ceased concentration on it.''

''Even without the use of other abilities to create ice directly from the air, use of this power can cause extensive changes around him, from a heavy mist in the air to condensation covering surfaces, the freezing of standing liquids, and intense chilling of solid objects, potentially interfering with the operation of mechanical and electronic devices. Although he must be able to perceive his target, his thermal senses allow him to target internal structures that would otherwise be unseen.''

Cryokinesis | Superior | ''This is Iceman's real signature ability. The ability to rapidly form and shape ice. More than simple temperature manipulation, the real reach and potential of this ability is a bit frightening. He can reach out and control the water molecules in the air around him. Drawing the water together, he then uses his thermal abilities to drop it below the freezing point and solidify it into ice. His level of control is such that the ice forms almost exactly how he pictures it. Additional frost does not form unless he allows it to, and he can create the ice in various densities, from as light as fluffy snow, to clear, blue ice almost totally devoid of air pockets, as dense and tough as a glacier.''

''Two major limitations on this power exist. The first is the availability of ambient water. In any open environment on Earth, even the driest desert, there is enough water for him to form small amounts of ice quickly and relatively easily, although larger constructions would take longer than usual to form. Conversely, in a humid environment or in the vicinity of open water, the process is nearly effortless for him. In an airtight or alien environment, however, there simply may not be enough water vapor to work with.''

''The second limitation is the amount of focus and effort he puts into the creation. Rapidly formed constructs tend to be more crude and naturalistic, while more time or attention can produce exquisite detail.''

A final aspect of his ability is that he can control the ice he has previously formed, either shifting the crystalline structure to cause motion or by causing it to sublimate back into the air.

Thermal Senses | Advanced | ''Although not really thermal vision per se, his senses effectively function like a thermal imaging camera. He can perceive, with fairly fine detail if he focuses on it, the sources of heat around him, and the temperature differentials in the area. Many things, especially good insulating materials, can interfere with this, just as it might with an actual thermal camera, but an unimpeded view can give him a vague sense of an object's internal structure. For example, he might be able to look at a creature and know where its vital organs are, or look at a machine and see where the operating motors or power sources are.''

Thermal Resistance | Superior | ''Plainly put, Bobby's (Iceman's) body does not react to changes in temperature the way a normal human body would. No degree of cold with ever harm him in and of itself. In his human form other factors like availability of air might cause issues, but he not only has no need of a winter coat, he could operate unimpeded in beachwear even if exposed to the most extreme cold possible without damage to his flesh, or any significant side effect. Heat is potentially more problematic, but his powers still render him more resistant than the average human. Although he can drop his core temperature without sweating or subsequent dehydration, the constant drain on his power will leave him fatigued and less able to use his powers for other things, such as combat. Temperatures hot enough to actually cause burns are even more problematic, forcing him to cool not only himself but the air around him to remain unscathed. Such temperatures also often carry other problems, such as smoke or lack of oxygen.''

Organic Ice Form | Superior | ''In his early hero days, Iceman went into combat coated in a protective layer of ice that, while tough and effective, was rather shapeless, and vulnerable to being melted or cracked off. Since then, his powers and control have grown considerably. Now, he can physically transmute his body into a form of living ice. It is actually one of the easier things for him to do at this point. If anything, it is regaining his human form that takes more effort and concentration. While in this form he is incredibly durable. Not only does he have all the resistance to physical blows that his super-dense ice affords (and even mundane ice is surprisingly resilient), but small injuries can be restored almost instantly. The form has a few other perks as well. However his body functions in this state, it is nothing close to normal biology. As such, physical activity does not fatigue him as quickly, he does not need to eat or breathe (except to speak), and toxins and disease have nothing on which to work.''

Ice Form Development | Latent | ''There are possibilities inherent in his organic ice form that Bobby has not yet explored, and is unlikely to unless somehow forced. Three of these possibilities require special mention: Healing, Augmentation, and Duplication. The first is the most basic. Almost any damage to his physical form is reparable. All he needs is energy and enough water vapor to rebuild the damaged ice. Even if fully shattered into pieces, he can reform given time as long as his mind and will are intact. As long as he is conscious, even injuries to his human body can be dealt with by shifting form, healing the wound, and then shifting back.''

''To date, Bobby has always made his ice form a rough likeness of his human self. He has not realized this does not need to be so. He could, potentially, alter the physical capabilities of that form by changing its structure. The most basic changes would be to add mass for increased strength, or add built in weaponry such as spikes or claws.''

''The final, distant possibility of his ice form is the ability to create more than one. Instead of a single Iceman, he could potentially craft as many as 30 or so individual bodies, all independently operated by his consciousness, but fully able to interact and perceive.''

Mathematics & Account | Skilled | ''Possesses a degree in mathematics and formerly was a licensed CPA in the state of New York. While Bobby lacks the advanced technical and scientific knowledge to make this particularly useful, he is perfectly capable of working out complex equations and other tasks of mathematical grunt work. He is also familiar enough with bookkeeping and accounting practices, and tax law, to be able to competently keep the books or file taxes for a business, or potentially to review records for discrepancies.''
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Piloting | Skilled | ''Has the necessary training and licensing to operate various small civilian aircraft. Also has the more specialized training to operate more advanced craft, such as the X-men's Blackbird, including those with vertical take-off and landing capability. Does not include military craft or associated weaponry.''

Hand to Hand Combat | Studied | ''While it is hardly his specialty, Bobby is a competent fighter who has trained with some exceptionally dangerous instructors. He fights with a street fighter's mentality and tendency towards effective and efficient over flashy, a marked contrast to how he uses his mutant abilities.''

Winter Sports | Master | ''Somewhere between an extension of his powers and a natural result of spending more time on and around ice than the average member of a Winter Olympics team, Bobby is very good at winter sports. His balance and coordination on ice are truly remarkable, and his ability to read the surface totally unparalleled. The end result is that given skates, skis, snowboard, or pretty much anything else commonly used to slide on an icy surface, Bobby can probably perform on it well enough to raise the eyebrows of even the most serious human competitors. Of course, the whole issue of the secrecy of his mutant identity has kept him from actually entering any competitions with this skill.''

Car | Local | Bobby has a navy blue 2013 Dodge Dart which was purchased by the version of him native to this reality before he transferred in.
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Personal Finances | Local | ''The version of Bobby native to this reality shared much of Bobby's personality, and many of his talents. Just no mutant superpowers. Thanks to that, Bobby landed in a job he actually knew how to do (accountant), and with a surprisingly good financial situation for a man his age who lives in one of the more expensive parts of the country. He has a small apartment in a decent neighborhood, and a comfortable (if far from lavish) existence.''

Heart of the Team | ''Bobby's role in the X-men (and potentially in any team he might be part of) has always been an important one, but less than obvious. He's never been the guy in charge, the team leader. Nor, for the most part, is the combat powerhouse, or any other particular type of combat-related specialty. What he is something more akin to a morale officer. He's the one who helps the team actually work. He uses humor to diffuse tension and bring together clashing personalities. And he's effective at because he doesn't do it to strengthen the team, he does it because he cares deeply about the people around him, and doesn't like to see conflict between his friends.''
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Likeable | Bobby is very much a people person. He actually LIKES people, and in turn, is most often liked by them. While many people have found Bobby periodically aggravating or outright annoying, few people truly dislike him on a personal level. Certainly, his affiliations and status as a mutant have earned the enmity of some, but when free to interact with people he is very good at building quick bonds and easy friendships. Certainly, there are exceptions to every rule, and his immaturity can provoke distaste from some, especially the very serious-minded and uptight, but more often than not, Bobby is more likely to form an unlikely friendship than any sort of personal rivalry.''

Immature | ''There is more than a little bit of Peter Pan in Bobby. He is the boy who refuses to grow up. He frequently acts in ways more appropriate to a teen than an adult, often takes jokes a little too far, and generally refuses to take anything in life too seriously. This especially includes his own powers, and he is likely to use them in humorous, flashy, or generally goofy ways whenever the opportunity presents itself.''
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Heart on his Sleeve | ''While Bobby can, and has had to, keep secrets, he is unusually open with the people around him. He is generally quite poor at hiding how he feels about anyone or anything that has meaning to him. While this makes him vulnerable, and rather easily manipulated, it is also part of what makes him so likable.''

Repressed | ''Going purely on personality, Bobby is one of the warmest, most eminently human individuals you could possibly come across. Which makes the nature of his powers all the more ironic. More than anything, Bobby fears that his own powers will isolate him, and turn him into something cold and inhuman in the figurative as well as literal sense. Besides handicapping his willingness to explore the limits of his own potential, this has occasionally interacted with the fact that his power use is based in his mind and will, and caused his powers to malfunction.''

''Specifically, incidents which have him doubting his own humanity have, from time to time, caused him to have trouble deactivating his own powers, with part or all of his body stuck for a time in Organic Ice form. IN addition, It has also caused some self-imposed limitations on his powers. His vulnerability to heat when he was younger arguably had less to do with a limitation of his body, and more to do with the fact that he thought he SHOULD be vulnerable to heat. Aside from these incidents of power malfunction, Bobby has also been reluctant to explore new and creative uses of his own abilities. His control of his powers is probably just about as good as it could ever be. However, there are many things that he could potentially do, but will simply never think of until someone else shows him what is possible.''

Fatigue | ''Use of his powers is roughly equivalent to a physical activity for Bobby in that it is tiring. While he has built up his endurance over the years, extensive power use does tire him out. While even most battles are not long enough for this to be an issue, in a protracted fight that involved extensive use of his powers, fatigue can be an issue. It could, potentially, also prove an issue if he is already tiered when the fight starts. Generally, the larger or more intense the effect the more draining it is, roughly the equivalent of running on the treadmill instead of walking. The exception to this rule involves his organic ice form. The transformation to or from that form, though a large and dramatic effect, takes surprisingly little effort on his part. The fatigue from his use of powers is more mental than physical, the physically tireless nature of his Organic Ice form does not help with this.''

Environmental Dependency | ''The effect of Bobby's powers, the speed of their execution and the effort required are all somewhat dependent on the environment around him. The two major factors are ambient temperature and available moisture. A hot environment, requires not only a greater shift in temperatures, but continued effort on his part if he wishes his ice creations to retain their structure for long. This makes any task in such an environment much more tiring.''

''The other factor of note is available moisture. Most of the things that Bobby does on a regular basis with his powers involve more than just changing the temperature. TO form ice from thin air, he must also manipulate the water in the air so that it draws together and crystalizes where he wants it. He does not create the ice from nothing, and so must have water to work with. While even the driest areas of the Earth provide a surprising amount of water for him to work with, forming ice in the desert is a lot harder, and forming anything large takes longer, than it would otherwise. Environments beyond the earth, or airtight environments, may simply not contain much water vapor for him to work with, severely limiting what he can do.''

''The other extreme can have its own benefits and problems, too. Having an actual body of water nearby makes Bobby's efforts much easier. However, extremely humid environments can take extra effort to keep condensation from ruining the surface of his creations. Finally, actually being underwater has a whole host of problems all to itself. Most are summed up by the simple statement, "Ice floats."''

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