| Characteristics | Disadvantages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | EC-mutant "husk" |
| 3 | +3 CON |
| 3 | +3 BODY |
| 3 | +3 REC |
| 8 | 1d6+1 STUN Aid; 0 END, +1/2; UBO, +1/4; self only, -1/2 + 1d6 BODY Aid; UBO; 0 END; self only; only to max, -1/2; Linked, -1/2; only when unconscious, -2 |
| 12 | 25% physical Damage Reduction, resistant |
| 7 | +6 PD, +6 ED; linked, -1/2 |
| 60 | VP Pool cost |
| 42 | VP Control cost; half phase to change, +1/2; no skill roll, +1; no mental powers, -1/2; no size powers, -1/4 |
| 1 | KS: quantum physics |
| 16 | Undetermined skills |
| = 158 | (Total: 270 character points, 50 in disadvantages) |
Husk is one of several young mutants who were detected by Professor Xavier with the aid of Cerebro. Xavier had plans for recruiting these mutants to be his next generation of students. These plans were prematurely activated by the appearance of a group of techno-organic mutacidal beings known as the Phalanx who accessed Xavier's records to discover the locations of the youngsters. Banshee, Sabretooth, Emma Frost and Jubilee went after them to save the young mutants, some of whom didn't even know of their powers. Ultimately, most of the kidnapped teens were rescued and joined the school under the instruction of Banshee and Emma Frost.
Paige wants very much to demonstrate her ability to be a competent leader for Generation X, but she has a long way to go. She doesn't want to live in the shadow of her X-Man brother, Cannonball. Her eagerness to show her peers and elders what she's capable of sometimes leads to rash actions. She hates being caught "looking stupid" in front of others.
Husk can shed her outer skin for a new form underneath. Watching this process in action can cause the uninitiated to become somewhat queasy.
Her abilities are really only slightly more limited than her imagination is. So far she's shown the ability to become denser, stronger, and more durable. She can survive fatal attacks if someone "husks" her into a new body very quickly. In the Age of Apocalypse series, in which the characters are more experienced, she could transform her arms into spikes and acid, change her structure so that desolidification attacks would not affect her, impersonate others, and project energy beams.
This write-up reflects Husk at the time of Generation X #10.
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