<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=104036.msg5785247#msg5785247">Quote from: SomeGuy on 27-01-2012, 20:07:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">James Stryker, a.k.a Stone Devil.<br/><br/>Was thinking either atomic based or tech based through 'bonding' him with stone, either on purpose or accident (teleporter mishap for example)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Atomic would likely be the easiest, and also explain your character's fairly broad powers, which are his main gimmick.  (The way I have it, you can transmute your body into any mineral substance, giving you an insane variety of things you can do when you power stunt.)  Naturally, you can also decide whether or not you actually want the stonemobile, or if you want a different vehicle than a tricked out car.  From your character's love of nature, I'd suggest that he was a park ranger who got affected by a cloud of fallout, causing him to merge with the earth and gain mineral based powers.  (Alternatively, he could have been an overeager hiker who blundered on a nuclear test site.)  Teleportation accidents and experiments with subdermal polymorphic alloy armors are perfectly fine too, though!<br/><br/>I'll talk a bit more about power stunting and such later, but basically, in mutants and masterminds, a hero can fatigue himself or herself to gain an extra rank to a power for one round, or use a power for a completely different function temporarily.  (Such as using super strength to crush coal into diamonds, or using super speed to charge up enough friction to cause a gout of flame)