I mean...you're in Scotland, specificlly edinburgh.

So if you can figure out how to get that into the origin go for it.

Again if you can figure out how to get an origin for how you ended up in a robot body go for it.

If you want to sure.
Leaning towards
1. possibly magic genetic throwback from some scotish creature from myth

2.resecive alien genes like being part of a species that inserts itself into other species mating leaving the offspring and every offspring has a gene library from all the alien species in its line and being able to transform into them for some kind of ben 10 thing but possibly mix matching aliens
3. Being the phycical embodiment of uncle sam the embodiment of patriotism of hope of bravery like uncle sam from the batman animated series
 
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Leaning towards
1. possibly magic genetic throwback 2.resecive alien genes like being part of a species that inserts itself into other species mating leaving the offspring and every offspring has a gene library from all the alien species in its like being able to transform into them for some kind of ben 10 thing but possibly mix matching aliens
First works
Second...works although not quite like that. Can't reveal more cause spoilers, but you know.
 
Like what kind of universe is this whats the main most common source of powers,whats the tech level, is mutagen a thing, whats the magic level? Do powers have a source or fuel or is it just the body?
I'm not sure what exactly I can say so I refer you to @Oshha for more specifics but as I understand it common powe source is: Comic books, tech level on earth is the 1920s but you know comic book schizo tech, yes genetics is an origin, very low at the mo and variable I gave examples of possibilities above.

Comic book kitchen sink. Pretty much anything can go so long as it doesn't contradict the canon of the setting and can fit into the framework of the Mutant & Mastermind 3rd Edition rules as they are what are being used for the physics of the setting.

Edit: are powers a new thing?

Yes for all intents and purposes. For over a thousand years, Earth has been free of supernatural elements, but they are being to be reintroduced into the world as the 1920s start with either old beings returning or new ones appearing.

2.resecive alien genes like being part of a species that inserts itself into other species mating leaving the offspring and every offspring has a gene library from all the alien species in its like being able to transform into them for some kind of ben 10 thing but possibly mix matching aliens
Second...works although not quite like that. Can't reveal more cause spoilers, but you know.

Hmm. It could work, but the alien-human mating would have to take place thousands of years ago with recent events activating the powers hidden within the character's genes.
 
Perhaps the avatar of some kind of divine entity empowered to be a hero for some ineffable plan, but keep what the empowerer is vague.
Thinking public relation the power how people see us fuels us layering ontop of us slowly rising our base stats as the lower cap with temp boosts most of the time.
Also want to know what gave me the alien idea is the meme of the classic evo line of humans but a alien fucking a chimp at the start
 
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Seriously no ones suggested a tech hero yet? Is this really SV?

Alright I'm gonna throw out a bunch of ideas:
[ ][Powers] You can't die unless your head is severed from your body. Any injuries you suffer short of this will heal within hours or less.
Be warned selecting this power makes the Highland location non optional.

[ ][Powers] You make hexagonal forcefields and can move them with your mind.
A lot of versatility in Create and Move Objects powers.

[X][Powers] A few weeks ago you where struck by lightning... Instead of the obvious effects this has given you super speed and anyone who touches you without insulation suffers a sever static shock.
Not hugely exciting but comes with a clearly defined complication which can be interesting for story telling.

[ ][Powers] When your grandfather died you thought you were lucky to inherit his mansion, then you found the library in the basement. It contained dozens of thick tomes, instructing you on how to see through other's eyes, to speak to the dead and fill a mans lungs with water. Knowledge that shouldn't work but does. Since then you've seen things out of the corner of your eyes.
No Mutants and Masterminds only Call of Cuthulu. Theres some overlap with Oshha's quest here (besides the shared setting) thats a + and a - as it gives a reason to Xover sooner and means we've got two things doing kinda the same thing.

You can sort of track how I got more into writing these as the ideas get longer. :p
 
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Seriously no ones suggested a tech hero yet? Is this really SV?

Alright I'm gonna throw out a bunch of ideas:
[ ][Powers] You can't die unless your head is severed from your body. Any injuries you suffer short of this will heal within hours or less.
Be warned selecting this power makes the Highland location non optional.

[ ][Powers] You make hexagonal forcefields and can move them with your mind.
A lot of versatility in Create and Move Objects powers.

[ ][Powers] A few weeks ago you where struck by lightning... Instead of the obvious effects this has given you super speed and anyone who touches you without insulation suffers a sever static shock.
Not hugely exciting but comes with a clearly defined complication which can be interesting for story telling.

[ ][Powers] When your grandfather died you thought you were lucky to inherit his mansion, then you found the library in the basement. It contained dozens of thick tomes, instructing you on how to see through other's eyes, to speak to the dead and fill a mans lungs with water. Knowledge that shouldn't work but does. Since then you've seen things out of the corner of your eyes.
No Mutants and Masterminds only Call of Cuthulu. Theres some overlap with Oshha's quest here (besides the shared setting) thats a + and a - as it gives a reason to Xover sooner and means we've got two things doing kinda the same thing.

You can sort of track how I got more into writing these as the ideas get longer. :p
The last one made me think of old cthulu dressed in spandex and the flag of scottland swearing like the scotts man out of samurai jack
 
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The last one made me think of old cthulu dressed in spandex and the flag of scottland
We have a spell that causes people to hear bagpipes until they go insane and commit suicide. :V:V:V

E: You know what screw it. Charles Atlas powers are a thing in comic books.
[ ][Powers] You don't have powers, you just play the pipes. Sometimes you hit people with them too.
 
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We have a spell that causes people to hear bagpipes until they go insane and commit suicide. :V:V:V
Why not be attaced by the bagpipe trolls
(Ihave a picture for that somewhere)
Made me think why not get the most steriotypical celt power possible
We have a spell that causes people to hear bagpipes until they go insane and commit suicide. :V:V:V

E: You know what screw it. Charles Atlas powers are a thing in comic books.
[ ][Powers] You don't have powers, you just play the pipes. Sometimes you hit people with them too.
So like a fat lumpy floopy axe bagpipe hybrid
 
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[X] [Origin] From the New: From the New Town, the refuge of the rich away from the squalor of the poor.
-[X] [Origin] Your parents were old money, rich and influential and you are not their prised heir and that honour goes to your twin brother thanks to him being a boy and you being a girl. You were lucky to get into university due to your sexist parents and it is thanks to your beloved twin convincing them that you got the chance. Now with your genius mind and newfound powers, you will wage a secret rebellion by fighting crime at night as a costumed vigilante in your first year of university.

Genius girl with a loving twin brother and sexist parents who secretly fights crime as part of her youthful rebellion against the ways of your parents and society.

[X] [Powers] Your powers are two fold, one half based in your genius and the ahead of the art technology you make with it and the other based in your newly discovered abilities. With your genius, you had mechanised a suit of plate armour, turning into what you like to call power armour whilst also creating an belt of tools and nifty tricks. With your extraordinary powers, you can move at superhuman speed and have ability to manipulate things with mere thoughts.

Genius intellect, power armour, utility belt combined with super-speed and telekinesis.
 
Super-speed and telekinesis don't seem to be thematically related. Mental quickness I could get but ...

Also it would probably be pretty annoying to build this without underinvesting in attributes and skills and stuff.

Fine.... :V

[X] [Origin] From the New: From the New Town, the refuge of the rich away from the squalor of the poor.
-[X] [Origin] Your parents were old money, rich and influential and you are not their prised heir and that honour goes to your twin brother thanks to him being a boy and you being a girl. You were lucky to get into university due to your sexist parents and it is thanks to your beloved twin convincing them that you got the chance. Now with your genius mind and newfound powers, you will wage a secret rebellion by fighting crime at night as a costumed vigilante in your first year of university.

Genius girl with a loving twin brother and sexist parents who secretly fights crime as part of her youthful rebellion against the ways of your parents and society.

[X] [Powers] Your powers are two fold, one half based in your genius and the ahead of the art technology you make with it and the other based in your newly discovered abilities. With your genius, you had mechanised a suit of plate armour, turning into what you like to call power armour whilst also creating an belt of tools and nifty tricks. With your extraordinary powers, you can generate and control electricity, manipulating it according to your will.

Genius intellect, power armour and a utility belt combined with electrokinesis.
 
Very well, I, the Quest god, accept your compromise.
[X] Oshha
E: :V Approval voting it is.
[X] Angelazreal1
 
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Plan Wholesale Theft
[X] [Origin] From the Highlands: From clans and wild places yet untouched by man.
[X] [Origin] Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. Nuff said.
[X][Powers] You can't die unless your head is severed from your body. Any injuries you suffer short of this will heal within hours or less.
 
Plan Wholesale Theft
[X] [Origin] From the Highlands: From clans and wild places yet untouched by man.
[X] [Origin] Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. Nuff said.
[X][Powers] You can't die unless your head is severed from your body. Any injuries you suffer short of this will heal within hours or less.
I fear this one I am going to veto, meme votes are all well and good for a little bit, but long term...
 
[X] [Origin] From the New: From the New Town, the refuge of the rich away from the squalor of the poor.
-[X] [Origin] You were born and raised here, as were your parents, and your grandparents, and those before them. From the first days of the University, your family had been part of the university, and before that they had all lived here for as long as could be remembered. Heavy expectations lie upon you as a student, not only to do well, but to excel like your forebears had.

[X] [Powers] You are haunted by spirits from an early age, and of late, can lend them your strength to manifest in the material world, or borrow from their strengths, chief of which is the spirit of the University itself upon your enrolment. Unfortunately, the spirits have their own will, and must be talked into(or for the inhuman ones, lawyered into) going against thair nature. The wisdom of ages sounded a lot cooler when it didn't come with the ghosts of your grandparents enquiring about great grandchildren!

Aww, wanted an immortal superhero... oh well.
I had a thought about our MC taking on the legend of William Wallace or something like that.
 
[X] [Origin] From the Slums: You came from Edinburgh itself, born and raised there your whole life in the Old Town of Edinburgh, the Auld Reekie
-[X] [Origin] You never knew your parents and were raised by the inhabitants of the streets. You slept under tavern tables when you were lucky and in alleys when you weren't. You did any odd job you could to get by: farming, mining, construction, cooking, cleaning, waiting tables, running messages, whatever was available. You even ran with a street gang for a time. When the Great War broke out, you signed up to fight figuring that three square meals a day and a chance to show some stuck up Brits how a true Scottsman could fight the Hun were worth the danger.

[X] [Powers] Adaptability. Fighting in the Great War you learned that the dangers it posed to most men were things you deal with. When threatened with guns, you became faster and tougher. When threatened with gas, you stopped needing to breath. When threatened with shells, you healed your wounds. When threatened by spies, you developed superior senses. You developed Enhanced Traits, Immunities, Regeneration, Senses, and the Limited Variable power to develop further.

Basically a Captain America/Daredevil type with street tier level Darwin/Doomsday adaptability forged in the war for an origin.
 
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