Doc Samson
Category : Comic Books
Subcategory : Marvel Universe
Type : Hero
Game System : DC Heroes (Blood of Heroes S.E.)
Dr. Samson v2.1
By Dr. Peter S Piispanen
Helper(s): Paul 'Z' Ewande, Sbastien Andrivet
Source of Character: Hulk comics (Marvel Universe)
Game Stuff
Doctor Leonard Samson
(As a superpowered fight erupts) "I'm not sure the American Psychiatric Association
would approve of this..."
Doc Samson
Dex: 08 Str: 16 Bod: 12 Motivation: Responsibility of Power
Int: 07 Wil: 07 Min: 05 Occupation: Psychiatrist
Inf: 05 Aur: 05 Spi: 06 Resources {or Wealth}: 006
Init: 024 HP: 060
Powers: Digging: 03, Jumping: 08, Damage Capacity (physical): 03, Running: 05,
Systemic Antidote: 05
Bonuses and Limitations: Samson's STR attribute is in direct proportion to the length of
his hair. It's unknown exactly what the degrees are, but the longer the hair is the greater
his strength will be and vice versa.
Skills: Acrobatics: 05, Charisma (Interrogation, persuasion): 07, Martial Arts: 09,
Medicine: 09, Scientist: 08
Advantages: Genius, Gift of Gab, Lightning Reflexes, Scholar (Psychiatry, Gamma
Radiation Mutagenics), Security Clearance (Low)
Connections: The Hulk (High), Military (Low), Rick Jones (High), SHIELD (Low)
Drawbacks: Public Identity, Minor Rage
Background
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Group affiliation: None
Base Of Operations: Mobile (formerly Gamma Base, New Mexico)
Height: 6'6" Weight: 380 lbs
Eyes: Blue Hair: Green
Powers and Abilities
The Doc's powers and abilities are all gamma-based. He is superhumanly strong being
able to lift huge weights. It has been revealed that he is stronger than the She-Hulk, but
not as strong as the Hulk himself. The Doc is also extremely resilient to physical damage,
being impervious to bullets and smaller rocket weaponry and has superhuman stamina
and durability. He is also able to leap great distances due to his strength as well as run at
great speeds. His stamina makes him very resistant to fatigue and chemical poisons.
Being tough he is still not invulnerable having broken bones several times in combat with
extremely tough opponents as the Hulk, Rhino and Abomination. The Doc is also a very
nimble, agile and dexterous man who is well-versed in acrobatics and physical combat.
He is able to hold his own against the Hulk or the most powerful members of the
renowned Avengers.
Dr. Samson is a gifted man with a Ph.D. in Psychiatry and is also a skilled theoretical
technician and inventor of several medical devices of superbly advanced technology
bordering the impossible. He is usually referred to in the daily press as the Super Shrink.
He has peculiar loss vulnerability and strength to all gamma-spawned powers : his
strength and powers are in direct proportion to the length of his hair, the shorter the hair
is, the lower his STR will be and vice versa. Still, he always seems to be having around
the same length of his hair in all of his appearances, and never has let them grow further.
This is why he is called Doc Samson after the mythical hero.
History:
Leonard Samson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He studied medicine, physics and
took a Ph.D. in psychiatry and began working as a College Professor. Later he got
connected to the US army. His first contact with the Hulk was when he psychoanalyzed
the captured Bruce Banner and in an experiment gained superhuman powers from
controlled exposure to gamma-radiation being siphoned of the Hulk. He grew in size, his
hair turned long and green. Soon after this he had to fight the Hulk for the first time.
Around this time he learned that he loses his strength and powers cutting his hair - but he
soon lost his powers due to bombardment of another dose of gamma-radiation. He was
hired as a special consultant to the Gamma Base, a governmental institute dedicated to
the capture and neutralization of the Hulk. Soon he regained all powers by exposure to
gamma-radiation in another gamma explosion. He got connected to SHIELD and battled
the Hulk again, a battle which he won. He shrunk the Hulk with a helmet that allowed
him to keep Banner's mind and projected him into Glenn Talbot's brain in an attempt to
cure him of amnesia, an attempt which succeeded. The Doc later battled the Rhino to a
standstill.
The Leader turned up and captured Samson and the entire gamma-base. A cured Banner
arrived at the controlled base and was also captured, but was later helped by Samson to
become the Hulk and together they beat the Leader. Soon the Doc psychoanalyzed
Banner through his dreams and diagnosed him as a split personality. He quit Gamma-base
and later on he encountered Angel and the Master Mold, Woodgod and the Changelings,
teamed up with Spiderman against the Rhino and AIM, defeated Unus, defeated
Champion with the Thing and other heroes. At some time he successfully separated Hulk
and Banner into two individuals. S.H.I.E.L.D. attempted to destroy this Hulk, but Samson
saved him. This savage Hulk escaped and Doc battled Iron Man, Wonder Man, Hercules
and Namor for the right to capture him, which he now was really dedicated to as he felt
the Hulk was his responsibility because he had rescued him.
He fought both the Hulk and the Hulkbusters and won. He tried to re merge the captured
Hulk, but instead accidentally created the Gray Hulk.
Later on he assisted the SHIELD and teamed up with X-Factor to capture the Hulk.
Finally he successfully merged the Banner, the grey Hulk and the Green Hulk into one
persona with the help from Ring-Master into the current new Hulk. A bit later he cured
Captain Ultra of his fear of fire. All of his exploits have given him great fame as both a
superhero and a psychiatrist. He is generally referred to as Super Shrink Doc Samson in
the media. He keeps adventuring and has recently met the Punisher, Geiger and
Patchwork, both the later being gamma-powered beings.
Description:
Dr. Samson is a very big man ! He weighs in at 380 lbs. and is 6'6" high. He has blue
eyes, long green hair usually held in a ponytail and normal Caucasian skin (even as he is
gamma-powered). He now wears a dark red stretch leather fabric over his entire body
except for his arms, breast and head. His hands are covered by red gloves with the
fingertips free. His feet are covered by dark red boots resembling military boots. Around
his waist he has a thick white belt with several buttons around the middle of the entire
belt. His old superhero suit was a red T-shirt with a lightning bolt on the chest, a yellow
belt, and dark blue trousers with red stripes on the sides going up and down and yellow
boots.
Personality
Doctor Samson knows that he is superhuman and very cunning, but he sometimes
underestimates normals and supers. When he has set his mind to something he will never
be allowed to fail and will spend a lot of HPs when necessary. The Doctor is usually quite
peaceful and seems very humane. He is also very brave and sacrificing and really wants
to help people. He has several connections which he regularly uses and his main enemies
are the Hulk (Savage), the Leader and the Rhino. He is the psychiatrist of Doctor Robert
Bruce Banner aka The Hulk and they are currently on good terms. He currently keeps on
being a superhero.
The Doc's main drawbacks are mostly psychological : he doubts his ability of being a
superhero, but not to the point of impairing him ; he tends to overanalyze combat
situations sometimes and when made very angry he seems to sometimes 'loose it' against
opponents, even lower-powered ones upon which he enter killing combat often regretting
his actions afterwards.
DC Universe History:
Doc Leonard Samson is another important part of the Hulk mythos. He should be
connected to the Hulk or the Leader somehow. Another possibility is to connect him to
other radiation-based heroes in the DC universe as Rampage, then working as a
consultant for STAR Labs.
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