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SANDMAN--GRIT AND GRAVEL

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Biography

William Baker was born in Queens, New York. His father abandoned them when he was only a boy, and Baker was at his happiest building sand sculptures on the beach. But the waves would always tear his sand castles down, leaving Baker with a lifelong thirst to create something immutable, indestructible, permanent.

While on his high school’s football team, Baker gets roped into fixing a game in order to pay off a friend’s recent gambling debt. Though it succeeds, Baker is found out and first kicked off the team, then—as he assaults his coach—expelled entirely.

Eventually, having embarked on a serious life of crime, Baker is sent to Ryker’s Island, where he meets his father Floyd. Baker keeps this a secret from Floyd by introducing himself as Flint Marko. Floyd was eventually released from prison, after which Baker—who renamed himself Marko at some point so that his mother would never hear tell of his criminal actions—broke out of Ryker’s Island.

He fled to a beach in Savannah, Georgia, which was unfortunately also a nuclear testing site. There, the sand had become so irradiated that it bonded with Baker’s body, changing its structure on the molecular level to a sand-like composition.

Newly christened as the Sandman, Baker regularly squared off against Spider-Man and the Human Torch. He was recruited into the initial Sinister Six by Doctor Octopus, and eventually he co-founded the first Frightful Four alongside the Wizard, Medusa, and Paste-Pot Pete. At one point, having allied with Hydro-Man, the two found themselves painfully bonded together to become the Mud-Thing. They were only able to extricate themselves after several months.

Having dealt with the Mud-Thing ordeal, Baker took a long, hard look at his life choices and sought redemption and closure. It was the Thing who inspired him to straighten himself out and pursue a life of heroism. Baker received a presidential pardon from Nixon himself and briefly joined the Avengers as a reserve member. It is from this moment in time that the playable Sandman hails.

Sandman’s weaknesses include fire, water, and vacuum cleaners.

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Stats

• Durability: 3 --> 6
• Strength: 3 --> 4
• Fighting: 3 --> 4
• Speed: 3
• Energy: 1
• Intelligence: 2

Synergies

• Level 25: +3% Area Power Damage
• Level 50: +3% Total Defense Rating

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Abrasive [largely melee: 8]

Pound Sand [Basic, Melee]: Level 1
You may be one of the good guys now, but that doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten how to bash some mook’s brains in--or how good that feels.

• Physical Damage: X ~ Y
• Damage: +X% to this power for 8s after you spend Spirit with another power
• Attack Speed: X

Sand Rush [Melee, Movement]: Level 1
Momentarily collapse your lower half into a sand dune and charge forward.

• Physical Damage: X ~ Y
• This power generates Grit twice as quickly
• Knockdown Duration: 1.5s
• Spirit Cost: X

Unstable Ground [Ranged, Area]: Level 6
Cause tremors localized to a nearby area that disrupt enemies’ movement.

• Physical Damage: X twice per second (does not stack with the Damage Over Time effect of Shifting Sands)
• Damage: +25% against Vulnerable enemies
• Damage: +25% against Weakened enemies
• Area Duration: 6s
• Can maintain up to 3 areas at a time
• Spirit Cost: X

Sandstone Body [Passive]: Level 12
You’re a lot tougher than you look, since you’re able to harden the sand that composes your body on command.

• Defense Rating: +X
• Total Defense Rating: +25%
• Deflect Rating: +X
• Total Deflect Rating: +20%
• Dodge Rating: +X
• Total Dodge Rating: +15%
• Maximum Health: +X
• Tenacity: +X
• X% chance for projectiles to pass harmlessly through your body (2s cooldown)

Sandhammer [Melee, Area]: Level 16
Form oversized sledgehammers with your fists, their impacts damaging even indirect targets with the shockwave.

• Physical Damage: X ~ Y
• Damage: +50% to direct targets
• Attack Speed: X
• Spirit Cost: X

Gritty Assault [Melee, Area]: Level 22
Plant yourself, the sand in the lower half of your body tunneling through the earth and coalescing in the shape of a giant fist of sand a short distance away.

• Physical Damage: X ~ Y
• Enemies are knocked up
• Regenerate X Health per 1 Grit (this effect has a 4s cooldown)
• Attack Speed: X
• Spirit Cost: X

Sandstorm [Area, Signature]: Level 30
Explode into a swirling cloud of sharp sand grains that rip into your enemies. You can also direct part of this harsh sandstorm to travel independently of yourself.

• Physical Damage: X three times per second
• Reactivate this power to create a miniature sandstorm that moves independently
• Mini-Sandstorm Cost: X% of this power’s damage
• Mini-Sandstorm Physical Damage: X three times per second
• Mini-Sandstorm Duration: 15s (unaffected by Power Duration, can outlast this power)
• You can create up to three miniature sandstorms at once
• You cannot create miniature sandstorms during the last 8 seconds of this power’s effect
• You can move while this power is active
• Sandstorm Duration: 30s
• Cooldown: 1m
• Power Synergy:
• +1% damage/point in Sand Colossus
• +2% duration/point in Sand Colossus

Condensed Impact [Melee]: Level 37
Form an immense fist out of the sand that composes your chest and slam it into your foes, catching them unawares.

• Physical Damage: X ~ Y
• Damage: +1% per 1 Grit
• While above 80 Grit, this power also always deals a Critical Hit
• Stun Duration: 1.5s
• Reduces the cooldown of Sandstorm by 2s whenever you hit with this power
• Spirit Cost: X
• Cooldown: 12s