Jaguar – Original (Icons Writeup)

Posted on by Barry Reese

Jaguar
aka Ralph Hardy

Prowess 5
Coordination 6
Strength 8
Intellect 6
Awareness 6
Willpower 5

Stamina 13

Powers
All powers can only be used while wearing the Jaguar belt (aka the Belt of Varigon) and after saying the word, “Jaguar.”
*Aquatic 8 (Limit: While underwater, Coordination is raised to 8 but his Strength is unaffected)
*Burrowing 8
*Flight – Rocket Jets 8 (Extra: Spaceflight)
*Life Support 4 (breathing, cold, pressure, and vacuum)
*Damage Resistance 7 (Limit: Halved against electrical attacks; Limit: A trick shot that targets his eyes can bypass Damage Resistance entirely)
*Telepathy 8 (Limit: animals only)

Note: Without the belt, Ralph’s stats are reduced to: Prowess 3, Coordination 3, Strength 3, Intellect 6, Awareness 4, Willpower 5, Stamina 8

Specialties
Aerial Combat, Scholar – Peru (Expert +2 bonus), Science – Zoology (Expert +2 bonus), Underwater Combat

Qualities
*Servant of the Primal Powers
*Member of the Crusaders and the Terrific Three
*Goody Two Shoes Hero

Background

While fleeing from a giant dinosaur released by an earthquake in Peru, Hardy entered an ancient Quechua temple. There he found a jaguar-skin belt. He would later learn that it was made by one of the great Primal Powers, gods who ruled the animals of Earth before the coming of humankind. In time, he would learn that this was the Belt of Varigon.

An inscription on the reverse side of its flying jaguar buckle read, “To be transformed into a human jaguar with supreme power over animals everywhere in the universe, the wearer need only say ‘The Jaguar’.”

Donning the girdle, Hardy uttered the magic words, became the Jaguar, defeated the dinosaur, and said his own name to turn back into Hardy. Thereafter Jaguar went on to become one of the premiere heroes of his world – in fact, during the Silver Age, he was pretty much the Superman of the Mighty Crusaders’ universe.

While wearing the Jaguar Belt and uttering the word “Jaguar”, not only can Hardy communicate telepathically with animals, but he:

  • Becomes as tough as “a rhinoceros’ hide intensified a thousand times”.
  • Has “the strength of a million elephants”.
  • Has the battering power of “thousands of buffalo”.
  • Can endure cold like “a hundred polar bears in one”.
  • And has “a thousand times the swimming skill of the otter”.