Real name: Roberto Da Costa Other known aliases: Reignfire II, Bobby. Occupation: Full time hero, former student and terrorist. Current group affiliation: None Past group affiliations: X-Force, New Mutants, Fallen Angles, Mutant Liberation Front 2. Former partner to Gideon II. Major enemies: Reignfire II, Magneto. First appearance: Marvel Graphic Novel #4 Origin: Marvel Graphic Novel #4 Description: Roberto is a fit young man of 5'8'' tall weighing 170 lbs. He has dark skin, brown eyes and black hair. When utilizing his powers he absorbs light around himself, turning himself and often his clothes and pitch black. He also often has small black bubbles or a flaming black aura surrounding him when he uses his powers.
Characteristics
13/43 STR 3
18 DEX 24
14/21 CON 8
14 BODY 8
10 INT 0
14 EGO 8
13 PRE 3
14 COM 2
8/14 PD 5
8/ 9 ED 5
4 SPD 12
6/13 REC 0
28/42 END 0
28/47 STUN 0
Characteristics Cost: 78
Powers, Skills and Equipment
11 +7 CON,Only In Hero ID(-1/4)
14 EC (Fire) (17),Only In Hero ID(-1/4)
22a) 9D6 EB (Fire) 4
14b) 4D6 EB (Fire),1/2 END(+1/4),Damage Shield(+1/2) 1
15c) 20" Flight,Concentrate(-1/4) 4
5 Instant Change
10 13 Mental Defense
10 11" Running 2
30 +30 STR,Only In Hero ID(-1/4),1/2 END(+1/4) 1
3 Acrobatics 13-
3 Breakfall 13-
3 Bureaucratics 12-
4 Lang: English,native accent
0 Lang: Portugese,native
6 3 Levels: with EB.
4 M Strike
3 Martial Throw
3 Navigation 11-
3 Takedown
1 WF,Swords
8 4/4 Armor,"Soft Armor Costume",OIF(-1/2)
Powers Cost: 172
Disadvantages
Base Points: 100
15 Accidental Chg,"Can't change to hero ID if deprived of
sunlight.",uncommon,occur 14-
10 Distinctive,"Mutant",easily concealable,major
15 Distinctive,"Dark figure in hero ID.",easily concealable,
extreme
20 Hunted,"by mutant hating groups",as powerful,non-combat
influence,harsh,appear 11-
10 Psych Lim,"Overconfident",common,moderate
15 Psych Lim,"Code vs. killing.",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Hot headed",common,strong
10 Rep,"Former terrorist.",occur 8-,extreme reputation
5 Rivalry,"with Cannonball II.",professional
15 Secret ID,"Roberto Da Costa"
10 Unluck,2D6
10 Watched,"by U.S. immigration.",as powerful,non-combat
influence,mild,appear 14-
Disadvantages Total: 150
Experience Spent: 0
Total Points: 250
Explanation of the conversion: The "Can't change to hero ID if deprived of sunlight." Accidential Change Disadvantage only comes into play if he's deprived of sunlight for more then a few days, as he keeps a healthy reserve of solar power. The Energy Blast Damage Shield can be turned on and off at will while he's in hero ID, as he can make the aura around him merely warm or burning to the touch.
History: Roberto Da Costa is the son of a deceased Brazilian
millionaire and his American wife Nina, an archaeologist. Roberto first
manifested his superhuman mutant powers when, at the age of fourteen, he was
playing in a championship soccer match for his school team in Rio de
Janiero. Motivated by racial hatred, a boy named Keller and another member
of the opposing team knocked Da Costa to the ground. The hot-tempered Da
Costa retaliated by tackling Keller, who began brutally beating him. It was
then that, without being aware of what was happening to him, Da Costa first
became able to use his superhuman strength, his body and clothing
temporarily turning black in the process. Da Costa used his newfound
strength to hurl Keller from him. Bewildered, Da Costa sought help, but both
the other players and most of the spectators panicked and fled. However,
his girlfriend, Juliana Sandoval, who had been watching the game
along with Emmanuel Da Costa, stood by Roberto in his time of need.
Roberto's powers came to the attention of Donald Pierce, the renegade White
Bishop of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, who sought to murder any
superhuman mutants he found. Pierce's mercenaries failed to abduct Roberto,
but then they kidnapped Juliana. The mutant telepath Professor Charles Xavier had learned of Pierce's plan to kill Roberto and sent his colleague
Moira MacTaggert and the young superhuman mutants Karma and Mirage to help
Da Costa. Roberto agreed to meet with Pierce's men in order to obtain
Sandoval's release, but the mercenaries refused to free her and intended to
keep Da Costa prisoner as well. One of the mercenaries was apparently about
to shoot Da Costa when he again became superhumanly strong and fought
them, but the young mutant exhausted his power too soon, and a
mercenary was about to kill him when Karma and Mirage intervened.
Karma took control of the mind of the mercenary, and Mirage used her
powers to terrify the others, but Da Costa, regaining his superhuman
strength, knocked Karma unconscious, thinking her one of his
assailants, thus breaking her hold on the mercenary. That mercenary
fired at Da Costa, who had returned to normalcy again, but Sandoval
leapt in front of Da Costa, taking the fatal bullet herself. Mirage
defeated Sandoval's killer. Anguished with guilt that Sandoval had
died because he was a mutant and thus had become the target of these
killers, Da Costa vowed to take vengeance on Pierce. He joined Karma,
Xavier, and another young mutant named Wolfsbane, in tracking down
Pierce and battling him and his men. Xavier succeeded in defeating
Pierce. Da Costa decided to stay with Xavier and receive training in the
use of his superhuman powers as a member of the New Mutants. Ironically, his
father Emmanuel later became a member of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire
Club.
He traveled to Kentucky with Professor X and the New Mutants to visit
Cannonball II's family and aided in defeating a
forest fire. There they
confronted the evil Hybrid alongside the Space Knights Rom and Starshine II
(Rom Annual #3).
He briefly left the New Mutants with Warlock II to become
a member of the Vanisher's Fallen Angels.
After Xavier's school was blown
up, he and the other New Mutants encountered the X-Terminators II and their
ship who were under attack by a sea monster. Along with the Namor the
Submariner he helped stop the monster. He and the other New Mutants were
invited by X-Factor to live on their ship (New Mutants #76).
Roberto was a
member of the New Mutants when they disbanded to form X-Force, but with
the death of his father he decided to not join the new team.
He was captured by Gideon and had medical experiments done on him that
increased his powers, as well as linking him to the mutant that would one
day be known as Reignfire. Reignfire started to clone Roberto's body for
itself. He has eventually freed by X-Force and joined up with them. In a
battle against the mutant terrorist Reignfire and the second Mutant
Liberation Front, Sunspot was kidnapped. Months
later Reignfire was unmasked as Sunspot. Fortunately, Cable was able to
rehabilitate Sunspot through his Askani discipline and training. It seems he
was under the mind control of Reignfire, and that Reignfire was
a mutant who inhabited a clone body of Bobby. After being saved by X-Force
he rejoined them until he was deported from the U.S.
Powers: Initially Bobby could absorb sunlight to increase his
strength while creating a black glow about his body. Later he managed to
increase his powers to include the creation of a heated aura that he could
use to fly and fire blasts of black fire from his hands. He also briefly
sharred a telepathic bond with Reignfire, which allowed Reignfire to control
Bobby into becoming another Reignfire. It has been demonstrated that
Bobby's powers increase when exposed to Asgard's sunlight.
Links to other Sunspot pages:
Character created by Marvel Comics.
Champions rules conversion by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@comcast.net.
Last Updated - May, 2003
History: Roberto Da Costa is the son of a deceased Brazilian
millionaire and his American wife Nina, an archaeologist. Roberto first
manifested his superhuman mutant powers when, at the age of fourteen, he was
playing in a championship soccer match for his school team in Rio de
Janiero. Motivated by racial hatred, a boy named Keller and another member
of the opposing team knocked Da Costa to the ground. The hot-tempered Da
Costa retaliated by tackling Keller, who began brutally beating him. It was
then that, without being aware of what was happening to him, Da Costa first
became able to use his superhuman strength, his body and clothing
temporarily turning black in the process. Da Costa used his newfound
strength to hurl Keller from him. Bewildered, Da Costa sought help, but both
the other players and most of the spectators panicked and fled. However,
his girlfriend, Juliana Sandoval, who had been watching the game
along with Emmanuel Da Costa, stood by Roberto in his time of need.
He traveled to Kentucky with Professor X and the New Mutants to visit
Cannonball II's family and aided in defeating a
forest fire. There they
confronted the evil Hybrid alongside the Space Knights Rom and Starshine II
(Rom Annual #3).