Marvel Super Heroes Benchmarks

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The tables below present examples of the Physical and Mental benchmarks possesed by your Marvel Super Heroes character.

Fighting

Rank	Description	Examples
Feeble	No training or ability	Children, elderly
Poor	Normal human ability	Professor X
Typical	Natural ability; minimal training	Doctor Octopus
Good	Some formal training	Police, Hawkeye
Excellent	Regular, formal training	Army, Cyclops
Remarkable	Superior talent	Spider-Man
Incredible	Superior talent with training	Nick Fury
Amazing	Maximum human potential	Captain America
Monstrous	Superhuman potential	Asgard’s warriors
Unearthly	Superhuman with intensive training	Thor, Hercules

Agility

Rank	Description	Examples
Feeble	Physically limited	Disabled
Poor	Clumsy, inaccurate	Children, elderly
Typical	Normal human reactions	Mr. Fantastic
Good	Some training	Invisible Woman, Colossus
Excellent	Intensive training	Cyclops, Mockingbird
Remarkable	Olympic athlete	Hawkeye
Incredible	Olympic gymnast	Captain America
Amazing	Superhuman ability	Spider-Man, Nightcrawler
Monstrous	Superior superhuman ability	Silver Surfer, Mephisto
Unearthly	Instant reactions, rarely misses	Celestials, Odin

Strength

Rank	Description	Examples
Feeble	Press up to 50 lbs	Children, elderly
Poor	Press up to 100 lbs	Normal Humans
Typical	Press up to 200 lbs	Invisible Woman
Good	Press up to 400 lbs	Daredevil
Excellent	Press up to 800 lbs, maximum human capacity	Captain America
Remarkable	Press up to 2000 lbs	Dr. Doom, Darkhawk
Incredible	Press up to 10 tons	Spider-Man
Amazing	Press up to 50 tons	Rogue, Vision
Monstrous	Press up to 80 tons	Thing, She-Hulk
Unearthly	Press up to 100 tons	Hulk, Thor

Endurance

Rank	Description	Examples
Feeble	Reduced or impaired ability	Elderly, disabled
Poor	Minimal ability or exercise	Children
Typical	Occasional exercise	Normal humans
Good	Moderate exercise	Black Knight
Excellent	Regular exercise	Daredevil
Remarkable	Intensive exercise	Captain America
Incredible	Enhanced abilities	Spider-Man
Amazing	Enhanced abilities and training	She-Hulk
Monstrous	Superhuman fortitude	Thing
Unearthly	Never tires	Hulk, Thor

Reason

Rank	Description	Examples
Feeble	Couch potato; uneducated	Ajax, Drax
Poor	Primary school education	Jubilee
Typical	Secondary school education	Cannonball, Firestar
Good	Bachelor’s degree equivalent	Captain America
Excellent	Master’s degree equivalent	Spider-Man
Remarkable	Doctorate equivalent	Shadowcat
Incredible	Genius:- Level 1 (one focus); understand alien technology	Tony Stark, Professor X
Amazing	Genius:- Level 2 (Multifocus); create leading technology	Mr. Fantastic
Monstrous	Alien genius; improve & modify alien technology	Mephisto
Unearthly	Knows all human & alien technology	Watcher

Intuition

Rank	Description	Examples
Feeble	Impaired or limited ability	Drax
Poor	“Slow on the uptake”	Ajax, Sunspot
Typical	Normal human levels	Quasar
Good	Above-average intuition	Shadowcat
Excellent	Fine attention to details	Nick Fury
Remarkable	Detective background/skills	Cyclops
Incredible	Strong empathic sense; “gut feeling”	Captain America, Dr. Doom
Amazing	In tune with surroundings; strong hunches	Agamemnon, Professor X
Monstrous	Superhuman senses	Daredevil
Unearthly	In touch with the universe	Watcher

Psyche

Rank	Description	Examples
Feeble	Easily dominated & programmed	Dreadnoughts
Poor	Young, untrained, will-impaired	Meggan
Typical	Normal human willpower	Hawkeye
Good	Resist ordinary mesmerism	Daredevil
Excellent	Some experience with mind control/mystic forces	Black Widow, Nightcrawler
Remarkable	Trained to resist will-control	Hulk, Mr. Fantastic
Incredible	Great strength of will; well-trained/focused	Spider-Man, Wolverine
Amazing	Indomitable willpower	Dr. Doom
Monstrous	Intensive training & experience with mental powers	Loki, Professor X
Unearthly	A mind closed to external forces	Doctor Strange