If I'm remembering correctly, Dark Watcher in the novels is broadly an Ill/Force Field controller, yes.
He definitely generates traditional force-fields later on, and in his first on-camera appearance, he's seen scaring the crap out of a mugger...a 'THEY'RE ALL OVER ME GET THEM OFF GET THEM OFF GET THEM OFF' moment with insects that only he can see.
In that same sequence, he's seen pretty much moving through the shadows at will, wandering Paragon without much effort. He goes invisible, and may be able to phase through stuff.
The fact is though, that in most of the book the power he really works is teleportation. He blinks around, he takes people with him. He looks at a Nemesis robot funny, and a second later it's many miles away at the bottom of the deepest ocean trench he can find. Later on, he trashes more Nemesis war machines by simply teleporting them very high into the air and letting them fall, then starts walling off the street with the remains.
(It bears mentioning that in the novels, even Statesman's sort of freaked out by what Watcher can do...when Devon first introduces himself to Statesman, States thinks, dear God, I'm so glad he's on my side.)
In the CoH comics, where it's revealed he's been crossing dimensions...well, presumably that's another function of his powers.
He appears to use Howling Twilight in the comics as well, or at least some kind of mass rez. Maybe he's got the Lady Grey patron pool?
-- Acyl
He definitely generates traditional force-fields later on, and in his first on-camera appearance, he's seen scaring the crap out of a mugger...a 'THEY'RE ALL OVER ME GET THEM OFF GET THEM OFF GET THEM OFF' moment with insects that only he can see.
In that same sequence, he's seen pretty much moving through the shadows at will, wandering Paragon without much effort. He goes invisible, and may be able to phase through stuff.
The fact is though, that in most of the book the power he really works is teleportation. He blinks around, he takes people with him. He looks at a Nemesis robot funny, and a second later it's many miles away at the bottom of the deepest ocean trench he can find. Later on, he trashes more Nemesis war machines by simply teleporting them very high into the air and letting them fall, then starts walling off the street with the remains.
(It bears mentioning that in the novels, even Statesman's sort of freaked out by what Watcher can do...when Devon first introduces himself to Statesman, States thinks, dear God, I'm so glad he's on my side.)
In the CoH comics, where it's revealed he's been crossing dimensions...well, presumably that's another function of his powers.
He appears to use Howling Twilight in the comics as well, or at least some kind of mass rez. Maybe he's got the Lady Grey patron pool?
-- Acyl