Marvel Heroic Roleplaying - Civil War

SONGBIRD Melissa Gold

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Abandonment Issues Melissa Gold ran away from a trou-
Buddy Former Professional Wrestler bled home, turning to crime before
Team Reformed Criminal entering the professional wrestling
world as “Screaming Mimi.” Later re-
Power Sets SONIC HARNESS cruited as “Songbird” for Baron Zemo’s
E nhanced Durability Enhanced Reflexes Thunderbolts, she has since worked
against Zemo and tried to retire sev-
Enhanced Stamina Sonic Blast eral times, only to be dragged back in
by circumstance. Songbird
Sonic Control Subsonic Flight is a trained combatant,
physically enhanced
SFX: Sonic Constructs. When inflicting a sonic-type com- by the Power Broker.
plication on a target, add a d6 and step up your effect A harness adapted
die. from Klaw’s sonic
technology allows
Limit: Gear. Shutdown Sonic Harness to step up the lowest her to unleash de-
die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Spend structive sonic dis-
a doom die from the doom pool to recover Sonic charges and create solid
Harness. objects from sound, includ-
ing wings for flight.
Specs Combat Expert Crime Expert
Menace Expert Psych Expert

SWORDSMAN Andreas von Strucker

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Broken Twin Children of Hydra Leader Baron
Buddy Ex-Super Terrorist Wulfgang von Strucker, twins Andrea
Team Skilled Swordsman and Andreas operated as the super-
terrorists known as Fenris. Andrea was
Power Sets GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TWIN killed revealing that the Thunderbolts
Kinetic Blast leader Citizen V was actually super-
villain Baron Zemo. Andreas was then
SFX: Second Wind. Before making an action including a genetically mind controlled by Purple Man and
Engineered Twin power, spend a doom die the same size or joined the Thunderbolts as Swords-
larger than current physical stress to recover it and step up man. Recently freed of this control, he
the genetically Engineered Twin power for this action. remained with the group. Once able
to generate destructive blasts when
Limit: Twisted Family Tree. Step up the lowest die in the doom pool touching his sister, as Swordsman he
or add a d6 doom die to step up emotional stress involving retains this by using her tanned skin
the loss of his sister or relations with his father.
for his sword’s hilt. His costume
SWORDS & BLADES also sports numerous hidden
blades.
Enhanced Durability Swingline

Weapon

SFX: Focus. If a pool includes a Swords & Blades power, replace
two dice of equal size with one stepped-up die.

SFX: Master Swordsman. On a successful reaction against a close
combat-based attack action, convert opponent’s effect die
into a Swords & Blades stunt or step up Weapon until used
in an action. If opponent’s action succeeds, spend a doom
die to use this SFX.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Swords & Blades power to step up the
lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Spend a
doom die to recover that power. If shutting down Weapon,
shutdown Genetically Engineered Twin as well and step up
the lowest die in the doom pool twice or add a d8 doom die.

Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Master
Covert Expert Menace Expert

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TASKMASTER

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Shadowy Past The Taskmaster is an experienced
Buddy Skilled Instructor mercenary and trainer of super-pow-
Team Villainous Mercenary ered operatives, but it is his unique
abilities that make him a significant
Power Sets DUPLICATE ARSENAL threat. Able to duplicate the skills of
anyone he has seen, he has copied and
Superhuman Durability Weapon fought Daredevil, Captain America,
Hawkeye, and many others. He uses
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each additional weaponry modeled after many of
target add a d6 and keep an additional effect die. these heroes to augment his abilities.
However, Taskmaster’s power comes
SFX: Dangerous. Step back the highest die in an attack action pool
to add a d6 and step up physical stress inflicted. with a cost; the more
skills he absorbs, the
SFX: Trick Arrows. When inflicting a complication on a target, add less he remembers
a d6 and step up the effect die. his own past.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Duplicate Arsenal power to step up the
lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Spend a
doom die to recover that power.

PHOTOGRAPHIC REFLEXES

Enhanced Reflexes Mimic

SFX: Copycat. In a reaction against an opponent using a Combat
or Acrobatics Specialty, spend a doom die to add a die equal
to the opponent’s Combat or Acrobatics to a dice pool.

SFX: Library of Moves. Spend a d6 from the doom pool to step up
or double a Photographic Reflexes asset.

Limit: Natural Mimic. Mimic can only copy trained or skill-based
powers or Specialties.

Specs Acrobatics Master Combat Master
Crime Expert Covert Master
Menace Expert
Vehicle Expert Psych Expert

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VENOM Mac Gargan

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Brutal Killer Once a P.I. hired by J. Jonah Jameson
Buddy Unrelentingly Savage to investigate Spider-Man, Mac Gargan
Team Vengeful was later transformed at Jameson’s re-
quest into the super villain Scorpion.
Power Sets SYMBIOTE Shapeshifting This drove Gargan mad, and he spent
E nhanced Durability years fighting Spider-Man and other
heroes. When the alien Venom sym-
Superhuman Reflexes Swingline biote left its past host, Eddie Brock,
it approached Gargan and offered to
Wall-Crawling meld with him. Desiring the power the
symbiote promised, he accepted. Now
SFX: Claws. Step back the highest die in an attack action pool to Gargan possesses the powers of Spi-
add a d6 and step up physical stress inflicted. der-Man and is even more dangerous,
savage, and insane than he was before.
SFX: Envelop. When inflicting a restraining or immobilizing com- Note: Spider-Man’s Spider-Sense SFX
plication on a target, add a d6 and step up the effect die. doesn’t help him against Venom.

Limit: Sonic Vulnerability. After making a reaction against fire-based
or sonic-based attacks, take emotional stress equal to the
attack’s effect die, regardless of physical stress taken.

SCORPION POWERS
Superhuman Durability Superhuman Stamina

S uperhuman Strength

SFX: Focus. If a pool includes a Scorpion Powers power, replace two
dice of equal size with one stepped-up die.

Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any Scorpion Powers power to step
up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die.
Activate an opportunity to recover that power.

Specs Acrobatic Expert Combat Expert
Crime Expert Menace Expert

OPTIONS FOR THE NEW THUNDERBOLTS

This is by default an Anti-Registration Scene, but it could easily be modified. Heroes working
closely with S.H.I.E.L.D. are made aware of the top secret “Operation Thunderbolt” after the
major battle in the last Act. With many heroes joining the Anti-Registration side due to the
dark turn of events, and the Fifty State Initiative not yet up and running, recruiting operatives
with experience in dealing with superhumans is key.

XXRather than framing this Scene as an attack against player Anti-Registration heroes,
you might choose to have Pro-Registration heroes assigned to “ride along” with the
Thunderbolts on one of their first assignments. This is a great opportunity to bring up the
moral dilemma of working with convicted criminals—in some cases, the heroes’ own foes.

XXYou could make this a Transition Scene, one in which the heroes learn about the exis-
tence of the T-Bolt Division within S.H.I.E.L.D. before it goes live. Resources earned by this
investigation include Operation Thunderbolt plans, operative lists, information on the
nanotechnology that’s being used to keep them in line, or a sympathetic former ally on
the Thunderbolts team (Songbird is a good choice).

XXOne or more characters already locked up in the Raft (or Prison 42 in the Negative Zone)
might be injected with nanotech and enlisted into the Thunderbolts. This could include
player heroes. This Scene might therefore serve as a great way to start a new Thunderbolts-
centric group.

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ACTION: THE MEDIA
AND SHRA

This is a quick and easy Scene that can and should ramp up the OPTIONS FOR THE
tension and the stress for the characters in Act Three, no matter
what side of the Civil War the characters are on. It may also be MEDIA AND SHRA
used again later as the heroes face the media, attend a press There are so many ways to re-
conference, or are confronted by members of the press who catch
them off guard. frame this Scene; you can use it
over and over. Make it short, sweet,
A reporter named Bill Price from The Daily Bugle—who has and about something that’s central
every intention of winning a Pulitzer—corners the heroes either to the heroes (something in their
in a group or alone. The reporter is hard hitting and has a whole Milestones or Distinctions). Here are
slew of “gotcha” questions meant to catch the hero off guard some other options:
as well as expose the truly terrible aspects of how SHRA has
developed. Even heroes who want the SHRA scrapped may have zzIf the heroes get fairly beaten up
to confront their own failings along the way. in a way that might evoke sympa-
thy, give them the option to spend
Data File Bill Price, Expert Journalist 1 PP to grab a persistent asset or
resource related to the Scene.
Solo Buddy Team Maybe the report has Swayed
Public Opinion. Or perhaps the
Persistent Fact-Checking reporter himself is now pulling for
the heroes and their side. Maybe
College Boxing laying them bare like that has
inspired him to right the wrongs
This is a good chance for you to frame a Scene that reveals committed in this war.
the heroes’ personalities and ideologies without putting them
at a risk of personal injury. Your weapons in this Scene are your zzBring up something the heroes
knowledge of the heroes, what matters to them, and the situa- haven’t really been paying atten-
tions where they failed. Pin Spider-Man to the wall about sup- tion to so far, or that hasn’t come
porting Registration for so long. How does Mr. Fantastic’s wife out in play. What are these rumors
feel about indefinite detention of people like her, and why hasn’t of a Negative Zone prison for su-
she been standing beside her husband in support of Iron Man? perhumans who fail to register?
Would Storm like to go on record with what she really thinks What about mutants? Have the
about Goliath’s death? Obviously, all of this will be conditional heroes tracked down who was
on how these heroes have been represented so far in your game. responsible for Stamford yet?
Set up triggers for Milestones here as much as you can. Where’s the Hulk?

Ask the player a hard question, and then pick up the dice zzSwitch Bill Price out for Sally
and heap on the mental and emotional stress. If the hero avoids Floyd of The Alternative (page
stress, find another line of questions. If the hero takes stress CW38) who’s trying to get another
while answering a question, follow that line of questions, so angle on the whole SHRA thing by
that the escalation feels organic. becoming “embedded” with the
Anti-Registration crowd.

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KEY SCENES FOR ACTION: THE

ACT THREE ATLANTEAN ENVOY
This section covers a variety of
This Scene takes place on land, near an inlet from the ocean.
Action and Transition Scenes that Most people are here to seek peace between Atlantis and the land;
all build the tension rapidly toward Norman Osborn, however, has shown up to intervene.
a final confrontation. You can play
these out in any order, and even A group of super heroes with international or diplomatic
repeat some of them with minor connections has organized a meeting between an Atlantean
changes, before getting to a final delegation and surface leaders to discuss and apologize for the
confrontation between the Pro- recent attack on Atlanteans (see TheGoblinAttacks, page CW100).
Registration and Anti-Registration Reporters from The Daily Bugle and The Alternative are among
forces, most likely in Breaking Into those in the press pool. The heroes introduce the surface lead-
the Negative Zone Prison. You don’t ers to the media and begin the summit despite the Atlantean
want to force such a finale, of course; representatives not yet having arrived.
with these Scenes, enough seeds
should be planted that the players This group could be the player heroes, assuming they meet
make their own decisions that lead the qualifications (Black Panther, for example, is an internation-
them to that big finish. ally recognized hero, and the Fantastic Four have long main-
tained relations with Atlantis) but fugitive heroes definitely
Several of these Scenes tie into won’t be included. Alternately, the player heroes could simply
multiple story threads. You can con- be present to monitor the envoy, or they’re following the trail of
nect Atlantis, Damage Control, A.I.M./ Nitro and the Atlanteans from Act Two. If the organizing heroes
Hydra, Pro-Registration, and Anti- are all Watcher characters, they should take the back seat to the
Registration storylines together with player heroes in the ensuing action.
many of them. There should also be
satisfying endings to all of these As the press asks questions, there’s a stir from the Nearby
threads in this Act, some of them Water. From the stir emerges the Atlantean delegation, headed
even working as alternate climax by Ambassador Govan. The sea dwellers move to the Raised
Scenes for the whole Event if your Platform, are greeted by the representative heroes and the
group seems headed that way. surface leaders, and are introduced to a translator. Ambassador
Govan begins a speech, declaring that the Atlanteans who were
attacked were on a peaceful exploration mission to study human
culture.

Near the Press Pool, there are some seats filled with impor-
tant locals and some standing room for onlookers. Heroes with
at least Enhanced Senses d8 and who are familiar with Norman
Osborn (out of costume) may spot him in the Dense Crowd as
he stands up and yells—giving them a split second to try to stop
him as he draws a weapon. If not, he draws a gun and shoots
Govan in the shoulder. He’s not in control of his actions; this is a
setup, his nanites having been reprogrammed just as they were
in The Goblin Attacks Action Scene earlier. It’s notable that he
doesn’t kill the envoy, just wounds him.

Chaos breaks out as the Atlantean bodyguards jump into a
defensive stance and Govan takes cover behind bodyguards
and chairs. Surface security, likewise, leaps into action. The
Frightened Crowd spreads in all directions as someone yells,
“Is that Norman Osborn?”

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STOPPING OSBORN OPTIONS FOR THE
ATLANTEAN ENVOY
A hero may choose to take down Osborn,
who goes down with a struggle (hero’s action As it stands, this Action Scene is quite
vs. Osborn’s reaction) but without using any scripted: the envoy shows up; Osborn takes
of his Green Goblin powers. He keeps yell- a shot; everyone scrambles to arrest or re-
ing, “I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me!” If the hero strain Osborn. How can you switch things
stopped Osborn before he could fire his up? Here are some suggestions:
weapon, the situation calms down faster but
the Atlanteans still flee out of fear. XXYou can replace Osborn with another
Thunderbolt operative, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent,
PROTECTING THE or a Life Model Decoy. Osborn is the
ATLANTEANS patsy for a conspiracy, so if the heroes
are already familiar with the assassin it
A hero may choose to protect the makes it personal. If the heroes had cap-
Atlanteans. If so, it may be possible to try tured Osborn earlier in the Act, and he’s
to mend the situation, build a positive re- still in custody, then you definitely need
lationship with the Atlanteans, or at least a replacement.
keep things from getting worse. This would
also include providing Medical aid for the XXIf you’re not using Atlantis, your stand-
injured. in organization or group needs to be the
one sending the olive branch. Wakanda or
PROTECTING THE some other nation would be just as valid
PRESS AND CROWD here, so long as there’s a credible threat
from that nation if they’re motivated to
As things get crazy, members of the media declare war.
and crowd may be threatened in the panic.
A hero may choose to protect them in hopes XXOne of the heroes could be the assas-
of building a positive relationship with a sin. Take the player aside and let him
member of the press. This would also in- know what’s going on; his hero has been
clude providing Medical aid for the injured. injected with compromised nanotech-
If a hero is protecting the press and crowd, nology, his mission is to put a stop to the
this could also help avoid collateral damage. Atlantean diplomatic mission, and then
he’s going to forget the whole thing. It’s
a tricky play, but a lot of fun if it works.

XXIf the heroes were involved heav-
ily in the Nitro/Atlantis situation in
Act Two, bring in some of those Watcher
characters here. Maybe Janus or another of
the Atlantean sleeper cell agents is pres-
ent. Maybe Nitro surfaces again if he’s
still rogue. Because it’s a press event, add
someone in from a media Scene.

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TRANSITION: INVESTIGATE
DAMAGE CONTROL

Hostile In an earlier Scene, the heroes should have learned that Nitro was being supplied Mutant
Takeover Growth Hormone (MGH) by Walter Declun, CEO of Damage Control, Inc. In this Scene, the heroes
p. CW120 must investigate Damage Control to put a stop to Declun and the dangerous sale of MGH.

Describe this as a montage of poking around and asking informants, specifically Bobbie
the Mooch, with a whole list of possible resources available to the heroes. It also gives the
heroes the opportunity to recruit any new heroes or recover from stress. Follow this Transition
Scene with the Hostile Takeover Action Scene.

XXBusiness Resource: The hero speaks with XXMenace Resource: Bobbie the Mooch gets
shady business associates of Damage intimidated, and caves in almost imme-
Control to determine Declun’s location diately. “Whoa! Whoa. See, I woulda told
and any related information about MGH you sooner but I didn’t want Nitro comin’
production. They learn he’s planning to after me and Frank,” Bobbie pleads. “We
appeal to the board of directors of Damage was workin’ for Declun, see? He had us
Control, Inc., to purchase Roxxon’s Long make some deliveries of some new sub-
Island facility, which would increase MGH stance. He kept goin’ on about it and Frank
distribution under cover of standard and me would just look at each other with
operations. that look, ya know? I had no idea that’s
what you was lookin’ for, honest...see?”
XXCovert Resource: The disguised hero infil- He tells the hero how to reach Declun and
trates Damage Control, Inc., to discover the facility.
the information from the inside about
Declun’s involvement with MGH produc- XXPsych Resource: Rather than threaten
tion and distribution. Bobbie the Mooch with prison, a hero
pleads with him to help bring in those
XXCrime Resource: Bobbie the Mooch gets responsible for the Stamford disaster.
another chance. At first, Bobbie is hesi- After hearing that, Bobbie puts two and
tant to admit anything. After some seri- two together and realizes what really
ous threats involving a trip to prison, the happened. He then breaks down as in the
“ex-con” breaks down. “I had no idea what Crime resource.
you was lookin’ for, honest...see? Me an’
Frank been workin’ for Declun. He makes XXTech Resource: Hacking into Damage
us run deliveries of some new substance. Control’s high-security computer system,
He kept goin’ on about it and Frank and the hero learns of Declun’s involvement
me would just look at each other with that with MGH production and his tenuous
look, ya know? I...aw, damn. That’s what position as CEO of Damage Control.
helped kill those kids at Stamford, wasn’t
it?” Bobbie’s remorse seems sincere at the
realization. He tells the hero everything he
knows about how to reach Declun and the
production facility.

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TRANSITION: OPTIONS WITH

BAXTER BUILDING BAXTER BUILDING

INFILTRATION INFILTRATION
There are several ways to adjust
Reed Richards, or another genius working with S.H.I.E.L.D.,
has built a prison in the Negative Zone. For the Anti-Registration this Transition Scene. The best way,
forces, the location of this prison is integral to protecting those of course, is to use it to respond to
oppressed by the Superhuman Registration Act. To get that loca- the players’ interest in finding out
tion, the heroes break into the Baxter Building and pull the data what super-prison the authorities
from its stores. have built to contain the captured
Resistance heroes.
This Scene assumes a couple of things. One, Reed Richards/
Mr. Fantastic is working on the Pro-Reg side as he does in the zzYou could easily make this an
comics. Two, the Negative Zone prison is accessed from a Action Scene centered on a single
number of secure locations, but primarily the Baxter Building, hero or small team of heroes. The
headquarters of the Fantastic Four. If either of these is a problem, Baxter Building is no joke. Its se-
check out Options, below. curity is renowned for being Top
of the Line. If a hero is Caught on
You can handle this Scene as a Transition, to guarantee it Film breaking in, she’ll be recog-
gives the basic amount of success necessary. The players can nized as an amazing burglar, and
decide what additional resources they can pull from the raid, someone who’s not afraid of the
in preparation for the move against the prison in the Negative best possible security measures.
Zone.
zzIt doesn’t have to be the Baxter
This transition works as a lead in to the big finish, allowing Building. In Arizona, there’s a
the players to recruit whichever heroes they want to take into training ground for new govern-
the final confrontations. If you want, capture the hero that broke ment-sponsored super heroes,
in, if the players aren’t using that datafile for the move on the the fledgling Avengers Initiative.
Negative Zone. Let them rescue that hero, who transmits the It’s basically a boot camp, but it’s
necessary data before capture; see Negative Zone Prisoner Bust also a S.H.I.E.L.D. base and thus
(page CW126) for details on that. has much the same sophisticated
technology and archives as the
XXCovert Resource: With detailed floor plans and security Baxter Building. Maybe that’s
details as an alternative resource, the prison might not be as where the Negative Zone gate is
daunting a break-in as it otherwise could be. located.

XXCosmic Resource: The general coordinates would be enough zzNot only can the heroes dig up
to hunt down a Negative Zone gate. But with detailed direc- the location of the Negative Zone
tions and layout, the zone would be an open book. Navigation prison, they can also find evidence
would be no problem at all, and could mean more efficient of Hydra or A.I.M. influence on the
tactical movement. project, at your discretion. This
could ruin the Pro-Registration
XXTech Resource: The Baxter Building houses more than just the agenda if played properly and lead
plans for the Negative Zone. Inside, an intruder could stumble into the Final Battle with A.I.M. or
upon some of Reed Richards’ advanced technology. This could Hydra Action Scene.
offer a major surprise in the coming battles. Richards and the
Pro-Registration movement aren’t prepared to face Richards’s
own technology.

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ACTION:
ATLANTIS PREPARES FOR WAR

Atlantis Regardless of whether the attack on Atlantean Ambassador Govan was successful, the
p. CW18 Atlanteans are preparing for war. Likely, the attempt on Govan’s life was the final straw. Tensions
have been escalating ever since Namorita’s death at Stamford.
The Atlantean
Envoy This Scene is heavily weighted toward interpersonal social conflict, with the heroes having
to use their wits, diplomacy, and whatever resources they have on hand to keep Atlantis from
p. CW112 launching an attack on the coastline of North America.

IF THE HEROES IF THE HEROES ARE
ARE FRIENDS OF STRANGERS
ATLANTIS
If the heroes are basically unknown to
If the heroes stopped Norman Osborn the Atlanteans, they’re not likely to even get
from shooting Govan in The Atlantean the time of day. The only option here is to
Envoy or if the heroes helped protect the try to resolve the matter peacefully, but that
Atlanteans, there’s the possibility of either won’t be easy. If the Atlanteans won’t even
recruiting Atlantis to the heroes’ side in the speak to the heroes, they may need to find
Civil War or of resolving things peacefully. an ally the Atlanteans will speak with and
Any hero who has proven to be a friend gets offer some type of sanction. The Fantastic
at least a fair listen from the Atlanteans. It Four or one of the other Illuminati (assuming
might even be enough for an audience with the heroes even learn about this secretive
the Sub-Mariner himself. While Namor is still group) know Namor best.
angry over the loss of Namorita, he doesn’t
really want an all-out war with the surface. Heroes may decide to reveal information
Or does he? A reasonable Namor will work about the Mutant Growth Hormone used by
with an ally for the betterment of both Nitro and a possible link to Damage Control,
Atlantis and the surface. Inc. This information might cause Namor to
re-evaluate the factors that led to his cousin’s
death and divert his anger from the surface
world and instead to Walter Declun. Namor
already knows Declun is Damage Control’s
CEO and he might aid the heroes in taking
down Declun in their final confrontation (see
Hostile Takeover, page CW120).

Attempting to make contact with a hos-
tile Atlantis leads to a confrontation. Heroes
must be prepared for a possible conflict
with Atlantean warriors. If they can avoid
casualties and convince the Atlanteans
that they come in peace, they might still be
given an audience. This may also be a hero’s
last chance to improve her reputation with
Atlantis. On the other hand, if this route ends
in Atlantean casualties, Namor will have no
choice but to launch a full invasion against
the surface—it would be viewed as an out-
right act of war.

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OPTIONS WITH ATLANTIS CW117
PREPARES FOR WAR

The following suggestions give you more ways to include
this Scene’s conflict in the larger Civil War:

XXIf Namor is won over by the heroes, he might aid them against
the other side in the battle over the SHRA. Atlantis’ warriors
are already geared up for battle; this gives them an outlet
for that aggression. Namor can handle the fallout later, in his
usual arrogant manner.

XXIf Namor is a player hero, you can determine whether or not
this entire Scene is actually about him and his allies confront-
ing surface heroes and getting information about Damage
Control, about Norman Osborn, or about any number of other
threads connected to Stamford. Perhaps this Scene is where
the players unlock Namor as a player hero in preparation for
the big climactic battle of Act Three.

XXA peace treaty with Atlantis might be brokered by clever play-
ers, one that not only benefits their side in the Civil War but
opens up more opportunities later. Perhaps Namor offers
sanctuary to heroes who seek refuge from the SHRA, or maybe
he determines that Atlantis offers superior technology in the
effort to curtail unregistered superhumans.

Act Three: Rocket's Red Glare

THE CONSPIRACY TRANSITION:
REVEALED?
TALKING TO
As the Watcher, you may choose
to change up the story from what’s S.H.I.E.L.D. ABOUT
presented in the Civil War comics.
Instead of Tony Stark orchestrating THE GOBLIN
Osborn’s bizarre activities via repro-
grammed nanotechnology, perhaps By this point, the heroes have unraveled most of the intricate
Namor plotted the whole Event as details of the overall plot of the Event. This Scene lets them grab
an excuse to invade the surface one or two resources in preparation for any of the final conflict
or simply to seek vengeance for Scenes.
Namorita’s death. Perhaps S.H.I.E.L.D.
or Nick Fury did all of this behind One of the main questions that should be niggling at the
Tony Stark’s back as a way to keep heroes, whether they’re for or against the Registration Act, is
him guessing, to keep him in line, or this: “Why was Norman Osborn released?”
as a diversion for other subversive
activities. Or, maybe Osborn really While it may have been unclear during the first Green Goblin
was in jail the whole time and it attack whether it was really Osborn (it was), the attack on the
was the Chameleon posing as him? Atlantean delegates was most certainly Osborn unless you
The possibilities are vast. Consider switched him out for another character. This means he was re-
using your players’ own theories as leased from high-security prison and acting under S.H.I.E.L.D.
the truth, if for no other reason than orders via Operation Thunderbolt. If so, what purpose could
to give them the satisfaction of put- there be in releasing this psychotic murderer known publicly as
ting all the pieces together. Now… the Green Goblin? The heroes may even suspect that S.H.I.E.L.D.,
what are they going to do with this Tony Stark, Namor, or some other entity is truly behind this
information? fiasco.

S.H.I.E.L.D. If Norman is pardoned by S.H.I.E.L.D., do the heroes want to
p. CW34 know why? S.H.I.E.L.D. won’t likely offer any response to such
questioning. They may admit Osborn was under the control of
Maria Hill someone else, which is why they pardoned him, but they aren’t
p. CW35 likely to reveal that person’s identity, even if they do know.

Through media, Atlantean, or other resources, the heroes may
be able to delve deeper and find out the truth that S.H.I.E.L.D.
won’t reveal. Investigative reporters have likely uncovered some
of the biggest secrets behind the Civil War. While normally those
truths would come to light via publication or broadcast, the
stories may be in editorial limbo, embargoed, or in the hands
of reporters keeping secrets. Whether they would be willing to
release that information depends on their relationship with the
hero. Likewise, the hero’s relationship with Atlanteans might
uncover secrets that Atlantis is keeping.

If you chose to allow the heroes to capture Osborn during
the first Green Goblin attack, the heroes may not need a media
source to track things back to Stark, Namor, or whomever you’ve
decided is the mastermind of that particular story arc and plot.

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TRANSITION: OPTIONS WITH

INTERVIEWING INTERVIEWING

SUPERHUMANS SUPERHUMANS
zzThis Scene could also be framed
This Scene can take place at any point in Act Three, provided
the characters have access to incarcerated superhumans in hold- as an Action Scene if the heroes
ing or perhaps on their way to the Negative Zone prison. want to actually engage with the
inmate or captured superhuman
Even in the best situations, players may miss something character. If this sounds more
important, and heroes may make choices that back them into interesting to them, frame it as
corners that you, as the Watcher, weren’t anticipating. By this an antagonistic meeting; maybe
point, it is highly unlikely that the heroes are still neutral or Pro-Registration heroes confront
even trying to be neutral. That’s not to say their affiliations are a villain they rounded up. A player
publically known, but certainly they should know on some level hero who has taken a stand could
where their allegiances reside. be interviewed by a player hero
who’s still on the fence.
If for some reason the heroes are still undecided before an zzUnder the context of a secure
important Scene in Act Three, this Transition can be used to help meeting at Prison 42 in the
sway them the rest of the way and give them justification for Negative Zone, the players might
creating resources, recruiting new heroes, or recovering from continue to set up the foundation
mental and emotional stress. for their ultimate breakout at-
tempt or determine if they’ve got
Present a good and decent hero, someone they could admire a mole on their side. This is the
and look up to, on his way to the Negative Zone prison. Hammer perfect setup for resources based
home the people the hero was trying to protect and how much on information and contacts.
he believed in the rights of other superhumans to live in what- zzThe meeting doesn’t have to be set
ever sort of secrecy they desire. Tell the players a story about in prison. It could be a rooftop con-
a local superhuman—a mutant or otherwise low-powered versation, a gathering of fugitives
nobody—who was dragged out of her home and beaten, maybe in a warehouse by the East River, a
killed, by an angry mob; maybe this person was guilty of nothing heart-to-heart in the Inhuman city
more than being born different. of Attilan, or anywhere else that
works as a breather in the action
Or, if they’re leaning toward favoring registration, put them (even if it’s not so lighthearted).
in an interview with someone really vile—a super villain who
couldn’t be stopped any other way, one who avoided every other
legal loophole and politics to avoid detention and even thrived
in that environment. Thanks to the Superhuman Registration
Act, this villain is being stopped once and for all. There was no
other way, and a lot of people are going to live thanks to his
incarceration.

Additionally, if there’s some clue or piece of information the
heroes have missed, now is a good time to plant that seed again
through the superhuman interview. It’s a handy time to catch
them up and, if need be, point blank ask the players, “What do
you think your hero is missing? What does she need to get the
job done from here?”

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Investigate ACTION:
Damage
Control HOSTILE TAKEOVER

p. CW114 In this Scene, armed with all the evidence about Damage
Control’s involvement in Stamford, use of Mutant Growth
Hormone, and its interest in promoting the Civil War, the heroes
take the battle right to the boardroom of Damage Control, Inc.

Walter Declun, CEO of Damage Control, Inc., and supplier of
Mutant Growth Hormone to Nitro (and possibly others), is well
connected. He’s got S.H.I.E.L.D. and the White House on speed
dial and he thinks he’s untouchable. All he wants to do is sow
the seeds of more chaos and destruction so Damage Control
can pick up lucrative government contracts.

The heroes learn that Declun is meeting with the Damage
Control Board of Directors in their Upscale Manhattan
Skyscraper to swiftly pass a measure to purchase Roxxon Oil’s
Long Island facility, which the heroes may already have learned
about (it’ll be a cover for MGH production). The heroes may have
evidence to present to the board or perhaps they just want to
show up and take down Declun.

Declun is unhinged, as anyone would be if confronted
with charges of criminal activity and causing the tragedy in
Stamford. When the heroes arrive at the boardroom, the board
sticks around long enough to hear the heroes’ initial claims of
Declun’s wrongdoing before he dismisses them. Declun, sensing
the heroes may get hands-on, injects himself with Considerably
More MGH Than Is Safe, and becomes a super-powered threat.

WALTER DECLUN

(MGH-Enhanced)

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Coldhearted CEO
Buddy Friends In High Places
Team Reckless

Power Sets MGH ENHANCEMENT
Enhanced Speed Enhanced Stamina

Leaping Superhuman Durability

Superhuman Strength

SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each additional
target add a d6 and keep an additional effect die.

SFX: Now I’m Really Mad! Step up or double any MGH En-
hancement power for one action. If the action fails,
step back that power. Activate an opportunity to re-
cover that power.

Limit: Side Effects. Change any MGH Enhancement power into
a complication to step up the lowest die in the doom
pool or add a d6 doom die. Activate an opportunity
or remove the complication to recover that power.

Specs Business Master Crime Master
Menace Expert Psych Expert

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OPTIONS FOR CW121
HOSTILE TAKEOVER

This could be a simple knockdown drag-out fight in an office
building, but the players might take it in a different direction.
Here are some other suggestions:

XXBusiness-savvy heroes such as Danny “Daredevil” Rand or
Tony “Iron Man” Stark have enough clout that they might try
to shut Declun out of his company through clever corporate
methods, which would be a good option. This would be an
action against the doom pool with Damage Control’s Hero-
Proof Bureaucracy adding to the doom pool’s dice (or used
by the players for a d4 + Plot Point). Of course, this might not
stop Declun personally, but it would bring his empire down
around his ears.

XXDeclun might have MGH in the form of an aerosol gas and
spray the whole board of directors with it, creating a Mob of
Crazed MGH-Addicted Superhumans 3d6 to act as an addi-
tional obstacle.

XXIf the heroes are Anti-Registration, Declun calls in the Cape-
Killers to help him as he attempts to get away. He can leap
right out of the skyscraper and into the city while S.H.I.E.L.D’s
Superhuman Response Unit rappels in on cables.

XXIf the heroes are Pro-Registration, after Declun is caught he
calls in some favors and gets out early—though clever heroes
might pull some strings of their own (such as from a friendly
Congressperson) and have him locked up in Prison 42 as a
dangerous unregistered villain.

XXAtlantis might get involved, with one or more Atlanteans
showing up to bring Declun to justice. This is useful if the
heroes are looking overwhelmed.

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A.I.M. ACTION:
p. CW26
FINAL BATTLE WITH
Hydra
p. CW29 A.I.M. OR HYDRA

With this Scene the heroes have one good chance to destroy
one of the world’s biggest terrorist organizations. This Scene can
happen at any point in Act Three. It’s a particularly important
Scene if any of the characters have Milestones related to Hydra
or A.I.M., so don’t skip it.

As the Civil War rages toward its catastrophic climax, even
tightly operated and successful superhuman-run terrorists
groups are weakened. Monitoring, arrests, crackdowns—no one
can operate the way they used to. Both Hydra and A.I.M. are
suffering from funding issues and are the weakest they have
ever been. If the heroes are going to strike, there will be no
better time.

XXSHRA and Congressional oversight has led to some heavy
pressure on military contracts and technology contracts both
public and private.

XXAs a result of that—as well as heavy tactics from S.H.I.E.L.D.
and the arrests of unregistered superhumans—A.I.M. has been
suffocating under its own weight. Money, political pressure,
and the threat of incarceration have forced A.I.M.’s scientists
to go even deeper underground and the organization’s ability
to fund itself is limited.

XXThe many advantages of cell activities are now working
against Hydra as whole swaths of the organization vanish
into the Negative Zone with no contact, another consequence
of the hyper-vigilant SHRA.

Frame your Scene considering the information below and
choose a shadowy, espionage-themed location that suits the
organization and the player heroes. These places should have
Crates of Smuggled Tech, Guards on High Alert, Dark Recesses,
or Escape Routes.

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HITTING HYDRA

Hydra has its Tentacles in Many Places near the end of the
Civil War with double agents in almost every major group and
organization. Exposing any of those double agents can shift the
balance dramatically. S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers, even SHRA and
Congress all have ties to Hydra, whether they know it or not. A
final fight with Madame Hydra is possible; with so few of the
heads of Hydra left, her death or capture would be crippling.

Dealing with Baron Von Strucker is a much bigger challenge,
since killing him is a non-option. However, capturing him—and
locking him up in Prison 42 in the Negative Zone—means that,
with luck, the Baron can finally be put out of business forever.

Any attack on a Hydra installation (such as Hydra Island, or
one of its secret urban bases) means dealing with dozens of
Hydra goons, probably a super villain or two (usually a mutate,
failed genetics experiment, or super-spy with gadgets), and the
threat of explosives, poison gas, toxins released into the water
supply, and double-crossing agents.

HITTING A.I.M.

While they may have fewer personnel, A.I.M. facilities are still
guarded by Advanced Security Systems. Finding and subduing
M.O.D.O.K. is possible, but it won’t be easy. The death and de-
struction of the war is incredibly stimulating for a monster cre-
ated only to kill. However, A.I.M.’s weakening is also a sore point
that the player heroes can use against him. Anti-Registration
heroes may even be able to grab some of A.I.M.’s tech and use
it for their own purposes later in the Act.

Any A.I.M. raid means facing high-tech gadgets, villains in
armored suits, mobs of A.I.M. troopers, scientists with unpre-
dictable electronic gear, and killer robots. An A.I.M. base is likely
underground, possibly even right underneath some national
landmark or iconic location.

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ENTER NICK FURY

Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nicholas Fury isn’t dead or locked up. He’s exactly where he
wants to be in the Civil War—keeping out of sight and making sure he keeps track of who’s
doing what. His Intel Is Legendary. You should assume he has his Irons in All the Fires. This is
a good time for him to emerge, perhaps as a source of information, perhaps as an ally against
whichever organization the heroes are going to hit. Is he the real deal? Or is it a Life Model
Decoy of the real Nick Fury? Either way, many heroes with connections to S.H.I.E.L.D. prior to
Maria Hill (Captain America, Ms. Marvel, Spider-Woman, and so on) may be glad to see him.

NICK FURY Nicholas Joseph Fury

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Ex-Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury distinguished himself
Buddy Grizzled Veteran during WWII, then joined the CIA and
Team Whatever It Takes worked for years as an intelligence
operative. His eyepatch is due to
Power Sets INFINITY FORMULA damage from a Nazi grenade. Even-
Enhanced Reflexes Enhanced Stamina tually he joined S.H.I.E.L.D., starting
as an agent and rising to director. He
SFX: Old Soldiers Never Die. Spend a doom die to recover counts Captain America as one of his
physical stress of equal size and step back physical oldest friends, though the two don’t
trauma. always see eye to eye. Recently Fury
ran an unsanctioned black op into
SFX: Seen It All. Spend a doom die to ignore stress, trauma, Latveria. The fallout from his “Secret
and complications caused by aging, shock, surprise, War” cost Fury director-
or fear. ship of S.H.I.E.L.D. He’s
currently in hiding, with
Limit: World-weary. Step up emotional stress taken from numerous agencies
loss, tragedy, or betrayal to step up the lowest die seeking his
in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. arrest. So far,
S.H.I.E.L.D.
33RD DEGREE S.H.I.E.L.D. OFFICER has kept this
development
Enhanced Durability Weapon quiet.

SFX: LMD. When stressed out in a Scene, spend a doom die
to reveal that it was actually a Life Model Decoy. Fury
can no longer act in the Scene but takes no trauma.

SFX: Spymaster. Spend a doom die to step up a Covert
Master stunt or resource and recover mental or emo-
tional stress.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown a 33rd Degree S.H.I.E.L.D. Officer
power to step up the lowest die in the doom pool or
add a d6 doom die. Spend a doom die to recover.

Specs Combat Master Covert Master
Menace Expert Psych Expert
Vehicle Master

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OPTIONS FOR FINAL BATTLE A.I.M. Unlockables
WITH A.I.M. OR HYDRA p. CW28

The key for this Scene is making it tie in to the heroes’ activity Hydra Unlockables
in the Civil War. To that end, here are some more suggestions p. CW31
for mixing it up:

XXOne or more prominent figures in the Pro- or Anti-Registration
movement are secretly A.I.M. or Hydra agents. This is best
handled with Watcher characters, but make good use of the
Milestones and unlockables for A.I.M. and Hydra.

XXThe underlying technology and science behind a lot of the
SHRA’s resources may turn out to be from A.I.M., rather than
Stark or Reed Richards or Hank Pym. If none of these brilliant
geniuses are working for S.H.I.E.L.D. in support of the SHRA,
perhaps S.H.I.E.L.D. has been depending on A.I.M. scientists
for its gear…and now the heroes are able to exploit this knowl-
edge or bring it to light.

XXWhat if A.I.M. and Hydra are working together to present them-
selves as weak or disorganized, all the while waiting for the
Civil War to eliminate most of their common enemies? The
heroes may discover, as they take the battle to A.I.M. or Hydra’s
doorstep, that these organizations are not only stronger than
they look, but a united force.

XXWhat if A.I.M. or Hydra are working with Damage Control, Inc.?
You could tie up a number of threads this way, especially if
Walter Declun is actually a high-ranking operative. See Hostile
Takeover for more on Declun.

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ACTION:

NEGATIVE ZONE

PRISONER BUST

This Scene deals with an initial attempt at thwarting a trans-
fer of prisoners to the Negative Zone’s Prison 42, and what the
heroes do about it.

The heroes are on site as a group of prisoners are carted off
to a Negative Zone gateway in S.H.I.E.L.D. armored personnel
carriers. While there are certainly second-string villains in the
midst of these prisoners, not every superhuman in the group is
a vile criminal. Many simply refused to register or didn’t have a
chance before bounty hunters rounded them up. You can frame
the Scene with the heroes as part of the group transferring the
prisoners, or they may be prisoners themselves. They might
also be here having attained codes to get close to the Negative
Zone gateway (either at Ryker’s Island or in the Baxter Building).

Still, it only takes a few bad apples to ruin the bunch, and
for some of the particularly rotten criminals in the group, this
is their last chance at freedom. A breakout is going to happen.
Whether the heroes choose to help or hinder the escape is what
turns the tide in this Scene.

The gateway could be either at Ryker’s or the Baxter Building,
but the former is preferable. It’s part of the Ryker’s Island peni-
tentiary complex, within a building the Size of a 747 Hangar. The
gateway takes up the far end of the building; a ramp leads up to
it and “42” is clearly marked on the side in giant numerals. It has
Adamantium-Reinforced Power Cables d12 and hums loudly.
Technicians and Cape-Killers are everywhere. The captured su-
perhumans need to make their move before they pass through
the gateway, after which the security and location in another
dimension makes escape almost impossible.

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IF THE HEROES CAPE-KILLER UNIT
CHOOSE TO HELP
WITH THE ESCAPE: Affiliations Team Distinctions Loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.
Trained to Fight Superhumans
XXThey’ll have to deal with a mob of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Power Sets UNIT TRAITS Comms
Cape-Killers led by a pair of elite officers Body Armor

who deeply believe in what they’re doing. Subsonic Flight Tranquilizer Gun

They’ve seen enough of what a superhu- SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for every additional
target add a d6 and keep an additional effect die.
man can do to know that registration and
Limit: Unit Cohesion. Defeat Team dice (with d8 stress) to reduce mob.
incarceration is the only chance “normal
Data File Master Officer
humans have.”
Solo Buddy Team
XXThe Cape-Killer unit isn’t without backup.
Once the doom pool gets to at least 2d10, Cape-Killer Armor Hard-Edged
you can spend d10 doom to introduce
support in the form of two operatives of

Thunderbolt Division plus an additional
operative for every d10 doom you spend.

IF THE HEROES TRY TO

PREVENT THE ESCAPE:

XXAt first, only a select group of second-string MOB OF CONVICTS
villains attempt to escape. Treat them as a Various second-stringers, thugs, and bad guys
mob with Desperate as a d8 complication.
They can and will do anything—including Affiliations Team Distinctions Dangerous

taking hostages and human-shields—in Desperate

order to escape indefinite detention. The

Watcher can and should describe them fight- Power Sets

ing dirty to get free. Who could blame them, MOB TRAITS Swarm
really? If they’re taken to the Negative Zone, Grab

they may never come back. SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for every additional
XXIf that isn’t bad enough, if the fight persists target add a d6 and keep an additional effect die.

long enough for the doom pool to hit 2d10, Limit: Unit Cohesion. Defeat Team dice (with d8 stress) to reduce mob.

you can spend d10 doom to trigger the more

passive prisoners to rise up to join the villainous mob. Not

because they want to, but because it becomes increasingly

clear that life isn’t fair, and no one is going to help them but

themselves. Add a second mob to the first with the Possibly

Innocent Distinction.

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ACTION: BREAKING

INTO THE NEGATIVE

ZONE PRISON

This Action Scene is the climax of Act Three and the fight that
the heroes have likely been building up to since their last big con-
flict at the end of Act Two. It may be broken into multiple Action
Scenes depending on how you want to play it, but this section
handles it as a single Scene by default.

With this—our big finish—the Anti-Registration forces move
against Reed Richards’ prison in the Negative Zone. They do so
through a gateway at Ryker’s Island. However, thanks to a mole
within the Secret Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Pro-Registration
superhumans know of the attempt and prepare an ambush. One
of the Anti-Reg members was a mole for the other side (possibly
even one of the player heroes, depending on their Milestones)
and manages to release the captives. This no-holds-barred, all-
star free-for-all frames the conclusion of the Civil War Event.

Frame the Scene initially in the futuristic entry lobby/pro-
cessing area of Prison 42, the Negative Zone prison. The Anti-
Registration side squares off with the Pro-Registration side,
including the Thunderbolts; the heroes have a whole prison-full
of potential allies if they can somehow open the cell security
doors and let them out. Prison 42 is Packed with Advanced
Technology and includes a number of Confined Spaces to hinder
big fights like this from happening, so each of these is an im-
mediate concern.

This fight is all about options and possibilities. Since every-
thing the players have done so far leading up to this fight deter-
mines who’s involved, what the stakes are, and what happens,
here are a number of suggestions, but please don’t feel limited.
This is the finale. Don’t be afraid to go wild with the doom pool.
Complications such as Crowded and Confusing rule the day.
With any action, expose weaknesses. Hit every opportunity, use
those d4 Distinctions for the Watcher characters, and remember
to group minor characters into large mobs for ease of play.

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OPTIONS FOR BREAKING INTO THE
NEGATIVE ZONE PRISON

XXThis fight should be epic. Drag it to the XXRaise the stakes. Refer back to previous
streets. As things get heated, teleport Scenes. For example, if you used Ragnarok
the entire melee into the streets of New or the Hulk Robot in the fight at the end of
York. Cloak could do this, for example; so Act Two, bring him back. He might return
might Cable, Deadpool, or Doctor Strange. for further destruction, or he might come
Be sure that it’s a worldwide spectacle, back fixed and ready to fight for a side. Use
even before any major consequences every opportunity to remind the players of
have occurred. The media is alert and the their past accomplishments and failings.
people are watching.
XXRemember alliances and rivalries. Hit
XXIf the characters push into the Negative home with them. If two heroes have been
Zone, they could end up anywhere with at each other’s throats so far, now is the
a Negative Zone gate. Be creative. You time to bring that to a head. They fight
could use this phenomenon to separate more viciously than ever before, possi-
the heroes and increase tension for the bly ending in death. Characters they’ve
big finale. helped previously step in to take blows
or to dish them out.
XXThis is the last Scene in the third and
final Act. Unless the players go to amaz- XXBetrayal happens at the worst times. These
ing lengths to end the fight, there will be aren’t always willful. Maybe a loyal hero
death. For Watcher characters, consider was hypnotized, lied to, or mentally con-
being stressed out a near-fatality. Treat trolled to betray their team. This keeps
this as a Limit on the entire Scene— things from being too black and white,
you can earn d6 doom by having one of and guarantees that fighting ability alone
the Watcher characters die after being won’t win the war.
stressed out physically, or you can offer a
PP to a player…a reprehensible act for most XXUse the spotlight. When two heavy hitters
heroes! A number of bit players should fall go at each other, bring the focus on them
in the battle, and at least one major player. for a moment. Be vivid in describing the
The ideal would be a leader—Captain blow-by-blows. And be sure that no vic-
America, Iron Man, or whoever is leading tory is weak or without consequence.
the sides in your story. As a leader dies, the
fight should draw to a close. That should
be the tipping point. If necessary, use 2d12
to End the Scene at this point.

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CONCLUSION: WAR’S END

With the dramatic final Scenes of Act Three, the Super Hero Civil War draws to a close.
There are multiple potential endings to an Event this large and all-encompassing, depend-
ing not only on the sides the heroes have taken in the conflict but the resolution of their
Milestones and the whims of the dice. The following suggestions tie into the major threads
of Act Three, but many more are possible.

PRO-REGISTRATION WAR UNITES THE
TRIUMPHANT FACTIONS

XXIf the Pro-Registration side triumphs XXAtlantis, A.I.M. or Hydra may have declared
in the climactic battle, the Super Hero war on the United States and other surface
Registration Act remains law. nations. If this happens, the two sides of
the Super Hero Civil War may initiate a
XXAnti-Registration heroes and any as-yet ceasefire and unite against this imminent
undecided rogue superhumans are threat.
brought in or remain fugitives.
XXThe SHRA is probably still intact, but the
XXIf an opposition leader has been killed or draconian registration requirements might
captured, the Anti-Registration fire has be relaxed as a nationwide amnesty is put
temporarily gone out, but enough public into place.
opinion may have been swayed in their
direction that the SHRA continues to be XXNotable heroes on either side of the con-
a divided issue in Congress all the way flict may be convinced of the need for a
through the next election cycle. single unified super hero agency, whether
strong armed or not. The Avengers
ANTI-REGISTRATION Initiative may be rolled out, but as a vol-
SCORES THE UPPER unteer force akin to the U.S. Armed Forces.
HAND
PUBLIC DEMANDS
XXIf the Anti-Registration side claims a vic- CEASEFIRE
tory, the outcome is mixed.
XXThere may be no clear outcome other
XXSHRA forces are weakened, which leads to than the public deciding that this constant
further destabilization across the country. battle is morally wrong.
Riots, public demonstrations, and similar
reactions are likely. XXMuch like the Anti-Registration victory,
riots and protests rule the day until the
XXS.H.I.E.L.D. attempts to distance itself from Pro- and Anti-Registration forces can agree
the operation, shifting more and more on a ceasefire and a better resolution.
responsibility onto the U.S. Government
and thus the C.S.A. who are tasked under XXMuch like in the comics, perhaps a promi-
the Act to enforce it. nent Anti-Registration hero is assassinated
when brought to trial, leading to a very
XXIf the public and the media have largely different outpouring of public sentiment.
been on the Anti-Registration heroes’ side,
the SHRA is overturned. XXThe C.S.A. may create a volunteer-driven
Avengers Initiative, with enforcement of
super hero activity handed over to individ-
ual states, taking it out of Federal hands.

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AFTERMATH:

CASUALTIES OF WAR

With so much having passed in the space of only a few
months, the super hero community is likely changed forever.
Some heroes have died, villains have become heroes, powers
have been changed, hero teams have divided or split apart.
Regardless of the outcome, your own Marvel Universe should
reflect the weight of these choices and consequences if you
decide to continue the story.

MIGHTY AVENGERS

The Pro-Registration heroes might come together after the
Civil War with the backing of the U.S. government and the C.S.A.
to serve as the Mighty Avengers, the leading team of registered
superhuman agents. Their job is to do what the Avengers have
always done—unite against a common threat that no single
hero can withstand.

SECRET AVENGERS

In many outcomes, there’s still a super hero resistance. Even
if the Anti-Registration side triumphed, not all of the heroes
involved seek a handshake and a pardon. Their ideologies have
been forever cemented in opposition to authority and control,
and as long as the government, S.H.I.E.L.D., or anyone else still
seeks to control them, they work from the shadows to continue
the fight.

YOUNG AVENGERS

The next generation of heroes has seen the worst of their
elders during the Civil War. Is it time for them to step up and
join that community? Might they seek out other young heroes
and band together as their own non-partisan group, or will they
side with one faction or the other?

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AVENGERS INITIATIVE SUPPLEMENTING

In a post-Civil War America, where the SHRA is still active, CIVIL WAR
heroes need to be trained to use their abilities responsibly and Three supplements are available
in the service of their country. Even if the SHRA is repealed,
the Avengers Initiative could arise as a means of settling the to further flesh out storylines, char-
dispute between heroes and the government; perhaps on the acters, and Scenes for the Civil War.
state level, an Initiative team acts to police its own as an elite Each is a trade paperback book pub-
force responsible for dealing with superhuman threats. lished by Margaret Weis Productions.

THUNDERBOLTS zzThe Fifty State Initiative Event
Supplement includes ideas to
Many villains were promised millions of dollars and a clean move the story forward with
slate, no record, if they signed up to be a T-Bolt. This team, the Avengers Initiative, the
potentially one of the largest single groups of superhumans in Thunderbolts, and the mercenary
the nation, may continue after the Civil War in any number of Heroes for Hire. It includes full
ways. The default is that Norman Osborn is given a director’s hero datafiles for many of these
title and the group operates completely under the C.S.A. as a heroes who aren’t given the spot-
“scared straight” elite team. But the directorship could easily light in this core Event Book, as
be handed to somebody else: Clint Barton, Luke Cage, Songbird, well as new heroes who appear
Yellowjacket, even Nick Fury! The future of these heroic former in the pages of Avengers: The
villains is wide open. Initiative.

MUTANT NATION zzThe Young Avengers/Runaways
Event Supplement deals with teen
After the Civil War proves that having powers and being heroes and renegades caught up
different is still a problem, the remaining mutants who have in the Civil War. It includes new
survived M-Day must decide what to do with themselves. There hero datafiles and characters
are many options: fall under the C.S.A.’s mandate; go under- for many of the teenage super
ground, perhaps the Morlock Tunnels of New York City; flee to heroes together with the full New
another country, such as the Savage Land or Canada; or, like in Warriors lineup in case you want
the comics, form their own Utopia. to turn back the clock to the be-
ginning of the Civil War. What if
Speedball wasn’t the only survi-
vor of Stamford? What if they were
the core of the resistance or the
Thunderbolts?

zzThe X-Men Event Supplement
covers the survivors of the
Decimation and M-Day and their
own struggles with registration
and authority during the Civil War.
It includes many new characters
from the pages of Uncanny X-Men,
New X-Men, and X-Factor, as well
as more details about the Office of
National Emergency O*N*E and its
Sentinels.

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FRIENDS AND FOES

The following section provides game statistics and brief bios of
many of the superhuman operatives and rogues active during the
Civil War, any of whom may stand against the player heroes or stand
with them in the conflict. There are many of them, and you’re not
expected to use them all, but if you want to expand Civil War beyond
the three Acts provided these characters make that easy to do.

Each datafile is written up as a minor character, which is to say that
the Affiliations are set at d4/d6/d8. If you want to use them as major
characters, just step up each of those Affiliation dice. If you use them
as minor characters, you may choose to draw a line through one of
their Distinctions, or keep all three.

For those players looking for a challenge, you might offer them one
or more of these characters as player heroes. Many of them are heroes
in their own right, albeit not as prominent as those listed with the hero
datafiles. Remember to adjust their SFX and Limits to reflect using Plot
Points instead of doom dice, and step up their Affiliations just as if you
were using them as major characters. Players should rely solely on the
Event Milestones when choosing Milestones for upgraded characters.

CW134 CIVIL WAR

Friends and Foes CW135

ANT-MAN Eric O’Grady

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Irredeemable Jerk Remarkable mostly for his moral
Buddy Reluctant Legacy failings and ability to shirk responsi-
Team Terrible S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent bility, Eric O’Grady became the newest
Ant-Man by stealing prototype armor
Power Sets G.I.ANT ARMOR designed by Hank Pym. O’Grady seems
Insect Control Enhanced Durability mostly concerned with spying on at-
tractive women and stealing things.
Enhanced Strength Flight As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Ant-Man is
trained in combat, surveillance, and
Shrinking Wall-Crawling espionage; he’s familiar with most
S.H.I.E.L.D. procedures, vehicles, weap-
SFX Jet-Flame Burst. Step up or double Flight for an attack onry, and personnel. O’Grady has en-
action, then shutdown Flight. Activate an opportu- countered few members of the super
nity to recover Flight. hero community so far, but he has
spied on Ms. Marvel in the shower—
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one G.I.Ant Armor power something she’s unlikely to
die to a pool. Step back each G.I.Ant Armor power forgive if she ever finds
die in that pool once for each die beyond the first. out.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown G.I.Ant Armor power to step up the
lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die.
Spend a doom die to recover that power.

Limit: Small Problem. Change any G.I.Ant Armor power into
a complication to step up the lowest die in the doom
pool or add a d6 doom die. Activate an opportunity
or remove the complication to recover that power.

Specs Combat Expert Covert Expert
Crime Expert Vehicles Expert

ARAÑA Anya Corazon

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Brave Recruited by the mysterious
Buddy Naïve Spider Society, teenager Anya Cora-
Team Rookie Hero zon clashed with the Sisterhood of
the Wasp. Discovering that the Spider
Power Sets EXOSKELETON Society had misled her, she passed her
Enhanced Durability Enhanced Reflexes role on to another and is now forging
a new path as a hero. Araña can spon-
Enhanced Speed Enhanced Stamina taneously form a protective exoskel-
eton around her body, and her physi-
Superhuman Strength Wall-Crawling cal abilities are noticeably
greater than human. She
SFX: Desperate Battler. Step up or double any Exoskeleton power also uses homemade
for one action. If your action fails, take mental or emotional grappling hooks with
stress equal to the power trait’s original rating. spider-shaped heads.

Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any Exoskeleton power to step up the
lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Activate
an opportunity to recover that power.

Limit: Inexperienced. Step up the lowest die in the doom pool or
add a d6 doom die to step up emotional stress inflicted by
violence or hard decisions.

HOMEMADE GRAPPLING HOOKS

Swingline Weapon .

SFX: Grapple. When inflicting a restraint- or immobilization-type
complication on a target, add a d6 and step up the effect die.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown Homemade Grappling Hooks to step up the
lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Spend a
doom die to recover Homemade Grappling Hooks.

Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Expert

CW136 CIVIL WAR

AffiliationsASP Distinctions Dangerous Beauty Cleo Nefertiti
Looks Out for Her Friends
Solo “Reformed” Villain Egyptian mutant and exotic dancer
Buddy Cleo Nefertiti took the name Asp
Team when she joined the Serpent Soci-
ety. She fought numerous heroes,
Power Sets RADIANT BIO-ELECTRICITY including Captain America and
the members of Alpha Flight,
Enhanced Stamina Venom Blast before she left the Serpent
Society to form the mer-
SFX: Hands to Yourself. On a successful reaction against cenary group B.A.D.
a close-combat attack action, inflict physical stress Girls with Diamondback
with the effect die at no doom pool cost. Spend a and Black Mamba. Asp’s
doom die to step it. mutation makes her body
a battery of dangerous bio-
SFX: Paralyzing Blast. When inflicting a paralyzing or electricity. Prolonged contact
movement-hindering complication on a target, add with her skin is harmful, even
a d6 and step up the effect die. potentially fatal. Strenuous ac-
tivity recharges her energy; she
Limit: Mutant. When affected by mutant-specific complica- prefers dancing, but anything that
tion or tech, step up the lowest die in the doom pool raises her metabolic rate works.
or add a d6 doom die.

Specs Acrobatic Expert Covert Expert
Crime Expert Psych Expert

BANTAM Robert Velasquez

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Could Have Been a Contender Puerto Rican native Robert Velas-
Buddy Easily Angered quez was a talented but undersized
Team Skilled Boxing Trainer boxer. Desperate to win, he let crime
boss Armando Aviles convince him to
Power Sets POWER BROKER AUGMENTATION accept the Power Broker’s augmen-
E nhanced Durability Superhuman Stamina tation process. Bantam gained great
strength and endurance at the cost of
Superhuman Strength being easily enraged and uncontrol-
lable. After accidentally killing a fellow
SFX: Lose It. Add a doom die to an attack action. After that boxer, he first fought against and then
action, step back the doom die and return it to the teamed with Captain America to bring
doom pool. down Aviles’ syndicate. He now works
as a boxing trainer and does some
Limit: Anger Issues. Add a d6 to the doom pool and step up small-time heroics on the side.
emotional stress caused by anger or loss of control.

Specs Combat Expert Menace Expert

Friends and Foes CW137

BATTLESTAR Lemar Hoskins

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Ex-Soldier Along with his ex-Army buddies—
Buddy Never Gives Up including John Walker (USAgent)—
Team Patriotic Chicago-born Lemar Hoskins under-
went a human augmentation process
Power Sets POWER BROKER AUGMENTATION created by the infamous Power Broker.
Enhanced Durability Enhanced Reflexes When Walker took over as Captain
America for a time, Lemar became his
Superhuman Stamina Superhuman Strength partner. Unhappy with being called
“Bucky,” he became Battlestar. Lemar
SFX: Focus. If a pool includes a Power Broker Augmenta- is a brave man and a devoted patriot,
tion power, replace two dice of equal size with one though he sometimes finds
stepped-up die. himself torn between his
devotion to patriotic
SFX: Second Wind. Spend a doom die to recover physical ideals and various U.S.
stress of an equal die size. Government organiza-
tions and policies. As
Limit: Patriot. Step up the lowest die in the doom pool or Battlestar, he carries
add a d6 doom die to step up emotional stress in- an Adamantium
flicted by government forces or popular opinion. alloy shield mod-
eled after Cap-
ADAMANTIUM ALLOY SHIELD tain America’s
original triangu-
Superhuman Durability Weapon lar one.

SFX: Shield Throw. Step up and double Weapon for one
action, then shutdown Adamantium Alloy Shield.
Activate an opportunity to recover Weapon.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Adamantium Alloy Shield power
to step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6
doom die. Spend a doom die to recover that power.

Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Expert
Menace Expert

BLACK MAMBA Tanya Sealy

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Loyal Friend A former call girl turned super
Buddy Plays Both Sides villain turned mercenary hero, Black
Team Sexy Serpent Mamba gets her powers from a device
implanted in her brain that allows
Power Sets DANGEROUS CHARMS her to craft illusions, read
Darkforce Control Psychic Resistance thoughts, and control Dark-
force. Black Mamba left
Telepathy the Serpent Society to
form the mercenary—
SFX: Deadly Embrace. Against a character already suffer- and decidedly less
ing mental stress, emotional stress, or a complica- villainous—group
tion from another Dangerous Charms roll, step up B.A.D. Girls with
Darkforce Control. Asp and Dia-
mondback. The
SFX: Shadows of the Mind. When causing mental stress, three friends play
emotional stress, or complications based around the the dangerous middle
target’s desires and fears, step up Telepathy. ground between hero-
for-hire and mercenary.
Limit: Conscious Activation. While stressed out, asleep, or Black Mamba isn’t above
unconscious, shutdown Dangerous Charms. Recover breaking the law, but
that stress or wake up to recover Dangerous Charms. she’s also risked her life
If mental trauma received, shutdown Dangerous to save heroes or foil the
Charms until trauma recovered. plans of other villains—
when her conscience gets
Specs Covert Expert Crime Expert the better of her.
Menace Expert Psych Expert

CW138 CIVIL WAR

BLACK WIDOW Natasha Romanova

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Dangerous Liaisons Former Soviet black ops agent
Buddy Natural Leader Natasha Romanova defected to the
Team Russian Superspy United States and joined S.H.I.E.L.D.,
becoming one of its most decorated
Power Sets RED ROOM CONDITIONING and trusted agents. Decades of over-
Enhanced Durability Enhanced Reflexes coming Russian conditioning have
made her guarded, but she remains
Enhanced Stamina loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D. and fond of Ameri-
can heroes such as Iron Man, Hawkeye
SFX: Focus. If a pool includes a Red Room Condition- (Clint Barton), and Captain America.
ing power, replace two dice of equal size with one
stepped-up die.

SFX: Immunity. Spend a doom die to ignore stress, trauma,
or complications from aging, disease, or psychic
attack.

Limit: Deep Programming. Step up the lowest die in the
doom pool or add a d6 doom die to step up emotional
stress inflicted by intelligence agencies and their
directors.

WIDOW’S GEAR Swingline
Electric Blast

Wall-Crawling

SFX: Full Auto. In a pool including a Electric Blast die, add
d6. Remove the highest-rolling die and step up the
effect die.

SFX: Widow’s Bite. Spend a doom die to step up Electric
Blast to d10; step back to 2d6 for subsequent actions.
Activate an opportunity to recover.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown Widow’s Gear and step up the lowest
die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Spend a
doom die to recover Widow’s Grear.

Specs Acrobatics Master Combat Expert
Covert Master Menace Expert
Vehicles Expert

Friends and Foes CW139

BROTHER VOODOO Jericho Drumm

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Bound to Dead Brother’s Spirit Joined to his murdered brother’s
Buddy Esteemed Psychologist spirit and imparted with vast mystic
Team Voodoo Houngan knowledge and powers, psychologist
and scholar Jericho Drumm became
Power Sets LORD OF THE LOA Brother Voodoo, Lord of the Loa. Since
then, he’s fought evil spirits, stopped
Animal Control Fire Control A.I.M. from creating a zombie army, and
recently helped foil a vampire take-
Plant Control Sorcery Mastery over of New Orleans. Brother Voodoo
can call upon the Loa for a variety of
Teleport tasks, including controlling animals,
teleporting, and summoning smoke
SFX: Call on the Loa. Step up or double any Lord of the and fire. His brother Daniel’s ghost
Loa power for one action. If the action fails, move a can possess others or use
die to the doom pool equal to or greater than the his strength to boost
normal rating of the power die. Jericho’s own. He oc-
casionally counsels
SFX: Immunity. Spend a d6 doom die to ignore stress, others with a mix
trauma, or complications from fire or heat. of voodoo mysti-
cism and modern
Limit: Conscious Activation. While stressed out, asleep, or psychology.
unconscious, shutdown Lord of the Loa. Recover that
stress or wake up to recover that Lord of the Loa. If
emotional trauma received, shutdown Lord of the
Loa until trauma recovered.

Limit: Whims of the Loa. Shutdown Lord of the Loa power
to step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a
d6 doom die. Spend a doom die to recover Lord of
the Loa.

GHOST OF DANIEL DRUMM
Enhanced Durability Enhanced Strength

Mind Control

SFX: Second Wind. Spend a doom die to recover physical
stress of an equal die size.

Limit: Two Souls, One Body. Shutdown Mind Control to
use Enhanced Strength and Durability. Shutdown
Enhanced Durability and Enhanced Strength to
recover Mind Control.

Specs Combat Expert Medical Expert
Mystic Master Psych Master

CW140 CIVIL WAR

DIAMONDBACK Rachel Leighton

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Bad Girl Attitude Rachel Leighton joined Taskmas-
Buddy Romantic at Heart ter’s academy for training criminals
Team Skilled Mercenary and mercenaries after a severe beat-
ing by gang leader Crossbones.
Power Sets GIRL’S BEST FRIEND Sporting special diamond-
shaped throwing weapons,
Enhanced Durability Weapon she joined the Serpent So-
ciety as Diamondback. But
SFX: Acid-Tipped Diamonds. Step back the highest die in Captain America’s good
an attack action pool to add a d6 and step up physical looks and heroism
stress inflicted. charmed Rachel—she
betrayed her compan-
SFX: Diamond Burst. Against a single target, step up or ions and aided the Star-
double Weapon die. Remove the highest rolling die Spangled Avenger. After
and use three dice for the total. a brief romantic and pro-
fessional partnership, the
SFX: Explosive Diamonds. Against multiple targets, for pair is still on good terms.
each additional target add a d6 and either keep an With Black Mamba and Asp,
additional effect die or add a d6 doom die for every Rachel founded the merce-
two additional targets. nary group B.A.D. Girls. Her
throwing diamonds have an
Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Girl’s Best Friend power to step array of functions, includ-
up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom ing acid and explosives. Her
die. Spend a doom die to recover that power. brother Danny is the villain-
for-hire known as Cutthroat.
Specs Acrobatics Master Combat Expert
Covert Expert Crime Expert
Vehicles Expert

DOC SAMSON Leonard Samson

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Famous Psychiatrist While working as Bruce Banner’s
Buddy Green-Haired Goliath psychiatrist, Dr. Leonard Skivorski was
Team Reluctant Super Hero exposed to the gamma radiation si-
phoned away from Banner. Together
Power Sets GAMMA-AUGMENTED POWERHOUSE with his gamma-enhanced size and
strength, the doctor’s hair became
Enhanced Speed Leaping long and green, inspiring him to
change his name to “Samson.”
S uperhuman Durability Superhuman Stamina He’s superhumanly resil-
ient and can run and leap
Superhuman Strength at far greater levels than
humanly possible. He’s a
SFX: Invulnerability. Spend a doom die to ignore physical famously accomplished
stress or trauma. psychiatrist with sub-
stantial contacts
Limit: Exhausted. Shut down any Gamma-Augmented Pow- in academic and
erhouse power to step up the lowest die in the doom government
pool or add a d6 doom die. Activate an opportunity circles, includ-
to recover. ing S.H.I.E.L.D and
Project: P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
Specs Combat Expert Medical Expert
Menace Expert Psych Master

Friends and Foes CW141

AffiliationsECHO Distinctions Anything You Can Do… Maya Lopez
Identity Crisis
Solo Masterless Samurai Covert Expert
Buddy
Team Crime Expert

Power Sets PHOTOGRAPHIC REFLEXES Maya Lopez was born deaf but
with the ability to mimic any physi-
Enhanced Reflexes Enhanced Senses cal action or skills she sees. She was
raised by Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of
Mimic Crime, who told Maya that Daredevil
killed her father. Maya sought revenge,
SFX: Copycat. In a close-combat attack or reaction roll but on discovering Fisk was the true
where the opponent is using Combat or Acrobatics killer, she blinded and nearly killed
Specialties, spend a doom die to step up or double him instead. She and Daredevil were
a Photographic Reflexes power or stunt. romantically involved but she broke
it off to wander the world in search
SFX: Perfect Counter. On a successful reaction against a of her true purpose. For a time, she
close-combat attack action, inflict physical stress or
target an asset with the effect die at no doom pool adopted the costume
cost. Spend a doom die to step it up. and name of Ronin, a
masterless samurai.
Limit: Deaf. Step up the lowest die in the doom pool or She helped the New
add a d6 doom die to step up complications relating Avengers battle
to darkness or visual impairment. the Hand ninja
in Japan, and has
Limit: Natural Mimic. Mimic can only copy trained or skill- stayed behind
based powers or Specialties. to watch over
that situation.
WAYS OF THE WARRIOR

E nhanced Durability Weapon

SFX: Deadly Weapons. Step back the highest die in an
attack action pool to add a d6 and step up physical
stress inflicted.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Ways of the Warrior power to step
up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom
die. Spend a doom die to recover that power.

Specs Acrobatics Master Combat Master

CW142 CIVIL WAR

EQUINOX Terry Sorenson

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Driven to Villainy When one of David Sorenson’s ex-
Buddy Prone to Violence periments exploded, it caught his son
Team Unstable Terry in the blast, changing him rather
than killing him. As Equinox, Terry
Power Sets ALTERED FORM Heat Control Sorenson is noticeably inhuman,
Cold Control partly covered in icy armor
and partly in flame. Des-
Superhuman Durability Superhuman Strength perate and already emo-
tionally unstable due to
Thermal Blast the strain of his powers,
Terry turned to crime to
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one Altered Form power gain the funds he needed
die to a pool. Step back each Altered Form power die for a cure. He fought a
in that pool once for each die beyond the first. number of heroes before
getting help from Henry
Limit: Strain of His Powers. Step up the lowest die in the Pym and Project:
doom pool or add a d6 doom die to step up emotional P. E . G . A . S . U . S . ,
stress from situations where he overuses his powers which gave him a
without rest. degree of control
over his abilities.
Specs Menace Expert

GLADIATRIX Robin Braxton

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Brash Formed Unlimited Class Wrestling
Buddy Ex-Pro Wrestler Federation member Robin “Gladiatrix”
Team Something to Prove Braxton worked with the all-fe-
male wrestling group the Grap-
Power Sets POWER BROKER AUGMENTATION plers until it disbanded. Trans-
Enhanced Durability Superhuman Stamina formed into a superhuman
powerhouse by the
Superhuman Strength Power Broker, Gladiatrix
has tussled with Captain
SFX: Grapple. When inflicting a restraining or immobiliza- America, B.A.D. Girls, Pala-
tion complication on a target, add a d6 and step up din, and the Soviet Super
the effect die. Soldiers. The Avengers
briefly considered her for
Limit: Undisciplined. If a pool includes a Power Broker Aug- membership, but reject-
mentation power, both 1s and 2s on those dice count ed her due to a lack of
as opportunities, but only 1s are excluded from being discipline and training.
used for totals or effect dice. Gladiatrix is a skilled
wrestler, but lacks other no-
Specs Combat Expert Menace Expert table skills and experience.

Friends and Foes CW143

GOLDBUG Matthew Gilden

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Midas Touch Turning his obsession with gold
Buddy Strategic Thinker into a motivation and theme for super-
Team Stuck on A Theme villainy, Matthew Gilden became Gold-
bug. Using an array of gold-themed
Power Sets GOLDEN GEAR gadgets—such as a gun that traps
Enhanced Durability Enhanced Strength targets in a sheath of gold—and vehi-
cles like an insect-inspired hovership,
Transformation Goldbug has fought Spider-Man, the
Hulk, Luke Cage, and others. Keenly
SFX: Bugship. Spend a doom die to step up a Vehicles asset intelligent and
or stunt. technically profi-
cient, Goldbug is
SFX: Golddust Gun. When inflicting an immobilization often undone by his
complication on a target, add a d6 and step up the slavish devotion
effect die. to his theme.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Golden Gear power to step up the
lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die.
Spend a doom die to recover that power.

Specs Crime Expert Tech Expert
Vehicles Expert

HAWKEYE Kate Bishop

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Chip on her Shoulder After suffering a brutal attack
Buddy Dangerously Brave in Central Park, young Kate Bishop
Team Society Girl threw herself into physical training to
work through the emotional trauma.
Power Sets EXCEPTIONAL TRAINING Encountering members of the Young
Enhanced Reflexes Avengers and following them to the
ruins of the Avengers HQ, she “appro-
SFX: Versatile. Split Enhanced Reflexes into 2d6. priated” the leftover equipment of the
original Hawkeye (and other Aveng-
Limit: Exhausted. Shut down Exceptional Training power ers), taking the fallen hero’s nickname
to step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a for her own. Highly skilled in archery,
d6 doom die. Activate an opportunity to recover. swordsmanship, and unarmed
combat, Kate comes from a
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT wealthy family and uses
their resources as she
Enhanced Durability Weapon needs them.

SFX: Blades and Broadheads. Step back the highest die in
an attack action pool to add a d6 and step up physical
stress inflicted.

SFX: Trick Arrows. When inflicting a trick-arrow-related
(usually grappling or blinding) complication on a
target, add a d6 and step up the effect die.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown Special Equipment to step up the
lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die.
Spend a doom die to recover.

Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Expert
Menace Expert Psych Expert
Vehicles Expert

CW144 CIVIL WAR

HULKLING Teddy Altman

Affiliations Solo Distinctions In Love with Wiccan When the Super-Skrull unexpect-
Buddy Levelheaded edly arrived to “retrieve”
Team Prince of Two Worlds Teddy Altman, Teddy
learned he was the son
Power Sets KREE/SKRULL HYBRID of Kree hero Captain
Mar-Vell and Skrull Prin-
Flight Growth cess Anelle, smuggled
to Earth by his nurse,
Shapeshifting Shrinking who had acted as his
mother for years.
Superhuman Durability Superhuman Stamina His Skrull-inher-
ited shapeshift-
Superhuman Strength ing allows him
to impersonate
SFX: Claws and Spines. Step back the highest die in an people perfectly
attack action pool to add a d6 and step up physical and grow wings,
stress inflicted. claws, armor plates, and
other physical modifica-
SFX: Resilient Body. Spend a doom die to ignore physical tions, while his strength
stress or trauma. exceeds that of any
normal Kree.
Limit: Exhausted. Shut down Kree/Skrull Hybrid power to
step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6
doom die. Activate an opportunity to recover.

Specs Cosmic Expert Psych Expert

KINGPIN Wilson Fisk

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Manipulative Wilson Fisk rose from nothing to a
Buddy Speed Belying His Size formidable figure in organized crime.
Team Utterly Ruthless Publicly an affluent spice merchant,
the self-titled Kingpin of Crime runs a
Power Sets SELF-MADE MAN vast criminal empire well-protected by
an army of high-priced attorneys and
Enhanced Durability Enhanced Strength loyal henchmen. Fisk’s only real
soft spot is his wife Vanessa—
SFX: Boss of Bosses. Spend a doom die to step up a Crime he’s even worked with
Master stunt or resource and recover mental or emo- bitter rival Daredevil
tional stress. when she’s threat-
ened. Currently
SFX: Criminal Empire. When using Business or Crime imprisoned, he’s
Master to create scene assets or complications, step trying to “out”
up the effect die. Daredevil as at-
torney Matt Mur-
SFX: Grappling. When inflicting a restraining- or immobi- doch and secure
lization-type complication on a target, add a d6 and his own release
step up the effect die. before one of his
numerous enemies
Limit: Your Reach Exceeds Your Grasp. Spend a resource, brings him down.
asset, or complication created by Kingpin to step up Fisk’s massive bulk
the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. may seem obese and
slow, but he’s a skilled
Specs Business Master Combat Master combatant in excellent
Crime Master Menace Master physical condition.
Psych Expert

Friends and Foes CW145

LECTRONN Tommy Samuels

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Aliens Everywhere High school English teacher
Buddy Guilt-Ridden Thomas “Tommy” Samuels was strick-
Team Heroic Schoolteacher en by polio until an alien cured him
and conferred superhuman powers
Power Sets ATOMIC-POWERED ABILITIES upon him. He spent several
years active as a super hero,
Electron Blast Enhanced Durability until he retired due to crip-
pling self-esteem prob-
Subsonic Flight Superhuman Strength lems. His wife Amy
Jo was spirited away
SFX: Energy Absorption. On a successful reaction against in an invasion by ex-
an energy-based attack action, convert opponent’s tradimensional aliens
effect die into an Atomic-Powered Abilities stunt because he was out
or step up an Atomic-Powered Abilities power until of practice. He has
used in an action. If opponent’s action succeeds, once again taken up
spend a doom die to use this SFX. the heroic identity of
Lectronn, hoping one day
Limit: Self-Doubt. Step up the lowest die in the doom pool to rescue his wife and, in
or add a d6 doom die to step up emotional stress the meantime, recover
caused by doubt, guilt, or self-worth. his confidence.

Specs Cosmic Expert

PATRIOT Elijah Bradley

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Legacy of Liberty Elijah “Eli” Bradley grew up in-
Buddy Natural Leader spired by his family’s heroic legacy as
Team Young Avenger US-sponsored super-soldiers. Joining
together with the heirs of other heroic
Power Sets BLOOD OF THE SUPER-SOLDIER legacies, Eli helped form the Young
Enhanced Durability Enhanced Reflexes Avengers. Sporting a costume inspired
by his grandfather’s, he became Pa-
Enhanced Stamina Enhanced Strength triot. Eli first gained powers by abusing
Mutant Growth Hormone (MGH), a su-
SFX: Immunity. Spend a doom die to ignore stress, trauma, per-steroid. Severely injured in battle,
or complications from poison, disease, or fatigue. Eli received a blood transfusion from
his grandfather, gaining
SFX: Second Wind. Spend a doom die to recover physical abilities like his grandfa-
stress of an equal die size. ther and Captain America.
He carries a replica of
Limit: Patriotic Legacy. Step up emotional stress inflicted his grandfather’s
by government forces, popular opinion, or personal triangular shield
heroes to step up the lowest die in the doom pool and star-shaped
or add a d6 doom die. shuriken into
battle.
STAR-SPANGLED ARSENAL

Superhuman Durability Weapon

SFX: Throwing Stars. Against a single target, step up or
double Weapon. Remove the highest rolling die and
use three dice for the total.

Limit: Gear. Shutdown Star-Spangled Arsenal power to
step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6
to the doom pool. Spend a d6 from doom pool to
recover.

Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Expert
Psych Expert

CW146 CIVIL WAR

PENANCE Robert “Robbie” Baldwin

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Broken New Warrior Sole survivor of the New War-
Buddy Haunted by Stamford riors team involved in the Stamford
Team “I Have to Suffer” disaster, Robbie Baldwin reinvented
himself in the wake of the tragedy. No
Power Sets PENANCE ARMOR longer the happy-go-lucky Speedball,
he became Penance—his costume has
E nhanced Durability one internal spike for each of the 612
victims of Stamford; the 60 longest
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each addi- spikes represent the kids. Penance
tional target add a d6 and keep an additional effect die. seeks both punishment
and redemption for
SFX: Power in Pain. Step up your emotional or physical Stamford. The combina-
stress to step up and double a Speedball Effect tion of Robbie’s costume,
power. his severe injuries at the
hands of guards and in-
Limit: 612. Step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add mates while incarcer-
a d6 doom die to step up mental stress or trauma ated, and the bullet
taken from authorities, public opinion, or confronting fragments lodged
victims of superhuman actions. near his spine from a
failed assassination
Limit: Gear. Shutdown Penance Armor to step up the lowest attempt fuel Pen-
die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Spend a ance’s purpose
doom die to recover Penance Armor. and powers.

SPEEDBALL EFFECT Leaping
Kinetic Blast

S uperhuman Durability

SFX: Invulnerability. Spend a doom die to ignore physical
stress or trauma.

SFX: Rebound Attack. On a successful reaction against
a kinetic-based attack action, convert opponent’s
effect die into a Speedball Effect stunt or step up
Kinetic Blast until used in an action. If opponent’s
action succeeds, spend a doom die to use this SFX.

Limit: Uncontrollable. Change any Speedball Effect power
into a complication and step up the lowest die in the
doom pool or add a d6 doom die. Activate an opportu-
nity or remove the complication to recover the power.

Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Expert

Friends and Foes CW147

PLUNDERER Parnival Plunder

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Black Sheep of the Family Younger brother of Lord Kevin
Buddy British Aristocrat Plunder (AKA Ka-Zar), Parnival Plunder
Team Treacherous Pirate seized the family’s ancestral
holdings and stockpile of
Power Sets ANTI-METAL ARSENAL Antarctic Vibranium (Anti-
Weapon Metal) and used this to fuel
his own criminal ambi-
SFX: Pirate King. Spend a doom die to step up a Crime tions as a modern-day
Master or Vehicle Expert stunt or resource and re- pirate. Discovering his
cover mental or emotional stress. presumed-dead broth-
er alive in the Savage
SFX: Vibra-Ray. When using an Anti-Metal Arsenal power Land, he has tried since to
in an attack action against metallic objects or char- destroy Ka-Zar and exploit
acters, add a d6 and step up effect die. the resources of his broth-
er’s adopted home. He
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Anti-Metal Arsenal power to step has clashed with others as
up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom well, most notably Dare-
die. Spend a doom die to recover that power. devil. The Plunderer is
wealthy, resourceful, and
Specs Business Expert Combat Expert treacherous, often using
Covert Expert Crime Master agents, pawns, and proxies.
Menace Expert Tech Expert
Vehicles Expert

PRODIGY Ritchie Gilmore

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Emotionally Volatile Captain of his school’s wrestling
Buddy Jock team, Ritchie Gilmore was one of the
Team Trying to Be a Better Hero four heroes brought together by the
Black Marvel to form the Slingers.
Power Sets MYSTIC COSTUME Sporting a mystically powered version
of a costume briefly worn by Spider-
Flight Leaping Man, he became Prodigy. As Prodigy,
Ritchie was a fairly effective but ob-
Superhuman Stamina Superhuman Strength sessive hero—and a callous team-
mate and leader. Confronted with his
SFX: Grapple. When inflicting a restraint- or immobiliza-
tion-type complication on a target, add a d6 and step attitude problems,
up the effect die. Prodigy has been

SFX: Multipower. Add more than one Mystic Costume taking steps to
power die to a pool. Step back each Mystic Costume do better but
power die in that pool once for each die beyond the his tendency to
first. drink too much
and act with-
Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Mystic Costume power to step up out thinking
the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom things through
die. Spend a doom die to recover power.
makes this a
Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Expert rocky road.

CW148 CIVIL WAR

THE SENTRY Robert “Bob” Reynolds

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Golden Guardian of Good Bob Reynolds was the most power-
Buddy Neutral Observer ful active super hero for over a decade,
Team Phobic until his catastrophic alter ego, the
Void, shattered his confidence. To
Power Sets Power of a Million Exploding Suns save everyone he loved, Bob used his
vast powers to remove himself from
G odlike Durability Godlike Stamina the world’s memory. Recently, Bob
re-emerged into an era that knows
Godlike Strength Light Blast nothing of him, crippled with phobias
but ready to rejoin
Light Supremacy Superhuman Senses the super hero
community. He is
Superhuman Speed Space Flight unwilling to take
any sides in a con-
SFX: C.L.O.C. In a pool including a Tech resource, remove flict between heroes,
the largest die from that pool and use three dice for however, lest the Void
the total. return and destroy ev-
erything. He is aided in his
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one Power of a Million mission by C.L.O.C., a Centrally Lo-
Exploding Suns power die to a pool. Step back each cated Organic Computer.
Power of a Million Exploding Suns power die in that
pool once for each die beyond the first.

SFX: Unleashed. Double any Power of a Million Exploding
Suns power for one action. If the action fails, spend
a doom die equal to or larger than the normal rating
of the unleashed die.

Limit: Fear of the Void. Use the two lowest-rolling dice for
the total of a reaction roll to step up the lowest die
in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die.

Limit: Growing Dread. If a pool includes a Power of a Mil-
lion Exploding Suns power, both 1s and 2s on those
dice count as opportunities, but only 1s are excluded
from being used for totals or effect dice.

Specs Combat Expert Cosmic Expert
Psych Expert Tech Expert

Friends and Foes CW149

SHROUD Maxmillian Quincy Coleridge

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Keen Tactician After his parents’ murders, young
Buddy Mysterious Vigilante Max Coleridge devoted his life to
Team Trained by the Cult of Kali fighting crime. He learned martial
arts in the Far East and joined the
Power Sets KISS OF KALI mysterious Cult of Kali. The “Kiss of
Enhanced Reflexes Enhanced Stamina Kali,” a brand marking him as one of
the cult’s chosen, blinded Max and
Superhuman Senses gave him supernatural extrasensory
perception. Returning stateside, Max
SFX: Immunity. Spend a doom die to ignore stress, trauma, became the Shroud, and his latent
or complications from attacks targeting sight or ability to summon Darkforce awak-
vision. ened. He posed as a super villain and
crime boss, using this status to bring
SFX: ESP. Spend a doom die to add Superhuman Senses down real criminals. He
(or step up if already in a pool) and reroll. has resumed more
traditional super he-
Limit: Sensory Overload. Shutdown any Kiss of Kali power roics and developed
to step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a a relationship with
d6 doom die. Activate an opportunity to recover that Arachne. He
power. often uses
explosive
MASTER OF DARKNESS boomerang-
like “bom-
Darkforce Mastery Flight barangs.”

Invisibility

SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each addi-
tional target add a d6 and keep an additional effect die.

SFX: Blinding Darkness. When inflicting a vision-imparing
complication on a target, add a d6 and step up the
effect die.

Limit: Conscious Activation. While stressed out, asleep, or
unconscious, shutdown Master of Darkness. Recover
that stress or wake up to recover that Master of Dark-
ness. If mental trauma received, shutdown Master of
Darkness until trauma recovered.

Specs Acrobatics Expert Combat Master
Covert Expert Crime Master
Menace Expert
Vehicles Expert

CW150 CIVIL WAR

AffiliationsSOLO Distinctions Ex-Special Forces James Bourne
Man Without a Country
Solo “While Solo Lives Terror Dies!” After James’ lover was killed in
Buddy a terrorist attack, he joined Omega
Team Strike and was trained in counter-ter-
rorism tactics and covert operations;
Power Sets OMEGA STRIKE PROGRAM cybernetics granted him the ability
to teleport short distances. James left
Enhanced Reflexes Teleport Omega Strike after his team was killed
during an operation. Armed with mil-
SFX: Push Limits. Step up and double Teleport for one itary-grade weapons and body armor,
action, then shutdown Omega Strike Program. Acti-
vate an opportunity to recover Omega Strike Program. he began a one-man
war on terror
Limit: Fanatic. Step up mental or emotional stress or trauma as Solo,
relating to acts of terrorism to step up the lowest die
in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. until he
accidentally
PERSONAL ARMORY killed an in-
nocent girl.
Enhanced Durability Weapon Grief-stricken,
Solo turned himself in and
SFX: Full-Auto. Against a single target, step up or double went to prison. Recently
Weapon. Remove the highest rolling die and use released, Solo started
three dice for the total. up his one-man war
once again. His cur-
Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Personal Armory power to step up rent whereabouts
the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom are unknown, but
die. Spend a doom die to recover. he’s presumably still
working to annihilate
Specs Combat Master Covert Expert terrorism.
Crime Expert Menace Expert

SPEED Thomas Shepherd

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Cocky The product of a broken home,
Buddy Headstrong Thomas Shepherd had already de-
Team Juvie Record veloped his powers and used them
destructively when the Young Aveng-
Power Sets HYPERFAST EXISTENCE ers found him in a high-tech juvenile
facility and offered him a place on
Godlike Reflexes Godlike Speed their team as “Speed.” Thomas lives
up to his codename, demonstrating
SFX: All Over the Place in the Blink of an Eye. Against mul- the ability to move much faster than
tiple targets, for each additional target add a d6 and Mach 1. Another trick he is fond of
keep an additional effect die. showing off is generating hyper-
kinetic vibrations by acceler-
SFX: Can’t Touch This. Double a Hyperfast Existence ating molecular motion in
power for one reaction to an attack action. If the matter to an explosive
reaction fails, spend a doom die equal to or greater degree.
than the normal rating of the power die.

SFX: Hyperkinetic Vibrations. Step back the highest die in
an attack action pool to add a d6 and step up physical
stress inflicted.

SFX: Machine Gun Punches. Against a single target, step
up or double a Godlike Reflexes die. Remove the
highest rolling die and use three dice for the total.

Limit: Exhausted. Shut down Hyperfast Existence power to
step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6
doom die. Activate an opportunity to recover.

Limit: Hothead. Step up the lowest die in the doom pool or
add a d6 doom die to step up emotional stress from
opponents that provoke or otherwise tick off Speed.

Specs Crime Expert

Friends and Foes CW151

STATURE Cassandra “Cassie” Eleanor Lang

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Ant-Man’s Daughter Cassie Lang grew up wanting to
Buddy Emotional Teenager follow in the footsteps of her dad,
Team Naïve Courage Ant-Man Scott Lang. Devastated by her
dad’s death during the dissolution of
Power Sets NOW I’M BIG Growth the old Avengers, Cassie planned to
Enhanced Stamina run away when she encountered the
Young Avengers. A mood swing during
Superhuman Durability Superhuman Strength that encounter triggered powers re-
lated to her repeated exposure to
SFX: Gargantuan. Step up or double a Now I’m Big power Pym particles. She discovered her
for an action. If the action fails, spend a doom die emotions influence her power to grow
equal to or larger than the normal rating of the power and shrink. Currently she’s working
die.
out the difficulties
Limit: Angry Young Woman. Change Growth into an anger- of leading a cos-
related complication to step up the lowest die in the tumed career
doom pool or add a d6 doom die. that her mother
and stepfather
NOW I’M SMALL strenuously
object to.
Enhanced Reflexes Shrinking

SFX: Can’t Hit Me Now. Step up or double an Now I’m
Small power for the next reaction. If the reaction
fails, spend a doom die equal to or larger than the
normal rating of the power die.

Limit: Guilt Complex. Change Shrinking into a guilt-related
complication to step up the lowest die in the doom
pool or add a d6 doom die.

Limit: Mutually Exclusive. Shutdown Now I’m Big to activate
Now I’m Small. Shutdown Now I’m Small to recover
Now I’m Big.

Specs Psych Expert

CW152 CIVIL WAR

STINGRAY Walter Newell

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Devoted to His Work Oceanographer and marine re-
Buddy Sea-based Hero searcher Walter Newell has worked
Team World-Class Oceanographer with Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, to
develop numerous underwater inven-
Power Sets AMPHIBIOUS BATTLESUIT tions, including the battlesuit that lets
him be Stingray, part-time hero and
Cybernetic Senses Electric Blast protector of the oceans. He married
Diane Arliss, sister to Tiger Shark. The
Enhanced Durability Flight couple has twin children, Tommy and
Lisa. Though usually focused on un-
S uperhuman Strength Swimming dersea research, salvage, and rescue
operations, Stingray has aided
SFX: Artificial Cartilage. Step up Enhanced Durability for many heroes over the years,
a reaction roll against blunt, explosive, or crushing mostly fighting villains oper-
force, then step back. Activate an opportunity to ating in the world’s oceans.
recover. He currently co-admin-
istrates an undersea
SFX: Immunity. Spend a d6 doom die to ignore physical research facility—a
stress or trauma caused by pressure, suffocation, or joint Atlantean-Hu-
electricity. man project dubbed
Hydropolis—with
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one Amphibious Battle- his wife.
suit power die to a pool. Step back each Amphibious
Battlesuit power die in that pool once for each die
beyond the first.

Limit: Systems Malfunction. Shutdown an Amphibious
Battlesuit power to step up lowest die in the doom
pool or add a d6 doom die. Activate an opportunity
to recover that power.

Specs Business Expert Science Expert
Tech Master Vehicles Expert

THUNDERCLAP Stanley George Johnson

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Dodges Responsibility An unsuccessful London electron-
Buddy Sonic-Powered Salesman ics salesman, Stanley Johnson decided
Team Wannabe Super Hero to try his hand at super-heroics. Creat-
ing a costume that generated targeted
Power Sets SONIC GAUNTLETS sonic booms, he traveled to New York
Sonic Blast Sonic Resistance to debut as Thunderclap. He teamed
up with Spider-Man, against the wall-
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each addi- crawler’s wishes. Despite doing far
tional target add a d6 and keep an additional effect die. more harm than good, Thunderclap
received credit by the
SFX: Boom! When inflicting a deafening or intense sound- Daily Bugle for the crim-
based complication on a target, add a d6 and step up inals Spidey actually
the effect die. apprehended. Thunder-
clap hasn’t been seen
Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Sonic Gauntlets power to step up much in recent years,
the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom but he’s presumably
die. Spend a doom die to recover that power. still practicing his own
brand of mostly inef-
Specs Tech Expert fectual super-heroics.

Friends and Foes CW153

TYPEFACE Thomas Gordon

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Ex-Military Ex-soldier Thomas Gordon lost his
Buddy Not All There mind shortly after losing his job at Ace
Team Would-Be Revolutionary Signs. Armed with letter and word-
themed weapons, he began a one-man
Power Sets LETTER-THEMED ARSENAL campaign of sabotage and vandal-
Weapon ism against advertisements and
signs as Typeface. Stopped by
SFX: Area Attack. Against multiple targets, for each addi- Spider-Man, Typeface eventu-
tional target add a d6 and keep an additional effect ally settled down, even help-
die. ing the web-slinger once.
Now a recovering mental
Limit: Gear. Shutdown Letter-Themed Arsenal to step up patient and would-be vigi-
the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom die. lante, Typeface resurfaces from
Spend a doom die to recover Letter-Themed Arsenal. time to time. Despite his strange
theme, Thomas is a skilled com-
Specs Combat Expert Covert Expert batant and a fair strategist. He’s
also just pretty nuts.

VISION

Affiliations Solo Distinctions In Love with Stature The new Vision is a synthetic body
Buddy Mix of Advanced and Future Tech formed from neuro-kinetic armor orig-
Team Synthezoid inating at least a thousand years in the
future and housing an “artilect” (artifi-
Power Sets ARTIFICIAL FORM cial intellect) that operates as a mix of
Electronic Senses Enhanced Durability the old Vision’s persona programming
and Iron Lad’s brain patterns. The syn-
Enhanced Strength Flight thetic body is functionally superior to
a human body’s performance and can
Intangibility Shapeshifting alter its density to become intangible
or hyper-dense. It also possesses holo-
Solar Blast Superhuman Stamina morphic functions enabling cosmetic
disguise and a solar-based
SFX: Computerized Intellect. When creating intellect-re- energy discharge.
lated assets, add a d6 and step up the effect die.

SFX: Disruption. When including Intangibility in an attack
action, add a d6 and step up the effect die.

Limit: Inexperienced with Emotion. Step up emotional stress
in situations when attempting to use or understand
human emotions to step up the lowest die in the
doom pool or add a d6 doom die.

HYPER-DENSITY

Superhuman Durability Superhuman Strength

SFX: Diamond-Hard Body. Step up or double any Hyper-
Density power for one action. If the action fails,
spend a doom die equal to or larger than the normal
rating of that power die.

Limit: Mutually Exclusive. Shutdown Flight and Intangi-
bility to activate Hyper-Density. Shutdown Hyper-
Density to activate Flight and Intangibility.

Limit: Too Heavy. Change Hyper-Density into a complication
and step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a
d6 doom die. Activate an opportunity or remove the
complication to recover Hyper-Density.

Specs Combat Expert Science Expert
Tech Expert

CW154 CIVIL WAR

WICCAN Billy Kaplan

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Complicated Origin The son of a pair of well-educated
Buddy Doesn’t Really Understand His Powers and highly successful parents, Billy
Team In Love with Hulkling Kaplan led a fairly normal life, albeit
one where he suffered school bully-
Power Sets MAGICAL REALITY ALTERATION ing with some frequency. His powers
manifested after he met and received
Expert Sorcery Lightning Blast healing and guidance from the Scar-
let Witch. Wiccan now possesses a
Subsonic Flight limited ability to alter reality at
will, chanting a mantra cen-
SFX: Area Effect. Against multiple targets, for each additional target tered on what he wants
add a d6 and keep an additional effect die. to happen. He also has
potential for developing
SFX: Magic Mantra. When using a Magical Reality Alteration great mystical ability,
power to create magical assets or inflict magical complica- though he remains
tions, add a d6 and step up the effect die. mostly untrained
in that regard.
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one Magical Reality Alteration
power die to a pool. Step back each Magical Reality Altera-
tion power die in that pool once for each die beyond the first.

SFX: Power at a Cost. Step up Expert Sorcery for the rest of the
Scene. For every step up, spend a doom die equal to the new
die size, then inflict a Scene-based complication equal to the
new die size on all present.

SFX: Versatile, but Dangerous. Split Expert Sorcery into 2d6 or 3d4.

Limit: Conscious Activation. While stressed out, asleep, or unconscious,
shutdown Magical Reality Alteration. Recover that stress or
wake up to recover Magical Reality Alteration. If emotional
trauma received, shutdown Magical Reality Alteration until
trauma recovered.

Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any Magical Reality Alteration power
to step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom
die. Activate an opportunity to recover that power.

Specs Mystic Expert Psych Expert

WILDSTREAK Tamika Bowden

Affiliations Solo Distinctions Olympic-Class Gymnast Crippled after her father refused
Buddy Paraplegic to work for crime boss “Big” John Bus-
Team Personal Mission celli, Tamika Bowden lost her dreams
of Olympic gold. Wishing to restore
Power Sets ENHANCING EXOSKELETON his daughter’s mobility, her inventor
E nhanced Durability Enhanced Reflexes father designed an exoskeleton to re-
store and amplify her physical abili-
Enhanced Speed Enhanced Stamina ties. Devoted to making a difference
and bringing down Buscelli, Tamika
E nhanced Strength became Wildstreak. Working mostly
on her own, she has
SFX: Focus. If a pool includes an Enhancing Exoskeleton power, met some other
replace two dice of equal size with one stepped-up die. heroes, notably the
Thing and Thunder-
SFX: Multipower. Add more than one Enhancing Exoskeleton strike. She focused
power die to a pool. Step back each Enhancing Exoskeleton most of her hero-
power die in that pool once for each die beyond the first. ics on taking down
Buscelli’s syndicate,
Limit: Power Loss. Shutdown any Enhancing Exoskeleton power to crippling the crimi-
step up the lowest die in the doom pool or add a d6 doom nal’s operations like
die. Activate an opportunity to recover that power. he did her body.

Specs Acrobatics Master Combat Expert
Crime Expert

Friends and Foes CW155

HERO DATAFILES

CW158 Arachne

CW160 Black Panther

CW162 Cable

CW164 Captain America

CW166 Clint Barton

CW168 Cloak

CW170 Dagger

CW172 Daredevil

CW174 Deadpool

CW176 Doctor Strange

CW178 Falcon

CW180 Goliath

CW182 Hercules

CW184 Human Torch

CW186 Invisible Woman

CW188 Iron Man

CW190 Luke Cage

CW192 Mister Fantastic

CW194 Moon Knight

CW196 Ms. Marvel

CW198 Nighthawk

CW200 Punisher

CW202 She-Hulk

CW204 Spider-Man

CW206 Spider-Woman

CW208 Sub-Mariner

CW210 Thing

CW212 Tigra

CW214 Wasp

CW216 Wolverine

CW218 Wonder Man

CW220 Yellowjacket

S

For the Civil War Event, we’ve provided a
number of heroes suitable for this major period
in the history of the Marvel Universe. Many of
these heroes are members or past members of
various teams such as the Avengers or Fantastic
Four, while others remain independent. Your
players are free to decide their current mem-
bership during the course of the game as sides
are chosen and battles are fought. Each datafile
includes a pair of Milestones that represent re-
curring plotlines specific to the hero.

For the sake of continuity, note that these
datafiles reflect the heroes after the House of
M, shortly before the passing of the Superhuman
Registration Act. Two heroes, Black Panther and
Sub-Mariner, are not available at the beginning
of Act One but may be unlocked using XP during
the Event or recruited from specific Scenes in
Act Two. As always, each hero datafile may be
tweaked or adjusted to suit the needs of your
players. Refer to Chapter Four of the Operations
Manual for definitions, guidelines, and rules for
doing so.

Hero datafiles that are not chosen by play-
ers may be converted into Watcher characters
for use as antagonists or occasional allies.
Remember to switch their SFX and Limits to
reflect using doom dice instead of Plot Points.
Even if the players don’t use them, these heroes
remain major characters and should keep their
Affiliations at their listed ratings.

TEAM SYMBOLS

= Avengers
= Fantastic Four
= S.H.I.E.L.D.
= X-Men
= Unaffiliated at the time of Civil War

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