Garner's Handbook of the
Volume 5
Contents
Ammo ............. . ................. 3 Her . . .... . . . . .. . ................... . 101
Archangel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hulk .. . . . .... ....................... 103
Apocalypse's Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Humbug . . . . . .... .. ............. . . . . . 105
Beta Ray Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 lnfectia . . . . . .... . .... . . . . ... . ... . . . . . 107
Bird-Boy ....... . . . .. . . . .... . ·. . . . . . . . . 11 Iron Man of 2020 . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . ...... 109
Black Knight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Iron Man Armors ............... . . . . . . . 111
Blank... ..... .. ............. . ........ 17 Iron Monger . . ................. . . . . . . . 117
Bogeyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Jade Dragon . . . .... . . . ... . . . .... . ... .. 121
Brood Mutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Kubik ............. ..... . . . . . . .. . ..... 123
Bucky .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .... . . . . .... 25 Leader . . . . . . .. . . ........ . ....... . . . . 125
Lila Cheney . ............... . ..... .... 127
Bullet . ............. . . . .. . . . . .. ... . ... 27 Madelyne Pryor .. . . . . .. . . . . ........... 129
Bushwacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Magma ................ . . . . . . . . . ..... 131
Man-Bull ....................... . . . . . . 133
Chameleon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Mandarin .......... ...... . ... . . . . . . . . 135
Chance . . . . . .. . . ..................... 33 Mandroid .. ... . . . ...... . . . . . .. . . ..... 137
Comet Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Master Mold . . . . .. . . . . . . ............ .. 139
Credit Card Soldier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Meggan . . . ......... . . ...... . . ...... . . 141
Crimson Commando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Mephisto . . .. . . . . . .... ................ 143
Crossfire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Merlin ... . .... . . . . . . . .. ............. . 145
Crystal . . . . . . .... . . . . .... . . . .. . . . .... 43 Mesmero . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .............. 147
Dagger . . . . . ........ . . . .... . .. . . . ... . 45 Meteor Man . .... . ... . .. . ....... . . . . .. 149
Dazzler ... . . . ...... . . . . .... . .... . . . .. 47 Mirage II . . ................ ..... . . . . . . 151
Derangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Mister Fear . . . .. . . . . . . ... ............. 153
Demolition Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Mister Sinister ............... . ........ 155
Dr. Animus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Mongoose .. . ... . .... . . . . . ...... . . .... 157
Dreamqueen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Morgan Le Fay . . . ...... . . . . . . . ... . . ... 159
D'Spayre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Mr. Jip . . . .... . . . ... . .. . . . . . . . ....... . 161
Earth Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Firepower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Ms. Marvel . .... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . .. . 163
Forbush-Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Nanny and Orphanmaker . . . . . . . ........ 165
Force .. .......... .... . . .. . . ...... . ... 67 N'astirh . . . ............... . ... . . . . . . . . 167
Garrokk ..... .. . . . . .. .... . . . . . .. . . . ... 69 Night Shift . . . . .. . . . . . . . ...... . . ... . ... 169
Gateway . . . .... . ... .. ........ . .... . . . 71 The People's Defense Force .... . . . . . . ... 175
Giant-Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Persuader .... .......... . . . .... . . . . ... 179
Gomi ................................ 75
Gossamyr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Phoenix . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . ... . .... . . . . ... 181
Great Beasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Poison . . . . .... . ...... ... . . . . . .... .... 183
Grapplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Prowler . . . .... . . . ...... . . . .... . . ..... 185
Halflife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Quicksand . . .. . . . . . .... . : . . . . . . . ..... 187
Half-Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Reavers ......................... . . .. 189
Headmen . . . . .... . . . . . . .. . . . .... . . . .. 91 Resistants .......... . .......... . . ..... 193
Hellfire Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Ringmaster . . . .. . . . . . . ... . .. ... . ..... . 199
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Rock and Redeemer ...... ........ . . ... 201 Tarantula ........ .... . ........... ..... 229
S'ym ................................ 203 Thing ..... . ... .. . . . .. . .... .......... . 231
Seth .... . . ... .. . . . . ...... . . . .. ..... . 205 Tombstone ............ . .............. 233
Shuma-Gorath ........ . .. . . . . ....... .. 207 Typhoid Mary .... . . .... ........ .... . . . 235
Slug . ... . .......... . . ...... . . .. . ..... 209 Urthona . . ..... .. . . . ....... . . . .. . .. . . . 237
Solarman . ................. . . .. . ..... 211 Vagabond .......... .. . .. . . ... . .. . . . . . 239
Speedball . . . . ........ ... . ..... . ..... . 213 Venom ............................... 241
Spyder ...... ...... .................. 215 Vibro . ..... ... .. ..................... 243
Stonewall . ................. . . ........ 217 Warriors Three . .... ................... 245
Super-Nova ........ ................... 219 Warwolves ......... .................. 247
Super Sabre .......................... 221 Watchdogs ........................... 249
Supremacists ...... ................... 223 Widget .............................. 251
Taki .... ... ........ ... ... . ....... .... 227 X-Babies ...... . .... .................. 253
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AMMO
STATISTICS
F RM {30)
A EX (20)
s GD (10)
E EX (20)
R GD (10)
I GD (10)
p TY (6)
Health: 80
Karma: 26
Resources: Typical (6)
Popularity: - 10
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Ex-soldier, Gang
leader, criminal
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with a criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, presum-
ably New York City
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Past Group Affiliation : Leader of
the Wildboys
Base of Operations: Mobile
KNOWN POWERS
None
Talents: Ammo carries a baseball
bat with which he inflicts + 1CS dam-
age. He knows Martial Arts Band E.
He has Military and Leadership tal-
ents. Ammo is also familiar with mili-
tary firearms.
Contacts: Ammo is the leader of a
large New York street gang. He has
minor associations with the Kingpin
and Typhoid Mary.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES streak. He is dedicated to the de-
Ammo is a vicious, brutal killer. He is struction of Daredevil, though he re-
very philosophical for a gang leader, spects his physical abilities. Ammo
and believes that a violent life is the is extremely charismatic and intelli-
best life possible, that success in vio- gent, and is able to direct his gang
lence is the best form of personal with ruthless efficiency and control.
success. Ammo has acquired a Ammo's ultimate goal is to become a
strong anti-liberal , anti-Communist major force in New York criminal life.
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HISTORY
Most of Ammo's early history is un-
revealed. It is known that he served
in Vietnam , and theories are that he
acquired his love of violence there.
Very recently, he surfaced as the
leader of a large, vicious street gang,
the Wildboys, who took advantage of
a power failure caused by the crash
of Apocalypse's spacecraft. Believ-
ing the power failure to be a sign that
humanity had collapsed, he raided
an armory and attempted to raid a
hospital's drug supply, hoping to be-
come powerful in Post Apocalyptic
New York City. He was defeated in
personal combat by Daredevil and
imprisoned.
Ammo was rescued from prison by
Typhoid Mary, who asked for his as-
sistance in a complex plan to kill
Daredevil. Ammo readily agreed and
beat Daredevil severely during a se-
ries of battles orchestrated by Mary.
He left Daredevil to Typhoid Mary's
hands. His current location is un-
known, but presumably, he has re-
sumed leadership of his street gang.
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ARCHANGEL
~ STATISTICS (30), now Feeble (2) Identity: Publicly known
Popularity: O Other Known Aliases: Angel, the
F RM (30) Avenging Angel, Death
A IN (40) BACKGROUND Place of Birth: Centerport, Long Is-
S GD (1 O)/RM (30) Real Name: Warren Kenneth land, New York
E RM (30) Worthington Il l Marital Status: Single
R GD (10) Occupation: Former chairman and Known Relatives: Warren K.
I TY (6) stockholder at Worthington Indus- (grandfather, deceased), Warren K.
P GD (10) tries. Jr. (father, deceased)
Health: 110 Legal Status: United States citizen Base of Operations: New York City,
Karma: 26 with no criminal record, officially de- X-Factor Headquarters
Resources: formerly Remarkable ceased. Past Group Affiliation: Founding
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and former member of the X-Men, ADDITIONAL NOTES perhuman adventurers called the
the Champions of Los Angeles, and Champions. Worthington also pub-
the Defenders. Former member of ROLE-PLAYING NOTES licly revealed that he was the Angel.
the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, As Archangel, Warren is brooding
founding member of X-Factor. and grim, uncertain that the evil that Next, the Angel joined the De-
Apocalypse planted in him will come fenders and remained with them af-
KNOWN POWERS to the surface and take control of him ter the Beast reorganized the group.
once again . In battle, Archangel is The Defenders used the mansion
Power-suit/Wings: Archangel's metal bad-tempered and brutal when pro- and estate owned by Worthington
wings allow him to fly at Excellent air voked. Archangel continually fights and associate Candy Southern in the
speed (1 O areas per round). The the evil, corrupting influence that New Mexico Rocky Mountains as
wings are razor-sharp and inflict up Apocalypse placed in his psyche. their base of operations. When the
to Incredible edged damage. The Defenders disbanded, Angel helped
wings can also fire a barrage of HISTORY to co-found X-Factor along with other
feather-shaped neural disruptors, members of the original X-Men and
filling up to 2 areas. Anyone in these Warren Worthington Ill was at- publicist Cameron Hodge, a child-
areas must make an Endurance tending a private school in his ado- hood friend. X-Factor pretended to
FEAT against Monstrous intensity or lescence when wings began to grow hunt down and eliminate mutant dis-
be paralyzed for 2-20 rounds. These from his shoulder blades. The wings turbances, but used that story as a
feathers may also be used as Excel- reached their full adult size within cover for their real activities, locat-
lent Thrown Edged Attacks. These months, but Worthington kept them ing, training, and protecting young
attacks have a range of 5 areas. a secret by strapping them tightly to mutants.
his back. At first, he thought himself
The suit provides Archangel with a freak. However, Worthington Angel's wings were severely in-
Remarkable rank Body Armor learned that he could use his wings jured in a battle with the Marauders
against all types of attack. The suit to fly, and came to enjoy his new abil- during their massacre of most of the
has raised his Strength to Remark- ities. One night there was a fire in his Morlocks. He was told t hat his wings
able, though his Health has not dormitory, and he resolved to use his were permanently crippled, leaving
changed . flying power to rescue the people him unable to fly, and that they had to
trapped inside. To conceal his iden- be amputated. Despite Worthing-
Berserk (Limitation): In times of great tity, Worthington wore a long, blond ton's fevered attempts to prevent the
stress, Archangel must fight against wig and a long nightshirt, so he loss of his wings, Hodge was able to
Apocalypse's programming. When looked like an angel. The rescue was
his friends are hurt or some other successful , and his identity re- have him declared mentally incom-
traumatic event occurs, Archangel mained a secret. Shortly thereafter, petent, knowing that their loss would
must make a Green Psyche FEAT Worthington became a costumed ad- drive him to suicide. When Warren
roll or lose control of his wings for 1- venturer in New York City under the apparently killed himself in a heli-
10 rounds. While out of his control , name of the Avenging Angel. He was copter crash, Hodge gained control
the wings attack independently, with contacted by the X-Men and agreed of the Worthington estate.
a Fighting score of Amazing and in- to join them.
flicting Remarkable thrown edged Warren was rescued from death
damage. Shortly after Professor Charles by Apocalypse, who transformed
Xavier, the founder of the X-Men , re- him into " Death " by mutating his
Talents: Warren has Remarkable cruited several new members for the feathers into deadly weapons and
Reason in business matters and group, Angel decided to leave the X- grafting a fighting suit onto his b.ody.
knows Martial Arts B. He gains Men. After his parents' deaths, Warren eventually broke free of
Worthington inherited their vast for- Apocalypse 's control and left X-
+ 2CS when fighting in aerial com- tune, and he used it to found a Los Factor to confront Cameron Hodge.
Angeles-based organization of su- Their confrontation led to the down-
bat. fall of the Right and the death of
Candy Southern.
Contacts: Archangel 's chief con-
tacts are his friends in X-Factor; he Warren rejoined X-Factor and as-
also has friends in the X-Men. As An- sisted X-Factor and the X-Men in
gel, Warren had contacts with the preventing the destruction of earth
Champions (Hercules, Black Widow, by demons in what has been called
Darkstar, Ghost Rider), and the New " Inferno." Warren remarked that he
Defenders (Cloud , Gargoyle, Moon- had become a Dark Angel, but Hank
dragon , and Valkyrie). He knew a McCoy, the Beast, countered that he
great many people in a variety of had become X-Factor's Archangel.
business fields as a result of his posi- Archangel continues to serve as a
member of X-Factor.
tion as Chairman of the Board of
Worthington Industries. He is a
member of the Hellfire Club, but
does not belong to its Inner Circle.
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APOCALYPSE'S SHIP
HISTORY
Apocalypse's ship serves as X- ability to allow humans to enter will ship's computer, Ship, has access to
Factor's current headquarters. It was eventually lead to a deep rift be- obscure information on galactic cul-
probably built by an unknown alien tween mutants and humanity. As it tures not known to Earth. Its Reason
race, since the ship's computer has stands, X-Factor's headquarters is should be considered Monstrous for
stated that Apocalypse did not build one of the most impressive pieces of purpose of general information. Ship
it, but enslaved it. Apocalypse has engineering ever constructed. is sentient, and has a Psyche of In-
referred to the ship as the "least of credible for purposes of determining
his bases." It first appeared over STATISTICS the effects of Mental Attacks.
New York City during Apocalypse's Control: EXCELLENT Anti-Mutant Field: Apocalypse's ship
attack against X-Factor, where he Speed: CLASS 1000 will prevent the entry of any non-
manipulated the Beast into smash- Body: INCREDIBLE mutant. It has Force Fields at all en-
ing the ship's controls and setting it Protection: EXCELLENT trances t hat provide Amazing
hurtling into New York City. The ship protection against any non-mutant
caused major damage before Apoc- KNOWN POWERS attempt to enter.
alypse was stopped by X-Factor. X- Ship: The memory banks of the Self-Repair: Apocalypse's ship has
------. Factor took control of the ship, but
Apocalypse transformed it into a liv- 7
ing bomb and attempted to blow it
up. The ship's central computer was
freed from Apocalypse's control by
X-Factor's young pupils, and X-
Factor disabled the bomb. Since
then, X-Factor has used the ship as
their headquarters, and it has served
as their home as well as home to the
,.....--.... X-Factor's trainee mutants, the X-
Terminators.
The ship has had an eventful stay
with X-Factor. It became a sought-
after prize by the evil mutant lnfectia
and her minions, the Anti-Bodies. It
briefly fell under her control, but was
saved by the Beast. It was attacked
by a giant kraken when X-Factor
found a magical horn of Atlantis and
,,_ accidently summoned it, but the kra-
ken was defeated by the combined
forces of the New Mutants and the
Sub-Mariner.
Most of the data on X-Factor's
headquarters remains classified . It
has not yet demonstrated any space-
faring capabilities, but considering
Apocalypse's genius, (and the fact
that the ship has fabricated space
shuttles with interplanetary capabil-
ity) it is probably capable of space
travel. The ship has not demon-
strated use of ranged armaments
since Apocalypse lost control, ex-
cept for anti-personnel weapons.
The ship is several miles in length
and weighs millions of tons. Apoca-
,,,----. lypse has stated that X-Factor has
" won " the use of the ship due to their
strength in battle against its defen-
sive systems, but that the ship's in-
the ability to repair one rank of lost Grappling attack, 2 area range) holding several people. At least one
Speed, Body, and Control per day, • Boring attack (Remarkable ship is capable of interstellar flight.
until it reaches its maximums (as de- Edged, 2 area range) Their stats are as follows:
termined in the ship's statistics sec- Control: EXCELLENT
tion). Inner Defenses: Speed: CLASS 1000-5000
Body: EXCELLENT
Defenses: The ship is lined both in- • Blaster Cannons (3 areas, In- Protection: EXCELLENT
side and outside by fierce anti- credible damage) Rearrangement: The ship can alter
personnel defenses. All defenses its interior layout, producing beds,
are considered to have Remarkable • Grapplers (Incredible Grappling shuttlebays, etc. when needed.
rank in determining whether it has hit attack, 2 area range)
the opponent. Following are its • Containment unit: this is only ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
known anti-personnel weapons; it used in emergencies. If the ship is Ship's personality is like an older, re-
may have other abilities. attacked by a lethal entity, it must sponsible child. It likes to befriend
first score a successful grappling people, but will not hesitate to use le-
Outer Defenses: attack and then will put the target thal force to protect itself and its
in a containment unit that inflicts charges. It is loyal to X-Factor, but
• Battering Ram (Incredible Monstrous rank damage until the Apocalypse may have installed a fail-
Charging damage, 2 area range) target is dead.
• Blaster Cannons (Amazing) safe mechanism that will bring it un- ,,.---..-
• Rocket Launcher (Incredible In combat, the Ship will have from
ranged, 10 area range) 5-10 weapons active at any time. der his control again.
• Grappling Claw (Incredible Shuttles: The ship has a number of
shuttles. These craft are capable of
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BETA RAV BILL
,,,---. STATISTICS Popularity: 20 (100 among his peo- Place of Birth: An unidentified
ple) planet in the " Burning Galaxy."
F UN (1 OO)(EX in normal form) Marital Status: Single
A EX (20) BACKGROUND Known Relatives: None
S UN (100)(EX in normal form) Real Name: Beta Ray Bill Base of Operations: Beta Ray Bill
E UN (1 OO)(EX in normal form) Occupation: Warrior usually accompanies his race's
Legal Status: Citizen of a Unidenti- space fleet.
R GD (10) fied Planet, honorary citizen of Past Group Affiliation : Protector of
Asgard his race, ally of Thor and Asgard.
I EX (20) Identity: Exist ence unknown on Present Group Affiliation:
P AM (50) Earth, Identity publ icly known in
Health: 320 Asgard
Karma: 80
Resources: Monstrous (75)
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KNOWN POW ERS close friends. He is the guardian of fleet over intergalactic distances. ............,,
Beta Ray Bill gained his powers his race, which is travelling through ,..-...,
the Milky Way Galaxy. He is known to When the fleet entered the Milky ,..-...,
from the enchantment Odin placed the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Way galaxy and was detected by
on Mjolnir, Thor's hammer. His and the U.S. Army, and could call on a SHIELD hyperspatial probe,
powers are equal to Thor's in every these groups for help if needed. SHIELD commander Nick Fury dis-
respect, and he is even garbed in a patched Thor to investigate. Beta
variation of Thor's costume. ADDITIONAL NOTES : Beta Ray Bill Ray Bill, in temporary suspended an-
Invulnerability: Beta Ray Bill's Asgar- changes from 6'4", 230 lbs., to 6'711 , imation, was awakened by Skuttle-
dian physique provides him with Ex- 480 lbs. when he transforms from butt when Thor breached the hull of
cellent resistance to physical and normal to his " Thor" form . his ship. The two fought, and Thor
energy attacks and CL 1000 resist- was separated from his hammer,
ance to any form of disease. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: causing him to turn back into Doctor
Immortality: Beta Ray Bill no longer Beta Ray Bill is dedicated to protect- Don Blake, and Mjolnir to turn back
ages. ing his race in any way possible, and into a wooden cane. Bill picked up
Hammer: Beta Ray Bill's Hammer, this is the most important thing in his the cane and struck it against a wall
Storm Breaker, is equal to Thor's life. He is loyal to his allies and in his ship. He was transformed into
hammer, Mjolnir. It enables Beta Ray friends, and has begun a relation- a giant with the powers of Thor, hold-
Bill to transform from his "Thor" ship with Sit, though this is progress- ing Mjolnir, and wearing a version of
form to his original form by stamping ing slowly since the alien Bill is Thor's costume. This happened be-
the hammer twice. The hammerthen somewhat shy.
becomes a wooden cane. Storm cause of enchantments placed on
Breaker also allows Beta Ray Bill to HISTORY Mjolnir by Odin, designed to bestow
fly, traverse dimensional barriers, the power and form of Thor to any
control weather, and project energy Beta Ray Bill is a member of an ex- bearer worthy of them. Odin had be-
bolts. traterrestrial race of semi-humanoid lieved that only Thor was worthy, but
beings which lived in a peaceful em- Beta Ray Bill was equally worthy.
The hammer Storm Breaker, made pire in a distant galaxy known as the
of Uru metal (class 1000), automati- " Burning Galaxy." Recently, the de- Beta Ray Bill's ship landed on
cally returns to his hands when he mon Surtur caused the core of the Earth, whereupon Odin cast a spell
hurls it. The hammer can only be galaxy to explode in order to release to transport Thor to Asgard. The
lifted by a worthy being: probably the energy the needed to reforge his spell took the transformed Beta Ray
only Thor and Beta Ray Bill. " Sword of Doom ." This galactic cat- Bill instead. Odin then summoned
Immunity to Disease: Beta Ray Bill, aclysm destroyed most of the em- Blake and transformed him back into
in his "Thor" form, is immune to all pire, and the survivors fled in a fleet Thor. The two realized that they had
forms of disease. of ten thousand starships to find new been in error in fighting, but Beta
homes in another galaxy. Ray Bill declined to return Mjolnir to
Space Fleet Location: Beta Ray Bill Thor, saying he had won it in fair
has a sensor implant in his cyborg The leaders of the empire chose combat, and needed it to protect his
body that enables him to locate his Beta Ray Bill as their champion after people from the marauding demons.
people's space fleet across interstel- a series of grueling athletic, psycho- Odin decreed that the matter would
lar distances. Beta Ray Bill has a logical, and genetic tests. Beta Ray be settled by combat, which Beta
sentient spaceship, Skuttlebutt. The Bill was converted to a super-cyborg Ray Bill won. Bill, however, felt guilty
ship is intelligent and friendly, with and given the sentient starship Skut- about depriving Thor of the weapon
an apparently female personality. tlebutt. he was meant to bear. Odin solved
Skuttlebutt is also heavily armored his dilemma by ordering another
(Remarkable Armor) and well armed Because of food storage prob- hammer to be built of the same mate-
(capable of firing Incredible energy lems, the race was put into sus- rial and with the same enchantments
beams), and is capable of faster- pended animation cold sleep, and as Mjolnir. Thor, Beta Ray Bill , and
than-light speed in hyperspace. The only Beta Ray Bill , whose lifespan Sit travelled to space to battle and
ship also has self-repai r facilities had been increased through bioengi- defeat the demons that had followed
(Excellent Regeneration .) The ship neering treatments , remained his people's fleet. Since then , Beta
has the following characteristics. awake to act as guardian. Almost im- Ray Bill has fought side-by-side with
mediately after the fleet left the dev- the Asgardians and Earthmen to
FASER I P astated empire, Bill discovered that fight Surtur and numerous other
EX TY RM EX EX EX FE it was being chased by a horde of
Surtur's demons coming from the menaces. Bill has also begun a rela-
Talents: Beta Ray Bill is a weapons galactic core. Beta Ray Bill and Skut- tionship with Sit.
specialist with his hammer, and re- tlebutt managed to hold off the de-
ceives a + 2 CS in FEATs using it. He mons , but they followed him and the
is a skilled spaceship pilot, and has
military skill.
Contacts: Beta Ray Bill counts Thor,
Odin, and the Asgardians as his
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r---. STATISTICS BIRD-BCV
F PR (4) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A PR (4)/(GD (10) in air) Bird-Brain is loyal to his friends and
S EX (20) is unusually courageous. He con-
E RM (30) siders food a reward and a lack of
R TY (6) food as a punishment because of the
I GD (10) cruel conditioning imposed upon
P TY (6) him by the Ani-Mator. He has a very
Health: 58 limited command of English, which
Karma: 22 is frequently interrupted by squaks
Resources: Feeble (2) and screaks. He eats constantly.
Popularity: O
He is the leader of the Ani-Mates,
BACKGROUND and he is trying to teach them about
Real Name: Unknown dignity and the good things about.
Occupation: Not Applicable humanity.
Legal Status: Not Applicable
-... Other Known Aliases: Bird-Brain 11
Identity: Unknown to the general
public
Place of Birth: An island in the North
Atlantic
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: An island in the
North Atlantic
Past Group Affiliation: The Ani-
~ Mates, New Mutants
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Bird-Boy can fly at Typical speed
and has claws on his hands that can
do Feeble damage. ·
Talents: He has an Excellent sense
of direction outdoors. With a suc-
cessful FEAT roll, he can tell what di-
r--....,rection he is travelling, and know
what direction to go to find his North
Atlantic Island and possibly the New
Mutants headquarters (Prof. Charles
Xavier's School For Gifted Young-
sters in upstate New York) as well.
Contacts: The New Mutants and the
Ani-Mates
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
HISTORY ment facility in New York City, where ter Mall. They went to a McBurger ---.....
he was inadvertently freed by Can- and a theater, where they created
Bird-Boy, alias Bird-Brain , was nonball of the New Mutants. The chaos. Magneto grounded them, but
created by the Ani-Mator as one of New Mutants and the Hellions both Bird-Boy, inspired by the visit to Mc-
his Ani-Mates, a group of gene- spotted Bird-Boy later on the New Burger, escaped and tried to take
spliced animal/man hybrids. The York television news, and both food to his Ani-Mate friends impris-
crazed Ani-Mator was a scientist groups tried to capture him for their oned on a small North Atlantic is-
working for The Right, supposedly respective schools. The New Mu- land. The New Mutants followed and
on a project to halt and reverse muta- tants succeeded , and they took him captured him, but decided to go with
tion, but actually was working to cre- back to Prof. Xavier's School for him to free his friends.
ate a pool of Ani-Mate slaves for Gift~d Youngsters without telling
mankind. Bird-Boy, like many of the Magneto, the school headmaster. By this time, Doug Ramsey and
Ani-Mates, was intelligent and re- Magneto was initially furious and de- Bird-Boy had become good friends.
sented the torture and barbaric train- manded that he be turned over to the The group freed the Ani-Mates, de-
ing of the Ani-Mator. Unlike the other authorities, but after Doug Ramsey feated Commander Hodges and the
Ani-Mates, Bird-Boy escaped. (Cypher) was able to talk to him and Right, and banished the Ani-Mator to
learned that he was intelligent, not Limbo, but in the process, the Ani-
He met the Fallen Angels and was just a bird with legs and hands, Mag- Mator shot and killed Doug Ramsey.
captured by the federal government neto relented. Bird-Boy assumed leadership of the
and imprisoned in a special contain- Ani-Mates, and he has begun to ,,..---...
Bird-Boy and the New Mutants teach them about civilization and
later went to the nearby Salem Cen- what it means to be human.
12
BLACK: KNIGHT (Sir Percy of Scandia]
,,--._ STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A EX (20)
s GD (10)
E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I EX (20)
p EX (20)
Health: 80
Karma: 46
Resources: Good (10)
Popularity: 50
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Sir Percy of Scandia
Occupation : Knight of the Round
Table
Legal Status: Citizen of King Ar-
....---.... thur's England with no criminal re-
cord, deceased
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: England
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Lady Rosamund
(wife), Eobar Garrington, Nathan
Garrett, Dane Whitman (descen-
dants)
Base of Operations: Camelot
~ Past Group Affiliation : Knights of
The Round Table
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Body Armor: The Black Knight wears
a full suit of chainmail armor which
provides him with Good Protection
against physical attacks.
~ Eswboorndy Blade: The Black Knight's
is made of Unearthly strength
material, and in the Black Knight's
hands inflicts 10 points edged dam-
age or 16 points Blunt damage with
the flat of the blade. The sword's
anti-magic properties allow it to de-
flect spells and energy as if it were a
shield of Unearthly strength, as well The sword contains a mystic ADDITIONAL NOTES:
booby trap. If any enemy picks up
as cut through mystic barriers and the Ebony Blade or makes a suc-
cessful Grab attempt, the sword in-
enchantments as if they were normal flicts Incredible damage each round
the villain holds the blade.
materials. It can effect normal ener-
aTalents: Sir Percy is weapons spe-
gies as a power stunt; the sword can
cialist with the Ebony' Blade which
cut through energy barriers and de-
was given to him by Merlin ( +2CS
flect non-magical energy blasts,
with the sword.) He also has horse-
which may be flung back at t he as- manship and courtliness skills.
Contacts: King Arthur and Merlin
sailant as an attack of equal rank. are close friends of Sir Percy, as well
as many of the Knights of the Round
(This is not considered to be an es- Table.
tablished power stunt, and must be
~ developed normally.) The sword has
a blood-curse on it ; if the wielder
takes a life, he becomes bloodthirsty
(Psyche FEAT roll to avoid this.)
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: BLACK KNIGHT ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ,..--....
Sir Percy is a loyal follower of King
Arthur and a dedicated foe of [Eobar Eobar Garrington, like Sir Percy, is c
Mordred, Arthur's evil nephew. He is
a chivalrous knight who believes in Garrington] true knight, dedicated to chivalry,
truth, gallantry toward women, and
loyalty and bravery above all. He STATISTICS bravery, and loyalty. Unlike his an-
wants to help his descendants, par-
t icularly Dane Whitman, in the fight F RM (30) cestor, however, he is a devoutly reli-
against evil. In the 20th century, Sir A EX (20)
Percy could appear as a spirit at the gious man who believes that the
brazier of truth in Garrett Castle until s GD (10)
Dane Whitman (the 20th century pagan Moslems must be hurled out
Black Knight) destroyed the brazier, E EX (20)
freeing Sir Percy from his ties to the R TY (6) of the Holy Lands and that the King-
mortal world. I EX (20)
p EX (20) dom of Jerusalem should be re-
HISTORY Health: 80
Karma: 46 turned to Christian hands. As such,
Sir Percy adopted the guise of the Resources: Good (10)
Black Knight in order to serve his Popularity: 50 Sir Garrington is intolerant toward
king in a dual capacity, both as an
unassuming man of the royal court BACKGROUND Moslems.
and as a mysterious avenging cham- Real Name: Eobar Garrington
pion. King Arthur's court magician, Occupation: Knight of the Holy Cru- During the last five years of his life,
Merlin, gave the knight the Ebony sades and the Kingdom of England
Blade, an enchanted blade con- Legal Status: Citizen of England his body was occupied by the spirit
structed from a meteorite. The Black with no criminal record, deceased
Knight's greatest foe was Mordred, Identity: Publicly known of his descendant, Dane Whitman.
nephew of King Arthur, and for years, Place of Birth: England
Percy tried to gather evidence of Marital Status: Married HISTORY
Mordred's treachery to no avail. Known Relatives: Sir Percy of
Soon after the fall of Camelot, the Scandia, Lady Rosamund (ances- Eobar Garrington assumed the
wounded Mordred dispatched his tors), Nathan Garrett, Dane Whit- guise of the Black Knight in order to
men to kill the Black Knight, using a man (descendants) fight in the Crusades. Dane Whit-
dagger constructed of the same me- Base of Operations: Garrett Castle, man, Garrington's 20th century de-
teoric ore as the knight's Ebony Jerusalem scendant, co-occupied Garrington's
Blade. The ambush succeeded and Past Group Affiliation: Ally of King body for the last five years of his life.
Sir Percy was assassinated. Merlin, Richard the Lion-Hearted
however, cast a spell upon Percy's Present Group Affiliation : The Black Knight defeated
spirit, enabling it to return to the Mordred and his allies (Prince John
Earthly plane when the spirit of KNOWN POWERS of England and the Arabian wizard,,.........._
Mordred threatened. Sir Percy's Same as Sir Percy .Chandu). Following the Crusades.
body was buried beneath his castle , Talents: Same as Sir Percy he met Amergin, High Druid of Ava-
his sword interred with him. Contacts: King Richard the Lion- lon. Avalon was under attack by Fo-
Hearted, Knights of England and the mor, and the Black Knight offered his
Holy Crusade aid to Avalon. Amergin contacted his
descendant in the 20th century, Dr.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Druid, who brought the Avengers
with him to help defeat Fomor. The
group also sealed off Avalon from
Earth, but in the process, Garringtow----.
was slain.
14
BLACK KNIGHT [The Criminal)
STATISTICS
F GO (10)
A TY (6)
s GD (10)
E GO (10)
R IN (40)
I TY (6)
p EX (20)
Health: 36
Karma: 66
Resources: Good (10)
Popularity: -10
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Nathan Garrett
Occupation: Scientist, criminal
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
Kingdom with a criminal record, de-
ceased
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Dane Whitman,
nephew, Sir Percy of Scandia, Eobar
Garrington, Lady Rosamund (ances-
tors)
Base of Operations: Garret Castle
Past Group Affiliation: Masters Of
Evil I
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Body Armor: The Black Knight wears
a full suit of chainmail armor, which
provides him with Good Protection
against physical attacks.
Concussive Blast Lance: The Black
Knight has a lance that fires concus-
sive blasts of Amazing damage with
a range of 2 areas.
Winged Horse: The original Black
Knight had a winged horse with the
following abilities:
FAS ER P
GD EX RM GD GD TY TY
The Horse also had Good speed in ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Nathan Garret is primarily interested
Flight. in money, not power or conquest. He
teamed up with the Masters of Evil ih
Talents: Bioengineering, Engineer- order to defeat the Avengers so he
could loot all of New York and be-
ing. The Black Knight is a weapon come fabulo1:Jsly wealthy.
specialist with his lance ( +2 CS). He thinks of himself as a modern
knight, albeit an evil one.
Contacts: Baron Zemo I, Masters of
Evil I
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HISTORY
British scientist Nathan Garrett dis-
covered the tomb of Sir Percy be-
neath his ancestral home (Garrett
Castle). Garrett saw the Ebony
Blade in a scabbard near the tomb,
but being unworthy of wielding it,
could not draw the sword . Garrett
was inspired to become the new
Black Knight, however, and he used
his scientific genius to mutate a
winged horse and to create a lance
capable of discharging concussive
blasts as well as other advanced
weaponry. Garrett used the identity
of the Black Knight to commit crimes
in order to finance his further scien-
tific research . He was opposed on
separate occasions by Giant-Man
and Iron Man, and as a member of
Baron Heinrich Zemo's original Mas-
ters of Evil, he battled the Avengers.
While in aerial combat with Iron
Man, Garrett was unseated from his
winged steed and was mortally
wounded in the fall. He managed to
contact his only living relative, his
nephew Dane Whitman , also a sci-
entist. On his deathbed, Garrett told
Whitman he regretted the wrongs he
had committed and wished for his
nephew to put his discoveries to
good use.
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STATISTICS BLANK
F TY (6) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A TY (6) Blank is an ordinary guy who is hope-
lessly out of his league in combat
s TY (6) with superheroes or supervillains.
He whines a lot and runs when con-
E TY (6) fronted with violence. He is a bully
R TY (6) against normal people and police,
whom he knows can't hurt him, but
I TY (6) he runs when confronted by su-
p TY (6) perheroes unless he is backed up by
a powerful ally.
Health: 24
17
Karma: 18
Resources: Feeble (2)
Popularity: - 2
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Unemployed drifter,
criminal
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States wanted for bank robbery and
assault, but never convicted, pre-
sumed dead
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown, pre-
sumed single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: None
Past Group Affiliation: Ally of Gravi-
ton
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Slippery Force Field: Blank has an
obscuring force field that completely
conceals his features (rendering him
"blank") and provides him with Mon-
strous protection against physical at-
tacks and Remarkable protection
against energy attacks. The force
field also provides + 2 CS to
Strength and + 2 CS to Agility when
dodging or escaping entaglements,
like Spider-Man's webbing or Hawk-
eye 's arrow cables. The field must be
recharged every 12 hours by the
force field recharger, which Blank
usually leaves in his hotel room or
apartment.
Gun: Blank uses an ordinary gun,
which does Good damage and has a
range of 2 areas.
Talents: None
Contacts: Blank was an ally of
Graviton, but he whined so much
that Graviton tried to kill him. He
probably cannot count on Graviton
as an ally in the future.
HISTORY car. The man's briefcase , carrying tracted saving people and putting
his greatest discovery, landed at out the flames, Blank made his es-
Blank was a normal guy who only Blank's feet. Blank picked it up and cape but failed to get away with any
acomplished things by being sneaky. casually walked away while other by- money. Later, when recharging his
He was an unlucky, unemployed standers tried to help the scientist. force field belt, Blank was shocked
drifter waiting for a bus when he met Blank discovered the slippery force when Graviton materialized out of
a disgruntled scientist. The scientist field belt and charger in the brief- his recharger. The recharger had ap-
was leaving Stane International after case, which he used to begin a crime parently functioned as a source of
Obidiah Stane had taken it over from spree in California. He was inter- energy to allow Graviton to break out
Tony Stark. The disgruntled em- rupted in his initial outing by Wonder of the interdimensional void that he
ployee, a long-time employee at Man of the West Coast Avengers, but had been imprisoned in by the
Stark International, had taken his managed to escape with $75,000 Avengers. He and Blank allied briefly
greatest discovery from his labs at from the Pacific Bank. Blank was in an attempt to take over all the
Stane when he quit and was waiting foiled in his second robbery attempt gangs of southern California, but
for the bus because he had lost his by West Coast Avengers Hawkeye, Graviton hurled him into the sea
company car when he quit. The sci- Mockingbird, and Iron Man, and only when he grew tired of Blank's whin-
entist was too impatient to wait for managed to escape by charging ing. Blank has not been seen since,
the bus, though, and he walked out headlong into the gas pumps at a and the Avengers assume he
into traffic where he was struck by a Calco Gas station, causing the sta- drowned in the undertow off the
tion to go up in flames. coast of California.
While the Avengers were dis-
18
BOGEYMAN
STATISTICS
Battlesuit, Demon Form
Original
F TY (6) EX (20)
A EX (20) EX (20)
S TY (6) EX (20)
E GD (10) EX (20)
R EX (20) EX (20)
I TY (6) GD (10)
P TY (6) EX (20)
Health: 42/80
Karma: 32/50
Resources: Good (10)
Popularity: - 4
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Douglas M. Carmody
Occupation: Administrator, Scien-
tist, Mutant-Hunter, Demon
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record, de-
ceased
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliation: Carmody
Research, servant of N'ashtir
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS Talents: Carmody had the Business ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Originally, Carmody wore a battlesuit Administration talent. The Bogeyman is a anti-mutant bigot
which was responsible for all of his Contacts: The Bogeyman was allied who blames the Power Pack for the
increased physical characteristics. for a brief time with The Right and loss of his job, his marriage, and his
The battlesuit also gave Carmody was a servant of the demon N 'ashtir. social status. He thinks the Power
Good Body Armor and Typical flight Pack are all mutants and he wants
speed. ADDITIONAL NOTES: them to suffer and die.
Later, he was transformed by the 19
demon N'ashtir into a demonic par-
ody of his former self; the new Bo-
geyman. In his new form, his
physical characteristics were in-
creased and he was given new
powers.
Claws: The new Bogeyman has
claws that do Excellent damage.
Wall-Sliming: The demon Bogeyman
can "slurp" his way up and down
walls with Amazing ability. He must
make an Agility FEAT roll on slippery
or wet surfaces.
Sloorping: The Bogeyman can liquify
his body in order to escape from
grabs and to go through cracks in
buildings. He gains a +4 CS when
attempting an Escape maneuver
when adjacent to a building.
Body Armor: The Bogeyman has Re-
markable Body Armor.
HISTORY
Douglas M. Carmody was in charge
of the Carmody Research labs
where Dr. James Power was working
to perfect his anti-matter power gen-
erator. When the Kymell ians de-
stroyed the anti-matter generator
and Carmody lost his position, he
blamed the Power Pack for every-
thing . He then went on to hunt the
Power Pack, whom he thought were
mutants. Originally, Carmody wore a
battlesuit stolen from Project Pega-
sus as the Bogeyman which was re-
sponsible for all of his increased
physical characteristics. The battle-
suit also gave Carmody armor and a
jet pack for flight.
He fought the Warriors Three of
Asgard and The New Mutants in his
attempt to kill the Power children .
Later, he was transformed by the de-
mon N'ashtir into a demonic parody
of his former self-the new Bogey-
man.
In his new form, his physical char-
acteristics were increased and he
was given new powers at the cost of
his sanity and his humanity. He went
crazier and tried once again to kill
Power Pack and kidnap their par-
ents, but when he saw his image in a
window, he flipped out and jumped
off a building into a canyon of fire
and presumably died.
20
BROOD MUTANTS
HARRV Health: 96 Identity: Unknown to the general
Karma: 18 population of Earth
PALMER Resources: Feeble (2) Place of Birth: Unknown
Popularity: 0 Marital Status: Single
STATISTICS Know n Relatives: None
F TY (6) BACKGROUND Base of Operations: Denver, Colo-
A EX (20) Real Name: Harry Palmer rado
S IN (40) Occupation : Paramedic, Alien In- Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu-
E RM (30) vader tants
R TY (6) Legal Status: Citizen of the Un ited Present Group Affiliation:
I TY (6) States with no criminal record , de- ·
P TY (6) ceased
21
KNOWN POWERS tant humans with Brood Eggs, ROLE-PLAYING NOTES -
Brood Infection: Harry Palmer was thereby creating the Brood Mutants. Spitball was dedicated to the destruc-
infected with the Brood Egg and was Harry was found by the X-men, and tion of human and mutant life and the
capable of infecting others. The In- he and the Brood Mutants fought conquest of Earth. However, he was
fection causes the mind of the host them all around the Denver area until willing to retreat when outnumbered
to become Brood-like and the host's the X-men killed them all. or in a bad tactical position.
body to turn into that of a Brood. The
infection takes two full rounds and SPITBALL BRICKBAT
can only be performed on characters
without external Body Armor. It is in- STATISTICS STATISTICS
F GD (10) F GD (10)
effective against characters with a A GD (10) A TY (6)
S RM (30) S MN(75)
Healing Factor. E TY (6) E EX (20)
Body Armor: Like all Brood, Harry R TY (6) R TY (6)
Palmer had Excellent Body Armor. I TY (6) I TY (6)
Claws: All Brood have claws that do P TY (6) p TY (6)
Good damage. Health: 56 Health: 111
Talents: Harry Palmer was a trained Karma: 18 Karma: 18
Paramedic. Resources: Good (10) Resources: Typical (6)
Contacts: Brood Mutants, Josey Popularity: 0 Popularity: 0
Thomas (partner), Denver Fire De-
partment BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Real Name: Robert Delgado Real Name: Unknown
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Unknown
Legal Status: Citizen of the United Legal Status: Unknown
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES States with no criminal record , de- Identity: Unknown
Harry was often confused about ceased Place of Birth: Unknown
whether he was a Brood or a human, Identity: Unknown to the general Marital Status: Unknown
and he often forgot his Brood abili- public Known Relatives: None
ties and motives when not sur- Place of Birth: Unknown Base of Operations: Denver, Colo-
rounded by other Brood. Harry was a Marital Status: Unknown rado
humanitarian dedicated to helping Known Relatives: None Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu-
others before he was turned into a Base of Operations: Denver, Colo- tants
Brood Mutant, b ut he was a cruel rado Present Group Affiliation:
killer after his transformation. Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu-
tants KNOWN POWERS
HISTORY Present Group Affiliation: Body Armor: Like all Brood, Brickbat
had Excellent Body Armor.
Harry Palmer and three of his friends KNOWN POWERS Claws: All Brood have claws that do
(Sally Harding, Norm Belmont, and Flame Breath: Spitball could spit Good damage.
Fran Morrow) were having a picnic in spheres of super-heated plasma that Talents: Unknown
the Rio Diablo Mountains of New exploded on contact with any sur- Contacts: Brood Mutants
Mexico when a Brood spacecraft face, doing Remarkable damage
crashed nearby. The Brood that sur- with a range of 1 area. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
vived the crash ate Harry's friends Body Armor: Like all Brood , Spitball
and infected Harry with a Brood Egg, had Excellent Body Armor. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
making him a prime carrier, able to Claws: All Brood have claws that do Brickbat was a braggart and killer
implant eggs in others. Presumably, Good damage. who delighted in showing off his
the Brood died shortly thereafter. Talents: Spitball had the Lawyer Tal- strength .
ent at a Typical level.
Harry subsequently went around Contacts: Brood Mutants
the Denver area infecting area mu-
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
22
BROOD MUTANTS
TENSION TEMPTRESS sionally uses them to turn her victims
into weapons. She is very much a
STATISTICS STATISTICS team player, often following the lead
F GD (10) F GD (10) of Harry Palmer.
A GD (10) A GD (10)
S RM (30) S RM (30) DIVE BOMBER
E EX (20) E EX (20)
R TY (6) R GD (10) STATISTICS
I TY (6) I GD (10) F EX (20)
P TY (6) P RM (30) A RM (30)
Health: 70 Health: 70 S RM (30)
Karma: 18 Karma: 50 E EX (20)
Resources: Typical (6) Resources: Typical (6)
Popularity: 0 Popularity:O R TY (6)
BACKGROUND BACKGROUND I TY (6)
Real Name: Unknown Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown Occupation: Unknown P TY (6)
Legal Status: Unknown Legal Status: Unknown Health: 100
Identity: Unknown Identity: Unknown Karma: 18
Place of Birth: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown Resources: Typical (6)
Marital Status: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown Popularity: O
Known Relatives: None Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Denver, Colo- Base of Operations: Denver, Colo- BACKGROUND
rado rado Real Name: Unknown
Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu- Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu- Occupation: Unknown
tants tants Legal Status: Unknown
Present Group Affiliation: Present Group Affiliation: Identity: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
KNOWN POWERS KNOWN POWERS Marital Status: Unknown
Stretching Limbs: Tension has the Mind Control: Temptress has Known Relatives: None
Plasticity power at the Remarkable Pheremone-based Mind Control at Base of Operations: Denver, Colo-
level , g iving him/it a range of 3 areas the Remarkable level. Since rado
with its attacks. Temptress's powers are Pheremone- Past Group Affiliation : Brood Mu-
Body Armor: Like all Brood, Tension based, anyone with a sealed system tants
had Excellent Body Armor. (such as Iron Man) or who is non- Present Group Affiliation:
Claws: All Brood have claws that do human (like The Vision) is unaf-
Good damage. fected by her powers. Her powers KNOWN POWERS
Power Stunt: Tension has a Power would, however, affect breathing True Flight: Dive Bomber had wings
Stunt in which it reaches out with its demi-humans like mutants, Kree, that gave him flight at Excellent Air-
tendrils and grabs an opponent and and Asgardians. speed.
then slams the opponent onto the Body Armor: Like all Brood, Tempt- Body Armor: Like all Brood, Dive
ground, doing Amazing damage. ress had Excellent Body Armor. Bomber had Excellent Body Armor.
Talents: Unknown Claws: Temptress had claws that did He also had Monstrous resistance to
Contacts: Brood Mutants Good damage. lightning damage.
Talents: Unknown Claws: Dive Bomber had claws that
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Contacts: Brood Mutants did Good damage.
Talents: Unknown
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Contacts: Brood Mutants
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Tension is a team player, aware of his Temptress usually uses her powers Dive Bomber was sneaky as well as
limitations and willing to let other to pacify her opponents, but occa- cowardly, and was not above endan-
Brood Mutants take over when
things are out of his control.
23
gering innocents or attacking from a wounded foe. Like all Brood Mu- BLINDSIDE
behind if he thought he could gain tants, he was hungry for human blood.
some advantage. STATISTICS
WHIPHAND F GD (10)
LOCKUP A GD (10)
STATISTICS S IN (40)
STATISTICS F EX (20)
F AM (50) A GD (10) E GD (10)
A GD (10) S RM (30)
S RM (30) R TY (6)
E GD (10) E GD(10) I TY (6)
R TY (6) P TY (6)
I TY (6) R TY (6) Health: 70
P TY (6) I TY (6) Karma: 18
Health: 100 P TY (6) Resources: Typical (6)
Karma: 18 Health: 70 Popularity: O
Resources: Typical (6) Karma: 18
Popularity: O Resources: Typical (6) BACKGROUND
Popularity: 0 Real Name: Unknown
BACKGROUND Occupation: Unknown
Real Name: Unknown BACKGROUND Legal Status: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown Real Name: Unknown Identity: Unknown
Legal Status: Unknown Occupation: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown
Identity: Unknown Legal Status: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown Identity: Unknown Known Relatives: None
Marital Status: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown Base of Operations: Denver, Colo-
Known Relatives: None Marital Status: Unknown rado
Base of Operations: Denver, Colo- Known Relatives: None Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu-
rado Base of Operations: Denver, Colo- tants
Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu- rado Present Group Affiliation:
tants Past Group Affiliation: Brood Mu-
Present Group Affiliation: tants KNOWN POWERS
Present Group Affiliation: Teleportation : Blindside had Poor
KNOWN POWERS teleportation (Range of 4 areas.)
Paralysis: Lockup had the power to KNOWN POWERS Body Armor: Like all Brood, Blind-
paralyze a target after he had Energy Arms: Whiphand had the side had Excellent Body Armor.
grabbed it with a successful power to transform his arms into en- Claws: Blindside had claws that did
Strength FEAT roll. The paralysis is ergy bands that could act as hands Good damage.
of Monstrous strength, and requires with stretching abilities of Feeble Talents: Unknown
a Endurance Yellow FEAT roll to rank (1 area range.) Contacts: Brood Mutants
overcome. Body Armor: Like all Brood ,
Body Armor: Like all Brood, Lockup Whiphand had Excellent Body Ar- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
had Excellent Body Armor. mor.
Claws: Lockup had claws that did Claws: Whiphand had claws that did ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Good damage. Good damage. Blindside enjoyed sneaking up on
Talents: Unknown Talents: Unknown normal humans, grabbing them, and
Contacts: Brood Mutants Contacts: Brood Mutants scaring them with his huge teeth. He
gloated that no one would see him
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: until it was too late.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Lockup was a team player who used Whiphand was cruel and a casual
his abilities to put the final touches on killer. He bragged about the super-
iority of Brood Mutants to humans
24 and mutants alike.
~ STATISTICS BUCKY
F EX (20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
A EX (20) Bucky is the loyal sidekick of Captain
America. He worships Cap, who he
s GD (10) thinks of as America's greatest hero,
and he would do anything for him.
E EX (20) He tries his best to. live up to Cap's
R TY (6) ideals, and is brave, loyal, honest,
I GD (10) and true. He is sometimes overcome
p GD (10) with youthful enthusiasm and be-
Health: 70 comes reckless, but he ·is usually
Karma: 26 restrained.
Resources: Typical (6)
Popularity: 75 25
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Bucky Barnes
Occupation: Army Mascot, Adven-
turer
-... Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record, de-
ceased
Identity: Secret, but known to high
officials of the U.S. government
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Unknown
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliation : Partner of
~ Captain America, member of The In-
vaders
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
None
Talents: Bucky has Martial Arts A, B,
and E, as well as the Military talent.
Contacts: Captain America and The
Invaders are close friends of Bucky,
~ and he can count on them for help
whenever he needs it.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
HISTORY
Bucky Barnes was a mascot to the
US Army and accidentally discov-
ered Captain America's identity. He
asked Cap to train him to be his side-
kick, and Cap agreed .
Bucky fought side-by-side with the
Captain and the Invaders for four
years against the fascist forces of
the Axis powers. He died late in the
war while attempting to stop the
launch of a rocket-plane launched by
Baron Zema. Bucky stopped the
plane, which was aimed at London,
but it exploded under him, killing him
instantly.
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BULLET
,....--.... STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A TY (6)
s RM (30)
E RM (30)
R TY (6)
I IN (40)
p TY (6)
Health: 96
Karma: 52
Resources: Good (10)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Federal law-enforce-
ment agent
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Lance (son)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliation: Bullet has
worked for the U.S. government and
for Typhoid Mary.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES His son , an elementary school stu-
Bullet has no superhuman powers, Bullet is a lonely, alienated man who dent, is obsessed with surviving the
but is a man of great strength and makes his living by beating and kill- nuclear holocaust that he is certain
physical toughness. ing others. He is a fairly casual killer, will occur soon. Bullet lives alone,
Power Stunt: He has one established but he is also a devoted father. He and his son lives alone in a separate
Power Stunt; he charges his oppo- dotes on his son and would do any- apartment in Hell's Kitchen . Bullet
nents for Incredible (40) damage. His thing for him, but he doesn't under- drinks beer often and plays pool in
Agility is reduced to Poor when he stand him at all. his spare time.
does this.
Talents: Bullet has the Military tal-
ent.
Contacts: Bullet has worked for the
U.S. Army, and is an agent of an uni-
dentified federal government
agency. He has also worked for Ty-
phoid Mary under duress when she
threatened his son , but there are
some indications that they have de-
veloped a personal relationship.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
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HISTORY
Very little is known about Bullet,
other than the fact that he is a U.S.
government agent and has been for
a long time. He has worked in con-
junction with the Kelco chemical
company on orders from a four-star
general working for the Kingpin. He
has helped a bomber accomplish a
bombing, he has killed a derelict to
frame an ecologist group, and he
has attacked Daredevil for money.
He and Daredevil have recently
reached an accommodation.
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BUSHWACKER
STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A TY (6)
s GD (10)
E IN (40)
R TY (6)
I PR (4)
p PR (4)
Health: 76
Karma: 14
Resources: Poor (4)
Popularity: -10
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation : Killer-for-hire , mutant-
hunter
Legal Status: United States Citizen
with a criminal record.
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth : Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliation : He has
worked for Typhoid Mary.
Present Group Affiliation :
KNOWN POWERS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES HISTORY
Bushwacker doesn 't have any in- The right side of Bushwacker's face
nate powers, but he does have a was disfigured as a result of combat Bushwacker was badly injured in a
number of powerful gadgets and with Daredevil, and he wants re- fight with Daredevil and his face was
weapons . venge against Daredevil, preferably disfigured. Since then , he has dedi-
Gun-Arm: Bushwacker's right fore- something slow and painful. Bush- cated his life to killing and maiming
arm has been replaced by a mechan- wacker is intensely paranoid and has Daredevil, slowly and painfully. He
ical prosthesis that can transform an unbelievable tolerance for pain . worked with Typhoid Mary to this
into a gun (Incredible damage). This end.
transformation takes one round and
makes lots of noise (RRRRR CLICK!
CLANK! CLANK!).
Flamethrower: Bushwacker carries a
Flamethrower which does Amazing
damage over 2 adjacent areas.
Talents: Bushwacker has Military
talent.
Contacts: Bushwacker has worked
for Typhoid Mary.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
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30
.~~~~-- ----------~----==:-:~---~-- - -
Il,:~-~-.=.- ----- ~---~--·----------,.~~ I- :CHA'.MELEON
-=- ---=-~~~
------------ -· - - c -- -- - -
.---.._ STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A GD (10)
s GD (10)
E GD (10)
R EX (20)
I RM (30)
p RM (30)
Health: 40
Karma: 80
Resources: Incredible (40)
Popularity: - 10 or per identity
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Professional criminal,
ivory trader
Legal Status: Unknown
Identity: Secret
-..... Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of
Kraven the Hunter
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS conscious for 1-10 hours. reverted to another shape, such as a
Imitation: He has the Incredible abil- Knockout gas: A small aerosol can different likeness or his normal white
~ ity to assume the appearance of any- emits a cloud of Excellent potency. mask. This change took 2 turns.
one he chooses, includi ng The cloud is potent up to 1O' away. Colorshift clothing: His original cloth-
pigmentation, hair, and body shape. Victims fall asleep for 1-1 O hours. ing was made of a special fabric that
He requires his Computer Belt to Smoke Bomb: Remarkable intensity changed to another color when
trigger this power. If he loses the belt, opaque mist fills 40' radius. sprayed with a special gas. The
he reverts to his normal, dead-white change took 2 turns.
form . Any change takes 2 turns. It is In his early career, he depended on Talents: Master of Disguise, Espio-
unknown whether this procedure these devices: nage, Politics, and Business Admin-
can change his apparent gender. Mask: Chameleon originally used istration. He is an Explosives expert
Computer Belt: This serves three masks that could be formed into a and a good Marksman with his air-
~ functions. A video scanner records a life-like copy of a chosen person 's pistol.
person 's overall appearance and face. When Chameleon sprayed it Contacts: Chameleon was Kraven's
feeds that information into a visual with a special gas, it dissolved and agent for selling ivory and animal
synthesizer that interpolates the rest
of the person's appearance. Its 31
memory banks can store hundreds
of such images. When an image is
called up via a code tapped on the
belt's keypad, subtle electrical sig-
nals trigger changes in the Chame-
leon's body and pigmentation. A
secondary signal alters the appear-
ance of his clothing.
Memory Material: Chameleon's
clothing is made of a special fabric
that can reshape and recolor itself in
2 turns. The change is triggered by
his computer belt.
..--._ Knockout darts: He carries a small
airpistol that fires darts up to 40'. The
darts contain an Excellent potency
anaesthetic that knocks a victim un-
-- •1
I• I
- - - - -- _I
skins. While in disguise, he has ac- equipment to work. _---.
cess to the contacts of whoever he is
impersonating. He developed a long-range plan
ADDITIONAL NOTES: HISTORY composed of a series of seemingly
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES The Chameleon is one of Spider- unrelated acts. The first stag~ was
Chameleon is dedicated to seeking Man's earliest foes. He originally
revenge against the entire United used his skills at espionage and dis- gaining financial power during which
States for his earlier defeats. He in- guise to obtain secret plans and gov-
tends to trigger its economical and ernment documents. Despite the he assumed the identities of a series
political collapse. He was impetuous basic soundness of his plots, he was
in his early career, but he has out- defeated by Spider-Man. Chame- of millionaire investors and industri-
grown this. Now he is patient; if a plot leon retaliated with more plots
fails, he will walk away from it. In his alists. While in their identities, he
words, "if at first you don't succeed, against Spider-Man : plans that even-
find the nearest airport." tually dissolved into simple criminal- transferred their assets into the new
ity, but even these were thwarted.
The Chameleon is not normally a Chameleon varied his tactics by en- organization he was building . Next,
killer. He usually kidnaps a person he ticing the obsessive big-game hunter
wants to impersonate, then makes Kraven into traveling to New York in he assumed the identity of notable
sure his subject is safely stashed search of the biggest game of all,
away but otherwise unharmed. If cir- Spider-Man. scientists and plundered their labs
cumstances prevent this, he kills
with a bomb that renders the victim's In the following years, Chameleon for industrial secrets he could sell to·
corpse unrecognizable. retreated into the shadows. He con-
tinued to sell the skins and ivory that foreign competitors and thus dull
Kraven collected from the animals U.S. technological advantages. He
he slaughtered.
also built connections with orga-
Recently, Chameleon became ac-
tive again. After months of contem- nized crime, in order to gain the as-
plation, he, regained his personal
sistance he needed. During these
focus and dedicated himself anew to
his long-neglected dream of destroy- stages, he assumed the identities of ,
ing the United States. He used his
wealth to finance the development of Roland Carson and William Dukane ,
a unique serum . This drug trans-
formed his body into featureless, col- two business rivals, and Or. Edmund
orless, but completely malleable
flesh. By means of controlled electri- Debevic, a leader in superconductiv-
cal impulses, this new flesh could re-
shape and recolor itself into any ity research. It was during his at-
likeness he chose. He also devel-
oped his computer control belt and a tempt to impersonate and kill Dr.
video scanner that would enable his
Debevic that Spider-Man discovered
the Chameleon was active again.
Spider-Man's interference
prompted the next phase, in which
Chameleon kidnapped and replaced ,,---.....,
J. Jonah Jameson. His intention was
to manipulate public opinion, under-
mine confidence in political institu-
tions , promote apathy and cynicism ,
and especially discredit Spider-Man.
To this last goal , he has promoted
Nick Katzenberg's photos that only
show Spider-Man in questionable
acts. As Jameson, he spreads accu-
sations about Spider-Man while, .-.....
suppressing complimentary or ex-
planatory stories.
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' -- ~ . -- - --
. - -- - - - - -- - CHANCE
..
STATISTICS play screens. What appear to be the basic location of obstacles up
goggles are in fact an opaque frame- to 10 areas away. This information
F GD (10) work for a variety of video screens is displayed on a circular screen
A RM (30) and instrument displays. on his display panel.
• Systems Monitoring: Other
s GD (10) • Circular vision: Five video cam- gauges and lights tell him the sta-
eras feed monitor screens in his tus of his ammunition, laser
E RM (30) faceplate with separate views for charge, and power level.
R RM (30) ahead, 90 degrees left, 90 de- • Protected Vision: While wearing
I RM (30) grees right, straight up, and the helmet, he is immune to most
p GD (10) straight back. His only blind spot is light or sight-based attacks, un-
Health: 80 directly under his feet. less such attacks can be con-
Karma: 70 • Infrared Vision: Good ability to veyed by television.
Resources: Excellent (20) see thermal emissions or see in Power Pack: The backpack contains
Popularity: - 5 the dark. 20 charges for the wrist blasters and
Real Name: Nicholas Powell • Radar: Good radar gives him 33
Occupation: Mercenary
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with crimi-
nal record as Chance
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: A penthouse in
Manhattan
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Ankle Jets: He can hover or fly at up
to Good airspeed (120 mph).
Wrist Blasters: Golden bracelets
contain two weapons systems. A
dartgun is mounted on the back of
the bracelet and a variable-setting
plasma generator is concealed
within . The bracelets are designed to
fit under normal clothing and appear
to be harmless albeit gaudy jewelry.
• Laser-Remarkable damage at
a 4-area range. He can fire 20
such blasts without recharging.
• Concussive Blast-Remark-
able damage in open areas, In-
cred ible damage in confined
spaces. Each blast requires a dou-
ble charge. The maximum range
is 1 area. The blast radius is 40'.
• Acid Darts-glass darts filled with
one quarter-ounce of Excellent in-
tensity acid. These have a range of
2 areas and may be fired one per
second. There are 30 darts in each
bracelet's ammo clip.
• Cellular Telephone: A radio tele-
phone is contained in his bracelet
and connected to his home com-
puter and answering machine. He
can activate it by a verbal code; or-
der it to sort calls, dial numbers, etc.
Cybernetic Helmet: Chance's helmet
contains a variety of sensors and dis-
the power supply for his helmet sys- clients are primarily criminal opera- convinced the Black Fox to return ,.-..
tems and ankle jets. The pack con- tions, he might work for legitimate or- the jewel he'd been trying to fence.
veys th is power into the suit by gan izations if the wager is high Chance barely avoided arrest when
cables linking the pack and the hel- enough and there is an acceptable he was left for the police by Spider-
met. If these cables are damaged, risk of arrest. Man.
Chance suffers an electrical shock
that stuns him for 10-100 turns un- HISTORY His next major job came when he
less he makes a Red Endurance was hired by industrialist Carlton
FEAT. Chance was a compulsive gam- Drake and the Life Foundation to as-
Talents: He has Remarkable Rea- bler who felt that only great risks sist their plan to build the ultimate
son in Gambling and Weapons de- gave life any thrill. He led a life of in- survivalist shelter, Sanctum Maxi-
sign . He is skilled in Acrobatics, creasing danger, progressing from mus. Chance was hired to steal
Marksmanship, and Flying (using his gambling with money to gambling weapons for Sanctum Maximus's
ankle jets). with his life in mercenary adven- police force. He was betrayed when
Contacts: None tures. He developed a unique com- the Life Foundation decided to pry
bat suit that enabled him to pursue the secret of his wrist blasters away
ADDITIONAL NOTES: his new career as the super- from him. Although Chance probably
mercenary Chance. would have given them the informa-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES tion in trade, he resented giving it
Chance is a gambler who will con- One of Chance's trademarks is away under duress. Although
stantly make wagers, even in the that he does not charge for his serv- Chance was tortured, his sheer stub-
middle of combat. He believes life is ices but rather bets against his em- borness kept him from revealing his
dull at best, and is only made tolera- ployers. If he can carry out the job, armor's secrets. When Spider-Man
ble by risks. As a mercenary, he will they owe him; if not, he forfeits a sim- tracked Chance down, the merce-
do anything for the right fee: theft, ilar sum to them. Typical wagers in- nary and the super-hero entered into
assasination, etc. Despite his work clude $5000 for simple theft, a temporary alliance to destroy
as an assassin, Chance is not a ca- $ 10,000 for assassination , and Sanctum Maximus and defeat the
sual killer. He only kills people he is $20,000 for a major theft. Life Foundation. Although the alli-
paid to kill. ance did not change their antagonis-
Chance entered Spider-Man 's life tic relationship, at least Chance ,.---...
He may have a criminal record as when the Foreigner hired him to kill offered Spider-Man a lift home to
Chance; his true identity of Nicholas Andre, a fence specializing in gems Manhattan.
Powell is still a secret. Although his and rare metals. Spider-Man discov-
ered the murder moments after Since that time, Chance has con-
Chance had left the site. Observing tinued to pursue his peculiar career,
the superhero from the shadows, although he now takes more care
Chance wagered the Foreigner that when dealing with new clients. In
he could kill Spider-Man in 24 hours. honor of Spider-Man's help, he is
He used the Black Fox, a jewel thief avoiding jobs that might involve him,
trying to retire, as bait to seek out at least until fortune should link their
Spider-Man . He ultimately failed to paths again . He also has the linger- .....---..
kill Spider-Man, but he accidentally ing problem of Drake. His ex-client is
after him for revenge and for the se-
cret of Chance's weaponry.
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_..._ STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A RM (30)
s RM (30)
E RM (30)
R RM (30)
I TY (6)
p EX (20)
Health: 96
Karma: 56
Resources: Poor (4)
Popularity: 5
Real Name: Dr. Stephen Beckley
Occupation: Astrophysicist, astro-
naut
Legal Status: U.S. citizen
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Widower
Known Relatives: Ann (wife, de-
ceased) , Jack (father, deceased),
John (brother), Rosemary (sister),
Benny (son)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Friend of
Fantastic Four
Present Group Affiliation :
KNOWN POWERS of this power, he must make a Red only functions when his life is threat-
FEAT to use it. ened, at which time he teleports to a
Animal Control: By " thought- random, familiar spot.
pitching," he has the Typical ability Telepathy: His Unearthly ability has a Costume: His coverall provides him
to entice animals to perform simple range of 16,000 miles . Due to his in- with Amazing protection from energy
tasks. A successful use of this power complete mastery of this power, he attacks and the extreme conditions
must make a Red FEAT to use it. He of deep space. When it is exposed to
also forms a Sensory Link with the subconsciously monitors any a vacuum , the hood immediately
animal. thoughts hostile to him. By means of covers the head. The hood also im-
a Yellow FEAT, he receives a flash of mediately recycles the wearer's
Flight: His Unearthly speed enables such thoughts. breath into fresh oxygen.
him to travel at 600 mph in air and Teleport Self: Incredible range of 2.5 Talents: He is a trained astronaut,
million miles. Due to his incomplete astrophysicist, and astronomer. His
40,000 mph in space. If he is in a control of this power, he must wear Reason is Incredible in these areas.
hurry, he automatically teleports to his cybernetic amplifier if he wants to Contacts: He is a friend and col-
his destination. use this power. Normally, the power
35
Healing: Remarkable ability to per-
form " psychic surgery" on himself
and heal damage.
Levitation: Typical ability to hover in
place or drift with the wind .
Mental Probe: Remarkable ability to
probe the mind of even unwilling
subjects.
Plasma Generation: His "energy
spheres" do Incredible damage at a
range of 1 area.
Sensory Link: Typical ability to share
the sensory impressions of animals
within his sight.
Telekinesis: Remarkable ability to in-
directly handle up to 2000 pounds.
Telelocation: Incredible ability to lo-
cate a specific person within 250
miles. Due to his incomplete mastery
---~- ---- ----- ------- -~-- ------- ~- ~~----~
- -- ---~ --- -~---·-·. --. --~~I
- - ----------- - - - - --
league of Reed Richards and the ture to send Firewatch, a manned agents.
Fantastic Four. Nick Fury and module, into Halley's Comet as it ap- John commanded Hilbert to inter-
SHIELD may help him against the proached Earth in 1987.
Bridge. Max and the Fortesquians cept and forcibly return Max and the
will assist his training and survival. The mission proceeded smoothly. Fortesque ship to Earth . John be-
Stephen was alone in Firewatch as lieved that the Fortesquian technol-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: he approached the comet. Suddenly, ogy would give him superpowers.
the comet changed course and drew
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Firewatch into its tail. The comet Enraged at Hilbert's betrayal,
The Comet Man is usually the victim emitted unusual radiations that dis- Stephen broke free of his captors. Al-
of others' plans to use him or his integrated the ship. though shot several times, he instinc-
powers. He is not a violent man and tively destroyed the lab and most of
will not willingly use his powers to Everyone assumed that Stephen the personnel. Faced with ruthless
harm others. Rather, he uses his died in the explosion. To his surprise, guards out to kill him, Stephen tried to
powers to defend himself or others, he awoke in an alien spaceship oper- disintegrate himself.
preferably by nonviolent methods. ated by an ivory-skinned humanoid
named Max. Max explained that he In a dream, he saw his family dead
HISTORY was from the Fortesquians, a race and being buried by John, a man he
that pursued information on behalf of did not yet know existed. Stephen re-
Stephen Beckley was the second the Beyonders. They pursued peri- moved a spear that jutted painfully
of three children born to Jack Beck- odic surveillance fly-bys of the Earth from his side. He awoke in his fa-
ley and his wife. Unbeknownst to the in a ship that humans had mistak- ther's fishing cabin , healed and hold-
rest of the family, his mother had enly named Halley's Comet. Max ing a bloody bullet. In the peace and
borne a son, John, before her mar- had spotted the unexpected Fire- isolation, he further honed his abili-
riage to Jack and given the child up watch and changed course to look at ties and formulated a plan to rescue
for adoption . Stephen and Rose- it. When he realized he had acciden- his family. He didn't know that Ann
mary grew up in luxury while their tally disintegrated a human, he used had died trying to escape the Bridge.
abandoned brother became a bitter his ship's equipment to gather up all
child raised in a series of foster of Stephen 's molecules. When he re- Reed Richards owed Stephen for
homes and orphanages. stored Stephen to life using Fortes- his assistance in early Fantastic
quian anatomy for a model, Stephen Four cases. Reed used his facilties
John eventually found a home in was somewhat changed. Max gave to develop Stephen's powers and his
the covert operations. When he be- him a protective coverall and offered connections to learn more about
came head of The Bridge, he used him a ride back to Fortesque. Stephen's family and enemies. With
its facilities to discover his past. Reed 's help, Stephen teleported to
When he discovered his family's ex- Stephen declined and suddenly his wife's side. He was nearly driven
istence and was then rejected by his found himself floating in space as mad when he discovered he was in
father, John swore revenge. When the comet sped away from him. her grave.
Jack died in a plane crash in 1981,
no one realized it was the result of Stephen quickly discovered that By the time Reed had recovered
sabotage. he was alive and had superpowers. Stephen, Nick Fury called with the
He began to fly toward Earth. As he true history of the Beckley family and
Steven studied astronomy and as- hit the atmosphere and began to ex- John 's existence and vendetta
trophysics and received a doctorate perience friction , he suddenly tele- against his kin. When the Thing tried
in both fields. In 1978, he met and ported into his office at NASA. to console Stephen , he triggered an
eventually married Ann, an astro- angry release of the energy spheres
naut in the Space Shuttle program. His return was kept secret at the that demolished the lab. Reed gave
When she bore their son Benny, she insistence of Dr. David Hilbert, Stephen a cybernetic amplifer head-
retired to join Stephen on the Ed- former ambassador and acting liai- band that enabled him to con-
mund Project, a joint MIT-NASA ven- son between MIT and NASA. Un- sciously control his teleportation .
known to Stephen, Hilbert was still in
love with Ann and had seen On Earth , Hilbert faced John for
Stephen's presumed death as an op- the final time. John decided that
portunity to woo her. No one knew he since he already had enough knowl-
was also Chief of Operations for the edge of the Fortesquan technology,
Bridge. Hilbert ordered Stephen in he could blow the ship up with nu-
quarantine, where initial tests were clear weapons the commandoes had
conducted to discover Stephen's provided . Although Hilbert tried to
abilities and the extent of Max's stop John, he was killed .
equipment and plans.
In the last second before the deto-
That night, Stephen was drugged nation, Max suddenly realized the
by Hilbert for transportation to the blast was about to occur. He grabbed
Bridge's research labs at Langley, Stephen's hand. Whether they tele-
Virginia. Ann and Benny were simul- ported away is unknown at this time,
taneously kidnapped by other Bridge as are their current locations, condi-
tions, and plans.
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~--~--~-----------~--~-- -~~-----~------ - - -~-- ·---- -
~ -- CREDIT'- C 'ARD SOLDIER
i~~~---- - -~---- ~-- - • _ _ _- ~ - -
- - -- - - -- - - -- -
STATISTICS
Normal In Armor
F EX (20) IN (40)
A GD (10) EX (20)
S GD (10) RM (30)
E EX (20) IN (40)
R TY (6) TY (6)
I TY (6) TY (6)
P TY (6) TY (6)
Health: 60/130
Karma: 18/18
Resources: Good (10)
Popularity: 1( - 5)
BACKGROUND
Real Name: various
Occupation: Mercenaries
Legal Status: U.S. citizens
Identity: Secret
Birthplace: various
Armor Built By: "Sergei"
Marital Status: various
Known Relatives: N.A.
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Employees
of Titanium Man (Bullski)
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS cal material strength. Transformation Lifeform Detection: Typical rank;
The Credit Card armor gives the fol- to or from the carded state takes 1 range 3 areas.
lowing powers to its wearer: turn. The change can be triggered by Radio: An in-suit transceiver is capa-
Fighting: + 2CS; max. Incredible a radio transmitter at a range of 25 ble of suit-to-suit communications
Agility: + 1CS; max. Remarkable miles. While in the carded state, the and monitoring police band trans-
Strength: + 2CS; max. Remarkable wearer is suspended in stasis and missions. The Good rank transceiver
Endurance: +2CS; max. Remark- completely helpless. If the card is has a range of 10 miles.
able damaged, the subject cannot be re- Laser: Each armor suit was
Body Armor: The armor's steel alloy stored to his original state. equipped with a handheld pulse-
construction gives the wearer Re- Rocket: Bootjets enable the armor to laser rifle of Incredible material
markable protection against physical fly at Good airspeed (105 mph) for strength. This rifle has variable set-
attack and Incredible protection 20 rounds before the fuel is ex- tings and a range of 8 areas. Set-
against energy attacks, including ex- hausted. tings allow the rifle to:
treme temperatures and hard radia- Energy Detection: Typical rank,
tion. range 3 areas. • Melt material of Excellent
Battle Computer: Onboard reference strength or less.
computers give the wearer Incredi-
ble Reason when identifying targets 37
and analyzing their history, abilities,
and probable tactics. The computer
takes 2 turns to anal.yze and identify
a target and suggest tactics. If a tar-
get is previously unknown, the com-
puter will suggest the nearest known
superhuman.
"Card Shuffle": A combination of
Shapechange and Suspended Ani-
mation. Both the armor and its
wearer are transformed into a plastic
card similar in size and appearance
to a credit card, hence the name of
this armor. The cards possess Typi-
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.,_ --::;.._ _ _ _ _ _ - - ________.... ::::JICll'=::,__ __ --- -·- - - - -----~~-......_
- • -~
• Deliver kinetic blasts of Excel- HISTORY major portion of American financial
lent force but no heat damage; records would be disrupted and the
area of effect is 50' diameter The Credit Card Soldier armor was national econmomy plunged into
sphere. developed by the expatriate Soviet chaos.
• Deliver Excellent heat damage scientist known only as Sergei. The
against a single target. project was a KGB operation over- Sit and alien adventurer Beta Ray
Talents: The original Credit Card seen by Boris Bullski , the Titanium Bill fought the GLF and the Com-
Soldiers were veterans of the U.S. Man. Sergei 's cooperation was mander. During the battle, Sergei
armed forces in Vietnam. They pos- achieved by threats to his parents learned his parents were dead. In re-
sess Military skills and jungle war- who still lived in the U.S.S.R. Sergei venge, he exposed the Titanium
fare. developed both the armor's design Man's identity. The GLF was happy
Contacts: Military contacts and pos- and the "credit card" technology to act as thieves but were angered
sibly the armor's builder, Sergei. that gave the armor its special trick. that they had been made communist
This was a means of transforming dupes. They turned on the Titanium
ADDITIONAL NOTES: the armor and its wearer into a small Man. Faced with certain destruction,
card and then restoring them to their the Titanium Man escaped via a tele-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES original state. Either transformation portation device in his armor. His at-
The original Credit Card Soldiers was triggered by a special signal oms reassembled at his
were disgruntled Vietnam veterans. sent by a remote control device. This headquarters in the form of the char-
They are patriotic but annoyed at the device was also incorporated into acteristic "credit card." Sergei later
way they were treated after the war. Bullski 's Titanium Man armor. took the card and simply tore it in
Despite their willingness to partici- two, presumably killing Bullski or at
pate in grand larceny, they will refuse Bullski used a holographic projec- least preventing him from returning
to perform anti-American acts. As tor to disguise his armor and assume to his original form.
they say, " We may be thieves and the identity of "the Commander." He
criminals, but by heaven we're recruited a band of disaffected Viet- Sergei gave the authorities a con-
AMERICAN thieves and criminals! " nam War veterans, men who felt be- trol device for activating the credit
trayed by their country's apparent card transformation. Beta Ray Bill
They retain their old military disci- abandon of them after the war's end. gave the GLF a simple choice: aban-
pline and skills. While acting as Under the Commander's guidance, don the armor or be carded perma-
Credit Card Soldiers, they refer to they formed the ironically-named nently. Bill allowed the GLF five
each other by rank and a color co- Green Liberation Front, an organiza- minutes to flee the area. Presum-
dename. They specialize in hitting tion dedicated to life, liberty, and the ably, the former GLF members are
hard and fast before their victims can pursuit of a lot of money. The Com- still at large, though without their ar-
get their bearings. They rely on their mor, they are relatively harmless.
inboard computers for target identifi- mander provided them with copies of
cation and combat advice. Sergei's freshly built armor and sent The police recovered the carded
them to raid the Wall Street financial armor and took possession of the
district, ostensibly to steal as much control module. Neither the current
money as they could . They hit the location of these suits or Sergei's lo-
New York Federal Bank first, then the cation are known at this time. The
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, GLF base remains secret and may
two targets that would yield massive presumably now be in Sergei's pos-
amounts of cash. They didn't realize session. The base contains auto-
that they were merely acting as mated manufacturing facilities, high
pawns in the Titanium Man's plot. He tech labs, and the plans to build
intended to plant a computer feed- more Credit Card Armor suits.
back impulser that would overload all
computers hooked to the Federal Re- Note: Sergei's design was appar-
serve's computer network. Thus, a ently original. During the " Iron
Wars" in which Iron Man systemati-
cally destroyed all armor that used
his designs, these suits were left
alone.
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STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A EX (20)
s GD (10)
E RM (30)
R TY (6)
I GD (10)
p GD (10)
Health: 80
Karma: 26
Resources: Excellent (20)
Popularity: 1 (1 Oduring WWII)
Real Name: Frank Bohannan
Occupation: Government agent
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with crimi-
nal record (paroled)
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth : Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Washington
D.C.
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of
Stonewall and Super Sabre, mem-
ber of Freedom Force
Present Group Affiliation:
~ KNOWN POWERS
None
EQUIPMENT:
Costume: Provides Excellent protec-
tion from physical attacks and Good
protection from heat and cold.
Daggers: He carries four steel dag-
gers in sheaths behind his neck.
These do Good damage and can be
~ thrown accurately up to 20'.
Revolver: .454 Casull with 5-bullet
cylinder. It has Typical range. He car-
ries three armor-piercing (1O points
damage) and two rubber bullets
(Good Slugfest damage) in the cylin-
der.
Utility Belt: Ten pouches carry a vari- • Smoke bomb: Excellent inten- OSS, and the early CIA. From 1956
to the recent past, he only had con-
ety of useful items. The belt buckle sity, covers 1 area. tacts with his allies Stonewall and
Super Sabre. His current job with the
conceals a 50' reel of fine wire and a • Tear gas: Typical intensity, cov- Freedom Force has restored some
contacts with the government.
hook. Among the other items are: ers 40' square foot area. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
• Flash grenades: Amazing inten- Talents: He is trained in Martial Arts 39
sity; temporary blindness for any- B, C, and E, Wrestling , Thrown Ob-
one facing the flash. jects (especially knives), Acrobatics,
• Incendiary grenade: Typical in- Tumbling, Marksmanship,
tensity. Espionage/Detection, Weapons
• Lockpicks and skeleton keys Mastery, and Tracking. He has a ba-
• Mini-torch: Oxyacetelene sic knowledge of German and Rus-
flame, Remarkable intensity. sian.
• Plastic explosive and timer: In- Contacts: If the adventure occurs
credible damage to a single target. during the period 1941-1955, he has
Timer can be set for 24 hours. contacts with the U.S. military, FBI,
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I
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES McCarthy inquisitions, the Crimson possession, they mistook her for a --
During WWII adventures, the Crim- Commando's crusade attacked in- looter and hence a criminal for the
son Commando is a valiant crusader nocent people with increasing fre- slaughter.
against the Axis, although he is quency. The government considered
somewhat jealous of better known transferring him to the Korean war- Storm was released along with a
superhumans. In his modern-day zone, but felt that the inclusion of su- drug pusher. In the hunt that fol-
vigilante career, he believes his ruth- perhumans in the conflict could lowed, she had the chance to be-
less extermination of criminals escalate into WWlll. In truth , Crim- head Super Sabre. Since she did
strikes fear in the survivors and son Commando was becoming an not, she caused the Crimson Com-
makes the police's job easier. Even if embarassment. The government fi- mando and Stonewall to begin to
he later discovers that he was wrong nally ordered the Crimson Com- doubt the validity of the vigilantism.
in his actions, he believes that his ul- mando into retirement and quietly Still, Bohannan was able to rational-
timate goal justifies criminal acts. destroyed any trace of ever working ize the continuation of the hunt.
for them. When Storm saved Stonewall from
Although he might feel jealousy to- drowning, the Crimson Commando
ward Captain America I, he might Bohannan felt angry and rejected. returned the favor by killing the drug
feel sympathetic toward John Walker He was too much a patriot to openly pusher who was about to kill Storm.
(a.k.a. Captain America IV, Super- challenge his government's orders.
Patriot, and now U.S.Agent). Instead, he and his companions re- She challenged him to single com-
tired to a lodge bordering bat. In the fierce battle , they were
HISTORY Adirondack State Park in upstate evenly matched. Still, Storm tri-
New York and exorcising their fury by umphed and dictated her terms. The
Frank Bohannon was a patriot who hunting big game. Crimson Commando and his allies
was so inspired by Captain America were ordered to surrender to the po-
that he adopted a similar identity, It was not an easy retirement. As lice and confess their crimes or she
that of the Crimson Commando. Dur- the 1950s gave way to the 60's and would hunt them and execute them
ing WWII, he operated in a variety of then the ?O's, society changed in herself. Stonewall convinced him
the theatres, whether on the home- ways Bohannan detested. He saw that it was better to surrender to the
front confronting fifth columnists and society collapsing into a morass of law and have the chance to explain
saboteurs or battling behind enemy crime and perversion. Finally, the trio their actions in court. The next day,
lines. He was joined by Stonewall decided the time had come for their they surrendered.
and Super Sabre, two men with ac- return , albeit secret. They waged a
tual superpowers. Together, they covert war within society against the The trial never occurred. Dr. Vale-
formed a second-string "Invaders/ criminals they perceived as destroy- rie Cooper of the Commission on
All-Winners Squad." ing it. They adopted the tactic of
identifying and kidnapping crimi- Super-Human Affairs arranged for
Despite his enthusiasm, the Crim- nals, then spiriting them away to Stonewall and the Crimson Com-
son Commando was never as well their rural lodge. There, the crimi- mando to be paroled to her custody.
known or well connected as Captain nals were released and hunted. She ordered them to join Freedom
America. This caused him some feel- There were never any survivors. Force.
ings of jealousy and resentment, but
he carried on his fight. After the war, It is unknown how many people They were soon joined by their
he continued to battle anyone he the trio killed nor is it known how friend, Super Sabre, whom they had
considered a foe of the United many may have been innocent of believed killed in a landslide while
States. As the anti-communist hyste- any real crimes beyond offending hunting Storm. The trio soon over-
ria of the McCarthy era increased, the Crimson Commando's sensibili- came the contempt of the younger,
the Crimson Commando reveled in ties. It is known that the trio's private mutant members of the Freedom
his homefront battles against per- Force. The experience has proven
ceived Communist agents. Like the hunt came to an end when they mis- good for the Crimson Commando.
took Storm for a criminal. They had He now has the chance to serve his
found her unconscious at the still- country by battling its foes in open,
smoldering ruins of the home of Jean government-sanctioned combat. He
Grey's parents. Since Storm had is also continuing to open his mind to
some of their household goods in her greater tolerance.
40
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I.
CROSSFIRE
I - - -- - - -- -
STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A RM (30)
s GD (10)
E EX (20)
R EX (20)
I EX (20)
p EX (20)
Health: 90
Karma: 60
Resources: Typical (6)
Popularity : - 3
Real Name: William Cross
Occupation : ex-CIA agent, merce-
nary
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with crimi-
nal record
Identity: Known to authorities
Place·of Birth : Madison, Wisconsin
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Darren (cousin)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation :
KNOWN POWERS Espionage, Computers, and theoret- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
All of Crossfire's powers are the re- ical and applied Ultrasonics. Crossfire is a mercenary villain who
sult of his equipment and bionic im- Contacts: Various criminal groups, opposes superheroes because of
plants. mercenaries, CIA contacts, and sci- their potential interference with his
Infrared Vision : a bionic left eye gives entists who specialize in mind- plans . His overall plans are to regain
him Excellent vision in light or dark. control. his equipment and resources; de-
Hyper-hearing: The audio sensor stroy Earth 's superheroes; and con-
that replaced his left ear gives him ADDITIONAL NOTES quer the world for profit. He is an
Incredible hearing. It can also be able long-range planner but he often
used to provide Incredible resist- stumbles over immediate difficulties.
ance to sound-based attacks.
Uniform: His costume's special fab- He is currently nearly penniless,
ric gives him Good protection from hence, his plots are extremely low-
physical attacks and Excellent pro- budget affairs.
tection from heat or cold-based at-
tacks. 41
Mind Control Equipment: His sonic
inventions give him Monstrous Mind
Control. Subjects are filled with in-
tense hatred and violence. Victims
failing a Psyche FEAT will attack ev-
eryone in range until the machine is
shut off or the victim removed from
its effect. This equipment has a
range of 2 areas.
Miscellaneous Equipment: Pouches
in his costume conceal a variety of
items like gas masks, surveillance
bugs, and single-shot weapons
(treat as cheap handguns).
Protected Senses: Incredible resist-
ance to sound-based mind-control.
Talents: Crossfire has Martial Arts B
and E, Marksmanship, Detective/
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- . - ---- - - - --- ,. ~"':-..._ ~
HISTORY men who had injured him and elimi- cousin, Darren Cross. Learning that
nated them personally. He then used the Avenger Hawkeye was employed
William Cross joined the Central In- his wealth to finance a cybernetic as a security guard at CTE, Crossfire
telligence Agency with the intention eye and ear for himself.
to learn the secrets of the trade and devised a plan to use Hawkeye,
to make contacts that might some- Crossfire eventually decided the whom he believed to be the weakest
day prove useful. Specializing in in- existence of superhumanly powerful of the crimefighters, as bait to lure
formation gathering and extraction, crimefighters posed a threat to his
Cross worked with scientists within operations. He poured his monetary other superhumans into his brain-
the origanization to develop an ex- resources into the refinement of his
tremely effective means of brain- ultrasonic brainwashing device with washing machine. To capture Hawk-
washing people with ultrasonics. which he hoped to brainwash all su- eye, Crossfire hired a trio of
Quitting the CIA soon after. Cross perhumans into battling one another
used his skills and resources to be- to the death. To test the effective- costumed criminals: the Silencer,
gin a number of highly profitable ness of his machine, he arranged to Oddball, and Bombshell. Although
criminal operations including drug kidnap the Thing. Coincidentally, the
trafficking, extortion, and assassina- Thing 's plight was witnessed by they managed to take Hawkeye and
tions. Assuming the codename Moon Knight, who in his guise as
Crossfire, he diverted a portion of his Marc Spector, had known Crossfire his companion Mockingbird captive,
profits to hire a small army of merce- during his CIA days. Together, Moon
naries. Crossfire's goal was to fer- Knight and the Thing managed to Hawkeye escaped and brought
ment disorder and subversion within destroy the prototype of Crossfire's Crossfire and his henchmen to jus-
society in order to make a profit. machine and defeat his private army. tice. Crossfire's equipment was con-
Crossfire escaped. fiscated and his ties to CTE severed.
At one point in his career, certain
of his enemies booby-trapped his Despite the setback, Crossfire be- Crossfire was freed from prison by
headquarters. The ensuing explo- gan work on the construction of a the Death-Throws, a group of crimi-
sion robbed him of an eye and an new, advanced model of his ultra- nal jugglers including his former
ear. Crossfire eventually located the sonic brainwashing device. He ar-
ranged to have certain components henchmen Oddball and Bombshell.
constructed at Cross Technological
Enterprises, a firm founded by his The Death-Throws had been prom-
ised a sizable fee for their efforts and
were angered to discover that Cross-
fire had no money. Crossfire found
himself being used as bait in the
Death-Throws ' own plot against
Hawkeye and Captain America. The
trap failed , and Crossfire found him-
self in prison once again .
42
....-... STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A EX (20)
S GD (10)
E EX (20)
R GD (10)
I GD (10)
P TY (6)
Health: 60
Karma: 26
Resources: Excellent (20)
Popularity: 15 (80 among lnhu-
mans)
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Crystal Amaquelin Max-
imoff
...,--- Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: Citizen of Attilan
ldenthy: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Attilan Island, North
Atlantic Ocean
Marital Status: Married (Pietro)
Known Relatives: Luna (daughter),
Medusa (sister), Quelin (father), Am-
bur (mother), Karnak and Triton
(cousins)
~ Base of Operations: Attilan (Blue
Area of the Moon), Four Freedoms
Plaza (NYC)
Past Group Affiliations: lnhumans,
Fantastic Four
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS Weakness: Like all lnhumans, she + 1CS on such FEATS.
Matter Animation (all forms): Crystal has an allergy to air pollutants. Nor-
possesses the Monstrous ability to mally, Crystal must make a Red En- Contacts: The lnhumans, Fantastic
telekinetically manipulate matter at a durance FEAT each week she is on Four, and Avengers.
molecular level. Her control is limited Earth. Failure to do so makes her in- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
to the four classical "elements" of creasingly ill. The allergy can be
nature; fire, water, earth, and air. counteracted by taking an antidote 43
devised by Mr. Fantastic.
• Fire Generation of Excellent in- Weakness: She can use a single
tensity within 5 areas. power for only an hour or a variety of
• Negating fires of Remarkable powers for 45 minutes.
intensity or less within 5 areas. Talents: She is familiar with Attilan
• Remarkable Weather Control. technolgy and the Fantastic Four's
• Water Control of Monstrous devices. She is skilled in basic first
ability. aid. Her political skills give her
• Earth Animation of Monstrous
rank, limited to natural soil and
rock.
• Earth tremors of Amazing inten-
sity.
• Fire rocks as weapons to do In-
credible damage at a range of up
to 5 areas.
• Whirlwinds of Remarkable
strength and speed able to trans-
port her and everything within her
vicinity.
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.--- -----
-- - - - - _-..._ - ·_ - - - -
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES When they finally discovered Me- the Moon's Blue Area.
In her early adventures, Crystal dusa in Manhattan, Medusa mistook
acted like a naive country girl visiting them for enemies and fled to the Luna became the source of antag-
the city for the first time. Now she is a sanctuary offered by ~he Fantastic onism between her parents. Her In-
mature, self-confident woman and Four. Although the two groups human genes had negated her
working mother. Although she is pro- fought, the mistake was soon cor- mutant gene's potential for super-
tective of her independence, she re- rected and they became lifetime powers. Quicksilver wanted to exer-
mains bound to Attilan law, even if friends. It was then that Crystal first cise a father's right to expose Luna
the law works to her detriment. met Johnny Storm, the second Hu- to the Terrigen Mist in the hope that
man Torch. They began a lengthy, in- she would develop powers of her
Her marriage to Quicksilver varies termittent, long-distance courtship. own. Only Lockjaw's admission that
from love to pure hatred, usually de- Crystal eventually returned to Man- he had been born in human form
pending on Quicksilver's mood and hattan to serve as a substitute mem- stayed Quicksi lver's hand.
current state of mind. She likes nor- ber of the Fantastic Four during Sue
mal humans and life on Earth. Richards' pr·egnancy leave. Unfortu- The marriage began to deterio-
rate. Quicksilver's angry tirades
HISTORY nately, during this period, it was dis- against humans alienated Crystal.
covered that the lnhumans were Although she was forbidden by Atti-
Crystal was the second child of Inhu- developing an allergy to industrial lan law to divorce him, she left both
man nutritionists Quelin and Ambur. pollutants. Crystal was forced to re- Quicksilver and Attilan. With Luna
Quelin was brother to Rynda, wife of turn to Attilan . and nanny Maya in tow, Crystal re- ~
Agon, the lnhuman's king, and as turned to the Fantastic Four and the
such, Crystal was considered part of En route she encountered Diablo, recently married Johnny Storm.
the Royal Family of Attilan. Like her then discovered the wounded Quick- Crystal was no longer the naive girl
older sister Medusa, Crystal was silver. She brought Quicksilver back who readily acceded to others'
subjected to the Terrigren Mist while to Attilan where she nursed him back wishes. During her stay with the FF,
she was still an infant. The process to health and fell in love. When the Crystal demonstrated that she had
endowed her with her mental Human Torch discovered the change become a hardened, even ruthless
powers. in her affections, he engaged in a fu- combatant. She also wanted Johnny
tile battle with his rival. In despair back, although she resisted making
Civil war erupted when she was a and anger, he cut his bonds with overt plays toward him. Eventually, ~
child, and Crystal fled Attilan with Crystal. She and Quicksilver wed her family duty won out over her in-
her kinsmen. Crystal grew to adult- soon afterward , in the first recorded dependence. She returned to Attilan
hood while traveling with her family marriage between an Inhuman and a
on their search for the lost Medusa. human (albeit a mutant). Their first to deal with the crisis posed by Me-
child, a girl they named Luna, was dusa and Black Bolt's child . Amidst
born soon after Attilan relocated to the troubles, she and Quicksilver
reconciled .
44
DAGGER
,.--..... STATISTICS
F PR (4)
A PR (4)
s TY (6)
E RE (30)
R GD (10)
I GD (10)
p GD (10)
Health: 44
Karma: 30
Resources: Feeble (2)
Popularity: 2
Real Name: Tandy Bowen
Occupation: Vigilante
Legal Status: U.S. citizen
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Shaker Heights,
Ohio
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Melissa (mother),
Philip Carlisle (stepfather), Father
Michael Bowen (uncle)
Base of Operations: Holy Ghost
Church, NYC
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of
Cloak
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS able damage and penetrates force- Light Generation: Dagger can gener-
Symbiosis with Cloak: Dagger's light fields and barriers of Excellent rank. ate a " nova" of Remarkable inten-
can satisfy Cloak's hunger. She does sity and illuminate up to 2 areas. If
not lose Psyche when feeding him in • Light Punch: By touching a vic- used as an attack, it stuns (for 1
this manner. tim , she can channel her power di- round) opponents within 40' who fail
Light Daggers: Dagger can generate rectly into a victim without a visible an Endurance FEAT. In combat, op-
and throw daggers of "living light." display of power. ponents are - 2CS to hit her.
These glowing darts of pure lifeforce Weakness: Because of the philo-
cause systemic shock to anyone • If she wills her dagger to go to sophical and metaphysical nature of
who suffers the darkness of inner Cloak, it will travel to him with 100% her powers, she has only limited ef-
evil. Her daggers do Excellent dam- accuracy despite the distance in- fect over those who do not actually
age and can penetrate Body Armor, volved or if she was previously un- consider themselves evil (Dr. Doom,
force fields, and invulnerabilities of aware of his location. By following for example) . She cannot harm thei r
up to Good rank. Targets must make such daggers, she can trace Cloak's bodies directly, although she can still
an Endurance FEAT against the dag- current location or the last point at use her powers against mechanical
ger's Excellent intensity. Failure which he entered the Dark Dimen-
means the victim falls unconscious sion. 45
for 1-100 rounds and is - 3CS for all
FEATS for the next three days. Suc-
cess means the target is - 1CS on
all FEATS for the next 1-10 rounds,
although he remains conscious. Vic-
tims who receive her full damage
glow for 1-10 minutes afterward or
until they regain consciousness. She
has modified th is power into these
Power Stunts:
• Excellent ability to cure a sub-
ject of drug addiction.
• She can merge her daggers into
a single " sword" that does Remark-
systems. Tandy is currently blind, Only her most recent marriage to Dagger fell in love with Bill Clayton
hence her low Fighting and Agility Philip Carlisle has lasted, though when she and Cloak were tracking
ranks. Normally, both have Excellent even this one is in danger, as Melis- down a drug pipeline. Bill assisted
ranks. sa's egocentric lifestyle leads her to them in their investigations but also
Talents: Tandy is trained as a neglect both husband and daughter. gave Dagger her first romance since
dancer. Her internal light enhanced her transformation. During this time,
her senses and abilities and gave Tandy was despondent when her she also became a circus performer,
her a unique fighting style that com- boyfriend , Rob Daltry, went to col- Lady Light, in the Eurocirque troop.
bines Acrobatics, Tumbling, and lege. Feeling abandoned, Tandy be- Unfortunately, Bill eventually re-
Martial Arts C. She is also an able came a runaway bound for New York vealed that he was an arms mer-
equestrienne and circus performer. City. Arriving at the bus station, her chant and a backer of the drug
Contacts: Dagger is Cloak's partner. purse was immediately stolen but re- pipeline they had been investigating
She is on good terms with Spider- covered by another runaway, Tyrone all this time. He redeemed himself
Man (she knows his face), the New and proved his love by sacrificing
Mutants, Dr. Strange, the Power Johnson. The two teens got to know himself for Dagger.
Pack kids, and Black Cat. She may each other over a meal and became
retain ties to Eurocirque. friends. Father Delgado, a priest assigned
to reopen Holy Ghost Church , fell in
ADDITIONAL NOTES: They were offered a safe place to love with the girl. His affection be-
stay by two men working for the crim- came an obsession as he tried to
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES inal pharmaceutical chemist, Simon turn her affections from Cloak to him.
Tandy is normally a light-hearted Marshall. Tandy accepted while Ty- He eventually suffered a nervous
young woman. She sometimes rone went along to protect her. As Ty- breakdown after he became con-
wishes she had a more normal life, rone suspected, it was a trap . vinced that Cloak was a demon who
but she makes do with what she has. Marshall was using runaways as held her in thrall and tried an exor-
When she is depressed, she can be guinea pigs in his attempt to produce cism ceremony. Delgado was de-
swayed by men who can evoke a synthetic, addictive narcotics for the frocked and committed to an asylu m.
normal existence for her. She feels Maggia. Although all the other sub-
that only Cloak truly loves her, even if jects died, the drug triggered the mu- While under Delagdo's guidance ,
he has difficulty showing it. This rela- tant genes that lay unsuspected Dagger tried to reconcile with her
tionship suffers when he gets mo- mother. It failed miserably. Coming r--
rose. His recent isolation and her within Tandy and Tyrone. The two home from Cambodia, Dagger
recent blindness caused her feelings runaways escaped from Marshall's chanced upon her father's location.
of depression, rejection, and inade- lab and dove into the Hudson River. He had developed powers akin to
quacy. her own and now called himself
Tandy was surprised to see Tyrone " Lord of Light." Unfortunately, he
HISTORY enveloped with a living shadow. She suffered from delusions of godhood
was further surprised to discover and powers that were more vampiric
Tandy Bowen was a 16-year-old that she glowed with a light that dis- in nature. When he tried to destroy
growing up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, pelled Tyrone's shadow. Shortly af- Cloak and Dagger, he finally realized
a wealthy suburb of Cleveland. Tan- ter, she discovered that she could the evil he had commited in the ~
dy's mother, Melissa, was a cele- project daggers of living light that name of self-development. To atone,
brated model who attained wealth could stun opponents. Dagger, as he fed himself to Predator.
from her career and her late hus- she called herself, found that only
band's estate. Tandy's father was a her self-generated light could soothe Dagger's best hope for a normal
mysterious figure who left long ago the savage hunger that constantly family life is her stepfather, Philip
for India and " spiritual rebirth." Me- threatens to consume Cloak. She
lissa had a series of short marriages. must restrain Cloak from giving in to Carlisle. He provided her with re-
the urge to feed on their criminal sources whenever he could, includ-
prey. ing the credit cards that kept her and
Cloak fed . He recently moved to
Dagger and Cloak dedicated their NYC to be closer to her and took an
lives to destroying the drug traders apartment in the same building as
and other criminals who preyed on the Power Pack family.
the young. In their early adventures,
they were utterly ruthless with their Dagger finally admitted her love
foes . for Cloak during their foreign hunt.
Rather than give her peace and con-
Dagger has tried to leave her vigi- tentment, this has led to other prob-
lante life. She has repeated that she lems as she grew more worried
would give anything for a chance for about Cloak's activities. Dagger has
a normal life. She always returns to also developed ties to other mem- ,...--.....
action, perhaps because she feels bers of the NY area superhero com-
that only Tyrone truly loves her or munity. She is friends with a variety
perhaps that her powers remind her of mutants.
of her obligation to help other, more
defenseless kids.
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DAZZLER
STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A EX (20)
s GD (10)
E GD (10)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p TY (6)
Health: 60
Karma: 18
Resources: Poor (4)
Popularity: 5
Real Name: Alison Blaire
Occupation: Singer, adventurer
Legal Status: U .S. citizen (pre-
sumed dead)
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth : Gardendale, Long Is-
land, New York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Carter (father, de-
ceased), Katherine (mother, a.k.a.
Barbara London), Bella (grand-
mother), Lois London (stepsister)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: X-Men
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Energy Conversion: Dazzler has the
ability to absorb musical sounds and
convert them into light. This provides
her with energy for her light-based
powers. The local noise level deter-
mines the rank of her powers.
Noise level/source Rank
Total silence Zero
Dazzler humming Poor
Dazzler singing Typical
Background noise Excellent
Radio,
crowded room Remarkable
Loud music,
street noise Incredible
Explosions, den flare suffer confusion and or Special Trick: Dazzler's attacks seem
blindness for 1-100 turns. more dangerous than they actually
subways Amazing are. If an opponent is unaware of her
• Hypnotic lights: Victims failing a powers and has a Psyche of Good or
Jets, rockets Monstrous Psyche FEAT are tranquilized or less, he must make a Psyche FEAT
hypnotized for 1-100 turns. against her first two light attacks.
Light Emission: Dazzler can project Failure means the subject is demo-
coherent light whose intensity de- • Lightshow: A harmless display ralized and will stop whatever he was
pends on the available noise level. of lights intended to accompany her doing in an attempt to flee.
She has developed these Power musical performance.
Stunts: EQUIPMENT
• Rocket: By directing her Costume: Her current blue costume
• Laser: Range 2 areas. She usu- lightblasts downward through her conceals circuitry that automatically
ally cocks her finger like an imagi- hands, she can propel herself sky- stores ambient sound and releases it
nary gun to use this power. ward at 30 mph. to her as needed. It can store
• Force field: Laser field provides Resistance to Light: Dazzler has Un- 47
protection against physical attacks. earthly resistance to light-based at-
• Lightburst: Victims who fail an tacks.
Endurance FEAT against this sud-
enough Remarkable intensity sound ROLE-PLAYING NOTES powers, she soon found herself us- ,,.--..
for 5 attacks. ing them in a fight for her life against
Tape recorder/amplifier: In her early Dazzler is a light-hearted adventurer. the minions of the Hellfire Club. De-
adventures, she carried a wireless She likes to make jokes in combat spite the threat she now faced , she
microphone and carried a custom- and let her emotions flow freely. She declined joining the X-Men at that
ized recorder in her shoulderbag . fights with a flashy style. She appre- time.
This insured her 60 minutes of music ciates attractive men and lets them
for her powers (if using a tape) or know it, and likes being the center of As she went on tour, she found
continuous power (if amplifying her attention. She considers herself to herself using her powers time and
own voice). be the guardian of style among the again to fight the criminals and rene-
Roller skates: Her original costume female X-Men. She is very fond of gade superhumans who crossed 'her
featured clip-on skates that enabled Longshot, although his incredible path . Eventually, Alison moved to
her to cover 2 areas per turn (30 naivete makes a meaningful rela- Los Angeles where she became the
mph) without having to make an En- tionship difficult. intimate friend and lover of Holly-
durance FEAT or face exhaustion. wood celebrity Roman Nebokoh. He
Donning or removing the skates took At the heart of it all, Dazzler is a re- produced " Dazzler: The Movie," a
1 turn. Dazzler received these ef- luctant superheroine. She reacts film in which she starred. To insure
fects due to spells cast upon the X- rather than controls her life. This its success, he wanted her to pub-
Men by Roma. deep resentment of her victim status licly reveal her mutant nature. When
may lead her to grasp at straws or she refused , he revealed the infor-
Invisibility to Machines: She has Un- suddenly change her life's direction. mation anyway. His plan backfired .
earthly invisibility where machines The public was undergoing a wave of
are concerned. Any attempt to visu- HISTORY anti-mutant hysteria which was only
ally sense or record her reveals only fueled by the revelation. The movie
a shapeless blur. Mechanical sen- Alison Blaire was born to Carter was permanently shelved and Ali-
sors and recorders fail to register her son's singing career was destroyed.
presence. Blaire, a prominent lawyer and
Mind Control: Anyone who encoun- Her life in tatters, Alison returned
ters her must make a Red Psyche j udge, and his wife Katherine , a to the X-Men for friendship and train-
FEAT of Unearthly intensity. Failure ing. Under this partnership, she rap-
means that the person forgets Daz- former actress. Although born a mu- idly grew in the use and variety of her ,..---....
zler and the X-Men once they leave powers. She became intrigued with
the area. This power does not affect tant, her powers did not manifest the alien, Longshot, although it has
her former friends and colleagues.
Talents: Dazzler is a trained singer, themselves until her late adoles- yet to become a full blown romance
actress, dancer and roller-skater. due to Longshot's incredible naivete.
She is familiar with show business. cence, when she was performing at
Contacts: Jessica Drew (Spider- Like the rest of the X-Men, she was
Woman I), Carol Danvers (Ms . a high school dance. At the time, her presumed killed during a battle in
Marvel I, Binary), and any of Profes- Dallas. In truth, she was restored to
sor Xavier's mutant groups. powers were mistaken for a light life by the sorceress, Roma. Among
Roma's gifts was an invisibility spell
ADDITIONAL NOTES: show. that negated any attempt to mechan- ,,,..--....
ically sense or record Dazzler's form,
Although her father wanted her to and gives subtle amnesia to anyone
she meets. Both of these effects
follow him into practicing law, she were the worst things possible for a
would-be singer and movie star.
wanted to be a singer. After graduat-
She now works out of the Town
ing high school, she became a pro- with No Name, a deserted complex
in the Australian Outback. The isola-
fessional singer. Her tion and lack of recognition is begin-
ning to get to her.
light-generating powers provided
her with her name Dazzler and the
elaborate light shows that accompa-
nied her singing. Onlookers thought
these shows were simply clever spe-
cial effects. Dazzler gave them no
thought.
The X-Men's Cerebro finally de-
tected her powers and a team was
sent to recruit her. Although Dazzler
had never given much thought to her
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DERANGERS
~ BEDLAM Health: 84 Base of Operations: Mobile
Karma: 112 Present Group Affiliation :
STATISTICS Resources: Amazing (50)
F RM (30) Popularity: - 50 KNOWN POWERS
A GD (10) Mind Control: Unearthly control over
Real Name: Unknown the minds and bodies of others. His
S PR (4) Occupation: Would-be conqueror victim's total Psyche ranks cannot
E IN (40) Legal Status: Canadian (deceased) exceed Unearthly. He has these ef-
Identity: Known to authorities fects over his victims:
R TY (6) Place of Birth: Unknown
I TY (6) Marital Status: Unknown • Puppet-like control over an-
P UN(100) Known Relatives: None other's body, despite the conscious
resistance of his victim. The victim
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