ing. They have the Military skill , + 1 ADDITIONAL NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
CS on all firearms, and Martial Arts The mercenaries of the Hellfire Club
B. The cybernetically enhanced mer- are treated as cannon fodder by the
cenaries also have Martial Arts A Inner Circle. As such . they are as
and C. brave as the situation permits.
CONTACTS
The mercenaries have the backing
of the Hellfire Club for training and
equipment. Considering the desper-
ate fights in which they usually find
themselves, they have a keen sense
of camaraderie .
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HER
STATIST ICS CONTACTS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
As Paragon, Her was a tool of the En- Her is concerned with finding her
F RM (30) clave; they are now her enemies. ideal mate. She believes she is to be
A RM (30) She later befriended the Thing and the mother of a new race of superbe-
S MN (75) Moondragon. ings. After her disappointment at fail-
E MN (75) ing to resurrect Warlock, Her has set
ADDITIONAL NOTES her sights elsewhere. She will will-
R GD (10) ingly assist others if she thinks they
can help Her on her quest.
I GD (10)
P RM (30)
Health : 210
Karma : 50
Resources: FE (2)
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Paragon
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: Indeterminate
Identity: Public
Place of Birth: T he Enclave
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Milky Way Gal-
axy
Past Group Affiliat ions: None
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Absorption Power: Her automatically
absorbs available Cosmic Energy
and transforms it into useful powers
and personal energy. With a Power
Stunt, she can raise her Strength or
Endurance to Shift X for 5 turns,
once per day.
Armor Skin: Her can generate a pro-
tective cocoon of Amazing Material
strength. While in her cocoon, Her is
unaware of any activity outside of
her protective s hell. She can only
leave the cocoon at the psionic bid-
ding of an outside source or at a pre-
determined time.
Flight: Her can attain Shift Z velocity
in an atmosphere, and Class 1000
speeds in deep space.
Healing: While in her cocoon, Her
possesses Monstrous self-healing.
Kinetic Bolt: Her can fire Incredible
beams of pure force.
Self Sustenance: Her can survive in-
definitely without air, water, or food.
True Invulnerability: Her possesses
Good resistance to all attacks, and
can survive indefinitely in deep
space.
TALENTS
Her can use the medical and astro-
navigational talents.
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HISTORY their creature's ability to rebel. They Paragon had decided to reform itself
erred. History repeated itself as Par- as Him 's perfect mate, Her. Her went
Her was the Enclave's second at- agon was born and immediately pro- in search of Him and learned that, as
tempt to create a superbeing under ceeded to destroy the Enclave's Adam Warlock, he had perished sav-
their control. They modified the origi- citadel. Paragon fled into space , ing the universe from Thanos. With
nal design (which had produced wrapping himself in a protective co- the help of the Thing and Moondra-
Him, later to be known as Adam War- coon and contemplating his next gon, Her located Warlock's body, an-
lock) to create a more responsive be- step. imating it with pseudo-life. However,
ing. Further, they intended to have the newly-risen body lacked War-
Doctor Strange, a leading neurosur- Although Paragon was designed lock's mind and spirit. She returned
geon , perform an operation on the as a male-formed neuter humanoid , the body to its grave and then went
being, one they hoped would remove it was capable of significantly alter- off in search of a mate elsewhere in
ing its form. Contact with the En- space. She was last seen heading
towards Earth.
clave's computers had informed
Paragon of Him 's existence, and
102
HULK
STATISTICS
F IN (40)
A EX (20)
S AM (50)
E AM (50)
R EX (20)
I TY (6)
P RM (30)
Health: 160
Karma: 56
Resources: GD (1 O}
Popularity: -10
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Robert Bruce Banner
Occupation: Physicist, Enforcer for
Mike Berengetti
Legal Status: US Citizen with no
criminal record.
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Dayton , Ohio
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Betty Ross Talbot
Banner (wife), Brian Banner (father,
deceased}, Rebecca Banner (moth-
er), Jennifer Walters (cousin), Thad-
deus E. Ross (father-in-law, de-
ceased), Karen Ross (mother-in-law,
deceased)
Base of Operations: Las Vegas
Past Group Affiliations: Defenders,
Hulkbusters, Berengetti Enterprises
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS Adrenaline Surge: In times of great CONTACTS
Alter Ego: The Hulk is Bruce Ban- stress, the Hulk 's Fighting and The Hulk is a close associate of Mike
ner's other form . Conditions which Berengetti, a casino operator in Las
have triggered the transformation Strength scores increase + 1 CS, Vegas. Were the Hulk to make him-
self known to the Defenders, or to
vary, but currently, it is the dawn and his attack damage increases to Rick Jones, he would be able to en-
when Banner arises, and sunset Unearthly. list their help. Banner can count on
when the monstrous form of the Hulk the aid of the X-Men, Daredevil , the
falls. It is important to note that the TALENTS Fantastic Four, and the Avengers.
The Hulk has no talents, but is a
Hulk's Health score is independent master of sneaky tactics. As Bruce
of Banner's. The only exception to Banner, he has the Electronics,
this would be the death of one or the Chemical, Physical , and Biological
other form which would, of course, skills, receiving + 1 CS when he at-
carry over. Banner has the following tempts FEATs in these sciences.
statistics:
FASER I P
PR TY PR GD RM GD TY
Invulnerability: Transformation into
the Hulk provides Banner with
Amazing protection against physical
attacks, Incredible protection from
energy attacks, and Monstrous resist-
ance to cold , heat, fire, or disease.
Hyper-Leaping: The Hulk's powerful
leg muscles provide him with Shift Y
leaping ability, enabling him to cross
7 areas per round.
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ADDITIONAL NOTES get the civilian to safety. Starsky, se- Hence Banner and the Hulk were
cretly a Soviet agent, did nothing. He now two separate beings. The Hulk,
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES was confident that Banner would die now free of the last vestiges of Ban-
In his current gray form, the Hulk is in the explosion , bringing the project ner's moderating influence, escaped
not nearly as powerful as the green- to a halt. Reaching the civilian, a and became a greater menace than
skinned behemoth that the public re- ever before. Banner became leader
members. But he more than makes teenager named Rick Jones. Banner of a new government task force to
up for this by a sinister viciousness . threw him into a protective trench. capture the Hulk, called the new
He is as intelligent as Banner, but Before Banner could get himself to Hulkbusters. Banner also married
disregards most of the knowledge he safety, the gamma-bomb detonated, Betty Ross, believing himself free
has. The Hulk is a now a thug , willing and intense waves of radiation hit from the curse of the Hulk.
to cooperate with others on his terms the surface. Banner was irradiated
alone and perfectly happy to kill any- with highly-charged radioactive par- Soon afterwards, Doc Samson
one who gets in his way. He has one ticles. discovered that Banner's life force
major goat at present: to keep the was tied to that of the Hulk, and that
lifestyle he'd built for himself as " Joe At first, Banner changed into the their continued separation threat-
Fixit ," an enforcer for Michael Hulk at sunset and reverted to hu- ened to kill both of them. A hurried
Berengetti. To this end, he will go to man form at dawn. However, Ban- experiment reun ited the two in a new
any lengths to keep his alter-ego un- ner's body eventually acclimated arrangement. The Hulk was now
der wraps, and to guard against any- itself to the changes, so that his gray once more , and again mani-
one finding out that he is the Hulk. transformations into the Hu lk were
fested himself only at night. More-
HISTORY triggered by the release of adrena- over, he was possessed of all of
line when he became intensely ex- Banner's intelligence, although few
A genius in nuclear physics, Robert cited, no matter what time of day or of his specific memories, and none
Bruce Banner went to work for the night it was. Usually, the Hulk pos- of Banner's morality. He sought to
United States Defense Department sessed little of Banner's memory or keep himself alive and in control.
nuclear research facility at Desert intelligence and was easily enraged. Only during the full moon, when
Base, New Mexico. There, Banner Hence, the Hulk was a menace con- enough reflected sunlight hit the
met General Thaddeus E. "Thunder- tinually hunted by military forced Earth to bring out some of Banner's
bolt" Ross, the Air Force officer in commanded by the implacable buried personality, would the Hulk
command of the base, and Ross' Thunderbolt Ross. For a short time, have any kind feelings whatsoever.
daughter Betty. Banner and Betty Banner managed-through radia-
Ross eventually fell in love with each tion treatments- to maintain enough The Hulk soon ran afoul of the
other. Banner designed and oversaw of his personality when he became Leader, who proceeded to trap the
the construction of the " gamma the Hulk to control himself in that Hulk in an enclosed area with a de-
bomb" or " G-bomb," a nuclear form , and he even became a found- tonating gamma-bomb. Coinciden-
weapon that had a high gamma radi- ing member of the Avengers in this tally, the Hulk was simultaneously
ation output. form. But once again the Hulk lost brought to Jarella's world, narrowly
Banner's intelligence and became a escaping the effects of the gamma-
Banner was present in the instru- brutish menace. For a surprisingly bomb. The Hulk found himself em-
mentation bunker at the test site for long time, Banner managed to hide broiled in a religious war and agreed
the first underground trial detonation the fact that he was the Hulk, but his to assist one side of wizards in return
of the gamma bomb. Observing that secret inevitably became public tor their preventing Banner from
a civilian had breached security and knowledge. For years Banner wan- ever surfacing again.
entered the restricted test area, Ban- dered the world as a fugitive, cursed
ner told his colleague Igor Starsky to by his recurring transformations into Returned to Earth, the Hulk
delay the countdown while he tried to adopted the identity of " Joe Fixit ,"
the bestial Hulk.
One place where the Hulk was and sought employment in Las Ve-
gas as a leg-breaker. He joined with
welcome was the sub-atomic world Michael Berengetti and the two
ruled by a princess named Jarella. share a tenuous kind of friendship. It
She saw something of the child-like appears that the Hulk has managed
gentleness of the Hulk, and the two to convince most of his associates
were, after a sort, in love. But trag- that his gray skin is some racial char-
edy struck when Jarella returned acteristic.
with the Hulk to Earth and surren-
dered her life to protect a child. Recently, the Banner-suppressing
spell has worn off. Again , the Hulk
Finally, scientist Leonard " Doc" appears only at night, with Banner,
Samson captured the Hulk and suc- now claiming to be Joe Fixit's half-
ceeded , through unknown means, in brother, dominant during the day-
separating Banner's psyche and light.
atomic structure from the Hulk.
104
HUMBUG
STATISTICS free of the effects once every three delicate wheezing that melts elec-
rounds. tronic equipment in the same area
F TY (6) as the Humbug while not interfer-
A PR (4) * Wheat-stem Sawfly: An Excel- ing with any charges passing
lent Throwing Edged attack with a through that equipment. The
s TY (6) two area range. Humbug uses this sound to evade
alarm systems.
E PR (4) * Salt-marsh Mosquito: This * Buffalo Tree-hopper: Incredi-
R GD (10) shrieking attack shatters all glass ble intensity Force damage with a
I TY (6) tor four areas in all areas in a gen- two area range.
p TY (6) eral line-of-sight. In the Humbug's * Bloodsucking Cone Nose: The
Health: 20 target area, this attack shorts out Cone Nose has a roar which can
Karma: 22 all electronic equipment. set small fires. Amplified, the
Resources: TY (6) " Meadow Spittle-bug: Good sound gives the Humbug the
Popularity: - 5 Force damage to all objects in the Amazing ability to ignite combusti-
target area, up to two areas away.
BACKGROUND * Saw-toothed Grain Beetle: A 105
Real Name: " Buck" Mitty
Occupation : Out-of-work entomolo-
gist and professor, criminal
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with a criminal record
ldentfty: The general public doesn 't
care who Humbug is.
Place of Birth : Indianapolis, Indiana
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Insect Noises: Humbug has a collec-
tion of cassette tapes, each of which
holds the call of a particular insect.
Properly amplified through Hum-
bug's gloves, these insects' noises
have a variety of effects. To date, the
Humbug. has demonstrated the fol-
lowing effects:
• Eye-spotted Budmoth : A hy-
personic pitch that delivers Good
Throwing Blunt damage and re-
quiring onlookers to make a Red
Intuition FEAT roll (Green if the
character in question can hear
hyper-sonic calls) to determine the
direction of the attack.
* lmbricated Snout Beetle: A
powerful attack, magnetically
charging all metal objects in the
target area with the same-polarity
at Incredible intensity, so that they
repel each other. Humbug can use
this power with a three area range .
* Oblique-banded Leaf Roller: A
vibrating hum that requires its vic-
tims to make an Endurance FEAT
roll against Amazing intensity to
avoid chortling uncontrolably. The
blast has a three area range, and
can affect all targets in the same
area. A victim can attempt to break
bles within a four-area range. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES into our six-legged friends.
Other effects, equally impressive, Mitty is obsessive about his little And so began a life of crime.
are possible from such cassettes as friends. He is first and foremost con- His first outing, an attempt to steal
the Cow-pea weevil, the Short-nosed cerned that insects are studied and
cattle louse, and the Plaster bag- appreciated. His crime spree origi- several million dollars worth of black
worm, although the bag-worm 's ef- nated when he desperately needed pearls, was abortive, as an armed
fects are probably non-lethal. money to continue his research. He gang of thugs had beaten Humbug
would never intentionally endanger to the waterfront. Humbug would
TALENT S anyone un less insect lives were in have confronted the thieves and
Humbug is a trained entomologist, danger. taken the pearls if not for the inter-
vention of Spider-Man, whose en-
receiving + 1 CS to any research HISTORY trance discouraged Humbug.
done in that area.
Buck Mitty was the victim of a The next afternoon , Humbug at-
CONTACTS tightened academic budget at Em- tempted to steal millions of dollars
None . pire State University, as his Entomol- from an armored car, only to be put
ogy department was the subject of down by Spider-Man after an unsur-
ADDITIONAL NOTES severe cut-backs. Rather than ac- prisingly brief fight.
cept a transfer to another area in the
Biological Sciences, Mitty quit. He Released by a sympathetic judge,
regretted his decision soon enough , Humbug returned to crime, now in-
for he was now without the funds tending to rob Empire State Univer-
necessary to continue his research
sity. Again , he encountered
Spider-Man , and surrendered when
Spidey threatened to kill a jar of
roaches. Humbug is currently in
prison awaiting trial.
106
STATISTICS
F PR (4)
A GD (10)
s TY (6)
E EX (20)
R GD (10)
I GD (10}
p GD (10)
Health: 40
Karma: 30
Resources: GD (1 O}
Popularity: -1
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Dilettante
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
ldent!ty: lntectia's identity and
powers are unknown to the general
public
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Father (name un-
revealed, deceased)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Leader and
creator of the Anti-Bodies
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS durance FEAT roll with a - 2 CS to qenetic structures, thus allowing her
Molecular Alteration: lnfectia is capa- resist her attack. Her power will not to use her powers effectively. She is
ble of altering organic molecular affect inorganic living beings, includ- considered to have Remarkable abil-
structures with Remarkable ability ing energy beings (such as Wonder ity in this regard.
and inorganic ones with Typical abil- Man) and artificial lifeforms (such as Anti-Bodies: In the past lnfectia has
the Vision). mutated normal humans so that they
ity. By doing so she can add up +3 can do her bidding. These "Anti-
CS to any attribute or power that a lnfectia's mutant power will not Bodies" on the average have the fol-
target or object possesses ( + 1 for in- work on other mutants. At least, not lowing statistics:
organic targets). She can cause Re- as she wishes. However, it will cause
markable damage (Typical for Remarkable damage and may cause FASER I P
inorganic matter) or even add new the mutant to "mutate" even further EX GD RM RM PR PR As
powers from the following catego- (The exact effects of this reaction are
ries: Resistances (but not to Magic or up to the Gamemaster). before
Mental attacks), Body Control Molecular Perception: l:ifectia is ca- These Anti-Bodies may also be
Powers (but not Alter Ego, Blending, pable of perceiving and deciphering given one or more Powers at lnfec-
Invisibility, Phasing, or Shape- tia's discretion. The Anti-Bodies are
Shifting), Body Alterations/Offensive
(Claws and Extra Body Parts only), 107
and Body Alterations/Defensive (Ab-
sorption , Body Armor, Regeneration
or Water Breathing) . To add two
Powers, she must make a Yellow
FEAT roll against her Power rank
(one try only), and to add three
powers she must make a Red FEAT
roll.
To use her power lnfectia must
touch her bare skin to her victims':
her preferred mode is through kiss-
ing. Her victims may attempt an En-
inherently unstable, and will totally ROLE-PLAYING NOTES self-destructed before being cap- ,,..--._
disintegrate in 1-10 hours. If they be- lnfectia is somewhat of an " air- lured , nothing was ever connected
come involved in combat, they will head". " With great power comes to her.
automatically disintegrate in 2-20 great fun " is her creed. She is very
turns. self-centered , and uses her powers When X-Factor saved New York
mainly to gain slaves so that they City from Apocalypse , their Ship
TALENTS can then go out and obtain whatever caught her eye. Desiring it, she cre-
lnfectia was taught genetic science she wants. She is not a fighter, pre- ated Anti-Bodies to try to capture it.
by her father, and her Reason is con- ferring to leave that to her Anti- When this failed, she set her eye on
sidered Excellent in the field. Bodies. seducing Iceman so she could gain
access to Ship. This ploy was foiled
CONTACTS HISTORY by X-Factor's youthful proteges, the
None, although lnfectia is capable of X-Terminators. She eventually lured
creating mindless slaves whenever Much of lnfectia's past is un- Iceman back to her apartment, cap-
necessary. known. She was the only daughter of tured him , and prepared to alter his
a genetic scientist. Apparently her genetic structure.
ADDITIONAL NOTES mutant powers manifested early and
her father recognized them and The Beast, who was currently lim-
trained her in their use. He died ited in intelligence, had gathered
while she was in her early teens, that something peculiar was going
leaving her a moderate amount of on and had followed lnfectia and Ice- ....--...
money and his laboratory. man back to her apartment. He inter-
posed himself between the two just
Without any formal training , lnfec- as lnfectia unleashed her power, and
tia (as she now called herself) had lit- was altered himself, in a process that
tle hope for a " normal" life. She eventually caused him to mutate into
used her power to create Anti-Bodies his former blue-furred self. While Ice-
to bring her wealth, and since they man tended to his comrade, lnfectia
escaped and is still at large at this
time.
108
STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A TY (6)
s GD (10)
E GD (10)
R AM (50)
I GD (10)
p TY (6)
Health: 32
Karma: 66
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: 15/20 in 1989
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Arno Stark
Occupation: Munitions designer
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States in the 2st century with no
criminal record
Identity: Unrevealed to t he popu-
lace of 20th Century Earth.
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Father (de-
ceased, name unrevealed), Cynthia
Stark (wife, deceased), Arno Jr. (son,
deceased)
Base of Operations: Stark Enter-
prises, early 21st Century
Past Group Affiliations: None.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Armor: Arno Stark introduced 21st
Century state-of-the-art technology
into Tony Stark's Iron Man armor. He
designed the armor specifically for
his physiology, and when he wears it,
he has the following statistics:
FASE
RM GD AM IN
The suit consists of Amazing mate-
rial strength metals which give Iron
Man Good Resistance versus acid,
heat, cold, and most energy attacks,
Remarkable Resistance versus Shuriken: The Iron Man armor can is the cybernetic computer link-up.
throw two disk-shaped edged weap- The computer, named SX-9 , can
physical and force attacks, and Shift ons, each of which does Amazing guide Stark's aim , improving his fir-
damage and has a 10-area range.
Y protection against radiation and ing by + 2 CS. It also acts as a Dan-
The armor can fire energy bolts
electrical attacks. energy of enormous destructive ca- ger Sense of Typical rank and
pacity. The bolts have a range of ten provides basic bookkeeping func-
The armor also possesses rockets areas. Everyone in the target area tions as well. It is, however, particu-
and each adjoining area takes Un- larly fragile. If Iron Man's suit
which allow Stark to fly at Monstrous earthly intensity damage. A draw- sustains any damage, the computer
back is that Iron Man cannot " pull his will go down for 3-30 turns, readjust-
airspeed. The boots also contained punch" to deliver less than Amazing ing and repairing itself.
level damage.
roller skates, which could be ex- TALENTS
Perhaps the most significant im- Arno Stark is a genius, even by 21st
tended to allow Iron Man Excellent provement in the 21st Century armor Century standards. He has the Engi-
ground movement. 109
Iron Man's gauntlets can fire a re-
tractor beam, which provides Incred-
ible strength Telekinesis with Typical
control.
neer, Computers, and Electronics were unavailable now. --..
skills.
But Stark had a time machine. He
CONTACTS
Arno Stark works for the government HISTORY travelled back to 20th century Earth
and has high-level military contacts.
His research assistant, Dr. Hawkins, In 2015, Stark Enterprises had been to read the retina patterns of the
perished in the destruction of Stark bought by Arno Stark (no relation),
Enterprises. using his father's fortune to gain him twelve-year-old Saunders, but there
access to the technology Anthony
ADDITIONAL NOTES Stark had invented decades before. were complications. Saunders had
However, Arno 's father's fortune
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES proved insufficient to support the been kidnapped by the original Bliz-
Before his wife and son died, Arno younger Stark's two pet projects: a
Stark was a rash and egotistical in- more sophisticated suit of Iron Man 's zard . Iron Man rescued Saunders
ventor, proud of his work on time armor and a functioning time ma-
travel and the Iron Man armor. He felt chine. To support research on the and then , when Blizzard pressed the
that the attention he was receiving time machine, Stark volunteered his
was certainly justified. But he was technological skills to the military, attack , killed the criminal.
troubled about his munitions work. bu ilding enormous nuclear muni-
He tended to ignore interpersonal tions. Then, Spider-Man interfered as
problems until they reached serious
proportions. His attitudes after his This put Stark in conflict with a well , accidentally dropping the retina
bomb went off, killing his friends and number of anti-war groups. Like
family, is unrecorded. Certainly, he many of his other problems , he scanner. Stark therefore found him-
would do anything possible to some- brushed these protesters aside until
how save his family. one of them , a terrorist named Ro- self required to take Saunders back
bert Saunders, rigged a nuclear
bomb kept at Stark Enterprises to to 2015 . Spider-Man, frightened and
detonate. Saunders didn 't recon-
sider when he found that Stark 's wife confused by the unfriendly attitude
and son were visiting Stark Enter-
prises at the time , because Saun- of someone who resembled the
ders intended to deactivate the
device before it was to go off, scaring more familiar Iron Man, fled with
Stark and revealing the bomb to the
public, but harming no one . Saunders. Tragically, the child was
Unfortunately, Stark, as Iron Man, caught by shards of flying glass from
accidentally killed Saunders as he
was trying to escape the sealed S.E. a window blown out by one of Stark's
compound. Even worse, Saunders'
retina patterns were needed to de- powerful blasts.
fuse the bomb, and those patterns
Enraged, Spider-Man attacked,
crippling the Iron Man armor. The
fight ended when Stark was sent
back to his own time, only to find that
the bomb was somehow defective,
detonating several minutes early
and killing his wife and child . r--
Several years later, Iron Man was
shown accepting contracts from
other industrialists. His track record
was pretty good until he accepted an
assignment from Madame Summer
Bain, to lead a raid on a group known
as the Wreckers. This put him in con-
flict with Machine Man, who de-
feated him in battle twice. Iron Man 's
exploits past this time are unre- ,..--...._
vealed .
110
Statistics given for the armors which
follow reflect only the modifications
made possible by the electronic en-
hancements of the suit and the maxi-
mum levels attainable by the suit's
design. When worn by various indi-
viduals, these attributes can be
greatly altered .
MKVll
UNDERSEA
ARMOR
STATISTICS
,,........, F +1CS EX (20)
A EX (20)
+1 cs IN (40)
s +5 cs UN (100)
E +6CS
KNOWN POWERS any object within 5 areas. if he suit, which cause Incredible electri-
makes an Intuition roll against Typi-
Body Armor: The undersea armor, cal intensity, or up to 15 areas if he cal damage to all creatures or ob-
designed for salvage missions at the makes a Remarkable intensity Intui-
bottom of the deepest oceans, gave tion roll. jects within the area Iron Man
its wearer Incredible protection
against acid, heat, and cold attacks, Radio: The armor includes conven- occupies and all adjacent areas as
Amazing protection against most tional multi-band radio transceivers.
physical and energy attacks, and Repulsors: The deep sea armor's re- well.
Unearthly protection against radia- pulsors are designed to work at the
tion , electricity, and force attacks , in- ocean's depths, doing Amazing Torpedoes: Iron Man has two
cluding the crushing pressure at the damage at a 6-area range .
greatest ocean depths. Electrical Generation: Because water Remarkable-damage min1-
Aquatic propulsion jets: The deep is a much more efficient conductor torpedoes, which he can fire either
sea armor does not have the tradi- than air, Iron Man installed electrical
tional rockets for propulsion. In- singly or simultaneously. They have
stead, it uses water jets that give Iron transmitters in the surface of the
Man an Amazing degree of hyper- an effective range of 4 areas.
swimming.
Ink cloud: Borrowing a lesson from
Crampons: The armor does not have
the traditional roller skates. Instead, the octopus, Iron Man can create a
it has extendable " claws" on the three-area wide cloud of inky Dark-
feet, for better traction. They offer
Iron Man Good clinging. ness which lasts for 3 turns.
Self-sustenance: Despite other re- Holding container: Iron Man's deep
ports , Iron Man 's standard armor
cannot provide for more than an hour
of air. This specialized suit, however,
has recycling equipment, allowing
him to stay under the su rface until he
needs food .
Unibeam: The deep sea armor has a
chest beam that acts as a floodlight
(Remarkable intensity and 6 area
range, even at the ocean depths) or
as a laser (Amazing intensity and 3-
area range).
Sonar: Iron Man has sonar, which al-
lows him to make out the outline of
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sea armor has a large holding bay in Strength above Remarkable, nor En- ard armor self-sustenance capabili-
the back, allowing him to store ob- durance higher than Amazing. It ties, and the radio and sonar powers
jects up to the size of a large stereo contains both the aquatic propulsion of the deep sea armor. Also, the
speaker. jets and Excellent airspeed boot backpack on the deep sea armor is
rockets. It offers Incredible protec- attached to the emergency suit.
Emergency suit: In cases where Iron tion against most attacks except acid Lastly, Stark designed the outer shell
Man would find himself trapped un- (Good protection), radiation and of the deep sea armor to automati-
der debris, he designed a smaller, in- electricity (Incredible), and force or cally detonate two turns after the in-
ner suit that could support him for pressure (Amazing). The emergency ner suit ejects, causing Shift X
brief periods. This suit has the fol- armor carries a unibeam identical to damage to anything in the same area
lowing statistics: the unibeam on the standard Mark VI as the abandoned armor.
silver armor and two min i-torpedoes,
FASE but no other armament. It has stand-
+2CS +2CS +4CS +4CS
It cannot raise Fighting , Agility, or
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STEALTH
ARMOR
STATISTICS
F +2CS RM (30)
A +3CS RM (30)
s +5CS
IN (40)
E +6CS MN (75)
KNOWN POWERS wearer with Excellent invisibility to
Body Armor: The improved Stealth visual or camera detection, but only
armor offers Remarkable protection against backgrounds that are mostly
against all physical , energy, or acid of one color.
attacks, and Amazing protection
against radiation and electrical at-
tacks.
Rocket: Iron Man's jet boots give him
Excellent airspeed. Like all other
models of his jet boots, they do Re-
markable heat damage if used as
weapons.
Hyper-digging: Like his Golden
Avenger armor, this suit allows Iron
Man to make Good progress through
Good strength material.
Repulsors: Iron Man's new Stealth
armor does have repulsors, which
can do up to Amazing damage with a
10 area range. But they have a lim-
ited supply of power. Between re-
charges, Iron Man can only fire 150
points of damage through his re-
pulsors (three shots at maximum
output, more if he conserves power
by firing at lesser levels).
Sensors: The armor provides infra-
vision , radar (which identifies out-
lines of an object up to 10 areas
away if a simple Hearing roll is suc-
cessful), sonar (see above, works
only underwater), and heat detec-
tors, each of which has Incredible
rank and a range ot 10 areas.
ECM: The Stealth armor absorbs or
deflects radar and sonar waves, pro-
viding Monstrous invisibility to such
detections.
Camoflauge effect: This is a variation
on the chameleon effect Stark de-
signed into the Silver Centurion ar-
mor. Unfortunately, that module
interfered with the cybernetic con-
trols of the armor, providing a nasty
case of feedback and massive head-
aches. The Camoflauge effect in the
current suit is entirely manually con-
trolled. As such, it provides the
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STATISTICS
F +2CS RM (30)
A +3 cs RM (30)
s +5CS
AM (50)
E +6CS MN (75)
KNOWN POWERS ceives a + 2 CS if he decides to try this effect, but no character can lay
Body Armor: When the armor is acti- hands on the exterior of the armor
vated (which is usually the case, un- Dodging.) without suffering Incredible damage.
less its electrical systems are down) Magnetism: Iron Man's armor can
its Remarkable material strength is Repulsors: The current Iron Man ar- generate magnetic control at Incred-
enhanced to Amazing. It offers Re- mor has repulsors which do Amazing ible intensity. He is limited to simply
markable protection against acid, damage and have a 10-area range. moving metallic objects around, as
Amazing protection from physical, Unibeam: The chest beam on the ar- opposed to, say, making cages out of
heat, or cold attacks, Monstrous pro- mor can be used as a Remarkable in- scrap metal, unless he begins such
tection from most energy attacks, tensity floodlight with a range of 3 subtle manipulation as a Power
and Unearthly protection against ra- Stunt.
diation and electricity. areas, or as an Amazing intensity la- Absorption: The armor can absorb
ser, also with a 3-area range. up to 300 points of energy, either for
Force Field: For a maximum of five Heat beam: The armor can generate recharging or to be harmlessly dissi-
turns each hour, Iron Man can sur- a narrow beam of heat, doing Incred- pated. With an Incredible intensity
round himself with a Monstrous rank ible damage at a range of 3 areas.
Force Field. While this field is opera- The beam can be internalized as 115
tional , Iron Man 's armor can be en-
gaged in no other activity. well. Iron Man is protected against
Rocket: Iron Man's boot jets allow
him to fly at Excellent airspeed (10
areas per round) and still maneuver.
If Iron Man wishes to do so. he can
move at Monstrous airspeed (30 ar-
eas per round), but can perform only
the simplest actions while doing so.
(He could use his armor's radio, for
example, but not fire his repulsors or
perform a charging attack.) The boot
jets operate in vacuum for only 10-
100 minutes, but during that time,
Iron Man can travel at Shift X (50
areas/round or 750 miles per hour)
speeds. If Iron Man uses his thrust-
ers as weapons, they do Incredible
damage and have a 2-area range.
Plasma Bolt Generators: Iron Man's
armor can generate " torpedoes" of
high-energy plasma. These have a
range of 1O areas, and do 1O points
of damage per area they travel. For
example, they would do only Good
damage to a target in an adjacent ·
area, but Unearthly damage to a tar-
get 10 areas away. However, the
plasma travels more slowly than Iron
Man 's beam weapons. Characters
wishing to Dodge the plasma have a
+ 1 CS for every two areas distance
the plasma must travel. (a character
5 areas away would suffer Amazing
damage from the plasma bolt, but re-
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Reason FEAT, Iron Man can use this (measuring heat and pinpointing mer, who incorporated some cir-
energy to increase his Strength, heat sources in a 3-area range), and cuitry into the armor of several of his
Flight, or Repulsors to Unearthly in- Electrical power Detectors (showing henchmen and associates. Most of
tensity for a maximum of 3 turns. Iron Man power-lines in a building 's these clients were using Stark 's
Each turn he overloads his system in walls, for example, with Amazing technology for criminal purposes, a
this way, Iron Man must obtain a Red ability and at a range of 5 areas) built situation Stark found intolerable.
result on the Amazing intensity into his helmet. He can also tune into
column. Failing this, the armor short- all radio bands and frequencies with After planting an appropriate
circuits and is drained of power until Monstrous ability, and transmit on information-eating virus in Ham-
repaired. This power operates at Un- private wave lengths, CB, and Ham mer's computer network, Stark
earthly rank, but absorbing an in- radio channels. Iron Man's micro- tracked down and destroyed the pi-
coming attack is considered a computers have the ability to provide rated armor modules. He chose to
translations for incoming messages use the most immediate means
Yellow-level Power Stunt. in many of the Earth's more popular available, namely no-nonsense
Self-sustenance: The Iron Man ar- languages strong-arm tactics, and so violated
mor provides its wearer with approxi- ECM: Iron Man's armor has Remark- many laws, put certain facets of na-
mately one hour's worth of recycled able invisibility to Radar and Sonar. tional security at risk, and acciden-
Electro-magnetic Pulse: Iron Man's tally killed the Soviet agent known as
air. newest major armor module is an the Gremlin.
Protected Senses: The armor con- EMP generator. This device shuts
tains ear-protectors to baffle incom- down all electrical devices in a one- In response, the Army was as-
ing noise of greater than 70 decibels. mile radius, including most of Iron signed to capture Iron Man. An ar-
Similarly, blinding lights automati- Man's own systems (life support and mored behemoth with nuclear
cally trigger polarized lenses in Iron sensors remain on-line) for six min- capabilities was sent to dispatch
Man 's eye-slots, which offer Re- utes. him, and Stark was fortunate to es-
markable protection against such Anti-theft Device: Should anyone at- cape with his life.
tempt to analyze or duplicate any of
flares. However, a blinding attack the circuitry in the armor, he must Stark began constructing another
can possibly affect Iron Man before make a Reason FEAT against Mon- set of armor, making appropriate im-
his armor's computers can react. strous intensity or trigger the secu- provements and returning to the
The armor must make a Remarkable rity circuits. These circuits will classic red-and-gold color scheme.
FEAT against the Agility of the oppo- immediately melt the interior of the As Iron Man was seemingly killed by
nent to successfully protect Iron armor to slag, and will trigger Incred- Firepower, Stark Enterprises an-
Man's eyes. Iron Man can manually ibly powerful explosive devices to nounced that this was a new em-
trigger the lenses without computer destroy the armor two turns there- ployee wearing the armor.
assistance, if he expects to be at- after.
tacked with a bright light, but doing The "new" Iron Man's first task
so penalizes him -1 CS for Intuition HISTORY was to defeat Firepower and his
rolls requiring sight. maker, an industrialist named Brand.
Sensors: Iron Man has 3-area Infra- Tony Stark discovered that some of Despite Firepower's superior arma-
vision, Radar (a successful Intuition his technology had been stolen by ment, Iron Man was able to capture
roll can give Iron Man details about Spymaster and sold to Justin Ham- him without incident.
the rough shape of his surroundings
for 3 areas), Sonar (same as Radar, As of this writing, Tony Stark has
but usable underwater, with a -1 CS been paralyzed from the waist down,
modifier to the Intuition roll, and with a victim of Kathy Dare, an insanely
a range of 6 areas), " Life" Detectors jealous old girlfriend. How this will af-
fect Iron Man 's abilities has yet to be
determined.
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STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A IN (40)
S IN (40)
E MN (75)
R GD (10)
I IN (40)
P PR (4)
Health: 185
Karma: 54
Resources: AM (50)
Popularity: 10
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Obadiah Stane
Occupation : Business entrepre-
neur, president and chairman of the
board of Stane International
Legal Status: Deceased citizen of
the Un ited States with no criminal re-
cord .
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth : Unrevealed
Marital Status: Presumed single
Known Relatives: Zebediah (father,
deceased)
Base of Operations: Various bases
around the world, later principally
Stane International headquarters,
Long Island, New York
Past Group Affiliations: President
and chairman of the board of Stane
International, head of an organiza-
tion of various European and Orien-
tal corporations, ally of Madame
Masque
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS receive + 1 CS when attempting to armor is controlled by outside com-
Body Armor: The Iron Monger suit is hit him. puters. The above Fighting, Agility,
an adaptation and improvement of Flight: The Iron Monger has Good and Intuition scores are used for the
the original Gray Iron Man armor. It is airspeed (8 areas per round). If his Iron Monger regardless of the scores
made of Incredible strength material of the individual wearing the armor
and offers Incredible protection from boot jets are used as weapons, they as the computer takes control over
acid or most physical attacks, and cause Incredible damage in a two- these attributes. The computer is ill-
Monstrous protection against cold, area range. prepared to handle multiple oppo-
heat, radiation, and most other en- Repulsors: The Iron Monger has nents. If the Iron Monger is fighting
ergy attacks. Monstrous intensity repulsors, which more than two opponents, his Fight-
Magnetic Control: The Iron Monger have a 12-area range. ing, Agil ity, and Intuition are de-
suit has Amazing strength Magnetic Unibeam: The chest beam on the creased by one rank. If he's fighting
powers. Like Iron Man, his ability to Iron Monger suit houses a Mon- more than five, by two ranks. If the
fine tune his power to perform deli- computer link is ever disconnected,
cate manipulations is undeveloped. strous strength laser with a range of the Iron Monger has the same Fight-
Life Support: The Iron Monger suit al- 7 areas.
lows its wearer to survive in a hostile 117
environment (underwater or hard Computer Control: The Iron Monger
vacuum, for example) for two hours.
Growth: The Iron Monger suit is
bulky, weighing over four tons and
standing nine feet tall. Opponents
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ing and Intuition scores as its wearer, tion, one in which he either wins or ing Rutter's body on the day of the fi-
and an Agility score two ranks lower dies. Because he lost his duel with nal game, Devlin was so distraught
than that of its wearer. Tony Stark, he committed suicide that Stane easily won the tourna-
Alter Ego: The Iron Monger armor rather than face defeat. ment. This episode was the first ma-
was constructed by Obadiah Stane, jor example of Stane's use of
and the statistics above are for his Presumably, the current operator psychological warfare in order to get
term in the Iron Monger suit. Without of the Iron Monger armor is a reason- what he wished: Stane would dis-
the armor, Stane has the following ably loyal agent of the federal gov- cover his opponent's weakness and
statistics: ernment. then exploit it. Stane became an in-
ternational chess champion while in
FASE I HISTORY his teens.
TY TY PR TY GD
Since Stane's suicide, the Iron Mon- Obadiah Stane was the son of In his early twenties Stane worked
ger armor has found its way into the Zebediah Stane, a drunkard who for an industrialist whom he came to
possession of the federal govern- was a failure in making a career for regard as an incompetent. Perceiv-
ment, which recent ly used the armor himself. One night, when Obadiah ing that the industrialist's primary
to test and demonstrate the fighting was only a child, his father returned weakness was his love for his young
abil ities of John Walker, the new to the hotel room where they were wife, Stane faked photographs
Captain . The suit gives its wearer a staying, having just won a great deal showing the wife apparently en-
+ SCS boost in Strength (up to a of money gambling. Apparently gaged in an affair with the industrial-
maximum of Monstrous) and a overjoyed, the elder Stane told Oba- ist's best friend. The industrialist's
diah that his luck had changed , and morale was thereby destroyed, and
+ 6CS boost in Endurance (again, to prove it, Zebediah played Russian Stane soon took control of the com-
roulette with himself, loading a sin- pany himself. This was the begin-
with a maximum of Monstrous). The gle bullet into a gun , spinning the ning of Stane's accumulation of a
Reason and Psyche of the Iron Mon- chamber, and then firing the gun at massive fortune: he made this first
ger remain those of its wearer. his head. The elder Stane thus killed million by the age of twenty-five.
himself with his first shot, traumatiz-
TALENTS ing young Obadiah. Later, Obadiah Stane began selling munitions
Stane had the Business/Finance tal- decided that his father had realized made by his company to whoever of-
ent and the Engineering skill, receiv- that the world was his opponent
against which he could not succeed , fered him the best price for them (of-
ing a + 1CS in these areas. and had therefore intentionally com- ten repressive dictatorships).
mitted suicide. Now orphaned, Eventually, Stane built his company
CONTACTS Stane was raised in a succession of into a multinational corporation pro-
Stane was the center of a vast finan- foster homes. ducing munitions that was based in
cial empire, and could call on ex- Salt Lake City, Utah, with offices in
perts in many fields. He wasn't too By his eighth birthday, Obadiah various locations in the United
picky about their attitudes and mor- Stane was completely bald as a re- States and aboard.
als (Doctor Atlanta was serious dis- sult of the shock of witnessing his fa-
turbed, for example), but he insisted ther's day. Ridiculed by his Stane decided to create a team of
that their technical skills be exem- classmates for his baldness, Oba- special bodyguards tor himself, the
plary (at least Remarkable Reason in diah became introverted. He be- Chessmen, whose costumes and
their fields of expertise). He was an came fascinated by games, identities derived from Stane's love
ally and lover of Madame Masque. especially chess and those of of chess.
He could also call on a vast array of chance. Obadiah believed that life
mercenaries and street criminals. was itself a game, at which his father Stane attempted to form an orga-
had lost: Obadiah determined that nization of European and Oriental in-
ADDITIONAL NOTES he himself would never lose at any- dustrialists, led by himself, that
thing. would act in defiance of anti-trust
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES laws, and even attempt to usurp
Obadiah Stane's primary attitude is One of Stane's fellow students at power from the leaders of certain na-
that he has always wanted to win at his school, Bernie Devlin, was a bet- tions. Anthony Stark, the president
any cost. He turns every social or ter chess player than he. Devl in and chairman of the board of Stark
business situation into a competi- bested Stane in the penultimate International, a leading American-
match of a school chess tournament. based electronics and manufactur-
118 The winner of the next game would ing corporation , opposed Stane's
win the tournament. Stane secretly
slit the throat of Devlin's beloved efforts to form such an organization.
dog, Ruffer, and hid the dog's corpse Stane had been seeking for a worthy
in Devlin's school locker. After find- opponent against whom to complete
in a new " game" of business ma-
neuvers, and decided that Stark was
the man he sought. Stane also knew
Stark's principal weakness: Stark
was a reformed alcoholic. At this
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point Stane had not yet realized that Stane had quickly resumed weap- drinking and was active again.
Anthony Stark was secretly the cos- ons contracts with SHIELD upon his Seeking to destroy the new Iron
tumed champion Iron Man. takeover, and it has been speculated Man, Stane dispatched the Circuits
Stane began taking steps to bring that Stane had SHIELD's support all Breaker, a device with which he in-
about Stark's downfall. One of along in his effort to seize control of tended to kill Rhodes and the
Stane's secret agents, a woman Stark International. Erwins. Both Stark and Rhodes went
named lndries Moomji, encountered Stane arranged for a court order into action against it garbed in Iron
Stark and encouraged him to fall in freezing Stark's financial assets, ef- Man armor, and Rhodes destroyed
love with her over the following fectively rendering him penniless. the weapon. Stane then realized that
weeks. Iron Man learned that Stane Eventually, Stane formed an alliance one of the two Iron Men who had at-
was behind various actions against with Stark's enemy and former lover tacked the Circuits Breaker must
him and his company, and con- Madame Masque, who had reas- have been Stark.
fronted Stane, but with no success. sumed control of her "family" in the For reasons that remain unclear,
By now Stane's alliance of foreign criminal Maggia. Stane had his employee, Dr. Theron
corporations had succeeded in out- After spending many months as a Atlanta, exchange the conscious-
bidding Stark International for cer- drunken derelict, Stark finally re- nesses of Cabe and Madame
tain major foreign contracts. Then , solved to stop drinking after he deliv- Masque. Then , as part of his new
- men working for Stane attempted to
abduct or kill James Rhodes from his ered the baby of his friend, a fellow plot to destroy Stark, Stane had
derelict named Grett Anders during a Stark 's friends Virginia "Pepper"
hospital bed: Rhodes escaped, but snowstorm. Gretl died in giving birth , Potts Hogan and Bambi Arbogast
Stark did not know what had hap- and in trying to keep the infant live abducted , and even had Gretl's in-
pened to him. Stark met with Stane, amid the bitter cold, Stark was rea- fant son Timothy Anders kidnapped.
who arrogantly defied him. Terribly wakened to the importance of life. Rhodes, as Iron Man, thwarted the
depressed and near despair, Stark Stark and the baby were both taken to first attempt to abduct another of
met with lndries Moomji, who coldly a hospital. Shortly afterwards, Stark, Stark's friends, Harold " Happy" Ho-
and cruelly rejected him and his love once again having overcome his alco- gan . In retaliation, Stane tried to de-
for her, just as she and Stane had in- holism, joined Rhodes and the sib- stroy Iron Man by sending a bomb to
tended. For Stark this was the final lings Morley and Clytemnestra Erwin Circuits Maximus headquarters. It
blow: he began drinking heavily in founding Circuits Maximus, a new exploded, killing Morley Erwin and
again, and quickly began his down- California-based electronics firm. injuring Rhodes, and Stane's men
ward physical and mental slide as a Soon afterwards Stark brought about succeeded in their second attempt to
result. the defeat of the Termite, a superhu- abduct "Happy" Hogan.
Due to various recent financial set- man criminal who had been hired by Stark blamed himself for not hav-
backs, Stark International had a Stane to sabotage Fetison Electron- ing stopped Stane before the latter
number of large debts. Stane bought ics. had killed Erwin and had the others
up all the company's debts and also Stane was still convinced that kidnapped. Determined to stop
initiated a number of civil suits of an Stark was a hopeless drunkard and Stane now, Stark decided to return
unrevealed nature against the com- was unaware of Stark's return to con- to his life as Iron Man, wearing a
pany. Stark himself no longer even structive activity, or even of his de- new, Mark VI suit of armor he had re-
tried to fight against Stane's obvious feat of the Termite. Then, however, cently designed.
takeover attempt and instead sought Stane learned that Stark was being After Stane had taken over Stark
solace in drunkenness. As a result, sought by the latter's former lover International, a notebook of Stark's
Stane succeeded in taking control of Bethany Cabe. Intrigued as to why had been found there with cryptic
Stark International and becoming its she was looking for him, Stane had notes about the workings and con-
new president and chairman of the Cabe captured. struction of Iron Man 's armor. Stane
board, displacing Stark in both roles. By now Stane and Madame set a team of scientists to work to
Stane renamed the corporation Masque were on the verge of becom- build a battlesuit called the Iron Mon-
Stane International and banned ing lovers. Moreover, Stane had cor- ger based on these notes. Stane in-
Stark from the grounds. rectly guessed that Anthony Stark tended to mass produce the suits,
Jim Rhodes, having already taken had been the original Iron Man. perhaps to outfit his own army and
over the role of Iron Man from the Stane speculated that the Iron Man take over one or more nations.
now continually drunken Stark, saw who had been active since Stark had On learning that Iron Man had in-
to it that Stark's other Iron Man ar- become a derelict was either vaded Stane lnternational's Long Is-
mored suits were destroyed so that Rhodes or one of the Erwin siblings. land headquarters, Stane realized
neither Stane nor SHIELD, the inter- Stane was not aware that recently that this Iron Man was indeed Stark,
national law enforcement agency, Stark had reluctantly gone into and dispatched a Circuits Breaker
could make use of them. Stark had action as Iron Man on a few occa- and a team of Chessmen against
previously manufactured munitions sions himself. Madame Masque him. After Iron Man easily overcame
for SHIELD , but had finally ended warned Stane that her informants these threats, Stane donned the Iron
munitions production altogether. had told her that Stark had given up Monger armor and went into battle
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against Iron Man himself. As Iron Man, was the only person to witness as Iron Man, defeated the Iron Mon- ,,----..
Monger, Stane failed to defeat Iron Stane's death, and Stane's security ger. The suit somehow came into the
Man, so he finally resorted to the ploy personnel quickly removed the body possession of the U.S. Government,
of seizing the Anders infant and from the scene. who have since assigned it to to a
threatening to kill him unless Iron loyal American soldier and used it
Man surrendered. Realizing that the Stark, as Iron Man, had already for, among other things, the testing
Iron Monger armor was controlled by freed the Hogans and Mrs. Arbogast of the new Captain America.
a computer in a nearby building, Iron before Stane's death. Shortly after
Man destroyed the unoccupied build- Stane's death Cabe and Madame Stane's death was never reported
ing, causing the Iron Monger suit to Masque regained their rightful in the news media. Only Stark, a few
become immobile. Stane dropped bodies. Stark regained control of his of Stark's associates, Stane's secu-
personal fortune, and decided to rity personnel , and top-ranking
the baby, whom Iron Man caught and make no attempts to regain the pres-
brought to safety. Stane gained some idency and chairmanship of the SHIELD officials are aware of it.
control over the armor, but not board of Stane International. The Stane International remains
enough to avoid a crash landing. Iron Monger armor somehow fell into SHIELD's chief weapons and tech-
the possession of industrialist Simon nology ·supplier, but it has not yet
Defeated , Stane committed sui- Steele, who sent an employee of his
cide by removing his helmet and fir- wearing the armor to kill the former been revealed who currently over-
ing a repulsor ray blast from his adventurer Dominic Fortune. Stark, sees Stane lnternational's opera-
armor at his own head. Stark, as Iron tions.
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JADE DRAGON
,-... STATISTICS BACKGROUND mother (unidentified , deceased)
Real Name: Dei Guan Base of Operations: Mobile
F GD/RM (10/30) Occupation: Soldier of the Chinese Past Group Affiliations: Member of
A GD (10) Army China Force, soldier of the Chinese
S TY/IN (6/40) Legal Status: Citizen of the Peo- Army
E GD/IN (10/40) ple's Republic of China, with a pend- Present Group Affiliation:
ing criminal case
R TY (6) Identity: Known to the governments KNOWN POWERS
of China and Canada Shape Alteration: Dei Guan is capa-
I GD (10) Place of Birth: An un identified vil- ble of transforming into a large
lage in China dragon-like creature. This transfor-
P GD (10) Marital Status: Single mation takes one full round. Besides
Health: 36/120 having the second set of statistics
Karma: 26 Known Relatives: Father and
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 0
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listed above, the Jade Dragon gains ADDITIONAL NOTES HISTORY
the following abilities:
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Dei Guan was born and raised in a
* Growth at Incredible Rank Jade Dragon considers himself a small village in China. When his mu-
loyal Chinese citizen. He will follow tant shape-shifting ability mani-
which gives others a +2 CS to hit his government's orders, but will fested at adolescence, the Chinese
usually find a way to avoid killing if government was immediately noti-
him. he is so ordered. He is wary of the fied. They took him away from his
* Flight at Poor speed (4 areas/ government, as he knows they had home and killed his parents when
round). his parents killed , but still believes they resisted. Dei was trained him in
* Body Armor which provides that it is the best system . His recent the use of his powers as a servant of
Excellent protection against Phys- unjustified status as a criminal and the state. He was introduced to the
ical attacks, heat and cold. defector has led him to begin to then developing China Force group,
* Fire Breath with a 4 area range question these beliefs, however. given military training, and made a
which does Incredible Energy soldier when he came of age.
damage to any single target or Ex-
cellent damage to all targets in a While on assignment in Tibet, Dei
single area. Guan's squadron encountered a
" Prehensile Tail which Jade group of monks and the former Al-
Dragon can use to grapple or phan , Puck. When the Dreamqueen
strike, although he cannot control was able to create a portal into this
it well enough to do fine work. universe, Dei Guan joined forces
* Claws capable of doing Excel- with Alpha Flight to drive her back.
lent Edged damage. When the battle was over, the group
was teleported back to Canada by
TALENTS Laura Dean.
Dei Guan has the Military Skill , al-
though he has no contacts in the Chi- Dei Guan was held prisoner by the
nese Army. He is trained in Martial Canadian authorities, who were sus-
Arts A, but can only use it in his hu- picious of his motives. Eventually,
man form . He speaks fluent Chi- members of China Force were sent
nese, but no English. to bring him back to China. Although
the China Force was defeated by Al-
CONTACTS pha Flight, Dei Guan chose to return
Dei Guan was a member of China to China on his own to prove himself
Force, but is currently considered a innocent of the charges brought
traitor by that group. He was an ally against him when he had been taken
of Alpha Flight on one occasion and to Canada.
is on good terms with them.
122
-- - - - - -- - --- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- -----
--
-- . ..- . ,,
- -- -
,,..--... STATISTICS
F MN(75)
A MN(75)
S MN(75)
E UN (100)
R Z (500)
I Z (500)
P C3000
Health: 325
Karma: 4000
Resources: Class 3000
Popularity: 0
Alias: Cosmic Cube
Occupation: Inapplicable
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: Inapplicable
,,,---.., Place of Creation: Cubic Dimension
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Shaper of
Worlds, Beyonder
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of
Shaper of Worlds
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS Kubik's area of effect, they are auto- ated powers have Class 1000 rank.
,,,,--... Clairvoyance: Good awareness of matically transported to the parallel The effects of such changes or his
dimension that most resembles the powers only exist within the current
distant locations up to 2000 miles conditions within the pocket uni- pocket dimension.
away. verse. When the effect ends, all be- Talents: None known
Dimension Travel: Shift-Z ability to ings affected by Kubik 's power are Contacts: Avengers, Shaper of
transport itself and other beings in- Worlds, Fantastic Four
stantaneously between dimensions. safely transported back to their ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Extradimensional Detection: Shift-Z home reality, in locations relative to
awareness of hundreds of parallel di- 123
their previous locations within the
mensions. pocket dimension.
lnvulnerabilty: Monstrous protection
from physical attacks and Amazing By using this power on itself, Ku-
protection from energy attacks. bik is able to change its apparent
Reality Manipulation (Present): Class form and apparently use any power it
1000 ability to restructure a section chooses, even those it did not previ-
of its surroundings into whaterver ously possess. Such newly gener-
shape and nature it desires. This
power initally affects a single area,
but the zone of effect increases by 1
area per turn. The maximum area of
effect is a sphere 2000 miles in diam-
eter. The effect lasts for two years.
In truth, t he restructured area is
actually a pocket dimension that
overlaps the real , unaffected area.
Everything and everyone within Ku-
bik's immediate vicinity is transfer-
red to this pocket dimension and
remains there until the effect ends.
As the zone increases in size, more
beings are automatically transported
into this pocket universe. Beings al-
ready within this region perceive it to
be infinite. If they wander beyond
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES mic Cube, a lab accident elsewhere ately upon its return to Earth , the --...
As the Cosmic Cube, it is an insen- in the U.S. activated a second Cos- Cosmic Cube transformed itself into
sate tool without will of its own. Who- mic Cube. Some of this being's en- the anthropomorphic being that now
ever possessed it could use the ergy was transferred into Owen called itself Kubik. The Super-
Cube's powers as if they were their Reece as he became the Molecule Adaptoid took advantage of Kubik's
own powers. As Kubik, it is primarily Man. The rest of the being's energy presence to mimic its powers in an
working on furthering its own evolo- was transferred into a tertiary dimen- attempt to defeat the Avengers, con-
tion . Because it knows that experi- sion where, without a restraining trol the world, and eventually create
ence leads to knowledge and hence force field and the guidance of other a race of similar androids. Although
further evolution , it is willing to ex- beings, it was free to define its own Kubik was still far more powerful , it
plore any situation that might be ap- existence. It eventually evolved into appeared to retreat and see what the
plicable to it. Such situations include Super-Adaptoid did with its new-
answering summons when another the Beyonder. found power. When the android col-
being calls it or responding to the Before Al M was able to use the lapsed in despair, Kubik returned
needs of beings similar to itself. and, by regaining its lost sliver, de-
Cosmic Cube, it was stolen by the stroyed the Super-Adaptoid forever.
HISTORY Red Skull. He used the Cube in his Then Kubik retreated again.
attempts to conquer the world, all of
The extra-dimensional race known which met defeat despite1he Cube's The next time Kubik appeared, it
as the Beyonders are responsible for power. Others learned of the Cube's accompanied the Shaper of Worlds
the creation of the Cosmic Cubes power and sought to make it their on a mission to deal with the Beyon-
and hence Kubik and its kin, the own. In time, the Cube passed into
Shaper of Worlds and the Beyonder. other hands. der. The Beyonder had, following his
Through their humanoid intermedi- ejection from Earth, retreated to an-
aries the Fortesquians, the Beyon- Thanos seized the Cube and com- other dimension. There he created a
ders discovered that all beings were manded it to give him control over parallel Earth that he ruled as an om-
driven by a desire to attain that which the universe. He was transformed nipresent, egocentric god. Kubik and
they lacked. The Beyonders learned into a godlike wraith. Foolishly, the Shaper were aware of the Beyon-
of evolution and how it led to greater Thanos belived he had drained the der and the ultimate error of his ways.
intelligence. They created their own Cube of all its power and discarded They also detected Dr. Doom's plan
breed of pure intelligences and gave it. Captain Mar-Veil grabbed the to make the Beyonder unwittingly _....
these beings a chance to control Cube and used it to restore the uni- transfer his power to Dr. Doom's con-
their own evolution. These nascent verse and revert Thanos to his mor- trol. Kubik and the Shaper appeared
intellects were stored in cubic en- tal form . on the Beyonder's pet Earth . Kubik
ergy fields in a dimensional plane of battled the Beyonder as it tried to
their own. The physics of that plane After years of such abuse, the make the Beyonder see reason and
were such that once every 32 years realize that both he and his universe
and four months, a potential gate- Cosmic Cube finally began to mani- had to die. The latent fury of Kubik's
way developed that linked the Cubic fest its own personality. Unfortu- former possessors returned as he
and the Earth dimensions. During nately, the personality that was trampled the Beyonder and reduced
these intervals, a special force field developing was seriously marred by him and his universe into a crushable ,,,---....
can lure one of these intellects. its mad ex-owners. The Supreme In-
telligence of the Kree Empire discov- sphere. At this moment, the Shaper
A decade ago, the criminal scien- ered the Cosmic Cube's impending asserted control and called a halt to
tists of AIM created such a field. development and asked the Shaper the combat.
They were attempting to create a de- of Worlds to go to Earth to aid the be-
vice that would enable them to con- ing. The Cube had begun to lash out The Shaper, Kubik, and the Mole-
trol reality. When the energy field at its surroundings and threatened to cule Man pieced together their com-
contracted into a perfect cube, they destroy the area. The Shaper mon story and shared that
thought they had created it them- reached out to it and calmed its mad- information with the Beyonder, Dr.
selves and named it the Cosmic ness. Then he removed any trace of
Cube . They were ignorant of its true the madness, hatred, paranoia, and Doom, and the Fantastic Four. Then
origin , but soon discovered that its power lust of its ex-possessors. Un- they assisted the Molecule Man and
powers were theirs to control. der the Shaper's guidance, the Cube Beyonder to recombine their power
left Earth and began to assume its and join into a new Cube capable of
Unbeknownst to AIM and the Cos- mature personality and form. further evolution. Presumably, the
Shaper and Kubik remain together to
Its development was interrupted oversee the further development of
by the Super-Adaptoid. That android the new Cube.
had been created with a sliver of the
Cosmic Cube and now summoned
that entity back to Earth. lmmedi-
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I
I LEADER
STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A EX (20)
s TY (6)
E RM (30)
R AM (50)
I RM (30)
p AM (50)
Health: 66
Karma: 130
Resources: IN (40)
Popularity: - 30
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Samuel Stern
Occupation: Would-be conqueror
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with a
criminal record .
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Boise, Idaho
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Formerly a sat-
ellite orbitting Earth and various hid-
den bases around the globe.
Currently presumed to be in the U.S.
Southwest
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS Weaponry: The Leader is a technologi- portation, but a Power FEAT failure
Increased Mental Capacity: The cal genius. He has invented several when teleporting a character into or
Leader's super-developed brain is robots, weapons, and other equip- out of combat requires the character
his chief gamma-radiation mutation. ment to facilitate his conquest of the to roll on the "Kill?" results table with a
His logic is always sound , and his planet. Since he gained his Mind Con- -1CS.
trol power, the Leader has spent fewer
hunches are usually on target. He of his resources on robots and more TALENTS
has total recall of anything he has on specialized armor for such organic The Leader has all scientific talents,
ever seen or read . minions as Rock, Redeemer, and Half- though he specializes in gamma ra-
Mind Control: The leader has ac- life. He has also developed Monivac, a diation. He also has the Engineering
quired the ability to control minds sentient computer with a Reason of In- and Repair/Tinkering skills. From his
with a successful Psyche FEAT roll credible that maintains the Leader's link with Rick Jones, he can use Mar-
against the intensity of his victim's base of operations, and a functioning tial Arts A, B, and E, Acrobatics, and
Psyche. Th is power has no range as teleportation pad, with a.global range. perform as a singer, guitarist, and
the Leader must physically touch his This device has Incredible rank Tele- harmonica player.
target. He can take control of minds
with Good Psyche or less indefi- 125
nitely, while higher strength minds
may make a Psyche FEAT roll to
break tree once a week or whenever
ordered to do something inimicable
to the victim 's moral standards. Curi-
ously, the Leader is unable to control
the mind of any being enhanced with
gamma-radiation powers.
Psychic Link: The Leader has a psy-
chic link with Rick Jones; he sees
and experiences everything that
Jones does, and has access to
Jones' memories and talents. Jones
himself is unaware of this link
CONTACTS HISTORY supply of stolen money and used it to
The Leader has used his Mind Con- set up a private laboratory in New
trol power to build an impressive ar- Sterns was an ordinary laborer mov- Mexico, where he designed and built
ray of civilian contacts, enough to ing a load of radioactive waste in the his first " humanoid." The humanoid ,
assure him of whatever terrestrial subcellar of a government-owned a powerful pink plastic robot which re-
Professional, Scientific, or Political chemical research facility in the Ne- sponded to the Leader's mental com-
Contacts he might need. He was vada desert when , in a freak acci- · mands, was the first step in his career
also responsible for the creation of dent, a cylinder containing unusual as a solitary criminal mastermind.
Half-life, Rock, and Redeemer, who gamma-bomb experimental waste
follow his commands explicitly. exploded. Sterns was caught in the The Leader has since proven him-
blast and was trapped in close prox- self to be an adversary of humanity,
ADDITIONAL NOTES imity to the gamma radiation given and has made many attempts at
off by the spilled waste for about a world conquest. He was continually
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES minute. He survived, apparently un-
The Leader is one of the most bril- thwarted in his schemes by the Hulk,
liant minds on the planet, with a harmed , and was placed under ob- his greatest opponent. At one point,
huge self-image to boot. The Leader servation in a near-by hospital. the Leader had gone back in time to
is condescending towards anyone Sterns, a high-school drop-out, be- primeval Earth in a mad scheme to
who does not match his gamma- gan voraciously reading every book create a divergent Earth with a his-
spawned abilities. His goals are two- in the hospital library. His reading tory subtly changed. The Hulk and
fold: the death of the Hulk (not Bruce the Avengers followed him back in
Banner; since it has been the Hulk rate increased to 4000 + words per time, in order to stop him. In the
who has over the years foiled all of course of their battle with the Leader,
the Leader's plans, the Leader feels minute with complete retention. The the Hulk and the Avengers saw him
that it would be petty to kill Banner), precise frequency of gamma radia- fall into a volcano. However, the
and the conquest of the world. The tion had affected his body and partic- Leader survived by use of his tele-
Leader is a superb tactician. His ularly his brain even as it had portation module.
mind , like a chess grandmaster's, affected Dr. Bruce Banner's body in
forsees the consequences of his a previous accident. The adventure had taken its toll,
schemes and plans on a large scale. however. For reasons unrevealed,
Several weeks after being dis- the Leader began to lose his gamma-
charged from the hospital, Stern's spawned intellect. Desperate to re-
gamma-induced mutation completed gain it, Sterns made a deal with the
gray, amoral Hulk, and drained the
itself; his brain and skull enlarged to gamma radiation from the Rick-Hulk ,
five times their former volume, and inducing in himself a similar but dif-
his skin turned a bright emerald ferent mutation , and forming a psy-
green. Stern left his job, deciding to chic link with Jones. The Leader
use his recently acquired super- then embarked on a plan to capture
the U.S. military's cache of gamma-
human intelligence to acquire per- bombs and kill the Hulk.
sonal power, and named himself the
Leader. Over the course of several As of this writing , the Leader be-
months, he organized a spy ring lieves that the Hulk is dead, perished
among the government scientists he in the explosion of a gamma bomb
had known at the research facility. His the Hulk had been holding in his
spy ring collapsed before it could take hand at the time of detonation. It is
reasonable to assume that the Lead-
over the world's governments due to er's plans for acquiring the gamma
internal bickering and mistrust. Frus- bombs and conquering the world are
trated by the lower intelligence of his continuing.
aides , but lusting for power, the
Leader absconded with the spy ring's
126
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LILA CHENEY
STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A EX (20)
s TY (6)
E RM (30)
R EX (20)
I GD (10)
p TY (6)
Health: 66
Karma: 36
Resources: RM (30)
Popularity: 55
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Lila Cheney
Occupation: Thief, rock music per-
former
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
--.. with no criminal record
Identity: Lila's mutant status is not
commonly known to the general pub-
lic
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: A Dyson
Sphere located in a distance galaxy
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of the
,---... New Mutants
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS TALENTS Guthrie (Cannonball) of the New Mu-
Teleportation: Lila has the abil ity to Lila has the Performer talent in the tants, and this group can often be
teleport vast distances. She can only fields of singing and instrumental counted on to come to her aid.
teleport interstellar distances (no music. She is also a thief of Remark- ADDITIONAL NOTES
less than one planet to another). She able talents, although her thefts are
must teleport to areas that she has usually on such a grand scale that 127
been to before. When she teleports she usually has no use for such mun-
she takes everyone in the same area dane skills as lockpicking .
that she in with her. Lila usually uses
her Dyson Sphere as a "relay point" CONTACTS
when teleporting from one spot to Lila has a number of contacts in the
another on a single planet. music industry, and employs musi-
Dyson Sphere: Lila's home, located cians whom she trusts enough to tell
in deep space at least several light of her mutant status. She was ro-
years from Earth, is a Dyson sphere, mantically involved with Sam
a star totally enclosed by a construct
of unknown origin that is 200 million
miles in diameter. The inner side of
the sphere, facing the star, is cov-
ered by a huge, ancient and appar-
ently abandoned cityworld, which
Lila uses as home base. There are a
number of hi-tech devices in the
sphere, which she has discovered
how to operate through trial and er-
ror. In fact, Lila has explored less
than .001 % of the total surface area
of the sphere.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES races, or her discovery of a Dyson Spyder, who had originally arranged
Lila has three primary traits-She is Sphere. for her sale as a slave, drove her old
a thrill seeker, always on the lookout owners into bankruptcy and took
for some new experience, she is ex- Lila somehow escaped captivity steps to recover her for his own
tremely overconfident, thinking she (presumably upon the manifestation profit.
can handle almost any situation or
that things will turn out okay in the of her mutant powers) and returned to The New Mutants, aided by Spy-
long run, and she has a strong sense Earth. She later travelled to a number der's former servant Gossamyr, fol-
of self-preservation. She will usually of the locations she had been at as a lowed to Spyder's home planet.
flee rather than fight the numerous slave and made quite a reputation for Here, through a series of circum-
alien races that pursue her because herself as an intergalactic thief. It was stances, male members of Gossa-
of her past crimes. She is also during this time that she discovered a myr's race (who are huge, berserk
strongly attracted to Sam Guthrie, Dyson Sphere in deep space and monsters) were released . To prevent
and would do almost anything for made it her home base. them from destroying both Spyder
hi m. an.d the New Mutants, Lila appar-
Despite the fact that Lila believed ently sacrificed her life to teleport
HISTORY that Earth as a whole had sold her herself and the monsters into the sun
into slavery, she still had an interest of that system .
Little is known of Lila's history. She is in that planet. She travelled there of-
presumably a mutant born on Earth, ten and set herself up as a rock star. However, it has been established
but she claims that she was sold into She first came to the attention of the that Lila can only teleport to a site
interstellar slavery at a young age. New Mutants when they became in- that she has already been to physi-
This seems unlikely, but there is no volved in her attempts to sell the cally, and it is obvious she could
other way to account for the fact that Earth to an alien race. During this ad- never have teleported into that star
she is known to so many other alien venture she and Sam (Cannonball) (or any other) in the past. It has been
Guthrie became interested in each conjectured that she is still alive and
other. that much of what happened is not
as it seemed. The true facts in this
Lila continued to remain on good case have yet to be revealed.
terms with the New Mutants. Eventu-
ally an alien entrepreneur known as
128
MADELVNE P.A¥.EI
STATISTICS
Madelyne Goblin
Pryor Queen
F GD (10) GD (10)
A GD (10) RM (30)
S TY (6) TY (6)
E RM (30) UN (100)
R GD (10) GD (10)
I EX (20) RM (30)
P AM (50) CL 1000
Health: 56/146
Karma : 80/1040
Resources: PR (4)/Cl 1000
Popularity: 1/50
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Madelyne Pryor
,,---. Occupation : Pilot, Queen of Limbo
Legal Status: Legal records wiped
clean
Identity: Secret
Known Aliases: Goblin Queen
Place of Creation: Omaha, Ne-
braska
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Nathan (son),
Scott Summers (husband)
~ Base of Operations: Abandoned
Reaver base in Australia, Empire
State Building
Past Group Affiliations: X-Men
Present Group Affiliation :
KNOWN POWERS mons from normal, inanimate ob- one within a 10 mile radius.
Telekinesis: Madelyne Pryor has Un- jects. Demons: The Goblin Queen controls
Non-Detection: She has the CL hordes of loyal demons which have
earthly telekinesis, but its use is lim- 1000 ability to avoid detection by the following characteristics:
ited to her line of sight. She has electronic sensors and similar de-
~ established the following power vices. FASER I P
stunts: Telepathy: Madelyne can read minds EX TY EX TY PR GD PR
and project thoughts at Unearthly In addition, these demons have Typi-
• Flight at Incredible speeds. rank. She has established the follow- cal Claws and can fly at Typical
• Force Fields and Shields of CL ing power stunt: speeds. Their rough hides provide
1000 rank which are able to pro- • Bring out a person's darker them with Typical protection from
tect up to 10 areas. side and cause it to take control. harm.
• Unearthly Kinetic Force Bolts The victim can attempt a red 129
which can be aimed to hit one per- Psyche FEAT to resist this power.
son or everyone within one area of
their impact point. This power stunt can effect every-
Matter Control and Conversion: Ma-
delyne Pryor has the CL 1000 ability
to control and convert various forms
of matter. She has established the
following power stunts:
• Use of her powers to control or
alter the entire environment within
ten miles.
,,..---. • Forcibly changing other beings
into demons, upon touch. Targets
are ent itled to a Psyche FEAT roll
to resist.
• Summoning of Typical de-
TALENTS this because it feared it might revert power for revenge. She gave into the -....
Madelyne Pryor had the pilot and to the Dark Phoenix again. A small dark portion of her soul, and took him
computer talents. She also had the portion of the Phoenix Force sur- up on the bargain. N'Astrish some-
occult talent after becoming the vived and rushed to Jamaica Bay, how used dark Limbo magick to
Goblin Queen . where the real Jean Gray slept in a awaken the latent powers Madelyne
healing pod. It tried to enter Jean's possessed.
CONTACTS body, but Jean rejected it because it
Madelyne Pryor had contacts with still bore images of death and de- Madelyne then began to corrupt
the X-Men and X-Factor. As the Gob- struction. Desperate, it sensed the the X-Men from within. She cen-
lin Queen , she had contacts with var- clone and rushed to it.
ious rulers and demons on the Plane sored incoming news about X-
of Limbo. The surprised Sinister watched a fi- Factor, only allowing the X-Men to
ery phoenix form surround the clone. know the worst. Madelyne also se-
ADDITIONAL NOTES The clone cried out " Scott" and then duced Scott's brother, Alex (Havok).
passed out. Sinister soon learned
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES about Phoenix and came up with a When Inferno began, Madelyne
Before she became the Goblin plan . He intended to mate his clone became the Goblin Queen, one of
Queen, Madelyne was a brave and with Scott Summers, which would the evil beings behind the Inferno.
caring woman. When Scott left her to hopefully produce a powerful mutant N'Astrish took her to Sinister's base,
re-join the newly resurrected Jean offspring that Sinister could control. where her son was being kept. Ma-
Grey, Madelyne still acted the same delyne easily beat Sinister and re-
on the surface, but underneath she Madelyne and Scott lived happily gained her child. She was also able ,,--.
was very bitter and angry. After she for a while in Anchorage, but he sud- to learn her complete history from
became the Goblin Queen and found denly left her with no explanations.
out her true origins, she was con- Unknown to her, he had returned to Sinister. More bitter than ever, she
sumed with self-loathing and hatred New York City, where the supposedly vowed to sacrifice her own son to
at the world that had spurned her. open the gateway to Limbo.
dead Jean Gray had been found by
In her bitterness she was even will- the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. Soon, a running battle erupted in
ing to sacrifice her own son to gain Scott, Jean, and the other original X- the streets of New York City, between
revenge on the world . In the end , she Men then formed X-Factor. the Goblin Queen , the X-Men, and X-
was willing to die if she could at least Factor. Most of the X-Men had given
take one of her enemies with her. Madelyne eventually saw news re- into the darker side of their natures.
ports about X-Factor and realized Havok gave in completely, becoming ,,..---...._
HISTORY what had happened. Angry and bit- Madelyne's Goblin Prince.
The woman known as Madelyne ter, she refused to talk to Scott when Finally, at the top of the trans-
Pryor was actually a clone of Jean he called her. At this point, Sinister formed Empire State Building, the fi-
Gray (Marvel Girl), created by the felt that it was time to claim the baby nal confrontation between Jean and
mysterious villain known as Mr. Sinis- and kill Madelyne. He arranged for Madelyne began. While they were
ter. He created the clone in his secret Madelyne to make a special delivery locked in mental combat, Jean
base located beneath an orphanage flight for the air freight service. Sinis- learned all about Madelyne's dis-
in Omaha, Nebraska. ter somehow mentally compelled her
to take the baby along. During one of torted life. The X-Men and X-Factor,
Sinister was able to grow an adult the flight's stops, Madelyne was at- working together, broke through a
clone of Jean, before the original was tacked by the Marauders. She es- force field that the Goblin Queen had ,,..---...._
replaced by the Phoenix. The clone it- caped, subconsciously using her placed around herself and Jean.
self exhibited none of Jean's powers, powers again, but the baby was cap- They pressed the Goblin Queen
and it had none of her memories. tured by the Marauders. back, and Scott was able to regain
possession of his son.
Then came the day when the Madelyne stayed with the X-Men
Phoenix, after taking Jean's place, for protection from the Marauders. Sensing defeat, the Goblin Queen
allowed itself to be killed on the Blue She later sacrificed her life in Dallas, tried to kill everyone in a massive
Area of the Moon. Phoenix allowed along with the X-Men , to stop the Ad- blast of energy. The members of
versary from taking over the Earth. both teams worked together so that
She was also with the X-Men when no one was hurt. The Goblin Queen
they were resurrected by Roma. Ma- took the brunt of the blast, fatally in-
delyne then joined the X-Men in their juring herself.
move to the abandoned Reaver base
in Australia. Dying, she forced Jean into a men-
tal lock, meaning to carry Jean to her
One night, while she was working death alongside her. Suddenly, the
with the advanced computer system, Phoenix Force within the Goblin
she fell asleep and was somehow Queen offered Jean a deal. If Jean
contacted by the Limbo demon lord, would allow it to enter her, the Phoe-
N'Astrish. Sensing her power, and nix would break the mental lock and .r---.
her inner bitterness, he offered her save Jean from death. Jean reluc-
tantly agreed, and Madelyne died
alone.
130
STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A EX (20)
s TY (6)
E IN (40)
R RM (30)
I GD (10)
p GD (10)
Health: 76
Karma: 50
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Amara Juliana Olivians
Aquilla
Occupation: Student
Legal Status: Citizen of Nova Roma
Other Known Aliases: None
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Nova Roma, Brazil
Marital Status: Betrothed
Known Relatives: Lucius Aquilla
(father)
Base of Operations: Massachu-
setts Academy, Nova Roma
Past Group Affiliations: New Mu-
tants, Hellions
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS Healing: Magma regains her Endur- every 10 rounds without contact, she
Earth Control: In addition to the nor- ance rank in Health every 10 uses her powers at a -1 CS, up to a
mal uses of this Monstrous power, rounds. If brought to 0 Health wh ile maxim um of - 3 CS. The penalty dis-
Magma has established the follow- touching the ground, she will fall un- appears after 1O rounds of direct
ing power stunts: conscious for 1-10 rounds and may contact with the ground.
then attempt an Endurance FEAT Costume: Made of unstable mole-
• Create earthquakes and minia- cules, a Remarkable Strength mate-
ture volcanoes in a 4 area range, roll to awaken and regain her full rial, it provides Good insulation from
that can do up to Monstrous dam- Health score. If she is brought to O heat/cold, and has a built-in elec-
ag e. Health while not in contact with the tronic Psi Screen of Amazing
• Turn any type of stone into mol- ground (while in a building or air- Strength.
ten lava, shape it into any desired c raft, for exam ple), check for death
form, and cool it down again. as usual. TALENTS
Body Armor: Magma's unique physi- Limitations: If Magma is not in con- A mara has the Swo rd , Resist Domi-
ology provides her with Good protec- tact with the ground, or something nation, Computer, and Jung le Sur-
tion against physical attacks and affi xed to it, her powers weaken. For
Unearthly protection against fire/ 131
heat attacks. The body armor gives
off Excellent intensity light and Good
intensity heat.
Lava Blasts: T his Monstrous inten-
sity energy attack has a 3 area
range. She has established only one
power stunt to date:
• Tunnel through any material
with Monstrous Material Strength
or less at a rate of 2 areas per
round. This is slowed to 1 area per
round if she is cooling the passage
down so that others can use the
t unnel immediately behind her.
vival talents. She also speaks Latin mysterious fire cult and its Black on the flight to Nova Roma. During
and English . Priestess wanted to use Amara as a the flight there was a bad storm and
human sacrifice. the plane crashed in a swamp .
CONTACTS:
Amara has contacts with the govern- Amara was captured by the New Amara and Empath found them-
ment of Nova Roma, the X-Men, the Mutants during a visit to the Amazon selves being drawn closer together
New Mutants, the Hellfire Club, and jungle. Robert Da Costa's (Sunspot) during their trek through the wilder-
the Hellions. mother, an archaeologist, had heard ness, without Empath even having to
rumors of Nova Roma, and she use his powers. Amara was
ADDITIONAL NOTES wished to find the city. Amara'a dis- wounded while saving Empath from
guise was revealed at about the a jaguar. He soon realized that Am-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES same time that she and the New Mu- ara hoped that they would not be
Amara was trained to be a noble, in tants were captured by Nova Roma found by her father, because of the
action and thought. She always tries soldiers. Amara explained the politi-
to be a lady, but sometimes her air of cal situation to the New Mutants, and marriage plans her father had in
nobility comes across as arrogance . they all soon found themselves be- store for her. Empath, knowing her
Deep down inside she is scared, ing used as pawns in t he political wound was getting infected, used his
afraid that her powers will run loose powers to upset her so that she
and hurt people . She has not learned struggles of the city. caused an earth tremor and raised a
to control her temper yet. Amara and Dani Moonstar (Mi- small volcano.
HISTORY rage) found themselves in the A few days later, they were found
clutches of the Fire Cult and its Black by her father, who had located them
In the First Century B.C., a large Priestess. T he Black Priestess due to her earth tremors. A little later,
number of Roman citizens teared turned out to be Selene (Black while Amara and Empath were still in
that their republican government Queen), the wife of Senator Domitus Nova Roma, Amara was captured by
might be replaced with an imperial Gallio, leader of the imperial faction . agents of the High Evolutionary dur-
one. They journeyed to South Amer- Amara and Dani soon found out that ing the Evolutionary Wars.
ica, and eventually built a city in the Selene was a mutant and a psychic
jungle near the Amazon River, Nova vampire, and that she had killed Am- The High Evolutionary's agents
Roma. T he original colonists of Nova ara's mother years earlier. Dani tried teleported her to a secret base, plan-
Roma intermarried with a group of to attack Selene mentally, but Se- ning to remove her powers perma-
lncan Indians that were fleei ng lene easily bested her and threw Am- nently. Emma Frost called Magneto ...--..
Spanish invaders. Then, in the Twen- ara into a sacrificial lava pit. and told him about the kidnapping.
tieth Century A.O., a faction rose The New Mutants overheard Mag-
among the people of Nova Roma, The immersion somehow awoke neto talking about Amara's kidnap-
that wished to change the govern- Amara's latent mutant powers. Amara ping. They also heard Frost tell
ment into a monarchy based on the rose out of the pit and attacked Selene Magneto that they had located the
ancient lncan government. before she could throw Dani in. Amara base where Amara was being kept.
and the New Mutants were able to de-
Senator Aquilla, a member of the The New Mutants used Magick's
plebeian class, was the leader of a feat Selene and her husband's impe- teleportation discs to get there be-
faction opposed to the imperial fac- rial faction. Selene disappeared, fore Magneto and the others, hoping
tion. Senator Aquilla's wife had dis- showing up later in New York City and to rescue Amara. They arrived in ,,,--....
appeared a few years earlier, leaving joining the Hellfire Club. t ime to rescue Amara before her
him to raise their daughter, Amara. powers were taken from her, and
Fearing for her life, Senator Aquilla Senator Aquilla felt that it was time they then defeated the High Evolu-
sent Amara to live in the jungle out- that Nova Roma learned more about tionary's agents.
side Nova Roma, disguised as an In- modern society. He ordered Amara
dian. Senator Aquilla feared that a to go with the New Mutants, so that T hen Magneto and the Hellfire
she could learn more about modern Club arrived . Fearful of being discov-
civilization and also so that she could ered, the New Mutants and Amara
learn how to control her powers from teleported back to their school in
Professor X. She agreed and joined New York . Before escaping, they
the New Mutants and Xavier 's overheard Magneto mention some
School for Gifted Children . special plans he and the Hellfire
Club had for Amara.
Since the New Mutants' current
mentor, Magneto, had connections T he New Mutants begged Amara
with Emma Frost, Amara asked to be
transferred to Frost's Massachusetts to stay with them , but she gently
Academy. refused. She knew that she had to
face her father and deal with the
A few months later, Amara re- plans he had made for her. She also
ceived a letter from her father. He or- felt that she would be safer in Nova ,,,--....
dered her home to meet with a Roma, away from Magneto and the
Prince that he had arranged for her other Hellfire Club members and
to marry. Empath accompanied her their plans for her.
132
STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A TY (6)
s RM (30)
E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p PR (4)
Health: 76
Karma: 16
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: - 5
BACKGROUND
Real name: William Taurens
Occupation: Professional Criminal
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with crimi-
nal record
Other Known Aliases: Bull Taurus
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Camden, New Jer-
sey
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives : None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliatio ns: Death
Squad, the Matador
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Body Armor: Man-Bull's unique Taurens had always been a vicious
physiology gives him Typical physi- man, who enjoyed inflicting pain on
cal protection. others. When he became the Man-
Charging: When Man-Bull is charg- Bull, he became even more bestial
ing, his body armor and Endurance and cruel. He is filled with a blind
ranks should be considered to be of rage if he is losing a battle or if he is
being ridiculed.
Remarkable rank.
~ Berserker: While in combat, there is 133
a chance that Man-Bull will go ber-
serk. He will enter this berserk stage
if he makes a successful Psyche
FEAT roll. During this period, he will
have a + 1 CS on his Strength and
Fighting , while his Reason and Intui-
tion drop to Feeble. This mental
state will last until he is knocked un-
conscious, or for 1-1 O rounds after
combat has ended.
TALENTS
Taurens is an expert in a number of
petty crimes, such as arson and
grand larceny.
CONTACTS
Man-Bull has a number of contacts
in the street crime elements of New
York City. He has worked with Melter,
Whiplash , and the Matador in the
past.
HISTORY ,...--,
William Taurens began his criminal
career while he was still young,
when he was arrested for petty theft.
He continued to engage in numer-
ous petty crimes, including grand
larceny, arson, manslaughter and
assault with a deadly weapon.
Taurens was eventually hired by the
crime boss known as Mister Klein.
Mister Klein hired Taurens, and a
number of other thugs, to kidnap
some people to be used as test sub-
jects for a serum that Mister Klein
had acquired. The serum was cre-
ated from the extracted mutated en-
zymes of bulls. The serum was
supposed to increase the strength of
anyone injected with it.
Daredevil stopped Taurens from
taking a young couple for the experi-
ments. When Taurens reported his
failure to Klein, the crime boss
forced Taurens to be injected with
the serum. The serum reacted
strangely with Tauren's physiology,
causing him to turn into a bull-like
man.
Taurens blamed Daredevil for his
grotesque transformation. He tried
to kill Daredevil, but Daredevil was
able to defeat him. He has tried sev-
eral times since then to kill Dare-
devil, but he has never succeeded .
Recently, he was beaten by the
Hulk in a fight.
134
MANDARIN
.-...., STATISTICS ing flashes or Energy Blasts. In ad- other power stunts.
dition, it can be used to Control • A Disintegration beam of Mon-
F RM (30) Gravity and has a 5 area range. strous Intensity with a 1 area
A EX (20) • A Matter-Rearranger which range which has no effect on living
gives Mandarin Matter Control beings. It works only once every
s GD (10) powers. This ring cannot work on 20 minutes.
or through force fields. • A Black Light which can re-
E RM (30) • An Impact Beam which can un- lease the Darkforce and has a 2
R IN (40) leash an Incredible force beam, a area range.
I GD (10) Remarkable Intensity Sonic En- Mandarin has acquired a strong
p GD (10) ergy bolt, or be used for Magnetic mental link with the rings, so that
Health: 90 Control. It has a 2 area range. only those he allows can use the
Karma: 60 • A Vortex Beam which gives rings' powers. He can monitor any
Resources: AM (50) Mandarin the power of Air Control , actions taking place around the rings
Popularity: -12/ + 1O (Hong Kong) including Excellent Flight and if they are removed from him.
BACKGROUND 135
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Conqueror
Identity: Secret
,,.--.... Other Known Aliases: Gene Kahn ,
Zhang Tong
Legal Status: Enemy of China,
wanted by legal authorities in other
countries.
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Place of Birth: Mainland China
Base Of Operations: " Palace of
Star Dragons" somewhere in China,
,,,.--.... Hong Kong
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of the
Sandman . Employer of the Swords-
man, Power Man, Living Laser, En-
chantress, Executioner and Unicorn.
Leader of the Hand.
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS
Force Field: Mandarin can protect
,,,-..,, himself with a shroud of Monstrous
Intensity. He cannot use his rings
while the force field is on. He can at-
tack physically while the force field is
on, adding a +2 CS to his damage
rank .
Rings: All of the powers of Manda-
rin's rings are at Remarkable inten-
sity, unless otherwise noted. Their
specific powers are:
• An Ice Blast with a 2 area
range which requires an Endur-
ance FEAT to avoid being
stunned.
• A Mento-Intensifier which al-
lows Mandarin to employ Mind
Control with a 1 area range.
• An Electro-Blast which has a 3
area range.
• A Flame-Blast which has a 2
area range.
• A powerful, variable white light
which can be used to create blind-
Hand: The Mandarin now employs used his inherited wealth to study in the Eye for him, but he was beaten
members of a group, called the China and abroad. After coming by Black Bolt before he could drain
Hand, who are loyal to him. Each back to China, he became a high the Eye's power into his rings. Black
member is allowed to wear and use government official, a Mandarin. Bolt then took his rings and hid them
one of the Mandarin's rings. If the from him.
Hand member is captured or When the Communist Revolution
knocked-out, the ring will immedi- Unable to find his rings, he re-
ately teleport back to the Mandarin. took place, the Mandarin found him- turned to the Valley of the Spirits.
Use Mercenary statistics for mem- self without any power or wealth to There he found a headband of Mak-
bers of the Hand. his name. Desperate to gain power luan origin, that helped him regain
once again, he entered a supposedly his rings and rebuild his castle.
TALENTS haunted "Valley of the Spirits" that Later, the Mandarin and the dying
The Mandarin knows Martial Arts A, no one had explored in centuries. Unicorn went to America to destroy
D and E. He is skilled in Biochemis- There he found a crashed spaceship Iron Man. During the battle, the
try, Electronics, Engineering, Re- and the skeleton of its pilot. The pilot headband somehow caused the
pair/tinkering, and Business/Fi- had been a dragon-like alien from Mandarin and the Unicorn to trade
nance. the planet Maklu-4, that had died on bodies. The Mandarin immediately
Earth centuries ago. returned to his castle, fearful of
CONTACTS dying in the Unicorn's diseased
High level contacts in the govern- The Mandarin spent several years body. He returned to find his castle
ment and business community of in the valley, learning the Makluan already taken over by the villain, Yel-
Hong Kong. The Mandarin is the technology. He was able to figure out low Claw.
leader of a group that follows him, how to use the rings he found in the
called the Hand. ship, which had apparently served Forced to flee, the Mandarin set
as the ship's energy source . He then up another base and eventually re-
ADDITIONAL NOTES used the rings to help build himself a turned his mind to his original body,
castle in the Valley, and to take over with the reluctant help of Sunfire, Ja-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES all the villages in the area. With his pan's mutant hero. He was also
The Mandarin is your typical arro- alien science, the Chinese Army forced into battle with Iron Man again
gant world conqueror, constantly try- could do nothing to oppose him. and had to flee again. He then at-
ing to dominate the world using the tacked Yellow Claw, in an attempt to
advanced science he has at his com- The Mandarin then embarked on a regain his castle. The Mandarin was
mand . He likes to use complicated long series of attempts to take over critically wounded in a battle with a
plots, but he does not mind engaging the world. His usual techniques in-
in combat if he feels his foe is worthy. volved causing a nation's weapons robot double of Yellow Claw, which
He holds a special hatred for Iron and missiles to turn against its own- exploded.
Man and the Communist govern- ers. At first, the Mandarin sabotaged
ment of China. and stole a number of missiles and More recently, while Stark was try-
spy planes built by Tony Stark. Stark, ing to set up a branch of Stark Enter-
HISTORY as Iron Man, decided to check out prises in Hong Kong, Iron Man and
the disappearances himself. He flew the Mandarin came into conflict. The
The Mandarin was born in prerevolu- to China and encountered the Man- Mandarin had taken the name of
tionary China, the son of a wealthy darin for the first time, and defeated Zhang Tong, and had become a fi-
Chinese man and an English noble- him. nancial leader in Hong Kong . As
woman. His parents died while he Tong, he controlled a number of gov-
was very young, and he was raised Over the years, Iron Man became ernment officials and industry lead-
by a bitter aunt. the Mandarin 's constant enemy. ers of Hong Kong.
Each time, Iron man was able to de-
At an early age he showed prom- feat the Mandarin, but he was never The Mandarin thwarted all of
ise in various fields of science. He Stark's attempts to set up a business
able to bring him to justice. In his fifth branch, even resorting to murder.
encounter with the Mandarin, Iron The Mandarin now employed a
Man was able to defeat him in hand- group of followers, called the Hand,
to-hand combat for the first time. Iron to do his dirty work. When on a mis-
Man then re-programmed some mis- sion, a Hand member was allowed to
siles the Mandarin had launched, take one of the Mandarin's rings and
aiming them back at the Mandarin's use its powers. If the Hand member
castle. The Mandarin teleported to was captured, he would fanatically
an orbiting satellite before his castle try to kill himself. If the Hand mem-
ber was killed or knocked out, the
was destroyed. ring would automatically teleport
The Mandarin then returned to back to the Mandarin.
China, hoping to increase his ring's
powers. He learned of a powerful
magical artifact, the Eye of Yin, and
tried to get it. He tricked the Royal
Family of the lnhumans into finding
136
STATI S TICS
F GD (10)
A GD (10)
s RM (30)
E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p TY (6)
Health: 70
Karma: 18
Resources: Varies
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Varies
Occupation: Usually criminal, gov-
ernment agent, police officer or sol-
dier.
Legal Status: Varies
Identity: Varies
Other Known Aliases: Varies
Place of Birth: Varies
Marital Status: Varies
Known Relatives: Varies
Base of Operations: Varies
Past Group Affiliations:
S.H.l. E.L.D.
Present Group Affiliation :
KNOWN POWERS Remote Control: The battle suit can Strength and a +2 CS to Endurance.
Body Armor: Mandroid armor offers be programmed to perform specific
Incredible protection from both en- actions if its wearer is knocked out or TALENTS
ergy and physical attacks. incapacitated. This will vary according to the
Weapons: The Mandroid battle suit Running: Anyone in a Mandroid suit wearer. The talents will usually be
contains the following weapon sys- can run at Typical Speed (3 areas military, detective/espionage or law
tems: per round) for a maximum of 14 min- enforcement.
utes. CONTACTS
• An Incredible Neuro-Stunner Varies.
with a 1 area range. Wearer: The Mandroid battle armor
• Tracker/Repeller Fields which has been worn by many different 137
allow the operator to move objects people. The statistics above are for
at a range of 3 areas with Remark- someone with all Typical abilities.
able Strength. May also be used For other wearers, the suit is as-
as an Amazing Intensity personal
force field, but no weapons can be sumed to provide a + 1 CS to Fight-
fired while the force field is on .
• An Excellent Laser Torch with ing, a + 1 CS to Agility, a +3 CS to
an line of sight range.
• Punch-Blasters which do Re-
markable Force damage and have
a 1 area range.
Sensors: The avionics array of the
battle suit provides Remarkable Pro-
tected Senses, lnfravision out to 3
areas, Remarkable Radar/Sonar,
and a full communications system
(including loudspeakers).
Life Support: The wearer can survive
on filtered air for two months. In addi-
tion, the suit provides Amazing Re-
sistance to Heat and Radiation.
ADDITIONAL NOTES der susp1c1on of harboring aliens Stark pretended that Iron Man had
during an active period of the Kree- rebelled and that he had fired him
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Skrull war. from Stark Enterprises. During his
Varies. destruction of various suits of armor,
A Mandroid battle suit was also Stark had done some things that the
HISTORY used unsuccessfully by Major Glenn government did not approve of.
Talbot. while he was fighting the Hulk. Stark agreed to help S.H.l.E.L.D.
The Mandroid personal battle suit The weapons manufacturer, Moses capture Iron Man, though actually he
was originally built by Stark Interna- Magnum, acquired the plans for the wanted a chance to destroy
tional, to be used by S.H.l.E.L.D.. Mandroid and built some of his own. S.H .l. E.L.D .'s Mandroids.
The battle suits were first used These were used unsuccessfully
against the Avengers by S.H.l.E.L.D. against the X-Men in Japan. Stark feared that Justin Hammer
agents, when the Avengers were un- might get a hold of the plans for the
Recently, Tony Stark found out Mandroids, so he wanted to destroy
that years ago, the Spymaster stole them too. He was able to trick
his plans for the Iron Man armor. The S.H.l.E.L.D., and ambush the
Spymaster had then sold the plans agents wearing the suits of Mandroid
to Justin Hammer, who in turn sold armor. As Iron Man, Stark used the
the plans to various criminals. These negator packs to completely fuse the
criminals then used the plans to cre- Mandroid's circuits. Stark has also
ate their own suits of armor.
implied that he has somehow wiped
Angered , Stark went on a crusade out all the plans on the Mandroid
to destroy all suits of battle armor. To suits that the government pos-
do this, he used a device that he in- sesses. Of course, there is a chance
vented called a negator pack. When that other Mandroid suits exist, in the
attached to a suit of armor, it totally government or other's possession .
fused all of the armor's circuits.
138
MASTER MOLD
,..-....., STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A EX (20)
S MN (75)
E UN (100)
R RM (30)
I GD (10)
P PR (4)
Health: 225
Karma: 44
Resources: FE (2)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Not Applicable
Occupation: Mutant Hunter
Legal Status: None
Identity: Not Applicable
Place of Creation : Steven Lang 's
Orbiting Space Station
Marital Status: Not Applicable
Known Relatives: Not Applicable
Base of Operations: Large flying
ship.
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS Amazing ability to dominate the Servitors: The Master Mold has cre-
Robotic Construction: As a robot, mind of another individual. ated hordes of an artificial lifeforms
Master Mold is immune to poison, Self-Repair: Master Mold 's internal to serve him. They have the following
disease, gas and mental attacks. systems are able to repair them- characteristics:
Master Mold can survive in outer selves, giving him Amazing regener-
space or underwater indefinitely. ation. FASER I P
Master Mold is about thirty feet tall GD GD TY GD PR PR PR
Brain Module: The Master Mold's Health: 36
( + 2 CS to hit). major memory circuits are in a small Karma: 12
In addition, they have Good Skin Ar-
Mutant Detection: Master Mold has module made of Unearthly strength mor and often use jet packs which
the Unearthly ability to sense individ- material. This brain module is able to give them Typical Flight. They wield
uals with mutant DNA structures. regenerate a new body from nearby special guns which can fire Good en-
Flight: Master Mold can fly at Excel- metal with Monstrous ability. The ergy blasts and have a 2 area range .
lent speeds. brain module can also cause Incredi- Conscience: Master Mold has pro-
Body Armor: Master Mold is made of ble energy damage to anyone touch- grammed a special humanoid Senti-
a Remarkable alloy which provides ing it.
him with Excellent protection against 139
physical and energy attacks.
Weapons: Master Mold has access
to all the weapons that the Sentinel
Types 1-111 had.
Hunter missile: These weapons can
fly at Amazing speeds. They are con-
structed of an Excellent alloy and
have Incredible control. When at-
tacking, they seek out a target with
their Remarkable tracking arrays
and engage it with Amazing energy
beams.
Ultra-High Frequency Beacon Probe:
Capable of flight at Amazing speeds,
this weapon can induce Amazing in-
tensity sleep with a 2 area range.
Mind Control: Master Mold has the
• ... - ....--- --...-.....~.- ~ :]
- - -~-_-_,:._ - .........._ ...
~ . - . - -~ -
-- _......... -·~~-~~~--'=-"-~
nel with Steven Lang's brain en- special federal investigation of mu- that killed anyone with mutant abili-
grams, calling it his Conscience. tants and their powers. Unknown to ties, after taking their mutant abilities
This machine has the following at- the government, Lang was a fanatical away. Sensing that something was
tributes: mutant hater who planned to start his wrong, Banshee sent for Scott Sum-
own crusade against mutants. mers, who soon arrived at Muir Is-
FAS ER I P land. The Master Mold tried to
EX EX IN MN RM GD PR Lang got a hold of Trask's notes on secretly kill Summers twice, but both
Health: 155 how to create Sentinels. He con- attempts failed .
Karma: 44 tacted the Inner Council of the Hell-
The Conscience has a Robotic Form fire Club and convinced them to fund The Master Mold then captured
which gives it Excellent armor and his creation of a new group of Senti- Banshee and a little girl with mutant
incorporates projectors capable of nels and an orbiting space station. abilities. Both had been infected by
firing Incredible Energy or Force MacTaggert's virus and were dying.
beams. They had no idea that Lang Cyclops tried to stop the Master
Mobile Flying Base: Master Mold's Mold's. servitors from taking them,
flying headquarters has Excellent planned to kill every mutant he cap-
Control , a Shift Z body, and can at- tured. The Sentinels and the space but he was defeated. Cyclops was
tain Monstrous Speeds. It provides station were destroyed in a battle be- able to free Moria MacTaggert from
its occupants with Amazing protect- tween the X-Men and the Sentinels. Master Mold 's mental domination
ing and radiates Remarkable inten- During the battle , Lang was turned over her.
sity light. into a "mindless vegetable", but his
brain engrams had been imprinted Moria tried to create a cure to the
TALENTS into the computer brain of the Master virus in her labs, but Muir Island was
Due to Lang's brain engrams, Mas- Mold. The Master Mold was a special invaded before she could. The inva-
ter Mold has the Electronics, Ro- 30-foot tall Sentinel that Lang had sion force of the Master Mold's servi-
botics, and Repair/Tinkering talents. programmed to destroy the twelve tors was led by Master Mold's special
most powerful mutants in the world. servant, Conscience. The invasion
CONTACTS force easily beat Cyclops and Cal-
None . When Lang's space station was listo, Mactaggert's mutant body-
destroyed during the battle with the guard. This was because they had
ADDITIONAL NOTES X-Men , the Master Mold somehow been infected by the deadly virus too.
survived. The Master Mold built a
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES new base within an asteroid near the Conscience took Cyclops, Callisto .....--...
Master Mold has the imprinted brain Earth. The Master Mold went to and Moria to the Master Mold 's se-
engrams of Steven Lang, causing Earth and captured the Angel and
him to be insanely obsessed with a Iceman. The Hulk was drawn into the cret base. Conscience revealed that
crusade to kill all mutants. He truly battle, and Master Mold accidentally he was a special Sentinel that Mas-
believes that he is really Lang , took the Hulk to his base with the oth- ter Mold had programmed with
trapped in a robotic body. He bears ers. The Hulk and the others were Lang's brain engrams. For some rea-
an intense hatred for the X-Men, es- able to escape from their prison son, Conscience was able to actually
pecially Cyclops. display emotions and seems to enjoy
tubes and the Hulk then proceeded them.
HISTORY to rip the Master Mold apart. The
Hulk and the two mutants escaped Suddenly, the Master Mold and
After Larry Trask was killed, the own- back to Earth, before Master Mold Conscience found out that the Retri- ...--.,_
ership of the Sentinels officially fell to blew the space station up. bution Virus had mutated. The virus
the United States government. A Dr. now affected normal humans and
Steven Lang was put in charge of a The brain module ended up under killed them . Master Mold still insisted
the ocean , off the coast of Alaska. It
re-built itself from sunken ships in that the Virus be released . Master
time to sense the presence of Scott Mold figured that all mutants would
Summers (Cyclops), one of the be killed, and a small number of nor-
Twelve. Scott was in Anchorage try- mal humans would survive. Master
ing to find his missing wife and child, Mold planned to watch over the sur-
when the Master Mold attacked. Cy- vivors and make sure that no mu-
clops tricked it into firing its energy tants were born. The emotional
beams while between some large Conscience argued that it would not
gas storage tanks. The resulting ex- be right to release the Virus spores
and kill almost all of the normal hu-
plosion destroyed its body, but the mans just to kill all the mutants.
brain module survived.
Conscience apparently destroyed
The Master Mold next appeared himself and Master Mold to prevent
near Muir Island , and somehow the release of the virus; whether or
gained mental control of Moria Mac- not either of them is truly destroyed ~
Taggert. Master Mold forced her to remains to be seen.
create the Retribution Virus, a virus
140
STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A RM (30)
s GD (10)
E IN (40)
R PR (4)
I GD (10)
p PR (4)
Health:90
Karma: 18
Resources:FE (2)
Popularity:3
BACKGROU ND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Adventurer
Legal Status: Legal citizen of Great
Britain
Identity: Public
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: In a camper some-
where in Great Britain 's countryside.
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Unknown
Base of Operations: Excalibur's
Lighthouse
Past Group Affiliations: Excalibur
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS powers because of it. For example, This gives her Good resistance to
Human Changeling: Meggan is a when Captain Britain gets mad at such climates.
shapechanger of Unearthly rank. her, she shape shifts slightly so that
She is limited to humanoid forms, she is not as pretty looking. Anytime TALENT S
but other than that she has no re- she is in a situation where this might Meggan has Incredible recall when it
strictions. She can also change the occur, she is allowed a green Psyche comes to anything that she has seen
color of her skin and hair. She can FEAT roll to resist the subconscious on television.
add various animal features to her urge to shape shift. She might also
basic form, such as antennae or fur. have some empathy powers con- CONTACTS
She is able to do the following power nected to this limitation. She some- Meggan is good friends with all the
time changes shape unconsciously, members of Excalibur. She is also
stunts: according to the emotions others friends with Inspector Dai Thomas of
• Assume a Wolf/Humanoid around her are feeling towards her. the C.1.0. section of Scotland Yard.
form which has Remarkable Track- Insulation: Meggan does not seem to
ing powers and Typical Claws. be bothered by natural cold weather. 141
• Meggan can grow 4 more feet
in height, increasing her Strength
to Amazing.
Meggan has only recently began
experimenting with her power, so all
the applications of her shape-
shifting ability are not known at this
time.
Flight: Meggan can propel herself
through the air at Excellent speed.
Animal Communication and Empa-
thy: Meggan can sense the emotions
of and converse with animals with
Unearthly ability.
Limitations: Meggan is a very self-
conscious person, and sometimes
loses control of her shape-shifting
ADDITIONAL NOTES that the gypsies had gossiped about. mension. Captain Britain and ,.-..._
She spent most of her early life in Nightcrawler arrived in time to join the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES fight, and release Kitty and Meggan.
Meggan is a very caring and kind her parents' camper, constantly Working as a team, the heroes drove
girl. Unfortunately, she is also very watching television. She was then off the Warwolves and Technet.
naive and easily fooled. Many of her taken away from her parents by an
perceptions concerning the real unknown group that took her be- Afterwards, Phoenix suggested
world are based on the television cause of her mutant powers. She that they stay together and form a
shows she has seen. She has a low was later rescued by Captain Britain, team to work in England . They
self-esteem , and she is constantly and taken in by him. At this time, she named the team Excalibur, and they
worried about how other people see still retained the strange features settled in the lighthouse that Meggan
her. Her whole life is almost com- that she had grown in her childhood. and the Captain had been living in.
pletely built around her love for Cap-
tain Britain. Recently, she has also In a battle with a group of young Lately, Captain Britain has found
found herself being drawn to himself drawn to Courtney Cox, an
Nightcrawler. After the Inferno oc- English mutants, called the Cheru- old girl friend . Meggan has noticed
curred, she started to learn how to bium, Meggan found out that she this, and she has found herself at-
stand up for herself and she gained could use her powers and change tracted to Nightcrawler.
some self-confidence. her shape and facial features. She
turned herself into a beautiful Excalibur went to New York City,
HISTORY woman, a typical media stereotype while the Inferno was still going on.
of a female super hero. She and Effected by the evil emotional en- ,,,-
Meggan was born in a camper that Captain Britain then embarked on a ergy of Inferno, the empathic Meg-
was part of a modern-day gypsy con- number of adventures, and they ap- gan gave into her evil side. She
voy. She was born in the middle of parently fell in love. allowed N'Astrish to transform her
winter, and her mutant powers auto- into the Goblin Princess.
matically caused fur to grow on her Months tater, Captain Britain went
body, to protect her from the cold. on an alcoholic binge when he found Imbued with dark Limbo magick,
The other gypsies heard of this and out that his sister, Betsy (Psylocke), Meggan set out to make sure that
immediately began to gossip about had been killed in Dallas with the Captain Britain would hers be for-
the were-child. The gypsies added to other X-Men. A desperate Meggan ever. She gained mental control over
the story, saying that she was born went to Muir Island to ask Kitty Pryde Captain Britain .and forced Kitty and
with a number of weird body fea- the Captain go through a number of ,.--
tures, such as antennae. These ru- (Shadowcat) for advice. Meggan ar- deadly scenes from various popular
mors caused her powers to activate rived at Muir Island to discover the movies. In these scenes, the Captain
again, changing her features and bizarre Gatecrasher and Technet was usually trying to kill Kitty. During
giving her the strange body parts
there. Gatecrasher and her group the battle , lllanya Rasputin's magical
had been hired by Opal Luna Sa- armor and soulsword suddenly ap-
turnyne , Omniversal Majestrix, to peared in Kitty's possession. She
capture Phoenix. Opal accused used the soulsword to free the Cap-
Phoenix of being a threat to reality tain from the Goblin Princess's con-
and she knew that Phoenix was on trol, and Kitty then used it to free
her way to Earth . Meggan from the influences of In- ..---..
ferno.
Kitty and the others refused to
help Gatecrasher, so Gatecrasher After Inferno was over, Meggan
captured Meggan and Shadowcat. spent a day exploring New York City
Nightcrawler escaped , and warned by herself. During the day, she also
Captain Britain of Meggan's capture. learned a little about herself. Her lit-
tle adventure in the city seems to
Meanwhile, Gatecrasher and Tech- have taught her how to stand up for
net had found Phoenix in the streets herself, and she seems to have
of London. Unfortunately, Phoenix gained some self-confidence too.
was also being chased by Mojo's
Warwolves, who had been sent to
take Phoenix back to Mojo's alien di-
142
MEPHISTD
STATISTICS
F MN (75)
A MN (75)
S MN (75)
E CL 3000
R MN (75)
I MN (75)
P UN (100)
Health: 3225
Karma: 250
Resources: CL 3000
Popularity: -1000
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Ruler of an extradi-
mensional land of the dead
--. Legal Status: Ruler of his realm.
Identity: Actual existence is un-
known to general public. Humans
who know of him believe him to be
the Biblical Satan.
Other Known Aliases: Satan,
Mephistopheles, Lucifer, Beelzebub,
the Devil.
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: Unknown
Base Of Operation: Extradimen-
sional land of the dead, sometimes
called "hell" or "Hades".
Past Group Affiliations: Six-
Fingered Hand
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS Create Illusions: Unearthly rank. Undead Control: Unearthly control
Extradimensional Plane: Mephisto Neural Manipulation: Unearthly dam- over lesser undead.
draws his power from the souls im- age. True Invulnerability: Amazing protec-
prisoned on his plane. When not on Induce Sleep: Unearthly rank. tion from any form of attack except
his plane, his Endurance drops to CL Spirit Storage: CL 5000 ability to cap- magic. Immune to heat, acid and dis-
1000. Mephisto has Unearthly con- ture souls. He can communicate with ease
trol over anyone using magic in his any of the trapped souls. Limitations.: Mephisto cannot read
realm, and Unearthly control over Summoning: Unearthly control over the mind of any sentient being and
any physical powers used on his di- he cannot control another being
mension . lesser supernatural beings. without that being's previous permis-
Dimensional Travel: Unearthly rank. Gateway: Create gateways to any sion.
time, place or dimension with Un-
Diminuition (Self and Others): Un- earthly rank. Takes a FEAT roll to cre- TALENTS
earthly rank. ate the gateway, a yellow FEAT if it Mephisto has CL 3000 Reason in
Create Magic Items: Shift Z Rank. leads to another time, and a red FEAT Occult Lore.
Enlargement (Self and Others): Un- if it leads to another dimension.
earthly rank. 143
Limb Elongation: Unearthly rank.
Forced Reincarnation: Unearthly
rank.
Invisibility: Unearthly rank.
Kinetic Bolt: Monstrous energy.
Levitation: Unearthly rank.
Matter Control: Unearthly rank.
Shape-Change (Others and Self): Un-
earthly
CONTACTS vading Earth. With this extra power, their help. X-Factor agreed and an-
Mephisto can ask for aid from Death Mephisto was able to draw the spirits swered a report of a female mutant,
in crucial emergencies. of the Fantastic Four and Franklin answering to Sue 's description,
Richards to his plane. Mephisto causing trouble.
ADDITIONAL NOTES wished to gain Franklin Richards'
soul , but the Dire Wraiths were sud- They found Sue Richards, under
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES denly defeated by Rom and his al- Mephisto's control , and Mephisto in
Mephisto is a being of great power, lies. Weakened, Mephisto was a waterfront warehouse. Mephisto
who loves to use complicated plans apparently destroyed by a mental tried to get them to bargain with him,
to gain new souls. He is constantly blast from Franklin Richards. Unfor-
contacting people in dire needs to tunately, he was later able to reform but Iceman refused and broke
make a deal with them. In return tor his body. Mephisto's seductive spell. They at-
their soul , Mephisto will help his vic- tacked but he was able to use his illu-
tims . But Mephisto is the great de- Mephisto's main purpose is to sion powers to confuse them. He
ceiver, stick ing to the exact make as many intelligent beings as then got Jean Gray to agree to sell
conditions of his promise, but usu- possible submit to his control, allow- her soul , in return for the release of
ally finding some way to corrupt the ing him to imprison their souls when Sue Richards and her team mates.
original deal. Anyone who deals with they die. He is extremely interested
Mephisto usually ends up in worse in souls that are very pure and good. Mephisto tricked Rogue into be-
shape than he started out in. This has led him to try several times lieving he was susceptible to her
to gain the Silver Surfer's soul , but power to absorb other people's
HISTORY he has failed every time. Mephisto is memories and powers. Wishing to
also interested in gaining the souls save the X-Men , she used her
Mephisto is the ruler of an extradi- of any gods, which has led to several powers to absorb their personalities.
mensional plane whose origin is un- unsuccessful attempts to gain Thor's Rogue then found out that Mephisto
known. Mephisto refers to his plane soul. had been pretending that her powers
as ''hell" or "Hades" even though it could affect him. He then drained
is not the hell of the Christian religion Mephisto was responsible for her soul , plus the personalities of all
or the Hades ruled by Pluto. He calls Johnny Blaze's transformations into the X-Men she had absorbed .
his land "hell" in order to exploit the the Ghost Rider, since he is the one
fears of humans who believe in one that placed the demon Zarathos in- Mephisto then transported himself
single entity of absolute evil. In the side Blaze's body. Mephisto is also and Rogue to where the badly
past he has used a number of differ- the one who bound demons to the beaten Thor lay, after battling the Mi-
ent names associated with devils gard Serpent. Hela arrived , claiming
and demons, and he has even al- body of the actor Martin Preston, Thor's soul as her own. Mephisto
lowed some people to think he is Sa- who is now known as Master Pande-
tan. monium. somehow used Rogue's powers to
release Thor's soul from his body.
Mephisto's plane is Inhabited by Recently, Mephisto initiated a Mephisto captured Thor's soul and
the souls of dead people that complex plot that in the end would then sent Rogue back to the X-Men.
Mephisto has captured . He places Hela arranged for the Avengers to ar-
the souls (astral bodies) in the bodies cause Hela (the Asgardian death
of demons and makes the body re- goddess) trouble in the far future. rive to fight Mephisto, while she tried
sembIe the soul 's original body. Hela had recently stolen some twen- to free Thor's soul.
Mephisto is also served by a number tieth century souls that rightfully be-
of lesser demons. longed to him. Knowing of Hela's Mephisto was able to beat the
curse against Thor, he wished to Avengers while Hela was unable to
At one point, Mephisto was some- demonstrate to Thor the horrors of free Thor's soul from Mephisto 's
how drawing extra power from the living on a plane of the dead. mystic mylar (a CL 5000 mystic sub-
Dire Wraith aliens while they were in- stance). Mephisto tried to break
First of all, Mephisto transported Thor's soul , with temptation and
the Fantastic Four and Franklin Ri- pain , but he was unable to. Realizing
chards physically to his plane. There that such a soul on his plane would
he tricked Sue Richards into believ- cause nothing but trouble, Mephisto
returned Thor's soul to his body and
ing that he had made a deal with conceded defeat to Hela.
Reed Richards years earlier.
Mephisto then revealed to the Liv-
Mephisto then apparently took ing Tribunal that he had been sham-
away Reed's intelligence, making ming his weakening power, and that
Reed a drooling idiot. Sue agreed to he never really had any claim over
stay in Mephisto's realm if he re- Thor's soul anyway. The whole plan
turned Reed's intellect and returned had been to give Thor a small taste
the Fantastic Four and Franklin to of what it was like on a plane of the
Earth. dead. When Thor's soul finally ar-
rived on Hela's plane , Thor would be
A desperate Reed thought that the more determined than ever to cause
clue might mean the X-Factor team. Hela as much trouble as possible.
He contacted them and asked for
144
STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A GD (10)
s TY (6)
E IN (40)
R GD (10)
I AM (50)
p UN (100)
Health: 62
Karma: 160
Resources: AM (50)
Popularity: 30
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Merlin
Occupation: Court Wizard,
Prophet, King's Advisor and Tutor
--. Legal Status: Citizen of Britain
Identity: Believed to be a fictional
character by the general public.
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Carmarthen, Wales
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Conaan (grandfa-
ther)
Base of Operations: Camelot, Brit-
ain Past
Group Affiliations: Court of King Ar-
thur Pendragon of Britain
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS He casts all other Personal Spells at magical entities. He might have oc-
Precognition: This Unearthly power Amazing Rank. casionally entreated the Lady of the
requires a successful red Psyche Lake for aid.
FEAT roll to work. Universal Spells:
Imprisonment: This spell of Un- Eldritch Beam/Bolt: Amazing Rank TALENTS
earthly rank binds a person's body to Mesmerism: (Amazing Rank) Merlin was an expert in Engineering,
a specific area, usually a building. If Nature Control: (Amazing Rank) Hypnosis and Occult Lore. He also
the person ever physically leaves the Plant Control: (Amazing Rank) had the Mystic Background and the
building, his body will completely Merlin can cast the other Universal Resist Domination talent.
disintegrate. At the same time, as spells at Incredible rank.
long as the victim does not leave the CONTACTS
building, his body will not age. Dimensional Spells Merlin had connections with King Ar-
Magic: Merlin was a Master Level Merlin is not known to have used any thur and all the Knights of the Round
Sorcerer of the Order and Nature Dimensional spells, nor was it ever Table loyal to Arthur.
Schools of Magic. Merlin knew most recorded that he asked for aid from
of the spells and magical powers 145
listed in MHAC 9. The following
spells and powers are always availa-
ble to him:
Personal Spells:
Astral Projection: Unearthly Rank
Foretelling: Unearthly Rank
Healing: Monstrous Rank
Shape-Shifting, Unlimited: Himself
and any willing person, Unearthly
Rank
Telekinesis: Unearthly Rank
Trance: Unearthly Rank
ADDITIONAL NOTES one. Merlin saw this as an omen to Camelot. He arranged for a young ..--..
the coming of Arthur. knight, Percy of Scandia, to be vigor-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ously drilled in the arts of war. When ,,,.---.._
Merlin liked to always maintain an air Merlin served Vortigern and the Mordred reached Camelot, Merlin ,,,..-..._
of mystery to confuse his enemies. next two kings of Britain faithfully. summoned Sir Percy to Camelot. Sir ,....--....
He was also known for his sharp Percy joined the court at Camelot,
tongue and sarcastic manner. He is During that time, Merlin was said to pretending to be a hesitant fop. Sir
sometimes plagued with bouts of de- have helped raise the stones at Percy secretly became the Black
pression, since he knows the future Stonehenge, using his magic. The Knight, champion of Camelot. To
and how the glory of Camelot will third King of Britain, Uther Pen- help him, Merlin gave him a magical
end. Merlin even knows that he will dragon, was at war with Duke Gor- sword, the Ebony Blade, made with
be imprisoned by Nimue, but he lois of Tintagel, an area of Cornwall. ore from a meteorite. Over the years,
doesn't try to avoid it. He knows the Uther was greatly attracted to Gor- the Black Knight foiled many of
futility of fighting destiny. lois' wife, lngraine. Uther asked Mer- Mordred and Morgan's plans.
lin to help him take lngraine with his
HISTORY magic. Finally, a great battle erupted be-
tween the forces of Camelot and the
Merlin was born in the Sixth Century Merlin agreed, knowing that the forces of Modred and Morgan.
A.O., to the unwed daughter of King son of Uther and lngraine would be- Mordred and Morgan were defeated,
Conaan, who was the king of an area come a great ruler of Britain. While and Merlin used his imprisonment
of Wales known as Dyfed. Rumors Gorlois was fighting Uther's armies, spell on Morgan. The spell pre-
exist that say Merlin's father was a Merlin made Uther look like Gorlois. vented Morgan from physically exist-
demon who took the form of hand- Uther then entered Gorlois' castle ing outside of her castle. A little later,
some knight to seduce Merlin's and seduced lngraine. Earlier that the war over Guenevere between
mother. When she became pregnant night, the real Gorlois was killed in Lancelot and Arthur erupted. During
with Merl in, his mother began to fear battle. lngraine had a son , but the the chaos, Mordred gathered a new
that her lover had been a demon. baby was given to Merlin to raise. army to attack Camelot.
She went to a priest who blessed her This deal had been made with Uther
and had her drink holy water. She in return for Merlin's help that night. Merlin told the Black Knight to ride
took a vow of chastity and joined a
nunnery after Merlin was born. Merlin gave the baby, Arthur, to a to Garrett Castle, and meet Arthur
These actions supposedly stopped knight, named Sir Ector. Meanwhile, there. The Black Knight was at-
Merlin from being born with an evil Merlin got Uther to build the famous tacked by foul magicks along the
nature. Round Table that Arthur would later way, causing him to be late to the
use. War broke out when Uther died, meeting and the battle that took
While Merlin was still a boy, a King because he had died without any place near the castle . Mordred and
Vortigern of Britain wished to sacri- known heirs. Merlin told all the wor- his army were aided by the cosmic
fice him. The King was trying to build thy knights to meet him in London on being known as the Dragon of the
a castle in the mountains, but the Christmas, to decide who would be Moon. With the help of an Eternal,
foundations kept sinking. The King king. There, the knights found a known as the Interloper, Merlin was
had been told that the sacrifice of a sword driven through a steel anvil able to drive the Dragon back.
boy with no human father would al- and a block of marble. The anvil was
low the building of the castle. Merlin inscribed with the following words:" During the battle, Arthur and
used his powers to reveal that the Whoso pulleth out this sword of this Mordred dealt each other mortal
foundations sank because a pool stone and anvil is rightwise King wounds. Mordred got back to Garrett
containing two dragons was directly born of England." Arthur, unaware of Castle before dying, and killed the
beneath the foundation . When the the inscription, was the only one able Black Knight from behind. Merlin ap-
pool was found by Vortigern's men, to pull out the sword , making him peared and placed a spell on Sir
one of the dragons killed the other King of England . Percy, so that his soul would return
to Earth whenever Mordred 's soul
Over the years, Merlin served as was resurrected on Earth .
Arthur's advisor and court wizard.
Merlin was the one who took Arthur Another person calling himself
to the lake where the Lady of the Merlin was an alien humanoid based
Lake dwelt. The Lady in the Lake in the dimension known as Other-
gave Arthur the sword Excalibur. world. This Merlin had become a pro-
Merlin also arranged for the mar- tector for a number of different
riage between Arthur and dimensions. It is not known if he is
Guenevere, but he did warn Arthur the same Merlin that lived in Came-
that the marriage would someday lot. This Merlin was accidentally
cause disaster for Camelot. killed while viewing a battle between
Captain Britain and the being known
Knowing that Mordred would se- as the Jasperswarp.
cretly try to cause as much trouble as
possible, Merlin had come up with a
plan years before Mordred reached
146
,,.-...,. STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A TY (6)
s TY (6)
E EX (20)
R GD (10)
I TY (6)
p AM (50)
Health: 38
Karma: 66
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Stage hypnotist, circus
manager, professional criminal.
Legal Status: Citizenship unknown,
probably has criminal record.
Identity: Secret
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: Unknown
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Demi-Men
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS 1-1 O rounds, even though the dam- ADDITIONAL NOTES
Hypnosis: Anyone making eye con- age is imaginary.
tact with Mesmero must make a Mental Blast: Monstrous rank, and
Psyche FEAT roll against Amazing can effect up to 4 people at once.
intensity. Anyone that fails the roll
has been hypnotized by Mesmero. If TALENTS
the character looks at Mesmero's None
face again, he must make another
Psyche FEAT roll or be hypnotized. CONTACTS
The effects of the hypnotism vary ac- Mesmero has contacts with people
cording to Mesmero's wishes. He in the theater and circus profes-
can cause partial or full amnesia, sions.
give a person new memories, alter a
person 's personality or cause com-
plete paralysis. Any act that would
cause a loss of Karma points, allows
the victim another Psyche FEAT roll
to free himself from Mesmero's con-
trol. Mesmero has been able to
maintain hypnotic control over seven
people at once , who were not even
all at the same place.
Illusion Generation: Amazing rank
power. Even if character realizes it is
an illusion, he will still subcon-
sciously believe in the image. A
Psyche FEAT roll vs. Amazing inten-
sity, will allow the victim to see
through the il lusion and not be
harmed by it. If a victim gets to O
Health because of damage from the
illusions, he will fall unconscious for
147
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES bots appear to be mutants, who were flict with the X-Men. Dane was able
Mesmero is your typical mutant vil- then the object of great fear. to learn that Magneto was not her fa-
lain, thinking he is superior to normal ther, and aided the X-Men in their
people . He enjoys using his powers Saxon decided that he needed a battle against the Demi-Men . The
to humiliate people or cause them a real mutant to lead the robots, which Demi-Men were destroyed, but Mes-
great deal of pain . He holds a special he had named the Demi-Men. Saxon mero and the Magneto robot es-
hatred for the members of the X- planned to work behind the scenes, caped.
Men. giving orders through the Magneto
robot. Mesmero was contacted by Mesmero latter learned that he
HISTORY the Magneto robot and offered the was serving a robot Magneto, when
position of second in command of he saw the robot destroyed by Senti-
Nothing is known about Mesmero's the Demi-Men. Mesmero apparently nels. He escaped the Sentinels while
past before he became a costumed did not know that Magneto was a ro- they were busy fighting the X-Men.
villain . He was hired by a robot that bot or that Saxon was the real mas-
he believed to be Magneto. The ro- termind. Much later, Mesmero hypnotized
bot had been built by roboticist Sa- all the X-Men into thinking they were
muel "Star" Saxon , who would later Lorna Dane, Polaris , was cap- performers at a circus. With the help
become known as the Machines- tured by the Demi-Men and hypno- of the now furry Beast, the X-Men
mith. Saxon had created the Mag- tized by Mesmero into believing that broke free of Mesmero's control, but
neto robot, and a horde of robots Magneto was her actual father. Mesmero got away again.
with various powers, so that they Saxon then activated her latent mu-
could steal for him. He made the ro- tant magnetic powers. The overcon- Mesmero was next seen perform-
fiden t Mesmero dropped control ing as a stage hypnotist in New York
over Dane, figuring she would follow City. He came into conflict with
her father's orders. Mesmero and Spider-man, and was beaten by him.
the Demi-Men then came into con- Mesmero's current activities and lo-
cation are unknown.
148
,-. STATISTICS
F GD(10)
A AM (50)
S AM (50)
E IN (40)
R GD (10)
I TY (6)
P TY (6)
Health: 150
Karma : 22
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: -1
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Norton G. Fester
Occupation: Crackpot Inventor,
Thief
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with crimi-
nal record
Identity: Public
Other Known Aliases: Looter
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliations:
KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Leaping: Meteor Man can make Fester believed himself to be a sci-
jumps of Excellent distance. entific genius destined for great
Dazzle Gun: Remarkable Intensity things. He was very arrogant, believ-
light generation. Victim 's must make ing that no one had the right or abili-
an Endurance FEAT roll or be ties to interfere with his schemes.
stunned for one round. Fester wasn't very original, and a lot
Helium Balloon: Typical Flight speed of his ideas came from someone
else's plans.
and lift, with Poor direction control.
Spider-man's webs cannot stick to 149
the surface of the balloon for longer
than one round, due to its smooth
surface.
Invulnerability: If Meteor Man's
Health is dropped to 0 by physical at-
tacks, he will not die, but he will fall
unconscious for 1-10 hours.
Growth: When he started absorbing
microwave energy from his meteors,
he started growing in height. Every 2
rounds he would grow one foot in
height. For each one foot in height
he grew, his Strength and Endur-
ance were raised by + 1 CS.
TALENTS
Fester had the ~~pair/Tinkering tal-
ent.
CONTACTS
Fester apparently had no friends.
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