MU5 - Gamers Handbook 1989 Update

HISTORY

The origins of the Watchdogs are un-
recorded . They were first noticed by
the federal government some
months ago, and the government re-
sponded by sending John Walker (at
that time Captain America), to deal
with them. Captain America took to
the job enthusiastically, rounding up
dozens of Watchdogs and interfering
with a Watchdog operation every
week or so.

At one public event, Captain
America was confronted with two of
his old companions from the time he
called himself the Super-Patriot and
led a band of strength-augmented
vigilantes called the Bold Urban
Commandoes, or " Buckies." These
two former Buckies fought Captain
America on live television, revealing
his dual identity. Immediately, the
Watchdogs kidnapped Walker's par-
ents to use as hostages in an attempt
to stop Captain America's interfer-
ence with their terrorist activities.
Walker discovered where they were
being kept and burst in. In the confu-
sion , his parents were gunned down,
and Walker went berserk, killing
most of the Watchdogs.

The activities of the group and the
identities of the upper echelon of
Watchdogs is still unrevealed.

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I WIDGET

I ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Oh gosh! Oh golly! Oh , wow! Widget
,,---..... STATISTICS: is very young, being created not one
year ago, and has a limited view of
F FE (2) the world. He apparently likes play-
A GD(10) ing games and enjoys sending folks
S FE (2) to different dimensions. He must
E GD (10) have some rudimentary skills guess-
R AM (50) ing where people would like to go,
I EX (20) but W idget sometimes provides in-
appropriate solutions.
P TY (6)
Health: 24 251
Karma: 76

Resources: Shift o

Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Widget
Occupation : Not applicable
Legal Status: None
Identity: Not Applicable
Place of Invention: Loch Damon,
Scotland
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: United King-

dom
Past Group Affiliations: Excalibur
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES:

~ Shrinking: Widget is the size of a can-

telope. This Good rank Shrinking
burdens opponets with -1 CS in at-
tacks on Widget.
Flight: Widget can float about, flying
with Feeble speed .
Jaws: Widget eats metal, chewing
through material of up to Amazing
strength at a tunnelling rate of one
~ area every two rounds. As an attack,
this can cause from Typical to Mon-
strous damage (Judge's decision)
depending on which part of a metal-
lic object Widget eats (it's bad when
he eats a car's engine block, but not
so bad when he munches an exter-
nal rear-view mirror); he's not too

part icular.
Dimensional Aperture: Widget can
open portals to other dimensions. It
is unknown if this Amazing power
has any limitations.
Talents: None
Contacts: Widget has been picked
up by Excalibur.

HISTORY

Very little has been recorded regard-
ing Widget's activities. It is known
that Widget is a creation of Tweedle-
dum, one of the Crazy Gang with an
idiot savant talent for inventing unu-
sual machines. Tweedledum poured
some old beans and some machine
parts into a parabolic reflector and
off-handedly invented Widget.

Since then , Widget has trans-
ported a boy to safety, an amateur
scientist to Saturdyne's realm , a pas-
senger train to and from an alternate
reality where the Axis won the World
War II, and opened a portal to a pas-
toral area populated by nomadic am-
azons.

To protect Alistair Stuart from be-
ing lost in the amazons' land, Sha-
dowcat used her phasing power to
short out Widget . She then carried
the creature back with her to Excali-
bur headquarters. Widget's further
adventures are unrecorded.

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......---.. GROUP HISTORY the equivalent of Feeble rank shrink- Health: 110/40
When the X-Men were apparently ing. This does absolutely nothing for Karma: 22
killed during the battle with the Ad- them except make them even cuter. Resources: Poor (4)
versary, no one was more upset than Transmission Implant: All of the X- Popularity: 30
the extra dimensional film producer Babies are equipped with cybernetic
Mojo, who saw a horrible plummet in eyes that allow what they see to be KNOWN POWERS:
the ratings when he was no longer transmitted back to Mojo's cameras Self Transformation: Like the original,
able to televise the activities of ev- and monitors. The range of these the Colossus X-Baby can transform
eryone's favorite mutant group. And transmitters is unlimited, capable of himself into organic steel, providing
so the call went out for X-Men re- bridging most dimensional gaps. him with Incredible resistance to
placements. Metal X-Men, cute furry Immunity to Mind Control: For rea- physical and energy damage, Re-
X-Animals, skinny X-Men, fat X-Men , sons yet to be revealed, Mojo's Mon- markable resistance to electrical
tiny X-Men, dancing X-Men, X-Men strous rank Mind Control is reduced damage, Excellent resistance to cor-
mimes (etc., etc., ad infinitum). None to only Excellent against the X- rosives, and Monstrous resistance to
met with Mojo's satisfaction until the Babies. heat and cold. He does not rust and
arrival of " The Mighty X-Babies! " has no need to breathe in his armored
Since one of Mojo's previous ploys X-BABV form (although he cannot survive in a
had been the reduction of the X-Men vacuum).
to babies, this particular group COLOSSUS Talents: X-Baby Colossus has no in-
proved horribly upsetting to him. He terest in Martial Arts. He has the artist
t ransformed the X-Baby Longshot STATISTICS: talent in drawing, but is currently lim-
into a photograph and attempted to ited to crayons and finger paint.
dump the others. The X-Babies re- F GD (10) Contacts: Colossus is an actor work-
sponded to the challenge, thwarting A GD (10) ing for Mojo and his high ratings guar-
the efforts of the Trademark Police ,.. S AM/GD (50/10) antee that Mojo will not do anything to
to brand them. E IN/GD (40/10) harm him. He is on good terms with
But just as the X-Babies were sur- R TY (6) Richochet Rita.
ronded and outnumbered 1O-to-1 , the I TY (6)
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~ ratings came in on the battle-they
were the highest ever. Mojo had no
choice but to start a new series of ad-
ventures featuring everyone's favor-
ite pre-adolescent munchkinoids.
The episodes have yet to come out of
production yet, but should undoubt-
edly prove to be a major success.

All of the X-Babies have the following
~ common background and powers:

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Child actors
Legal Status: Wards of Mojo
Identity: The existence of the X-
Babies is not known to the general
populace of Earth
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mojo Produc-
tions Unltd, on an unidentified world
in another dimension
Past Group Affiliations: Property
(sort of) of Mojo, ally of Richochet
Rita
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
Shrinking: All of the X-Babies stand
about 3-1/2 to 4 feet tall, giving them

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ADDITIONAL NOTES: Explosions, subways = Amazing attacks of Amazing rank or less. Un- ~
At her current age X-Baby Dazzler like his real life counterpart, X-Baby
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: cannot man ipulate more than Havok does not radiate plasma en-
Like the original, the X-Baby Colos- Amazing levels of light and sound. ergy uncontrollably.
sus is trustworthy, loyal, helpful She is immune to all light attacks her- Talents: Unlike his counterpart, X-
friendly, etc. self. She has none of the Power Baby Havok has no geology skill , al-
Stunts of the original Dazzler. though he has a nifty rock collection.
Talents: Dazzler has the Performer Contacts: Havok is an actor working
talent in singing and dancing. tor Mojo and his high ratings guaran-
Contacts: Dazzler is an actress work- tee that Mojo will not do anything to
ing for Mojo and her high ratings harm him. He is on good terms with
guarantee that Mojo will not do any- Richochet Rita.
thing to harm her. She is on good
terms with Richochet Rita. ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

X-BABV
DAZZLER

STATISTICS:

F TY (6) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
A EX (20) X-Baby Dazzler tends to get very Havok is more than willing to take on
S TY (6) emotional, especially when the love anybody, anytime if they are giving
E GD (10) of her life X-Baby Longshot is in dan- him trouble. Overall, though, he is
ger. She is very jealous of X-Baby pretty much an average X-Baby.
R TY (6) Rogue.
X-BABV
I TY (6) X-BABV
P TY (6) LONGSHOT
Health: 42 HAVOK
Karma: 18 STATISTICS:
Resources: Poor (4) STATISTICS:
Popularity: 30 F EX (20)
F TY (6) A RM (30)
KNOWN POWERS: A EX (20)
Sound/Light Conversion: X-Baby Daz- s TY (6)
zler has the ability to convert sound s TY (6)
waves into coherent light. She can E EX (20)
create several effects with this light: E EX (20) R TY (6)
R TY (6) I EX (20)
• Form a laser beam, either 4 ar- I TY (6) p GD (10)
eas, at -1 CS damage, or 2 areas, p TY (6) Health: 76
+1CS damage Health: 52 Karma: 36
• A light shield which provides Re- Karma: 18 Resources: Poor (4)
markable protection against physi- Resources: Poor (4) Popularity: 33
cal attacks Popularity: 30
• A dazzling attack against any- KNOWN POWERS:
one who fails an Endurance FEAT KNOWN POWERS: Probability Manipulation: X-Baby
roll against the intensity of the at- Plasma Control: The X-Baby Havok Longshot can manipulate probability
tack can generate Amazing damage fields to his advantage. Any percen-
• A hypnotic attack, with a 1 area plasma blasts up to a range of 10 ar- tile roll made by the player running
· range eas. For every two areas further away Longshot is read as the high die first
The intensity of Dazzler's effects are the blasts become - 1CS (1-2 areas, (a roll of " 1" and "7" would be a roll of
determined by the noise around her. Amazing, 3-4 Incredible, to 9-10 71). Longshot only gets the benefits ,,,.---...
At a normal level of sound her power Good). He is immune to any plasma of his Probability Manipulation if his
is usually Excellent rank. The follow- motives are pure (well, innocent any-
ing can be used as a guideline: way).
Radio, crowded room = Remarkable
Streets, loud music = Incredible

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Aura Reading: Longshot can read the X-BABV ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
psychic aura of an object with Re- X-Baby Psylocke considers herself
markable ability and may understand PSVLOCKE superior to the other girls in the
the thoughts of those who have han- group (except maybe X-Baby
dled the object in the past. The auras STATISTICS: Storm). She thinks X-Babies Rogue
of those with the strongest emotions and Dazzler are just silly tor fighting
(fear, anger, etc.) will be read best. F GD {10) over Longshot-she wouldn't do
Throwing Blades: X-Baby Longshot A GD (10) anything so stupid.
carries up to 30 knives which can do
Good Edged damage and are made s TY (6) -x-BABV
of Remarkable strength material.
Lognshot will almost always go for a E EX (20) ROGUE
bullseye to cause something mis-
chievious to happen, as opposed to R GD (10) STATISTICS:
throwing for damage.
Hollow Bones: Longshot's bones are I AM (30) F GD (10)
hollow like a bird, making him more p IN (40) A EX (20)
vulnerable to being moved by high Health: 46
winds. Anyone who uses such at- Karma: 80 s IN (40)
Resources: Poor (4)
tacks will gain a + 2CS when attempt- Popularity: 30 E GD (10)
R TY (6)
ing to move X-Baby Longshot. KNOWN POWERS: I GD (10)
Talents: X-Baby Longshot has the Telepathy: Psylocke has Remarkable p TY (6)
Acrobatic and Tumbling skills, as well Rank mental abilities. She can do Health: 80
as Martial Arts A and E. He receives a the following: Karma: 22
Resources: Poor (4)
+ 1 to his CS when using his throwing • Create Mind Links, allowing her Popularity: 30
to communicate with others at a
blades. distance of up to 25 miles and read KNOWN POWERS:
Contacts: Longshot is an actor work- others' surface thoughts (only Power Absorption: X-Baby Rogue
ing for Mojo and his high ratings guar- possible with willing subjects). can touch another character, flesh-
antee that Mojo will not do anything to She can also let people in the to-flesh, and absorb that person's
harm him, although Mojo might be mindlink talk to each other. memories, any talents and powers,
tempted since X-Baby -Longshot re- • Perform telepathic projects with and even some degree of the vic-
minds him of the real Longshot. He is a range of 25 mile that allow her to tim's personality. Unlike her real life
on good terms with Aichochet Aita. "see" the surronding area. Both counterpart, Rogue cannot touch a
this and the preceding power man- victim for more than one round. As
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ifest themselves as a glowing long as Rogue possesses a victim's
butterfly-mask. powers, that victim goes into a cata-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: • Perform a Mental Probe. The tonic state and cannot be awakened.
X-Baby Longshot is quite a lot like the person being Probed can resist, re-
real Longshot-innocent and happy- quiring Psylocke to make a Psyche Rogue can absorb more than one
go-lucky. He says " Gee" a lot. FEAT roll against the intensity of victim simultaneously, giving her the
the person she is Probing. highest ability scores and most use-
• Fire bolts of pure psionic force ful powers of those available. She
at a range of two areas. These cannot absorb powers from non-
bolts have physical force and can human, including artificial and me-
do damage to non-living targets chanical beings.
without minds. Permanent Absorption: Although no
Talents: None, although rumors that one is quite sure where X-Baby Rogue
X-Baby Psylocke may have been a got them (possibly through whatever
model in a series of baby food com- duplication process created her and
mercials have not been confirmed. the other X-Babies, as there was no X-
Contacts: Psylocke is an actress Baby Binary or Carol Danvers), she
working for Mojo and her high rat- has the following powers:
ings guarantee that Mojo will not do
anything to harm her. She is on good • Flight-Good Air Speed (8 areas/
terms with Aichochet Aita. round)
• Body Armor-Remarkable pro-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: tection against all forms of attack
• Metabolic Resistance-Amazing
resistance to drugs and disease

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Talents: None known Storm can fly at Excellent Air Speed possible for Wolverine's bones to
Contacts: Rogue is an actress work- (10 areas/round). break.
ing for Mojo and her high ratings Claws: X-Baby Wolverine has three
guarantee that Mojo will not do any- Talents: X-Baby has a + 1CS when really cute little three-inch claws
thing to harm her. She is on good mounted on the back of each hand
terms with Richochet Rita. thieving or in Aerial Combat. that can do up to Monstrous damage
Contacts: Storm is an actress work- on the Edged Attack column. Wol-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ing for Mojo and her high ratings verine almost always does no more
guarantee that Mojo will not do any- than Excellent damage unless he is
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: thing to harm her. She is on good trying to cut through something
X-Baby Rogue is as spunky as her terms with Richochet Rita. hard.
real life counterpart. She has a really Regeneration: X-Baby Wolverine re-
big crush on X-Baby Longshot and ADDITIONAL NOTES: gains 1O Health points per hour or 1
hates Dazzler, her " rival." X-Baby every 5 minutes. He has Unearthly
Rogue is not nearly as traumatized ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Endurance for FEAT rolls against
as her counterpart about not being Storm is the most mature member of any toxic substance or diseases.
able to touch others-she figures it the X-Babies. She tries very hard to Animal Empathy: Wolverine can
just keeps her from getting cooties. act like an adult at all times, but all it communicate with mammalian car-
ever gets her is teased by the other nivores at Amazing rank, usually
X-BABV X-Babies. convincing them to become friends.
STORM Unfortunately, he now has more than
X-BABV 20 assorted dogs at his home.
STATISTICS : WOLVERINE . Heightened Senses: Amazing sense
of smell and Incredible hearing.
F GD (10) STATISTICS: Talents: X-Baby Wolverine has
A EX (20) never had any particular need for
F RM (30) weapons training, although he does
s TY (6) A RM (30) have Martial Arts E and Tumbling. He
S GD {10)
E IN (40) E RM {30) is + 1CS when hiding in shadows or

R TY (6) R TY (6) moving silently.
Contacts: Wolverine is an actor
I EX (20) I AM (50) working for Mojo (well, sort of), and
p GD (10) P RM (30) his high ratings guarantee that Mojo
Health: 76 Health: 100 will not do anything to harm him (no
Karma: 36 Karma: 86 matter how obnoxious he is). He is
Resources: Poor (4) Resources: Poor (4) on good terms with Ricochet Rita.
Popularity: 30 Popularity: 37
ADDITIONAL NOTES:

KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Weather Control: X-Baby Storm has Adamantium Skeleton: X-Baby Wol- Like his counterpart, X-Baby Wolver-
Incredible control over all aspects of verine's skeleton has strips of Ada- ine likes to fight, although he
the weather, and has mastered the mantium or an Adamantium-like wouldn't think of using his claws un-
following Power Stunts from pg. 74 substance bonded to them , giving less absolutely necessary. He thinks
of the Players' Book: Create Fog, him Excellent body armor against girls are " stoopid" and silly, but will
Summon Storms, Generate Winds, Blunt physical attacks and Typical help them out just to show how much
Summon Lightning, Detect Weather protection against Edged damage. better he is. He is extremely mischie-
Weather Resistance: X-Baby Storm He can do Excellent damage with his vous and can always be found in the
has Remarkable resistance to high fists. An opponent striking a particu- midst of some trouble that he's prob-
and low temperatures. larly bony part of Wolverine's body ably started in the first place.
Flight: Through wind manipulation (such as the jaw) with bare hands
takes Typical Blunt damage. It is im-
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