MU5 - Gamers Handbook 1989 Update

loses all control over his own BREAKDOWN HISTORY
actions.
STATISTICS Breakdown was a normal housewife
• Negation or destruction of an- F TY (6) who suffered a nervous breakdown
other's mind. A TY (6) when psychological and domestic
pressures became too much for her.
• Enhancement or reduction of S TY (6) She was committed to a normal men-
another's Reason , Intuition, Psyche, E GD (10) tal health facility but was transfered
or psionic powers. Up to an Un- R PR (4) to Or. Lionel Jeffries' complex when
earthly rank may be added or de- I PR (4) he discovered her latent power.
creased to such Abilities by this P PR (4)
FREAKOUT
power. .. . Health: 28
Karma: 12 STATISTICS
• Creation of ps1onic powers in Resources: Feeble (2) F RM (30)
Popularity: 0 A TY (6)
another being. Latent powers of
Real Name: Unknown S EX (20)
zero-rank may be developed and Occupation: Housewife E MN (75)
Legal Status: Canadian (deceased) R FE (2)
given a rank of up to Unearthly. Identity: Existence unknown to pub- I FE (2)
lic P AM (50)
Molding: Unearthly ability to reshape Place of Birth: Canada
Marital Status: Married Health: 131
up to 5 tons of matter per turn at a Known Relatives: None Karma: 54
Base of Operations: Mobile Resources: Feeble (2)
range of 40 areas (1 mile~. .. Present Group Affiliation: Popularity: -20

Molecular Conversion: Sh1ft-X ability KNOWN POWERS Real Name: Unknown
Explosive/Concussive Blast: Amaz- Occupation: Musician
to convert up to 150 pounds of mat- ing rank. This can be released as a Legal Status: Canadian (deceased)
spherical blast with a 50' radius or be Identity: Existence unknown to pub-
ter per turn into any desired element directed in a stream with a range of 2 lic
areas. Place of Birth: Canada
or compound. Normal range is 60 ar- Talents: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown
Contacts: Unknown Known Relatives: None
eas (1.5 miles). Base of Operations: Mobile
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Present Group Affiliation:
Telekinesis: Incredible ability to lift up
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES KNOWN POWERS
to 1Otons at a range of 11 areas. Breakdown lacks conscious control Iron Will: Freakout does not feel pain
of her actions. In combat, she be- or traumatic shock from any injury he
Talents: None comes increasingly tense and uses suffers. Only those attacks that actu-
her anxiety to fuel her explosive ally destroy body parts have any
Contacts: None blasts. chance of stopping or killing him. His
Unearthly rank can absorb the first
ADDITIONAL NOTES: 100 points of damage he suffers in a
battle.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Body Armor: His costume gives him
Bedlam is psychopathic, ruthless, Excellent protection from physical
cunning, and cruel. He will gladly kill attacks.
any allies who fail him. He talks con- Talents: In his former life, he was a
stantly, taunting his opponents or ex- trained musician.
plaining his plans for them . Contacts: None

HISTORY ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Bedlam was a Canadian serial killer
condemned to life imprisonment
without parole. During his captivity,
he was discovered to possess latent
psionic powers. He agreed to partici-
pate in experiments that would r~­
lease his powers and alter his
behavior to a more acceptable form.
The first part worked ; the second
failed miserably.

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DERANGERS

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES etry and painting. sealed Bedlam into a life-supporting
Freakout is a nearly-mindless killing Contacts: None cocoon and locked the lab's door for-
machine. In battle, he seeks out the ever. In disgust over Hudson 's exper-
largest or most dangerous oppo- ADDITIONAL NOTES: iment, Wolverine left and eventually
nent. He can be confused if that op- joined the X-Men.
ponent suddenly assumes a visually ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
harmless form. Janus is a vicious psychopath with a Years later, Canadian intelligence
multiple personality. agent Gary Cody stumbled across
HISTORY Bedlam 's existence. He thought the
HISTORY creature could be used to keep Al-
Freakout was a rock musician known pha Flight in line; he was wrong.
for his heavy metal music. He was Janus was torn between the desires Bedlam destroyed Cody's mind and
also known for his extensive drug to pursue art and music. Whether fled.
use. The continued substance this was the first symptom or the
abuse finally rotted his brain and re- cause of his later multiple personal- The Derangers were originally as-
duced him to a vegetable. He was ity is unknown. He was committed to sembled by Dr. Lionel Jeffries (a.k.a.
hospitalized following his collapse a mental health facility and trans- Scramble and Omega), . who in-
and eventually transfered to Dr. Jef- fered to Dr. Jeffries' care where his tended to use them as unwilling do-
fries' complex. Jeffries reshaped powers were developed. nors for his body bank. Their number
Freakout's body and altered his ner- included Goblyn and Laura Dean.
vous system. THE Aurora stumbled across their hold-
DERANGERS
JANUS ing cells while wandering lost
Bedlam was a condemned killer who through Jeffries' hospital complex.
STATISTICS possessed latent superpowers. In When Jeffries revealed his plans,
F RM (30) order to escape a life sentence, the the battle with Alpha Flight cut the
A EX (20) prisoner volunteered for James Hud- complex's power and plunged every-
S RM (30) son's (Guardian's) early experiments thing into darkness. In the ensuing
E AM (30) in superhuman development. If chaos, his captives escaped.
Guardian couldn' t find enough su-
R PR (4) perhumans for Department H (the Bedlam discovered their exist-
original name for Alpha Flight), the ence and decided they would fit his
I FE (2) Guardian would have to develop own distorted version of Guardian's
P FE (2) them himself. Guardian had already superhuman team. Bedlam tracked
Health: 110 had some success in liberating the the escapees down and took them to
Karma: 8 psionic powers that lay dormant in a base hidden in the arctic wastes of
Resources: Feeble (2) the prisoner's mind. northern Canada. There, he helped
Popularity: - 20 them develop their powers and be-
He hadn't realized how successful come a savage fighting force.
Real Name: Unknown he'd been . Bedlam , as the being
Occupation: None now called itself, had mutated in Bedlam planned the Derangers,
Legal Status: Canadian (deceased) form and developed fearsome psi- as he named them, to be the fore-
Identity: Existence unknown to pub- onic powers. He ambushed Guard- bears of a new race of superhumans
lic ian and Wolverine and came close to under his control. He ordered them
Place of Birth: Canada killing them both. Only desperate to fight Alpha Flight.
Marital Status: Unknown action by Guardian drove Bedlam
Known Relatives: None into unconsciousness. Guardian In the battle that followed , the De-
Base of Operations: Mobile rangers were exterminated. Break-
Present Group Affiliation: down was frozen into immobility by
the Purple Girl and later slain by
KNOWN POWERS
Self-Duplication: He can split into two Bedlam's psionic blast. Freakout re-
independent beings or reform at will; belled against Bedalm and was im-
this takes 1 turn. The second body is
a mirror image of the first. The two paled by a barrage of stalactites.
bodies can operate independently Janus's twin selves strangled each
although mental attacks on one will other, suicidal puppets under Bed-
be felt by the other. lam's control. Vindicator realized
Talents: He has some talent for po- how Guardian had beaten Bedlam,
and ordered her combat suit to act
despite her own bedlam-ordered pa-
ralysis; she blew Bedlam's head off
with an energy blast. Goblyn was the
only survivor. She eventually joined
her former opponents as a Beta
Flight trainee.

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52

,.,.--- STATISTICS DEMOLITION MAN

F IN (40) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
A TY (6) Demolition Man and Demolition
S IN (40) Dunphy are his wrestling names, D-
E AM (50) Man his superheroic name.
R GD (10)
Dunphy wants to fight crime and
I EX (20) do good deeds. He is loyal to his
P TY (6) friends and generous with his wealth
Health: 136 and resources. He has a mild fear of
Karma: 36 heights. He is ignorant of most su-
Resources: Remarkable (30) perhumans' identities and abilities.
Popularity: 20 as Demolition Dun-

phy, 6 as D-Man

Real Name: Dennis Dunphy
Aliases: Demolition Dunphy, D-Man
Occupation: Wrestler, adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. citizen
Identity: Known to authorities
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of Cap-
tain America and the Thing
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Invulnerability: Dunphy received the
Power Broker's strength augmenta-
tion process. As a result, he has Ex-
cellent protection against physical
attacks and Typical resistance to
heat and cold.
Talents: As a member of the UCWF,
Dunphy is trained in Wrestling and
Martial Arts A and C. He is also well-
versed in professional wrestling
management and organization. He
is a skilled motorcyclist.
Contacts: Former contacts with
Power Broker Inc. and Dr. Karl Ma-
lus, now hostile. Friendly relations
with several UCWF wrestlers. Friend
and ally of the Thing, Captain Amer-
ica, Vagabond , and Ms. Marvel (11).
Weakness: Severe heart trouble. If
he attempts a Red Strength or En-
durance FEAT, he must make a sec-
ond Endurance FEAT. A Yellow result
requires him to rest for 1-10 turns
and suffer shortness of breath and
chest pains. A Red result means he

suffers a major heart attack and re-
quires immediate hospitalization;
this is treated as a Kill result with a
sharp edged weapon.

53

HISTORY lature almost destroyed itself. He with Demolition Man.
was then injected with a drug that
Dennis Dunphy always wanted a life caused him to enter a berserk rage Demolition Man and Nomad were
of glamor, fame, excitment, and, if when he was locked in a chamber captured during a case in Washing-
possible, wealth. Although he was with Captain America. Although ton D.C. and turned over to the Com-
already fairly muscular, he accepted Demolition Man came close to killing mission of SuperHuman Activities.
Power Broker lnc.'s offer of the Captain America, he collapsed of Nomad took the first opportunity to
strength enhancement process. He heart failure. Only quick action by escape and leave both Demolition
was unaware of the intent of Power Captain America saved Demolition Man and Vagabond behind. Demoli-
Broker Inc. to create an army of Man's life. Dr. Malus was forced to tion Man refused to cooperate with
super-strong thugs for future crimi- restore Demolition Man to his earlier, the Commission and remained im-
nal operations. stable form . prisoned until the Commission reluc-
tantly released him.
Dunphy was one of the first re- Following his recovery and Steve
cruits of the Unlimited Class Wres- Roger's dismissal as Captain Amer- Puzzled over the failure of Captain
tling Federation. He was one of their ica, Dunphy quit the UCWF and de- America's computer hotline, Demoli-
strongest, able to lift 6 tons over- voted himself to full-time tion Man went to the Avengers' Hy-
head. He began a friendly rivalry adventuring. He had amassed a siz-
with the Thing, then another UCWF able fortune while wrestling, enough drobase but found it in ruins
wrestler. Throughout this period , funds to underwrite his new lifestyle following that team's recent break-
Dunphy was addicted to the " nerve and those of his chosen allies. He up. Shortly after, the Captain arrived
pills" he believed were part of main- took it upon himself to handle the and informed Demolition Man of the
Captain's hot line service and pay for
taining his enhanced strength . any expenses that accrued during situation and invited him to be an
These pills were nothing but a physi- their adventures. Avenger. Then the two of them were
cally addictive narcotic that Power needed to assist Battlestar rescue
Broker Inc. used as a leash to control When Steve Rogers was stripped Captain America (Walker) and defeat
its former customers. When Ms. of his Captain America identity, he ULTIMATUM. In a deperate move to
Marvel (II) discovered the criminal disappeared for two months. Wor- destroy ULTIMATUM's machine-
nature of the Power Broker opera- ried, Demolition Man recruited No- destroying ray, Demolition Man pi-
tion, all the strength-augmentation mad and the Falcon to help find him. loted their borrowed Quinjet into the
recipients were ordered to capture By the time they caught up with him, ray's bunker. He was attempting to
her or be cut off from their pills. Dun- Rogers had decided to adopt a new bail out when he discovered both a
phy refused; he would rather risk identity. The thoughtful Demolition bomb planted on the Quinjet and an
death from an agonizing withdrawal Man pulled out a costume he'd had ULTIMATUM agent tangled under
than hurt a friend. Dunphy was his costumer make for just such a the right wing. While Demolition Man
rushed to a hospital, where he soon case. tried to save the agent, the bomb ex-
recovered . ploded .
During the following months,
Now free of the Power Broker's Demolition Man acted as financier The Captain was horrified to see
hold, he wanted revenge. He as- and brute strength for their adven- history repeated itself as another of
sisted Ms. Marvel and Captain Amer- tures. He engaged in personal com- his allies died in an aerial explosion.
ica in investigating the Power Broker bat against other super-strong foes He searched for two hours for the
operation. He adopted the identity of such as Puff Adder, Titania, the Grif- body but failed to find anything. At
Demolition Man and had his cos- fon, Princess Python, and Battle- this point Demolition Man is pre-
tumer sew him a costume patterned Star. After Titania threw him off a sumed dead. His will leaves most of
after Daredevil's original suit and mountain, he developed his acro- his estate to Steve Rogers.
Wolverine's mask. phobia.
Given Dunphy's enhanced Endur-
Unfortunately, Demolition Man He undertook the training of No- ance and the arctic waters into which
was soon captured by several of mad's girlfriend, the would-be su- he fell , it is possible that history also
Power Broker's strength-augmented perheroine Vagabond. He was repeated itself and that he may be
thugs. He was subjected to such ex- oblivious to the fact that she was at- currently floating frozen in sus-
treme augmentation that his muscu- tracted to him from their first meet- pended animation waiting for some-
ing. The jealous Nomad recognized one to thaw him, just as Captain
this and grew increasingly angry America had lain sleeping for dec-
ades until discovered by the Sub-
Mariner and the Avengers.

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DR.ANIMUS

------..., STATISTICS

F GD (10)

A TY (6)

s TY (6)

E EX (20)
R GD (10)

I PR (4)
p GD (10)

Health: 42
Karma: 24

Resources: Remarkable (30)

Popularity: -15

Real Name: Unknown

Alias: The Animator

Occupation: Genetic researcher

Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a

criminal record

Identity: Secret

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Unknown

Known Relatives: None

Base of Operations: Paradise an

island near Greenland '

Past Group Affiliations: Creator of

Ani-Mates, employee of the Right

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS
None
Talents: Dr. Animus has Incredible
Reason in Medicine, genetic re-
search, and gene splicing.
Contacts: Dr. Animus was employed
by Cameron Hodge and the Right.
He was creator and ruler of the Ani-
Mates, his anthropomorphic crea-
.....---. tions.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES HISTORY was. strip~ed. of his position and jailed.
During his imprisonment, his sanity
Dr. Animus was a certified lunatic. Dr. Animus's real name is lost. He was decayed.
a medical researcher who was hired to
He ~as prone to paranoid ravings, research the effectiveness of certain Cameron Hodge and his " The
pharmaceuticals. However, he used Righ!" anti-mutant organization were
erratic behavior, and sudden out- the facilities to pursue arcane research seeking a means of ensuring human
of his own. He forged results for the ex- supremacy over mutants. They discov-
bursts of violence. Any time he is pe~iments he was supposed to be pur- ered Dr. Animus's research and de-
suing. He kept at this for some time but cided he was the man to find a way of
contradicted, defied, or bothered, Dr. was exposed when his forged data re- preventing mutations and the powers
sulted in the release of lethal drugs that resulted. They arranged for his
Animus must make a Psyche FEAT. and the deaths of several people. He freedom and set him up with an iso-
lated island laboratory.
Any White result means he flies into
His old behavior patterns returned.
a rage. After the rage abates he Rather than pursue the Right's goals,

shifts his concentration to another 55

usually unrelated topic. '

he studied means for creating intelli- Baboon Hedgehog .--.
gent, anthropomorphic animals. He
had decided that humanity needed a F As E R I p F As E R I p ...--...
permanent slave species. With such TY TY GD EX TY PR PR
FE FE TY GD PR PR PR ,........,,
patented creatures under his control, Health: 42
he would grow rich and famous. In the Karma: 12 Health: 20 Karma: 12 ~
years that followed, he developed the
means of producing a variety of such Bat Horse
F As E R I p
creatures. Then he began to develop F As E R I p GD GD AM RM PA PR PR
and train his subjects, whom he PR PR PR TY PR PR PR
named the Ani-Mates. His methods
were vicious and cruel. Success Health: 18 Karma: 12 Health: 80 Karma: 12
meant food, failure meant starvation.
Even if they succeeded, they risked Flight: Feeble airspeed (30 mph) Hyena
death at his merest whim. Despite their
creator, the new creatures survived. Bear F As E R p

One Ani-Mate, an intelligent avian F As E R p GD GD GD EX PR PR PR
named Bird-Boy, escaped the island
and ended up in the care of the New EX TY RM RM PR PR PR Health: SO Karma: 12
Mutants. When the New Mutants and
Health: 86 Karma: 12 Iguana
Bird-Boy returned to rescue the rest of
the Ani-Mates, Magic fed Dr. Animus to Bird-Boy F As E R I p
her demons after he shot and killed PR PR PR GD PR PR PR
Cypher. F As ER Ip
Health: 22 Karma: 12
It is unknown if Dr. Animus actually TY GD GD GD TY TY TY
died in limbo. The civil war in limbo Karma: 24 Jackal
that erupted in Inferno on Earth de- Health: 36 FAs ER Ip
stroyed Magik's control over that realm .
It is possible that, rather than eat Dr. An- Flight: Feeble airspeed (30 mph)
imus, S'ym and his horde transformed
him into a demon like them . Bison GD GD GD EX PR PR PR

As for the Ani-Mates, they are pre- FAs ER p Health: SO Karma: 12

sumably still alive and well on Para- EX TY IN RM PR PR PR Lion s Ip
dise. With the destruction of the Right, PR PR
their island 's existence remains these- Health: 96 Karma: 12 FA IN ER
cret of the New Mutants. RM GD Karma: 22
Boar RM TY
FA Health: 110
s ER Ip

TY TY GD GD PR PR PR Octopus (d)

Health: 32 Karma: 12 FAsER Ip
GD GD AM MN PR PR PR
Bolivar Littlemouse (d)
R p Health: 14S Karma: 12
FAsE
PR PR PR PR TY TY PR Swimming: Feeble speed (1 S mph)

Health: 16 Karma: 16 Waterbreathing

Bufo (d) Orea s ER Ip
FAsER FA
p
RM GD IN MN TY PR PR
PR PR PR TY TY PR TY
Health: 1SS Karma: 12
Health: 18 Karma: 16
Swimming: Typical speed (4S mph)
Waterbreathing
Porcupine
Bufo was a frog who acted as Dr. Animus'
FAs ER Ip
toady. TY PR TY EX PR PR PR

Cat Health: 36 Karma: 12

FAsER Ip Rat (d)
GD GD TY GD PA PR PR
AN I-MATES F As ER I p
Health: 36 Karma: 12 EX GD EX RM PR PR PR
There were seven groups of Ani-
Mates, called Groups A through G. Dolphin Health: 80 Karma: 12
Group G was destroyed before their
birth. They were designed to gain the F As E R I p Rhino
advantages of a humanoid form and GD GD TY RM TY PR PR
intelligence but retain the attributes of FAsER Ip
the normal animal, although natural Health: S6 Karma: 14 EX PR IN RM PR PR PR
abilities are enhanced +1CS to
+ 3CS. Most possess a rudimentary Swimming: Typical speed (4S mph) Health: 94 Karma: 12
language that combines animal noises
and distorted English. Donkey Serpent
FAsER Ip
Below are some of the known Ani- GD TY RM RM PR PR PR FAs ER I p
Mates; "(d)" means that such a crea- EX RM GD EX PR PR PR
ture was known to be killed during the Health: 76 Karma: 12
fall of Dr. Animus. Health: 80 Karma: 12

Elephant Shark

FAsER Ip FAs ER I p
TY TY IN RM PR PR PA
EX EX RM IN PR PR PR
Health: 82 Karma: 12
Health: 110 Karma: 12

Fox Swimming: Typical speed (4S mph)

FAsER Ip Waterbreathing

GD GD TY GD PR PR PR Strachiosaur

Alligator Health: 36 Karma: 12 FAsER I p

F A s E R, I p Goat GD TY AM AM PR PR PR

TY GD RM EX PR PR PA sF A ER I p Health: 116 Karma: 12

Health: 66 Karma: 12 GD TY TY GD PR PR PR Walrus
FAs ER I p
Swimming: Feeble speed (1 S mph) Health: 32 Karma: 12

Waterbreathlng Hawk GD GD AM AM TY PR PR

A rmadillo FAs ER p Health: 120 Karma: 12

F As ER p GD GD TY GD PR PR PR Wolf (d)

PR PR TY GD PR PR PR Health: 36 Karma: 12 F As E R I p
EX GD EX EX TY PR PR
Health: 24 Karma: 12 Flight: Feeble airspeed (30 mph)
Health: 70
Karma: 14

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,-.. STATISTICS

F AM (50)

A EX (20)
S IN (40)

E Y (200)

R RM (30)

I RM (30)
p y (200)

Health:310
Karma: 260
Resources: Shift Z (500)
Popularity: Varies

Real Name: None
Occupation: Ruler of Liveworld
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: Her existence is unknown
to most of the population.
Place of Birth: An other-
dimensional plane
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Nightmare (fa-
ther), Zhilla Char (mother, destroyed
and reformed as the Dream Queen)
Base of Operations: Liveworld
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Illusory Invisibility: Amazing ability to These are powers she can use
Although she is the child of two de- make people ignore her presence. only in her home dimension of Live-
mons, she lacks most magical abili- Longevity: Her actual lifespan is un- world:
ties due to her isolation in the known . She is 900 years old in her Lifeform Creation: She has the Shift-
Live-World dimension. Despite this current form . Z ability to transform the raw mate-
handicap, she has developed a for- Serial Immortality: If she becomes rial of Liveworld into any lifeforms
midable array of powers. The follow- pregnant, she dies in blaze of spon- she chooses. Such lifeforms are per-
ing are powers that she can use in taneous combustion. A new succu- manent until they are destroyed. She
any dimension. She can use these bus rises from the ashes with her old can create a maximum of 500
powers to affect a known target cur- memories but with a new personality. pounds of living objects per day.
rently located in another dimension. Self Sustenance: By feeding on the Artifact Creation: She has the Shift-Y
Emotion Absorption: She can absorb emotional energy of others, she can ability to transform the raw material
the psychic energies released by go without eating or sleeping. As a of Liveworld into any object she
strong emotions and convert it into in- demonic lifeform, she does not need imagines, including converting it into
creased Power and personal energy. to breathe. the necessary elements and com-
Her initial Poor rank limits her area of
effect to a single area. Each 1000 liv- 57
ing people she adds to her control
adds 1 point to her total Power ranks.
As this total increases, her rank and
her range increase, thus drawing
more people into her sphere of con-
trol. As this power comes into effect,
the ranks of her other powers should
be increased equally.
Clairvoyance: Monstrous ability to
perceive distant events. This power
is often externalized into a scrying
pool or crystal orb.
Hallucination: Monstrous ability to
make people experience realistic de-
lusions of her creation.

pounds. Such objects have a perma- unaware of Nightmare's obsession . Goblyn to feel safe and remain there
nent existence. She can create up to He caught and raped her, then ban- while she studied the child. She
500 pounds of such artifacts each ished her to an otherwise uninhab- wanted the secret of where Goblyn
day. ited plane. When she awoke, had come from and more importantly
Molding: Shift-Y abil ity to spona- Nightmare told her that she was how she could get away. When
teously reshape objects within Live- Goblyn disappeared and was re-
world. This power does not affect pregnant. He reminded her that a placed by her sister, Laura Dean, the
beings or materials from other di- she-demon is destroyed in birth and Dreamqueen discovered their link.
mensions. However, it can be used her body reformed into that of her The next time Laura materialized in
to turn the Liveworld landscape into child. When she asked why he did it, Liveworld, the Dreamqueen cap-
a weapon against such visitors. he said he simply did it to make her tured her in hopes of extracting the
Molecular Conversion: Shift-Y ability suffer. means to cross the dimensional bar-
to transform the raw material of Live- riers. The unplanned invasion of
world into any substance she re- As she died, Zhilla Char swore that Liveworld by Alpha Flight and the in-
quires. her daughter would hate Nightmare. terference of a Tibetan high lama
Talents: The Dreamqueen pos- She was wrong. The Dream Queen, catapulted everyone to a lamasery in
sesses limited access to her mother as she eventually named herself, China.
succubus' memories and magic. was grateful for the gift of an entire
She has an innate mastery of psy- dimension to do with as she pleased. In the battle in the lamasery, the
chology and motivational skills. She Over the next five centuries, she Dreamqueen managed to gain a
has Unearthly knowledge of every transformed her mediocre realm of complete knowledge of all members
member of Department H and its sub-matter into a world and people of Alpha, Beta, and Omega Flights.
three " Flights," up to the addition of that submitted to her dark fantasies. Before she could use the knowledge
Manikin and Goblyn. For a time, she was pleased . Then to defeat her foes, Puck grabbed her
Contacts: None, although Night- she became bored. and held her helpless while Laura
mare may show up to criticize her closed the dimensional door and
current efforts. Three-hundred fifty years ago, a sent the Dreamqueen back to Live-
Chickaqua shaman named Nan- world.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: quato accidentally breached the bar-
rier to the Dream Queen's realm. His In the meantime, the Dreamqueen
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES astral form sought the land of the sky led Elizabeth Twoyoungmen and her
The Dreamqueen is out to spread gods in search of an end to the archaelogical team to the cairn
fear and suffering because that is drought that threatened his tribe. where her totem wand lay. Snowbird
how she gains power. In order to gain The Dream Queen graciously stopped her from touching the totem
later power, she will help out individ- agreed to end the drought and gave and gave her a warning about the
uals who are unaware of her nature. him a magic totem to take back. Dreamqueen 's history and plans.
She has a deep hatred of her father, The warning came too late. The
Nightmare, because he killed her It was her first deception. It gave Dreamqueen used a gathering of Al-
earlier form and abandoned her on her a thrill she had never felt before. pha Flight in Ottawa to pull herself
Liveworld. She has a grudge against As Nanquato began the ritual that he into the Earth Dimension.
Talisman (Elizabeth Twoyoungmen). thought would end the drought, the
Dream Queen acted. She gave Nan- Nightmare appeared to her again
HISTORY quato the hallucination that it was with the warning that, as Talisman ,
raining, but she gave the tribe hallu- Elizabeth was going to kill her. The
Eight hundred years ago, a succu- cinations that they were being trans- Dreamqueen enlisted the unwitting
bus named Zhilla Char caught the in- formed into or being attacked by aid of China Force to stop Alpha
terest of Nightmare. She was demons. The struggle nearly deci- Flight, though they failed. Talisman
mated the tribe before a warrior real- confronted the Dreamqueen first,
ized Nanquato was somehow fully intent on killing her. The arrival
responsible. Nanquato died with two of the rest of Alpha Flight saved the
Dreamqueen 's life. Laura opened a
spears in his chest. He and the gateway into another dimension and
magic totem were buried in a stone Talisman pushed her through . The
cairn and eventually covered by soil. identity of this dimension is unre-

A few years ago, the mutant child corded but it is one Laura must have
Goblyn was delivered into the thought a suitable prison for the
Dreamqueen's realm. The Dream- Dreamqueen , for she has not been
queen was interested in the child , heard of since. Unfortunately for
since this was the first corporeal be- Puck, the rest of Alpha Flight are un"
ing she had ever encountered in her aware that he remains a prisoner in
realm whom she had not created. the Liveworld dimension.
She transformed Goblyn's section of
the realm into a benevolent para-
dise. The Dreamqueen wanted

58

D 1SPAVRE

,,....-- STATISTICS

F RM (30)
A EX (20)
S IN (40)
E RM (30)

R GD (10)

I EX (20)
P AM (50)
Health: 120

Karma: 80
Resources: NIA

Popularity: 0

Real Name: Unknown
Aliases: Often appears as a trusted
friend of a victim
Occupation: Not applicable
Legal Status: None
Identity: Unknown to public
Place·of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: NIA
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Unknown; not
in Earth's dimension
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS form that can be injured. It is un- ited to 20 feet. Victims may over-
known whether he can be destroyed. come this fear by making a Psyche
D'spayre is a demon who draws psy- FEAT. Failure means they suffer crip-
chic sustenance from true fear, an- D'spayre is not a standard magic pling fear and despair for 10-100
guish, and despondency suffered by wielder. He does not follow a particu- turn s.
human beings and perhaps other lar school of magic and has no level Gaseous Form: D'spayre can trans-
sentient beings as well. In feeling of Magical Mastery. The following form himself into a cloud of oily black
such strong emotions, people gener- spells are those he has been known smoke. In this form, he possesses
ate psychic energies. D'spayre func- to possess. Feeble Flight (30 mph) . He can
tions as a Spirit Vampire by change form in one round .
" feeding" upon these energies and Dimension Travel: Feeble ability to Hallucination: Unearthly ability to fill
adding this power to his own re- travel between the Earth dimension a victim's mind with illusions. He is
and O'spayre's home dimension. most powerful when creating a sin-
serves of psychic force. It may be Fear: Monstrous ability to instill over- gle.hallucination for a single victim.
that D'spayre does not need these riding terror in a victim. He must Although others may experience this
psychic energies to survive but make a Fighting FEAT for him to
rather does it for the sheer sadistic strike with this power. Range is lim- 59
pleasure of torturing their spirits.

D'spayre can mystically instill fear
in humans. Usually, D'spayre prefers
to act indirectly a·nd cause the victim
to generate his own fear by reacting
to the hallucinations D'spayre cre-
ates. These hallucinations will be sit-
uations that will cause the victim to
feel terror, great sadness, despon-
dency, and possibly even suicidal
urges. D'spayre's telepathic abilities
enable him to probe the victim's mind
and seek out the images that would

cause the most anguish.
D'spayre has a variety of other

mystical powers that have not yet
been catalogued. Although he is a
mystical being , he has a physical

hallucination, it will have limited ef- rial strength drops - 1CS each turn ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
fect on them since it is not tailored to until it collapses. After it collapses, D'spayre lives to play sadistic games
exploit their own fears. D'spayre can the ruins vanish and are replaced by with his victims. He seeks people who
create simultaneously-occuring, in- the destroyed remains of the original have a hidden sorrow or regret. He of-
dependent hallucinations for a num- structure that sat on that site. ten approaches this victim in the
ber of victims, but each additional guise of someone whom the person
hallucination decreases his effective Any people in the original struc- trusts. D'spayre's usual goal is to
power rank - 1CS. Victims may dis- ture on the site find themselves tele- force the victim into suicide or mad-
pel the illusion by making an Intuition ported somewhere within the Tower. ness. D'spayre prefers to only reveal
FEAT. If the Tower is taken away while they his true form if the victim is beyond re-
Illusion: Unearthly ability to make are in it, they may be left behind or sistance or if he is actively attacked.
himself appear to be anyone he spirited away to wherever the Tower
chooses. Such illusions cannot de- rests between manifestations, de- HISTORY
ceive mechanical sensors or re- pending on the circumstances.
corders such as cameras. Victims D'spayre is a demonic being whose
may dispel the illusion by making an The Tower is enchanted with these origin is unknown. It is possible that
Intuition FEAT. powers: he serves the more powerful being
Immortality: As a demon, D'spayre is known as the Dweller in Darkness,
immune to the normal effects of ag- • Emotion Control: Typical ability but D'spayre usually appears to be
ing, disease, and injury. If his body is to instill fear and despair in anyone operating independently.
destroyed, he eventually grows a within 1 area. If a victim makes a suc-
new one. cessful Psyche FEAT, he is left with In D'spayre's first recorded ex-
strong but non-crippling feelings of ploit, he appeared in the Florida Ev-
Mental Probe: To better generate unease. erglades in the area that serves as a
frightening hallucinations, D'spayre nexus to otherdimensional realities.
has the Amazing ability to probe a • Mind Control: Amazing ability to There, he captured the young sor-
victim 's mind. He has a range of 20 corrupt victims who are physically ceress, Jennifer Kale, and the spirit
areas. bound to the tower. The intial attack of her deceased but still active men-
tor, Dakimh the Enchanter. He then
Spirit Vampirism: He has the Un- is Feeble, then it gains + 1CS each bound them to an arcane tower he
earthly ability to absorb a victim's erected within the nexus. D'spayre
Psyche by means of a successful day until the victim succumbs. Vic- intended to use the tower's evil mys-
power FEAT. The victim's Psyche is tims must make a Psyche FEAT each tical energies to corrupt his two cap-
day to resist becoming evil. Once the tives and make them use their great
reduced -1 CS and the amount lost t ransformation occurs, the effects sorcerous powers in his service.
is added to D'spayre's Health. The are permanent until undone by an
victim can resist this vampiric attack opposing Mind Control attack of at Spider-Man and the Man-Thing
by making a Red Psyche FEAT. If the challenged D'spayre. D'spayre used
victim's Psyche is reduced to zero, least Amazing power. his powers to overwhelm Spider-
he must make a roll on the Kill Table • Illusion: The Tower is only visi- Man with fear, but the Webslinger
using the original Psyche rank. Suc- was able to overcome his terror and
cess means they recover their ble to those D'spayre chooses to see beat the demon into unconscious-
Psyche at a rank of 1CS per hour. it. Anyone else sees it as the original ness. With the demon defeated, Jen-
Teleport Self: Feeble ability to tele- structure that occupied that site. nifer and Dakimh were released from
port himself up to 2 miles per jump. captivity.
Tower Summoning: D'spayre can ex- • Power Focus: The Tower can
change a targeted structure with his channel the combined mystical D'spayre has since assumed more
powers of two or more beings into a subtle plans. He is seeking more
elaborate tower (see D'Spayre's single extremely powerful spell or knowledge of Earth 's inhabitants,
Tower). power. especially the superhumans. He ap-
pears to solitary victims and uses his
D'spayre's Tower: This magical arti- • Self Repair: If the Tower is de- powers to overwhelm them with de-
fact serves as D'spayre's base. It is stroyed, it cannot be summoned spondency. He caused the suicide of
an obsidian tower one mile tall and again for 28 days, after which time it Jock Forrester, the father of Aleytys
carved from Remarkable material. Forrester, sometime companion of
The tower radiates an aura of evil can reappear completely repaired. Cyclops and later Magneto. He also
and despair that affects anyone Tower Summoning: Ability to ex- attempted to break both Cyclops'
within 1 area. change a targeted structure with his and Dr. Strange 's spirits . Fortu-
Tower. nately, both heroes were able to
Although the Tower appears to be break free of D'spayre's illusions.
made of stone, it can be burned by Talents: D'Spayre has a complete D'Spayre's current whereabouts are
paranormal flames such as Man- knowledge of arcane and magical unknown .
Thing's fiery touch. The Tower burns lore.
quickly with the flaming area increas-
ing by 10% each turn. When the Contacts: Unknown .
Tower is completely aflame, its Mate-
ADDITIONAL NOTES:

60

--- The Earth Force was created by Lord no sign that their adventure had oc- Known Relatives: Child (deceased,
Seth as a means of insuring his vic- cured, save for the glowing mark of name unknown)
tory in his recent war against all the Aton on their left palms. Base of Operations: Mobile
gods. He selected three humans Present Group Affiliation:
who were on the verge of death. He Presumably their powers remain,
seized their spirits, gave them tangi- lying dormant until such time as the KNOWN POWERS
ble forms, transported them to his lo- Earth Force is needed again. Air Animation: She has Amazing
cation, and transformed them into control over the air. She normally
their new, superpowerful forms. He WIND- uses this power in her immediate vi-
told them that their lives and the very WARRIOR cinity, but she can extend her effects
existence of Earth were at risk un- up to 3 miles away. She can use
less they killed Hogun the Grim, an STATISTICS these Power Stunts:
Asgardian then lying injured in the F GD (10)
same Manhattan hospital where the A EX (20) • Whirlwind: Amazing airspeed
Earth Force's mortal bodies lay com- (375 mph) within a tornado under her
atose. S GD (10) control.
Although they had understand- E IN (40)
able misgivings about their new con- R TY (6) • Attack with winds that do
ditions and mission , they were Amazing damage.
transported to the hospital and im- I TY (6)
mediately got involved in a battle • Transport additional mass of up
with the hospital staff, a S.W.A.T. P EX (20) to 50 tons in weight.
team , and Thor. During the battle, Health: 80
Earthforce encountered his wife and Karma: 32 • Hurl missiles for Amazing dam-
partner but was shocked when they Resources: Feeble (2)
did not recognize him. Skyhawk Popularity: 1 age at a range of 3 miles.
wanted to take advanage of the Real Name: Pamela Shaw
chaos to slay Hogun, but the others Occupation: Adventurer • Airshield provides Amazing pro-
Legal Status: U.S. citizen tection against physical attacks.
,...--..... decided they needed to know more Identity: Secret Talents: None
before they could become cold- Place of Birth : Unknown Contacts: As Wind-Walker, she is an
blooded killers. They flew away in Marital Status: Separated ally of the gods of Heliopolis and
Asgard, especially Thor.
Wind Warrior's cyclone.
They later discovered Lord Seth's ADDITIONAL NOTES:

true intentions and rebelled. Wind ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Warrior escaped but Earthlord and Pamela is an emotional woman who
Skyhawk were captured and thrown was originally worn out to the point of
into Seth's dungeons alongside collapse. She finds her Wind-Warrior
Thor, the Black Knight, and the now- self is more self assured. She does
,,-... healthy Hogun. Together, the new al- not like to injure people with her
lies escaped. They freed Bes, the powers; she prefers to end conflicts
god of Luck, and Odin, whom they quickly and, if possible, safely.
had thought slain.

Windwarrior joined forces with the
Heliopolitan Gods deposed by Lord
Seth . They were much-needed rein-
forcements in the destruction of
Seth's citadel, the Black Pyramid.
They accompanied Odin back to
Asgard , which was about to fall to
Seth's serpent legions. The Earth
Force fought Seth in single combat
but they were too weak to succeed.
One by one, they died again.

When Seth was defeated and the
Heliopolitan gods reclaimed their
powers, they admitted their debt to
,,,-.. the slain Earth Force. They pooled
their godly powers and restored the
trio to their original lives. Each
awoke separately in the hospital with

61

SKVHAWK Talents: As Manchester, he is skilled STATISTICS
in business and finance. F EX (20)
Contacts: As Manchester, he has A TY (6)
his business connections. As Sky- 5 RM (30)/MN(75)
hawk, he is allied to the gods of He- E AM (50)
liopolis and Asgard, especially Thor.
R TY (6)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
I TY (6)

P TY (6)
Health: 106 (151)
Karma: 18
Resources: Typical (6)
Popularity: 5

STATISTICS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Real Name: Tyle Brock
F RM (30) Manchester is a cold, pragmatic man Occupation: Policeman
A RM (30) trained to make instantaneous deci- Legal Status: U.S. citizen
sions based on the available data. Identity: Secret
S EX (20) He is a believer in going through with Place of Birth: Unknown
a deal , even if the deal is odious to Marital Status: Married (Marge
E AM (50) him. He is an instinctive competitor Brock)
and even feels rivalry toward his al- Known Relatives: Two or more chil-
R GD (10) lies. He feels Wind-Warrior and dren, names unrecorded
I GD (10) Earth-Lord join forces against him. Base of Operations: Mobile
Present Group Affiliation:
P TY (6) EARTH-LORD
Health: 130 KNOWN POWERS
Karma: 26 Alter-Ego: Earth-Lord is Brock's su-
Resources: Remarkable (30) perpowerful form.
Popularity: 1 Growth (Atomic Gain): He has the In-
credible power to increase his height ,,---.....
Real Name: Winston Manchester to 20(FM},his weight to 3000 pounds,
Occupation: Businessman and his Strength to Amazing. His
Legal Status: U.S. citizen Health increases as well. In addition ,
Identity: Secret attacks do - 4CS less damage
Place of Birth: Unknown against his giant form.
Marital Status: Unknown Talents: As a policeman , he is
Known Relatives: None trained in Law Enforcement, Marks-
Base of Operations: Mobile manship, and Martial Arts B.
Present Group Affiliation: Contacts: As Brock, he has connec- ,,..-...,,_
tions with the NYPD. As Earth-Lord,
KNOWN POWERS he is an ally of the gods of Heliopolis
Alter-Ego: Skyhawk is Manchester's and Asgard, especially Thor.
superpowerful form.
Flight: Excellent airspeed (150 ADDITIONAL NOTES:
mph).
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
62 Brock is a good cop and honest man
who tries to help others. He will not
allow himself to be forced into evil ,,-..
acts. He is an optimist and an ideal-
ist. He argues with Manchester over
their team's actions.

.~ - - ---~.- -- ----- - - - - - - - ---~ .

._ -------------------~~--~-- 1 : j ·:· , , -- 1 ·; \ r - '\ ( " 1· ::.·,1- =

--~----·=--~ ~~J~-~ =·:>:~·1_.,

~ STATISTICS

F EX (20)
A GD (10)

s GD (10)

E EX (20)

R TY (6)

I TY (6)
p TY (6)
Health: 60

Karma: 18

Resources: Typical (6)
Popularity: -10

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Jack Taggert
Occupation: Soldier, employee of
Edwin Cord
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
,,..--. States with a criminal record
Identity: The public is unaware of
Taggert's dual identity.
Other Known Aliases: None

Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliation: None
,..---.,. Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS

Battlesuit: Taggert used the Fire-

power battlearmor, one of the world's

most sophisticated combat suits. Al-

though it was destroyed by Iron.Man,

it gave its wearer (Taggert) the follow-

ing augmented characteristics:

F +3 CS AM (50)

..--.., A +2 CS RM (30)

S +5 CS MN (75)

E +5 CS UN (100)

The armor also had the following ar-

senal:

Terminax: This small tactical nuclear

weapon does Shift Z damage in a 20-

area radius. It is equipped with a sin-

gle warhead, and has a 50-area strous protection against all physical Contacts: Edwin Cord is a contact of
and energy attacks. It also gave him Firepower, and he probably retains
range. Amazing protection against all sen- some military contacts.
sory attacks. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Surface-to-Air Missiles: These mis- Flight: Firepower could fly at
Amazing air speed (25 areas per 63
siles have a + 1 CS radar-lock, and round).
Controlled Environment: The Fire-
inflict Monstrous damage, and have power suit compensates for atmo-
spheric conditions, providing its
a 10-area range. wearer with a constant comfortable
temperature and humidity level.
Heat Beams: Monstrous damage, 6- Talents: Taggert has the Military and
Piloting talents. He has likely re-
area range. ceived t raining in Martial Arts B.

Mini-grenades: These do Amazing

damage, and have a + 3 CS radar

lock.

,,,,---.. Arm Cannons: These weapons do

Unearth-ly damage. They have a 2-

area range.

Armor: Firepower's armor gave Mon-

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY nology stolen from him by Spymas-
ter. After a long battle in the Arizona
Taggert is a brash young man who Jack Taggert served in the U.S. mili- desert, Firepower defeated Iron
enjoys the power of the Firepower tary, and became involved in testing Man, destroying his suit with a small
suit and doesn 't care about the lives the Firepower armor, a battlesuit cre- nuclear device called the Terminax.
of others. He places his loyalty to ated by Edwin Cord for use as a
Edwin Cord above his oath to the weapon against out-of-control su- But Stark survived and rebuilt his
U.S. Armed Forces. Taggert has a lot perheroes and crowds. Taggert was suit. Firepower, at the behest of
of confidence in the ability of his suit, chosen to wear the suit, and after ex- Edwin Cord, went rogue and at-
and enjoys showing off its capabili- tensive testing his first assignment tacked Stark Industries in an effort to
was to defeat Iron Man, who had be- bring ruin on Tony Stark. Stark finally
ties. come an outlaw during the so-called confronted Firepower in his new bat-
Armor Wars, a crusade by Tony Stark tlearmor and defeated him, destroy-
to neutralize all suits of battlearmor ing the suit. However, Taggert
that had been designed using tech- survived , and his whereabouts, not
to mention the future of any new
models of the Firepower armor, are
unknown.

64

FORBUSH-MAN

STATISTICS:

F FE (2)

A PR (4)

s TY (6)

E PR (4)
R PR (4)

I FE (2)
p FE (2)

Health: 16
Karma: 8
Resources: POOR (4)

Popularity: Who'd care?

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Irving Forbush
Occupation: Janitor for Marvel
Comics, would-be comedy relief
character
Identity: He's a nobody
Legal Status: Status? Him? HA!
Other Known Aliases: The
Amazing Punishing Wolver-

Forbush , Dark Forbush-Man,
Forbush-Man Lite
Place of Birth : Wherever it is, they
wouldn 't admit it
Marital Status: Very single
Known Relatives: Aunt Mayhem
(aunt), Uncle Benny (uncle), Cousin

Lance (cousin)
Base of Operations: A matter of

opinion
Group Affiliation : Charter and only
member of the Forbush League In-

ternational, Forbush League Antarc-
tica, and the X-Forbush

KNOWN POWERS: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY
No-Power: Forbush-Man once re- You want to role-play this loser?
ceived a No-Prize from Marvel Com- Gimme a break! Look, Bruce, why Irving Forbush was a fanboy janitor
ics, which gives him the awesome did I of all the freelancers with TSR at Marvel Comics in the 1960's who
No-Power! No one has figured out have to write up this character? wanted to get the autographs of all
what a No-Power does: probably Couldn't you have given this to Mor- the superheroes. Unfortunately, they
nothing. tika or Martin? Okay, maybe I could all told him to get lost. Was it his
Talents: Him? Ha! Ha! Ha! Seriously, have done a bit better on that last breath , or his deodorant? Or all of
Forbush has Typical ability with jani- the above , plus a few thousand other
torial work. job, but was it any reason to assign things?
Contacts: None who will admit it. me this? I could be doing something
decent with my time, like having a Too stupid to be discouraged, For-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: root canal , or doing the critical hit ta- bush returned home to his lovable
bles for Headlocks and Haymakers,
the pro-wrestling role-playing game. 65

But NOOOOOO!

Auntie Mayhem and Uncle Benny. But then came the classic Total sue where he transformed Times
When Auntie Mayhem complained Fall of the Secret Inferno Crisis War Square into a giant disco, Forbush-
that he was taking too long to clean on Infinite Millennium Legends Earth Man arrived and defeated Hypno-
the dishes and that he was a dis- crossover mega-series graphic Hustler when he accidentally
grace to Forbush-dom, Irving replied novel, when the writer accidentally shattered the glass floor as he fell off
that if he was a superhero, he could left his word processor on automatic a flagpole. The shattering blow split
clean the dishes in no time. A trifle pilot, and a computer virus acciden- Forbush-Man's fragile personality
upset at being answered so flip- tally resurrected Irving! He immedi- into two parts: The kindly, stupid, in-
pantly, Auntie Mayhem gently repri- ately declared the founding of competent Forbush-Man Lite, and
manded her nephew by slamming a Forbush League International, but the wicked, stupid, incompetent
pot over his head. no one joined. Deciding that maybe Dark Forbush-Man! The Watcher,
being the official supergroup of a noting this event, yawned and re-
This provided Irving with his inspi- continent would be a good spin-off, turned to watching an old sixties
ration for becoming a superhero! Af- he declared the founding of Forbush bikini-beach movie.
ter cutting eyeholes in the pot, Irving League Antarctica. A penguin ap-
took his longjohns, and became a plied to join, but left when he found Meanwhile, Dark Forbush-Man
superhero! Forbush-Man was born that another company's lawyers learned that Fred Hembeck was us-
(not made)! would sue him for taking the same ing Brother Voodoo as Marvel 's
name as one of their villains. Feeling Comedy Relief character in the cen-
Forbush-Man's career began suc- that he needed a new gimmick to ter pages of Marvel Age. Upset with
cessfully, when the Juggernaut, boost sales, Irving decided that he being upstaged, Dark Forbush-Man
while trying to attack him, tripped had to be a mutant (and received lit- plotted to lure Brother Voodoo to his
over Forbush-Man while he was ty- tle argument from the rest of the hu- Antarctic stronghold by promising to
ing his shoelace, and landed in a vat man race), and founded the give him his own prestige format
of quick-drying cement. Following X-Forbush. Unfortunately, with so mini-series. However, even Brother
this, every major villain in the Marvel many "X" titles on the market, no Voodoo knows that one does not go
Universe surrendered to Irving. A one noticed. When he told Auntie to Antarctica to star in prestige for-
superhero was born , and he had his Mayhem that he was now a mutant, mat mini-series unless one is invited
own comic, Not Brand Ecch. she stabbed him with a pie fork. This
gave him the idea for his new iden- by Ka-Zar first. Besides, he's from
Unfortunately, Not Brand Ecch was tity: Armed with a very sharp fork, he Haiti and hates the cold weather, and
cancelled, and Irving was forced to there are so many prestige format ti-
audition for bit parts in the alternate was now-the Amazing Punisher tles on the market these days that
comics. He achieved a starring role, Waiver-Forbush ("I'm not the best at they just aren't a status symbol any
what I do, but at least I don't repeat more. Dark Forbush-Man's plot was
after many years, in the classic Nau- the same line every issue!") foiled .
seous Ninny Marginally Human
Nerds book, but after the controver- In the meantime, tragedy loomed. Recently, a new writer took over
sial ice cream scene in issue #4, re- An old Spider-Man villain, the Forbush-Man's adventures. In order
ceived more hate mail than any other Hypno-Hustler, never accepted the
character in the history of comics. In a fact that disco was dead and kid- to return him to his 60's roots, the
phone-in poll two months later, read- napped all of the major disco music writer had Forbush-Man wake up
ers voted to blow up Irving in the most stars of the '?O's. After a horrific is- from being hit over the head by
graphic, gratuitously violent manner Auntie Mayhem. Yes, folks, it was all
possible. Forbush-Man was dead. a dream!

66

FDRCE

STATISTICS:

F RM (30)
A EX (20)
S IN (40)
E AM (50)
R EX (20)
I GD (10)

P GD (10)
Health: 140
Karma: 40

Resources: GOOD (10)
Popularity: - 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Clay Wilson
Occupation: Ex-teacher's assistant,
ex-mercenary, researcher for Stark
Enterprises' Barstow Electronics

subsidiary
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with a criminal record
Identity: Known to the authorities
Other Known Aliases: Carl Walker
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliation: Former em-
ployee of Justin Hammer
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: per hour. This pulse has a 2-area Contacts: Clay Wilson has severed
Battlesuit: The Force armor was one radius. all ties to Justin Hammer. Tony Stark
of the world 's most sophisticated Armor: Force's metallic armor pro- should be considered his only con-
battlesuits. It worked on the principle vides him with Good protection tact.
of force-field manipulation , and pos- against physical and energy attacks ADDITIONAL NOTES:
sessed the following powers: when his force field is deactivated.
Repulsion field: This force field com- 67
pletely fills the area which Force oc- Clay Wilson 's normal stats (unar-
cupies. Any solid object, such as mored) are as follows:
bullets, ice, or human beings, that
enters the area will be repulsed 1-10 FASER I P
areas and sustain Incredible dam-
age. An Amazing strength or better GD GD GD EX EX GD GD
is required to penetrate the field.
This field provides Force with Incred- Health: 50
ible protection against physical and Karma: 40
energy attacks. Talents: Wilson has the Electronics
Force Blasts: Force could generate skill.
force blasts of increduble Intensity in
a 5-area range.
Flight: Force could manipulate force
fields and fly at Incredible air speed
(20 areas per round).

EMP: The Force armor could gener-

ate an electro-magnetic pulse that
dampened all electrical systems for
six minutes. This affects Force's own
systems, and can only be done once

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: HISTORY him and putting a failsafe mecha-
nism in his armor to kill him if he ever
Previously, Clay Wilson was a Clay Wilson was a cocky young man escaped .
second-rate thug in a battlesuit; a when he invented the Force armor
formidable opponent, but not quite and decided to use it for personal But Force escaped anyway, and
gain. He had a long career as a crimi- turned to Tony Stark for assistance.
good or lucky enough to be a major nal that brought him into conflict After Stark disabled Hammer's fail-
league villain. He was content to fol- against superheroes such as the safe mechanism, Wilson surren-
low orders and make money, happy Sub-Mariner and Iron Man, and dered the Force armor. But Hammer,
to be wielding power in the form of eventually he struck a deal with Jus- angered by Wi lson'e betrayal, sent
his battlesuit. Later, Wilson was sick- tin Hammer; he would share half of the Beetle, Blacklash, and the Bliz-
ened by his career and realized that the profits of his crimes with Ham- zard to kill him. Eventualy Force de-
the power of Force was not as thrill- mer, in return for Hammer's protec- feated Blizzard in combat, and the
ing as it was at the start of his career. tion and financial backing. However, assassins were forced to retreat. To
As Carl Walker, he seeks peace and as time passed, Wilson became sick prevent Hammer from bothering
security in a scientific career. of his life of crime and violence. Wilson again , Tony Stark staged
When he confided in Justin Hammer Force 's escape and accidental
about his feelings, the criminal busi- death. In reality, Clay Wilson lives ,
nessman responded by confining working for Barstow Electronics as a
researcher under the name of Carl
Walker.

68

GARRCIK

,.........__ STATISTICS:

F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S IN (40)

E UN (100)
R GD (10)
I IN (40)
P ShZ (500)
Health: 180
Karma: 550
Resources: UNEART HLY (100)
Popularity: 0 (100 among worship-
pers)

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Unknown

Occupation: Would-be deity, self-

styled protector of the Savage Land

Legal Status: Citizen of Great Brit-

ain with no criminal record

Identity: Secret

Other Known Aliases: The Petrified

Man, The Sun-God

Place of Birth: England

Marital Status: Unrevealed

Known Relatives: None

Base of Operations: The Savage

Land ·

Past Group Affiliations: Former ally

of Zaladane, unwitting dupe of Ter-

minus, former ally of the High Evolu-

tionary

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS

Matter Manipulation: Garrok could

manipulate matter on a sub-atomic

scale at Class 1000 ability. This in-

cluded being able to swallow cities in

dimensional gates, and rearrange

the fabric of the Savage Land to cre-

ate a giant fortress. This power

seems to require assistance from the

hidden engines buried deep in the

Savage Land. After using this power

at Shift Z or greater level for a day, Talents: Garrok has the Leadership ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Garrek was motivated by love for the
Garrek's power would be reduced by talent. Savage Land, a love that was all-
consuming and extremely posses-
- 3 CS to Unearthly ability rank. · Contacts: Garrek was the object of sive. His vision of controlling the
Savage Land tolerated none that dis-
Eye Beams: Garrok had energy adoration of Zaladane and the cult of agreed with his absolute rule . De-
spite his desire for peace, Garrek did
beams of Shift Y intensity. If Garrok the Sun God. He had contacts with not hesitate to use slaves or soldiers
to advance his aims.
used his matter manipulation prop- her and her new allies, the Savage
69
erties at a Shift X or greater level, Land Mutates.

they would be reduced to Monstrous

intensity for 1-10 days. ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Immortality: Garrek lived for hun-

dreds of years.

Body Armor: Garrok had Incredible

body armor against physical attacks

and Amazing protection against en-

ergy attacks.

HISTORY feated and seemingly disintegrated. stroyed.
But Zaladane, high priestess of
Originally, Garrok was a British But yet again, Garrok was res-
sailor, who in the late 16th century the cult of the Sun God , resurrected cued, this time by Terminus, who
drifted to the Savage Land after his Garrok in an arcane ritual, using the placed Garrok in control of a
ship was sunk. There, he drank a po- body of Kirk Marston, a captured out- "dummy" Terminus body and sent
tion which granted him immortality at worlder. Garrok created a huge city him up to the Savage Land again ,
the price of slowly transforming his and declared war on the other peo- perhaps to attack the High Evolu-
body into one made of living, or- ples of the Savage Land, In the end, tionary, who was inspecting the de-
ganic, stone-like substances. By the he was defeated by the X-Men , Ka- struction the Terminus has wreaked
20th Century, he had become a living zar, and the Fall People when he fell earlier on the Antarctic. The com-
replica of the idols of Garrok the Sun down a nearly bottomless shaft. bined forces of the High Evolution-
God , who was worshipped by the Storm tried to save him, but was un- ary, the X-Men , and the survivors of
people of the Savage Land's "Sun able to control her claustrophobia, the Savage Land fought against him,
Empire." Moreover, Garrok found and Garrok fell , seemingly to his and released him from Terminus's
himself in tune with powerful devices death. control. The High Evolutionary used
that allowed him to create dimen- Garrok to resurrect the Savage
sional warps that engulfed entire cit- Once again, Garrok proved diffi- Land, though it cost Garrok his life, a
ies, raise advanced structures out of cult to kill. He was rescued by Mag- life he gave willingly. Now, Garrok
the fabric of the Savage Land , and neto, who set him up as a guard of has peacefully intermingled with the
fire eye-beams. Garrok tried to take his abandoned Antarctic base. The fabric of the resurrected land, and
over the Savage Land, but was de- X-Men, checking the base during a his aims have been achieved in a
search for Magneto, encountered manner that was different from any-
Garrok, who attrempted to kill Storm thing he imagined.
for "letting" him drop. Again, Garrok
was defeated, and seemingly de-

70

GATEWAY

STATISTICS

F TY (6)
A TY (6)

s PR (4)

E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I RM (30)
p AM (50)

Health: 36
Karma: 86

Resources: FEEBLE (2)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Shaman
Identity: Aside from the X-Men , the
Reavers, and some aborigines, the

world is unaware of Gateway's exist-

ence
Legal Status: Citizen of Australia
with no criminal record
Other Known Aliases:None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed , presum-
ably Austral ia
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliation: X-Men
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS He might have a contact with Talis- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Te/eportation: Gateway's one known man, a New Zealand superhero who Gateway serves two purposes: first,
power is the ability to open a gate- uses similar magicks. he is a transportation system that al-
way between his holy place and lows heroes to get to any location
wherever the subject desired to go, ADDITIONAL NOTES they choose, and bring them back
with Class 1000 ability. The maxi- when their work is completed. Sec-
mum number of people he could ond, Gateway's mysterious past
teleport in this manner is unknown serves to bring new elements into
{he could teleport several dozen the plot at an unexpected moment.
reavers). His maximum range is also Gateway himself is always silent and
unknown. Gateway also seems to stoic, totally faithful to the X-Men-or
know when those who have been so it would appear.
teleported wish to return, and can re-
open the gate between their destina-
tion and his holy place to bring them
back, also with Class 1000 ability.
Gateway requires a fire to use his
power, which is extinguished when
the gate is closed, and his sacred
bull roarer, which he must whirl to use
his teleportation abilities.

TALENTS
Gateway has knowledge of aborigi-
nal lore and their magical traditions.
He has no other known skills.

CONTACTS
Gateway is a member of the X-Men.

71

HISTORY

Nothing is known about Gateway's
past. He seems to serve as a sha-
man, a guardian of the spirits of one
of the holy places of the Australian
aborigines. Some time ago, Gate-
way became indebted to the Reav-
ers, a group of Australian based
cyborgs that terrorized Southeast
Asia. Using a camp near Gateway's
holy place, the Reavers spread fear
and terror throughout the South Pa-
cific . However, their activities be-
came known to the X-Men , who
raided their camp. Gateway pro-
vided Skull buster and Prettyboy with
an escape route after Skullbuster
promised that all accounts were
squared and all debts paid. Wolver-
ine then proceeded to attack Gate-
way, but was kept from killing him by
Storm, who realized that he wasn't a
Reaver. Gateway has since
functioned as the X-Men's transpor-
tation system.

72

STATISTICS GIANT-MAN

F GD (10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Foster was a reluctant superhero,
A GD (10) who was motivated by a desire to
help people, but lacked confidence
s GD (10) in his ability as a superhero. Giant-
Man is not an active superhero; a di-
E EX (20) rect threat against his personal
R EX (20) interests (friends, place of work)
might be the only thing that is likely
I GD (10) to bring him out of retirement.
p AM (50)
73
Health: 50

Karma: 80
Resources: GOOD (10)

Popularity: 10

BACKGROUND
Real Name: William Barrett Foster
Occupation: Biochemist
Identity: The public does not know
that Foster was Black Goliath or
Giant-Man
Legaf Status: American Citizen
Other Known Aliases: Black Goli-
ath
Place of Birth : Watts, Los Angeles,
California
Marital Status: Divorced
Known Relatives: Claire Temple
(ex-wife)
Base of Operations: None
Past Group Affiliation : Ally of the
Thing
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES
Growth: Foster's rank was Amazing,
but his Strength could only reach In-
credible. Each time he used this
power, he would have to make an En-
duranee FEAT roll, or black out for 1-
1O rounds. If he blacked out, he
would have to make a second Endur-
ance FEAT or lose one rank of En-
durance permanently due to cellular
degeneration. He no longer pos-
sesses this limitation. His Endur-
ance has been restored.
Protection vs. Psychic Attacks:
Giant-Man has Amazing protection
against mental attacks.
Talents: Foster has remarkable rea-
son with biochemistry
Contacts: Foster was an ally of the

Thing, the Champions of Los
Angeles, and Project Pegasus. He is
a friend of Tony Stark and Henry
Pym, and recently fought alongside
the West Coast Avengers.

HISTORY to meet him to see what help she When it became difficult to ignore
could provide. They met at a travel- his illness, Foster took a leave of ab-
William Foster spent his childhood in ling circus where he said he had to sence from Stark International to be-
the Watts ghetto. His natural intelli- work in order to earn money to con- come a consultant at Project
gence and the influence of several tinue his research . Foster had outfit- Pegasus, an upstate New York en-
good people helped him leave the ted himself in a costume and billed ergy research installation facility.
ghetto and attend California Techni- himself as " Black Goliath." Temple's There to do research on the corpse
cal Institute. There Foster worked to- current boyfriend , Luke Cage (see of the Atom-Smasher, he nearly sac-
ward a degree in biochemistry and Power Man), had followed her, and rificed his life to stop the mad
met and married Claire Temple, a the two men fought over her. They scheme of the Nth Man. Following
medical student. Upon graduation, settled their differences long enough the attack, a team of top radiologists
he worked his way up the corporate to join forces against the Ringmaster were assigned to help cure his condi-
ladder at Stark Industries, but his and his Circus of Crime (see Ring- tion, including Reed Richards and
drive for success strained their mar- master) but Temple chose to remain Walter Langkowski. After their treat-
riage to the point of divorce. When with Cage rather than her ex- ments failed , Foster returned to Los
Harry Pym was trapped at a mini- husband. Ashamed, Foster returned Angeles to finish his life's work with
mum of ten feet in height, Tony Stark Stark Industries, only to be attacked
to Los Angeles. by the new Atom-Smasher. He, the
recommended that Foster assist Thing, and the Original Spider-
Pym in finding a cure. For several Although he had fashioned a cos- Woman defeated him. Spider-
months they worked together in tumed identity for himself, Foster Woman saved his life with a
Pym's laboratory in New Jersey, and was uncertain whether he should transfusion of her blood , at the ex-
eventually found a cure. Foster re- use it to fight crime, considering the pense of losing her immunity factor
turned to Stark Industries, where he circumstances in which he fash- permanently. However, Foster's cell
was promoted to head of the bio- ioned it. With the encouragement of structure had deteriorated to a point
chemistry division at Stark Indus- Henry Pym, he decided to try. On his that he could never become Giant-
tries' Los Angeles plant. Fascinated first outing, Black Goliath encoun- Man again. He retired, and became
by Pym's research , Foster synthe- tered the criminal Atom-Smasher, a full time researcher.
sized the growth compound, hoping who bombarded him with deadly ra-
to eliminate side effects. Eventually diation. This bombardment immedi- Eventually, Foster found himself
Foster tested the formula on himself ately produced painful side effects, working as technician for the High
and found he had successfully dupli- making his size transformations diffi- Evolutionary at his Antarctic strong-
cated Pym's growth powers. cult and causing him to occasionally
black out. Before Black Goliath was hold. Learning the High Evolution-
Taking a vacation from his duties able to defeat the Atom-Smasher, his ary's plan to mutate everyone on
at Stark Industries, Foster devised a foe was killed by a mysterious assas- earth, he managed to release a
plan by which he might win back the sin that later turned out to be Atom- warning to the West Coast Avengers,
affection of his ex-wife, Claire Tem- Smasher's brother, the second who tracked him to the stronghold .
ple. He wrote her about how he had Atom-Smasher! Ignoring the symp- But as the avengers were being de-
worked with Pym and duplicated his toms of radiation poisoning, he con- feated, Foster swallowed a chemical
powers, but deceived her into believ- tinued his career, battling such that again transformed him into
ing that, like Pym, he was also menaces as Vulcan, the Stilt-Man , Giant-Man, and he learned that his
trapped at giant stature. She agreed and the Hijacker, and aiding the cellular disintegration had been
Champions of Los Angeles and the cured. He then defeated the High
Thing. Evolutionary in combat. Giant-Man's
current status is unknown.

74

STATISTICS GD.Ml

F TY (6) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
A TY (6) Gomi is the quintessential teenage
nerd genius. He tends to view a situ-
s PR (4) ation with his intellect instead of his
emotions (which he has trouble ex-
E GD (10) pressing). He is devoted to the care
of his cyborg lobster Bill. He has a
R RM (30) crush on Boom-Boom.

I TY (6)
p GD (10)

Health: 26

Karma: 46
Resources: POOR (4)

Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Ex-prodigy in cyber-
netics, now street urchin
Identity: Secret

aLegal Status: Unrevealed, presum-

ably citizen of the United States,
still a minor
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliation: Fallen An-
gels
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES
Telekinetic bolt: Gomi's cyborg aug-
mentations allow him to use Teleki-
netic bolts of Incredible rank
intensity.
Pet Lobsters: Gomi can communi-
cate with two pet cyborg lobsters, Bill
~ and Don (now deceased). They have
the following stats and abilities:

FAS ER I P

EX TY TY EX FE PR PR

Health: 46
Karma: 10
Pincers: Bill and Don could do Re-
markable grappling damage with

their pincers.
Talents: Gomi has an Incredible
Reason with cybernetics.
Contacts: Gomi is a member of the
Fallen Angels, and a friend of Sun-
spot and Warlock, two members of
the New Mutants.

75

HISTORY

Gomi (a Japanese word meaning
"junk") was a teenage genius who
became a scientist experimenting in
bionics at a research lab. Gomi 's ex-
periments resulted in the creation of
his own telekinetic abilities and the
augmented abilities of his pet lob-
sters, Bill and Don. Gomi became a
part of the Fallen Angels, a group of
petty superpowered thieves led by
the Vanisher. He made friends and
accompanied them on adventures,
serving as the team's technical ex-
pert.

Tragedy struck when Devil Dino-
saur, who joined the team following a
trip into the past, accidently stepped
on Gomi's pet lobster Don , killing it.
Nonetheless, grief-stricken Gom i
continued to serve on the Fallen An-
gels, accompanying them to the Co-
conut Grove, Ariel's home planet.
The inhabitants of the Coconut
Grove captured the Fallen Angels,
intending to use them as experi-
ments to continue their evolution ,
but the Angels worked together to
defeat them. Gomi rejoined the
Fallen Angels ; his current location is
unknown.

76

GDSSAMVR

STATI STI CS

F PR (4)
A GD (10)

s TY (6)

E GD (10)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p IN (40)

Health : 30
Karma: 52

Resources: POOR (4)
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND \J

Real Name: Unrevealed !'
Occupation: Larval form of alien su-
perbeing \f
Identity: Inapplicable
Legal Status: Citizen of an alien
race
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Parents (de-

ceased)
Base of Operations: Outer Space
Past Group Affiliation : Gossamyr is
a former member of the New Mu-
~ tants
Present Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS Judge's imagination. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Emotion Control: Gossamyr has an Talents: Gossamyr has no known Initially, Gossamyr was extremely
unconscious ability to control emo- talents vain, arrogant, and manipulative,
tions. When she is preset, her un- Contacts: Gossamyr has contacts who enjoyed seeing people at each
conscious desires will force men to with the New Mutants and the X- other's throats over her. Eventually,
fight for her affections and women to Terminators. If Lila Cheney is alive, she matured and grew to genuinely
act jealous and spiteful. A Yellow she might also be a contact. care for her New Mutant comrades,
Psyche FEAT roll is required to re- especially Sunspot. Given a choice
sist, reduced to Green if the charac- ADDITIONAL NOTES between endangering Earth and
ters are aware of her influence. finding peace, Gossamyr chose to
Gossamyr's powers will not affect learn a peaceful way of life.

those already in combat. 77
Energy Coccoon: Gossamyr can, in
extreme emergencies, transform
herself into an energy coccoon. This
coccoon flies at Incredible rank
speed (20 areas per round) , has
Amazing protection against physical
and energy attacks, and does In-
credible rank damage on impact via
a Charging attack . However, when-
ever she enters this form, she must
make a Yellow Endurance FEAT roll
or be unable to escape the coccoon
until she evolves to adult form.
Adult Form: When Gossamyr gets to
a certain age, she will transform in to
a giant monster capable of ravaging
suns. Their stats are left to the

HISTORY

Gossamyr is a member of a race of
creatures powerful enough to ravage
suns. She and her parents had been
kidnapped by a freebooting interga-
lactic merchant named Spyder, who
also kidnapped Lila Cheney, a friend
of the New Mutants. When the New
Mutants pursued Spyder to rescue
her, Gossamyr escaped and joined
them, and despite initial troubles,
learned to like them . When Gossa-
myr's parents were prematurely
evolved into monsters by Spyder,
Lila gave her life to save them by
teleporting herself and Gossamyr's
parents into the heart of the sun.
Gossamyr joined the New Mutants.

Several months later, when the
New Mutants entered the giant ship
headquarters of X-Factor, the ship
recognized Gossamyr as a member
of the race of star destroyers and
tried to prevent her from evolving
into her adult stage by killing her. Af-
ter the ship was dissuaded from kill-
ing her, it gave Gossamyr a one-man
starship and sent her to a planet
where those of her race had been
taught to use their powers peace-
fully. When last seen, Gossamyr said
good-bye to her friends in the New
Mutants and left to pursue her des-
tiny.

78

GREAT BEASTS

BACKGROU ND end, Tundra, the Beast of Earth , also her land for a short time, so she
trapped the Inuit Gods so they could could conceive a child that could live
One thousand years ago, ancient no longer interact with their mortal permanently beyond the barrier and
powers were active in the north of worshippers. It remained that way battle the Great Beasts should they
Canada, powers that have spawned for a millenium. reemerge. Easton agreed, and Na-
legends. The greatest of these rya, also known as Snowbird, was
powers were the gods of the Inuit As time wore on, the barriers be- conceived.
(Eskimo) people, and the Great gan to weaken. It is rumored that
Beasts. The Great Beasts warred Nelvanna visited the earth in an ava- When Easton returned to Earth ,
among themselves, and would have tar form at least once, during the though but a single night had passed
destroyed the world, but the Inuit dei- 1940s, before she came to Richard for him, seven years had passed on
ties battled against them, and sealed Easton in the form of a beautiful earth. Furthermore, his interaction
them away from the Earth. In the maiden, offering to carry him away to with the gods had driven Easton in-

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79

sane, though he had acquired much that is the precursor of the coming of SOMON
knowledge. Eventually, for reasons the Sorcerer, the most malignant of
that may never be understood, Eas- ancient evils. STATISTICS
ton summoned the Great Beast Tun-
dra, who nearly destroyed much of The Great Beasts prefer to oper- F EX (20)
Canada before he was subdued by ate through human intermediaries A EX (20)
Alpha Flight. ("men of weakness " ), tempting S AM (50)
them with wealth and power, then de- E MN (75)
Other Great Beasts appeared: a stroying them . The statistics of the R AM (50)
drilling expedition released Kolo- four active Great Beasts are as fol- I RM (20)
maq, the Living Winter, who was de- lows: P UN (100)
feated by Snowbird when he was Health: 165
buried beneath a landslide; Ranaq, Karma: 170
the Corruptor, who tried to possess Popularity: O
people in two time periods simulta-
neously, but was destroyed by Talis- KNOWN POWERS
man and a young boy who shot him Soul Drain: With this power, Somon
with a piece of a magic amulet; and creates a giant-sized psychic image
Tanaraq, who had possessed Snow- of himself, and attacks all targets in ,,----..
bird's teammate Walter Langkowski an area. Those who fail a Psyche
in his form of Sasquatch . Tanaraq Roll will die. Those who make it, fall
was slain in combat with Snowbird, unconscious for 1-1 O rounds. A red
but Langkowski's soul , which had Psyche FEAT is required to resist in
been interchanged with Tanaraq's, Somon's Realm, while a Green
was trapped in the Realm of the Psyche FEAT will suffice elsewhere.
Control Beasts: Somon has Un-
Beasts. earthly powers of Mind Control,
Alpha Flight travelled to the Eye of which only affect the Great Beasts.
He is the only entity that can control ~
the World, the last remaining portal them.
to the Beasts' Realm, and journeyed Cage: Somon can create a cage of
into the Realm to find Langkowski's Amazing material strength at will.
soul and save it. There they battled Recognition: With a successful
against Somon, the Greatest Beast, Psyche FEAT, Somon can recognize
the Great Artificer, Tundra, Kariooq a member of the lnnu pantheon or
the Corruptor, and Tolamaq, the Un- Talisman.
controlled Fire. Alpha Flight suc-
cessfully regained Langkowski 's TALENTS
soul, Narya slew Somon, and the Somon has Occult Knowledge.
Beasts' Realm was destroyed. At the
time, Narya proclaimed that the ADDITIONAL NOTES
Beasts themselves were annihi-
lated. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Somon is an arrogant trickster,
She was wrong, though in subse-
quent appearances they seem to be who will not hesitate to use half-
reduced in power. Somehow, the truths to get what he desires. He is
four Beasts of the Realm survived, cowardly when confronted with su- ~
and were summoned by Pestilence perior force.
into battle against Alpha Flight. They
were again defeated. Finally, the
Beasts reappeared to attempt to cor-
rupt Walter Langkowski, who had
been resurrected in the body of Na-
rya, and had again taken up the ap-
pearance of Tanaraq/Sasquatch.
The Beasts were defeated by Box,
who transformed Alpha Flight's
he'adquarters into a giant spaceship
and incinerated them during lift-off. It
is unlikely that this is the end of the
Great Beasts. Furthermore, Tal is-
man has linked the release of the
Great Beasts as one of the events

80

GREAT BEASTS

TUNDRA ADDITIONAL NOTES KARIDOB

STATISTICS STATISTICS

F UN (100) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES F RM (30)
A IN (40) Tundra is a huge creature that lives A EX (20)
to grow and assimilate the land into
s y (200) itself. It is at war with Kolomaq , the s y (200)
Beast of the Snows. Tundra is over-
E CL1000 confident and treats opponents as E Y (200)
gnats to be swatted.
R EX (20) R EX (20)

I RM (30) I RM (20)
P AM (50) P AM (50)
Health: 1340 Health: 450
Karma: 100 Karma: 90
Popularity: - 20 Popularity: 0

KNOWN POWERS KNOWN POWERS
Growth: Tundra is able to assimilate Corruption: Kariooq has an ability to
the Land into his body and attain corrupt that is linked with decay and
Shift Z Growth. He must begin at disease. His ability has never been
Shift X Growth, and increase by demonstrated, so the Judge may in-
terpret it as he wants. One possibility
+ 1CS per hour that he travels is that Kariooq's touch is corrosive ,
with Monstrous rank corrosive attack
through the tundra until he reaches on contact. Another possibility is that
his maximum. If his Growth is lower Kariooq's touch is linked to disease
than his strength, his Growth will de- and aging (reduce all physical FEATs
termine all Strength FEATs. by -1 CS per touch, which may only
Animal Control: Tundra has an Un- be restored by magic.)
earthly ability to control all of the na- Growth: Kariooq has Shift Z Growth.
tive animals of the North, with the Recognition: With a successful
exception of human beings. He may Psyche FEAT, Kariooq can recognize
control all animals in one area. a member of the lnnu pantheon or
Land Speed: Tundra runs at Incredi- Tal isman.
ble land speed (7 areas/round). Land Speed: Kariooq runs at Incredi-
Body Armor: Tundra's huge body ble land speed (7 areas/round).
provides him with Incredible rank Vulnerability: All ice attacks against
body armor against physical attacks
and Remarkable rank body armor Kariooq are at + 2CS.
against energy attacks.
Recognition: With a successful ADDITIONAL NOTES
Psyche FEAT, Somon can recognize
a member of the lnnu pantheon or ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Talisman. Kariooq is a particularly vicious and
Link with the Land: Tundra had a link stupid Great Beast.
with the land of the North. Any dam-
age that he sustained from techno-
logical attacks would also be taken
(in the form of earthquakes) by the
land surrounding him.
Reverse Magical Vortex: Tundra is
said to have reversed the barrier of
the Inuit gods so it also trapped
them . He does not seem to have
used this ability recently against Al-
pha's sorcerous characters.
TALENTS
Tundra has Occult Knowledge.

81

TOLAMAB

STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A IN (40)
S FE (2)

E Y (200)

R EX (20)
I RM (30)
P AM (50)
Health: 272
Karma : 100
Popularity: 0
KNOWN POWERS
Living Flame: Tolamaq appears as a
large firestorm . It covers three areas,
doing Unearthly fire damage to any
targets within those areas. It cannot
be attacked by physical force, but
may be damaged by cold or psychic
attacks.
ADDITIONAL NOTES

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Little is known of Tolamaq's abilities
or personality. He appears to be
haughty and smarter than Kariooq.

82

GRAPPLERS

GROUP BACKGROUND dates. When wrestling promoter Health: 38
The Grapplers are a loosely orga- Edward Garner organized the Unlim-
ited Class Wrestling Federation for Karma: 22
nized band of female wrestlers, each the increasing number of wrestlers Resources: GD (10)
of whom has superhuman strength who had been barred from the other Popularity: 10
and some of whom have other abili- wrestling associations because of
ties. The original Grapplers were their superhuman levels of strength , BACKGROUND
four proteges of Ann " Auntie Auntie Freeze contacted him to ne- Real Name: Ann Fraley
Freeze" Fraley, one of the premier gotiate a woman's division. Auntie Occupation: Ex-professional wres-
female wrestlers of the 1950s, who Freeze, like many of the managers tler, manager, and trainer
retired after two decades in the ring and trainers of male wrestlers, was Identity: Publicly known
to become a trainer. The original contacted by Power Broker Inc., an legal Status: Un revealed
Grapplers became renowned for agency which promises to augment Other Known Aliases: None
their colorful personalities and ring- a person's strength to superhuman Place of Birth: Unrevealed
side antics, but despite Auntie levels for a very high price. Auntie Marital Status: Unrevealed
Freeze's tireless efforts at promo- Freeze sent all of her new clients, as Known Relatives: None
tion , they were denied the opportu- well as the originals, to the Power Base of Operations: Mobile
nity by the established wrestling Broker to undergo treatment. Auntie Past Group Affiliation: Grapplers
federations to make the amount of Freeze's stable of female wrestlers Present Group Affiliation:
money their male counterparts are now known collectively as the
made. Titania, the leader of the Grapplers and are legitimate profes- KNOWN POWERS
team, was contacted by an unnamed sional wrestlers in the U.C.W.F. The None
representative of the Roxxon Oil original Grapplers have resented the
Corporation in charge of covert oper- newcomers to a certain extent , but TALENTS
ations who happened to be a wres- are mostly pleased at now being able Auntie Freeze has Business/
tling fan. The representative offered to earn a living without having to re- Finance talent, as well as Wrestling
the four the opportunity to earn a sort to crime. Shortly after losing a and Martial Arts A.
supplementary income by perform- bout for leadership of the Grapplers
ing a covert operation for the com- to newcomer Battleaxe , Titania was CONTACTS
pany. The team agreed and were murdered by the criminal-killer Auntie Freeze has contacts within
given special paraphernalia to assist Scourge. Letha became a victim of the Grapplers and the Unlimited
Scourge months later. Class Wrestling Federation.
them in thei r mission . Poundcakes
was given a pair of boots capable of AUNTIE ADDITIONAL NOTES
creating strong seismic vibrations FREEZE
when stamped. Screaming Mimi was ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
given a special vocal-amplifier ena- STATISTICS Auntie Freeze is a no-nonsense,
bling her to create vertiginous ef- take charge woman who isn't easily
F EX (20) intimidated. She serves as a den
fects. Letha was given special mother to the Grapplers and wants
leather belts and straps with various A TY (6) the best for her girls.
weapons stitched within. Titania was S TY (6)
given special one inch diameter
discs containing explosives and E TY (6)
other devices. The four were then
sent to accompany the woman war- R GD (10)
rior Thundra to infiltrate and destroy
Project: Pegasus, a government en- I TY (6)
ergy project which Roxxon believed P TY (6)
threatened its energy interests. The
mission failed and the original Grap-
piers were tried and jailed for their
misdeeds. When they were finally
paroled, they discovered that the
woman's wrestling movement had
lost its momentum without them.
They undertook certain petty crimes
to support themselves, but were
never caught.

Auntie Freeze, in the meantime,
was scouting out new candidates for
wrestling stardom, and succeeded in
discovering several promising candi-

83

TITANIA I ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ADDITIONAL NOTES
Titania was brash, arrogant, and im-
posing. She was also a poor loser,
and would not hesitate to cheat if it
were necessary to win. She had a
strong disl ike of Thundra.

LETHA

STATISTICS STATISTICS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Letha was brash , arrogant, and im-
F RM (30) F RM (30) posing. She was loyal to Titania, and
A EX (20) A EX (20) that loyalty finally took her life.
S RM (30) S RM (30)
E EX (20) E EX (20) POUNDCAKES
R TY (6) R TY (6)
I TY (6) I TY (6) STATISTICS
P TY (6) P TY (6)
Health: 100 Health: 100 F RM (30)
Karma: 18 Karma: 18 A EX (20)
Resources: GD (10) Resources: GD (10) S RM (30)
Popularity: -10 E EX (20)
Popularity : 5 R TY (6)
BACKGROUND I TY (6)
BACKGROUND Real Name: Helen Feliciano p TY (6)
Real Name: Davida DeVito Occupation: Ex-criminal, profes- Health: 100
Occupation: Ex-criminal, profes- sional wrestler Karma: 18
sional wrestler Identity: Publicly known Resources : GD (10)
Identity: Publicly known Legal Status: Unrevealed Popularity: 5
Legal Status: Unrevealed Other Known Aliases: None
Other Known Aliases: None Place of Birth: Unrevealed BACKGROUND
Place of Birth: Unrevealed Marital Status: Unrevealed Real Name: Marian Pouncy
Marital Status: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None Occupation: Ex-criminal, profes-
Known Relatives: None Base of Operations: Mobile sional wrestler
Base of Operations: Mobile Past Group Affiliation: Grapplers Identity: Publicly known
Past Group Affiliation : Grapplers Present Group Affiliation: Legal Status: Unrevealed
Present Group Affiliation: Other Known Aliases: None
KNOWN POWERS Place of Birth: Unrevealed
KNOWN POWERS None. Marital Status: Unrevealed
None. Know n Relatives: None
TALENTS Base of Operations: Mobile
TALENTS Letha had the Wrestling talent, as Past Group Affiliation : Grapplers
Titania had talents in Wrestling and well as Martial Arts A,C, and E. Present Group Affiliation:
Martial Arts A, B,C, and E.
CONTACTS
CONTACTS Letha had contacts with Roxxon Oil,
Titania had contacts with Roxxon as well as the Power Broker and the
Oil, as well as the Power Broker and Grapplers.
the Grapplers.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

84

GRAPPLcRS

KNOWN POWERS BACKGROUND BATTLEAXE
None. Real Name: Mimi Schwartz
TALENTS Occupation: Ex-crimin al, profes- STATISTICS
Poundcakes has the Wrestling and sional wrestler
Martial Arts B and E talents. Identity: Publicly known F RM (30)
CONTACTS Legal Status: Unrevealed A EX (20)
Poundcakes had contacts with Rox- Other Known Aliases: None S RM (30)
xon Oil, as well as the Power Broker Place of Birth: Unrevealed E AM (50)
and the Grapplers. Marital Status: Unrevealed R T Y (6)
ADDITIONAL NOTES Known Relatives: None I T Y (6)
Base of Operations: Mobile P TY (6)
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Past Group Affiliation : Grapplers Health: 130
Poundcakes eventually came to re- Present Group Affiliation : Karma: 18
sent her old life of crime and became Resources: GD (10)
content as a reformed Grappler. KNOWN POWERS Popularity: 5
None.
SCREAMING BACKGROUND
MIMI TALENTS Real Name: Anita Ehren
Screaming Mimi has the Wrestling Occ&.Jpation : Professional wrestler
STATISTICS and Acrobatics talents. Identity: Publicly known
F EX (20) Legal Status: Unrevealed
A EX (20) CONTACTS Other Known Aliases: None
S RM (30) Screaming Mimi has contacts with Place of Birth : Unrevealed
E EX (20) Roxxon Oil, as well as the Power Marital Status: Unrevealed
R T Y (6) Broker and the Grapplers. Known Relatives: None
I TY (6) Base of Operations: Mobile
P TY (6) ADDITIONAL NOTES Past Group Affiliation : Grapplers
Health: 90 Present Group Affiliation:
Karma: 18 ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Resources: GD (10) Screaming Mimi enjoyed her life of KNOWN POWERS
Popularity: 5 crime, but seems to have reformed. Body Armor: Battleaxe's skin gives
her Poor protection against physical
attacks.

TALENTS
Battleaxe is trained in Wrestling and
Martial Arts C.

CONTACTS
Battleaxe had contact with the Grap-
pie rs.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

85

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Battleaxe is a headstrong wrestler
who defeated the Thing (though he
obviously threw the fight) and has
been living off it ever since.

TYPICAL
GRAPPLER

STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A EX (20)

S RM (30)

E EX (20)

R TY (6)

I TY (6)

P TY (6)
Health: 90

Karma: 18
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: 5
KNOWN POWERS
Body Armor: A Grappler's skin gives
her Poor protection against physical
attacks.
TALENTS
Grapplers are trained in Wrestling
and Martial Arts 8.
ADDITIONAL NOTES

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Additional Grapplers include Sushi,
Butterball , Cowgirl , Gladiatrix, Ma-
gilla, and Vavavoom. They are all
fearless competitors with a strong
sense of family toward each other.

86

HALFLIFE

STATISTICS

F GD (10)
A GD (10)

s EX (20)

E RM (30)
R GD (10)

I TY (6)
p GD (10)

Health: 70
Karma: 26
Resources: FE (2)

Popularity: - 5

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Alien Criminal
Legal Status: Only surviving citizen
of unidentified planet-her exist-
ence is not known to the general
populace of Earth
Identity: None
Place of Birth: An unidentified
planet
Marital Status: Now single, possibly
widowed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of
Graviton as a member of the " Uni-
fied Forces"
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS TALENTS ADDITIONAL NOTES
Aging: By touch , Halflife can age any Halflife has Typical rank Meditative
organic being or material half way skills.
through its normal lifespan , with
Amazing ability. She must touch an CONTACTS Halflife was an ally of
opponent using her Fighting score. Graviton , although it is unlikely that
Each touch causes the victim to lose she would call on him for help.
one rank from each of his/her physi-
cal abilities, with a resulting Health
decrease. If the victim 's Health
drops to 0, the victim has died of old
age. If Halflife is knocked uncon-
scious any victim who has not al-
ready died will regain full abilities
and Health.

Armor provides no protection
against Halflife's special touch, al-
though Force Fields will. Halflife can-
not not affect inorganic materials or

beings, including energy beings
such as Wonder Man or artificial con-
structs like the Vision .

Skin Armor: Halflife's alien physiol-
ogy provides her with the equivalent
of Good armor.

87

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES HISTORY the alien known as Quantum.
Halflife is a vicious killer who cold- Although Zzzax was defeated, the
heartedly murdered everyone on her Little is known of the history of the
home planet. She values silence and woman called "Halflife," or how she other three "Fundamental Forces"
tranquility and if presented with no obtained her bizarre powers. It is were able to temporarily defeat the
obvious target, will usually attack the known that she is an alien from a pre- West Coast Avengers. However, Ti-
noisiest opponent. She is deeply viously unencountered race of be- gra managed to escape and, dis-
hostile towards anyone who em- ings. It is unlikely that her power is guised as one of Graviton 's guards,
bodies "life" an·d is an uneasy ally at natural, as she has claimed that she convinced Halflife that Quantum was
best. used it to kill every other being on her preparing to kill her. Halflife's ability
native planet. to strip life proved a stalemate
against Quantum 's super-strength
Halflife was eventually contacted and ability to recreate himself. At-
by Graviton , who sought to bring to- tempting to break up the fight be-
gether a group of allies based on the tween the two, Graviton applied his
"fundamental forces" of the uni- own power and the resulting cata-
verse. Halflife exemplified the "weak clysm caused Halflife's power to
force," the attraction between matter seemingly burn out. Graviton's
and anti-matter. She somehow came powers failed and the chunk of earth
to Earth where she entered into an the Fundamental Forces had been
alliance with Graviton , Zzzax, and using as a headquarters flew off into
space, with Halflife still on it. Her fi-
nal fate is still unknown.

88

HALF-LIFE

STATISTICS

F GD (10)

A TY (6)

s TY (6)

E RM (30)
R GD (10)

I PR (4)
p PR (4)

Health: 52
Karma : 18
Resources: None

Popularity: - 14

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Anthony Masterson
Occupation: Former English
teacher
Legal Status: Deceased citizen of
the United States

Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Tempe, Arizona
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Barbara (wife)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Servant of
the Leader
Present Group Affiliation :

KNOWN POWERS make a Yellow Endurance roll or die around on the ground at a rate of one
Energy Absorption: Half-life can immediately. If a victim makes his area every two rounds, Half-life usu-
drain the gamma-radiation spawned roll , the normal penalties for having ally instructs them to rejoin with his
powers of any creature he touches, negative Health still apply. main body.
transferring those powers to himself. Regenerative Immortality: Half-life is Titanium Armor: When Half-life was a
Each round he remains in contact very difficult to kill. Treat all "Kill " re- follower of the Leader, he wore a suit
with an individual, he transfers 5 sults in combat as Stuns. Reducing of Monstrous strength material. This
points of each power (for example, his Health to negative numbers does suit gave him Remarkable body ar-
after two rounds of contact with the not affect him; rather his Recovery is mor (except versus Aimed shots to
Hulk, Half-life would have a total reduced to 1Ountil his Health climbs his head) and prevented the Hulk
strength of 16 (his own 6 plus 10 to 0. If his arms are detached (which from ripping him apart.
drained from the Hulk), putting him often happens) and he is Stunned by
in the Excellent range. The drained an attack, they can act indepen- TALENTS
victim recovers half his Endurance in dently (though they are still under his Half-life has an instinctive talent in
lost powers each round he is not in control) . Since they can only crawl Martial Arts C and Wrestling, giving
contact with Half-life, who loses the
stolen powers at the same rate. 89

If Half-life drains over 25 points in
Strength, any Distance Attack, or
any Mental Power, he can use his
power on any and all gamma-
powered characters in the same
area.

Half-life's power acts differently
when he touches someone without
gamma-radiation induced powers. In
this case, his touch acts as a Re-
markable strength Energy attack,
supplying Half-life with the life-force
he needs to sustain himself. Charac-
ters who have their Health reduced
below zero in this manner must

him a +3 CS in Grappling attacks. seeks to drain enough power and dered about in a demented ram-
He is also well-read and receives a life-force to resume his former teach- page.
ing position and return to a normal
+ 1 CS to any attempt at recognizing life, a rather baroque goal for a mum- He came across the gray-skinned
mified, green-skinned energy vam- Hulk (ironically, the alter ego of Dr.
or remembering appropriate quota- pire . He has been known to kill Banner) and found that his touch
tions from literature. women in his embrace, believing drained significant amounts of
CONTACTS them to be his wife. It is unknown strength from the Hulk. Their fight
The Leader has used Half-life on one what he would do should he ever find ended when the Hulk ripped off Half-
occasion, and would not be adverse her. life's limbs and left.
to doing so again. Half-life is much
too loyal to think of draining the HISTORY Half-life's limbs returned to him,
Leader's powers. however. He was contacted shortly
ADDITIONAL NOTES Tony Masterson was a quiet col- thereafter by the Leader, the Hulk's
lege professor, humbly teaching En- greatest foe . The Leader provided
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES glish literature. He would have Half-life with a shell of titanium armor
Half-life is insane, believing himself continued to do so for the rest of his which had a camera mounted on the
to be have been killed in a gamma- life, had he not fallen victim to an ex- chest, so that the Leader could ob-
bomb blast and resurrected. He perimental gamma bomb invented serve the Hulk in combat. In this sec-
by Bruce Banner. ond battle, Half-life had all but killed
his gray-skinned opponent, when _,---.
The bomb mutated Masterson, the Hulk reminded him that his
giving him strange vampiric powers stolen powers would wear off and
while withering his skin and bleach- that he would grow weak and frail
ing it a ghostly green . His mind un- again . Half-life revolted at this idea
hinged, Masterson believed himself and tried to overtax his powers. He
dead and only artificially animated . fell into a coma, mummified. The
Calling himself Half-life, he wan- Leader, watching the fight, declared
that Half-life would not be getting up
again soon, but whether Masterson
will return or not is still unknown.

90

HEADMEN

GROUP BACKGROUND men's political interests. Ruby made Health: 150
A natural genius in medicine, Arthur a play as a popular candidate for Karma: 60
Nagan spurned traditional research public office. Morgan's shrinking gas Resources: EX (20)
positions and became a rogue scien- was being peddled to the Indian gov- Popularity: - 4
tist, conducting cruel experiments ernment as a solution to overpopula-
on gorillas to increase his biological tion. Due more to Nebulon's BACKGROUND
and medical knowledge and his sur- interference than any resistance the RealName:ArthurNagan
gical techniques. Somehow, his mis- Defenders could muster, the Head- Occupation: Research scientist,
treated subjects began to men were defeated and sent to criminal
understand his skills, and when they prison. Legal Status: American citizen with
revolted, they grafted his head (more a criminal record
or less permanently) onto the body of During their struggles with the De- Identity: Public
a dead gorilla. After a tellingly brief fenders, the Headmen realized that Place of Birth: San Diego, Califor-
period of horror and grief, Nagan they needed more physical power. nia
grew to appreciate and even relish Nagan and Morgan combined their Marital Status: Single
his new body. He sought out others genetics and surgical skills to create Known Relatives: None
with scientific or mental powers and a monstrous form for Chondu. Base of Operations: New York City
formed the criminal cartel known as Chondu did not appreciate this, and Past Group Affiliations: The Head-
the Headmen. went berserk. In an attempt to ame- men
liorate Chondu 's tortured existence, Present Group Affiliation:
His.first recruit was a minor circus the Headmen recently attempted to
mentalist named Chondu the Mystic. transplant Chondu's head onto a KNOWN POWERS
Chondu had engaged in sorcerous headless clone of the She-Hulk. This Gorilla Body: Nagan's head is
combat before, losing badly. He plan was foiled by Spider-man and grafted onto the body of a 600 lb.
jumped at the chance to join Nagan's She-Hulk, and the Headmen have black gorilla. He has trained in the
group, if only to gather expendable been returned to custody. use of this body to exceed the physi-
allies. cal prowess of most gorillas, re-
ARTHUR flected in the statistics above. The
Jerry Morgan, a research pioneer NAGAN body also provides him with Good
in cellular biology, was attempting to Body Armor against blunt physical
.......----.. recreate Henry Pym's shrinking gas STATISTICS attacks, and Typical protection
independent of the Pym particle. His against all Energy attacks.
experiments achieved success, but F RM (30)
at a terrible cost: Morgan's experi- A IN (40) TALENTS
ments shrank his skeleton and inter- S IN (40) Nagan is a genius in bio-genetics
nal organs to a height of E IN (40) and the medical sciences. He has
four-foot-three, but left his skin gro- R RM (30) been able to switch human brains
tesquely oversized. Embittered by I GD (10) from one skull to another, as well as
P EX (20) keeping a human brain alive and in
his deformity, Morgan gladly joined stable condition by soaking it in a
Nagan's Headmen. bowl of life-preserving fluids. He re-
-... Ruby Thursday's origins are much ceives +3 CS when making at-
less well known. She joined the tempts in bio-genetics or surgical
Headmen in the middle of their first fields. He is also a skilled entrepre-
confrontation with the Defenders neur who receives a +1 CS when in-
and the alien known as Nebulon, the volved in business or financial
Celestial Man. Ruby's head had matters.

been somehow replaced with a CONTACTS
globe of organic circuitry with a vast Like his fellow Headmen, Nagan
array of unusual powers. doesn't get around much. He has a
handful of financial associates with
The Headmen were ambitious whom he conducts business over
enough to seize the world, and real- the phone, but has no other contacts
istic enough to realize that the body per se.
of a gorilla, minor mystical powers,
shrinking gas, and a plastic head 91
were insufficient for a direct physical
take-over. Instead, Nagan used his
business skills to enter into politics
and high finance. The Headmen
,....-...,_ captured the Defenders, and Nagan
rearranged their brain patterns
slightly, so that the Defenders would
subconsciously act in the Head-

ADDITIONAL NOTES Health: 56 the past, created fields which inhibit
Karma: 36 Dimensional and Universal magical
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Resources: TY (6) phenomena.
Nagan's personality fits the stereo- Popularity: -1 O
type of the sociopathic scientist, will- CONTACTS
ing to commit any atrocity in the BACKGROUND Other than his fellow Headmen ,
pursuit of "truth." He is the leader of Real Name: Unknown Chondu has no contacts.
the Headmen, due to his vision, his Occupation: Former carnival mys-
skill in combat, and his calculating tic, criminal ADDITIONAL NOTES
manner.
Legal Status: Citizen of the United ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
CHONDU States with a criminal record Chondu was a scheming, wily crimi-
THE MYSTIC Identity: Secret nal. These attitudes wou ld have
made him a dangerous man were his
STATISTICS Place of Birth: Charleston , South powers any more impressive. His
F GD {10) Carolina small-time criminal tendencies were
A TY (6) Marital Status: Single replaced by insane rage when he re-
Known Relatives: None alized what sort of " Ray Harry-
S EX (20} Base of Operations: New York City hausen " body he had been given by
Past Group Affiliations: Headmen hi.s fellow Headmen. The only body
E EX (20) Present Group Affiliation: he has so far seen as suitably
R TY (6) " young , powerful , and male" has
I GD(10) KNOWN POWERS been Spider-man's. Fortunately for
P EX (20) the web-slinger, his radioactive
92 Mystic arts: It is unclear whether blood prevents the Headmen from
using Spider-man's body.
Chondu 's powers are actually magi-

cal in nature or merely psionic.

Whichever the case, he must make a

Yellow Psyche FEAT to use his

powers. 'If he succeeds, he can at-

tempt to control another's will, or at-

tack another mentally, at Typical

intensity. In his original body,

Chondu could project his astral self

and engage in psychic combat.

Artificial Body: Chondu 's brain was

placed into a powerful artificial body,

with eagle legs (which do Good rank

Edged damage), bat wings (allowing

Chondu Excellent speed Flight), and

eight lamprey-like arms which do Ex-

cellent damage if Chondu manages

a Yellow result in a Grappling attack.

If Chondu gets a Red result, this

damage continues every round

thereafter until Chondu breaks off

the attack or his opponent Escapes.

He also has a un icorn-like horn

which can inflict Incredible damage

if Chondu charges an opponent.

Before he received his new body,

Chondu's statistics were:

FAS E

TY TY TY GD

Currently, Chondu is a disem-

bodied head, still perfectly con-

scious , who has the following

statistics:

FAS E

SH 0 SH 0 FE TY

TALENTS

Chondu has the Occult Lore and
Sleight of Hand talents. He has, in

HEADMEN

JERRY KNOWN POWERS RUBY
Cellular Compression Gas: Morgan's
MORGAN major contribution to the Headmen
has been his Cellular Compression
Gas, which can be fired from a
compressed-air gun. Anyone within
the gas' area of effect (the gun can
cover any area adjacent to Morgan)
is reduced in size to 1f2s of their nor-
mal height. Morgan and his clothing
are immune to the gas. The gas is of
Excellent intensity.

TALENTS
Morgan is a genius at cellular biol-

ogy, receiving a + 2 CS in any at-

tempt in that field. For example, he
was able to clone the She-Hulk's
gamma-irradiated body while reduc-
ing the head to a vestigial nerve-

clump.

CONTACTS
Outside of the Headmen , Morgan
has a number of political contacts.
He has lost all contact with his fellow
biologists, however.

ADDITIONAL NOTES STATISTICS

STATISTICS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES F RM (30)
Jerry Morgan is a bitter man, trapped A EX (20)
F PR (4) in a hideously baggy (and presum-
A GD (10) ably pain-riddled) skin. He is canny s EX (20)
and intelligent in business transac-
s TY (6) tions and a quick thinker in battle. He E EX (20)
avoids physical confrontations, pre- R EX (20)
E PR (4) ferring to let his more battle-oriented I IN (40)
R RM (30) partners deal with physical combat. p GD (10)
I TY (6) Health: 90
p TY (6) Karma: 70
Health: 24 Resources: EX (20)
Karma: 42 Popularity: 20
Resources: RM (30)
Popularity: - 3 BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
BACKGROUND Occupation: Criminal
Legal Status: Unknown. She has a
Real Name: Jero me Morgan criminal record in the United States.
Occupation: Former scientist, crimi- Identity: Secret
nal Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Legal Status: Naturalized citizen of Marital Status: Unrevealed, pre-
the United States with a criminal re- sumed single
cord Known Relatives: None
Identity: Public Base of Operations: New York City
Place of Birth: Hamilton , Ontario Past Group Affiliations: The Head-
Marital Status: Single men
Known Relatives: None Present Group Affiliation:
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Head men KNOWN POWERS
Present Group Affiliation: Organic circuitry: Ruby Thursday's
head has been somehow replaced
with a mass of "organic circuitry"

93

that can mimic all the proper func- drops to Poor. Her head can fly at ADDIT IONAL NOTES
tions of a human head: seeing, hear-
ing, speaking, and presumably Good speeds and receives a +2 ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
eating. Ruby does not need to Ruby Thursday is a team player, of-
breathe. CS in Dodging and Evading at- fering the Headmen her considera-
tempts. ble scientific expertise and physical
It also allows Ruby to exercise a * The head can fire blasts of pure capabilities wh ile arguing for no
number of powers: Force (4 area range, Excellent great cause of her own. In some
damage). If in contact with an indi- cold-blooded way, she seems to ac-
* The red spherical mass can alter vidual, the head can generate tually like her partners. She is self-
its shape. She can form up to four Amazing intensity energy of al- disciplined and ready to put down
tentacles, each of which can most any type. For example , she any nonsense. When her plans go
stretch two areas. These tentacles once hurt the Hulk with Amazing awry, however, she is coldly venge-
have a number of attacks: Re- anti-gamma radiation. ful.
markable Blunt damage, Good
Edged damage, or Excellent con- TALENTS
striction damage if an Excellent Ruby has shown herself to be skilled
rank Grappling attempt succeeds. in scientific matters, particularly
* Her head can also form other Physics and Computers. She re-
shapes. With a Power Stunt, Ruby
can disguise herself as a normal ceives a + 1 CS in these areas. She
red-haired woman.
also has the Engineering talent and
* It can fire up to twenty projec-
tiles, each doing Good Throwing a + 1 CS to her popularity roll when
Edged damage. Ruby can deplete
her head like this only once a day. attempting to influence large groups
.. The head can separate from Ru- of people. Physically, Ruby can use
by's neck. In this condition, she
can control both her head and Martial Arts A and B.
body, although her body's Agility
CONTACTS
At this time, her political aspirations
in shambles, Ruby has no contacts
outside of the Headmen.

94

HELLFIRE CLUB

GROUP BACKGROUND by Bishops, Knights , Rooks, and team of adolescent superhuman mu-
The Hellfire Club originated in En- Pawns. It is possible for there to be tants known as the Hellions.
two Kings (a Black King and a White
gland in the 1760s as a social organi- King) or two Queens in office simul- Some years ago, the mutant Ja-
zation for the elite of British society. taneously. However, such situations son Wyngarde, otherwise known as
The Club not only provided its mem- almost invariably lead to power Mastermind, sought admission into
bers with pleasures, often of sorts struggles, and so there is usually the Inner Circle. To prove his value,
that violated moral standards of the only one King and one Queen at a Wyngarde mesmerized the first
time. If a member of one faction of member of the X-Men to be known as
time, but also served as a means for the Inner Circle displaces a member Phoenix into willingly becoming the
the members to consolidate their in- of another faction as King or Queen, Club's Black Queen. In reality this
he or she usually names his rank af- Phoenix was an immensely powerful
fluence over British economic and ter the opposite color to his prede- energy being who had taken on a hu-
political matters. cessor's. Hence, when Sebastian man guise and persona patterned af-
Shaw deposed the most recent ter Grey's. Wyngarde's tampering
A number of the Club's most im- former leader, a White King , he be- with Phoenix's mind backfired by
portant members, led by the wealthy
trading company owner and former came a Black King. triggering her transformation into the
Member of Parliament Sir Patrick Unknown to most of the Club evil Dark Phoenix, who temporarily
Clemens, and his mistress, the re- rendered him catatonic. The Inner
nowned actress Diane Knight, emi- members, the Inner Circle members Circle therefore withdrew its invita-
grated to the colony of New York in are engaged in a conspiracy to domi- tion to him to become a member.
the 1770s, where they founded the nate the world through the accumu-
new American Hellfire Club. Cle- lation of economic power and Later Shaw survived an attempted
political influence. The Inner Circle challenge to his leadership of the
mens and Knight served as its first commands great financial re- Circle by its renegade White Bishop,
leaders under their Club titles of sources, highly advanced technol- Donald Pierce. Pierce kidnapped
Black King and Black Queen. The ogy, and a large body of Shaw 's aide, Tessa. Professor
Club's headquarters was an aban- mercenaries, all of which they use in Charles Xavier and the New Mutants
doned church that stood on the site their subversive activities. defeated Pierce. Tessa returned to
of the present day Hellfire Club man- the Inner Circle, which took Pierce
sion, located at what is now Fifth Av- The previous leader of the Inner prisoner.
enue on Manhattan's East Side, only Circle, then known as the Council of
a few blocks away from the Aveng- the Chosen , was a White King who Still more recently Friedrich van
er's Mansion. threw the Council's financial and Rohem , a member of the Inner Cir-
technological support behind Dr. cle, sponsored the superhuman mu-
Today's Hellfire Club counts Stephen Lang 's attempts to capture tant and sorceress known as Selene
among its members the wealthy, the superhuman mutants with Sentinel for membership in the Circle. Selene
powerful, and the celebrated from robots. Lang's endeavor ended in di- has since become the Circle 's Black
virtually all over the world. Member- Queen. Hence there are now two
ship is by invitation only, but such in- saster, and Black Bishop Sebastian women holding the rank of Queen
vitations are rarely turned down, for Shaw and White Queen Emma Frost within the Inner Circle.
membership in the Hellfire Club is seized the opportunity to turn the
universally regarded as the ultimate White King out of office. Shaw be- In recent years the Hellfire Club's
status symbol. came the new Black King, leader of Inner Circle has clashed several
the Council, which he renamed the times with the mutant X-Men, and
As far as the general public and, Inner Circle, and master of the entire the enmity between the two groups
indeed, most of the Club's members Hellfire Club. As leader Shaw persisted until the seeming death of
are concerned, the Hellfire Club is a worked closely with his ally Frost, the the latter.
thoroughly respectable upper class White Queen.
social organization principally de- Shortly before the " death" of the
voted to giving spectacular parties. It Shaw and Frost are both not only X-Men, Magneto was approached by
is also generally known that these heads of major corporations but are the Hellfire Club to join as the White
parties serve as a means for mem- also superhuman mutants. They King. Seeing this position as a
bers of the social, economic, and po- have given other superhuman mu- means to better the position of mu-
litical elite to meet unofficially to tants positions of power within the In- tants in society, Magneto accepted.
discuss matters of mutual interest, ner Circle. Moreover, Frost is also He recently deposed the Black King
and to strike political or business headmistress of the Massachusetts and now rules as the Grey King.
deals. Academy, a private school in New Shaw has withdrawn all technologi-
England for which she recruits ado- cal and financial support from this
The Club 's highest ranking mem- lescent superhuman mutants as well group , but with the other financial
bers belong to its Inner Circle, who as the sons and daughters of the holdings of the Club this does not
dress in late Eighteenth Century cos- el ite so that she might bring them un- represent a major threat.
tumes for Circle meetings and other der the Inner Circle's influence. It is
formal occasions involving the Club. at the Academy that Frost trains a The identities of most of the mem-
Inner Circle members hold positions bers of the Inner Circle have yet to be
named after chess pieces: the lead- revealed.
ers are King and Queens, followed

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BLACK KING crease by + 1 Rank, to a maximu m ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ,..-..

STATISTICS of Unearthly Strength and Incredible Shaw is a ruthless man who prefers

F RM (30) Agility. . . to rely on cunning, not brute force .
A GD (10)
Any damage that Shaw receives is He does enjoy using his powers ,
s GD (10)
deducted from the extra Health first. however, to humble his opponents,
E RM (30)
R EX (20) Loss of this Health will cause a loss but he usually does so as a last re-
I EX (20)
p RM (30) in his Strength and Agility. Health sort. Above all else, he will never do
Health: 80
Karma: 70 ogained by Shaw is lost at the rate of anything that will endanger his social
Resources: IN (40)
Popularity: 15/50 with business and 1 Health/round. Before going into or financial status.
social elite
battle Shaw will usually strike a wall
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Sebastian Shaw to increase his store of kinetic en-
Occupation: Chief executive officer
and principal shareholder in Shaw ergy, or have an ally hit him with an BLACK BISHOP
Industries, Inc. attack that he can absorb.
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record If Shaw's Health ever increases
Identity: Shaw's mutant abilities and
status in the Hellfire Club are not beyond 400 as the result of his ab-
known to the general public
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- sorbing damage, his power "over-
vania
Marital Status: Single loads." He must make a normal
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Worldwide; "Stun?" roll , and all of his attributes
Shaw's corporate headquarters is lo-
cated in New York City revert to normal.
Past Group Affiliations: Forn:er
Leader and Black King of the Hellfire Anti-magnetic Harness: Shaw wears
Club and of its secret Inner Circle
Present Group Affiliation : a special harness underneath his

KNOWN POWERS suit as a defense against Magneto.
Kinetic Absorption: Sebastian Shaw
can absorb and convert kinetic en- Once per recharge, it can be used to
ergy directed at him into Strengt~.
Agility, and Health. Whenever he 1s repel up to an Amazing ~e~ght of STATISTICS
directly struck by any physical attack magnetic metal that Shaw 1s in con-
or most forms of energy, the damage
is added to his Health, to a maximum stact with. It will also inflict a Incredi-F GD(10)
of 400 points. For every 50 points A TY (6)
that Shaw's Health increases above ble Force attack on any individual ·
100, his Strength and Agility in- with magnetic power or iron-based GD (10)
armor. Recharging the harness re- E RM (30)
quires a special unit that is not porta-
ble. Shaw keeps several such R GD (10)
recharging units at his various bases I GD (10)
and factories . p EX (20)
Health: 56

TALENTS Karma: 40
Shaw's Reason is considered to be Resources: IN (40)
Incredible in the fields of business or Popularity: 15

finance, and Remarkable in the fields BACKGROUND
of defense or armament design. He Real Name: Harold Leland
has trained in Martial Arts B. Occupation: Corporate Lawyer .

CONTACTS Legal Status: Citizen of the United
Shaw is the president and primary States with no criminal record , now
stockholder of Shaw Industries, a deceased

major multi-national company .with Identity: Leland 's mutant abilities
strong U.S. defense connections. and status in the Hellfire Club were
Until recently, he was the leader of not known to the general public
the Hellfire Club but has since been Place of Birth: Boston, Massachu-
deposed by the White King, Mag- setts
neto. He employs an aide with a Marital Status: Single
computer-like mind, Tessa, who has Known Relatives: None
served him faithfully for many years. Base of Operations: Leland's law
offices were located in New York City

ADDITIONAL NOTES Past Group Affiliation s: Former
Black Bishop of the Hellfire Club and

of its secret Inner Circle

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS
Gravity Increase: Leland could in-
crease the mass of any person or ob-

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HELLFIRE CLUB

ject within 5 areas of him. The effect ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Present Group Affiliation:
of this was that a target had to make Although not a coward , Leland pre-
a Strength FEAT roll to move or phys- ferred to use his powers only in self- KNOWN POWERS
ically attack on the first round of the defense, or to further the causes of Transformation: von Roehm pos-
attack, a Yellow FEAT roll on the sec- the Hellfire Club. He was not an ex- sessed a recessive mutation that,
ond round, and a Red FEAT roll on perienced combatant and could eas- when activated by his mistress, Se-
the third. At this point any floors ily be tricked into doing something lene (the Black Queen), allowed him
made of Typical Material or less foolish in battle (like using his to become a berserker in combat.
gave way under the target. An object powers on a target directly over- von Roehm gains the second set of
subject to this attack, if of Typical head). statistics listed above, and can do
Material or less, would collapse. Excellent Edged damage with his
BLACK ROCK bare hands and teeth. He can follow
For each subsequent round after any trail with Incredible ease and
this the Material Strength of the floor STATISTICS gains Excellent Rank lnfravision. He
or item that gave way increases one can ignore pain to the extent that he
level up to Amazing strength. On F TY/RM (10/30) gains the equivalent of Poor Body
each subsequent round the target A PR/EX (4/20) Armor.
would need to make an Endurance S TY/EX (6/20)
FEAT roll or collapse and lose one E GD/IN (10/40) TALENTS
._ Endurance rank (per failed roll). If R EX/PR (20/4) Von Roehm was a jeweller with In-
Endurance of the target dropped be- I TY/RM (6/30) credible expertise in that field and
low Feeble he or she was crushed to P EX/RM (20/30) Remarkable Reason in business/
death. Health: 30/110 financial matters. He also had an ex-
Karma: 46/64 tensive knowledge of history, and his
If Leland is knocked unconscious Resources: RM (30)
or the target is knocked out of range , Popularity: 5 Reason is + 1 CS when dealing with
the target's mass returns automati-
cally to normal (although damage is BACKGROUND a culture that his mistress Selene in-
not recovered.) Leland could not nor- Real Name: Friedrich von Roehm teracted with .
mally concentrate on more than one Occupation: Jeweler, High Priest of
target: he could target two with a Yel- Cult of Selene CONTACTS
low Psyche FEAT roll, and four with a Legal Status: Citizen of the United Von Roehm had Incredible contacts
Red FEAT roll. Leland had to make States with no criminal record, now within the jewelry business. He was
this FEAT roll on each round he at- deceased the leader of the New York City cult
tempted to main concentration on all Identity: von Roehm 's activities as who worshipped Selene. He was a
targets. priest and status in the Hellfire Club trusted, if minor member of the up-
were not known to the general public per Hellfire hierarchy.
TALENTS Place of Birth: Amsterdam , Den-
Leland was a corporate lawyer, and mark ADDITIONAL NOTES
his Reason was considered Remark- Marital Status: Single
---- able in such matters. Known Relatives: None ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Von
Base of Operations: von Roehm's Roehm enjoyed the use of power, but
CONTACTS office and primary jewelry shop were had very little ambition. He was con-
Leland was on good terms with a located in New York City tent to bask in the glow of his position
number of businesses that he had Past Group Affiliations: Leader of a as Selene's primary worshipper. In
represented in the past. He was one cult of Selene worshippers in New his berserk form he was an uncon-
of the ranking members of the Hell- York City, former Black Knight of the trollable beast who would respond
fire club before his death, loyal to Se- Hellfire Club and of its secret Inner only to his mistress's commands.
bastian Shaw. Circle

ADDITIONAL NOTES

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TESSA TALENTS Health: 100
Tessa has a Photographic memory. Karma: 50
She also has knowledge of the fields Resources: IN (40)
of Business and Finance. Popularity: 8

STATISTICS CONTACTS BACKGROUND
Tessa has been a close associate of Real Name: Donald Pierce
F GD (10) Sebastian Shaw for years, and he Occupation: Mining Industrialist
A GD (10) will go to great lengths to keep her Legal Status: Citizen of the United
from danger or rescue her if she is in States with no criminal record
s PR (4) trouble. Before Shaw's break with Identity: Pierce's cybernetic abili-
the Hellfire Club, she was consid- ties and former status in the Hellfire
E TY (6) ered equally valuable to them. Club are not known to the general
R GD (10) ADDITIONAL NOTES public
I GD (10) Place of Birth: Pittsburgh , Pennsyl-
p GD (10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES vania
Health: 30 Tessa is cool, calm, and collected un- Marital Status: Single
Karma: 30 der all circumstances. She serves Known Relatives: None
Resources: TY (6) Shaw out of loyalty, not fear, and he Base of Operations: Mobile
Popularity: 4 respects her for it. She is not a com- Past Group Affiliations: Former
batant and will always try to reason White Bishop of the Hellfire Club and
BACKGROUND her way out of a dangerous situation . of its secret Inner Circle
Real Name: Tessa (Last name unre- Although not emotionless or comput- Present Group Affiliation:
vealed) er-like, her judgements usually do not
Occupation: Personal Aide to Se- take the feelings of those involved KNOWN POWERS
bastian Shaw taken into account, but only provide Cybernetics: All of Pierce's limbs are
Legal Status: Citizen of the United the clearest way to obtain a goal. cybernetic, providing him with the
States with no criminal record high Agility and Strength listed
Identity: Publicly known, although WHITE BISHOP above. He cannot heal damage to
her affiliation to the Hellfire Club was his limbs, only have them repaired.
not known STATISTICS Only the last 20 points of his Health
Place of Birth: Unrevealed F EX (20) are considered his own and can be
Marital Status: Presumed single A RM (30) regained normally. Damage is nor-
Known Relatives: None S IN (40) mally taken on the cybernetic limbs,
Base of Operations: Mobile E GD (10) but a Bullseye would do damage to
Past Group Affiliations: Advisor to R RM (30) Pierce's own 20 points. If these 20
the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club I GD (10) points go to OPierce is rendered un-
and Sebastian Shaw P GD (10) conscious, regardless of the other 80
Present Group Affiliation: points,

KNOWN POWERS: Pierce can direct power to his
Computer Mind: Tessa's Reason is " skin" generating an Excellent elec-
considered Monstrous when it tric field with a range of touch .
comes to accessing and collating
data she has had access to. By mak- As a defense against the White
ing a Reason FEAT roll , she can Queen and other opponents with psi-
come to 90-100% accurate conclu- onic abilities, Pierce has had a num-
sions regarding the motivations and ber of mechanical/electronic devices
probable actions of any individual, installed, that provide him with the
group, or company. She must have a equivalent of Amazing psi screens .
complete understanding of the mate-
rial she is using, and so is unable to TALENTS
apply her abilities to the creation of Pierce was a mining magnate and
devices. has Incredible Reason in areas re-
lated to it. He also has Remarkable
98 Reason in the field of cybernetics.

CONTACTS
Pierce has a number of contacts in
the mining business. Any contacts
he might have had in the Hellfire
Club where eliminated when he was
deposed.

HELLFIRE CLUB

ADDITIONAL NOTES Identity: Da Costa's status as a HELLFIRE
member of the Inner Circle are not
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES known to the general public CLUB
Pierce is obsessed with regaining Place of Birth: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
the power and status he has once Marital Status: Divorced MERCENARIES
held in the Hellfire Club. A high- Known Relatives: Roberto (son),
ranking member of the group before Nina (wife, divorced) STATISTICS
Shaw's takeover, he was the only Base of Operations: Da Costa's pri-
ranking non-mutant to remain in the mary headquarters are located in F EX (20)
Inner Circle. He is contemptuous of Brazil, but he currently tends to oper- A EX (20)
the " mutant influence" that Shaw ate out of a branch office in New York
brought into the group. City s TY (6)
Past Group Affiliations: White
In combat he is ruthless. He pre- Rook of the Hellfire Club and of its E GD (10)
fers to let his unassuming appear- secret Inner Circle
ance fool opponents into Present Group Affiliation : R TY (6)
underestimating him.
KNOWN POWERS I TY (6)
~ WHITE ROCK None. p TY (6)
Health: 56
STATISTICS TALENTS Karma: 18
F TY (6) Oa Costa has the Business and Fi- Resources: TY (6)
A GD (10) nance talents. He speaks Spanish, Popularity: 0
Portuguese, and English fluently.
s TY (6) EQUIPMENT
CONTACTS Body Armor: The typical merce-
E GD (10) Costa has vast South American busi- naries employed by the Hellfire Club
R EX (20) ness contacts and is a prominent In ner Circle have been supplied with
I PR (4) member of the Hellfire Club. He is kevlar costumes which not only dis-
p PR (4) currently estranged from both his guise their features but also provide
Health: 32 son, Roberto (Sunspot of the New for Excellent protection against
Karma: 28 Mutants), and his wife, an archeolo- Blunt or Throwing Blunt attacks,
Resources: IN (40) gist. Good protection against Edged or
Popularity: 4 Throwing Edged attacks, and Poor
BACKGROUND ADDITIONAL NOTES protection against energy attacks or
Real Name: Emmanuel Da Costa gasses.
Occupation: South American Indus- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Rifle: The Hellfire Mercenaries are
trialist, land developer Da Costa has the ruthlessness and armed with rifles that can fire either
Legal Status: Citizen of Brazil with disregard for scruples that great semi-automatically or in bursts of
no criminal record wealth seems to encourage. He is of- ten, each bullet hitting individually
ten tyrannical, particularly with his for Good damage. Each rifle con-
own family, but so far is keeping a tains 30 rounds.
low profile as one of the newest Inner Psi-screen: The White Queen has
Circle member, and the only one constructed protective psi-screens
without any superhuman abilities. in the minds of her servants, giving
them Excellent Resistance against
Psionics.
Bionics: After Wolverine seriously
mauled a dozen Hellfire Mercenaries,
the Hellfire Club reconstructed them
with high-efficiency prosthetics.
These Mercenaries are enhanced to
the point where their Body armor is
Incredible against Blunt attacks, Ex-
cellent against Edged damage, and
Good against energy blasts. Their
Strength is Good and their Endur-
ance has been raised to Remarkable,
giving them Health scores of 60.
These mercenaries have a great ha-
tred of Wolverine .

TALENTS
The Hellfire Club Mercenaries have
undergone intensive Military train-

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