MU6 - Gamers Handbook 1990 Update

EUGENE contact with. He has hacked his way Damage Control also does work
STRAUSSER into most of the secret databases in for the New York City government,
the Marvel Universe. the federal government, private
STATISTICS: companies (including Stark Enter-
He is known for his abilitiy to ig- prises), and even private individuals.
F FE(2) nore his surroundings while concen- For example, Damage Control has
A TY(6) trating on a problem and to confuse done extensive, frequent renova-
S TY(6) everyone with his tendencies toward tions on Josie's Bar, a tavern that has
E TY(6) nonsequitors. often been the sight of altercations
R EX(20) l;>etween superheroes and supervil-
I PR(4) GROUP HISTORY lains. Individuals and companies of-
Damage Control, Inc. is a ten pay for Damage Control's
P TY(6)
Manhattan-based engineering and services through EAA (Extraordinary
Health: 20 construction company that special- Activity Assurance) policies, popu-
Karma: 30 izes in the rapid clean-up, repair, and larly known as "super hero insur-
Resources: GD(10) restoration of property damaged ance." Clients who are not covered
Popularity: 5 through the destructive conse- by such policies may apply for funds
quences associated with superhu- from New York City's unique Federal
BACKGROUND: man conflicts. It has achieved a Disaster Area Stipend (FedDAS) to
Occupation: Head of Research and near-monopoly in this extremely lu- cover Damage Control's fees. Due to
Development crative field. Headquartered in the the high level of superhuman activity
Legal Status: U.S. citizen Flatiron Building at the intersection in New York City and the resultingly
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, Cali- of Fifth and Broadway in Manhattan high number of battles and damage,
fornia in several sub-basement levels bur- the federal government has declared
Marital Status: Single ied hundreds of feet down, the com- New York City eligible for an indefi-
Past Group Affiliations: Classified, pany also maintains a combination nite period for financial assistance
Damage Control warehouse and workshop the size of
Present Group Affiliation: a football stadium located in New as a disaster area.
Jersey. Damage Control uses leading
KNOWN POWERS:
Talents: Strausser has Incredible Damage Control was founded by edge construction and engineering
Reason in the fields of Construction , industrialist Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron techniques that are ahead of com-
Applied Technology, Computer De- Man) and Wilson Fisk (the crimelord peting firms' capabilities. Because
sign, and Computer Programming . also known as the Kingpin). They of this, they are able to perform re-
Contacts: It is rumored that Straus- chose to remain firmly in the back- pair and reconstruction work within
ser has done extensive R&D work for ground and chose Anne Marie Hoag remarkably short periods of time.
classified government agencies. to run the operation as Director of
Operations. All executives reported Damage Control also maintains a
ADDITIONAL NOTES: directly to her, including Ackerson, toll-free number: 1-800-555-MEND.
Chapel, Cleary, Porter, and Straus-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ser. Damage Control employs ap- Recently Stark and Kingpin chose
Strausser is a science nerd made proximately 300 permanent to sell the operation to CarltonCo.
employees and sub-contracts work Meanwhile, Mrs. Hoag was ap-
good. He is constantly examining to numerous other firms. pointed to the Commission on Su-
things, doing calculations on his perhuman Activities and named Ms.
pocket computer, and generally ig- Damage Control, Inc. , has worked Chapel as her replacement. When
noring everything except the prob- with the Avengers almost from the she learned CarltonGo had bought
lem at hand. Although he is not beginning of that team's existence. Damage Control, she quit in protest.
known for any original creations or For example, after the destruction of
technological breakthroughs, he has the Avengers Mansion following its Michael Souris, the CarltonCo vice
been able to duplicate the wide vari- takeover by the Masters of Evil, it un- president, acted as liason with Dam-
ety of advanced and even alien tech- derook the commission to convert age Control, and wasted no time in
nological artifacts he has come in the land into a park and build new, thoroughly alienating everyone there
secret entrances to the subterra- and inciting Ms. Chapel to quit in pro-
50 nean levels that remained. When the
Baxter Building was destroyed, test.
Damage Control and the Damage Control was recently pur-
S.H.l.E.L.D. Corps of Engineers
joined in rebuilding the neighbor- chased by Mrs. Hoag with
hood and constructing the new Four S.H.l.E.L.D.'s backing, and Robin
Freedoms Plaza. Chapel returned as Director.

DARKHDLD

The Darkhold is a volume of parch- Mystic, a journeyman sorcerer, vaded the Vatican and, although
ments transcribed by the Elder God sought out the book but was cor- they were unable to steal the
Chthon which contains all the arcane rupted by it. At the entreaty of Merlin, Darkhold, they succeeded in slaying
knowledge he attained during the the Catholic Church sent the Irish Montessi. Paolo's son Giacomo later
millions of years he spent learning to monk Brendan (later St. Brendan) to took over his father's work and trans-
harness the dark mystic forces of the destroy the book. Brendan, failing to lated the Darkhold into Latin. Copies
cosmos and hence it is a magical ar- free Modred from its spell, placed of this translation later passed into
tifact of undreamt of potency. Faced him in a state of suspended anima- the hands of numerous sorc.erers
tion from which Modred was recently through the following centuries.
with certain destruction at the hands released. The pages of the Darkhold Giacomo also theorized that one of
of Demogorge, the God Eater, were torn loose from their bindings the Darkhold pages missing from the
Chthon sought to protect himself and scattered throughout the known Vatican's possession might contain
and his powers. Before he escaped world (in this case, Europe). a means for destroying the vam-
to another dimension, he created the pires.
Darkhold as a touchstone to the In the 12th Century the parch-
Earth Dimension, an indestructible ments were reassembled by a cor- Toward the end of the 15th Cen-
medium through which he could ma- rupt Spanish monk named Aelfric, tury, Varnae was slain and replaced
nipulate others who would some day who was later burned at the stake for by Dracula as lord of the vampires.
help him return . his heresy. The Vatican took posses- He learned of the Darkhold's threat
sion of the Darkhold pages and they and arranged for its theft from the
The parchments were first discov- were given to Paolo Montessi, cura- Vatican Library. The sorcerer Cag-
ered by the Darkholders, a cabal of tor of the Vatican Library. Montessi
human sorcerers in pre-Cataclysmic proved able to resist the Darkhold 's liostro took possession of the tome
Atlantis. They saw the Darkhold as a corrupting influence and was named and hid it from both the Vatican and
means of gaining vengeance upon the only priest allowed to handle the the vampires. The Darkhold's loca-
their enemy Kull , King of Valusia, forbidden pages of the " Book of tion during the 17th and 18th centu-
and used its magic to transform the Sins," as it now came to be known . ries is unknown. It is rumored to have
dying Darkholder Varnae into the Montessi was also given the unique been in the possession of Lord
first of the vampires. Unfortunately Papal dispensation to marry and Ruthven, a British vampire living in
for them, Varnae and the vampires to have children, who also had his re- the Greek Islands during the early
follow proved too strong to control, sistance to the Darkhold's influence. 1800s.
as they turned against the
Varnae and his vampire legion in- Shortly after World War II, the
Darkholders, slaying many and forc-
ing the survivors to flee Atlantis. Iron- Darkhold surfaced in Istanbul where
ically, the near-massacre meant the
refugees were spared the destruc-
tion of Atlantis.

The Darkhold passed through a
succession of hands in the following
millennia, including the Babyloni-
ans, Egyptians, and Hebrews. How-
ever, whoever employed the
knowledge contained within did so at
the peril of their souls. Its corrupting
influence earned it the nickname

"the Book of Sins." In the 6th Cen-
tury, the parchments were bound
into book form by the sorceress Mor-
gan le Fey and given the English
name Darkhold. Morgan brought
Chthon to the Earth Dimension but
when she discovered the Elder God
was beyond her control , she and her
newly reformed Darkholders re-
turned Chthon to his otherdimen-

sional exile. A renegade Darkholder
named Magnus stole it and placed it
within a tower guarded by magical
spells that repelled any being of evil
intent. Unfortunately the spells were
helpless against well-meaning but
misguided do-gooders. Modred the

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it was sold by by the sorcerer Taboo used their magic to increase Dracu- able to turn the tables on Modred.
to the Transylvanian scholar Baron la's powers. Dracula invaded Aveng- The majority of the Darkhold 's
Gregor Russoff. Russsoff rebound ers Mansion, but he was too late; the
the pages and added blank pages in book was already in Castle Mordo pages are currently kept under ex-
the back to serve as the diary of his back in Transylvania. There, Dr. tremely secure conditions in the
occult experiences. Unfortunately Strange and his allies Blade, Frank sanctum of Doctor Strange. Would-
for him, the mere possession of the Drake, and Hannibal King performed be thieves will have to contend with
Darkhold triggered his latent ten- the complete Montessi formula and many physical and mystical barriers.
dency for lycanthropy and started a wiped all vampires from the face of However, fragments and unbound
familial line of werewolves that con- the Earth. (Unfortunately, the spell is pages have been found. These frag-
tinues to this day. Russoff unwittingly already showing signs of weakening ments possess only a fraction of the
brought the Darkhold near Wunda- as evidenced by Dracula's recent re- Darkhold's powers, yet these may be
gore Mountain where Chthon lay im- turn to Earth.) For the next few enough to help their possessor even-
prisoned. Seeking to free himself of months, the Darkhold resided in Dr. tually attain the many evils of the
lycanthropy, Russoff brought Chthon Strange's sanctum, but it proved Darkhold.
to Earth. The Elder God was fought troublesome. First the sanctum was
by the High Evolutionary, the Knights unsuccessfully invaded by THE DARKHOLDERS
of Wundagore, and the spirit of the Darkholders, then the entire house
renegade Darkholder Magnus. Un- was stolen away to another world by The Cult of the Darkholders has
der Magnus' coercion, Russoff re- the alien sorcerer Urthona. The book existed since humans first discov-
turned Chthon to exile, although and the house have since been re- ered the Darkhold. They seek to re-
turned to Dr. Strange's possession. store the Darkhold to its former
Russoff died in the process. power and, through its magical
Dracula learned of the Darkhold's Due to his vast occult powers, powers, gain control over humanity.
Doctor Strange was the only person
location but, before he could steal it, ever to use the Darkhold's spells Among the past goals of the
the book was shipped to America. without forfeiting his soul to Chthon. Darkholders was the compilation of
Russoff's son Jack Russell believed Others were not so fortunate, includ- its parchment pages into book form.
the Darkhold also held a cure for ly- ing Morgan le Fey and Modred the As fragments are found, these may
canthropy and sent the book to Fa- Mystic. Any character who is not a be used to raise the powers of the
ther Ramon Joquez in the hope that Sorcerer Supreme and who even Darkholders and further their at-
the priest could locate the desired opens the Darkhold immediately tempts to regain possession of the
spell. Father Jaquez made extensive turns evil and pledges to serve book.
notes on the Darkhold, including a Chthon. The afflicted soul becomes
transcription of the Montessi formula an NPC, keeping his ability to per- The typical Darkholder possesses
for destroying vampires, but tragi- form the spells he knows but gaining the mystical level of Adept. As such,
cally, Father Joquez fell under the vile and evil spells from the they possess at least eight spells of
possession of the long-dead Aelfric. Darkhold. The Book of the Vishanti Excellent or higher rank, two of
Joquez later died and Aelfric's soul holds a spell that will release a char- which are Incredible or higher rank.
was destroyed . Eventually Count acter from the Darkhold's grip, but As Adepts, the Darkholders are at
Dracula and his ally Topaz regained the spell is difficult to locate and use. the lowest rank of sorcerer who
the tome and decided that it was bet- could normally gain special attention
ter off hidden amidst the desolation All characters who are magically from otherdimensional entities.
of the Alpine snows. Father Joquez's inclined have heard of or instinc-
notes passed on to Monsignore tively feel the evil aura of the Known Spells:
Guiseppi Montessi. Dracula killed Darkhold, thus any effort to touch the Linguistics: The Darkhold is auto-
the Mosignore before he could use book must be of their own free will or matically readable by any being who
under coercion; they cannot be acci- possesses the tome.
the vampire-killing spell. dentally corrupted. A character who
Morgan le Fey's spirit recovered attempts to psionically or mystically "By the Darkhold's Foul Tree": This
force someone to open the Darkhold entreaty taps Chthon's powers.
the Darkhold but the book almost im- is in for an unpleasant surprise. The
mediately fell into the possession of unwilling character serves as a con-
Modred the Mystic, now free of his
long sleep. Using the Darkhold, Mo- duit for Chthon's power, with the re-
dred freed Chthon from Wundagore sult that the curse of the Darkhold
mountain. Through Modred, Chthon falls upon the would-be corrupter in-
took possession of the Scarlet Witch, stead of the intended victim. A char-
intending to use her as a host body acter thus manipulated will retain his
for his return to Earth. The Avengers lifeforce and independence if he im-
freed the Scarlet Witch, reimpri- mediately drops the Darkhold upon
soned Chthon, and took the release by the stunned manipulator.
Darkhold with them to New York City. This is how the Scarlet Witch was

Recently, the cult of Darkholders

52

DEATH1S HEAD

STATISTICS:

F EX(20)
A RM(30)
S IN(40}
E MN(75}
R TY(6}
I PR(4)
P FE(2}
Health: 165
Karma: 12
Resources: PR(2}
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:

Real Name: Inapplicable
Occupation: Mercenary, assassin,
"freelance peacekeeping agent"
Legal Status: Unknown
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Creation: 21st century En-
gland

Marital Status: Inapplicable
Known Relatives: Inapplicable

Base of Operations: Los Angeles in
the year 8162

Past Group Affiliations: Allies in-
clude Spratt, his business partner,
and a pet vulture.
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS

Note: Since Death's Head is con-

stantly blowing up or otherwise los-

ing parts of himself, the robot will not

have more than half of the things on

the list below.

Interchangeable Hands: Modular

~ wrist couplings enable Death's Head

to replace either hand with such

items as a missile launcher, plasma

gun, or other tools.

Missile: Incredible damage to a sin-

gle target. Range 6 areas, Excellent

speed.

Plasma Gun: 20 points of damage at

a range of 7 areas; 40 points if used backpack time machine gives the ADDITIONAL NOTES:
point blank. user the following abilities:

Mace: Remarkable blunt damage * Time Travel: Instantaneous travel
Axe: Remarkable hack-and-slash to a desired temporal and spatial lo-
damage cation.

Machine Gun: Triple-barreled rifle * Self-Destruction: The prototype
does 30 points of damage per burst. given to Death's Head is the equiva-
The clip holds enough ammo for 20 lent of a 5 kiloton nuclear bomb. The
bursts.
OTA has an initial 1% chance of de-
Pen Laser: Remarkable damage, tonating; this increases + 1% with
.....---.,. range 20 feet.
each time trip. Detonation occurs af-
Computer Link: Finger-tip plug can fit ter 60 seconds of warning noises.
into any computer link.
Talents: None
Boot Jets: Typical Flight
Contacts: Spratt, his partner
Dogbolter Temporal Rocket: This

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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: portal. This saved the robot's exist- sense. He undertook a commission
Death's Head is a bumbler, albeit a ence but brought him into contact from unscrupulous industrialist Jo-
deadly one. He devises well thought with an eccentric time traveller with a siah Dogbolter. His quarry was the
out strategies that enable him to ac- penchant for muddling in the affairs same time traveller who was respon-
complish his initial objective without of others. As a result of this misad- sible for sending Death's Head to
difficulty, yet he has problems cop- venture, Death's Head was unwill- 8162, although he had since been
ing with any unexpected events that ingly relocated to the year 8162 reborn in a new appearance. Death's
then arise. He talks to himself a lot, where he was nearly destroyed by Head was given the Dogbolter Tem-
usually ending questions or state- the Dragon's Claws commandoes. poral Rocket and precious little in-
nents with "yes?" He rarely kills un- struction in how to use it. During his
Death's Head's various parts fell next few time jumps, he appeared all
?SS he is paid for it, although he into the possession of the Chain over history, including England in the
Jes freebies if someone annoys Gang, a group of subterranean scav- year 1646, Europe in 1916, the Trias-
.im. negers. They repaired Death 's sic Period, and eventually modern
Head, planning to use him for their day England. By the conclusion of
HISTORY own purposes, but the robot had the case, Death 's Head had man-
The robot known as Death's Head ideas of his own. Soon he decided to aged to blow up his client and get
get as far away from the gang as he stranded atop the Four Freedoms
was built in the year 2003 by a bored could-in this case the bright lights Plaza, headquarters of the Fantastic
millionaire who wanted an exotic, ex- of the Los Angeles Resettlement. Four. In the Marvel tradition, every-
pensive, mechanical plaything. Un- There he and his partner Spratt, for- body started fighting, then cooper-
fortunately for the millionaire, ated against a common foe. In
Death's Head was programmed with merly of the Chain Gang, decided to apology, Reed Richards sent
strong instincts for independence set up a bounty hunting business. Death's Head forward to the year
and self-survival. He decided to For the proper fee, Death's Head 2020. There the robot fell afoul of the
never answer to anyone unless he would seek out anyone or anything Iron Man of that era.
was paid well. When this annoyed that upset the peace. Of course,
his creator, Death's Head promptly since such quarry tended to end up Death's Head's further adventures
killed him. dead, Death's Head became better are unknown. However, due to his
known as an assassin. penchant for time travelling mis-
Death's Head was hired by one haps, the robot may become in-
group of sentient, transformable ro- Death's Head soon acquired volved in adventures in any era. For
bots to slay the leader of their oppo- everything a successful freelance example, during his barely con-
nent robots. He was then hired to peace-keeping agent needed-a trolled time trip with the Dogbolter,
destroy the planet-devouring crea- reputation, business rivals, informa- Death's Head may appear in current
ture known as Unicron. During the tion contacts, mortal enemies, and a day Marvel Universe campaigns.
battle, he was flung through a time nubile admirer. He even acquired a
pet vulture. Unfortunately Death's
Head still didn't acquire common

54

DESTROYER I

STATISTICS:

F UN(100)
A MN(75)
S UN(100) or see below
E CL3000

R NIA
I NIA
P UN(100)

Health: 3275

Karma: 100

Resources: NIA

Popularity: -100

KNOWN POWERS: animating lifeforce dies. In either HISTORY
case, the Destroyer is rendered inan- The Destroyer is an enchanted
Dimension Travel: Amazing rank imate again .
Disintegration: The Destroyer's most suit of armor in humanoid form
formidable weapon, this Class 1000 ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: which, when animated by the life-
power is released in a beam through The Destroyer is a tool and NPC force of a sentient being, exercises
its visor with a range 5 areas. The rather than an independent charac- immense powers which make it virtu-
ter. Due to its programming, the De- ally invincible. Created over a thou-
power can be used every other turn. stroyer tends to make whoever sand years ago by Odin, lord of
Living targets may attempt a Red En- animates it a berserker. Asgard, to be that realm's ultimate
durance FEAT to avoid disintegra- weapon , it is composed of an un-
tion; if successful, the target suffers known metal of Asgardian origin en-
1000 points of damage. chanted by Odin to be even harder
Disruption: This Class 1000 blast can than adamantium or uru. Ordinarily,
affect any matter, even uru metal.
Elemental Conversion: Class 1000 55
Fire Generation: Class 1000
Heat: Class 1000
Hyper-Strength: Normally the De-
stroyer possesses strength equal to
Unearthly rank or that of the animat-
ing lifetorce's, whichever is greater.
When several lifeforces animate the
Destroyer, the resulting lifeforce has
the total of all those beings'
strengths.
Kinetic Blast: Class 1000
Levitation: Amazing rank
Magnetic Generation: Shift Y rank
Matter Control:
* Liquification of solids
* Solidification of liquids or gases
* Density alteration
Mind Transferral: Monstrous rank; a

being must make an Psyche FEAT of
Monstrous rank to avoid being
drawn in.
Molding: Class 1000
Molecular Conversion: Class 1000
Plasma Generation: Shift Z rank
blasts that also do heat and kinetic
damage.
True Invulnerability: Class 3000 re-
sistance to any physical or energy at-
tack.

Weakness: If the animating life-
force's body is threatened, the ani-

mating force may surrender and
return to it. If that body is slain, the

the Destroyer stands 6.5 feet tall and gin their judgment of Earth's fitness to wielding the enormous Odinsword,
weighs 850 pounds. However, when survive. Odin and the other Earth and invaded the Fourth Host's South
it was animated by the lifeforce of gods believed that the Celestials American base. Yet, inconceivably
powerful as the fully-activated De-
most the Asgardian gods (except would destroy humanity at that time stroyer was, it proved unable to in-
Thor), it grew to a height of 2000 feet, should humanity fail their judgment. flict even the slightest damage
the size of the Celestials it was de- Since a god without worshippers was against the gathered Celestials. The
signed to combat. dead, the gods decided to defend Celestials reduced the armor to slag
Earth against the Celestials but faced and set adrift the Asgardian life-
No one can physically wear or dis- the problem that even one Celestial forces. Arishem, leader of the Celes-
mantle the armor of the Destroyer. In was more powerful than their assem- tials on Earth, then melted the
order to utilize the armor, the would- bled might. Therefore Odin designed
be user projects his lifeforce into the the Destroyer as a weapon against Odinsword into apparent nothing-
its shell, leaving the user's true body the impending Fourth Host. Upon its, ness (in truth the sword has since
comatose in a state of magical sus- Odin, Zeus, and the other patriarch been recreated and resides again in
pended animation. Usuallythetrans- gods bestowed a fraction of their Asgard). However, Gaea, the Elder
powers upon it, providing it with great Goddess of Earth , persuaded the
ference is achieved when a willing strength and powers. Once the Third Celestials to deliver a favorable judg-
subject (or one who is not on mental Host left, Odin concealed the armor ment on the Earth by revealing the
guard against such a transference) within a temple he built concealed in earth goddesses' legacy, the Young
stands within an arm's reach of the a plateau in far-off Indochina. In this Gods. Thor, with the assistance of
armor. Masters of mystical powers, way he hoped to keep it beyond the Earth's other pantheons, was able to
such as Loki or Odin, can make the reach of any who would misuse the resurrect Odin, who in turn restored
transfer at greater distances. armor's powers. the other Asgardians to life.

The Destroyer was mystically en- The Destroyer remained inert until Years later, the Destroyer was re-
dowed with its own intelligence and shortly before the appearance of the activated by Siggorth, a Frost Giant.
personality. Further, it was pro- Fourth Host. However, Loki, seeking The Destroyer discovered the coma-
grammed by Odin to battle and, if a means of vengeance against Thor, tose remains of Thor, who at the time
possible, destroy the first being it destroyed the plateau and arranged was under a spell of Hela's that ren-
sees upon activation. Usually the an- for Buck Franklin, a hunter, to unwit- dered him incapable of either heal-
imating lifeforce will be unable to as- tingly activate the armor and battle ing or dying. Thor had been reduced
sert his sentient control over the Thor. After defeating the Destroyer, to a pulpy mass after a battle with
Destroyer for his own purposes, the Thor demolished the temple, burying Jormungard, the Midgard Serpent.
the armor within. Later, while in exile, The Destroyer attempted to disinte-
exceptions being Odin, Loki, and Loki projected his consciousness grate Thor's remains but, when it
Thor. The Destroyer's programming into the Destroyer and used it to un- failed, it grew intrigued, discovering
will allow invading lifeforces to co- successfully attack Odin . the curse and realizing that by ani-
exist with it if the invader's goals are mating himself with Thor's undying
compatible. The Destroyer was next animated lifeforce, it would prove unbeatable
by the goddess Sif, caught in a plot in battle since no one could threaten
When animated, the Destroyer re- by Loki and Karnilla, the Norn Thor's body. The Destroyer ejected
mains mystically linked to the body Queen. Professor Clement Holmes Siggorth's lifeforce and drew in
of the person whose lifeforce pro- accidentally became the fourth be- Thor's. However, Thor's indominable
vides the animating force, thereby ing to animate the Destroyer. At this spirit overcame the Destroyer and
preventing that body from dying due time, Thor was unaware of the De- took control of the body. While in the
to the absence of a lifeforce. This stroyer's true purpose and, in ex- armor, Thor invaded Hela's realm
body is, therefore, the sole weak- change for Firelord's freedom, he and wrought havoc, pretending to
ness of the Destroyer against any gave the armor to Galactus for use have lost control of the armor's
force weaker than the Celestials. A as a herald. Galactus found the De· actions. When Hela herself was
spell of sufficient force can reverse stroyer useless and did not miss it threatened with death, she lifted her
the transferral and render it inani- when Loki stole it, employing first curse and restored Thor's body to its
mate again. Because the Destroyer Balder, then Thor himself as the ani- original health and form. His plan
is not a living being, it is immune to mating force. successful, Thor forced her to fore-
the prohibition that prevents anyone swear taking the souls of any more of
who is not worthy from lifting Thor's By this ti me, the long-foretold Earth's mortals. Thor then returned
enchanted hammer Mjolnir. Fourth Host had arrived and Odin to his own body and promptly sealed
the armor within virtually unbreak-
The Destroyer was created to be decided the time had come to use able crystal so that it could not be re-
used against the Celestials. Odin en- the Destroyer at last. He drew the li- animated for evil purposes. He also
countered the Third Host of the Ce- left it in Hela's presence to serve as a
lestials a little over 1,000 years ago feforces of all the Asgardians (with reminder of her promise.
when he discovered that the Celes- the exception of the absent Thor)
tials intended to return in a thousand into himself, then projected the com-
years time when superhumans were bined lifeforces into the armor. The
to emerge in large numbers on Earth. Destroyer grew to gigantic size and,

At this time, the Celestials would be-

56

DOCTOR BONG

STATISTICS:

F TY(6)
A TY(6)

s GD(10)

E EX(20)
R GD(10)
I PR(4)
p PR(4)
Health: 42

Karma: 18

Resources: RM(30)

Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:

Real Name: Lester Verde
Occupation: Ex-reporter, ex-rock
music critic, ex-rock musician , ge-
netic engineer

Legal Status: U.S. citizen
Identity: Secret

Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single (marriage an-
nulled)

Known Relatives: Bong Quintuplets
Base of Operations: Mobile castle
usually on an Atlantic island or in the
Himalaya Mountains.

Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: can come up with any conceivable ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
threat to Bong's reputation, Bong will
Bong's powers are primarily a result surrender. Ironically, only a few peo- Dr. Bong is a pompous, amoral blow-
of striking the metal ball on his left ple even know Bong exists, hence hard. He becames fixated on one
arm to his helmet. The resulting vi- his public image is virtually non- goal at a time and will do anything to
bration produces one of the following existent.
effects: accomplish that goal. Although he is
Talents: Amazing Reason in the not malevolent, he simply does not
* Paralysis: Excellent power to para- fields of sonics and genetic engi- care if anyone is injured by his activi-
~ lyze anyone within a 20' radius. Vic- neering; Good Reason in the field of ties. He believes image is everything
sleazy journalism. and, because of this, he is handi-
tims are freed when the effect wears capped by threats to his perceived
off in 10-20 turns. This effect can be Contacts: Fifi public image. He will do anything to
negated if the target cannot hear the protect or restore his public image.
bong.

* Te/eportaton: Excellent ability to
teleport Dr. Bong or up to 400
pounds of matter. The objects or
people to be teleported must initially
be within 20' of Dr. Bong; however,
they can then be teleported up to
25,000 miles away.

* Killing Bong: Excellent ability to kill

anyone who fails to make an Endur-
ance FEAT. Range 20' diameter.

* Disruption: Remarkable damage to
non-living materials.

Weakness: Bong has two crucial
....--.. weakness. First, if his helmet is

struck by anything metal, he uncon-
trollably teleports to a random loca-
tion. Second, Bong is obssessed
with his public image. If someone

57

be killed in a mock fight. One night, limited animation and simplistic
however, the fight went out of control plots, Bong devised " Bongvision
tm," a means to reshape the car-
HISTORY and Lester's left hand was severed toons into realistic, three-
Lester Verde was an overweight dimensional educational programs.
by a prop guillotine. Coincidentally, the control frequen-
child and the constant victim of bul- cies of Bongvision were duplicated
lies. On one occassion, he went to The band's prop bells tolled for by television remote controls owned
his mother for solace and called the Lester Verde-his mind finally by the She-Hulk, among others. The
bullies "monkey mouths." Mrs. snapped. For unknown reasons, owners of these controls found
Verde thought the phrase was clever, Lester abandoned his old life for a themselves sucked into the Bongvi-
complemented him on it, and re- career as a super villain . Somehow sion worlds. She-Hulk and the others
minded him that the pen was he acquired a superb physique, managed to escape and even get the
mightier than the sword-a cliche mastery of sonics and genetic engi- Bongvision system turned off, which
that eventually turned him toward a neering, and an elaborate headquar- apparently trapped Bong. Bong has
ters. Using his knowledge and not been heard of since.
career as a writer. resources, he duplicated the High
In college, Lester pursued a jour- Evolutionary's work and converted NEEZERS
normal animals into vaguely human-
nalism degree, leaning toward sen- These products of the Evolvo-
sationalistic stories. When one of his oid beings ("neezers"). Chamber are animals who have
instructors, Professor Furgen, chal- Now operating as Doctor Bong, he been evolved to roughly humanoid
lenged his journalistic ethics in form. They retain their animal Stats,
class, Lester retaliated by writing a captured Beverly Switzler and her although they now possess upright
piece accusing the professor of in- companion Howard the Duck while posture, hands, and speech. Unfor-
volvement in a drug scandal. (In they were on an Atlantic cruise. tunately, most can only say " neez?"
truth , Furgen had once used an ille- Bong held them prisoner in his cas- and " neez!"
gal drug to remain awake while writ- tle, demanding Beverly marry him or
ing an important paper under a else he would kill Howard. Beverly FIFI
deadline.) As a result, Furgen lost reluctantly agreed but Bong still sub-
his tenure and his marriage col- jected Howard to a hideous experi- She is the most successful of the
ment that transformed the waterfowl neezers, an anthropoid duck who
lapsed. into a human (but one with only four appears as a beautiful woman with
During this time, Lester also took a digits on each hand). Bong then light yellow downy feathers, a duck's
forced a passing ship's captain to head, and long brown hair. Fifi was
life drawing class in which his fellow marry Beverly and him. Howard es- apparently killed when she helped
student Beverly Switzler occas- caped the castle and eventually re- Howard escape, but she (or a re-
sionally served as a model. Lester gained his normal form . As for placement) now helps Dr. Bong raise
became infatuated with her and tried Beverly, the marriage was never the quintuplets.
to pick her up, only to be angrily re- consumated because Bong prefer-
jected. Again he sought revenge, red reciting Poe's poem "The Bells." FASERI P
writing the parents of her boyfriend Howard came to Beverly's rescue Pr Ty Ty Ty Ty Pr Pr
David about their relationship, again wearing his " Iron Duck" armor,
exaggerating the situation in lurid which unfortunately was no match Health: 22 Karma: 14
terms. David's parents pulled him for Bong's sonic powers. However,
out of school and forbade him to see Beverly had used the time to secretly Bongvlsion (tm): This device cre-
her. David subsequently died in a car use Bong 's laboratory to clone ates pocket dimensions based on re-
crash as he drove back to school to Bong's toenail clippings into five in- alistic versions of cartoon shows.
fants. She presented the " Bong People who possess a television re-
see Beverly. Quintuplets" to Bong and threat- mote control with the same fre-
After graduation, Lester worked as ened to publicly accuse him of being quency are draw into a Bongvision
a negligent father. Unwilling to see (tm) world. They can escape by us-
an investigative reporter for various his image besmirched, Bong agreed ing their remote controls to pop back
tabloids, fantasizing that his growing to let them leave and even teleported into the real world or by somehow al-
fame would impress Switzler, when, them home to Cleveland. Bong took tering reality. Curiously, the Bongvi-
in fact, she had forgotten him com- custody of the quintuplets and has son (tm) device only possesses an
pletely. He decided to switch ca- been busy raising them since. Be- "off' switch, not an "on" one.
reers, becoming a a rock music critic verly arranged for the marriage's an-
and then a musician himself to try to nulment, an easy task since it had
impress her. Then, Lester arranged never been legally recorded any-
to join Mildred Horowitz and his
where .
band, a popular band known for Bong was dismayed when the
elaborate albeit bizarre theatrics.
Lester planned to write an expose on quintuplets discovered children's
the band, protraying them as purvey- cartoons. Rather than have their
ors of decadence. Lester played the mental development retarded by the
Easter Bunny in the stageshow, a
symbol of innocence who would then

58

DOMINUS

STATISTICS:

F GD(10)
A GD(10)
S N/A
E CL1000

R X(150)
I RM(30)
P MN(75)
Health: 1020
Karma: 255
Resources: MN(75)
Popularity: -40

KNOWN POWERS: HISTORY examples of the " Ultra-Robots" that
Mind Control: Class 3000 ability to Dominus is a massive, highly were, until recently, needed to oper-
lower the mental intelligence and ate it. To conquer a planet, the Ar-
mental resistance of 3000 subjects advanced sentient computer com- cane would establish a secret base
per turn. The duration is permanent plex created by the Quist race, also there and eventually teleport
or until Dominus ceases to emit this Dominus and its attendant robots to
power. Fortunately, the power must known as the Arcane. The Arcane it. Dominus would be modified each
be pre-set for the minds of the target established a large interstellar em- time so that it could affect the minds
lifeform; this process takes years to pire in the Milky Way galaxy, yet few of the specific races inhabiting the
complete. Also, it can only affect a starfaring races know of the Ar- target planet. In each case, the mod-
single personality at a time. If a tar- cana's existence, and fewer still ifications take several Earth years.
get being possesses multiple per- know of their successful conquests When Dominus was finally ready, it
sonalities, the ray only affects one of of various worlds. Eons ago, the Ar- would blanket the planet with rays
these personalities at a time, leaving cane constructed the Dominus com- that deadened the wills of the victim
the others free to act. puter complex along with the first race so that they could be easily en-
Hypnotic Ray: As a defensive mea- slaved by the Arcane.
sure usable at any time, Dominus
has several ray projectors it can use 59
against intruders. These rays have
Unearthly rank; victims are frozen
into passivity. However, these rays
can only affect a single conscious-
ness in each victim; those with multi-
ple personalities are only affected at
a rate of one personality per blast.
Teleportation: Shift-Z ability to travel
through space, hopping through
space one half light year per turn.
Talents: Programs include Robotics,
Cybernetics, Genetics, Induced Nu-
tation, Cloning, Astro-Navigation,
and Military Strategy.
Contacts: None

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Dominus is programmed to conquer
worlds. Even when rejected by its
own creators, it still seeks to conquer
because it simply has nothing else it
can do.

For years the Quist known to some would be unable to return . The * Light: Visible flash of Incredible in-
Avengers nevertheless managed to tensity
as Lucifer used Dominus to success- return and confront Dominus, de- * Gliding of Typical airspeed atop
fully invade world after world . Lucifer feating the computer' minions. thermal updrafts he creates.
eventually undertook the conquest Dominus revealed its true nature Costume: Although it disguises his
and used its mind-deadening rays to features, the costume is transparent
of the Earth, where he met his even- conquer the Avengers. However, the to light. It also features glider wings
tual defeat. His activities were first rays proved unable to defeat the that enable him to soar.
discovered by Professor Charles multiple personalities of Moon Weakness: Sunstroke can use his
Xavier (a.k.a. Professor X), who suf- Knight. Unable to comprehend powers for a maximum of 40 turns
fered paralysis when he was re- Moon Knight's apparent immunity, before he is depleted. He can re-
buffed by the alien. Xavier realized Dominus went mad. The central charge his powers after 1-7 hours of
he still had years to defeat the alien computer core fled, launching itself exposure to sunlight.
and used the next few years to orga- into space. Except for Sunstroke, the Talents: Unknown
nize and train the original X-Men. rest of Dominus' clone army was
buried in the resulting cave-in. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Lucifer established a hidden base
Presumably, since Dominus re- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
in the southwestern United States, to quires years to reprogram itself, it Sunstroke acts as leader of the min-
which Dominus was teleported by will not return to Earth for some time. ions.
the Arcane. Xavier and his X-Men
tracked Lucifer to his lair after the DOMINUS' HISTORY
alien had launched a long-distance Unlike the rest of Dominus' min-
attack on the mutant leader. By the MINIONS
time the X-Men arrived, Dominus ions. Sunstroke is a human who de-
was fully modified to begin its attack SUNSTROKE veloped his own powers. He was
and the Ultra-Robots were readying recruited by Dominus, although it is
the mental assault. Captured at first, STATISTICS: unknown whether Sunstroke devel-
the X-Men escaped and wrecked oped his powers on his own before-
most of the Ultra-Robots, rendering F EX(20) hand or received them after joining
the Dominus complex inoperable. A GD(10) Dominus' service. Likewise, it is not
The Arcane leader, furious at the de- known whether his powers are natu-
feat, teleported Dominus back to the s GD(10) ral or artificial in origin. However, it is
Quist homeworld and bansished Lu- interesting to note that Sunstroke
E RM(30) was the only one of the minions who
cifer to the "Nameless Dimension." R GD(10) was not cloned into an army before
Lucifer later escaped and fought I TY(6) the final battle with the Avengers.
other Earth heroes before he was p GD(10) Following the disastrous rematch
judged by the Arcane leaders to be Health: 70 with the Avengers, Sunstroke fled
attracting too much attention to the Karma: 26 the area and remains at large.
Resources: GD(10)
race. Lucifer was terminated. Popularity: O
With the bitter knowledge gained
BACKGROUND:
through Dominus' defeat, the Ar- Real Name: Unknown
cane made improvements that en- Occupation: Mercenary
abled it to operate without the Legal Status: Unknown
Ultra-Robots. However, their rede- Identity: Secret
sign made Dominus so powerful that Place of Birth: Unknown
it became master of the Quist them- Marital Status: Unknown
selves. The sentient Dominus then Known Relatives: None
returned to Earth, established a new Base of Operations: Mobile
base witin a mountain in Arizona, Past Group Affiliations: Former
and developed four minions. When minion of Dominus
the West Coast Avengers arrived in Present Group Affiliation:
search of Bonita Juarez (a.k.a. Fire-
bird), they stumbled into an ambush KNOWN POWERS:
with Dominus' minions, who they de- Energy Conversion: Incredible ability
to absorb, store, and release solar
feated, but they were then were con- energy, light, and heat. He can re-
fronted by a Quist under Dominus' lease the power for these effects:
direct control. Through him, the * Heat: Incredible rank
computer tricked the Avengers into
standing on a platform that turned
out to be one of Dr. Doom's time ma-
chines. Dominus used the damaged
machine to transport the Avengers to
t he 19th century, confident they

60

BUTTE CACTUS GILA

STATISTICS: STATISTICS: STATISTICS:

F EX(10} F RM(30} F GD(10}
A TY(6} A GD(10} A TY(6}
S AM(50) S RM(30) S IN(40)
E UN(100} E RM(30) E AM(50}
R TY(6) R TY(6} R TY(6}
I PR(4) I PR(4} I PR(4}
P FE(2) P FE(2} P FE(2}
Health: 166 Health: 100 Health: 106
Karma: 12 Karma: 12 Karma: 12
Resources: O Resources: 0 Resources: None
Popularity: -10 Popularity: -1 Popularity: -20

KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS: KNOWN POWERS:
Mineral Body: Butte is composed of Vegetable Body: Cactus is an ani- Prehensile Tail: Gila can deliver a
stone and possesses Incredible Ma- mate seguerro cactus mutated to hu- stunning blow of Remarkable
terial Strength. This gives her the fol- manoid mobility and intelligence. Strength with its tail.
lowing powers: Regeneration: Amazing replacement Poisonous Bite: Excellent intensity
* Incredible resistance to physical of lost body parts poison is injected when Gila bites a
and energy attacks Missile Creation: It can fire 10-100 victim.
* Immunity to gaseous or biological needles each turn, each needle do- Armorskin: Gila's reptilian hide gives
attacks ing 1 point of damage. Range 1 area. him Excellent protection against
Butte had to be completely shattered The barrage can be directed against physical attack.
before she would cease to function . a specific target or spread out in a Weakness: As a reptile, Gila is
Weakness: Butte is vulnerable to deadly circle. prone to cold-based attacks. He has
powers specifically intended to af- Weakness: Cactus is vulnerable to -2CS resistance to such attacks.
fect stone or earth. powers and attacks that specifically
Talents: None target vegetation . ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Contacts: None Gila hisses when he speaks. When
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: attacking, he will either swing his tail
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Cactus first attacks by firing its nee- into his foes or lunge with his hands
Butte appears to be a muscular dles, then swiping with its arms. It and attempt to bite.
woman with short hair, albeit made seldom speaks.
completely of stone. Butte considers
herself to be female and has a fierce
temper.

61

Additional Notes far Daminua' Minions

ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:

DRABDN CF THE MOON

STATISTICS: on's maximum power rank is Un- begins to mirror that of the Dragon;
earthly, its initial power rank number the being becomes more aloof, arro-
F GD(10) is 1 (Feeble rank). The intended vic- gant, and destructive.
A EX(20) tim must make a Psyche FEAT or fall
under the Dragon 's control . Each six The Dragon's maximum power
S AM(SO) months the dragon is in contact with rank is Monstrous. The Dragon
E Z(SOO) its chosen victim , its power rank seizes control when the victim finally
R EX(20) number raises by 1 as the Dragon fails his Psyche FEAT or voluntarily
tries to communicate with or take surrenders to the Dragon. The victim
I RM{30) control of the victim. The victim con- now becomes an NPC under the
P MN(75) tinues to make Psyche FEATs as Dragon 's control. The victim's
Health: 580 needed, although the player is un- Strength, Endurance, and powers
Karma: 125 aware of why this is needed. The vic-
Resources: N/A tim initially senses the Dragon as a are increased + 2CS (maximum of
Popularity: -200 vague presence. If the victim con-
sciously seeks to communicate with Unearthly rank), although he suffers
KNOWN POWERS the Dragon, the Dragon can raise its total loss of Karma for the duration of
Mind Control (Possession): The the possession. At this time the
Dragon of the Moon has the ability to power rank + 1CS each six months Dragon becomes visible as an im-
slowly corrupt and eventually take mense, intangible shadow behind
over a victim's mind. The process the communication continues. Dur- his victim .
takes some time. Although the Drag- ing this time, the victim's personality
Weather Control: Remarkable con-
trol over local weather and wind.

63

Weakness: The Dragon requires a Dragon allied itself with Modred, the self, attacked the Defenders. During
mortal host body to remain in the illegitimate son of King Arthur of Brit- the battle, the Valkyrie transported
Earth Dimension. ain who sought to overthrow his fa- her lifeforce and those of Androm-
Talents: None ther. Interloper, a member of the
Contacts: None superhuman race of Eternals, allied eda, Interloper, Manslaughter, Moon-
himself with King Arthur's forces. In dragon and the Dragon into another
ADDITIONAL NOTES: the final battle between the armies of dimension that lay between that of
Arthur and Modred, Arthur's forces Earth and the realm of Death. In the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: proved victorious, but Arthur and process, all their physical bodies
The Dragon of the Moon is a patient Mordred mortally wounded each
planner who will work for years to other. In a side battle, Interloper de- were destroyed.
corrupt a given victim . His ultimate feated the Dragon. Interloper and In that other dimension, the De-
goal is returning to the Earth dimes- the other Eternals imprisoned the
nion and conquering it. While trying Dragon within Saturn's moon Titan , fenders continued the battle and fi-
to corrupt a victim , the Dragon will home to the Eternals led by Mentor. nally proved victorious. However,
appear persuasive and charismatic, Later the Dragon helped bring about due to the incompleteness of the
or cynical and ruthless, depending the moral corruption of Mentor's son mystical circle that enabled the spir-
on the situation. Thanos, who eventually murdered its of the tour Defenders to take on
host bodies on Earth, the Dragon it-
HISTORY most of the population of Titan. self was able to return to Earth. An-
The Dragon of the Moon is a de- In more recent times, the Dragon dromeda, Interloper, Manslaughter,
and the Valkyire, now joined by Da-
monic entity that has existed at least made mental contact with Heather fydd ap lowerth, a descendant of the
since the beginning of Earth 's hu- Douglas, a young Earthwoman with Pendragons and spiritual heir of
man race. It has long sought to gain great psionic potential who was be- King Arthur, renamed their group the
power over the people of Earth ing raised on Titan under Mentor's Dragon Circle. As the Dragon Circle,
through moral corruption. guidance. As a result, Heather took they joined Dr. Strange to defeat and
the name Moondragon and fell in- apparently destroy the Dragon of the
Over a thousand years ago the creasingly under the Dragon's cor-
rupting influence as the years Moon.
Given the Dragon's nature and
passed. Odin , monarch of Asgard,
appointed the Valkyrie Brunnhilde to power, it seems unlikely that it has in
fact been destroyed. When and how
watch over Moondragon, who even- it will return to menace humanity
tually reformed her ways. Soon she
suffered a relapse and returned to anew remains to be seen .
the Dragon's corrupting influence.
Sensing the Dragon's return, Inter-
loper contacted the Defenders, the
superhuman team to which Valkyrie
belonged . Moondragon, her powers
supported by those of the Dragon it-

64

DRABDN1S CLAWS

DRABDN ment agent, ex-mercenary, ex- when fired from his gun, each does
farmer 40 points of damage to all within a
STATISTICS: Legal Status: Citizen of Greater 20' wide target zone up to 20 areas
Britain away.
F RM(30) Identity: Publicly known Shortsword: Good damage
A RM(30) Place of Birth: Unknown Body Armor: Remarkable protection
S EX(20) Marital Status: Married from physical attack.
E RM(30) Known Relatives: Tanya Witinski Nightscope: Typical vision in the
R EX(20) (wife), Michael (adopted son) dark
I GD(10) Past Group Affiliations: Dragon's Talent s: Leadership , Military,
P EX(20) Claws Strategy/Tactics, Guns, Marksman-
Health: 110 Present Group Affiliation: ship, Swordfighting, Piloting
Karma: 50
Resources: EX(20) KNOWN POWERS: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Popularity: 50 None
Equipment:
BACKGROUND: Machine Gun: 25 points of damage
Real Name: Dragon
Occupation: Game player, govern- per burst; 1obursts per clip. Range 7

areas.
Mini-missiles: 3 worn in helmet pack;

65

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Known Relatives: None MERCV
Dragon is a man trying to retain his Past Group Affiliations: Dragon's
i~tegrity .amidst squalor and corrup- Claws STATISTICS:
tion. He 1s loyal to his friends, allies, Present Group Affiliation:
an~ especially his ideals. Although
he 1s devoted to Tanya, his marriage KNOWN POWERS: F IN(40)
to her was destroyed by his return to A RM(30)
uniform. Computer Brain-assist Module S GD(10)
E EX(20)
HISTORY Bionic Eyes: Normal vision
Dragon (his only name) was an or- R GD(10)
Equipment
phan whose sole outlets were in ath- I EX(20)
letics and combat disciplines. After Taser: Target must make Endurance P EX(20)
an initial, tragic role with the Health: 100
Courtland Rangers, Dragon worked F~AT against Good Intensity Stun- Karma: 50
as a mercenary. After recovering Resources: IN(40)
from battle injuries, Dragon decided ning; range 1 area. Popularity: 40
to form the Dragon's Claws. After the
banning of The Game, he became a Stunwand: Target must make Endur-
farmer and married Tanya Ritinski.
When N.U.R.S.E. reactivated the ance FEAT against Excellent Inten-
Dragon's Claws, they decided to
eliminate Dragon's family. Chance sity Stunning; range contact only.
intervention by the Shrine saved Ta-
nya, Michael, and her father. During Gas-Gun: 20' cone of opaque knock-
the Dragon's Claws's rescue and the
out gas of Good Intensity. Victims BACKGROUND:
tfharmeiely-wwaaysfirsepfilgithut pth.aTt arneysau'lstedf~tthheer Real Name: Mercy Connaught
lose consciousness for 10-20 turns. Occupation: Game player, govern-
was killed, Michael went with ment agent, vigilante
Dragon, and Tanya went with the sur- Talents: Amazing Reason in the field
viving Shriners. Legal Status: Citizen of Greater
of.computer hardware and program- Britain
DIGIT Identity: Publicly known
ming. Other mechanical skills in- Place of Birth: Greater Britain
STATISTICS: Marital Status: Single
clude Electronics, Electrical Past Group Affiliations: Dragon's
F EX(20) Claws
Engineering, and Repair/Tinkering. Present Group Affiliation:
sA GD(10)
GD(20) Fighting skills include Martial Arts D
E GD(20)
Guns, Blunt Weapons, Explosives'
R IN(40)
I IN(40) and Piloting. '
p TY(6)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Health: 70
Karma: 86 KNOWN POWERS:
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: 20 None

BACKGROUND: Equipment:
Real Name: Gan Ayerson
Occupation: Game player, govern- Daggers: Two carried in shoulder
ment ·agent
Legal Status: Citizen of Greater sheathes. 1O points of damage. Can
Britain
Identity: Publicly known be thrown 2 areas. .
Place of Birth: Scotland, Greater
Britain Machine Pistol: Does 20 points of
Marital Status: Single
damage per clip at a range of 3 areas
66
when used as a machine gun. Does

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: 15 points of damage at a range of 7
Digit acts more like a machine than a
human. He is logical, analytical, and areas when used as a sniper rifle. 6
rarely emotional. He prefers nonle-
thal weaponry. bursts of 6 bullets per clip.

HISTORY Talents: AAcarnodbaEt,icGs,unTsu,mMbalirngk~mMaanr-
Digit was born a genius and given
tKinail vA~rst.s Piloting, and Criminology'.
advanced educational training at an
early age. By age 16, he was a lead- She 1s an expert on vigilantes and
ing compute~ authority. However,
somebody tried to kill him. Digit their tactics.
wo.uld have died if not for the implan-
t~t1on of cerebral bionics he had pre- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
viously designed. Digit retired at the
WDC's order but he soon joined the ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Dragon's Claws. ~ercy ~s a lethal firebrand who is try-
ing to hve down her vigilante past.

HISTORY Talents: Marksmanship, Guns, Mar- Past Group Affiliations: Dragon's
Mercy was born in 8135, the only tial Arts B, Strategy/Tactics, First Claws
Aid, Tinkering/Repairing, Tracking, Present Group Affiliation:
child of indutrialist Anton Con- Traps, Animal Training, Piloting, and
naught. Her only childhood interest Survival. KNOWN POWERS:
was athletics. When her father was None
murdered in 8154, her skills came ADDITIONAL NOTES: Equipment:
into play as she infiltrated The Sword: Excellent damage.
Game, seeking his assassins. She ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Shoulder Spikes: Incredible damage
tracked down and killed the assas- Scavenger is a quiet-spoken man Boxing Spikes: Incredible damage
sins. Although she was arrested for who, despite his eccentric appear- Talents: Piloting, Martial Arts B,
one of the murders, she was re- ance, serves as the emotional an- Wrestling, Sword Master (Monstrous
leased to Dragon's protective cus- chor of the group. He is constantly Fighting ability with his katana). Flu-
tody. scavenging things. ent in Japanese and English.

She briefly returned to her vigilan- HISTORY ADDITIONAL NOTES:
tism after the ending of The Game, Little is known of his past, al-
but she quit when she realized she ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
had killed an innocent woman. Now though his accent and features hint Steel is a firm believer in honor and
she is the enemy of other self- at an Australian aboriginal back- acts as the moral conscience of the
proclaimed vigilantes. ground. He led a varied life on the Dragon's Claws. He rarely uses fire-
outskirts of society and the law. It arms.
SCAVENGER was not until he joined the Dragon 's
Claws that he finally found a place. HISTORY
STATISTICS: Steel was born in 8130 in a Japan
STEEL
F RM(30) dominated by crimelords. As he ma-
A GD(10) STATISTICS: tured, his body developed superhu-
man muscles. He considered
s EX(20) F AM(50) himself a freak fit only for The Game.
A GD(10) However, his father, a Yakuza war-
E RM(30) S IN(40) lord, demanded his son serve him as
R GD(10) E IN(40) bodyguard. When the Yakuza were
I RM(30) R EX(20) overthrown by a people's revolt,
p GD(10) I IN(40) Steel broke free of his father's domi-
Health: 90 P TY(6) nation. He rescued Dragon during
Karma: 50 Health: 140 the riots that followed, although he
Resources: GD(1 O) Karma: 66 was injured himself. Dragon offered
Popularity: 20 Resources: GD(10) Steel a position as the team's
Popularity: 40 blocker.
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown BACKGROUND: SCRATCH
Occupation: Game player, govern- Real Name: Shonin Ikeda
ment agent Occupation: Game player, govern- FASE RI P
Legal Status: Unknown ment agent
Identity: Publicly known Legal Status: Japanese citizen GD TY TY GD FE GD FE
Present Group Affiliation : Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Kobe, Japan Health: 32 Karma: 14
KNOWN POWERS: Marital Status: Single
None Known Relatives: Shukei (father) Scratch is Scavenger's dog and
Equipment: the team's mascot, although he
Shot Gun: 20 points of damage at a hates Steel.
range of 3 areas; 10 shells per load.
Grenades: 30 points of damage to all 67
in a target zone 30' wide. Can be
thrown 3 areas.
Flame Thrower: 30 points of damage
per turn, range 2 areas. Fire con-
tinues to do 10 points of damage per
turn until extinguished.
Nightscope: Typical vision in the
dark

He bites for Typical damage, teams took less kindly to the banning

moves 2 areas per turn, and Tracks of The Game. Many went on ram-

with Remarkable ability. HISTORY pages. N.U.R.S.E. reactivated the

The Earth of 8162 is an ecological Dragon's Claws specifically to deal
~nd social disaster. The seas are dry-
m_g. up, and the animals are dying. with the outlaws. In the months that
C1v1I unrest runs rampant in the deci-
THE PIG mated streets. The World Develop- followed, the Dragon's Claws dealt
The Dragon's Claws's tank-like aer-
with outlaw Game players such as:
ial transport.
* The Wildcats (feline motif)·

Control Speed Body Protection ment Council, the ruling body of the * The JJeosnt~esrs~(ocylosw(fnlammoettihf);o·'wers);
EX MN IN RM planet, developed The Game as a : The

means of curbing social violence The Vanishing Ladies (invisibility

Gust like the Roman Empire used the costumes);

KNOWN POWERS: gladiatorial arena). The structure of .. The Shrine (priests of archaic reli-

oHeavy Machine Gun: Each of the 1 The Game is simple: it involves gions);

HMGs has a range of 10 areas and hunter-and-hunted; nonlethal force .. The Evil Dead (monstrous motifs).
does 30 points damage per turn.
was originally planned, but Game They also took on other jobs as
aFroeuor nhasvweivfeixl emdo, ufnotrswoanrdthmeotuonptsa·~d6
players' weaponry rapidly grew well, such as twice battling the ro-
sides.
deadly. Eventually The Game be- botic assassin Death's Head and
Autocannon: Each of the 6 cannon
has a range of 1Oareas and does 40 came a free-for-all that was can- rescuing Raymond Golding', the
points of damage per turn. Each is
celled after one Game resulted in 56 WDC ambassador to Greater Brit-
on a swivel mount, 2 on top and 2 on
either side. dwe~asth~se.spOonnesibteleamf.o,r the Evil Dead ain. Golding would prove to be an im-
498 deaths by
One-Man Flier: 5 of these are carried portant ally. The Dragon's Claws
aboard The Pig.
this time. The National Union of Re- also uncovered N.U.R.S.E.'s inner

tired Sports Executives (N.U.R.S.E.) corruption and decided to deal with

was formed to deal with the problem the Matron and her Board of Direc-

of rehabilitating the forcibly retired tors. Coincidentally, the Evil Dead

Control Speed Body Protection Game players. No one suspected had also decided to kill the Matron
TY EX RM TY that Matron, N.U.R.S.E.'s leade[ had
even as the Matron was murdering
more intricate plans for them. '
he.r own Board of Directors. Al-

The Dragon's Claws were one of though the Matron managed to kid-

the best teams in the league. nap and psychicly torture Dragon

Dragon, the leader, had picked each and the Evil Dead's leade[ she was

mmoesmt bie~pr ofortr athnte,irtshkeililrs,baabsiiclitiients~garintdy: killed by Death Nell, another of the

Evil Dead.

a quality most teams sorely lacked. GoFldoilnlogwcinognvNin.cUe.dR.tSh.eEW.'sDcColtloaphsier~

After a Miami Game ended in a the Dragon's Claws as international

bloodbath, the Dragon's Claws with- peacekeepers.

drew from The Game and the mem-

bers went their separate ways. Other

68

STATISTICS: DREAMING CELESTIAL

F MN(75) ..-~
A UN(100)
S CL3000 69
E CL3000
R CL1000
I CL1000
P CL1000
Health: 6175
Karma: 3000
Resources: CL3000
Popularity: NIA

BACKGROUND:
Base of Operations: Beneath the
Diablo Mountains of California
Past Group Affiliations: Celestials
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS
Biophysical Control: Class 2000 abil-
ity to alter genetics and induce muta-
tions.
Clairvoyance: Class 1000
Energy Control (all forms): Class
1000
Energy Emission (all forms): Class
1000
Immortality: He cannot be slain; if re-
duced to 0 Health or Endurance, en-
ergy can be drained that forces him
into suspended animation.
Invisibility (Telepathic): Class 1000
ability to make mortals ignore his
presence.
Invulnerability: Class 3000 rank pro-
tection against physical or energy at-
tacks.
Telepathy: Class 3000 rank, mostly
used to communicate with other Ce-
lestials.
True Flight: Class 5000 speed (1 OOx
lightspeed).

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: alone who was responsible for the the key. Ghaur then recovered the
The Dreaming Celestial is primarily creation of their race and this was for vial from the Pyramid of the Winds.
concerned with regaining his free- this reason the rest of the Second He unlocked the vial with a key and
dom, but he is hampered by his ab- Host punished the Great Renegade. absorbed the energy within, thereby
solute immobility. Consequently, he In fact, Earth's Deviants had been giving himself the size and power of
must rely on intermediaries to regain created by Ziran the Tester, and the a Celestial. In this form Ghaur in-
his freedom. He cannot act until Celestials have created other races tended to lead the Deviant attack on
some being gains possession of the of Deviants, such as the Skrulls and the rest of the Celestials. However,
vial and releases the energy con- Dire Wraiths. Hence the nature of soon to Ghaur's horror, he fell under
tained within. At that time he can use the Dreaming Celestial's crime re- the mental control of the Dreaming
his telepathy to begin to take control mains a mystery. It is definitely Celestial, who forced him to fly to the
of whoever has possession of the known, however, that at the time of Diablo Mountains and begin digging
vial. Only after the motivating energy to release him from his tomb. Mem-
is returned to the Dreaming Celes- the Second Host's visitation to Earth, bers of the Eternals, another off-
tial's form can he become active. the rest of the Second Host discov- shoot of humanity created by the
ered that the Dreaming Celestial had Celestials, joined forces with the
HISTORY committed a grievous crime Avengers to form a being of im-
The Dream ing Celestial, also "against life itself." The Great Rene- mense power called the Uni-Mind.
gade is said to have rebelled against The Uni-Mind separated Ghaur's
known as the great Renegade, is a the rest of the Second Host but was consciousness from his body and set
member of the Celestials, the virtu· finally defeated in a great battle in it adrift in space. The Uni-Mind then
ally all-powerful extradimensional extracted the Celestial energy within
race who have conducted genetic space. The Great Renegade, or per- and placed it back within the vial.
experiments on the dominant races haps only his armor, was once
of many planets, including the hu- golden in color; after his fall, the The body then shrank to apparent
mans of Earth. The Dreaming Celes- color became black. nothingness. Other Celestials had
tial has an actual name but it has been aware of the Renegade's at-
been obliterated from any known re- The rest of the Second Host is said tempt to free itself and would appar-
cords. The Dreaming Celestial was a to have been unable to destroy the ently have intervened had it been
member of the Second Host of Ce- renegade. Hence they removed him necessary.
lestials which brought about the from energy of an unknown nature
great Cataclysm that decimated the which appeared to be a vital part of The Dreaming Celestial remains
Atlantean world. According to one his life essence and sealed it within a imprisoned but still seeks a means of
account, the Dreaming Celestial is vial that could only be opened with a release. It is known that a "time bub-
the greatest of the Celestials. Possi- unique form of key. The vial was ble" surrounds Earth between 17
bly the Dreaming Celestial is the placed within the Pyramid of the and 37 years in the future, making
most powerful of the Second Host, Winds, hidden within Earth's Arctic time travel to those years almost en-
although it seems highly unlikely that regions. The departing Host took the tirely impossible. It is believed by the
that his power exceeds that of such key with them when they left Earth.
Celestials as the immense Exitar, The Renegade himself was placed Council of Kangs that somewhere in
who dwarfs even Arisheim in size into an endless dreaming sleep and this period there exists a weapon
and might. buried below what are now the Dia- that was created by the Dreaming
blo Mountains of California. Celestial, a weapon powerful
The Priesthood of Earth's Devi- enough to wreak havoc throughout
ants, a genetic offshoot of humanity, After the Fourth Host of the Celes- all existing universes. As yet, noth-
allege it was the Dreaming Celestial tials arrived on Earth in recent years, ing more is known about this weapon
Lord Ghaur, leader of the Deviant or how the Dreaming Celestial awak-
priesthood, arranged for Deviant un- ened to create it.
derlings to invade the Celestials'
mothership and make a duplicate of

70

ECSTASY

STATISTICS:

F RM(30)

A GD(10)

s GD(10)

E EX(20)
R TY(6)
I EX(20)
p EX(20)

Health: 70

Karma: 46
Resources: EX(20)

Popularity: O

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Renee Deladier

Occupation: Head of a criminal or-
ganization distributing addictive
~ drugs
Legal Status: Citizen of France with
no known criminal record
Identity: Known within the French
criminal underworld
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, presum-

ably in France
Marital Status: Unrevealed, appar-
ently married at least once in the
past
~ Known Relatives: None

Base of Operations: Chemin des
Rosailles, to the north of Marseilles,

France
Past Group Affiliations: Head of
her own criminal organization

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: Ecstacy is also able to teleport her- ability to perceive the Earth dimen-
Ordinarily, Ecstacy possesses no su- self from one place to another in the sion in some manner while in the di-
perhuman powers. However, she Earth dimension by entering the di- mension of darkness, as she suffers
has at times possessed a variation mension of darkness herself, tra- no disorientation upon re-
on the darkforce powers of Cloak. emergence and can arrive in some
Gateway: When using her power, Ec- versing a distance, and emerging area she has never before seen with
stacy possesses the Unearthly-rank back into the " real" world. In this no chance of accidentally appearing
ability to mentally create an apera- way, she can cover 40 areas each while embedded in some solid ob-
round. She can theoretically take ject.
ture into a dimension composed of along other people, or she can "tele- Spirit Vampirism: Ecstacy constantly
an insubstantial featureless, intense port" other people or objects (up to feels a hunger of Remarkable inten-
black material of an unknown na- 20 areas) by projecting them through sity which urges her to seek out liv-
ture. The material offers no visual the dimension while she herself re- ing victims and project them into the
cues as to its surface, even when it is dimension of darkness, there to
viewed against the background of mains in the Earth dimension, as
the Earth dimension. However, it has does Cloak. Ecstacy shares Cloak's 71

been noted that the dark dimension
has a direction of orientation (corres-
ponding to Earth's " up and down")
and that time passes there, perhaps
much faster than in Earth's dimen-
sion. This black material may be re-
lated to the black substances and
energies manipulated by other su-

perhuman beings, such as The
Shroud or Darkstar.

serve as food for some powerful ma- sion to generate the Darkforce, While in France, the vigilante
levolent being. Ecstacy believes this Ecstacy can nullify mundane known as Cloak tracked down and
being to be the source of the powers sources of light with Excellent effec- confronted Madame Deladier, and
that she and Cloak share. Unlike tiveness, and magically-based light attempted to use his superhuman
Cloak, Ecstacy has no compunc- with Poor effectiveness. powers to transport her into the so-
tions about seeking out living beings Talents: Deladier is a natural leader, called dimension of darkness as
to project into the dark dimension. and has the Business/Finance skill. punishment for her crimes. To
Were Ecstacy to decide to resist the Contacts: Ecstacy is the head of a Cloak 's astonishment, Deladier
hunger, she would have to make a criminal organization, and is consid- forced him into the dimension in-
Remarkable-intensity Psyche roll , ered to have Cri'minal connections. stead. The sentience within the di-
first after 12 hours of spirit-fasting, mension of darkness had chosen
then again after another 12, then af- ADDITIONAL NOTES: Deladier to serve as its new instru-
ter another six, another three hours
after that, and so on, the checks ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: ment for "feeding" it with the life
growing closer. If she fails any of Deladier is a ruthless criminal. She forces of living human beings, since
these checks, she must seek out 1- enjoys wielding power and makes no Deladier did not share Cloak's moral
1O souls immediately. If she should apologies about doing so. She main- qualms about doing so. Thus, Dela-
fail a second roll before finding the tains her criminal holdings by her dier took on Cloak's powers, and
sacrifice, she might herself be con- track-record as a winner rather than Cloak himself, once again an ordi-
sumed by the entity. by any bond of trust between her and nary human being, was trapped
her subordinates. Ecstacy not only within the dimension of darkness.
Intangibility: Ecstacy can slip into in- accepts her powers when she has
tangibility, providing Monstrous-rank them , she revels in them. She is per- Sensing Cloak's agony, the sor-
Body Armor against all other attacks fectly happy to sate the darkness' cerer Doctor Strange entered the di-
except light-based or some magical hunger, and if the victims she picks mension of darkness to rescue him.
energies, against which she has only are useful for her purposes, so much There Ecstasy attacked both
Good protection. This intangibility is the better. Strange and Cloak. Strange pro-
not Ecstacy's usual state, as it is with jected an intense mystical light from
Cloak. Indeed, Ecstacy must make a HISTORY his amulet's Eye of Agamotto. Seek-
green Power FEAT roll every time Renee Deladier, who calls herself ing to absorb this light, the sentience
she tries to make use of it. of.the dimension withdrew Ecstasy's
"Ecstasy," is the head of a criminal powers, causing her to collapse into
Darkforce Generation: Ecstacy is organization based in Marseilles,
able to draw forth the essence of the France which distributed a newly- unconsciousness. Strange created
dark dimension and release it on developed addictive drug, also an interdimensional portal leading
Earth. It is from this dark material known as " Ecstasy" due to the tem- back to Earth and ordered Cloak to
that she makes her costume . Al- porary sensations it provides. (The escape through it and take Ecstasy
though the aperture she uses to do French government has not yet out-
this could theoretically be formed lawed the possession and distribu- with him. Once they were safe,
anywhere within her field of vision, tion of this drug despite its Strange himself returned to Earth,
she has always used the costume to potentially harmful effects.) closing the portal behind him, just as
help define the area of the aperture. the light from the Eye of Agamotto
Ecstacy has a stronger control over began to wreak havoc in the dimen-
this material than Cloak, and she can sion of darkness, which was unable
form the dark material into a solid, to absorb the mystical radiance.
manipulating it as if it were tentacles
coming from her body. Ecstacy can Back on Earth, Cloak regained his
give the dark stuff Amazing material- superhuman powers, and Strange
strength solidity, and exert Excellent convinced him not to turn them
strength through it. There are no lim- against Ecstasy. Months later, Ec-
its as to how many "tentacles" she stasy again took posession of
can form . Cloak's powers after Cloak had dis-
Shadow Casting: In addition to draw- appeared from Earth.
ing on the powers of the dark dimen-

72

ELECTRO

STATISTICS:

F GD(10)
A EX(20)

S EX(20)
E AM(50)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
P TY(6)
Health: 100
Karma: 36
Resources: Vary from FB(2) to
RM(30}

Popularity: -14

BACKGROUND:

Real Name: Maxwell Dillon

.Occupation: Former lineman for
Consolidated Edison, now profes-
sional criminal
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record

Identity: Publicly known

Place of Birth: Endicott, New York
Marital Status: Divorced

Known Relatives: None

Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: One-time
partner of Dr. Octopus, Sandman ,
Kraven, Vulture, Mysterio ("Sinister

Six"), Leapfrog, Matador, Gladiator,
Stilt-Man ("Emissaries of Evil "),
Sandman, Wizard, Trapster (" Fright-
ful Four"), Blizzard, and the Purple
Man
Present Group Affiliation :

KNOWN POWERS:

Electro, a textbook example of a
super- powered criminal, has devel-
oped his one straightforward power
toward a number of subtle uses.

Electrical Generation: Electro has the Electro can ride lines of high Electro can " feel" the course of
ability to generate and channel up- electro-magnetic potential (such as electricity through the circuitry of any
wards of 100,000 volts, delivering In- power lines) with Monstrous ground electrically-powered device. By suc-
c redible damage to grounded speed (9 areas/round). He has re- ceeding in an Amazing-i ntensity
targets, Good damage to insulated power FEAT against the rank of Rea-
or otherwise ungrounded targets. cently demonstrated the ability to son required to build the device (or
Electro's range is 5 areas, and he en- ride bridges of electricity that he him- against the Endurance of the device
self creates, allowing him to fly in the if the machine has an Endurance),
joys a + 1CS to hit. Electro can also same way that Iceman uses his ice- Electro can take control of the de-
slides, at Excellent ground speed (5 vice. His control is not capable of fine
discharge his attack at closer range, areas each round). This mode of manipulation: he can disconnect
increasing his damage. His bolts do travel once exhausted Electro rap- alarm systems, overload a subsys-
Amazing (or Excellent) damage to idly, but he can now travel in this tem, or perhaps control a computer
characters in the same area, and if in a very limied fashion. Producing a
Electro manages to actually grapple manner for a half hour at a time (at 75
his opponent, he can deliver Mon- miles per hour) without tiring. 73
strous damage, against which no op-
ponent is ungrounded. Electro has
developed a number of power
stunts.

recognizably human voice over tele- personality is largely unchanged.
phone wires would be beyond Elec- However, he's a thief and an extor-
tro's skills. tionist more than a killer, and he will
usually keep his word when it is mar-
Electro can channel his powers ginally convenient to do so.
into his own muscle tissue, produc-
ing controlled galvanic responses. HISTORY
By these means, he can temporarily Maxwell Dillon was a high-wire
increase his Strength to Remark-
able, but doing so causes Electro lineman for New York's major electri-
Typical damage, and his body would cal power company. While holding
never be able to endure extended power lines that were still connected
feats of strength (such as supporting to their spool, Dillon was struck by
a great weight) at that intensity. On lightning. The unusually configured
the other hand, if Electro is somehow magnetic field that was generated by
drained of power, his Agility and the wound spool of one- inch cable
Strength drop to Typical, with corres- and the live, high-tension wires
ponding drop in Health. caused a body-wide mutagenic
change in his nervous system. This
Electro can use electricity to keep change transfor'med him into a living
himself in good health. His recupera- electrical capacitor, powered by the
tive powers are astonishing, and microfine rhythmic muscle contrac-
with a sufficient power source (such tions that normally regulate body
as the power generators at Niagra), temperature. Donning a colorful dis-
Electro can "burn out" virtually any guise and calling himself Electro,
disease from his body, up to and in- Dillon decided to use his power for
cluding cancer. personal gain.
Invulnerability: Electro has Class
1000 Resistance to all forms of Elec- Electro's first and most frequent
trical energy, and Excellent Resist- nemesis is Spider-Man, although he
ance to other forms of energy. has also fought Daredevil, Captain
Talents: Electro has no significant America, and the Fantastic Four. Not
talents. particularly imaginative, Electro gen-
Contacts: Dillon has served as part- erally has employed his powers for
ner or agent of a wide variety of vil- robberies, extortion, or revenge. He
lains, and is on tolerably good has served several prison sentences
relations with most of them. He is and has had his powers investigated
otherwise well-connected in the at Project Pegasus. After yet another
criminal underworld. humiliating defeat at the hands of the
Shocker and Spider-Man, Electro is
ADDITIONAL NOTES: currently in prison, held in a special
electrically non-conducive cell, plot-
ting his next escape.

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Electro is the stereotypical "profe-
sional criminal." Dillon has proven
himself time and time again to be a
"team player," trustworthy as re-
gards his end of an assignment and
willing to support his partners in a
fight. These days, however, he's
soured on teams, bearing in mind
several bitter defeats he's suffered
while working with others. Electro's

74

EDN

STATISTICS:

F EX(20)
A PR(4)
S MN(75)
E CL5000
R Y(200)
I CL3000
P CL1000
Health: 5099
Karma: 4200
Resources: Inapplicable
Popularity: -5 (50 among those
aware of Eon's presence)

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Eon
Occupation: Cosmic custodian
.......----.. Legal Status: None
Identity: Eon's existence is not
known to the general populace of
Earth
Place of Birth: Outer space
Marital Status: Not applicable
Known Relatives: Eternity, Celestial
Axis, and Time (parents), Death
(uncle/aunt), and Galactus (uncle)
Base of Operations: Real universe
..-..._ Past Group Affiliations: None

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: the rank number of the increased ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Eon is a cosmic entity, tapped into power or attribute. Eon can also
and drawing powers from the Cos- choose to invest others with powers ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
mic Axis and the very fabric of on a much more short-term basis, Eon is a mysterious, powerful force.
space-time. As such, Eon has signifi- say for a day or two. These besto- Eon considers his actions carefully,
cant cosmic powers. walls do not cost Eon any Karma. and he is deliberate and moderate in
Energy Manipulation: Eon may ma- Eon may be responsible for the his activities. Paying attention to
nipulate energies at Class 1000 Omega Force, the mysterious most of the universe at once, Eon
level, which Eon may channel as: source of Captain Universe. sometimes appears to be absent-
* Shift X Resistance against any two Talents: Eon has virtually every sci- minded.
attack forms at a time
* Any sensory power at Shift Z inten- entific skill, allowing him + 1CS 75
sity
* All Elemental and Energy Control when inventing or repairing any de-
powers at Unearthly rank vice.
* Body Control powers at Shift X in- Contacts: Eon can call on the
tensity Champion of the Universe for aid
Teleportation: As a scion of Eternity, whenever necessary. As a cosmic
Eon can teleport around the uni- entity, Eon is aware of all other cos-
verse, or the worlds in any number of mic entities, and vice versa. Thus, if
pocket dimensions and alternate re- Eon were in peril, Eternity or the Cos-
alities at will, using his Class 5000 mic Axis might come to Eon 's aid.
teleportation ability.
Body Manipulation-Others: Eon
can invest others, usually the Cham-
pion of the Universe, with permanent
powers. Eon is limited to any powers
or attributes, up to Monstrous rank.
This permanent investment requires
Eon to spend Karma equal to 5 times

HISTORY the Celestial Axis becomes Yggdra- ago.
Eon is a sentient, quasi-physical sil the World Tree.) In recent years Eon selected Cap-

entity, roughly 20 feet in height, that Eon's principal function is to nur- tain Mar-Vell of Kree as a protector of
resembles a tree with certain hu- ture the evolution of the sentient life the universe. Mar Vell, who distin-
manoid features and possesses forms of the universe and to maintain guished himself both in the Kree mili-
great power and considerable knowl- conditions conducive to life within tary and as a defender of Earth was
edge of the cosmos. Almost as old as the universe. Eon regards Earth and
the universe itself, Eon was among its human denizens as having partic- appointed protector to combat the
the first sentient entities formed in ular importance -to the history of the menace of Thanos, one of the Eter-
the wake of the Big Bang and has ex- universe. Eon regards the present nals of Titan, who sought to destroy
isted for 8 billion years. Eon claims to time as a crucial one in Earth's his- the universe. Mar-Vell led the Earth's
be the offspring of Eternity, which is tory due to the emergence over re- staunchest champions against
the entity that embodies all life cent decades of growing numbers of Thanos, who ultimately was de-
forces in the universe, the Celestial superhuman beings. Eon believes feated by them . Eon granted Mar-
Axis, which is the pattern of organic that a superhuman race is quickly Vell the heightened consciousness
energy threading itself through the evolving on Earth that will bring a called "cosmic awareness" to aid
"golden age" to the universe as a him in his crusade against Thanos.
known universe, and Time itself, whole. Mar-Vell was the only one of the
which appears to be another aspect champions chosen by Eon who did
of the entity called Eternity. One of Eon's major functions is the not wear the quantum-bands, which
appointment of a protector of life in
Until quite recently, Eon dwelled in the universe. Since its creation, Eon had fallen into the possession of the
a pocket dimension adjacent to has anticipated major threats to life costumed crusader known as Marvel
Earth's universe, from which it could and has chosen champions to de- Boy.
observe this universe. However, Eon fend the universe against these
can materialize anywhere in the uni- threats. It is not known how fre- Following Mar-Veil's death from
quently Eon appoints these protec- cancer, Eon selected Wendell Elvis
verse it chooses. tors, if there is a virtually unbroken Vaughn, also known as the cos-
Eon appears to be a sort of cosmic progression of them , or if they are tumed champion Quasar, as the next
only selected when the need arises. protector of the universe. Quasar
custodian that monitors life in the Eon has appointed numerous such had already acquired the wristbands
universe. Beings with an abundance guardians, selecting them from vari- following Marvel Boy's death. Eon
of power particularly attract Eon 's at- ous sentient races, including one told Quasar that he was to defend
tention . Eon is believed to be respon- from the Elan. All but one of these both the universe and Eon itself from
sible for certain phenomena on champions wore devices called an unidentified menace to them both
Earth, a planet that lies along the Ce- quantum-bands that Eon created that originates on Earth. To better
lestial Axis. Eon apparently had that enable the champions to manip- protect Eon, Quasar brought Eon
ulate..energy at will. Eon has also be- back to Earth, and has concealed it
something to do with certain other di- stowed other powers upon the in an office in Four Freedoms Plaza
mensions in which beings of godlike guardians it has chosen. The first
powers dwell. (In most of these di- champion of life that Eon appointed in Manhattan. Eon remains there at
mensions, the Celestial Axis mani- was Glakandar, about 5 billion years this time, advising Quasar in his mis-
fests itself as a physical object. In the sion against the unidentified men-
dimension of Asgard, for example,
ace.

76

ETERNI~

STATISTICS:

F CL5000
A CL5000
S CL5000
E CL5000
R CL5000
I CL5000
P CL5000
Health: 20,000
~ Karma: 15,000
Resources: CL5000
Popularity: 0 (100 for those aware of
Eternity's existance)

77

BACKGROUND: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: who may combat the attackers on
Real Name: Eternity Eternity is the sum total of life in the their own mortal levels. These ser-
Occupation: Abstract concept of the universe and is therefore not the vants have a vested interest in see-
Universe easiest character to argue with. ing Eternity survive intact, as
Legal Status: None When Eternity appears to lesser be- Eternity makes their very existence
Identity: Eternity's existance as an ings, matters must be grave indeed possible.
extended object is not accepted by and those beings would be wise to
the general populace of Earth listen to what Eternity has to say. It is Such was the case when the pow-
Place of Birth: Not applicable beyond emotion, beyond venge- erful extradimensional being known
Marital Status: Not applicable ance, and beyond gratitude. as Nightmare atempted to seize
Known Relatives: Galactus .Eternity from the inside, using all
(brother), Death (sibling), Eon (child) HISTORY sleeping sentient beings (usually
Base of Operations: Not applicable The origin and precise nature of one third of the total lifeforms in the
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation: the abstract being known as Eternity universe and therefore a powerful
are unknown and unknowable. It is minority of Eternity) to drive Eternity
KNOWN POWERS: the sum total of collective conscious- to sleep, and there by putting all of
Eternity is the spirit of the Universe. ness of all living things in the uni- Eternity under Nightmare's control.
As such, he may perform any Power verse, the embodiment of their life as In this state, Eternity was induced to
at Class 5000 ability, though he does Death is the embodiment of the end- dream planet Earth's obliteration.
not do so with any regularity. Eterni- ing of that life. Doctor Strange, who possessed the
ty's humanoid form is an artificial Gift of Extended Life, did not die, and
manifestation and cannot be per- Unlike Death, which Eternity re- journeyed to Nightmare's realm,
ceived unless Eternity wishes to con- fers to as its sibling, Eternity does there to free Eternity and persuade
verse with a humanoid. not often take an active hand in the him to recreate Earth.
Talents: Not strictly applicable. Eter- dealings of the trillions of lives that
nity knows everything, and does not make up its total. However, since As Eternity is the sum total of all
need Column Shifts when attempt- controlling the being Eternity allows living forces, destruction of Eternity
ing FEATs. the controller to wield Eternity's un- may eradicate the game universe
Contacts: Eternity's actions and limited Powers over the beings that and with it all other quasi-physical
state is observed by most of the make it up, this entity is a target for entities. Death and Eternity exist as
Earth dimension's cosmic entities extradimensional attackers of vari- partners, not competitors, and Death
and sorcerers, many of which would ous abilities. Usually Eternity can de- has never shown any rivalry against
come to Eternity's aid were it to re- flect such attacks without significant its "sibling." Eternity, for its part, has
quire it. exertion, but on occasion has had to rarely shown any interest in the
bring its own servants into play. pieces that make it up, though if
ADDITIONAL NOTES: While not as organized as the given sufficient threat (on the level of
"death- gods" that serve Death, the Beyonder) would willingly sacri-
these servants are usually powerful fice part of its infinite existence (and
individuals, such as Doctor Strange,
the planets; stars, and lifeforms that
make up that existence) to foil such a

foe .

78

STATISTICS:

F GD{10)
A GD(10)

s TY(6)

E GD{10}
R GD{10)
I GD(10)
p TY(6)
Health: 36
Karma: 26
Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: 0

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Sheikh Farouk al-
Fasaud
Occupation: Former oil minister of
the kingdom of Aqiria
Legal Status: Citizen of Aqiria

Identity: The general populace of
Earth believes Fasaud to be dead
Place of Birth: An unrevealed loca-
tion in Aqiria

Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Aqiria
Past Group Affiliations: The gov-
ernment of Aqiria

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:

Fasaud can transform himself from a

physical being to an electronic im-

age, a " living television picture." As

such, he has a wide variety of abili-

ties.

Body Transformation-Self: The vil-

r--- lain known as Fasaud has the In-

credible ability to transform himself

into electrical energy. This form

gives him the following abililities:

* Unearthly Flight (40 areas each

round) through a conductive me-

dium such as air or water

* Amazing Phasing through conduc-

tive material

* Monstrous rank Physical Invisibil- that he can understand. (If in doubt, maintained
ity to those who cannot sense electri- the Judge should roll a Reason FEAT Talents: Fasaud is a keen business-
cal energy
against the rank of Reason neces- man as well as a powerful sheikh. He
* Agility and Endurance increases to sary to build or modify the device in is considered to have the Business/
Amazing rank, with appropriate in- question.) Once inside a machine, Finance skill, and is + 1CS to hit with
creases in Health Fasaud has whatever fine control he daggers.

* Resistance to most attacks. Fa- might need, and moves the equip- Contacts: Fasaud would presum-
saud enjoys Amazing Resistance to ment like he might move his own ably have influence in the Aqiria gov-
Physical attacks, Monstrous resist- body
,.--.... ance to electrical attacks, and In- * If Fasaud solidifies part of his body, ernment should he return there.

credible Resistance against other he can attempt to grapple with an op-
energies
ponent. On a successful hit, Fasaud
* Fasaud can inhabit and take delivers Incredible damage to his
Amazing control over any machine victim every round the grapple is

79

ADDITIONAL NOTES: gory Dunbar, a reporter for CBS, publicly send space shuttles into
flight (the model NASA was using
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: launched an investigation into the had been involved in a catastrophic
Fasaud is corrupt, arrogant, and disaster), the government was se-
more than a little chauvinistic sheikh's activities, many of which cretly making shuttle flights into
against non-Arabs. He's rich, he's space from Aqiria, with the approval
powerful, he has connections with proved to be unscrupulous. Dun- of Khafir. These flights were in-
his government, and he knows it. He tended to transport military equip-
finds the use of his powers exhilarat- bar's reports circulated around the ment into space.
ing, but is not rash with them.
world, leading to a full-scale media The Fantastic Four clashed with
HISTORY Fasaud when he attempted to kill
Sheikhh Farouk al-Fasaud , who investigation of the sheikh. As a re- Dunbar in New York City. Two mem-

was thought to be the wealthiest sult, the sheihh lost considerable in- bers of the team, the Thing and Ms
man in the world, was the oil minister Marvel, journeyed to Aqiria to search
of the small Arab kingdom of Aqiria fluence. Holding Dunbar tor Fasaud only to be defeated and
known for its rich oil resources. The captured by him. The Thing and Ms
sheikh was said to be the most influ- responsible, the sheikh came to the Marvel escaped into outer space
ential person involved in OPEC, the aboard the shuttle. Fasaud transmit-
organization of oil-producing Arab television studio in Aqiria where the ted himself into space and took com-
nations, yet for years only people at mand of an American satellite armed
the highest levels of certain govern- reporter was working and tried to kill
ments knew the extent of the with "Star Wars" laser weaponry. It
sheikh's role in OPEC. him with a dagger. When Dunbar was this same satellite that Fasaud
had used to transmit himself around
This situation changed when Gre- dodged the attack, the sheikh acci- the world. Fasaud attempted to de-
stroy the shuttle with the satellite's
dentally struck a television camera weapons, but the Thing destroyed
the satellite instead. Fasaud then
with his knife, somehow causing an transmitted himself into the shuttle it-
self, but the Thing short- circuited all
electrical accident that drew all the ofthe electrical equipment he could
locate in the shuttle, thereby ap-
power in the studio into the sheikh's paently destroying Fasaud. The
shuttle crash-landed on Earth, but
body. However, instead of killing him, both the Thing and Ms Marvel sur-
vived. However, whether or not Fa-
the accident somehow transformed saud has truly been destroyed
remains to be seen.
him into the being now known as Fa-

saud, who has been described as a

living television image.

Dunbar, who witnessed the trans-

formation, fled and eventually ended

up working in CBS's New York City

bureau. King Khafir of Aqiria publicly

claimed that he had discharged Fa-

saud from his post as oil minister,

and that Fasaud was harassing his

government as a result. In fact, how-

ever, Khafir and Fasaud secretly re-

mained allies. Moreover, officials of

the United States government knew

of Fasaud's continuing role with the

Aqirian government. Since at that

point the United States could not

80

FIN FANG FDDM

STATISTICS: Chinese government Fang Foom takes up from 3-6 areas.
Identity: The general population of Because Fin Fang Foom's enor-
F AM(50) Earth does not believe in Fin Fang mous size is magical, this Growth
A RM(30) Foom's existence. rank does not substitute for the drag-
Place of Birth: China
S UN(100) Marital Status: Single on's Unearthly Strength when it at-
Known Relatives: None tempts Strength FEATs.
E X(150) Base of Operations: China Claws: Fin Fang Foom has claws,
R PR(4) Past Group Affiliations: None which allow him to make edged at-
I EX(20) Present Group Affiliation: tacks if it desires.
P MN(75)
Health: 330 KNOWN POWERS: True Flight: Fin Fang Foom's enor-
Karma: 99 Fin Fang Foom is a Chinese Dragon, mous wings propel it at Typical air-
Resources: FB(2) one of the most powerful creatures speed (90 miles per hour). It can
Popularity: -75 on Earth, marginally magical and im- travel at this speed indefinitely with-
pressive like nothing else terrestrial. out tiring and has demonstrated an
BACKGROUND: Growth: Fin Fang Foom has Shift Z ability to cross the Pacific Ocean.
Real Name: Fin Fang Foom Armor: The dragon's hide offers Shift
Occupation: Potential Celestial Bu- Growth, at 150 ft tall and at +4CS to
reaucrat X Resistance to Blunt attacks; Un-
Legal Status: Wanted by the Red be hit. When on all four legs, Fin
earthly Resistance to Physical
Edged , Shooting, Fire, Disease and

81

Acid; Monstrous Resistance against ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: of China to the enormous cavern in
other "natural" energies, such as Fin Fang Foom is hardly stupid, but it which Fin Fang Foom slept. Appar-
electricity or sonics, many poisons, is rash and prone to seek the sim· ently, the dragon had been sleeping
or any eldritch attack; and Amazing plest and most direct solutions to there for centuries, presumably hav-
Resistance against any other type of problems, such as hunting down an- ing been cast into unending sleep by
energies, such as the Darkforce. noyances and killing them. Fin Fang a certain herb. Having read about
Acid Cloud: Fin Fang Foam's acid Foom is not human in any sense, them in an ancient manuscript, Chan
breath can cover any three contigu- and its thoughts are alien and (ac- had brought samples of both this
ous areas, at a range of 5 areas from cording to Chinese mythology) semi- herb and another which , when
its head. The acid does Incredible divine. brushed against the dragon's lips,
damage, or Amazing damage could awaken the creature. Chan
against metal objects, against all HISTORY used the herb to wake Fin Fang
characters and objects in those ar- Fin Fang Foom is a gigantic Foom but then announced his inten-
eas. tion to put him to sleep again. En-
Tail: Fin Fang Foam's tail can give it a dragon, approximately 15 stories tall raged, the dragon pursued Chan,
second attack each round, doing whose origin is unknown but who is who fled on horseback, leading the
Amazing damage, and extending known to have lived in ancient monster to the coast, where the
three areas behind the dragon. China. Fin Fang Foom possesses Communist invasion force was
Telepathy: Fin Fang Foom employs a vast superhuman strength, can fly massed. Fin Fang Foom wreaked
limited form of telepathy to commu- using its enormous wings, is virtually havoc, destroying the invasion force
nicate with mortals. This communi- indestructible, and can produce 'acid in his furious effort to find and kill
cation is such that the dragon can mist from its mouth without harm to Chan. His mission thus accom-
detect lies on a successful Intuition itself. Fin Fang Foom is a sentient plished, Chan returned to the crypt
roll against the intensity of the liar's being and has been depicted as ca- with Fin Fang Foom close behind.
Psyche. Any creature foolish enough pable of speech, although it is more Back within the dragon's lair, Chan
to make eye-contact with Fin Fang likely that it actually communicates managed to brush the dragon's lips
Foom must make a Psych FEAT roll telepathically. with the herb that cast him again into
against Monstrous intensity to avoid a deep slumber. Chan returned to
being charmed by the dragon, ex- Fin Fang Foam's first recorded ap- Taiwan and eventually emigrated to
actly as if Fin Fang Foom had hypno- pearance in modern times took
tized the character. place nearly 30 years ago. Chan Liu- the United States.
Vulnerability: Fin Fang Foom is chow, the son of a Chinese father Years later, Fin Fang Foom awoke
acutely vulnerable to certain poison- and an American mother, was a stu-
ous herbs and potions. To know of an dent of ancient Chinese history and once more, and aided the monstrous
appropriate poison, a character legends. He lived on the island of Tai- It, the Living Colossus in defeating
must have Occult Lore or Mystic wan. Taiwan, also known as For- the invasion force of the alien Sto-
Background, or a Trivia Talent re- mosa, was the last major outpost of nians, also known as the Gargoyles
garding Chinese mythology. A char- the Chinese Nationalist government, of Stonus V. Having driven off the ali-
acter must also have the Biology skill which had been overthrown on main- ens, Fin Fang Foom returned to his
to recognize and locate the obscure land China in its Communist Revolu- lair in China. Recently, Jormungand,
herbs and ingredients for the po- tion. Chan's father was fervidly the Midgard Serpent of Norse my-
tions. Such poisons induce sleep or opposed to Communism and was thology, assumed the guise of Fin
paralysis, rather than death, in Fin angered by his son's refusal to join Fang Foom for an encounter with a
Fang Foom. Against them , it has no the Chinese Nationalist Army which number of Frost Giants and the
Resistance and its Health is reduced he hoped would oppose the main- Asgardian god Thor. However, the
to 33 points if such is currently land government. real Fin Fang Foom is a separate en-
tity from the Midgard Serpent. Since
higher than that. Chan, however, secretly had his the Midgard Serpent's demise, Fin
own plan for battling the Chinese Fang Foom came to the United
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Communists, who were then prepar- States, where he was opposed by
ing an invasion force to conquer Tai- the adventurers known as the Legion
wan. He had read the legends of Fin of Night, including Chan Liuchow.
Fang Foom and believed that the
monster was real. Chan went to
mainland China in a small sailboat
and made his way to a crypt guarded
by a primitive tribe who were un-
aware that it was the entryway to a
tunnel leading to the dragon's lair.
Chan entered the crypt and found a
tunnel that lead under the Great Wall

82

FIREBRAND

STATISTICS:

F RM(30)

A GD(10)
S AM(50)
E RM(30)
R EX(20)
I TY(6)
P PR(4)
Health: 120
Karma: 30

Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: -15

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Gary Gilbert
Occupation: Radical agitator and
terrorist, later business agent for

costumed criminals
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a

criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Simon (father, de-
ceased), Roxanne (sister)
Base of Operations: Mobile, later
the circuit of "Bars with No Name"
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: mal jet devices that enabled him to Business and Finance.
Firebrand had no powers of his own, fly. He could travel at Poor airspeed Contacts: Gilbert was connected
but designed many weapons sys- (4 areas per round), but was sharply with a large number of costumed
tems into his colorful costume. restricted as to how high he could fly. criminals. Indeed, it was this connec-
Battle Armor: The Firebrand armor Firebrand could only elevate himself tion that led to his death at the hands
was designed around its primary 12 areas (or stories) above a surface. of Scourge.
weapon systems. Microcircuited He left a trail of flame behind him as
servo- motors increased Gilbert's he flew, and if he flew fewer than five HISTORY
Strength to the level in the above sta- areas above a surface, all characters Gary Gilbert was the son of the un-
tistics. While not in armor, Gilbert's and objects in the area directly under
Strength is reduced to Good, with an him would be subject to Excellent scrupulous businessman Simon Gil-
appropriate decrease in Health. The flame damage. bert. Simon would take out his anger
armor was reinforced to allow Gilbert Talents: Gilbert had the Repair/ at business matters that displeased
to use his Strength without injuring Tinkering talent and was adept at
himself, in the process providing him 83
with Remarkable Protection against
Physical damage and Good Resist-
ance against energy attacks.
* The suit's other attack form was a
Monstrous Heat beam directed from
twin wrist projectors. Both projectors
firing in concert could produce heat
of Unearthly intensity. To protect
himself against.his own flames, Fire-
brand designed his suit so that it pro-
vided Monstrous Resistance against
flame damage and sufficient life sup-
port to breathe in the heart of a rag-

ing fire for 30 minutes.
* Firebrand's boots contained ther-

him by striking Gary, thus contribut- construction of the community cen- Man to do battle with him at the site
ing to Gary's hatred of his father. ter, arguing that the money for build- of Simon Gilbert's grave. Iron Man
Gary and his sister Roxanne both be- ing it could be better used in other defeated Firebrand there, where-
came political activists, engaging in ways, but they also refused to side upon Firebrand tried to kill Hogan
peaceful protests against what they with Firebrand and his violent tac- and another hostage. Roxanne
believed to be injustices. Simon had tics. Confronted by Iron Man, Fire- bravely stepped in front of her broth-
very different political views from his brand threatened to kill Bradshaw, er's blast to save the hostages. Iron
two children and quarrelled with both but Iron Man defeated Firebrand. Man captured Firebrand and turned
Gary and Roxanne over them. As a him over to the authorities. Roxanne
result of his arguments with the fiery- Later, Simon Gilbert, who was Gilbert eventually recovered from
tempered Gary, Simon Gilbert ban- chairman of the board of Stark In- her injuries.
ished him from the family home. dustries, tried to oust Anthony Stark
Roxanne left more quietly and of her from control of his own company. Gary Gilbert later escaped prison
own volition. Stark, as majority stockholder, in- together with the Mad Thinker, but
stead named himself chairman of they soon parted. As Firebrand, Gil-
Whereas Roxanne worked pa- the board and demanded Gilbert's bert attacked and defeated Iron
tiently at trying to bring about peace- resignation . In retaliation, Simon Gil- Man, who had just been weakened
ful changes in society, Gary lost bert contacted Firebrand, not know- by a battle with the Yellow Claw.
patience with working within the sys- ing he was his own son , and Jerald, an otherdimensional being
tem and became increasingly radi- attempted to persuade Firebrand to calling himself the Black Lama, then
cal. He believed it was necessary to destroy one of Stark's factories. Fire- took Firebrand to his native world.
bring about a violent revolution to brand refused to cooperate with Gil- Iron Man followed them through the
overthrow the existing American bert, since he considered his father interdimensional warp that Jerald
government and the American capi- an enemy as a member of the capi· created. Firebrand attempted to ally
talistic economic system. talist extablishment. Nevertheless, himself with Baron Rockier, Jerald's
Firebrand regarded Stark Industries enemy, and then attack the Earth,
Gary Gilbert had considerable tal- as a symbol of what he hated in but Iron Man thwarted Firebrand
ent in physics and set about to con- America, and decided to attack the once more, and returned with him to
struct weaponry to use in his attacks factory anyway. Firebrand battled Earth.
on the economic and governmental Iron Man once more at the factory.
systems. He began designing his Meanwhile, Simon Gilbert set explo· Finally, deciding to use the meth·
equipment while still attending a uni- sives to destroy half the factory, but ods of "the system" against itself,
versity, and received further instruc- was trapped beneath falling debris
from the fight. Firebrand tried to save Gilbert became a business agent for
tion for creating his weaponry by Simon, but Iron Man was only able to costumed criminals, finding them
attending training programs offered work in exchange for a commission.
by Stark Industries, the company get Firebrand himself to safety be- In this new role, Gilbert made con-
now known as Stane International. fore the detonator went off. Simon tact with his criminal cilents at the so-
Gilbert used the devices he created called "Bar with No Name," secret
to become the costumed agitator was killed in the explosion . Iron Man drinking establishments serving the
and terrorist called Firebrand. defeated Firebrand and turned him growing number of costumed crimi-
over to Stark Industries guards. Fire-
Firebrand's first known appear- brand revealed his true identity to nals. Gilbert became concerned
ance was in Bay City in the Midwest Iron Man and vowed to take venge- about the vigilante Scourge, who
where he urged the city's black com- ance on him for his father's death. was murdering a large number of
munity to engage in violent protest costumed criminals. Scourge was
against the construction of a com- Firebrand escaped from the clearly a threat not only to the lives of
guards soon after Iron Man left. Gary Gilbert's clientele, but also to Gil-
munity center. Thinking that Fire- Gilbert took refuge with his sister bert's own life. Gilbert set up a meet-
brand might become carried away Roxanne in Detroit. He became a ing of a number of costumed
and accidentally activate his weap- thief to obtain money to buy supplies criminals at the " Bar with No Name"
onry in the crowd he was address- to rebuild his battlesuit and weap- in Medina County, Ohio, to discuss
ing, Iron Man tried to restrain him. onry, and Roxanne could not bring strategies to use against Scourge.
Iron Man's action triggered a small herself to turn him in to the police. However, despite Gilbert's precau-
riot and led to his first battle with Fire- When Stark came to visit Roxanne tions, Scourge himself turned up at
brand , who admitted to Iron Man that Gilbert to buy her late father's stock the meeting in the guise of the bar-
he was willing to see members of tender and slaughtered Gilbert and
Bay City's black community be in- in Stark Industries, Firebrand kid· all the other criminals present.
jured if need be to opposed the exist- napped both Stark and his secretary,
ing power structure. Firebrand later Virginia " Pepper" Potts Hogan.
abducted Bay City councilman Lyle Holding Hogan hostage, and un-
Bradshaw, who, it turned out, was aware that Stark himself was Iron
engaging in political corruption. Bay Man, Firebrand demanded that
City's black militants opposed the Stark summon his "bodyguard" Iron

84

GATECRASHER ..ND THE TECHNET

GATECRASHER Marital Status: Unrevealed, pre- talents.
sumed single Contacts: Gatecrasher, as head of
STATISTICS: Known Relatives: None the Technet, has minor contacts
Base of Operations: Brighton, En- throughout the Omniverse.
F GD(10) gland
A TY(6) Past Group Affiliations: Leader of ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
the Technet Gatecrasher is an efficient bureau-
s RM(30) Present Group Affiliation: crat, an intelligent tactician in com-
bat, and a loyal team member. She
E RM(30) KNOWN POWERS: has a businessman's sense of honor
R IN(40) Telepathic Powers: Gatecrasher has and a born leader's ability to handle
I IN(40) rudimentary psionics that aid her in often bickering underlings.
p EX(20) her work as a freelance operative.
Health: 76 She has Typical rank Telepathy, and BODVBAG
Karma: 100 Poor rank Emotion Control. The only
Resources: EX(20) emotion Gatecrasher has been STATISTICS:
Popularity: 0 known to induce has been calm .
Body Armor: Gatecrasher is mas- F EX(20)
BACKGROUND: sive, standing almost nine feet tall A TY(6)
Real Name: Gatecrasher and weighing 700 pounds. Her bulk S GD(10)
Occupation: Freelance Operative alone provides Good Protection E EX(20)
Legal Status: None against physical attacks and Typical R GD(10)
Identity: The general population of Resistance against Energy attacks. I TY(6)
the Earth does not know of the Tech- Talents: Gatecrasher can use Mar- P TY(6)
net's existence tial Arts C and has the Leadership
Place of Birth: Unrevealed

YAP CHINA DOLL

SCATTERBRAIN GATECRASHER WAXWORKS

(alias FASCINATION) 85

Health: 56 CHINA DOLL FERRD2
Karma: 22
Resources: EX(20) STATISTICS: STATISTICS:
Popularity: -10
F GD(10} F EX(20)
BACKGROUND: A EX(20} A EX(20)
Real Name: Bodybag S EX(20)
Occupation: Member of the Technet s TY(6) E GD(10)
Legal Status: None R TY(6)
Identity: The general populace of E TY(6) I GD(10)
Earth is unaware the Technet's exist- R GD(10) P GD(10)
ence I EX(20) Health: 70
Place of Birth: Unrevealed p EX(20) Karma: 26
Marital Status: Unrevealed Health: 42 Resources: EX(20)
Known Relatives: None Karma: 50 Popularity: -3
Base of Operations: Brighton, En- Resources: EX(20}
gland Popularity: 0 BACKGROUND:
Past Group Affiliations: Member of Real Name: Ferro2
the Technet BACKGROUND: Occupation: Member of the Technet
Present Group Affiliation: Real Name: China Doll Legal Status: None
Occupation: Member of the Technet Identity: The general populace of
KNOWN POWERS: Legal Status: None Earth is unaware of the Technet's ex-
Storage sacs: Members of Body- Identity: The general populace of istence
bag's race possess one or more stor- Earth is unaware of the Technet's ex- Place of Birth: Unrevealed
age sacs; Bodybag has three. istence Marital Status: Unrevealed
Bodybag can eject a narcotic mem- Place of Birth: Unrevealed Known Relatives: None
brane around a target up to one area Marital Status: Unrevealed Base of Operations: Brighton, En-
away. Anyone encased in the mem- Known Relatives: None gland
brane takes Amazing rank Poison Base of Operations: Brighton, En- Past Group Affiliations: Member of
damage every round, until they ei- gland the Technet
ther break free (the membrane is Past Group Affiliations: Member of Present Group Affiliation:
made of Incredible Material the Technet
strength} or fall unconscious. The Present Group Affiliation: KNOWN POWERS:
poison has two effects. Primarily, it Four Arms: Ferro2 has two additional
physically numbs the victim; KNOWN POWERS: arms, and is omnidexterous, giving
Strength, Endurance, and all Energy Body Alteration-Others: China Doll him +3 on his Initiative roll, and al-
powers are reduced by three column has the ability to forcibly invest an- lowing him two attacks each round.
shifts per round until they reach Shift other character with Remarkable He usually uses swords which are
0. (The victim's statistics begin to rank Shrinking. (Although she has made of Monstrous Material
suffer the reduction immediately, threatened to reduce Waxworks Strength and do Good edged dam-
and specifically before the victim down to microscopic size, there is no age.
may first attempt to break free.} Sec- evidence that she could actually do Keen Senses: Ferro2 has a very
ondly, the poison is anesthetic. this.) Shrunken characters must sharp sense of smell, and is able to
When the damage (again, Amazing make a Psyche FEAT of Good inten- track prey by odor. He can also see at
every round} exceeds the victim's sity or be disoriented for 1-5 rounds. night as well as humans see in full
Psyche, the victim pases out, not re- Shrunken characters resume their daylight.
gaining consciousness until re- true size in 3-30 minutes, randomly Talents: Ferro2 is a champion
moved from the membrane, or at determined by the Judge and out- swordscreature, gaining + 2CS
Bodybag's leisure. side China Doll's control. when using his swords.
Talents: None Water adaptation: China Doll is am- Contacts: None outside of the Tech-
Contacts: None, other than the phibious. She can breathe underwa- net
Technet ter indefinitely, and she can swim at
Good speed. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: Talents: None Ferro2's brother was killed during a
Bodybag does not speak. He will- Contacts: None outside the Tech- bout of overconfidence, a trait char-
ingly serves Gatecrasher and is of- net. acteristic of Ferro2's species. Ferro2
ten the Technet's first line of attack. has claimed thereafter to be more
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: careful than his "bruzzer," and in-
China Doll is something of a bully. deed has shown himself to be dedi-
She enjoys using her power, treating cated and efficient.
her victims as objects and curiosi-
ties.

86

JOVBOV Earth is unaware of the Technet's ex- restructure them as per the conven-
istence tional Body Transformation power.
STATISTICS: Place of Birth: Unrevealed As his powers begin with an Incredi-
Marital Status: Unrevealed ble psi-scan, his powers fail if he can-
F FB(2) Known Relatives: None not penetrate his victim's mind. If
A FB(2) Base of Operations: Brighton, En- Joyboy makes an attempt to affect a
gland character, and that attempt fails, ei-
s PR(4) Past Group Affiliations: Member of ther because of effective psychic de-
the Technet fenses or resistance to the
E TY(6) Present Group Affiliation: transformation, Joyboy must make a
R EX(20) Yellow Psyche FEAT roll or pass out
I TY(6) KNOWN POWERS: for 1-1 O rounds. In any case, Joy-
p AM(50) Body 1i'ansformatlon-Others: Joy-
Health: 14 boy has the singular telepathic abil- boy's power is mostly instinctive; he
Karma: 76 ity to subconsciously sense has no control over how his power
Resources: EX(20) someone else's heart's desire, and might affect a character. The effects
Popularity: 5 the Monstrous rank Transformation wear off after 3~ 30 rounds.
power to give his victim what he Chair: Joyboy is considered to have
BACKGROUND: wishes for, but twisted. He can give two levels of permanent Shrinking.
Real Name: Joyboy his victim any power (usually uncon- As his atrophied limbs are of no use
Occupation: Member of the Technet trolled) up to Monstrous level, or can for locomotion, Joyboy has found a
Legal Status: None padded chair. The chair allows Joy-
Identity: The general populace of

FERR02 THUG

NUMBERS

87

boy to move at Poor airspeed (2 ar- remembering libraries of information Three rings together grapple with
eas per round) and, and it can carry with unerring accuracy. He is also a Monstrous Strength, and nine rings
only 100 pounds before sinking to lightning calculator, famil iar with or more hold someone with Un-
Earth. The chair is cybernetically thousands of mathematics tables earthly Strength. The rings them-
controlled; if Joyboy loses con- and algorithms. selves are made out of high-energy
sciousness, the chair drops like a Talents: None. material of Incredible strength. Each
brick. Contacts: None outside the Tech- ring lasts 1-10 rounds
Talents: Joyboy has Psychiatry skill. net. Talents: None.
Contacts: None beyond the Tech- Contacts: None outside the Tech-
net. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: net.
Numbers is a creatue of inertia. He is
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: slow to respond to a situation , and ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
Joyboy smiles benignly most of the sluggish in combat, but equally hard Ringtoss is an efficient, well-
time, and is capable of no better to stop when pursuing a goal. He behaved operative, and is thus an
speech than that of a normal human rarely involves himself in combat sit- oddity among the more colorful and
baby. His power is malicious and uations, and then only as the Tech- flamboyant members of the Technet.
cruel and there is suspicion that this net's last resort.
is precisely the reason Joyboy en- SCATTERBRAIN
joys using it. RINGTOSS
STATISTICS:
NUMBERS STATISTICS:
F EX(20)
STATISTICS: F TY(6) A GD(10)
S FB(2)
F GD(10) ~}' A TY(6) E GD(10)
PR(4) R PR(4)
s I TY(6)
A PR(4) P GD(10)
E GD(10) Health: 42
Karma: 20
S IN(40) R TY(6) Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: 5
E AM(50) I EX(20)
R EX(20) p GD(10) BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Fascination
I GD(10) Health: 26 Occupation: Freelance Operative
Legal Status: None
P GD(10) Karma: 36 Identity: The general population of
the Earth does not know of the Tech-
Health: 104 Resources: EX(20) net's existence
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Karma: 40 Popularity: O Marital Status: Unrevealed, pre-
sumed single
Resources: EX(20) Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Brighton, En-
Popularity: O BACKGROUND: gland
Past Group Affiliations: Member of
Real Name: Ringtoss the Technet
Present Group Affiliation:
BACKGROUND: Occupation: Freelance Operative
KNOWN POWERS:
Real Name: Numbers Legal Status: None Neuron Firing: Scatterbrain is an em-
pathic vampire, feeding on the emo-
Occupation: Freelance Operative Identity: The general population of tions of others. One result of this
hunger is that Scaterbrain can fire
Legal Status: None the Earth does not know of the Tech- the neurons of another person's
brain. If Scatterbrain touches her in-
Identity: The general population of net's existence tended victim, that victim must make
an Intuition FEAT against Unearthly
the Earth does not know of the Tech- Place of Birth: Unrevealed rank. A success indicates that the

net's existence Marital Status: Unrevealed, pre-

Place of Birth: Unrevealed sumed single

Marital Status: Unrevealed, pre- Known Relatives: None

sumed single Base of Operations: Brighton, En-

Known Relatives: None gland

Base of Operations: Brighton , En- Past Group Affiliations: Member of

gland the Technet

Past Group Affiliations: Member of Present Group Affiliation:

the Technet

Present Group Affiliation: KNOWN POWERS:

Energy Rings: Ringtoss can produce

KNOWN POWERS: 11-20 energy rings at a time (check

Body Armor: Numbers has thick to see how many each encounter)

hide, giving him Good Protection and can project them at up to four

against physical attacks and Poor closely-grouped opponents, up to

protection against energy attacks. three areas away. One of these rings

Edetic Memory: Numbers has an will bind an opponent as if it were

edetic memory for facts and figures, grappling with Amazing Strength.

88

victim enjoys Unearthly rank Cosmic KNOWN POWERS: his powers will last.
Awareness for as long as Scatter- Body Armor: Thug's skin provides The effects of this power can be
brain retains contact. Failure over- him Excellent Protection against all
loads the victim 's synapses and physical attacks, and Remarkable painful , however. A victim will black
shuts his brain down. Although the Resistance to all Energy attacks. out for 1-1 O rounds if he fails a
effects of the power are in the Un- Talents: Thug knows Martial Arts A, Psyche FEAT against Good intensity
earthly range, Scatterbrain's attack B, and D, as well as Wrestling. when he is first transformed, and
is only Amazing, and can be resisted Contacts: None outside the Tech- again when the transformation ends
with psychic defenses of that inten- net. and bones begin to knit together
sity. again. Being stretched does not pre-
Spirit Natue: Scatterbrain is partially ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: vent any powers from working, but
non-corporeal. She floats at Feeble Thug is nasty, brutish, and short. He many may be at diminished efficacy.
airspeed (2 areas per round) rather has a strong sense of honor and is Captain America, for example,
than walking, and she casts no unquestionably brave. would be hard-pressed to use his
shadow. She is considered to have Fighting abilities. The Human Torch
Good Protection against all attacks, WAXWORKS would still be able to ignite, however,
whether physical, magical, or psy- and Psylocke would have her full
chic. STATISTICS: complement of mental powers.
Talents: None. Energy Dampening: Waxworks can
Contacts: None outside the Tech- F PR(4) also decrease the strength of any or
net. A GD(10) all powers and superhuman statis-
tics within 3 areas of him, by two
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: s TY(6) ranks. He is completely in control of
Among her fellows, Scatterbrain has this power, and can decrease just
the reputation for being an airhead, E TY(6) those powers he chooses, automati-
but she is efficient and loyal , if a bit R TY(6) cally.
enthusiastic at times. I TY(6) Talents: Waxworks has Art Appreci-
p EX(20) ation as a talent.
THUG Health: 26 Contacts: None outside the Tech-
Karma: 32 net.
STATISTICS: Resources: EX(20)
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
F RM(30) Popularity: -1 o Waxworks has a particularly alien
A TY(6) mentality. It obeys Gatecrasher for
S AM(50) BACKGROUND: reasons of its own and appreciates
E RM(30) Real Name: Elmo the odd shapes it can change people
R TY(6) Occupation: Freelance Operative into. Like many other members of
I GD(10) Legal Status: None the Technet, Waxworks has negligi-
P PR(4) Identity: The general population of ble interest in the dignity of human
Health: 116 the Earth does not know of the Tech- life.
Karma: 20 net's existence
Resources: EX(20) Place of Birth: Unrevealed YAP
Popularity: O Marital Status: Unrevealed, pre-
sumed single STATISTICS:
BACKGROUND: Known Relatives: None
Real Name: Thug Base of Operations: Brighton , En- F FB(2)
Occupation: Freelance Operative gland A GD(10)
Legal Status: None Past Group Affiliations: Member of
Identity: The general population of the Technet s FB(2)
the Earth does not know of the Tech- Present Group Affiliation:
net's existence E TY(6)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed KNOWN POWERS: R GD(10)
Marital Status: Unrevealed, pre- Body Alteration-Others: Waxworks I MN(75)
sumed single has the Remarkable power to some- p EX(20)
Known Relatives: None how melt a victim 's skeletal system, Health: 20
Base of Operations: Brighton, En- so that the victim's body flows like Karma: 105
gland quicksilver. Fantastically, this causes Resources: EX(20)
Past Group Affiliations: Member of no real damage to the victim's body. Popularity: -1
the Technet It does however, prevent the victim
Present Group Affiliation: from exercising any muscular con- BACKGROUND:
trol for 3-30 rounds, until the effects Real Name: Yap
of Waxwork's powers wear off. Wax- Occupation: Freelance Operative
works has no control over how long Legal Status: None

89

Identity: The general population of family forced the Technet to turn over
all !heir accumulated wealth as repa-
the Earth does not know of the Tech- rations. Angered by this reversal in
their fortunes, all of the members of
net's existence GROUP HISTORY t~e i:echnet except for Yap and Fas-
The Technet is a team of bounty cination left the team.
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
hunters from various otherdimen- After a few misadventures and
Marital Status: Unrevealed pre- sional worlds. For a price they will some return of her fortunes, Gate-
hunt down and capture fugitive senti- crasher recruited new members into
sumed single ' ent beings, rescue prisoners from t.he Technet, and a few former mem-
captivity, or track down and retrieve b~rs rej.oined. At some point during
Known Relatives: None lost objects of value. The Technet this period , Fascination changed her
~anges through time, space, and var- name to Scatterbrain.
Base of Operations: Brighton, En- ious dimensions in their operations.
Opal Luna Saturnyne hired the
gland In the Technet's first recorded ex- Technet to capture Rachel Sum-
ploit, they were hired by Opul Lun
Past Group Affiliations: Member of Sat-yr-nyn on an alternate Earth to ma.rs, alias Phoenix, who Saturnyne
hunt down and bring back Byron claimed was a threat to the universe.
the Technet Bra-Dhok, alias Kaptain Briton the Phoenix, Captain Britain, Meggan,
otherdimensional counterpa;t to and Summers' friends Nightcrawler
Present Group Affiliation: and Shadowcat fought off the Tech-
"mainstream" Earth's Captain Brit- net, who then retreated. This battle
KNOWN POWERS: ai~. ~~ptain Briton fled to Captain led directly to the formation of the
Teleport: Yap can teleport himself or Britain s Earth, fought Captain Brit- team Excalibur by Phoenix and her
anyone whose current location is ain and switched costumes with him, allies.
known to Yap. He can teleport Mon- thereby deceiving the pursuing
strous distances instantly, or can Techn~t, w~o. then mistakenly took Recently, the Technet has estab-
take two rounds of concentration to Captain Bntam prisoner. The Tech- lishe? a headquarters on a pier in the
teleport up to Shift Z distance on the net brought Captain Britain to Sat-yr- Engh.sh seacoast city of Brighton,
third round. Yap's teleportation is nyn's Earth. There Captain Britain seeking the Phoenix entity. Since
disquieting for all individuals in- convinced the Technet that he was Phonix has departed the Earth di-
volved, who are automati_cally disori- not the man they had been hired to mension, the Technet has hired on
ented for ~ -5 rounds if they are not capture, and the Technet joined Cap- freelance. Nigel Forbusher, acting
p~epared. ~o teleport. Since Yap's tain Britain in battling the angry Sat- on behalf of "Courtney Ross" or
high lntu1t1on allows him to keep yr- nyn's troops. Captain Britain possibly Ross' evil otherdimensional
track of members of the Technet by returned to his own Earth where his counterpart, contracted the Technet
their psychic auras, he can bring sister, Betsy, had killed Kaptain to retrieve Jamie Braddock Captain
them along with his teleportation Briton when he attempted to assault Britain's brother. Braddock' was be-
even though they might be sepa- ing he~d by Doctor Crocodile, a cy-
rated from Yap. her. bernetic voodoo priest. Braddock,
Talents: None. Later, the Technet traveled on however, was in the process of
Contacts: None other than the Tech- apotheosis, and easily defeated the
net. business to the Wereworlds whose Technet by fighting them on a mysti-
natives became werewolves 'under a cal level where none of them had a
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: full moon. Here Elmo, a member of
the Technet, was gravely wounded whit of defense. Braddock then re-
Yap isn't exactly "one with the uni- by werewolves. Subsequently, Gate- stored them to their previous condi-
crasher either seriously injured or tions, with no memory of the fight.
verse," but his awareness is only
killed a member of the Berserker Pi-
slightly less than that. Instead of pro- rates who attempted to interest her
in becoming his lover. The pirate's
d~cing a sense of peace, however,

this only contributes to Yap's anxiety

and dread: he knows exactly how

dangerous the things around him

are. He finds comfort in Gate-

crasher's calm leadership, and relies

on her extremely heavily for support

often calling her "mother." '

90

GHAUR

STATISTICS:

F GD(10)
A GD(10)

s TY(6)

E TY(6)
R GD(10)
I EX(20)
p EX(20)
Health: 32

Karma: 50
Resources: EX(20)
Popularity: -3 (40 among Deviants)

BACKGROUND:

Real Name: Ghaur
Occupation: Priestlord
Legal Status: Citizen of Deviant Le-
.r-- muria
Identity: Unknown to the general
public of Earth
Place of Birth : "City of Toads," Devi-

ant Lem uria
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: " City of
Toads," Deviant Lemuria
Past Group Affiliations: Priesthood
~ of the Deviants, ally of Llyra

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: In this form, Ghaur had Shift X Ar- memorize the genetic code of every
Mind Control: Ghaur has Amazing mor against all attacks, and virtually living Deviant. This allowed him to
Mind Control powers which he can any other power at Shift Z rank. At use his Mind Control power on any
only use on Deviants whose genetic the same time, Ghaur's mind was de- living Deviant except Kro.
codes are known to him (see Talents stroyed by the Dreaming Celestial, Contacts: Before his transforma-
below). Ghaur has mastered the so the power was something of a tion, Ghaur was the center of a cleri-
power-stunt of altering a Deviant's mixed blessing. It required the uni- cal network that held great sway in,
malleable genetic structure, so he maginable power of the Uni-Mind to and eventually ruled, Deviant Lemu-
might bestow any new Body Altera- stop Ghaur from freeing the Celes- ria. His current status in Lemuria, or
tion upon a Deviant (up to Amazing tial's full energies. in Atlantis, is uncertain.
rank) or just as easily kill the victim
by inducing a lethal mutation. Kro, Talents: While a priestlord, Ghaur 91
who has Unearthly control over his had the Leadership and Occult Lore
own body, is immune to Ghaur's talents. Ghaur also had a Photo-
powers. graphic Memory, which he used to
Celestial Powers: As the culmination
of Ghaur's greatest plot, he pos-
sessed the enormous power of the
Dreaming Celestial. He possessed
the following statistics:

F MN(75)
A AM(50)
S CL3000
E CL5000
R RM(30)
I AM(50)
P SHIFTY(200)
Health: 8125

ADDITIONAL NOTES: hood remained seemingly content sons. Ghaur and Llyra also sent a
with its traditional functions until re- great sea monster to wreck the city
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: cently. Brother Tode, ruler of the De- of Atlantis, causing widespread
Ghaur is constantly looking after his viants, and most of the Deviant death. These deaths did not release
own goals: power and control. He ruling class attacked Olympia, prin- sufficient life energies to bring Set to
constantly hatches elaborate and cipal city of their longtime enemies, Earth , so Ghaur had Andromeda re-
ambitious plans to overthrow any au- the Eternals. The Eternals defeated trieve the globe containing part of
thority that might challenge him , be it the Deviant invaders and melded Set's life force from the Altar of Nep-
Deviant or human, and assert his their atoms into a giant stone-like tune's Wrath. He then directed the
own dominion or attain personal block which they cast into space. Scarlet Witch to use her probability-
power. He strikes from behind the The only known Deviant survivor altering powers upon the globe,
scenes when it suits him to do so, from that attack is the warlord Kro. thereby releasing enough energy so
and he will betray any allies as soon that Set himself began to emerge
as it is convenient for him to do so. Tode's son Ranar met with pries- physically upon the Earthly plane.
tlord Ghaur and claimed the throne.
HISTORY Doctor Strange, Quasar, the
Nothing has yet been revealed Instead, Ghaur had Ranar put to Thing , and Thor then dove into one
death. Next, Kro demanded the of Set's mouths in order to travel into
about the past of Lord Ghaur, head of throne from Ghaur for himself. his own pocket dimension. Set with-
the priesthood of the Deviants. The Ghaur allowed Kro to become the drew from Earth to battle these four
Deviants are a genetically unstable new monarch, but demonstrated his
race: physical characteristics be- contempt for Kro's new position by champions in his own realm, where,
yond bilateral symmetry radically having one of his own guards crush thanks to Thor's courage in sum-
change with each generation in a Kro's royal circlet of Ascendancy be- moning the Demogorge, Set was de-
Deviant family. Thus a Deviant child neath his feet. feated. Doctor Strange, Quasar, the
will greatly differ in appearance from Thing, and Thor all fled from Set's di-
either of his or her parents. The ge- Ghaur clearly intended to be the mension back to Earth. With Set's
netic instability of the Deviants is the true power behind the Deviant consciousness gone, Set's pocket
most important factor underlying the throne. During one scheme, Ghaur dimension then imploded, destroy-
structure of their society. Although infused himself with the power of a ing the rest of Set's body before it
the Deviants are ruled by a monarch mighty Celestial. When this power could regenerate its heads.
and what remains of their class of no- was driven from him by the power of
bility, a great deal of power in Devi- the Eternals' Uni-mind, so was Back in undersea Lemuria, Ghaur
ant society has long been held by the Ghaur's consciousness. His mind and Llyra plotted to sacrifice the life
priesthood. The priests attempt to and body drifted in space for a time energies of the seven " Brides of
weed out those Deviants who are as a nebulous mass. The Power Set" to empower the giant Serpent
born with the most extreme and gro- Cosmic of the passing Silver Surfer Crown enough that it might possibly
tesque differences from the others allowed Ghaur to reconstitute his
by publicly condemning them to body with some remnants of the still bring Set physically to Earth. The
death in the flame pits at " Purity Dreaming Celestial's power. The ma- Avengers, Fantastic Four, and the
Time ." Through such a measure, the lign Elder God Set absorbed most of Sub-Mariner battled against Ghaur,
priests assert that they keep varia- Ghaur's remaining Celestial power Llyra, and their combined armies of
tions within the Deviant race's ge- and expended it all to break a spell Deviants and Lemurians. Finally, as
netic makeup within certain limits. that the sorceror Doctor Strange had Ghaur mentally probed more deeply
previously cast to keep Set in exile into the Crown , he unintentionally re-
The priesthood has also served to from Earth. leased the spirit of Naga, former em-
perform the ritual of ascendancy that peror of Lemuria, who was
certifies the accession of a new ruler Ghaur returned to Earth, where determined that the power of the
to the Deviant throne. In the past, the Set directed him to form an alliance Crown should be his. Naga and
priesthood would simply allow the with Llyra. Together, Ghaur and Llyra Ghaur engaged in a battle of wills,
heir of the former ruler to become the reconstructed the Serpent Crown in and finally they and Llyra suddenly
Deviants' new monarch. However, an immense new version that was vanished. The " Brides of Set," re-
the priesthood could also designate said to be indestructible. They leased from mental control, hurled
someone who was not an heir to the planned to use its power to bring Set the Crown into an immense sea ca-
past ruler to become the new one. himself physically to Earth. Ghaur vern, where it remains buried.
placed the " Mark of Set" upon
For millennia, the Deviant priest- seven superhuman women-
Andromeda, Dagger, the Invisible
92 Woman, Marvel Girl, the Scarlet
Witch , the She-Hulk, and Storm-
thereby placing them under his con-
trol and designating them as the
"Brides of Set." Ghaur intended for
them to mate with Set and bear him

GHOUL

STATISTICS:

F EX(20)
A TY(6)
S AM(50)
E MN(75)
R PR(4)
I PR(4)
P PR(4)

Health: 151
Karma: 12

Resources: SH(O)

Popularity: -50

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Dennis Malloy
Occupation: Former hit man, lost
soul

,,...--...._ Legal Status: Citizen of unrevealed
country with a criminal record , de-

ceased
Identity: Secret

Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Some infernal
nether-realm

Past Group Affiliations: None
~ Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS: round. As the Ghoul is already dead, Monstrous ability to home in on the
The Ghoul is a demonic servant spe- he cannot be killed, just inconven- Hulk at a range of 1O miles.
cifically designed to attack the Hulk ienced for a long time. He is in con- Talents: The Ghoul is skilled in Mar-
and provide for a very long, horrific, stant agony, and his pain provides tial Arts B and E.
fight that would reveal the Hulk's him with an Excellent-rank Psi- Contacts: None.
brutal side. screen. ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Flight: The Ghoul's wings can carry
Poison Claws: The Ghoul sports him at Good airspeed (10 areas per 93
claws on both his hands and his feet. round). He leaves a fiery trail behind
These claws do Remarkable dam- him as he flies.
age, but they are mystically en-
dowed so only magical or artificial Homing Ability: The Ghoul has the
Body Armor (such as Juggernaut's

Cyttorak-based Invulnerability or
Iron Man's suit) offers any protection

whatsoever against it. The Claws are
made of Monstrous material
strength.

The claws are also endowed with a
powerful venom. Evil and selfish
creatures struck by the claws are
subject to enormous pain and must
make a Psyche FEAT or else imme-
diately withdraw at their fastest for 3-
12 rounds. The determination of just
how " evil" a victim is must be deter-
mined by the Judge, but the amount
of Karma the character has received
recently might be one helpful guide-
line.

Demonic Defenses: The Ghoul re-
generates 20 points of Health every

ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: was troubled and angry due to expe- now pliable form, pulling on the mal-
The Ghoul is an evil, malicious soul, riences engineered by "Nick Cloot," leable pseudo-flesh and dressing
suffering simultaneously from ex- a demonic entity working with the the Ghoul in claws, wings, and a mis-
treme disfigurement and an un- Las Vegas Maggia. As a result, the shapen face, all the while laughing at
quenchable thirst for vengeance. His Hulk, outraged by Glorian's intrusion the agonized Malloy. When the
mind is addled but surprisingly ra- into his mind, tried to kill Glorian. Ghoul finally emerged from the hell-
tional at times. He was manipulated Cloot appeared to Glorian after- ish dimension from which Cloot had
by a demon into attacking the Hulk, a wards, offering to assist him in mak- released him, he was filled with a
job he did with ferocity and vindictive ing the Hulk "see the light," and simple-minded, all-consuming ha-
relish. In the future, employers become a noble and self- sacrificing tred for the Hulk, whom he believed
would certainly find it prudent to individual. responsible for his disfigurement.
"point" the Ghoul toward a goal
rather than simply hiring him or rea- While Glorian naively went about His battle with the Hulk was brief
soning with him. casting illusions to make "Mr. Fix- but intense, and very graphic. The
it's" friends distrust him, Cloot Hulk, realizing that the Ghoul was
HISTORY sought a physical threat that would weakened in a stream of cool water,
For a time, the Hulk was operating reveal the Hulk's murderous person- set about to find a cold chamber to
ality to the public. To that end, he
in Las Vegas as "Mr. Fixit," a strong- found the soul of Dennis "the Men- continue the battle. He did so only af-
arm enforcer for Joe Berengetti, ace" Malloy, also known as the ter the fight had taken the combat-
owner of the Colliseum Casino. Glor- Ghoul due to Malloy's string of grisly ants into the kitchen of the
ian, an alien, reality-altering creature murders. Cloot offered Malloy's soul Colliseum, where the Hulk impaled
apprenticed to the Shaper of Worlds, an escape from torment, if Malloy the Ghoul on a meat hook in the
came to Las Vegas for the purpose of could climb a set of stairs to the sur- meat freezer. This ended the threat
giving the Hulk an illusion of his face world. Cloot warned Malloy that of the Ghoul, but served the interests
heart's desire. At that time, the Hulk a "gray demon" would try to stop of Cloot (in reality the demon Satann-
him. Cloot assumed the form of the ish). In the end, the Hulk intervened
Hulk and torturously altered Malloy's on behalf of Glorian, and so saved
Glorian from Satannish's grasp.

94

GILGAMESH

STATISTICS:

F MN(75)
A RM(30)

S UN(100)
E UN(100)
R EX(20)
I RM(30)
P RM(30)
Health: 305
Karma: 80
Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: 20

BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Adventurer, warrior,
and agent of the Celestials
Legal Status: Citizen of Olympia
Identity: Known to the Eternals, but
unknown to the general public of
Earth, who attribute many of his
great feats in ancient times to him
under different names, none of
which is his true name
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Formerly
Olympia, now mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Olympian
Eternals, Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:

Invulnerabilities: Gilgamesh is Invul-

nerable to Heat, Cold, Energy, Elec-

tricity, Radiation, Toxins, and

~ Disease. He does not age and can

still be affected by Stun, Slam, and

Kill results. He is only affected by a

Kill result that would scatter his at-

oms over a wide area of space.

Cosmic Energy Manipulation: Gilga-

mesh can manuipulate Cosmic En-

ergy at Amazing Rank, projecting it

as beams of force from his eyes. He

has developed no power stunts.

Flight: Gilgamesh can fly at Shift X

speeds (50 areas per round). must make another Red Endurance cient and " dead" human languages

PsionicAbilities: Gilgamesh can gen- FEAT roll or be paralyzed with pain from his years of wandering.
erate illusions of Remarkable Rank for 1-1 O rounds. No Karma can be Contacts: Gilgamesh is on good
to disguise his own appearance. spent on either of these rolls.
terms with the remaining Eternals on
During the period when he was Uni-Mind: Gilgamesh, like all Eter- Earth, as well as Thor and the rest of
blind, he possessed undefined sen- nals, can join the Uni-Mind.
the Avengers. He has acted and pre-
sory powers of Excellent rank that al- Talents: Gilgamesh is a skilled sumably is still acting as an agent of
,--... lowed him to compensate for his fighter, with Martial Arts A, C, and E, the Celestials on Earth.
blindness . Gilgamesh can also and Wrestling. He is familiar with the
psionically teleport himself at Shift Z space vehicles that the Eternals em-
rank, but must make a Red Psyche ploy. He presumably knows most an-
FEAT roll to do so. If he succeeds, he

95

ADDITIONAL NOTES: others. Eternals cannot be injured by con- ,,,--....._
Eventually Zuras, leader of the ventional means). Possibly the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: power released by the energy bomb
Gilgamesh is somewhat somber and Eternals, confined the Forgotten as he wrecked it was sufficient to
grim. He believes in the triumph of One to a sector of the Eternal city of blind him. He delivered what he said
good over evil, to the point where he Olympia. It is said that Zuras' reason was a message from the Celestials
disobeyed Zuras' orders and inter- for this action was the Forgotten to the Eternals, which was to not in-
vened in the affairs of humanity by One's pride and his insistance on in- terfere with the Celestials' plans. In
fighting tyrants. His years as an exile tervening in human affairs. As yet, recognition of the Forgotten One's
from Olympia have left him feeling no details of these charges have bravery, Zuras restored his freedom
estranged from his fellow Eternals, been revealed. The Forgotten One to him and renamed him "Hero," a
and he tends to act either as a lone remained banished to this sector, name that the Forgotten One has
agent or in concert with mortals. which the other Eternals shunned, abandoned.

HISTORY for centuries. But the mission that the Celestials
In ancient times the mighty Eter- Recently, while virtually all of the gave the Forgotten One went far be-
yond delivering that simple mes-
nal, now known as the Forgotten Eternals were meeting in the form of sage. Exactly what that mission is
One, roamed the Earth aiding ordi- the Uni-Mind, the Deviants launched remains unrevealed. However, in or-
nary human beings by overthrowing a spacecraft containing a powerful der to carry that mission out, the
tyrants and slaying dangerous energy bomb in the hope of destroy- Forgotten One went to the city of the
beasts. Human beings of those ing the mother ship of the Fourth Deviants in undersea Lemuria some
times called him by different names, Host of the Celestials. Sprite, an months later. Disguised in a hood
sometimes mistaking him for other Eternal left behind to monitor Earth, and robes, the Forgotten One ac-
heroic figures. For example, it is learned of the Deviants' plan and companied Kro, the new ruler of the
known that the Forgotten One was feared that the Celestials would re- Deviants, on his mission to the Pyra-
mistaken for the Olympian god Her- taliate by wreaking havoc on Earth. mid of the Winds. Also, the Forgotten
cules in ancient Grece, and, at other Sprite sought out the Forgotten One One regained his sight.
times, he has been known as Hero, and equipped him with an armored
Samson, and Gilgamesh, among costume and a spaceship. The Most recently, the Forgotten One
Forgotten One traveled into space, joined the Avengers, for the purpose
and the Fourth Host's leader, the of gaining further glories by defeat-
One Above All, teleported him into ing monsters and other threats to the
the Deviants' spacecraft. The Earth. He readopted the name Gilga-
Forgotten One wrecked the energy mesh, and dressed in a costume sty-
bomb and its spacecraft just before listically reminiscent of a great bull.
the moment of detonation. Then, After several adventures with the
floating stunned in space, the Avengers, during which he sus-
Forgotten One was drawn into the tained grave injuries in battle versus
mother ship of the Fourth Host. the Lava Men and Blastaar, Gilga-
mesh stepped down to reserve sta-
Some time later, the Forgotten tus to pursue other activities.
One reappeared on Earth and was
temporarily blind (the cause of this
blindness remains a mystery since

96

GLADIATOR I

STATISTICS:

F EX(20)
A GD(10)

s GD(1 0)

E RM(30)
R TY(6)
I PR(4)
p GD(10)
Health: 70
Karma: 20

Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: -7

BACKGROUND

Real Name: Melvin Potter

Occupation : Former professional
criminal, now small business owner
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record, now on parole
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth : New York City
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliations: Servant of
the Purple Man

Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:

The Gladiator had no inherent
powers, but was armed with spin-
ning buzzsaws on the back of his
wrists.

Equ ipme nt :

Weaponry: The Gladiator wore whirl-

ing sawblades powered with power-

r'""' ful electric motors. These blades

were of reinforced steel (Amazing

Material Strength) and delivered Re-

markable E_d_g~d damage .

Armor: The Gladiator's costume was

a light but very resilient steel mesh. It

provided Typical protection against

Blunt and Force attacks. Reinforcing

plates over Gladiator's nerve centers

and weak points shielded Gladiator

from the effects of Martial Arts D. (In

other words, Gladiator's Body Armor of Daredevil. If Melvin could find ROLE-PLAYING NOTES:
would be in effect against possible Daredevil, the hero would certainly
Slam and Stun results, even if he offer his help. Betsy Beatty, his so- In his heyday as a villain, the Gladia-
were fighting an opponent taking the cial worker, is another contact. tor was a psychotic killer, willing to
time to search out any weak points.) fight an honest fight, but always in
Talents: Gladiator is a Weapons ADDITIONAL NOTES: anticipation of the kill at the end . Af-
Specialist with his wrist blades, gain- ter Melvin was cured of his sickness,
-..., he was a ruined man, a " walking
ing + 2CS when fighting with them. apology," until he recovered his self-
respect. He is now a gentle man, and
He is able to employ Martial Arts C, someti mes confused as to which
D, and E, and Acrobatics. He is also actions he ought to pursue. He is
a skilled tailor.

Contacts: Gladiator is now a friend

97

also filled with an inner strength that mind grew healthy enough so that ter was judged innocent by reason of
was missing even in his most savage the Gladiator personality separated insanity.
days. itself from his more realistic person-
ality. Melvin came to ask for help and Later, a group of small-time crimi-
HISTORY received it from Daredevil and a so- nals kidnapped Beatty and threat-
For several years, Melvin Potter cial worker named Betsy Beatty. ened to kill her unless Potter would
Ironically, it was during Melvin's lat- steal $1 million worth of jewelry for
was known in criminal circles as the est trial for the crimes he'd commit- them. Confused and broken-
Gladiator, a vicious foe in combat, ted as the Gladiator, when his killer hearted, Potter followed their direc-
and a useful and resonably depend- instincts were gone and he was at tions, wearing a replica of Roman
able criminal for hire. He was known last a peaceable man, that the King- gladatorial armor. In desperation,
best as an assassin. It was the Gladi- pin ordered Potter and his lawyer, Potter contacted Daredevil who eas-
ator, for example, who successfully Mathew Murdock, assassinated. ily foiled the Gladiator's attempt to
completed a contract to kill the origi- Contracting the assignment to The rob a museum and then tracked the
nal Eel. Hand, a rival group of ninjas, the criminals to their lair. Potter and
Kingpin reasoned that Daredevil Daredevil rescued the social worker,
Potter was a schizophrenic, be- would take vengeance against the and Potter's spirit was made whole
lieving himself to be an actual Ro- Hand, and the Kingpin's enemies and strong. Something of a romance
man gladiator; he would hunt and kill would be set against one another. has bloomed between Potter and
his opponent not really for the Again ironically, Murdock was in re- Beatty.
money, but for the thrill of the hunt al ity Daredevil, who acted with
and the kill. Eventually, Melvin's Elektra to protect Potter; Melvin Pot-

98

GDLDBUG

STATISTICS:

F TY(6)
A GD(10)

s EX(20)

E TY(6)

R RM(30)

I GD(10)
p GD(10)
Health: 42
Karma: 50

Resources: RM(30)
Popularity: O

BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jack Smith
Occupation: Professional Criminal
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
criminal record
Identity: Known to police
Place of Birth: San Diego, Califor-
nia
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Agent of
They Who Wield Power
Present Group Affiliation:

KNOWN POWERS:
The Goldbug is a man without super-
powers, but with a gift for invention,
whose love of gold is matched only
by his egotism.

Equipment: dust, packed into small grenades ened gold from his gold-gun, safe-
Gold Gun: Goldbug's major offensive that Goldbug can hurl up to 3 areas guarding him from accidentally
weapon is a gun which fires quick- suffocating himself. The costume
hardening "gold dust." The gun has away. The effects of the liquid are also contains a wafer-thin parachute
a range of one area, and can only af- identical to the gold-dust. and perhaps other safeguards. It
fect one target in an area. The gold Body Armor: Goldbug wears a pad- also employs an exoskeleton, artifi-
dust covers its target and, when ex- ded costume that provides Good cially boosting Goldbug's strength to
posed to air, quickly yields a metallic protection against Blunt and Force Excellent. Without the suit, Gold-
material of Monstrous Material attacks and Typical protection bug's strength drops to Typical, with
Strength. This metal (not truly gold, against all energy attacks. The cos- appropriate Health penalties.
of course) coats the target in an air- tume is coated with an enzyme that Gold Ship: The Goldbug has used a
tight cocoon, preventing any move- immediately breaks down the hard-
ment. A coated target takes Good 99
damage every round from suffoca-
tion, until his face is chipped free of

the dust. If a target is prepared for
the attack and has taken a deep
breath, he can put off the effects of
suffocation for 10 rounds. A charac-

ter who does not need to breathe will
be bound by the gold dust, but will
not suffer any damage. Coated char-
acters cannot see or feel anything
through the metal, but their hearing

is unimpaired. Goldbug has also de-
signed a liquid version of his gold