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Contents
Serpent Society ...... ...... . .. . . .... . . ...3 Talisman I and II .... . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . .99
Shadowcat ... . ... . ........... .. . .. . . .. .11 Taskmaster ... . .... . . .. ... . . . ...... . . . .101
Tatterdemalion . . . . .... ... . .. . . . . . . . . .. .103
Shang-Chi . . . .. . . . .. . . ...... .... . . . .....13 Terminus ............. . . . . . .... . . . . . .. .105
Shanna the She-Devil ......... ..... . . .. . .15 Terrax ................................107
Shaper of Worlds . . ................ . . .. . .17 Thanos ............. .. ................109
She-Hulk .. ............... .... . .. . . . .. . .19 Texas Twister . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ..111
SHIELD . ...... . ........ . . . . .. . .. . . .....21 Thing .. . . ......... .......... ....... .. .113
Shocker. . . . . .. . . . . ......... .... . . . .. . ..23 Thor. ................... . .............115
Shooting Star .. ... ............. .. . . . .. . .25 Thunderbird ... . .. . . . . ... . . ............119
Shroud . . . . .. . ........... . . .. . .. . . . . ...27 Thunderiders ..........................121
Sit .. .. . . . . . .. . . ......... . . . . . . . .. . .. ..29 Thundra . . . . .. . . . . .... . . . .... . . . . . ....125
Silver Sable ........ . .. . . .... ......... , .31 Tiger Shark ............................127
Silver Surfer .. . . . .. . .... ...... . ... . . .. . .33 Tigra. ; ." . .... . . . .... . . ........ . . .....129
Silvermane . . . ......... .... . .. . . . . ......35 Tinkerer . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . ... ...131
Sin-Eater........... .. . . .. . . .. ..........37 Titania . ...... .... ... .... . . ........ . ...133
Siryn . . . . . .......... .. .... .. . . .. . . . ....39 Titanium Man .. . .. ... ..... . ...... . . .. ..135
Slyde . . . . . . . . .......... ... . .. . .... .....41 Toad .. .. ... .... . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . ... ...137
Snowbird. . . . . ..... . ........ .... . . ..... .43 Tomorrow Man .. ... . . .. ... . . .......... .139
Sons of the Tiger ..... . .. . . . .. . .... ..... .45 Trader .. . . .. ... .. . . . . . .... . . . . .... ... .141
Space Phantom . . ..... .. . . . . .. . ........ .49 Trapster . .... . . .... . . .. ... . . . .... ..... .143
Spider-Man ......... . . . . . . .... . .........51 Trash .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .... ... . . . .. . . . .145
Spider-Woman ...... . .. . . . . .. ...........53 Triton .... . . .... ...... ........... . . . ...147
Spiral. . . . . . . ....... .. ...... . ... . .. . . ...55 Two-Gun Kid ...... . .... . ... .... . . . . ....149
Spymaster. . ........ .. . . ....... . . . .. .. ..57 U-Foes ............... . ...... . . ...... .151
Squadron Supreme ..... ... . . .. . . .. . . ....59 Ulik . . .... . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .... . . ... . . ..153
Starfox ... ......... .... . . .. . . .. .........69 Ultron . . .... . .. . . . . . . ... .. . . . ... .. ....155
Starjammers . ...... . . .. . . . . .............71 Umar .. . . . .. . .. ... . . . ... .. . . . ........ .159
Stiltman ...... . . .... . . .. . . . . .. . .........73 Unicorn ...............................161
Stingray . . ..... . . . .. . ...... . ... ... . . . ..75 Union Jack . ... .... . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . ... .163
Storm ............ . . .. . . . .... ... . . .. ...77 Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation .. ... . .165
Stranger ..... .... . . . .. ................ .79 Ursa Major . . .. . . . ........ . .. . ..... . ...167
Submariner ...... .... ...... . ........ . .. .81 Valkyrie . . ............................ .169
Subterraneans . . . . .............. . . . . . . . .83 Vampires . . . .. . . ............... . . . .....171
Sunfire . .... . . .......... .. .. . . . .. . . . ...85 Vanguard . . . ..... . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . ...177
Sunspot. ......... .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . ......87 Vanisher . . .... ... .. . . . .... . . . . . . . . . .. .179
Super-Adaptoid. . . . . .... . ........ . . .. . . . .89 Vermin ... . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .... . . . . . . .181
Super Skrull ....... . . .. . . . . .. . . . ........91 Vindicator . . . . .. . . . . . . .... . . . . . .. ......183
Supreme Intelligence . . . .... . . .. . .........93 Viper .................................185
Surtur ... . ........... . .... .... . . . .. . ...95 Vision ............... . . .... . . . . . . . . ...187
Swordsman ............ . . .... .. .. . . .. . ..97
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Volcana .. . ......... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Wonder Man . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . .......215
Vulture ................. . ........... ..191 Woodgod.......................... . ...217
Warlock . . . .... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . .193 Wraith . .. . .. . . . .. . . ....... ............219
Warlock, Adam . .. . . . . . . . ... . . . .. ...... .195 Wrecker and Wrecking Crew . .. . ..........221
Wasp . . .... . ... . . . . .... . . . .. ... . ......197 Yellow Claw.... . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . ....225
Wendigo .......................... .. ..199 Yellowjacket .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Werewolf . ... ........ . . ...... . .... . . . ..201 Ymir .. .... . ..........................229
Whirlwind ...... .. . .. .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .203 Zabu . .. . .. . . . . .. .....................231
White Queen.... . . . . . . . .. . ... . .. . . . ....205 Zeus . . .. . . . .. . . .. ... . ...... . . ........233
Will O' Wisp ...........................207 Zodiac ..................... . . . .. .. . . . .235
Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 Zombie . .. ................ ... . . . .. . . . .251
Wolfsbane ....................... . .... .211 Zuras. ...... ................... ... . . . .253
Wolverine . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .213 Zzzax . .. . . . ..........................255
Written by Scott Bennie, David E. Martin, and Chris Mortika
Edited by Anne Brown, William Connors, and Richard Steinberg
Cover by Jeff Butler
Interior Illustrations by the Marvel Bullpen
Typography by Betty Elmore and Kim Janke
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SERPENT SDCIETV
GROUP BACKGROUND members who are jailed . piing attacks, and inflicts Incredible
The Serpent Society is a business enter- Recently the Society accepted four damage. Anyone attempting to Escape
prise of criminals and mercenaries the Grapple receive a - 2 CS.
whose costumed identitites are based on new members-Black Racer, Copper- Elongation: Anaconda can extend her
snakes. The society is the brainchild of head, Fer-de-Lance, and Puff Adder- arms and legs up to one-and-a- half
Seth Voelker, alias the Sidewinder, who unaware that they were infiltrators times their normal length.
was inspired by three previous coalitions employed by Viper II. These four villains Gills: Anaconda is equipped with artifi-
of snake-criminals, each named the Ser- provided Viper II with the location of the cial gills that allow her to breathe freely
Society Citadel, allowing her to teleport both above and below water.
pent Squad. in with four other agents, Boomslang, Body Armor: Anaconda's skin, tough-
The first Serpent Squad consisted of Coachwhip, Rock Python, and Slither. ened to resist ocean depths, provides
Diamondback and Sidewinder escaped, her with Excellent protection from physi-
the original Viper, his brother, the original while Anaconda, Cobra, Cottonmouth, cal attacks and Good protection from
Eel (an eel is actually a fish, not a snake), and Rattler joined forces with Viper. energy attacks.
and the Cobra. It was organized for the Diamondback was able to summon the Talents: None
purpose of destroying Captain America. Captain, Demolition-Man, Falcon, Contacts: Anaconda is a long-time asso-
The second Serpent Squad was orga- Nomad, and Vagabond, who helped ciate of Sidewinder, leader of the Ser-
nized by the second Viper (the former defeat Viper ll's scheme to contaminate pent Society, and a charter member of
Madama Hydra) and consisted of the Washington, D.C.'s water supply. The that group. She was a former employee
Eel, Princess Python, the Cobra, and Captain is currently being held by federal of the Roxxon corporation but left that
Warlord Krang of Atlantis. It was made authorities and is unable to return to the organization to work as a mercenary.
up of agents of the Serpent Crown, an Serpent Society Citadel. The current fate
ancient artifact of immense power, and of Viper's allies are unknown, but it is ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
was defeated by Captain America, in his likely that Sidewinder will reform the Anaconda is not particularly subtle. In
one-time guise as Nomad, and the Sub- Society in a new location. combat she will simply grab an opponent
Mariner. and constrict them into unconscious-
SERPENT ness. If given a choice, she will go for the
The third Serpent Squad, comprised SOCIETY strongest-looking male opponent availa-
of Sidewinder, Anaconda, Black Mamba, ble, as she likes to show off her strength.
and Death Adder, was organized by Rox- ANACONDA
xon Oil Company to retrieve the Serpent ASP
Crown, which had been lost at sea. In the STATISTICS
process of recovering the Crown, three STATISTICS
of the four Serpents were trapped in an F GD (10)
underwater rock slide. Sidewinder com- A GD (10) F GD (10)
pleted the assignment and collected the A RM (30)
fee from Roxxon. Learning that Anacon- s RM (30)
da, Black Mamba, and Death Adder had s TY (6)
survived the undersea mishap, Side- E IN (40)
winder used them as t he basis for R TY (6) E EX (20)
another new organization of snake-motif I GD (10)
criminals. Eventually, Anaconda, Asp, p GD (10) R TY (6)
Black Mamba, Bushmaster, Cobra, Cot- Health: 90
tonmouth, Diamondback, Death Adder, Karma: 26 I EX (20)
Princess Python, and the Rattler Resources: TY (6) p TY (6)
became charter members of the Serpent Popularity: - 8 Health: 66
Karma: 32
Society. BACKGROUND Resources: GD (10)
The Serpent Society's first paying Real Name: Blanche " Blondie" Sitznski Popularity: - 5
Occupation: Former steelworker, now
assignment was a contract on the life of freelance criminal BACKGROUND
Modok, the renegade one-time leader of Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no crimi- Real Name: Unrevealed
the Advanced Idea Mechanics, taken out nal record as yet Occupation: Professional Criminal
by AIM 's current leaders. Princess Identity: Secret Legal Status: Citizen of Egypt with no
Python deserted the group during the Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal record
Modok affair but was captured and brain- Marital Status: Single Identity: Secret
washed to forget Society secrets. Death Known Relatives: None Place of Birth: Tanta, Egypt
Adder was slain by the criminal-killer Base of Operations: Serpent Society Marital Status: Unknown
Scourge while ransoming Python. These Headquarters, upstate New York Known Relatives: None
Past Group Affiliations: Serpent Squad Base of Operations: Serpent Society
vacancies to the ranks have yet to be Headquarters, upstate New York
filled. Ill, Serpent Society Past Group Affiliations: Serpent Socie-
ty
The Serpent Society advertises its Present Group Affiliation: Present Group Affiliation:
sevices through underworld channels,
claiming no job is too large. Society KNOWN POWERS KNOWN POWERS
members are not prevented from seek- Constriction: Anaconda's legs and arms Venom Blast: Asp radiates a form of par-
ing out their own assignments, but they are capable of wrapping around an alytic energy that inflicts Feeble damage
must pay a percentage of all their earn- opponent and constricting. Anaconda on anyone who remains in the same area
ings to the group. In return, because of with her for an hour. Prolonged contact
Sidewinder's teleportational powers, no receives a + 1 CS when making Grap-
member need ever fear imprisonment 3
again. Sidewinder goes out on no
assignment himself except to rescue
with Asp is fatal. She can direct this KNOWN POWERS BLACK RACER
energy into a single bolt of bio-energy, Oarkforce Manipulation: Black Mamba
striking a target in the same area with has the ability to project a cloud of extra- STATISTICS
her. This bolt inflicts Remarkable dam- di mensional energy known as the
age to living creatures, and those hit Darkforce. She can telepathically scan F EX (20)
must make an Endurance FEAT roll the mind of someone within two areas for A RM (30)
against Remarkable intensity or be a single image, the image of some trust-
stunned for 1-10 rounds. Asp cannot fire ed friend of companion, usually of the s TY (6)
another energy bolt until recharged. This opposite sex. She then projects an inky
normally takes a half an hour, but if cloud of Darkforce as an illusion of that E EX (20)
engaged in strenuous activity (such as friend or companion and directs the illu-
belly-dancing), she may recharge fully in sion to embrace the target. The illusion is R TY (6)
10 minutes. of Incredible intensity. The target may
Talents: Asp is a skilled dancer. Her Agil- attempt to resist the illusion with a I GD (10)
ity is considered Incredible when Dodg- Psyche FEAT roll against the Illusion's p TY (6)
ing. intensity. Failure allows the Darkforce Health: 76
Contacts: Asp was one of the first indi- illusion to approach and embrace the Karma: 22
viduals to be retreated into the Serpent character. The Darkforce grips with Resources: GD (1 O)
Society. It is not known if she has crimi- Excellent Strength, and reduces the Popularity: - 4
nal contacts in Egypt. character's Endurance by one rank at
the end of each round. If the character's BACKGROUND
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Endurance drops below Feeble, he or Real Name: Unrevealed
It is not known why Asp became a crimi- she dies. A Psyche FEAT should be Occupation: rrofessional criminal
nal, or what types of crimes she commit- allowed each round for the character to Legal Status. Citizen of the U.S. with a
ted before joining the Society. She is realize what is happening and try to criminal record
extremely loyal to Sidewinder, refusing break free. Identity: Secret
to pledge her obedience to Viper during Place of Birth: Unrevealed
the recent infiltration of the Society. In Bombardment of the Darkforce projec- Marital Status: Single
combat she will time her single energy tion by energy attacks related to heat or Known Relatives: None
bolt for maximum effect, and will other- light (such as flames, lasers, etc.) will Base of Operations: Mobile
wise use Dodging to draw fire while her disrupt the illusion and require Black Past Group Affiliations: Ally of Copper-
comrades finish off the target. Mamba to roll on the "Stun?" table. head, Fer-de-Lance and Puff Adder, tem-
Snakes: To make up for her lack of physi- porary member of Serpent Society,
BLACK MAMBA cal prowess, Black Mamba adorns her agent of Viper II
garb with four poisonous snakes. Each Present Group Affiliation:
STATISTICS has the following statistics:
KNOWN POWERS
F TY (6) FASE Lightning Speed: Black Racer is capable
A GD (10) TY PR FE TY of moving at Incredible rank land speed
Health: 18 (7 areas/round). She has mastered no
s TY (6) Power Stunts with this ability.
The snakes will automatically attack any- Extra Attacks: Black Racer makes extra
E TY (6) one who touches Black Mamba. They do attacks at Remarkable rank.
R TY (6) Poor Edged damage and inject a poison Talents: Black Racer has the equivalent
I TY (6) which will knock out the victim for 1-10 of Martial Arts A and E.
p AM (50) rounds unless an Endurance FEAT roll is Contacts: Black Racer is an agent of
Health: 28 made against Typical intensity. Viper II and has worked closely with Cop-
Karma: 62 Talents: Black Mamba has the perform- perhead, Fer-de-Lance, and Puff Adder.
Resources: TY (6) ing art of dancing.
Popularity: -3 Contacts: Black Mamba was a charter ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
member of the Serpent Society because Black Racer prefers to rely on her speed
BACKGROUND of her membership in the Serpent Squad to take opponents by surprise, using a
Real Name: Tanya Sealy Ill. She also worked briefly for the fourth Charging attack to knock them out. She
Occupation: Former call girl, now pro- Masters of Evil , setting up Hercules for becomes somewhat chatty when under
fessional criminal defeat without actually involving herself stress, and often complains about her
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a in combat. teammates taking their time.
criminal record
Identity: Known to the authorities ROLE-PLAYING NOTES BOOMSLANG
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois · Black Mamba is a lover, not a fighter, but
Marital Status: Single she can be ruthless and seems to enjoy STATISTICS
Known Relatives: None watching her victims smother to death in
Base of Operations: Serpent Society the arms of a " trusted companion ." If F GD (10)
Headquarters, upstate New York threatened or wounded, she will flee. In a A EX (20)
Past Group Affiliations: Serpent Squad group melee she will pick a single oppo- TY (6)
Ill, Serpent Society nent and attack him or her, leaving her s GD (10)
Present Group Affiliation: companions to handle the rough stuff. TY (6)
She is romantically involved with Side- E GD (10)
4 winder and is completely loyal to him. R
I TY (6)
p
Health: 46
Karma: 22
SERPENT SOCIETY
Resources: TY (6) Base of Operat io ns: Serpent Society BACKGROUND
Popularity: - 2 Headquarters, upstate New York Real Name: Unknown
Past Group Affiliations: Member of the Occupation: Professional criminal
B A CK G RO UN D Serpent Society Legal Status: Unknown
Real Name: Unrevealed Present Gro up Affiliation: Identity: Secret
Occupation: Professional criminal Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Legal Status: Citizen of Australia with a KNOWN POWERS Marital St atus: Unrevealed
criminal record Bionic Limbs: Bushmaster is a quadriple- Known Relatives: None
Identity: Known to the Australian gic who has bionic arms attached to his Base of Operations: Mobile
authorities shoulders and a 14(FM} long snakelike Past Group Affiliations: agent of Viper
Place of Birth: Unrevealed tail instead of legs. These modifications II
Marital Stat us: Unknown give Bushmaster the statistics listed Present Group Affiliation :
Kn own Relatives: None above. He can also move at Good land
Base of Operations: Mobile speed (4 areas/round} and spring up to 1 KNOWN POWERS
Past Group Affiliatio ns: Agent of Viper area away (or 2 stories straight up). If Whips: Coachwhip employs a pair of
II using his tail in Wrestling combat, Bush- steel link whips which extend from wrist
Present Group Affiliation: master may exert Remarkable constrict- bands. These Excellent material
ing strength on his opponent. strength whips can be used to do Excel-
KNOWN POWERS Claws: Bushmaster's bionic arms are lent Edged or Blunt damage, disarm an
Boomslangs: Boomslang uses two equipped with 811 metallic fangs. These opponent (with a Yellow roll). or ensnare
snake-shaped "boomerangs" made of claws are made of Remarkable strength an opponents arm (Grappling with Excel-
Good strength material. He can throw material, inflict Remarkable damage on lent Strength).
them up to two areas away. An opponent the Edged chart, and are tipped with Goggles: Coachwhip's eyes are some-
hit by this weapon takes Good Blunt snake poison of Excellent intensity. Any- what sensitive to bright light. She wears
damage and must make an Endurance one injected with the poison must make a polarized strip of material which pro-
FEAT roll against Excellent intensity or an Endurance FEAT roll against Excel- vides her with Excellent protection
be stunned for 1-10 rounds. lent intensity or be knocked unconscious against blinding attacks.
Talents: Boomslang is a Weapon Spe- and lose Endurance ranks if a second Talents: Coachwhip is a Weapon Spe-
cialist with his chosen weapon. Endurance FEAT is failed. cialist with his weaponry.
Contact s: Boomslang presumably has Talents: Bushmaster Reason is consid- Contacts: Coachwhip is an willing agent
several contacts with Australian crimi- ered Remarkable when dealing with of Viper II.
nals. He was recruited by Viper to serve bionics, particularly his own.
as a member of her Serpent Society Contact s: Bushmaster has served with ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
organization. the Serpent Society since its foundation. Coachwhip enjoys flaying opponents
He presumably has access to advanced with her whips and will usually make
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES research facilities to repair his bionic Edged attacks unless under orders to
Boomslang prefers to strike with surprise limbs. take someone alive.
whenever possible. He will fight back if
outnumbered, but is aware of his limita- ROLE-PLAYING NOTES COPPERHEAD
tions and prefers to work as part of a It is not known if Bushmaster is a quadri-
group whenever possible. plegic by accident or birth, but he has STATISTICS
adapted well to his misfortune. He is still
BUSHMASTER bitter over his condition, and takes out F TY (6)
his frustration by committing violent A GD (10)
S TAT ISTICS crime. Given the chance to become part
of a group, Bushmaster was grateful to s GD (10)
F EX (20} Sidewinder and remained loyal to him
A EX {20) under pain of death when the Society E GD (10)
was overrun by Viper II. R GD {10)
S EX (20} I TY (6)
COACHWHIP p GD (10)
E GD (10} Health: 36
R GD (10) STATISTICS Karm a: 26
I GD (10) Resources: GD (10)
P TY (6) F EX (20) Popularity: - 8
Health: 90 A GD (10)
Karm a: 26 BACKGROUND
Resourc es: GD (10) s TY (6) Real Name: Robert Reynolds
Popularity: - 7 Occupation: Professional criminal
E GD (10) Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a
BACKGROUND R TY (6) criminal record
Real Name: Unknown I TY (6) Identit y: Secret
Occupation: Professional criminal p TY (6) Place of Birth: Unrevealed
..--.. Leg al Status: Unknown Health: 46 Marital Status: Unrevealed
Identity: Sec ret Karma: 18 Known Relativ es: None
Place of Birth: Unknown Resources: TY (6) Base of Operations : Mobile
Marital Status: Unknown Popularity: - 3 Past Group Affiliations: Ally of Black
Known Relatives: None
5
Racer, Fer-de-Lance and Puff Adder, Past Group Affiliations: Serpent Socie- Ill , Serpent Society -
temporary member of the Serpent Socie- ty Present Group Affiliation:
ty, agent of Viper II Present Group Affiliation:
Present Group Affiliation: KNOWN POWERS
KNOWN POWERS Body Armor: Death Adder's skin was
KNOWN POWERS Bionic Jaws: Mclver's mouth and jaws modified with synthetic tissue, giving
Viper Stings: Copperhead employs have been bionically enhanced. His him Excellent body armor.
gauntlets which can fire a single burst of teeth were replaced with Incredible Gills: Death Adder had gills which
Remarkable electrical Energy damage, strength steel fangs, and his jaws were allowed him to breathe freely both in the
or a barrage of three blasts of Good strengthened and hinged so that they water and on land.
Energy damage. Copperhead receives a could open larger than the size of a Swimming: Death Adder was able to
+ 2 CS for each blast when firing a burst human head. Cottonmouth uses his jaws swim up to 4 areas/round.
of three. After six blasts, Copperhead as does a snake, inflicting Remarkable Bionic Tail: Death Adder possessed a
must spend two rounds recharging his Edged damage to an opponent. When synthetic four-foot tail with which he
gauntlets by absorbing power from a bat- Wrestling with an opponent, he does could inflict Incredible Edged damage
tery unit in his belt. Incredible damage. His jaws can close with a single blow.
Body Armor: Copperhead's metallic cos- with Remarkable strength, allowing him Poisoned Claws: Death Adder's gloves
tume provides him with Excellent Body to bite through many materials. contained Amazing-intensity poison.
Armor against physical and electrical Talents: None The claws could be used to inflict Excel-
attacks. Contacts: Mciver has several contacts lent Edged damage, injecting the poi-
Talents: Copperhead has the Guns tal- with criminal organizations in the south- son. The victim would have to make an
ent, which applies to his current weapon- ern United States. He was a member of Endurance FEAT roll against the intensi-
ry. He also has the Leadership talent. the Serpent Society until he betrayed ty of the poison. Those failing the roll
Cont acts: Copperhead has several them to join forces with Viper II, but he would fall unconscious, losing one
criminal contacts in the New York area. never actively served her cause. Endurance rank per round until dead. An
He is a killing agent and infiltrator for Endurance FEAT roll (at the reduced
Viper II. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES rank) could be made each round until the
Mciver is a pragmatist who owes loyalty victim was dead. Death Adder kept the
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES to no one. As long as Sidewinder and the antidote to the poison in his belt.
A ruthless villain who first attempted to Society could provide him with a stable Mute: Due to an accident during the
make a name for himself by taking on the operation, he stayed with them, only to implantation of his gills, Burroughs was
Human Fly, Copperhead has since go over to Viper's side when she over- rendered unable to speak.
decided to become part of a team . Like threw Sidewinder. He attempted to prove
his namesake (and several other mem- his allegiance by killing an unwitting Talents: Death Adder received a + 1 CS
bers of the Serpent Society), Copper- Diamondback, but failed and will have to
head prefers to strike suddenly and face the surviving Society's wrath. when using his tail.
without warning whenever possible. Contacts: Burroughs was a charter
member of the Serpent Society, having
COTTONMOUTH DEATH ADDER served with Sidewinder in the third Ser-
pent Squad.
STATISTICS STATISTICS
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
F EX (20) F RM (30) Death Adder was a silent, deadly killer.
A GD (10) He maintained an air of mystery by never
A GD (10) removing his mask. This, combined with
·S RM (30) his silence, made him an imposing fig-
s TY (6) ure. Nonetheless, the other members of
E GD (10) the Society respected him and went to
E GD (10) R TY (6) great lengths to find his murderer.
I GD (10)
R TY (6) p TY (6) DIAMONDBACK
Health: 80
I GD (1 0) Karma: 22 STATISTICS
p TY (6) Resources: PR (4)
Health: 46 Popularity: - 5 F RM (30)
Karma: 22 A RM (30)
Resources: GD (10) BACKGROUND
Popularity: -3 Real Name: Roland Burroughs s GD (10)
Occupation: Professional criminal
BACKGROUND Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a E GD (10)
Real Name: Quincy Mciver criminal record
Occupation: Professional criminal Identity: Secret R GD (10)
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York
criminal record City I GD (10)
Identity: Known to the authorities Marital Status: Single p EX (20)
Place of Birth: Mobile, Alabama Known Relatives: None Health: 80
Marital Status: Single Base of Operations: Serpent Society Karma: 40
Known Relatives: None Headquarters, Upstate New York Resources: GD (10)
Base of Operations: Serpent Society Past Group Affiliations: Serpent Squad Popularity: -1
Headquarters, Upstate New York
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SERPENT SOCIETY
BACKGROUND FER-DE-LANCE Karma: 30
Real Name: Rachel Leighton
Occupation: Professional mercenary STATI STICS Resources: TY (6)
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. wanted Popularity: - 3
for questioning in regard to a number of F RM (30)
crimes, but never convicted A EX (20) BACKGROUND
Identity: Known to the U.S. federal Real Name: Zelda DuBois
a u t h o rit ies s GD (10) Occupation: Snake charmer, profes-
Place of Birth: Austin, Texas sional criminal
Marital Status: Single E EX (20) Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a
Known Relatives: None R TY (6)
Base of Operations: Serpent Society I EX (20) criminal record
Headquarters, Upstate New York p GD (10) Identity: Known to the authorities
Past Group Afflllatlons: Member of the Health: 80 Place of Birth: Darlington, South Caroli-
Serpent Society Karma: 36
Present Group Affiliation: Resources: TY (6) na
Popularity: - 4
KNOWN POWERS Marital Status: Single
Throwing Diamonds: Diamondback's BACKGROUND Known Relatives: None
preferred weapons are a set of throwing Real Name: "Teresa" (full-name Base of Operations: Mobile
spikes built in the shape of diamonds. unknown) Past Group Affillatlons: Member of the
She can throw these up to 3 areas. Occupation: Professional criminal Circus of Crime, former member of the
Diamondback normally carries 10 Legal Status: Unknown Clown's Masters of Menace, the original
spikes, which have interchangeable tips. Identity: Secret Serpent Squad, and the Serpent Society
Types she has used to date include: Place of Birth: Unrevealed Present Group Affiliation:
Marital Status: Unrevealed
• Needles which inflict Good Edged Known Relatives: None KNOWN POWERS
damage. Base of Operations: Mobile Past Group
Affiliations: Ally of Copperhead, Black Snake Charming: Princess Python has a
• Venom which does damage as Nee- Racer, and Puff Adder, temporary mem-
dles, with Excellent-intensity lethal poi- ber of Serpent Society, agent of Viper II natural talent for training snakes.
Present Group Affiliation:
son. Although this is not actually a " power," it
• Explosive which inflicts a Remark- KNOWN POWERS
Claws: Fer-de-Lance utilizes a pair of 1- goes far beyond the normal limits of the
able attack on all within one area. foot claws strapped to both forearms.
• Acid which is of Remarkable Made of Remarkable material, these Animal Training talent. The Princess
weapons can do Remarkable Edged
strength and can inflict Excellent dam- damage. can, given 1-10 weeks of time, " train" a
age on living targets. Talents: Fer-de-Lance is trained in Mar-
tial Arts E and Acrobatics. She speaks snake, to be able to do anything she
• Narcotics which do damage as Nee- fluent English and Spanish.
dle, with a Remarkable-intensity sleep- Contacts: Apparently from Central or wishes that is within its capabilities. A
drug. If the target fails an Endurance South America, she has several contacts
FEAT against Remarkable intensity, that with organizations in these locals that trained snake can respond to non-verbal
individual will be unconscious for 1-10 have employed her as an assassin.
or verbal cues from the Princess. Such a
hours. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Talents: Diamondback has the Thrown Fer-de-Lance is a vicious killer who will feel ing of loyalty is instilled that a trained
Weapons skill. She is also trained in Mar- not hesitate to kill as many people as
tial Arts A and Acrobatics. required to accomplish her goals. She snake will attempt to protect the Prin-
Contacts: Diamondback has worked as has little use for allies, but is willing to
a mercenary for a number pf small-time work for Viper II because the pay is good. cess from attack even if she is uncon-
criminal organizations. She is a valued
member of the Serpent Society after her scious.
almost single-handed efforts to save
Sidewinder and defeat Viper. Snakes: Princess Python normally trav-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES els with and engages in crimes with a 25-
Despite her affinity for sharp, pointed
objects, Diamondback is not particularly foot rock python. Such a snake will have
vicious. She is attracted to good-looking
men, but is also favorably impressed by the following statistics:
" Boy Scouts." She currently has a crush
on Captain America and seems inclined FA S E
to " go straight" in order to appeal to him.
GD GD RM EX
Health: 70 1
PRINCESS Such snakes are considered to have a
PYTHON
+ 1 CS to their Strength when Grappling
and Escaping.
Talents: Princess Python is a talented
dancer and has the Performer skill.
Contacts: The Princess is a senior mem-
ber of the Circus of Crime. She was
expelled from the Society for cowardice
and is no longer looked upon with favor
by that group.
STATISTICS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
DuBois has always had criminal inklings,
F TY (6) but her lack of physical abilities makes her
A EX (20) wary of violence. It was this fear that led to
TY (6) her cowardice as a member of the Society
s GD (10) and her expulsion. The Princess' mentality
GD (10) is that of a small-time crook who is out to
E GD (10) make money at little risk.
A GD (10)
I
p
Health: 42
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PUFF ADDER RATTLER many. He was a member of the Serpent
Society but joined forces with Viper II
STATISTICS STATISTICS when she overthrew Sidewinder as lead-
er of the group.
F GD (10) F GD (10)
A TY (6) A GD (10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Rattler is one of the more powerful mem-
s RM (30) s EX (20) bers, as he combines great strength with
offensive ranged weaponry. He enjoys
E RM (30) E EX (20) watching opponents be slowly ripped
R TY (6) R GD (10) apart by his vibrational attacks, but is not
I PR (4) I TY (6) too picky about whether his allies are
p TY (6) p TY (6) clear. He is particularly untrustworthy
Health: 76 Health: 60 and joined forces with Viper II without
Karma: 16 Karma: 22 any physical coercion.
Resources: TY (6) Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: -3 Popularity: -3
BACKGROUND BACKGROUND ROCK PYTHON
Real Name: Unrevealed Real Name: Gustav Krueger
Occupation: Professional criminal Occupation: Professional criminal STATISTICS
legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with a legal Status: Former citizen of East
criminal record Germany, current citizenship and crimi- F TY (6)
Identity: Secret nal record unknown
Place of Birth: Unrevealed sA EX (20)
Marital Status: Unrevealed Identity: Secret GD (10)
Known Relatives: None Place of Birth; Breslau, East Germany E GD (10)
Base of Operations: Mobile Marital Status: Single R EX (20)
Past Group Affiliations: Ally of Black I TY (6)
Racer, Copperhead, and Fer-de-Lance, Known Relatives: None p TY (6)
temporary member of the Serpent Socie- Health: 46
ty, agent of Viper II Base of Operations: Serpent Society Karma: 32
Present Group Affiliation: Headquarters, Upstate New York Resources: GD (10)
Past Group Affiliations: Member of the Popularity: -1
KNOWN POWERS Serpent Society, ally of Viper II
Inflation: Puff Adder can "inflate" him- Present Group Affiliation: BACKGROUND
self up to 10 feet high, giving him poor Real Name: Unrevealed
KNOWN POWERS Occupation: Former metallurgist, pro-
Growth and a + 1 CS to be hit. His heavi- fessional criminal
Bionic Tail: Rattler's tail is a bionic legal Status: Unrevealed
er skin provides him with Excellent body implant of unknown origin. The tail has Identity: Secret
armor against physical and corrosive Remarkable strength, and Rattler can Place of Birth: Unrevealed
attacks. use it to do Remarkable Blunt damage. Marital Status: Unrevealed
Acid Spray: Puff Adder is able to spray In addition, it may generate sonic vibra- Known Relatives: None
acid from his mouth. His Corrosive has tion waves of up to Remarkable intensity. Base of Operations: Mobile Past Group
Remarkable strength. He only has a Used offensively, the vibrations strike Affiliations: Agent of Viper II
" range" of 1 foot, which allows him to Present Group Affiliation:
spray an opponent that is attempting to with Remarkable Force, breaking down
attack him in hand-to-hand combat. materials of lesser strength. The vibra- KNOWN POWERS
Talents: None tions can disrupt living and non-living Python Capsules: Rock Python uses cap-
Contacts: Puff Adder is a teammate of material alike. Living targets must make sules that open into quick-growing
Copperhead, Black Racer, and Fer-de- an Endurance FEAT against Remarkable metal-like tentacles. He can throw them
Lance. The quartet worked as a team intensity or be stunned for 1-10 rounds. at an opponent (up to 2 areas away) and
while infiltrating the Serpent Society. Even if the Endurance FEAT is made, all if they hit, that opponent is Grappled as if
actions by affected individuals are at -1 by Incredible Strength. Rock Python
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES controls the tentacles' growth through a
Puff Adder is a not particularly sophisti- CS due to vertigo. Rattler can also use cybernetic unit in his cowl. He can free a
cated villain who prefers to punch any- the tail to set up a vibrational shockwave victim whenever he wishes, and If he is
body he can connect with. Against tough that will deflect bullets and other physi- Stunned or knocked unconscious, the
opponents he will first employ his acid if cal missile weapons, acting as a tentacles lose their grip. Rock Python
possible. Adder is not too bright and is Remarkable strength force field against has enough capsules for four entangle-
more than willing to follow someone's such objects. This field will protect any- ments.
lead. one in the same area as Rattler. Rattler Talents: Rock Python is a skilled metal-
has no control over who he affects. He lurgist.
8 can target any area within a 2-area Contacts: Rock Python is an agent of
range, but everyone in that area, friend Viper II. It is unlikely that he has any
and foe alike, takes damage. Rattler's criminal contacts.
costume protects him from the effects of
his tail.
Deafness: Rattler is 85% deaf in both
ears. An electronic hearing aid in his
cowl provides him with normal hearing.
Talents: None
Contacts: Rattler presumably has a
number of criminal contacts in East Ger-
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES teleport another human being without SLITHER
Rock Python is into crime for the money. transferring himself. The ind ividual
Putting his mastery of metallurgy to use, would be shunted into the dimension STATISTICS
he attempted to attract the attention of and automatically shunted back out, but
the Serpent Society by taking a snake 2 areas away in the direction in which he F GD (10)
motif. Viper II spotted him first, and he was moving. If he or she were not mov- A EX (20)
was more than happy to take her money. ing, there would be no shift in position
A poor physical combatant, his usual and the attack would be useless. Side- s GD (10)
tactic is to stay at a distance and throw winder can do this by making a Yellow
his capsules. Agility FEAT roll to throw the cape over E GD (10)
an opponent.
R TY (6)
I PR (4)
p PR (4)
Sidewinder recently had backup cir- Health: 50
cuitry installed in his cape so that he can Karma: 14
SIDEWINDER teleport without the helmet. Someone Resources: PR (4)
STATISTICS familiar with the triggering mechanisms Popularity: -4
can therefore use the cape, but without
Sidewinder's instructions the teleporta- BACKGROUND
F GD (10) tion will occur in a random direction Real Name: Aaron Salomon
A GD (10) (although never above or below ground). Occupation: Mercenary
When such a random teleport occurs, Legal Status: Citizenship unrevealed,
s TY (6) the distance travelled is 1-10 areas. has a criminal record in the U.S.
Identity: Known to the U.S. legal author-
E EX (20) Sidewinder has developed one Power ities
R EX (20) Stunt with his cloak: Place of Birth: Unrevealed
I TY (6) Marital Status: Unrevealed
• He can teleport so quickly that he Known Relatives: None
p GD (10) Base of Operations: Mobile
receives a + 5 to his Initiative when Past Group Affiliations: Member of
Health: 46 Mutant Force, agent of Viper II
Karma: 36 doing nothing but teleporting that round Present Group Affiliation:
Resources: EX (20) except draping his cloak around some-
Popularity: - 3 one to take them with him. KNOWN POWERS
Weaponry: In a recent attempt to provide Reptillan body: Slither resembles a
BACKGROUND himself with offensive capabilities, Side- snake-like humanoid. His scaled skin
Real Name: Seth Voelker winder devised his " Side- Effects ." provides him with Typical protection
Occupation: Former college professor, These are small glowing drones of Good against physical attacks. Slither's sens-
former financial analyst, currently pro- material strength, released from a belt es are also like a snake's, so he can
fessional criminal compartment, that can home in (with " smell" with his tongue, providing him
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. with no Excellent Agility) on an opponent, mov- with Good Tracking power. He can use
criminal record ing one area per round. Upon contact his arms and legs to grapple with and
Identity: Secret they do Excellent Energy damage. Side- constrict an opponent. His Strength is
Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin winder carries four of these, and can considered Incredible when Grappling. If
Marital Status: Single control two at a time through the cyber- he maintains even a partial hold on an
Known Relatives: None netic system in his helmet. They can be opponent for more than 2 rounds, the
Base of Operations: Serpent Society damaged normally, but are at - 3 CS to victim must make an Endurance FEAT
Headquarters, upstate New York be hit due to their small size. roll. If the character fails the roll, Slither
Past Group Affiliations: Leader of Ser- Talents: Voelker has the Business/ has partially suffocated the victim, who
pent Squad Ill, leader of Serpent Society Finance and Leadership talents. goes unconscious for 4-14 rounds. This
Present Group Affiliation: Contacts: Sidewinder led the third Ser- roll must be made every round until Slith-
pent Squad and the Serpent Society. He er's hold is completely broken or the vic-
KNOWN POWERS and Diamondback are romantically tim falls unconscious.
Teleportation Cloak: Sidewinder can tele- involved. Sidewinder is on friendly terms Talents: None
port by means of an electronic harness with a number of criminal organizations, Contacts: Slither is a previous associate
and cape controlled by a cybernetic sys- including the Kingpin, AIM, HYDRA, and of the Mutant Force (now known as the
tem in his helmet. He can teleport up to 2 the Maggia. Resistants). He is completely loyal to
areas per round, and thus move past Viper II.
walls, opponents, and other hazards ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
with ease. He can view the area he is Sidewinder is beyond a doubt one of the ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
teleporting to as he moves into it, allow- smartest villains in existence. Having a Slither is probably the most unintelligent
ing him to avoid solidifying inside a solid power of little or no offensive worth, he member of either the Mutant Force or the
object. He can manipulate his harness uses it to become the lynchpin of a major Serpent Society. He is pathetically eager
so as to fall up to 10 stories without tak- criminal organization. Voelker is a prag- to please his new mistress, Viper II, and
ing damage by repeatedly entering and matist, however, as well as a good busi- will do anything she asks.
leaving the real world. He can take any nessman, and knows when to cut his
one or more person or object that he can losses and when to follow something
cover with his cape (normally one man- through so that future " clients" will have
sized individual). a good impression of the group.
Sidewinder can " cache" objects in the
other dimension his teleportation carries
him into, but he must note landmarks in
that reality so as to be able to reobtain
them. Sidewinder can also presumably
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10
SHADDWCAT
STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A GD (10)
s TY (6)
E EX (20)
R RM (30)
I GD (10)
p TY (6)
Health: 56
Karma: 46
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: 12
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Katherine "Kitty" Pryde
Occupation: Student, adventuress
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record, still a
minor
Other Known Aliases: Sprite, Ariel
Place of Birth: Deerfield, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Carmen (father,
divorced), Theresa (mother,
divorced), Samuel Prydeman
(grandfathe r, deceased), Chava
Rosanoff (great-aunt, deceased)
Base of Operations: London
Past Group Affiliation: Shadowcat
is a former member of the X-Men,
current member of Excalibur.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS • Render others out-of-phase by Near-Sighted (Limitation): Kitty is
Phasing: Kitty can move her body out touch. They remain out-of-phase for near-sighted; anything beyond 3
of phase with her surroundings with as long as she is in contact with the areas is blurry and indistinct.
Out-of-Phase (Limitation): Due to a
Incredible ability, allowing her to character. recent injury (caused by the Maraud-
pass through solid objects for as • Wielding objects out-of-phase ers), Kitty finds it extremely difficult
long as she can hold her breath. to return to normal phase. She
While she phases, she can be and then letting them go, bringing requires a power rank FEAT roll to be
harmed only by multi-dimensional, them into phase. If an object is in restored to normal phase.
magical, psionic, or out-of-phase contact with a victim when they Talents: Kitty's reason is Incredible
attacks. Force fields require a FEAT when dealing with all kinds of elec-
roll for her to pass through. Kitty has rephase, they inflict Material tronic gear and computer hardware.
developed a number of power Strength damage, rolled on the She knows Martial Arts C and E, and
has the Resist Domination talent.
stunts: Edged Attack column. She speaks fluent Russian.
• Moving on air as if it were solid Astral Sight: Kitty can automatically
see characters in their astral forms, if 11
ground. She may move normally they are in the same or adjacent
regardless of lack of floors. areas.
• Disrupting electrical equipment.
Non-sentient equipment is harmed
on a power FEAT roll. Sentient elec-
trical beings must make an Endur-
ance FEAT or be knocked out for
1-1 O rounds and suffer 30 points of
damage. Battlesu its, computers ,
and other systems are rendered use-
less for 10 rounds.
Contacts: Many of Kitty's contacts of the X-Men , located Kitty with his one of the Hellfire Club mercenaries,
are old members of the X-Men and device for finding su perhuman but Pryde got away long enough to
the New Mutants, whom she only mutants, Cerebro. He and three X- phone the number.
sees occasionally. She is an Men, Colossus, Storm, and Wolver-
extremely close friend of lllyana Ras- ine, set out for Deerfield to recruit. Two Hellfire Club mercenaries in a
putin (Magik). Her closest compan- Unknown to Xavier, however, the car were just about to capture Pryde
ion is Lockheed the Dragon. mercenary Warhawk had planted a in Chicago when they were halted by
ADDITIONAL NOTES: device that enabled his employers in the Jean Grey version of Phoenix,
the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club to who had just arrived with Cyclops
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES monitor Cerebro's activities. The and Nightcrawler in response to Kit-
Kitty Pryde is a conscientious and Inner Circle thus sent one of its lead- ty's message. Phoenix found and
enthusiastic young woman . She is ers, Emma Frost, the White Queen, comforted the frightened Kitty and
generally cheerful, but the many to contact the girl, too. then used her mental powers to calm
tragedies she has known since join- Carmen Pryde's rage over his
ing the X-Men have taken their toll on Kitty herself was unaware that she daughter's disappearance.
her high spirits. Extraord inarily was a mutant or that she had a
bright, Kitty is an excellent team superhuman power until Frost Carmen Pryde, impressed by
player, and is developing leadership arrived to speak to her parents. Xavier, allowed Kitty to became the
skills. However, she sometimes dis- While Frost was downstairs, Kitty newest member of the X-Men. She
likes working the long hours needed went to her room upstairs, suffering originally took the code-name Sprite,
to hone her skills. her worst headache ever. Lying on later changed it to Ariel, but recently
her bed, she closed her eyes, wish- settled on the name Shadowcat. Kit-
HISTORY ing the headache would stop. When ty quickly became a valuable mem-
it did, Kitty opened her eyes in sur- ber of the X-Men, so much so that
Katherine " Kitty" Pryde was a teen- prise and found herself lying on the Xavier retained her in the X-Men
ager living in Deerfield, Illinois, when floor of her living room. Without even after founding a new team , the
she began suffering headaches of knowing it, Kitty had used her "phas- New Mutants, most of whom are
steadily increasing frequency, dura- ing" power for the first time, and had closer to Kitty in age than the other
tion, and intensity caused by the passed through her bed and the floor X-Men. Kitty's friendship with Storm
emergence of her mutant power in into the room below. has grown although her best friend is
puberty. lllyana Rasputin , the New Mutant
As Frost left, Xavier and his three called Magik, who is her own age.
Professor Charles Xavier, founder X-Men arrived and took Kitty to a Kitty had a romance with her fellow
local malt shop. As Kitty and Storm X-Man Colossus, but although it has
began their friendship, three Hellfire come to an end, they remain friends.
Club mercenaries burst into the shop Kitty's constant companion is the
and attacked the X-Men. Backing up small alien dragon-like creature
in surprise, Kitty found herself pass- Lockheed, whom she met when the
ing through the wall. The White X-Men were on another planet.
Queen used her telepathic powers to
overcome the three X-Men, whom She was badly injured in battle
the Hellfire Club took into their hov- against the Morlocks, and it
ercraft. appeared that she was going to
remain intangible until the point that
Unseen, Kitty snooped around the her body faded. However, she was
hovercraft before it took off and dis- cured by Dr. Doom and Reed
covered the X-Men. Unwilling to des- Richards . She still has difficulty
ert them, she hid aboard the craft becoming solid, but is expected to
and followed them to the Frost Indus- make a full recovery. She is currently
tries complex to which the White a member of Excalibur.
Queen took them. Going to tele-
phone for help, Kitty was spotted by
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STATI ST ICS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Shang-Chi is a calm, stoic individual,
F AM (50) who dislikes the life of an adventurer,
A RM (30) and will use his powers only for the
S EX (20) noblest of causes, such as rescuing
E RM (30) his friends. He was a bitter enemy of
R GD (10) his father, Fu Manchu, and if Manchu
I RM (30) should somehow return to life,
P IN (40) undoubtedly Shang-Chi will oppose
Health: 130 his schemes.
Karma: 80
Resources: TY (6) 13
Popularity: 20
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Shang-Chi
Occupation: Secret Agent, Fisher-
man
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Publicly known,
though few know he is the son of Fu
Manchu.
Other Known Aliases: Master of
Kung-tu
Place of Birth: Honan, People's
Republic of China
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Fu Manchu
,,.--..... (father, presumed deceased}, Fah Lo
Suee (sister)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Former
agent of Ml-6 British intelligence,
member of Freelance Restorations
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Ki-Powers: Shang-Chi has some
~ knowledge of the manipulation of Ki,
life force, and has developed at least
one power stunt; he is able to grab
handled blades (such as knives) out
of the air and throw them back. This
requires a successful Psyche FEAT
roll for concentration , and an Agility
FEAT for the manuever.
Talents: Shang-Chi is skilled in all ADDITIONAL NOTES:
the available Martial Arts. He is also
+ 1 CS with all thrown weapons. He
has an Excellent reason regarding
Oriental Philosophy and Fishing.
Contacts: Shang-Chi retains con-
tacts with his former partners in
Freelance Restorations.
HISTORY fate. Almost immediately after ades, was no longer sufficient to
Shang-Chi committed the murder, maintain his youth. Rapidly aging,
Shang-Chi, son of the internationally Sir Denis Nayland Smith, the great- Fu Manchu needed his son's blood
powerful criminal mastermind Fu est of Fu Manchu's adversaries in
Manchu, was raised and educated in to restore his physical vitality. But
Fu Manchu's retreat in Honan, Chi- the past, discovered him. Smith tried Shang-Chi wrested away the blood-
na, with only limited contact with his to kill the young man, but Shang- filled test tube and spilled it on the
parents. By nineteen, Shang-Chi Chi's superlative kung fu skills made ground. A frantic Fu Manchu was
had become master of the mental that impossible. Smith told Shang- licking it up when the retreat was
and martial arts in which he rigor- Chi of his father's true nature and demolished by an explosion set off
ously trained, both by his father and career. Shang-Chi then visited his by other aides of Smith. Shang-Chi
by his father's instructors. mother, who confirmed what Smith escaped, but Fu Manchu is assumed
had said. Visiting his father in his to have been killed. Torn by guilt over
When still in his teens, Shang- base of operations hidden within a helping to cause his father's appar-
Chi's father sent him into the outside New York City office building , ent death, Shang-Chi wandered tor
world for the first time, on a mission Shang-Chi declared himself his several weeks, contemplating his
to assassinate Dr. Petrie, an old ene- father's mortal enemy. future and his purpose. He eventu-
my of Fu Manchu's. Fu Manchu had
raised his son to believe that his For several years, Shang-Chi ally came to believe he had atoned
father was a great humanitarian. devoted his life to the overthrow of for the alleged murder of his father,
Believing, therefore, that Dr. Petrie Fu Manchu's criminal empire, as and, rejecting what he called the
was evil, Shang-Chi stole into well as to battling other menaces to "games of deceit and death" in
Petrie's home in Mayfair, London, which he had participated as an
and struck him hard enough to kill Western society. Shang-Chi became adventurer, he retired to a passive
him. Actually, however, the "Petrie" a regular ally of Sir Denis Nayland life in the village of Yang Yin , in the
that Shang-Chi had killed was an Smith, and worked with him on mis- Chinese province of Kwang Tung. He
android constructed by Fu Manchu sions for Ml-6, a British intelligence currently spends much of his time as
himself. Fu Manchu had abducted agency, and later for Freelance Res- a fisherman.
the real Petrie (who was later res- torations, Smith's own independent
cued) and attempted through the agency. Recently, when his friend Leiko
strategem of this "murder" to keep was kidnapped by a group of terror-
people from suspecting Petrie's true Shang-Chi ultimately contributed ists, Shang-Chi came out of retire-
ment to help her. Whether he will
to his father's apparent death in a again become an active adventurer
confrontation at the Honan retreat. remains to be seen.
Fu Manchu's "elixir vitae," which
had allowed him to live and remain in
his physical prime for many dee-
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STATISTICS j
F EX (20) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
A RM (30) Shanna is hot tempered and high-
spirited, and sometimes lets her
s GD (10) anger get the best of her, as one
might expect from her nickname,
E RM (30) "the She-Devil." Nevertheless, she
R TY (6) is a very good friend to those who
I EX (20) love her. Shanna has a special bond
p EX (20) with animals.
Health: 90 15
Karma: 46
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 1O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Shanna O' Hara Plun-
der (Lady Plunder)
Occupation: Former veterinarian
and ecologist, now adventurer
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Zaire, Africa
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Lord Kevin Plun-
der (alias Ka-Zar, husband), Gerald
O'Hara (father, deceased), Patricia
O'Hara (mother, deceased), Robert
O'Hara (uncle), Parnival Plunder (ali-
as Plunderer, brother-in-law, appar-
ently deceased), Pele, (husband,
deceased), Leila (stepdaughter,
deceased), son (unnamed)
Base of Operations: Formerly
Dahomey, Africa, later the Savage
Land and Pangea, currently Mobile
Past Group Affiliation : Partner of
Ka-Zar
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Knife: Shanna carries a Bowie knife,
which does Good Edged damage.
Talents: Shanna has Martial Arts E,
and + 1 CS with knives. She also has
Thrown Weapons, Acrobatics, Tum-
bling, Animal Medicine, Hunting,
and Survival Talents.
Contacts: Shanna is the wife of Ka-
zar, and has contacts in the survi-
vors of the Savage Land who
escaped the holocaust of Terminus.
She is also friends with a number of
superheroes, especially the X-Men
and Spider-Man.
HISTORY Julani's pelt for sight-scent recogni- deaths of so many of those she loved
tion with the cubs, began to realize drove her into a state of acute anxi-
Shanna O'Hara was the only daugh- how much she was like these crea- ety. Returning to America, she took
ter of Gerald O'Hara, a wealthy tures. Taking to the jungle as if it revenge on Raga-Shah.
American with farming and diamond were her native element, she quickly
mining operations throughout Africa. developed into a strong, swift jungle Her torment eased, Shanna chose
Shanna spent her early childhood dweller. Her athletic prowess, hot to move to the most inaccessible jun-
living there with her parents in a jun- temper, and mane of red hair soon gle of all, the Savage Land. There
gle area. gained her the name " Shanna the she and Ka-Zar became lovers in a
She-Devil." Accompanied by her passionate and tempestuous rela-
When Shanna was six, her moth- soon-grown leopards Ina and Biri, tionship. At one point, Shanna was
er's pet leopard began killing and often aided by the Dahomey rescued from a raging river and a
O'Hara's livestock. Gerald went to Reserve game warden , Patrick large serpent by Mele, an arboreal ,
shoot the rogue leopard, but mistak- McShane, she became protector of humanoid being with a prehensile
enly fatally shot his wife instead, the reserve against poachers and all tail who lived in Pangea, another hid-
before the horrified Shanna's eyes. other exploiters. den Antarctic land. Believing Mele
This incident, which began Shanna's would otherwise kill himself after the
lifelong loathing of firearms, so trau- Tragedy repeatedly struck Shanna apparent death of his daughter Leila,
matized the girl that her father sent after her move to Africa. Her father Shanna married him. But Mele acci-
her back to the United States to live was kidnapped by the organization dentally died soon thereafter, and
with relatives. There she grew up, a of the Mandrill and Nekra. Nekra Shanna returned to Ka-Zar.
superb natural athlete who majored killed Patrick McShane. Shanna's
in biology and eventually earned a search for her father was interrupted Although born in England, Ka-Zar
doctorate in veterinary medicine. when she was kidnapped to the Sav- had been marooned in the Savage
age Land , a hidden jungle on the Land as a child, and had lapsed into
Shanna was hired as an environ- Antarctic continent, by the wizard savagery over the years. But after
mental specialist for the Central Park Malgato. It was there that Shanna making contact with people from the
Municipal Zoo in New York City, first met her future husband, Lord outside world , Ka-Zar began to
where her natural affinity for animals Kevin Plunder, who lived there under immerse himself in western culture,
enabled her to walk unharmed the name of Ka-Zar. Together, Ka-Zar and became comfortable playing the
among even the most ferocious big and Shanna defeated Malgato, but role of an irreverent, Americanized
cats. At the zoo, she raised many though they were attracted to each adventurer. His relationship with
animals from infancy, including a other, Shanna returned to Africa to Shanna reinforced this role. Finally,
female leopard named Julani. One find her father. Discovering that her Ka-Zar and Shanna were married.
night a sniper murdered most of the father had been murdered, she jour- They have had one son (as yet
big cats at the zoo, leaving a wound- neyed to America where she aided unnamed) together.
ed Julani the sole adult survivor. Daredevil and the Black Widow in
Shanna went up to Julani to comfort thwarting the Mandrill's attempted Recently, the alien planet-ravager
her, but a zoo guard, panicking, shot takeover of the United States. Terminus rampaged through the
the leopard. Angered, Shanna ten- Savage Land and Pangea, wreaking
dered her resignation . However, zoo After spending some time in San havoc and destroying much of the
officials persuaded her to take the Francisco, Shanna was recruited by climate-controlling apparatus that
two surviving zoo-born leopards to SHIELD for a mission that ended up sustained the tropical jungle amidst
the Dahomey Reserve in Africa to taking her back to the Savage Land, the polar icecap. What was not
accustom them to life in the wild. where she again encountered Ka- destroyed in the Savage Land and
These were Ina and Biri, Julani's zar. Shanna again returned to Africa, Pangea by Terminus's energy staff
cubs, and Shanna enthusiastically where she clashed with the fanatical was soon claimed by the Antarctic
took them in her charge. leader of a religious cult, Raga- blizzard. The Avengers managed to
Shah, who was responsible for the rescue Ka-Zar and Shanna and
As they left civilization behind, a deaths of Ina and Biri and Shanna's escort them to New York City.
bond was formed between woman friend , SHIELD agent Jakuna Singh.
and beasts, as Shanna, wearing Shanna's quests for vengeance and Soon after the birth of her son, the
her intense feelings of guilt over the High Evolutionary restored the Sav-
age Land , and Ka-Zar and Shanna
returned to live there.
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SHAPER CF WORLDS
,.---..__ STATISTICS
F MN (75)
A MN (75)
S MN (75)
E UN (100)
R CL1000
I CL1000
P CL5000
Health: 325
Karma: 7000
Resources: CLASS 5000
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown , perhaps
inapplicable
Occupation: Reality manipulator
~ Identity: His existence is not known
to the general population of Earth.
Legal Status: Unknown
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: A planet in the Skrull
homeworld system, Andromeda Gal-
axy (now destroyed)
Marital Status: Unknown, perhaps
inapplicable
Known Relatives: Kubik, the Earth
Cosmic Cube created by AIM
Base of Operations: The known
universe
Past Group Affiliations: Mentor of
Glorian, and Kubik
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS template, he begins to warp reality entity created from Earth's Cosmic
Body Armor: The Shaper of Worlds until it corresponds with the illusion. Cube. He is also overseeing the Cos-
has Monstrous protection from phys- If he should find a mind that wishes mic Cube created by the union of the
ical attacks, and Amazing protection to be king of the world, reality is suit- Beyonder and the Molecule Man.
from energy attacks. By manipulat- ably manipulated. The Shaper is
ing reality, he can become invulnera- attracted by extremely grandiose, ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ble to any form of damage. interesting, and unusual dreams. If
Reality Manipulation: The Shaper of he is convinced that the dream is
Worlds has Illusion Generation harmful, he may negate it.
powers of Class 5000 ability, so that Traction Movement (Limitation): The
Shaper moves by way of a vehicle
tor most of the normal world, his illu- which is in place of his lower body.
sions are indistinguishable from The vehicle only moves 1 area/turn.
reality. His initial range is 1 area, but His starship has Class 5000 move-
increases at the rate of 1 area per
round, so that after 21 Earth hours, ment.
he can convert an entire planet the Talents: None known.
size of Earth to his reality. It remains Contacts: The Shaper of Worlds
in that state for 4 Earth years, at was once a Skrull, but seems to have
which point it returns to normal, severed all connections with his
unless the Shaper intervenes to home race. His lone contacts are
maintain his transformation. How- Glorian, his herald, and Kubik, the
-. ever, the Shaper has no imagination,
and depends on the dreams and
ideas of others to form templates for
his world-shaping. Once he finds a
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES either himself or any of his scientists, imaginations provide him with
Initially, the Shaper of Worlds was the Cube had the potential to images he can follow in transforming
driven by intense curiosity about the become a sentient being. By willing a world.
dreams and ambitions of others; he the Cube to perform various tasks,
wanted to explore people's emotions the emperor unwittingly imprinted In recent years, the Shaper, realiz-
and ambitions, especially since he his own personality upon the embry- ing that he may not himself live for-
had none of his own (in this way, he onic consciousness of the Cube. ever, and recognizing the latent
was very much like the Beyonder). After years of obeying the emperor's psionic potential in Earth humans,
Since the birth of Kubik, however, he has taken an Earth man named
has taken the role of mentor to the commands, the Cube began to Thomas Gideon as his apprentice.
new entity, recognizing the truism develop a consciousness and per- Gideon now calls himself Glorian.
that with great power comes great sonality of its own in the image of the
responsibility. mind of the emperor. However, the More recently still, the Supreme
Skrull emperor was mad with a lust
HISTORY for power, and the Cube's personali- Intelligence of the Kree detected that
ty became power-mad, too. The a Cosmic Cube created on Earth
Thousands of years ago, the alien Cube, acting on its own, reached was about to manifest its own imma-
Skrulls developed a device that forth with its power to transform and ture personality and will. This Cube,
could transform reality according to destroy a succession of solar sys- being wielded by power-mad beings
the wishes of whoever held the tems within the Andromeda galaxy, such as the Red Skull and Thanos,
device and concentrated upon it. within which the Skrull empire is presented a great threat to the uni-
This was the first known Cosmic verse, just as the Skrull Cube once
Cube, which apparently was created located. By the time the Cube's con- had. Therefore, the Supreme Intelli-
through forming a meta-singularity, sciousness had reached emotional gence contacted the Shaper, who
or "gray hole," that served as an maturity, it had destroyed the civili- came to Earth and calmed it, remov-
opening into another universe. zations of two-thirds of that galaxy's ing the imprints of hatred, paranoia,
inhabited worlds, thus causing the and power lust it had received from
This universe was the universe of Skrull empire to fall back into barba- its previous wielders. Motivated both
the Beyonders, mysterious beings rism. The Skrull eventually rebuilt by a kind of paternal devotion and by
who seek to enhance the develop- their civilization to its former level. a desire to do penance for the devas-
ment of sentient life. tation he had wreaked upon the
An unknown "x-element" from that Upon reaching maturity, the Skrulls long ago, the Shaper dedi-
other universe entered through the Skrulls' Cosmic Cube transcended cated himself to supervising the
meta-singularity and was entrapped the Skrull emperor's lust for power
within a perfect cube of force by sci- and character flaws, and developed development of the Earth Cube's
entists. The Skrull emperor appropri- a personality of its own. Physically, consc iousness.
ated the Cube and, able to will the however, it came to resemble a
Cube to do anything he wished, Skrull above the waist. The Cube, The Cosmic Cube then took the
declared himself a god. The emper- motivated to transform worlds, name Kubik. Recently, both Kubik
or's reign as god-king lasted many called itself the Shaper of Worlds. and the Shaper interfered with an
years, but, probably unknown to However, perhaps because of a simi- attempt by Doctor Doom to steal the
lar lack in the Skrull emperor, the power of the Beyonder, and helped
Shaper has a very limited creative the Beyonder and the Molecule Man
imagination. Hence, he seeks out into a new Cosmic Cube. The cur-
other sentient beings whose rent whereabouts of the Shaper,
Kubik, and this new Cosmic Cube
are unknown.
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~ STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A EX (20)
S MN (75)
E AM (50)
R TY (6)
I GD(10)
P EX (20)
Health: 175
Karma: 36
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: 30
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jennifer Walters
Occupation: Professional adventur-
er, former criminal defense lawyer
Identity: Secret, but She-Hulk
makes little effort to conceal it
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, Califor-
nia
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Morris Walters
(fathe r), Elaine Walters (mother,
deceased), Robert Bruce Banner
(cousin), Elizabeth "Betty" Ross
Banner (cousin by marriage), Brian
Banner (uncle by marriage, appar-
ently deceased), Rebecca Banner
(aunt, deceased)
Base of Operations: New York City,
formerly Los Angeles
Past Group Affiliations: Former
member of the Fantastic Four, cur-
rent member of the Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS regarding legal matters) but rarely ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Armor: She-Hulk's skin is the involves herself in cases. She has
equivalent of Incredible body armor, received training in Martial Arts C.
and provides Excellent protection Contacts: She-Hulk has contacts in
against energy attacks. the Avengers and in the Fantastic
Four. She is extremely close to the
Leaping: She-Hulk has Shift Z leap- old Fantastic Four sidekick, Wyatt
ing ability, and can cross 4 areas in a Wingfoot. Her cousin is Bruce Ban-
single bound. ner, the Hulk, and her father is Sher-
Alter-ego: She-Hulk once was capa- iff of Los Angeles County.
ble of changing into Jennifer Wal-
ters, but lost that ability on an
adventure, a loss that she takes for
granted. Her stats in this form were:
FAS ER I P
TY TY PR GD GD GD TY
Talents: Jennifer was a lawyer and a
member of the California bar. She is
still a capable lawyer (Good reason
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ROLE-PLAYING NOTES pletely dropped contact with his fam- radiation-triggered transformations
She-Hulk is an extremely pleasant, ily for reasons of national security. such as the Hulk's unleash a buried
fun-loving young woman, who will Graduating from law school with side of the transformed individual's
treat people with the same respect high honors, Walters established a personality. Hence, Bruce Banner's
she is shown (good or bad). She successful criminal law practice in repressed rage emerged in his Hulk
once had a grudge with Hawkeye, Los Angeles. persona. On the other hand, Jennifer
but the two have patched up their dif- Walters found herself much more
ferences. She-Hulk is irritated by One day, long after first becoming uninhibited and capable of enjoying
people who take themselves too the Hulk, Bruce Banner visited Jen- herself as the She-Hulk. Invited to
seriously, and will play (very minor) nifer to re-establish contact with his join the Avengers, the She-Hulk
jokes on them to relieve tension. She childhood friend and to confide in accepted, and reluctantly left Califor-
is a very good team player, able to her the emotional trauma that being nia. From then on she rarely
take orders without being blindly the Hulk had caused him over the returned to her " normal" human
obedient. years. At that time, Walters was form . When the Thing took a leave of
defending a criminal named Lou absence from the Fantastic Four, he
HISTORY Monkton, whom gangster Nicholas named the She-Hulk as his replace-
Trask had framed for the murder of ment. The She-Hulk became a
Jennifer Walters was the daughter of Trask's bodyguard. Wh ile Walters reserve Avenger upon joining the
Morris Walters, sheriff of Los drove Banner to her Los Angeles Fantastic Four, and remained with
Angeles County, and Elain Walters, home, one of Trask's henchmen the latter team after the Thing quit
and first cousin to Robert Bruce Ban- made an attempt on her life, seri- the Fantastic Four entirely.
ner, the atomic scientist who was ously wounding her. With his cousin
transformed by gamma rad iation rapidly losing blood from the gun- Recently, the She-Hulk was
into the monstrous Hulk. Born in Los shot wound, Banner improvised an exposed to intense radiation while
Angeles, Jennifer frequently spent emergency blood transfusion , know- shutting down an atomic pile that
summer vacations with her mother's ing that he and his cousin shared the was about to explode. The radiation
relatives, the Banners, in Dayton, same blood type. As soon as it was had a mutagenic effect on the She-
Ohio. Despite an age difference of evident that Walters would survive, Hulk, preventing her from changing
five years, Jennifer and Bruce Banner left for fear that in the excite- back to her orignal human form,
became as close as brother and sis- ment he would turn into the Hulk. apparently permanently. Since Wal-
ter, but they saw less of each other ters preferred being the She-Hulk,
after Banner left Dayton to attend The effects on Walters of the trans-
college in New Mexico. fusion of gamma radiation-mutated she was not disturbed at being
blood was first manifested when unable to change back and forth
Upon her graduation from college, Trask's men, posing as doctors, anymore.
Jennifer Walters went to law school crept into her hospital room. When
in Los Angeles while Bruce Banner Walters recognized them, her anger Subsequently, the Thing has
attended medical school. Although triggered her transformation into a returned to the Fantastic Four, but
they corresponded briefly, the two six foot seven inch-tall, superhuman- the She-Hulk has remained a mem-
lost track of each other when Banner ly strong female version of the Hulk, ber of the Avengers.
left medical school in his second who became known as the She-
year to study nuclear physics. After Hulk. The She-Hulk exacted venge- Subsequently, the Thing returned
Banner began work on the military's ance on Trask's organization. to the Fantastic Four, and She-Hulk
top secret gamma bomb, he com- eventually left to join the Avengers.
Walters found that she derived Recently, she was used by Dr. Druid
more satisfaction from life as the and Nebula in a plot that led to the
She-Hulk than in her "normal" per- break-up of the group, but she has
sona. It has been speculated that remained an active superhero.
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SHIELD
BACKGROUND governmental, and military estab- superhuman adventurers. Perhaps
SHIELD (Supreme Headquarters lishments. The wealth of surveil- SHIELD's most public operation was
International Espionage Law- lance data is fed to the headquarters its pursuit and capture of the
Enforcement Division) is a worldwide of the nearest Regional Director, who
intelligence and peace-keeping dispatches top priority material to mutated prehistoric lizard called
organization dedicated to protecting SHIELD's central command. Matters Godzilla.
the nations and peoples of Earth threatening world security, involving
from all threats to its security. Unlike extraterrestrials, or endangering in Unfortunately, certain individuals
the various national intelligence excess of ten thousand lives are in SHIELD have abused their power
agencies, such as the CIA, M-16, under the jurisdiction of SHIELD's and used the organization's resourc-
Mossad, and KGB, SHIELD is inter- central command and the Public es and personnel to engage in ques-
national in membership, scope, and Director himself. Fury will usually tionable activities.Notable among
jurisdiction. Most of the world 's free bring in his own cadre of agents to them are Rico Santana of Rio de
countries participate in SHIELD and spearhead the operation in the Janeiro and Karl Delandan of Man-
sanction its activities. SHIELD also endangered region.
has secret bases in various Commu- hattan, both of whose activities were
nist countries. The bulk of SHIELD's operations exposed to Nick Fury by the former
are covert, but some involve visible SHIELD agent-turned-rogue Bar-
SHIELD was founded in the 1960s public activities. Although SHIELD bara Morse, who had taken the
to counter the threat posed to the policy prohibits the organization codename Mockingbird.
free world by the technologically from usurping the role of the nation's
advanced neo-fascist subversive armed forces by engaging in warfare One of SHIELD's greatest assets
organization HYDRA. SHIELD's on enemy soil, overt domestic mat- is its arsenal of high technology. In
founders remain unrevealed, as do ters that also fall under the jurisdic- its early days, SHIELD's weaponry
the members of the Executive Board tion of the militia are jointly was designed by Anthony Stark
of Directors, but they are believed to coordinated, with SHIELD generally (secretly Iron Man) and built by Stark
be world leaders in business and the taking the auxiliary role (such as in Industries. When Stark moved away
mi litary. SHIELD's first director, the case of the U.S. Army's pursuit of from weapons production, SHIELD
whose identity remains classified, the Hulk). tried to buy a controlling interest in
was killed by HYDRA assassins. His Stark International, but their efforts
replacement was Nicholas Fury, a Among SHIELD's innumerable were thwarted. However, when for-
colonel in the U.S. Army who had successful operations was the dis- eign industrialist Obadiah Stane
been a top operative in the Central mantling of HYDRA, the subversive took over Stark International,
Intelligence Agency. He serves as group responsible for SH IELD's SHIELD once more entered into a
SHIELD's highest-ranking known founding, reducing it from a single mutally beneficial business relation-
agent, overseeing daily administra- multinational global organization to ship with the company.
tive affairs as well as serving as a number of small, ineffectual splin-
supreme field commander. SHIELD ter groups of vastly less scope and The two greatest symbols of
policy and directives are determined power. SHIELD was also instrumen- SHIELD's technological advance-
by the anonymous seven-member tal in thwarting the schemes of AIM ment were the SHIELD Helicarrier, a
Executive Board of Directors, who (the Advanced Idea Mechanics) and huge airborne mobile command
confer with Fury by videoscreen on a Zodiac, a crime cartel which once base, and the SHIELD Satellite, a
regular basis, though not even Fury boasted Nick Fury's brother as a small, permanently manned space
knows who they are. member. With the aid of certain station designed to detect extrater-
superhuman adventurers, SH IELD restrial visitation. After repeated
Under Fury are several Special completely destroyed the conspiracy enemy attempts to destroy it, the
Directors (Level Two), who serve as of industrialists and politicians called SHIELD Helicarrier recently fell vic-
the Public Director's Cabinet. Known the Corporation. SHIELD has also
Special Directors include Timothy tim to sabotage by a mutated swarm
"Oum Oum" Dugan (Military Coordi- been at the forefront of defending of cockroaches and crashed in an
nation), Jasper Sitwell (Internal Earth from extraterrestrial infiltration unpopulated area of Arizona. The
Affairs), and Valentina Allegro de or invasion. SHIELD provided intelli- location of SHIELD's new major air-
Fontaine (Public Relations).Re- gence and technical support to the base has not been revealed. The
gional Directors, Field Agents, and Avengers and Fantastic Four during SHIELD Satellite is still intact,
technical specialists make up the a skirmish in the Kree-Skrull War although it is now manned by a skel-
remaining levels of authority in fought in the Earth 's vicinity.
SHIELD's most extensive military eton crew.
SHIELD. action against extraterrestrials One of SHIELD's most sophisti-
SH IELD uses both state-of-the-art occurred during the recent expulsion
of the Dire Wraiths, an operation cated technologies is the LMD, Life
surveillance technology (notably spy conducted in conjunction with the Model Decoy, programmable
satellites) and long-term cover Galadorian spaceknight Rom, the androids which SHIELD has consid-
agents (" moles") stationed in strate- federal government, and scores of ered using to replace Field Agents in
gic places such as certain industrial, high-risk operations, but the cost is
too great. Nick Fury and Anthony
Stark have both regularly employed
LMDs resembling themselves for
security reasons. Nick Fury's brother
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Jacob, under the alias Scorpio, built and Excellent protection against intensity, but may not fire other
LMDs with special adaptations as his fire weapons.
own private Zodiac organization. • Blaster: Excellent, 5-area range • Laser Torch: 7-area range, Excel-
• Thermite Bomb: Excellent fire lent Energy damage
After the destruction of the Heli- • Handgun: Good Shooting • Punch-Blasters: 1-area range,
carrier, Nick Fury was based in the • Fragmentary Grenade: Remark- Remarkable Force damage.
Manhattan regional headquarters in able Edged, one area Protected Senses: Remarkable pro-
a warehouse with a hologram brick tected senses, Infravision (3-area
wall in an alley as its entrance. • Strangling wire range), radar/sonar (Remarkable),
SHIELD's Los Angeles headquar- • Flexible saw, radio-link pocket full-range radio/audio communica-
ters used to be fronted first by a Chi- computer, two ammo clips tion (with loud speakers).
nese restaurant, later by a beauty Talents: All agents have Military, Remote Control: Ifthe suit's wearer
parlor. The fronts for most of First Aid, and Detective/Espionage is knocked out, then it may be used
SHIELD's other regional headquar- talents. Some have Martial Arts, by remote control (it is usually pro-
ters have yet to be revealed. Wrestling, Special Weapons, Marks- grammed to escape).
man, and Piloting talents. Talents: As per wearer (see SHIELD
Recently, Nick Fury uncovered agent)
some corruption in the upper ranks MANDRDID
of SHIELD, and was declared a fugi- SHIELD Flying Car
tive. After a long struggle, Fury FAS ER I P Control Speed Body Protection
exposed the agency's corruption. It
was decided that a covert security GD GD RM EX TY TY TY RM AM EX GD
agency was more dangerous than
beneficial, and SHIELD was dis- Health:70 • Underwater Adaption (5 hours at
banded. Karma: 18 Typical speed)
PERSONNEL AND WEAPONS Body Armor: Incredible protection • Detection gear (Remarkable)
against physical and energy attacks. and Communications
SHIELD used specially trained field Life Support: The wearer can live on
agents and special equipment in its filtered air for two months and has • Stun Cannon (Excellent)
fight against evil, as follows: Amazing resistance to heat and radi- • Anti-Missile Cannon (Excellent)
ation. • (4) Air-to-air missiles (Incredible)
SHIELD Agent Weapons: A Mandroid's weapons
FASER I P include: SHIELD Helicarrier
• Neuro-stunner: 1-area range, Control Speed Body Protection
GD TY TY GD TY TY TY Incredible Stunning
• Tracker/Repel/er: 3-area range, can EX IN TY MN
Equipment: A SHIELD agent's arse- manipulate objects at a distance
nal includes: with Incredible Strength; may also The Helicarrier held six combat heli-
• Armored Suit: This provides Good generate a force field of Amazing copters, and thirty-two F-18A fighter
protection against physical attacks jets.
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STATISTICS SHDCKER
F TY (6) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
A EX (20) The Shocker is one of a number of
S TY (6) criminals with a long-standing
E EX (20) grudge against Spider-Man . His
R GD (10) motivations are those of revenge
I GD (10) and greed. The Shocker is extremely
confident in his abilities, but has a
P TY (6) nasty temper. Like many of Spider-
Man's foes, the Shocker is quite
Health: 52 powerful but not well-regarded; he
Karma: 26 would be a worthy addition to many
Resources: TY (6) villain groups.
Popularity: - 2
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BACKGROUND
Real Name: Herman Schultz
Occupation: Burglar, hired assassin
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with a criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliation: Former
member of Masters of Evil
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Armor: Shocker's padded
armor gives him Good protection
from physical attacks and Amazing
protection from vibration and sonic
attacks (such as those produced by
his gloves). Unless a Red FEAT roll is
made, he is unaffected by any Wres-
tling or Ensnaring attacks of Mon-
strous rank or less.
Vibro-Smashers: Shocker wears a
set of vibrating gloves (made of
Amazing material strength steel) that
inflict Remarkable damage (or
Amazing damage if· a Yellow FEAT
roll is made) against a single target.
They can destroy material of up to
Incredible material strength (and are
used to open safes by vibrating their
sensitive mechanisms with a suc-
cessful FEAT roll)
Talents: Shocker has the Inventor
and Safecracker skills.
Contacts: Shocker was once a
member of Egghead's Masters of
Evil, but was betrayed by them , and
does not have any contacts with
them. He may retain criminal con-
tacts from his days as a safecracker.
stole something and was again cap- ensued , the Shocker was captured,
HISTORY tured by Spider-Man and returned to and a post-hypnotic suggestion
Herman Schultz was an unsuccess- prison. Months later, having escaped given the Shocker by Egghead
ful burglar with an aptitude for work-
ing with tools. During his third prison prison again, the Shocker embarked caused him to incriminate Pym fur-
term , Schultz was assigned to work
in the prison workshop, at which time on a scheme to extort $1 million from ther. Eventually the plot was discov-
he became determined to develop a
tool that would open any safe quickly New York City. Severing selected ered and Pym was rescued to stand
and silently. Using stolen parts, he
built a prototype device that pro- power cable junctions beneath the trial. The Shocker was again impris-
duced vibrational waves to shake a
door loose, and used it to escape. He streets, he blacked out specific city . oned.
was nearly killed by the shock-wave
feedback, and once in his own work- blocks to spell out his pseudonym , His confidence in himself consid-
shop he created a special uniform of
foam-lined fabric to absorb the vibra- thus proving his power. He then threat- erably shaken, Schultz escaped and
tions. He placed vibro-shock units on
his wrists to be activated by thumb ened to black out the entire metropoli- established himself as an assassin-
controls, and dubbed himself the
Shocker. tan area if he was not paid the for-hire based in the South Bronx.
The Shocker began his career by specified amount. When the mayor He was hired by an industrialist
burglarizing an office, where he first
encountered and defeated Spider- refused, he attacked the Queens named Steele, actually the Nazi war
Man. Their next fight took place in a
bank, where Spider-Man defeated Power Station, where he was defeated criminal Baron Von Lundt, to kill Von
the criminal, using his webbing to
keep Schultz from bending his when Spider-Man locked his vibro- Lundt's old opponent ,the aging mer-
thumbs to activate the vibro-shock
units. He turned the Shocker over to shock units in the "on" position. The cenary Dominic Fortune. The Shock-
the police.
recoil sent Schultz slamming from er hoped to prove his talents by
Freed on parole, the Shocker again
wall-to-wall, knocked him out and killing both Fortune and Spider-Man ,
burning out the units. thus regaining his self-confidence
The criminal genius Egghead and collecting a sizable bonus. He
helped the Shocker escape again so ambushed Fortune at Kennedy Inter-
that he could join Egghead's Mas- national Airport, only to face Spider-
ters of Evil. The members were all Man. Spider-Man discovered that
hired to perform menial tasks and after past defeats, the Shocker had
acquire valuable equipment needed built his vibro-shock units into his
by Egghead in his criminal schemes. entire uniform and did not need the
Egghead sent the Masters to attack wrist units. The Shocker gained the
the courtroom where Henry Pym, upper hand and only Fortune's time-
formerly the Avenger called Yellow- ly intervention saved Spider-Man ,
jacket, was standing trial for treason . who ripped the entire uniform to
Pym was to be implicated in the shreds and turned the criminal over
escape and forced to work with Egg- to the police. Schultz is currently
head. A battle with the Avengers serving a long prison sentence.
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STATISTICS SHDDTING STAR
F GD (10) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
A RM (30) As a demon, Shooting Star was a
steadfast servant of Master Pande-
s TY (6) monium. As Shooting Star, she was
a strong-willed, brave, and fiercely
E EX (20) loyal member of the Rangers. A
proud woman, one of her greatest
R TY (6) desires was proving to the world that
the Rangers were a top-rank super-
I TY (6) hero team.
p TY (6)
25
Health: 66
Karma: 18
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 1O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Victoria Star
Occupation : Rodeo performer,
adventurer, possible demon
Identity : Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
Other Known Allasas: None
Place of Birth: El Paso, Texas
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Remington
(father)
Base of Operations: American
Southwest
Past Group Affiliatlon: Former
member of the Texas Rangers
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Pistols: Shooting Star carries two
pistols that resemble revolvers, but
they fire star-shaped stun-pellets of
Remarkable intensity. These pellets
are incapable of killing (treat Kill
results as Stun). Each pistol holds
thirty pellets.
Gyro-Boots: Shooting Star has
developed special boots, wh ich
torna-
allow her to be borne aloft by Texas ADDITIONAL NOTES:
does created by her partner,
Twiste r.
Talents: Shooting Star is a Weapon
Specialist with her pistols ( + 2 CS).
She has Horsemanship, Acrobatics,
and Tumbling skills.
Contacts: Shooting Star was a
member of the Texas Rangers, and
especially close to Texas Twister,
who was also her lover. After being
captured by the West Coast Aveng-
ers, Star claimed to have always
been a demon; if this is true (which is
unlikely), she has various demonic
contacts, most notably Master Pan-
demoni um .
l
HISTORY when they intercepted a message meeting regularly and perhaps pos-
sent by Rick Jones meant for the ing a threat to him before he had
Very little is known about Victoria Avengers. Jones was being held completed his study of Firebird, Pan-
Star's life before she took the alias captive by the Corruptor, who had demonium dispatched the demon to
Shooting Star and became a rodeo the Hulk under his influence. Shoot- take Shooting Star's place. When
performer. Her father, Remington ing Star and Texas Twister went to Firebird summoned the Rangers,
Star, was a wealthy Texas oil baron answer the distress call and discov- the demon in Shooting Star was
and amateur rodeo performer who ered that three other individuals had flushed out of hiding. According to
encouraged his daughter's aspira- responded as well-Firebird, the the demon, Shooting Star was a
tions to perform professionally in Ghost Rider (then called Night human guise it had taken long
rodeos. He hired scientists to build Rider), and Red Wolf. Although the before; there never was a Victoria
for her a special six-shooter that five Southwestern adventurers were Star. Since demons are notorious
shoots star-shaped paralysis pellets unable to stop the Hulk's rampage, liars and this account does not fit
for her sharp-shooting act. At some they did enable him to defeat the previous information about Shooting
point in her performing career, she Corruptor. At the battle's end, Texas Star, it is probably untrue. However,
met a fellow rodeo performer, the Twister suggested that the five of the whereabouts and fate of Victoria
Texas Twister, and the two formed a them get together whenever a threat Star have yet to be revealed. The
dual act. Her father then had scien- to the Southwest crops up. They Texas Twister demonstrated a curi-
tists design a pair of jet-boots that agreed and took the collective name ous lack of concern when his lover
enabled her to stabilize her flight of the Rangers. was revealed to be possessed by a
when swept up in the Twister's demon and did not insist on accom-
cyclonic vortex. Shooting Star and Shooting Star's identity was taken panying the West Coast Avengers in
Texas Twister were the star attrac- over by an unnamed demon in the their investigation of Master Pande-
tions at Cody's Rodeo Extravaganza employ of Master Pandemonium , monium. Perhaps he was still under
who believed Firebird to be one of the demon 's influence.
the possessors of his fragmented
soul. To keep the Rangers from
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STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A EX (20)
s GD (10)
E EX (20)
R GD (10)
I IN (40)
p EX (20)
Health: 80
Karma: 70
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: - 1O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: A crimefighter who
masquerades as a criminal master-
mind
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record, want-
ed for questioning by the police
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Los Angeles
~ Past Group Affiliation: Leader of
the Night Shift, frequent associate of
the West Coast Avengers
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS bre criminals who unwittingly serve ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Darkforce Control: The Shroud can the Shroud 's goals. Shroud has won The Shroud is a grim, dedicated, and
tap into the Darkforce dimension·and the trust of a numberof superheroes, humorless personality. He believes
generate areas of darkness, darken- including the West Coast Avengers that in situations where justice may
ing one area per round, to a maxi- and the Captain (Steve Rogers). be abused by legal technicalities,
mum of five areas. This negates all the law should be ignored. He pre-
light sources of less than Amazing ADDITIONAL NOTES: fers to use his powers to capture his
intensity and causes all of the enemies, as opposed to killing them .
Shroud's opponents to perform all He is, however, willing to use lethal
combat and FEAT rolls at - 3 CS. He force if necessary.
can manipulate the Darkforce into
shadows and shapes to serve as 27
decoys.
Mystic Vision: Though blind, the
Shroud possesses mystic senses
that allow him to see without penalty,
even in his own darkness. This vision
works in all areas adjacent to his
own , and he can see beyond walls
and barriers. He cannot perceive
objects beyond this 1-area range.
Talents: The Shroud has Martial Arts
A, B, C, and E. His reason, for the
purposes of dealing with the criminal
underworld, is Excellent.
Contacts: The Shroud is the leader
of the Night Shift, a group of maca-
HISTORY his eyes, cheeks, and forehead. bombardment himself. Rescued
Believing his masters to have from the oblivion of space by Captain
The man who would become the betrayed him, the man stumbled out America, the Shroud was taken back
Shroud was orphaned at ten years of of the temple to bury his scarred face to Earth to recover.
age when his parents were gunned in the snow. When he recovered
down by a hold-up man. Embittered, from the shock and pain, he discov- In the long months it took him to
the youth decided to dedicate his life ered that his eyesig ht had been regain his sanity, the Shroud discov-
to fighting crime. Entering college, replaced by a mystical extrasensory ered that the blast had apparently
he studied law and criminology, and perception . Inexplicably, he was triggered the emergence of a latent
began a rugged regimen of exercise unable to perceive the temple any- mystical power, the ability to sum-
to build his body to its peak of physi- more, so he made his way back to mon a volume of absolute darkness
cal potential. Upon graduation, he at will. He also decided to go under-
traveled to Nepal to the temple of the civilization and America, where he cover, build up his own reputation as
Cult of Kali to study their martial arts adopted the identity of the Shroud. a criminal, and destroy the under-
and mystical disciplines. For seven world from within . Associating with
years he studied among them until To begin his crimefighting career the underworld of Los Angeles, the
his masters believed he had learned spectacularly, the Shroud decided to Shroud soon gained a reputation
all he could. He was then prepared to hunt and kill the Latverian dictator with both criminals and lawmen as a
receive the ceremonial "Kiss of Kali" Doctor Doom . Although at one point master criminal. Invited to join the
from a branding iron whose imprint he came close to his goal, he eventu- West Coast Avengers, he declined,
was in the shape of the goddess Kali. ally found himself siding with Doom preferring not to compromise his
against the Red Skull, who had autonomy. He has recently orga-
T he man screamed when the launched a "hypno-ray" satellite nized his own gang, dubbed the
branding iron was pressed against designed to enslave the Earth 's pop- Night Shift, and has become allied to
ulace. In order to stop the hypno-ray, a splinter group of the West Coast
the Shroud intercepted and Avengers led by Mockingbird.
absorbed the full effects of the ray
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~ STATISTICS SIF
F MN (75) ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
A RM (30) Sif is a warrior-goddess, dedicated
S IN (40) to the ideals of Asgard: unrelenting
E UN (100) fierceness in battle, unimpeachable
honor and personal integrity, and
R GD (10) loyalty to her liege and people. Sif is
especially close to Asgard's finest
I IN (40) warrior, Thor. Sif respects ability and
P AM (50) honor above all else, and was
strongly attracted to Beta Ray Bill
Health: 245 when others (notably Lorelei) were
repulsed by his appearance.
Karma: 100
Resources: GD (10) 29
Popularity: 15 (50 in Asgard)
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Sit
Occupation: Warrior, shield maiden
Identity: Publicly known in Asgard
...-..... and on Earth, though generally not
believed to be a goddess on Earth
Legal Status: Citizen of Asgard
Other Known Aliasas: None
Place of Birth: Asgard
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Heimdell (broth-
er)
Base of Operations: Asgard
Past Group Affiliation: Gods of
,...--....,. Asgard
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Body Armor: Sif's dense Asgardian
flesh provides her with Good-rank
body armor.
Immune to Disease: Sif is immune to
all terrestrial diseases.
Enchanted Sword: Sif's sword was
given magical properties by Odin.
She may use the flat of the blade,
doing Monstrous Blunt damage, or
its edge, which does Incredible
Edged damage. By spinning the
sword, Sif may travel interdimen-
sionally, between Earth and Asgard
with Monstrous ability and to any
other dimensions with Good ability.
Failure of this FEAT means that Sit
ends up in an undesired location.
Talents: Sit has + 1 CS with all
swords.
Contacts: Sif is the premier warrior-
goddess of Asgard, and is especially
close to the Thunder God , Thor.
HISTORY cally took root and began to grow. and Thor have since rescued Foster.
Thor thought Sif even more beauti- Sif and Thor both aided the alien
Sit is a warrior-goddess of Asgard ful , and thus Loki's plan to ruin their champion Beta Ray Bill in defending
and sister of Heimdal!, the watch- romance failed. his people against the onslaught of
man of Asgard. As a golden-haired the demon armies of Surtur. Sif and
child , she was an occasional play- Eventually Thor and Sif parted. Beta Ray Bill found themselves
mate of Thor, son of Asgard's ruler After Thor's relatively brief relation- increasingly drawn to each other,
Odin, and Thor's adoptive brother ship with the mortal woman Jane especially when Thor, who was
Loki. While Thor and Sif were still Foster came to an end, Odin forced by enchantment to fall in love
adolescents, they fell in love with arranged for him to meet Sit, now an with the Asgardian Lorelei, struck Sif
each other. Determined to ruin the accomplished warrior, again. They in anger. Sif even decided to leave
happiness his adoptive brother became lovers and companions, as Asgard and accompany Beta Ray
found in Sif's golden hair, Loki cut off well as allies in numerous battles. Bill back to his people.
all of Sif's hair while she slept. Real- Eventually they decided to marry.
izing Loki must have been responsi- However, Sif came to realize that
ble, Thor angrily confronted Loki and Thor's attachment for Earth fre- Lorelei was really to blame for Thor's
demanded that he restore Sif's hair. quently came between the two. Sit striking her, and also was greatly
Loki sought out the dwarves Brokk much preferred the world of the gods impressed by Thor's heroism in
and Eitri and asked that they create to the mundane world of mortals, descending into the realm of the
new hair for Sif through their arts. and after attempting to adjust to death goddess Hela to rescue the
However, Loki was either unable or Earth life on more than once occa- souls of Earth mortals. As a result,
unwilling to pay the dwarves gold for sion, returned to Asgard to live with- Sif finally accepted Thor's role as
this work. The dwarves decided that out Thor. Once, when Thor's mortal guardian of both Asgard and Earth,
for the " price of naught" they would paramour Jane Foster was dying, Sif and decided to stay behind in Asgard
create "strands of naught." They lent her life force to revive the wom- while Beta Ray Bill returned to his
magically created long black hair an, "merging" with her in the proc- people. Sif and Thor are once again
from the blackness of night. Once ess. She did this apparently in an linked by strong bonds of affection ,
set upon Sif's head, the hair magi- attempt to understand Thor's attrac- but what path their relationship will
tion for this mortal. Jane Foster was next take remains to be seen .
separated from Sif shortly thereafter,
and sent to the limbo-realm called
the Runestaff of the Possessor. Sif
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,,...-... STATISTICS Slt.:;.VER BABLE
F RM (30) HISTORY
A EX (20)
At about the time Silver Sable was
s GD (10) born , her father, working in conjunc-
tion with the government of Symka-
E EX (20) ria, created the Wild Pack, a group of
R EX (20) professional soldiers whose job it
I EX (20) was to hunt down Nazi war criminals.
p GD (10) Years later, after watching her moth-
er die, the victim of a terrorist attack,
Health: 80 Sable began to train in weaponry
Karma: 50 and hand-to-hand combat in prepa-
Resources: IN (40)
Popularity: 20 31
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Silver Sable
Occupation: Leader of the Wild
Pack
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of Symkaria
with no criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Divorced
Known Relatives: Morty (uncle), the
Foreigner (ex-husband)
Base of Operations: Symkarian
Embassy, New York City, USA
Past Group Affiliation: Wild Pack,
Silver Sable International
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Weapons: Silver Sable employs a
number of personal weapons,
including:
• Chai: This Thrown Edged projec-
tile does 15 points of damage.
...--...._ • Katana: Her sword does 15
points of Edged damage.
• Pistol: Excellent damage
Talents: Silver Sable has Martial
Arts A, C, and E, Leadership, Acro-
batics, Business/Finance, and has
+ 1 CS with all modern weapons.
Contacts: The Silver Sable's chief
contact is with her native govern- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ment of Symkaria, and through them
she has contacts with a number of
other governments. She has
employed both the Sandman and
Spider-Man as agents.
ration for the day she would inherit the inadvertent actions of Spider- young son . Sable dropped her other
leadership of the Wild Pack. Over Man. Eventually, Spider-Man recov- activities to hunt down the killer. His
the years, as the number of former ered the jewels but allowed the thief trail led to an abandoned building,
Nazis dwindled, Sable turned the to escape. This was the first time Sil- where Jack O'Lantern chose to
focus of the Wild Pack more and ver Sable met Spider-Man face-to- attack Silver and her men. During
face. the final confrontation, she chose to
more toward mercenary endeavors, concentrate on the killer, enabling
until the group became the major Silver Sable International was lat- Jack O'Lantern to escape.
source of outside income for Symka- er hired by a small South African
ria. Under the auspices of Silver country to neutralize the internation- Spider-Man then agreed to help
Sable International, the organization al terrorist Jason Macendale, known Silver capture Jack O'Lantern. They
apprehends wanted criminals and as Jack O'Lantern, suspected of tracked him to Coney Island Amuse-
recovers stolen property for a wide training rebel forces within the cli- ment Park, only to be ambushed by
spectrum of clients, from major ent's borders . An initial team of Wild the group of costumed criminals
insurance companies to small Pack members was ambushed by called the Sinister Syndicate, who
nations. Macendale's men and nearly killed, were hired to kill Macendale's pursu-
leading Silver Sable to enlist aid ers. They nearly succeeded but were
One such contract was the appre- from Spider-Man. stopped at the last minute by the
hension of the international jewel Sandman , who allowed Sable and
thief the Black Fox and the return of During the course of these events, Spider-Man to escape. After a long
valuable gems in his possession. Sable became involved in a daylight battle, the three managed to defeat
Working with the New York City robbery that resulted in the death of the criminals, but nothing was found
police, the Wild Pack nearly appre- a young woman , an innocent to help them locate Jack O'Lantern.
hended him, only to be thwarted by bystander accompanied by her
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STATISTICS
F AM (50)
A MN (75)
S UN (100)
E UN (100)
R EX (20)
I MN (75)
P AM (50)
Health: 325
Karma: 145
Resources: RM (30)
Popularity: 20
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Norrin Radd
Occupation: Former Herald to
Galactus, Cosmic adventurer
--. Identity: The general population of
Earth is unaware of the Surfer's
existence
Legal Status: Citizen of Zenn-la
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Planet Zenn-la,
Deneb system, Milky Way Galaxy
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: The cosmos
~ Past Group Affiliation: Former Her-
ald of Galactus, former member of
the Defenders, former partner of
Mantis, frequent ally of the Fantastic
Four
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS breathe. Other power stunts may be He is invulnerable to Heat and Cold
Power Cosmic: The Silver Surfer has developed, but all karma losses to (Class 1000 resistance) and may
the ability to channel and manipulate the Surfer are tripled. survive in space for a virtually unlim-
vast amounts of cosmic power, with Flight: The Silver Surfer can fly at up ited time.
Unearthly ability, and line-of-sight to Class 5000 speeds in space. In a Talents: Norrin Radd was once a
range. He uses this power cosmic to planetary atmosphere, this is space pilot. His meditative practices
perform the following stunts: reduced to Shift Z. The Surfer nor- have given him Martial Arts D .
mally uses a surfboard to fly, which is Contacts: The Surfer is a hero of
• Power Blasts of Unearthly force made of Amazing Material Strength Zenn-la, as well as a former member
or energy material. He can control this board of the Defenders. He has performed
mentally. several services for Galactus, and
• Raise any single ability score (his Body Armor: The Surfer has Mon- they are currently on good terms.
own or someone else's) to Unearthly strous protection against energy and The Surfer has been one of the clos-
for 1-1Orounds. If the ability raised is physical attacks, which he may est friends of the Fantastic Four. He
already Unearthly, it may be boosted boost to Unearthly for 1-1 O rounds. was very close with Mantis, and is
to Shift X with a Yellow FEAT roll
33
• Healing up to Unearthly damage
(this will not affect Endurance rank
losses)
• Reconstruct existing elements
(he may not transmute their form)
• Perceive any energy source of
Unearthly rank or better, within a
planetary radius if on a planet's sur-
. face, or within a stellar system if in
space.
The Surfer does not need to eat or
involved with Galactus's current her- ble of serving him. the cosmic-powered Doctor Doom). The
ald, Nova. Galactus atomically restructured Nor- Sonic Shark drained away much and
perhaps most of the Surfer's cosmic
ADDITIONAL NOTES: rin Radd's body, leaving him covered energies. Humbled, the Surfer
with a flexible, silvery material that could
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES renounced his attempt to battle man-
While he was exiled on Earth, the withstand the rigors of travel through kind. Subsequent exploits of the Silver
Surfer was a brooding, somber enti- outer space. Then Galactus fashioned a Surfer, however, have demonstrated that
ty. Now he is free, and is somewhat unique star-travel device out of the same his cosmic powers have since again
happier. The Surfer is pure of heart silvery material, a device resembling an achieved extraordinarily high levels.
and seemingly incorruptible; he is so Earthly surfboard. Finally he granted his
pure that corrupting his nobility is new herald a fraction of his cosmic The Surfer continued his exile on
one of Mephisto's chief goals. The power. Galactus named Radd the Silver Earth, hoping to breach the barrier
Surfer uses lofty, poetic language, Surfer and immediately dispatched him someday and be reunited with Shalla-
and speaks in long soliloquies. The Bal. Although he is still often greatly dis-
Surfer is determined to fight injustice to locate a planet for his master to feed tressed by humanity's behavior, he has
in the cosmos and protect Zenn-la upon. developed great sympathy for the mor-
from the wars of the space powers. ally upright members of Earth's human
Galactus had gone for an extended race. The Silver Surfer's principal antag-
HISTORY period of time without nourishment when onist on Earth is the demonic Mephisto,
the Surfer neared Earth's solar system. who has continually sought to break the
Norrin Radd was a member of an Learning of his imminent arrival, Uatu noble Surfer's spirit and enslave him to
extremely long-lived race of humanoid the Watcher alerted the Fantastic Four to his will.
aliens called the Zenn-Lavaians, who the dire implications of the Surfer's pres-
had achieved virtual utopia, as disease, ence. When Galactus landed in New In recent years, Mister Fantastic used
poverty, war, and all other social ills had York City amid mass hysteria, the his technology to aid the Surfer in
been eliminated many generations ago. Fantastic Four tried to engage him in bat- breaching Galactus's barrier at long last,
tle but were unable to defeat him.The warning the Surfer that such a feat could
Norrin Radd's craft was taken aboard Watcher sent the Human Torch to be performed only once. The Surfer thus
the home vessel of Galactus, the vastly another galaxy to secure the Ultimate escaped Earth and returned to Zenn-La,
powerful being who nourishes himself by Nullifier, a weapon whose power Galac- only to learn that Galactus had taken his
draining the life-energies from entire tus feared. ultimate vengeance for the Surfer's
planets. Galactus had come to feed betrayal by devastating Zenn-La. The
upon Zenn-La, a process that would ren- The Torch returned from his mission Silver Surfer returned to Earth, voluntar-
der the planet barren and lifeless. Galac- and presented the Ultimate Nullifier to ily accepting entrapment behind the bar-
tus explained to Radd that while he the leader of the Fantastic Four, Mister rier once more, in order to find her. When
meant the world no malice, he had been Fantastic. Dismayed by the sight of the he did, Mephisto used his powers to
searching for a suitable planet for too weapon in human hands and the Silver transport her beyond the barrier back to
long to begin anew. Galactus mused that Surfer's betrayal, Galactus yielded. Zenn-La. Unable to follow, the Surfer
if he had a herald who could scout suit- Before he retreated, the powerful being endowed Shalla-Bal with cosmic energy
able planets in advance for him, popu- erected an energy barrier apparently that restored fertility to Zenn-La's soil.
lated worlds such as Zenn-La could be attuned to the Surfer's specific cosmic
spared. Radd volunteered to serve powers and designed to repulse the Still more recently, the Surfer joined
Galactus permanently as his herald in Surfer's attempts to leave the outer forces with the Molecule Man to save the
exchange for Zenn-La's safety. Galactus atmosphere of the Earth. (The barrier Earth from destruction through colossal
agreed, and used his cosmic power to affects only the Surfer or a being pos- devastation caused by the alien Beyon-
transform Norrin Radd into a being capa- sessing the Surfer's specific powers. It der. Shortly after, he finally broke through
will not obstruct the passage of any other the barrier of Galactus and was free to
34 person or object.) adventure in the cosmos once more. His
first actions were to get involved in a new
The Surfer was unable to breach Kree/Skrull War and to save Galactus
Galactus's barrier. Innocent and trusting, from a plot by the Elders of the Universe,
the Surfer soon fell victim to the wiles of who sought to destroy him and create a
Doctor Doom, who used his advanced new universe.
technology to transfer the Surfer's cos-
mic powers into himself. Now possess-
ing incredible might, Doom wreaked
havoc upon the Earth until Mister
Fantastic tricked him into attempting to
breach Galactus's barrier. Doom's colli-
sion with the barrier alerted Galactus,
who stripped Doom of the Surfer's
powers and restored them to the Surfer.
As he spent more time on Earth, the
Surfer decided to bring about a union of
all humankind by becoming a dangerous
enemy against whom all nations would
have to join forces. The Surfer created
widespread destruction on Earth until
the U.S. Armed Forces used the experi-
mental Sonic Shark missile (based on
the "Anti-Cosmic Flying Wing" Mister
Fantastic had designed to use against
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STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A GD (10)
S IN (40)
E AM (50)
R EX (20)
I GD (10}
P EX (20)
Health: 120
Karma: 50
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: - 7
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Silvio Manfredi
Occupation: Criminal organizer and
mastermind
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Former citizen of Italy,
now a naturalized citizen of the Unit-
ed States with a criminal record,
legally dead
Other Known Aliases: Supreme
Hydra
Place of Birth: Unknown village in
Sicily
Marital Status: Widower
Known Relatives: Caterina (wife,
deceased}, Joseph (son, also known
as Joe Silvermane and Blackwing)
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliation : Former
leader of the Manfredi ("Si lver-
mane" ) " family " of the Maggia,
former Supreme Hydra of the major
American-based HYDRA fragment.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Body Armor: Silvermane's exo- Silvermane is obsessed with immor-
skeleton gives him Incredible protec- tality and vengeance against his
tion against physical attacks, and enemies, especially Spider-Man,
Remarkable protection against and more recently Cloak and Dag-
energy, acid, and cold attacks. The ger. Silvermane is an efficient admin-
exo-skeleton is made from Incredi- istrator who tends to run things
ble strength material. according to traditions of organized
crime ; he lacks the Kingpin 's
Talents: Silvermane has Martial Arts
A, Gun, Leadership, and Business/ imagination or ingenuity.
Finance talents.
Contacts: Silvermane was a leader
of a number of criminal organiza-
tions, including the Maggia and
HYDRA and retains contacts from
those days. He is an enemy of the
Kingpin.
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HISTORY By coincidence, on this same day support system. Moreover, the shock
Silvermane was approached by rep- triggered a biochemical reaction in
As a young boy, Silvio Manfredi resentatives of the major American- Silvermane's bloodstream that undid
immigrated to the United States with based fragment of HYDRA, now the effects of the rejuvenation
his family, who settled in the Little Ita- under the control of former members serum, causing him to revert to
ly section of Manhattan. Manfredi of the Corporation who intended to being physically eighty years of age.
became involved with the crime syn- make this HYDRA less sexist and Yet Silvermane was so powerful a
dicate known as the Maggia while ideological than the original and to figure in organized crime that he was
still in his teens. As an adult, Manfre- run it like a business. Silvermane, able to continue running his criminal
di quickly rose to become head of his asked to become its Supreme empire even though he was now
Maggia "family" through a combina- Hydra, accepted, although he insist- bedridden .
tion of cunning and superb hand-to- ed on maintaining his position of
hand fighting ability. Through his leadership with his Maggia family. The costumed vigilantes Cloak
brilliant strategy and his ruthless- Silvermane kept his connection with and Dagger despised Silvermane for
ness in gang wars, Manfredi greatly HYDRA secret from the Maggia and his role in New York City's illegal
increased the power and influence of intended eventually to use HYDRA's drug trade, and Dagger nearly killed
the Maggia as a whole and of his power to crush his Maggia rivals. Silvermane with her superhuman
" family" in particular. Eventually, powers. Silvermane's life was saved
Manfredi was sent to prison for Silvermane quickly built his when his brain, much of his head,
income tax evasion . During his HYDRA group into a large well- and most of his vital organs were
prison term, Manfredi's family's organized and well-equipped fight- transplanted into a robotic body,
power waned somewhat, and his ing force . He brought his son , wh ich granted him superhuman
rivals gained dominance within it. Joseph Manfredi, another Maggia strength. Now a cyborg, Silvermane
member, into HYDRA as one of his sought out Cloak and Dagger for
On his release, Manfredi formed principal aides. Joseph used revenge and again clashed with
an alliance with a much younger advanced HYDRA technology in the Spider-Man. But Dagger used her
Maggia criminal, Dominic Tyrone. areas of anti-gravity, artificial psio- powers to short out Silvermane's cir-
Together, often through bloody nics, and genetics to create the cos- cu its, and her "light kn ives"
means, Manfredi and Tyrone took tumed identity of Blackwing for deprived him of most of his life force.
himself. Silvermane, however, was She absorbed that life force into her
control of the family Manfredi had ultimately out of his depth in running own body in the form of what she
belonged to, and then established it HYDRA and was easily defeated by calls " light," and Silvermane was left
through battles with rival gangs as Nick Fury and SHIELD. The HYDRA clinically dead.
the dominant criminal organization hierarchy deposed Silvermane but,
because of his Maggia connections, However, the mechanisms of
on the East Coast. Once Manfredi did not assassinate him. Silvermane Silverman's cyborg body maintained
had reached this point of success, returned to running his Maggia fami- enough life in him that he could be
twenty years ago, he ordered ly, and Joseph abandoned the Black- revived. Silverman 's longtime crimi-
Tyrone's death. (Unknown to him, wing identity and artificial powers to
Tyrone survived and would later return with him. nal rival , the Kingpin of Crime,
attempt to avenge himself.) Manfre- obtained Silvermane's cyborg form
di's hair turning prematurely silver in Soon after, Silvermane attempted and had scientists in his employ
his forties, he became known by the to organize all of New York City's restore it to life as an assassin.
nickname " Silvermane." major independent criminal gangs Silvermane did not regain his full
under the leadership of his Maggia consciousness, and hence would
In recent years, Silvermane has family. Silvermane was opposed in obey instructions nearly mindlessly.
been heavily involved in the importa- this scheme by the third Green Gob- However, Silvermane had a psychic
tion and distribution of narcotics. As lin, who wanted to lead the gangs link to Dagger, who still retained his
he grew older, Silvermane became himself. A confrontation involving missing life force energy, and resist-
afraid of his own death. He learned of Silvermane, the third Green Goblin, ed the Kingpin's commands in order
an ancient clay tablet that contained a and Spider-Man ensued, during to seek Dagger out and drain her life
formula for a mystical rejuvenation which Silvermane fell from a great energy into himself. Finally, to stop
serum. At the age of 80, in very frail height. Miraculously, however, Silvermane's rampaging , Dagger
health, Silverman finally secured the Silvermane recovered, perhaps aid- returned his life energy to him.
tablet and forced Dr. Curt Connors to ed by long-lasting effects of the reju- Silvermane thus returned to full life
prepare the serum from its instruc- venation serum. and full consciousness. He immedi·
tions. Silvermane drank the serum, ately departed, seeking solitude. His
which made him grow increasingly Later, Dominic Tyrone, who had current whereabouts and activities
younger within a very brief time, until assumed the costumed identity of are unknown.
he reached a point before his birth . It the Rapier, made an attempt on
then mystically caused him to age Silvermane's life. He survived the
within moments until he reached his gunshot wounds he received, but
forties. was confined to bed and put on life
36
SIN-EATER
STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A GD (10)
s GD (10)
E EX (20)
R GD (10)
I GD (10)
p PR (4)
Health: 60
Karma: 24
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: - 20
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Stan Carter
Occupation: Former police detec-
tive, former agent of SHIELD
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record due to
insanity, deceased.
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliation: None
~ Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES human being, and the Sin-Eater.
Shotgun: Sin-Eater used a special Sin-Eater was a crusader devoted to
shotgun which did Remarkable dam- purging "evils" from society that no HISTORY
age to everyone in one area. one else would touch, such as
Multiple Personality (Limitation): judges and lawyers who gave crimi- Stan Carter was a SHIELD agent
After he was released from the sani- nals light sentences, or priests in who participated in an experiment to
tarium, in times of stress, Carter's confessionals who protected the boost his strength and endurance.
personality would be torn between crimes of those who confessed. Stan Instead, the drugs drove him ber-
the moral and righteous Carter per- serk. After the drugs were purged
sonality and his Sin-Eater persona. A Carter was a friendly, personable, from his body, Carter left SHIELD
Psyche FEAT roll would be neces- and effective police officer who had and became a detective with the
sary to avoid reverting to Sin-Eater. been driven over the edge. After his New York City Police Department.
Talents: Carter had Martial Arts A, release, Carter acquired a rare psy-
Gun talent, and was a Weapon Spe- chological disorder that split his 37
psyche into two personalities: Stan
cialist with his shotgun , gaining + 2 Carter, who was a normal, likeable
CS when firing the weapon. He also
had Law Enforcement and
Detective/Espionage talents.
Contacts: Carter had contacts in the
New York Police Department and in
SH IELD.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
...---------~~-----------~ ~ .... -~
--- --------=--------~-----::=--------_ ·--~----=--- -~- ~
When his partner was killed in a item from each victim, an object
shooting, Carters mind snapped. He associated with the deceased's
took on the identity of Sin-Eater, who HISTORY "sin." Carter's second victim was
was based on a creature in Ozark tn some cultures, there is a person Judge Horace Rosenthal, a friend of
known as the " sin eater." When a
folklore who, by eating fruit that was person dies, he is laid out with frui~s Matthew Murdock, secretly the cos-
and other edibles sitting on his
placed on the gra~es of ~he _dead, chest. The food supposedly absorbs tumed adventurer Daredevil. Leav-
the person's sins. The sin-eater con-
was said to be eating their sms so sumes the food, cleansing the soul ing the scene of the crime, C~rter
of the deceased.
they could enter Heaven. . encountered Spider-Man and fired
Stan Carter was an agent of
The Sin-Eater's first victim was his SHIELD working in research and on him, killing an innocent
development, one of severa_I volun-
lover, police captain Jean DeWolff, teers injected with experimental bystander. Carter escaped when
drugs designed to increase strength
followed by Judge Horace Rosenthal and endurance. When the program Spider-Man paused to make certain
was stopped as too dangerous, Cart-
and Reverend Bernard Finn, before er angrily resigned. There was no that his aunt, part of the crowd of
trace of the drugs in his system. He
Spider-Man finally captured him in a joined the New York City Police bystanders, was safe. .
Department and rose to the rank of
battle in which he was severely detective. The death of his partner at Sin-Eater next killed a black priest,
the hands of several young criminals
injured. He was found not guilty of triggered an obsession to destroy creating a strong public outcry.
persons who he fe!t had a~used
murder by reason of insanity. Sent to authority, and in doing so sinned. Shortly thereafter he appeare~ in the
Ultimately he planned to "absorb the
an asylum, he was partially cured. world's sins." He purchased a make- offices of the Daily Bugle, looking for
shift costume and a double-barreled
After his release, there was a strug- shotgun and created the identity of J. Jonah Jameson. He was caught,
the Sin-Eater.
gle between the Sin-Eater a.nd Cart- but when unmasked, he was
His first victim was police Capt.
er personalities. The Sm-Eat.er Jean DeWolf, whose death attracted revealed to be Carter's neighbor, a
citywide attention, including that ~f
eventually triumphed, and he w~s DeWolf's friend, Spider-Man. Ironi- mentally disturbed man named
cally, Carter, in his police c~pa?ity,
shot and killed by a SWAT team wh1~e was assigned to find DeWolf s killer Gregg who had heard .Carter plan-
and to work closely with Spider-Man.
holding a boy hostage. When his With that first killing the Sin-Eater ning his ki~lings an~ be!~e~ed that_ he
stole DeWolf's badge, creating the
body was examined, they found that precedent of taking one personal was hearing "voices mstructmg
his gun was empty; Carter had won him to commit murder.
at least a small victory over Sin-Eater With his enhanced senses, Dare-
after all. devil discovered Gregg was not the
Sin-Eater. Examining Gregg's apart-
KNOWN POWERS ment he and Spider-Man discov-
None.
ered 'a door leading into Carter's
apartment and found the Sin-Eater's
paraphernalia. Realizing that Jame-
son was Carter's next victim, the two
crimefighters rushed to the pub-
lisher's home in time to save Betty
Leeds, a Daily Bugle secretary who
was visiting. Spider-Man felt
betrayed by Carter and beat him bru-
tally. But Daredevil prevented
Spider-Man from killing him in ~is
rage. Carter was jailed, pending trial,
with an insanity plea likely.
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STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A GD (10)
S TY (6)
E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I GD (10)
P TY (6)
Health: 42
Karma: 22
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Theresa Cassidy
Occupation: Student, adventuress
Identity: Secret
--. Legal Status: Citizen of Ireland with
no criminal record, still a minor
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Cassidy Keep, Cas-
tle Mayo, Ireland
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Sean Cassidy
(father, alias Banshee), Maeve
Rourke Cassidy (mother, deceased),
Thomas "Black Tom " Cassidy
~ (uncle)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliation: Former ally
of Black Tom Cassidy and the Jug-
gernaut, current member of the
Fallen Angels
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS Flight: Siryn can fly at Poor air speed a friend of Moira MacTaggert.
Sonic Generation: Using her voice, (4 areas/round) using sonics. She ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Siryn can produce a number of can fly and attack simultaneously,
effects. She can produce a sonic but the sonics that she uses while
scream that can cause up to performing this stunt deafen her, and
Amazing damage to non-living mat-
ter. It can be used against living her Intuition drops to Poor.
opponents in one of two ways: caus- Talents: Siryn's talents have not
ing up to Incredible damage when
projected against a single target, or been revealed.
Contacts: Siryn is a member of the
causing Remarkable damage when Fallen Angels, and is especially
directed at all characters in her area close to Jamie Madrox, the Multiple
(or in her flight path, if she is flying). Man. Her father is Sean Cassidy, the
For either attack, the target must retired X-Man Banshee, and her
make an Endurance FEAT against uncle is Black Tom Cassidy (they
Typical Intensity Stunning or fall remain on good terms). Siryn is also
unconscious for 1-10 rounds. Siryn
cannot be ,hurt by her own sonics
(assume at least Amazing protection
against sonic attack forms. As Ban-
shee's daughter, she may also pos-
sess Banshee's immunity to the
energy bolts produced by (her uncle)
Black Tom Cassidy.
39
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ly after Theresa's birth, Maeve was emerged at puberty, and a few years
Siryn is a born leader, and quickly killed in an IRA (Irish Republican later Black Tom began coercing her
assumed that role when she joined Army) bombing along with a number aid in committing crimes. However,
the Fallen Angels. Having lived her of other people. Those who knew of Theresa's heart was never in a life of
life without much stability, Siryn feels Theresa's existence assumed that crime, and she pursued it because
a bit out-of-place nearly everywhere she too had been killed in the explo- the man who raised her, Black Tom,
she goes (which may be why she did sion and never told Sean Cassidy ordered her to do so. Eventually
not join the New Mutants), but this that Maeve had had a daughter. Theresa accompanied Black Tom
fact has also given her the ability to Sean was so filled with anguish and the Juggernaut to San Francis-
deal with bizarre situations. She has when he returned and learned of co. There, employing the name
a strong attraction to Madrox. Maeve's death that he left Cassidy Siryn, she battled the first Spider-
Keep and threw himself into a series Woman and several of the X-Men.
HISTORY of highly dangerous missions in This conflict ended in Black Tom's
order to lose himself in his work. temporary capture. While in custody,
Theresa Cassidy is the mutant Eventually this led to his resignation Black Tom gentlemanly exonerated
daughter of Sean Cassidy, the from Interpol and his later involve- Theresa of responsibility for his
mutant who was to become known ment with Factor Three. crimes and wrote to Sean explaining
as the Banshee, and Maeve Rourke. who she was. Theresa went to live
Soon after his marriage, Sean Cassi- Unknown to Sean, the baby with her father, now retired at Cassi-
dy, an Interpol agent, was sent on an Theresa had been found after the dy Keep.
undercover anti-terrorist mission for explosion by his cousin Black Tom
many months, not knowing when he Cassidy who, suspecting that she Recently, Siryn has joined a small
left that Maeve was pregnant. Short- might be a superhumanly powered group of superhuman mutants
mutant as he himself and her father known as the Fallen Angels.
were, decided to raise her secretly
himself. Theresa's sonic powers
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SLVDE
,....-...._ STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A IN (40) .
S GD (10)
E GD (10)
R EX (20)
I GD (10)
P TY (6)
Health: 70
Karma: 36
Resources: GD (1O)
Popularity: -1
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jalome Beacher
Occupation: Chemical engineer,
professional thief
Identity: Secret
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
wanted by the authorities
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Past Group Affiliation: None
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ROLE-PLAYING NOTES HISTORY
Non-Stick Coating: Slyde's costume Slyde is a cocky, confident individual
is covered with an experimental sub- who is motivated by personal gain Jalome Beacher was a talented
stance. This coating provides him and retribution against those he chemical engineer in the design and
with Monstrous protection against feels have wronged him (although development laboratory of Beemont
grappling attacks, or against Spider-Man, who has fought him Manufacturing who created a chemi-
ensnarements sticking to him (such several times, is not a target). Slyde cal coating that could eliminate all
as Spider-Man's webbing). It also wants to live the good life, and is friction between an object and any
provides him with Good protection determined to get rich and have fun surface. Beacher was about to unveil
against physical attacks unless a his discovery when Beemont was
Bullseye result is scored, in which doing it. purchased by a larger organization
case the protection drops to Poor. and a man named Rockwall was
Running: Slyde can use his friction-
less shoes to run at Poor land speed
(2 areas/round).
Talents: Beacher has Chemistry tal-
e nts.
Contacts: Slyde, an independent
operator, has no known contacts.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
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placed in charge. The research and bing a bank, successfully slipping contacted Rockwall, offering to
development lab was closed and through the arms of the guards and return the evidence in return for a
Beacher was fired. He decided to eluding both the police and Spider- large sum of money. They set up a
build his own company founded on Man. Next Slyde broke into Beemont meeting, and Rockwall in turn hired
the non-stick chemical , but discov- where he wrecked his old laboratory criminals to set up an ambush.
ered that no bank would lend the and narrowly avoided capture. He Spider-Man learned of the plan but
money needed without a sizeable escaped with a briefcase snatched knew nothing of the police involve-
down payment. from Rockwall's grasp. ment. He arrived on the scene in
time to warn Slyde of the danger, and
Creating a special uniform coated When Slyde discovered that the stopped Rockwall's escape just as
with the chemical, Beacher could case contained proof that Beemont the district attorney arrived . At the
move at high speeds on foot by slid- had become a front for distributing last minute, Slyde grabbed the ran-
ing with extreme maneuverability. money stolen by a criminal organiza- som money and escaped. His cur-
He adopted the pseudonym Slyde tion, he called the New York district rent whereabouts and activities are
and set out to steal the money he attorney and they set up a "sting" unknown .
needed, as well as to force Rockwall operation to trap Rockwall. Slyde
out of business. He began by rob-
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....-... STATISTICS
F EX (20)
A EX (20)
s IN (40)
E AM (50)
R TY (6)
I AM (50)
p MN (75)
Health: 130
Karma: 131
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Narya
Occupation: Adventurer, Records Offi-
cer of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Identity: Secret. The general population
was unaware that Snowbird was a god-
d ess .
Legal Status: Citizen of Canada with no
criminal record
Other Known Aliases: Anne MacKenzie
Thompson
Place of Birth: .A mine in Burial Butte,
Canadian Klondike.
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Hodiak (grandfather),
Nelvanna (mother), Richard Lawrence
Eastman (father, deceased), Michael
Twoyoungman (alias Shaman, foster
father), Douglas Thompson (husband,
deceased), unnamed son (deceased)
Base of Operations: Canada
Past Group Affiliation: Alpha Flight,
Eskimo gods
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Shape-Changing: Snowbird was a meta-
morph, capable of assuming the form of
any creature found in the Canadian Arc-
tic. When she changes, she takes on the
creature's Fighting, Agility, Strength,
and Endurance (but not Health). These
creatures include:
sWhite Owl E Claws: Incredible Edged Psyche FEAT. She can see events
between six and twelve hours old with a
FA The Sasquatch form leaves Snowbird Red Psyche FEAT, but cannot see any
EX RM GD GD susceptible to psychic attack; her event more than twelve hours later.
Psyche drops - 1 CS per round that she Bound to Canada (Umitation): Narya is
Flight: Excellent spends in that form (to a minimum of mystically bound to Canada and its
Claws: Good Edged Poor), which leaves her open to psychic coastal waters. If she leaves the area,
attacks from enemies such as Pestilence she cannot change shape or fly, and
sPolar Bear E or the Great Beasts. ages rapidly. She loses one rank in each
of her abilities per two hours, and dies if
FA Flight: Snowbird can fly without chang- all of her abilities drop below Feeble. If
ing shape with Excellent speed (10 returned to Canada, her abilities are
RM GD EX RM areas/round) restored to normal within two hours.
Postcognitlon: Snowbird has the ability Talents: Anne MacKenzie was a records
Swimming: Poor to see events that occurred in an area up clerk, and has Good reason with
to six hours before with a successful bureaucracy, though her natural arro-
Claws: Excellent Edged
43
,..--...
" Sasquatch" s E
FA AM
RM RM MN
gance tends to counter this skill. gone for only one night, but discovered with a mortal, the Eskimo gods forbade
Contacts: Narya is a member of the Inuit that he had been away from Earth for her to return to their otherdimensional
(Eskimo) pantheon of deities. She had about nine years. Easton then went mad realm.
connections with Alpha Flight (especially as a result of his experiences.
Shaman and Talisman) and also with Michael Twoyoungmen, now also
Wolverine of the X-Men. A year later, Michael Twoyoungmen, known as Talisman, journeyed with the
ADDITIONAL NOTES: who had recently become an Indian sha- pregnant Narya, Thompson, and other
man, or medicine man, found himself members of Alpha Flight to a mystical
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES drawn to the same area of Canada by "place of power" in the Canadian Arctic
Narya was an extremely arrogant indi· mystical energies. Through dreams he in order to deliver her child and to bind
vidual, but very few goddesses are hum- had learned of Nelvanna's pregnancy the child's spirit to the Earth as he had
ble. She turned first to her native and of her need for a human mystic to done with Snowbird. However, the cere-
goddesses for strength in moments of serve as midwife at the birth of her child. mony inadvertently allowed Captain F.R.
personal crisis, and then to Alpha Flight, Twoyoungmen cast a spell which tempo- Crozier, who was in suspended anima-
eventually finding that her heritage as an rarily opened a portal, and Nelvanna tion under the ground, to take posses-
Alphan was more reliable. She was pos- appeared before him . Twoyoungmen sion of Snowbird's newborn son and
sessed of a spirit as old as the Arctic, and found an infant-sized embryo hovering transform the infant's body into an adult
yet as young as a small girl, since she before him. Realizing that it was a trans- one. Crozier, calling himself Pestilence,
was only a few years old when she joined morph, or shapechanger, Twoyoungmen intended to use his powers over death
Alpha. She quested to find her mortal quickly cast a spell to bind it to Earth's and decay to spread havoc on Earth .
self, and eventually found love in the reality. The embryo became a female Taking magical control of Snowbird, Sha-
arms of Douglas Thompson. human infant who was already the equiv- man had her, in her Sasquatch form,
alent of a year old. Twoyoungmen took attack Pestilence, who fled.
HISTORY the infant back to his cabin in the forests
of Alberta, Canada, where he lived as a Douglas Thompson tracked Pesti-
Richard Easton was working in the hermit. Within a few years the girl, whom lence until the creature infected the
snows of Canada and discovered a long- he named Narya, grew to adulthood. Mountie with a quickly fatal disease. The
buried metal headband. That night, others were about to kill Pestilence when
when he felt a compulsion to don the Narya's ability to shape-change was Shaman realized that the innocence of
headband, three of the Eskimo gods inadvertently discovered by Twoy- Snowbird's son was beginning to take
appeared to him: Nelvanna, goddess of oungmen's former neighbor, Heather over Pestilence's mind. If Pestilence's
the Northern Lights; her father Hodiak; McNeil Hudson, and her husband, current body was killed, his spirit would
and the Shaper (not be confused with the James McDonald Hudson, who were be freed to seek a new host; but if his cur-
alien Shaper of Worlds). Nelvanna told starting an organization of special rent body stayed alive, the child's spirit
Easton that she intended to mate with agents for the Canadian government. might prove dominant. Pestilence forced
him in order to produce a child who Both Twoyoungmen and Narya, after a Snowbird to kill his body. Heather Hud-
would become a champion against evil. period of training, joined Alpha Flight son, as Vindicator, had to kill Snowbird to
Overpowered by the illusion of Nelvan- under the code names Shaman and prevent Pestilence's spirit from taking
na's beauty, Easton agreed and was Snowbird, respectively. over Snowbird's own body.
transported into the realm of the Eskimo
gods, where he mated with her. On During her life on Earth, Snowbird bat- Shaman summoned Nelvanna,
returning, Easton thought he had been tled and helped to defeat members of the Hodiak, and the Shaper to take Narya's
Great Beasts on several occasions. spirit into their realm. Narya went, but
Eventually Snowbird learned that her fel- only on condition that the spirits of her
low Alpha Flight member, Walter husband and son be allowed to accom-
Langkowski, the powerful man-like crea- pany her into the paradise of the Eskimo
ture Sasquatch, had unwittingly become gods.
mystically linked with Tanaraq, one of the
Great Beasts. When Langkowski trans- As for Snowbird's physical body, it
formed himself into Sasquatch, he actu- remained in the form of a sasquatch and
ally took on the physical form of Tanaraq, was resurrected and possessed by the
whose personality began to dominate. spirit of Pestilence. Heather Hudson
Snowbird, believing it was vital to kill hurled Shaman's mystical medicine bag
Sasquatch, tore out the creature's heart, at Pestilence's spirit, which was
thereby killing Langkowski and forcing engulfed by the bag and entrapped,
Tanaraq's spirit back to the dimension of apparently forever, in the strange mysti·
the Great Beasts. cal realm with it. Walter Langkowski's
spirit took possession of Snowbird's
Anne McKenzie had by now revealed body and still inhabits it today. In this new
to Douglas Thompson that she was body, Langkowski can become either a
Snowbird, a demigoddess. In love with white-furred sasquatch or a female
Thompson, she married him and human being, in which form he calls
became pregnant with his child. Out- himself/ herself Wanda Langkowski.
raged that she would thus ally herself
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GROUP BACKGROUND and later Brown. Sun discovered a assisted Iron Fist and his partner
device attached to her neck and Luke Cage in their profession as
Lin Sun, Abraham Brown, and removed it, freeing her. Focusing the Heroes for Hire until Iron Fist's
Robert Diamond were the most power of the amulets on the device, death.
skilled students attending the San the Sons transported themselves to
Francisco martial arts school run by a dimension known as the Field of The jade pendants given to the
the sensei Master Kee. Kee sus- Dharma, where they fought and Sons by Master Kee were originally
tained mortal injuries when the defeated two sets of guardians, part of a jade tiger figurine carved in
school was destroyed by a group of reflections of the Sons created to the ancient city K'un Lun . Worn by
ninja terrorists. Before he died, the test the trio. When the Silent Ones the Sons of the Tiger and activated
sensei gave Sun three jade pen- revealed a plan to take over the by a magic incantation, they provid-
dants in the shape of a tiger's head bodies of the Sons of the Tiger, the ed each wearer with the combined
Sons were able to destroy them once strength and abilities of all three. The
and forepaws. amulets also provided the wearers
Sun, Brown, and Diamond each and for all. clearer vision of alternatives availa-
Following that encounter, each of ble in any given situation , and pro-
donned one of the pendants and dis- vided astral projection that led to
covered that, when they recited an the Sons became involved in individ- other dimensions.
ancient chant, each acquired the ual cases. Meanwhile, however, Dia-
combined strength and abilities of all mond purchased a Chinatown Worn by Hector Ayala, the pen-
three men together. The chant was: building to be the new Sons of the dants increased his strength and
Tiger martial arts school. The Sons provided him martial arts abilities.
"When three are called and stand met the famous martial arts master Reattached to the jade tiger statue,
Iron Fist, with whom they stopped a they provided mystical transporta-
as one, plot to steal serum needed to pre- tion to K'un Lun. The statue was
As one they'll fight, their will be vent an epidemic in the city. They lat- enlarged and animated as a living
tiger. The Sons the Tiger currently
done ... er saved Spider-Man and the Human wear non-magical replicas of their
For each is born anew . . . the Torch from the Sandman , the Enforc- original pendants.
ers, Big Man, and Crimemaster.
Tiger's son." Spider-Man and the Sons eventually TIGER PENDANTS
The Sons of the Tiger set out to captured the criminals, with the Wearing a portion of the Tiger Amu-
exception of Big Man, who was killed
avenge Kee's death, tracing the lets raised Physical statistics by + 1
ninjas to a rival school which proved by Crimemaster. CS in Fighting, Agility, Strength, and
to be a front for a heroin ring and an During these incidents, Shinchuko Endurance, and gave anyone who
ancient cult worshipping the Silent wore all amulets + 2 CS in these abil-
Ones, long-dead representatives of began to draw away from Diamond ities. In addition, if united with the
an ancient and powerful extradimen- and closer to Sun. In his anger, Dia- jade statue, they would create a
sional race. The cult was defeated, mond struck Brown, who then tore gateway to the dimension of K'un
but no clue was found that would off his pendant and stormed out. Dia- L'.un. If used by a character of at least
lead directly to the Silent Ones. mond provoked a physical contest Excellent Psyche who is capable of
with Sun which shocked them to wielding magic, a pendant can ani-
Attempting to draw the Silent their senses. Realizing that the Sons mate the tiger statue, which has the
Ones into the open, the Sons attend- of the Tiger were no longer a viable following abilities:
ed a well-publicized martial arts team, they discarded the talismans,
competition in New York City. The which were later discovered by Hec- FASE
Silent Ones' agent, Harrison Budge, tor Ayala who donned them and was RM GD EX RM
captured the trio, only to be captured
himself when they escaped. He was transformed into the White Tiger. Health: 90
rescued by a team of ninjas and led Lin Sun, Lotus Shinchuko, and • Claws and Fangs (Excellent
the Sons to Welfare Island beneath Edged)
the 59th Street Bridge. He and his Abe Brown maintained the martial • If brought to O Health, it reverts to
forces were defeated when Lotus
Shinchuko appeared and activated arts school and Diamond renewed statue form.
an explosive charge that collapsed his acting career. Not wishing to lose
the bridge. Only their quick reactions his skills, he became the sparring The amulets actually create a physi-
saved them and the woman. cal addiction, and if they are sepa-
partner of Iron Fist. rated from their wearers for more
Shinchuko explained that she had Ayala eventually abandoned his than 24 hours, the wearers' Endur-
ance slips by one rank per day until
unwillingly been given to Budge by identity as the White Tiger and gave they reach Feeble, then they return
the Silent Ones. She renounced the talismans to Blackbyrd, who to normal at a rate of one rank per
them and joined the Sons, who returned them to the Sons, from day. If the hero can do without the
decided to settle in New York. Shin- whom they were stolen by the mystic
chuko and Diamond became roman- entity Master Khan. Diamond was
tically involved, but while on an badly injured in the theft, and his
evening stroll through Central Park former partners were called, re-
she proved to still be under the Silent uniting the Sons of the Tiger. Upon
recovering, Diamond occasionally
Ones' control, attacking Diamond
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--',. ~.-=----
.. ..~·--- ---------~._-...~. ..~.
amulet by that time, he is free of the KNOWN POWERS BACKGROUND
addiction. None Real Name: Robert Diamond
Talents: Abe Brown has all available Occupation: Actor, Martial artist
ABRAHAM martial arts. As a martial arts teach- Identity: No dual identity
BROWN er, he has Instruction talent. Legal Status: Citizen of the United
Contacts: Abe is a former member States with no criminal record
of the Sons of the Tiger. Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Marital Status: Single
Abe Brown was a loyal member of Known Relatives: None
the team who tried to keep things Base of Operations: Hollywood,
together. He eventually realized that California
the group was probably not going to Present Group Affiliation:
succeed, and he left. Brown appears KNOWN POWERS
smart and streetwise. None
Talents: Bob Diamond has all availa-
BOB DIAMOND ble martial arts and teaches martial
arts.
Contacts: Bob is a former member
of the Sons of the Tiger. He was a
very good friend of Iron Fist, and dat-
ed Colleen Wing.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES ,.-...,..
Bob Diamond naturally attracts the
STATISTICS spotlight and enjoys being a star. It
was an excellent quality for an actor,
but eventually brought him into con-
flict with his own teammates. Dia-
mond is still dedicated to the same
virtues as he always was, but has
learned a lesson from the jealousy
that broke up the Sons of the Tiger.
F RM (30) STATISTICS
A RM (30)
F RM (30)
s GD (10) A RM (30)
E EX (20) s GD (10)
R GD (10)
I EX (20) E EX (20)
p EX (20) R GD (10)
Health: 90 I EX (20)
Karma: 50 p EX (20)
Resources: TY (6) Health: 90
Popularity: 1O Karma: 50
Resources: GD (10)
BACKGROUND Popularity: 20
Real Name: Abraham "Abe" Brown
Occupation: Martial arts instructor
Identity: No dual identity
Legal St atus: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Present Group Afflllatlon:
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j
.-. LOTUS Contacts: Lotus is a former member Legal Status: Citizen of the United
SHINCHUKO of the Sons of the Tiger. She also had States with no criminal record
an unwilling association with the Other Known Aliases: None
Silent Ones, an evil extraterrestrial Place of Birth: Unrevealed
race. She is a close friend of Lin Sun. Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES Base of Operations: New York City
Lotus was strongly dedicated to Present Group Affiliation:
defeating evil, but struggled to
resolve her attractions to Bob Dia- KNOWN POWERS
mond and Lin Sun, which eventually None
broke up the group. Lotus, like Lin, Talents: Lin Sun has all available
was quiet but effective in combat. martial arts. As a teacher of martial
arts, he has Instruction talent.
LIN SUN Contacts: Lin is a former member of
the Sons of the Tiger. He is still a
close friend of Lotus Shinchuko.
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Lin was tireless in his struggle
against evil, but his attraction to his
friend's girl , Lotus, eventually led to
a confrontation that broke up the
group. Lin, like Lotus, was quiet but
effective in combat.
STATISTICS
F RM (30) STATISTICS
A RM (30)
F IN (40)
s GD (10) A RM (30)
S GO (1 0)
E EX (20) E EX (20)
R GD (10) R GD (1 0)
I EX (20) I EX (20)
p EX (20) P EX (20)
Health: 100
Health: 90 Karma: 50
Karma: 50 Resources: TY (6)
Resources: TY (6) Popularity: 10
Popularity: 1O
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND Real Name: Lin Sun
Real Name: Lotus Shinchuko Occupation: Martial arts instructor
Occupation: Martial arts instructor Identity: No dual identity
Identity: No dual identity
Legal Status: Citizen of the United
States with no criminal record
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
None
Talents: Lotus Shinchuko has all
available martial art s and has
Instruction talent.
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WHITE TIGER STATISTICS Known Relatives: Nestor (father,
deceased}, Maria (mother, deceased),
/ F EX (20) Fillipe (brother, deceased), Awilda (sis-
A GD (10) ter, deceased)
Base of Operations: New York City
s TY (6) Present Group Affiliation:(
E GD (10) KNOWN POWERS
R GD (10) Augmented Physical Abilities: Under
I GD (10) the influence of the Tiger Amulets,
p EX (20)
Health: 46 his physical stats were raised +2 CS
Karma: 40
Resources: TY (6) to the following levels:
Popularity: 1O FASE
IN RM EX RM
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Hector Ayala Health: 120
Occupation: College student, form-
er adventurer Talents: The White Tiger was given
Identity: Publicly known the knowledge of all of the martial
Legal Status: Citizen of the United arts by the amulets.
States with no criminal record Contacts: Hecto r was a close friend
Other Known Aliases: None of Spider-Man.
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto
Rico ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Marital Status: Single As the White Tiger, Hector stood as a
representative of the Puerto Rican
people of New York City. He was
impetuous and hot-tempered, but
took his position as his people's
champion very seriously.
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SPACE PHANTOM
-.... STATISTICS
F PR (4)
A TY (6)
S GD (10)
E TY (6)
R RM (30)
I TY (6)
P TY (6)
Health: 26
Karma: 42
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Former military strate-
gist, now agent of lmmortus
-.. Identity: He is unknown to the gen-
eral population of Earth
Legal Status: Citizen of Phantus
Other Known Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Planet Phantus,
Phalbo system, Milky Way Galaxy
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Limbo
Past Group Affiliation: Former part-
.....--._ ner of the Grim Reaper, once led a
segment of HYDRA while imperson-
ating Madame Hydra.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS techniques and laws of time travel. ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Power Imitation: The Space Phan- Contacts: The Space Phantom is a The Space Phantom appears as a
tom can transform himself into a servant of lmmortus. bizarre individual, insane and errat-
duplicate of almost any being, ic. This insanity hides a brilliant intel-
acquiring all of its powers, whether ADDITIONAL NOTES: lect, which earned him a place in the
natural or technological in nature. service of lmmortus. He motivations
He can imitate established power are not rational ones, especially
stunts of the character. The Space since his planet was saved by Thor.
Phantom must be in the same area
as the person he chooses to imitate,
a process which takes one round to
complete. When the Space Phantom
duplicates someone, he or she is
banished to Limbo for as long as the
Space Phantom wishes to duplicate
that form . There appears to be no
limit to the length of time that Space
Phantom can maintain his duplica-
tion. The Space Phantom cannot
imitate true immortality or magical
powers or items. If he tries this, he is
banished to Limbo instead of the tar-
get. The upper rank on all of his imi-
tations is Unearthly.
Talents: The Space Phantom has
Military and Leadership talents. He
also has Good knowledge of the
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