TEFRAL THE SURVEYOR ZIRAN THE TESTER
KNOWN POWERS KNOWN POWERS
Standard Celestial Powers. Standard Celestial Powers.
ROLE PLAYING NOTES ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Ziran appears along with the rest of
Tefral appears along with the rest if the Celestial Host. He studies the
the Celestial Host. He studies the actions of the chosen race, especial-
ly their reaction to the Celestials'
surface features of the planet under presence.
examination, including the struc-
tures built by the dominant race.
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CHAMPION
..----..,STATISTICS
F UN (100)
A EX (20)
S MN (75)
E UN (100)
R TY (6)
I GD (10)
P EX (20)
Health: 295
Karma: 36
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Tryco Slatterus
Occupation: Warrior
Legal Status: Unknown
~ Identity: Public unaware of his exist-
ence
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Elders of
the Universe
Present Group Affiliation:
~ KNOWN POWERS
Immortality: Champion can never
d ie.
Telepathy: Amazing rank
True Invulnerability: Amazing rank
Teleportation: CL1000 rank
Talents: He is a master of all forms of
Martial Arts.
Contacts: Elders of the Universe.
~ ADDITIONAL NOTES:
151
ROLE PLAYING NOTES HISTORY
Champion has set his goal as being
the best hand-to-hand fighter in the Author's Update 1) Champion has
Universe. Since new fighters are recently been made permanently
born each second , this has kept him immortal.
happy. If a challenger can honestly 2) Champion has joined his fellow
best him, Champion begrudgingly Elders' plan to slay Galactus and
acknowledges the defeat. hasten the destruction of the uni-
verse.
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NOVA PRIME ROLE PLAYING NOTES Telelocation
Nova-Prime is a valiant warrior and general. Total Memory
His first loyalty is to Xandar, then to the Nova Talents: His is skilled in astro-navigation, star-
Corps. ship operation and combat, and computer
operation and maintenance.
PROTECTOR
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
The Protector is a living tool of the Xandarian
computers. He served them as his first duty.
-.,.STATISTICS STATISTICS STATISTICS
; IN (40) F GD (10) F GD(10)
A GD (10) A EX (20)
A RM (30)
s TY(6) s GD (10)
s IN (40)
E TY (6) E AM (50)
E AM (50) R IN (40) R GD (10)
I AM (50) I TY (6)
R GD (1 0) p IN (40) p GD (10)
I GD (10) Health: 32 Health: 90
p GD (10) Karma: 130 Karm a: 26
Resources: AM (50) Resources: PR (4)
Health: 160 Popularity: 50 (on Xandar) Popularity: 20
Karma: 30
Resources: AM (50) BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Popularity: 50 (on Xandar) Real Name: Thoral Aul Real Name: Harris Moore
Occ upation: Keeper of the Computers Occupation: Adventu rer
~ Legal Status: Xandarian citizen (deceased) Legal Statu s: US citizen (deceased)
Identity: unknown on Earth Identity: Secret (on Earth only)
BACKGROUND Place of Birth: Xandar Place of Birth: New York City
Real Name: Tanak Valt Marital Status: Single Mari tal Status: Widower
Occupation: Nova Corps Centurion Known Relatives : None Known Relatives: Helen (wife, deceased),
Legal Status: Xandarian citizen (deceased) Base of Operati ons: Xandar
Identity: unknown on Earth Present Group Affiliation: 153
Place of Birth : Xandar
Marital Status: Married KNOWN POWERS
Known Relatives: Adora (wife, deceased) Protector possessed the following mental or
B ase of Operations: Xandar psionic powers at Incredible rank:
Present Group Affiliation: Communicate with Cybernetics
Cosmic Awareness
KNOWN POWERS Empathy
lnvulnerabllity: Amazing rank Hypnotic Control
True Flight: Amazing speed Iron Will
Talents: He is skilled in Astro-navigation, star- Unguistics
ship operation, and starship combat. Mental Invisibility
Contacts: The Nova Corps (defunct) Mental Probe
Telepathy
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
~ - -- ~ _... .--.-----~
--.~. ---- .-- - -----~-~
Frank(son, deceased) BACKGROUND STATISTICS
Base of Operations: Mobile Real Name: Frank Moore
Present Group Affiliation: Occupation: Adventurer F RM (30)
KNOWN POWERS Legal Status: US citizen (deceased)
Electricity: Amazing rank Identity: Secret (on Earth) A GD (10)
Invulnerability: Remarkable rank Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
ff'ue Flight: Amazing airspeed Marital Status: Single s EX (20)
Talents: Law enforcement skills. Known Relatives: Harris and Helen (parents,
ADDITIONAL NOTES: deceased) E EX(20)
Base of Operations: Mobile R TY (6)
ROLE PLAYING NOTES: Present Group Affillatlon:
Comet was a crimefighter in NYC during the KNOWN POWERS I TY (6)
relatively calm late 1950s. He retired during Powers: None p TY (6)
the upsurge of modern superhumans. He later Talents: Crimebuster was a skilled marksman Health: 80
saw himself as extraneous on a superhero- and streetfighter, as well as being knowledg&-
filled Earth and so decided to go to Xandar, able in both Detective and Criminal skills. His Karma: 18
which needed his help. Although he barely accuracy with any handgun raises him +2 CS.
knew his son, he was devoted to him. ADDITIONAL NOTES: Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 5
CRIMEBUSTER ROLE PLAYING NOTES:
Although he lacked any real powers, Crime- BACKGROUND
buster cherished his father's image so much Real Name: Rieg Davan
that he was compelled to become a crimefigh- Occupation: Syfon Warrior
ter. Initially he thought his father had been Legal Status: Xandarian citizen (deceased)
killed by an assassin and thus was out for Identity: Unknown on Earth
revenge against the c riminal world. Place of Birth: Xandar
Marital Status: Single
POWERHOUSE Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ••
Absorption Power: Powerhouse had the
Amazing ability to absorb the energy from any-
thing, then add that energy to his own Physical
Abilities.
Talents: He was skilled in Xandarian warfare
and starship operation.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Powerhouse is a loyal, valiant soldier in the
service of Xandar.
STATISTICS
F GD (10)
A GD (10)
s GD (10)
E GD (10)
R GD (10)
I TY(6)
p TY(6)
Health: 40
Karma: 22
Resources: TY (6)
Popularity: 5
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~TATISTICS ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Chance is a bitter girl. She has a
F GD (10) burning hatred of Yune Kim Park and
A GD (10) the rest of the Glorification Church.
She is obsessed with battling them
s TY (6) whenever she can. She maintains
her disguise as a boy. She denies
E EX (20) that she is a female and gets
R PR (4)
I GD (10) extremely agitated if she is forced to
p GD (10) look like one (a temporary loss of half
Health: 46 her Psyche).
Karma: 24
Resources: FB (2)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unrevealed
Occupation: Petty thief
Legal Status: S. Korean citizen
~dentity: Secret
.>lace of Birth: S. Korea
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Fallen
Angels
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
- '?ower Magnification: Remarkable
ank
Power Negation: Unearthly rank
Talents: Chance has Excellent knife-
fighting skill and Martial Arts B. She
is fluent in Korean and English.
Contacts: Fallen Angels, NYC street
gangs
,....._'\DDITIONAL NOTES:
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HISTORY his followers. They were forced to beginning to enter puberty, she ha~
assume menial jobs and give their so far been able to pull off the decep
Chance and her parents were mem- earnings to the Church . Although tion .
bers of the Glorification Church, a Chance's parents willingly cooper-
South Korean political organization ated, she rebelled and fled the Chance joined the Fallen Angels
masquerading as a church . Its lead- Church. She now fights a guerilla because they represented the only
er, Rev. Yune Kim Park, brought action against the Glorification friends she had in America. Original-
them to the U.S. and promised to Church and its brainwashed adher- ly she thought she was the only non-
give them citizenship. Instead, he powered member of the gang. Soon
enslaved them along with the rest of ents. her own power began to appear.
To survive on the streets, Chance Since it is useless in itself to her, she
adopted the appearance and man- needs to be around other superhu-
ners of a tough boy. Since she is just mans to use it.
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---STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A TY (6)
s TY (6)
E TY (6)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p TY (6)
Health: 24
Karma: 18
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: 0
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Criminal, Leader of the
X-Men
.-....Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with crim-
,nal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City
Talents: Criminal
Contacts: None
Past Group Affiliations: Factor
.-----..T. hree , X-Men
.>resent Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Changeling is a shy, nervous man
when he is by himself. If he is given a
goal which he feels is within his abili-
ties to attain, he develops more self-
confidence. He feels guilt over his
criminal past, but is unsure what to
,.........,do about it.
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS which Changeling had only during ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Imitation: The Changeling was a his stint as leader of the X-Men.
mutant metamorph, or shape- Thanks to the efforts of Professor X,
changer, whose ability was basically he was able to exert Excellent tele-
the same as that of Mystique. pathic abilities.
Through psionic means the Change-
ling could make Amazing a lterations
in all aspects of his physical appear-
ance, including his height, the color
of his hair, eyes, and skin, and so
forth, so as to seem to be an exact
duplicate of any human or humanoid
man or woman. He could likewise
alter his voice so as to duplicate that
of any other person.
Mind Blast: While he was posing as
-. Professor X, Changeling was
endowed with the psionic ability to
hurl Excellent bolts of mental force.
Telepathy: This is another power
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- - -- --- .=.......~--- -~-- - - -
HISTORY group " Factor Three." that he himself had a terminal illness
and would live no more than si.
Virtually nothing is known about the Dazzled by the prospect of becom- months. The Changeling told Xavier
Changeling before he joined the sub- ing one of Earth's rulers, the that he wanted to do something
versive organization known as Fac- Changeling accepted the Mutant before his death to make up for his
tor Three. It is believed that the Master's offer. Among the Change- past crimes. So Xavier had the
Changeling discovered his shape- ling's many duties for Factor Three Changeling impersonate him. In this
changing ability in adolescence and was the recruitment of other mutant way the Changeling, as Xavier, could
from then on committed numerous members. It was he who contacted continue training the X-Men in the
crimes while using various assumed the Blob, Mastermind, Un us, and the professor's absence. Xavier himself
forms. Legal authorities never real- Vanisher and persuaded them to join remained in a sub-basement of his
ized that the many different-looking Factor Three. mansion continuing his preparations
perpetrators of all these robberies to battle the Z'nox. Xavier believed
and other crimes were actually the The Changeling, who had grown that if he told the X-Men what he was
same man. suspicious of the Mutant Master's really doing, they would worry
motives, then appeared in the guise unnecessarily. He told only Marvel
The Changeling was astounded of Xavier and accused the Mutant Girl (Jean Grey) what he was doing
when one day he received a mes- Master of betraying the other mem- and that the "Xavier" training them
sage from an anonymous source bers of Factor Three. The Mutant was actually the Changeling.
stating that he knew the Changeling Master ordered his androids to
was responsible for certain crimes attack both the X-Men and his A few weeks after the Changelinl
which the message described in mutant allies, who fought back began his impersonation of Xavier,
detail. The message went on to say together. The freed Banshee used the X-Men came in contact with Gro-
that its sender had use for a man of his sonic wail on the Mutant Master's tesk, the insane Prince Gor-tok, sole
the Changeling's abilities, and machinery, causing the platform survivor of the Subterranean race of
upon which the Mutant Master sat to Gortokians, who had become extinct
instructed him to appear at a certain and his helmet to shatter and reveal- as a result of underground nuclear
location several days later. ing him to be a semi-octopoid extra- explosions caused by humans. Gro-
terrestrial being called a Siri. tesk intended to destroy the human
The Changeling complied, and race in revenge, and therefore stole,,......,.
there he first met the mysterious As the Mutant Master, the Siri was a nuclear oscillotron, a newly invent
masked and robed figure who called really exploiting the mutants of Fac- ed device which could trigger earth
himself the Mutant Master. The tor Three for its own ends. By trigger- tremors, and potentially create a
Mutant Master possessed an ing a nuclear war through his agents,
extraordinary assortment of futuris- the Siri would have destroyed most chain reaction of seismic waves that
tic technological devices, one of of the human race. Then he would would destroy the Earth.
which, he told the Changeling, he eliminate the mutant allies as well.
had used to identify him as a super- When the X-Men and the Change-
humanly powered mutant and to Shocked and furious at having Iing, who was still impersonating
monitor his activities. The Mutant been so deceived, the Factor Three Xavier, found Grotesk and the
Master claimed to be a mutant him- machine. The Changeling used
self, and asserted that he shared the mutants joined the X-Men in battling Xavier's mental bolts in a vain -..
mutant Magneto's goal of having the alien, who committed suicide to attempt to prevent Grotesk from acti
superhuman mutants rule the world . avoid capture. Before this, the real
However, the Mutant Master dis- Xavier had arrived and exposed the vating the machine at full power. The
agreed with Magneto's then current Changeling's imposture. The X-Men Changeling and Marvel Girl together
method of leading his Brotherhood and Factor Three's mutants then then used their telekinetic powers to
of Evil Mutants in open attacks upon try to halt the machine altogether.
humanity. went their separate ways. The enraged Grotesk threw the
A short time thereafter, Professor Changeling aside and tried to force
The Mutant Master instead intend- more power from the oscillotron,
ed to form a cadre of powerful Xavier, through his telepathic only to have it explode instead. The
powers, learned that another race of Changeling was too close to the
mutants who would work in secret to aliens, the Z'nox, intended to invade blast and was fatally wounded . He
subvert existing governments so as and conquer the Earth. Xavier died mere months later, knowing he
one day to seize power for them- believed that the Z'nox could most had redeemed himself through his
selves. The world was now domi- surely be defeated through psionic sacrifice. It would not be until
nated by two superpower nations, means; he would have to form a link- months later, when Xavier reap-
the Mutant Master stated; the United age of the minds of the majority of peared as the Z'nox were closing in
States and the Soviet Union. His good people on Earth. But Xavier on Earth, that the X-Men (other than
subversive organization, he contin- needed time in nearly complete iso- Marvel Girl) learned that the man ..--..
ued, would become, in its own way, a lation to prepare for this. who died that day was not Xavier, bu.
the Changeling.
third superpower to be reckoned It was then that he was visited by
with, and therefore, he would call the the Changeling , who had been
deeply shaken upon learning the
158 truth about the Mutant Master, and
even more so by recently learning
- ..,STATISTICS ROLE PLAYING NOTES
The Ch ief Examiner is a cryptic
F FE (2) being who never speaks or explains
A GD (10) his actions. He is interested chiefly in
S GD (10) examining superbeings and testing
E UN (100) their reactions to situtions he
R ShX (150) devises.
I ShX (150) Players should only speak to decribe
P ShX (150) their actions to the GM.
Health: 122
Karma: 450 159
Resources: UN (100)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Examiner of Superbe-
ings
~Legal Status: Unknown
.•dentity: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: None
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
~Machine Animation (Cybernetics):
Unearthly control over computers
and their programming.
Invisibility (all types): Unearthly rank
Levitation: Unearthly rank
Lifeform Creation: Unearthly ability
to duplicate superbeings complete
with powers and equipment.
Phasing: Unearthly rank
Teleportation: CL1000 rank.
....--.._,
EQUIPMENT:
Analyzer: Unearthly-ranked forms of
Energy, Environment, Life, Magic,
Microspcopic Vision, Penetration
Vision, Power, Psionic, and Weak-
ness Detection Powers.
Monolith: Gateway to Chief Exam-
iner's lair.
Talents: Unknown
Contacts: Unknown
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
HISTORY ring against the invaders abhorrent. would also temporarily lose his or ....._
Among the leaders only Durgan the her powers to some extent. Thl
On a planet in another galaxy, the Philosopher sought a means of fight- superhumanly powerful being would
leaders of a peaceful humanoid race ing back against the Black Fleet. He then emerge from the portal back
watched in horror as the invading had used the race's advanced tech- upon Earth. The entire process
Black Fleet of starships destroyed nology to observe the superhumanly would take no more than moments.
world after world, moving towards powerful beings of Earth, and won- The superhumanly powerful being
the humanoids' own solar system. dered if somehow their powers could soon thereafter would again reach
The leaders of the humanoid race be turned to the service of his race. his or her normal power level. How-
did not know how to cope with the ever, the Chief Examiner could now
approaching invaders, for their race Sometime later, a helmeted, robed duplicate that being's powers for his
had been pacifists for centuries. Not figure calling himself the Chief own uses with his technology, having
only had the race no weaponry for Examiner began to appear from time analyzed and drained part of them.
defense, but its members were so to time on Earth. The Chief Examiner
dedicated to their pacifist philosophy would observe superhumanly pow- It is known that the Chief Examiner
that they found the very idea of wa erful beings in action, and attempt to was sent to Earth by Durgan. How-
lure them through a strange, floating ever, the Chief Examiner's identity
black portal. Once inside the portal, remains unknown.
the superhumanly powerful being
._...,,,_
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~ STATISTICS
F ShX (150)
A AM (50)
S ShX (150)
E CL1000
R ShX (150)
I ShX {150)
P ShZ (500)
Health: 1350
Karma: 800
Resources: ShX (150)
Popularity: -1000
BACKGROUND ADDITIONAL NOTES: geological patterns. When Gaea
Real Name: Chthon gave birth to the first of the newer
Occupation: God ROLE PLAYING NOTES gods, Chthon perceived that his sis-
Legal Status: Inapplicable Since Chthon is trapped, he must ter's progeny would eventually sup-
....--.,Identity: Unknown to Public content himself with being a strate- plant the Elder Gods. A scholar by
i>lace of Birth: Earth gist working through proxies. He nature, Chthon inscribed a parch-
Marital Status: Inapplicable only acknowledges his fellow Elder ment with the mystical knowledge of
Known Relatives: Gaea ("sister") Gods as equals, but he will converse the world he had thus amassed. This
Base of Operations: Chthon's with mortals of sufficient magical parchment would later be known as
dimension power to resist him. the Darkhold. Chthon intended the
Past Group Affiliations: Inapplica- Darkhold to be his touchstone with
ble HISTORY the Earthly dimension. As he sur-
Present Group Affiliation: mised, Gaea's son Atum was a god-
Chthon is one of the major Elder slayer, dedicated to the consumption
---..KNOWN POWERS Gods who first materialized in and elimination of the evil which the
Earth's biosphere shortly before Elder Gods had wrought in their deg-
·"ote: In his own dimension, Chthon mankind appeared on Earth . He and radation into demons. Chthon man-
possesses all powers and magical his sister god Gaea were among aged to escape to a nether
spells at CL1000 rank. However, he those who inhabited the land mass- dimension before Atum could slay
is trapped there and can only use the es of the Earth (as opposed to the him. When the Darkhold passed into
following powers in the Earth dimen- sea or skies), and may have had the hands of intelligent beings at
sion. something to do with forming certain some later date, Chthon would have
Possession: Unearthly rank an indestructible medium through
Mind Control: Unearthly rank which to manipulate Earthly pawns
If he gains Possession or Control of a as well as a talisman that could one
....--.,person , that body gains these day be turned into a dimensional
powers: portal for his return to Earth.
Levitation: Unearthly rank
Mind Blast: Unearthly rank The Darkhold was first discovered
Plasma Generation: Unearthly rank by human sorcerers of pre-
Telekinesis: Unearthly rank Cataclysmic Atlantis who managed
Teleportation: Unearthly rank to remove it from the doomed island-
Talents: Chthon is one of the writers city before it sank. They founded a
of all occult lore. cult called the Darkholders and used
Contacts: Gaea, Morgan Le Fay, the spells contained in the book to
Modred the Mystic create vampires. The book passed
th rough a succession of hands
through the next millennia, including
Babylon ian savants, Egyptian
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- ----· __,: -·- -- - __.:___ ' ' ' - . ,,
- ---- ~- --~ _____ -_ --~
priests, and Hebrew scholars. Who- The parchments continued to pass enemy the original Spider-Woman ,,,..----.
ever employed the knowledge con- through various hands, although few who had been befriended by the.
tained within did so at the cost of the were skilled enough to employ the ghost of Morgan's former colleague
corruption of their soul. This earned spells within to real effect. Transylva- Magnus. Morgan once used her
the Darkhold the name " Book of nian scholar Baron Gregor Russoff magic to simulate the aspect of
Sins." bound the parchments back into Chthon in an attempt to defeat the
book form and used the blank pages Spider-Woman. When Modred the
In the 6th century A.O., the parch- he placed in the back as a diary for Mystic was released from suspend-
ments found their way to Britain his occult experiments. The posses- ed animation, Chthon commanded
where the sorceress Morgan Le Fey sion of the Darkhold triggered Rus- him to fetch the Darkhold so he could
had them bound into book form for soff's hereditary tendency toward be released on Earth. In an elaborate
the first time. Morgan used the book lycanthropy and turned him into a scheme, Chthon took demonic pos-
to summon Chthon to the Earthly session of the mutant Scarlet Witch,
plane for the first time, but discov- werewolf. who had been born atop Wundagore
ered Chthon was far too powerful to Russoff had inadvertently brought Mountain. The Avengers managed
do her bidding. It took the sorcerous to dispossess the Scarlet Witch and
might of Morgan and her new band the Book close to where the Earthly imprison Chthon's earthly essence
of Darkholders to repel Chthon from essence of its demonic author had in Wundagore Mountain.
the mortal plane. A renegade been imprisoned, Wundagore Moun-
Darkholder named Magnus stole the tain. Chthon made his second major Finally, Dracula sought the,,-
Darkhold, placed it in a tower and bid to return to the Earthly plane, but
wove an intricate spell whereby no was repulsed by the forces of the Darkhold once more, realizing that
one of evil intent could enter. An High Evolutionary and the spirit of the spell to destroy all vampires was
apprentice sorcerer named Modred the 6th century sorcerer Magnus. contained therein. Earth's sorcerer
misguidedly entered the tower and When Russoff died, an American supreme Doctor Strange managed
had his soul corrupted by Chthon. named Miles Blackgar bought his to use the Darkhold to destroy all
Centuries later he would serve as estate and acquired the Darkhold. vampires on Earth and create a spell
Chthon's agent. Aware of the danger inherent in the by which vampires could no longer
book, Russoff's son Jacob stole it exist on Earth. Due to his vast power,
Eventually the Irish monk St. Bren- and entrusted it to the care of Father Strange was the only person to ever
dan removed the Darkhold from the Joaquez, a priest. use the Darkhold without forfeiting,.--..
tower, believing it to be a temptation his soul to Chthon. The Darkhold is.
From there, it came into the tem- currently in the custody of Doctor
to evil, and scattered the various Strange. Chthon is still in his nether
indestructible pages throughout porary possession of Dracula, Lord
Europe. In the 12th century, a cor- of the Vampires, who was looking for dimension, patiently awaiting a
rupt Spanish monk named Aelfric a means to restore his flagging fourth attempt to return to Earth.
used occult means to reassemble powers. The spirit of Morgan Le Fey
the scattered pages of the Darkhold. also renewed her interest in the
Darkhold, and gained as a mortal
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-- -- -- . -- - -- - . -. - -·_.._.. ~--~-- . ~
----6LACKWING ••
STATISTICS
F GD (6)
A TY (6)
S TY (6)
E TY (6)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
P TY (6)
Health: 24
Karma: 18
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: - 5
BACKGROUND BRUTO THE STRONGMAN ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Real Name: Joseph Manfredi Bruto uses his raw strength and
,.-...,Occupation: Criminal , HYDRA STATISTICS charges directly into an opponent.
agent He is not particularly bright and may
Legal Status: US Citizen with crimi- F EX (20) attack opponents who are radically
nal record A PR (4) stronger than he is (such as the
Identity: Known to authorities Hulk).
Place of Birth: Unknown s EX (20)
Marital Status: Single THE CLOWN
Known Relatives: Silvermane E EX (20)
(father) R PR (4) STATISTICS
Base of Operations: Mobile I PR (4)
...-.._Past Group Affiliations: Maggia, p PR (4) F TY (6)
rtYDRA, Circus of Crime Health: 64 A GD (10)
Present Group Affiliation: Karma: 12
Resources: Poor s TY (6)
KNOWN POWERS
Animal Control: Implanted devices Popularity: o E TY (6)
give Blackwing Incredible control R TY (6)
over bats. BACKGROUND I TY (6)
Talents: He is a professional crimi- Real Name: Bruce " Bruto" Olafsen p TY (6)
nal. Occupation: Weightlifter and crimi- Health: 28
,.-...,Contacts: Silvermane nal Karma: 18
Identity: Publicly known Resources: TY (6)
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Legal Status: US citizen with crimi- Popularity: 1
nal record
.-.. ROLE PLAYING NOTES Place of Birth: Stockholm , Sweden BACKGROUND
Blackwing is a mercenary who only Marital Status: Single Real Name: Eliot "Crafty" Frank
joins a group in order to observe its Known Relatives: None Occupation: Clown, criminal
methods and weaknesses. Base of Operations: Mobile Legal Status: American citizen with
criminal record
KNOWN POWERS Identity: Publicly known
Powers: None Place of Birth: Orlando, Florida
Talents: He is skilled in Wrestling and Marital Status: Single
using Thrown Objects as weapons.
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Known Relatives: Corky (father) STATISTICS GREAT GAMBONNOS (a.k.a. FLY-r----
Base of Operations: Mobile ING GAMBONNOS)
Past Group Affiliations: Circus of F GD (10)
Crime A TY (6) STATISTICS
Present Group Affiliation: S GD (10)
KNOWN POWERS E GD (10) F GD (10)
Powers: None R GD (10) A EX (20)
Talents: He is a skilled comedian , I TY (6) S GD(10)
juggler, and unicyclist. P TY (6) E GD(10)
Weapons: Juggling balls do Poor Health: 36 R TY (6)
damage against a target up to 20 Karma: 22 I TY (6)
feet away. His trick Cane does Typi- Resources: TY (6) P TY (6)
cal damage. Popularity: O Health: 50
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Karma: 18
BACKGROUND Resources: TY (6)
ROLE PLAYING NOTES Real Name: Tomas Ramirez Popularity: 1
The Clown prefers to use his harm- Occupation: Circus performer, crim-
less appearance in order to get close inal BACKGROUND
to his adversary before attacking. Legal Status: Spanish emigre turn-
ed American citizen with criminal Real Name: Ernesto and Luigi Garn-~
record
Identity: Publicly known bonno (identical twins) 1
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Marital Status: Single Occupation: Acrobats, aerialists,
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile and " cat burglars"
Present Group Affiliation:
Legal Status: Italian emigrants turn-
KNOWN POWERS
Invulnerability to Flame: He has Typi- ed American citizens with criminal
cal resistance to fire.
Weapon: " Inferno Discs" enable records
him to release a stream of Typical
Intensity fire from his mouth. Identity: Publicly known
Talents: He is trained in the tradition-
al methods of circus fire-eating. Place of Birth: Milan, Italy
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Each other ~
Base of Operations: Mobile l
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Powers: None
Talents: They are skilled acrobats
and aerialists.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Fire-Eater uses his flame as a weap- The Gambonnos use their skills to
on against opponents and as a tool break into the upper floors of build-
to break into locked places. ings. In a melee, they fight in tan-(""'
dem, often using each other as a
weapon.
164
....--.._HUMAN CANNONBALL ADDITIONAL NOTES: STATISTICS
STATISTICS F GD (10)
A GD (10)
F TY (6)
A GD (10) s TY (6)
s TY (6) E TY (6)
R TY (6)
E EX (20) I TY (6)
R TY (6) p TY (6)
Health: 32
I TY (6) Karma: 18
p TY (6) Resources: GD (10)
Health: 42 Popularity: 1
Karma: 18
BACKGROUND
Resources: TY(6) Real Name: Rance Preston
Occupation: Cowboy, roper, crimi-
Popularity: O nal
Legal Status: US citizen with crimi-
BACKGROUND ROLE PLAYING NOTES nal record
The Human Cannonball apparently Identity: Publicly known
Real Name: Jack Pulver has either a deathwish or a belief in Place of Birth: Houston, Texas
his own indestructibility. He uses Marital Status: Divorced
....-, Occupation : Acrobat, criminal himself as living artillery. He is fired Known Relatives: None
at high buildings in order to enter Base of Operations: Mobile
Legal Status: US citizen with crimi- them from the roof. In a melee, he Past Group Affiliations: ex-minion
may be fired directly at large oppo- of Psycho-Man
nal record nents such as the Hulk. Present Group Affiliation:
Identity: Publicly known
LIVE WIRE KNOWN POWERS
Place of Birth: Burbank, California Powers: None
Talents: He is skilled in using his lar-
Marital Status: Single iat as a weapon or tool.
Weapon:
Known Relatives: None Electric Lariat: This electrified cable
does Good damage against anyone
Base of Operations: Mobile who touches it. If the lariat ensnares
a victim, that person is Stunned by
Present Group Affiliation: Excellent intensity electricity.
Body Armor: Live Wire wears insu-
\ lated gloves and clothing. These
give him Excellent protection
...--.._ KNOWN POWERS against electricity.
Powers: None ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Talents: He can use himself as a
"Thrown Weapon" in order to com-
bat opponents. If he can be fired at a
target, he can do Excellent damage
by slamming into that target.
Weapons:
Mace: He occasionally uses a mace
to swing at opponents as he flies by
~them. The mace does Excellent
damage.
Cannon: This is a trailer-mounted air-
cannon. It is capable of firing a
human or other projectile up to 1
area away.
Body Armor: He wears padded steel
to protect his head, shoulders,
wrists, and feet from the effects of
his attacks. The armor has the addi-
tional effect of giving him Remark-
able protection against physical
blows from others.
165
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~-~.-...--=-- ••"•~ --~~....-..·.•-::•p-:: -~~~·_..-:r---t
. '"
- --- -- ~- •- 1
ROLE PLAYING NOTES ROLE PLAYING NOTES ROLE PLAYING NOTES ,-.
Live Wire is a show-off who likes to Princess Python uses her python as
impress opponents with his skills her weapon and tool . She only fights Rajah fights atop his elephant. He
before he actually attacks them with to protect or avenge her python.
his electric lariat. only engages in personal combat as
RAJAH
PRINCESS PYTHON a last resort.
STATISTICS
STATISTICS TEENA THE FAT LADY
F PR (4)
F PR (4) A TY (6) STATISTICS
A TY (6) S PR (4)
S TY (6) E TY (6) F PR (4)
E TY (6) R GD (10) A FB (2)
R TY (6) I TY (6) S EX (20)
I TY (6) P TY (6) E GD (10)
p TY (6) Health: 20 R TY (6)
Health: 22 Karma: 22 I TY (6)
Karma: 18 Resources: GD (10) P TY (6)
Resources: GD (10) Popularity: 3 Health: 36
Popularity: 2 Karma: 18
BACKGROUND Resources: TY (6)
BACKGROUND Real Name: Kabir Mahadevu Popularity: 1
Real Name: Zelda DuBois Occupation: Elephant trainer, crimi-
Occupation: Snake handler, crimi- nal BACKGROUND
nal Legal Status: Indian citizen with Real Name: Tina (last name
Legal Status: US citizen with crimi- Interpol criminal record unknown)
nal record Identity: Publicly known Occupation: Circus performer, crim-
Identity: Publicly known Place of Birth: India inal
Place of Birth: France Marital Status: Unknown
Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: None Legal Status: US citizen with crimi-
Known Relatives : None Base of Operations: Mobile nal record
Base of Operations: Mobile Present Group Affiliation: Identity: Publicly known
Past Group Affiliations: Serpent Place of Birth: USA
Squad KNOWN POWERS Marital Status: Unknown
Present Group Affiliation: Animal Control (Elephants): Rajah Known Relatives: None
has Good control over his elephant. Base of Operations: Mobile
KNOWN POWERS Talents: He is a skilled elephant Present Group Affiliation:
Animal Control: She has Good con- trainer.
trol over her pet python. KNOWN POWERS
Talents: She is trained in snake han- Elephant
dling. FASER I P Powers: None
EX GD IN AM FB PR FB
Python: Talents: Teena is able to use her bulk
FASER I P Health: 120 as a Grappling weapon. If Teena is ~
Karma: 8 able to sit on an opponent, that per-
GD TY EX EX FB FB FB son suffers Good damge.
Health: 56 ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Karma: 6 ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Grappling Attack: Excellent damage
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Teena is fond of jewelry. Whenever
the Circus of Crime raids a town, she ,,.--.
always heads for the local jeweler
and covers herself in as much jew-
elry as she can.
166
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'- . '~-!'? !;~~;-</ ~--
;. -
- - _--: - -'- ~ -!.. • -.r - ~ -
,,..-..... STATISTICS
Dark Dimension/Earth Dimension
F EX (20) GD (10)
A EX (20) GD (10)
S RE (30) EX (20)
E RE (30) GD (10)
R EX (20) GD (10)
I AM (50) IN (40)
P UN (100) AM (50)
Health: 100/60
Karma: 170/100
Resources: MN (75)fTY (6)
Popularity: 70/5
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Clea
Occupation: Ruler of the Dark
,,.-...., Dimension
Legal Status: Princess of t he Dark
Dimension
Identity: Publicly known in the Dark
Dimension
Place of Birth: The Dark Dimension
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Umar (mother),
Orini (father), Olmar (grandfather,
deceased), Dormammu (uncle)
,,......... Base of Operations: The Dark
Dimension/Dr. Strange's Sanctum
Sanctorum in NYC)
Talents: Sorcery, Martial Arts A
Contacts: Dr. Strange, The
Defenders
Past Group Affiliations: The
Defenders
Present Group Affiliation:
~ and her power equals that which she holds the throne.
Umar wielded at her peak. Clea It is believed that the flames them-
ROLE PLAYING NOTES achieved this higher level in the bat-
Clea is a fairly demure woman, tle with Umar that led to her becom- selves may have increased Clea's
ing ruler of the Dark Dimension. At power, for when she leaves the Dark
despite her incredible power. In her that point, the "flames of regency" Dimension she receives a -1 CS to
early adventures she was a subservi- that by Dormammu's spell appear all of her powers and abilities. Pre-
ent daughter and student. She has about the head of the Dark Dimen- sumably, Clea generates great mys-
since become a strong willed and sion's ruler surrounded Clea's head. tical energy within her own body as
capable leader in her own right. She The flames, which do not harm her, Dormammu and Umar do, and can
and Dr. Strange are lovers and will remain about her head as long as draw upon it. It remains to be seen
equals in matters of sorcery. Despite exactly what she can do with her
her affection for Dr. Strange, she
does not interfere in his personal
struggles.
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS
Clea possesses formidable abili-
ties which enable her to manipulate
mystical forces for various purposes,
..--.. due to her training by the Doctor
Strange and her Faltine descent. At
this point, Clea is Sorceress
Supreme of the Dark Dimension,
167
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- , .:,.- -_,..:--:;.:.::--_ _: _·.::,-==----__._--.--_~ --~-- -- - - ~- -: - -~-~.:::::>.~~~-~~
newly increased power. ADDITIONAL NOTES: with Dormammu, who has long,..--.
sought to conquer Earth. As a result
While she was a student of Doctor of these enco_unters, Doctor Strange
and Clea fell m love with each other.
Strange and removed from the Dark . After Dormammu became trapped
1~ another dimension as a result of
Dimension, her magic, like his, his clash with Eternity, Umar was
able to escape the pocket universe
seemed to be derived from three to which he had exiled her.
. Upon her return, Umar took over
major sources: personal powers of the throne of the Dark Dimension
and, determined to avenge her
the soul/mind/body (such as mes- brother's defeat by Strange, used
Clea as her hostage to induce him to
merism _and thought-casting), r~turn and so that she might battle
him. Strange rescued Clea from
powers gamed by tapping the ambi- Umar's attempt to kill her, but, in
order to safeguard Clea from further
ent magical energy of the universe attack, was forced to allow his men- ,,--
tor, the Ancient One, to send her into
she ~nhabits and employing it for yet another pocket dimension from
which, it was thought, she might nev-
special effects (such as illusion- er return.
~asting and energy projection), and, It turned out that Clea had gone to
the same dimension to which Dor-
fmall_y, powers gained through the mammu had been exiled. Eventu-
ally, Doctor Strange found his way
tap~mg of_ mystical energy from oth- the~e, jus~ as Dormammu was pre-
paring his long-awaited escape. ,..--..
er ?1mens1ons by invoking entities or Strange freed Clea from her exilei
objects of power existing in those !here, and she came to live on Earth
~n New York City. She soon moved
dimensions. The latter means of into Doctor Strange's house and
spent several years there as his lov-
~ower is usually gained by the recita- HISTORY er and disciple in the mystic arts.
During this time Clea developed a
tion of spells, either ritualized ones great deal of her mystical potential
~s her knowledge of magic
fo~~d in various mystical texts or Clea is the daughter of Umar, a increased.
original spells invoking extradimen- member of the extradimensional With Dormammu's most recent ,,--
sional assistance. Faltinian race, and of Prince Orini of disappearance, Umar assumed the
throne of the Dark Dimension and
The full range of Clea's mystical th~ Da~k Dim~nsion (a small "pock- Clea returned to the Dark Dimension
to lead the forces of rebellion in their
abilities has yet to be seen. However et universe m a continuum other ~~empt to overthrow her. She was
Jome? there by Doctor Strange, who
it has been theorized that psehref~ramt than Earth's which has very different mystically probed Orini's mind
least potentially, can now learned that Umar was actually
laws of reality).
any magical feat that her mentor C?lea's mother, and told Clea. Clea
When Umar and her brother Dor- finally defeated Umar in personal
Doctor Strange or her mother Umar combat and both she and Orini1 who
mammu were exiled from their remains loyal to her, were placed in
can. Clea's abilities are however suspended animation within mystic
native dimension they allied them- capsules which were sent adrift in
limite? by her amount of t;aining and another dimension. With them
selves with Cinar, the ruler of the defeated, Clea now rules the Dark
experience. Dimension.
Dark Dimension. When Cinar was
In the past, Clea has proved her-
slain by the savage beings known as
self ~o be capable of the following
!he Mindless Ones he left only an
mystical effects: the formation and
infant son, Orini, who obviously
casting of magical energy bolts with
could not yet succeed his father as
an_ Amazing degree of potency and
ruler.
skill, the projection of her astral self
In recognition of the fact that he
fr~m her physical body to Monstrous
and Umar had saved the Dark
d1st~nces,. the Amazing ability to
Dimension from the Mindless Ones
c?njure Objects seemingly from thin
Dormammu was declared regent'.
air, the traversement of dimensions
Although he tdoiodknOortinsiuarsrehnidsewr atrhd~
(e_ither pe~sonally or via gateways) Dormammu
with Amazing accuracy, the erection throne to him when the latter
of a magical barrier of Unearthly reached adulthood. Instead of
strength or of a magical shield of ~ssuming the throne, as was his
Amazing power, t~e Unearthly ability right, Orini became Dormammu's
to mold the physical shapes of vari- leading disciple.
ous objects, the Monstrous power to Upon becoming an adult, Orini
restructure the very fabric of reality, met Umar for the first time and fell
th~ Unearthly ability to summon dbeee?p~lmyeindliosvgeuwstiethd her. However she
by her affair'with
beings from other dimensions the
telepathic transfer of thoughts ' with Orini and has since treated him con-
Unearthly power, and the ability to temptuously. After Clea's birth, she
teleport across Monstrous distances gave her to Orini to raise, and, until
with great accuracy. recently, only he and Umar knew that
she was Clea's mother.
Clea befriended and aided Dr.
~tephen Strange in his first journeys
into the Dark Dimension to do battle
168
--... STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A GD (10)
s EX (20)
E IN (40)
R TY (6)
I EX (20)
p GD (10)
Health: 76
Karma: 36
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: 3
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Tyrone Johnson
Occupation: Vigilante
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen
,,-..... Identity: Secret
Place of Birth : South Boston, Mas-
sachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: The Holy
Ghost Church, NYC
Talents: None
Contacts: Dagger, Dr. Strange
Past Group Affiliations: Cloak and
--._ Dagger
Present Group Affiliation :
ROLE PLAYING NOTES posed of an insubstantial, feature- or objects from one place to another
Tyrone and Cloak are distinctly dif- less, intense black material of by projecting them through the
unknown nature, with no visual cues dimension while he himself remains
ferent people. Tyrone is a timid, shy as to its surface, even when it is in the Earth dimension. Cloak has
person with a nearly uncontrollable viewed against the background of teleported an entire subway train
stutter who is dependent on his the Earth dimension. This unknown over a short distance by the latter
friend, Dagger. As Cloak, he is a tall- black material may related to the method. Distances within the dimen-
er and more imposing person with a black substances and energies sion of darkness differ from those on
/""\deep rumbling voice. He is also an manipulated by other superhuman Earth: a mile on Earth might be only
implacable foe who seeks oppo- beings. a matter of feet in the other dimen-
nents to feed upon. Predator, the sion . Hence, Cloak could " teleport"
demon who dwells within Cloak, is a Cloak is also able to "teleport" himself through the dimension of
completely merciless destroyer. himself from one point to another on darkness from one point on Earth to
Earth's surface by entering the a point a quarter-mile away in the
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS dimension of darkness himself tra- time it would take to walk a far short-
Cloak possesses various superhu- versing a distance, and eme;ging er distance if he remained on Earth
man powers derived from the back into Earth 's dimension. He can the whole time. Cloak seems to be
unknown drug with which he was .take along other people as he does able to perceive the Earth dimension
injected. It is not known why Mar- so, or he can " teleport" other people
shall's drug endowed Johnson and 169
Tandy Bowen with unusual powers
rather than killing them as it did oth-
ers. There is apparently some
unknown factor in the bodies of
Johnson and Bowen that is responsi-
ble for the effects that Marshall's
,--... drug had on them.
Gateway: Cloak possesses the
Unearthly ability to mentally create
an aperture into a dimension com-
in some manner while he is in the which he generates in this manner is bus for New York City.
dimension of darkness, as he suffers of Excellent intensity.
no disorientation upon re- Shadow Casting: In addition to draw- Johnson arrived at Manhattan 's
emergence, even if he has "teleport- ing on the powers of his dark dimen- Port Authority Bus Terminal penni-
ed" himself a great distance. As yet, sion to generate the Darkforce,
Cloak has not used the dimension of Cloak can nullify more mundane less. He spotted another teenage
darkness to teleport himself more sources of light with Excellent effec- runaway, Tandy Bowen, and was
than half a mile. tiveness. about to rob her when another per-
Spirit Vampirism: Cloak constantly son snatched her purse. Johnson
ADDITIONAL NOTES: tackled the thief and returned
feels a " hunger" of Excellent intensi- Bowen's purse. In reward, Bowen
ty which compels him to seek out liv- HISTORY bought Johnson some food at a
ing victims and project them into the nearby restaurant and they talked
dimension of darkness. It is his belief Tyrone Johnson was a 17-year old about why they had become run-
that the dimension somehow high school student who lived in a aways.
" feeds" on the life forces of his vic- lower income area in South Boston.
tims, which can manifest themselves He was successful in his studies Upon leaving, the two teenagers
as light. Hence, Cloak finds himself despite the difficulties presented by were approached by men working
dependent on Dagger, who gener- his disability, a stammer that he for criminal pharmaceutical chemist
ates an unusual amount of life force sometimes found impossible to con- Simon Marshall. The men offered
"light." By absorbing some of Dag- trol. His best friend was a school- the two runaways a place to stay.
ger's "light" into the dimension of mate named Billy, who encouraged Johnson knew the men's offer was __..
darkness, Cloak can satisfy his him in his struggles. One day Tyrone spurious, but went along to protect
" hunger" for a time without having and Billy were walking by a neigh- Bowen, who accepted their invita-
to project other people into the borhood store when two thieves tion.
dimension. burst out from it. A man working in
Intangibility: Usually Cloak is intangi- the store pursued them to the door- Marshall was working for the Mag-
way, only to be shot dead by one of gia to develop a new synthetic addic-
ble, which acts as Monstrous rank the thieves. The thieves ran out of tive narcotic drug which the mob
Body Armor in combat. He can pass sight, and Billy told Tyrone they had hoped would be a cheaper substitute
through objects just as objects (such better leave as well. Billy began to for imported heroin. Marshall, who
as bullets) pass harmlessly through run, but just then a policeman experimented with the drug by
him. He appears as a shadow in arrived and ordered him to stop. injecting it into the bloodstreams of ~
human form, though his facial fea- Tyrone tried to explain that Billy was captured runaways, administered itl
tures remain visible, perhaps innocent, but his nervous stammer to Johnson and Bowen as well. All of
through an act of will on his part. prevented him from getting the the other runaways who had been
Cloak can regain tangible human words out. Billy continued to run, injected with the drug died, but John-
form through a tremendous act of and the policeman, thinking he was son and Bowen somehow survived.
will. He also regains his tangible the thief, fatally shot him. Johnson The two runaways escaped their
form when he has absorbed an was overcome with guilt over his cell , and, pursued by gunfire, were
unusually great amount of "light," or inability to prevent Billy's death, and forced to dive into the river.
when he has somehow managed to feared that the police would come
master his "hunger" for a time by after him as wel'I . So Johnson As they attempted to swim to Man-
other means, or occasionally due to became a runaway, and boarded a hattan, Johnson found himse lf ~
as yet unknown circumstances. engulfed by total blackness. But:
When Cloak becomes tangible, he is then he saw Bowen, glowing with
as vulnerable to injury as any other light. He went to her, and her light
human being. dispelled the blackness. They
Darkforce Generation: Cloak is able reached the shore, where Johnson
to draw forth the gas-like essence of began to feel a strange hunger. See-
the Dark Dimension and release it ing his reflection in a window, he
into Earth's atmosphere. Though the realized he now looked like a living
aperture he uses to do this could the- shadow.
oretically be formed anywhere within
his field of vision, he generally uses The two runaways realized that
his cloak to help him define the area the drug had transformed them into
of the aperture. Hence, the darkness superhumanly powerful beings. Call-
seems to issue forth from under his ing themselves Cloak and Dagger,
cloak. The largest area Cloak has yet they dedicated their lives to using
to shroud in darkness is a volume of their powers to save other children
approximately 4,000 square feet (an and teenagers from being harmed
entire warehouse). The darkness by drug dealers and other criminals.
170
.-... STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A TY (6)
s EX (20)
E RM (30)
R AM (50)
I RE (30)
p AM (50)
Health: 62
Karma: 130
Resources: UN (100)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Taneleer Tivan
Occupation: Curator
Legal Status: Unknown
~ Identity: Unknown to the general
public .
Place of Birth: Cygnus X-1
Marital Status: Widowed
Known Relatives: Matani (wife),
Carina (daughter, deceased)
Base of Operations: The known
universe
Talents: History, Cultures, and Tech-
nologies of the universe
.---.._Contacts: Elders of the Universe
Past Group Affiliations: Elders of
the Universe
Present Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES developing powers of his own. It is Regeneration: The Collector's will to
The Collector devotes his exist- probable that, if he sought to do so, live is so strong that he has devel-
the Collector could channel the oped Class 5000 regeneration. Only
ence to the discovery and collection ambient energy of the cosmos with the dispersion of a major portion of
of anything that interests him. His Unearthly effectiveness. his bodily molecules could prevent
involvement with the Earth in the Immortality: As an Elder of the Uni- his regenerative powers from func-
,,.......... pursuit of this goal tends to be more verse, the Collector possesses an tioning and cause death.
accidental than purposeful. He will immortal body, immune to cellular Precognition: Though he is prone to
ally himself with those mortals who deterioration and impervious to con- precognitive flashes of the future,
can aid him. Lately, he has become ventional harm (disease, penetration the Collector must meditate for long
involved with a scheme to bring him- wounds, etc.). periods of time in order to make
self and his fellow elders even great True Invulnerability: The Collector's sense of the particulars of the vision
power through the destruction of unique physiology provides him with (for example, who the participants
Galactus (and thus, the entire uni- Good protection from physical injury. are, where the foreseen event will
verse).
171
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS
Cosmic Energy Control: Unlike some
of the Elders (such as the Champion
or the Contemplator) who have used
their long lifetimes to develop vast
powers of the body or mind, the Col-
lector has not devoted any of his
energies to self-perfection. Hence
---- he has no special superhuman phys-
ical or mental abilities. The Collector
is more interested in acquiring physi-
cal objects of power rather than
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·- -~:"'- - -- - -
: _·__..:::,_~~-~~- -- ------ '
- --- ..._a• - - --- ----- - -- I
take place, what is its time frame, HISTORY acquired from the planet Cron, the ,..---..
and so on. Sometimes his visions of Collector converted several unin-
the future turn out to have been of Like all the Elders of the Universe, habited planets into giant museums,
events not realized in his own Reality the origin of the Collector is lost in
but in an alternate one, as in the antiquity. What is known about him is and transferred his collection there.
case of his vision of Thanos destroy- that he is one of the oldest living Every time his ship's hold was filled,
ing the universe. In either case, how- beings in the universe, having been he would return to the museum-
ever, these visions are of Class 1000 among the first of the universe's worlds to deposit his recent acquisi-
accuracy. races to become sentient in the wake tions. At present, the collector has
of the Big Bang. filled ten museum-worlds with arti-
EQUIPMENT facts from a hundred thousand plan-
The Collector possesses the finest Virtually immortal, the Collector ets.
spent the first millennia of his exist-
technology of a hundred thousand ence with his wife and daughter on Over the eons, the Collector's
worlds, giving him a virtually limit- the tranquil world he chose as his monomania became more and more
less arsenal of weaponry. He is only home base. After their daughter had obsessive, making him lose sight of
limited by what he can locate in a grown to maturity and left them , the the original reason for which he
given situation and will always have Collector's wife died from mysterious began his collection . In recent years,
access to 1-4 devices of Monstrous causes. The Collector was wholly the first being of great power he had
power. unprepared for her demise, having foreseen as a threat to all life
Temporal Assimilator: One of his thought her as immortal as he. In (Thanos of Titan) has been born and ,,,.--..
most frequently used devices is his meditation, he realized that an later defeated without the Collector's
Temporal Assimilator, a hand-held important factor in an Eider's immor- intervention.
device which enables him to time tra- tality is the will to live, and his wife
vel for short temporal distances and had simply lost hers. When the second such great
durations. threat to life, Korvac of Earth,
Determined not to succumb to his appeared, the Collector decided to
He also has a larger-scale time wife's malady, the Collector medi- send his daughter Carina to spy on
probe which enables him to fish for tated upon what he might do to give him. Korvac slew the Collector
artifacts in other time periods of a his life meaning. In a vision, he fore- before he could reveal to Earth's
world's history than its present. saw that beings of great power would heroes what he know of Korvac. A
Battle Armor: He has a suit of Mon- arise one day determined to destroy short time later, one of the Collector'sr
strous battle armor which is made of all life in the universe. To prevent this kinsman (the Grandmaster) played a
a substance called etherion, and from happening, he decided to contest of champions with the spirit
which enables him to fly. devote his life to collecting living of Death itself and won the power to
Starship: The Collector's cargo ship beings and artifacts from throughout resurrect the Collector. Apparently,
has Class 5000 warp drive capacity. the known universe, and placing though, this was done at the cost of
He generally keeps it in hyperspace them in safekeeping. If what he fore- the Grandmaster's own immortal
as he orbits when he is procuring saw came to pass, he could repopul- life .
specimens, in order to escape detec- ate the universe and bequeath to
tion. Projecting from the ship into them the knowledge and cultures of Resurrected, the Collector
real space is a small, invisible booth- the past. resumed his ancient task. In his most
shaped access-portal. recent known vision, he foresaw the ,,-.
Building himself a large starship, recently thwarted attempt of Surtur
ADDITIONAL NOTES: the Collector set forth, stopping at to destroy Asgard.
every inhabited world he found to
acquire a sample of their finest The Collector has joined his fellow
achievements as well as living repre- Elders of the Universe in a plan to
sentatives of the world's various life- slay Galactus, thus causing the
forms. In a matter of years, his ship existing universe to collapse. By sur-
was completely filled, and the Col- viving the destruction of the universe
lector was forced to suspend his mis- and the following Big Bang which
sion in order to build expanded would create a new one, the Elders
facilities for his permanent collec- hope to acquire powers on par with
tion. those currently wielded by Galactus.
With the aid of robe-mechanics It is ironic to note that the Collector
has now become one of the very life-
destroying beings which he had
once foreseen and planned against.
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- STATISTICS ADDITIONAL NOTES:
F TY (6)
A TY (6)
s TY (6)
E GD (10)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
p GD (10)
Health: 28
Karma: 22
Resources: FB (2)
Popularity: - 3
BACKGROUND ROLE-PLAYING NOTES
Real Name: Russell Collins Rusty is still young, just barely 18.
Occupation: Former Navy shipman, He is still somewhat frightened of
now X-Factor trainee what might happen if he loses con-
- Legal Status: American citizen with trol over his powers. He is smitten
a criminal record, still a minor. with puppy love for his fellow trainee
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Unknown Skids.
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Member of
the Navy, trainee with X-Factor
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Pyrotechnics: Rusty can mentally agi-
tate air molecules to the point where
the air, and anything flammable,
bursts into flames. His power rank is
Monstrous. He is learning to control
his power. At present he must make a
Psyche FEAT roll to call forth and con-
trol flames each round. The flames
~ normally inflict up to Excellent dam-
age. If he is under great stress or is
excited, his power immediately mani-
fests itself. The greater the threat, the
more powerful the flame (encom-
passing up to two areas and causing
Amazing damage).
If Rusty does not make a yellow
Psyche FEAT roll to control this wild
fire, it will continue to rage until
either he does get it under control or
he is rendered unconscious.
Heat Resistance: Rusty has Unearth-
ly rank resistance to heat and
flames, although it seems as if he is
totally invulnerable to the casual
observer.
Talents: As an X-Factor trainee,
Rusty has the Student Talent.
Contacts: As a trainee with X-Factor,
Rusty has access to their equipment
and assistance.
173
HISTORY accidentally disfigured the Chief's The group helped him develop some r--..
girlfriend. Rusty was taken into cus- control over his powers.
Little is known of Rusty Collins' life tody by the Naval authorities, but
before he joined the Navy. He served went berserk when Fisher tried to kill Rusty is still wanted by the Federal
on the U.S.S. Essex after enlisting at him. authorities. He has been hunted by
the minimum age . While in San Freedom Force in the past. He is
Diego on leave with Chief Petty Offi- Afraid that his attempt to kill Col- romantically involved with Skids, a
cer Fisher, his mutant power mani- lins would be discovered, Fisher Morlock mutant whose force field
fested itself for the first time when he called up X-Factor. In their first case, makes her immune to any of his acci-
they proceeded to track down Rusty dental flame bursts. As the first X-
and " bring him in." Fisher had no Factor trainee, Rusty now acts as a
desire to have them turn the young "deputy leader" for the other train-
mutant over to the Naval authorities, ees. He was recently captured by the
so Rusty was taken in by X-Factor. Right along with the other trainees.
174
~STATISTICS
Armored form/Organic form
F GD (10)
A GD (10)
S MN (75)/EX (20)
E AM (50)/EX (20)
R TY (6)
I TY (6)
P EX (20)
Health: 145/60
Karma: 32
Resources: PR (4)
Popularity: 10
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Piotr (Peter) Nikolaievit-
·ch Rasputin
~Occupation: Adventurer, Art Stu-
dent
Legal Status: Citizen of the USSR
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Ust-Ordynski Collec-
tive, Siberia, USSR
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Nikolai (father),
Alexandra (mother), lllyana (a.k.a.
Magik, sister) , Mikhail (brother,
~deceased)
Base of Operations: Xavier's
School (X-Men Mansion), Westches-
ter County, NY
Talents: Pilot, Artist
Contacts: X-Men, X-Factor, New
Mutants, X-Calibre
Past Group Affiliations: X-Men
Present Group Affiliation :
~ROLE PLAYING NOTES to both osmium and carbon steel. He state, Colossus possesses the same
Colossus is a quiet and stalwart is able to transform into this armor- degree of mobility that he does in his
hero. He is intensely loyal to his like state at will (the process is virtu- normal form.
friends and teammates and a relent- ally instantaneous) and remain in
less foe of anyone who would harm that form for an as yet undetermined The process by which Colossus
them. His Russian heritage is a amount of time. Once in his armored transforms himself to armored form
source of great pride for him and he form , he remains in it until he con- and back again (including his gain of
occasionally feels guilt over having sciously wills himself back to normal. additional mass from an unknown,
left the Soviet Union . However, he If he is rendered unconscious, how- perhaps extradimensional source)
feels that he is needed in the X-Men ever, he spontaneously reverts to his
and as a protector for his sister. normal form. While in his armored remains unknown. Colossus cannot
become partially or selectively
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS armored: his body is either entirely
Alter Ego: Colossus is a mutant with
the superhuman ability to convert
the tissue of his entire body into an
organic steel-like substance, grant-
ing him superhuman strength and a
~ high degree of resistance to bodily
harm. This substance, resembling
" organic steel", is of unknown com-
position but appears to be analogous
175
converted or not. Even his eyes HISTORY remained in the United States with/'-
become steel-like: his eyeballs can the new X-Men, and he has served
withstand and deflect the impact of a Piotr Rasputin was born at the with them ever since.
.45 caliber bullet. Soviet collective farm called Ust-
Ordynski Collective near Lake Baikal In order to force the X-Men to free
Colossus is in unusually fine phys- in Siberia. His superhuman powers her employer Arcade from captivity
ical health, permitting the transition emerged in adolesence. At first, by one of Doctor Doom's robots, the
back and forth from his normal Rasputin was content simply to use woman known as Miss Locke kid-
organic flesh state to his armored his powers to aid the other members napped many of the X-Men's loved
form to occur with minimal stress on of the Collective. ones to use as hostages. Among her
his system. captives was Colossus's younger
Body Armor: In his armored form However, Rasputin was contacted sister, lllyana, whom Locke some-
Colossus is highly resistant to most by Professor Charles Xavier, founder how kidnapped from the Siberian
forms of bodily harm. His armor is of the X-Men, who was in the course collective farm and transported to
capable of withstanding Amazing of organizing a new team of mutant the United States.
ballistic penetration, including that of X-Men to help him rescue the origi-
a 110 millimeter Howitzer shell. He nal group from the sentient island The X-Men freed lllyana from cap-
Krakoa. Rasputin agreed to leave tivity, and she went to live with her
could survive a collision with a load- the farm community in which he was brother Piotr (known as Peter in
ed, one ton flatbed truck at 100 miles born and raised to go to America with America) at Xavier's mansion. Due
per hour, or an explosion of 450 Xavier. Xavier gave Rasputin the
pounds of TNT. code name "Colossus," and Ras- to her later captivity in a dimension.r------.
putin aided Xavier's other new known as limbo, where she spenh
He can survive Monstrous recruits in their battle with Krakoa. years while only mere moments
extremes of temperature ranging After the battle was over, Rasputin elapsed on Earth, lllyana became
from 70 degrees Fahrenheit above the adolescent sorceress known as
absolute zero ( - 390 degrees F) to Magik. Peter and lllyana continue to
approximately 9000 degrees F. How- live at Xavier's mansion today.
ever, it is theorized that above the lat-
ter temperature, his armored form
would begin to melt.
Colossus's armored form cannot
rust under normal Earth conditions
and it has Excellent resistance to
any type of corrosive substance (like
acid). In addition , Colossus has
Remarkable resistance to electrical
damage or attacks while in his
armored form.
Self Sustenance: Colossus has
exhibited a minimal or nonexistent
need to breathe while in his armored
state. However, it is believed that he
could not survive for long in a vac-
uum.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
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- STATISTICS
I
F GD (10)
A GD (10)
s GD {10)
E EX (20)
R PR (4)
I GD (10)
p GD (10)
Health: 50
Karma: 24
Resources: GD {10)
Popularlty: 3
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Frank Schlichting
Occupation: Criminal
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no
- criminal record
.dentity: Secret
Place of Birth: Racine, Wisconsin
Marital Status: Divorced
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Talents: Crime
Contacts: The Corporation (now
defunct)
Past Group Affiliations: Former ally
--of Sabertooth, Justin Hammer, and
/iper (II)
Present Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
The Constrictor is a small-time
thug interested in gaining wealth by
doing strong-arm work for other peo-
ple. He is also after personal fame,
but mainly as a means of command-
r----ing higher fees.
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS
None; all of Constrictor's abilities are
due to the equipment which he
employs in his crimes.
EQUIPMENT alloy (Adamantium being the strong- tion in a matter of seconds.
Body Armor: The Constrictor wears est metal forged by man). Electrical Generation: The Constric-
an electrically-insulated, partially tor wears a power-pack in the bullet-
bullet-proofed battle-suit which pro- Able to extend a maximum length proofed chest area of his suit
vides him with Good protection from of 30 feet, the Adamantium cables capable of generating a Monstrous
physical attacks and is a Remark- can be used as whips which do electrical charge which he can direct
able insulator of electrical attacks. Incredible damage and are capable through the length of the cables. He
Tentacles: The chief offensive weap- of rending steel and lesser metals, or can generate a maximum charge of
on of Constrictor's battle-suit are its as bonds, in which case they are 35,000 volts of high-frequency elec-
twin lengths of cybernetically- capable of entwining an object or tricity for up to 3 minutes before he
controlled, electrically-powered human being and constricting with a depletes his power-pack. He can
cables. These cables, which eject Remarkable force of 115 pounds per cybernetically control the amount of
.md retract from special appliances square inch. Once securely around voltage he channels through each
running from shoulder to wrist, are an object or human being, the cables cable.
made of an Unearthly Adamantium are unbreakable. They can kill an
average human being by constric- The cybernetic circuitry control-
177
ling the functions of the cables is HISTORY
located in the forehead area of his
cowl. The circuitry housing is bullet- Frank Schl ichting was a small-
proofed and insulated against most time hoodlum and enforcer for the
forms of jamming radiations. Chicago-area mobs who went to the
West Coast to make a bigger name
ADDITIONAL NOTES: for himself. Applying to Eugene Klig-
ger of the now-defunct criminal orga-
nization known as " the Corpo-
ration", Schlichting was outfitted
with a special suit of body armor and
weaponry which the Corporation
contracted weapons-maker Justin
Hammer to build . Dubbed the Con-
strictor, Schlichting was employed
as a special operative and hit man.
His first public mission brought him
into conflict with the Hulk.
When The Corporation was dis-
solved, the Constrictor went
freelance, accepting assignments
from any individual or group who met
his price. The Constrictor was invited
to join the Serpent Society, but
refused.
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STATISTICS
F FE (2)
A GD (10)
S PR (4)
E UN (100)
R ShX (150)
I UN (100)
P MN (75)
Health: 116
Karma: 325
Resources: AM (50)
Popularity: 20
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Tath Ki
Occupation: Philosopher
Legal Status: Unknown
~ Identity: Unknown to the general
,JUblic
Place of Self-Aware ness: Coal
Sack Nebula
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: The universe
Talents: Philosophy, Meditation
Contacts: Elders of the Universe
Past Group Affiliations: Elders of
--..the Universe
?resent Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES Agility, or Strength to Unearth ly that in which he levitates himself, the
The Contemplator feels that his levels, with surprising effectiveness. Contemplator can manipulate
Telepathy: The Contemplator's eons- objects by sheer effort of will. His
every move is in accordance with the long devotion to mental develop- mind is of Unearthly strength when
wishes of the cosmos itself. There- ment has given him psionic powers doing this.
fore, he feels no anxiety over any- of fantastic scope. Foremost
thi ng he does. He is a quiet, amongst these is his Unearthly abili- Teleportation: The Contemplator is
soft-spoken, pacifist who is insuffer- ty to transmit thoughts directly from able to transport himself by psychic
........__ably smug. his mind to another. means from one location to another.
He has Class 1000 range when so
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS Astral Body: By universal attune- doing.
Iron Will: The Contemplator has com- ment he has learned of the existence
plete mastery over his physical form of alternate universes and he can Precognition: Through meditation,
and a high degree of sensitivity and use his cerebral powers (which are the Contemplator can expand his
understanding of the fundamental of Shift Z rank in such matters) to field of awareness to near-infinite
forces of the universe itself. The either transport himself to one, or to parameters. This is popularly called
Contemplator can control all of his partially phase into another uni- "cosmic consciousness" or
body's involuntary responses (heart- verse, making himself intangible and "becoming one with the universe",
beat, respiration , nerve ending partially invisible. and is of Shift Y power. By such uni-
responses, perspiration) as well as versal attunement, he can probe the
all of his body's natural functions and Levitation: The Contemplator is able many phenomena that comprise
needs. to focus his mind's great power in reality and learn whatever he wish-
Energy Channeling: Further, he can such a way as to defy the very forces es.
perform great feats of physical coor- of gravity with that bind the universe
dination and agility simply by trying. together. This power is of Unearthly
As a pacifist, he seldom has any
need for physical strength or battle rank.
3kills, yet if he so desired he could
channel his energies into such phys- Telekinesis: In a manner similar to
ical acts, thus raising his Fighting,
179
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
HISTORY
Like all the Elders of the Universe,
the origin of the Contemplator is lost
in antiquity. What is known is that he
is one of the oldest living beings in
the universe, having been a member
of one of the first of the universe's
races to become sentient in the wake
of the Big Bang .
Virtually immortal, the Contempla-
tor has spent his eons-long life in
meditation, developing the powers
of his mind and spirit, and using
them to plumb the mysteries of the
universe. He is now as in tune with
the forces of the cosmos as a physi-
cal being can be. He believes his
every action is dictated by the
" desires" of the cosmos itself.
Essentially a benevolent being,
the Contemplator sometimes inter-
venes in the lives of worthy lesser
beings to show them the way to
greater enlightenment. Most of his
time, however, is spent in meditation,
contemplating the infinite wonders
of the universe with which he is inti-
mate.
180
~-~--~------~-~-~----~-.
I~ - _- - -- --- - - - - - - ---~~-- --"'!--.~..• ..--~-~ -~~
11! --
.--._ STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A RM (30)
S EX (20)
E RM (30)
R EX (20)
I PR (4)
P TY (6)
Health: 110
Karma: 30
Resources: EX (20)
Popularity: - 5
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Basil Sandhurst
Occupation: Research Scientist
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with crim-
-. inal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Kittery Point, Maine
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Vincent (brother,
deceased)
Base of Operations: Mobile
Talents: Engineering
Contacts: Thanos
Past Group Affiliations: Former
~lackey of Thanos
Present Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
The Controller prefers to work in
secret. He would much rather not
fight with superheroes until the bat-
tle is on his own terms. He is slowly
building an army of enslaved Yup-
pies who currently flock to his tan-
-.._ ning studios.
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS mant in virtually all human beings. slave discs he has manufactured),
All of the Controller's powers are The Controller's own cerebral ener- and how much power the exo-
gies are sufficient to power his exo- skeleton 's receptors and actuators
aspects of his equipment. skeleton at the strength level noted can transform and use at one time.
above. Since being augmented by Titanian
EQUIPMENT technology, the exo-skeleton
Exo-Skeleton: The Controller pos- Enhanced by the cerebral ener- enables the Controller to lift (press)
sesses ·a stainless steel exo- gies of others, the Controller's an observed upper limit of approxi-
skeleton/body armor that was strength grows proportionately. mately 50 tons.
micro-surgically attached to his body Each slave disc is capable of divert- Power Transferral: The cerebral
from head to toe and provides him ing about 85% of a person's cerebral energies drained by the slave discs
with Remarkable protection from energies to the Controller's use. occasionally confer upon the Con-
physical attacks. With 20 people under his control, the troller powers other than physical
Controller can lift about 2 tons; with strength. If the person he places a
The exo-skeleton is covered with 200, he could lift 20 tons. There is, slave disc upon has an above-
micro-circuited power converters however, a practical limit to both the average psionic potential, the Con-
designed to receive cerebral ener- number of people he can control at troller is granted their psionic
gies in the form of extra-dimensional one time (determined by how many
.-. radiation and re-convert it into
energy for physical strength. The
cerebral energies he taps are the
latent psionic powers that lie dor-
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_..,,,,,,~.- . .-.G.----=--~·~-~~~~~- '!__·~--:._o::_,_-~---_·_.____-..._~-~- -=-~-- --··_:·~-- -_.: .. / •. - ,_ ~
abilities as well as their physical Calling himself the Controller, San-~
strength. In this way, the Controller
has temporarily possessed the HISTORY dhurst devised palm-sized "slave
power of levitation and psychokine- discs" which, when affixed to a per-
sis, which faded as he was defeated
and his subject's slave discs were son's forehead, converted that per-
removed.
Telepathy: The Titanian slave discs Basil Sandhurst was a research son's cerebral energies into an
now used by the Controller can cre-
ate an Amazing telepathic link scientist whose reputation for unor- unusual form of broadcast power
between the Controller's mind and
that of the person wearing the disc. thodox practices and theories that is transmitted to the absorba-
Mind Control: Through concentra-
tion , the Controller can direct a sub- resulted in his being barred from all tron. Form there, it is then re-
ject's actions mentally for as long as
he concentrates upon his or her. He legitimate commercial and govern- transmitted to the exo-skeleton
is only able to concentrate on one
person at a time. mental research enters. Thanks to where it is converted to a simulated-
ADDITIONAL NOTES: the influence of his brother Vincent, life-motive force. Although he man-
an unscrupulous lawyer, Sandhurst aged to enslave an entire town, the
found work at Cord Industries, one of · Controller was defeated by Iron Man
the leading competitors of Stark when he was tricked into going out of
Industries (now Stane International). the absorbatron's reception/
During a visit by his brother, Sand- transmission range.
hurst, feeling stifled by the mundane Later, as an ally of Thanos, the
routine of his work, went into a fren- Controller was given modified slave
zy, wrecking valuable instruments discs, augmented by Titanian tech- ,,..-..
and machinery. Attempting to pacify nology, which directly beamed the
his brother, Vincent accidentally converted cerebral energies to the
pushed him onto a counter top upon Controller without the bulky absorba-
which were vessels filled with vola- tron machine as a medium.
tile chemicals. The chemicals Although the Controller's current
exploded scarring and crippling Bas- activities are unknown, he recently
il Sandhurst but leaving Vincent rela- battled Iron Man in his southern Cali-
tively unscathed. fornia headquarters. During this con-
Consumed by guilt, Vincent flict, Iron Man was able to sabotage
embezzled funds from Cord Indus- most of the Controller's armor's func-r----
tries to outfit his paralyzed brother tions. Despite the fact that his slave
with an automated laboratory of his discs still remain operational, the
own. Sandhurst used the facilities to Controller can no longer draw
create a "mental wave absorba- energy or powers through them. It is
tron", a device that drained the cere- unknown how long it will take him to
bral energies of whoever was repair his equipment or if he even
connected to it. He then transferred can. His new abilities are:
it to a uniquely-equipped exo- F A S E
skeleton that the crippled Sandhurst TY TY TY EX ,,,.--..
wore, in the form of motive power.
\
182
~--= . - .-
-~- -.
~ ',-'
~~--=-- ~--:-~-=--=--=--"";.-=--=-- -~~------ ~ -
.----. STATISTICS
F TY (6)
A TY (6)
s TY (6)
E TY (6)
R GD (10)
I EX (20)
p GO (10)
Health: 24
Karma: 40
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: - 10
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Jackson Day
Occupation: Laborer, criminal
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a
~criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth : Smyrna, Delaware
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Talents: None
Contacts: Inner Circle (now defunct)
Past Group Affiliations: Inner Cir-
cle
---.Present Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES the bloodstream. This period of "cor- Corruptor has discovered that if a
The Corruptor operates by exploit- ruption" varies from about a half- person is in a highly emotional state
hour to twenty-four hours. The limit of mind he or she will remain under
ing the baser natures of his victims. to the amount of toxin his skin pro- his influence for a far greater period
He simply releases the darker sides duces is not yet known, nor is the lim- of time, perhaps even for days. This
it to the number of people the occurs because the inhibition cen-
of a person's self and then lets them Corruptor can put under his influ- ters of the brain are already stimu-
do his work for him. He knows that ence consecutively. He can affect lated at the time the toxin enters.
his power is easy to defend against, more than one person at a time if
so he tries to operate secretly. more than one person is touching or
,,..--..... being touched by him. In order to
keep a person under his influence
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS over a long period of time he must
touch him or her before the toxin dis-
Mind Control Touch: The Corruptor sipates.
has the power to subvert the will of
virtually any living being by mere Through experimentation, the
touch. The sweat glands of his skin
release a Monstrously potent psy-
choactive chemical that, upon con-
tact with another person's skin,
triggers a metabolic change that
overrides the inhibition center of the
brain. As a result, the victim is very
susceptible to the Corruptor's sug-
gestions, or left to his or her own voli-
tion, will act in a highly uninhibited,
selfish, or immoral manner.
The period of time under the Cor-
ruptor's influence is dependent upon
,...--. the length of contact with the Corrup-
tor's skin, and hence the amount of
toxin that has been absorbed by the
skin and reached the brain through
183
ADDITIONAL NOTES: his body has fully assimilated the,,,--.._,
psychochemicals and he can nc
HISTORY longer turn back to his normal
human state.
Jackson Day was a factory worker
at the shipping department of a phar- Calling himself the Corruptor, he
maceutical manufacturing company touched the Asgardian thunder god
that specialized in psychoactive Thor and caused him to lose his inhi-
chemicals. When a fire broke out he bitions against wanton violence.
was doused with a mixture of potent Thor was brought back to his senses
heated chemicals. Days later, he dis- by the fledgling crimefighter, Nova,
covered that the chemicals had and the two apprehended Day.
affected both his body and mind;
psychoactively unleashing his self- While undergoing medical treat-
ish, hateful tendencies, turning his ment, Day reverted to his Corruptor
skin a sickly blue-black, and granting persona, escaped, and formed a
him the ability to subvert the wills of criminal organization called the
those he touches. Inner Circle. The Corruptor planned
For the first week of Day's transfor- to loot New York with armies of ordi-
mation into the Corruptor, his body nary citizens under his influence, but
tried to shake off the effects of the
chemicals and he would revert to his his scheme was again thwarted byr--
normal form periodically. Since then, Nova. The Corruptor has since used
the Hulk as his pawn, but his current
whereabouts are unknown.
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1 -' • . :- =,: . '- .
i -
'
,...-.., STATISTICS
Original/Modified Values
F GD (1 O)/EX (20)
A TY (6)/EX (20)
S GD (1 O)/UN (100)
E GD (10)/UN (100)
R IN (40)/IN (40)
I IN (40)/IN (40)
P RE (30)/RE (30)
Health: 36/240
Karma: 110/110
Resources: AM (50)/FE (2)
Popularity: 40
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Count Luchino Nefaria
Occupation: Maggia leader, later
.........., supercriminal
iLegal .Status: Italian citizen with
American criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Marital Status: Widower
Known Relatives: Countess Guiliet-
ta Nefaria (a.k.a. Whitney Frost I
Madame Masque, daughter)
Base of Operations: Mobile
r----. Talents: Strategy, Crime
Contacts: Countess Nefaria, Lethal
Legion
Past Group Affiliations: Maggia,
original Ani-Men, Lethal Legion
Present Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Count Nefaria is a grandstander
who likes to set impossible chal-
,...-.... lenges for himself and then over-
come them. He chafes at the relative
timidity of his fellows in the Maggia
while they see him as a dangerous
show-off. As his resources have
dwindled, he has placed a greater
emphasis on his personal abilities.
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS ever, each of Nefaria's superhuman tection is somewhat lessened, being
For most of his life Count Nefaria of only Monstrous levels.
abilities was a hundred times greater Laser Generation: Due to Sturdy's
possessed no superhuman powers than the similar superhuman power treatment Nefaria could also project
whatsoever. However, due to Profes- possessed by one of these three oth- Unearthly laser beams from his eyes
er criminals. and hands. Although the Living
sor Kenneth Sturdy's treatment, True Invulnerability: Besides super- Laser needed graviton generators
Nefaria briefly possessed the same human strength, Nefaria possessed and laser diodes implanted into his
superhuman abilities as the Living Unearthly resistance to injury, and skin to generate and project his laser
Laser (that is to say, the powers the survived a blow from Thor's enchant- beams, Nefaria required no mechan-
Laser possessed before he became ed hammer unharmed. Against fire, ical devices to use his own ability to
a being composed wholly of energy), cold, or acid based attacks his pro-
~ the original Power Man (more specif-
ically, the powers that Power Man
had before he became the second
Goliath) and the Whirlwind. How-
185
create laser beams. Apparently, science. clyed as a criminal and deported to,.---...
Sturdy altered Nefaria's body in such Nefaria also greatly valued his Italy. Many of Nefaria's criminal
a way that allowed the count to gen- allies and employees deserted him,
erate and project laser energy with- family tradition of utter respectability, and he was now no more than one
out artificial aids. The limits on the yet his lust for even greater wealth among many Maggia "family"
amount of laser energy that Nefaria and power led him to become a pow- heads.
could project are unknown. erful figure in the Maggia, the notori-
Hyper-Speed: Sturdy's treatment ous international crime syndicate By now, Nefaria was virtually des-
also enabled Nefaria to move at which has its origins in southern titute. He decided he would have
Monstrous speed and permitting him Europe, but included no noblemen. himself given superhuman powers
to make up to 5 attacks per turn. As a young man , Nefaria quickly greater than those of virtually any
Unlike the Whirlwind, Nefaria did not made himself a powerful force in the other human being. Nefaria formed
have to spin about in order to employ Maggia through the offering of large the second Lethal Legion, consisting
this ability. Theoretically, Nefaria sums of money to established Mag- of the Living Laser, the original, crim-
could have run at up to 5000 miles giosi, the financing of major criminal inal Power Man, and the Whirlwind.
per hour in a straight line for 30 min- operations for the Maggia in return Nefaria then had Profally Klaus Stur-
utes, without tiring appreciably. Stur- for shares of power, the advanced dy, former chief assistant to Baron
dy altered Nefaria's body to enable it weaponry his scientists devised for Heinrich Zema, increase these three
to withstand the adverse effects of him , and his own immense talent for criminals' powers for roughly an
movement at superhuman speed. criminal strategy. hour, and sent them to battle their old ..-
Hyper-Leaping: Although Nefaria enemies, the Avengers.
seemed to be able to fly, he could not The newly formed Avengers
do so. Instead, due to Sturdy's treat- devoted much of their time in the ear- But Sturdy and his assistants had
ment, Nefaria could make Mon- ly history of that group to the captur- also analyzed the cellular and genet-
strous leaps to great heights. ing of Maggia criminals and causing ic structure of the three superhu-
the shutdown of many profitable manly powerful criminals, and used
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Maggia criminal operations. Count their findings to duplicate their
Nefaria decided to deal with the powers in Count Nefaria, but magni-
HISTORY Avengers himself. Having planned to fied a hundredfold. Once empow-
move to America anyway, Nefaria ered, Nefaria mortally wounded
Count Luchino Nefaria was the had his ancestral castle in Italy dis- Sturdy so that he could never give ,,,,.--...
descendant of a long line of Italian assembled stone by stone and re- equal powers to someone else. But
noblemen, and had inherited a vast assembled atop the New Jersey the dying Sturdy told Nefaria that his
fortune. Nefaria was also a man of Palisades. He announced that he new powers were causing the count
unusual contradictions. He was con- was opening the castle to the public to age at incredible speed, so that
servative in many of his tastes and and that profits from admission fees Nefaria would be dead in two days.
attitudes, and therefore dressed in would be donated to charity. He (Actually, Sturdy was lying, and
the fashions Italian noblemen wore invited the Avengers to the opening Nefaria lived beyond the two day lim-
much earlier in the century. On the day ceremonies. it.) Sturdy said that only he himself
other hand, Nefaria was fascinated could control the aging process, but
with technological advances, and Once the Avengers were inside now he could not because he himself ,,--.
throughout his life commissioned the castle, however, Nefaria trapped would be dead. Crazed with fear and
scientists to create inventions that them under so-called "time- rage, Nefaria attempted to destroy
were far in advance of contemporary New York City, but was stopped and
transcender beams," which, in captured by the Avengers.
effect, put them into suspended ani-
mation. Nefaria then created life-size
hologram-like images of the Aveng-
ers which he could project over great
distances, which he could cause to
move like living humans, and
through which he could project rec-
reations of the real Avengers' voices.
Nefaria caused the images to pub-
licly proclaim that the Avengers were
going to seize control of the United
States.
As a result, the real Avengers,
once they were set free, found them-
selves in conflict with the United
States Army. The Avengers finally
defeated Nefaria, who confessed his
guilt in framing them. The Avengers
were cleared and Nefaria was publi-
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...----.._STATISTICS
F RM (30)
A IN (40)
S AM (50)
E MN (75)
R GD (10)
I EX (20)
P GD (10)
Health: 195
Karma: 40
Resources: GD (10)
Popularity: 5 (25 in USSR)
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Dimitri Bukharin
Occupation: KGB agent and special
operative
~ Legal Status: USSR citizen
identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Kuybyshev, USSR
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Moscow,
USSR
Past Group Affiliations: Former ally
of Titanium Man, Slasher, and the
Griffin; ex-Soviet Super-Soldier
------._Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS
Powers: None.
Body Armor: All powers are derived
from devices within the Crimson
Dynamo exoskeleton. Without the
armor, Bukharin's stats are:
FASER I P
TY GD TY EX GD EX GD
The armor possesses Amazing ADDITIONAL NOTES: ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Material Strength . Reinforced shoul- Bukharin is a faithful KGB agent. He
der pads allow it to inflict Monstrous is cunning, resourceful, relentless,
damage when ramming a target. and ruthless. He acts under direct
Electricity: Incredible damage at a orders of the KGB. Because he
range of 3 areas. knows that others had worn the
Infra-Vision: Incredible rank Crimson Dynamo armor but lost it
Microwave Detection: Excellent rank when they failed their assignments,
Radio Emission: Incredible ability to Bukharin follows his orders faithfully
jam ordinary radio and radar. and exactly. Bukharin considers him-
Radio Transceiver: Excellent range self to be a loyal party man.
Rocket: Good airspeed. They can be
187
used to inflict Excellent physical
damage.
Self-Sustenance: One hour air sup-
ply.
Talents: Bukharin is a t rained spy.
,---. Contacts: KGB
- ----- -- -- - -- - ---------.----.,,:-- --..~1 ~:rr ".f----:.!:~-~1
- ' - ·_ ------~~-~- "
-::-.31
-- ----- -
HISTORY Vanko's research assistant, to capture his father and Romanova -
defected from Russia under suspi- and return them to Russia. Despite
Dimitri Bukharin is the fifth man to cion of being a traitor and found the help of Darkstar, the Titanium
don the armor of the Crimson employment in America as head sci- Man, and the Griffin, Petrovich failed
Dynamo. The first Crimson Dynamo entist at Cord Industries. There, he and returned to Russia alone. He
was Soviet inventor Anton Vanko, used the facilities to redesign and re- was directed to surrender the
who designed the original create the Crimson Dynamo armor. Dynamo armor and was sent to a
electrically-powered armor for the Devising an even more formidable work camp in Siberia. The Soviet
Soviet government. Assigned to go suit of armor than his predecessor, government then gave the armor to
to America and assassinate Iron Nevsky attacked Iron Man in an former KGB agent Dimitri Bukharin
Man, Vanko was defeated and attempt to get revenge for what hap- and directed him to join the newly-
agreed to betray his superiors. The pened to Vanko and himself. Though tormed team of mutant super-
Soviet government then sent two joined by the Titanium Man, Nevsky agents, the Soviet Super-Soldiers,
agents, Natasha Romanova and was defeated and fled to Saigon, composed of Darkstar, Vanguard,
Boris Turgenov, to assassinate where he, the Titanium Man, the and Ursa Major in order to spy on
Vanko and complete his original mis- Slasher, and the Radioactive Man them . When the three realized that
sion. Turgenov stole the Crimson operated as politically sanctioned he was a spy, they expelled him from
Dynamo armor from Vanko and tried heroes. Eventually, the Soviets the group.
to discredit him in the eyes of his located Nevsky, assassinated him,
American friends. Vanko sacrificed and confiscated the Crimson Bukharin now wears the armor of -
himself to stop Turgenov, killing Dynamo armor. the Crimson Dynamo as a solo oper-
them both in the process. ative of the Soviet government. He
It was next given to Yuri Petrovich, has recently acquired a totally
Some time later, Alex Nevsky, son of the detector Ivan Petrovich, revamped set of armor.
long-time partner of Natasha
Romanova. Petrovich was assigned
188
rt ..- . ---- -. - ->J:..:- ~-~--~ . - - - . --- -.
- - -- - - - - .
- --
l~-,-..:- -· __ - - --~~ _-___ - - - - -
- STATISTICS:
F EX (20)
A EX (20)
s TY (6)
E RM (30)
R EX (20)
I RM (30)
p EX (20)
Health: 76
Karma: 70
Resources: GD(10)
Popularity: 5
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Scott "Slim" Summers
Occupation: Adventurer, member of
X-Factor
.--.... Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with no criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska
Marital Status: Married, now sepa-
rated
Known Relatives: Christopher (also
known as Corsair, father), Katherine
Anne (mother, deceased), Alexander
(also known as Havok, brother), Phil-
,-.. ip (grandfather), Deborah (grand-
mother), Madelyne Pryor-Summers
(wife), unnamed son.
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: Current
member of X-Factor, former deputy
leader and member of the X-Men.
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS: blast. Cyclops fires his optical blasts adjacent to him, and if he makes a
...--.... Optic Blasts: Cyclop's eyes con- with Incredible Agility. successful Incredible Agility FEAT
roll. The damage for this type of optic
stantly emit a ruby-colored beam of Scott also has one particular blast drops to Incredible.
force which he controls by means of Power Stunt:
an adjustable visor or ruby quartz Resistance to Energy: Cyclops is
glasses. Without this protection, • By using his talent to visualize immune to the effects of both his
Scott can cause Excellent damage spatial geometry, Cyclops can use own energy blasts (allowing him to
at a range of 2 areas, affecting all tar- his optic beams to make a multiple close his eyes) and those of his
gets in both areas. With his visor on, reflection shot. He can strike up to brother Havok. Havok's blasts will,
Scott can control the beam 's focus, eight targets in a single round if all of however, drive him back by sheer
causing up to Amazing damage at a them are made of a reflective materi- force at Good intensity. If Cyclops'
range of 3 areas, and can make al (like metal), are within an area
called shots. He can fire his optic
blasts at ranges longer than 3 areas
(up to 10 areas maximum), but for
each area over 3, the damage is
reduced by one rank. Cyclops can
also use his optical blast as a pressor
beam, firing it at low power to push
~ up to 500 lbs. along the ground or to
stop it from falling. When he does
this, he still does Typical damage per
round to the object or person in his
189
blasts were to be reflected back Alex in his vintage private plane moving freight train.
upon him the same effects might back from a vacation . The plane Reports of the incident involving
apply. encountered a scoutship of the
extragalactic Shi'ar Empire, which Summers sent Professor Charles
TALENTS: set the wooden plane ablaze. Xavier out of his self-imposed seclu-
Scott is an accomplished pilot. Katherine Anne pushed Scott and sion to Washington, D.C. Xavier set
Alex out of the burning plane with the out to find Summers and, as a fellow
Treat his Reason and Agility as if only available parachute. Thus the mutant, help him. Summers, mean-
Remarkable in matters of aircraft two boys escaped capture by the while, afraid to return to the orphan-
and spacecraft. Scott has Amazing Shi'ar, although their parents did age, fell into an unwilling partnership
Reason when it comes to spatial not. (Scott and Alex believed both with a superhumanly powerful
geometry. He has the Leadership tal- their parents had been killed until, as mutant criminal named Jack Win-
ent, and knows Martial Arts A and C. adults, they were reunited with their ters, alias Jack O'Diamonds, and lat-
Cyclops was mind-taught Russian, father, who had since become the er, the Living Diamond. Xavier found
Japanese, and perhaps other lan- Starjammer called Corsair.) Summers and freed him from Win-
guages by Professor Xavier. ters' domination. Xavier then asked
The two boys were hospitalized for Summers to become the first student
CONTACTS: injuries they sustained during their
Scott's family is his closest con- landing, since their overburdened in the "School for Gifted Young-
parachute had been unable to slow sters" he was setting up to train
tact. His father is a member of the their decent safely enough. Scott young superhumanly powerful ~
Starjammers, a group that has often himself was comatose for a year and mutants in the uses of their powers.
come to the aid of the X-Men (and was diagnosed as having brain dam-
vice versa). age. The only long lasting effect of These young mutants would also
the brain damage, however, was to form a team called the X-Men who
ADDITIONAL NOTES: the portion of his brain which would would use their powers to aid
have enabled him to shut off his optic humanity. Summers accepted, and
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES: blasts. Scott and Alex both suffered
Through the years Cyclops has amnesia about the incident on the became the team's leader, adopting
plane. Alex left the hospital in two the code name of Cyclops.
been visited upon by many seeming weeks, was placed in an orphanage,
tragedies. While these have not and was soon adopted. He had little Cyclops led the X-Men for years
diminished his leadership, they have or no contact with Scott until years during various changes in its mem-
shaken his self-confidence in his later, shortly before the emergence bership. He finally stepped down as r--
personal affairs. When playing of his mutant powers as Havok. Scott deputy leader and was succeeded
Cyclops you should be quick to think remained comatose in the hospital by Storm. Summers has since mar-
of ingenious team tactics. for a year, and upon his release was ried airplane pilot Madelyne Pryor
sent to an orphanage in Omaha,
HISTORY: Nebraska. and they have had a son. Recently,
Cyclops joined with the other mem-
Scott Summers was the oldest of As a teen, Summers began to bers of the original X-Men to found a
the two sons of Christopher Sum- develop severe headaches and eye- new team, X-Factor.
mers, an Air Force major and test strain, and was taken to an eye spe-
pilot, and his wife Katherine Anne. cialist in Washington, D.C. Through Tormented by the constant prox-
When Scott was still a preadolescent trial and error, the optometrist dis- imity of Jean Grey, apparentally res-
boy, his father flew himself, Scott, covered that eyeglasses whose urrected from the dead once more, ,.,......_
Katherine Anne, and Scott's brother lenses were made of ruby quartz Cyclops' relationship with his wife
seemed to alleviate the boy's vision took a turn for the worse. Madelyne
problems. The optometrist suspect- left with their son and all traces of her
ed that Summers was a mutant, and existence (birth certificate, piloting
reported him to the FBI. Summers registry, etc.) were mysteriously
was in a large city when his mutant eradicated, apparentally by Mister
metabolism reached a critical point Sinister of the Marauders.
and he unintentionally released an
uncontrolled optic force blast for the With the apparent suicide of the
first time, thus destroying a crane Angel, X-Factor's finances went into
and causing a large object to fall a state of disarray, thanks to the
toward a crowd below. Summers machinations of Cameron Hodge.
destroyed the falling object with The members of X-Factor have
another blast, saving the crowd, but recently broken away from his
the mob of onlookers was enraged. manipulation and publicly declared
Summers fled by hopping aboard a their mutant status.
190
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"~:·::------_~-----,---~--~-_-~ _---~
t~----- -"'-- -::- -_____: - ----- - - - __ . •__ ---- - - -··- - --~ ---- -- . . ·-_;__·_<--X>
...----._STATISTICS
I
F TY (6)
A TY (6)
s TY (6)
E GD (10)
R RM (30)
I GD (10)
p TY (6)
Health: 28
Karma: 46
Resources: PR (6)
Popularity: 3
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Douglas Ramsey
Occupation: Student, adventurer
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen
~ Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: X-Men Man-
sion , Westchester County, New York
Talents: Computers (Hardware and
Software)
Contacts: X-Men, New Mutants
Past Group Affiliations: New
..........,_Mutants
Present Group Affiliation:
ROLE PLAYING NOTES
Doug is a good, clean all-
American kid who used to feel left
out because of the purely intellectual
nature of his power. Now that he and
Warlock have devised a hybrid form,
he sees more action. He used to
~ have a crush of Kitty Pride, but is
now more interested in Betsy Brad-
dock.
KNOWN SUPERPOWERS any given translation problem . entire process by which he reached
Linguistics: Cypher is a mutant with Cypher's mutant talent is an intuitive the correct translation.
an Incredible facility for translating one which works on a subconscious
languages, whether spoken or writ- level, and which may, in part, be
ten, and human or alien in origin. His related to telepathy. A non-mutant
superhuman skill also extends to his human, even a genius, would have
great talent in deciphering codes to work out a translation consciously,
and computer languages. Cypher's step by step. Rather than working
skill is such that once was able to the problem out step by step, in his
make great headway in translating conscious mind, Cypher instead
the written language of an extrater- subconsciously solves the problem.
restrial race in a matter of minutes. Hence, Cypher can reach the correct
solution by means that appear to be
Cypher's mutant talent for trans- leaps of logic, and he himself may
lating differs from the translating not consciously be aware of the
,.-.._ ability that a human who is a genius
in this field , yet not a mutant, pos-
sesses, even though both people
might achieve similar results with
191
.- - . - -- .- - - .. .
- ---- ---- -- -
- - - - - -- --- - ..__ '-~ -~-----__,__...,,
ADDITIONAL NOTES: his final admissions interview,,,-...
accompanied by Pryde, who sus-
HISTORY pected the Hellfire Club's intention in
recruiting her friend. At the Acad-
Douglas Ramsey was a teenage emy, the White Queen captured
friend of Kitty Pryde, who, as Sha- Pryde, who was later rescued by the
dowcat, is a superhumanly powerful New Mutants and thus Ramsey did
mutant belonging to the X-Men. not end up attending the Academy.
Ramsey shared Pryde's interest in
computers and video games, and Although Ramsey became a
they became close friends. Although friend of the New Mutants, he did not
Pryde's expertise with computers
was a result of her own natural (but know that either he or they were
not superhuman) genius in that area, mutants, and they concealed their
Ramsey had a particular knack for
deciphering both human and com- superhuman powers and costumed
puter languages that was the result identities from him. Finally, one night
of a mutation with which he was when both Xavier and the X-Men
born. were away from the mansion that
serves as their base, the techno-
Both Professor Charles Xavier, organic alien being known as War-
founder of the X-Men and the New lock arrived and, confused and ~
Mutants, and Emma Frost, the White terrified, found himself battling the
Queen of the Hellfire Club, learned New Mutants. Seeking to communi-
that Ramsey was a mutant. Frost cate with the alien, the New Mutants
offered Ramsey a scholarship to her summoned Ramsey and revealed
Massachusetts Academy, hoping to their costumed identities to him.
induct him into the Hellions, the Ramsey succeeded in initiating com-
team of adolescent mutants which munications with Warlock, and
she trained there to serve the Hellfire shortly afterwards both Ramsey and
Club's secret criminal purposes. Warlock became members of the
New Mutants. Ramsey was code- ,-..,
Ramsey went to the Academy for named Cypher, for his ability to deci-
pher languages.
192
D'SPAVRE
~TATISTICS:
F RM (30)
A EX (20)
S IN (40)
E RM (30)
R GD (10)
I EX (20)
P AM (50)
Health: 120
Karma: 80
Resources: Not applicable
Popularity: O
-SACKGROUND:
Real Name: Unknown
Occupation: Inapplicable
Legal Status: None
""•dentity: D'spayre's existence is
unknown to the general public of
Earth.
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: Probably inapplica-
ble
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Unknown, but
not within Earth's dimension
Past Group Affiliations: None
,...-...,f>resent Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS ence between the two rank numbers wh ich involve inflicting emotional
Fear Generation: D'spayre has the is added to D'spayre's Health. The anguish .
ability to generate fear at Monstrous victim can avoid Psyche absorption
rank. His targets are allowed a by making a Psyche FEAT roll CONTACTS
Psyche FEAT to avoid the effects, against D'spayre's power rank. It is not known if D'spayre associ-
which have a duration of 10-100
turns. D'spayre must touch his victim If the victim's Psyche is reduced to ates with any of the other Marvel Uni-
(Fighting FEAT) to affect them. zero he or she makes a roll on the Kill verse " demons." It is reputed that he
~/fusion: D'spayre can mystically table using their original Psyche val- serves the Dweller in Darkness, a
.nstill fear by touch , but seems to ue. If the victim is not killed they more powerful demon, but he has
prefer acting indirectly. He gener- recover their Psyche at a rate of one always appeared to be operating
ates Illusions of Unearthly rank to rank per hour. independently.
strike at his targets' own fears. He
also uses this ability to masquerade TALENTS
as a person trusted by his victim. The Like all demons, D'spayre is
target gets a Intuition FEAT roll
against the illusion if they choose to skilled in Psychology in situations
disbelieve what is happening to
them.
Mental Probe: D'spayre can read
the minds of his victims with
Amazing intensity, the better to gen-
erate effective illusions.
Psychic Vampirism: D'spayre feeds
on the fear of his victims with
Unearthly intensity. If his victims are
........_unaware of D'spayre's true nature,
.ind if D'spayre makes a successful
power FEAT roll, the victim's Psyche
is reduced one rank and the differ-
193
ADDITIONAL NOTES: HISTORY cery in his service. Then D 'Spayre~
intended to use their powers and th6
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES The origin of the demonic being nexus to extend his power over a
D'spayre has two main intersts: known as D'spayre is unknown. It is thousand worlds.
possible that he serves a more pow-
feeding and expanding his power to erful being known as the Dweller in However, D'spayre was challenged
feed . He is sadistic and megalomani- Darkness, but D'spayre usually by Spider-Man and the Man-Thing.
acal, glorying in his victims' anguish . appears to be operating indepen- D'spayre used his powers to over-
dently. whelm Spider-Man mystically with
fear, but Spider-Man overcame his
In D'spayre's first recorded terror and beat D'spayre into uncon-
exploit, he appeared in the Florida sciousness. With D'spayre uncon-
Everglades that serves as a nexus to scious, Dakimh and Jennifer Kale
all other dimensional realities. There were released from captivity, and
he captured the young sorceress they used their own powers to
Jennifer Kale and the spirit of her destroy his tower and exile D'spayre
deceased (but still active) mentor to another dimension.
Dakimh the Enchanter. Then D'spay-
re bound his two captives to an Since then, D'spayre has attempt-
arcane tower he had erected within ed to drive both Cyclops and Doctor
the nexus. D'spayre intended to use Strange into utter despondency
the tower's evil mystical energies to through the use of highly convincing
corrupt his two captives, so that they illusions. Both men broke free of
would use their great powers of sor- D'spayre's power, however. D'spay-
re's current whereabouts and activi-
ties are unknown.
194
DAGGER
,........ ·STATISTICS:
F EX (20)
A EX (20)
S TY (6)
E RE (30)
R GD (10)
I GD (10)
P GD (10)
Health: 76
Karma: 30
Resources: FB(2)
Popularity: 2
BACKGROUND:
Real Name: Tandy Bowen
Occupation : Vigilante
- Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
with no criminal record, still a minor
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: Shaker Heights,
Ohio
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Melissa (mother),
unnamed father, Phillip Carlisle
(stepfather), Father Michael Bowen
(uncle)
~ ease of Operations: The Holy
Ghost Church, 42nd Street, New
York City
Past Group Affiliations: Partner of
Cloak
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS rounds. a Psyche FEAT against Excellent
Light Generation: Dagger can gen- intensity. At the Judge's option , cer-
erate light of Remarkable Intensity, Targets hit by these light daggers tain villains may automatically resist
,..--..,,filling up to two areas. This light can are purged of foreign substances, "repenting."
stun opponents who fail an Endur- provided these substances are not
ance FEAT roll for 1 round, and gives long-term mutations or alterations Dagger may fire up to 4 daggers in
those who are attacking her glowing (no effect on Spider-Man or Captain a single round at up to 4 separate tar-
form a - 2 CS to hit her. America). Individuals with negative gets in the same area. She may con-
Popularity may "repent" while under trol the flight of these daggers up to 4
Dagger's internal "light" allows the effects of the daggers. This areas away. They do no physical
her to protect herself and anyone "repenting" reduces negative Popu- damage and will usually ricochet off
touching her from the effects of her larity to 0 and eliminates any Karma solid objects.
partner Cloak's dimension of dark- possessed by the target. Whether
ness. the NPC "repents" is determined by
Light Daggers: Dagger can gener-
ate and throw daggers of " living
light." These daggers do Excellent
damage and can penetrate up to
Good Body Armor (they have no
effect on Body Armor of higher rank).
The target must make an Endurance
---. FEAT roll against Excellent intensity.
Failure indicates unconsciousness
for 1-100 rounds and -3 CS on all
FEATs by the target for 3 days. Suc-
cess indicates only a -1 CS for 1-10
195
TALENTS mented with the drug by injecting it,..-
Tandy is a dancer. Her internal
HISTORY into the bloodstreams of the run·
"light" gives her heightened agility
which, combined with her dancing Tandy Bowen was a 16-year-old aways his men captured. He injected
talent, gives her a unique fighting who grew up in Shaker Heights,
style that combines Acrobatics, Tum- Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland where it into Bowen and Johnson as well.
bling, and Martial Arts C. many wealthy people lived. Bowen's
mother, Melissa, was a celebrated All of the other runaways who had
CONTACTS model who had become rich not only
Dagger is the partner of Cloak and from her own career but also from been injected with the drug died, but
receiving her previous husband's
has cooperated with Mayhem, a estate. That earlier husband, who Bowen and Johnson somehow sur-
super-powered vigilante. She and was Tandy's father, had left for India,
Cloak currently take refuge in the for "spiritual rebirth." Subsequently vived . The two runaways escaped
church run by Father Delgado. The Melissa married a kindly man named
two are on good terms with Spider- Phillip Carlisle. But the self-centered their cell, and, pursued by gunfire,
Man, the New Mutants, Doctor Melissa, wrapped up in her career
Strange, and the Power Children. and social circles, neglected both were forced to dive into the river.
Phillip and Tandy, and Tandy, hurt by
ADDITIONAL NOTES: her father's desertion, refused to As they attempted to swim to Man-
accept her new stepfather. Feeling
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES unloved , Tandy turned for affection hattan, Johnson found himself
Compared to Cloak, Tandy is the to an older teenager, Rob Daltry. But
when he left for college shortly there- engulfed by total blackness. But
more light-hearted of the two youths. after, the despondent Tandy left
She is almost always filled with home on a bus for New York City. then he saw Bowen, glowing with
brightness and cheer. She does
sometimes wish for a normal life, but She arrived at Manhattan's Port light. He swam to her and her light
believes that only Cloak truly loves Authority Bus Terminal and was
her and she has nowhere else to go. spotted by another teenage run- dispelled the blackness. They
away, the penniless Tyrone John-
son . Outside the terminal, he was reached the Manhattan shore,
about to rob her when another per-
son snatched her purse. Johnson where Bowen fell into a delirium.
tackled the thief and returned
Bowen's purse. In reward, Bowen Johnson then discovered that he ..--...
bought Johnson some food at a
nearby restaurant and they talked had been transformed into a
about why they had become run-
aways. strange, inhuman being. Bowen and
Upon leaving, the two teenagers Johnson were then found by the
were approached by men working
for criminal pharmaceutical chemist thugs who had taken them to Mar-
Simon Marshall. The men offered
the two runaways a place to stay. shall. Johnson began to swallow
Bowen naively accepted , and John-
son , knowing the men were up to no them up within the eerie blackness
good, went along to protect her. At
the Hudson River the thugs knocked within the large cloak he had just
Johnson out and then took him and
Bowen by boat to Ellis Island, where improvised tor himself. Just then
Marshall had set up his secret labo-
ratory. Bowen awoke and, acting instinc-
Marshall was working for the Mag- tively, struck the thugs down with,...-....
gia to develop a new synthetic addic-
tive narcotic drug which the mob daggers of light that she projected
hoped would be a cheaper substitute
for imported heroin. Marshall experi- from her fingertips.
The two runaways realized that
the drug had transformed them into
superhumanly powerful beings. Call-
ing themselves Cloak and Dagger,
they dedicated their lives to using
their powers to save other children
and teenagers from being harmed
by drug dealers and other criminals,,..---.
(see Cloak). As Dagger, Bowen often
tries to restrain Cloak from giving in
entirely to the "hunger" that drives
him to project people into a dimen-
sion of darkness. She also uses the
"light" she generates to help satisfy
that "hunger." She has attempted to
leave her life as a vigilante, but has
returned to it, convinced that only
Cloak truly loves her.
After travelling the world to search
out and destroy a major drug maker,
the team recently returned to New
York. Defeating a plan by Mister Jip
and his minions, Day and Night, to
steal Cloak's body, they have now
come to the attention of the Kingpin
once more. .-..
196
DAKIMH THE ENCHANTED
~ STATISTICS:
F PR (4)
A TY (6)
s PR (4)
E GD (10)
R PR (4)
I RM (30)
p AM (50)
Health: 24
Karma: 84
Resources: TY(6)
Popularity: O
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Dakimh
Occupation: Wizard
Legal Status: Former citizen of
_...._ Atlantis
Identity: The general populace of
Earth is unaware of Dakimh's exist-
ence.
Place of Birth: Atlantis
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Therea, also
the Castle in the Sky in the Land
Between Night and Day in another
r----d imens ion
Past Group Affiliations: Mentor of
Jennifer Kale, regular alJy of Man-
Thing and Korrek
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS entrapment on the spiritual planes of other precognition may be used.
Magical Ability: Dakimh in his Therea and the Land Between Night Mystic Library: Dakimh possesses
prime was one of the most powerful and Day. a vast library of occult lore. Should
~orcerers on Earth. He may use any Dakimh wish to research a specific
,,.--,.,. listed Power as a spell, subject to the As a spirit, Dakimh can be injured magical spell (i.e. Power), he must
limitations of Personal, Un iversal , by no physical force on the material spend 1-10 days in research and
and Dimensional energy restric- plane. Despite this, Dakimh appears make a green Reason FEAT roll to
tions. He uses these abilities at the as an ordinary man and can even
Incredible level, unless otherwise manipulate small objects. locate the spell and learn it. Having
noted as Power stunts. In addition, Enchanted Crystal: This magical done so, he can cast the spell once
Dakimh regularly used the following d~~ice allows Dakimh to use Precog- at Monstrous rank.
spells: nition at the Monstrous level of abili-
!Y· The pow~r only operates once per
• Eldritch Beams/Bolts (U) - As image. Until that image comes true,
force or Energy Missile weapon , of or the time that image passes, no
Amazing power and range
• Shield (P) - as Personal
Force Field of Incredible Rank, able
to repel magical attacks
Incorporeal Body: Dakimh is dead.
However, his spirit still exists. As a
"ghost," Dakimh can appear any-
where on the material plane. He is
.----. limited to time periods of between 1-
100 hours, and must wait at least a
month between each visit. Exceed-
ing these limits will guarantee his
197
TALENTS of Atlanteans that had been estab- the Man-Thing, Korrek, warrior- ,,.-....
As an accomplished sorcerer, lished there years before. She pro-
ceeded to found a cult of disciples prince of the otherdimensional king-
Dakimh possesses the Mystical tal- and over the years she taught them
ents of Trance, Sleight of Hand, sorcery. dom of Katharta, and the·
Resist Domination, Occult Lore, and
Mystic Background. He has a pass- Among Zhered-Na's pupils was extradimensional talking waterfowl
ing knowledge of all living and dead Dakimh, who became known as
languages. Dakimh the Enchanter. Through known as Howard the Duck, to stop
unknown means Zhered-Na greatly
CONTACTS extended Dakimh's life span, so that Thog's plans. While they traversed
He is currently the tutor of Jennifer he aged at an extremely slow rate.
dimensions, Howard accidentally fell
Kale, and can call upon the services Finally, the Great Cataclysm
of Korrek and the Man-Thing. He is began. Atlanteans in the Thurian col- back to Earth , but the other four
on amiable terms with Howard the ony wrongly believed that Zhered-Na
Duck. was responsible for causing the Cat- arrived in Therea, where the Man-
aclysm and attacked her followers.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Zhered-Na herself was killed, but Thing defeated Thog.
Dakimh and a few other disciples
ROLE-PLAYING NOTES escaped, bearing with them scrolls When Korrek returned to Katharta,
Dakimh has seemed to handle containing her mystical knowledge.
he discovered that the kingdom had
death pretty well. He is pleasant and Dakimh continued to live for cen-
sociable and takes a keen interest in turies, outliving the other surviving been conquered by Mortak and his
the mystic protection of the material disciples. He made his headquarters
dimensions. Except for those times not on Earth but in the Castle in the ally, Klonus. They captured Korrek
when he is in battle, Dakimh is easy- Sky, a palace standing on ground
going and smiles often . He was a floating in the air about a world in and kept him in captivity for months.
father figure to Jennifer Kale and another dimension known as the
often dispenses kindly words of wis- Land Between Night and Day. Finally, when they were about to kill
dom to others as well.
While experimenting with magic, him, he was rescued by the Man-
HISTORY Jennifer Kale, the teen-age daughter
of a leader of a new cult of Zhered- Thing. The two were then reunited
In the years just before the Great Na, brought the powerful demon
Cataclysm, the Atlantean sorceress Thog the Nether-Spawn from with Kale and Dakimh. ,..-.....
Zhered-Na prophesied the sinking of Sominus to Earth without realizing
Atlantis. The Atlantean emperor he would not be under her control. Seeing a vision of the future in his
Kamuu became furious and The Man-Thing saved Kale's life,
responded by banishing her forever and Thog was forced to return to enchanted crystal, Dakimh realized
Atlantis for blasphemy, setting her Sominus.
adrift in a small boat. that he would perish in the coming
Later, Kale and the Man-Thing
Zhered-Na spent weeks adrift at were magically transported to the battle against Klonus and Mortak.
sea in meditation and finally, her otherdimensional world of Sandt,
boat landed on the Thurian shore. where they first met Dakimh, who During the conflict Dakimh
Days later she came across a colony was now an aged wizard. Dakimh
tested Man-Thing's powers and entrapped Klonus in a cage of mysti-
Kale's spirit to make certain they
were the beings he was waiting for. cal energy that slowly sapped
Afterward, Dakimh was satisfied that
the Man-Thing was the creature Klonus's life force, while Klonus
whom Zhered-Na had prophesied
would act as a savior from the encircled the aged Dakimh 's throat
demons of Sominus, and that Kale
would be a worthy successor to with a ring of mystic vapor that grew
Zhered-Na herself and sent them increasingly tight. During the battle,!~
back to Earth.
the elderly Dakimh suffered a fatal
Kale was later captured by Thog,
who now intended to invade Therea, heart attack. While dying, Dakimh
the otherdimensional home of god-
like beings, and to conquer all of had Kale take his hand and allowed
reality. Dakimh rescued Kale, and
the two set out with their three allies, his remaining physical, mystical
energies to flow into her body,
strengthening her own potential as a
sorceress. Klonus was soonafter
defeated by the Man-Thing. Korrek
triumphed over Mortak, and Kale ~
mystically imprisoned both Klonus
and Mortak.
However, Dakimh was now, in his
own words, only "technically dead."
His spirit now dwells in Therea, but it
can appear for limited periods of
time in material dimensions, such as
Earth and the Land Between Night
and Day.
At present, Dakimh is still training
Jennifer Kale in sorcery.
198
DAREDEVIL
,......_ STATISTICS
F IN (40)
A IN (40)
S GD (10)
E EX (20)
R TY (6)
I MN (75)
P GD (10)
Health: 110
Karma: 91
Resources: PR(4)
Popularity: 6
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Matthew Michael Mur-
dock
Occupation: Legal Consultant
- Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S.
Nith no criminal record
Identity: Secret
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Jonathan (father,
deceased), Grace (mother,
deceased)
Base of Operations: Hell's Kitchen,
N .Y. .
...--....Past Group Affiliations: Partner of
~he Black Widow
Present Group Affiliation:
KNOWN POWERS material that he wields or throws for CS to hit with it. Though disbarred,
Enhanced Senses: Daredevil 's Excellent Blunt damage. He can Murdock retains his legal training.
senses of taste, hearing, and smell throw it up to one area away and rico-
have been enhanced to the Mon- chet off multiple targets or hard sur- CONTACTS
strous rank. He can identify sub- faces with a Power Stunt. Murdock's old partner, Foggy Nel-
stances by taste, read raised printing Blindness: Daredevil Is blind. As
,.--... on a page, or track by a specific odor such, he is unaffected by any light- son, is still active in law but the two
~n a Power rank FEAT roll. Overload- based/visual attacks, illusions, and are not on good terms at this time.
ing these senses (excessive noise, hypnosis for this reason . Murdock is also close to reporter
for example) reduces his Intuition by
- 1 CS and any FEATs against spe- TALENTS Ben Urich of The Daily Bugle, and
cific attacks are at - 2 CS. Daredevil Daredevil is a master of Acrobat-
uses his enhanced hearing in a has extensive contacts in the crimi-
Power stunt to determine if a charac- ics and possesses Martial Arts A, B nal world, including a small-time
ter is lying (he listens for an erratic and E. He is a Weapons Specialist hood named Turk Barrett. Murdock
heartbeat) with Amazing ability. has acted as a lawyer for the Aveng-
Radar Sense: In addition to his with his Billy Club and receives a + 2 ers and Heroes for Hire.
enhanced senses, Daredevil has
199
developed an omnidirectional sense
that operates as primitive radar. He
can "see" three-dimensional
images up to 3 areas away, regard-
less of light conditions. Rapid move-
ments and chaotic conditions reduce
.......... this Power and Intuition by - 2 CS.
Daredevil cannot be blindsided.
Billy Club: Daredevil carries a Billy
Club made of Incredible Strength
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