World That Needs Heroes: Vanguard Academy: Continuum

[JackGiantkiller]

Ghoul

Power Level: 12 (210 power points)

*Abilities: STR 38(+14) DEX 14(+2) CON --(--) INT 12(+1) WIS 14(+2) CHA 10(+0)

Skills: Climb 4 (+14), Intimidate 10 (+12), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 5 (+6), Knowledge (History) 5 (+6), Notice 4 (+6), Sense Motive 4 (+6), Swim 4 (+14)

Feats: All-out Attack, Attack Focus (melee), Attack Specialization (Unarmed), Chokehold, Dodge Focus 2, Fast Overrun, Improved Grab, Improved Grapple, Improved Overrun, Improved Pin, Power Attack, Startle, Takedown Attack

Powers:
Growth 4 (E:Duration (Sustained->Continuous);F:Permanent),
Immovable 12 (E:Unstoppable),
Immunity 30 (Save Effect (Fortitude))
Leaping 5
Protection 12 (E:Impervious(7),Reflective(7))
Regeneration 15 (Recovery Bonus (+5),Recovery Bonus (+9),Resurrection (1 week); PF: Persistent,Regrowth,True Resurrection)
Speed 6 (500 mph/1000mph/2000 mph ; roughly 5000’ per move action)
Super-Strength 6 (PF:Groundstrike,Shockwave)

Combat: Attack +7 melee +8 Unarmed +10
Damage Unarmed +14 (dc 29)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 14) Initiative +2
Grapple: +32 (Attack - +8,Strength - +14,Size - +4, Super-Strength +6)
+48 in any situation where his Immovable (Unstoppable) might apply. Total +80 in grappling situations of that sort (throws, trips, etc.)
Saves: Toughness +12(+0) Impervious Reflective 7
Fortitude +0 Reflex +5 Willpower +5

Lifting: 307 tons

* - includes bonuses from Growth

Drawbacks:
Noticeable (He's a hulking undead brute.;Uncommon,Minor)
Weakness (Dependency on Raw Flesh;Uncommon,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 16 + Skills 9 (36 Ranks) + Feats 14 + Powers 135 + Combat 32 + Saves 6 - Drawbacks -2 = 210 / 210

Size: Large
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Ghoul was called Maximus, about 2000 years ago. He was a big brute of a man, a gladiator in the Roman coliseum. Then he died, and was brought back to life by a Roman cult of Osiris…all of whom he then killed. He has been a terror and a mercenary every since. He refuses to give up his freedom, but like many freed slaves, he is casually brutal. He is an undead thing, but he does heal. He always heals, slowly but steadily. He eventually grows back limbs, over the course of years sometimes. He’s shockingly fast, can leap huge distances, and can’t be moved when he wants to stay still, or stopped once he’s moving. He’s like a cross between Solomon Grundy and Juggernaught, although he is somewhat easier to put down. He mostly wears modern clothes, with an ancient leather breechclout beneath them…it survives the wears and tears of his fights, where the black leather jacket and black jeans rarely do. He almost never wears shoes or a shirt. He’s bone pale, almost albino, and his throbbing veins stand out on oversized muscles. His flesh appears unhealthy, which is unsurprising, as it’s actually dead. For a while, he worked for Terror Incorporated, after a short stint as a legitimate businessman and semi-hero at the Circus Maximus, an establishment he ran. (I hadn’t read Freedom City yet when I came up with it, back in M&M first Ed.) Now, he has joined with Dr. Umbros and the Bretheren of Apotheosis...whom he fought for years. ( And the Juggernaut reverse parallels ensue...)

Hitting him is like hitting a marble mountainside. It's even worse if you hit him fast.

[Libra]

What a charming psychopath.

[JackGiantkiller]

I've got a very big (like 10 to 12 player) crossover finale game this weekend. i need big, hateable nasties, so i'm updating some old faves. Humorously, Ghoul was once a PC to a player who is leaving the state...this session will be his last with us. Inflicting the evil version of his own old PC on him just seemed fun. Sadly, I haven't had to change any of his backstory or methods to make him a villain...

[JackGiantkiller]

Loge

Power Level: 10 (200 power points)

Abilities: STR 26(+8) DEX 16(+3) CON 26(+8) INT 12(+1) WIS 14(+2) CHA 12(+1)

Skills: Acrobatics 5 (+8), Bluff 5 (+6), Intimidate 5 (+6), Notice 5 (+7), Sense Motive 5 (+7)

Feats: Attack Specialization (Fire Control), Defensive Roll 4, Improved Initiative 2, Move-by Action

Powers:
Element Control (Fire) 12 (PF:Affects Insubstantial 2)
AP-Blast 12 (PF:Affects Insubstantial 2)
AP-Blast 6 (E:Area (Explosion) PF:Affects Insubstantial 2)
Flight 4
Growth 8 (E:Continuous, F:Permanent)
Immunity 9 (Aging,Damage Type (fire),Disease,Heat,Poison)
Quickness 10 (F:One Task (eating))
Strike 10 (E:Aura,Duration (Instant->Sustained); Affects Insubstantial 2)
AP-Matter Eater 10
Super-Senses 1 (Infravision)

Combat: Attack +6 Fire Control +8
Damage Fireblast +12 (dc 27) Flame Aura +10 (dc 25)
Defense 16 (Flat-footed: 14) Initiative +11
Grapple: +24 (Attack - +8,Strength - +8,Size - +8)

Saves: Toughness +8 Defensive Roll +12
Fortitude +8 Reflex +10 Defensive Roll+14 Willpower +8

Lifting: 1.5 ton

Cost Summary:
Ability 22 + Skills 6 (24 Ranks) + Feats 8 + Powers 119 + Combat 32 + Saves 13 = 200 / 200

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a – beta


Loge’. He’s a skinny giant, really. What he is, though, is the personification of fire. Or maybe just a personification of fire. He beat Loki in an eating contest. In fact, he can’t be beaten at eating. He’s helping Jarnsaxa and the Goddesses Scorned by the Aesir Club for fun. Or perhaps at the behest of his master, Utgard-Loki.

Edit: Made him a giant, not just a Jotun. It works out, in the end.

[Elric]

Loge

Quickness 10 (F:One Task (eating))
Strike 10 (E:Aura,Duration (Instant->Sustained); Affects Insubstantial 2)
AP-Matter Eater 10

He beat Loki in an eating contest. In fact, he can’t be beaten at eating. He’s helping Jarnsaxa and the Goddesses Scorned by the Aesir Club for fun.

I love it! But as far as eating contests go, The Flash might beg to differ

[JackGiantkiller]

Well, sure. But can the Flash eat a tank?:) Anyway, that statement has to be evaluated as applies to my world, where the fastest Super-Speedster thus far is in fact either Pinball or Trailblazer, both of whom top out at Super-Speed 8. i'd imagine Pinball would give Loge' a good run for his money, but would end up getting an HP for losing. Niche protection at its best. (perhaps I should give him Ultimate Effort (eating))

[JackGiantkiller]

Of course, I haven't posted Honir or Hermod yet, either. They may well be faster than the humans.

[Libra]

Sadly, I haven't had to change any of his backstory or methods to make him a villain...

[JackGiantkiller]

The player didn't quite get the non- Iron Age comic genre. He was definitely an Iron Age player. He still is...but his more recent efforts are better than Ghoul.

[Arthur Eld]

Ah, but what about Matter Eater Lad?

[JackGiantkiller]

Kari

Power Level: 10 (180 power points)

*Abilities: STR 26(+8) DEX 14(+2) CON 26(+8) INT 12(+1) WIS 14(+2) CHA 12(+1)

Skills: Intimidate 10 (+15), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 5 (+6), Knowledge (Physical Sciences) 6 (+7), Language (English, Old Norse, Base: Jotun), Notice 5 (+7), Sense Motive 5 (+7)

Feats: Attack Specialization (Air Control)

Powers:
Element Control (Air) 14 hvy load 200 tons
(PF:Affects Insubstantial 2,Indirect,Wind Blown Effects)
AP-Air Rifle 14 (PF:Indirect 3)
AP-Blast 14 (PF:Affects Insubstantial 2,Indirect)
AP-Suffocate 7
AP-Tornado 7 (PF:Affects Insubstantial 2)
AP-Wind 14 (PF:Affects insubstantial 2)
Strike 6 (E:Aura,Duration (Instant->Sustained);PF:Affects Insubstantial 2,Mighty) Whipping winds surrounding body.
Flight 5
Growth 8 (E:Duration (Sustained->Continuous);F:Permanent;PF:Innate)
Immunity 4 (Aging,Cold,Suffocation)
Protection 6 (E:Impervious)


Combat: Attack +4 Air Control +6
Damage Wind Strike +14 (dc 29) Air Blast +14 (dc 29) Air Rifle +14 (dc 29)
Defense 14 (Flat-footed: 13) Initiative +2
Grapple: +22 (Attack - +6,Strength - +8,Size - +8)

Saves: Toughness +14(+8) Impervious 6
Fortitude +8 Reflex +7 Willpower +8

Lifting: 1.5 tons

* - includes bonuses from Growth

Cost Summary:
Ability 20 + Skills 9 (33 Ranks) + Feats 1 + Powers 115 + Combat 24 + Saves 11 = 180 / 180

Size: Huge
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta

Kari is the Jotun embodiment of the winds that scream across the sky. He is neither particularly cold, nor hot. He has no power over the weather, per se…merely the wind. But his power over that is great indeed. He’s a 16’ tall, 4 ton giant, but looks gaunt. His skin is a translucent, whispy, milky white. Like clouds. His eyes and hair are palest blue, like the winter sky. He wears tunic and breeches like any Norseman would…his are of the finest cloth, and in royal blue. A gold armband circles his upper left arm, and his boots and belt are white dragonhide. He joined this expedition to Midgard because Thor’s daughter is a ravishing thing, and he’d love to take her to wife. What she wants is irrelevant.

[JackGiantkiller]

Ah, but what about Matter Eater Lad?

Does Matter eater Lad have Quickness (Eating) 10 and a very big mouth? (I have/will edit Loge to make him a giant...i don't want him to be too much like Loki.)

[JackGiantkiller]

Ma'at
Nada
Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

Abilities: STR 16(+3) DEX 16(+3) CON 16(+3) INT 16(+3) WIS 20(+5) CHA 16(+3)

Skills: Acrobatics 5 (+8), Climb 5 (+8), Concentration 5 (+10), Diplomacy 5 (+8), Intimidate 5 (+8), Investigate 5 (+8), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Tactics) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) 5 (+8), Language (Ancient Egyptian, English, base:Arabic), Notice 10 (+15), Search 10 (+13), Sense Motive 15 (+20), Stealth 6 (+9)

Feats: Acrobatic Bluff, All-out Attack, Attack Specialization (Armblades), Defensive Roll 2, Dodge Focus 2, Fearless, Improved Critical (Armblades), Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Ritualist, Sidekick 10, Startle, Takedown Attack, Uncanny Dodge

Powers: Device (hard to lose) 2

Combat: Attack +10 Armblades +12
Damage unarmed +3 (dc 18) armblades +8 (dc 23, crit 19-20)
Defense 22 (Flat-footed: 22) Initiative +7
Grapple: +13 (Attack - +10,Strength - +3,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +6(+3) +8 with Defensive Roll
Fortitude +6 Reflex +10 (+12 with Defensive Roll) Willpower +10

Lifting: 230 lb.
Devices:
The Ma'at Costume (Hard to Lose):
Strike 5 (PF:Mighty)
Protection 3
Super-Senses 1 (Ma’at Awareness)She sense cosmic or mystic imbalances. Completely GM controlled, so more a feature than anything else.

Cost Summary:
Ability 40 + Skills 22 (88 Ranks) + Feats 25 + Powers 8 + Combat 40 + Saves 15 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Nada is only sixteen years old. She has no last name. She is an orphan, and has lived on the streets of Cairo for much of her life, avoiding the orphanages with great care and skill. A year ago, she found an Ancient Egyptian shrine to the principle or perhaps the Goddess, Ma’at. Not entirely sure of her own motivations, she took the feathered headdress, the ankh, the white costume and the extendable armblades she found there, and put them on. She was imbued with skill, and the ability to read the hearts of men, and can sense imbalances in the world that need correcting. She has trained herself very hard, adding determination and experience to the skill that was simply given to her. Now, she only needs to costume for its physical properties, and to help keep her attuned to the principle…she is a formidable combatant and investigator in her own right. In addition to the occasional super criminal, she combats terrorists, corrupt businessmen, those who would harm or abuse children, and actively campaigns against the horrible pollution present in the capital of Egypt. Note that she considers herself a Muslim: to her, there is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet. Ma’at, to her, is a universal principle, a simple expression of God’s law. Conservative clergy do not agree, and she has faced some opposition from that quarter.
Note that her costume includes a veil, which not only satisfies modesty but conceals her identity.


The pic is by Kelly Bennet, on Elfwood, and used with her permission. It is, in fact, the original inspiration for the character.
Here's her page:
http://www.elfwood.com/art/k/b/kbennett3/kbennett3.html

Just to keep her fresh. That pic got her started.

[Libra]

It's a rather good one.

[JackGiantkiller]

Hugi

Power Level: 10 (185 power points)

*Abilities: STR 26(+8) DEX 14(+2) CON 26(+8) INT 30(+10) WIS 14(+2) CHA 14(+2)

Skills: Acrobatics 5 (+7), Concentration 3 (+5), Gather Information 5 (+7), Investigate 0 (+10), Knowledge (All) 0 (+10/+14), Language (English), Sense Motive 5 (+7)

Feats: Defensive Roll 2,Eidetic Memory, Evasion, Fast Overrun, Improved Overrun, Jack-of-All-Trades, Master Plan, Move-by Action, Precise Shot, Quick Draw, Ranged Pin, Well-Informed

Powers: Device (easy to lose) 2,
Growth 8 (E:Duration (Sustained->Continuous);F:Permanent),
Super-Speed 8 (PF:Wall Run)
Immunity (aging)

Combat: Attack +6 Hugi’s Hand Axe +10
Hand axe +10 (dc 25, pen 2 Unarmed +8 (dc 23)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +34
Grapple: +24 (Attack - +8,Strength - +8,Size - +8)

Saves: Toughness +8 Defensive Roll +10
Fortitude +8 Reflex +8 Defensive Roll +10 Willpower +15

Lifting: 1.5 tons

* - includes bonuses from Growth
Devices:
Hugi's Hand Axe (Easy to Lose): Strike 2 (E:Penetrating;PF:Accurate x2,Affects Insubstantial 2,Mighty,Thrown)

Cost Summary:
Ability 40 + Skills 6 (24 Ranks) + Feats 13 + Powers 71 + Combat 36 + Saves 19 = 185 / 185

Size: Huge
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta


Hugi is Thought. Specifically the Thought of Utgard-Loki, whose purpose has never been clear, and to whose power no limit has been seen. So, he’s fast. And smart. And knows most things. This version has a light, well made throwing axe. He’s a slim, attractive youth…for a giant. He’s in this for the same reasons as Loge and Kari…they all work for Utgard-Loki.