World That Needs Heroes: Vanguard Academy: Continuum

[JackGiantkiller]

the Deep Ones

Power Level: 8 (120 power points) (Minion 8 Sidekick 24)

Abilities: STR 22(+6) DEX 10(+0) CON 22(+6) INT 8(-1) WIS 14(+2) CHA 12(+1)

Skills: Climb 5 (+11), Intimidate 5 (+6), Notice 8 (+10), Stealth 6 (+6), Survival 4 (+6), Swim 4 (+10)

Feats: Attack Specialization (Strike), Fearsome Presence 4, Interpose, Teamwork 2, Track

Powers: Immunity 10 (Aging,Life Support),
Impervious Toughness 6,
Protection 2,
Strike 2 (E:Penetrating on Strike and Strength; PF:Mighty),
Super-Movement 2 (Wall-Crawling (Normal Speed))
Super-Senses 5 (Darkvision,Scent,Tremorsense),
Super-Strength 2,
Swimming 6 (PF:AP-Burrowing 6,AP-Leaping 4)

Combat: Attack +6 Claws and teeth +8
Damage unarmed +6 (dc 21) Claws and teeth +8 (dc 23)
Defense 18 (Flat-footed: 14) Initiative +0
Grapple: +12 (Attack - +6,Strength - +6,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +8(+6 Impervious)
Fortitude +6 Reflex +0 Willpower +2

Lifting: 1 tons

Drawbacks:
Vulnerable (gold;Uncommon,Minor), Vulnerable (fire;Common,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 28 + Skills 8 (32 Ranks) + Feats 9 + Powers 50 + Combat 28 + Saves 0 - Drawbacks -3 = 120 / 120

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta


Foul, semi-reptilian, subhuman. subterrene, submarine minions of the chtonic Thing That Crawls Beneath Barrow. Like grim and slimy, dark green scaled, filthy fanged shark men, with mouths like frogs...Think Sahuagin crossed with Kuo-Toa, as home beneath the land as the sea. Mighty fighters, immortal unless slain, eternallly loyal. They work well together,almost moving with one mind...that of their creator, patron, and God...That Which Crawls Beneath. As one might expect they need human women to procreate, and the blood of men to feed their master...the flesh is theirs, after the sweet, sweet blood is gone.


Note that as minions, they fall under those rules, so while tough, when they fail a save, down they go. Not fun folk to play with, tho.

[JackGiantkiller]

Thanks, Libra. You caught me midpost. Check out the Deep Ones, above.

[Libra]

I have done so.

[Khantalas]

As always, Jack, you fail to disappoint us. Let such failures be the greatest ones in your life.

[JackGiantkiller]

My thanks for the high praise, Khan.

[JackGiantkiller]

Dr. Umbros

Power Level: 12 (300 power points)

Abilities: STR 24(+7) DEX 16(+3) CON 24(+7) INT 20(+5) WIS 20(+5) CHA 24(+7)

Skills: Bluff 10 (+17), Concentration 10 (+15), Craft (Artistic) 5 (+10), Diplomacy 10 (+17), Intimidate 10 (+17), Investigate 5 (+10), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 17 (+22), Knowledge (History) 5 (+10), Knowledge (Tactics) 5 (+10), Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) 5 (+10), Language (Ancient Akkadian, Ancient Dacian, Ancient Sumerian, French, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish), Medicine 5 (+10), Notice 5 (+10), Sense Motive 5 (+10)

Feats: Artificer, Attack Specialization (Shadow Magic), Benefit (Status), Distract (Bluff), Fascinate (Diplomacy), Fearless, Fearsome Presence 6, Inspire, Leadership, Luck 6, Master Plan, Ritualist, Well-Informed

Powers: Flight 5
Force Field 5 (E: Impervious; PF: Affects Insubstantial 2,Selective)
Immunity 3 (Aging, Disease, Poison)
Insubstantial 4 (Incorporeal)
Shadow Magic 12 (E: Wide Array; PF: Dynamic Power, Subtle (Difficult to Notice)),
DAP-Animate Objects 12 (E:Additional Type (Shadows);F:Limited),
DAP-Astral Form 9 (F:visible as a shadow(1)),
DAP-Blast 12 (E:Affects Corporeal;PF:Affects Insubstantial 2),
DAP-Concealment 10 (F:Limited (only in shadows or darkness);PF:Close Range),
DAP-Create Object 12(E: Duration(Sustained>Continuous), Mobile; F:Distracting; PF: Stationary, Tether)
DAP-Darkness Control 12
DAP-Dazzle (Visual) 12
AP-Drain (Constitution) 12 (E: Affects Corporeal, Range (Touch->Ranged))
DAP-ESP (three sense types) 11, Dimensional (F:Medium)
DAP-Snare 12 (E: Blocks Visual Senses)
AP-Teleport 10 + Dimensional travel 3 (F: Medium)
Mind Shield 10
Summon (Shadow demons) 10 (E: Heroic, Shadow demons group; F: Attitude (indifferent); PF: Mental Link, Progression (2 demons),Sacrifice)

Combat: Attack +10 Shadow Magic +12
Damage Unarmed +7 (dc 22) Shadow blast (up to) +12 (dc 27)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +3
Grapple: +17 (Attack - +10,Strength - +7,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +7 (+12 with Force Field, 5 impervious)
Fortitude +7 Reflex +3 Willpower +6 (+16 with Mind Shield, 10 impervious)

Lifting: 700 lb.

Drawbacks:
Noticeable (He casts no natural shadow.;Uncommon,Minor)
Vulnerable (fire;Common,Minor)
Vulnerable (silver weapons;Uncommon,Moderate)
Vulnerable (light attacks;Common,Moderate)
Weakness (holy symbols;Common,Moderate)
Weakness (blood dependance;Common,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 68 + Skills 26 (104 Ranks) + Feats 23 + Powers 155 + Combat 40 + Saves 1 - Drawbacks -13 = 300 / 300

Size: Medium
Description:
Dr. Umbros is a sleight man, slim and short. His jet black hair is covered, as is his face, by a helmet like that worn by Maximus in the arena, in the movie Gladiator, in black iron. His pale skin gleams beneath the dark metal. About his shoulders lies a black mantled cloak, lined inside with deep red. Beneath that, he wears a charcoal gray nehru jacket over tight black jodphurs, which are tucked into high black leather boots with perhaps a touch more heel and sole than is strictly needful. His hands are covered in what appear to be extremely
tightfitting gloves of some soft black hide.

His shadow gives away his nature, as it slavers and has a demonic appearance even when he seems kind and courteous. He can make his shadow dance to his tune, but it takes concentration and that will eventually slip.

Dr. Umbros was born Ander Kasanly, the scion of a clan of living vampires whose origins lie in ancient Sumeria, or perhaps Dacia. He is, at his own claim, several hundred years old. He may be older still. Magic runs in his veins, and his magic lies in the control of darkness and shadow, and the mystic essence
thereof. Few mages are more puissant in his chosen field.

But his greatest threat lies in his goals, and his message. Dr. Umbros believes in the undoubted superiority of metahumans. He believes they are all the same, at the core. He believes that they are all sourced in magic, which may be true, and that every single metahuman is a powerful mage, with the potential to learn more. He believes that these metahuman mystics are destined to inherit the Earth, and that it is his job to teach them truth and usher in the New Age. He is also a ruthless terrorist, with no tolerance for weak normals.

Think of him as a shadow-wielding vampiric cross between Voldemort and Magneto and you won't go far wrong.

Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta

Dr. Umbros has fought the Vanguard (both East and West), as well as the Wild Hunt. he always has a large number of cronies...none of whom are minions. They are all full fledged characters who have joined his cause willingly, and are that much dangerous for that very reason.

He's a masterful planner, a great leader, a skilled combatant...and a very dangerous magician. He's so skilled, in fact, that he doesn't need either gestures or words to cast his magic...but often uses them anyway, for show. He can scry far beyond the moon into the lightless void, given shadows to see through, and teleport, via shadows, to any place he could scry. In fact, he usually scrys before teleporting. It only makes sense. He can do nearly anything with shadows, as any spell he doesn't have as an AP can be easily stunted, modified with extra effort, etc. In addition, he can build one time magical effects and magical artifacts that *aren't* purely shadow magic.

[JackGiantkiller]

O Encoberto aka El Rei Sebastian
Sebastian Tavares Silva

Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

Abilities: STR 20(+5) DEX 12(+1) CON 20(+5) INT 16(+3) WIS 14(+2) CHA 20(+5)

Skills: Acrobatics 5 (+6), Bluff 5 (+10/+14), Computers 1 (+4), Diplomacy 5 (+10/+14), Drive 5 (+6), Escape Artist 3 (+4), Gather Information 5 (+10), Handle Animal 2 (+4), Intimidate 5 (+10), Investigate 5 (+8), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 2 (+5), Knowledge (History) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Tactics) 10 (+13), Language (English, Spanish, base: Portuguese), Notice 5 (+7), Profession (Police Officer) 5 (+7), Ride 3 (+4), Search 5 (+8), Sense Motive 10 (+12), Stealth 5 (+6), Survival 5 (+7)

Feats: Accurate Attack, All-out Attack, Attack Specialization (Sword), Attractive, Defensive Attack, Equipment 4, Fearless, Improved Block, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Inspire, Interpose, Leadership, Luck 5, Master Plan, Power Attack, Startle, Taunt, Weapon Bind, Weapon Break

Powers: Concealment 10 (F:Passive;PF:Close Range)
Device (easy to lose) 4 (PF:Indestructible)

Combat: Attack +8 Sword of Santiago +10
Block +10 with sword or shield, may deflect fast and slow projectiles.
Damage Sword +10 (penetrating) Blast of Holy Fire +10 Dc 25 each
Defense 18 (Flat-footed: 14) Defense 20 with shield
Initiative +5
Grapple: +13 (Attack - +8,Strength - +5,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +5 (+10 with platemail)
Fortitude +5 Reflex +2 Willpower +6

Lifting: 400 lb.
Devices:
The Sword of Santiago (Easy to Lose): Indestructible
Strike 5 (E:Penetrating x2;PF:Affects Insubstantial 2,Incurable,Mighty)
AP-Blast 10 (F:Distracting;PF:Affects Insubstantial 2, Incurable)

Equipment (20 points):
Plate-mail Armor (5), Medium Shield (Composite) (6), Motorcycle (9)

Cost Summary:
Ability 42 + Skills 25 (98 Ranks) + Feats 27 + Powers 19 + Combat 32 + Saves 5 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Sebastian Tavares Silva was just a very good cop, a member of Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria, until he was approached by the government with an offer: Become a state-sponsored super hero, a symbol of the nation. A secret process increased his physical capabilities slightly, he engaged in further training…and the process had an unexpected side effect: he gained the ability to disappear completely, hiding from all forms of detection, until he acted violently. Given the name O Encoberto, the Hidden One, he was identified with the ancient King so called. The government gave him custody of a mystic artifact known as the Sword of Santiago, and outfitted him with plate mail and shield, with both tabard and shield bearing the Portuguese flag. They also gave him a cool looking motorcycle. O Encoberto is very popular, and has lead the Portugues national team for several years now. The government intentionally started a rumour that he was the original King Sebastian reborn… but some evidence has surfaced that this may, actually, surprisingly, be true.

He's a very handsome man, tall, dark haired, grey eyed.

[JackGiantkiller]

Galo de Barcelos aka the Rooster
Abilio Joao dos Santos

Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

Abilities: STR 18(+4) DEX 18(+4) CON 18(+4) INT 14(+2) WIS 14(+2) CHA 16(+3)

Skills: Acrobatics 5 (+9), Computers 2 (+4), Gather Information 3 (+6), Intimidate 2 (+5), Investigate 3 (+5), Knowledge (Streetwise) 3 (+5), Knowledge (Technology) 3 (+5), Notice 5 (+7), Sense Motive 10 (+12)

Feats: Acrobatic Bluff, All-out Attack, Defensive Attack, Elusive Target, Equipment 6, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Disarm, Improved Grab, Improved Pin, Improved Sunder, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Takedown Attack

Powers: Device (hard to lose) 5,
Strike 2 (PF:Mighty) (training)

Combat: Attack +12
Damage Unarmed +6 (dc 21) Rooster Spurs/weighted gloves +8 (dc 23 pen2)
Defense 22 (Flat-footed: 16) Initiative +4
Grapple: +16 (Attack - +12,Strength - +4,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +8(+4) Fortitude +4 Reflex +10 Willpower +10

Lifting: 300 lb.
Devices:
The Rooster Suit (Hard to Lose):
Strike 2 (E:Penetrating) Rooster spurs, weighted gloves
Protection 4 (E:Impervious),
Super-Senses 5 (Blindsight,Communication Link)
Immunity 5 (Cold,Heat,High Pressure,Suffocation),
Sensory Shield (Normal sight) 3
Equipment (30 points):
Camera (1),Caltrops (1), Handcuffs (1), Lock release Gun (1), Binoculars (1), Concealable Microphone (1), Mini-Tracer (1)

Plus Utility Belt
Explosives 15 ep
AP: Bolos
AP: Cutting Torch
AP: Pepper Spray
AP: Sleep Gas Pellets
AP: Smoke Pellets
AP: Tear Gas Pellets
AP: Stun pellets
AP: Throwing blades


Cost Summary:
Ability 38 + Skills 9 (36 Ranks) + Feats 18 + Powers 23 + Combat 48 + Saves 14 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta


Abilio is an orphan. He never knew his parents, nor was anything known of them. He was left on the steps of the orphanage at birth. Raised in Casa Pia, in Lisbon, he was taught good morals and manners and high ideals on one hand…and abused by heartless staff on the other. He swore, when he grew up, to punish all those who were dishonest, all those who were corrupt. To do this, he became the Rooster, based on an old Portugues folktale. Donning a white costume that included a wing like cape and a full face helmet with a red feather crest (much like the old Greek horsehair crests), he took his fight to the streets. He is a flamboyant figure, not a stealthy one. He does not try to inspire fear, but hope. He’s really very young, only eighteen, and still new at this…but he has a keen ear for truth and can see deep into the hearts of evildoers. He’s a far better fighter than a criminologist, being trained by the one staff member at Casa Pia he trusted to defend himself…but halving no formal training in crimefighting at all. He has recently joined the Portuguese national super team led by O Encoberto, and is not sure where he fits in.

His current suit, sealed against gas and for underwater work, but not against vacuum, was built for him by Bruto.

Note: The corruption and abuse at Casa Pia, at least according to the news, was sadly very real.

I got the info from this link:
http://www.gaiaguys.net/vic.Portugal.htm

[Libra]

Interesting characters Jack!

It's always nice to see more non-American superhumans.

[JackGiantkiller]

Bruto
Eugenio Ernesto Pires Maciel

Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

*Abilities: STR 34(+12) DEX 14(+2) CON 34(+12) INT 24(+7) WIS 14(+2) CHA 8(-1)

Skills: Computers 5 (+12), Craft (Electronic) 10 (+17), Craft (Mechanical) 10 (+17), Intimidate 5 (+6), Knowledge (Civics) 1 (+8/+12), Knowledge (Current Events) 1 (+8/+12), Knowledge (Earth Sciences) 1 (+8/+12), Knowledge (History) 1 (+8/+12), Knowledge (Life Sciences) 1 (+8/+12), Knowledge (Physical Sciences) 5 (+12/+16), Knowledge (Technology) 10 (+17/+21), Notice 5 (+7), Profession (Engineer) 5 (+7)

Feats: All-out Attack, Attack Specialization (Unarmed), Eidetic Memory, Endurance, Improvised Tools, Inventor, Master Plan, Takedown Attack 2

Powers: Comprehend 3 (Language (Read Any),Language (Understand, Speak all))
Growth 4 (F:Permanent;PF:Innate)
Impervious Toughness 8,
Super-Strength 6 (PF:Groundstrike,Thunderclap)

Combat: Attack +5 Unarmed +7
Damage Unarmed +12 (dc 27)
Defense 18 (Flat-footed: 14) Initiative +2
Grapple: +22 (Attack - +6,Strength - +12,Size - +4)

Saves: Toughness +12 Impervious 8
Fortitude +12 Reflex +5 Willpower +5

Lifting: 179 tons

* - includes bonuses from Growth

Drawbacks:
Noticeable (He looks like an 8' tall Neanderthal.;Uncommon,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 56 + Skills 15 (60 Ranks) + Feats 9 + Powers 37 + Combat 28 + Saves 6 - Drawbacks -1 = 150 / 150

Size: Large
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta

Eugenio (he actually prefers to be called Bruto) was born this way. Born a throwback, looking like a Neanderthal. Possessed of enormous strength that just kept increasing, nearly unhurtable. Almost everyone assumed that he must be dim, subhuman in intelligence. On the contrary (and his mother knew this from the start) he is astonishingly intelligent. He holds two doctorates and three patents for rare technology. He joined the Portuguese national super team several years ago to run their R&D division, as well as thrash evil-doers whenever possible, as he indulges both his cerebral and his primal sides.

Bruto wears nothing but voluminous cargo shorts when on assignment, to better give his opponents the impression that he is nothing more than his name impies.

Interestingly, he seems to have the innate ability to understand any language, spoken or written…as if the fundamental codes and sources of language are in his brain.

[JackGiantkiller]

Alexander got me started, over in the Cliche thread.

[JackGiantkiller]

I'm probnably going to do a European tour. Eventually, I might branch out into other parts of the world as well. Gah, what a commitment. i haven't even put up all my American supers.

[JackGiantkiller]

Estrela
Branca Diamantina Oliveira Camara

Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

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

Skills: Acrobatics 5 (+8), Bluff 10 (+9), Computers 1 (+4), Intimidate 10 (+9), Investigate 2 (+5), Notice 5 (+6)

Feats: Attack Specialization (Light Control), Distract (Intimidate), Fascinate (Bluff), Taunt

Powers: Flight 10,
Force Field 8 (E:Impervious),
Immunity 10 (Life Support,R. Descriptor (own powers)),
Light Control 10 PF: Dynamic Power
DAP-Blast 10
DAP-Blast 10 (E:Penetrating;F:Distracting),
DAP-Dazzle (Visual) 10 (dc 20)

Combat: Attack +8 Light blasts +10
Damage unarmed +2 (dc 17) light blasts +10 (dc 25)

Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +3
Grapple: +10 (Attack - +8,Strength - +2,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +2 (+10 with Forcefield, 8 Impervious)
Fortitude +2 Reflex +6 Willpower +6

Lifting: 175 lb.

Cost Summary:
Ability 20 + Skills 9 (33 Ranks) + Feats 4 + Powers 73 + Combat 36 + Saves 8 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Lisbon native Branca is short and skinny, with a face as sharp as her tongue. She’s thoroughly unlikeable, and not very good looking. But she does, indeed, have a good heart. It’s just hidden under years of bitterness about her appearance and poor childhood. Of course all that changed, when she hit puberty, and her metahuman gene activated, giving her power over the glimmering silver starlight. Interestingly, she also seems adapted to space…leading some to believe she might be an alien hybrid instead of a mutation. She’s 22, and she joined the Portuguese national team 2 years ago to avoid prosecution for assault with a deadly weapon; she blasted a politician’s son in the face with her light powers when he made a snide comment about her sparse figure.

She wears a silver costume with a full face mask that allows her long silver hair to flow over the top.

Her native tongue, if it needs to be said, is Portuguese. It's the only language she speaks.

[JackGiantkiller]

Melhora

Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

Abilities: STR 30(+10) DEX 14(+2) CON 30(+10) INT 12(+1) WIS 12(+1) CHA 16(+3)

Skills: Climb 1 (+11), Drive 3 (+5), Intimidate 6 (+9), Knowledge (Life Sciences) 2 (+3), Language (base: Portuguese, English), Notice 6 (+7), Profession (Fire and rescue worker) 5 (+6)

Feats: Accurate Attack, All-out Attack, Attack Specialization (Unarmed), Improved Overrun, Move-by Action, Power Attack

Powers: Impervious Toughness 6 (F:Limited (Not vs. magic))
Super-Speed 4 (PF: Rapid Attack)
AP-Flight 10
Super-Strength 8
AP-Emerald Glare (Blast) 12 (Distracting)

Combat: Attack +8 Unarmed +10
Damage Unarmed +10 (dc 25) Emerald Glare +12 (dc 27)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +18
Grapple: +18 (Attack - +8,Strength - +10,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +10 Impervious 6
Fortitude +10 Reflex +4 Willpower +5

Lifting: 204 tons

Cost Summary:
Ability 54 + Skills 7 (28 Ranks) + Feats 6 + Powers 41 + Combat 36 + Saves 6 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



She thinks she’s the last daughter of a distant planet. She was born in rural Portugal. Her parents are a tad embarrassed…but luckily, she changed her name. She does look the part, of course. She’s 6’2”, with long black hair and green eyes that have no pupil or whites. She wears a costume much like that of Power Girl, except that the tunic is red, and the gloves and cape are green. The belt and fittings are gold, of course…she’s very patriotic.

Super strength, super speed, flight, emerald eye blasts…she’s got it all. Now if she could just accept that she’s an earthling, she might figure out where her powers actually come from.

[Predatorpt]

Guess what? I'm Portuguese and I'm happy to see some Portuguese heroes around here, lol. And thanks for taking the time to do some research about the country