World That Needs Heroes: Vanguard Academy: Continuum

[JackGiantkiller]

Doppleganger

Power Level: 13 (200 power points)

Abilities: STR 10(+0) DEX 20(+5) CON 10(+0) INT 16(+3) WIS 14(+2) CHA 14(+2)

Skills: Acrobatics 5 (+10), Bluff 10 (+12), Computers 5 (+8), Concentration 5 (+7), Disable Device 5 (+8), Disguise 10 (+12), Escape Artist 4 (+9/+19 or more), Gather Information 5 (+7), Intimidate 5 (+7), Investigate 10 (+13), Knowledge (Behavorial Sciences) 10 (+13), Knowledge (Streetwise) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Tactics) 5 (+8), Language (English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Base: German), Notice 8 (+10), Sense Motive 8 (+10), Stealth 10 (+15), Survival 5 (+7)

Feats:Grappling Finesse, Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Grab, Improved Grapple, Improved Initiative 2, Improved Throw, Improved Trip, Interpose, Redirect, Set-Up, Skill Mastery (Stealth,Disguise,Bluff,Disable Device), Well-Informed

Powers: Shapeshift 10

Combat: Attack +10
Damage Strike +16 (dc 31)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +13
Grapple: +25 (Attack - +10, Dexterity +5,Size - +0, Elongation - +10 or more)

Saves: Toughness +0 (+16 or more with Shapeshift)
Fortitude +5 Reflex +10 Willpower +5

Lifting: 100 lb.

Cost Summary:
Ability 24 + Skills 30 (120 Ranks) + Feats 13 + Powers 80 + Combat 40 + Saves 13 = 200 / 200

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Common Shapeshift Uses:

Battle form (50 points)
Strike 16 (weapon limbs)
Elongation 10
Protection 16 (malleable body)
Insubstantial 1 (liquid, PF: Subtle)
Immunity (Crits)2


Stealth Form (50 points)
Morph 10 (+40 disguise)
Concealment 10 (all senses)
Insubstantial 4 (Incorporeal)

Mostly, he uses his powers for spy work and escape. But he is a terrifying opponent if cornered.


Herman Shiffler is the product of German experimentation during World War II…but he himself was not activated until 1990. You see, he’s a clone of the original Herman Shiffler, whose DNA was heavily modified by combination with strange creatures from another dimension…creatures who had total control over their own bodies. Each individual cell responds to Herman’s commands, and he’s even capable of shifting their dimensional phase.

These days, he acts as an infiltrator and spy. The Advocate believes that Doppleganger works for him. In truth, Doppleganger is an agent of the New Reich, and the hidden Nazi stronghold of Ultima Thule.

[JackGiantkiller]

Scab

Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

Abilities: STR 34(+12) DEX 12(+1) CON 28(+9) INT 10(+0) WIS 12(+1) CHA 10(+0)

Skills: Climb 5 (+17), Craft (Structural) 5 (+5), Intimidate 10 (+10), Knowledge (Streetwise) 4 (+4), Knowledge (Tactics) 4 (+4), Notice 4 (+5), Profession (Construction Worker) 4 (+5), Sense Motive 4 (+5)

Feats: Fascinate (Intimidate), Power Attack, Startle, Takedown Attack 2

Powers:
Immunity 6 (Aging,Cold,Disease,Heat,Poison,R. Descriptor (bleeding))
Impervious Toughness 2
Protection 6 (E:Impervious)
Regeneration 37 (Ability Damage (No Rest),Recovery Rate (Bruised - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Disabled - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Injured - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Staggered - No Rest),Resurrection (5 minutes))
Super-Strength 1

Combat: Attack +8
Damage Unarmed +12 (dc 27)
Defense 15 (Flat-footed: 13) Initiative +1
Grapple: +20 (Attack - +8,Strength - +12,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +15(+9) Impervious 8
Fortitude +9 Reflex +2 Willpower +5

Lifting: 2 tons

Drawbacks:
Noticeable (Carapace of clotted blood (Protection);Uncommon,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 46 + Skills 10 (39 Ranks) + Feats 5 + Powers 59 + Combat 26 + Saves 5 - Drawbacks -1 = 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Marty Baskin is an average man. Average height, weight, build. He had a good job working high steel, always well paid. He was, maybe, a little stronger than he looked. He never got sick. He could work without a safety line…he had plenty of experience. Then, one day, he fell off. 40 stories to the ground. Broke every bone in his body. Multiple compound fractures. Blood every where. He was covered in it. He was obviously dead. Until the blood covering him thickened…more flowed out…the blood hardened around him like a shell, an insect’s carapace. A Scab. Inside the Scab, Marty’s body put itself back together. 6 minutes after he hit the ground, on his way to the morgue in Neopolis, (he was headed for the special cases locker, where metahuman specialists would examine his remains for an explanation of the oddities) he woke up. He was in screaming agony, and he itched all over. He destroyed the ambulance, mostly by accident, and ran off into the city. He was found by Rush, who offered him drugs to ease the pain and itching, and recruited him into the Advocate’s Firm.

These days, Scab (he uses no other name), is an unkillable, nearly unstoppable fighter. You put him down (not easy at all) he gets back up. And he’s gross.
His method of using Fascinate is to talk about all the nasty things his carapace does, while picking at it, and flicking the scab pieces at the person he’s talking to. It leaves his targets distracted and somewhat queasy, but they find it hard to look away. He generally wears only faded, torn blue jeans…he believes most clothing is for humans…which he isn’t anymore. He has talked to Dr. Umbros’ Shadow Syndicate, with its metahuman superiority message, a couple of times…but he isn’t ready to ditch the Firm, and Rush’s drugs.

His construction skills used to be higher, but he hasn’t used them in a couple of years. He still has a fondness for striking from above, often making use of the highly common construction areas in Neopolis.

He’s 5’ 10, 165 lbs, covered head to toe in a cracking, flaking carapace of red-black clotted blood. Like a disgusting, burn victim version of the Thing.

edit: Fixed Defense/Toughness snafu. Used 2 points thus gained to buy one level of super strength. Scab is a playable villain.

[JackGiantkiller]

Diehard
Julio Guerrero

Power Level: 8 (120 power points)

Abilities: STR 18(+4) DEX 14(+2) CON 26(+8) INT 12(+1) WIS 10(+0) CHA 12(+1)

Skills: Bluff 5 (+6), Climb 5 (+9), Intimidate 10 (+11), Knowledge (Streetwise) 4 (+5), Knowledge (Tactics) 5 (+6), Language (Spanish), Stealth 5 (+7)

Feats: Attack Specialization (Unarmed), Diehard, Endurance, Fearless, Power Attack, Sneak Attack, Startle

Powers:
Adaptation 2 (E:Reaction)
Immunity 2 (Critical Hits)
Protection 2
Regeneration 1 (Recovery Rate (Bruised - 1 Round))

Combat: Attack +8
Damage Unarmed +4 (dc 19)Sneak Attack +6 (dc 21)
Defense 16 (Flat-footed: 13) Initiative +2
Grapple: +12 (Attack - +8,Strength - +4,Size - +0)

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

Lifting: 300 lb.

Cost Summary:
Ability 32 + Skills 10 (40 Ranks) + Feats 7 + Powers 25 + Combat 28 + Saves 18 = 120 / 120

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Julio Guerrero is a mutant, a natural born metahuman. Raised in the barrio in New York City, he was more than happy to move up to the big leagues of the Firm in Neopolis from his penny ante gang stuff.

He’s not a complicated character…he’s just hard to hurt. He has no offensive powers, but between his High saves and defensive powers, combined with his reactive adaptation, which pretty much makes him immune to the first attack each round, he’s a very hard foe to put down. He hits his caps with Sneak Attack, generally used through Startle, although he can sneak a bit and occasionally pull off a standard feint.

[Thorpacolypse]

Dude, I sometimes think I am prolific. Then I look at your thread...

Keep rockin', dude.

[Libra]

Keep up the good work Jack.

[JackGiantkiller]

Thanks fellas. I'd be more prolific if I wasn't running a Vampire LARp and a D&D game, in addition to M&M.

[JackGiantkiller]

Sledge
Peter Hanson

Power Level: 6 (73 power points)

Abilities: STR 20(+5) DEX 10(+0) CON 26(+8) INT 10(+0) WIS 12(+1) CHA 10(+0)

Skills: Drive 3 (+3), Intimidate 5 (+5), Knowledge (Streetwise) 5 (+5), Notice 5 (+6), Sense Motive 2 (+3)

Feats: Power Attack, Startle, Takedown Attack

Powers: Device (easy to lose) 2 PF: Unbreakable
Impervious Toughness 5
Leaping 2
Super-Strength 3

Combat: Attack +4
Damage Unarmed +5 (dc 20) Sledgehammer +8 (dc 23, crit 18-20)
Defense 14 (Flat-footed: 12) Initiative +0
Grapple: +9 (Attack - +4,Strength - +5,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +8 Impervious 5
Fortitude +8 Reflex +0 Willpower +2

Lifting: 1 tons
Devices:
Sledgehammer (Easy to Lose):
Strike 3 (PF:Groundstrike, Improve Sunder, Improved Block, Improved Critical 2 ,Mighty, Weapon Break)

Cost Summary:
Ability 28 + Skills 5 (20 Ranks) + Feats 3 + Powers 20 + Combat 16 + Saves 1 = 73 / 73

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Peter Hanson, called Sledge, is just a street thug who has gone through a back alley metahuman enhancement program. He was selling his brawn to the highest bidder, in New York, when the Firm found him and offered him a permanent position and relocation to Neopolis. He primarily does protection rackets, extortion, and enforcer work.

He’s a bout 6’2”, blandly ugly, vaguely Nordic or Germanic, and has a Bronx accent. His dirty blond hair is buzz cut, and he normally just wears jeans and a t-shirt, although he does carry his trademark reinforced Sledgehammer everywhere he goes. His eyes are a sort of watery blue.

[JackGiantkiller]

Vitriol
Victoria ‘Vicki’ Vinson
Power Level: 10 (150 power points)

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

Skills: Bluff 8 (+10/+14), Computers 4 (+7), Diplomacy 9 (+11/+15), Drive 2 (+5), Gather Information 9 (+11), Intimidate 4 (+6), Knowledge (Business) 5 (+8), Knowledge (Civics) 9 (+11), Knowledge (Streetwise) 2 (+5), Language (Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese), Notice 5 (+8), Profession (Lawyer) 9 (+12), Sense Motive 8 (+11)

Feats: Attractive, Connected, Contacts, Defensive Roll 4, Dodge Focus, Equipment, Improved Critical (Acid Blast), Precise Shot, Well-Informed

Powers:
Vitriol
Blast 10 (E:Secondary Effect; PF: Accurate)
AP-Corrosion 10 (Accurate)

Pheremones
Emotion Control 10 (E:Alternate Save (Willpower to Fortitude);F:Sense-Dependent)

Combat: Attack +8 Vitriol +10
Damage Vitriol Blast +10 (dc 25 for 2 rounds, crit 19-20)
Vitriolic Touch +10 (dc 20 Fort, dc 25 tough)
Defense 21 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +3
Grapple: +10 (Attack - +8,Strength - +2,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +2 Armor +5 Defensive Roll +9
Fortitude +8 Reflex +8 Defensive Roll+12 Willpower +8

Lifting: 175 lb.
Equipment (5 points):
Armored Jumpsuit (3), Commlink (1), Handcuffs (1)

Drawbacks:
Power Loss (Vitriol and Pheremones, when bathed in a Basic solution)
Vulnerable (Bases, Common, minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 28 + Skills 20 (80 Ranks) + Feats 12 + Powers 42 + Combat 36 + Saves 16 +Drawbacks -4= 150 / 150

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta


Vickie Vinson's a streetwise Assistant DA in Neopolis. She takes martial arts because she has a job that sometimes turns dangerous. Not that martial arts helped any when an accident in the CSI lab exposed her to the acid power battery used by a supervillain's doomsday device: she gained acidic powers, which she carefully kept secret, to prevent an apparent conflict of interest from becoming public.

Realizing she could use her powers to help in the fight against crime, she recently joined Signifer, Osprey, Kensai, the Questioner, and Supernal in preventing an illegal eviction being carried out by a street gang. This turned out to have its roots in a demonic possession...during the investigation, she realized she could accomplish more if she had a secret identity for the things that might get the ADA in trouble, and so Vitriol was born. Donning a costume from the local super hero costume shop, she joined the fight against evil, and was a founding member of the newly formed Legion of Vigilance.

Vicki has green eyes, long blonde hair, and wears a scandalously tight black armored bodysuit, trimmed in neon green, with a cowl, while working. Also, a thin sheath slides over her hair, making it appear to be green. Her hands are covered by a green mesh that allows her acid to seep through.

Vicki has sworn, it should be noted, never to use her powers to win a case in court…but she has been tempted, more than once.

Doc Bronze knows who she is, and has recently admitted her into the Bronze Brigade.

[JackGiantkiller]

Mach

Power Level: 11 (170 power points)

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

Skills: Acrobatics 4 (+7/+9), Computers 6 (+9), Craft (Electronic) 6 (+9), Craft (Mechanical) 6 (+9), Drive 4 (+7/+9), Knowledge (Technology) 6 (+9), Notice 6 (+8), Pilot 10 (+13/+15), Sense Motive 6 (+8), Stealth 4 (+7/+9), Survival 6 (+8)

Feats: Attack Specialization (Energy Blade), Defensive Roll 2, Dodge Focus 2, Elusive Target, Evasion, Improved Initiative, Move-by Action, Seize Initiative

Powers:
Device (hard to lose) 20,
Quickness 4 (F:One Type (Mental Tasks))

Combat: Attack +10 Energy Blade +12
Damage Armor Punch +5 (dc 20) Energy Blade +10 (dc 25)
Defense 22 (Flat-footed: 15) Initiative +7/+23
Grapple: +15 (Attack - +10,Strength - +5,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +1/ +2 Defensive Roll /+10 with Armor
Fortitude +1 Reflex +3/+5 with Armor/+7 Defensive Roll Willpower +2

Lifting: 130 lb./400 lb. in armor
Devices:
Mach Armor (Hard to Lose):
Flight 7 (PF:Evasion 2,Fast Overrun)
Immunity 9 (Life Support)
Protection 7 (E:Impervious)
Quickness 4 (F:One Type (Physical Tasks);PF:Improved Initiative 4)
Comprehend 5 (Language (Read Any),Language (Understand, Speak all),Machines (Speak, Understand))
Datalink (Radio) 10
Energy Blade:Strike 5 (PF:Mighty)
Enhanced Ability (Strength) 8
Enhanced Ability (Dexterity) 4
Super-Senses 7 (Blindsight,Darkvision,Extended (Normal sight) x2)

Cost Summary:
Ability 22 + Skills 16 (64 Ranks) + Feats 10 + Powers 82 + Combat 40 + Saves 0 = 170 / 170

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Mach is actually an alien pilot, part of a crew sent to make first contact with Earth. Unfortunately, his ship was shot down while entering atmosphere by American defense aircraft. Ever since, he has been working to steal or build a FTL capable starship…but he’s working with primitive tech, and he’s not an engineer. Also, he considers himself at war with Earth, since his peaceful mission was attacked in an unprovoked manner. Why, his only protection is this very basic battlesuit, more for looks than anything…it doesn’t even have ranged weapons, only a ceremonial energy blade. It has no star travel capabilities, limited sensors, and it’s slow, maxing out at 4000 mph. Its personal enhancement qualities are minimal, as is its armor. It doesn’t even have a personal force shield!

Of course, most of the people of this planet have even more primitive equipment. He’s still not sure how they managed to shoot down his vessel…other than the fact that it had shields down as a sign of good faith, and so as not to ignite the atmosphere.

Mach is about six feet tall, rail thin. He looks, basically, like an anorexic elf. He’s very strong, for his people, but they come from a low gravity planet, originally, and have become dependant on their technology. Their atmosphere is mostly Earthlike, but he prefers to stay suited up most of the time, because of our pollution problems. His hair, should you ever see it, is wispy and platinum blonde. His eyes are purple, with three varying rings of color. He has six fingers on each hand.

His armor is silver, very sleek and highly polished, with purple trim, and the energy blade that springs from the right hand is purple as well.

[Libra]

Keep up the good work Jack.

(Be warned, you may have more statting challenges from Mr Volf soon. . .)

[Minister]

Finally! I have reached the end!

(Okay, I had a fortnight's break in the middle where I barely signed in to the forum, but that's not the point!)

Out of the last couple I must say I like Scarab (though his toughness appears to be out of whack, 9 + 6 is not 14).

[JackGiantkiller]

Finally! I have reached the end!

(Okay, I had a fortnight's break in the middle where I barely signed in to the forum, but that's not the point!)

Out of the last couple I must say I like Scarab (though his toughness appears to be out of whack, 9 + 6 is not 14).

You mean Scab? Grr. That's because I accidently had him over caps. I'll fix it.

[JackGiantkiller]

Finally! I have reached the end!

(Okay, I had a fortnight's break in the middle where I barely signed in to the forum, but that's not the point!)

Out of the last couple I must say I like Scarab (though his toughness appears to be out of whack, 9 + 6 is not 14).

Anything else of my work you particularly like, or dislike? Also, why's and wherefores...Why do you like Scab? I am always striving to improve my storytelling, character creating, worldbuilding abilities... so real criticism is useful.

[Minister]

I have no idea why I read it as Scarab. Possibly the comparison with an insect carapace. Aaaaanyway...

I think it's mostly the lack of the normal "supervillain" tags which make for a more believable character, combined with the mixed blessing of the powers he wound up with (I've been reading my Aberrant books again, it always does bad things to my comic book sensibilities).

[Beleriphon]

Jack can I ask you to throw down some original Canadian super heroes? I don't see you having any up yet and I always like to see what people come up with. I have but a single specific, if you can manage it, a Canadian battlesuited character.