World That Needs Heroes: Vanguard Academy: Continuum

[JackGiantkiller]

the Black Cavalier

Power Level: 8 (120 power points)

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

Skills: Diplomacy 4 (+7), Intimidate 4 (+7), Notice 4 (+7), Ride 4 (+6), Sense Motive 4 (+7)

Feats: All-out Attack, Attack Specialization (pistol) 2, Attack Specialization (sword) 2, Dodge Focus 4, Fearless, Improved Aim, Improved Block, Improved Critical (pistol), Improved Critical (sword), Improved Initiative, Inspire, Leadership, Luck 4, Power Attack, Precise Shot, Quick Draw, Sidekick 11, Uncanny Dodge(mental, mystic), Weapon Break

Powers: Device (easy to lose) 7 (PF:Restricted)

Combat: Attack +4 Sword or pistol +8
Damage Pistol +8 (dc 23, crit 19-20, range inc 200’)
Sword +8 (dc 23, crit 19-20, pen 3, vampiric)
Defense 18 (Flat-footed: 18) Initiative +6
Grapple: +9 (Attack - +4,Strength - +5,Size - +0)

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

Lifting: 400 lb.
Devices:
Black Colt 1860 Army Pistol (Easy to Lose): Blast 8 (PF:Affects Insubstantial 2,Improved Range,Silver Bullets)
Black Confederate Cavalry Sword (Easy to Lose): Strike 3 (E:Penetrating,Vampiric;PF:Affects Insubstantial 2,Mighty)
Black Officer's Coat (Easy to Lose): Protection 3

Cost Summary:
Ability 38 + Skills 5 (20 Ranks) + Feats 37 + Powers 22 + Combat 16 + Saves 2 = 120 / 120

Size: Medium
Description:


The Black Cavalier appears as a large man of African descent, dressed in what appears to be a pitch black version of a Civil War Cavalry uniform…whether it is Confederate or Union depends, it seems, upon the viewer. He is attractive, and compelling, but his face is usually covered by a black bandana over his mouth and nose, and an officer’s slouch hat drawn down to shade his eyes.
Where he comes from, and where he goes, are mysterious, but he roams the West, righting wrongs, and striking for freedom.

His pistol, sword, and officers coat are magically enhanced, and allow him to harm ghosts as easily as he harms mortals. Vampires and werewolvesd alike fear his silver bullets, and the blood he spills with the black sabre heals his wounds.

Some say he fought for the South. Some say he fought for the North. He doesn't say. He just rides on, to where he is needed next.

Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta


Coal (the Black Horse)

Power Level: 6.5 (55 power points)

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

Skills: Notice 4 (+6)

Feats: Dodge Focus, Fast Overrun, Improved Overrun, Move-by Action

Powers:
Growth 4 (E:Duration (Sustained->Continuous);F:Permanent),
Protection 2
Speed 2
Super-Senses 2 (Extended (Normal sight),Low-Light Vision)

Combat: Attack +5
Damage + 6 hooves (dc 21)
Defense 15 (Flat-footed: 12) Initiative +2
Grapple: +16 (Attack - +6,Strength - +6,Size - +4)

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

Lifting: 1 tons

* - includes bonuses from Growth

Drawbacks:
Disability (no hands;Very Common,Moderate)
Disability (mute;Very Common,Moderate)

Cost Summary:
Ability 16 + Skills 1 (4 Ranks) + Feats 4 + Powers 18 + Combat 20 + Saves 4 - Drawbacks -8 = 55 / 55

[JackGiantkiller]

Padre Tempestad
Father Enrique Guerrero
Power Level: 8 (120 power points)

Abilities: STR 12(+1) DEX 12(+1) CON 12(+1) INT 12(+1) WIS 22(+6) CHA 22(+6)

Skills: Diplomacy 4 (+10), Gather Information 4 (+10), Intimidate 4 (+10), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 4 (+5), Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) 8 (+9), Language (base: Spanish,English,German,Latin,Navajo), Medicine 4 (+10), Notice 4 (+10), Perform (Oratory) 4 (+10), Ride 4 (+5), Sense Motive 4 (+10)

Feats: Connected, Contacts, Fearsome Presence 3, Leadership, Luck 4, Ritualist

Powers:
Force Field 9 (F:Check Required (Know (Theology));PF:Subtle)
Healing 7(F:Check Required (Know: Theology))
Weather Control 10 (E:Mix and Match(4 pt);F:Check Required(Know: Theology))
AP-Blast 10 (E:Penetrating;PF:Accurate x2,Affects Insubstantial 2,Improved Range,Indirect x2,Precise,Reversible,Split Attack))

Combat: Attack +2 Lightning +6
Damage Lightning +10 (dc 25, pen 10, Indirect 2, Precise, range inc 250’)
Defense 16 (Flat-footed: 13) Initiative +1
Grapple: +3 (Attack - +2,Strength - +1,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +1 Forcefield +10
Fortitude +5 Reflex +5 Willpower +6

Drawbacks: Power Loss (all, when unable to pray out loud in Latin)

Lifting: 130 lb.

Cost Summary:
Ability 32 + Skills 12 (48 Ranks) + Feats 11 + Powers 44+ Combat 16 + Saves 8 -Drawbacks 3=120pts

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta


Father Enrique, called by the Hispanic peoples of the West Padre Tempestad (Father Storm), is a devout Catholic priest and Christian Theurgist, called to fight evil on the Frontier. The lightning of God’s swift sword answers his call, and is nearly irresistable. Note that it can, because of indirect, strike from directly above or behind the foe.

Father Guerrero wears the long black coat and clerical collar of a Catholic priest. He displays his crucifix proudly, and wears a carefully trimmed salt and pepper beard and shoulder length hair.

His Connected and Contacts feats require ritual to use, and represet contacting saints and angels for information or assistance.

edited for clarity and to fix the flaw issue pointed out by Arthur Eld

[Arthur Eld]

When you say Flaw-Requires Latin Prayer, what do you mean exactly? Does this increase the Action it takes to use his powers, or does it mean he can't use them when he can't pray, or both? Because if its just a Power Loss when unable to Pray, that doesn't seem worth a Flaw.

[JackGiantkiller]

When you say Flaw-Requires Latin Prayer, what do you mean exactly? Does this increase the Action it takes to use his powers, or does it mean he can't use them when he can't pray, or both? Because if its just a Power Loss when unable to Pray, that doesn't seem worth a Flaw.

It's not just a power loss. He has to pray the whole time, in Latin. Technically, I suppose, the flaw is Check Required (Know: Theology). I should have *also* given him Power Loss: When Unable to pray in Latin, probably. I'll fix it.

[JackGiantkiller]

The Exile

Power Level: 12 (300 power points)

Abilities: STR 28(+9) DEX 20(+5) CON 28(+9) INT 16(+3) WIS 22(+6) CHA 26(+8)

Skills: Acrobatics 12 (+17), Diplomacy 12 (+20), Intimidate 17 (+25), Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 10 (+13), Notice 10 (+16), Sense Motive 10 (+16), Stealth 12 (+17)

Feats: Acrobatic Bluff, Attack Specialization (Glamour) 2, Attack Specialization (sword) 2, Attractive 2, Dodge Focus 4, Fascinate (Intimidate), Fearless, Fearsome Presence 6(dc 16),Improved Block, Improved Critical (sword), Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Luck 6, Ritualist, Startle, Uncanny Dodge(Danger Sense),Weapon Break

Powers:
Glamour/
Blast 12 (E:Linked with Illusion,Penetrating,Range (Ranged->Perception);F:Sense-Dependent)
AP-Stun 12 (E:Range (Touch->Perception);F:Sense-Dependent),
AP-Suffocate 12 (E:Range (Touch->Perception);F:Sense-Dependent))
Illusion (All Senses) 12 (E:Duration (Concentration->Sustained),Linked with Blast and AP’s,Selective Attack;F:Phantasms)
AP-Dazzle (All Senses) 12

Making/
Create Object 3 (E:Duration (Sustained->Continuous);F:Distracting;PF:Innate,Precise,Progression (Mass,1 Steps),Subtle)

Fae Gear/
Device ( sword, easy to lose) 2 (PF:Restricted x2 (him)),
Device (Hauberk, hard to lose) 2 (PF:Restricted (the fae))

Fae Immortality/
Immunity 5 (Aging,Cold,Disease,Heat,Poison)
Impervious Toughness 9

Combat: Attack +8 Sword and Glamour +12
Damage Sword or Glamour +12 (dc 27, pen, sword crit 19-20 and redo damage save one min later)
Stun +12 (dc 22 Fort) Suffocate +12 (dc 22 Fort)

Defense 22 (Flat-footed: 22) Initiative +9
Grapple: +17 (Attack - +8,Strength - +9,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +12(+9) Impervious 12 (Impervious 3 vs. Cold iron)
Fortitude +9 Reflex +5 Willpower +6

Lifting: 1,200 lb.
Devices:
Sword of the Exile (Easy to Lose):
Strike 3 (E:Penetrating,Poison;PF:Mighty)
Fae Hauberk (Hard to Lose):
Protection 3 (E:Impervious)
Immunity 2 (Critical Hits)
Morph (single human appearance) 1
Super-Senses 1 (Danger Sense)

Drawbacks:
Disability (unable to lie;Uncommon,Minor)
Power Loss (Impervious, vs cold iron;Uncommon,Minor)
Vulnerable (cold iron;Uncommon,Major)
Weakness (church bells;Uncommon,Minor)
Weakness (cold iron;Uncommon,Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 80 + Skills 21 (81 Ranks) + Feats 34 + Powers 140 + Combat 32 + Saves 0 - Drawbacks -7 = 300 / 300

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta

The Exile is a Fae Lord, formerly of the Unseelie Court, banished for actions even they considered abominable. What sorts of things one must do to be considered abhorrent by the Dark Court, I leave to your imagination.

His powers of illusion are astounding, able to harm those who believe in them, even unto death (the Linked Blast is basically the Damaging extra, pulled out so as to be an array for differing effects.) His powers of creation are less impressive, but still useful.

His sword is made of solidified basilisk venom, and poisons the wound, damaging the opponent again later. His hauberk of weird silk and strange scales protects him even from iron, allows him to assume a human form, warns him of danger, and makes him less likely to be hit in a vital spot.

The Exile is a terrifying foe…his schemes are as dark as they come, and nearly as enigmatic as those of a Thing From Outside time…for the Fae are from the dreaming places at the edge of reality, near indeed to the Unreal…

Cold Iron is his only real weakness...although the ringing of church bells will cause him some distraction.

[Emerald Flame]

The Exile is a cool characater.... Sounds like he would be a nasty foe to go against. Is he designed for the regular M&M Universe or the Fantasy setting?

[Thorpacolypse]

Good to see you posting your great stuff again, Jack!

[JackGiantkiller]

He's built for my Barrow setting...horror M&M, really. I don't have W&W yet.

He'd fit in just as well in a fantasy setting, I'd imagine, however.

[Libra]

Keep up the excellent work, Jack Giant-Killer.

Hmmm. . . you know those stats for the Black Cavalier would work perfectly for the Lone Ranger analogue of Charles Phipps HED! Universe (I think that I may actually like that name better than the Hanged Rider).

[JackGiantkiller]

That's because he *is* my universe's Lone Ranger.
And thanks for the praise, guys.

[JackGiantkiller]

Lung Deng "Serene Dragon"

Power Level: 8 (120 power points)

Abilities: STR 14(+2) DEX 24(+7) CON 14(+2) INT 10(+0) WIS 20(+5) CHA 18(+4)

Skills: Acrobatics 9 (+16), Climb 8 (+10), Concentration 9 (+14), Diplomacy 4 (+8), Knowledge (Theology and Philosophy) 4 (+4),Language(base:Chinese,English), Notice 4 (+9), Sense Motive 4 (+9), Swim 4 (+6)

Feats: Accurate Attack, Acrobatic Bluff, Attack Specialization (Unarmed) 4, Blind-Fight, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll 4, Dodge Focus 4, Elusive Target, Evasion 2, Grappling Finesse, Improved Critical (Unarmed) 2, Improved Defense, Improved Grab, Improved Grapple, Improved Initiative 2, Improved Overrun, Improved Throw, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Stunning Attack, Takedown Attack 2, Trance, Uncanny Dodge (mental)

Powers:
Immunity 5 (Emotion Effects)
Leaping 1
Speed 1
Strike 4 (PF:Mighty)

Combat: Attack +2 Unarmed +10
Damage Unarmed +6 (dc 21, crit 18-20)
Defense 20 (Flat-footed: 20) Initiative +15
Grapple: +17 (Attack - +10,Dexterity - +7,Size - +0)

Saves: Toughness +2 Defensive Roll +6
Fortitude +2 Reflex +7 Willpower +7

Lifting: 175 lb.

Cost Summary:
Ability 40 + Skills 13 (51 Ranks) + Feats 37 + Powers 12 + Combat 16 + Saves 2 = 120 / 120

Size: Medium
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Lung Deng is basically traveling up and down in the Earth in the Old West, like Kwai Chang Cain. He’s a Shaolin Monk, working to protect the Chinese people of the West…and other innocents as well. He’s also only about 4’10”, and maybe 19. He’s always calm, quiet, and peaceful. He dresses in a fashion appropriate to the place and situation…he very rarely wears the classic ‘Shaolin’ garb…but when he does, his is red, trimmed in gold.

[JackGiantkiller]

Scheusel

Power Level: 13 (150 power points)

*Abilities: STR 40(+15) DEX 14(+2) CON --(--) INT 8(-1) WIS 12(+1) CHA 8(-1)

Skills: Climb 5 (+16), Intimidate 15 (+16), Notice 4 (+5), Survival 5 (+6), Swim 5 (+16)
Languages: English, French (base: German)

Feats:Attack Focus (melee), Attack Specialization (unarmed) 2, Chokehold, Fearless,Fearsome Presence 10 (dc 20), Improved Grab, Improved Grapple, Takedown Attack

Powers: Environmental Control (Cold (Intense)) 2 (F: Permanent(1))
Growth 4 (F: Permanent)
Immovable 2 (E: Unstoppable)
Immunity 30 (Save Effect (Fortitude))
Leaping 4 (PF: AP-Speed 2) 600’ running long jump, 300’ standing long jump, 150’ high jump. Or, it can run at about 25 mph (100 mph sprinting). That’s 220’ per round move, 880 if sprinting.

Protection 18
Regeneration 41 (Recovery Bonus (+9),Recovery Rate (Bruised - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Disabled - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Injured - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Staggered - No Rest),Recovery Rate (Unconscious - No Rest),Resurrection (1 week);PF: Persistent, Regrowth)
Super-Strength 3

Combat: Attack +6 melee +7 Unarmed +11
Damage Unarmed +15 (dc 30)
Defense 18 (Flat-footed: 14) Initiative +2
Grapple: +30 (Attack - +11,Strength - +12,Size - +4, Super-Strength +3)

Saves: Toughness +18(+0) Fortitude +0 Reflex +4 Willpower +2

Lifting: 11 tons

* - includes bonuses from Growth

Drawbacks:
Noticeable (His flesh is obviously undead and stitched.; Uncommon, Minor)

Cost Summary:
Ability 10 + Skills 9 (36 Ranks) + Feats 18 + Powers 119 + Combat 28 + Saves 3 - Drawbacks -1 = 186/195

Size: Large
Description:


Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a - beta



Scheusel is a stitched together person, made from a number of corpses. Larger than a man, much heavier, this ugly thing was made in a Nazi laboratory by Dr. Hans Maximillian Frankenstein, a descendant of the original Doctor Frankenstein. The notes of the original were used, and the abomination created was similar.

Sent into battle again and again, against the likes of Sgt. Savage and Major Courage, Scheuzel (whose name means zombie, or monster) died over and over again, but always rose again. Its repeated deaths have left it tainted with the cold of the grave, which sucks the heat out of the air around it wherever it goes.

it has little personality, except, apparently, a love of killing… and a strange tendency to listen to classical music, as well as an inexplicable kindness to small animals, despite their often poor reaction to it.

Revised and updated version...yes, he's underpointed.

[Arthur Eld]

Yay, Jack's back!

Can't wait to see what new stuff you have for the Tank!

[JackGiantkiller]

Man-O-War
Manny Juarez
Power Level: 8 (135 power points)

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

Skills: Acrobatics +5 (+7), Climb 4 (+12), Intimidate 5 (+5), Notice 4 (+6), Swim 8 (+16), Languages: English, Portuguese, base: Spanish, Know(Pop culture)4 (+5), Know (Streetwise) 4 (+5)

Feats: Ambidexterity, Attack Focus (Melee) 4, Chokehold, Endurance, Environmental Adaptation (Underwater),Improved Critical (tentacle), Improved Grab, Improved Grapple, Improved Pin

Powers:
Stinging Tentacles/
Additional Limbs 4 (PF:Subtle (Difficult to Notice, retractable) 10 tentacles)
Elongation 4 (F:Limited (additional limbs only))
Strike 4 (Linked to attack with tentacles, represents sting)
Super-Movement 1 (Swinging)

Jellyfish-like Body/
Immunity 6 (Cold,Critical Hits,High Pressure,Poison,Suffocation (drowning)) Impervious Toughness 4
Super-Senses 3 (Tremorsense)
Super-Strength 4
Swimming 4 (25/50/100 mph)
Regeneration 9 (+1 Recovery Checks, Bruised no rest, Injured standard action)

Combat: Attack +4 melee +8
Unarmed damage +8 (plus a seperate Strike 4 if a tentacle was used, crit 19-20)
Defense 18 (Flat-footed: 14) Initiative +2
Grapple: +28 (Attack - +8,Strength - +8,Size - +0, Elongation +4, Additional Limbs +4, Super-Strength +4)

Saves: Toughness +8 Impervious 4
Fortitude +8 Reflex +4 Willpower +4

Lifting: 7 tons

Drawbacks:
Weakness (dehydrates after 24 hours out of salt water;Uncommon,Major)

Cost Summary:
Ability 42 + Skills 9 (36 Ranks) + Feats 12 + Powers 47 + Combat 24 + Saves 4 - Drawbacks -3 = 135 / 135

Created With Mutagen! version 0.8.7a – beta

Manny is a Cuban American teen from Miami, recently admitted to the Vanguard Academy for Parahuman Youths. He's light purple in color, slim,and bald...he has ten (or so) tentacles he can retract and hide under his clothes, but being purple is enough to cause him social issues. Especially light purple. He manifested his metahuman abilities just six months ago, after being stung, almost to death, by a Portuguese man-o-war while swimming. He used to be on the swim team and the wrestling team, and was just learning to skate and surf. He's 14, and painfully macho and straight...which, again, causes him trouble when you consider his skin tone and build.
edit: updated to match point value of other pc's.

[JackGiantkiller]

This is a recently started initiative, partially funded by the UN, the US Government, and others, especially Bronze Industries and the Bernlad Consortium. Its purpose is to give young metahumans a safe learning environment, and provide the next generation of heroes for extra-normal threats. It is based in the small town of St. Augustine, Florida, near the much larger Jacksonville. It was chosen because it's *not* a metahuman hotspot, not a place with a lot of metahuman crime...although Jacksonville has more than its fair share of unsolved murders, so maybe they just don't have enough heroes or experienced cops to know what's going on. St. Augustine, though, is peaceful...well, it was until they publicly put a metahuman academy there. We'll see how that turns out.

There is a friendly rivalry between the Academy and its 'elder sibling' the Dare Institute...who else are they going to play sports against? Admittedly, some of the sports include team powered MMA, in addition to soccer and baseball...

The Academy has taken over the old Castillo de San Marcos, but much of the facility is underground.

School uniforms, by the way, are blue and gold.