MP: Adaptation Again - "True Adaptation"

I've been looking back at my notes and never quite been happy with my MP conversion notes for VnV's Adaptation power.

The VnV power covers a lot of ground. And provides narrative immunity to some powerful environmental factors that MP doesn't account for, e.g. surviving inside a sun.  A strength of VnV has always been that open-ended flexibility for player and GM to interpret powers at any scale they want, e.g. to say that Adaptation does allow survival in the crushing pressures and staggering heat at the heart of a star.

Here is the original V&V 2.1 text:

Adaptation: This is the ability to resist the effects of hostile environments: vacuum,  poisonous atmospheres, high gravity, the insides of suns, etc. At a power cost of one per hour, the character can survive and resist the effects of hostile environments. Adaptation is also usable as a defense: each time it is used as the character’s defense against any attack, one power point must be expended (see 3.2). Adaptation activates automatically at no action or movement cost whenever needed.

Looking over the VnV Combat Table, Adaptation completely shuts down most energy powers, and even provides some small measure of protection against the Godfather of assault powers, Power Blast.

So, here is what I'm now thinking of as "The Literal Interpretation" of the written VnV text.

Adaptation: Asphyxiation, Disease, Electromagnetic, Gravity, High Pressure, High Temperature, Low Pressure, Low Temperature, Poison, Radiation, Sonic, Venom, Vibration (60 CP)

Invulnerability: Biochemical, Energy (40 CP)

This provides the character with +5 to Save, and one-half (1/2) damage from most environmental effects, and +13 to Save and one-eighth (1/8) damage from Disease, Poison, Toxin, Fire, Electricity, etc.

The character is Space Worthy, able to survive indefinitely in the vacuum of space (actually representing an upgrade from V&V, where the character is limited by Power score).

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Artist Cris Alex

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VnV - Weird Dreams Potato Oblivion

Another one of those things from 1999, originally posted on the WebRPG VnV forum.  I'm not sure I even want to give this an introduction, other than that. :-)

This is for VnV 2.1.

Speaking of weird dreams. I had one recently. The setting was something like the Shadowrun universe without the cyberpunk (magic + corporate dystopian state). Apparently, some squatters had managed to eck out some turf and were trying to live peaceably. Then some gangers came and tried to evict them forcefully (mostly, the gang was just showing off their power). Somewhere in there, our reluctant hero became protective and was trying to keep everyone safe by telling them where to go, how to hide, how to resist where the could, etc., etc.

Then our hero made a wrong turn and came to face with the gang leader. (The leader and his cronies had been striding arrogantly through the chaos spreading FUD). Faced leader to leader, the gang leader conjured his most devastating spell (see below) to demonstrate how truly futile resistance was (and because he wanted to show off). This is when our hero discovered his own powers. Everyone (including our hero) was startled when the animated spell object simply returned to normal and fell limply from the sky. Naturally, the gang leader (having to save face) tried again. This time, our hero had a bit more understanding and a few seconds later the animated object turned upon its summoner and his cronies obliterating them completely and demoralizing the villains who then fled the scene in a panic.

Magical Spells / Psionics / Mutant Power: By spending one action per turn, the character can automatically duplicate and take control of any magical or psionic energy released into the environment within (I+C)/5 inches of himself. The character gains the ability to use the power in the future, just as if he was the original user (using his own Level, Attributes, etc.). The character does not understand the power, however, and can never really improve or modify it beyond very tight restrictions (certain powers are more flexible than others). Note, the character does not gain the full power of the original user, merely the power demonstrated. For example, if someone broadcast thoughts to the character, the character could duplicate thought casting (and in this case block the thought caster by shutting down the power) but would not be able to read thoughts until someone tried to read his mind. Note also that the energy must be “released into the environment”, which typically does not occur in contact-based powers (where the energy moves directly from attacker to victim) nor does it relate to abilities inherent to an object (he could not affect a magical sword for example).


Potato Oblivion: This terrible spell is nearly impossible to master and anyone who does is therefore granted significant respect. Through fell magicks, the caster can take an ordinary bag (typically empty potato chip bag after which the spell is named) and animate it. The animated bag expands as it flies around until it is the size of a small car. Anyone passing through the opening of the bag (typically as it swoops into him, engulfing him), is never seen again. It does not have great range, but it is hard to dodge.

VnV - Gamma World Death Machine

The Gamma World Death Machine is an iconic bit of RPG lore, and classic sci-fi horror.  Again, this was something I had originally mocked up for WebRPG, back around 1999.  These things are deliberately overkill, in any game system.  By today's standards, these would be the boss monster that your Level 60 Guild joins with other Guilds to try to take down.

Death Machine

Roving engines of destruction, Death Machines were employed by all sides in the great wars before the Apocalypse. Their exact size, shape and weaponry vary, but they are all super-heavily armored, mount scores of weapons, and have the most powerful artificially intelligent systems available at the time. Some have been trapped for uncounted years and gone slightly insane. Some continue to follow their original directives, and yet others have gone rogue, following their own initiative and wants.

A typical Death Machine is 20m x 30m x 10m in size, bristles with ports, barrels, nozzles and drums, is painted flat black in color and speaks in a booming malevolent voice. It weighs in at 60 tons and the combat systems can coordinate any number of targets simultaneously. They are at least 4th level and gain experience normally.

1. Robotic Body, 
1. Heightened Strength, 
2. Body Power (self-repair lets it “heal” at the normal healing rate up to original hit points)
3. Doesn’t look anything like a human
2. Invulnerability: +60
3. Force Field
4. Body Power (Fast Recovery)
5. Adaptation: PR = 0
6. Heightened Attack
7. Heightened Expertise: all attacks
8. Lightning Control
9. Body Power (Boosted Initiative)
10. Flight
11. Heightened Endurance B
12. Heightened Intelligence B
13. Heightened Senses: IR, UV, low-light, thermograph, ultrasonic, infrasonic, +12 against range mods., chemical and radiation sensors. All sensors have a range of at least 1 mile. Radar with a range of 250 miles.
14. Mutant Power (can use all powers once per phase at PR = 0 and no “to hit” penalties. If uses any single power or weapon system more than once per phase, apply normal multiple attack rules against that one power or weapon system.)
15. Weapon Systems. It can use any and all of the following weapons:
• Death Rays (4 units): Death Touch at 2 mile range. Attacks as Paralysis Ray. If the victim makes both saves, he still takes 1d20 damage. 
• Lasers (18 units): Attacks as Light Control attack with base “to hit” of 12, 2d12 damage, 100 mile range.
• Blasters (10 units): Power Blast attack to a range of 25 miles for 2d20 damage.
• Mini-missile Launchers (4 units): fire missiles which mount HE warheads. Range of 6000", speed of 1500" per turn. Target takes collision damage from the 150 lb. missile, plus 4d10 explosion in 8" radius. Missiles are intelligent, have normal sight, IR sight, and radar. They can dodge incoming attacks, or pursue targets that evade. They attack HTH + 5 as 4th level characters. Each launcher has 100 missiles.
• Nuclear Missiles: 10 intercontinental missiles with small nuclear warheads, 4 intercontinental missiles with large nuclear warheads.

VnV - Roaches with Bazookas

Way back in 1999, we had WebRPG as our social media platform for VnV, and I wrote a few things.  I have no memory of what started this, other than it was some kind of Gamma World conversion, and probably a joke comment someone made off hand.

Roaches with Bazookas

Even before the Apocalypse, a number of scientific enclaves were studying and experimenting roaches and other insects to determine what made them so hardy in hopes of breeding some of these traits into the human genome. One of these enclaves had several “successes” of sorts, and when the Apocalypse arrived, they were well prepared. Years later, the members of the enclave emerged from their hidden shelter and began to scavenge the country-side. They became nomadic pillagers, and little could stand before their physical and intellectual talents. While over time, their secret knowledge began to wane, they are still incredibly tough.

The Roaches have bodies about 6' long. The have three pairs of limbs. The top two pairs are well adapted for object handling, including three fingers and opposable thumb. The hind limbs are designed for bipedal movement. The Roaches can move on all six limbs, and do so very quickly. Their natural chiton is very thick, and small spaces can be hollowed out for storage. Because of the contaminants of the environment, their physiology is highly variable.

Insect Powers

• Heightened Strength A
• Heightened Endurance A
• Armor A
• Special (extra limbs. Bipedal w/4 arms allows one extra attack per phase at PR=0. Quadrupedal movement grants +30" ground move, Hexapedal movement grants +60")
• Heightened Senses: Compound eyes grant +5% to sight detection rolls, no facing penalty to side, rear facing penalty reduced by half, ultraviolet vision

Adaptation: PR = 0 (hey, ancient mutant radioactive roaches are tough!)
Body Power (Universal Digestion): They can and do eat anything.
Heightened Expertise: they are combat monsters and gain +4 “to hit” with all attacks





Apparently, my Google-Fu is not up to snuff, as I couldn't find a picture of a cockroach holding a bazooka. About the best I found was Ant Bazooka.

MP - Annihilator from Death Duel with the Destroyers

I was thinking one day about why anyone would exile General Ar Torrester rather than just kill him.  I mean, if history has taught us anything, it's that people with skills and leadership qualities can be dangerous, even in exile.

Then it occurred to me:  Annihilator can put on a spacesuit, climb aboard an assault shuttle with a crack strike squad, then simple disintegrate holes in enemy spaceships - he can literally destroy an enemy armada by venting them into space.

Annihilator could wipe out an enemy spacefleet by himself.

That is the kind of weapon that gets put into a box and kept track of, because it is too valuable to destroy, and Heaven forbid, someone would find a way to use it again some day.

Mighty Protectors

Strength 16 (Carrying Capacity 312 lbs., Basic HTH d6+1)
Endurance 11 (Save 10, Heal 1.0)
Agility 32 (Save 14)
Intelligence 13 (Save 11)
Cool 17 (Save 11, Initiative d6+1)

Hit Points 24
Power 72
Physical Defense 6
Mental Defense 3
Move 24 (see below)
Inventing Points 7
Wealth d8+1
Luck 10-
Weight 220 lbs.
Total Cost 89 + 216 - 20 = 285

Abilities

• Disintegration: A) Disintegration Ray, Damage 2d10, Range 16”, PR=2 (20 CP)
• Durability: Hit Points +7 (7 CP)
• Experience Levels: Attack +2, Defense +2, Skills +2 (20 CP)
• Flight: Acceleration 64, Top Speed 256 (87 MPH, or 174 MPH with Push) (20), Modifiers: Fast Acceleration (+5), Hyper-Flight (Warp 10) (+10) (35 CP)
• Force Field: A) Personal Force Field (Force Bubble), Protection Kinetic 6, Energy 6, Biochemical 6, Entropy 6, PR=16 (20), Modifiers: Area Effect (7” dia., Adjustable, Perimeter) (+7.5), Range (EN”) (+10) (37.5 CP)
• Heightened Agility: AG +18 (included above)
• Heightened Attack: Damage +4 all attacks (17.5 CP)
• Heightened Initiative: Init +4 (10 CP)
• Knowledge: Native Language (Native, Literate), English Language (Fluent, Literate) (4 CP)
• Power Blast: Damage 2d10, Range 14”, PR=1 (20 CP)
• Regeneration: Heal 1 Hit Point per round of rest (17.5), Modifiers: Unlimited (+5) (22.5 CP)
• Speed: Acceleration 24, Top Speed 48 (96 with Super Speed) (2.5), Modifiers: Fast Acceleration (+2.5) (5 CP)
• Super Speed: Add +1 turn per round, PR=2 per round (10 CP)
• Wealth: d8+1 Wealth roll (7.5 CP)

Gear
None


Weaknesses
Low Self-Control: Arrogant and ruthless; no compunction about killing  (Uncommon, Character Hook) (-7.5 CP)
Nemesis: Hunted or opposed by various factions on this backwater planet Earth, as well as worthy opponents back in Civilization (As powerful, Rare) (-7.5 CP)
Personal Problem: Works for Dr Armageddon (Rare) (-5 CP)



Combat Summary
Initiative: d6+4/d6+4 (avg 15/7)
Unarmed: Attack 19-, Damage d6+5 (avg 8)
Power Blast: Attack 19-, Damage 2d10+4 (avg 15)
Disintegration Ray: Attack 19-, Damage 2d10+4 (avg 15)

Living Legends

PHYS 16 (CON 22), REFL 22, DEFT 22, INTL 11, COOL 11, VITL 16, Mass 100 Kgs (d4 Mass effect), Fame 6

Multi-Power
a. Disintegration: 1d10 untyped (43), Range [12”] (+0), NRG Cost [1 per use] (-2), Multi-Power (-3) [25 CP]
b. Power Blast: 2d8-1 Energy [pure energy] (37), Range [12”] (+0), Multi-Power (-3) [25 CP]

Shield: 6 vs. Biochemical, Blunt Kinetic, Energy, High Temperature, Low Temperature, and Sharp Kinetic (7), Innate (+3) [10 CP]

Armor Generation: 5 vs. Biochemical, Blunt Kinetic, Electromagnetic, Energy, High Temperature, Low Temperature, and Sharp Kinetic (13), Area Effect [13" dia., shapes, perimeter] (+9), Brittle (-4), Range [12"] (+3) [38 CP]

Heightened PHYS: +6 (6), CON Only (-3) [4 CP]

Heightened Speed: +2 levels (34) [34 CP]

Speed Bonus: Ground move x2 (3), top speed and acceleration (+3). Acceleration 16”/turn, top speed 48”/round [4 CP]

Flight: Acceleration 20”/turn, top speed 288”/round (16) [16 CP]

Regeneration: 1 Hit Point per round of rest (8) [8 CP]

Skills
Leadership: (COOL/G), +2 levels, d10 effect (5) [5 CP]
Shield: (DEFT/G), +0 levels, d10 effect
Tactics: (INTL/S), Interstellar Space, +2 levels, d8 effect (5) [5 CP]
Weapon: (DEFT/G), Disintegration and Power Blast, +1 level, d12 effect (2) (+3) [3 CP]

Weaknesses
Low Self-Control: Arrogant and ruthless; no compunction about killing  (Uncommon, Character Hook)
Nemesis: Hunted or opposed by various factions on this backwater planet Earth, as well as worthy opponents back in Civilization (As powerful, Rare)
Personal Problem: Works for Dr Armageddon (Rare)

Villains and Vigilantes

Identity: Zorbac Ar Torrester
Side: Destroyers
Sex: Male
Experience: 15,699
Level: 5
Age: 104
Training: end.

Powers:

1. Flight: 176 miles per hour or 774" per turn, plus Hyper-flight.
2. Power Blast: Range 14". Damage 1d20. Power cost 1 per attack.
3. Heightened Agility: +18
4. Speed Bonus: +86" per turn to ground movement.
5. Force Field: Defensive screen and force bubble use only.
6. Regeneration
7. Disintegration Ray: Range 16". Damage 1d20. Power cost 2 per shot.

Weight: 220
Basic Hits: 5
Agility Mod.: -
Strength: 16
Endurance: 11
Agility: 32
Intelligence: 13
Charisma: 17
Reactions from: Good:-2 Evil:+2
Hit Mod. (1.4) ( 1 ) ( 3 . 1 ) ( 1 . 1 ) = 4.774
Hit Points (24)

Damage Mod.: +4
Heal.Rate: 1.25 per day or turn
Accuracy: +5
Power (72)
Carrying Capacity: 572
Basic Hth. Damage: 1d8
Movement Rates: 145"/774" flying
Det. Hidden: 10%
Det. Danger: 14%
Inventing Points: 6.5
Inventing (39%)

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Unofficial Living Legends Companion written by Patric L. Rogers, Copyright © 2010-2017 by Monkey House Games. All rights reserved.  (Note: For compatibility reasons, and because Jeff Dee asked me to, I used only the core Living Legends rules on this character, and not any of the optional rules I developed in the Companion, e.g. skill cost saving rules.  I did the original LL hack back in 2011.)

Death Duel with the Destroyers written by Bill Willingham, published by Fantasy Games Unlimited.

Converting Mighty Protectors to Marvel Superheroes Advanced Set and vice versa

Converting Mighty Protectors to Marvel Superheroes Advanced Set and vice versa.

(see also FASERIP, and scroll down to the "linked systems" section)

MSH has power ranks that are neither linear, nor geometric, in progression, but do a good job of capturing the flavor of the source material.

MP has geometric progression, where essentially every 2.5 CP doubles the qualitative value, even while adding only +1 to the effect.

Now, this applied across the board. So, someone with IN 15 is twice as smart as someone with IN 12 and four times as smart as IN 9.

The translation between games gets a bit weirder when you realize in MSH +1 Column Shift increases success by +5%, and MP success increases +5% with either 2.5 CP or +6 to a BC. (Unless it's Knowledge, where +15% to a Specialization is 2.5 CP, and +15% to a Skill Background is 5 CP…)

(Image poached from Brian Adam's MP Writeups Blog)

Anyway, let's just use the BC Table to make it all work

MSH Rank	Strength Range	MP BC Range	MSH Examples
Feeble		7 or less
Poor		6-8	Hulk’s Agility
Typical		9-12
Good	300 to 600 lbs	13-16	Talented Athlete
Excellent	600 to 1200 lbs	17-19	Thor’s Agility, Dodgeball Champion, Tough Mudder Endurance Champion
Remarkable	1200 lbs to 2 tons	20-25	Captain America’s Endurance
Incredible	3 tons to 20 tons	26-34	Olympic Gymnast, Captain America’s Agility
Amazing	21 tons to 60 tons	35-39	Spiderman’s Agility
Monstrous	61 to 100 tons	40-41	Hulk’s Endurance
Unearthly	100 tons to 200 tons	42-44	Thor’s Endurance
Shift-X	200 tons to 400 tons	45-47
Shift-Y	400 tons to 800 tons	48-50
Shift-Z	800 tons +	51+

Strictly speaking, I exaggerated the Unearthly and higher range, because otherwise the geometric progression of MP literally collapses it to “ST +1,” instead of a range.

Another quirk of MP is that while the qualitative value doubles, the quantitative value, that is the effective die roll, only increases by 1.

This means you get a weird effect, such as we all know the Hulk can smash thru battleship armor without breaking a sweat (after all, the Hulk’s Strength is Unearthly, while Super-Heavy Battleship Artillery, which can destroy a battleship, is “merely” Amazing), but in MP this equates to approximately +3 damage, which given that common, everyday steel has an SR of 11, means that in MP the Hulk isn’t guaranteed to breach a bank vault door, let alone destroy a battleship with one punch.

You can see where Brian Adams ran afoul of this by looking at his various MP adaptations of Marvel characters. Brian made the reasonable design decision to give characters like the Hulk and Iron Man enough raw power that they can reliably destroy most targets (in MSH, Iron Man’s Repulsors exceed Super-Heavy Artillery in damage potential, and still don't match the Hulk’s Strength without overload mode), but this also means that effectively, in MP, Iron Man’s Repulsors have the “in world” equivalent power of the Death Star for power output (given geometric progression).

MP is not unique to this problem. It certainly goes back to the early days of gaming, where VnV 2e had the same geometric progression, but the dice scaled differently. In VnV 2e, it felt a little less weird where Behemoth did 6d10 damage, and Mountain Man - 8× stronger than Behemoth - did 9d10, or effectively +16 damage. I mean, yeah, of course 8× stronger is +16 damage!

Jump to MP, and 8× stronger is +3 damage. Erk.

(Hero System, at least thru 5e, when I stopped playing, had its similar problem where ×2 in-game power resulted in +1d6 Stun, +1 Body, which doesn't feel like ×2, either.)

(model Spiff Zaya)

Basically, just don't think about it too hard :)

Now, tangentially, MP does have a mechanic to help retain the feel of both “reasonable power,” AND “reliable damage,” i.e. Heightened Attack (and its cousins Natural Weaponry and Weakness Detection).

For my build of the Hulk, I would do something like this:

• Strength 42
• Natural Weaponry Attack +4, Damage +10

This gives him an average damage of 23 points, which is a 16-foot deep hole in an “average” steel wall, with one punch.

So, there you go. Some notes on converting from Mighty Protectors to Marvel Superheroes and back again.

(model unknown)

(MP Android Body)

MP - Water Walking

This is one of those "just thinking out loud" kind of blog posts, and sharing to see what you think.  My daughter is 5, so I've seen a lot of episodes of PJ Masks lately. One of Gecko's powers is "Super Lizard Water Running."

The ability to run, walk, or stand on water gets modeled in lots of different ways. Some games, like Champions, modeled it as a modifier to Flight, while others, like Mutants and Masterminds, as a modifier to Super Speed. And GURPS, which pretty much has a power for everything, just has a power for walking on water.

Might Protectors buries "Water Walking" under the Speed ability, as a modifier.

This creates a bit of an odd duck, where for 2.5 CP a character can buy:

Speed: Acceleration 16, Top Speed 16 (-5), Modifiers: Fast Acceleration (×2) (5), Water Running (+2.5)
Final Cost: 2.5 CP

Now this is an "odd duck" for a couple of reasons. First, it doesn't always make sense to modify a character's top speed, especially since highly agile (like the basilisk lizard) or strong characters (like Gecko), might normally be able to move faster than 16.

Second, it's a toss-up if it's implied the character has to keep moving the whole time, or implied that "Water Running" also includes "Water Standing."

I think the solution is a side-step called "Physical Ability: Water Walking."

Physical Ability (Water Walking): The character can move across the surface of water, as if it were dry land. This includes the ability to stand, walk or run. The character can voluntarily sink at any time. Cost (2.5 CP)

This is essentially identical to the Speed Ability Modifier.

I considered a more fine-grained split, like "can move across water as long as doesn't stop moving" for (+2.5 CP) and "can stand on water" for (+2.5 CP). I don't think this is inconsistent with Mighty Protectors, overall.

However, the precedent of "multi-medium movement mode" has been established under both Flight and Speed, where the power can also be used underwater for (+5 CP). With the two Modifiers under Speed, the precedent already written, making "can stand on water" cost extra is both overkill and excessive hair-splitting.

For a character like Gecko, modeled after lizards, such as the water-running "Jesus lizard," the player and GM can decide as a SFX that he has to keep moving and can't stand still, but there isn't any CP benefit to it.

Similarly, I have a gadgeteer, written up in Heroes Unlimited (of all things) (Mighty Protectors hack in development), who made boots that allow her to stand and walk slowly on water, but running results in her breaking the fragile water tension, and sinking.

Following that same precedent, however, I'm choosing to interpret "Speed usable for running on land and swimming in water" does not automatically confer water walking. The ability to move ones limbs quickly enough to produce rapid swimming speed isn't the same as being able to walk on water.

So, what do you think?

MP - Super-Jumping Girl

My daughter had an in-class assignment to “draw a superhero.” Most girls drew Wonder Woman. Kaelyn made up her own - Super Jumping Girl. I thought this was so cool, I wanted to write-up a character based on that idea. Kaelyn loves jumping, and bouncing, and literally bounces off the walls and furniture any day she isn’t sick. The bounce house in the mall is her absolute favorite place, ever.

Note that this character’s Gravity Control let's her reduce her weight to 1 pound. Thus, her effective leaping distance becomes truly insane (122,880 inches, or 614,400 feet, or 116.36 miles). Her Flight allows her to control direction and even land prematurely. She can even reduce the weight of others and take them along on her super jumps.

A 116 mile distance means a launch angle of 45 degrees, meaning an apogee of 58 miles, which is technically outer space. She literally jumps into space. Once I realized this, I went back and added on Adaptation, figuring any body capable of leaping into the mesosphere would be adapted for it. Note the temperatures in the mesosphere can actually be hundreds of degrees warmer than surface temperature, rather than the colder we tend to think of.

Her full-weight jumps are a significantly more modest - but still very impressive 1 mile.

Note also that in MP, every +3 increase in Strength doubles her leaping distance and concurrently the height. Add about +10 Strength and she can leap into orbit, or possibly gently land on a satellite (Flight) and repair it.

Now, having said all that, think about the horizon. In a nutshell, she can leap a lot farther than she can see (memo to self: she needs Telescopic Sight), made worse by the curvature of the Earth dropping the landing point beyond the horizon, where she can’t see it. She would benefit from a leap straight up to get a feel for what might possibly be a hundred miles away, before leaping in that direction. Again, thankfully she has the ability to make “inflight adjustments” to avoid hitting buildings, mountains, lakes, whatever. She can leap approximately 29 miles straight up, after negating gravity.

Her Flight is useful to steering and slowing rate of descent, and standing on flimsy tree branches, etc. It is intentionally absurdly slow (5 MPH with a Push), specifically because it isn't flight. It's all about the fine control while in-flight, and the SFX of being able to “jump up walls,” and “land gently on tree branches,” and all that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon stuff.

Porcia Alastríona Santana, aka Super-Jumping Girl

Background and Origin:  She is in her mid-20s. She loved bouncing and jumping from a young age. She was a track star on high school, with her exceptional (though not abnormal) jumping and tumbling skills. It looked like she might get a college scholarship, until her high school coach pulled her aside and laid out why he thought she was a mutant and suggested she “quietly retire before scandal can happen.”

Inspired by the idea she could, in fact, Super Jump, that summer she set out to test her abilities - and really erupted.

Her backgrounds are sports and science.

Combat Tactics: Her thing is to razzle-dazzle opponents by jumping and bouncing all over the place. She fights defensively the first few rounds, laying down suppressing fire with her auto-blaster. If she has a chance, she uses a multi-action to pounce on a target, grab him, negate his gravity and then jump away with the target. She can let go in mid-flight, and the target continues on the original trajectory, while she alters her course.

Personality Traits: naive, adventurous, helpful,

Appearance: 5’4”, 134 lbs.

Powers: She appears to have some kind of psychokinesis ability related specifically to jumping and tumbling. She has an enhanced physiology, and is an accomplished athlete with near-peak human physical and mental faculties.

She acquired some high tech gadgets from a friend, and knows enough science and electronics to have modified them slightly.

Notes: Model Miss Mandy. Character by P. Rogers, March, 2018.

Document Copyright (C) 2018 by Patric L. Rogers. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright others; no attempt is made to infringe upon their rights.

Porcia Alastríona Santana - Mighty Protectors

Strength 18 (Carrying Capacity 480 lbs., Basic HTH d8+1)
Endurance 18 (Save 12, Heal 2.8)
Agility 18 (Save 12)
Intelligence 18 (Save 12)
Cool 18 (Save 12, Initiative d8+1)

Hit Points 22
Power 72
Physical Defense 3
Mental Defense 3
Move 18, leap 1024 (see also above)
Inventing Points 10
Wealth d4
Luck 10-
Weight 134 lbs.
Total Cost 90 + 100 - 20 = 170


Abilities
Experience Levels: Attack +0, Defense +1, Skills +1 (5 CP)
Inventing: Add +1 Inventing Points (1 CP)
Knowledge: Language (TBD, Fluent, Literate) (4 CP)

Super-Jumping Girl
Adaptation: Asphyxiation, High Temperatures, Low Pressure, Radiation (20 CP)

Hang Time - Flight: Acceleration 8, Top Speed 8 (-5), Modifiers: Fast Acceleration 4 (+10) (5 CP)

Gravity Decrease: Effect d8+1, Duration 5 minutes, PR=2 (15), Modifiers: Weight Reduction Only (cannot reduce to zero) (-10), Reduced Range (Touch/Melee) (-10), Increased Duration (+10) (5 CP)

Physical Ability: Super Leap ×256 (20 CP)

Gear
Armored Costume - Adaptation: Electromagnetics, Low Temperatures, Armor: Kinetic 1, Energy 2, Biochemical 1, Entropy 2, Modifiers: Multifunction Gear (15 CP)

Blast Auto-Pistol - Special Weapon: Damage d10+1 Energy, Range (AG×2”), Charges [24ch], Autofire-2 (20 CP)

Gear Pool/Inventions/Power Stunts
Super Binoculars - Heightened Senses: Telescopic Sight +10 vs range penalties, ×1024 distance (12.5), Modifiers: Gear (-5), Extra Time (-2.5) (5 iCP)

Blaster Booster - Heightened Attack: Damage +2 with Blast Auto-Pistol (5), Modifiers: Multifunction Gear (-2.5); Heightened Expertise: Attack +2 with Blast Auto-Pistol (5), Modifiers: Multifunction Gear (-2.5) (5 iCP)

Weaknesses
TBD (-20 CP)

Combat Summary
Initiative: d8+1 (avg 5.5)
Unarmed: Attack 15-, Damage d8+1 (avg 5.5)
Blast Pistol: Attack 17-, Damage d10+3 (avg 8.5)

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MP - TMBCv4 - Feint - Supercriminal Smuggler

Background and Origin: Before gaining his powers, Feint lived and worked aboard a cargo ship moving produce and livestock from other nations to his native South Africa. He helped smuggle things on the side; it's amazing what you can hide in a big ship full of smelly animals.

He gained his powers from an Atlantean artifact that leaked.

Combat Tactics: The speed is used mostly in bursts, for quick surprises and combat advantage; he does not consider it one of his major powers.

Personality Traits: He prefers subtlety and subterfuge. He fancies himself a deep planner, but unless he has a strong leader to channel his energy, his own plans are often mundane and uninspired.

Appearance:  5'7", 140 lbs., blue eyes, black hair.

Powers: He can generate bursts of plasma for offensive and defensive purposes. He has exceptional reaction time and can run at approximately 45 MPH.

Notes: Artist unknown. Character by P. Rogers, January, 1999.

Feint originally appeared in They Might Be Characters Volume 4: Nothing But Villains.

Feint - Mighty Protectors

Strength 13 (Carrying Capacity 156 lbs., Basic HTH d6)
Endurance 12 (Save 11, Heal 1.6)
Agility 14 (Save 11)
Intelligence 17 (Save 11)
Cool 16 (Save 11, Initiative d6+1)

Hit Points 10
Power 56
Physical Defense 1
Mental Defense 1
Move 16/64 (128)
Inventing Points 9
Wealth d6
Luck 10-
Weight 140 lbs.
Total Cost 72 + 88 -20 = 140

Abilities
Heightened Attack: Damage +1 with all attacks, Damage +2 (total) with Power Blast (5 CP)
Heightened Expertise: Attack +2 with Power Blast (5 CP)
Heightened Initiative: Init +2 (5 CP)
Blue Plasma Bolt - Power Blast: Damage 2d10, Range 13”, PR=1 per use (20 CP)
Regeneration: Heal 1 hit point per 3 minutes of rest (10), Modifiers: Cannot Heal Pure Energy Damage Subtype (-2.5) (7.5 CP)
Reflexively Shoot Down Attacks - Shield: Add +4 to Physical Defense, Breakpoint +5 (7.5), Modifiers: Innate (+2.5), Requires a Save (CL @ +6) (-5) (5 CP)
Speed: Acceleration 16 per turn, Top Speed 64 (21 MPH) per round [128 (44 MPH) with Super Speed] (5 CP)
Super Speed: Add one turn per round, PR=2 per round (10 CP)
Wealth: d6 Wealth roll (2.5 CP)

Languages
Afrikaans (native, literate) (0)
English (accented, literate) (3 CP)

Gear
Armored Costume -
* Adaptation: High Temperatures, Low Temperatures (10), Modifiers: Multifunction Gear (-2.5) (7.5 CP)
* Armor: Kinetic 4, Energy 2, Biochemical 1, Entropy 2 15), Modifiers: Multifunction Gear (-2.5) (12.5 CP)

Weaknesses
Diminished Senses: Near-Sighted (-2.5)
Nemesis: Wanted by international law enforcement for smuggling crimes (Rare, More Powerful) (-12.5 CP)
Uneducated: Only one skill (Transportation/Smuggling) (-5 CP)


Combat Summary
Initiative: d6+3/d6+3 (avg 13/6.5)
Unarmed: Attack 14-, Damage d6+1 (avg 4.5)
Blue Plasma Bolt: Attack 16-, Damage 2d10+2 (avg 13)

Feint - Villains and Vigilantes

Strength 14 (Carrying Capacity 276 lbs., Basic HTH 1d6)
Endurance 12 (Heal 1.2)
Intelligence 17 (Detect Hidden 12%, Detect Danger 16%, Damage +1)
Agility 14 (Accuracy +1, Damage +1)
Charisma 16 (Reaction +/-0)
Level 4

Hit Points 8
Power 57
Move 190” ground
Hit Modifier 2.6208
Weight 140 lbs.
Basic Hits 3
Inventing Points 6.8

Powers
Heightened Speed: +150" ground move, +6 initiative.
Power Blast: Blue bolts of plasma-like energy from his hands. 13", 1d20, PR = 1, one action per turn to set up defense.
Regeneration: He cannot regenerate plasma/power blast damage
Training: +1 “to hit” with unarmed HTH.

Combat

Initiative: 1d10+20 (avg 25.5/10.5)
Unarmed: HTH +2 “to hit,” 1d6+2 damage (avg 5.5)
Blue Plasma Bolt: Power Blast +1 “to hit,” 1d20+2 damage (avg 12.5)

Feint - Living Legends

PHYS 12/d6
REFL 16/d8
DEFT 11/d6
INTL 11/d6 (PERC 16/d8)
COOL 11/d6
VITL 11/d6
Mass 64 Kgs (d4 Mass effect)
Fame 4

Powers
Heightened Speed: +1 level, two turns per round (17) [17 CP]
Power Blast: 2d8-1 Energy [pure energy] (37), Reduced Range [6”] (-1) [32 CP]
Regeneration: 1 hit per round of rest (8) [8 CP]
Shield: 6 vs. Biochemical, Blunt Kinetic, Energy, High Temperature, Low Temperature, and Sharp Kinetic (7), Innate (+3) [10 CP]
Speed Bonus: Ground move x5.33 (7), top speed and acceleration (+3) [10 CP]

Weaknesses
Diminished Senses: Nearsighted (-5)
Nemesis: Wanted by international law enforcement for smuggling crimes (Rare, More Powerful) (-x CP)

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MP - TMBCv1 - Captain Dalia Tsila Slavik - a.k.a. Magna Lass, a.k.a. Power Girl

Background and Origin: Dalia Tsila Slavik, a.k.a. Power Girl, was a Captain in the US Army and gained her powers after volunteering for Army experiments to create a superhuman. She retains her rank, but has been assigned to a hero team based in California.

She was born and raised in Minnesota. She was raised by your birth parents, who inherited a great deal of wealth from oil and finance. Some of them met with misfortune, a cruel mental illness or a stressful situation that caused a complete breakdown.

She has the following siblings:

• An older brother that is dead, killed in an accident; 
• An older sister that she dislikes because of some past transgression; 
• A twin brother that she has lost touch with; 
• An older sister that she still keeps in touch with, but they’re not particularly close. 

She has experienced the following important events:

• She was involved in several casual relationships, each lasting a month or more, but none become serious; 
• She made an enemy, a clan, gang or other small group. There's lots of yelling when they're around each other. They are part of a tribe or other small group and can call on other members in need. The falling out was caused by a loss of status or face; 
• She made a friend, a surrogate parent who offers advice, perhaps too much advice. They are a somewhat important local figure; 
• A fire, earthquake, or other natural disaster swept her home region, forcing her to find a home elsewhere; 
• She made an enemy, a beast or creature. It is part of a tribe or other small group and can call on other members in need. It completely ignores you. She caused the failure of some scheme or plot by the creature; 
• A holy man visited her home region, and she spent several months as a disciple, bolstering her faith; 
• She made an enemy, a family member. She makes them shouty-angry. They are an important figure both locally and beyond the immediate area. The rivalry grew into something stronger; 
• She made a friend, a teacher, religious advisor or mentor. They have some close family ties that give them minor clout. 

Combat Tactics: She relies heavily on her magnetic force field for defense and her particle beam for offense. Although it is relatively easy for her to magnetically manipulate objects, she does it only rarely, and people sometimes forget she can do it.

Personality Traits: She has a good tactical sense, and is a good organizer, but has a shy personality. She has the potential to be the team leader, but for now is only the deputy leader.

Appearance: She favors conservative garb suitable for the region she is from. She has short hair. She wear a singular piece of jewelry that is one of a kind.

Powers: She can manipulate magnetic fields and generate charged particles. She can manipulate about 1 ton of ferrous metal, generate a protective energy field, and project streams of charged particles. She can sense magnetic fields, and thus when they are disturbed by objects passing through them.

Notes: Model unknown. Character by P. Rogers, January, 1999.

Magna Lass originally appeared in They Might Be Characters Vol. 1 as “Power Girl.” Yeah, okay, obviously that name was inspired by the artwork (which was actually a different photomanip of DC’s Power Girl, back in 2000, but this is better artwork, so there you go).

Magna Lass - Mighty Protectors

Strength 12 (Carrying Capacity 120 lbs., Basic HTH d6
Endurance 13 (Save 11, Heal 1.6)
Agility 10 (Save 10)
Intelligence 12 (Save 11)
Cool 10 (Save 10, Initiative d4)

Hit Points 8
Power 47
Physical Defense 1
Mental Defense 2
Move 12
Inventing Points 6
Wealth d6
Luck 10-
Weight 150 lbs.
Total Cost 57 + 100 - 15 = 142

Abilities
Experience Levels: Attack +1, Defense +1, Skills +1 (10 CP)
Magnetic Levitation - Flight: Acceleration 12, Top Speed 96 (33 MPH), PR=1 per hour, Modifiers: Fast Acceleration (15 CP)

Heightened Expertise: Attack +3 with Magnetism abilities (10 CP)
Heightened Senses: Magnetism:

• Magnetic Manipulation: Capacity 1920 lbs., Damage 2d6 Kinetic, Range 24”, Speed 12”, PR=1 per use, Modifiers: Increased Range (12.5 CP); 
• Magnetic Force Shield - Personal Force Field: Kinetic 4, Energy 9, Biochemical 3, Entropy 6, PR=8 to activate, Modifiers: Reduced PR (+5) (22.5 CP) 

Particle Beam - Power Blast: Damage 2d10 Energy, Range 13”, PR=1 per attack (20 CP)
Wealth: Wealth roll d6+1 (5 CP)

Gear
Bulletproof Costume- Armor: Kinetic 6, Energy 2, Biochemical 2, Entropy 2, Modifiers: Gear (5), Partial Coverage (Light) (-10) (5 CP)


Weaknesses
Dark Past: There were issues during her Army career that were conveniently “forgotten” when she volunteered for the experimental procedure. These could result in Bad Reputation or Persecuted if revealed. (-5 CP)
Compulsion: Shy (Rare, Character Hook) (-5 CP)
Responsibilities: Still an active member of the US Army and a member of a vigilante team with contracts to the City of Los Angeles (Uncommon, Major) (-5 CP)

Combat Summary

Initiative: d4
Unarmed: Attack 14-, Damage d6 (avg 3.5)
Magnetism: Attack 17-, Damage 2d6 (avg 7)

Magna Lass - Villains and Vigilantes

Strength 12 (Carrying Capacity 227 lbs., Basic HTH 1d4)
Endurance 13 (Heal 0.9)
Intelligence 12 (Detect Hidden 10%, Detect Danger 14%, Damage +0)
Agility 10 (Accuracy +0, Damage +0)
Charisma 10 (Reaction +/-0)
Level 3

Hit Points 6
Power 47
Move 36” ground
Hit Modifier 1.848
Weight 150 lbs.
Basic Hits 3
Inventing Points 1.6

Abilities
Magnetic Powers (×2): Magnetic control requires one action, PR=2, Range 24”. She can control objects for 12 turns. Her maximum capacity is 1800 lbs. (S×50×Level).
     A magnetic blast does up to 1d10 damage, depending on available capacity, and is PR=2, Range 24”;
     As a power stunt, she can ride magnetic fields, effectively flying at 36 MPH (ground move inches as MPH), PR=1 per hour.

Power Blast: By focusing her magnetic powers, she can generate a charged particle beam from her hands. Range 12", Damage 1d20, PR=1.

Heightened Senses: Her sensitivity to magnetic fields makes her almost impossible to surprise at close range, and gives her other unusual sensory abilities.

Inventions: Her costume contains a battery that gives her an extra 20 Power points, but she can only use these for Magnetic Powers, including when Magnetic Powers is successfully used for defe

Gear
Bulletproof Vest: Modified to be part of her costume. She can Roll with the Blow for twice as much to Power as normal.

Combat Summary
Initiative: d10+10 (avg 15.5)
Unarmed: HTH +0 “to hit,” Damage 1d4 (avg 2.5)
Magnetic Power: +0 “to hit,” Damage 1d10 (avg 5.5)
Particle Beam: Power Blast +0 “to hit,” Damage 1d20 (avg 10.5)

Magna Lass - Living Legends [142 CP]

PHYS 11/d6
REFL 7/d4
DEFT 7/d4
INTL 7/d4 (PERC 11/d6)
COOL 7/d4 (APP 11/d6
VITL 7/d4
Mass 68 kg (d4 Mass effect)
Fame 13/d6

Skills: 6 @ +2 levels (5) (+7) [13 CP]
Negotiate: (INTL/G), d8 effect
Tactics: (INTL/G), urban, d8 effect
Vehicle: (DEFT/S), helicopter, d6 effect
Weapon: (DEFT/G), power blast, d8 effect
Weapon: (DEFT/G), rifles, d8 effect
Weapon: (DEFT/G), telekinesis, d8 effect


Legal Powers: Military Rank [captain in the US Army] (1), Vigilante License (1) [2 CP]

Powers
Magnetic Force Field - Armor Generation: 6 vs. All Physical (17) [17 CP]
Magnetic Levitation - Flight: Acceleration 16”, top speed 48” (13), Miscellaneous Restriction [costs 1 NRG per hour of use] (-2) [10 CP]
Sensitivity to Magnetic Fields - Heightened Sense: New Basic Sense (2), detects magnetism, Range (+3), Global (+5) [6 CP]
Particle Beam - Power Blast: 2d8-1 Energy [particle beam] (37), Reduced Range [6”] (-1) [32 CP]
Particle Beam Counterblast - Shield: 5 vs. Biochemical, Blunt Kinetic, Energy, High Temperature, Low Temperature, and Sharp Kinetic (1), Innate (+3) [1 CP]
Magnetic Manipulation - Telekinesis: 820 kg., d10 Effect (34), Range [12"] (+0), Miscellaneous Restriction [can only move ferrous targets] (-2), Time Limit [bounded duration, 24 rounds] (-3), NRG Cost [1 to activate] (-1), Not on Self (-2) [11 CP]

Weaknesses
Dark Past: There were issues during her Army career that were conveniently “forgotten” when she volunteered for the experimental procedure. These could result in Bad Reputation or Persecuted if revealed. [-10 CP]
Quirk: Shy [-5 CP]
Responsibilities: Still an active member of the US Army and a member of a vigilante team with contracts to the City of Los Angeles (Uncommon, Major) [-5 CP]

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MP - Fireline, invulnerable fiery fashion model

I don't remember the exact origins of this character. It was probably one of those creative "doodle" exercises I was doing one day, while resting my brain. Some people sketch; I make characters. The power set is useful enough to make a playable character, and simple enough to be fun to convert to other game systems, so I did. The conversion for Hero System is in the back of the FGU adventure books from the mid-80s. (My absolute favorite being "Honor," by Ken Cliffs). The Living Legends and Mighty Protectors hacks are derived using official and unofficial rules. If I can find my Superworld books, I may throw in that conversion (my copy of "Honor" being next to my elbow as I write this).

Background and Origin: Her powers are a natural mutation, but did not emerge until college. Her Invulnerability emerged slowly, but her flame powers manifested rather abruptly one night after an all-night drinking binge. (She woke the next morning thinking it was just an incredible dream until she saw the photographs in the city newspaper. Fortunately no one had gotten a positive ID, but she knew it was her.)

Combat Tactics: Because she is bulletproof, she tends to go directly to the offensive, shooting flame blasts. She only activates her fire shield if she wants to fly, or if she actually takes damage and wants the added level of protection.

Personality Traits: Friendly and high-spirited. She has become absolutely fearless about physical harm, but is still protective of her privacy, since she understands her friends and family are vulnerable.

Appearance: Fireline is 5'10" tall, with blond hair and brown eyes. She has a dark natural tan, and her flames are the yellow and orange of sunlight.

Powers: She is bulletproof and can form a sheath of fire around herself that lets her shoot flames and fly.

Notes: Artwork used without permission (model presumably Kimberly Kelly, photographer unknown). Character by P. Rogers, June, 2010.

Character Name - Mighty Protectors (Monkey House Games, 2010)

Strength 17 (Carrying Capacity 384 lbs., Basic HTH d6+1)
Endurance 11 (Save 10, Heal 1.0)
Agility 10 (Save 10)
Intelligence 12 (Save 11)
Cool 34 (Save 14, Initiative d8+d10)

Hit Points 13
Power 54
Physical Defense 1
Mental Defense 2
Move 13
Inventing Points 6
Wealth d6
Luck 10-
Weight 140 lbs.
Total Cost 84 + 121 - 20 = 185

Powers
Adaptation: High Temperatures, Low Temperatures, Radiation (15 CP)
Armor: Energy 6, Biochemical 5, Entropy 5 (30), Modifiers: Unobvious (+5) (35 CP)
Energy: Power +4 (2 CP)
Experience Levels: Attack +0, Defense +1, Skills +1 (5 CP)
Flame Abilities -
* Flame Blast: Attack +3, Damage 2d6, Range 28”, PR=2 (10), Modifiers: Accuracy (+7.5) (17.5 CP);
* Flame Aura: Damage d6+1, PR=1 per trigger event (10) (10 CP);
* Fiery Flight - Flight: Acceleration 4, Top Speed 64 (21 MPH) (10), Modifiers: Only While Flame Aura is Active (-5) (5 CP)
Heightened Cool: CL +20 (included above)
Heightened Strength: ST +5 (included above)
Invulnerability: Kinetic (20), Modifiers: Unobvious (+5) (25 CP)
Knowledge: Language (TBD) (4 CP)
Wealth: Wealth roll d6 (2.5 CP)

Weaknesses
Nemesis (-10 CP)
Personal Problem (Public Identity): She slipped up, and some fans put the pieces together and outed her. (-10 CP)

Combat Summary
Initiative: 2d8+1 (avg 10)
Unarmed: Attack 13-, Damage d6+1 (avg 4.5)
Flame Blast: Attack 17-, Damage 2d6 (avg 7)

Fireline – Living Legends (1.1e, Monkey House Games, 2010) [186 CP]

PHYS 11/d6 (STR 18/d8)
REFL 7/d4
DEFT 7/d4
INTL 11/d6
COOL 29/d12
VITL 11/d6
Mass 64 Kgs (d4 Mass effect),
Fame 9 (d6 Fame effect)

Skills: 2 @ +1 level (2) (+3) [3 CP]
Profession (INTL/S): Fashion model, d6 effect
Weapon (DEFT/G): Energy Field, d6+2 effect

Powers
Armor: 6 vs. All Physical and Mystical Damage Types (44) [44 CP]
Energy Field: d8 High Temperature [fire] (24), NRG Cost [1 to activate] (-1), NRG Cost [1 per attack] (-2), Miscellaneous Enhancement [NRG Cost per attack is only on ranged attacks, not melee carried attacks] (+1), Range [12”] (+3), Duration [6 rounds; water, lack of oxygen, etc put out the flames] (+3), Time Limit [bounded expenditure, 1 hour, incremental] (0) [41 CP]
Flight: Acceleration 17”, Top Speed 64” (14), NRG Cost [1 to activate] (-1), Time Limit [bounded expenditure, 1 hour, incremental] (+0), Linked to Energy Field (-1) [11 CP]
Skill Bonus: +2 (7) Weapon [energy field] [7 CP]
Wealth: +2 levels (4), d8 effect [4 CP]

Fireline – HERO System (4e, HERO Games, 1989)

STR 25, DEX 15, CON 18, BODY 9, INT 12, EGO 34, PRE 28, COM 18, PD 16, ED 16, SPD 4, REC 9, END 40, STUN 35

EC - Flame Powers
1) Energy Blast: 8d6 fire
2) Flight: 12”, 1/2 END, 8x NCM
3) Force Field: +12 rPD, +16 rED, 0 END
4) Ranged Killing Attack: 1d6+1 fire, Damage Shield, 0 END

Unbreakable Skin: Damage Resistance +16 rPD, +16 rED

PS: Fashion model, 11-
+3 OCV EB

Fireline – Marvel Superheroes Advanced Set (TSR, 1986)

Fighting Typical (6)
Agility Typical (6)
Strength Excellent (20)
Endurance Good (10)
Reason Typical (6)
Intuition Typical (6)
Psyche Amazing (50)

Health 42
Karma 62
Resources Good
Popularity 10

Powers
Body Resistance: Remarkable (30)
* Power rank protection from all physical and energy attacks, including Corrosives and Radiation.

Fire Generation: Remarkable (30)
* Blasts of flame, Remarkable damage, 8 area range
* Flight at Good air speed

Talents
Performer: The character is someone who acts, sings, dances, mimes, or otherwise uses his Talents to entertain (this is related to the Artist, the key difference being that the Artist may leave the scene of creation; the Performer is identified with that creation directly). A Performer receives 10 karma points for a week's worth of performance, whether in a play, doing a nightclub routine, or working for a movie.

Weapons Specialist (Fire Generation): The character with this Talent gains a +2CS with a single weapon of choice. This may be any type of weapon, missile or melee. The character who is a weapon specialist will also increase his initiative when using this weapon by 1.

Fireline – Villains and Vigilantes (2e, Fantasy Games Unlimited, 1982)

Strength 21 (Carrying Capacity 725 lbs., Basic HTH 1d8)
Endurance 11 (Heal 0.75)
Intelligence 12 (Detect Hidden 10%, Detect Danger 14%, Damage +0)
Agility 10 (Accuracy +0, Damage +0)
Charisma 34 (Reaction +/-6)
Level 2

Hit Points 6
Power 54
Move 42” ground
Hit Modifier 1.98
Weight 140 lbs.
Basic Hits 3
Inventing Points 2.4


Abilities
Flame Power B: Fireline’s whole body can burst into flames. This gives her an automatic Flame defense while she is burning. It also allows her to fly through the air at a rate of one mile per hour per inch of normal movement. PR = 3 to activate the ability, PR = 3 per attack and PR = 1 per hour of flight. A flame attack has a range of 32” and does 1d12 damage.

Heightened Charisma B: +19. She has superhuman charm, poise and beauty.

Heightened Strength B: +10

Invulnerability: +16. Her skin and flesh are incredibly durable.

Gear
None

Combat Summary
Initiative: d10+10 (avg 15.5)
Unarmed: HTH +0 “to hit,” Damage 1d8 (avg 4.5)
Flame Blast: +0 “to hit,” Damage 1d12 (avg 6.5)

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Sourcebooks Marvel Superheroes Advanced Set (TSR, 1986), Realms of Magic (Kim Eastland, TSR, 1986), The Ultimate Powers Book (David E. Martin, TSR, 1987), 4C System (Michael Hammes, Philip Reed, 2007).  TSR got acquired by Wizards of the Coast, which got acquired by Hasbro.

HERO System 4e, owned Hero Games.

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