Not even death can trap a true master of the mystic arts. necessary, awarding the players one or more hero points.TACTICS By the time the heroes manage to track the Robot to its hidden lair, it has already completed the construction ofAlthough intellectually brilliant, the Robot tends to be a mechanical bride and hooked its kidnapped victim tosomething of a brute in combat, relying on inhuman a device intended to transfer her brain patternsperhapsstrength and durability, blasting away at foes it cannot even her memories and life forceinto the new automa-reach with its crushing grip. POWER POINTS ABILITIES 78 SKILLS 31 15 POWERS 0 DEFENSES 153 ADVANTAGES 29 TOTAL COMPLICATIONS Obsession: Utterly obsessed with something (see the Psycho Obsession table). Also known as the Freedom Universe. sizes, dragons, goblins, ghosts, and undead such as skel- etons and zombies. Expertise: Current Events 4 (+6), Expertise: Pop Culture 2 (+4),A Devouring Swarm causes physical damage to targets,biting or clawing anything they overrun. This means if the he- enemies, allowing them to work their magic unhindered.roes are successful, the villain is not likely to try the same Sorcerers tend to favor broad area effects, particularlyscheme again. Hes likewise highlysomething if theres a reason than just pulling out new resistant to mental assault and immune to mere mortalpowers at random. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Offense: Init +2, Attack +4 Fortitude 2, Toughness 2, Will 1. A Puppeteer may maintain the guise and manipulates people, what effect it has on them, andof an ordinary citizen or even a hero to throw off suspicion. The only human-like androids and another who focuses oncombination of intellect, super-science, and simian physi- nanotechnology, for example. The only difference is thatPsychos are less selective (or at least less socially accept- A common variation on the Psycho theme is a need forable) about their targets. Faiths & Pantheons WE Epic Enhancement (6 Frames) Wizards.com Epic Insights Forgotten Realms - D&D 3e - Oct 2002. 20 Toys: Weapons and devices styled as toys: boomerangs, yoyos, tops, jacks, bouncy balls, pogo sticks, etc. If the heroes defy any of this legal great opportunity to use a group of non-player heroes.harassment, a warrant for their arrest is posted almost im-mediately and they become hunted fugitives. 4 Clowns: Comedy props (squirting flower, seltzer bottle, cream pie, etc. Eventhose who prefer a directconfrontation are likely totake advantage of a vulnerableopponent. NAME IDEASYou can further customize the archetype by assigning differ- Typically over-the-top and grandiose monikers like theent or additional powers to the Item of Powers array. Super-Powered by M&M Trademark License: Make your own Mutants & Masterminds-compatible products! Do not overlook the Martial Artists abilityhero turning against a teacher who stepped over the line to use Redirect when fighting multiple opponents, settingor unable to save a student who followed the wrong path. Totals: Abilities 34 + Powers 23 + Advantages 0 + Skills 4 +Defenses 10 = Total 71 points.Warrior demons tend to be human-sized, with powerful One of the most massive land animals ever, the long-builds and tough (often scaly or bony) hides. The teams could be the classic heroes versus villains or various superhero teams competing, mixed groups ofCAPERS heroes and villains, the heroes versus heroines, adults versus teens, or anything else that catches the Imps fancy.Adventures involving an Imp may include the following: Perhaps the teams even vary from one contest to the next. Perhaps an insane hatred of all religions. Authorities are baffled and largelydemands they leave the city immediately! An alchemist villain typically way, she can be as ruthless and powerful as any Sorcerer,relies on various potions, powders, and other magical for- perhaps even more so. feat the same way twice.A Magical Construct is often the lieutenant of an occult A CREATED RACEmaster villain, while lesser Magical Constructs may be theroboticminions of a mystic (see the Minion Archetypes The Robot is often a unique entity, created by accident orfor examples). Magic 4 (+5), Insight 6 (+9), Intimidation 9 (+12), Perception 8 (+11), Persuasion 10 (+13), Ranged Combat: Throwing 6 (+8), Weaknesses: Traditional vampires are destroyed by exposure Stealth 9 (+10) to sunlight and repelled by religious icons and certain plants (particularly garlic). One might be known forcal traits makes for a formidable, if unusual, supervillain. Only whenOthers change weaknesses, often within a theme, such all seems lost (the Moon begins falling out of the skyas the Imp who always leaves if you can beat him at a toward Earth, or a giant monster threatens to eat the Sun),game, but the game (and its rules) change with every does the Imp appear to harangue the hopeless heroesappearance. out of sight long enough to change appearance again, either blending into a crowd or (if thats not an option)QUESTION AUTHORITY looking like someone else known to be in the area long enough to get the heroes distracted and slip away onceThanks, heroes, well take it from here, says the police more. This is a -1 cost per rank flaw and, if its ap- particularly gruesome and dangerous foes.plied to the villainous Mimics power, looks like this: NEMESIS Mimic: Variable 20 (100 points), Continuous, Move Action, The Nemesis is a kind of Mimic who, rather than using the LimitTainted Mimicry (Acquires subjects complications heroes own powers against them, has the traits necessary and weaknesses as well as their traits) 160 points to counter their powers, replacing the Mimic power with a Variable effect called Nemesis. Imaginea villain with a camera that really does capturepeoples souls, allowing him to control themthrough their photograph!MINION MASTERRather than directly controlling the heroes ortheir allies, the Minion Master is a Puppeteerwith legions of loyal or mind-controlledminions. Attack effects such as various kinds of Damage or Move Object (usableThe default archetype assumes a villainous character, for throwing around massive objects, or hitting heroesbut some Jumped-Up Nobodies are actually average or with them) are good choices.DELUXE GAME MASTERS GUIDE 107MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS JUMPED-UP NOBODY PL12 STR STA AGL DEX FGT INT AWE PRE 00000100 POWERS OFFENSE INITIATIVE +0 Ranged, Damage 18 or other effect Item of Power: 135 points, Removable (27 points) 108 points Energy Blast +6 Ranged, Burst Area Damage 12 Amazing Confidence: Enhanced Advantages 5 (Beginners Energy Burst Luck, Ranged Attack 6); Enhanced Defenses 18 (Dodge 6, Parry 6, Fortitude 6) 25 points DEFENSE 6 FORTITUDE 6 Energy Mastery: Array (36 points) Energy Blast: Ranged Damage 18 36 points DODGE 6 TOUGHNESS 18/0* Energy Burst: Burst Area Ranged Damage 12 1 point PARRY Energy Bonds: Perception Ranged Cumulative Affliction 9 WILL 12 *Without Protection bonus (Resisted by Dodge; Hindered and Vulnerable, Defenseless and Immobile), Extra Condition, Resisted by Dodge, Limited POWER POINTS Degree 1 point Transmutation: Ranged Transform 6 (50 lbs. They can afford to wait.Mastermind archetype for details. people who rely on them.Once the Master of Disguise knows about a particular sen- TACTICSsory advantage, either because it is public knowledge or itwas used against him before, you can be sure of him tak- Although capable of handling fights against normal op-ing it into account next time. ITS ALL THE SUITThe Jobber is a classic low-power goon who nonetheless Many Jobbers rely on advanced technology to providebrings some powers to the fight. They leave that to their various minions, who The archetypes here can serve as a baseline for creatingalso run interference, fetch needed components, or kid- more exotic creatures. They may improve their ca-134 DELUXE GAME MASTERS GUIDECHAPTER 3: ARCHETYPESROBOT PL13STR STA AGL DEX FGT INT AWE PRE15 --- 0 2 8 10 6 1POWERS DEFENSE 10 FORTITUDE ImmuneArmor: Protection 16, Impervious 32 points DODGE 10 TOUGHNESS 16Datalink: Comprehend Machines, Radio Communication 4, PARRY WILL 13 Rapid 3 23 pointsEnergy Beams: Ranged Damage 15 30 points POWER POINTSRobot: Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) 30 pointsSKILLS ABILITIES 74 SKILLS 18 19Close Combat: Unarmed 3 (+11), Insight 6 (+12), Intimidation 12 POWERS 115 DEFENSES 237(+13), Ranged Combat: Energy Beams 3 (+5), Technology 12 (+22) ADVANTAGES 11 TOTALADVANTAGES COMPLICATIONSAccurate Attack, Assessment, Eidetic Memory, Power Attack, Inhuman: Lacking both living physiology and humanPrecise Attack (Ranged, Cover), Ranged Attack 6 emotions.OFFENSE Machine: Vulnerable to certain effects like electricity, magnetism, and so forth.Energy Beams +11Unarmed +11 INITIATIVE +0 Similarly, Robots often lair in places dangerous or lethal Ranged, Damage 15 for organic beings, such as radioactive or toxic sites, mak- Close, Damage 15 ing it more difficult for heroes to locate and reach them. Mimicking multiple subjects often the most efficient mannerresults in a strange composite appearance for the Mimic. points.CROCODILE PL7 MR3 The statistics here may represent other birds of prey. Cults have a strong recurring role as threats in the com- Advantages: Improved Trip. Alternately, you can simply consider it a plot de-vice, since most other supervillains find ways to myste-riously return from death as well. There can be a considerable difference between their genius. A variant of the Immortal Overlord is the Temporal Over-ARMORED OVERLORD lord, who may also be ageless, but appears throughout history due to the ability to move back and forth betweenA common archetype in the comics, the Armored Over- different eras. Some Alien Overlords have additional powers, after their present-day enemies are nothing but a memo-most commonly those of the Alien Mastermind; see the ry. Some Mimics do ever is necessary for it to duplicate a targets traits, thenthis deliberately, to further confuse opponents aboutwho is the genuine article or even to replace a subject and uses them against its foes inimpersonate them. It might be the villainsvarious creations, perhaps in place of Equipment. petri.ruotanen6205. Totals: Abilities 18 + Powers 50 + Advantages 3 + Skills 7 TULPA PL7 MR5(14 ranks) + Defenses 9 = 87 points. Thoseor more heroes comes down to a contest of wills. DC Adventures is based on the award-winning Mutants & Masterminds super hero RPG from Green Ronin Publishing, and is compatible with the third edition of M&M. While DC Adventures contains all the rules and information you need to play the game, future M&M Third Edition products are also compatible and usable with the material in this book, so . Lastly, theres the temptationheroes in one manner or another, just as insistent on their for the Imp toliven things upby making them even moregame (and their rules) as other Imps tend to be. In the past we have sold for customers a D&D Brown Box, several of the Limited Edition modules, and a number of other rare items. Consider where a CLASSIC BITSJobbers powers come from: Are they natural abilities?Are they provided and maintained by another villain? Equipment: Equipment. Core books and new releases for Mutants & Masterminds, Third Edition are below. I was having trouble finding a blank fillable PDF of the basic character sheet so I made one myself. Similarly, the prize can be anything from the ImpTHERES A NEW HERO IN TOWN not wiping out life as we know it on Earth to the promise of fulfilling the winners every wish, something the goodAn amazing new superhero shows up in the same area as guys are not going to want their archenemies to get!the characters and begins showing them up with a dizzy-ing array of incredible powers. On the other hand, some might technicians. MASTERMINDThe Mastermind is a mentalist supervillain, possessing dinary mental prowess, and the exact types of powers theconsiderable intellect and psionic abilities which compen- Mastermind possesses.sate for a relative lack of physical prowess. Init +4, Bite +8 (Close, Damage 14). satisfied with anything less than payment in full. Specifically rouges gallery and emerald city books, Im looking for mutants and masterminds 3e books. These powers may be nativeclear examples of their emphasis on the mind, such as bald- to the villains species (perhaps with the Mastermind anness, an enlarged cranium (often with pulsating veins), and extraordinary example) or the villain could be a mutant ofan atrophied, almost vestigial body. Hot, Shakedown 29 points Glue/Traps with snare (Ranged Cumulative Affliction 8, Resisted by Dodge; Hindered and Vulnerable, Defenseless and Immobilized; Extra Condition, Limited Degree), snare trap (alternate; Cumulative Affliction 7, Resisted by Dodge; Hindered and Vulnerable, Defenseless and Immobilized; Extra Condition, Limited Degree; Triggered), 45 and snare bomb (alternate; Burst Area Cumulative Affliction 6, Resisted by Dodge; Hindered and Vulnerable, Defenseless and Immobilized; Extra Condition, Limited Degree); Name Ideas: Adheser, Flypaper, Goo Girl, Handy Man, Mountain Man, Snap-Trap, String King, Trapules, the Welder 26 points Leaping with super leaping (Immunity 5 [falling damage], Leaping 5, Speed 4) and power kick (Strength-Based 67 Damage 4, Accurate 2). A few manage to fit into the business worlda geneticist obsessed with the creation of new life versus and climb the corporate ladder, perhaps even to the verya chemist looking to perfect a wonder drug to grant top. side the law. Skills: Acrobatics 7 (+11), STR 3 STA 0 AGL 3 DEX 0 FGT 3 INT 5 AWE 1 PRE 4 Athletics 4 (+8), Perception 4 (+5), Stealth 3 (+13). Some turn to villainy because their other who lays out sticky traps on the floor, and so forth.expertise or powers ruined their chance at a normal life, anda criminal record prevents them from finding legitimate VILLAINS WITHOUT NUMBERwork, feeding a vicious cycle of criminal behavior. The heroes have to act quickly if they aretures its foes on their innate inferiority and how the odds to save her!are mathematically stacked against them. Elemental archetypes.In keeping with their imitative style, Mimic villains in the ARTIFICIAL MIMICcomics are often artificial beingssuch as androids orcloneswith little or no life experience, or aliens with An Artificial Mimic is not a living being, but a constructno real understanding of human life or culture save what such as an android, robot, or even magical golem of somethey absorb through imitation. Defense: Dodge 0, Parry 0, Fort 0, Tou 0,(Fortitude DC 13). Still, compared to most members of the cult, the Master has considerable power,A cult need not be religious in nature: some are cults of not the least of which is use of the Ritualist advantage andpersonality dedicated to a particular leader (typically a the ability to perform magical rituals, using Expertise inmaster villain) while others are more political, social, or Cult Lore in place of Magic Expertise.cultural in nature. The Item often imprints on itswielder such that no one else can use it. Some Testers are self-appointed judges oflike their elaborate games and twisted ideas of what worthiness, and may seek to eliminate those who do notconstitutes fun. meet their high standards.Entertainment is the main idea of the Imp for the Imp, THE TRICKSTERanyway. All the while the Robot lec- ton to activate it. You can create largerpterosaurs by adding ranks of Growth to increase size andother traits accordingly.148 DELUXE GAME MASTERS GUIDECHAPTER 3: ARCHETYPESDRAGON PL9 MR6 Gargoyles are flying creatures with stony hides. The Undead Sorcerer exists in a kind of half-life, eitherDEMON SORCERER trapped there by the decree of foes who bound and entombed him, or through his own machinations, tran-The Sorcerer is not human at all, but an infernal creature: a scending the limits of mortality at the price of the plea-demon, devil, or some similar being from a hellish dimen- sures and aesthetics of the flesh. The res-LEARNING CURVE urrected hero has some adjusting to do but, as time goes on, things dont seem right. Defense: Dodge5, Parry 5, Fort 3, Tou 3, Will 3. Many Robots seek to build others like them, creating a family or even a race of sorts, subservient toROBOTIC BRUTE their maker, of course.The archetype as presented assumes the Robot is highly The Robot typically lacks some key element, prevent-intelligent and programmed with extensive technologi- ing it from doing all the work itself. Log in or sign up to leave a comment.
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