We are three guys who are just about to start a SuperHero campaign down at my local gaming club and we've decided to use the SS3 rules for that. Nothing complicated, all in the name of good fun
. We are each to make a 5 model team based on an average of 85points each, pick a "side" (Hero, Villain or Merc) and off we go. Play a couple of games each and have FUN!!!
The others are reading the rules and creating at the moment, I have already done mine
. Most of the time I don't involve any "Extras" because I like it nice and simple. We haven't picked sides yet and I'm cool with whatever, although my team probably would suit the best as Mercs...
THE THRESHOLDThe individuals who make up the super team The Threshold come from different backgrounds, different cultures but share one thing in common. They have all five, in one way or another, been on the brink of death but come back from it changed, some have gained astounding powers in the process, others have gained a new purpose.
SABRECAT (Georgi Vassiljev)Georgi grew up in the busy port town of Odessa on the Black Sea, as a young man he yearned for adventure and thrills, so he ran away and stowed away on a ship bound for Africa. There he sold his services as a mercenary and an adventurer, earning a reputation as a reliable man. During one contract mission he was double crossed and left for dead in an ancient temple ruin, but the assailants made the mistake of not checking properly. He was teetering on the brink of death but managed to pull back to the land of the living with his force of will and the aid of a native witch doctor. He explained to Georgi that they had violated the Sacred Hunting Grounds and in return for his survival the Big Cat Spirits had tasked him with hunting down the perpetrators and bring the stolen artefacts back. Something in the man’s demeanour made Georgi listen carefully and agree to it. He was graced with a matching pair of ancient hunting daggers, which seemed to be able to cut through steel with ease and he felt reborn, rejuvenated. With his newfound abilities it was easy to pay back the debt and stay true to his promise, from time to time the old witch doctor call on Georgi for assistance but he’s mostly left to his own devices.
Powers & Abilities: Georgi has the strength of a top athlete and is superhumanly graceful and quick, he has extraordinary sensory perception, but not superhumanly so and he can run and leap with the best of the Parcour performers. The two hunting daggers are extraordinary sharp and he has an uncanny ability to find an opponent’s Achilles heel. His true forte though is his reliability in the field, astounding fighting skills and the grit which borders on the superhuman that allows him to continue fighting when other people would be bent over in pain. It is said he has been gifted with nine lives, and however that may be, there might be some truth in that too or just an urban myth.
DUST DEVIL (Alphonse Zavi)Alphonse always loved the outdoors but he was a sickly child and didn’t have many friends, he used to stand on the inside with his face pressed against the windowpane wishing he could be out there, instead of being down with whatever he had this time, or the asthma, or his heart condition. During his final year in school there was an accident in the chemistry lab which saw Alphonse and two other pupils badly injured and sent to the critical care unit at the hospital, the two others had good prognosis of recovery, but Alphonse’s parents got the bad news that it was touch and go for him. During the course of several days his parents and his older sister kept a vigil at his bedside, when all of a sudden the machinery he was hooked up to started to go haywire. Staff was rushing in with crash cart and other equipment but to everyone’s astonishment Alphonse opened his eyes, blinked a few times and said: “Hello, what happened?” The tests showed nothing but a remarkable recovery and to top it all off, Alphonse seemed to be better than ever! As if by a miracle he had been cured from all of his previous ailments, his asthma was gone and he could finally, finally enjoy his passion, the outdoors fully. Soon it became apparent that there were other side effects, he had gained super powers! With no close friends Alphonse began to explore these newfound abilities in secret but his sister found out, never been especially close, with her being a very popular girl and him the sickly child, this bonded them and she looks out for her “little brother” and has helped him hone his skills with the powers. He is still only a young man, barely out of his teens, reckless at times and inexperienced but he is determined to do his best and be an asset to the team.
Powers & Abilities: Alphonse is superhumanly fast, agile, accurate and graceful. His powers manifest themselves as him travelling at tremendous speeds in a cloud of debris; with his super speed he can disrupt enemies molecules and thereby taking down enemies physically superior to him, he’s also able to temporarily blind opponents with shrapnel that he has picked up along his travel.
SENOR FORTUNO (Enrique Vega) Enrique loved a carefree lifestyle with no worries for tomorrow, he was good looking and looked deadly in a sharp suit, he always had a woman, fast cars and money, he had never had to try hard for anything, things just seemed to go his way, people dropping a wallet full of cash, lights turning green just as he turned up etc. Life was good for Enrique, until he crossed Mr Lambrini. Lambrini was the owner of the biggest casino in the city and didn’t like Enrique one iota, he turned up and whatever game he decided to play paid off, with Enrique walking out the door with a lot of money that Lambrini viewed as rightfully his. If it happened once Lambrini might have let it go, after all he didn’t run a crooked game (much) and it was up to chance, but no one has that much luck, not even Lady Fortuna!!! Lambrini first tried to find Enrique’s accomplice but it seemed to be none, so he settled on the decision that somehow Enrique had tampered with the equipment. He sent two of his goons to “teach” Enrique a lesson, but they were a little bit too heavy handed with him, they panicked and left him for dead. When Enrique came to everything was dark around him, he was lying on a cold metal slab and that freaked him out, he started yelling and screaming and banging on the metal walls and two very surprised morgue attendants opened the fridge and let him out. Enrique didn’t bother waiting around; he stole some clothes and escaped the hospital. Later he caught his reflection and to his horror he realised that the pretty boy face he once had had was now beaten to a pulp, he knew they had come from Lambrini and vowed to exact revenge. Somehow though, something has always come in between, by pure chance and accident some would say, but Enrique has stopped believing in coincidences a long time ago, everything happens for a reason. Enrique discovered that he returned to the world of the living changed…
Powers & Abilities: Enrique is superhumanly fast and accurate, he is armed with a big hand cannon which he affectionately calls “Hand of Fate” and with it he is among the top marksmen in the world, he also has the irritating habit of flipping a coin and say: “heads I win, tails you lose,” but there has to be something more to it, because he has managed to pull off things that, even in the world of superheroes and villains, should be “Impossible”.
GHOST FACE (Dietmar Schroeder)Dietmar was a struggling part time actor, part time waiter, dreaming about the “big breakthrough”. He spent hours honing his skills, singing, dancing, voice coaching, but despite all his dedication he lacked one vital thing, true talent. He had done some really soppy commercials and one for dog food and he was just about to call it quits with his big dream, when an ad in a paper caught his eye. “New production company seeking young actors and actresses for parts in a brand new musical.” In hindsight he probably should have enquired more, but he felt that this was his last chance to make it. When he turned up for his audition he saw several familiar faces, men and women just like him, yearning for a chance to act but constantly being turned down. There was a large CLUNK and they realised the doors had just been bolted from the outside, and then the light went out. Panic settled in, people behaving like a stampeding horde of imbecilic bovines, but over all of this Dietmar clearly heard one thing that he would remember until his dying, true dying, days, the rustling of large leathery wings!!! Later Dietmar came to realise that vampires had descended upon them and had a feast, leaving no one else but Dietmar alive, although alive seemed to be to say too much. Dietmar was somewhat alive, but caught in a twilight state between the living and the dead, he had no need for food nor sleep, was visible to people but unable to interact with the physical world, he just seemed to pass through it, not even able to hold a feather in his hand or feel the wind upon his cheeks. Until Dietmar can find a cure for his state of being, either way would be preferable to this Limbo, he is using his newfound powers with a newfound purpose.
Powers & Abilities: Dietmar is the official leader of The Revenants, his razor sharp mind and tactical skills are almost unparalleled. He is caught in a permanent state of “half-being”, most physical attacks will simply pass straight through him without affecting him and he has a very powerful “Death Shriek” that will fry most people’s minds!
MONSOON (Tove Bjalke)Tove came from a rich Swedish family, her parents were rarely around due to other commitments in life and she was used to making her own way. Far from a spoilt child she showed great dedication and kindness in her life, she was an excellent athlete with several national records to her name, a part time model and she spent a lot of time doing voluntary work and aiding the homeless and the less fortunate. After graduation (with honours) she told her parents her decision, she’d spend one year abroad doing relief work in East Asia, which at the time had been severely ravaged by freak weather and civil war. With their blessing she went and found love in the form of an American named Roy Quigley, but the happiness wasn’t to last. One evening when the weather was particularly bad she showed up unannounced at Quigley’s premises, hoping to surprise him with a gift and a proposal, but discovered that the nice man she had met was in reality a cold hearted arms dealer, selling guns to both sides of the conflict! Quigley wasted no time but shot her several times and he finished her off with a bullet through the head, then his lackeys dumped her in the harbour. Water sprites found Tove and they remembered her kindness to people, they had often seen her, so they took her to their watery grave where she was revived back to life, but changed. The kind water sprites had given her a second chance and still inexperienced with her powers she needed to work out what she could do and not do. A stern well-built Eastern European male took notice of the tall shapely blonde and took her under his wing. For a time Tove studied combat disciplines under the man, and she had no illusions that his name was Vitaly. In secret she had come to understand her new powers and when she felt ready she hunted down Quigley, this time in Japan. A huge battle took place and surprise, surprise, someone else was after Quigley, an intense man with two ancient hunting daggers, calling himself Sabrecat, he only took one look at her as they faced off with Quigley trying to run away from her wrath and the man’s determination. “Tove, he’s all yours,” the man said with a gravelly voice and was gone. How he knew it was she and how he could see her she didn’t know, but she settled her score with Quigley, not being ruthless she brought him severely beaten to justice. Some time later she found Georgi, or maybe he wanted to be found. Then Dietmar found them and now she’s a member of a world renowned team, maybe not what she had chosen to do with her life but this is what she has now.
Powers & Abilities: Tove is a capable fighter, having been coached by Sabrecat and is superhumanly strong, she has been seen lifting large trucks and can take enormous amount of punishment without even flinching, her skin is so hard that even a missile would have trouble penetrating it! She can summon a cloud of heavy downpour and winds at will, which affects some of the surrounding area, it will shield her and anyone inside the field from view, anyone trapped in the cloud will have significant trouble moving and seeing, with very few exceptions. She herself is immune to those effects and so is Sabrecat as it turned out.
09 February 2007, 12:54:39 PM