Heroes and Rogues Knowledge at start
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Heroes
Chevalier- The overall leader of the department, he has the ability to combine the properties of several items into one. His distinct weapon: a cannon-blade is made up of several different swords, meaning he can adjust the strength of his attacks from a regular sword strike to a building destroying wrecking ball. While he spends around thirty weeks a year in Philadelphia, the rest of the time he gets teleported around to take down warlords and the absolute monsters elsewhere.
Staunch- In a word he is solid. This tinker has near indestructible power armor that lets him also wield a giant tower shield and power maul. A founding member in the department, he has been fighting villains and saving civilians for over twenty years. If Staunch is on the scene you will be safe.
Archetype- This hero has three different breaker states: one is a hyper-mobile blur of light, one is a giant earth elemental, the last is a humanoid emerald sensory beacon. While you aren't sure of the mechanism, she doesn't seem to be able to change breaker states mid battle.
Crucible- This pyrokinetic has produced several techniques with his fire. He has a sustained flame thrower, a condensed fire blast, and a super heated blue-fire lance. He is also the constant subject of gossip magazines and a well known flirt.
Ratatoskr- This guy turns into a giant humanoid rodent. He tends to avoid the public facing side of heroism. His claws let him climb walls, and act as razor sharp blades.
Shatter- A hero with the power to turn glass into her minions, she can make them either turn to dust or explode when destroyed.
Rime- The head of the second side office, she is a powerful blaster, able to make small ice projectiles that on impact form ice. She seems able to control how big the formed ice is, before she makes the attack.
Flamel- A second generation cape and older brother to Paracelsus, Flamel's father was the protectorate hero Alchemist. After the endbringer attack that killed his father, the two brothers signed on in his memory. Flamel has the ability to shape materially uniform objects. The less uniform the object, the slower the change.
Paracelsus- Unlike his older brother, Paracelsus doesn't affect objects. He strikes the ground and causes all nearby enemies to fall over.
Cultivate- He is a cyborg having spent time replacing and improving most of his body. Recently, he finished his "dermal plating system", giving him much greater durability. Unlike nearly every other member of the team, he has gone on record saying he doesn't need sleep.
Dianmu- Named after the Chinese goddess of lightning, Dianmu can create lances of energy. It is not electricity despite its appearance of a lightning bolt. It is far slower than lightning and doesn't follow electric paths.
Commodore- While you're not certain of her power she is almost always seen steering a flying wood ship. While it doesn't fly much faster than a car, it does let heroes avoid any potential traffic.
Kamuy- This wooden hero gets faster and stronger as his bark is destroyed. He does tours of the schools of Philadelphia far more than the rest of the team.
Luster- One of the fastest heroic flyers on the eastern seaboard, when in her breaker state she can make large scale blasts. These blasts have a target circle that narrows into the lance after a second or two.
You also know that there are at least five more heroes in the team as well as some part time heroes. You also know that there is a wards team with ten or eleven members.
Rogues
The biggest reason that the city of Philadelphia has a higher ratio of rogues than anywhere else in the nation is because of The Mill. While you have never been there yourself, you know that it is a heavily secured building that the rogues of the city are based out of. It has many parahuman vendors that rent spaces from the core team of Tinkers and Thinkers that own the place.
Corporate Heroes
Corporate hero teams are halfway between law enforcement and celebrities. You know that there are two corporate hero teams in the city, but neither their names or where they are based out of.
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I would love to hear your thoughts on the write-ups of I did of the heroes and villain's of the city. I should have the chapter out some time tomorrow.
Chevalier- The overall leader of the department, he has the ability to combine the properties of several items into one. His distinct weapon: a cannon-blade is made up of several different swords, meaning he can adjust the strength of his attacks from a regular sword strike to a building destroying wrecking ball. While he spends around thirty weeks a year in Philadelphia, the rest of the time he gets teleported around to take down warlords and the absolute monsters elsewhere.
Staunch- In a word he is solid. This tinker has near indestructible power armor that lets him also wield a giant tower shield and power maul. A founding member in the department, he has been fighting villains and saving civilians for over twenty years. If Staunch is on the scene you will be safe.
Archetype- This hero has three different breaker states: one is a hyper-mobile blur of light, one is a giant earth elemental, the last is a humanoid emerald sensory beacon. While you aren't sure of the mechanism, she doesn't seem to be able to change breaker states mid battle.
Crucible- This pyrokinetic has produced several techniques with his fire. He has a sustained flame thrower, a condensed fire blast, and a super heated blue-fire lance. He is also the constant subject of gossip magazines and a well known flirt.
Ratatoskr- This guy turns into a giant humanoid rodent. He tends to avoid the public facing side of heroism. His claws let him climb walls, and act as razor sharp blades.
Shatter- A hero with the power to turn glass into her minions, she can make them either turn to dust or explode when destroyed.
Rime- The head of the second side office, she is a powerful blaster, able to make small ice projectiles that on impact form ice. She seems able to control how big the formed ice is, before she makes the attack.
Flamel- A second generation cape and older brother to Paracelsus, Flamel's father was the protectorate hero Alchemist. After the endbringer attack that killed his father, the two brothers signed on in his memory. Flamel has the ability to shape materially uniform objects. The less uniform the object, the slower the change.
Paracelsus- Unlike his older brother, Paracelsus doesn't affect objects. He strikes the ground and causes all nearby enemies to fall over.
Cultivate- He is a cyborg having spent time replacing and improving most of his body. Recently, he finished his "dermal plating system", giving him much greater durability. Unlike nearly every other member of the team, he has gone on record saying he doesn't need sleep.
Dianmu- Named after the Chinese goddess of lightning, Dianmu can create lances of energy. It is not electricity despite its appearance of a lightning bolt. It is far slower than lightning and doesn't follow electric paths.
Commodore- While you're not certain of her power she is almost always seen steering a flying wood ship. While it doesn't fly much faster than a car, it does let heroes avoid any potential traffic.
Kamuy- This wooden hero gets faster and stronger as his bark is destroyed. He does tours of the schools of Philadelphia far more than the rest of the team.
Luster- One of the fastest heroic flyers on the eastern seaboard, when in her breaker state she can make large scale blasts. These blasts have a target circle that narrows into the lance after a second or two.
You also know that there are at least five more heroes in the team as well as some part time heroes. You also know that there is a wards team with ten or eleven members.
Rogues
The biggest reason that the city of Philadelphia has a higher ratio of rogues than anywhere else in the nation is because of The Mill. While you have never been there yourself, you know that it is a heavily secured building that the rogues of the city are based out of. It has many parahuman vendors that rent spaces from the core team of Tinkers and Thinkers that own the place.
Corporate Heroes
Corporate hero teams are halfway between law enforcement and celebrities. You know that there are two corporate hero teams in the city, but neither their names or where they are based out of.
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I would love to hear your thoughts on the write-ups of I did of the heroes and villain's of the city. I should have the chapter out some time tomorrow.
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). In regards to John, I intended all of the potential player characters to not be married to any particular religious tradition. If you had to put a label on it I'd say agnostic. The question I would ask is, what will he say when people question why he picked that name, what does he intend to represent?
