davew wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 2:01pm:


I didn't have to, I saw far to many employees get fired, or arrested for doing things I would have never dreamed of. My first week I saw a nurse get escorted out of the facility or getting involved with an inmate. I remember a person I thought I could trust get busted for bringing in steroids to inmates. And I'm the one that asked for the initial investigation. 

John wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 2:17pm:


I know what you mean... I meant the bit about the video in humor of course, but I saw much of the same thing when I worked my five years as a psyche aide. When I became a lead aide towards the end I tried my best to pass this on... of course with my speech about being extra careful when dealing with BPD clients... but its hard to believe how many times you see this. I mean, come on! Read the darn charts! It makes my jaw drop to see how many employees get involved with clients that have had a past of dealing violence out on to their loved ones... all in the very same chart that the psyche aide had access to.

But, that's all for that... this is a V&V forum and while I'm sure me and you could talk about this sort of thing all day that's part of another connection we share and I should probably keep things more V&V focused here.

John wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 2:17pm:


That's one of the ideas I suggested, something similar to what Mystique did for Magneto in X-Men 2. I could see a charismatic villain convincing a staff member to smuggle in contraband items. Or better yet, someone like Cobra, or Brother Blood (they're DC characters that have cult like followings), have one of their cult members working at the facility, and have them assist in an escape.

Dr. Worldbeater...
LOL!
I love that name! 

dsumner wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 2:57pm:



LOL I figured that, and that is the thing I was goofing on.   I mean, aren't all the jails filled with innocent men and women?    I imagine that after many forty hour weeks  an employee may actually develop a rapport with some prisoners and feel empathy with them, enough to smuggle them the omni wave projector and allow them escape from Prision via the 29 and a half dimenision.

dsumner-
I agree, and of course you have to look at a lot of the inner workings of the Axis II spectrum- primarily the Antisocial Personality Disorder and at times, Borderline Personality Disorder features in the element of building up and de-valuing of the focused individual.
However, these are elements that I love to talk about but I've been hesitant to delve too much into in regards to keeping the fun element of V&V... I could easily make my works with V&V too much drawn into a perspective of psychological diagnosis and I try to avoid that as I think it could distract from the overall enjoyment of the game itself.

But, I have thought about presenting an Axis IV product down the road... there are only five axis areas in the APA's DSM standard... but what if there were a 6th? One for paranormal/supernature/superheroic aspects?

I've worked at two different jails (one Regional Jail, and a city Jail), as well as a direct supervision prison. It's a lot easier to remain detached from these guys when you're separated from them, and they're locked down (as the jails are, or the seg unit in the prison). I've also worked everything from yard officer, to main control, to a team leader on both the DCT (the riot control unit), and tactical support unit (THe SWAT/hostage rescue unit), as well as being an instructor for less lethal munitions, fire arms, ASP baton, and few other items.

In game terms, I'd modify several items (ASP batons become Stun Batons), less lethal weapons fire stun rounds (Paralysis Ray Device),  or things like electro snares, special grenades, etc.

The Ultimate Spiderman: Sinister Six storyline was well done with this.  Especially the way Doc Ock played the doctors.

The Arkum Aslyum TPB was very good as well.

Two very good comics which line up well with this discussion.

Here's Impact, of the all female villain group, the Sisterhood.

IMPACT

"I'm gonna pound you till you bleed."



Identity: Natalie Sheila Richardson
Side: The Sisterhood        Sex: Female
Age: 26                          Level: 5
Training: Endurance

Powers:
1. Heightened Strength (B): +27
2. Body Power: Explosive Punch: HTH attack, is carrier attack for her explosive punch. Damage = HTH + 1d20 damage, 1" blast radius. PR=3
3. Heightened Agility (A): +9
4. Low Self Control: If struck for more than 10 points damage, or mocked, must save vs. INT, or become enraged. She will focus on attacking the individual who caused her to become enraged, and nothing else, forgoing all other actions, such as rolling with damage, or evasion.

Weight: 160 lbs.                  Basic Hits: 4
Agility Mod: -                      Strength: 40
Endurance: 14                    Agility: 20
Intelligence: 11                   Charisma: 13
Reactions from Good: -        Evil: -
Hit Points: (32)                   Damage Mod.: +2
Healing Rate: 0.3                Accuracy: +3
Power: (85)                       Carrying Capacity: 5,232 lbs.
Basic HTH Damage: 2d8      Movement Rates: 74” ground speed
Detect Hidden: 8%              Detect Danger: 12%

Origin/Background: A former teen runaway, and mutant, from an abusive family in Atlanta, Georgia.

Combat Tactics/M.O.: In combat, she'll basically try to pound you into submission with her punches.

Personality/Character Traits: Hot headed and stubborn, Impact's not keen of seeing other people's points of view. She likes to hit first, and ask questions later. But she does have a softer side, and likes keep up with the latest fashions.

John wrote on Mar 4^th, 2010 at 4:58pm:


Getting to that, I went to bed before I finished her write-up.

Wow, Impact and Marauder are excellent.

Glad I don't work security there.

Cool stuff (as always)!

Thanks for sharing it with us, dsumner!

Doctor Foom wrote on Mar 5^th, 2010 at 6:49pm:


I try sir, I try. I just hope you guys are enjoying this stuff, and, that any GM that makes use of the material finds it useful in his campaign.

GRAVITON

"Do you knuckle dragging troglodytes actually believe you stand even the slightest chance of defeating me?"



Identity: Dr. Adrian Wright (PhD)
Sex: Male
Age: 41 
Side: Evil    
Affiliation: None
Known Associates: None                      
Level: 8
Training: Endurance

Powers:
1. Flight: PR=1 per hour; 182 mph max flight speed.
2. 2x Gravity Control:
3. Body Power: 2x final Power score.
4. Heightened Intelligence A: +12
5. Heightened Expertise: +4 with Gravity Control powers.

Weight: 160 lbs.                  
Basic Hits: 4
Agility Mod: -                     
Strength: 13
Endurance: 14                   
Agility: 13
Intelligence: 28                  
Charisma: 13
Reactions from Good: -   /   Evil: -
Hit Points: 14                
Healing Rate: 0.3
Power: 136
Damage Mod.: +4
Accuracy: +1
Carrying Capacity: 288 lbs.
Basic HTH Damage: 1d4      
Movement Rates: 40” ground;
Detect Hidden: 20%          
Detect Danger: 24%
Inventing Points: 22.4          
Inventing: 72%
Legal Status: US citizen with criminal record.

Origin/Background: Dr. Wright was always a bit high strung, but as long as his research showed promise, his supervisors tended to ignore his rather abrasive personality. That was until the accident. How could these cretins possibly think that he had anything to do with the accident, surely it was one the many incompetent staff members in his employ. And now these buffoons dared threaten to censure him, this was the final outrage.

As he stormed through the now wrecked hallways of his research lab, he noticed something strange, his feet were no longer in contact with the floor. He found this new development quite intriguing, and wondered what else had changed. And wit that thought, he set off to explore his new found abilities.

Combat Tactics/M.O.: Graviton's prefers not to engage in direct HTH, as he feels it's beneath someone of his intelligence to engage in such activities. He'll preferred method of attack, is to keep his opponents at bay, either increasing their weight to the point, where fliers, are pinned to the ground, or canceling gravity, and allowing others to float harmlessly, in the air, while he taunts, and berates them.   

Personality/Character Traits: Even before he gained his abilities, Adrian was a narcissistic megalomaniac, who belittled his coworkers, and subordinates, and people in general. Now that he's gained powers, he's ten times worse. 

These guys are both really cool; beautiful images and cool write-ups!

From Sniper's Combat Tactics/M.O., Weakness Detection would be a good fit for this character.

Great work - thanks for sharing these with with us, D!

Thunderboy

"Ha, ha, ha, ha"



Identity: Ronald Masterson III
Aliases: None
Sex: Male
Age: 15
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Side: Evil
Affiliation: None
Known Grudges: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Level: 3
Training: damage

Powers:
1. Lightning Control: R=28”, 2d8 damage, PR=4, no machine control.
2. Heightened Strength B (Device): Asgardian Belt: +18.
3. Teleportation Device: Mystic Hammer: (See below). Max Range = 2,300"; 14 charges per day.
4. Invulnerability Device: Asgardian Belt: 16 points.
5. Special Weapon: Mystic War Hammer: +3 to hit, HTH+1d8 damage. May be thrown up to “S” inches. Provides him with the fallowing abilities:
a) Flight: 180 mph max flight speed.
b) Sonic Abilities: Thunderclap: Thunderboy’s Hammer may be used to create a deafening “Thunderclap” on impact. Attacks as Sonic Abilities. Damage = 2d8; 12 charges per day.
c) Double Carrying Capacity: While holding his hammer, Thunderboy’s carrying capacity is doubled.

Weight: 135 lbs.                  
Basic Hits: 3
Agility Mod: -
Strength: 30
Endurance: 14                  
Agility: 9
Intelligence: 10                  
Charisma: 13
Reactions from Good: -1/Evil: +1
Hit Mods.: 3.36
Hit Points: 10
Healing Rate: 0.9
Power: 62            
Damage Mod.: -
Accuracy: -
Carrying Capacity: 3,834lbs.
Basic HTH Damage: 2d8            
Movement Rates: 52” ground; 792" flight
Detect Hidden: 8%            
Detect Danger: 12%
Inventing Points:      3            
Inventing: 30%
Legal Status: Duel citizenship, US/Norway. Wanted in both the US and EU.

Origin and Background: Ronald "Ronny" Masterson, or Thunderboy as he is now known, is quite simply put, insane. Given his powers by Loki, the Norse god of mischief, he's slowly lost his grip with reality. Basically Loki’s goal is to have Ronald run amok, causing as much havoc and destruction as possible. He knows that Ronald will eventually be stopped, but until then, he plans on sitting back to enjoying the show.

Combat Tactics/M.O.: Thunderboy’s primary tactic is to smash everything in sight. If confronted, he’ll lead off with a lightning bolt, and then begin swinging away with his hammer. He’ll use his teleportation to get behind his target, and strike them from the rear. He’ll use his “Thunderclap” to inflict collateral damage to the surrounding area, shattering glass, smashing buildings etc. He’ll then fling debris in every direction, until he tires, or becomes bored.

Personality/Character Traits: Ronald is basically a 15 year old, mentally unstable sociopath with superpowers. His powers have severed whatever links he still had with humanity. He now lives for the next time he can inflict harm on others.

How in the world are they keeping Smoke locked up?