#33 – The Inhuman League – The team is called to Atlanta for a robbery by a number of freaks and misfits.  Police and ordinary forces are unable to stop the powerful villains, who dub themselves the Inhuman League.  Mirage, Freeze, Tempest, Spectre, and Kamikaze arrive and attempt to negotiate, but Nightmare, Stigmata, Spyder, Gila, and Jaws refuse to parlay.  After a brutal battle, the criminals are defeated and incarcerated.

I really liked the look of Microtitan.  I drew him off of a small picture taken from Jim Lee's Wildcats; just a cool image (I think of a guard or something).

Like the Sphinz from Mystery Men, I left him "terribly mysterious"      He showed up in the prison dimension of Finity, the good guy (Alexander) vouched for him, and he helped the heroes win and then accompanied them home.

Like a lot of the older characters, the method for delivering his poison wasn't very well defined.  The way we've usually done it is to require HP damage to allow the venom to be administered (i.e., if the attack hits on Armor or Invulnerability it doesn't get through to the skin or bloodstream).  The idea of spurs was a direct rip off from the bad guys (grackleflints?) in Matt Wagner's Mage.

One funny story about this character.  He was fun to play, but had NO defense of any kind.  So I tried to invent Armor for him (thinking it kind of fit his look anyway).  With a 30% chance you would think he would succeed occasionally.  But NO, he tried over and over and over again, but to no avail.  He attempted to increase it TEN TIMES and the lowest roll he ever got was a 50.  After nearly a year of trying (he was attempting once a month, so spending all his time focused on it), he figured it was not meant to be and gave up (I suppose he probably retired).

Anyway, that's a big part of why he was left so mysterious and not fleshed out or defined more.   

Identity: -
Name: MICROTITAN
Side: Good
Sex: Male
Level: 2
Age: -

Powers:
Heightened Endurance: +15.
Poison/Venom: % E save failed by victim causes loss of movement/action for 1d20 phases; 1d20 phases; delivered by spurs in elbows.
Devitalization Ray: Range – 42”, PR-3, 3d10 from target’s Power.
Natural Weaponry: Skill; +2 to Hit, +4 to Damage – HtH.
Size Change: Smaller; 1’ tall; Height Factor – 6, Weight Factor - .004; numbers in brackets show smaller form.
Power Blast: Range – 15"; PR-1; Damage - 1d20.
Low Self-Control: Cannot resist fighting when provoked.

Weight: 250 (6’3") [1]
Basic Hits: 5
Agility Mod.: -2 [+8]

Strength: 8
Endurance: 21
Agility: 8 [18]
Intelligence: 10
Charisma: 14

Reactions From:   Good: +2   Evil: -3

Hit Points: 8 [20]
Power: 47 [57]

Healing Rate: 3
Damage Mod.: - [+2]
Accuracy: -2 [+3]
Carrying Capacity: 327
Basic HtH Damage: 1d6

Movement Rates: 37" [8”]
Det. Hidden: 8%
Det. Danger: 12%

Inventing: 30%
Security Clearance: -

Unknown Citizenship

Ranges when small: Devitalization Ray – 7”, Power Blast – 3”

Chance to Hit / Damage:
Power Blast – 14 [19] / 1d20 [+2]
Devitalization Ray – 10 [15] / -3d10 [+2]
HtH – 5 [10] / 1d6+4 [+6] + poison

#34 – Demon Invasion – A tropical storm off the east coast of Florida grows quickly in speed and intensity, and is soon realized to be an entirely new phenomena.  Days later, a concussive shockwave from the Vortex causes many of the planes observing it to be lost at sea and affects weather patterns around the world.  C.H.E.S.S. sends in Imperial, Meganaut, and Telecomm, who transmit back that the Vortex is centered around a bizarre framework construction, hovering over the ocean floor and sucking in everything around it like a small black hole.  Strange creatures are seen on the towers, working on machines, then communication with the heroes is lost.  Panic spreads among the public as scientists reveal that in fourteen months most life on Earth will be destroyed!  The U.N. launches a massive nuclear warhead into the squall with no effect.  Russia sends in their superhero Gravitron, who creates an opposing black hole that causes another incredible blast.  The Vortex and Gravitron both disappear, and the area returns to normal.  An adrift fishing trawler emerges with tales of horrific monsters that slew and ate their crewmates; they claim that a great explosion sucked the beasts in and then they witnessed demons and the Devil himself!  C.H.E.S.S. tells all heroes to remain on alert, then King Homer Grimsby alerts Justice Force that a second mysterious tower is being built at Stonehenge.  Banished eons ago to the dimension of Chaosia (the Devil's Domain), the powerful entity known as the Devil orchestrates giant matter vacuums on three different worlds (Earth, Xareon, and Targo) to feed millions of demons that will form a living link, allowing his escape (which is possible only every 666 years).  As Spectre, Tempest, Mirage, Freeze, and Kamikaze fly in a loaned supersonic jet to Great Britain, they see the Devil's image in the sky, commanding them to turn back.  Next they face a wave of mystic turbulence from Overseer, then multiple flying demons that explode into noxious brown smoke when defeated.  They arrive at Stonehenge, where a black, four-story structure rises 300 feet above the ancient ruins.  The heroes battle their way up, besting human zombies from many different eras of history.  As they ascend, they destroy strange gigantic machinery that the undead had been constructing.  On the third deck they dodge large objects that Overseer teleports at them through a misty portal.  At the top, they overcome many different demons, who explode into a brown liquid that becomes smoke.  Later, this demon ichor entrances the local townspeople, temporarily causing them to go into a killing frenzy toward those unaffected.

Mike wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 9:57pm:


Thanks for the encouragement, Mike.  I appreciate hearing that people enjoy looking these over.   

I think it was a bit of an homage.  If it had been his primary name (and not more of a subname), I don't think I would have gone with it.  Parasite, the Microtitan Invincible, is an amazingly strong villain, btw.  I've only used him once in this campaign, but he was powerful enough to take on an entire team of heroes!   

Majestic wrote on May 27^th, 2010 at 1:21am:


This moment provided some really fun role-playing, as my brother-in-law Mark played Spectre here in a way that's I've rarely seen in role-playing games.  Instead of making the typical 'heroic' choice, he behaved more selfishly, and when it backfired on the whole team, they got really pissed at him (their leader).   

Well, that was the last issue of Justice Force (the team essentially retired after just a couple of years of fighting crime and worldwide threats).  I've still got one more hero to spotlight (Kamikaze), but it by no means it's the end of the summaries.  Next I'll do "Exploits" (I'll start a new thread, though), which is the comic series that (mostly) follows the solo tales of our heroes.  Towards the later issues (there's not that many), it sometimes has adventures where a group of C.H.E.S.S. agents (not part of a larger team) gather together for an adventure.

Identity: Yoritomo Kamakura
Name: KAMIKAZE
Side: Good
Sex: Male
Level: 7
Age: 19

Powers (Human form):
Heightened Endurance: +13.
Reduced Endurance: -2; ,maximum E of 26.
Heightened Intelligence: +10.
Mutant Power: Radiation blast; PR-2/shot, Range – Ex2 (46”), Damage – 1d20; attacks at 15 (through unshielded Armor).
Transformation: Type C; Shapeshifter (Creatures); into Wind and Feline forms.

Weight: 180 (5'9")
Basic Hits: 4
Agility Mod.: -

Strength: 13
Endurance: 23
Agility: 15
Intelligence: 18
Charisma: 11

Reactions From:   Good: +1   Evil: -4

Hit Points: 26
Power: 69

Healing Rate: 2.4
Damage Mod.: +2
Accuracy: +2
Carrying Capacity: 405
Basic HtH Damage: 1d6

Movement Rates: 51”

Det. Hidden: 14%
Det. Danger: 18%

Inventing: 54%
Security Clearance: 10
Rep. Pts.: 2

Japanese Citizen

Chance to Hit / Damage:
Radiation – 17 / 1d20+2
Sword – 9 / 2d6+2
HtH – 7 / 1d6+2



Identity: Aoelis
Name: KAMIKAZE
Side: Good
Sex: -
Level: 7
Age: 20

Powers (Wind form):
Flight: Maximum speed – 90 m.p.h. (396”/turn); PR-1/hour.
Invisibility: Permanent; +1 to Hit, -1 to be Hit per turn.
Vibratory Powers: Range – 46”, Damage – 2d8, PR-5/attack; can pass through solids at movement speed, PR-2.
Body Power: Immortal; Invulnerability of 3; Reforms when destroyed in 1d100 hours.


Weight: -
Basic Hits: 10
Agility Mod.: -4

Strength: 9
Endurance: 10
Agility: 19
Intelligence: 16
Charisma: 11

Reactions From:   Good: +1   Evil: -4

Hit Points: 23
Power: 58

Healing Rate: 2.5/minute
Damage Mod.: +3
Accuracy: +4
Carrying Capacity: -
Basic HtH Damage: -

Movement Rates: 42" , Flying - 396"

Det. Hidden: 12%
Det. Danger: 16%

Inventing: -%
Security Clearance: -
Rep. Pts.: -

Chance to Hit / Damage:
Vibratory Powers - 14 / 2d8+3



Identity: Volia
Name: KAMIKAZE
Side: Good
Sex: Male
Level: 7
Age: 15

Powers (Feline form):
Natural Weaponry: Claws; +3 to Hit, +6 to Damage.
Body Power: Genetic Superiority; 2x Strength when training; all physical traits begin at 18.
Heightened Defense: -4 to be Hit.
Heightened Expertise: +4 to Hit – Claws.

Weight: 240
Basic Hits: 5
Agility Mod.: -

Strength: 20
Endurance: 18
Agility: 27
Intelligence: 18
Charisma: 11

Reactions From:   Good: +1   Evil: -4

Hit Points: 65
Power: 83

Healing Rate: 2.5
Damage Mod.: +4
Accuracy: +5
Carrying Capacity: 1,176
Basic HtH Damage: 1d10

Movement Rates: 65"

Det. Hidden: 14%
Det. Danger: 18%

Inventing: 54%
Security Clearance: -
Rep. Pts.: -

Chance to Hit / Damage:
Claws – 17 / 1d10+10
HtH - 10 / 1d10+4

The Cougar wrote on May 27^th, 2010 at 8:14pm:


Thanks a bunch to all of you for taking the time to read them.  It makes all of the re-typing, scanning, and work to put them on here very much worthwhile.   

And here's the character sheet for Kamikaze's human form.  I could post scans of the other two forms, but - other than Immortality and Genetic Superiority being listed as the actual powers - they're pretty much identical to what I typed up (no pictures).

12/90             Crisis at Crusader Citadel
  2/91              Death Duel with the Destroyers
  3/91              The Island of Doctor Apocalypse
  4/91              Night of the Garrote
  5/91              Air Superiority
  6/91              FORCE
  7/91              Dominion Day
  8/91              The Secret in the Swamp
10/91              Pentacle Plot
11/91              The Great Iridium Con
11/91              Terror by Night
12/91              The Dawn of DNA
  1/92              Zodiac Alliance
  2/92              The Doctor is In
  2/92              Battle for Wicklow
  3/92              Consequences
  3/92              Day of Reckoning
  4/92              Glimpse into Eternity
  5/92              Pre-Emptive Strike
  6/92              Battle Above the Earth
  7/92              The Inhuman League
  8/92              Troubleshooter
  8/92              Devil's Domain