Everyone has the bad guy compendiums, and that's all well and good.  But aside from Dr. Apocolypse, and Force, and Motivator, and Headhunter - what about the homebrew bad guys?

What's the name of your biggest, baddest archvillain?

I've got a couple, but they're striking because of the comedy involved:

Mr. Roboto - a disembodied electrical 'spirit' who can posess robot bodies and is determined to free robotkind from the rule of man (he considers any electrical device to be a free willed machine, and will soon try to liberate Siri from the clutches of an Apple Store).  His sonic cannon fires bursts of Styx's "Mr Roboto" when he fights.

Mister Fister - a lunatic who can project an animated hand to grab, squeeze and crush heroes.  Followed by his henchmen, the Fists, who cry, "All heroes fear Mister Fister."

You get the idea.  We've all put so much into the game - I'd love to hear your favorite badguys.

Youre not mistaken about Mister Fister.  His origins come from a spiderman panel.  But i changed his modus operandi...

I love Grinning Man concept

Okay, that picture of Sandman and Spidey was disturbing.

My favorite bad guy is called Fungus. I like him a lot because he is a complicated and not unsympathetic character who has been hoist on his own petard.

Born with a freakishly high intelligence quotient, Stanley Melnick could have been the prototype for Sheldon Cooper. Specializing in biochemistry he became fascinated with mutations and super humans and set about researching methods to control such mutations and improve the human species. He earned his PhD at age 20. It would have been two years earlier but his thesis was so advanced it took the best scientists at his university that long to understand what Melnick was talking about.

With his high intelligence, Melnick holds a disdain for what he calls the “superstitions, taboos and monkey customs of the unwashed”, by which he means laws and social conventions. He is not evil in the Hannibal Lechter/Fu Manchu sense. Rather he is simply amoral in the extreme, believing what he thinks should override what is understood by his intellectual inferiors. This permits him to perform whatever experiments he sees fit on whatever subjects he deems necessary for the advancement of his work.

He began his post-doctoral work with promising results in finding ways to halt and cure cancer. This was an unintended result of his mutation work and his research showed how to halt the mutated cells that are cancer. He had no interest in furthering that line of study, preferring it left to lesser minds as he pushed the boundaries of mutation further. He believes moving the entire species forward will not only cure cancer but all other human diseases by creating people immune to such mundane silliness.

Forced by the Board of Regents to further his cancer research, which Melnick believed was only for monetary gain (he is not wrong), he chose to ignore the order. Instead, he was able to bluff his Dean for a time while he accelerated his mutation research. This caused him to overlook certain interactions, which he would have normally seen because they took time to develop. Rather than wait, he chose to trust his own abilities and perform the experiment on himself, which as we all know, always turns out well. His purpose was to prove he was right and force the Board of Regents to approve his line of research with the promise of even further monetary gain and scientific advancement. Of course, the experiment had unintended and foreseen consequences. Stanley Melnick ceased to be and Fungus was created.

He now has the ability to transform into a mutated state.  His body becomes covered with a mustard yellow, fuzzy, mold-type hide.  He sprouts bat-like wings which enable him to fly at about 130 mph. He has natural weaponry in the form of claws on his hands, feet and the bony extensions that form his wings. The mold-like covering also can produce spores that cause LSD-type hallucinations in those around him.

Melnick typically remains in his original form as laboratory equipment is designed for use by people, not bat-like mold monsters and his research is paramount. He will assume his Fungus form for combat, escape or to intimidate others.
Much of his encounters with the players involve some scheme he has created to raise the capital necessary to further his research. He is capable of executing anything he can think of in this goal as he is completely without a moral compass, is not distracted by the desire to rule others and is still convinced of his own infallibility. He blames the Regents for his accident because they were obviously too stupid to see where his work was leading.

To date, he has created rudimentary people to help him, is near perfecting his Almost People into true Artificial People who are genetically superior to normal humans but not “super” as yet. He has engaged in drug running as a means of making large amounts of quick cash and stolen the Statue of Liberty in an attempt to extort a quick billion or two from the U.S. government.

Fungus is a character I will always find a way to keep around, if I can figure a way to make it at all plausible.

I wish I could jump in on this one but my only PC is John and he has not met the Major Villains yet, just heard of them

Dr. Adamant

Mr. Dragon

Dr. Frog

HOMEBREW

Level: 6
Side: Evil
Sex: Male

Powers:
1. Heightened Intelligence A: + 17
2. Adaptation: PR = 1 per hour or per use as a defense.
3. Chemical Powers (permanent): Howebrew is living liquid. As such he can slip through cracks and alter his volume, following the guidelines for stretching powers.
4. Natural Weaponry: +3 to hit, +6 damage.
5. Heightened Speed: +7 initiative, + 200"
6. Regeneration: Requires one action to recover Hit Points equal to Healing Rate. Heals damage from cold/ice attacks normally.

Phrennzy wrote on Feb 7^th, 2015 at 5:52pm:


In a RPG, stealing another guy's idea is the best compliment you can give!

Matt wrote on Feb 21^st, 2015 at 2:36pm:


I love em - especially Living Lava. 

back when we still played V&V i had a villain called Momentum. He could absorb kinetic energy from damage and convert it to speed and dex. His only other power was flight. Which also got boosted when he was hit. The players eventually defeated him and i brought him back a few times but each time they beat him I had to come up with new ways to bring him back finally had to just let him stay gone