Guide to Earth.NRK.Zeta: Unconventional Heroes Edition.[ICONs]

Section I: Meta Info

Character Creation Rules
-Point Buy: 45 pt. budget.
---Additional power effects cost 1 pt. but still count as a power (for calculating determination)
-Random Character Generation
---You may reroll the level on bonus powers (if you want to get a better result)
-All characters must have at least 2 Qualities, 1 Challenge

House Rules
-Bonus effects/powers as "alternate power uses."
---example: Blast (Exploding)[Shooting] 5 can be used to create an exploding blast and a non explosive blast.
-Hero Advancement.
---Levels: 1 pt. Starting Determination to increase Ability/Powers Levels.
---New Powers: 1pt. to gain a new level 1 power.
---Specialties: 1pt. Starting Determination to gain a new specialty or increase a specialty level.
---Stunts: 1 pt. Starting Determination to gain a stunt that was successfully attempted 10 times.
-Possession merges by default (RAW as challenge)


Player Characters
-Bold or Stupid: Psiren
-Hero Bizkit: Crackshot
-Shayuri: Prodigy
-Voda Vosa: Xokzatle
-Walking Dad: Arac-Knight


Advancement milestones: None (current)

Section II: Lingo

Anarchs. Media term for any super powered individual who does not obey the laws, or is considered a menace to society.

Archons. Media term for any super powered individual who strictly obeys the laws or is considered a benefit to society.

Earth.NRK.Zeta. Planet Earth. Dimensional coordinate NRK. Alternate time-line designation Zeta.

Lycanthropes. Lycanthropes are individuals with a supernatural gift that grants them the ability to assume the form of an animal, a bipedal monstrous beast, and a sapian form. Contrary to popular belief, lycanthropy is not a blood born disease, nor is it a curse. However, strangely, the belief that lycanthropes are affected by certain metals, mineral, and plant-life is routed in truth.

Therians. Therians are individuals who carry a defective 'lycanthropy' gene that causes the individual to have animal-like physical features without any of the supernatural abilities exhibited by lycanthropes. Due to the nature of the defective lycanthropy gene, Therian bloodlines tend to suffer from "generational dilution."

Vampires. Vampires are undead supernatural entities that sustain their unnatural state by feeding on the life force of a living individuals. Although vampires are non-living organisms, known vampires are generally treated with the same regard as their living counterparts as long as they are not obtaining sustenance through criminal means or are responsible for the death of an individual they fed upon.


Section III: Locations
Los Angeles, California. In most dimensions, Los Angeles became one of the largest cities in the United States as a result of the city's aggressive expansionist policies. However, on Earth.NRK.Zeta, the city of Los Angeles failed to gain coastal access through annexation, and as a result became a land locked city. An other difference, is that unlike the Los Angeles of Earth.Prime, the San Fernando Valley's attempt as secession were successful.

never was unable to prevent then entire San Fernando Valley from seceding and similarly
New Hope City, California. New Hope City is a coastal metropolis that was originally found in the 1770s by Spanish missionaries who named their settlement, Nueva Esperanza, a name which remained until the Mexican-American war when Brigham Young's Mormon Battalion captured the town and rechristened it New Hope City. Over time, New Hope City has grown to incorporate many of of the towns and cities that make up the southern portions of Los Angeles County.

Salton City, California. Salton City has a population of approximately 25,000 people and is located along the shores of the Salton Sea within the Colorado Desert. This city was selected to be the setting of the inaugural season of the popular reality tv-series, ____ Needs Heroes! and is protected by the Salton City Stars.

Section IV: Persons of Interest.
Dr. Maxwell Ironi. Dr. Ironi is current CEO and co-founder of Dark Star Incorporated. Prior to establishing DSI, Dr. Ironi's was known to have been a top researcher who worked in Los Alamos National Laboratory on DARPA on various classified projects. According to Bob Lazar, a popular conspiracy theorist, Dr. Ironi's primary research focused on xeno-biology and xeno-technology.

Dr. Elizabeth Zonia. Dr. Elizabeth Zonia is the current CEO of New World Industries. Dr. Zonia has a genius level intellect and is considered the foremost experts in advanced robotics within the United States.

Justice Kill-Shot. An infamous vigilante who murdered OJ Simpson after an epic battle in the heart of Hollywood California that occurred during the climax of the OJ's Bronco chase.

Section V: Organizations and Groups.

Civilian Armed Tactical Squad. C.A.T squad is an all female group of crime fighters that operates out of New Hope City. The members of this group include the Violate Ventress, Psi-Anna, Candy Striper, and Sandy Striker. Each of CAT Squad's members, except Psi-Anna, are therians.

Dark Star Incorporated. Dark Star Inc. is a advanced technologies research corporation headquartered in Los Angeles California. DSI is reputed as being as being a "double dealing" military contractor due to their connection with various defense contractors throughout the world. DSI has become an object of speculation due to the various enigmatic comments from the corporation's CEO.

My Tea Productions. My Tea Production was the company responsible for producing many super hero reality-tv series including, Loving Lady Lovecraft, Salton City Needs Heroes!, and Extreme Ninja Make Over.

New World Industries. New World Industries is a multinational conglomerate that is headquartered in New Hope City, California. Due to its success in various markets, NWI and it's many subsidiaries is often criticized for its monopolistic practices and is rumored to be operating a secretive corporatocracy known as New World City.

United Nations Super Heroic Team Initiative. The UNSHTI is a project overseen by the Peace Keeper with the aims of training super heroes to be part of a UN mandated international team of super heroes. It is believed that the members of UNSHTI are beholden only to the United Nations security council.

United Super Hero Alliance. The USHA is a super-hero super-group based out of New York City. Is considered be one of the longest running crime fighting organizations and dates back to the Korean War. USHA's primary members are The Peace Keeper, Captain Superior, the Green Giant, Lady Love Craft, and Miss Sheen.

Section VI: (The Unconventional Heroes)

Principal Members: Arac-Knight, Crackshot, Psiren, Xokzatle, Prodigy
Team Leader: [Undecided]

Team Determination: ??

Team Resources:
1. ??
2. ??
3. ??

Team Qualities:
1. ??
2. ??
3. ??

Team Challenges:
1. ??
2. ??
3. ??

Arac-Knight (Christopher A. Coleman)

Arac-Knight was genetically engineered as a prototype of a new super-soldier. All abilities were boosted to above average rank with incredible close combat abilities. A bonus to the possible missions were the deletion of the need to sleep, climbing gear or weapons. But they forgot something to delete: consciousness!
So he 'rebelled' against the wet-work missions. To expensive to waste, he was transferred to public relations, as proof, that the government can produce it's own 'heroes', not just soldiers...


Origin: Artificial (Clone)

Abilities:
Prowess 7
Coordination 4
Strength 5
Intellect 4
Awareness 4
Willpower 4

Powers:
Wallcrawling 6
Life Support 5 (Eating, Sleeping, Cold, Heat, Toxins)
Affliction 5

Specialities:
Acrobatics 1
Martial Arts 1
Stealth 1

Stamina: 9

Determination: 2

Challenges:
Social - No true human (he is a cloned being, without true civil rights)
Personal - Shyness before the media, doesn't like interviews, lets overs take the credits
Social - Confused with murderous "twins".
Personal - The "Stryfe/Cable syndrome."
Enemy - Dark Star Institute.

Qualities:
Catch Phrase - "Suffer my Arac-Touch!"
Motivation - Proofing that he isn't just a soulless clone by helping others and being 'good'.
Connection - Military.
Epithet - Super-Soldier of the Next Generation
Identity - Website Designer


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Psiren (Helena Troi)

Helena was top of her class, head cheerleader and the daugther of a wealthy industrialist. Too all intents and purposes she was royalty in New Hope. A chance encounter with an alien device opened her mind to those of the people around her, at first it allowed her to be something of a young superhero starring in New Hope needs Heros, until her powers began overloading flooding her brain with emotion and reducing her and several bystanders to catatonia. Her mother a skilled engineer, used the original alien device to make her daughter a skin tight body suit that allows her to control her powers, but she can never take it of and never touch another humans skin.


Origin: Transformed

Abilities

Prowess 6
Coordination 6
Strength 4
Intellect 5
Awareness 7
Willpower 7

Powers

Paralysis 5
Telepathy 7
Invulnerability 7

Specialties

Acrobatics 1
Martial Arts 1
Perform (Dance) 1

Stamina: 11

Determination: 1

Challenges

Must establish telepathic link before using Paralysis
Can never take of suit
If suit is damaged will lose control of powers
Can not touch people/desire for intimacy
Seen as a potential risk - due to very public harming of a large number of people

Qualities
Epithet - The Mistress of Emotions
Motivation - Redeeming her image/Making her mother proud
Connection - Media world
Umm - People assume she's a bimbo
Connection - Parents company

Chazz Huccek
aka Crackshot

No one said the War would be easy. If they had, maybe Chazz wouldn't have decided that too much was too much and abandoned his squadron. During a firefight that would rival the Zentraedi war (had it happened), Chazz stole away and make a break for some backwater planet he heard jokes about... Earth. Turns out the jokes were real... there really was a planet as backwater as they had talked about. They hadn't even perfected Space Flight.

Chazz came down to Earth in a fiery blaze which caught the attention of several Earth governments. They wanted a piece of his technology; he sold his whole ship to the highest bidder in exchange for citizenship and a massive sum of cash. He is currently enjoying his retirement in his mansion, though adventure seems to follow his celebrity status wherever he goes.

The gravity on Earth is much lighter than his home world; as such, his agility and marksmanship is far superior to a standard human. He can blind people by generating a psychedelic light show which temporarily shorts out the optic nerve.

Origin: Unearthly I

Prowess: 5
Coordination: 8
Strength: 4
Intelligence: 5
Awareness: 6
Willpower: 5

Powers:
Telekinesis 1
Blinding 5
Enhanced Super-Vision 5

Specialties: Military, Pilot

Stamina: 9

Determination: 1

Qualities:
Hella rich: Chazz sold the wreckage of his warship to an undisclosed source (actually Dark Star), giving him the revenue and prestige of a billionaire entrepreneur.
Celebrity: Chazz isn't shy, either. He knows he stands out in a crowd, and when he's not relaxing at home, he's out on the town mixing it up with A-list celebs or throwing wild parties at his mansion.
Activist: Despite his ego (or perhaps because of it), Chazz donates a good portion of his time and money to support groups such as the WWF, Greenpeace, PETA, and other associations that protect Mother Earth and her Children.

Challenges:
Deserter: Chazz's home planet isn't happy that he up and left the war with a valuable piece of technology. He's persona non grata on his home world, and there is a government-issued price on his head.
Dark Star leverage: Dark Star is aware of Chazz's origins and his bounty; as such, they have a way of strong-arming him into doing the occasional dirty job "off the books" with threats of cutting off his funding or turning him over to his former government.
Glory Hound: Every team has one. He never refuses to stop and talk to the press and explain how awesome he is.

Xokzatle

Origin: Unearthly I

Prowess: 3
Coordination: 4
Strength: 4
Intellect: 7
Awareness: 7
Will Power: 6

3 powers -1 for origin: 2 powers

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2 mental powers

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Possession (Merger) 5.
Mind Blast 6.

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Number of specialties: 3 (Occult, Mental resistance, Power(Possession))

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Stamina: 10
Determination: 1

Challenge (social): Brain in a jar. Spread the word of the ancient Aztec gods and make the world a better place being a brain in a jar.


Qualities:
Aztec High priest: Xokzatle has a broad knowledge of astronomy and aztec religion, as well as ancient knowledge of his people.
Mind senses: Xokzatle doesn't have actual ears or eyes, so he can't see or hear; he emulates those senses with his powerful brain.


Xokzatle: The ancient Aztec wanted to preserve their most honourable priest, Xokzatle. They knew that it was his head that should be conserved, since no matter how hard they try, his body would decay after centuries. So employing magical rituals, the ancient Aztec preserved his brain, in a jar full of a magical conjunction. Xokzatle remained in his jar, buried in his mausoleum for centuries.
When tomb robbers dig in to stole his treasures, he activated his altar and stone legs raise him from the ground. Using his mental powers, he made the robbers pay the ultimate price.
Since then he wonders the world, trying to spread the word of the ancient Aztec gods, but the world has changed, and no one seems prone to accept what a brain in a walking jar says. So faithful to his teachings, Xokzatle will show with the example, and try making the world a better place.

PRODIGY
Attributes (21pts)
PROwess = 3
CooRDination = 3
STRength = 2
INTellect = 6
AWarEness = 3
WiLL power = 4
STAmina = 6

Specialties (6pts)
Business
Computer
Electronics
Mechanics
Science: Chemistry
Science: Metallurgy

Serial Alter Ego 9 (13pts)

Suit Base Stats (50pts)
- In all configurations, the suited character is assumed to have:
- Stats: 21pts (same distribution as unsuited)
- Specialties: 6pts (same distribution as unsuited)

Powerhouse - Supplemental armor plates, reinforcement to arm and leg myomers to add strength, reinforced 'hammerhands' for physical striking, foot rockets. Combat computer optimized for hand-to-hand fighting.
- +3 Prowess (3pts)
- +6 Str (6pts, counts as power)
- +1 Strike (1pt, Use Str +1 nonlethal damage)
- +5 Flight (5pts)
- +8 Invulnerability (8pts)

Airstrike - Basic armor only for streamlining, secondary back-mounted rockets activated, internal weapon payload extended and armed (20mm rotary assault cannon/100 mm unguided rocket launcher), combat computer optimized for ranged engagement.
- +3 Coordination (3pts)
- +7 Blast (Explosive, Shooting) (8pts)
- +7 Flight (7pts)
- +5 Invulnerability (5pts)

Scout - Sound dampeners engaged as well as optic wrapping subsystems, requires minimum armor; advanced sensor suite.
- +1 Stealth Specialty (1pt)
- +4 Super Senses (4pts, Extended, Radar, Infravision)
- +4 Detect Energy (4pts)
- +2 Awareness (2pts)
- +7 Chameleon (7pts)
- +5 Invulnerability (5pts)

Explorer - Full NBC shielding and secondary armor plates engaged. Armor sealed and operated from integral oxygen reservoir. Secondary rockets engaged.
- +8 Life Support: Cold, Heat, Toxins, Pathogens, Breathing, Pressure, Vacuum, radiation (8pts)
- +7 Flight (7pts)
- +8 Invulnerability (8pts)

Identity: Young tech genius
"I think I've got just the thing for this."
Mentor - AI Core programmed by father
Swank Pad - Father's Secret Underground Lab
Challenge: Didn't actually invent or create suit, and doesn't fully understand it.
Challenge: Chip on Shoulder - Wants to prove self equal to supers, metahumans, aliens, etc... Can be goaded or taunted as a result.
Enemy: Mysterious high tech faction that wants suit for reverse-engineering.