Grack's Immortals- the Good, the Bad, and the Neutral

[The Grackle]

Smoke Dragon
Power Cap:10 (powerful!)
(Villain. KOed x0)

Description
Real Name: None Age: ?, Length: 10’7”, Weight: N/A , Gender: Female, Eyes: Black.

Abilities
Str:4, Dex:18, Con:4, Int:10, Wis:16, Cha:20

Combat
Attacks:
Melee:+9/DC:19, Ranged:+4/DC:19, Unarmed:+9/DC:19, Mental:---
Defense:
Evade:+9/DC:19 Dodge:+9/DC:19, Shield:+8/DC:18
Initiative: +4/14
Speed: 50ft fly
Saves:
Damage: -3/+4, KO: 19, Stun:14, Hit:9
REF: +4, FORT:-3, WIL: +13
Villain Points: 5

Feats
Attack finesse, Evasion, Darkvision, All Around Sight, Skill Focus- Bluff, Self Destruct*

Combat Skills
Melee attack: 5
Unarmed attack: 5
Dodge: 5
Evade: 5
Shield:5

Skills
Bonus: Str-3 Dex+4 Con-3 Int+0 Wis+3 Cha+15

Bluff: 31(13), Diplomacy: 19(4), Hide: 27(13), Innuendo: 17(2), Intimidate: 18(3), Knowledge=arcane: 7(7), Listen: 7(4), Move Silently: 27(13), Science=archaeology: 6(6), Sense Motive: 16(13), Spot: 5(2), Taunt: 19(4),

Powers
Incorporeal (none, personal, permanent)
The Smoke Dragon is composed of a cloud of black smoke that can travel anywhere a gas could go; i.e. not through air tight seals or solid matter. As such, she is very quiet and is always considered to be moving silently. She is difficult to see when merged w/smoke clouds, but her presence is easliy detected by a burning smell, and she risks setting off smoke alarms. She is lighter than air and can fly, but not cannot move at sprint speed. Smoke Dragon can create a cloud of smoke in 50ft radius that provides half concealment. She is immune to suffocation, criticals, starvation, disease, poison, exhaustion, nausea, cold and fire.
(Extra:blending (f:restricted=only-in-smoke), obscure (x:extra-sense=scent,f: partial), fly (f:no-sprint), superskill=move-silently (x:always-silent), duration=continuous, immunity; Flaw: permanent, obvious=scent, limited=gaseous; Source: mystic; Cost 6pp/rank)

Possession +10 (half, touch, sustained, will)
By filling a persons lungs with her own body, Smoke Dragon can take control of a person’s mind. If the target has immunity to suffocation, or has no lungs to fill, the power is ineffective. It’s clear if someone is possessed b/c a thick black smoke pours out of their mouth every time they exhale.
(Extra: super CHA, ghost touch, mental protection; Flaw: obvious, ineffective=gas attack, range=touch; Source: mystic; Cost 3pp/rank)



Duplication +10 (half, personal, continuous)
Smoke dragon is capable of creating two copies of herself as a half action, and can have up to 40 “dragonettes” existing at one time. These dragonettes appear exactly like the original but have a power cap of 5 instead of 10. A dragonette can only live for 5 rounds in the open air, so it must find a person to possess in order to survive. Smoke Dragon and all her duplicates maintain a mental link, and if the original Dragon dies one of the duplicates immediately becomes the new Smoke Dragon.
(Extra: hordeX2, mental link, survival, continuous; Flaw: restricted=host, limited=2-dupes-only; Source: mystic; Cost 5pp/rank)


Weaknesses:
Bottled: Smoke Dragon can be placed in a sealed container. This is usually how she’s captured. Others ???


Appearance/Personality/ Background
Smoke Dragon is a demonic force that can only manifest itself in the smoke of humans being burned alive. There aren’t many witch-burnings nowadays so she usually shows up after someone falls asleep while smoking in bed.

Although she isn’t physically threatening, Smoke Dragon is almost impossible to catch. She’s smart enough to always leave one or two possessed people hanging back from any confrontations. That way, if she dies the reserved duplicate will become the new original. If threatened in combat, Smoke Dragon will first create a cloud, then make duplicates for one or two rounds, and then have all the dragonettes split up in different directions. Her enemies will then have to decide which dragon to follow. If any dragonette gets away successfully, she will self destruct and transfer to that form.

Smoke Dragon is also a good liar and follows the number one rule of Super Villainy: make the heroes do all the work for you.


OOC Comments
I wanted to create a villain with mass possession. I thought about doing an area of effect mind control or something like that, but then decided duplication and possession had more style. It makes her almost impossible to catch. Using Duplication there is always a “real” character and the less real duplicates, but combining the survival extra, and a feat that allows her to will her own death seemed like a tricky away around the situation where “if you get the queen all the workers die too.”

This is another "Day from Hell" villain. I expect that the PCs will foil whatever she's doing and kill some duplicates, but not capture her. Hopefully she'll make a good recurring villain.

 

[The Grackle]

The Smokers
PL Cap:5
(minions, KOed x0)

Description
Real Name: Smoke Dragon Age: as host, Height: as host, Weight: as host, Gender: as host, Race/Ethnicity: as host , Eyes: as host, Hair: as host

Abilities
Str:10, Dex:10, Con:10, Int:10, Wis:16, Cha:20

Combat
Attacks:
Melee:+0/DC:10, Ranged:+0/DC:10, Unarmed:+5/DC:15, Mental:---
Defense:
Evade:+5/DC:15 Dodge:+5/DC:15, Shield:+8/DC:18
Initiative: +0/10
Speed:30ft run
Saves:
Damage: minion=none/+0, KO: 15, Stun:10, Hit:5
REF: +0, FORT: +0, WIL: +3
Villain Points: 0

Feats
Evasion, Attack Finesse, Self Destruct*, Skill Focus= bluff,

Combat Skills
Unarmed attack: 5
Dodge: 5
Evade: 5
Shield:5

Skills
Bonus: Str+0 Dex+0 Con+0 Int+0 Wis+3 Cha+10


Bluff: 21(8), Diplomacy: 14(4), Hide: 8(8), Innuendo: 12(2), Intimidate: 18(3), Knowledge=arcane: 7(7), Listen: 7(4), Move Silently: 8(8), Science=archaeology: 6(6), Sense Motive: 11(8), Spot: 5(2), Taunt: 14(4)

Weaknesses
???

Appearance/Personality/ Background
A person possessed by a dragonette appears normal in every way except for the black smoke which pours out of their mouth and nostrils. It’s easy to tell once the person is no longer possessed b/c they go into a coughing fit and a draconic smoke cloud emerges from them.

OOC Comments
This is a typical person posessed by a Dragonette. Not very intimidating in combat, but useful for more creative activities.

 

[The Grackle]

Pangolin
PL Cap:20 (weak)
(villain, KOed x1)

Description
Real Name: Gorgi Jimenez, Age: 46, Height: 5’10”, Weight: 178, Gender: Male, Race/Ethnicity: Latino, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Black

Abilities
Str:10, Dex:10, Con:12, Int:8, Wis:8, Cha:10

Combat
Attacks:
Melee:+6/DC:16, Ranged:+0/DC:0, Unarmed:+2/DC:12, Mental: :+0/DC:0
Defense:
Evade:+0/DC:10 Dodge:+0/DC:10, Shield:-1/DC:9
Initiative: +0/10
Speed:30ft run
Saves:
Damage: +24, KO: 39, Stun:34, Hit:29
REF: +1, FORT: +1, WIL: +14
Villain Points: 4

Feats
Attack Focus=melee, Toughness

Combat Skills
Melee attack: 5
Unarmed attack: 2

Skills
Bonus: Str+0 Dex+8 Con+1 Int-1 Wis-1 Cha+0

Climb: 10(2), Listen: 5(6), Profession: 3(4), Spot: 4(5)

Powers
Armor +20 (none, personal, permanent)
A suit of golden armor, that looks similar to a pangolin- including tail.
(Extra: immovability, immune(all), mental protection; Source: mystic; Cost 4pp/rank)

Super STR +8 (none, personal, permanent)
(Extra: tunnel; Flaw:device=armor; Source: mystic; Cost 4pp/rank)

Weapon +4 (half, touch, instant, damage)
(Flaw: device=maul; Cost 4pp/rank)

Weaknesses
Prisoner- Gorgi is trapped within the suit until he dies. Unfortunately he doesn’t age, or need water, food, or air. Sucidal- Gorgi wants to die.

Appearance/Personality/ Background
Gorgi Jimenez is a grocer who found the Pangolin Armour and has been the latest in a short line of Pangolins. The armor is made of thousands of metallic scales that have to be arranged in exactly the right way for the suit to animate. The armor is perfectly sealed and the wearer has no way to escape it. Obviously the only people interested in such a device are both insane and very patient.

OOC Comments
Another “Day from Hell” Villain
A very dense and heavy brick. I want to see what my players do to a guy who is not very versatile or clever, but is practically invulnerable to normal damage and mental attacks.

**Apparently, not as invulnerable as I suspected. Despite his 20(!) armor, a power attacking opponent w/a 20 STR/13 super-STR still whooped up on the Pangolin. He lasted like 5 rounds.

 

[The Grackle]

Apex
Power Cap:6
(Villain, KOed x0)

Description
Real Name: Ape-X-58.2c74 Age: 12, Height: 4’7”, Weight: 210, Gender: Male, Species: Gorilla, Eyes: Black, Hair: Black

Abilities
Str:20, Dex:14, Con:18, Int:20, Wis:12, Cha:10

Combat
Attacks:
Melee:+8/DC:18, Ranged:+8/DC:18, Unarmed:+11/DC:21, Mental:---
Defense:
Evade:+5/DC:15 Dodge:+8/DC:18, Shield:+1/DC:11
Initiative: +2/12
Speed: 30ft run/cling/swing
Saves:
Damage: +4, KO: 19, Stun:14, Hit:9
REF: +2, FORT:+4, WIL: +4
Villain Points: 3

Feats
Leadership, Photographic Memory, Minions, Indomitable will, Skill Focus=Robotics,

Combat Skills
Melee attack: 3
Ranged Attack: 6
Unarmed attack: 6
Dodge: 6
Evade: 3
Shield:1

Skills
Bonus: Str+7 Dex+2 Con+4 Int+11 Wis+1 Cha+0

Computers: 18(7), Craft=Robotics 23(9), Handle Animal: 7(6),Language:9, Listen:2(1), Medicine=cyber:11(6), Pilot:8(6), Repair: 16(5), Science=Biochemistry:19(4), Science=Robotics:20(15), Science=Zoology:17(6), Science=Genetics:15(4), Search:12(1), Spot:5(4),

Powers
Super STR (none, personal, permanent)
Apex is as strong as a male silverback gorilla.
(Extra: innate, Cost 3pp/rank)

Super INT +6 (none, personal, permanent)
(Extra: amazing-save-WIL;Source: science; Cost 3pp/rank)

Cling +6 (half, personal, sustained)
(Extra: innate; Stunt:swinging; Cost 2pp/rank)

Super INT +6 (none, personal, permanent)
Apex is incredibly intelligent, but he must constantly take doses of his Kognizants-Serum or his super intellect will fade to that of a normal ape.
(Extra: amazing-save-WIL; Flaw:restricted=drugs; Source: science/mystic; Cost 2pp/rank)

Weapon (blaster) +6 (half, normal, instant, damage)
a sci-fi looking blaster.
(Flaw: device, full effect, uses=12, ; Source: science; Cost 1pp/rank)

Gadget +6 (half, by power, by power, by power)
Apex has a utility belt.
(Source: science; Cost 1pp/rank)

Flight +6 (half, personal, sustained)
Apex wears a jet pack that allows him to fly. It requires him to make a pilot roll for every maneuver or sustained round of flying.
(Flaw: restricted=req.-pilot-roll, device; Source: science; Cost 1pp/rank)

Weaknesses:
Addiction: Apex is super intelligent, but maust take daily doses of his Kognizants-Serum or his intelligence will fade to that of a normal gorilla. The Serum is difficult to synthesize and requires rare and expensive materials. This forces Apex to steal what he cannot obtain legally. Dependants: Apex feels a deep responsibility to protect his brethern from humanity. Unfortunately, that necessitates the murder of all humans encroaching on the native habitat of the gorillas, and implanting his allies w/cybernetic enhancements and mind-control chips.


Appearance/Personality/Background:
Apex is a big gorilla w/a jet-pack and a bubble helmet and a ray-gun.

A european bio-tech company attempted to create an intelligence enhancing drug- like brain steroids. It was a partial failure, in that it caused humans to go insane and die, but a partial success in that it worked on the primates it was tested on. Apex's intellect grew quickly after taking the Kognizants-Serum, and unlike the other test subjects, he realized that the scientists were sure to destroy him at the conclusion of their experiments. Rather than allow that, he murdered them all, learned to create the drug himself, and fled the laboratory. Since then he has been working on a permanent serum, and defending his fellow apes.

OOC Comments
I love gorilla characters. Especially super intelligent gorillas. If I could play a game w/all gorillas, I would in a heartbeat.

 

[The Grackle]

King Kog, the Simian-droid
Power Cap:6
(Villain, KOed x0)

Description
Real Name: King Kog, Age: 1, Height: 10'2”, Weight: 3400lbs, Gender: Robot, Species: Also Robot, Eyes: Red, Fur: Black

Abilities
Str:20, Dex:10, Con:---, Int:---, Wis:10, Cha:10

Combat
Attacks:
Melee:+5/DC:15, Ranged:+0/DC:10, Unarmed:+11/DC:21, Mental:---
Defense:
Evade:+4/DC:14 Dodge:+0/DC:10, Shield:---
Initiative: +2/12
Speed: 30ft run
Saves:
Damage: +4, KO: 19, Stun:14, Hit:9
REF: +2, FORT:+4, WIL: +4
Villain Points: 0

Feats
Chokehold, Improved Grapple, Durability, Radio Hearing, Darkvision,

Combat Skills
Unarmed attack: 6
Dodge: 1
Evade: 4


Skills
Bonus: Str+9 Dex+0 Con--- Int--- Wis+0 Cha+0

Balance: 9(9), Climb: 18(9), Jump:18(9), Listen: 4(4), Spot: 4(4)

Powers +4
Growth (none, personal, permanent)
(Extra: continuous, innate; Flaw: permanent; Cost 7pp/rank)

Density +2 (none, personal, permanent)
(Extra: continuous, innate; Flaw: permanent; Cost 7pp/rank)

Super STR= 6
Immovibility= 6
Protection= 6
Hardness= 5
all immunities.

Weaknesses:

Appearance/Personality/Background:
King Kog is a gigantic, robotic gorilla originally created to appear as a living gorilla. In time his fur has worn off, exposing the robotic beneath.

OOC Comments
more gorillas

 

[The Grackle]

The Iron Skull
PL Cap:10
(Anti-Hero? KOed x0)

Description
Real Name: , Age: ?, Height: 11”, Weight: 7lbs , Gender: Male, Race/Ethnicity: Human Skull, Eyes: Sockets , Hair: None

Abilities
Str:--, Dex:--, Con:--, Int:14, Wis:20, Cha:16

Combat
Attacks:
Melee:---, Ranged:---, Unarmed:---, Mental:---
Defense:
Evade:---, Dodge:---, Shield:+15/DC:25
Initiative: +2/12
Speed: 0ft
Saves:
Damage: +15, KO: 30, Stun:25, Hit:20
REF: ---, FORT: ---, WIL: +0
Hero Points: 6

Feats
Psychic Awarness, Darkvision, Indomitable Will, Iron Will, Heroic Surge

Construct Traits
Hardness +5
All Immunities

Combat Skills
---
Skills
Bonus: Str--- Dex--- Con--- Int+12 Wis+5 Cha+3

Computers: 25(13), Craft-computers: 25(13), Intimidate: 8(5), Knowledge=psychic-phenom: 17(5), Language: 7 (German, Latin, Mandarin, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian), Listen: 10(5), Medicine: 16(4), Repair: 14(2), Spot: 10(5)

Powers
Telepathy +10 (half, touch, sustained, will)
(Extra: memory alteration, mind control, datalink, comprehend (f:restricted=telepathy-only), super INT, mental protection; Flaw: range=touch, physical attack; Source: psionic/science; Cost 7pp/rank)

Shrinking +6 (none, personal, permanent)
(Extra: duration=continuous, innate; Flaw: permanent; Cost 3pp/rank)

Armor +10 (none, personal, permanent)
(Cost 1pp/rank)

Teleport +10 (full, personal, instant)
(Flaw: extended only, limited=only to beacon, heroic effort; Stunt: extendedX6; Source: psionic/science; Cost 1pp/rank)


Reincarnation +10 (full, personal, instant)
(Flaw: serial reincarnation, restricted=intermediate stage; Source: psionic/science; Cost 3pp/rank)



Weaknesses
Inanimate Object: The Iron Skull can’t do much w/o a body except talk or teleport home by spending a Hero Point. His telepathy/datalink only works through physical contact, so unless someone tries to pick him up, he’s incapable of mind controlling anyone.

Appearance/Personality/ Background
The Iron Skull’s name is appropriate as he is, basically, a human skull encased in a metal shell. Usually this skull is attached to the top of some large biological body that’s head has been severed and fitted w/a cybernetic neck-socket, but sometimes the Iron Skull is bodiless and quite vulnerable.

OOC Comments
Everybody loves a good removable head character. He’s kinda like Ghost Rider, with the floating skull in a fiery aura. I always thought that was a cool image. I also like the idea of a robotic brain controlling a biological body- sort of a reversal of the typical human-brain-in-a-robot-body situation.

This is the base character, a psychic construct computerized-brain, when he is w/o a body and is basically helpless. Other versions of him will be with bodies.