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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7214933" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/58382/Misfits--Menaces-Tricks--Treats?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Misfits & Menaces Tricks & Treats</a></p><p>Mutants & Masterminds 2e</p><p><strong>Dracula, Vlad III Draculea, Prince of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes, The Dark Lord, Vladamir Drac, Vampire Lord, Vampire, Reclusive Businessman, Dapper Man of No Great Height, Master, Puppet Master, Wealthy Industrialist, Wealthy Businessman:</strong> Fatally wounded in battle against the Ottomans near Bucharest in 1476, Vlad’s dark soul cried out into the cosmic void and there its call was heard by an incomprehensible power of deepest evil. Perhaps seeing an opportunity or merely looking for a way to amuse itself, this power infused Vlad with some of its dark essence, transforming the warrior prince into one of the undead.</p><p><strong>Graveside, Samuel Rabone, Bodiless Ghost, Spirit, Disembodied Villain, Villain:</strong> A former Mafia foot soldier during Las Vegas’ heyday, Samuel was left out in the desert and buried alive after turning over information to the FBI. Unknown to the toughs that buried him, Sam’s grave was dug in a lost Paiute Native American burial ground and its spirits did not welcome the intruder. After he died of asphyxiation, Samuel’s body rotted rapidly due to the spirits’ anger while his own spirit was cast out to wander the Earth.</p><p><strong>The Horseman, Reichart Hummel, The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, The Galloping Hessian, Headless Spirit, Spirit, Silent Horseman, Assassin, Violent Spirit:</strong> A Hessian hussar paid by the British to fight the rebels of the American Civil War, Reichart Hümmel was an especially brutal warrior who made a reputation amongst his enemies for taking the heads of his slain opponents as a means to spread terror amongst the revolutionaries. Ironically, he was slain at the battle of Chatterton Hill in 1776 when an American cannonball skipped across the field and decapitated him while still mounted upon his massive black charger.</p><p><strong>The Horseman's Demon Steed, Ghostly Steed, Horse, Demon Steed:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Pumpkin Jack, Jack the Ripper, Animated Scarecrow, Straw Scarecrow, Myth, Bogeyman, Ghost Story, Monstrous Living Scarecrow With a Flaming Head, Tall Thin Scarecrow:</strong> Unfortunately for the serial killer, his first victim in New Orleans was actually a Creole voodoo priestess in the wrong place at the wrong time. With her last breath and using the only thing she had at hand, a straw voodoo doll, the priestess cursed Jack by dispossessing his spirit and casting it into the spiritual ether. Because of the curse’s connection to the voodoo doll catalyst the priestess used, Jack’s soul settled in the first similar straw icon it came across: a straw scarecrow.</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 7214933, member: 2209"] [URL=http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/58382/Misfits--Menaces-Tricks--Treats?affiliate_id=17596]Misfits & Menaces Tricks & Treats[/URL] Mutants & Masterminds 2e [b]Dracula, Vlad III Draculea, Prince of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes, The Dark Lord, Vladamir Drac, Vampire Lord, Vampire, Reclusive Businessman, Dapper Man of No Great Height, Master, Puppet Master, Wealthy Industrialist, Wealthy Businessman:[/b] Fatally wounded in battle against the Ottomans near Bucharest in 1476, Vlad’s dark soul cried out into the cosmic void and there its call was heard by an incomprehensible power of deepest evil. Perhaps seeing an opportunity or merely looking for a way to amuse itself, this power infused Vlad with some of its dark essence, transforming the warrior prince into one of the undead. [b]Graveside, Samuel Rabone, Bodiless Ghost, Spirit, Disembodied Villain, Villain:[/b] A former Mafia foot soldier during Las Vegas’ heyday, Samuel was left out in the desert and buried alive after turning over information to the FBI. Unknown to the toughs that buried him, Sam’s grave was dug in a lost Paiute Native American burial ground and its spirits did not welcome the intruder. After he died of asphyxiation, Samuel’s body rotted rapidly due to the spirits’ anger while his own spirit was cast out to wander the Earth. [b]The Horseman, Reichart Hummel, The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, The Galloping Hessian, Headless Spirit, Spirit, Silent Horseman, Assassin, Violent Spirit:[/b] A Hessian hussar paid by the British to fight the rebels of the American Civil War, Reichart Hümmel was an especially brutal warrior who made a reputation amongst his enemies for taking the heads of his slain opponents as a means to spread terror amongst the revolutionaries. Ironically, he was slain at the battle of Chatterton Hill in 1776 when an American cannonball skipped across the field and decapitated him while still mounted upon his massive black charger. [b]The Horseman's Demon Steed, Ghostly Steed, Horse, Demon Steed:[/b] ? [b]Pumpkin Jack, Jack the Ripper, Animated Scarecrow, Straw Scarecrow, Myth, Bogeyman, Ghost Story, Monstrous Living Scarecrow With a Flaming Head, Tall Thin Scarecrow:[/b] Unfortunately for the serial killer, his first victim in New Orleans was actually a Creole voodoo priestess in the wrong place at the wrong time. With her last breath and using the only thing she had at hand, a straw voodoo doll, the priestess cursed Jack by dispossessing his spirit and casting it into the spiritual ether. Because of the curse’s connection to the voodoo doll catalyst the priestess used, Jack’s soul settled in the first similar straw icon it came across: a straw scarecrow. [b]Undead:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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