VILLAINS - Marvel Minions

[Kevin Perrine]

Spiderwoman IV villain... I don't know of her. IF she's that type of villain - I'm totally fine with you playing her that way.
It can/would be VERY fun to have a killer on the team too...

PS...
I really liked the fact she is the only girl on the team and apparently the only downright killer.

(Oddball and Blacklasher are assassins I believe but not merciless, and Madcap is just a lunatic but not an angry killer)

heheh
-kev-

 

[GrayPumpkin]

Brothershaterstone brings up something I have been wondering about in regards to the gaining of villain points. I like the idea of playing to genre conventions, but properly roleplaying a character would come first to me.
Batroc is also not one to use deathtraps; he takes great pride in defeating his enemies in hand-to-hand combat, proving that savate is the greatest of all martial arts. He’s also not a killer and deathtraps are of course meant to kill. Now he is certainly a braggart and I can easily see him doing things like giving away his plan as he fights an enemy, but deathtraps are just not his style. Is not following this convention going to ultimately hurt my ability to gain villain points?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

PS... I really liked the fact she is the only girl on the team and apparently the only downright killer.

I got to run, I'll reply in detail when I get back to the PC in an hour or two, but in her first story arch she killed the orginal Spider-Woman and Spider-Woman II. (of course they came back like any marval charcter does.)

I see her as a very aggressive spider... Oh and since you know nothing about her. Like Venom, Spider-Man’s Spidy sense doesn’t work with her. (At least with what I have read.)

 

[Calinon]

ODDBALL
(as played by Insight)
THE TEAM (your base knowledge)
Batroc - team leader, possible employer
Porcupine - worked for Batroc in the past, enemy of CA & Hawkeye
Blacklash - a sound thief
Oddball - poorman's Bullseye
The Enforcers - solid henchmen
Madcap - an unstoppable nutcase
Spiderwoman IV - Isn't she a cruddy hero?

Heh, Oddball considers himself a poorman's Bullseye. Talk about self-confidence!

 

[Kevin Perrine]

Heh, Oddball considers himself a poorman's Bullseye. Talk about self-confidence!

Oops... LOL!!

-kev-

 

[GrayPumpkin]

As far as an "on deck" character goes, I would like to go with Cobra. Though my first choice, if possible, would be the original Viper. He was an ad man gone bad and had this crazy penchant for quoting commercials as he fought. He was the brother of the original Eel and was killed by Madam Hydra who took his name. But this being comics maybe he wasn’t really dead but in a coma and presumed dead for all these years and is now back for vengeance.

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/v/viperi.htm

 

[Kevin Perrine]

... but deathtraps are just not his style. Is not following this convention going to ultimately hurt my ability to gain villain points?

Good call...
Answer - NO.

I should have spelled this out better.
The Villain Point rules I posted...... COMPLETELY my first run at this planned to playtest with.

My intention was to ASK you folks for input, feedback, and additional ideas or changes to what I have listed.


It's TOTALLY not fair (or my intention) to limit the awarding of Villain Points with Deathtrap creation as an incentive ESPECIALLY if your villain wouldn't do deathtraps.
That would be wrong.

the idea was as an example...
Appropriate genre conventions for a villain's personality that YOUR character has is what will award the Villain Point.

For Example:
Batroc might see (his) team facing the X-men and see Wolverine being attacked by the entire group... That's not very sporting and Batroc could DEMAND his team retreat for him to face the short Canadian on his own, having the others finish the crime at hand or the other X-men.
Having done THIS and facing Wolverine one-on-one would totally fit in Batroc's villainous genre convention and would earn him a VP for making it happen.

Same said if he saw the Enforcer's put Wolverine in a deathtrap situation, while the team escaped - but then snuck away to return and free the Canadian... because that is not a fitting end! that = a Villain Point


Does that make sense??

any changes/additions to the VP rules I posted with that to help it fit ALL types of villains better?

thanks
-kev-

 

[Kevin Perrine]

But this being comics maybe he wasn’t really dead but in a coma and presumed dead for all these years and is now back for vengeance.

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/v/viperi.htm

HA HA...
with this being comics you could totally have the "return" from death!!
I'll list you for both just in case.

-kev-

 

[GrayPumpkin]

Does that make sense??

Yes, very much so. Thanks for clarifying. This is going to be fun!

 

[GrayPumpkin]

Be thinking of your villainous team name - this will happen "in-game" but it's always a fun thing to think about...

Bah! Thair eez no need for thinking mon ami, it can be non othair than BATROC’S BRIGADE!