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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hand of Vecna" data-source="post: 1712668" data-attributes="member: 755">Spider-Woman IV's a fairly new character, so it's quite possible none of us have heard of her.  Madcap probably knows of Batroc & Porcupine, since both have fought Captain America on numerous occassions (Porcupine was in fact a member of Batroc's Brigade at one point).  He's probably heard of Oddball, since Oddballs' faced off against both Cap and Hawkeye (plus, he's odd enough to warrant Madcap's attention anyway <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).   He'd probably know of The Enforcers, since they are (or were at one point) well-known as being the Kingpin's Chief Goons.  Batroc, Oddball, and Porcupine have probably all shared a beer or three at various "Villain Clubs," though I doubt they'd invite Madcap over (what with their being a good chance they'd go crazy if they made eye contact).  The Enforcers may've heard of Madcap -- Madcap was being experimented on by Dr. Karl Malus at one point, and Kingpin may've seen that as a threat (after all, if Malus isn't working for the Kingpin, and is working on making superpowered criminals, he's a "business rival"; then again, maybe Malus has been working for Kingpin all along....)."All the Villains from the Thunderbolts"?  You mean the T-Bolts themselves, or the Villains they fought (like Graviton)?  Graviton's as big a threat as Magneto, power-wise (he killed most all the Redeemers single-handedly), he just doesn't have the Charisma/chutzpah to be an effective leader.Madcap's insanity if a Moderate (+5 point) Weakness?  Groovy, and, yes, Weaknesses should cause problems (else they're not really a Weakness).  Oh, and, technically, he is psychotic -- a psychotic is "marked by or affected with psychosis," while a psychosis is "a fundamental mental derangement characterized by defective or lost contact with reality."  Madcap's Uber-Nihilism & Hebephrenia (a form of schizophrenia characterized especially by incoherence, delusions lacking an underlying theme, and affect that is flat, inappropriate, or silly) would qualify him as being a Psychotic <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />Madcap's Villain Archetype: Crazed, but with a touch of Fanatic & Flamboyant.Madcap's Villainous Motivation:  Madness/Nihilism... and a touch of Ideology.Personality: Mad as a March Hare & crazier than a sh*thouse rat.  "There is no cause & effect, no purpose for anything, no rationality, no Higher Power to be accountable to.  It's all a Cosmic Joke, and the sooner you clue in to that, the better off you'll be!"Madcap's Objectives: Hrm... of the ones given, I suppose Military & Political Power is the closest one.  He doesn't want military or political power for himself, he wants to disband them, b/c, ultimately, there is no reason for their existence.  Of course, Love isn't out of the question...Power Archetype:  Very hard to pin down for Madcap.  He's sorta a Brick (it's not hard to knock 'im down, it's getting 'im to stay down that's the trick), and he's sorta a Psychic (due to his "Gaze of Absurdity").Genre Conventions for this Campaign?  Hrm... we're playing as Villains, not as Villains-Masquerading-as-Heroes, not Villains-Seeking-Redemption, right?  And this is going to be more a Four-Color thing, not Grim-&-Gritty, right?  Hrrmm... only two I can think of is Always Remeber to Gloat and Never use a gun when an overly-elaborate Death Trap will suffice (and never stick around to actually see the Death Trap kill the Hero -- you've got better things to do, like commit more crimes!).By the by, why can't we use VP's to eliminate Stun hits or to recover faster?Oh, and I still need that help with Excel, so I can use the Simpson's Char Sheet....</blockquote>

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