The Joker is a comedian, a man who goes out of his way to get a laugh at the world's expense. He'll do things for a buck, and while causing a big boom and chaos, leave everyone laughing as they see the big boom.
Two Face is a split, a concept that there are two sides to everything; a humane side, a reasonable one, and one of pure, raw emotion. If someone set out to cure Harvey Dent, they could sit him down, and after 2 years of intense psychotherapy, cure him.
Mr. Freeze, a man who seeks Revenge, and is obsessed with the love of his cryogenicly frozen wife. Someone rich and powerful could simply drop the money to save his wife, because he indeed is a Genius, and would look great on their payroll (Any dude who can jimmy-rig a cryogenic suit has got to have some good stuff upstairs).
Harley Quin, who is not inheritly homicidle nor fully 'evil', simply she seeks to impress her man, and does what she does out of devotion to him.
These are examples of Interesting, well thought out villains in Batman's multiverse.
I'm running a Supers campaign in a Modern city. I've been working hard to try and come up with some cool adversaries that would be neat recurring villains, or just simply Interesting and Compelling guys. Can you all help me? Flesh out the ones I have, work on their plots, on them themselves.
Here's what I've got:
Revenant
Revenant is an Astral Projection of a man in a wheelchair, who is paralyzed from the lower torso down, and must speak through a voicebox. Using the astral projection, and powers associated with teh projection, he uses the powers to seek revenge on the men who put him in the wheelchair, and likely ruined the rest of his life. He's not a BAD guy, could be reformed for good, but first he wants to splatter the men who did this.
Thoughts on who they are? What happened? Think sort've Mask of the Phantasm, except these would be prominant business men. Corporate CEOS, such. Can people think of stuff? Suggestions would be vastly appreciated of what *happened* to him, and who his victims are.
Maximillian Moriarity
A Kingpin type crimelord, much like his namesake, almost like Lex Luthor and very Kyzer Soze like. A normal human, a mastermind of crime, and an old schooler; he believes in honor of one's word, he keeps his bargains, and violence is on a 'need to' basis. He views his dealings as a business, just one that isn't recognized as one that is Legal. If he wern't doing it, someone much worse could be behind the city's crime. Despite his criminal business, he isn't a vile guy, and does do some good things. He looks like an accountant; short, glasses, and can act like an innocent victim, but he's got a mind like a steel trap, and knows how to wield his personality and intellect: think Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects.
Some ideas of what he might do is run a railroad for villains, offer them cash or manpower or whatever for A) A cut of what they're doing, and B) Know what they are doing, so they don't conflict with his interests. Or get some villain (or someone on his payroll) to destroy a building so he could buy up the land its' on.
What I'd like is other suggestions for what he could do, as the hidden crimelord? What other stuff might he be upto? I plan on using him as a Long Term villain, Hinting at his presence throughout the campaign, so I'd need some ideas on other plotseeds, other pies to have his thumb in, to drop said hints.
The final guy doesn't have a name. He views crime as an Artform, and thus, seeks to create a work of art that will make him famous. For instance, stealing a $200 million dollar car, only to re-assemble it on the roof of the building its' in. To hold a stick-up, take everyone's stuff in seperate bags, and then hand it back to them afterwards. Perhaps a mental illusionist who uses his powers to alter the perceptions of others, allowing them to essentially be 'actors' in the film that is his crime.
Does anyone have ideas on what he might do? Potential stuff?
Two Face is a split, a concept that there are two sides to everything; a humane side, a reasonable one, and one of pure, raw emotion. If someone set out to cure Harvey Dent, they could sit him down, and after 2 years of intense psychotherapy, cure him.
Mr. Freeze, a man who seeks Revenge, and is obsessed with the love of his cryogenicly frozen wife. Someone rich and powerful could simply drop the money to save his wife, because he indeed is a Genius, and would look great on their payroll (Any dude who can jimmy-rig a cryogenic suit has got to have some good stuff upstairs).
Harley Quin, who is not inheritly homicidle nor fully 'evil', simply she seeks to impress her man, and does what she does out of devotion to him.
These are examples of Interesting, well thought out villains in Batman's multiverse.
I'm running a Supers campaign in a Modern city. I've been working hard to try and come up with some cool adversaries that would be neat recurring villains, or just simply Interesting and Compelling guys. Can you all help me? Flesh out the ones I have, work on their plots, on them themselves.
Here's what I've got:
Revenant
Revenant is an Astral Projection of a man in a wheelchair, who is paralyzed from the lower torso down, and must speak through a voicebox. Using the astral projection, and powers associated with teh projection, he uses the powers to seek revenge on the men who put him in the wheelchair, and likely ruined the rest of his life. He's not a BAD guy, could be reformed for good, but first he wants to splatter the men who did this.
Thoughts on who they are? What happened? Think sort've Mask of the Phantasm, except these would be prominant business men. Corporate CEOS, such. Can people think of stuff? Suggestions would be vastly appreciated of what *happened* to him, and who his victims are.
Maximillian Moriarity
A Kingpin type crimelord, much like his namesake, almost like Lex Luthor and very Kyzer Soze like. A normal human, a mastermind of crime, and an old schooler; he believes in honor of one's word, he keeps his bargains, and violence is on a 'need to' basis. He views his dealings as a business, just one that isn't recognized as one that is Legal. If he wern't doing it, someone much worse could be behind the city's crime. Despite his criminal business, he isn't a vile guy, and does do some good things. He looks like an accountant; short, glasses, and can act like an innocent victim, but he's got a mind like a steel trap, and knows how to wield his personality and intellect: think Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects.
Some ideas of what he might do is run a railroad for villains, offer them cash or manpower or whatever for A) A cut of what they're doing, and B) Know what they are doing, so they don't conflict with his interests. Or get some villain (or someone on his payroll) to destroy a building so he could buy up the land its' on.
What I'd like is other suggestions for what he could do, as the hidden crimelord? What other stuff might he be upto? I plan on using him as a Long Term villain, Hinting at his presence throughout the campaign, so I'd need some ideas on other plotseeds, other pies to have his thumb in, to drop said hints.
The final guy doesn't have a name. He views crime as an Artform, and thus, seeks to create a work of art that will make him famous. For instance, stealing a $200 million dollar car, only to re-assemble it on the roof of the building its' in. To hold a stick-up, take everyone's stuff in seperate bags, and then hand it back to them afterwards. Perhaps a mental illusionist who uses his powers to alter the perceptions of others, allowing them to essentially be 'actors' in the film that is his crime.
Does anyone have ideas on what he might do? Potential stuff?
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