Issue 2 of Masks – end of Session – Polar Bearon and Panther
Issue 2 of Masks – end of Session – Polar Bearon and Panther
Originally shared by Darrel Miller
Issue 2 of Masks – end of Session – Polar Bearon and Panther work together to get the Thugee out of the Coffee Shop.
I continue my attempt to GM Masks in the Marvel Universe with X-Pelled Issue 2.
I continue my attempt to GM Masks in the Marvel Universe with X-Pelled Issue 2. After over-planning issue 1 see how Issue 2 turned out with next to no planning : https://my20sidedlife.com/2017/06/29/x-pelled-issue-2-part-1/ (spoiler alert It turned out Awesome)
https://my20sidedlife.com/2017/06/29/x-pelled-issue-2-part-1/
My character from tonight’s game. Going to have fun with this guy.
My character from tonight’s game. Going to have fun with this guy.
Axle (Reformed)
15-year-old Axle was raised and trained by his father, Talon; an infamous and unscrupulous mercenary. His harsh training regime was aimed at beating out any weakness and compassion, and forging Axel into a ruthless and remorseless killing machine. As Talon’s apprentice, Axle worked alongside him for a number of years following Red Thursday, the disastrous battle that left many heroes dead and large parts of Chicago in ruins six years ago.
Talon would have succeeded in moulding Axle in his image if it wasn’t for the fact in the middle of a battle, Axle discovered that he had been lied to for years. Talon was not his father, in fact, Talon had murdered Axle’s father during Red Thursday and abducted the hero’s 9-year-old son, Alex. As part of a sick and twisted plan of revenge against the hero, Talon brainwashed Alex to forget who he was and transformed him into Axle. He turned on Talon and sided with the mask-wearing telepathy Melody and the half-plant mutant Anaconda.
The two teenage “heroes” were trying to stop Rex Mason, a corrupt property magnate from driving out the residents of a decrepit apartment block to make way for a luxury development. Mason hired Talon and his apprentice to clear out any squatters and crush any opposition. During the battle, which resulted in the complete destruction of a nearby luxury condo still under construction, Melody reached into Axle’s mind and recovered the memory of the night of his father’s murder and his subsequent abduction.
After the battle, Axle, Melody and Anaconda made their home in an underground hideout beneath an abandoned stadium, the former secret lair of a fallen supervillain.
Abilities
Thanks Talon’s tutelage, Axle is skilled in a variety of weapons and martial techniques. Even without superhuman abilities, he is a formidable, and deadly, combatant.
Even though he has turned his back on Talon, Axle still has links to his criminal past. He maintains contacts with the Armorer, a black market weapons dealer. The mysterious Finch can always be relied on for information that others want to remain secret. And Dr Cutler is always willing to supplement his DARPA pay cheque by selling alien tech.
Session two of Masks and where the group couldn’t fail a roll last time, they succeeded maybe twice now.
Session two of Masks and where the group couldn’t fail a roll last time, they succeeded maybe twice now.
They tracked Helium Horror to the North Halcyon Wildlife Reserve which was transformed into a prehistoric jungle years ago. He was tweeting #totesgonnafloat and other threats which got the gang’s attention. They saw a school trip out there, tried discovering who Helium Horror was and spooked everyone instead.
They found a group of villains fracking the park and their main guard, Bear Arms. He was a giant of a man with bears for arms and those bears were armed with guns.
The kids were saved, but Helium Horror got away and Bear Arms retreated to inside the fracking facility. He’ll be the threat for next week.
Extraordinarious was beaten up by a fourteen year old, Stalker fell on his face and Apollo learnt that human kids can be mean.
We also had the first mention of the head of The Periodic Table of Evil… King Karbon!
It’s funny because her Doom is that she’ll one day run so fast that she shatters the spacetime continuum.
It’s funny because her Doom is that she’ll one day run so fast that she shatters the spacetime continuum.
Originally shared by Jamie Frost
Highlight of the day: my Doomed speedster just ran so fast that my computer crashed. #justmasksthings
Tachyon gets read the riot act by Dr.
Tachyon gets read the riot act by Dr. Lacroix in our game: Tachyon could theoretically destroy the world, so maybe a small riot act is acceptable!? 🙂
Ryoko and Sharkface get into a flame war on the internet, then take it into the real world.
Ryoko and Sharkface get into a flame war on the internet, then take it into the real world. The police show up after a reporter breaks the story.
Issue 1: Panther and crew confront some drugged up thugs at a convenience store.
Issue 1: Panther and crew confront some drugged up thugs at a convenience store.
a page from our game: Polar Bearon heads home for the night to be confronted by his insomniac dad who tries to…
a page from our game: Polar Bearon heads home for the night to be confronted by his insomniac dad who tries to connect with his Transformed son, but it doesn’t go well!
And it’s me again, continuing in the generation of of our intrepid team in my solo game.
And it’s me again, continuing in the generation of of our intrepid team in my solo game.
In this installment, we will create the Big guy/gal. The resident strong person.
Also note: to limit word count, I omitted some questions I asked.
There are three Playbooks we can possibly use here:
The Transformed- Think Hulk or the Thing and you’ll understand.
The Bull- Powerset includes Super strength
The Legacy- Same as Bull.
First thing first:
Q: Is this character a woman?
A: No
(Our first man of the team! Alrighty…)
Q: Is he a Transformed?
A: Yes
(Alright.)
Q: Is his eyes strange?
A: No
Q: Upsetting eyes?
A: Yes, but…
(So his eyes are unsettling… but maybe they aren’t always. The same way the Hulks eyes turn green only when he gets extremely pissed off…
Now to check out his transformation…)
Q: is his flesh metallic?
A: No, but…
(But it carries metallic like qualities.)
Q: Is his flesh scaled?
A: Yes.
(So metallic-like scales)
Q: Does he have a terrifying costume?
A: No and…
(…it’s not strange either.)
Q: …unnerving costume?
A: No
(By process of elimination, no Costume. Knowing the comic code, this must mean that his scales covers him completely
For Abilities, only two things makes sense here: Impenetrable Armor (his metallic scales) and Inhuman Might (because he’s the Strong Guy! Duh!) So moving on…
Using Randomlists, I came up with his name: Keegan Taylor (I need last names for the first two characters. Will do so when we turn to finish their sheets.
Label time. +1 will go to his Freak stat.
Danger +1, Freak +3, Savior 0, Superior -1, Mundane 0
Rather smooth and straight forward so far. That could change as it is backstory time!).
Q: Who were you before?
A: Praise/Magic
(Digging into this with unlisted questions, I came up with the fact that Keegan is Cape chaser: a normal person who collected information on any hero/heroine he came in contact with. He’s obsessed with them.)
Q: When did you change? What caused it?
A: Triumph/Allies
(He was at a battle while following a particular favorite of his. because of ‘Allies’ this person is, or soon will be, a close friend.
And he does have a friend that is established. Remember the smart guy description?
“The physically weak, but intelligent or clever member. Often nerdy and awkwardly played for comic relief. Sometimes unconventionally young (early- to mid-teens). Sometimes a Trickster and a buddy of the Big Guy.”
Liat. So the two of them are friends. Maybe in the midst of rescuing him from a danger, he ended up transforming?)
Q: Who, outside of the team, is helping you understand your new body?
A: Ruin/Disruption
(A division, formed by the FBI, who are charged with investigating Metahuman affairs. They have a science division that is working to try and see just how they can reverse Keegan’s transformation.)
Q: Why don’t you just try to hide yourself away?
A: Remote event/violate
(This lead to something interesting. I investigated the ‘remote event’ that he didn’t want to violate)
Q: What is he honoring?
A: Carelessness/food
(After a bit more probing, I came up with Dr. DNA (remember him) stole some equipment from the Cazarthian embassy, leading to Liat giving chase. This chase zoomed over Keegan’s school, where he ditched to follow. In a supermarket freezer, Dr. DNA caused an explosion of of chemicals that, thanks to the intense cold, caused a cacoon like shell to splash and solidify over Keegan. Liat had to allow DNA to escape cause Keegan was in serious danger.)
Q: Why do you care about the team?
A: Propose Joy
(They make him happy. Where other people makes fun of him, he finds solace with the team.
Not too eventful. Simple origin, simple character. Kind of a moment of solace after the heavy laced backstories of Ariel, Nate and Liat.
One more person to go, the Heart is up next!