Pulp Krieg: Heroes - Masked Avenger
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Masked Avenger template
The Green Hornet, The Phantom, The Spider... the lists goes on and on. An older,
pulpier version of the costumed superheroes, the Masked Avenger is usually a
rich, talented man who has somewhy decided to dedicate his life to fight crime
and evildoers.
This character is always portrayed as a strong fighter, and sometimes has some
weird power that he usually learned in some far-away location while honing his
other skills for his anti-crime crusade.
My personal recommendation is to avoid this character in your parties, unless
you play with just one or two players. The Masked Avenger, to be true to his
archetype, has a secret identity he must protect, and his real-world name his
unknown, with the possible exception of some kind of combination
chauffeur/sideckick/bodyguard/butler.
Bat-Car, Skull ring, Gas pistol, Super-secret breakfast cereals...
The
masked avenger is usually recognizable by a minimalist form of costume (usually
a mask of some kind worn in addition to civilian clothes) and by the use of some
trademark weapon and/or gadget (ranging from souped-up cars or airplanes to
tranquilizer guns). Be very careful in assessing starting gear for your PC.
Stats:
| AGI: 1 | APP: 1 | BUI: 0 | CRE: 1 | FIT: 1 |
| INF: 2 | KNO: 1 | PER: 1 | PSY: 1 | WIL: 2 |
| STR: 0 | HEA: 1 | STA: 30 | UD: 5 | AD:4 |
| Skill levels |
| Skill | Level | Attr |
| Acrobatics | 1 | +1 |
| Athletics | 1 | +1 |
| Combat Sense | 2 | +1 |
| Disguise | 2 | +1 |
| Dodge | 2 | +1 |
|
| Skill | Level | Attr |
| Hand-to-hand | 2 | +1 |
| Human Perception | 1 | +1 |
| Interrogation | 2 | +1 |
| Intimidate | 2 | 0 |
| Melee | 1 | +1 |
|
| Skill | Level | Attr |
| Notice | 2 | +1 |
| Small Arms | 2 | +1 |
| Stealth | 2 | +1 |
| Streetwise | 2 | +1 |
| Swimming | 1 | +1 |
|
Cost: (Attribute 47)/(Skills 45)
Typical Equipment: Signature Equipment.
Typical Perks: Acute Sense, Allies, Alter-Ego, Combat Veteran(*), Contacts, Famous (in his Secret
Identity), Lucky, Night Vision, Property (HQ: at least 5), Sidekick,
Superscience Affinity, Thick Skinned, True Love(*), Wealthy.
Typical Flaws: Beliefs, Bloodlust, Calling
Card , Code of Honor, Creepy(*), Dedicated,
Dependent, Nemesis, Secret, Soft-Hearted(*).
(*): From Heroes&Villains supplement
Variations
Masked Avengers may be bloodthirsty fascists who take on the role of judge, jury
and firing squad all rolled in one. Or they may prefer to go for a more
Politically Correct stance and reduce lethal violence to the
minimum.
Whatever their stance is on this, choice of weapons and skills could be another
way to differentiate them. Some will prefer unarmed combat and melee weapons
only, others would blaze away with twins .45s. The archetype here is part of the
"small-arms oriented" group.
In theory you could try to solve the party integration dilemma by making
everybody a Masked Avenger, as a sort of low-powered Justice League group. Due
to the limited choice in skills and powers, I am a little skeptical about the
feasibility of this approach, though.