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To get started with this blank TiddlyWiki, you'll need to modify the following tiddlers:
* SiteTitle & SiteSubtitle: The title and subtitle of the site, as shown above (after saving, they will also appear in the browser title bar)
* MainMenu: The menu (usually on the left)
* DefaultTiddlers: Contains the names of the tiddlers that you want to appear when the TiddlyWiki is opened
You'll also need to enter your username for signing your edits: <<option txtUserName>>
These InterfaceOptions for customising TiddlyWiki are saved in your browser
Your username for signing your edits. Write it as a WikiWord (eg JoeBloggs)
<<option txtUserName>>
<<option chkSaveBackups>> SaveBackups
<<option chkAutoSave>> AutoSave
<<option chkRegExpSearch>> RegExpSearch
<<option chkCaseSensitiveSearch>> CaseSensitiveSearch
<<option chkAnimate>> EnableAnimations
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Also see AdvancedOptions
All written material presented in //''Black Hats And White Capes!''// is copyright (C) by Jack V. Butler, Jr. unless otherwise specifically noted.
All artwork presented here is copyright (C) by Storn Cook unless otherwise specifically noted. Artwork is used here with permission from the artist.
In this exciting issue of //''Black Hats And White Capes!''//
//''The "Old" Butlerverse''//
*[[Who's Who In The Butlerverse: Bandit]]
*[[Encyclopedia Entry: "The International Fighting Champsionship"]]
*[[Encyclopedia Entry: "Ionitro"]]
*[[Encyclopedia Entry: "Joshua Tree Federal Penetentiary"]]
*[[Encyclopedia Entry: "K'kriki'i Hegemony"]]
*[[Time Capsule: 1952-1962]]
[[Welcome, Hero!]]
[[Current Issue]]
Ionitro is a very powerful, and very restricted, putty-based explosive developed by an unknown meta-genius four years ago. The formula and detonator design was classified by the US government, but copies have been known to show up in the occasional internet chat room or two. Ionitro detonates when an electric charge passes through a special detonator, momentarily suppressing the attraction between electrons in the ionitro. This causes the protons in the nuclei of the putty to explosively repel each other, releasing great amounts of energy. Ionitro is stable without the detonator, even if exposed to electric current. The detonator only functions with ionitro, and vice versa.
While it costs about thirty-four cents to manufacture the detonator, the putty costs nearly one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per quarter-ounce to make. It is thus not in wide use.
Officially, the Joshua Tree Federal <nowiki>Super-Maximum</nowiki> Detention Facility does not exist. No records record its existence can be found amid the scores of prisons and jails in the United States. No prisoners have ever been sentenced to serve time behind its bars. Yet, if the Joshua Tree Super-Maximum facility does exist, deep in the mountain ranges and desert scrub of Western Nevada it would be the pinnacle of the Damocles Directive: a secret and secure facility to house and deploy what could possibly be America and the World’s last hopes in the event of direst catastrophe. Rumors of its existence abound however; the United Nations has privately condemned the creation of such a facility saying that the United Nations should hold these dangerous entities since they are a threat not merely to one nation but to the safety and stability of the world. The United States of course steadfastly denies the existence of Joshua Tree.
If it were real, it is rumored that key features of the facility include a miniature fusion power station and a massive force field around the perimeter of the facility. When activated this supposed force field makes the facility unbreachable. The facility is also supposedly equipped with a number of antipersonnel weapons to ensure that escape is highly unlikely, including high decibel sonic cannon, blasters capable of delivering a variety of munitions, and large area gel cannon. This may or may not be true, as sources have been unable to vet the veracity of the statements.
The facility is believed to be able to house 130 Alpha Class metahumans and 500 support personnel. Up to 100 highly advanced androids are "employed" by the facility in a support capacity. Joshua Tree is believed to be almost totally self-sufficient requiring only the human support crew to leave occasionally for R&R in Las Vegas or other local city. All other needs are met by the extensive stockpiles of food and water held deep within the facility. In the event of containment breach the entire facility is designed to collapse inward trapping the highly dangerous criminals inside, buried alive for all time.
But again these could all just be rumors.
The K'kriki'i (pronounced "kikk-<nowiki>RIKK</nowiki>-kee-ee") Hegemony is a stellar empire controlled by the K'kriki'i, an insectile race that first took to the stars when man's primitive ancestors were first learning to bang two rocks together to make tools. The Hegemony is a large cluster of stars that partially overlaps the Xorn Stellar Domain. Natural meddlers, there is ample evidence of use of their technology on numerous worlds near to the Hegemony such as Relanda, the Pelkons homeworld. Earth and its solar system are within the borders of the K'kriki'i Hegemony.
Nearly three hundred years ago, a Xorn invasion fleet was sent to conquer the K'kriki'i, whom the Xorn believed to be just another species to be enslaved. Only a single Xorn command ship was allowed to return to the Domain, its weapon systems completely destroyed. This stunning defeat was only one of two failed Xorn conquests (the other being Earth) in the history of the Stellar Domain. Although never having spoken or written any sort of diplomatic exchange there is a de facto peace between the Xorn and the K'kriki'i. While many Xorn would gladly gain honor (and probable death) in personal combat with the much more advanced K'kriki'i, the Xorn High Judges have determined that such events would be counterproductive to the endeavors of their species.
The K'kriki'i are very selective in their choice of inhabitable planets. Worlds that are too wet, too gravitically heavy or too cold for them are considered to be "useless", and thus what happens to them in the long run (such as a Xorn invasion) doesn't really matter. The K'kriki'i claim to own all worlds within their borders that have the right environmental conditions (regardless of whether there is a native species already there) and will not put up with races that invade "their" worlds. (They do not consider species already living on one of "their" worlds to be invaders; rather, such species become clients of the K'kriki'i.)
This strange reasoning regarding planets is the reason they have allowed the Xorn (whose Domain, as noted, overlaps the Hegemony) a free reign to conquer lesser species, as long as the target world is not one of "theirs". Earth is considered by the K'kriki'i to be both far too heavy and far too chilly to bother colonizing.
Also known as The "Great Bermuda Punch-out" the International Fighting Championship is held every January in Bermuda. It is a no-holds-barred, full contact combat tournament between super-powered opponents. The winner of each competition gets to choose his prize. If the request is within reason, Lord Doom will grant the request.
Nearly every entrant has some level of superhuman strength, though there have been combatants who didn't. None lack superpowers (its one of the rules of entry). Entry is by invitation or audition: the only people invited are those eight people reaching the semi-finals the year before, assuming they all survived the contest. Auditions involve a demonstration of combat skill and superhuman power.
During the competition, the fights are refereed and are broadcast in a pay-per-view extravaganza that nets Lord Doom millions. The fights last until one opponent shouts "stop", taps out, is knocked unconscious, is killed (killing your opponent is discouraged, but it is understood that accidents happen... Only three deaths have ever occurred in the thirty-two year history of the contest), or is removed from the arena by his opponent. This last has only occurred once, when Strength of Tarot punched Diamond Dan Luxx through the reinforced wall of the arena. This was also one of the three deaths.
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A Champions APA for the Clobberin Times! by Jack Butler
Black Hats And White Capes!
I don't call this "spaghetti sauce" because you can use it on just about any type of pasta. And yes, it has carrots in it. Deal.
''Ingredients:''
1 lb. bulk Italian sausage
1 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
2 cups tomato sauce
1/4 cup (2 oz) tomato paste
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/8 tsp crushed red pepper
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup red wine
2 large carrots, chopped
3 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
1/4 lb (4 oz) white button mushrooms, coarsely chopped
1/2 medium red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1/2 medium green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1/2 medium yellow bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1/2 medium orange bell pepper, coarsely chopped
''Production:''
* In a large skillet, cook the sausage over medium-high heat for 5 minutes or until browned. Drain the fat and reserve on a plate.
* Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium heat until hot.
* Add the onion and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes or until the onions are soft. Be careful to not let the garlic burn.
* Reduce the heat to medium-low. Stir in the cooked sausage, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, basil, oregano, crushed red pepper, black pepper, and wine until well combined.
* Stir in the carrots, tomatoes, mushrooms, and bell pepper.
* Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for 4 to 5 hours to allow the flavors to blend.
''Notes:''
* You can substitute beef broth for the wine if you don't like cooking with alcohol.
* The sauce should thicken while cooking. If it hasn't, add a slurry of arrowroot. Do //''NOT''// use cornstarch. Cornstarch and tomato products are not a good combination.
* You can make this sauce up to 2 months in advance if you cover and freeze it after preparation.
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''1952''
* ''February 19:'' The long-absent superhero Airdrop reappears, evacuating dozens of passengers and crew from a lightning-crippled Pan Am flight before the plane crash-lands in the Pacific. After making a brief speech denouncing Senator Joseph McCarthy, he disappears again.
''1958''
* ''January 2:'' Science vessels sent by the Loxor begin a survey of Earth. Several of their probes are spotted by various humans, sparking a craze of "UFO sightings".
* ''April 15:'' Windstorm, the first of the "second generation" of metahuman heroes, makes his first public appearance.
''1959''
* ''May 24:'' //Whirlwind Horseman//, a western starring B-list actor Doug McClure, is released. Terry Benedict has twenty minutes of screen time as "Matt, the Blacksmith".
''1960''
* ''December 24:'' The crew of the Apollo 8 becomes the first human beings to orbit the moon. While on the far side, the three crew-members spot what looks to them to be a pressurized facility of obvious alien construction. Astronaut Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, navigator of Apollo 8, christens the alien lunar base "the Dark City".
''1961''
* ''April 17:'' The American invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs succeeds, due in no small part to the assistance of a quartet of exiled Cuban metahumans. A pro-American government is put into place within days.
* ''September 1:'' Terry Benedict is cast as Tarzan in Tarzan of the Apes on CBS. The show lasts eight years, finally being cancelled in January of 1968.
''1962''
* ''January 14:'' Under pressure from the United Nations, the United States withdraws its military forces from Cuba. Castro and his guerillas topple the fragile government and re-establish control within two months of the removal of American military support.
* ''March 4:'' During an Ecumenical Council of the Holy Mother Church, reformers manage to push through the idea that intelligent apes and other sentient species have souls, bringing on harsh debate. In the end, the Council decrees that artificially intelligent computers and other machines are held to be mechanical creations and thus obviously lacking in souls, but living creatures do, regardless of their species.
* ''April 12:'' The New York State Assembly passes a law making forcible telepathic contact a crime that combines a form of rape with criminal invasion of privacy. Similar laws are swiftly adopted by the other states, and by 1967, the United States Congress makes forcible telepathic contact a federal crime.
* ''May 24:'' A meteor strike in the Appalachian mountains of Upstate New York, prompts scientist, Dr. Daniel Kirkland, to visit the impact site. There he discovers a strange metal alloy with mysterious properties. After bringing the alloy back to his home in Scarsdale, he discovers that as long as he stays in contact with the alloy, he is able to project various forms of energy as well as negate gravity and surround himself with a field of force. Dubbing the alloy "Stellaranium", Dr. Kirkland fashions a pair of forearm bands from the alloy and takes to the skies over New York state as the Stellar Sentinel, Major Adventure.
* ''November 7:'' Nelson Mandela dies of "accidental injuries" acquired in a South African jail shortly after his arrest.
Welcome to the tenth issue of //''Black Hats and White Capes!''//, currently the online home of the Butlerverse, my homebrew Champions campaign world.
Currently, but not for long! Plans are afoot to return the Butlerverse to the web in all its glory.
Quick report on real life: the job is going well, the kids are great, my life is basically on course, and there's really nothing to report out of the ordinary. Except the new campaign, of course! I rounded up my brothers Nathan and Aaron as "head players/assistant Gamemasters", and have started a brand new Champions campaign set in a slightly rewritten version of the Butlerverse, all for the benefit of my two boys and their cousins, Ashley and Elizabeth (Aaron's daughters). Sadly, my own Elizabeth does not game. But that's her loss. She makes up for it by being a big Harry Potter geek.
Anyway, the new campaign is set at the Hyperion Academy, a prestigious and incredibly exclusive private school that caters to the children of presidents, ambassadors, and so on, as well as conceals a secret school for super-powered kids, <nowiki>PS238</nowiki> style. The characters are being built on 200 points plus 50 points of Complications (using the Hero System 6th Edition rules... I've completely converted over, so...). I'll be featuring the characters and their stories here in //Black Hats and White Capes// as the game progresses.
This is a fine time to mention my big ''Hero Games'' projects. The first one is I am converting the //Master Lists of Limitations// to the new 6th Edition rules. For the most part, there are no changes... but some point values have changed, and its giving me an excuse to give the thing a massive edit job. The second big project is the conversion of the 2nd Edition Dungeons and Dragons Wizards Spell Compendiums to Hero System. That's about 35,000 spells, and I'll be handing out copies to anyone who might want a copy for their Fantasy Hero campaign.
The third huge project is the revamping of the Butlerverse. When we decided to start the Hyperion Academy Campaign, my brother Nathan (my right-hand man in all things gaming) suggested I revamp the Butlerverse because it had become "cluttered" over the years. Then he gave me examples. Contradictions. Too many villain groups filling the same niche. What I needed to do, he argued, was basically perform a //Crisis on Infinite Earths// on the Butlerverse.
And after thinking about it, I agreed.
I'm going to be featuring info for the "pre-Crisis" Butlerverse here in <nowiki>BHWC</nowiki>, but eventually it will be supplanted by the new universe.
Wish me luck!
Anyway, here is another exciting issue of //''Black Hats and White Capes!''// Hope you all enjoy it. And because you demanded it, another recipe: [[Slow-Simmered Spicy Pasta Sauce]]
Next Issue: //The Knights of Malta! Las Vegas Casinos! Lemurians! The Metagene! Timeline 1963 - 1973! And Bungie, the bendy toy of the Global Guardians!//
The Butlerverse is a roleplaying gameworld used in several different Superhero Roleplaying campaigns over the course of about 24 years. In it's last major incarnation, it was a series of 25 superhero PBEM campaigns all taking place in the same shared world. In all cases, it used the the Hero System, published by Hero Games, as a rules base.
The Butlerverse is a parallel world, quite similar to our own in some ways, and in others very different. The geography is almost identical. Life developed along the same lines. Wars were fought, and nations rose and fell, all like they did in the real world. Historical events and notable individuals are usually identical to those you find in the real world. The biggest difference between the Butlerverse and the real world is the existence of people endowed with powers and abilities far beyond those of common mankind. And their influence is readily apparent.
The Butlerverse is simultaneously as realistic as possible while also as four-color as possible. My aim was to recreate some of the best elements of comic book "reality" in a gameworld while acknowledging that the real world is a pretty neat place as well.
[img[Bandit|http://legendspbem.angelfire.com/bandit.jpg]]
''Bandit''
''Real Name:'' Bienvenido Ortiz Vizcaino
''Archetype:'' Speedster (Teleporter)
''Hair/Eye Color:'' Dark Brown/Brown
''Height/Weight:'' 1.73 meters/81.00 kilograms
''Nationality:'' Dominican
''Date Of Birth:'' 24 November 1984
''Place Of Birth:'' Agunda Bay, Dominican Republic
''Played By:'' Rob Rogers
''Created By:'' Rob
''Characteristics''
|!Cost|!CHAR|!Value|!Roll!|!Notes!|
| 5 | ''STR'' | 15 | 12- |''Lift:'' 200 kg ''Dice:'' 3d6 ''END:'' 2 |
| 48 | ''DEX'' | 26 | 14- |''OCV:'' 9 ''DCV:'' 9 |
| 26 | ''CON'' | 23 | 14- ||
| 10 | ''BODY'' | 15 | 12- ||
| 3 | ''INT'' | 13 | 12- |''PER Roll:'' 12- |
| 2 | ''EGO'' | 11 | 11- |''ECV:'' 4 ''Mental Defense:'' 2 |
| 5 | ''PRE'' | 15 | 12- |''PRE Attack:'' 3d6 |
| 3 | ''COM'' | 16 | 12- ||
| 6 | ''PD'' | 17 ||''rPD:'' 8 |
| 4 | ''ED'' | 17 ||''rED:'' 8 |
| 14 | ''SPD'' | 5 ||''Phases:'' 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 |
| 4 | ''REC'' | 10 ||''Running:'' 6" (12" Noncombat) |
| 7 | ''END'' | 60 ||''Leaping:'' 3" (6" Noncombat) |
| 1 | ''STUN'' | 31 ||''Swimming:'' 2" (4" Noncombat) |
|!138|!CHAR Cost|!|!|!|
''Powers''
|!Cost|!Powers|!END|
| 75 |//''Teleportation:''// Multipower (75 Point Pool) | N/A |
| (7) |u) //''Combat Teleportation:''// Teleportation 17", No Relative Velocity, Position Shift - 0 Endurance Cost (+1/2)(73 Active Points) | 0 |
| (6) |u) //''Focused Teleportation:''// Teleportation 17", 2 x Increased Mass - Armor Piercing (+1/2)(58 Active Points) | 6 |
| (7) |u) //''<nowiki>Long-Range</nowiki> Teleportation:''// Teleportation 9", 2 x Increased Mass - 1/2 Endurance Cost (+1/4), Megascale (1" = 1 million kilometers; Scaleable; +2)(75 Active Points) | 3 |
| (7) |u) //''<nowiki>Long-Range</nowiki> Group Teleportation:''// Teleportation 5", 8 x Increased Mass - Megascale (1" = 1 million kilometers; Scaleable; +2)(75 Active Points) | 7 |
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| 50 |//''Teleportation Tricks:''// Multipower (75 Point Pool) - Requires a Power Skill: Teleportation Tricks Roll (-1/2) | N/A |
| (5) |u) //''Aportation:''// Teleportation 15" - Ranged (+1/2), Useable As Attack (Defense is Teleportation, Dimensional Travel, or Force Wall; +1)(75 Active Points) | 7 |
| (2) |u) //''Blinking:''// +5 With All Combat (40 Active Points) - Costs Endurance (+1/2) | 4 |
| (5) |u) //''Combat Aportation:''// Energy Blast 7d6 - No Normal Defense (Defense is Teleportation, Dimensional Travel, or Force Wall; +1)(70 Active Points) | 7 |
| (5) |u) //''High Velocity Teleported Object I:''// Energy Blast 10d6 - Variable Special Effects (Any SFX; Any Small Easily Grabbed Item That Can Be Used as a Missile; +1/2)(75 Active Points) | 7 |
| (4) |u) //''High Velocity Teleported Object II:''// Energy Blast 6d6 - Variable Special Effects (Any SFX; Any Small Easily Grabbed Item That Can Be Used as a Missile; +1/2), Indirect (Any Origin, Any Direction; +3/4)(67 Active Points) | 7 |
| (4) |u) //''Intersecting Teleport:''// Ranged Killing Attack 3d6 - Penetrating (+1/2)(67 Active Points) | 7 |
| (3) |u) //''Porting Missiles:''// Missile Reflection - Reflect At Any Target, Full Range (+1)(70 Active Points); Physical Missiles Only (-1/2) | 0 |
| (1) |u) //''Surprise Blow:''// Hand Attack +6d6 (9d6 Total)(30 Active Points) - <nowiki>Hand-to-Hand</nowiki> Attack (-1/2), Must Follow Teleportation (-1/2) | 3 |
| (3) |u) //''Surprise Kung Fu Sweep:''// Hand Attack 6d6 - Area Effect (Any 3" Area; Selective; +1 1/4)(67 Active Points); <nowiki>Hand-to-Hand</nowiki> Attack (-1/2), Must Follow Teleportation (-1/2) | 7 |
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| 30 |//''Spatial Sense:''// Multipower (60 Point Pool) - Only to Perceive Safe Teleportation Destinations (-1) | N/A |
| (3) |u) //''Short Range Sense:''// Clairsentience (Sight Group), x256 Range (25600")(60 Active Points) | 6 |
| (3) |u) //''Long Range Sense:''// Clairsentience (Sight Group), <nowiki>MegaScale</nowiki> (1" = 1 million kilometers; Scaleable; +2)(60 Active Points) | 6 |
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| 12 |//''Body Armor:''// Armor (+8 PD/+8 ED) (24 Active Points) - Activate 15 or less (-1/4), OIF: Body Armor (-1/2), Real Armor (-1/4) | 0 |
| 9 |//''Improved High Velocity Teleported Object I:''// Energy Blast +2d6 - Variable Special Effects (Any SFX; Any Small Easily Grabbed Item That Can Be Used as a Missile; +1/2)(15 Active Points); Linked to High Velocity Teleported Object I (-1/2) | 1 |
| 5 |//''Memorized Teleportation Destinations:''// Fixed Teleportation Locations (Global Guardians Base, Bandit's Apartment, <nowiki>Ex-Girlfriend's</nowiki> Home in Paris, Tycho Crater on the Moon, Times Square in New York City)(5 Active Points) | 0 |
| 10 |//''Switchable Teleportation Destinations:''// Floating Teleportation Locations (2 Locations)(10 Active Points) | 0 |
|!270|!Total Powers Cost |
''Talents''
|!Cost|!Talent|
| 3 |Absolute Range Sense |
| 3 |Bump of Direction |
| 12 |Combat Luck (+6 PD/+6 ED) |
|!18|!Total Talents Cost |
''Skills''
|!Cost|!Skill|
| 10 |+2 With Teleport Tricks Multipower |
| 3 |Acrobatics 14- |
| 3 |Breakfall 14- |
| 3 |Combat Driving 14- |
| 0 |!Everyman Skills |
||Acting 8- |
||Area Knowledge: Agunda Bay, Dominican Republic 11- |
||Climbing 8- |
||Concealment 8- |
||Conversation 8- |
||Deduction 8- |
||Language Skill: Spanish (Native) |
||Paramedic 8- |
||Persuasion 8- |
||Professional Skill: Automobile Mechanic 11- |
||Shadowing 8- |
||Stealth 8- |
||Transport Familiarity: Small Ground Vehicles |
| 3 |!Global Guardians Package |
||Criminology 12- |
||Deduction 12- |
||Knowledge Skill: Known Superhuman Criminals 12- |
||Paramedics 12- |
||Perk: international Police Powers |
||Perk: Team Base Donation |
||Perk: Team Communicator |
||Hunted: TAROT 8- (More Powerful, NCI, Harshly Punish) |
||Monitored: News Agencies Around The World 11- (More Powerful, NCI, Monitoring) |
||Social Limitation: Celebrity (Frequently, Minor) |
| 3 |Knowledge Skill: Airdrop's Career 12- |
| 2 |Knowledge Skill: Coffee 11- |
| 3 |Knowledge Skill: Hotel Operations 12- |
| 3 |Language Skill: English - Completely Fluent |
| 13 |Power Skill: Accurate Worldwide Teleportation 16- |
| 17 |Power Skill: Teleportation Tricks 18- |
| 3 |Streetwise 12- |
| 3 |Traveler |
|!69|!Total Skills Cost |
''Martial Arts''
|!Cost|!<nowiki>Long-Fist</nowiki> Kung Fu Maneuvers|!|!|!|
| 3 |Block | +2 OCV | +2 DCV |Block, Abort |
| 5 |Flying Dodge | ----- |+5 DCV |Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort |
| 4 |Kick | -2 OCV | +1 DCV |9d6 Strike |
| 4 |Punch | +0 OCV | +2 DCV |7d6 Strike |
| 8 |Damage Classes: +2 (Added In) ||||
| 3 |Knowledge Skill: <nowiki>Long-Fist</nowiki> Kung Fu 12 or less ||||
|!27|!Total Martial Arts Cost|!|!|!|
''Disadvantages''
|!350+|!Disadvantages|
| 15 |Dependent NPC: Ozcar "Oz" Vizcaino (Brother) 11 or less |
| 20 |Hunted by the Prime Movers 11 or less |
| 15 |Mystery Hunted 11 or less |
| 15 |Physical Limitation: Weird Biochemistry Requires Special Medical Care |
| 10 |Psychological Limitation: Adventurous and Funloving |
| 20 |Psychological Limitation: Code vs. Killing |
| 5 |Psychological Limitation: Frugal |
| 10 |Psychological Limitation: Mild Claustrophobia |
| 15 |Psychological Limitation: Proud of Himself |
| 1 |Quirk: Fascinated With His Father's Career |
| 1 |Quirk: Flirt |
| 1 |Quirk: Likes to Explore |
| 1 |Quirk: Martini Drinker |
| 1 |Quirk: Wiseass |
| 5 |Rivalry: Professional Rivalry With Other Teleporters |
| 15 |Social Limitation: Public Identity (Bienvenido Vizcaino) |
|!500|!Total Points|
''Character Cost Summary''
|!Characteristics Cost: | 138 |!Base Points: | 350 |
|!Powers Cost: | 270 |!Total Disadvantage Points: | 150 |
|!Martial Arts Cost: | 27 |!Total Experience Points Earned: | 22 |
|!Skills Cost: | 69 |!Experience Points Spent: | 22 |
|!Talents Cost: | 18 |!Experience Points Unspent: | 0 |
|!Perquisites Cost: | 0 |!Total Points: | 522 |
|!Total Cost: | 522 |||
''Background:'' The younger of two sons, Bienvenido Ortiz Vizcaino grew up in a modest home in Agunda Bay in the Dominican Republic. His father was a cab driver, while his mother made amber jewelry, and the family always seemed to do a little bit better than those around him, a fact that sparked some mysterious resentment between his parents.
Bienvenido—or "Viz" as he was called by his friends—spent a lot of his free time on the streets, hustling tourists, participating in minor mischief with his brother Ozcar Astacio Vizcaino, or "Oz," and skipping school at least once a week. But Viz and Oz allowed themselves to dream big, as the young do—dreams of fancy cars, pretty girls, and big homes. To get that, they knew they’d need money, and both were moral enough to want to achieve that legally.
"Enterprise" took on a whole new meaning for the Vizcaino brothers. They worked anywhere they could find someone to hire them to get the money to feed their dreams and penchant for American culture. Their first job was on a farm as wranglers, which they thought of as a funny term for people who fed chickens and cleaned up after cows. But they worked hard at that until an opportunity for better pay arose at a coffee plant. Coffee growing bored them to tears and soon they made what they saw as their big break: employment at a resort. They worked in the resort as cab shuttle drivers and concierges, working on their people skills with the rich Americans and making extra money by assisting the tourists in finding anything they needed. Sometimes they even found themselves competing with their father for fares. Viz became particularly popular with repeat tourists because of his ready smile and his seeming inability to give bad directions.
He was driving two American tourists on their honeymoon to the resort when it happened. The worn, brakes on a huge old truck finally gave out and it flew down a steep hill toward the cab. An expert driver, Viz spotted it and did everything he could to soften the blow, but it was still enough to take both vehicles over a steep cliff. Some inner instinct made Viz reach into the back seat, grabbing the terrified newlyweds. Then, with a pop, the three of them were sitting safe on the cliff side, a mere second before the tremendous roar of the vehicles’ impact with the sea reached their ears.
Viz predicted one of several reactions from his family over his newfound teleportation power: shock, fear, or jubilation. While Oz was ecstatic and immediately conceiving of dozens of money-making ventures that could spring from Viz’s still-untested abilities, Viz was shocked himself at the anger and anguish that would rise when he told his parents, and all of it directed between his mother and his father. He gradually learned while listening to their shouts that he was illegitimate, the child of an affair his mother had had with a tourist shortly after Oz was born. His mother had always professed that he was legitimate, yet had nonetheless accepted annual "gifts" from the man who was apparently Viz’s biological father. That was why his family had always been a little better off than those around them, and why his father resented that fact. The activation of Viz’s powers was the final clincher, though. His biological father was Airdrop, the 1940s superhero, one of the flashiest and bravest heroes of the Second World War, and perhaps the greatest teleporter that the world had ever known. And though he’d been missing for more than 10 years, the payments to the Vizcaino family came like clockwork.
His parents’ newly raw emotions over the affair eventually subsided. His father still loved him, Oz was still his brother, and his parents still loved each other, despite the long-ago love affair. And they were all relieved that he was still alive.
Very soon, Viz could get himself from point A to point B just by thinking about it. He found that he could go places he couldn’t even see, or even places he’d never seen. He could teleport others, either moving with them or not. Oz spent hours working with him, coaching him, suggesting new things for him to try. He learned to teleport objects, too, and could do so in such a way that they struck whatever surface he targeted with great and sudden velocity. He could even reach out with his mind and "grab" molten lava from the earth’s core, or Siberian ice, or whatever else he could reasonably picture, and throw that at a target.
It was during one of the brothers’ many training sessions that Airdrop appeared. Viz had calculated that his biological father had to be at least 80 years old, and had even theorized that he was dead, but the man standing before them was youthful, certainly less than 40 years old. Yet he so resembled the photos Viz had seen that he knew at once that this must be the real thing.
In the months they ultimately spent together, the superhero made no apologies for his affair with Viz’s mother, or his absence from Viz’s life. He made no real attempt to "bond" with his son, merely saying once that Hector Vizcaino was Viz’s "real father." He never even took off his mask in Viz’s presence. Yet he clearly took a fierce pride in Viz’s abilities and imagination, and coached Viz rigorously—often with Oz’s assistance—in using his powers to their maximum potential. It was understood almost from the start that he intended Viz to become a superhero, and that suited Viz just fine.
During that time, Viz noticed that while Airdrop had a great memory for events of the Second World War, his memory of the times since—even casual things like baseball or television shows—was spotty. He would spout of trivia or quote a particular speech of John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, Jr., but would look puzzled when Eisenhower or even Watergate came up in conversation. He knew early Reagan, but not Clinton. Viz finally guessed—correctly—that Airdrop had developed the ability to "jump" not only through space, but also through time, but only forward. His long absences weren’t times that he went into hiding. They were times when he got bored or fed up and jumped forward in time for five years or even a decade. He looked under 40 because he’d skipped past as many years as he’d actually lived.
Airdrop insisted not only on Viz learning teleporting techniques for use inside and outside combat, but also on him learning martial arts. A natural athlete, his agility heightened by the metagene, Viz learned kung fu first from Airdrop himself and later from Airdrop’s "shifu," a retired Chinese superhero called Go. Combining his kung fu skills with his teleportation abilities, he was soon defeating Airdrop himself in mock duels.
Finally, Airdrop declared him "adequate and ready." Bolstered by that, Viz asked him if he would recommend him to the Sea Guard, a Caribbean-based superhero team. Airdrop nodded his head absently and said he’d "taken care of it." Then he laid his hand on Viz’s shoulder, stared deeply into his son’s eyes, and disappeared. Viz knew it would be years before he saw the man again, if he ever did.
Viz called the Sea Guard the next day, only to find out that they’d never heard of him. Disappointed, he spent the day moping and plotting with Oz about how he could make a name for himself. Late that evening, after having partied with Oz at half a dozen clubs and drinking way too much rum, he received a phone call asking him to meet not with the Sea Guard, but with the world’s premier superhero team, the Global Guardians. Trembling, he made an appointment for the next afternoon, threw up, and woke Oz so that the two could get started on another bottle of rum. The next day, Viz christened himself Bandit and became one of the youngest members of the Global Guardians ever.
''Quote:'' "Hey, hermano, did you see what I did? Was that cool or what?"
''Personality:'' Bienvenido, "Viz" to his friends, is an outgoing young man with positive energy to spare. He got over his money chase after getting his first Global Guardian paycheck, which was more money than he’d seen at any one time in his life, and now just enjoys being a part of the team. His view of the service is highly romanticized, colored by his youth spent in American film fantasy, much of which involved the hero Airdrop. Viz is very proud of his hard-working past and considers himself a living success story, giving himself pats on the back as he goes along. He’s very tight with his brother Oz, and they’re fairly inseparable when Viz is not on a mission.
''Appearance:'' Viz is of average height with a small build. He’s wiry and thin, more due to youth and diet than working out. He’s of average skin tone for a Dominican, which is to say a light chocolate brown. His hair has the kink native to his people and Viz chooses to wear it short and natural. He’s usually smiling. When in costume, Bandit wears a black and purple padded (and lightly armored) suit with gold piping. It includes two dozen pockets stuffed with random substances that he can teleport in a pinch. He wears a black domino mask that he ties behind his head, leaving the strings hanging down.
''Powers:'' Bandit possesses the ability to transport himself instantaneously from one point to another in physical space, without the need to cross the intervening space and seemingly without limit on distance. He doesn’t need to see his destination, having been trained by his biological father to target based on map coordinates alone. His ability extends beyond himself to the extent that he can take others along with him or send persons and material without having to go himself. He’s also a skilled kung fu fighter, combining his martial arts with his teleportation abilities to issue surprising and effective strikes with devastating effect.
Bandit’s training with Airdrop, Go, and even Oz have made him a creative and versatile combatant, skilled with a variety of teleportation "tricks." Because he can either add or remove kinetic energy from the things he teleports, he can pop bullets out of the air harmlessly or pull rocks from a quarry miles away and pelt an opponent with them. He can teleport others short distances—or greater distances if he accompanies them—and even teleport from spot to spot on the same battlefield so quickly that it’s hard to draw a bead on him.
He’s arguably the most powerful and effective teleporter in history.
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