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Kilted_Avenger
Apr 19th, '09, 04:49 AM
Here's a very obscure question for you guys. Does anyone remember a villain team in Champions version 4 stats, showcased in a gaming magazine like in about 1989 to about 1990 that we centered around a weather theme?

The team had an Amer-Indian villainess with water control powers named Deluge whose costume was somewhat camo-looking and had Aquaman'ish fins on the back of the legs.

There was a quasi-Brick (like about a 50 STR if I remember correctly) character named Thunder who could fly and had a FF, had an architect secret ID and his costume was mostly black and Japanese like lightning designs on it.

The leader had fuller weather control powers, was bald and wore a three piece business suit most of the time. I don't remember if there were other team members frankly. The whole team got their powers from magic crystals created by an ancient malevolent sentient reptile race aeons ago.

Sadly, I don't remember the name of the team overall or magazine. I know all this is not much to go by, but I'm hoping one of you guys will know the name of the magazine and issue number as I'm trying to track it down (the team were regulars in my old skool campaign and I'd like to bring them back now). But I don't have the magazine any longer.

I know it's a long shot...but you never know. Any how, thanks in advance!

Oruncrest
Apr 20th, '09, 07:17 PM
You're talking about Stormfront, who appeared in White Wolf #25 (Feb/Mar 1991). I lost the stats to them a long time ago, but the team members were:

Lord Tempest: Former academic who remade imself into a megalomaniacal weather controller. He granted his subordinates (except Thunder) their powers.

Sirocco: An aviation heiress who was given wind powers by Tempest.

Deluge: Her family was killed in a superbattle, and like you said, she had water control (mainly water summoning) powers.

Cloud: A minor mage before he met Tempest, he could transform into a cloud and I think he could throw lightning bolts and produce acid rain. And finally

Deathbolt: He was a Japaneese businessman who was superstrong, could fly, and grow to gigantic size. Note that I said was. He was killed while inspecting a construction site and somehow hs powers got transferred to the guy who would become Thunder(although Thunder was constructed as a PC (250 points) while the rest of Stormfront could pwn a team of 250 pointers by themselvs). While Thunder has his Powers, Lord Tempest cannot use any of Deathbolt/Thunder's powers.

Black Ops
Apr 21st, '09, 09:08 AM
That was my first guess too.
But there was also a Group in some Australian Game Magazine a couple of years back. I can not remember if they were all Weather powered, but at least one member had Weather Powers (IIRC).

Kilted_Avenger
May 13th, '09, 12:46 PM
Huzzah!!! I should have checked in sooner! Great job Oruncrest. Now it's off for me to find a copy of White Wolf #25!

Thanks again!!