Create a Villain Theme Team!

[Sundog]

Vicki the Impaler

 

Air support and ranged specialist for the team, Vicki uses a set of jet boots to get around and a pair of arm mounted harpoon guns to inflict pain and mayhem. She has a variety of harpoons, but her preferred one is barbed so as to slowly work it's way deeper into the victim. Vicki (her real name is Sarah, she isn't stupid) is nasty and unpleasant person, and quite enjoys killing people.

[death tribble]

Rack

 

Martin Dugdale had yet to get a proper name as a supervillain but was appallingly strong. When he was brought along to the see Von Droom and a number of people suggested changing IDs to death traps people asked 'what does he do ?' Martin was strong but his grip seemed stronger all but inescapable. He could grab hold of someone and stretch them just like a rack, the old torture device. Ordinarily this would not be a death trap but because Martin would be holding on to them it was as good as. Martin was delighted. He's not the smartest tool in the box, more a point and do sort of guy but when he does it, it will be done. 

[death tribble]

congrats to Steraica as this is team 600

[steriaca]

Pendulum 

 

Markus Wallace found an odd suit of hitech armor one day and found it possess some time control powers. He originally called himself Temporal, but when hired by Pauline he renamed himself Pendulum. 

 

Spoiler

The suit was one created by the paradox force and is deliberately a copy of Time Master's suit. Except he is unable to actually time travel, only to speed himself up of slow others down.

 

[death tribble]

Pit

 

Philip Scarsdale is a mentalist with an odd or you might say limited ability. He cause people to believe that they are in a Haunted House and are being pursued by an unnamed, unfathomable horror. They have to get away and the tension builds and builds until they fall into a pit with spikes in it. He has tried varying it with no result. People have easily broken the illusion so moving walls or ceilings have not worked nor has anything else. If he stuck with the pit and the spikes, it worked. So, limited but you don't need anything too extravagant with most people. so he calls himself Pit while working for Penelope. 

[Sundog]

The Boot

 

Giorgio Theopolus was always a nasty, unpleasant man. When he accidentally fell into the Land of Myth that didn't change. When he came back out, he was sporting a nasty facial scar covering his left cheek, and a pair of solid iron, spiked boots, as well as a scrap of red cloth he uses as a mask. The boots enhance his strength, especially for kicking, and he's taken to dipping the cloth in the blood of his enemies.

[BoloOfEarth]

Shark Pool

 

Philip Cousteau is the water-based member of Pauline's Perils.  He has a powered battlesuit that looks vaguely like a shark, whose sonic suite was designed to command marine life, though it can deafen or cause powerful headaches as well.  (It also has a frickin' laser beam attached to its head, but that's another story.)  He's far from the most powerful member of the team, which gets him a lot of ribbing from his teammates.

 

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New team:  The Game Masters

 

Multimillionaire octogenarian Brandon Milley was driven around the bend when he was forcably retired from his international game company, so he decided to use his money to finance a supervillain team.  He didn't want hard-core deadly criminals, so this team of six (based on various board / dice / card games) is not generally taken too seriously by the superhero community.

Edited November 5, 2023 by BoloOfEarth

[death tribble]

Colin Briarley, Master of Monopoly !

 

Colin is an oddity in the world of paranormals in that his power depends on either location or money or something about you. You see if the fight takes place anywhere that has been represented on a Monopoly board he can somehow subvert the environment against the heroes. But that is not all. If there is anything that represents a token from the game, he can use that against people.so Top Hat, Iron, Dog, Boat, Thimble and Car have all been employed much to the aggrivation of law enforcement and heroes. It was only latterly that they realised that Houses and Hotels were also game pieces which made him a pain. Then there are the two utilities and Car Parking. But also Jail and Go To Jail. Sending police officers or heroes into incarceration is funny. The first time, But springing people from Jail is just out of order.

But how on earth did he get such powers ? What kind of fiend would empowers someone to do this ? Conspiracy theorists point to that exclamation mark as absolute proof but as yet he has not confirmed it and no-one has managed any conclusive proof.  

[Sundog]

Bacca-Rat

 

A small, ratlike humanoid with a deck of cards. Besides being able to climb and slip into small spaces, he can toss pairs of cards at targets, either to damage the target or to have various special effects. The effects, however, are quire random, and based on the card values, and can do such things as entangle, encase in a circular force wall, or his most powerful ability, mind control. Likewise, the amount of damage inflicted varies wildly, and apparently out of Bacca-Rat's control.

 

A recent rumour is that Bacca-Rat was a gambler who offended the gods of chance by cheating. 'Rat isn't saying - partially because he apparently can't talk.

[BoloOfEarth]

5 hours ago, death tribble said:

Colin Briarley, Master of Monopoly !

(snip)

What kind of fiend would empower someone to do this? Conspiracy theorists point to that exclamation mark as absolute proof but as yet he has not confirmed it and no-one has managed any conclusive proof.  

 

You know, it's taken me this many years to realize that Doctor Nymax!'s name is Xamyn (pronounced "examine") backwards.  As in, what many doctors do with their patients.  Well played, sir tribble, well played.

[death tribble]

18 hours ago, BoloOfEarth said:

You know, it's taken me this many years to realize that Doctor Nymax!'s name is Xamyn (pronounced "examine") backwards.  As in, what many doctors do with their patients.  Well played, sir tribble, well played.

I would love at this juncture to bow and modestly claim that you are right. However until you mentioned it I was blindly oblivious. Maybe my subconscious did it.

 

Meantime.

 

Let this be a salutary lesson to you all. never give a supervillain or a Mad Scientist a board game. The Mad Intellectual Think Tank was given Kingdom of Tokyo and were playing a few rounds when inevitably someone mentioned that they could design one of the monsters with ease.

'The one problem is that the law enforcement people would know that one of us was responsible' said Professor Mayhem, 'No-one else could build anything that large'

'Nor equip it with such weaponry'. added Professor Steraica,'Although we would be limited in attacking either New York or Tokyo'

Both then saw an BB looking at something and paused to follow her gaze. She was looking at The Designer who was holding the dice in his hands and studying it intently.

'Maybe' he began, 'Maybe we are looking at this the wrong way. What if we used the symbols from the dice to cause an effect from someone'

'How so ? asked BB

'Well, the claw is easy you take damage from it. The heart will heal damage you took and the lightning would power you up. I just don't know what we could do with the numbers 1, 2 or 3' replied The Designer.

'We could have that mean that one, two or three powers activate', said The Assistant.

'Hmm' said The Designer 'We imbue a subject with the ability to do this and that would throw the authorities off. It would have to be somebody that is alive because the law would know Dr Corpening's work easily. And we can't transplant claws onto them as again that would tie it to us'

 

'So Dr Boumont and Dr Nymax! make the subject and imbue them with the ability to generate or call the effects into being. The rest of us work on a way to make the effects reality.' replied the Assistant.

'Excuse me, I'll go find Spirit in the Sky and get to work' replied BB. The group had taking to calling Dr Nymax! Spirit in the Sky as a reference to the good doctor being away with the fairies and the cover version being by Doctor and the Medics.

 

Thus was born Queen of Tokyo who has to roll dice before something happens. She can summon claws that can shred through tanks, so battlesuits, armour wearers and forcefields/forcewall users beware. She can energise herself and this is dangerous if someone tries to jump her when she tries to do it as they can be electrocuted. She can heal herself. And lastly she can use one of three effects which varies week to week. The authorities are baffled by whomever gave her powers but she can be taken down quickly during dice rolling so she is not considered a major threat.

 

(I have King of Tokyo and it is great fun. Also available as King of New York)

[steriaca]

3 hours ago, death tribble said:

I would love at this juncture to bow and modestly claim that you are right. However until you mentioned it I was blindly oblivious. Maybe my subconscious did it.

 

Meantime.

 

Let this be a salutary lesson to you all. never give a supervillain or a Mad Scientist a board game. The Mad Intellectual Think Tank was given Kingdom of Tokyo and were playing a few rounds when inevitably someone mentioned that they could design one of the monsters with ease.

'The one problem is that the law enforcement people would know that one of us was responsible' said Professor Mayhem, 'No-one else could build anything that large'

'Nor equip it with such weaponry'. added Professor Steraica,'Although we would be limited in attacking either New York or Tokyo'

Both then saw an BB looking at something and paused to follow her gaze. She was looking at The Designer who was holding the dice in his hands and studying it intently.

'Maybe' he began, 'Maybe we are looking at this the wrong way. What if we used the symbols from the dice to cause an effect from someone'

'How so ? asked BB

'Well, the claw is easy you take damage from it. The heart will heal damage you took and the lightning would power you up. I just don't know what we could do with the numbers 1, 2 or 3' replied The Designer.

'We could have that mean that one, two or three powers activate', said The Assistant.

'Hmm' said The Designer 'We imbue a subject with the ability to do this and that would throw the authorities off. It would have to be somebody that is alive because the law would know Dr Corpening's work easily. And we can't transplant claws onto them as again that would tie it to us'

 

'So Dr Boumont and Dr Nymax! make the subject and imbue them with the ability to generate or call the effects into being. The rest of us work on a way to make the effects reality.' replied the Assistant.

'Excuse me, I'll go find Spirit in the Sky and get to work' replied BB. The group had taking to calling Dr Nymax! Spirit in the Sky as a reference to the good doctor being away with the fairies and the cover version being by Doctor and the Medics.

 

Thus was born Queen of Tokyo who has to roll dice before something happens. She can summon claws that can shred through tanks, so battlesuits, armour wearers and forcefields/forcewall users beware. She can energise herself and this is dangerous if someone tries to jump her when she tries to do it as they can be electrocuted. She can heal herself. And lastly she can use one of three effects which varies week to week. The authorities are baffled by whomever gave her powers but she can be taken down quickly during dice rolling so she is not considered a major threat.

 

(I have King of Tokyo and it is great fun. Also available as King of New York)

I don't have the game, but I love that you incorporate Dr. Steriaca in this, as his gimmick is Game Tech.

[Sundog]

Shelby Court loves his toys. Action figures, model planes, die-cast cars, he adores them all, and he plays with them all the time.

To the point where he's become very good at maintaining and repairing them. Sadly, there's little money in that, and he needs more cash to get more toys.

Until he realised he could use the one to get the other.

He made some fairly basic robots. He could make ones that were strong, and fast, ones that flew or rocketed by. But he was no mad scientist, and he had no idea about artificial intelligence. So, instead, he'd set a pre-set series of instructions, let the robot do them, then send another set of instructions from his control board. If he kept it a reasonable number - five or six instructions in a row - he could let that robot do it's thing while he sent instructions to another one. And another. And another.

So Shelby can usually be found surrounded by a swarm of robots, some pulling the heist as ordered, some doing seemingly totally random stuff, some sitting and awaiting their next string of instructions. 

Huh, wasn't this like that old board game his brother had, with the cute miniatures? Oh yeah, it was!

So Shelby Court became Roborally.

[death tribble]

Get a Clue !

 

Despite the name, a certain Mad Scientist says he is not responsible for this person. It is the nom du plume of Gary Schecter who is somewhat obsessed with the board game Clue. He can use any of the weapons from the game (gun, knife/dagger, candlestick, lead pipe, rope and wrench/spanner) but surprisingly is not wanted for murder despite the nature of the game. He usually knocks people out or disables them. For example most people when faced with a knife think about being stabbed not having their trousers become a hinderance to their movement. and he can become all but invisible in a building if he gets into a library, conservatory, kitchen, study, billiards room, ball room, dining room, hall or lounge. He can also throw people off by asking if they have spoken to Professor Plum, Miss Scarlet, Reverend Green, Mrs White, Colonel Mustard or Mrs Peacock.  This is particularly effective against the police and law enforcement officials. It is more powerful if he states that the crime was committed in room x with weapon y by person z (i.e. in the study with the lead pipe by Mrs Peacock). If the police buy into it then there is little to no chance of them believing he is up to something. He can be stopped by someone stopping him from speaking or by someone turning the tables on him by saying he would commit the crime using weapon x in room y and blame person z. But that has to be done pretty quickly upon first sighting him or it won't work.

 

Next one ends the team.

 

(I have added new team ideas in Create Hero/Villain link thread post 9. Which is after the team names and breakdowns of the hero and villain team themes. But we have not done railways particularly the rolling stock and we have not done a Tong or Triad. The Tong has some legal officers but the Triad is wholly illegal. Or you can pick something yourself)

[steriaca]

NaponRex

 

Napon Rex is a little dog saved from a laboratory. Rex is highly intelligent, can talk English, and can envelop himself in a fiery aura which burns everything but himself to ash.

 

Spoiler

The game referenced is Exploding Kittens. 

 

Next Team.

 

Centeal Casting 

 

The Director of Crime (from Pyramid in the Sky) returns from the psycho ward with a group of six superpowered henchmen/actors. Who are these six people, what roles do they usually play in the Director's crimes, and are they willing to get zapped by his new Instant Wardrobe gun? Don't forget the Director's real name might as well be Allen Smithie (the name directors use to use to disassociate themselves from a film they don't like).

Edited November 12, 2023 by steriaca

[death tribble]

I dug out Pyramid in the Sky

 

The previous people working for him were Best Boy, Foley, Gaffer, Key Grip and The Stuntmen 

Best Boy is a foreman for the Gaffer or Key Grip.

Gaffer is head electrician

Key Grip is what equipment is necessary.

Foley is reproduction of every day sound effects added to film.

Edited November 12, 2023 by death tribble

[steriaca]

3 hours ago, death tribble said:

I dug out Pyramid in the Sky

 

The previous people working for him were Best Boy, Foley, Gaffer, Key Grip and The Stuntmen 

Best Boy is a foreman for the Gaffer or Key Grip.

Gaffer is head electrician

Key Grip is what equipment is necessary.

Foley is reproduction of every day sound effects added to film.

Yep. But I think after learning how really impaired The Director has become most of them won't work with him again. Also, all thors people are all off screen talent (The Stuntman is an exception of course). He needs of screen talent (or so he tells himself).

 

Yes, he can simply blast a bystander with his newest toy to make an instant actor. But having a few professionals in the "cast" for the major roles is good also.

 

(It also allows you to use both groups if you choose, in case you think some of them think the way The Director does.)

[Quackhell]

The Ingénue

 

Amelie Monroe appears to be a shy, meek, and frail young woman whose large doe  eyes exude innocence. This is all the convincing act of an accomplished and skilled con artist. No one is suspicious of whatever tale of woe she weaves in order to get what she wants. She came to the attention of The Director when she conned Best Boy out of a small fortune by playing to his vanity and ego. Impressed, the mad auteur recruited her to assist in his schemes.

[steriaca]

1 hour ago, Quackhell said:

The Ingénue

 

Amelie Monroe appears to be a shy, meek, and frail young woman whose large doe  eyes exude innocence. This is all the convincing act of an accomplished and skilled con artist. No one is suspicious of whatever tale of woe she weaves in order to get what she wants. She came to the attention of The Director when she conned Best Boy out of a small fortune by playing to his vanity and ego. Impressed, the mad auteur recruited her to assist in his schemes.

Obviously she plays whatever "damsel in distress" role needed. But she is more the bait and trap as opposed to the victim.

 

Melody Smith is the Final Girl. She is very physically fit and seems to be the type of girl who is sweet and innocent but ends up destroying the monster at the end. She works with the Ingenue but can also work alone in the Director's plans.

 

Her skill set is martial artist with acrobatics, climbing, breakfall, and other similar skills.

Edited November 12, 2023 by steriaca

[Sundog]

Colin Biggs is '50s Hero. He's square-jawed, fit and muscular, will never back down from a fight and has a right cross that can level small trees.

He's also a bit dim, slow on the uptake, bad at personal relationships and often unthinkingly sexist and/or racist. He's also absolutely and totally convinced he's in the right, always.

The Ingenue can twist him around her little finger, but he's actually kind of intimidated by Final Girl. Of course, that won't stop him diving in and fighting beside her - his fragile ego could never take being shown up by one of the "fairer sex".

'50s Hero is basically a brick, but a skilled one (a leading man in the 1950's could have been expected to have military experience).

[death tribble]

Lights

 

This villain can create dazzling light that you just cannot look at. He can use this to temporarily blind people or cause them to fight blind. This can mean that other things can get them like cars. He has taken to wearing a padded suit as he has a glass jaw. He can set things up for the others as someone yells LIGHTS !, he turns on the power people get blinded and the rest can move in and get to work.

[steriaca]

Recap.

 

Ingenue: "social" mind controller, marketing off her innocent appearance. 

 

Final Girl: martial artist who specializes in emulating the 'final girl' in horror movies. 

 

(Lantern Jawed) (50s) Hero: sexes and bigot brick specialising in emulating 50's military/police leading men from 50's horror and science fiction movies. 

 

Lights: behind the scenes guy who has the power of light generation.

 

What we could use?

Black Hat Jake (plays the main villain in our little mortality plays).

Mob (duplcator who plays the group of henchmen or extras).

Fakeshemp (shapeshifter who can impersonate famous people).

Dirtycop (specluses in playing Dirty Harry type cop characters).

 

Feel free to add your own to the list.

[steriaca]

Um, don't let my list of suggestions derail your creative juices. Keep on creating. 

[Sundog]

Expositor

 

Need someone to impart plot-relevant data to the audience? Casey Grey is your man! Capable of many accents, and with a bold, vibrant baritone voice, he can appear as the explaining scientist, the man in the briefing room, or even just the voice-over narrator in the case of less imaginative performances. In a conflict, his power to narrate becomes dangerously powerful, as it manifests as an area effect mind control - what he says to do, people do.

[death tribble]

1 hour ago, steriaca said:

Um, don't let my list of suggestions derail your creative juices. Keep on creating. 

The hero thread lay dormant for nearly 9 months. Have patience, Grasshopper.

 

Camera

 

This person who can either stop someone in their tracks or trap them in a camera. They can be either a man or woman which is deeply disturbing to a lot of people. They tend to wear protective clothing and something that shields the eyes from attack. They take orders only from the Director. But they take refuge behind the stuntmen.

 

NT: Triad

The Wo Hop To is the oldest triad in Hong Kong and is adapting to the times by getting superpowered assistance.

Minimum 5 members one of whom must have martial arts ability. These 5 are in addition to this member

 

Shi Ling Guan Yuan

 

This is the most recognisable member of the group as she is a Caucasian woman. She is always seen in outfits which expose her right arm which is tattooed from shoulder to wrist in a most beautiful and intricate fashion. It basically tells anyone that she is on the business of the Harmoniously United Association, is not to harmed and carries the word of the association and will carry any words back. Those who have tried to harm her or abuse her have come to a premature end which is often very nasty. She has a basic understanding of Chinese and Japanese especially when she is being insulted. Those in charge of the Triad have used her to negotiate with warring criminal factions, other Triads and the Yakuza. She also works with the police and authorities who like a face they can work with. Like the Triad she is based in Hong Kong.

She exists outside the traditional hierarchy reporting mainly to the head, deputy head or operations officer of the Triad. Although she can work with the administrator or liaison officer. The Red Pole or Enforcer is usually assigned to protect her. Her number is 476.

Alison Clyde hates working for the Triad but has little choice. Her  family was obligated to the association. No-one knows who did the tattoo but it clearly states her affiliation and that retribution will occur to any harming her. (It actually means anyone trying to harm her but people tend to miss that). She has a level of luck which depends on the danger that people are trying to put her through.

Her hair is piled like an afro and she is brown eyed.

Shi Ling Guan Yuan means Ambassador and Diplomat.