How would your character rate on a villian's threat matrix?

[Pizza Man]

Lets say Viper was planning to open a base in your campaign city.

And assuming they had no previous experience with your character...

 

How much would they be able to find out about your character?

Would advance agents be able to easily access pictures of your hero from the media?

Would an agent be able to discover the full extent of your weaknesses from any source?

How about a lowdown of your powers? would it be easy to find out?

 

Finally, on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being Dangerous, send assassins right away)

How would Viper rate your character?

 

1) No threat. low or no power, agents can handle this one.

10) Grave threat. Use of lethal force recommended. Termination required before base established.

[Nothere]

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"Nest leader I have a new report on the Superheros that may challenge our expansion."

"Which target?"

"Scardey Cat."

"Have you obtained photos?"

"Yes sir. With his darkness powers there aren't many clear ones, but I can use the internet. Here are several from supertalk."

"Have you asertained any weaknesses that we might exploit?"

"Well, no and yes."

"I expect clear answers agent. Or do you need a visit to the cobra pit?"

"What I mean sir is we have found no obvious physical weaknesses. Pshcye suggests his natural cowardace and lack of a desire to get involved in fighting criminal activity would render him a non threat. But the large nuimber of criminals in jail because of him, suggests we would need careful preperation to exploit them as weaknesses."

"Then you asses him as a credible threat?"

"Again its yes and no. He isn't the strongest hero we've ever encountered, or the fastest. But in both he is very impressive. He has proven hard to surprise, and is skilled in hand to hand. His darkness fields give him a clear advantage in most stealth senarios. Though he doesn't use his claws to kill people. All in all I would mostly place him at a six. But then there is is fear ability. Used properly he could make our agents talk, or turn on each other. Add in that and he easily goes up to an 8."

"So what your saying is he is unlikely to seek us out, but if our paths cross, we are in jeapordy."

"Yes, Nest Leader."

"Find his weakness, or I'll show you yours."

[sinanju]

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All my characters: In my campaign world (which, admittedly, exists only in my head and in any fiction I write), superheroes are celebrities. Secret identity* or public, they are beseiged by paparazzi everywhere they show up (if the paparazzi get the chance), they're the subjects of endless tabloid coverage, television coverage, late night talk show monologues, rule 34 based pics, fiction and so forth--basically, they occupy the pop culture space occupied by mere actors in the real world. There's even ISDB, the Internet Superhero DataBase.

 

So, with that in mind...

Would advance agents be able to easily access pictures of your hero from the media?

Yes. If any photos exist, they'll be discoverable with a little Googling. Lots of photos, in most cases.

 

Would an agent be able to discover the full extent of your weaknesses from any source?

It's possible, but unlikely. Even with eyewitness reports and photo/video evidence of a superhero's appearance, the usual contradictory claims of witnesses to any violent confrontation will make separing the wheat from the chaff difficult. Add in the endless speculation, authoritative (but unfounded) pontification by internet "experts", and the intentional muddying of the waters by interested parties, and...not so much. If you're Superman and vulnerable to Kryptonite, yeah. Everybody knows that. That you're more-than-usually vulnerable to heat, cold, mental attacks, whatever? Probably not.

 

How about a lowdown of your powers? would it be easy to find out?

Only the basics. "Iron Maiden is a flying brick," for instance. But exactly how strong, how invulnerable, how fast she can fly? Nobody is going to know precisely. "Raven is an escapee from a slasher flick who can twist reality" is a fair summation of her powers, but it doesn't really tell you all that much, does it? Even cataloguing known effects she inflicted on opponents only scratches the surface.

 

Finally, on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being Dangerous, send assassins right away)

Most of my PCs would rate a middle of the road 5, being dangerous opponents if they stumble across a Viper operation, but not particularly dedicated to digging them out of hiding without some bigger goal.

 

 

*For certain values of secret. Most heroes with "secret" identities are known to the authorities, if no one else.

[kahuna's bro]

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tuf-man would rate a1 or 2 he's low level f

[Dr. MID-Nite]

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Ego would rate a 7 or higher. He has powerful psionic and psychokinetic abilities and the personality of a pro wrestler. He gets a kick out of reducing mooks like VIPER agents to wimpering babies with his powers. VIPER leadership would come to despise him for giving them bad press constantly.

 

Ronin would be about a 3 or 4. He's a skilled combatant, but his superpowers are all inert in nature....and he has little interest in seeking out the organization.

 

Orca would rate a 5. Again, no real interest in VIPER specifically, but his abilities make him darn near impossible to kill.

 

Ninja would rate a 2. He's skilled, but his monumental bad luck works against him constantly.

[Cancer]

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Mr. Terrific is a 2. When you can only be super for a maximum of 8 minutes a day, all you need is patience and an appreciation of tactics.

[Stone]

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Quantum - Well, he is an escaped Viper experiment who is actively hunting down Viper bases. His AP blasts and his entangles have been the bane of Viper for some time in Texas and the surrounding states.

 

Stone - Big brick. Viper would probably rate him at a 7 or 8

 

Specter - Depends on which version (long story). The half dead avenger of the innocents would be low on Viper's threat index until Viper began harming innocents, then he would quickly rise to 8+. The batman type with darkness powers version of Specter would be a 6+. He would make life difficult for Viper and his ability for find out secret information would be most annoying to Viper.

[Blue]

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Anthem

With research they could probably figure out who she was and where she lives, since she doesn't maintain a particular identity (secret/public). They could surveil her and probably find a few pictures of her in action from local news. She's not a national hero.

They would not know of any weaknesses outside of generally working solo and being a martial artist, so a gameplan is not all that hard to establish.

Rating: 3. She could take out handfuls agents but they'd generally think she's defeatable with planning or one proper supervillain.

 

Uncle Slam

He's famous. They know where he works and that he probably lives there too. They'd know nothing about his origin and reports of weaknesses so far seem to be smoke screen. His power is well documented.

Rating: 10. This is Metropolis' Superman. You don't come there and do serious crime and expect to not have a visit.

 

Audra Blue

She's an enigma. She's done work for private companies. Any pictures of her seem to be very outdated, being shots of her as a pre-teen when she would appear with the city's founder. Her powers all seem to be cyber-kinetic or online in some regard. She's an information junky who lives in a code fortress virtually, and a real fortress (base) in real life. They might be able to find out some insight from her psychiatrist.

Rating: 8. She couldn't stop their crimes herself but she could make things really tough on them by whacking their information systems and leading other heroes to problem points.

[Shadow Hawk]

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Shadow Hawk: His known powers (flight, invisibility, strength, martial arts, weapons*, armor*, 'vision enhancements'*) are publicly known. What isn't known is how many of them are part of him, and how many are part of his suit...(* powers are suit). His style of action would be more of a danger to thier night operations than a attack on thier base. Not a lot of raw power, either. Very hard to get his real ID. Probably rate a 3-4.

 

Goliath: Super strong, super tough, not too bright. Easily bribed (Look, candy!) or distracted (Look, a train!). Diffuculty would be if the rest of his team is there, since he has a lot of raw power and always obeys thier orders. Disguise a undercover operative as one of his team mates, and you could keep him confused. No known secret ID. Rate him a 8 for raw power, a 2 if alone, and 5-6 if you're ready for him.

 

Steel Panther: Powered Armor guy, pretty standard. Seems young and inexperienced. Possibly a student or coworker of a scientist we kidnapped, check for leads to his ID. Doesnt' like VIPER and goes out of his way to attack us. Easily distracted by 'innocents in danger', headstrong... probably a 7 for power, but a 4 if you prepare.

 

El Mago: Telekinetic mage or psychic. Clairvoyant talent. Hard to surprise, versitile, but something of a dilettante. Not likely to actively hunt us, but very likely to 'find' us with his clairvoyance. Acts like a rich Spaniard, but it may be faked as he doesn't understand some Spanish. Rate him a 6. Don't try to fool him, it won't work.

(El Mago, being a Castillian Spaniard, doesn't 'get' the Spanish spoken by lower class Mexican immigrants, hence the belief he's faking being Spanish.)

[srvronsim1]

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How much would they be able to find out about your character?

 

Renegade is pretty (in)famous and somewhat of a reluctant celebrity.

 

Would advance agents be able to easily access pictures of your hero from the media?

 

Probably. He's not a glory hound, but he doesn't hide either.

 

Would an agent be able to discover the full extent of your weaknesses from any source?

 

Depends on their relationship is with certain villains. If they had good relations with Malachite, then yes, if not... then his weaknesses are hard to find. He has few physical limitations, but does have some psychological damage.

 

How about a lowdown of your powers? would it be easy to find out?

 

Renegade has good strength, great dexterity and regeneration. He also has little regard for villains and has a low moral center at times.

 

Threat Level: 8. Given the fact that he has a never say die attitude and will do what it takes to take down an enemy, Viper would be very, very concerned about him.

[Guest steamteck]

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All the PCs: In my campaign world , superheroes are celebrities., Like Sinanju's they occupy the pop culture space occupied by mere actors in the real world. They also tend to be treated like nobilty, especially multi generation Supers families.

most IDs are public secret ones are fairly rare.

 

Would advance agents be able to easily access pictures of your hero from the media?

Yes. Tons of photos etc would exist of almost all supers

 

Would an agent be able to discover the full extent of your weaknesses from any source?

Well, there's Janes fighting heros but the detail is deliberatly vague. After a database thieft by villains about 5 years ago that resulted in several hero deaths the information is kept a little tighter. The stolen data is still out there though.

How about a lowdown of your powers? would it be easy to find out?

Same as above.

 

Finally, on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being Dangerous, send assassins right away)

 

AVENGING ANGEL martial artist with Chi powers. She DID take down Durak ( who is a bigger deal in my world) but is relatively vulnerable and her knowledge is 30 years out of date due a captain America style freezing about a 6

 

VANGUARD Angels super soldier partner about the same.

 

NEBULA Alien Princess with the Silver Surfer's power with a PCs imagination and a code of galactic law over local law. level 10 Backing away slowly. don't get her attention. Didn't she destroy a dictator's whole palace once?

 

BEDROCK Superstrong mad scientist made of stone but his girlfriend is the daughter of Demeter and he is friends with the Thunderchild and family ( basically my world's Superman and his powered desendants) 8 or 9 or even 10 depending on his abilty to get help

 

BLACK WIDOW - local vigilante female Batman with spiderman's powers 5 or 6

 

WHITE TIGERESS super hot babe with martail arts and cat powers .. Big deal maybe 3 or 4-- What they wouldn't realize is her real power is her allies and connections- She has Thunderchild, Athena and Ares all on her speed dial!

 

ECLIPSE- LARYN CALIGARI She may be a teleporting , psionic mad scientist sorceress who revolutionized modern electronics but she'd really rather be in her lab so little more than hot pursuit for her. 6 (or 8 if you pissed her off )

 

PHOTON Local hero with light powers maybe 5

 

NIGHTWOLF- Local Archer hero who hangs out with a small team of Martial artists 4 or 5

 

SKYLORD - Its Iron Man from the future--8

 

WILE COYOTE head of Acme Inc and crazy gadjeteer- Nobody takes her seriously. They'd rate her a 2 or so and get surprized

 

SHOCKWAVE daughter of Zeus, hurls lightning- no family connections though. like a daughter to Thunderchild 7 or 9 depending on abilty and willingess to call in friends

 

QUARTERMASTER Give me a break! he is just a guy who advertises his weapon designs by heroing-- 2 or 3. we're not scared of his brain dead brick girl friend Charcoal either ( I'm a brickette, get it?)

 

 

[Naanomi]

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How much would they be able to find out about your character?

Economaster has a publicish ID, at least in the supers and mystical worlds, and isn't exactly subtle sometimes... lots of info out there for near-public consumption

The Golem while most info is 'urban legend' type info, but someone with the right intel and knowledge of supers could 'piece it together' easily

 

Would advance agents be able to easily access pictures of your hero from the media?

Economaster been on the news, meeting with congress, the UN... no problems at all

The Golem only grainy 'Weekly World News' photos and video, but legitimate ones online and elsewhere

 

Would an agent be able to discover the full extent of your weaknesses from any source?

Economaster Viper doesn't seem like the most 'mystically inclined' organization, so they might not have the resources to find out or perform her real weaknesses. Her personal non-superness (without purchased help) is well established though.

The Golem reports are sketchy, survivors are few... I doubt that much specific information about powers or weaknesses is widely available.

 

How about a lowdown of your powers? would it be easy to find out?

Economaster Viper has been on the wrong side of the economy manipulation before, so have prior information.The day-to-day powers are all purchased on the spot, so unless they happen to be familiar with the tech I am using that day... probably not.

The Golem Although 'giant brick' isn't too hard to puzzle out a few encounters, specific nuances would be hard to find

 

On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being Dangerous, send assassins right away)

Economaster doesn't often bother day-to-day operations of villainy, but if something big were going down it could go as high as 10. Physical threat much, much lower however.

The Golem doesn't often deal in big organizations like Viper, and would probably be rated more like an environmental hazard than an hero (like a haunted house might)... if they started causing problems in it's area it might go as high as an 8 but otherwise easily avoided rather than confronted, and down in the 4 level

[hfergus]

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Getting pictures of all my characters would not be hard, but is it know that Olorin often disguises himself. The "known base" is no such thing. It's a red herring and the real one is well hidden and yet unknown.

 

All my characters have shut down Viper bases before, but are not focused on it. All but Olorin and Futurian would rate about 6-7. Olorin is so versatile and can get obsessed about things, so he might be rated about 9. Futurian tends to get distracted, but not during combat. If you are not in his face, he tends to forget about you. Rates about 4-5.

 

Volt - Most powers are well known. Magetism is not well known yet. Weaknesses - well, hating public speaking won't help Viper much. Another "known" weakness has been overcome recently, and that is not well known. Could be an unplesant suprise if they try it.

 

Olorin - large VPP, but not instant. Powers rated as: "Unknown. List of things he used used normally follows." If he knows your weakness and has time, you are in trouble. Weakness - only one known - Unfamiliar with Earth culture. However, it is at the 5 point level - but he fakes ignorance at higher levels.

 

Black Tiger -Powers known, weaknesses not.

 

Leadman - Most powers known - TK (only down to ground) not well known, but not a secret. Weaknesses are not known.

 

Futurian - Fairly new. Specific powers known are sketchy. Known he is awesome with Tech and poor away from it. No other weaknesses known.

[gaberegan]

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Guardian - Little is publicly known about him, you can probably find pictures of him if you spend more than twenty minutes looking for them online. He's a little like Batman was for a while where the general public thinks he is an urban legend, and he also doesn't socialize much with the "big name" heroes. Though there are rumors he's been around since the 1920s most would believe he's either a copycat or a legacy hero. VIPER would probably assume he's a normal, though highly trained human, and would rank him 1 or 2 since Guardian isn't known to have any major accomplishments to his name. In reality he's an immortal psionic-based metahuman who has helped found no less than four superteams and has many contacts.

 

Vanguard - She is well known to the public and can be considered a "big name" hero. Thanks to the design of her power armor though most assume she is a man, which she does little to dissuade. VIPER would consider her a Level 5 threat, basing her rank of the (correct) belief that she most likely built her armor herself and has the resources to maintain it. She's also one of the leaders of the local unregistered hero team, which would raise her threat level to around 7 (the 5 is based on her known skills). Aside from her gender, her main trump card is that she is a technopath and can "talk" to almost any electronic device.

 

Doctor - Despite being only a "normal" human, he would be ranked at least Level 8 (if not higher). He's the Scientist Supreme of his universe and has built most of devices used in government superhuman counter-measures. When in his lab he has access to some of the best weapons and security measures in the world, and additionally he has several "minions" that work for him. If VIPER would ambush him outside of his lab he would be easier to deal with, though they would probably suffer high casualties if they used conventional forces. They would have access to a lot of information about him though, since he is registered with the government (super-scientists have to register) and is a well known public figure. Since he tends to have trouble with local governments VIPER's best course of action to deal with him would be to manipulate the local government into evicting him from the city.

[dmjalund]

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Threat Matrix sounds like acool name for a super team

 

 

 

 

or a band

[Yansuf]

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Steel Sentinel is one of the Boston Defenders.

 

How much would they be able to find out about your character?

Quite a bit. His secret ID is secure, but the fact that he is a powered armor, "true blue" and patriotic hero is well known.

 

Would advance agents be able to easily access pictures of your hero from the media?

Yes, he is "watched" by the media.

 

Would an agent be able to discover the full extent of your weaknesses from any source?

Not really. He did have a weakness to EMP and strong magnetic fields, which was known (but not widely known) but he recently upgraded his armor to eliminate that. Could be an unpleasant surprise for agents who count on his "weakness."

 

How about a lowdown of your powers? would it be easy to find out?

His basic powers are well known: strength, flight, life support, versatile weapons array, and very high defenses. (He is the group's "damage sponge".)

He has flash defense and mental defense (known) but no power defense, which is not known. He is an expert engineer and technologist; this is not widely know but suspected.

Many of his weapons are known, but he modifies them from time to time so they are not all known.

 

Probably rate him a 7 or 8. He does have a grudge against Viper, but he is not hunting them or anything.

As it happens, the group (Boston Defenders) has recently hurt Viper quite a bit, and is searching for the main New England nest; so Viperia has been sent to deal with them. The battle will happen in our next session, she showed up last time and we ended on a cliff hanger.

[McCoy]

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Millennium: Super boy scout, tries to inspire others. Public ID. Known powers: telepathy and TK. Weakness: Protective of bystanders. Suggested tactic engineer a disaster, ambush when he tries to prevent it. Threat Level 10.

 

Cheeta: Hero, but perceived by other heroes as a bit of a jerk. Investigate if he can be recruited. Secret ID. Known powers: Super speed and enhanced Strength (possibly low level super strength). Weakness: sprints, not marathons, tires quickly. Suggested tactics: Tag team. Threat Level 9.

 

Snow Leopard: Saberblood [a power suite in my campaign that includes martial arts, enhanced senses, regeneration, anger management problems, and susceptibility: takes STUN from FLASH attacks], plus minor weather powers. Limited flight, cold touch (NND vs LS: cold), snow and hail blast. Recommended tactic: 5 team, all with protection from blades and cold (rPD and LS: cold), plus flash defense, sight hearing and smell. 2 snipers, 2 HTH, 1 with flashbangs and tear gas. Threat Level 8.

 

Iron Will: 12 year old technomancer, some TK. May or may not have "imaginary" friend that can manifest. Weakness: wants to be an astronaut. Possibly can recruit him if we can offer a deep space operation. Threat Level 6

 

Dolphin: Pacifist ecologist brick. Has mutant ability of Adaptation, no attack works on him twice. No known weaknesses. Threat level 5, 3 if we minimize our environmental impact.

[DusterBoy]

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[Tom]

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Kodiak: Well known in the city, and was team leader of a corporate sponsored group in another city. Base powerset is fairly easy (martial brick) and no known weaknesses, though deeper digging will reveal some anomolies. He's mixed it up with VIPER in the past, and is definitely not going to be considered agent fodder -- Dragon Branch support is a must. However, he's 'movement challenged' and is known more for prowling at street level in rougher neighborhoods. Biggest threat is his friendship and frequent association with Justice (Flying EB/Brick). He'd probably rate a 6, VIPER being more concerned with Mimic (shapeshifting metamorph -- think Rouge from the animated Teen Titans -- and HtH specialist) and Aeroforce (PA with Mach+ flight and a well known hatred of all things VIPER) of the main local team.

 

Facet: Field Leader of the local team and Public ID. Crystalline Metamorph with a SpecOps background. Has a wide variety of options available, but is primarily a HtH specialist with stretching -- but he has managed to hold onto Grond long enough for his teammates to KO him using Growth. I don't believe his vulnerability to sonic attacks is widely known, but will probably be figured out before too long. Good relationship with the local PRIMUS office. He'd be at least a 7.

 

Speedzone: Unofficial leader of the city's unofficial team. Speedster who's handed VIPER some serious setbacks, including taking down the local Nest and capturing its Nest Leader. Known for thinking fast on his feet as well has his ability to get practically anywhere in the city at the blink of an eye (literally at times). Good working relationship with the local UNTIL commander. He's probably at least an 8 (maybe 9) -- he's going to have to be dealt with eventually.

 

Focus: Teenage hero-in-training. VIPER has encountered him briefly, but little is known about him. Flying TK/Brick. Very little is known about him, and agents can probably take him down with only a little luck or sufficient numbers. Level 2, tentative 3 -- he's got that tenacious hero vibe about him...

[SKJAM!]

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Talion is an odd case. He pretty much has a Public ID, his number is in the phone book, he usually doesn't even bother wearing sunglasses. But photos always either don't include him or are cropped to cut him out, the papers don't mention his name with the other team members, most internet posts about superhumans of his city neglect to mention him or totally downplay his existence. VIPER can find out quite a bit about him, but are likely to rate him a 1 or 2, and fail to carry the appropriate equipment loads when in his patrol area.

 

Doctor Nostalgia is a very public figure, but his square-jawed pulp hero persona comes across as very goofy, he'd probably be considered a 3 or 4 just because he has decent equipment.

 

Kira Midori is both a very accurate psychic and a well-connected police officer--she'd be considered a 7 or 8 despite a deficiency in offensive firepower.

 

Calculus tries hard to be an urban legend, and is freakishly smart, so information on him is spotty and contradictory. He'd probably be listed as a 5-6 range character on the grounds that anyone that good at hiding himself could be inside your base without your noticing until too late. He'll go up to a 10 if any VIPER agents survive their first contact.

 

Rock Bottom is a rookie hero, but being a living statue is hard to hide. 4-5 level based on powers.

 

"Mask of Justice? Isn't he dead? And even if he wasn't, wouldn't he be, like, a hundred years old?" A 1 until he actually gets seen.

[Pizza Man]

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Talion is an odd case. He pretty much has a Public ID, his number is in the phone book, he usually doesn't even bother wearing sunglasses. But photos always either don't include him or are cropped to cut him out, the papers don't mention his name with the other team members, most internet posts about superhumans of his city neglect to mention him or totally downplay his existence. VIPER can find out quite a bit about him, but are likely to rate him a 1 or 2, and fail to carry the appropriate equipment loads when in his patrol area.

Wow. How did you buy your invisibility?!! That is spectacular!

[DusterBoy]

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Blue Streak has a Public ID, more or less, since she doesn't bother wearing a mask and is famous in her "civilian" ID. Pictures of her are (very) easily found on the 'net, unless you're dealing with the world's most prudish VIPER agents and the media will have a record of her exploits, which would give a good idea of her powers. She probably rates a 3 - 4 on a threat board, since she's powerful, but not a major threat. Suggested tactics would be to hit her with heavy weapons, since she has a lot of damage resistance, but is not invulnerable. That, or kidnap her girlfriend, but that is a tactic which will get you her full attention, and not in a good way.

 

My version of the Champions, however would rate a 10, since it has a former FBI MCU (my PRIMUS) agent and ZPE-manipulator, a master ninja/ex-Delta Force operator and one the world's most powerful sorceresses and gadgeteers. Plus, outside of the police, the extent of their powers and their identities is not known. Pictures are usually easy enough to come by, but due to Domino's sorcerous meddling, may not be of much use. Anyone who tried to take them on as a group (or even singly, depending) would be in for a an extremely tough fight.

[SKJAM!]

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It's part of his Unluck, actually. He's a "gets no respect" guy, and part of that is that no matter how hard he tries to get known as an effective intelligent superhero, the media refuses to acknowledge him.

[Ice9]

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Aluminum Chef - Is a minor celebrity, and has been in the news more than once. They could easily find out that it's a robot, a chef, moves at superhuman speed, works for UNTIL, and sometimes uses augmented culinary techniques to deal with foes or disasters. If they dig deeper, they'd be able to find pretty good information on its powers and personality, although its erratic behavior in intense magnetic fields is currently unknown outside of UNTIL. While probably unable to take on an entire nest, it could cause a lot of trouble with hit and run attacks. Threat rating: Individually, a 6. However, the com-link to UNTIL could raise that.

 

Catalyst - There's a fair amount of information out there, but much of it is incomplete, wrong, or outdated. With a bit of digging, they could find that he used to be Dr. Prometheus, the super-inventor who disappeared (it's not well known, but not a secret either). This would be fairly misleading, however, because he's gone through a lot of changes since then. Finding in depth information on his powers would be very difficult - he hasn't been that active recently and tends to use invisible effects when possible. They could at least determine that using energy weapons on him would be ineffective. Threat rating: With the information they have, maybe around a 5. If they knew everything, then 10. He's not incredibly powerful, but on his home ground, against an immobile target, he'd be nearly unstoppable (versatile energy manipulation, including the ability to accumulate a massive charge when given enough time).

 

Slick - Somewhat known. He's not famous yet, but he has been on TV, and there's some information out there. It's obvious enough that he's a metamorph with some degree of super-strength, but the exact extent of his powers is unknown (in fact, unknown to him as well). His weakness to solvents is unknown at the present time, but his weakness in tactics (he's not that smart) could definitely be unearthed. Threat Rating: 3 individually - he's not likely to come up with anything that heavy weaponry couldn't repel, although actually destroying him would be more difficult. As part of a team, 5-7 - with the right plan, he could cause a lot of trouble.

[JusticeZero]

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Origami: "She gets no respect because of all the trash talk she gets on YouTube, but those powers are actually pretty versatile, if you think about it. We don't know all of what she knows how to make, but the special effects are pretty straightforward. She's not all that effective directly though. She's probably more vulnerable to agents than she would be to higher powered threats.

"Attacking her directly could be a pain; she looks like she's got some mental training, she has some concealed armor, and her powers let her throw obstacles and servants in the way and then run away. Call her a three. Everyone knows who she really is since she had her power origin documented in the news as an interest story; it's probably easiest to just keep her attention somewhere else."