tiger Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 looking for information on the assassin team called Asesinos. Would anybody have the information or know where it can be found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 The Big Blue Book - Champions 4e. They were mentioned in 4e Champions Universe, but I don't recall it adding anything of consequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 The 4th Edition book, Normals Unbound had Iggy the Vampire, the tourist who was foolish enough to free Stalker and was "rewarded" by being turned into a vampire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Have the universe for 4th, but no longer the rulebook and wasn't sure if they were included in it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 The whole Asesinos mercenary assassin team was written up at the back of the BBB, for the intro adventure, "Mob Rule." To give a quick rundown of the membership: Stalker: Leader of the team, a Brazilian hunter originally from the 18th Century. Entering a mysterious jungle temple, he was symbiotically possessed by a "poltergeist" which granted him classic Gothic vampire abilities and weaknesses, although his strength, durability, and killing attacks are more "super" than most such vampires (and become even stronger just after he drinks blood). He enjoys challenging "hunts." Stalker affects movie-vampire clothes and makeup when acting as a supervillain. Ocelote: A German archaeologist who found a mystic amulet while searching the Amazon basin, which transformed him into an animalistic cat-man. When he encountered Stalker, due to some mystical synergy Ocelote became loyal and obedient to the vampire. Ocelote's body and face are a blend of human and cat. He can run on all fours or stand upright (then his paws change into hands). The Tombstone Kid: A murderous gunslinger in the Old West killed over a century ago, reanimated when Stalker passed over his grave. He follows Stalker because he's fascinated by the vampire's methods of killing. The Tombstone Kid wields two pistols with great accuracy, which inexhaustibly fire powerful "ghost bullets." He has a hideously scarred face, and affects classic Western garb. Mosquito: A former VIPER thug who fell into a vat of mutagenic chemicals during a raid on an UNTIL research facility, and awoke as a tiny insect-man. Mosquito can fly and has a powerful stunning "sting," although he has to touch someone to use it. He can also link telepathically to any one person. Stalker recruited him as a recon specialist. Mosquito is 4" tall, with wings, antennae, and bug-eyes. Spider Monkey: A large orange spider monkey used in cruel VIPER experiments, which accidentally granted her human-level intelligence and formidable telepathic and telekinetic abilities. She escaped from the lab, stealing and killing to survive and exact revenge on humans for her torment. Since the Asesinos have few normal humans on the team, she feels relatively comfortable with them. Montana: An earth-elemental being somehow mystically stirred up by Stalker, Montana is enormously strong, and can create an area-effect "avalanche" of erupting earth under a target, both damaging and Entangling. Montana is not violent, but is friends with and protective of all the Asesinos and will attack anyone hurting them. Montana looks like an eight-meter humanoid hill, covered with small plants. El Muerto Obscuro (I know that's not proper Spanish, but that's what the BBB calls him): One of a Colombian crime family, Marco Martiz was sent to the Orient to learn ninjutsu from Dr. Lirby Koo. He learned so well that Koo wanted to keep Marco in his service, but Marco betrayed him and escaped. To keep from sparking a war with Koo's organization, Marco's family arranged for him to join the Asesinos as "The Dark Death," where he would be protected while his family could still use his services by hiring the team. (This character is intended for more serious, deadly campaigns.) The Maine: Macon Mason, a small-time Miami hood, stole a prototype powered-armor suit being developed at the University of Havana, thinking it was his ticket to the big time. The suit is well armored, gives Mason superhuman strength, is amphibious, and mounts several cannons. Unfortunately it was untested and unperfected, so its powers and weapons often burn out or jam. One of the Havana engineers christened it "The Maine" after the American warship that blew itself up in a Cuban harbor in 1898. The Main armor is bulky, inelegant, and ponderous. (This character is intended for comic relief in more lighthearted campaigns.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 BTW our long-absent forum colleague, Bob Greenwade, created a quite good original adventure for the Asesinos, which he used to offer for free on his personal website. I don't expect he would object to my Attaching a copy of it below. It uses Fourth Edition Hero stats, but there aren't a lot of them, and nothing too complex to easily use under 5E or 6E.A Fine Place to Die.rtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I did rebuilds of them for 6th edition with colored art. Fun team, although not my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Thanks, looking through 4th edition universe book I saw that they would some times stay at Terror Inc's island base. I didn't even remember them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 As a group they're rather campier than what was produced under Steve Long's direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Spider-Monkey still has the best character quote ever. "Humans. *spit* I better." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I like cammpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 As a group they're rather campier than what was produced under Steve Long's direction. I think they were classicSilver Age comic book/cartoon style but not campy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 The background for my vampire villain Lady Twilight (in Creatures of the Night: Horror Enemies, for 4th ed.) could be interpreted as hinting that Stalker made her a vampire. In that case, he was in fin-de-siècle Paris. But I don't insist on the connection, and it wouldn't matter for most purposes. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 I thought that was a nice tie-in to add, Dean. I used Lady Twilight in a few games myself, but I made her "sire" Baron Jean De'Lear, from The Mutant File. It seemed easier to connect the two of them, and to justify maintaining that connection. I was leading my PCs on a trail of associated vampires, progressing to ever more dangerous ones. The Baron was at the top of the heap, being still the strongest and most subtle Gothic vampire ever written up for Hero. I think they were classic Silver Age comic book/cartoon style but not campy. The distinction gets a little blurry sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 They were basic Bronze Age type of bad guys. A little gritty, but mostly just comic booky. Its just that today's comic fans want gritty, angry, murderous guys in leather jackets and chains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 And now that I downloaded them and looked them over my answer is...Oh! those guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rails Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 "Its just that today's comic fans want gritty, angry, murderous guys in leather jackets and chains."Aren't those the "heroes" now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Some years ago, I'd answer that question with a qualified, "Yes." But this millennium has seen a broadening of the depictions of heroes. We still have the murderous types, but the idealistic symbol of hope-type hero has also made a resurgence. Nowadays you can find a comic-book protagonist fitting almost any definition of "hero." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 The Big Blue Book - Champions 4e. They were mentioned in 4e Champions Universe, but I don't recall it adding anything of consequence. Both Stalker and (IIRC) the Tombstone Kid were updated for 6e in CV3. Some of the others might have been as well, but I don't have it handy to check, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Stalker from Vibora Bay setting book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 There is a villainous vampire called Stalker in Champions Villains Vol. 3 (and first written up in Champions Universe: News Of The World for 5E), but he has a different origin and appearance from 4E Stalker, and is less powerful. He's described as often hunting in Vibora Bay and being an enemy of Black Mask, but did not appear in the VB source book. I'm not aware of an update of a character resembling the Tombstone Kid in any book detailing the current official setting. Deadman Walkin' probably comes closest, but the two are significantly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Deadman Walking is not Tombstone Kid. Stalker 5ed/6ed is not Stalker 4ed. Thorn is not Montana, and nobody else on the team has a 6ed counterpart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Maybe DW left his cowboy suit at his crypt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Maybe DW left his cowboy suit at his crypt. Let me say this again. Officially, Deadman Walking is not The Tombstone Kid. What he is in your campaign is your business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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