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The Gentleman is kind of a meta class that includes lots of people who are upper class /Gentleman spy like James bond John Steed or The Kings-men Gentleman adventurer Adam Adamant or flash-man [technically]Gentleman doctor John Watson . I think the City Gent is a sub category its a subtle but different look city gents are civil servants or bankers. obviously there is the distaff side too Lady spy Emma Peel or lady penelope. lady adventurer [lara croft] lady of the manor lady Jayne felt-chem from Lovejoy or

There's always James bond as a Time Lord as an option it does explain how he fits so many gadgets in his car lol

Fundamentally I think the main difference is that super heroes in the UK deal with more supernatural threats than supercriminals. the big names in supervillainy go abroad the locals tend to be small time and non lethal. Expect more heist succeed I Unlike in the states their is no posse comitas act and pretty much every major city in the UK has a military base with tanks etc available. so you can expect things to be more low key just to avoid that make too big a scene and instead of a guy in spandex you can expect a full Armoured Infantry unit to rock up. I think Paul Cornell's work on both Knight and squire for DC and captain Britain and MI13 are really good examples of how the British Super hero scene would be different equally doctor who or quatermass shows UK low key alien invasions monsters in the Tube, unexploded Nazi superweapons.

Plenty of street crime in London just not a lot of murders. You can always use the Paul Cornell trick of creating British versions of American villains http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jarvis_Poker_(New_Earth)

Mothers Ruin specializing in blackmail by threatening the lives and health of the mothers of the wealthy targets with his mysterious power to shatter the spines of maternal figures few heroes will risk turning their mother into a paraplegic by attacking him so his weakness is orphans and to a lesser extent the adopted. if he can be prevented from moving or placed on a surface without cracks he is de-powered.

That's something I've never under stood about bayonets why are they always mounted in the vertical wouldn't they work just as well horizontal to the trigger but take up much less space i'm picturing something like a flat gravity blade with a picatinny rail on both sides so you can still mount stuff under it.

The Nightwatch Vladislav "Nightwatch" Varney was a tier one operator with Delta force able to get by on only a few hours of sleep. he always volunteered for the overnight watch his exceptional night vision and hearing gave him a reputation for being the best guy to call for night fighting. All that was before the incident the secret Senate investigation and his dishonorable discharge. Vladislav went mercenary bodyguarding in Eastern Europe. That was until the night the thing came for his primary. Holy crap was it fast the rest of the team didn't stand a chance. Vladislav was sitting outside the primaries bedroom he heard the brief struggle of the rest of the team. Vlad was ready he shot a full mag at the shadowy blur that sprinted towards him but it kept coming . then it was on him a pale feral face with terrifying fangs. Then the fangs were in his neck Vlad was struggling against the thing but it was so strong. Vladislav was fading fast his blood pouring into the things mouth from his carotid artery Vlad wasn't going out like this he pulled his commando dagger and thrust it again and again as his strength waned bitter black blood flowed into his mouth as everything faded tunneling in and he lost consciousness. Then he woke up in a body bag. That was 10 years ago now Vladislav is the Nightwatch a vampire he is the team's best nighttime operator with his superhuman strength and speed he is a deadly fighter. He is still a decent guy mostly he buys his blood from blood banks but occasionally gives into the bloodlust in a fight especially if seriously injured.

The new team a counterpoint to the current villain team The silver star The five members of this special secret service division protect not only the president but federal officials, high profile witnesses and foreign dignitaries.

Roma Lupo No one knows exactly when the wolf of Rome first became a lycanthrope some suggest that he is a direct descendant of Romulus or that he was the friend Gaius Petronius Arbiter talked about in his Satyricon or a Roman legion art attacked by a wolf fighting the goths Franks or Dacians. What is known that throughout history there have been tales of a mysterious Wolf creature serving Rome in war defending the weak and protecting the city. Luigi Luna is a successful businessman with a luxurious house on Palatine Hill. No one suspects that by night he is the wolf of Rome operating from a secret cave (rumors in the Superhero community say that it is the real cave where Romulus and Remus were weaned by a she wolf. In previous centuries Luigi had to hide his work or risk being targeted by religious zealots now in the modern age he has adopted the Superhero persona which lets him operate openly. Luigi is a werewolf but has almost 2000 years of experience he traveled with Marco Polo to China and learned from Buddhist monks how to control the beast within with the help of a mystic amulet he is able to completely suppress the wolf even. At a full moon. Unfortunately if the amulet is removed he will immediately fly into a berserk animal fury and transform into his most monstrous and potent form. The wolf of Rome battles in a modern. Update of Roman legion lorica segmentata and greaves composed of high tech composite materials along with Pteruges a skirt of leather or fabric strips that is worn around the waist to protect the upper legs. He wears a utility belt filled with useful items. Mostly in operations he is in wolf man form but he has made use of his enhanced strength senses and regeneration in human form to operate undercover. And occasionally transforms into a full wolf as this form is faster and can navigate smaller spaces than his hybrid form.

Black Shield Inc This five person team are not exactly villains They are personal security specialists but lack any scruples drug barron, 3rd world dictator or supervillain if you've got the cash they will protect you and yours.

Texas Pete The man in black the fastest gun in West London Peter Cody Butterworth. Pete grew up in the east end petes parents died in the war and he was raised by his grand dad who had a passion for the old West he regaled young Pete with stories from seeing Buffalo bills wild West show when he was a lad. Pete loved the stories and wanted to be a quick draw artist he did his national service and he turned out to be a gifted shot. At 20 he started working the vaudeville circuit trick shooting and fast draw dressed as a clichéd cowboy. Unfortunately for Pete the entertainer life also had a seedy underbelly he got into gambling and he wasn't as good at cards as he was at shooting. With heavy debts Pete decided the easiest way to get out from under was to be a modern desperado he started knocking over Armoured cars and banks just like the old West. Finding it pays better than the vaudeville circuit and how much fun it was Pete became a full time criminal. Pete is an expert shot he doesn't like to hurt people but is such a great shot he can shoot weapons from hands drop a man's trousers round his ankles or switch a light switch with his twin peacemakers. Pete dresses only on black looks like a river boat gambler with a zorro mask stetson and a fake handlebar mustache

Definitely go on seems like people are having fun

Sid the Spiv Sid is the quintessential Black marketer with his pencil mustache, pomadede hair, pork pie hat and camel coat. Sidney trotter was a small time fence up until one of his pickpockets brought him a very nice coat Sid bought it for a pittance figuring it was a luxury item and would be worth a few quid. What he found when he investigated was it was a lot more the lining was embroidered in thousands of tiny symbols is a strange language. When Sid tried it on it seemed to mould it self to him so it fit him perfectly he thought it had been black or brown when the theif brought it in but now it was a luxurious camel coat. Sid next surprise came when he put his wallet in the pocket when he reached for it, it was gone he patted him self down searching for it the instant he thought about finding it it was back in his pocket. Sid experimented with the coat and discovered that anything that could be covered by any part of the lining and recovered with a thought. His next discovery was that it wasn't just objects he could pull himself into the coat and found that the other side was like a huge comfortable tent filled with treasures the dead body of the previous owner was an unpleasant surprise but quickly dealt with. Sid is still mostly a fence the fact that the police can never prove he has possession of an item. But he has found that getting the coat smuggled into a location is a great way to get himself and a few friends into a lot of high class locations using tricks like having it delivered to a hotel suite as dry cleaning or leaving it in the cloak room of a museum. Kidnapping, smuggling and sanctuary services for other criminals are also useful side lines. Sid isn't much of a fighter but the fact he can summon a arsenal of weapons makes hm still quite dangerous. The coat it's self is completely invulnerable to damage unfortunately it only stops some of blunt trauma so while a knife in the back will only leave a bruise too many impacts will leave you dying from internal injuries.

Knocker This Cornish criminal uses a magic pick and hammer which grant him the ability to turn stone metal and concrete into a fluid like form he can walk through or cause others to be stuck in. He was a safe cracker and General thief before getting into a competition with Ben Nives and becoming his nemesis when he joined the knights Knocker was an easy recruit for the order. Knocker gets his name from two facets of his tools powers the first is his echolocation ability by striking a hard surface with his hammer or pick gives him a perfect sense of everything in his surroundings he is fond of shutting down the power and then using the ability to give him an edge. He often uses a tactic of dropping an enemy into sewers or other tunnel systems then pursuing them with a slow rhythmic tapping to scare them into inaction before he strikes. the second is the boosted strength his weapons give him that throw his targets back a considerable distance. If he uses both together on the ground he can also generate a Shockwave that knocks everyone top over teakettle.

Just some simple stuff flight while in contact with a surface or clinging to represent her being able to alter gravity so she can run up walls etc. Hth attack with extra knock back to represent her changing the direction of gravity after she hits some one. Bonus running and move through damage basically the same thing but this time affecting her falls "down" into her target adding gravity to her strike.

Drat that's seven I've got nothing so I'll cede the next team to whom ever wants it.

Doutor coração escuro aka Dr Darkheart Miguel Haximu is a member of the yanomami tribal group a native tribe that lives in the Brazilian rain forest. The tribe have been suffering for decades by the encroachment of the outside world the population decimated by disease pollution from illegal mining and farming. Violence between the natives and outsiders has been a fact of life for generations. when Miguel was just 3 years old his whole family was one of those killed in a genocidal massacre by illegal gold miners. The orphaned Miguel was taken by Catholic missionaries and raised in a Catholic orphanage in boa Vista the nearest large city. Miguel was a genius despite his previous lack of education or knowledge of Portuguese he quickly caught up with and then eclipsed his class mates. His intelligence and natural charm resulted in him being adopted by a highly successful doctor and his wife. Over the next decade Miguel would have the best teachers attend the best schools in Brazil and the world and live a life of luxury. By 18 he was already well on his way to following in his adoptive father's footsteps and becoming a doctor. It was during his last year that he decided to volunteer in the village where he was born a chance to reconnect with his past. The experience changed him maybe it was a hidden memory of the massacre or just the daily catalog of injustice but something inside Miguel snapped he dropped out of medical school and devoted himself to providing care to his people. Disowned by his adoptive parents and with no money of his own he was faced with a distinct Lack of resources and he soon discovered that he had to learn folk remedies and herbal medicines to supplement his limited western supplies. When more reports of some of the local girls being abducted by illegal miners came in he knew he had to do something masked and armed with an assortment of chemical and biological weapons created by foraging in the rain forest. And thus Dr dark heart was born using a variety of darts powders and potions. Miguel brings swift vengeance to the enemies of the tribe. Since joining the aboriginal avengers he has modified his look previous he mostly wore traditional yanomami clothing but when operating outside of Brazil he wears a nice suit complete with a white coat made more startling by his tribal body paint that covers his face and hands. He carry a satchel full of a variety of substances created from rainforest plants his favorite is a powder that causes fear and violent hallucinations. He also has preparations that enhance his or his allies abilities and a variety of cures and antidotes. He is well read and erudite in 6 languages and as many dialects.

Unless the God is a active part of the game IE an actual being the hero interacts with then it does not really matter. If on the other hand it does matter for example a battle between godly proxies that weakens the gods when their avatars are killed then I'd buy it as a points pool and then give those points to the Avatar. Another example might be Thor back in the day unless he had mjolnir he was a normal human if someone else worthy has mjolnir they get the powers.

Powers boosted strength agility and toughness I think with enhanced healing. Prehensile tounge and fangs. Cosmetic transform/shapeshifting to change into different clothing. According to Wikipedia venom also has a extra dimensional pocket where the host can store stuff. Also invisible to spiders sense and extra defenses against supernatural attacks. Weaknesses susceptibility to sonics and fire. Psych Berserker rage and violent impulses.

Sweet ride

BIKINI @$$HOLE Over 70 years ago his people were forced off their home island “for the good of mankind” they starved because their temporary home was too small for them In 1970 his people were allowed to return only for them to be forced to leave a decade later when heightened radiation was found in their bodies. The Bikini @$$hole was the last child born on the island before the second relocation. His body was affected by the radiation and his left side is covered in waxy skin like burn damage and his left eye glows blue with cherenkov radiation. Just looking at his right side he is an unusual tall and muscular example of Bikinian heritage powerfully built with the rich brown skin tone indicative of Marshall islanders. He wears tan cargo shorts or occasionally a traditional fringed skirt. He also wears a tee-shirt with the bikini Island flag which looks similar to the US flag but symbolizes the debt the US owes to his people. His right bicep is tattooed with a ring of 23 white stars and 5 black under which is inscribed MEN WŌTŌMJEJ REJ ILO PEIN ANIJ meaning "Everything is in the hands of God."drawing from the symbology of the flag Power wise he's mostly your plain vanilla brick soaking up punishment hitting hard and leaping great distances. He has one other power that he keeps concealed he has the ability to absorb high energy EM waves especially gamma and X rays and can store that energy either to Supercharge his powers or generate a extremely devastating eye beam from his glowing left eye. The reason he keeps it secret is that he wants people to think it's a good idea to blast him with energy attacks and thus get the bonus. He's not much of a tactician he really just likes to get into it and do as much property damage as possible. Details of the flag for the curious https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Bikini_Atoll

Thinking of briga-dune the idea that the village was flying forward through time at 100 years a day means that they are going to see some weird stuff in their life time over a million years in 30 years of life. http://tinyletter.com/hels/letters/issue-5-the-time-machine

Vigile Angelo Battaglia is Vigile The hero of Viminal Hills but his story started long before he was born his grandfather was one of the civilians saved from Nazi retaliation by the sacrifice of Vice Brigadiere Salvo D'Acquisto of The Carabinieri. Growing up on these stories from his father Salvo Battaglia joined the Carabinieri were he was an extremely successful officer until he died in the line of duty. Angelo also heard his grandfather's stories and all of the stories of his father from his many “uncles” (the various police officers from all ranks and services who felt they owed Salvo and looked after his family). Angelo and his whole family were extremely proud when he joined the Carabinieri. A brilliant career was expected Angelos natural leadership and intelligence had him groomed for a top spot in the organization but it was not to be during one of his first deployments as a UN peacekeeper in Iraq he was almost killed by a IED. He returned to Italy confined to a wheelchair with significant nerve damage. Though grievously wounded he did not want to leave the service and instead transferred to the newly formed Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units creating policy and doctrine for peacekeeping forces worldwide. It was an international conference featuring representatives from the G20 a terrorist attack by VIPER targeting several politicians who had spoken out against the organization despite his handicap Angelo was still a hero and when he saw the gun men burst in he tackled the guest speaker and shielded her body with his from a fusillade of gunfire despite his bravery blaster bolts tore through him and into the intended target. They lay on the stage their blood pooling together. Angelo thought he would be in hospital for weeks but the doctors described what he had as flesh wounds despite him knowing that the blasts had cut through him from front to back. They sent him home. The next day he felt better than he had in years when the doorbell rang he stood up and was halfway to the door when he realized he was walking. Confused Angelo got back into his wheelchair and answered his door. Standing on his door step was the speaker from the conference. She explained that she was an ATF agent who has been exposed to an experimental super soldier serum whilst undercover with a militia organization with ties to Dr Destroyer. She had been one of her agencies superhuman assets for several years she explained that when their blood had mixed he had received some of the serum that still flooded her body and gained powers. She also told him that scientists would probably want to run tests as the serum hadn't worked for anyone else. Angelo was amazed by the changes. The serum created in him not only could he walk again but he was stronger and more agile than before his senses sharper not to mention the remarkable healing power. He contacted his superiors and was offered the opportunity to be part of a new Superhero team. Unfortunately he was unable to remain in the Carabinieri due to the restrictions on superhumans in military service so now he works directly for the ministry of the interior and is based out of their headquarters Il Viminal. His costume is loosely based on the historical Carabinieri uniform black riding boots black pants with a red striped seam. His top is a black shirt designed after a military jacket. It has a high collar lined in silver with silver lined epaulets. he has a golden classic grenadiere badge symbol of the Carabinieri is embroidered on his right pectoral. Over the shirt a white Sam browne style utility belt which has a mount for a shock baton A Beretta pistol loaded with non lethal ammo. a small pouch contains a selection of gold sphere like micro grenades designed to look like grenadiere badges. There are also more pouches containing first aid and evidence kits. He also wears the heavy black and red lined cloak of the the classic grenadiere badge symbol of the Carabinieri dress uniform. The cloak is a marvel of advanced materials bullet flame and chemical resistant insulated against electricity and heat. He has trained to use it in combat and to shield civilians. He wears a black domino mask to protect his identity. Technically his name should be vigilante but to avoid confusion in international coverage they went with Vigile.

La Quercia Ninfa aka The Wood Nymph Quieta frainetto the mysterious young owner of a mansion on Esquiline Hill. A prominent if discreet environmental philanthropist she is linked to a number of environmental and preservation charities. The few people who have visited the house over the years find a once beautiful house now shuttered and dusty the lady of the house entertains solely in the beautiful vibrant garden usually under the spreading bows of the majestic Italian oak at the garden's heart. Quieta is not her true name her original name is lost to antiquity she is the last of the Querquetulanae or oak nymphs and the oak in the garden is the last descendant of the sacred Grove that once stood on Esquiline Hill. Once her ancestors defended just the Grove but as the modern world has encroached and many nymphs have gone from the world Quieta has found herself taking on more responsibility she considers herself a lares or guardian spirit not just of her tree but all the natural spaces and households of Italy. in the modern world this has manifested as being a Superhero. In her heroic aspect she is a tall powerfully built female figure who appears to have been carved from oak. She wears a simple tunic made of oak leaves. And wields a 6 foot Oaken staff. The staff is formed from a limb of her parent tree and can change shape at a thought normally a simple staff it can become a spear sword or grow branches to form a shield. The most common second form though is a long bow. She is a deadly shot able to create oakleaf fletched arrows at will. She is superhumanly strong durable and able to heal from just about anything as long as she can touch her home tree. Her ability to communicate with plants is limited but can give her clues a fight on grass or in a forest will find her enemies at a serious disadvantage with her able to sense every movement for a considerable distance.

Seeing as it's my adoptive state I figured I should do new Hampshire. Keene Mind Bobby Sharpe was failing college despite his father's desire for him to succeed the sizable donations to Keene state College to accept him and the private tutors Bobby just couldn't cut it. So when his roommate a polymath genius working on the medical use of electro-neural STIMULATION to enhance cognition, Bobby was happy to volunteer. It was probably a mistake to push for the test run during a major thunderstorm but midterms where next week. Lightning struck the apparatus but instead of killing him Bobby found his brain supercharged now blessed with an eidetic memory and a massively boosted I. Bobby would become a local celebrity when he managed to solve a previously unsolvable murder case just from reading a news article. The Keene mind is now a consulting detective / problem solver. His lightning fast intellect lets him cut through puzzles like the proverbial gordian knot. Bobby was a skilled athlete before the experiment and his new abilities in anatomy and kinesthetics have enhanced his skill in boxing fencing and wrestling but he prefers to outthink his foes. His supercharged intellect unfortunately makes him prone to boredom and he is in constant search for new challenges. Unfortunately Bobby's success turned his former roommate into a bitter enemy unable to recreate his experiment and expelled for unethical experiments on his roommate. He has become a villain devoted to outsmarting Keene Mind and funding more unethical experiments on intelligence enhancement. His puzzling and perplexing crimes are a challenge to even Bobby Sharpe's brain.