Doctor Agenda

Corriea is being coy, but I am pretty sure Stricken is a vampire of some type. I don't know how he is getting around in the daylight, but he has the speed, strength, complexion, and eye problems as a vampire.
 
Also the church's secret guard might be able to fit in as background checks.
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And of course, there's always the Rocket-Propelled Chainsaw.

I ran a Justice Inc game where everyone was run of the mill pulp era types: Private Eyes, etc.  They started out hunting down a serial killer who stabbed people with an icepick through the neck and bled them out.  Well it led to an old castle on a hill (the old Ravenloft module castle) where a creepy old guy was apparently the killer.  It wasn't until he laughed off bullets that they finally figured out he was a vampire.
 
The reporter tried to stab him in the chest with a pencil.

I'm not generally a fan of the horror genre, but I am very partial to superheroes, and an admirer of good writing for any genre. Back in 1990, author and RPG designer Allen Varney contributed an adventure to the Fourth Edition Champions book, Champions in 3-D, titled, "Horror World." This remains the most brilliant and effective translation of Lovecraftian horror to the supers genre that I've ever seen. It was based on the premise of an alternate Earth in which the heroic pulp-era investigators fighting to prevent the manifestation on Earth of nightmarish elder horrors from beyond... failed.
 
With Hero Games' permission, Allen Varney put the entire text from his adventure on his personal website, under the title, ANOPHELES: Atrocities From Beyond . That webpage includes the adventure proper, stats for its NPCs and monsters, and 4E Power constructs to model Lovecraftian sanity-blasting effects. (Fair warning -- it's not for the faint-hearted. Seriously.)

The Stevens pump action Shotgun dates from 1885. Before that was an 1867 repeating shotgun. 
 
 

The shotgun is actually a magnetic railgun, propelling steel shot with an electro-magnetic coil wrapped around the barrel, using a capacitor in the stock. (Invented by Nikola Tesla, of course.)

How would you build a shotgun that exists in London 1886??? - Steampunk quirkiness is a bonus!
 

The gadgeteer in my Champions campaign has her drone (really, an ROV) as Clairsentience with a mobile perception point, and low-STR TK with enough extra range to match or exceed the range of the Clairsentience, to represent little waldo arms.  If she wants to arm it, she can add an attack power with Indirect.
 
For example, in a Gadget Pool with 45 Control, 45 Pool:
Dual Drones (camera/mic):  Clairsentience (Sight Group and Normal Hearing, 440m range), 2 Mobile Perception Points, Half END (+1/4); OAF (-1), Flashed by Radio as well as Sight and Hearing (-1/4), Drones start at her location or where last shut down / placed manually (-1/2).  AP 44, RP 16, 1 END Drone Waldoes:  Telekinesis 6 STR, Fine Manipulation, Increased Max Range (720m; +3/4), 0 END (+1/2); OAF (-1), Only at location of Dual Drones (-1/2).  AP 43, RP 17, 0 END Drone Tranq Dart Gun:  Blast 2d6, NND (Hardened rPD; +1), Indirect (+1/2), Increased Max Range (400m; +1/2); OAF (-1), 8 Charges (-1/2).  AP 30, RP 12, 0 END (8 charges) You can replace the Tranq Dart Gun with a Tazer (same basic writeup, but replace the NND defense with Insulated or Hardened rED).

I would suggest exploring Clairsentience with Limitations (primarily - perceivable/attackable perception point).
Another option would be a Summon based build with a Limited Mind Link.
 
HM

Timeline
 
1895
 
March 13 - Nikola Tesla demonstrates his "Tesla Sphere", what he thinks is television, to H.G. Wells, Astronomer William North, and North's fiancee Regina Saetta.  The Sphere is actually a trans-dimensional portal which makes contact with a world of hostile Aliens.  They attack the group, but Regina reveals herself to be then Ancient Goddess Juno, who holds back the Aliens long enough for Tesla to shut down the Sphere.  In the fight the sphere is destroyed in a fire, and in the aftermath Tesla develops a fear of spheres. (1)
 
1898
 
March 13 - H.G. Wells' publishes War of the Worlds to warn humanity about Alien invaders.  Aliens launch invasion force traveling at 1/10 the speed of light from Hades (Proxima Centauri II)
 
1915
 
Feb 9 - Bradley Taylor born in New York City.
 
1936
 
Sept 8 - John Parker shots down his fifth Fascist aircraft in the Spanish Civil War.  He is shot down shortly after and is experiment on by Dr. Ilsa Madchen.  In a lab explosion they both gain superhuman powers.
 
Nov 3 - New York Governor Russell Forsythe elected President.
 
1938
 
June 1 - Ultraman makes his debut when he is filmed preventing a Dirigible from crashing into the Empire State Building in New York.
 
Oct 30 - Leslie North, movie star and daughter of William and Regina North, is exposed to a strange meteor and against the power to become the Energy Projector Starlet.  Later that night she and Ultraman prevent an Alien Invasion outside of New York.
 
Oct 31 - Leslie North complains to Bradley Taylor about his newspaper, The New York Eagle, reporting her superhero name as Starlet instead of Starlight.  He replies that he didn't want to be known as Ultraman either, but wanted to be called the Stalwart.  Leslie tells Bradley he lucked out there.
 
1940
 
Sept 7 - Sir William North killed in The Blitz.
 
Sept 14 - Steven North joins Eagle Squadron.
 
Nov 5 - President Russell De Angelo Forsythe re-elected.
 
 
1941
 
March 11 - Nighthawk, Ultraman, Lady Liberty, and Miss Freedom prevent Fifth Column from stopping Lend-Lease Act.  United Superheroes of America officially formed.
 
Dec 7 - "Day of Infamy".  Pearl Harbor Attacked.  Soryu, a Japanese Patriot Superhero, attempts to assassinate President Forsythe, stopped by Miss Freedom.
 
Dec 8 - United States declares War on Japan
 
 
Dec 10 - "Night of Infamy".  Operation Night and Fog is carried out by the Fifth Column.  All public identity superheroes are assassinated.  The climax of this night of horrors is the destruction of the Hero Dome in New York City, resulting in the deaths of all but three of the League of Heroes.  Raven called in by Ultraman and Titaness to find the assassin. (2)
 
Dec 11 - German declares War on the United States
 
1942
 
Feb 9 - Ultraman and Miss Freedom capture Blitzkrieg after the he sinks the S.S. Normandie. (3)
 
1943
 
May 23 - Columbia prevents U-Boat from sinking U.S. Troopship, and recovers information regarding Operation Bifrost, an Axis attack on America.  Ice Maiden breaks Blitzkrieg out of an armored car during a prison transfer, afterwards Miss Freedom rescues the guards.    Stephen Clark and Bradley Taylor arrive at Philadelphia to supervise Dr. John Parker's experiment.  Black Cat prevents the Fifth Column from stealing the Sword of Heimdall, but Valkyrie escapes with it.
 
May 24 - Valkyrie, Blitzkrieg, U-Panzer, Captain Axis, Gladiator, and Soryu attack Philadelphia to steal the Tesla Sphere and the Alien Gateway captured in 1938.  Ultraman, Miss Freedom, Nighthawk, Columbia, Minuteman, and Lady Liberty battle them, and in the battle Valkyrie is apparently killed by Nighthawk.  Actually she was an American agent who allowed herself to be left behind to provide information to the team.  Val Kirk, her real identity, is escorted to Washington by Naval Lieutenant Peter Maxwell.  A drunk Air Force Pilot, Capt. Gordon O'Grady hits on her, and Maxwell defends her. 
 
1944
 
Nov 7 - Matthew Easton Fremont Elected President
 
1945
 
July 28 - Soryu and Hiryu attack Empire State Building. (5)
1957
 
Oct 4 - Guardian, Hero of the Soviet Union, debuts on the World Stage. (4)
 
 
1960
 
Nov 8 - James Reynolds Elected President of the United States.
 
1968 
 
Nov 5 - Peter Maxwell Elected President
 
1972 
 
July 10 - Gordon O'Grady receives his party's Presidential Nomination.
 
Aug 23 - President Maxwell doesn't accept re-nomination.  Vice President Douglas Morgan becomes the party's nominee.
 
Nov 7 - Douglas Morgan Elected President.
 
1976
 
Nov 2 - Harrison Long Elected President.
 
1980 
 
Nov 4 - Stephen Clark Elected President
 
1981
 
Jan 20 - John and Courtney Taylor born in New York City.
 
1982
 
April 18 - DiDi Davenport born in Los Angeles.
 
2000
 
April 18 - Liberty becomes a member of the United Superheroes of America.
 
July 4 - Liberty becomes an instructor at the United Superheroes Academy.
 
Nov 7 - Bradley Taylor elected President.
 
2001
 
Jan 20 - Bradley Taylor inaugurated as President of the United States.  John Taylor becomes CEO of Taylor Industries.
 
2004
 
Nov 2 - Bradley Taylor re-elected President.
 
2008
 
Nov 4 - Charles Stewart Lee elected President.
 
2012 
 
Nov 6 - Brooke Taylor Stevens elected President
 
2016 
 
Nov 8 - Brooke Taylor Stevens re-elected President.
 
 
Notes
 
(1) - Nikola Tesla's lab burned down in accident.  Telsa's fear of spheres is real, and ended up ruining is date with Anne Morgan, daughter of J.P. Morgan, because she wore Pearl Earrings.
 
(2) - The Night and Fog Decree was a Nazi Order which had enemies of Germany assassinated quietly and then made to vanish without a trace.
 
(3) - S.S. Normandie burns in New York City while being converted into the troopship U.S.S. La Fayette.
 
(4) - Dated Sputnik was launched.
 
(5) - A B-25 nicknamed "Old John Feather Merchant" crashes into Empire State Building 78 floor, eight floors below the Hidalgo Trading Company.
 

Characters
 
Forsythe, Russell De Angelo (1882-1945) - President of the United States (1937-1945).  Formerly Assistant Secretary of the Navy.  Wounded by Mata Hari during the Great War, and was saved by Maiden America.  Served during most of World War Two.  Declined to run for a third term when a Fifth Column spy was discovered in his administration by Columbia and Juno.
 
Long, Harrison Porter (1924- ) - President of the United States (1977-1981).  Civil Engineer and later Senator from Louisiana.  Turned Ultraman over to the United Nations Law Enforcement & Security Service to be tried for breaking international law.  Attempted to pass a superhuman registration law.  Released a number of super-villains in an attempt to appease Mastermind.
 
Maiden America - Brick Patriot Heroines.  Real name Dr. Madeline Ames Fremont.  Married to Captain Freedom.  Mother of Miss Freedom.
 
Miss Freedom - Flying Brick Patriot Heroines.  Real name Melissa Fremont.
 
Raven - Weapons Master Investigator.  Real Name Dr. Katherine Clark.
 
Soryu - Japanese Patriot Soldier.  Real name Cmdr. Sukune Sakai, IJN.
 
Taylor, Bradley (1915- ) - President of the United States (2001-2009).  Former Governor of New York (1995-2001), and CEO of Taylor Industries. 
 
Ultraman - Flying Energy Projector/Brick.  Real Name Bradley Taylor.

Well, I guess those are weakness that I can live with.  I mean, I prefer my plots coherent, but I have noticed that comic book movies that I have had no problem following the plots have often been called incoherent.  I think it is because comic book story lines tend to have a lot of moving parts and fantastic elements, and I think that makes it hard for people not use to them to follow everything.
 
 
 
Doh!  Why would they use Steppenwolf when they could use Darkseid unstead!?!  
 
Still, slightly relieved that the underwelming villain wasn't Darkseid.  If you have Darkseid as your villain and he is not intimidating as all get out, then story telling just clearly is not your thing. 
 

Independent of Justice League they have the following movies in development/production: Aquaman, Wonder Woman 2, Flash, Shazam, and Suicide Squad 2. None of these are particularly dependent on the success of JL, and they will give WB/DC plenty to put out against Disney/Marvel for the next few years even if JL2 never gets off the ground. I doubt they want to look out any further than that anyway, especially given how horrible they are at this. Also, they have yet to figure out who will be Batman going forward, a slightly sticky situation that puts anything resembling a "DCEU Phase 2" into question right now.

I think they are running into a couple problems with their main villain.
1st choice - Darkseid - drat, all the non - fans will just say why are you copying Thanos.
2nd choice - Braniac - everyone knows him as superman's villain, but he is easily upscalable but then it might look like copying Ultron.
ok, so, lets think of 3rd choice - maybe setup for Darkseid - who is his general - oh yeah, that guy Steppenwolfe - we will use him.

Well obviously you need a mix.  Batman is supposed to be a detective type, grim and gritty.  Superman should be noble and uplifting and heroic.  Flash can be whatever they want, which apparently is a dumb spaz kid.  Its just got to be a mix instead of everyone the same way because Batman made a lot of money.

If they can make some with a more optimistic it helps, like Wonder Woman I would be happy.
 
All the brooding stuff just gets annoying after so many movies. 
 
We get it, you like the Frank Miller dark and brooding. But that is not the comics that lasted 100 years and still captures some of our hearts.
 
Wonder Woman on the other hand had a hero being a hero because she wanted to make the world better.
 
Yeh dark heroes are nice now and then, but after 6 movies we get the point.

Sometimes B-list villains are the best kind. You can redefine them as you need, and few comics fans will protest. If you do it well.  *cough*Mandarin*cough*

I thought I heard that they were originally going to use Darkseid, but when they decided that Justice League would be an Avengers-like sub-franchise within the DCEU, they decided to build up to Darkseid over the course of multiple movies, which necessitated shifting to a lower-grade villain for the initial film in the series. Hence Steppenwolf.
 
It remains to be seen if this strategy will pay off. I mean, nobody particularly liked Suicide Squad but it did well enough financially to justify another movie, and so even if Justice League fails to get glowing reviews, it will undoubtedly do well enough at the box office to greenlight the sequel where we will most likely see Darkseid.

I think it shows an insane amount of optimism to have  a second rate villain in their first Justice League movie.  What, are they saving Darkseid for the sequel?
 
This is just what happened with Suicide Squad and having the Enchantress as their villain (Okay, one of the problems.)

I looked it up and the villain is Steppenwolf.
 
God I hope it's the band.

I respect anyone's personal preference, and don't call you wrong for favoring Viperia. For my part, I feel a disconnect between her power set and her origin that bothers me. Like the 4E version of Viperia she has the classic Supergirl/ Kryptonian array of powers, but for me that doesn't jibe well with her mythic/magical origin as the daughter of Nama. It's a flavor thing, and I recognize it's my issue which others may not share.

Anyways, would people be interested in an "Enimies" book based upon the Dragon Branch of VIPER? "Here They Be Dragons".

Armstrong is pretty amazing, but even in his VIPER X 5th Version I consider him above the typical Dragonbranch guy as he just screams "Foe you can respect and team leader"
 
Ripper is usually the guy that has most of my players going "Whatever VIPER is doing, it's got to be big." He's their answer to Grond, and as subtle as nuclear powered tank. Then again, I don't throw VIPERIA at them often so it may make him stand out.
 
Boa Constrictor is probably the most fun to play for personality. A more intelligent and powerful Bulldozer type

To be honest, none of the current Dragon Branch particularly grab me. They're all quite serviceable, but none are compelling to me. I actually prefer several of the more numerous villains from the 4E VIPER source book. The 5E version emphasizes agents and downplays supervillains a little too far for my taste.