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Going to use this for a superhero campaign I'll be GMing. Please list name, power(s), where they go and what they do, and basic origin story. All types accepted (within reason)
I'll Start
1.Megalodon. Superstrong, super tough part human part shark. Genetically manipulated, now considers himself a denizen of the sea. Attacks aquariums, tries to liberate the fish and other creatures.
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2. The Ebon Coven. A sisterhood of witches appear as the main villain, using their powers to hex others and get revenge and do anti-social things. The coven is weaker when apart, and it turns out that pretty much all of their power comes from the head witches familiar, who appears to be a fat lazy black cat named Ebony, but is actually a demon from hell, and can grow to elephant size when it finally is 'outed' as the mastermind. Ebony is the true villain, with the various witches of the coven being it's 'minions.'
3. Sunhawk. Named after a design on the outside of his ship (which does vaguely resemble a sun with wings), 'Sunhawk' is a cowboy drifter who found himself an honest-to-gosh alien flying saucer buried in the New Mexico desert. He accidentally activated it's training operations gadget and had his (otherwise unexceptional) brain loaded with all sorts of useful information on how to control and maintain this fantastic machine. The race that abandoned this ship were a peaceful race, but Sunhawk has figured out how to use the ships gravity drive to generate crushing force beneath the ship (by accelerating downwards and then 'hitting the brakes'), and to use the external loudspeakers to generate overwhelmingly loud auditory assaults, and even to use the 'communications maser' as an offensive weapon by focusing it on a target and sending it the value of Pi out to a million decimal points. The saucer doesn't have any sort of 'tractor beam,' so, after flattening opposition and burning through bank vaults, he has to descend on a wire and grab the money by hand, which is the time he's vulnerable to counter attack... He still dresses like the wanna be cowboy he is, making him probably the only person on the planet who wears a Stetson and has his own flying saucer.
4. Sunfury Firedancer. Has control over ice and can freeze things solid. Chose name so that enemies would waste time trying to counter fire powers. Typically counters enemies by freezing them solid, then letting the ice explode the cells in their bodies. Woke up in a back alley with no memory of who they are or how they got their powers, but already knew how to use them.
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5. Sugar Daddy: A minor crimelord who dresses like a combination of Willy Wonka and a stereotypical pimp. His main profits come from a chemical concoction of his that causes intense sugar cravings and fattens up the user at a rapid pace. He's also been known to weaponize the drug as an aerosol that he sprays with his cane.
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6. Devo. Bobby grew up obsessed with dinosaurs, and developed the mutant power to transform into various saurian forms, and to control dinosaurs, a power with limited utility in a world that has no living dinosaurs, although he has learned to seize control of other creatures with primitive brains, such as fish, birds and alligators. With the help of an unknown benefactor, he now has a serum (made in part from his own blood) that can transform animals into saurian creatures he can control, and has taken over a zoo, using his serum to turn elephants, rhinos and other large beasts into triceratops and stegosaurs under his control, the first step in creating a dinosaur utopia, in which he will be king!
7. Worldbreaker. Intergalactic war criminal. Massive humanoid, superly strong and invulnerable, can bend light to turn invisible. Was a soldier in an alien army in a years log war. Volunteered for genetic and cybernetic implantation to become the perfect super soldier. Enhancements worked too well and twisted his mind into a megalomaniacal warlord. Now travels from planet to planet as an army of one to conquer, devastate, and destroy for his whims. Earth looks perfectly ripe for the taking.
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8. Agent Ape. He comes from a world both incredibly far away and only just to the left. Scientists researching quantum realities discovered hundreds of alternate Earths, and sent research drones into them to investigate. Many were inhospitable, but a few not only were able to support human life, but already had whole societies living there. One of the more interesting was one that scientists called Earth-G, where humans didn't exist. The dominant species was, instead, hyper-intelligent gorillas. It was as close to a Utopia as anyone had seen - disease had been all but eradicated, energy problems were solved, and food shortages were unknown. For one young gorilla, though, that was just boring. The gorilla known as Agent Ape had taken to breaking into high-security areas and taking things, just so he could feel alive. When he learned of a new universe where things weren't so static, he grabbed his chameleon suit and stunbolter and headed to what he dubbed Earth-H. (Imagine Catwoman, but a gorilla instead of Julie Newmar.)
9. Weirdbeard. He grew up a counter-culture leader in the 60s, spreading his message of peace and love. It didn't work, and that was a major downer. And then one day, he was meditating after dropping acid when he had a vision of the Buddha. Well, the Buddha melting into Jesus and then melting into Ra and then melting into several other religious figures and a few cartoon characters as well. It was then that he reached the level of control over his body that most yogis spend their whole lives trying to attain. He gained the ability to grow and shrink the length of his wild and tangled beard, as well as use it to protect himself and attack others. He used this in several altercations with the police before his inevitable capture. His meditative processes had strengthened his beard that they couldn't shave it off. He would menace heroes off and on during the 60s, but would disappear in the early 70s. Most people assume he died, but a few suspect that he might have gone underground. That's actually what happened - he became a vagrant, and has been living off the streets for the last forty years. His meditative techniques have kept him fit, but most people have forgotten the name of Weirdbeard. Which is just the way he likes it.
9. Weirdbeard. He grew up a counter-culture leader in the 60s, spreading his message of peace and love. It didn't work, and that was a major downer. And then one day, he was meditating after dropping acid when he had a vision of the Buddha. Well, the Buddha melting into Jesus and then melting into Ra and then melting into several other religious figures and a few cartoon characters as well. It was then that he reached the level of control over his body that most yogis spend their whole lives trying to attain. He gained the ability to grow and shrink the length of his wild and tangled beard, as well as use it to protect himself and attack others. He used this in several altercations with the police before his inevitable capture. His meditative processes had strengthened his beard that they couldn't shave it off. He would menace heroes off and on during the 60s, but would disappear in the early 70s. Most people assume he died, but a few suspect that he might have gone...
I know that dude hehehehe
10. La Sombra, the Don of Darkness. Hailing from an old-money Californio family, owning large expanses of Napa Valley vineyards, his family was cursed when the land was vacated of the natives. He holds the curse now, and wields extensive powers of darkness, powerful black tendrils that can suck the life from you, extinguishing ambient light, etc. The curse is that he cannot stand the light of the sun.
Supervillains in the context of a Paizo forum bring these examples foremost to my mind. Let me know if it's not obvious where these are from. ;)
11. The Tiger Clan: Posing as a philanthropic corporation, the Tiger Clan is a criminal family of psychics who use their wealth and powers to indulge in all manner of vile debaucheries. It is currently led a pair of siblings who constantly plot to kill each other.
12. Queen Diva: Once just a petty gold-digger who had nothing but her beauty, finding the Fangs of Dracula while rummaging through her elderly husband's safe granted her both ambition and vast regenerative powers. Furthermore, it seems that fate itself is on her side, to the point of having people make easily-preventable mistakes around her.
13. Archdean: On the run for trying to subjugate the Queen of Furies, this powerful devil acts as the hidden power behind a secretive school of magic best described as "Hogwarts run by Death Eaters." His diabolic powers are vast, but his most unique power is to utterly dominate wizards and steal their magic.
14. Enchantress: An ancient and powerful wizard who lies sleeping, but is due to waken soon. While her empire is gone and forgotten, she has more than enough stockpiled resources to begin again. Her powers of mind-control are unmatched, and her capacity for lust and treachery is limitless.
16: The Flashbulb - Low level bank robbing goon style villain. Costume involves Giant light bulb on his head. Only power is a Massive AOE Blinding Flash of Light.
Had to deal with this guy back when I was playing Champions in High School.
God we hated him so very much
16: The Flashbulb - Low level bank robbing goon style villain. Costume involves Giant light bulb on his head. Only power is a Massive AOE Blinding Flash of Light.
Had to deal with this guy back when I was playing Champions in High School.
God we hated him so very much
Need to get that Radar Sense!
...or Flash Defense...c'mon...None of you had this guy's number?!?...Combat Sense? ...Targeting Hearing/Smell? ... A random AE? ...a grappler? ...what DID you guys do?!
*disclaimer* my ribbing is entirely tongue in cheek and should not be taken in any degree of seriousness. Consider it a welcome to a fellow HERO gamer.*disclaimer*
16: The Flashbulb - Low level bank robbing goon style villain. Costume involves Giant light bulb on his head. Only power is a Massive AOE Blinding Flash of Light.
Had to deal with this guy back when I was playing Champions in High School.
God we hated him so very much
Need to get that Radar Sense!
...or Flash Defense...c'mon...None of you had this guy's number?!?...Combat Sense? ...Targeting Hearing/Smell? ... A random AE? ...a grappler? ...what DID you guys do?!
*disclaimer* my ribbing is entirely tongue in cheek and should not be taken in any degree of seriousness. Consider it a welcome to a fellow HERO gamer.*disclaimer*
I'm trying to remember what our group was those days...
only characters that come to mind were Goblin and Troll. Troll was a big scaly Brick while Goblin was a giant brain with a frail twig of a body, all Telepathy and Telekinesis floating around in a bubble. Irony was Goblin was Blind but used a Telepathic link with Troll to See. Every time Troll got Flashbombed Goblin would chew him out cause it crippled both of them.
Red Tide, a villain who can not only control water but can also make it poisonous.
18. Devastation - A villain in a suit of large (10 ft tall) high-tech powered armor; tough, strong, with powerful weapons; leads a villainous organization of agents who wear smaller, lower-powered versions of powered armor; a ruthless world-conqueror with a bit less megalomania than normal and a corporatist agenda (secretly owns one of the world's most powerful international corporations).
19. Nightshade - A powerful martial artist (ninja) with strong mental powers; leads the espionage branch of Devastation's organization (also Devastation's lover).
20. Phosfire - A fairly standard flying, fire-using mutant with a variety of strong attacks/powers (flaming form provides protection and damages those that touch him; project multiple blasts at once, in a cone, a narrow-focus beam to punch through defenses, a "napalm blast" that continues to burn, etc.); leads the terrorism branch of Devastation's organization; frequently hires mercenary villains to augment agent teams against heroes/anti-villain agencies.
22. Gazember - A classic vampire (strong, tough, turn to mist, bite/blood drain, hypnotic gaze, turn others into vampires, etc.) that is also a sorcerer specializing in illusion magic (false images, invisibility, etc.). With a little preparation, he can be one of a superhero group's most hated foes (as he turns allies into enemies/obstacles, dupes the heroes, and gets away time and again).
Equinox--able to use both fire and ice for devastating combination attacks.