Post by Loki on Feb 6, 2009 22:11:54 GMT -6
Mastermind
Fighting: Good
Agility: Typical
Strength: Typical
Endurance: Remarkable
Reason: Excellent
Intuition: Excellent
Psyche: Monstrous
Health 52
Karma 120
Resources Poor
Popularity -10
Powers:
Illusion Generation: Monstrous
Mastermind’s sole power is generation of three- dimensional illusions at the Unearthly level. He has fooled such psychically powerful mutants. He is so skillful that even when a character realizes that he is seeing an illusion, he will still subconciously believe that it is real and act accordingly (an obstacle will seem like an obstacle, opponents cause damage, fires feel hot enough to burn). While damage is imaginary, it is still removed from Health, with 0 Health resulting not in death, but in unconsciousness for 1- 10 rounds. Only characters that make a Psyche FEAT vs. Unearthly intensity may see through the illu sion and not be harmed by it. Master mind has used his illusions to change into the form he used as a member of the Hellfire Club. Mastermind can also make himself invisible by creating an illusion that he is not there. His illusions are visible to everyone who can see them, and include all sensory input (sound, touch, etc.) except smell, but they are not recorded on cameras, tape, or other recording mechanisms.
Mastermind can perform the following power stunts:
-----Monsterous ability to alter his appearance, including all sight and touch components.
-----Amazing ability to become invisible.
Equipment
Mindtap Mechanism: Frost Indus tries invented a special device for Mastermind to access his target’s brain with his telepathic powers directly. This mindtap allows limited telepathy (to read the target’s thoughts and memories only, no power stunts) with Unearthly ability, and allows Mastermind to place his illusions directly into the victim’s mind (—2 CS to the Psyche roll to be disbelieved), where they will be perceived only by the target victim
Talents
None
Contacts:
Wyngard, a member of the original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, also tried to get into the Hellfire Club, he was rejected. Mastermind has friends in the carny circuit and still has Excellent contacts with carnivals and circuses.
History:
Nothing is known about Mastermind’s life before the time when, while working as a carnival mentalist, he was enlisted by Magneto as a member of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. At this time, Magneto sought to protect his fellow superhuman mutants from the persecution of normal human beings by conquering humanity and ruling the world himself. As a member of the Brotherhood, Mastermind battled the original X-Men repeatedly, but to no avail. Finally Magneto attempted to enlist the aid of the enigmatic alien being known as the Stranger. Angered, the Stranger transformed Mastermind into stone and transported Magneto, whom he captured, to another planet.
Eventually, Mastermind returned to normal and joined Factor Three, another organization of superhuman mutants bent on world conquest. However, Mastermind, learning that he was an extraterrestrial being, turned against Factor Three and joined the X-Men in defeating the group’s leader.
After again being defeated as a member of Magneto’s Brotherhood, Mastermind was invited to apply for admission to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. To prove his worth, Mastermind sought to use his mutant powers and artificial means to psionically alter the personality of the X-Men’s Jean Grey so that she would willingly become the Inner Circle’s new Black Queen. Unknown to Mastermind or anyone else, however, his victim was not really Grey but a cosmic entity, the Phoenix-Force, which had duplicated Grey’s form and personality. Mastermind succeeded in turning the false Grey into the new Black Queen, thus unintentionally triggering the process that would soon transform her into the insane Dark Phoenix. Before the latter transformation was complete, however, the false Grey broke free of Mastermind’s control and opened his mind to all the psionic sense impressions she received from the cosmos. His mind overwhelmed, Mastermind fell into a catatonic state. The Inner Circle, of course, rejected his application for membership.
Again, Mastermind eventually returned to normal, but he remembered the glory of the cosmos he had perceived and felt tormented that he could no longer experience it. He decided to take revenge on Grey’s friends, the X-Men, by manipulating them into killing Madelyn Pryor. But the X-Men discovered Mastermind’s deception and defeated him. His present whereabouts and activities are unknown.
Fighting: Good
Agility: Typical
Strength: Typical
Endurance: Remarkable
Reason: Excellent
Intuition: Excellent
Psyche: Monstrous
Health 52
Karma 120
Resources Poor
Popularity -10
Powers:
Illusion Generation: Monstrous
Mastermind’s sole power is generation of three- dimensional illusions at the Unearthly level. He has fooled such psychically powerful mutants. He is so skillful that even when a character realizes that he is seeing an illusion, he will still subconciously believe that it is real and act accordingly (an obstacle will seem like an obstacle, opponents cause damage, fires feel hot enough to burn). While damage is imaginary, it is still removed from Health, with 0 Health resulting not in death, but in unconsciousness for 1- 10 rounds. Only characters that make a Psyche FEAT vs. Unearthly intensity may see through the illu sion and not be harmed by it. Master mind has used his illusions to change into the form he used as a member of the Hellfire Club. Mastermind can also make himself invisible by creating an illusion that he is not there. His illusions are visible to everyone who can see them, and include all sensory input (sound, touch, etc.) except smell, but they are not recorded on cameras, tape, or other recording mechanisms.
Mastermind can perform the following power stunts:
-----Monsterous ability to alter his appearance, including all sight and touch components.
-----Amazing ability to become invisible.
Equipment
Mindtap Mechanism: Frost Indus tries invented a special device for Mastermind to access his target’s brain with his telepathic powers directly. This mindtap allows limited telepathy (to read the target’s thoughts and memories only, no power stunts) with Unearthly ability, and allows Mastermind to place his illusions directly into the victim’s mind (—2 CS to the Psyche roll to be disbelieved), where they will be perceived only by the target victim
Talents
None
Contacts:
Wyngard, a member of the original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, also tried to get into the Hellfire Club, he was rejected. Mastermind has friends in the carny circuit and still has Excellent contacts with carnivals and circuses.
History:
Nothing is known about Mastermind’s life before the time when, while working as a carnival mentalist, he was enlisted by Magneto as a member of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. At this time, Magneto sought to protect his fellow superhuman mutants from the persecution of normal human beings by conquering humanity and ruling the world himself. As a member of the Brotherhood, Mastermind battled the original X-Men repeatedly, but to no avail. Finally Magneto attempted to enlist the aid of the enigmatic alien being known as the Stranger. Angered, the Stranger transformed Mastermind into stone and transported Magneto, whom he captured, to another planet.
Eventually, Mastermind returned to normal and joined Factor Three, another organization of superhuman mutants bent on world conquest. However, Mastermind, learning that he was an extraterrestrial being, turned against Factor Three and joined the X-Men in defeating the group’s leader.
After again being defeated as a member of Magneto’s Brotherhood, Mastermind was invited to apply for admission to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. To prove his worth, Mastermind sought to use his mutant powers and artificial means to psionically alter the personality of the X-Men’s Jean Grey so that she would willingly become the Inner Circle’s new Black Queen. Unknown to Mastermind or anyone else, however, his victim was not really Grey but a cosmic entity, the Phoenix-Force, which had duplicated Grey’s form and personality. Mastermind succeeded in turning the false Grey into the new Black Queen, thus unintentionally triggering the process that would soon transform her into the insane Dark Phoenix. Before the latter transformation was complete, however, the false Grey broke free of Mastermind’s control and opened his mind to all the psionic sense impressions she received from the cosmos. His mind overwhelmed, Mastermind fell into a catatonic state. The Inner Circle, of course, rejected his application for membership.
Again, Mastermind eventually returned to normal, but he remembered the glory of the cosmos he had perceived and felt tormented that he could no longer experience it. He decided to take revenge on Grey’s friends, the X-Men, by manipulating them into killing Madelyn Pryor. But the X-Men discovered Mastermind’s deception and defeated him. His present whereabouts and activities are unknown.