This page is a guide to creating your hero.

Before you begin spending your Character Points, you need to define your character. To do so, we follow a few simple steps.

Step 1: Origin

Give your character a hero or villian name, given name, gender, costume, and a rough idea of strengths and weaknesses. Detail his or her history and personality.

Your character's personality helps you gauge his or her outlook on the world. Everyone reacts differently to being poked in the chest, or vilified on the front page of the local newspaper. A few notes on your character page can help explore the hopes, fears, ethics, and quirks of the individual, plus catchphrases and fighting styles he or she is known to use.

Your character's history tells you the major events in his or her life. While one cannot hope to include every facet of his or her character's history, do try to be as complete as possible. Having a detailed history helps others to flesh out the character behind the text. Include such things as important people whose paths he or she has crossed, teams for which your character has risked its life for (if any), and any relationships he or she might have, as well as any other information you believe is important enough to include.

Step 1 should take the majority of the time required to create a character. Simply writing a one-sentence history will not result in an acceptable character. Take your time and do it right.

Step 2: Calling

Anyone in the business of fighting supervillians or superheroes had better have a very good reason. After all, this choice of career can get a person killed, or at least ruin his or her social life. These reasons are summarized in a hero's or villian's calling, the main motivation he or she has for leading this life. A hero that's a Protector is motivated to protect the weak, while an Outcast might just want to be left alone.

As far as roleplaying goes, a calling is a very important piece of data. It gives you an idea of what matters most to the character, what is likely to make him or her mad, and what situations the character will avoid at all cost. Callings marked with an asterisk (*) are for villians only. They give a powerful "freedom" to your character; the freedom from moral responsibility. Note that a villian can take a "normal" calling; they are not restricted only to the asterisked ones.

The available callings are: Adventurer, Animal Nature, Demolisher*, Exemplar, Explorer, Gloryhound, Greed*,
Guardian, Idealist, Investigator, Majesty, Mentor, Outcast, Peace of Mind, Protector, Repentant, Responsibility of Power,
Soldier, Thrill-Seeker, Uncontrolled Power, Vengeance*, Vestige of Humanity, World Domination*, Youthful Exuberance

Step 3: Stats

Following the creation of your character's history and the determination of his or her calling, we move on to the purchasing of Stats, Skills, and Powers. The first step of this....step is to buy your character's Stats. You have 25 Stat Points (SP) to distribute amongst your character's Strength, Agility, Intellect, and Willpower. A table follows of what the intensity of each Stat represents. A character can only have 1 Stat with intensity 10, but no Stat with intensity greater than 10 at this point.

Step 4: Skills

In order to function in the world, a character has to have Skills. Whether they are combat related or not, Skills define what your character is truely capable of doing. Sure, anyone knows how to shoot a gun, but a person trained in Marksmanship might be able to hit a fly on a wall at 100 feet. Skills are good, very good. You may choose 4 Skills for your character. A character cannot have more Skills in a category than the category's related Stat intensity (for example, The Ram has an Intellect of 2; he cannot have more than two Intellect-based Skills).

Strength	Agility	Intellect	Willpower
Axes Boxing Brawling Climbing Clubs Garrotes Hammers Hyper-Breath Knives Martial Arts Weapons Natural Weapons Shields Sonic Slam Spears Swimming Swords Whips Wrestling	Acrobatics Aerial Combat Archery Artillery Boating Boomerangs Construction Contingent Attack Cooking Demolitions Disguise Driving Equestrian Escape Artistry Fast-Draw Fast Exit Flinging Forgery Gadgetry Legerdemain Marksmanship Martial Arts Navigating Piloting Repair Ricochet Skating Skiing Slings Surfing Thievery Trapping	Aeronautics Archaeology Architecture Assessment Astronomy Biochemistry Biology Bionics Chemistry Computers Cosmology Criminology Cryptography Dimensional Geography Electronics Energy Control Espionage Genetics Geology History Journalism Law Linguistics Lore Mechanics Medicine Mythology Occult Oceanography Photographic Memory Physics Psychiatry Radiology Read Lips Robotics Sociology Spacecraft Speak Language Super-Physiology Temporal Mechanics Theology Trivia Weapon Systems	Animal Handling Art Bureaucracy Concentration Etiquette Finance Gambling Intimidation Law Enforcement Leadership Manipulation Meditation Mental Control Mesmerism Military Mimicry Observation Performing Photography Politics Rapport Streetwise Subterfuge Survival Taunting Teaching Tracking Trance Ventriloquism Writing

Step 5a: Powers - Sources

Power, it's what every hero has and every villian wants. A hero's or villan's Powers can come from any one of a hundred different sources, but a few recur with amazing regularity. Individual powers are not linked to specific sources; any power can come from any source. For each Power you give your character, you must select a source. You have 40 Power Points (PP) in which to spend on your character's Powers. Each point of intensity in a Power costs 1 PP, a Stunt costs 5 PPs, and a Limit provides you with 2 additional PPs. A character cannot have more than one Power with intensity 20, and no character may have a Power with intensity higher than 20.

Common Sources: Learning, Heredity, Racial, Mutation, Radiation, Power Transfer, Possession, Equipment

Step 5b: Powers - List

Ability Boost Absorption Adaptation Additional Limb(s) Additional Sensor(s) Affliction Air Control Alchemy Animal Control Animal Form Animation Astral Projection Blending Blinding Body Armor Body Transformation Chi Claws Cold Control Computer Link Corrosion Cosmic Awareness Cosmic Energy Control Danger Sense Darkforce Control Density Control Detection Digging Dimensional Travel Disintegration Duplication Earth Control Earthquake Electrical Control Elongation Emotion Control Empathy

Energy Blast Energy Conversion Energy Reflection Energy Sheath Enhanced Senses Ensnarement ESP Fire Control Flight Force Field Gestalt Gravity Control Horn(s) Hyperlinguistics Hypnosis Illusion Image Summoning Imitation Immortality Invisibility Invulnerability Kinetic Control Leaping Life Drain Life Support Light Control Lightning Speed Luck Control Magic Magnetic Control Mind Control Nullification Object Duplication Paralysis Phasing Pheromones Plant Control

Plasticity Poison Postcognition Power Amplification Power Duplication Power Theft Precognition Prehinsile Hair Protected Senses Psi-Screen Psychic Blast Quills Radar Sense Radiation Control Reality Warping Regeneration Resistance Shadow Control Shapeshifting Size Alteration Sonar Sonic Control Space Flight Stun Blast Teeth Telekinesis Telepathy Teleportation Time Control Time Travel Transmutation Wall-Crawling Water Control Waterbreathing Weather Control Web-Slinging Wings

Step 6a: Freebie Points - Stats, Skills, Powers, RR, and Health

The final step in the creation process involves the expenditure of 30 Freebie Points (FP). These FPs can be used to raise Stats above 10 intensity or to purchase additional Skills and/or Powers. FPs can also be used to raise your character's Resource Rank and Health. Finally, you can also buy little quirks called Bonuses with FPs. The FP costs are as follows:

Costs

• Raise Stat: 2 FPs
• Skill: 1 FP
• Powers: 1 FP
• Stunt: 5 FPs
• Resource Rank: 1 FP
• Health: 1 FP
• Bonuses: Varies

Rank	Description	Example
1	Reduced circumstances, unemployed, on Social Security or allowance	Aunt May, Power Pack
2-3	Freelance, poor credit risk, lower middle class, students	Spider-Man, Daredevil
4-5	Salaried employment, middle class	Iceman, Ben Urich
6-7	Professional employment, middle class	Doctor Strange
8-9	Small inheritance, small business, upper middle class, Avenger's stipend	Captain America, Tony Stark
10-11	Large business or chain of businesses, established trust fund, upper class	Angel, Wasp
12-13	Standard corporation, millionaire	Kingpin, Stark/Stane International
14-15	Large corporation, small country	Doctor Doom, A.I.M.
16-17	Multi-national corporation, government branch or military of major country, billionaire playboy	S.H.I.E.L.D., Great Britian
18-23	Major country, mega-corporation	United States, former Soviet Union
24+	Extra-dimensional realm, galactic empire or entity	Shi'ar, Asgard, Galactus

Health: All characters start with a Health of 10 and may acquire a higher Health statistic at 1 Health per FP spent. The maximum Health a normal human body can attain is 30, but there are a very few special individuals with higher. No mortal character can possess a Health higher than 40; Cosmic Beings top out at 50.

Step 6b: Freebie Points - Bonuses and Hindrances

Bonuses and Hindrances allow a player to flesh out his or her character easier. Hindrances provide you with additional FPs, while Bonuses are purchased with your character's remaining FPs. A character can have no more than 10 points worth of Hindrances, but can have as many Bonuses as he or she has points to spend on them.

Bonuses
Name FP Cost Ambidextrous 1 Black Market Ties 1-5 Catlike Balance 1 Code of Honour 1 Debt 2 Destiny 4 Devotion 2 Double-Jointed 1 Enchanting Voice 2 Entertainment Ties 3 High Pain Tolerance 3 Huge Size 4		Name FP Cost Internal Compass 1 Judicial Ties 2 License to Kill 6 Light Sleeper 1 Lightning Calculator 2 Luck 3 Media Ties 2 Park Department Ties 1 Perfect Balance 3 Pitiable 1 Police Ties 3 Political Ties 3		Name FP Cost Prodigy 2 Refined 2 Reputation 2 Self-Confident 5 Sexy 1 Soothing Voice 3 Speed Reading 2 Time Sense 1 Top Secret Access 5 True Faith 7 True Love 1 Well-Traveled 2
Hindrances
Name FP Bonus Aberrant Eyes 1 Absent-Minded 3 Addiction 1-3 Air-Head 1 Albinism 1 Allergy 1-3 Amnesia 3 Androgynous 2 Anima Banner 1 Bad Luck 3 Bad Sight 2 Bad Temper 1 Blind 6 Bulging Muscles 1 Can't Cross Running Water 3 Cast No Reflection 2 Child 3 Colour Blindness 1 Coloured Skin 2 Compulsive Behaviour 1 Confused 2 Curiosity 2 Cursed 1-5 Death Wish 1-5 Dark Fate 5 Deaf 4 Deep Sleeper 1 Deformity 3 Delusions 3 Demon Plagued 2 Derangement - Compulsion 1 Derangement - Intolerance 1 Derangement - Lunacy 2 Derangement - Obsession 2 Derangement - Overconfident 1		Name FP Bonus Derangement - Paranoia (Extreme) 3 Derangement - Phobia (Mild) 1 Derangement - Phobia (Severe) 3 Disfigured 2 Disturbing Voice 1 Dumbo Syndrome 3 Eerie Presence 2 Feeding Requirement 2 Flashbacks 3 Fragile 3 Fur/Feathers 2 Hairless 1 Hard of Hearing 1 Hardened Skin 5 Hatred 3 Haunted 3 Hermaphrodite 3 Hero Worship 1 Hormonal Imbalance (Lust) 3 Hormonal Imbalance (Rage) 3 Hunted 4 Hyde Syndrome 5 Illiterate 1 Inept 5 Inferiority Complex 1 Innocent 1 Jinx 5 Light Sensitive 5 Low Self-Image 2 Mad Visions 3 Magic Susceptibility 2 Megalomania 5 Multiple Personality Disorder 3 Mute 4		Name FP Bonus Nightmares 1 Notoriety 2 Oozing Skin 5 One Arm 3 One Eye 2 Paranoia (Limited) 2 Paraplegic 6 Permanent Power 5 Polar/Bipolar Disorder 3 Poverty 2 Repelled By Crosses 3 Repelled By Garlic 1 Sadism/Masochism 2 Seizures 3 Sexless 3 Sexual Aberrations 3 Scales 1-3 Schizophrenia 5 Short 1 Shy 1 Slow Healing 3 Soft-Hearted 1 Speech Impediment 1 Stench 1 Superstitious 2 Twisted Upbringing 1 Uncontrollable Power 3 Uncontrolled Transformation 3 Unearthly Beauty 1 Uneducated 5 Vestigial Limbs 5 Vindictive 3 Vulgar 1 Vulnerability 3 Weakness 3