Sentinels of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Games Sentinel Comics RPG
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Just a fun side project I'm working on. When I put something in italics it's because I've renamed the canonical power/quality/ability and the one in italics is the original) 

IRON MAN aka Tony Stark  

Background: Upper Class

Power Source: Powered Suit 

Archetype: Flyer (This one was a tough choice, largely because Armored and Gadgeteer would have worked too, but I felt this gave him the right set of Powers and Abilities)

Personality: Fast Talking 

Principles: Principle of Business, Principle of Genius (Principle of Chaos) 

Powers: Mark III Iron Man Armor d10 JARVIS d8 (Awareness - used for the sensors)  Onboard Armaments d10 (Signature Weaponry), Inventions d6, Strength d6, Deduction d6

Qualities:  Creative Genius d10 (Creativity)  Charming d8 (Persuasion), "Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" d8 

Green Zone Abilities: Titanium Shell: (Armored), Barrel Roll (using Flight), Strike and Swoop (using Onboard Armaments) 

Yellow Zone Abilities:  "JARVIS, divert power to"  (Onboard Upgrade using JARVIS), Multipoint Targeting (Explosive Attack with Mark III Suit) , Aerial Bombardment (using Onboard Armaments) 

Red Zone Abilities:  "JARVIS give me all you've got" (Ultimate Weaponry with Mark III Suit) , "I see you forgot to account for the icing problem" (Discern Weakness with Creative Genius)

Out: Hinder with Creative Genius and increase the penality by -1

Status Dice: Green D6/Yellow D8/Red d10 

Health: 32-25/24-12/11-1

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I wrote up a character from my writing who kind of resembles this Iron Man. Do you mind if I put them up in here, using your format?

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Go for it. 

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HULK aka Dr Bruce Banner   

Background: Academic

Power Source: Accident

Archetype: Divided: Physical Powerhouse 

Personality: Analytical (Banner) / Stoic (the Other Guy) 

Principles: Principle of Science, Principle of Rage (retcon used to change 2nd Principle) 

Powers:  Leaping d8, Presence d8, Strength d12, Vitality d10

Qualities:  Science d12, Self-Discipline d8, Wanderer d8 

Green Zone Abilities:  Gettting Madder (Change in Circumstance with Vitality), Uncontrolled Transform, Divided Psyche, Power Strike (Strength), Damage Resistance 

Yellow Zone Abilities:   Inflict (Vitality), Roaring Challenge (Reflexive Burst with Presence), Strength in Victory (Vitality) 

Red Zone Abilities:  Strongest There Is (Paragon Feat with Strength), Leave Hulk Alone (Reactive Strike with Vitality) 

Out: Defend an Ally with Strength

Status Dice: Green D6/Yellow D8/Red d10

Health: 34-26/25-13/12-1 

BTW, I have to say that the Divided Psyche makes Hulk (and Banner) really really powerful in their respective areas and not too useful outside of them. I can see why he eventually decides to change his archetype. 

Edited: Corrected Vitality

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Task Manager

Background: Law Enforcement

Power Source: Genius/Unknown*

Archetype: Gadgeteer

Personality: Natural Leader

Principles: Principle Of The Engineer**, Principle Of The Veteran

Powers: Riveting Tools d10, Lightning Calculator d8, Deepstrike Suit d8, Intuition d6, Flight d6

Qualities: Leadership d10, Ranged Combat d8, Vigilance d8, Technology d10, Bleeding Edge Engineer d8

Green Zone Abilities: Field Assembly(Strange Enhancement using Riveting Tools), By The Book(Equip using Lightning Calculator)

Yellow Zone Abilities: Percussive Maintenance(Brainstorm using Deepstrike Suit), Consult Datasheet***, Jury Rig(Turn The Tables)

Red Zone Abilities: Standard of Output(Unload using Riveting Tools), Standard of Efficience(Unerring Strike using Lightning Calculator)

Out: Boost an ally by rolling your single Leadership die

Status Dice: Green d6/Yellow d8/Red d10

Health: 32-25/24-12/11-1

 

*When building Task Manager, I'd already sketched out a version of him before I got the character creation rules, so he was being pulled in a number of different directions. I ended up taking one yellow zone from Unknown, and one from Genius for him. His backstory makes both equally likely as it is.

**Principle Of The Engineer is just a rename of Principle Of Science, with some minor text changes to account for engineer instead of science

***Consult Datasheet is a holdover from when I built him pre-creation rules.

- Consult Datasheet (A): Boost using Riveting Tools. Use your Max+Min dice. That bonus is persistent and exclusive. Also, Hinder yourself using your Max die.

 

I can provide his backstory, if you are interested.

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I've been slowly creating characters from Marvel, keeping characters at their most iconic representation and generally going off their MCU versions if those are available. I've made 7 Avengers and 4 X-Men thusfar. I find that X-Men can be quite limiting in terms of their Abilities due to the requirement of the Genetic power source option.

 

Made thusfar:

Avengers: Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor

 

X-Men: Cyclops, Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Storm, Wolverine

 

Avengers definitely feel more unique since they have varying power sources. Not sure what setting my game will be in but there's a possibility we'll be in a version of the Marvel Universe.

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Even though Genetic seems to be the only Power Source for the X-Men, I would recommend taking a wider approach. Consider more than simply the characters Mutation. For example:

In Dark Phoenix , it can be argued that it was an Accident that triggered Jean Grey/Phoenix’s abilities.
Captain Britain is a mutant that focuses his abilities through a Relic .
Storm’s mutant power allows her to control an aspect of Nature (the Weather).
Magik’s mutant abilities allow her to use Mystic abilities.
Wolverine gained his Adamantium skeleton and claws from Experimentation .

This is only a taste, but it helps to show how not all mutants have to have the Genetic Power Source.

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Are you going to wind up posting them here? Because I’d definitely like to see them.