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STARFOXTM

Eros, adventurer/Eternal
Fighting: GOOD
Agility: EXCELLENT
Strength:
Endurance:
INCREDIBLE
INCREDIBLE
WASPTM
Reason: EXCELLENT Janet Van Dyne, heiress
CAPTAIN Intuition: TYPICAL Fighting: GOOD
Psyche: REMARKABLE
AMERICATM Health: 110
Agility:
Strength:
EXCELLENT
TYPICAL
Steve Rogers, freelance artist Endurance: GOOD
Karma: 56 Reason: EXCELLENT
Fighting: AMAZING Resources: GOOD Intuition: EXCELLENT
Agility: INCREDIBLE Popularity: 75 Psyche: GOOD
Strength: EXCELLENT Powers:
Endurance: REMARKABLE Health: 46
Reason: GOOD FLIGHT. Starfox can fly at Monstrous speed by Karma: 50
Intuition: INCREDIBLE manipulating gravitons. Resources: EXCELLENT
Psyche: GOOD Popularity: 65
BODY ARMOR. Starfoxs body is very dense,
giving him Good Body Armor. Powers:
Health: 140
Karma: 60 MENTAL TICKLE. Eros can mentally stimulate SHRINKING. The wasp has Incredible shrink-
Resources: POOR the pleasure centers of the brain of any human- ing power, letting her shrink down to a height of
Popularity: 95 oid in the same area. Starfox must make a one-half inch.
green Psyche FEAT roll to affect someone with a
Powers: WINGS. When she reaches her smallest size, a
lower Psyche, a yellow FEAT roll to affect some-
UNIQUE WEAPON: Captain America carries a one with an equal Psyche, and a red roll to affect pair of wings unfolds from the Wasps back. She
shield made of a special adamantium and vibra- someone with a Psyche one rank higher than uses these to fly with Good speed. The Wasp
nium alloy. Nothing but magical or psychic ener- Starfoxs. If the victims Psyche is two or more can lift 200 Ibs, but her wings can only carry
gies can penetrate or damage the shield. It ranks greater than Starfoxs, the victim is about half an ounce.
absorbs up to 90 points of damage per round, immune to this power. DISTANCE WEAPON. Wrist weapons on the
but if Cap uses it as a shield, he cant attack that Anyone who is affected by Starfoxs power is Wasps arms can shoot beams of bio-electric
round. Captain America can be stunned or helpless, and agreeable to suggestions from energy which cause Remarkable damage and
slammed when using the shield. He can use the Starfox. Each round, the victim can try to make have Poor range.
shield as a thrown weapon. He frequently tries a yellow Psyche FEAT roll to recover from the
called shots and bounces the shield off several mental tickle. Some aliens are immune to this ANIMAL COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL.
surfaces so that it returns to him. power, and beings that are filled with hate, like The Wasp has Typical communication and con-
the mindless Hulk, can only be controlled with a trol power with insects, but she seldom uses it.
Talents: martial arts, wrestling. red FEAT roll.
Talents: n o n e .
Background: Captain America volunteered Talents: n o n e .
for the World War II Super-Soldier project and Background: Janet van Dyne heiress-
is the
was transformed into the ultimate human fight- Background: Eros is a Titan-born Eternal. He daughter of astronomer Vernon Van Dyne. She
ing machine. He was frozen in suspended ani- is over 1,000 years old, but this is young by Eter- joined Henry Pym (Ant-man, Yellowjacket, Goli-
mation from 1945 until a few years ago, when he nal standards. He joined the Avengers for fun ath, Giant Man) as a crimefighter, and eventu-
was rescued by the Avengers. and adventure. ally they were married. She is now divorced.
THE MIGHTY AVENGERS:TM

TIME TRAP!
INTRODUCTION
Face front, Rue Believers! Get ready for read this entire booklet before running the which Kang or an Avenger does some-
pulse-pounding adventure as the mighty adventure, but its not absolutely neces- thing not permitted in this adventure.
AvengersTM face their most deadly chal- sary. If you dont read the entire booklet Dont let an arguing player faze you. After
lenge! Can even Earths mightiest heroes first, at least read each chapter thoroughly all, Kang is different in every time line, and
survive the deadly Time Trap of Kang the before playing it. the Avengers powers have changed
Conqueror? Kang has battled the Avengers many many times over the years. Just say,
This titanic adventure is designed to be times. True Marvelites will have many of Thats the way it works here.
u s e d with the MARVEL SUPER the MARVEL Comics in which he Once youve set up the game, youre
HEROESTM game. You need to know the appears. Dont let a player try to change ready to play-so, on with the adventure!
game in order to play. Its a good idea to the game rules by showing you a comic in Nuff said!
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Chapter 1:

CAMPAIGN
Kang the Conqueror broods on his fail- in time to show them the time node. (Actu-
ures. Always the Avengers have foiled Limbo. Behind lmmortus is a large, ally, Kang has prepared a hologram of the
my plans to conquer the 20th Century. complicated machine-his time ship. scene as he wants the Avengers to per-
Had they not existed, I would long since lmmortus speaks. ceive it.) Read the following paragraph
have triumphed! And so, I will use my mas- I apologize, Avengers, for this intru- aloud.
tery of time and cause the Avengers to sion. Only danger that threatens time
eliminate themselves! He stands, his itself would cause me to leave Limbo
cold iron mask a menacing presence, and and interfere in the temporal world. A
A small portion of the air blurs, then
snaps out orders to his minions to ready terrible catastrophe has caused the
branch of time you inhabit to be cut becomes a window to time itself. You
his time ship. Meanwhile, in the 20th Cen- watch as a young man approaches a
tury, the Avengers meet... Read the follow- adrift. Fortunately, I managed to
collapsed cave entrance on a hillside.
ing paragraph to your players. remove you and this mansion to a small
pocket of Limbo before disaster He begins to remove the stones that
block the entrance. Suddenly he
struck.
stoops, and picks up an object the size
As chairman, the Vision calls the meet- A series of coincidences have com-
bined to doom humanity on this time of a basketball. The object bathes him
ing to order as you take your seats. The
line. Two days from now, a solar flare in its glow. Dazed, he drops the device,
first item on the agenda is the upcom-
which begins to smoke and melt. Sud-
ing years charity work. But before the will trigger a meltdown of all nuclear
reactors on Earth. All life on Earth will denly, time speeds up. In minutes, the
meeting can get under way, the room
be destroyed by spreading radiation. young man progresses through college
grows dim and blurred. In the center of
and becomes a leading nuclear physi-
the table smoke begins to form. Alas, I cannot act directly to prevent it.
However, I have located five nodes in cist. In the middle of a lecture he stops,
clutches his head, and falls to the floor.
time that are crucial to this tragedy. You
Each hero can perform one round of must travel back in time and alter these The next scene shows a funeral.
actions. The smoke is illusory; the blurred five events-or humanity will perish!
vision is a side effect of Kangs entrance.
Both last only one round. Kang has dis- lmmortus explains that the scientists
guised himself as his later incarnation: If an Avenger leaves the building, he will intellect was increased by the alien
Immortus, the master of Limbo. Read the find that the Avengers Mansion and a device. He invented a method of cooling
following section aloud. small island of land around it are floating atomic reactors, but it had a hidden flaw
in Limbo. that helped trigger the meltdown. If the
The smoke clears, and your sight lmmortus explains that the first time young man can be delayed from reaching
returns to normal. Standing before you node is in the late 1960s in New Jersey, the hillside, the alien device will break
is Immortus, the benevolent ruler of and involves a young man. Using his time down before it alters his mind, altering the
machine, lmmortus opens a small window first of the five time nodes.

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Immortus gives a strange headset to the tioned randomly. the other Avengers.
Wasp. Stop the boy from reaching the Because of the stress of time travel, the At the beginning of the second round of
cave, put the helmet on his head, and acti- Avengers are helpless for the first full combat, eight football players (Calvins
vate it, he says. It will erase all memory round after they appear. All the people in teammates) enter the park. They are look-
of the event and keep time from being the park immediately head toward the ing for Calvin Rankin. Seeing him being
altered in unforeseen ways. It will also sig- nearest edge of the park. attacked by the Avengers, they immedi-
nal me so that I can bring you back. The Mimic tries to talk to the Avengers ately join the fray. All of their abilities are
Kang is lying. The young man is actually before fighting them. This allows him to Typical except for Strength and Endur-
Calvin Rankin-the Mimic. lf the Avengers absorb their powers. He will not voluntarily ance which are Good. Their Health is 32
defeat the Mimic before he joins the X- put on the headset, nor will he reveal his each. All have Wrestling talent. Tell the
Men, Rankin will not help the X-Men identity. He wants to prove himself the heroes that harming a high school football
defeat Factor Three, which will continue to most powerful man on Earth. Once the player means losing some Karma.
subvert mutants to its cause-including fight begins, his goal is to capture the If the heroes seem to be losing the fight,
several future Avengers. The headset will Avengers and take them to the hill. He the Mimic becomes overconfident; he
ensure that the Mimic remembers his believes that the machine under the hill stays in his material form and doesnt
defeat, keeping him from becoming a can make his mimicked powers perma- change size, fighting with just physical
hero. The only truth in Kangs statement is nent. He is wrong. strength and energy bolts.
that the headset will signal him to bring the The Avengers recognize Calvin Rankin
Avengers back to Limbo. as the man they were sent to stop, but AFTERMATH
Kang/lmmortus will not discuss any of none of them recognize him as the Mimic.
the other time nodes. If pressed, he says After the time travel effect wears off (the Ronald Rankin, the Mimics father, built
that prior knowledge of the other nodes second round), make normal initiative the machine in the cave under the hill. It is
could endanger the chance for success. rolls. The Mimic absorbs the Avengers designed to remove Calvins Mimic abili-
He tells the Avengers that his own exist- powers if possible. If he succeeds, his abil- ties, but Calvin was told that it would make
ence is bound up in this crisis, blurring the ities and powers become: those abilities permanent. Shortly after its
time lines for him. completion, Dr. Rankin sealed the cavern
If the Avengers want to try anything F A S E R I P with explosives. Calvin was not in the cav-
else. Immortus explains that any alteration Am In In In Ex In Rm ern at the time. The alien device shown in
would cause unforeseen and possibly Kangs hologram doesn't exist. It was only a
disastrous changes in time. Health: 170 Karma: 90 ruse to get the Avengers to believe his
The Avengers Mansion is stocked with story.
items that the heroes may want to take Powers: shrinking, hex casting, energy
If the Mimic defeats the Avengers, he
along. Allow any reasonable requests by transformation, energy missile weapon. takes them to the cavern. With his new
the players. Vinually any common item flight, body armor, martial arts, wrestling. powers, he easily clears the rubble from
and many uncommon items (sleep gas, SHRINKING. From the Wasp, Incredible the cave entrance. Once inside, he steps
energy and radiation detectors, space rank. into the machine and turns it on. It
suits, a quinjet, etc.) are available. Vary HEX CASTING. From the Scarlet Witch. promptly removes his powers and he falls
specialized items must be fabricated; ENERGY TRANSFORMATION. From unconscious. His ability to mimic the
however, none of these heroes has much Captain Marvel, Monstrous rank. powers of others is temporarily gone.
technical expertise. ENERGY MISSILE WEAPON. From Cap- Without that power, he does not join the X-
The heroes may want to consult the tain Marvel, Monstrous rank. Men, and Factor Three is not defeated.
Avengers computer. Calvin Rankin is not FLIGHT. From Starfox, Monstrous rank. Kangs plan is successful.
in the computer, since the Avengers never BODY ARMOR. From Starfox, Good rank. Once the Mimic is unconscious, either
knew him. The time period is somewhere MARTIAL ARTS. From Captain America. because the Avengers defeated him or
around the MARVEL comic Avengers WRESTLING. From Captain America. because of the machine, Kang brings the
#18. Avengers back to Limbo. The headset
The Avengers may suspect that Immor- The Mimic cant absorb the Visions goes with them.
tus is not what he seems, or may try to powers because the Vision is an android. Time has no meaning in Limbo. There-
refuse the mission. Kang is prepared for He cant absorb the Wasps stingers fore, the heroes instantly regain all of their
this. His disguise is impenetrable no mat- because they arent a natural power. lost Health at the end of this chapter.
ter what the Avengers do to unmask him. If The Mimic uses his powers well. If sev- The MARVEL SUPER HEROES Cam-
the Avengers attempt to fight, Kang will be eral heroes are in the same area, the paign Book outlines most Karma awards
able to shrug off any attacks because of Mimic might cast a hex on them. He might for side effects of this battle, such as
his force field. He will calmly forgive the change himself into ultraviolet light, which destroying property or wounding innocent
Avengers, and ask them again for their is invisible to the naked eye, and charge bystanders. Below are the other Karma
help. Without Immortuss help, the Aveng- an opponent. If the hero he charges cant awards for this chapter.
ers cannot escape Limbo, and must even- see him, that hero is surprised and cannot
tually cooperate or be marooned. Either spend Karma that round for combat. (If Table 1: Double Time Karma
will satisfy Kang. Captain Marvel transforms herself into
energy, she can see the Mimic in energy Heroes talk before fighting +5
BATTLE form.) Mimic is defeated +75
Another tactic the Mimic might use is to Avengers are defeated -20
Use the map in the MARVEL SUPER shrink himself and then blast an opponent Each football player injured -2
HEROES game box. The Avengers start with Captain Marvels force bolts. Each football player knocked out -10
in any area of the park. There are three In general, the Mimic concentrates on
men and one woman in the park; one of one opponent at a time to eliminate that
the men (Calvin Rankin) is in the same Avenger from the battle. He is familiar with
area as the Avengers. The others are posi- Captain America but does not know any of

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Chapter 2
DRAX-FOILED AGAIN!
CAMPAIGN
Read the following paragraph to your play- lmmortus answers any questions the
ers. heroes may have. He tells the truth when it dont understand. Drax and the aliens
suits his purpose. He sidesteps any trou- seem to come to an agreement, and
blesome questions by saying, That can- the aliens turn and walk away. Drax
Your vision blurs and everything seems not be revealed to you because of the flies skyward. The scene changes, and
to grow dim. After a few moments, your nature of time. He avoids questions you see two satellites in outer space,
sight returns to normal. lmmortus about the alien device that supposedly floating effortlessly in the void. A green
stands before you in the Avengers was to affect Calvin Rankin, and about streak, barely recognizable as Drax,
Mansion main assembly hall. You feel Rankins powers. zooms past and blasts a satellite into
full of energy and all your battle Immortus/Kang then shows the Aveng- space dust. Moments later, a space
wounds seem to be healed! ers the second time node (actually another ship glides slowly by, missing the other
hologram). Read the following paragraph satellite but severely disrupting its
Immortus/Kang has altered the flow of to the players. orbit.
time to allow immediate healing of the
Avengers wounds. If any hero asks, The vision ends. lmmortus tells the
lmmortus explains that he did this to help Avengers that the two satellites are
the Avengers complete their mission. research stations observing the sun. If
A window in time opens again. This
Kang. Of course, wants the Avengers to they should be destroyed, the study of
time, you are watching a calm country
succeed in their missions so that his own solar flares will be set back five years.
evening. A car moves through the
plan will eventually succeed. Without this information, the solar flare
countryside at a leisurely pace. Sud-
If the Avengers succeeded in their mis- denly, a speck in the sky grows to that triggers the meltdown will not be
sion, lmmortus congratulates them. If they detected in time.
become a strange space ship. The
were defeated in their battle with the To prevent the destruction of the satel-
space ship fires a ray at the car, which
Mimic, read the following paragraph explodes. As the space ship flies on to lites, the heroes must delay or prevent the
its unknown destination, a ghostly bargain between Drax and the aliens.
lmmortus objects to any plan other than
hand the size of a house reaches up
lmmortus looks troubled. Although direct action by the Avengers. For reasons
through the ground. In the hand is the
you failed in your mission, he says, explained earlier, he refuses to answer
body of the driver. As you watch, the
the man known as Calvin Rankin was questions or give details of the bargain
dead mans body is transformed into a
delayed just long enough to prevent his familiar figure-Drax the Destroyer. between Drax and the aliens.
contact with the alien brain enhancer. Time accelerates, and suddenly you lmmortus tells the Avengers that the ali-
His memory of the event may not alter sea Drax in the company of humanoid ens need not be subjected to the memory
things to come too severely-but this is aliens wearing space suits. They are eraser, but that Drax must be-otherwise,
not an auspicious beginning. arguing with Drax in a language you he will remember the encounter and
attack the Avengers again the next time

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they meet. hard target, such as a rock or another CAMPAIGN
Captain America and the Wasp know hero, given the opportunity. He does not
Drax, but at the time of this encounter they know about the Visions phasing power The aliens confess their plot if captured
have not yet met. Starfox knows Drax well, until he sees it in use. He may try to throw and questioned by the Avengers or Drax.
since he is the brother of Thanos, whom a hero into the Vision while the Vision is They promise to never return to earth or
Drax was sworn to kill. out of phase. aid Thanos if the heroes set them free.
While Drax was not a hero in the true Drax nevers runs or dodges in combat, If the Avengers bother to look, they cant
sense, he worked for the cause of good in since he is very confident of his ability to find the satellites that Drax supposedly
his own way. He was obsessed with killing take damage. He never acts defensively destroyed, since they exist only in Kangs
Thanos. the power-mad ruler of Titan who or retreats in battle. hologram.
worshiped death. When Thanos died, The aliens have the following abilities: If the Avengers defeat Drax and the ali-
Drax went insane. ens, Kang returns them to Limbo as soon
The Avengers computer contains com- Aliens (humanoid) as the headset is activated. If the Aveng-
plete information on Drax and Thanos. A F A S E R I P ers are beaten, Drax and the aliens leave,
few details of his history may be unknown, returning to outer space. After two hours,
Gd Ex Ty Ex Ty Pr Ex
but his powers are fully understood. The Kang checks to see what happened, finds
aliens are not described in the computer. the Avengers unconscious, and brings
Health: 56 Karma: 30
Since the satellites dont exist, they them back to Limbo.
arent described in the computer either. If Powers: body armor, energy rifles, jet
the heroes ask lmmortus about this, he packs.
AFTERMATH
replies, "I know what was, is, and will be. I
am not responsible for the information in Upon their return to Limbo, the Aveng-
BODY ARMOR. The aliens space suits
your computer. ers immediately regain any lost Health, as
give them Good Body Armor.
Kangs plan is for the Avengers to delay before.
ENERGY RIFLES. These cause Excellent
Drax long enough to allow one of Thanoss The Karma rewards for this chapter are
damage at Excellent range (5 areas).
schemes to proceed-one which would given below. Keep in mind the other things
JET PACKS. Each alien wears a jet back-
result in the destruction of most of the pack that allows him to fly at Remarkable for which Karma is awarded or deducted,
Avengers. Historically, Drax inadvertently such as good role-playing or destruction of
speed.
ruined this plan in one of his berserk property. . _
attacks upon Thanos. If Drax changes sides, the aliens beam
up to their mother ship on the next round. Table 2: Foiled Again! Karma
BATTLE The transporter will not beam up Drax or
Drax defeated +lOO
the Avengers.
Use the Outdoors section of the map Each alien defeated +20
One round after the first alien is
provided in this module. The Avengers Drax sides with the Avengers
wounded, an enclosed sled carrying two
appear in any area next to the building. during the battle +10
*lO
aliens arrives. The aliens in the sled are
Drax is in a clear area on the other side of Avengers defeated -20
armed with energy pistols that cause
the map. Six aliens start in any area adja- Good damage to whatever they hit, with
cent to Drax. The space ship is nowhere in
Good range. They are wearing space suits
sight. of a different design that dont give them
The aliens are emissaries from Thanos, any protection against damage.
sent to lure Drax into one of Thanos traps.
The aliens tell Drax that they have fo;nd
Alien Sled
the means to destroy Thanos forever. If
Drax will only follow them to their base on Body Speed Control
Mars, they will reveal all. Exce Exce Rema
When the Avengers arrive, they are par-
alyzed for the first round because of the RADIATION RESISTANCE. The sled
effects of time travel. The aliens, detecting provides Monstrous protection from radia-
the arrival of the Avengers, tell Drax that tion. Captain Marvel can penetrate it only
the heroes were sent by Thanos. Drax, in high energy forms. such as radiowaves.
enraged, immediately moves to attack the Her penetration doesnt damage the sled.
Avengers. The aliens also attack. The TANGLER GUN. This gun fires with
heroes can try to reason with Drax. Every Excellent agility and ensnares anything it
round that the Avengers say something to hits with Incredible strength webbing. It
Drax that might placate him, make a Rea- has Remarkable range.
son FEAT roll for Drax. The heroes cant
spend Karma to alter this roll. A yellow or The aliens fire at the closest available
red FEAT result means that Drax is per- target with their energy rifles. They split up
suaded to side with the Avengers against so that they cannot be attacked by an area
the aliens. effect weapon or power.
Drax is a berserk fighter, prompted by The sled moves to help any alien under
rage more than anything else. He uses his attack by the Avengers. It tries to web the
energy blasts 50% of the time; otherwise attacking hero with its tangle gun. If the
he punches, charges, or throws some- tangle gun is broken, the driver tries to
thing at his opponents, as appropriate. ram the hero, causing Excellent damage if
Drax will grab a hero and throw him at a the sled hits.

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Chapter 3

SKRULL AND CROSSBONESTM

CAMPAIGN
As the chronal energies dissipate you tubes and wearing radiation suits. A Thats just a chance well have to
find yourselves once again before large vault in the far wall is standing take.
Immortus, ruler of Limbo. You no longer open. Two men are wheeling a sealed Why you cold, heartless...
ache from the battle in the past and glass container out of the vault. The scene fades, and the portal in
your wounds are healed. Suddenly, the wall directly behind time vanishes.
them shatters into a thousand frag- Immortus, hands clasped behind his
If Drax the Destroyer defeated the ments! An orange, rocky body back, paces across the floor. The solu-
Avengers, read the following paragraph to smashes through the wall and hurtles tion spilled on the floor was a new cool-
the players: across the room into the cart and the ant for nuclear reactor cores. This
sealed glass container. The projectile is company was unwilling to admit that an
You failed in your mission. Fortunately obviously the Thing of the Fantastic accident in the lab put their testing
Drax the Destroyer was delayed Four. The cart and the glass container behind schedule. The company pro-
enough so that the satellite was not lie shattered on the floor. Fumes begin duced the new coolant without testing
damaged. Luckily, his memory of your rising from fragments. The Thing and sold it around the world. Unfortu-
attack has not altered the future in any jumps up from the floor and launches nately, it is defective.
important manner. himself back through the ruined wall, To prevent this tragedy, the Fantas-
hollering Its Clobberin time! Lab tic Four must be delayed from fighting
technicians are fleeing from the labora- their foe, the Super-Skrull, long enough
If the Avengers ask why they couldnt tory in all directions. The scene focuses for the coolant to be taken from the lab-
find the endangered satellites, Kang tells on the fuming liquid on the floor. oratory. Then, if and when the Thing
them that the satellites are simply too The scene changes to a posh office. gets knocked through the wall, the
small to find in such a large area as outer Two men are arguing. coolant will not be there to be
space without special equipment. After You have to report this! You cant destroyed.
answering questions, lmmortus (Kang) hide it! You must defeat the Super-Skrull
reveals the Avengers next mission. Once Just watch me. This company before his battle with the Fantastic
again, this is just a hologram of what Kang stands to lose millions if anyone discov- Four. If you cannot defeat him, at least
wants the Avengers to see. ers the solution has been lost. I delay him for several minutes. I cannot
intend... give you any further information, for the
A hole wreathed by mists appears in We dont know what that stuff might reasons you already know.
the air. Through it you see several peo- do in a reactor core if its not tested!
ple working in a laboratory with test The Scarlet Witch has fought the Super-

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Skrull before. The Wasp, Captain Amer- charge in to fight. However, if the Aveng- These special weapons are designed to lie
ica, and the Vision are very familiar with ers call out, saying something that indi- flat under a shirt sleeve. This lets the
his history. Starfox and Captain Marvel are cates that they believe the Skrulls really Skrulls change shape and still keep their
not familiar with the Super-Skrull because are the Fantastic Four, the Skrulls keep up weapons. To an observer, it looks like
they are new to the Avengers. All of the their masquerade. The false Mr. Fantastic energy beams are being projected from
heroes know that the Super-Skrull has the explains that he detected this spaceship their hands. The laser pistols cause Excel-
combined powers of all four members of when it was landing, and came to investi- lent damage (20 points) to whatever they
the Fantastic Four. gate (a typical thing for the Fantastic Four hit, and have Excellent range (5 areas).
The Avengers computer can provide to do). When the Skrulls get close to the REFLECTIVE ARMOR. All four Skrulls
complete information on the Super-Skrull Avengers, the Skrulls attack by surprise. are wearing suits that reflect and disperse
and Skrulls in general, including the The ship is an important part of the radiation. These suits provide Excellent
Super-Skrulls dependence upon cosmic Super-Skrulls plan. It is a small, four- Body Armor (20 points) and have Amazing
energy. The Avengers have no items that Skrull vehicle designed to land on a planet resistance to radiation (50 points).
are designed specifically for fighting from an orbiting spaceship. It is equipped Skrull Landing Craft
Skrulls. with a few gadgets that are vital to the
In fact, Kang wants the Avengers to Skrulls mission, including a laser and a Body Speed Control
defeat the Super-Skrull. If the Super-Skrull directional antenna that beams cosmic Exce Mons Amaz
is defeated by a group other than the Fan- energy to the Super-Skrull, boosting his
Powers: radar absorber, laser, power
tastic Four, he will report to the Skrull powers and abilities. beam.
emperor that Earth is better protected The Super-Skrull does not use his ship RADAR ABSORBER. This special coat-
than the Skrulls thought. The Skrulls will during combat. He prefers to beat his foes ing absorbs any radar that hits the ship,
tend to leave Earth alone after that, with in physical combat. allowing it to enter the Earths atmosphere
the end result that the Fantastic Four will Each round of combat, secretly make
undetected.
be able to handle the remaining super vil- an Intuition FEAT roll for each hero who
LASER. This light weapon causes
lains more easily. A second large group of can see the spacecraft. Any hero who gets Excellent damage (20 points) to whatever
super heroes wont be needed, and the a red result notices that the dish antenna it hits, and has Incredible range (10 areas).
Avengers wont become a permanent tracks the Super-Skrull. If the Wasp, Cap- Use the pilots Agility to determine hits.
group. tain America, the Vision, or the Scarlet
POWER BEAM. On top of the ship is a
As soon as Kang has finished describ- Witch notice this, they recall that the
dish antenna that always points at the
ing the mission to the players, he adjusts Super-Skrull has received extra energy
Super-Skrull. It beams enough cosmic
his disguised time ship and sends them from power beams in the past. energy to him to increase each of his abili-
back in time. Twenty points of damage destroys the
ties and powers by one rank. Besides the
antenna; it has Typical armor (6 points).
obvious benefits, this increases his Health
BATTLE The round after the antenna is destroyed, to 220 and his Karma to 40.
the Super-Skrull reverts to his normal abil-
Use the city map that came with the ity ranks. This also immediately reduces AFTERMATH
MARVEL SUPER HEROES game. Place his Health by 70 points, and his Karma by If the Super-Skrull defeats the Aveng-
a small spaceship and the Fantastic Four 18 points. ers, then he puts them all in the spaceship
in any rooftop area. The Avengers appear The Super-Skrull uses several powers and locks the hatch. They will become
in any area on the same rooftop. Be sure at once in combat. He might squeeze with prisoners of the Skrull empire after he
to note any differences in the relative the Things Strength while flamed on. He defeats the Fantastic Four. Luckily, Kang
heights of the two areas before the action could fight one hero at a time by sealing gets impatient waiting for their signal,
starts. his foe and himself inside a forcefield. He peeks into the past, and sees the Aveng-
The Avengers are stunned for the first might even become invisible and punch ers lying in the ship. He brings them back
round, just as they were in the other chap- opponents several areas away by stretch- into Limbo. If any of the heroes smash
ters. This doesnt affect the course of ing. their way out of the ship and try to follow
events in this chapter, however. If the battle is going badly for the the Super-Skrull into his fight with the Fan-
The figures on the roof are not the Fan- Skrulls, they try to escape in the space- tastic Four, Kang pulls the heroes from
tastic Four. They are three Skrulls and the ship. If the Super-Skrull is beaten, then the that era and brings them back to Avengers
Super-Skrull using their shape shifting other Skrulls flee. The Super-Skrull stays Mansion in Limbo.
powers. The Super-Skrull is disguised as to the end, whether he is winning or losing. If the Avengers defeat the Skrulls, Kang
the Thing. whisks them back into Limbo as soon as
Skrulls:
the headset is activated.
F A S E R I P As before, all of the Avengers are
It is early morning in New York City.
Gd Gd Ty Ty Gd Pr Ty restored to full Health immediately when
Across the roof you see Mr. Fantastic,
they return to Limbo.
Johnny Storm, the Invisible Girl, and Health: 32 Karma: 20 Karma rewards for this chapter are
the Thing, standing in front of what is
Powers: shape shifting, laser pistols, listed on Table 3. Remember to adjust
obviously a small spaceship. The hatch these rewards for destruction of property,
reflective armor.
is open, and the Fantastic Four seem to good role-playing, and all the usual things.
SHAPE SHIFTING. These three Skrulls
be examining the ship. There is no one
have Excellent shape shifting ability. They Table 3: Skrull and Crossbones Karma
else around.
can take on the appearance of any spe-
cific individual. These Skrulls have taken Heroes see through the Skrulls
If the Avengers make any loud noises, the shapes of Reed Richards, Susan disguises +5
the Skrulls turn around. Seeing a bunch of Storm Richards, and Johnny Storm. Super-Skrull is defeated +75
costumed humans, the Skrulls assume LASER PISTOLS. Each of the three nor- Each normal Skrull defeated +20
that they have been discovered and mal Skrulls is armed with a laser pistol. Avengers are defeated -20

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Chapter 4:
STONE WALLED!
CAMPAIGN
Your sight blurs and grows dim. Mists it gets closer, the world is recognizable cian, knocking the man across a table.
swirl around you. When the world as Earth. The meteor flashes through Seeing nothing else worth wrecking,
clears you see lmmortus once again, the atmosphere. Just before hitting the the Grey Gargoyle walks through the
standing regally in the Avengers inner ocean, the meteor swerves! It heads opposite wall and continues his ram-
sanctum. inland, finally plunging into a shallow page. The time window closes.
bay, steaming and hissing. From the Kang turns toward the Avengers.
apparently solid meteor arises a crea- The stone that the Grey Gargoyle
If the Avengers were defeated by the ture of stone! On its back is a large threw at the laboratory assistant was
Super-Skrull, read this paragraph: machine that looks something like a an experimental isotope. It turned to
rocket propulsion unit. This creature stone when the Grey Gargoyle touched
was the meteor! It advances boldly into it, and its nuclear make-up was subtly
I had thought that the mighty Aveng-
Manhattan, destroying everything in its altered. In fact, it became a highly effi-
ers could deal with a small problem like path and leaving a wake of rubble. cient fuel for nuclear reactors, with one
the Super-Skrull. Fortunately, despite Finally, it is confronted by the Avengers side-effect; any other radioactive mate-
your defeat, the aliens battle with the and Daredevil! In a fierce battle, the rial that came in contact with it slowly
Fantastic Four was delayed long stony creature is destroyed. As Iron took on all of its properties.
enough to prevent the tragedy in the Man and Daredevil investigate the rub- By the 1980s, this isotope is being
laboratory. ble, a stone figure leaps up and used in most nuclear reactors in the
touches both of them, turning them to world and all of those in the United
Kang answers questions about the last stone-the Grey Gargoyle! The fight States. Radiation from the solar flare
adventure, but he is anxious to continue. begins again and, without Iron Man and made this strange isotope heat up too
When any questions have subsided, read Daredevil, the remaining Avengers are fast. None of your reactors had cooling
the following to the players: easily caught and turned to stone. mechanisms capable of dealing with
Then the Grey Gargoyle moves fur- this sudden temperature flare. Within
ther into the city, toppling power lines an hour, every reactor core on Earth
The next critical time node is the most and smashing through buildings. The melted down, transforming the planet
delicate. To deal with this crisis, you Gargoyle smashes through one wall into a radioactive wasteland.
must return into your own past. With a into a research library. A large plastic
wave of his hand, lmmortus opens the container in his path is toppled and All of the Avengers except Captain Mar-
now familiar time window... shatters on the floor, releasing a stone vel and Starfox fought against the Grey
A meteor streaks through the depths about 8 inches across. Enraged, the Gargoyle in the battle seen through the
of outer space. A small speck in the dis- Grey Gargoyle snatches up the stone time portal. These Avengers know all of
tance grows into a blue-green world. As and hurls it at the helpless lab techni- the Grey Gargoyles abilities and powers.
The Avengers were on trial as a national

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security risk when the Grey Gargoyle The Grey Gargoyle wants to get out of
attacked. He was defeated when the Scar- the stone casing. He attacks the Avengers lmmortus looks deeply at each hero.
let Witch caused him to turn back to flesh hoping that they can break it off of him. You have been deceived, Avengers.
at the last minute. (Dont tell the players When he is free, he keeps fighting as long Deceived, and used. The being you
about this unless they ask.) as he must, but will escape if a good serve is not Immortus, at least not yet.
Kang says that the only way the Grey opportunity presents itself. He is Kang the Conqueror, disguised as
Gargoyle can be stopped is if he is During the battle the Grey Gargoyle me by an illusion projector. I cannot
defeated before he reaches Manhattan. concentrates his attacks against the Scar- explain in detail, as we have very little
The characters absolutely must not let Witch and the Vision. He knows that time before Kang becomes curious
appear on television or see any of the these two Avengers are the most danger- about your delay. But I can reassure
Avengers existing in that time. The result- ous to himself. you that the Earth has not been
ing tremors in time would destroy the He uses a wide variety of creative tac- destroyed, and has never been in peril.
entire era. tics. About 50% of the time the Grey Gar- Kang has been using you to alter time.
Kang hopes that the time-traveling goyle simply tries to turn his opponent to
Avengers can defeat the Grey Gargoyle stone, eliminating the foe in one round. At If the heroes ask for proof of Immortus
before the Avengers of that time find him. other times he punches, or grabs some- identity, he allows the Scarlet Witch to use
Without the publicity from their victory thing with his right hand and throws it. her power to reveal his true identity. No
over the Grey Gargoyle, the Avengers Whatever he touches with his right hand dice roll is needed. The Scarlet Witch can-
would be forcibly disbanded by the courts. turns to stone, so these thrown objects all not affect Immortus, proving that he is who
By defeating him publicly the Avengers cause Incredible damage when they hit. he claims to be.
proved to the National Security Council For example, a wooden park bench nor-
that they should be allowed to continue as mally causes Poor damage when its Only one means is available to defeat
New Yorks protectors. thrown. The same bench, turned to stone Kang and undo his mischief: the
When the players are ready, Kang by the Grey Gargoyle, causes Incredible chronatron. This time-rending weapon
sends them back in time to where the Grey damage. is locked in the eternal fortress, in the
Gargoyle is, outside of Manhattan. Kang One of his favorite tricks is to turn some- Omega dimension. I cannot tell you
refuses to send them anywhere else, thing to stone and let the laws of science about the eternal fortress, because I do
because the risk of being seen is too high. take over. For example, an awning or tent not know what lies inside.
turned to stone cant support its own The Omega dimension is a dead-
BATTLE weight and collapses on anyone under it. end in time, where all life has been
Use the wilderness section of side one A bush or tree becomes a trap if it turns to extinguished. Stretching out his hand,
of the Avengers map. The Grey Gargoyle stone around a hero. If a hero falls into a he offers a strange device to the Wasp.
starts in any clear area along one of the pond, the Grey Gargoyle can turn the Take this with you-it will allow you to
maps short sides, and the Avengers start water to stone, trapping the hero in a stone understand the speech of the beings
in a clear area on the other side of the prison for one hour. who built the fortress. I will instruct you
map. The Vision is in for a nasty surprise if he in the chronatrons use when you
The Avengers are stunned for the first tries to use his density attack against the return. But if you would go, you must
round of the battle. However, the Grey Grey Gargoyle; it wont work. Because the leave now, before Kangs curiosity
Gargoyle cant reach them in that round, Grey Gargoyles body is stone, it isnt overcomes him.
anyway. affected by the shock and pain of the
The Grey Gargoyle starts off in a thick Visions attack. Instead, the Vision takes If the Avengers agree to enter the eter-
coating of stone. Show the pictures at the Incredible damage (40 points) for trying to nal fortress, lmmortus sends them to the
top of this page to the players if they are solidify himself inside a dense object. Omega dimension. The Omega dimen-
confused about what the Grey Gargoyle sion and the eternal fortress are described
looks like. Cover the text with a piece of in Chapter 5.
paper when the players are looking at the
CAMPAIGN If the Avengers refuse to travel to the
picture. When this battle is over the true Immor- Omega dimension, lmmortus tells them,
The Grey Gargoyle cant be hurt while tus appears before the startled Avengers. You have doomed yourselves! and dis-
he is protected by this stony shell. The If they defeated the Grey Gargoyle, appears. A few moments later, Kang
shell can take 200 points of damage, and lmmortus appears before the headset is returns the characters to Limbo. Skip
then it crumbles. The shell itself has activated. If the Grey Gargoyle won the Chapter 5 and continue with Chapter 6.
Incredible body armor. Once the shell is battle, lmmortus pops in as the Avengers
smashed, the Grey Gargoyle can be hurt, are waking up.
but he is still protected by his Incredible The heroes have one round to react
AFTERMATH
Body Armor. before lmmortus speaks. He is protected If the characters entered the Omega
While encumbered with the stone shell, by a Class 1000 force field, making him dimension, they dont get to recover any of
the Grey Gargoyles Agility and Endur- invulnerable. If the heroes attack him, their lost Health points until they return to
ance are Poor. Visions density attack can lmmortus points at one character each Limbo. If the heroes refused to travel to
damage the stone casing, but not the Grey round, freezing time around that character the eternal fortress, Kang pulls them back
Gargoyle inside. The Grey Gargoyles big- so the hero is paralyzed and completely to Limbo and restores them to full Health.
gest disadvantage while in the shell is that helpless. When all of the heroes are fro-
Table 4: Stone Walled Karma
he cant use his arms or hands. zen, lmmortus scolds them for being such
The Grey Gargoyles rocket pack lets fools, and then explains the situation to Grey Gargoyle defeated +80
him fly at Amazing speed in air and at them. Avengers defeated -20
Monstrous speed in outer space. He cant If the heroes dont attack, or they are all Avengers believe lmmortus +10
+lO
maneuver in it very well, so he doesnt fly frozen, read the following paragraph to the Avengers refuse to enter Omega
during the battle. players: Dimension -10

9
Chapter 5:
THE
BATTLE
Use side two of the Time Trap! map. The The throne is made out of an Amazing Spirits
numbered areas inside the fortress are material. It can be destroyed by 200 points F A S E R I P
described in this chapter. of damage. When the throne has suffered
Fb Pr Gd Am Rm Ex In
The entire fortress is made of adaman- 100 points of damage, the telekinetic pro-
tium and osmium steel. The outer walls jector is disabled. Health: 66 Karma: 0
and the heavy, inner walls are pure ada- The markings on the walls and ceiling
Powers: ghostly touch, body armor.
mantium augmented by a proton field are easy to read with the translator.
GHOSTLY TOUCH. The spirits use nor-
which cant be penetrated by any means.
mal fighting rules. The touch of a spirit
Other walls are made of osmium steel passes directly into the victims nervous
(Unearthly material). The doors in the for- This world was once beautiful and fer-
tile. Its proud masters waged wars system. Their attacks are not affected by
tress are hardened steel. A button along
across the time barriers. In the end, Body Armor or force fields.
the side opens each door. BODY ARMOR. These insubstantial
those wars destroyed not only the mas-
ters, but their world, and their entire ghosts have Excellent Body Armor and
Room 1 dimension. The masters weapon, the Incredible resistance to energy attacks.
This room is a large rotunda. The walls indestructible chronatron, is kept here The book-sized device on the pedestal
are covered with geometric patterns in the Eternal Fortress to prevent our is labeled Forcefield Nullifier. If acti-
and etchings. In the center of the room, tragedy from sweeping all life from the vated, this device opens the proton field
sitting on a throne that resembles a multiverse. sealing the door to the chronatron room.
demolished planet, is Galactus, the
Planet Eater! Room 3
This place is not for creatures such Room 2
as yourselves. Leave now, or face my This empty room is paneled in gleam-
wrath! The long wall is covered with a mural ing metal. The surfaces are etched with
depicting many battles. Among the geometric patterns, mostly circles.
combatants are strange aliens that look
Galactus is an illusion. It is controlled by like snakes with antennae, fighting
Kang! In the back of the room is a ped- Each circle covers a hole in the wall. In
a sophisticated computer. The illusion each hole is a robotic tentacle made of
estal with a metal device on it. Between
moves very convincingly, but never leaves Incredible material. One round after the
its throne. A powerful (Remarkable rank) you and the pedestal are four ghostly
figures that resemble the aliens in the first hero enters the room, the door slams
telekinetic projector is housed in the shut and locks. Three tentacles for each
mural.
throne. This projector cant cause damage hero whip out of their slots and try to grap-
directly, but it allows the illusion of Galac- ple the hero. They have Remarkable
tus to toss objects (or people) around the The translucent alien spirits guard the Strength. If a hero destroys three tenta-
room. device on the pedestal. cles, the room leaves him alone.

10
Room 4 ing from the walls or ceiling. Shooting is Super powers do not work in this room, but
As the door slides open, the hallway is shifted only one column to the left. abilities and talents are not affected.
stitched by a murderous crossfire of lasers The centipedes attack immediately. Champion
and rockets from inside the room. The They can climb the metal rods, the walls,
hero who opened the door can close it and the ceiling without any column shifts, F A S E R I P
immediately with an Agility FEAT roll. and are not hindered by the slippery floor. Ex Ex Gd Gd In Rm Gd
Three lasers and three rocket launchers Centipedes (robots) Health: 60 Karma: 80
are mounted on the walls of the room.
Each has Excellent Agility (for targeting), F A S E R I P Powers: temporal fugue.
causes Excellent damage, and has Good Gd Ex Ty Ex Pr Fb Pr TEMPORAL FUGUE. The champion
range. They are made of Remarkable can call duplicates of himself from the past
Health: 56 Karma: 0
material, and can be destroyed by 20 to aid him in combat. This power operates
points of damage. Powers: eye beams, body armor. despite the properties of the room. Out of
Read the room description to the play- EYE BEAMS. The robots shoot Excel- a sense of fairness, he always calls
ers after the weapons are disabled. lent (range and damage) electrical bolts exactly as many duplicates as he has
from their eyes. opponents.
BODY ARMOR. Each robot has Good
The room is long and narrow, and the Body Armor. Room 9
far end forms a semicircle. Near the far In the center of this otherwise barren
wall is a glass case that contains a Room 7 room is an open steel box.
book. A large door dominates the right
wall. This room is large and oddly shaped. In
three of the corners are glowing The box is a decoy. Anyone who steps
spheres. The room is covered with into the room must make a Psyche FEAT
If the book is lifted or disturbed, the roll. Failure means that the hero goes ber-
three functioning robots from Room 5 black scorch marks.
serk and attacks his fellow Avengers for 1
enter through the large door in the right to 10 rounds.
wall. The book repeats the story told in the The spheres are energy spiders with
mural in the entrance rotunda. their legs folded in. When the heroes enter CAMPAIGN
the room, the energy spiders unfold their
legs and attack! When the Avengers get out of the
Room 5
Omega fortress with the chronatron,
Almost 100 cylindrical robots are Energy Spiders lmmortus brings them back to the site of
mounted on the walls of this otherwise F A S E R I P their battle with the Grey Gargoyle and
barren room. TY Rm Fb Ty Pr Ty Rm gives them the following instructions.
Health: 46 Karma: 0
The device which accompanies Kang,
Only three of these robots work. If they Powers: absorption, bite. and generates his time visions, is his
didnt attack in Room 4, they drop from the ABSORPTION. The spiders can absorb timeship. Aim the chronatron at the
wall and attack as soon as the characters
energy: radiation, electricity, etc. Each timeship and press the blue button.
move into this room. The Omegatron bolt of energy absorbed increases the spi- The timeship will disappear, along with
robots have cylindrical bodies with multi- ders Strength and Endurance one rank. all traces of Kangs manipulations in
jointed arms, and sensors where the head The creatures Health improves accord- the time stream. Kang must be kept
should be. They have no legs, but float 1 ingly. If Captain Marvel passes through an away from the timeship for the first few
foot above the ground. energy spider as light, she is absorbed moments after it is hit by this weapon,
Omegatrons (robots) completely and all the spiders abilities or he can negate its effect. Kang is
increase two ranks. She is freed when the about to summon you back to Limbo.
F A S E R I P spider is destroyed. Physical attacks Remember my instructions and be of
Mn Ex Rm Rm Ty Gd Pr
cause normal damage. stout heart, Avengers!
Health: 155 Karma: 0 BITE. This is a normal attack.

Room 6 Room 8 AFTERMATH


This room is surrounded by an
The ceiling and walls of this room are As usual, the Avengers wounds are
Unearthly force field. The Forcefield Nulli- healed as they travel through Limbo on
covered with metal rods, as if the room fier in Room 2 turns it off.
was filled with 'monkey bars'. At the far their return trip.
end are five centipede-shaped robots. Table 5: The Eternal Fortress Karma
All of the surfaces in this room glow
Each robot is 5 feet long with a blue light. An elaborate pedestal Discover that Galactus is
stands toward the rear of the room. A an illusion +5
The floor is almost frictionless. Every rifle-shaped device sits atop the pedes- Defeat ghost +50 each
round when a hero is standing on the floor, tal. A humanoid alien is sitting cross- Read the book in Room 4 +30
the player must make an Agility FEAT roll. legged in front of the pedestal. Defeat robot +35 each
If the FEAT fails, the hero falls down before Defeat centipede +20 each
performing any action. The device on the pedestal is the Defeat spider +40 each
The metal bars are easy to climb, like a chronatron. The creature in front of it is the Defeat champion +50
jungle gym. Any heroes without martial champion of the fortress. No one can Bring back Forcefield Nullifier+20
arts talent must take two column shifts to remove the chronatron from the fortress Grabbed by tentacles -30
the left on the Universal Table while hang- without first defeating the champion. Defeat berserk Avenger -30 each

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Chapter 6:

CAMPAIGN
Kang answers what questions he feels
The mists of time swirl about you. Your are pertinent. If the questioning gets too The ship rolls over, sinking rapidly, as
vision clears and you see lmmortus direct, he may suspect that the Avengers the Sub-Mariner resumes his trek
standing before you in the familiar halls have seen through his ruse. Make an Intui- northward.
of Avengers Mansion. But now you tion FEAT roll for Kang. If it succeeds, As the lifeboats are being lowered to
know that he is really the treacherous Kang decides he is trapped and attacks the water and the crew and passengers
Kang the Conqueror! You recall Immor- without warning. scramble away from the sinking ship,
tus last warning before he left. Do not If the Avengers play along with Kangs the scene shifts to a cargo deck below
let Kang send you back in time under charade and dont do anything suspi- the waterline. The deck is awash, and
any circumstances. He means to cious, Kang shows them the last node he the water is rising. A lone man fumbles
strand you there when your task is wants changed. with the straps on several large crates,
complete! but they are obviously too bulky for him
to move by himself. With a tremendous
boom, the bulkhead collapses and
This is the last node! says Kang. water pours into the hold. The man
The Avengers appear in the mansion in Alter this portion of time and hope
the same room as Kang. Kang does not screams, and the scene shifts once
returns for Earth! The air parts in a again to show the crates sinking slowly
suspect that they know who he really is. cloud of mist to reveal a window into
He assumes that they still believe he is to the bottom of the sea. The ocean
history. The scene is the north Atlantic
Immortus. liner follows more slowly, finally settling
Ocean. A lone figure is swimming at an to the bottom and crushing the crates.
If the Avengers dont attack right away, amazing pace through the icy water.
and they failed to stop the Grey Gargoyle, Only Namor, the Sub-Mariner, Prince of
read the following paragraph aloud. Atlantis, can swim so fast. Kang tells the Avengers that the man
Suddenly, out of the mists, looms an and his equipment represent a decade of
ocean liner. No one on the deck can see nuclear research. To prevent the loss of
You failed in your mission. The Grey the figure in the water, and the huge his knowledge, they must travel to a small
Gargoyle runs rampant through New vessel runs over the swimmer without island where Namor is resting before
York. I may need to intervene person- even shifting its weight. A moment later beginning his trek into the North Atlantic.
ally to repair the damage. Know, the liner tips to one side. Namor flies If the Sub-Mariner can be delayed one
Avengers, that this disaster lies upon out of the water shouting, Impudent hour, the liner will be safe.
your heads! With luck the damage is land worms! Have you no respect for Kangs actual plot has nothing to do with
repairable. royal blood? Mayhap now you shall! an ocean liner. On this particular trip into
the Artic circle, Namor will find a man fro-

12
zen in a block of ice. In anger he will hurl it DISINTEGRATOR BEAM. Kangs hel- tron at the Unearthly level. If the result is
into the sea where it will be found by the met has a built-in weapon which dissolves red, the beam has transfixed the time-
Avengers. The frozen man is none other inorganic material. It cant hurt anything ships localizer mechanism. In 1 to 10
than Captain America! If Namor is that is alive or made of organic compo- rounds, the timeship, Kang, Dragon Man,
delayed Captain America never is revived, nents. This weapon causes Monstrous and Kangs minions will be dragged for-
and never becomes an Avenger. Without damage to the Vision and ignores his ward to the 30th century, erasing all traces
his leadership, the Avengers fall apart. Body Armor if he has increased his density of Kangs meddling. Kang can repair the
When the Avengers announce that they to Incredible or higher. Kang usually uses effect if he has two rounds, undisturbed, to
are ready, Kang adjusts his time machine. it to dissolve objects or to create holes fiddle with his timeship. If the chronatrons
If he sends the Avengers back to Iceland, beneath a heros feet. FEAT roll failed, the beam was absorbed
the adventure is over. Kang strands them STASIS PROJECTOR. Anything hit by by the timeships insulation.
there. this weapon is frozen in time for 1 to 10
BATTLE rounds. This doesnt hurt the victim, but it CAMPAIGN
does take him out of the fight for a while. A If the Avengers are losing the fight and
Use the map of Avengers Mansion main hero in time stasis cant be affected by all hope is lost, lmmortus appears and
floor for this battle. Kang and his timeship anything available to Kang or in the man- saves the day. He could do this many
start in any area in the main dining hail. sion. The stasis projector is a hand-held ways. He might grab the chronatron and
The Avengers locations depend on what device, hidden in the timeship. blast the time machine with it. He might
the characters have done leading up to snatch one of Kangs weapons and use it
this point. The Avengers probably are in or Kangs Minions against Kang. Let lmmortus do whatever
adjacent to the main dining area. F A S E R I P is necessary to resolve the situation.
Kang has lowered his guard. The null Gd Ty Ty Gd Pr Fb Pr When the action is over and Kang has
probability field which prevented the Scar- been sent back to his proper time, Immor-
let Witch from affecting him has been low- Health: 32 tus offers to answer any questions the
ered; the energy necessary to maintain it Each minion carries a blaster rifle which Avengers have about what just happened,
is enormous. Kang is not totally without causes Good damage to whatever it hits, but he refuses to give them any more infor-
defenses, though. If he can reach his time- and has Excellent range. These rifles work mation about the eternal fortress.
ship, one lever brings the Dragon Man directly on the nervous system and ignore Use Chapter 7 as an optional ending. It
from another time to attack the Avengers. Body Armor. However, Captain Americas sends the Avengers back to the Omega
Just to make life interesting, three of shield, Captain Marvel transformed to dimension to return the artifacts that they
Kangs minions join the fray if a different light, and the Vision out of phase are not stole to defeat Kang. Since these artifacts
lever is thrown. effected. The adamantium in Captain dont belong to the Avengers it could be
The timeship is made of Monstrous Americas shield reflects the beam. seen as stealing to keep them. As we all
material and has Monstrous body armor. Kang calls in Dragon Man and his three know, heroes lose Karma for stealing.
Kang has several devices with him. minions to soften up the Avengers as soon If you dont use Chapter 7, then Immor-
These are detailed below. as possible after the battle starts. With his tus takes the items and returns them to the
BODY ARMOR. While the Avengers force field up Kang is almost invulnerable, Omega dimension himself. He returns
were away, Kang quickly made a change but he cant attack through it. He extends Avengers Mansion to New York and disap-
in his armor. Each time a light-based this force field to enclose the time pears in a wreath of mists to Limbo.
energy beam hits him there is a 75% machine. If Dragon Man and Kangs min- By the end of the fight, the mansion
chance that it is reflected away harm- ions are close to defeat, Kang turns off the probably is a mess. Remind the Vision that
lessly. After seeing the power wielded by force field and leaps into the fray. that this whole thing started during a meet-
Captain Marvel, Kang decided this If the Vision walks through Kangs force ing to discuss the years charity work. If
change was necessary. field while out of phase, he suffers Amaz- the Avengers dont start cleaning up or
SAPPER GRENADES. Kang carries 10 ing damage and his Body Armor gives him resume their meeting, they should lose
of these grenades in his belt. Each can fill no protection. When the Vision is inside, Karma. After all, they do have their every-
an entire area with gas. The gas reacts Kang starts to use his special weapons day lives to attend to.
with enzymes in the body to reduce a per- hidden in the time machine. From Kangs
sons Strength by four ranks for 1 to 10 point of view, the Vision is trapped inside AFTERMATH
rounds. Roll separately for each hero the force field with Kang, not vice versa! If the heroes return to the Omega
affected. The Vision is immune to this If the Dragon Man is subjected to ultra- dimension, they regain all of their lost
effect, but Starfox isnt. A heros Health is sonic waves he must make a Reason Health, just as in all the other chapters. If
not affected by this loss of Strength. FEAT roll each round. If he fails this roll, he they dont go dimension-hopping again,
MOLECULAR ATTRACTOR. This beam turns and attacks Kang. Kang concen- they recover Health at the normal rate.
weapon is mounted in Kangs left gauntlet. trates on putting away the berserk robot Besides the Karma awards listed on
When fired at the floor beneath someones rather than the Avengers, because he con- Table 6, remember to award bonuses and
feet, it makes the character stick to the siders it more dangerous. penalties for good role playing and
floor. To break free, the character must The chronatron beam cant penetrate destruction of property. Even though the
make a Strength FEAT roll, as if he was try- Kangs force field. A shot at the timeship Avengers own Avengers Mansion, they
ing to break an Amazing material. hits automatically, because the machine is still lose Karma for tearing it apart.
ROCKET GUN. This large handgun is a big, stationary target. If the force field
Table 6: Truth and Consequences Karma
hidden in Kangs timeship. It fires rockets nullifier is activated in the mansion, the
which cause Monstrous damage to what- artifact shuts down Kangs force field at Kang defeated +lOO
ever they hit and Remarkable damage to the beginning of the next round. Dragon Man defeated +75
everything else in the same area as the When the chronatron beam hits Kangs Each Minion defeated +20
target. It has Remarkable range. timeship, make a FEAT roll for the chrona- lmmortus has to help -30

13
SOMETHING BORROWED
CAMPAIGN
Any rooms that seemed too easy for the Put on a show and give away the profits;
lmmortus tells you, You must return heroes can be strengthened with more Speak at a benefit dinner;
what you removed from the eternal for- guardians or traps. Visit a retirement home;
tress. Such devices are far too danger- When the heroes get to the room where Provide security at a summer festival;
ous to be kept anywhere else. Misuse the chronatron belongs, the champion Visit invalids at a hospital;
of the chronatron could result in a total reacts differently. He greets them in a Help put out forest fires
warping of time. In one hour I shall friendly fashion and thanks them for When the Avengers finish their charity
send you back to the Omega dimen- returning the extremely dangerous device meeting, try to remind each of them of
sion. that they took. He warns them that Earth something in his or her personal life that
could end up like the Omega dimension if needs to be taken care of that day:
the chronatron is misused. Vision and Scarlet Witch-promised to
The Avengers can scrounge for items visit Quicksilver and Crystal, who are visit-
that will help them get past the obstacles CAMPAIGN ing Earth for the week;
in the fortress before returning to the Captain America-agreed to give self-
Omega dimension. Anything that can be When the heroes get out of the eternal defense lessons to the Womens League;
held in a heros hands can be taken there. fortress, lmmortus returns them to their Captain Marvel-said she would visit her
lmmortus warns the heroes that the mansion in Manhattan. They have parents. Her mothers birthday is soon;
eternal fortress often changes itself ran- Wasp-has a charity ball to organize. Of
regained all of their Health through the
domly. What was in one place may now be time-warping powers of Immortus. course, that means she needs a new out-
in another. This is one of its protective Several things can be done when the fit,
schemes. Avengers return. The mansion should Starfox-promised to stop in at the Baxter
Building and say hello to the She-Hulk.
have been seriously damaged during the
BATTLE fight with Kang. The planning meeting for
Use the map of the eternal fortress. The charity work has to be finished. AFTERMATH
Avengers start in the entrance area in front Planning the years charity work is a Karma awards for actions in the eternal
of the fortress. good way to add some flavor to the cam- fortress are listed in Chapter 5. Two Karma
The room descriptions are in Chapter 5. paign. These events can be settings for penalties are listed here; awards for off-
Feel free to switch descriptions or traps new adventures or can conflict with an duty actions are listed on page 23 of the
between rooms, as the fortress periodi- emergency. This kind of charity work MARVEL SUPER HEROESTM Campaign
cally rearranges itself. It has restored itself makes a good background for a cam- Book.
to full operation since the last time the paign.
Some samples of charity work: Table 7: Something Borrowed Karma
Avengers were there.
If the rooms are switched around, the Spend a day at the orphanage; Neglect to clean up and repair
chronatrons resting place must be sur- Dedicate a new building or facility; mansion -20
rounded by pure adamantium and the Present a check to an organization; Neglect to finish charity
door must be guarded by the force field. Use super powers to aid a charity group; planning meeting -25

14
DRAX THE
TM
KANG TM
DESTROYER
(formerly Arthur Douglas), agent of Chronos
(real name unknown), conqueror
Fighting: GOOD
Fighting: TYPICAL
Agility: EXCELLENT
TM
Agility:
Strength:
GOOD
REMARKABLE MIMIC Strength:
Endurance:
AMAZING
UNEARTHLY
Endurance: INCREDIBLE Calvin Rankin, student (deceased) Reason: GOOD
Reason: AMAZING
Fighting: TYPICAL Intuition: GOOD
Intuition: REMARKABLE
Agility: TYPICAL Psyche: REMARKABLE
Psyche: GOOD
Strength: TYPICAL
Endurance: TYPICAL Health: 180
Health: 86
Reason: TYPICAL Karma: 50
Karma: 90
Intuition: TYPICAL Resources: FEEBLE
Resources: MONSTROUS
Psyche: TYPICAL Popularity: 10
Popularity: 5
Powers:
Powers: Health: 24
Karma: 18 BODY ARMOR. Draxs artificial body gives him
ARMOR. Kangs armor has a protective force Resources: POOR Amazing Body Armor. Regardless of how much
field which gives him Unearthly protection from Popularity: 15 physical damage he takes, Drax can not die; he
all types of energy. He can extend the force field
only falls unconscious.
to protect an entire area for up to 12 hours. The Powers:
armor is made of an unknown metal which also FLIGHT. Drax can fly at Monstrous speed, and
MIMICRY. The Mimic has the power to copy all
gives him Remarkable Body Armor. The armor can make an interplanetary trip in weeks.
of the natural abilities, powers, and talents of
has a complete life support system.
anybody who is in the same area with him. Artifi- ENERGY BEAMS. Drax can project beams of
GAUNTLETS. Kangs gauntlets contain anti- cial or mechanical abilities and powers cant be cosmic energy, channeled through his arms, to
gravity projectors. These can lift objects as if mimicked. Rankin cant control this power; he cause Amazing damage.
they had Remarkable Strength, or shoot beams copies everything, even if he doesnt want to.
Talents: none.
of energy that cause Remarkable damage. Once he mimics a hero, he keeps those powers
and abilities until he moves at least a mile away. Background: Arthur Douglas and his family
TIME SHIP. This machine can send or retrieve
Then the powers and abilitiesvanish. The Mimic were murdered by Thanos of Titan. Thanos
people, objects, or itself to or from anywhere in always gets the highest ability or power rank father and grandfather, Mentor and Chronos,
time. The device weighs 11 tons. It is made of
from all the people in the area. placed Douglas astral form into an artificial
Incredible Strength metal, but it stops working if
body and charged it with fanatical hatred for
it takes 50 points of damage. Talents: none. Thanos. Eventually, Thanos threat was elimi-
OTHER DEVICES. Kang usually carries a wide Background: Calvin Rankin got his power in a nated, and Drax wandered without a purpose.
variety of new and unique devices. laboratory accident. As the Mimic, Rankin first When Drax attacked Moondragon, his daugh-
fought the X-Men, but later joined them (he was ter, she forced his astral form out of the artificial
Talents: none. body, and the body was later destroyed by the
the only X-Man who was not a mutant). Eventu-
Background: Kang is a conqueror and time ally, Rankin lost control over his power, and it Avengers.
traveler from the 31st century. Actually, many threatened to drain energy from people all over In battle, Drax was likely to fly into a berserk
Kangs exist separately in divergent time the world. Rankin was hunted down by the Hulk, rage. If provoked by insult or injury, he must
streams. One of these Kangs withdrew to Limbo and absorbed a lethal dose of Gamma Radia- make a Reason FEAT roll; if the roll fails, he
and became Immortus. tion. attacks his persecutor with brute force alone.

15
TM
SUPER-SKRULL
Skrull Warrior

Fighting: REMARKABLE
Agility: EXCELLENT
Strength: AMAZING
TM

TM
GREY GARGOYLE Endurance:
Reason:
AMAZING
TYPlCAL
DRAGON MAN Paul Pierre Duval, criminal Intuition:
Psyche:
TYPICAL
GOOD
Fighting: TYPICAL [GOOD]
artificially created being
Agility: TYPICAL [EXCELLENT] Health: 150
Fighting: GOOD Strength: TYPICAL [INCREDIBLE] Karma: 22
Agility: GOOD Endurance: TYPICAL [INCREDIBLE] Resources: FEEBLE
Strength: AMAZING Reason: EXCELLENT Popularity: 0
Endurance: MONSTROUS Intuition: GOOD
Reason: FEEBLE Psyche: TYPICAL Powers:
Intuition: FEEBLE SHAPE-SHIFTING. Like all Skrulls, Super-
Psyche: POOR Health: 24 [110] Skrull can alter his shape and appearance to
Karma: 36 resemble anything of about the same size and
Health: 145 Resources: GOOD weight.
Karma: 8 Popularity: 50 [10]
Resources: none BODY ARMOR. Super-Skrull has Remarkable
Popularity: 0 Powers: Body Armor.
Powers: PARALYZING TOUCH. Anything touched by FLIGHT. By creating a blast of fire from his feet
the palm of the Grey Gargoyles right hand is and legs the Super-Skrull can fly at Incredible
BODY ARMOR. Dragon Mans hide gives him turned to stone for one hour. The touch pene- speed.
Incredible Body Armor. trates thin materials like cloth or costumes, but
not thicker materials like Iron Mans armor. The GENERATE AND CONTROL FIRE. Like the
FLIGHT. Dragon Man can fly at Good speed by
Grey Gargoyle can transform up to 10 cubic feet Human Torch, the Super Skrull can create
using an internal anti-gravity device; his wings
of material to stone with a single touch. This flames from his own body or control external
serve as stabilizers.
affects only one type of material at a time; if he flames, doing so with Monstrous power. Super-
BREATH DISTANCE WEAPON. H e c a n touches a table, the entire table turns to stone, Skrull also can use fire as a distance weapon,
breathe fire and cause Monstrous damage. The but the things on it are unchanged. Touching a causing Monstrous damage with Good range (3
maximum range for Dragon Mans breath is two moving object requires a Fighting FEAT roll. areas). He has Monstrous resistance to fire.
areas. He can breathe fire only 20 to 25 times Stationary objects can be touched automati-
INVISIBILITY. Super-Skrull can make himself
before needing more fuel, so he is somewhat cally. A person turned to stone has Incredible invisible to normal, ultra-violet and infra-red light
conservative with his flames. Body Armor, but cant move; he still takes dam-
with Excellent power.
age normally.
SONIC WEAKNESS. Dragon Man is vulnerable FORCE FIELDS. Super-Skrulls force field is
to sonic attacks. Each round that he is exposed ALTER EGO. By touching himself with his right Amazing.
to ultrasonic frequencies he must make a palm, Duval becomes living stone. In this state
Psyche FEAT roil. If the roll fails, then Dragon he has Incredible Body Armor, and his abilities STRETCHING. Like Mr. Fantastic, Super-Skrull
Man undergoes a psychological change: are raised to the ranks and numbers listed in can stretch his body and reach as far as three
becoming enraged, docile, confused, or deter- brackets. Duvall can still move when turned to areas away. He can attack or grapple several
mined, depending on the ultrasonic frequency stone. non-adjacent opponents at one time.
and the Judges discretion.
LEAPING. The Grey Gargoyles Incredible COSMIC POWER. The Super-Skrulls powers
TAIL. Dragon Man can use his tail to attack Strength is enough to give him Typical leaping are stronger when he is absorbing more cosmic
opponents behind him. power. energy. The ability and power ranks listed here
are what he can do under Earths normal dose
Talents: none Talents: Chemistry. of cosmic rays. If the Super-Skrull is getting
Background: Dragon Man was created at Background: Duval was a pharmaceutical additional cosmic rays, from a natural or artifi-
Empire State University by Professor Gregson chemist in Paris before a laboratory accident cial source, the following abilities and powers
Gilbert, with the help of Diablo. Having almost gave him the power to change any material to increase by one rank: Strength, Endurance,
no mind of his own, Dragon Man has been used stone with a touch. Since then, Duval has fol- Flight, Generate and Control Fire, Force Field,
as a plug-ugly by numerous villains who man- lowed a life of crime, in Europe and the United and Stretching. His Health also increases by 50
aged to get control over him. States. points.
6853XXX1 501

16
VISION TM

Vision, Adventurer
Fighting: REMARKABLE
Agility: EXCELLENT
Strength: AMAZING
Endurance: INCREDIBLE
Reason: EXCELLENT
Intuition: TYPICAL
Psyche: REMARKABLE

Health: 140
Karma: 56
Resources: FEEBLE
Popularity: 30
Powers:
DENSITY CONTROL. T h e V i s i o n h a s
Unearthly control of his density. For each rank
that he increases his density above his Endur-
ance rank (Remarkable), his Agility and Fighting
abilities are reduced b y one rank each.
PHASING. He can phase through any material
of Unearthly hardness or less. The Vision cant
SCARLET WITCH TM
make another object non-material. He can pass
CAPTAIN MARVEL TM
Wanda Maximoff, adventurer
through most force fields, but some can stop
him and others harm him.
Monica Rambeau, adventurer.
Fighting: GOOD FLIGHT. This is another use of his phasing
Fighting: GOOD Agility: GOOD power. By making himself very light, the Vision
Agility: GOOD Strength: TYPICAL floats through the air. His power rank is Typical.
Strength: GOOD Endurance: EXCELLENT He cant carry anything while flying, because he
Endurance: REMARKABLE Reason: GOOD is non-material.
Reason: TYPICAL Intuition: EXCELLENT
Intuition: GOOD Psyche: REMARKABLE FIRE MISSILE WEAPON. The Vision can shoot
Psyche: TYPICAL beams of solar energy through the jewel in his
Health: 46 forehead. These infrared/microwave beams
Health: 60 Karma: 60 cause Remarkable damage and have Excellent
Karma: 22 Resources: POOR range (5 areas).
Resources: EXCELLENT Popularity: 30 DENSITY ATTACK. The Visions control over
Popularity: 20 his density is so good that he can use it to attack
Powers:
Powers: and stun opponents. By putting part of his body
PROBABILITY FIELD ALTERATION. The through an opponent and partially resolidifying,
BODY TRANSFORMATION: Captain Marvel Scarlet Witchs power seems magical, but in he can cause up to Remarkable damage. The
can convert her body into any form of electro- fact she is a mutant. She can disrupt probability victim must make an Endurance FEAT roll. If the
magnetic energy: radio waves, visible light, fields so that very unlikely events occur. For result is red or yellow, the attack has no further
gamma rays, X-rays, and everything in example, she could cause a table to collapse or effect. If the result is Green, the victim falls
between. While in this energy state, she can a machine to tip over. She cant cause some- unconscious. If the result is white, the victim
only be harmed by other energy of the same thing to happen if that event is impossible; loses all of his Health points, falls unconscious,
wavelength, or by energy-muting fields or tables cant be created from nothing, and and is dying. Body Armor doesnt affect this
devices, such as force fields, power converters, machines cant just cease to exist. When the attack. Some force fields and Class 1000 armor
or the Darkforce. She can move at the speed of Scarlet Witch uses her power, the player block this attack.
light, and can travel along circuitry and dodge describes precisely what effect is wanted, and Because this attack is so dangerous, the
with Unearthly speed and Agility. Captain Mar- the Judge decides whether that effect is within Vision must pay 25 Karma points every time he
vel also can pass through any material that the Scarlet Witchs power. To use the power, the uses it. The Vision uses this power only in emer-
allows transmission of electromagnetic waves. player must make a successful Psyche FEAT gencies, usually to prevent murder. The Judge
roll. If the Scarlet Witch is trying to alter proba- should impose an additional, stiff Karma penalty
ENERGY BOLTS: Captain Marvel can project
bilities around unnatural materials or energies, (25 to 50 points) on the Vision if this power is
energy bolts from her hands which cause Mon-
such as plastic, complex alloys, or force fields, used casually.
strous damage and have Unearthly range.
her Psyche shifts two columns to the left when
FLIGHT: She can fly at Unearthly speed. making the FEAT roll. Talents: Being an android, the Vision has a
natural understanding of biology and engineer-
Talents: law enforcement. Talents: Wanda has some knowledge of occult ing.
sciences.
Background: Monica Rambeau received her Background: The android called the Vision
powers after she was subjected to an intense Background. Wanda and her mutant brother began its existence as the original Human
radiation field in a portal to another dimension. Pietro (Quicksilver) once belonged to the Broth- Torch. After burning himself out, he was revived
Shortly afterward, she resigned her job with the erhood of Evil Mutants. Both later renounced by Ultron. The Vision betrayed the evil Ultron.
New Orleans harbor patrol and moved to New evil, and she has been an active or reserve and joined the Avengers. He is married to the
York City, where she learned to control her Avenger ever since. Wanda is married to the Scarlet Witch; both are now reserve members of
power and joined the Avengers. Vision, and is the daughter of Magneto. the Avengers.

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