HERO Resolve 7 Edge 20 Hero Points n/a Health 6 [12d Cap] ABILITIES Agility 7d Perception 7d Intellect 7d Toughness 5d Might 4d Willpower 7d TALENTS Academics 5d Professional 4d Charm 5d Science 5d Command 4d Streetwise 5d Covert 7d Survival 3d Investigation 8d Technology 6d Medicine 3d Vehicles 6d POWERS Innate Powers Determination (+2 Resolve) Tech Powers Armor 10d (Item-armored costume) Blast (Physical) 10d (Armor Piercing, Preparation Charges 6, Item-Batarangs, Ricochet) Running 5d Blast Variant (Physical) 10d (Area, Two-Fisted Charges 6, Item-Batarangs, Ricochet) Weakness Detection Clairvoyance (Item-personal link system, Limited-Special*) (*) – Connected to the Oracle Center “HQ” (below), can only Communications (Item-personal link accomplish what can be done via super-advanced system) computers, comms, satellites, etc. Dazzle 10d (Charges 6, Item-Batarangs, PERKS Ranged, Ricochet) Contacts (Government, Police) Flight 4d (Gliding, Item-costume) Headquarters (Oracle Center: Communications 2, Data Omnipower (Gizmos) 6d (Item-utility belt) Store 2, Disguised-Personal room, Security Systems 2) Swing Line 4d (Item-Batgrapnel) Resources (Crime fighting gear) Tracer (Item-Mini Batarang, Ranged) Trained Powers FLAWS Abilities (Agility, Intellect, Perception, Flashbacks (PTSD from her “Killing Joke” nightmare Willpower) experiences) Evasion 10d Secret Identity (She struggles mightily to keep her two Expertise (Technology: Computers) 13d worlds separate) Leadership GEAR Lightning Reflexes Martial Arts 10d Communicator; Crime fighting and investigative gadgets galore ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MOTIVATION: Justice ORIGIN: When Barbara was 13, her mother and CONNECTIONS: (1) The Batman: Their history is a father were tragically killed in an automobile accident. complicated one, now, but he will always be her Her uncle, Gotham Police Captain Jim Gordon, mentor and inspiration. adopted her. Barbara immediately became infatuated with the Gotham City's most legendary phantom of the (2) Dick Grayson: If they both manage to keep night – the Batman. Completely obsessed with the themselves from getting killed along the way, she’s Batman, she learned everything that she could about pretty sure they’ll wind up married one day. him. One evening, she snuck into her father's private (3) Commissioner Gordon: Daddy has no idea who home office to discover him engaged in a secret she is, but he’s still a powerful and important conversation with the Batman; her obsession with the connection to the police world. vigilante only intensified. DETAILS: (1) Barbara was thrilled to put the tights Immediately, Barbara insisted on enrolling in martial and cowl back on... but did she do so too soon? arts classes. She excelled in her training and earned (2) Huntress and Batgirl have worked together many her black belt within a short span of time. Barbara times in the past, but it can be hard to have to worry equally committed herself towards her academic about how far your supposed partner will go to take achievements; gifted with a photographic memory, down the bad guys. she easily rose through the ranks of Gotham Heights High School and graduated early at the age of sixteen. She went on to graduate Gotham State University with honors before she was even a legal adult. Barbara continued with her self-defense training, this time learning the art of Jujitsu under a sensei named Dragoncat. She attempted to join the Gotham police academy, as well as the FBI; both dismissed her as too short, too young, etc. One night, to spite her father, she attended a costume ball for the city’s most affluent dressed in an outfit of her own design – “Batgirl.” (3) During her days as Oracle, Barbara faced the A bungled encounter with the criminal Killer Moth led terrors of OMAC, Braniac, and a power-mad to a game of cat-and-mouse to test her skills and Calculator. She knows the world of cyberspace has dedication, with Batman and Robin eventually only gotten more dangerous, and she’s afraid too welcoming her in their war against crime in Gotham. A many of her colleagues don’t quite get it. few years later, at the age of 19, she was shot and paralyzed by the Joker. She recast herself in the role of “Oracle,” developing one of the world's most complex and powerful computer systems and accumulating information designed to help crimefighters the world over. Following a successful experimental surgery, Barbara has recently returned to her Batgirl persona, swinging over the skyline of Gotham and other cities once again! FLOYD LAWTON
“...I didn't care. Except now there's a little girl
whose life is in danger because of me. And I just gotta live long enough to save her.” HERO Resolve 4 Edge 19 Hero Points n/a Health 6 [12d Cap] ABILITIES Agility 6d Perception 5d Intellect 3d Toughness 5d Might 4d Willpower 6d TALENTS Academics 2d Professional 3d Charm 3d Science 2d Command 5d Streetwise 4d Covert 5d Survival 4d Investigation 4d Technology 4d Medicine 3d Vehicles 4d POWERS Tech Powers Armor 11d (Item-custom body armor) Blast (Physical) 11d (Area, Armor Piercing, Item-wrist auto-magnums) Martial Arts 10d Blast Variant (Energy) 9d (Ongoing, Item- Running 4d wrist auto-magnums with incendiary Stun 11d (Close, Item-any thrown object) rounds) Two-Fisted (Marksmanship) Immunity (Life Support) (Item-custom Weakness Detection body armor, Limited-only a few hours at a time) (*) – Only applies to non-combat applications. Super Senses (Acute Vision 7d, Enhanced (**) – Can be used for “Gadgets” rules to create custom Hearing, Telescopic Vision, Thermal weapons and ammo. Vision, Ultra Vision) (Item-custom body PERKS armor) Infamous Swing Line 4d (Item-wrist auto-magnums) Trained Powers Patron (Task Force X) Blast Variant (Physical) 11d (Line of Sight, Resources (Military Gear) Ricochet, Weapons-sniper rifles) Blast Variant (Physical) 9d (Selective, FLAWS Weapons-automatic pistols, Zone) Danger Sense 7d Finite Power (Ammunition) Evasion 11d Notoriety (Deadshot is one of the world’s most infamous Expertise (Agility: Marksmanship) 12d* assassins) Expertise (Technology: Demolitions) 6d Obligation (Task Force X) Expertise (Technology: Weaponsmith) Relationship (Zoe Lawton, daughter) 11d** Wanted (Various jurisdictions worldwide) Languages (English, German, Russian, Spanish) GEAR Leadership Various mundane guns and ammo, tactical gear, Lightning Reflexes Communicator ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MOTIVATION: Thrills (Almost-Deathwish) ORIGIN: The son of a real estate baron and a banker, Floyd CONNECTIONS: (1) Amanda Waller: Though he has a spent his childhood in the luxury of upper-class wealth. But respect/hate relationship with the founder/keeper of the he was trapped under the thumb of an abusive father and a Squad, Lawton ultimately sees her as his best way of taking mother who only had time for Floyd’s older brother, Edward. care of his daughter (and his sanity). Though he was neglected and largely forgotten by his parents, Floyd deeply respected and idolized his brother. (2) Penguin: The costumed-criminal turned underworld broker is one of Lawton’s best sources for information and When Floyd was still young, his mother snapped under his new weapons. father’s perpetual abuse and asked both of her sons to kill her husband, ostensibly for the good of the family. Edward (3) The Batman: They have fought before. No doubt they agreed, but Floyd tried to stop him and—in a freak, horrific will fight again. Regardless, there are occasions when one accident—wound up shooting his brother while aiming for will call on the other for information, or even aid, because his father. From that moment on, Floyd vowed he would they understand one another completely. never miss another shot and ran away from the wreckage DETAILS: (1) Though he’s violent, dangerously of his family to train as a marksman. unbalanced and murderous, Lawton has, over time, shown One of the deadliest assassins in the DC Universe, Floyd a capacity for good. He is fiercely loyal to his semi- Lawton, a.k.a. Deadshot, has no real superhuman abilities, estranged daughter, Zoe, whom he tries to support with the unless you count his uncannily accurate aim and affection earnings from his missions and criminal endeavors. for firearms of all types. Boasting that he never misses a (2) Never a huge fan of anyone in the “Bat-Family,” Floyd shot, Lawton became infamous as a deadly marksman and nonetheless respects Batgirl’s intelligence, combat gun-for-hire, a reputation that earned him no shortage of prowess, and sense of tactics. trouble with both the law and the Super Hero community. During one of his prison stays, Lawton was recruited by Amanda Waller to join the covert Task Force X, otherwise (3) Floyd Lawton’s been to Hell and back – literally – and known as the Suicide Squad, in exchange for a reduced the supernatural just doesn’t sit well with him at all. prison sentence. A thrill-seeker with a self-destructive personality, Lawton readily accepted the terms and went on to be one of the Squad’s longest-serving members. DR. HARLEEN QUINZEL “Whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger.” HERO Resolve 4 Edge 17 Hero Points n/a Health 7 [12d Cap] ABILITIES Agility 7d Perception 4d Intellect 5d Toughness 6d Might 4d Willpower 8d TALENTS Academics 4d Professional 3d Charm 6d Science 4d Command 3d Streetwise 5d Covert 6d Survival 3d Investigation 4d Technology 4d Medicine 4d Vehicles 5d POWERS Super Powers Armor 8d Immunity (Fatigue, Mental States, Toxins) Regeneration Trained Powers PERKS Evasion 11d Infamy Expertise (Charm: Psych Out) 12d Patron (Task Force X) Expertise (Covert: Stealth) 8d Expertise (Medicine: Psychiatry) 10d Wealth Leaping 3d FLAWS Lightning Reflexes Enemy (The Joker would very much like to kill Harley to Martial Arts 8d death. A lot.) Preparation Frenzy (“Let’s go crazy! Let’s get nuts!”) Running 5d Insane (Dr. Quinzel’s break with reality is ongoing) Strike (Physical) 11d (Reach, Sweep, Weapons-large melee) Obligation (Task Force X) GEAR “Pop Gun”: 9d Ranged (Upgraded) Heavy Machine Gun: 12d Ranged (Braced, Burst) Communicator; Various implements of destruction; toys and gag bits; thief tools and intrusion gear ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MOTIVATION: Adventure ORIGIN: Sometimes love can make people do crazy CONNECTIONS: (1) Amanda Waller: No one quite things. Other times? It drives them completely insane. understands Harley’s continuing connection to the Such is the case with Harley Quinn, formerly Dr. Squad, but it has something to do with her odd Harleen Quinzel. A promising psychologist and intern comprehension of what Waller is trying to do against at Arkham Asylum in Gotham City, Harleen was given the Chaos of the Cosmos. the chance to get up close and personal with The Joker, an experience that wound up ending…badly. (2) The Batman: He’s always had a strange soft spot Harleen became obsessed with her subject, and after for her, and continues to try and nudge her to the falling madly in love with the Clown Prince of Crime, Side of Light (or at least Not So Bad). she helped him escape the asylum. (3) Wonder Woman: Another Justice Leaguer who Her love for The Joker inspired Harleen to adopt a new believes there is something special about Harley identity, that of Harley Quinn, The Joker’s sidekick- (even if the woman drives Diana a bit crazy herself). slash-love interest—whether he wanted one or not. DETAILS: (1) Harley has come full circle; she’s just (Most of the time? He did not.) crazy enough to know the whole world makes no In time, Harley came to realize The Joker was holding sense, giving her a pretty clear sense of purpose in all her back, and she struck out on her own. She became the chaos. an entrepreneur and a member of several slightly less- (2) Harley and Ivy are fully out as romantic partners than-reputable super-teams (including the Suicide (though also clearly poly). Squad), Gotham City’s all-girl gang (the Gotham City Sirens) and a traveling sideshow. Along the way Harley has become one of the most popular Super- (3) There are times when it seems the Universe itself Villains in the DC Universe, thanks in part to her has some kind of plan for the Clown Princess, and versatility, charisma and cheery-but-deranged outlook she’s sanguine about being along for the ride. on life. After all, as Harley would say, if you're going to go a little crazy, you may as well sit back and enjoy the ride! HELENA ROSA BERTINELLI
“I didn't come all this way to be ignored.
Respected, certainly... Yielded to, definitely... But never ignored.” HERO Resolve 6 Edge 17 Hero Points n/a Health 6 [12d Cap] ABILITIES Agility 6d Perception 5d Intellect 6d Toughness 6d Might 4d Willpower 5d TALENTS Academics 5d Professional 4d Charm 5d Science 3d Command 4d Streetwise 5d Covert 5d Survival 3d Investigation 5d Technology 5d Medicine 3d Vehicles 5d POWERS Innate Powers Determination (+2 Resolve) Tech Powers Armor 10d (Item-armored costume) Blast 10d (Item-crossbow, Penetrating) Blast 10d (Area, Item-twin heavy custom pistols) Omnipower (Gizmos) 6d (Item-utility belt) Strike 10d (Item-collapsible metal staff, Reach, Sweep) Swing Line 4d (Item-grapnel line) Trained Powers PERKS Evasion 10d Contacts (Criminal) Expertise (Command: Intimidation) 6d Infamy Expertise (Covert: Stealth) 7d Wealth Expertise (Technology: Computers) 7d Expertise (Technology: Demolitions) 7d FLAWS Lightning Reflexes Enemy (The vast majority of organized Martial Arts 9d crime in America really wants the Running 4d Huntress dead) Two-Fisted Obligation (The “Bat-Family”) Secret (It would not do for anyone to discover the whereabouts of heiress to the Sicilian mob) GEAR Communicator; Various tools for fighting crime (even those tools not approved of by law enforcement); Motorcycle ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MOTIVATION: Justice ORIGIN: Born into a chaotic web of warring mob CONNECTIONS: (1) Dinah Lance: Black Canary, a families in Gotham City, Helena Bertinelli's life has fellow Bird of Prey, is a genuine friend who Helena always been a mess of violent extremes. At eight relates to on multiple levels. years old, she witnessed the murder of her mother, father and brother, an event that left her in the care of (2) The Batman: He will always be an influence, a her uncle in Sicily. He taught her the code she would mentor, and a pain in her ass. come to live by: "Blood cries for blood." In order for (3) Dick Grayson: There time together in Spyral was Helena to proceed with her life, she would have to fraught with lies, confused alliances, and strange exact revenge on the people responsible for her reversals... she wonders at what their next meeting family's murder. may be like. After spending her early teenage years training, she DETAILS: (1) Despite all else going on in her life, returned to Gotham City, only to learn the true depth Helena is grateful to be a teacher in a Gotham public of the Mafia's corruption. After witnessing the Batman school, working with children. in action, Helena vowed to follow his example and (2) Helena and Barbara have a long, interesting purge the city of corruption by any means necessary— history together. It’s not all been good, but they are even if it meant crossing lines Batman would not. Birds of Prey together, nonetheless. Over time, Helena accepted Batman’s influence and the friendship of the Birds of Prey (though she frequently clashed with both when methods or circumstances brought on misunderstandings). After a time, she disappeared, only to resurface as part of (3) Helena Bertinelli is still “the most wanted woman the international spy organization, Spyral, where she in the world” and the heir to “the entire Sicilian mob.” worked alongside Dick Grayson in England. That didn’t just go away. When Grayson revealed the corruption within the organization, Helena left it and returned to her life as the Huntress in Gotham. She rejoined the Birds of Prey, hopefully with better results this time around. WAYLON JONES “Tick Tock! Feed the Croc! Nah, Ah’m just kiddin’, now.” HERO Resolve 3 Edge 14 Hero Points n/a Health 8 [12d Cap] ABILITIES Agility 7d Perception 7d Intellect 2d Toughness 9d Might 7d Willpower 4d TALENTS Academics 2d Professional 2d Charm 2d Science 2d Command 3d Streetwise 4d Covert 3d Survival 5d Investigation 2d Technology 2d Medicine 2d Vehicles 2d POWERS Super Powers Armor 11d Boost (Might) 10d (Rage) Regeneration (Fast) Resistance 11d Strike 8d* (Armor Piercing) PERKS Super Senses (Enhanced Hearing, Contacts (Criminal) Tracking Scent, Ultra Vision) Swimming 7d Infamy Trained Powers Patron (Task Force X) Expertise (Might: Wrestling) 11d** FLAWS Expertise (Command: Intimidation) 9d Frenzy (Croc’s atavistic nature is what it is) Frightening (Over the years, Waylon’s become more a (*) – 11d when Boost (Might) activated bestial man-thing than ever) (**) – 13d when Boost (Might) activated Notoriety (Killer Croc earned the name in his early days) Obligation (Task Force X) GEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MOTIVATION: Redemption ORIGIN: Waylon Jones was born in a poor section of CONNECTIONS: (1) Amanda Waller: He knows she Tampa, Florida, to a mother who died in childbirth, and a father who abandoned him. He arrived in the world is his only real path to something better than the cycle of anger, abuse, and incarceration he’s lived up to with a condition which resembled epidermolytic now. hyperkeratosis, which was a serious skin disorder that had him covered in scales. It was later revealed that (2) June Moon: The Enchantress and he went what Jones actually had was a form of regressive through some very intense experiences on a recent atavism, which meant that he'd inherited traits of mission, and this is developing into something very ancestral species of humanity like reptiles. His new for Waylon – mutually shared romantic feelings. inherited condition was then greatly amplified by being (3) Roy Harper: The hero known as Arsenal once born with the metagene. So in addition to his physical tried to get himself killed fighting Croc. Recognizingdeformity, he had great strength and endurance as another “broken soul,” Waylon decided to help Roy well. instead. But Jones was not raised in a loving home, having DETAILS: (1) Waylon is trying to get himself together,been taken in by his aunt, who was an abusive especially now that he has someone to care for. alcoholic who resented having to care for him. Fleeing However, that atavism gnaws constantly at his from his abusive environment after murdering his aunt consciousness, ever calling him back to his bestial in a fit of rage, he found work as an alligator wrestler nature. in a sideshow carnival with the nickname Killer Croc. (2) Deadshot is someone Killer Croc knows he can Tired of being gawked at and mocked by the carnival usually trust to guide him in the right direction on apatrons, he then ran off to Gotham City, to begin a life mission. You know, when the guy isn’t trying to get of crime. He quickly rose to the status of one of himself killed and all. Gotham's premiere criminal bosses, an astonishing achievement given that Croc was never very smart, and actually had below average intelligence. He eventually crossed paths with the Batman, and when he ultimately defeated Croc, he was soon placed in (3) There are times when the Green calls to Waylon, Arkham Asylum. But this encounter began a long and he sometimes thinks the world would be better off simmering animosity for the Caped Crusader. he just returned to the swamps and bayous and left to Though remaining a criminal over the years, Croc human world altogether. developed a more humane side in time. He once assisted Roy Harper in getting his life back together, and he joined the Suicide Squad as much to redeem himself as for any “deal.” “I prick you with thorns and you respond with lead. Isn't that the very heart of the problem?” HERO Resolve 3 Edge 13 Hero Points n/a Health 8 [12d Cap] ABILITIES Agility 5d Perception 6d Intellect 7d Toughness 8d Might 8d Willpower 4d TALENTS Academics 4d Professional 3d Charm 8d Science 5d Command 3d Streetwise 4d Covert 3d Survival 5d Investigation 3d Technology 4d Medicine 3d Vehicles 3d POWERS Innate Powers Armor 12d Determination (+2 Resolve) Emotion Control 12d (Close, PERKS Pheromones, Zone) Contacts (Business, Criminal, Scientific) Immunity (Toxins) Mind Control 12d (Close, Pheromones) Infamy Regeneration (Instant) Wealth Slay 10d (Delay-varies, Signature, Toxin) FLAWS Stun 12d (Signature, Touch, Toxin) Compulsion (Protect plant life and preserve the Magic Powers environment over other concerns) Attuned (The Green) Enemy (The Joker is every bit as intent on killing Ivy as Elemental Control (Plants) 12d (Area, he is on killing Harley) Only Control) Notoriety (Ivy is an ecoterrorist and super-criminal of Trained Powers global infamy) Expertise (Covert: Stealth) 7d Requirement (Poison Ivy has all the requirements of any Expertise (Science: Botany) 13d form of plant life and will suffer accordingly if deprived) Martial Arts 10d GEAR Communicator (if forced to carry one) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MOTIVATION: Devotion ORIGIN: In college, Pamela created designer drugs, CONNECTIONS: (1) The Batman: Theirs is a doling pheromone pills out in order to study their effects. The University learned of her activities, and tortured past, full of romantic and sexual tension. They have fought, and they have saved one another’s lives. she was expelled and put in jail pending a criminal They will always have a bond of… some kind. indictment. However, she had already used her pills to get the Dean under her thumb. Charges were (2) Amanda Waller: Ivy has done her time on the dropped, and she graduated Summa Cum Laude. The Squad, and while she has resented it plenty, she also Dean secured Pamela an internship at Wayne respects Amanda as a powerful woman willing to do Enterprises. whatever it takes for her goals. Bruce Wayne came to look in on Pamela's division (3) Selina Kyle: The woman the world knows as when she took the opportunity to present him with a Catwoman is a friend. Granted, one Pamela has business project. In fact, she had used pheromones to wanted to kill on more than one occasion, but still… get the meeting with him, and this was her proof that DETAILS: (1) There are times when Pamela feels Wayne Enterprises could use pheromones to target nothing but contempt for the men of the world. Then clients, and modify their behavior to the company's there are times she feels nothing but remorse for how benefit. Wayne refused her pitch on the grounds that many of them she has killed… it amounted to brainwashing. Ethically opposed to her (2) Ivy is in love with Harley, despite all reason andidea, Bruce Wayne fired her on the spot. sense. This is her anchor to a life away from eco- Angrily, she rushed past security to steal what she terrorism and crime… for now. could of her work back, specifically a plant serum that she had made from all of her knowledge in botanical research, which she alone knew how to make. Unfortunately, in the process, she was doused with her own chemicals. The chemicals changed her, making her immune to poisons and viruses, giving her command over any plant, and connecting her inexorably to The Green as well as giving her (3) Ivy is fully connected to the Green, giving her immunity to poisons and viruses and innate control of extraordinary potential if she can ever let go of the pheromones. She became something of an eco- limitations of her darker nature. terrorist, using her abilities to strike back at those who struck out at the Green. Over time, her friendship with Harley and association with the Birds of Prey and others have swayed Ivy to more or less give up on her criminal enterprises, though she remains ever committed to environmental causes.