BEAST (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY

KARMA Real Name: Henry Philip “Hank” McCoy

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Height: 5'11" Weight: 402 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue Hair: Covered with blue fur
Size: Big
Distinguishing Features: Pointed teeth and ears,
DAMAGE claws, blue fur
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Occupation: Scientist

-1 Origin: Mutant
Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion

DAMAGE History
FOCUS Hank McCoy, alias the Beast, was one of the
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first mutants Professor X assembled to form the
X-Men. Initially, he merely had enlarged hands
and feet to go with his enhanced strength and
agility, but eventually, his mutation progressed,
giving him a blue-furred, bestial appearance.
INITIATIVE While many of his teammates have since come
SPEED
MODIFIER and gone, the Beast remains a stalwart with
Run: 6
Climb: 3
Swim: 3
+2 the team, and is the X-Men’s resident scientist.
Shortly aer Jubilee joined the team, he was
captured during a raid on a Sentinel factory and
ABILITIES Jump: 6 imprisoned for a time. Aer the X-Men saved
Senator Robert Kelly from assassination by the
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT
rogue Sentinels, he was released with a full
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pardon and became an important public advocate
TRAITS & TAGS
4 13 +6 Traits Tags
for mutant rights. He briefly romanced a patient
of his, Carly Crocker, despite opposition from her
MELEE ◆ Big ◆ Hounded bigoted father. She was subsequently kidnapped
◆ Clinician ◆ Extreme by the anti-mutant hate group the Friends of

4 13 +4 ◆
◆
Combat Reflexes
Free Running
Appearance
◆ Heroic
Humanity; although an enraged Hank saved her,
he ended their relationship before she could be
endangered again. Recently, he began developing
AGILITY ◆ Lab Access
◆ Inventor a relationship with Trish Tilby, but they dried
◆ Public Identity
2 apart aer she conducted a hostile interview with
◆ Scientific

RESILIENCE
12 +2 Expertise ◆ X-Gene his teammate Cyclops; he later had to battle her
when Bastion transformed her into a cybernetic
Prime Sentinel.

2 12 +2 Personality
Despite his fearsome appearance, the Beast is a
VIGILANCE gentle soul. He is a brilliant scientist in a number
of different disciplines and maintains the X-Men’s
2 12 +2 advanced technology, including the Danger
Room and the Blackbird jet. He is also extremely
EGO well-read and frequently peppers his speech with
quotes from classical literature. He prefers to find
6 16 +7
nonviolent solutions to the X-Men’s problems;
however, when he is called upon to fight, he does
LOGIC so with ferocity. He is a true believer in Xavier’s
dream and is beloved by his teammates.
DAMAGE
POWERS
6 4
MELEE

Basic Martial Arts Super-Strength

◆ Brilliance 1 ◆ Attack Stance ◆ Banging Heads
◆ Inspiration ◆ Defense Stance ◆ Jump 1
AGILITY

4 4 ◆
◆
Mighty 2
Sturdy 1
◆
◆
Do This All Day
Fast Strikes
Tactics
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Uncanny 1 ◆ Leg Sweep

◆ Battle Plan

4 2
◆ Chain Strikes
EGO

◆ Change of Plans
◆ Combat Support

5 6
LOGIC

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BISHOP (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Lucas Bishop
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Height: 6'6" Weight: 275 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: Tattoo over right eye in
the shape of the letter “M”
DAMAGE Occupation: Adventurer, Investigator
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Origin: Mutant

— Teams: X-Men
Base: Varies
History
In Lucas Bishop’s timeline, Sentinels have
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ravaged humans and mutants alike by the year

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2055. Despite being a mutant himself with the
power to absorb energy, Bishop worked as a
bounty hunter for the Sentinels, hunting down
renegade mutants. However, when the Sentinels
turned on him, he defected and joined a band of
INITIATIVE mutant rebels inspired by the legendary X-Men.
SPEED The rebels sent him to the past to prevent Gambit
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Run: 5
+4E
from betraying the X-Men and assassinating
Climb: 3 Senator Robert Kelly, leading to a worldwide
Swim: 3 war on mutants. Once he arrived in the past, he
ABILITIES Jump: 3 eventually learned the real assassin was the
shape-shi ing Mystique disguised as Gambit;
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT even though Kelly was saved, Bishop returned
SCORE SCORE CHECKS to find his future unchanged. Now occasionally
TRAITS & TAGS
2 12 +2 Traits Tags
joined by his sister, Shard, he made subsequent
jaunts to the past to prevent the Friends of
Humanity from releasing a deadly plague, to stop
MELEE ◆ Connections: ◆ Black Market
Police Access Trevor Fitzroy from assassinating Charles Xavier

4
before he could form the X-Men and to defeat
14 +6
◆ Connections: ◆ Heroic
Super Heroes
Apocalypse before he could remake reality in his
◆ Hounded own image. Later, he returned to the present for
AGILITY ◆ Enduring ◆ Public Identity
Constitution
some time to adventure with the X-Men. When
◆ Streetwise Mister Sinister infected Cyclops’ infant son,
3 13 +3
◆ Extra
Occupation
◆ X-Gene Nathan, with a Techno-Organic virus, Bishop
returned to his future with the boy, hoping that
RESILIENCE ◆ Fearless
a cure could be found. Sometime later, aer
◆ Interrogation the X-Men disappeared following a battle with
4 14 +4
◆ Investigation
◆ Presence
Bastion, Bishop returned to the present and
joined forces with Forge to hunt the time-lost
VIGILANCE ◆ Situational mutants down.
Awareness

4 14 +6
Personality
Bishop is a harsh man from a harsh time. He is a
EGO battle-hardened, experienced warrior. Although
he was initially self-centered enough to side

3 13 +3
against mutantkind, he was eventually swayed to
fight for what’s right. Inspired by the legendary
LOGIC X-Men of the past, Bishop fights valiantly for
mutantkind, knowing all too well what horrors
could be unleashed if they fail.
DAMAGE
POWERS
4 2
MELEE

Basic Elemental Control Ranged Weapons

◆ Accuracy 2 (Energy) ◆ Double Tap
AGILITY

6 4 ◆
◆
Discipline 2
Energy Absorption
◆ Elemental Blast (Energy)
◆ Elemental Burst (Energy)
◆ Headshot
◆ Slow-Motion Shoot
◆ Slow-Motion Dodge ◆ Elemental Infusion Dodge
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Uncanny 1 (Energy) ◆ Snap Shooting

6 4
EGO

◆ Sniping
◆ Stopping Power
◆ Suppressive Fire

4 3
LOGIC

◆ Weapons Blazing

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CYCLOPS (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Scott Summers
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Height: 6'3" Weight: 195 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: Ruby-quartz visor
Occupation: Educator
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Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
Scott Summers grew up in an orphanage. When he
discovered his mutant ability–the power to emit
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blasts of energy from his eyes–he was taken in by

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Professor X and fitted with ruby-quartz glasses
to control it. As Cyclops, he was part of Xavier’s
first team of X-Men and remained their field
leader throughout his tenure with the team. He
fell in love with teammate Jean Grey, and the two
INITIATIVE eventually married. Their relationship was tested
SPEED again and again by Jean’s mutual but unacted-
MODIFIER
Run: 6
+3E
upon attraction to their teammate Wolverine; by
Climb: 3 the Phoenix, the cosmic force that granted Jean
Swim: 3 enormous power but corrupted her, leading her
ABILITIES Jump: 3 to die and be reborn; and by the twisted Mister
Sinister, who wanted to experiment on them.
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT During this period of turmoil, however, Scott
SCORE SCORE CHECKS learned that his long-thought-dead father had
TRAITS & TAGS
2 12 +2 Traits Tags
survived as the space-faring buccaneer Corsair.
He also encountered the enigmatic Havok, leader
of the government mutant task force X-Factor;
MELEE ◆ Connections: ◆ Heroic
Community their powers inexplicably canceled each other
◆ Hounded
5
out. Eventually, he and Jean had a child, Nathan;
15 +7
◆ Fearless ◆ Linguist however, much to his horror, he learned that
◆ Iron Will (Chinese) Jean had been replaced by a Sinister-grown
AGILITY ◆ Piloting ◆ Linguist clone. Upon the real Jean’s return, the clone’s
◆ Presence (English) programming activated, and she turned Nathan
2 12 +2 ◆ Situational
Awareness
◆ Linguist
(Russian)
over to Sinister, who infected him with a techno-
organic virus. With modern science unable to
RESILIENCE ◆ Public Identity cure the infant, Scott faced the agonizing decision
◆ X-Gene of sending him to Bishop’s future timeline to be
3 13 +3 treated. Meanwhile, Cyclops was torn between
the real Jean and the clone, who dubbed herself
VIGILANCE Madelyne Pryor, until the latter was killed
by Sentinels. He also learned the mysterious
6 16 +6
mercenary Cable was really a grown-up Nathan.

EGO Personality
Cyclops is a stalwart believer in Xavier’s dream,

2 12 +2
and an accomplished leader. He is unfailingly
courageous, and a tactical genius. He can
LOGIC sometimes be too unyielding in his beliefs.

DAMAGE POWERS

4 2 Basic Tactics Martial Arts

MELEE

◆ Accuracy 2 ◆ Battle Plan ◆ Attack Stance

◆ Inspiration ◆ Change of Plans ◆ Do This All Day
◆ Combat Support ◆ Brace For Impact
AGILITY

6 5 ◆
◆
Focus Fire
Keep Moving Elemental Control
(Energy)
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ On Your Feet
◆ Elemental Barrage
4 6 ◆ Operations Center
EGO

(Energy)
◆ Rally On Me
◆ Elemental Blast (Energy)
◆ Elemental Burst (Energy)

4 2
LOGIC

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GAMBIT (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Remy Étienne LeBeau
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Height: 6'2" Weight: 179 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Red Hair: Brown Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: Black eyes with red
irises
DAMAGE Occupation: Adventurer, Criminal
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Origin: Mutant

-1 Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
The roguish Cajun thief Remy LeBeau, alias
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and his family are members of the Thieves Guild,
an ancient organization locked in an eternal
rivalry with the Assassins Guild; both guilds vie
for the favor of the powerful X-Ternal. Unlike
his brethren in the Thieves Guild, LeBeau is a
INITIATIVE mutant, with the ability to charge any object he
SPEED touches with energy, turning it into a dangerous
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Run: 6
+3
explosive; he carries packs of playing cards to
Climb: 3 use as throwing weapons. He was betrothed to
Swim: 3 the Assassins Guild’s Bella Donna Boudreaux,
ABILITIES Jump: 3 but le her and the guild wars behind to join
the X-Men. There, he pursued a romance with
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT fellow Southerner Rogue; the attraction was
SCORE SCORE CHECKS mutual, but her mutant power le her unable to
TRAITS & TAGS
3 13 +3 Traits Tags
have physical contact with others, complicating
their relationship. His past came back to haunt
him when he had to journey back to Louisiana
MELEE ◆ Beguiling ◆ Black Market
Access to save his brother, Bobby, which was part of
◆ Combat Reflexes
6
Boudreaux’s plot to trap Gambit into marriage;
16 +7 ◆ Connections: ◆ Heroic
with Rogue’s help, he saved Bobby, but vowed
Criminal ◆ Hounded never to return. Recently, his and Rogue’s
AGILITY ◆ Connections: ◆ Public Identity relationship was complicated by the arrival of
Super Heroes ◆ Signature Magneto as the X-Men’s new leader. Magneto had a
2 12 +2 ◆ Extra
Occupation
Weapon:
Bo staff (+1
past relationship with Rogue, and his control over
the electromagnetic spectrum allowed the two
RESILIENCE ◆ Fearless melee damage
of them to touch. The two reconnected, leaving
multiplier
◆ Free Running Gambit feeling le out. Subsequently, LeBeau was
3
bonus; range:

VIGILANCE
13 +3 reach +1)
◆ Streetwise
in Genosha when it was attacked by Sentinels
under Bastion’s control; LeBeau sacrificed himself
to save Rogue and the attack’s other survivors.
◆ X-Gene

5 15 +6
Personality
Gambit is a charming, arrogant scoundrel who
EGO cares more about his friends than he lets on. He
initially kept his distance from his teammates,

1 11 +1
but has gradually come to trust them and is a
loyal member of the X-Men. He occasionally refers
LOGIC to himself in the third person.

DAMAGE POWERS

4 3 Basic Elemental Control (Energy)

MELEE

◆ Accuracy 1 ◆ Elemental Burst

◆ Discipline 1 ◆ Elemental Infusion
◆ Iconic Weapon:
AGILITY

5 6 Charged cards [These

act as knives, usually Ranged Weapons
◆ Dance of Death
thrown. Using Elemental
/8/ CHARACTERS

Infusion on them costs ◆ Double Tap

5 5 0 Focus. Cards function ◆ Point-Blank Parry

EGO

only for Gambit.]

◆ Slow-Motion Shoot-Dodge
◆ Inspiration
◆ Suppressive Fire
◆ Slow-Motion Dodge

4 1
◆ Weapons Blazing
LOGIC

◆ Sturdy 1

Tactics
◆ Battle Plan
◆ Change of Plans
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JEAN GREY (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Jean Grey-Summers
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Height: 5'6" Weight: 130 lbs. Gender: Female
Eyes: Green Hair: Red Size: Average
Distinguishing Features:
Occupation: Adventurer
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Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
One of Professor X’s first X-Men, the mutant
telepath Jean Grey shared a lengthy romance
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with teammate Scott Summers. Although their

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relationship was troubled by Jean’s attraction
to Wolverine, Jean and Scott were eventually
married. The obsessive geneticist Mister Sinister
captured Jean briefly during her honeymoon.
Jean’s life would change dramatically during
INITIATIVE a mission to outer space. During a difficult
SPEED re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, the cosmic
MODIFIER
Run: 5
+5E
Phoenix Force occupied Jean’s body, giving her
Climb: 3 immense power and saving her life. Shortly
Swim: 3 aerward, Mastermind and the Hellfire Club tried
ABILITIES Levitation: 5 to mind-control her; she eventually broke free,
but the Phoenix’s evil side had been unleashed,
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT transforming Jean into the Dark Phoenix. She
SCORE SCORE CHECKS went on a rampage before Jean reasserted
TRAITS & TAGS
1 11 +1 Traits Tags
control and seemingly destroyed herself to
avoid harming her friends and her world. Jean
survived, however, and the X-Men all sacrificed
MELEE ◆ Battle Ready ◆ Black Market
Access part of their life force to the Phoenix to return
◆ Combat Reflexes
2
her to life. At some point, Jean was abducted by
12 +2 ◆ Connections: ◆ Heroic
Sinister and replaced with a clone; unaware of her
Super Heroes ◆ Hounded true nature, the clone believed she was the real
AGILITY ◆ Enduring ◆ Public Identity Jean, and gave birth to Scott’s child, Nathan. Jean
Constitution ◆ X-Gene escaped from Sinister’s clutches and returned
3 13 +3 ◆ Fearless
◆ Iron Will
to the X-Men; the clone struck off on her own as
“Madelyne Pryor,” while Nathan was sent to the
RESILIENCE ◆ Situational future with Bishop to recover from Sinister’s
Awareness experiments. Scott and Jean are attempting
5 15 +5 to pick up the pieces amid a worldwide war
on mutantkind.
VIGILANCE
Personality
7 17 +7
Jean is the emotional center of the X-Men and is
a calming influence on her teammates; however,
EGO her placid exterior conceals her strong will.
She maintains enormous discipline to keep her

7 17 +9
psychic powers in check.

LOGIC
POWERS
DAMAGE Basic Telekinesis Telepathy
◆ Brilliance 2 ◆ Levitation ◆ Cloak

5 1
MELEE

◆ Uncanny 2 ◆ Telekinetic Attack ◆ Edit Memory

◆ Telekinetic Barrier ◆ ESP
◆ Telekinetic Grab ◆ Memory Blip
AGILITY

5 2
◆ Telekinetic ◆ Mental Punch
Manipulation ◆ Mental Shelter
◆ Telekinetic Protection 2 ◆ Mind Interrogation
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Telekinetic ◆ Mind Reading

5 7 Reinforcement
EGO

◆ Telepathic Blast
◆ Telekinetic Sphere
◆ Telepathic Link

7 7
LOGIC

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JUBILEE (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Jubilation Lee
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Height: 5'5" Weight: 115 lbs. Gender: Female
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: None
Occupation: Adventurer
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Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
Jubilation Lee, alias Jubilee, was a normal, albeit
rebellious, teenager until her mutant explosive-
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energy-generating powers developed. Her foster

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parents alerted the authorities, who then sent the
robotic Sentinels to apprehend her at her favorite
hangout, the local mall. Jubilee was saved by
the X-Men and was soon brought into their fold,
becoming the newest member of the mutant hero
INITIATIVE team. The team helped her to master her powers
SPEED and explore her mutant nature; she came to see
MODIFIER
Run: 5
+3
the team as the family she never had, especially
Climb: 3 the otherwise-gruff Canadian mutant Wolverine.
Swim: 3 She has grown and matured during her tenure
ABILITIES Jump: 3 with the team; she successfully prevented the
immortal mutant despot Apocalypse from using
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT her as his new host body and handled herself
SCORE SCORE CHECKS admirably when she had to keep a group of
TRAITS & TAGS
2 12 +2 Traits Tags
children calm during a cave-in below the Xavier
Mansion. Recently, she has connected with the
X-Men’s newest recruit, the teenage Brazilian
MELEE ◆ Connections: ◆ Black Market
Super Heroes Access mutant Sunspot, and a romance between the two

3
has blossomed. The duo was sucked into a virtual-
13 +3
◆ Determination ◆ Heroic
reality video game by the interdimensional
◆ Fearless ◆ Hounded media mogul Mojo, where Jubilee met Abscissa,
AGILITY ◆ Glibness ◆ Public Identity an aged virtual-reality duplicate of herself who
◆ X-Gene helped the two of them escape. Unfortunately,
2
◆ Quick Learner

RESILIENCE
12 +2 her nascent romance with Sunspot was cut short
when he joined Rogue in defecting to Magneto’s
side in his upcoming war on humanity. The
two would-be lovers subsequently battled on
3 13 +3 Magneto’s Asteroid M.

VIGILANCE Personality
Jubilee is energetic, fun-loving and eager to
5 15 +5
learn more about her growing mutant powers.
As a teenager, she is immature and a tad self-
EGO centered, and sometimes fails to grasp the gravity
of the X-Men’s mission. Despite her age and

1 11 +1
inexperience, she refuses to be underestimated or
excluded from “grown-up” X-Men operations. She
LOGIC is very close to her X-Men teammates, especially
her mentor Wolverine.

DAMAGE
POWERS
3 2
MELEE

Basic Elemental Control Illusions

◆ Discipline 2 (Energy) ◆ Dazzle
◆ Uncanny 1 ◆ Elemental Blast ◆ Flare
AGILITY

3 3 ◆ Elemental Burst
◆ Elemental Push
◆ Illumination
/8/ CHARACTERS

Martial Arts
5 5 ◆ Attack Stance
EGO

◆ Banging Heads

3 1
LOGIC

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MAGNETO (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Erik Lehnsherr
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Height: 6'2" Weight: 190 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue Hair: Grey Size: Average
Distinguishing Features:
Occupation: Adventurer
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Teams: X-Men, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Base: X-Mansion
History
Erik Magnus Lehnsherr became embittered with
humanity aer losing his family during the
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Holocaust. Aer the war, Magnus befriended

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fellow mutant Charles Xavier, but Charles’
philosophy of peaceful coexistence between
mutants and humans conflicted with his desire
for mutant domination. Magnus married, but
aer he used his mutant powers to control
INITIATIVE magnetism violently, his wife, Magda, fled.
SPEED
MODIFIER As Magneto, he gathered fellow mutants and
Run: 5
Climb: 3
Swim: 3
+5 began violent acts of terrorism against humanity.
In the Antarctic Savage Land jungle, Magneto
created a race of super-powered Mutates and
ABILITIES Flight: 25 became briefly involved romantically with the
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT mutant Rogue, struggling to control her powers.
SCORE SCORE CHECKS Magneto wore a special helmet to protect himself
TRAITS & TAGS from Xavier’s psychic powers. Magneto’s forces
2 12 +2 Traits Tags
clashed with Xavier’s X-Men team, as Magneto
attempted to provoke world war with nuclear
MELEE ◆ Combat Expert ◆ Black Market weapons but was opposed by giant Sentinel
◆ Combat Reflexes Access robots. Magneto and the X-Men joined forces to
2 12 +2 ◆ Connections:
Super Heroes
◆ Hounded
◆ Linguist (Arabic)
defeat the Sentinel-creating Master Mold.
Inviting all mutants to join him on the orbiting
AGILITY ◆ Determination ◆ Linguist Asteroid M, Magneto’s dream to live completely
◆ Fearless (English) independent of humanity failed aer he was
3 13 +3 ◆ Iron Will
◆ Leverage
◆ Linguist
(French)
betrayed by false follower Fabian Cortez. When
Xavier was seemingly killed, Magneto inherited
RESILIENCE ◆ Linguist leadership of the X-Men and was soon invited
◆ Tech Reliance
(German) to lead the mutant island of Genosha. The
5 15 +5
◆ Linguist
(Hebrew)
living Sentinel Bastion launched a devastating
attack on Genosha and captured Magneto.
VIGILANCE ◆ Linguist (Polish) Escaping, Magneto would attack Bastion’s
◆ Linguist army with a global electromagnetic pulse that
8 18 +12
(Russian)
◆ Linguist
endangered humanity.
In the battle between Magneto, the Sentinels
EGO
and the X-Men, Magneto pulled out Wolverine’s
adamantium skeleton and Xavier damaged
5 15 +5 Magneto’s psyche. Xavier has pledged to
repair the damage.
LOGIC
Personality
DAMAGE Magneto’s charisma is as powerful as his
magnetic prowess. A stoic, inspirational leader,
Magneto easily gathers followers despite his
5 2
MELEE

extremely cynical beliefs. Though respectful of

POWERS
AGILITY

5 2 Basic Tactics Elemental Control (Iron)

◆ Discipline 4 ◆ Battle Plan ◆ Elemental Barrier (Iron)
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Flight 2 ◆ Change of Plans ◆ Elemental Blast (Iron)

9 8
EGO

◆ Inspiration ◆ Keep Moving ◆ Elemental Burst (Iron)

◆ Uncanny ◆ Elemental Grab (Iron)
◆ Elemental Protection (Iron) 4

5 5 (40 points to shatter)

LOGIC

◆ Elemental Push (Iron)

◆ Elemental Reinforcement (Iron)
◆ Elemental Sphere (Iron)

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NIGHTCRAWLER (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Kurt Wagner
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Height: 5'9" Weight: 161 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Yellow Hair: Blue Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: Mutant with demonic
appearance
DAMAGE Occupation: Entertainer
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Origin: Mutant

— Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
Abandoned by his shape-shier mother Mystique
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was adopted and raised in the Wagner Circus,
where he was given the name Kurt Wagner and
became its star attraction. Despite his onstage
fame, Nightcrawler was an outcast offstage due to
his appearance, and his anger drove him to leave
INITIATIVE the Circus and find peace in religion. His devotion
SPEED led him to the Swiss Alps, where he joined a
MODIFIER
Run: 6
+3
monastery that judged him on the strength of
Climb: 6 his character rather than his appearance. Aer
Swim: 3 being attacked by townspeople who assumed he
ABILITIES Jump: 3 was a demon, Nightcrawler drew the attention of
vacationing X-Men Rogue, Gambit and Wolverine,
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT allying with them to uncover the true culprit
SCORE SCORE CHECKS behind the attacking mob: the monastery’s
TRAITS & TAGS
4 14 +4 Traits Tags
own Brother Reinhart. When Mystique was
later willingly used to lure the unknowing
Nightcrawler into a trap set by his anti-mutant
MELEE ◆ Combat Expert ◆ Extreme
Appearance half brother Graydon Creed, Nightcrawler sought
◆ Famous
6
the X-Men’s assistance. Learning that Mystique
16 +6 ◆ Free Running ◆ Heroic
was his mother and Rogue his adopted sister,
◆ Glibness ◆ Hounded Nightcrawler ultimately forgave Mystique for his
AGILITY ◆ Linguist
◆ Presence earlier abandonment. When the island of Genosha
(English) was later restructured as a mutant haven,
2
◆ Public Speaking

RESILIENCE
12 +2 ◆ Sneaky
◆ Linguist
(German)
◆ Linguist
Nightcrawler joined the Genoshan council as part
of their outreach to mutant communities of faith
and he was present during a massive Sentinel
(Japanese) attack, risking his life to help rescue innocent
3 13 +3
◆ Linguist
(Russian)
mutants. Aer Gambit died in the attack,
Nightcrawler delivered the eulogy at his funeral
VIGILANCE ◆ Linguist and subsequently joined the X-Men, helping the
(Spanish) grieving Rogue and aiding them against the
4 14 +4
◆ Public Identity
◆ X-Gene
living Sentinel Bastion’s cyborg Prime Sentinels.

EGO Personality
A devoted man of faith, Nightcrawler always

1 11 +1
looks at life from the perspective of love and
caring. Friendly and easily approachable,
LOGIC Nightcrawler is fiercely loyal to his friends and
family, genuinely caring about their well-being
and oen playing the role of listener, dispensing
DAMAGE advice gained from his unique life experiences.

4 4
MELEE

POWERS
Basic Martial Arts Teleportation
AGILITY

4 6 ◆ Additional Limbs
◆ Combat Trickery
◆
◆
Banging Heads
Do This All Day
◆
◆
Blink
Blink Barrage
◆ Fast Strikes ◆ Blink Defense
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Grappling Technique ◆ Teleport 1

4 4 Spider-Powers
EGO

◆ Wallcrawling ◆ Leg Sweep ◆ Teleport Object

◆ Always Ready ◆ Teleport Together
◆ Chain Strikes

4 1
LOGIC

◆ Flying Double Kick

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ROGUE (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Anna Marie
RANK
4
4
Height: 5'8" Weight: 135 lbs. Gender: Female
Eyes: Green Hair: Brown with white streaks
Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: None
HEALTH DAMAGE Occupation: Adventurer
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Origin: Mutant
Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
DAMAGE A mutant with the power to absorb memories and
FOCUS super-powers upon touch, Rogue was disowned
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by her father aer her first kiss put her boyfriend
Cody into a coma. Shape-shi ing mutant
Mystique adopted the runaway Rogue. To help
her control her powers, Mystique took Rogue to
train under Magneto in the Savage Land. Magneto
INITIATIVE discovered he could touch Rogue, and the two
SPEED
MODIFIER became romantically involved for a time. As a
Run: 5
Climb: 3
Swim: 3
+3 part of Mystique’s Brotherhood of Mutants, Rogue
performed illegal activities and permanently
absorbed the strength, invulnerability and
ABILITIES Flight: 20 flying powers of Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers),
leaving Danvers comatose. As Danvers’ persona
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT
battled to control Rogue’s mind, Rogue fled to
SCORE SCORE CHECKS
psychic mutant Charles Xavier for help. Finding
TRAITS & TAGS
5 15 +8 Traits Tags
peace aer Xavier blocked Rogue’s memories,
Rogue joined Xavier’s X-Men, having many
MELEE ◆ Combat Reflexes ◆ Black Market heroic adventures.
◆ Connections: Access She developed feelings for her flirtatious
4 14 +4
Super Heroes
◆ Fearless
◆ Heroic
◆ Hounded
teammate Gambit, oen infuriated knowing her
powers prevented them from touching. Hoping
AGILITY ◆ Glibness ◆ Public Identity to remove her mutant abilities, Rogue traveled to
◆ Presence ◆ X-Gene Scotland where Mystique posed as a mutant cure’s
4 14 +4 ◆ Situational
Awareness
administrator. The ancient mutant Apocalypse
secretly orchestrated the “treatment” to build a
RESILIENCE team. With Apocalypse thwarted, Rogue returned
home, powers intact.

3 13 +3 Rogue discovered Nightcrawler is Mystique’s

son, making him like a brother. Cody returned,
VIGILANCE manipulated by aliens, but Rogue and the X-Men
repelled the invasion. Invited by Magneto to
4 14 +4 co-lead Genosha, Rogue rejected Magneto for
Gambit. But Gambit was killed and Genosha
EGO massacred by giant Sentinels. Heartbroken,
Rogue joined Magneto in battling Bastion and
1 11 +1
the human-Sentinel hybrids responsible for
the genocide.
LOGIC
Personality
With her distinctive striped hair, known for
DAMAGE making playful, sometimes flirty, Southern
metaphors, Rogue is a fiery and passionate
7 5
MELEE

woman. Though quick to protect those she

loves, she can be emotionally distant knowing
the dangers of her touch. This has oen le her
lonely, tending toward individualism.
AGILITY

4 4 POWERS
/8/ CHARACTERS

Basic Power Control Super-Strength

4 4
EGO

◆ Flight 2 ◆ Clone Powers ◆ Banging Heads

◆ Mighty 3 ◆ Copy Power ◆ Clobber
◆ Sturdy 2 ◆ Dampen Power ◆ Crushing Grip

4 1
LOGIC

◆ Shut Down Powers ◆ Quick Toss

◆ Steal Powers ◆ Smash
◆ Note: In order to activate any of her
Power Control powers, Rogue must first
grab or hit her target. If she spends her
action on this, she can still activate the
1 power in question with a reaction.
STORM (X-MEN '97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Ororo Munroe
RANK
5
5
Height: 5'11" Weight: 145 lbs. Gender: Female
Eyes: Blue Hair: White Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: Her eyes turn white
when using her powers
DAMAGE Occupation: Adventurer, Leader
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Origin: Mutant

— Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
The weather-controlling mutant Ororo Munroe,
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alias Storm, was born in the shadow of Mount

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Kilimanjaro. As a child, she was once buried alive,
leading to a lifelong case of claustrophobia. In her
home village, she assisted in the birth of a baby,
Mjnari; she subsequently considered him to be
like a son to her. She first met Professor X during
INITIATIVE an encounter with the evil psychic the Shadow
SPEED King; she subsequently joined him and his X-Men
MODIFIER
Run: 5
+4
in America, becoming one of the team’s most
Climb: 3 powerful members. When Jean Grey and Cyclops
Swim: 3 were captured by the Morlocks, a subterranean
ABILITIES Flight: 25 group of mutant outcasts, Storm challenged their
leader, Callisto, to a duel. Winning, she became
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT the Morlocks’ leader, although she later passed
SCORE SCORE CHECKS that responsibility back to Callisto. The Shadow
TRAITS & TAGS
4 14 +4 Traits Tags
King, craving vengeance on her, lured her back
home by possessing Mjnari, but Storm was able
to defeat him once more. Later, she traveled to
MELEE ◆ Audience ◆ Authority
the alien world Polemachus to quell the storms
◆ Beguiling ◆ Black Market
4
that raged there and was briefly betrothed to the
14 +4 ◆ Combat Expert Access
planet’s king, Arkon, but le when she realized he
◆ Combat Reflexes ◆ Heroic was a cruel tyrant. Recently, during a battle with
AGILITY ◆ Hounded
◆ Connections: the X-Cutioner, Storm was blasted with a high-
Super Heroes ◆ Powerful tech weapon that suppressed her mutant powers.
4 14 +4 ◆ Extra
Occupation
◆ Public Identity
◆ Streetwise
She le the X-Men on a quest for self-discovery,
linking up with the mutant inventor Forge along
RESILIENCE ◆ Fearless the way. She battled the demonic Adversary and
◆ X-Gene
regained her powers, returning to the X-Men to
4
◆ Presence

VIGILANCE
14 +4 aid them in their battle against Bastion and his
Prime Sentinels.

Personality
6 16 +9
Storm is supremely empathetic and a valued
friend and teammate to her fellow X-Men. In
EGO battle, Storm is bombastic, her proclamations
eliciting as much fear from her adversaries as

3 13 +3
her ability to summon the elements. Even when
denied the use of her powers, she is a capable and
LOGIC cray fighter.

DAMAGE POWERS

5 4 Basic Elemental Control Weather Control

MELEE

◆ Discipline 3 (Electricity) ◆ Control Fog

◆ Flight 2 ◆ Elemental Barrage ◆ Control Weather 4
◆ Group Flight ◆ Elemental Blast ◆ Thunder
AGILITY

5 4 ◆
◆
Inspiration
Uncanny 2
◆
◆
Elemental Burst
Elemental Push
◆ Weather Chill
◆ Weather Warm
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Elemental Ricochet

8 6 ◆ Supernova
EGO

5 3
LOGIC

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SUNSPOT (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: Roberto “Bobby” Da Costa
RANK
3
3
Height: 5'8" Weight: 170 lbs. Gender: Male
Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: Body cloaked in
darkness (when powers are active)
DAMAGE Occupation: Tycoon
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Origin: Mutant

— Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion
History
Born into family fortune, Roberto Da Costa
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manifested solar-powered mutant abilities and

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attempted to hide his powers from his family.
Roberto’s parents deduced his nature aer he
accidentally burned four of their homes but
pretended not to know. Roberto was eventually
captured by the anti-mutant Friends of Humanity
INITIATIVE (FoH) before being rescued by the X-Men and
SPEED questioned about the FoH’s Sentinel technology.
MODIFIER
Run: 5
+2
Roberto befriended the X-Men’s Jubilee before
Climb: 3 departing. He continued to visit and soon became
Swim: 3 involved in battles against a mind-controlled
ABILITIES Flight: 15 Jean Grey clone and the extradimensional Mojo,
who projected Roberto and Jubilee into a digital
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT world where Roberto nearly perished. Roberto
SCORE SCORE CHECKS and Jubilee began dating, and Roberto was
TRAITS & TAGS
2 12 +4 Traits Tags
convinced to reveal his mutant nature to his
mother. Roberto and Jubilee were later attacked
by Da Costa’s butler, who had been transformed
MELEE ◆ Connections: ◆ Extreme
Celebrities Appearance into a cyborg Prime Sentinel. Evading more

3 (when using Prime Sentinels, Roberto and Jubilee returned to

13 +3
◆ Enduring
Constitution powers) Roberto’s mother, but she remanded them to the
◆ Heroic Sentinels, concerned more about bad publicity
AGILITY ◆ Famous
◆ Hounded
than her son’s safety. Escaping when Magneto
◆ Glibness unleashed a worldwide electromagnetic pulse,
2 12 +2 ◆ Public Speaking ◆ Rich
◆ X-Gene
Roberto and Jubilee were rescued from the FoH
by Storm and Forge. The increasingly cynical
RESILIENCE Roberto soon joined Magneto and reluctantly
battled Jubilee when the X-Men infi ltrated
2 12 +2 Magneto’s Asteroid M base. Denouncing Magneto
aer witnessing him nearly kill the X-Man
VIGILANCE Wolverine, Roberto, now calling himself Sunspot,
saved Jubilee from Asteroid M when it was shot
5 15 +6
down by the U.S. government.

EGO Personality
Slightly self-centered due to his privileged

1 11 +1
upbringing, the fun-loving and outwardly
confident Sunspot oen doesn’t seem to grasp
LOGIC the gravity of situations. Despite his sometimes
cynical and skeptical demeanor, he is secretly
unsure of himself and his powers, having spent
DAMAGE much time hiding his true nature.

5 2
MELEE

POWERS
Basic Elemental Control
AGILITY

(Energy)
3 3
◆ Discipline 1
◆ Flight 2 ◆ Elemental Barrier
◆ Inspiration (Energy)
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Mighty 2 ◆ Elemental Blast (Energy)

4 5 ◆ Elemental Burst (Energy)

EGO

◆ Elemental Form (Energy)

◆ Elemental Protection
(Energy) 1
3 1
LOGIC

◆ Elemental Push (Energy)

◆ Elemental
Reinforcement (Energy)
◆ Elemental Ricochet
(Energy)
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WOLVERINE (X-MEN ’97) BIOGRAPHY
KARMA Real Name: James Howlett (A.K.A. Logan)
RANK
4
4
Height: 5'3" Weight: 195 lbs.
(300 lbs. with adamantium) Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue Hair: White Size: Average
Distinguishing Features: Retractable
DAMAGE adamantium claws, muttonchops
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Occupation: Military

-1 Origin: High Tech: Cybernetics, Mutant

Teams: X-Men
Base: X-Mansion

DAMAGE History
FOCUS The origins, past and full name of the Canadian
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mutant named Logan, alias Wolverine, are
unknown. Thanks to his mutant healing
factor, he is extremely long-lived; he was
first known to be active during World War II,
when he aided Captain America in battling
INITIATIVE the Red Skull. Decades later, he was subjected
SPEED
MODIFIER to experimentation by the Weapon X program
Run: 5
Climb: 3
Swim: 3
+3E that bonded adamantium with his skeleton and
gave him retractable metal claws, as well as
modifying his memories; another Weapon X test
ABILITIES Jump: 3 subject, Sabretooth, would become his lifelong
rival. He eventually escaped from Weapon X,
ABILITY DEFENSE NON-COMBAT
resulting in the death of its chief scientist, Kenji
SCORE SCORE CHECKS
Oyama. Oyama’s daughter and Logan’s ex-lover
TRAITS & TAGS
6 16 +6 Traits Tags
Yuriko Oyama would later stalk Logan as the
adamantium-clawed Lady Deathstrike. Mac and
MELEE ◆ Battle Ready ◆ Enemy: Heather Hudson took in the fugitive Logan; he
◆ Berserker Sabretooth would later join Mac in the Canadian super-team

3 16 +3 ◆
◆
Combat Expert
Combat Reflexes
◆ Extreme
Appearance
Alpha Flight before leaving to join the X-Men.
Although his solitary nature kept most of his
teammates at a distance, he did befriend the
AGILITY ◆ Heroic
◆ Connections: eccentric Morph and was enraged when he was
Military ◆ Hounded

6 16 +6 ◆ Extraordinary
Origin
◆ Public Identity
◆ X-Gene
seemingly killed by Sentinels. He has continued
to serve as a stalwart X-Man, mentoring new
X-Men member Jubilee and helping the revived
RESILIENCE ◆ Situational Morph rejoin the team. Recently, the X-Men’s
Awareness

3
archenemy Magneto tore the adamantium out of

VIGILANCE
13 +3 ◆ Tech Reliance
(TR)
Wolverine’s body.

Personality
A loner by nature, Wolverine oen chooses to
1 11 +1 operate solo. His advanced age has given him
years of experience, and he is an unmatched
EGO fighter and tracker. In battle, he oen lapses into
a feral rage, making him a danger to friend and
1 11 +1
foe alike. Nevertheless, his attitude toward his
fellow X-Men has soened over time, and he has
LOGIC become a valued teammate. He has feelings for
Jean Grey; combined with his natural distrust of
authority, this oen puts him at odds with X-Men
DAMAGE leader Cyclops.

5 6
MELEE

POWERS
Basic Martial Arts Melee Weapons (sharp)
AGILITY

4 3 ◆
◆
Brawling
Combat Trickery
◆ Attack Stance
◆ Grappling Technique
◆
◆
Exploit
Fast Attacks
◆ Healing Factor ◆ Focused Fury
/8/ CHARACTERS

◆ Heightened Senses 1 ◆ Furious Attacks

4 1
EGO

◆ Iconic Weapon: ◆ Hit & Run

Adamantium Claws [+1 ◆ Riposte
Melee damage multiplier;
◆ Unstoppable Assault
ignores 1 level of DR]
4 1
LOGIC

(TR) ◆ Vicious Attack

◆ Reinforced Skeleton (TR) ◆ Whirling Frenzy
◆ Uncanny 1