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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Johnny Hercules 3Typhon, The Monster-Maker 5Hecate 7


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Val Char Cost Roll Notes

60 SR 50 21- Lif 100 tons; 12d6 HH damage [6]20 DEX 20 13-30 CON 20 15-15 IN 5 12- PER Roll 12-15 EGO 5 12-30 PRE 20 15- PRE Attack: 6d6

8 OCV 258 DCV 253 OMCV 05 DMCV 66 SPD 40 Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

30 PD 28 otal: 30 PD (30 rPD)

30 ED 28 otal: 30 ED (30 rED)20 REC 1660 END 820 BODY 1060 SUN 20 Total Characteristics Cost: 356

Movement: Running: 12m Leaping: 40m

Cost Powers END

15 I Can Fight For Hours:Reduced Endurance( END; +) or SR 60 0

19 Armsweep/Super-Smash: Area O Effect (1m Radius;+) or SR 60 2

Personal Immunity (+)

37 Supertough Skin: Resistant (+) or 30 PD/30 ED 0Hardened (+)

15 Supertough Skin: Hardened (+) or 30 PD/30 ED 0

6 Te Hercules Force: Power Deense (6 points) 018 Superstrong Legs: Leaping +36m (40m orward,

20m upward) 2

Skills

2 KS: History 11-2 KS: Mythology 11-2 SS: Anthropology 11-2 SS: Archaeology 11-3 Stealth 13-

Total Powers & Skills Cost: 144

Total Cost: 500

400 Matching Complications (75)

10 Accidental Change 8- accidentally reveal strength (Cmon)

15 Hunted: yphon the Monster-Maker (Inrequently, Pow, Kill)

15 Hunted: Hecate (Inrequently, Mo Pow, Steal Power15 Psychological Complication: Boisterously Overcon-

fident And Heroic (Common, Strong)10 Psychological Complication: Smash It! Tatll Solve

Dilemma (Common, Moderate)15 Social Complication: Secret Identity (Frequently, M10 Social Complication: Subject o Orders (rom Zeus

(Inrequently, Major)Total Complications Points: 75

Experience Points: 100

Background/History: Te first Johnny Hercules (real nameHenry Herc Johnson), a hero slain during the Battle o Detroit, got his powers o super-strength rom an amulet imbuwith the Hercules Force, a power o mystic goodness. In acit was the arcane energy that gave the Greek hero Hercules powers and that was lef behind on Earth when he ascendedOlympus as a god. Johnson received the amulet rom an aption o Zeus when Johnsons circus troupe toured Greece.

Afer Johnny Herculess death, the amulet, which accorto several mystic superheroes now seemed to be totally devo power, was buried with him. But apparently the HerculesForce wasnt really a part o the amulet it simply embodiitsel in a physical object or a time. In 2005 a Millennium CUniversity classics student, Henry Grant, somehow caughtattention o the Hercules Force, which maniested itsel in (What the Force had been doing during the intervening thiteen years is unknown, though apparently it had been lookor the right person to bond with.)

Grant had the chance to go on an archaeological dig nethe ancient city o iryns in Greece. While he was there hisnobility o heart and strength o soul attracted the attention

the Hercules Force. When the Force merged with him, he afit each other perectly. Inspired by the Greek myths he loso much, Grant decided to use his newound strength and rience in the cause o Justice as the new Johnny Hercules.

Johnny Hercules has ought many superhuman and mycal oes over his years as a crimebuster, but two arch-enemistand out in particular. One is yphon, the Monster-Makerrecipient o the yphon Force that is sort o the opposite othe Hercules Force. yphon can grow to great size and becoprodigiously strong, but his most fiendish power is the abilicreate all sorts o monsters with which to bedevil Johnny Hcules and, indeed, all humanity. Te other is the witch-godd

Martial Arts: Brick Tricks

Maneuver OCV DCV N otes

4 Bearhug +0 +0 16d6 Crush, Must FollowGrab

4 Break Free +0 +0 75 SR vs. Grabs3 Grab -1 -1 Grab wo Limbs, 70 SR or

holding on4 Punch +2 +0 14d6 Strike4 Slam -1 -1 14d6 Strike; Grab wo

Limbs; arget Falls4 oughness +2 +2 Block, Abort


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Hecate, who wants to steal the Hercules Force and use it orarious arcane purposes (including powering the Hepatizon

Hoplites, her army o powerul golems).Te first Johnny Hercules claimed Zeus had set him twelve

asks that, when completed, would make him the mightiestuperhero on Earth. I so, no such list o tasks has ever beenssigned to the new bearer o the Hercules Force at least asar as he knows.

ersonality/Motivation: Johnny Hercules is an optimistic,

appy soul who lives lie to the ullest and drinks deep o allhat the world has too offer. Unortunately his exuberance andoisterousness sometimes cause him problems (or example, inis enthusiasm he might accidentally break something). He alsoas a low tolerance or rustration. In situations where he cantgure out what to do or things arent going his way, his typicalsolution is to smash whatevers annoying him.

Quote: ::deep, booming laughter:: Tat was a good try, littleman, but it will take more than that to hurt Johnny Hercules.Come, try again pit your strength against mine!

owers/Tactics: Johnny Hercules is a pretty straightorwardghter. He doesnt have much in the way o tactics or clever

moves; he typically just runs or leaps to the biggest, toughestooking oe and punches him. I that doesnt get the job doneell try to find something in the environment that will let himit even harder or otherwise get through the targets deenses.

Appearance: Johnny Hercules is six and a hal eet tall andxtremely muscular. When fighting crime he wears a sort orown leather vest, with matching bracers on his wrists, bootsn his eet, and broad belt to hold up his crimson-coloredants. Te buckle on the belt shows a stylized JH logo. Heonceals his identity with a sort o domino mask done in a

Greek-like style.


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25 SR 15 14- Lif 800 kg; 5d6 HH damage [2]23 DEX 26 14-25 CON 15 14-20 IN 10 13- PER Roll 13-20 EGO 10 13-30 PRE 20 15- PRE Attack: 6d6

12 OCV 4512 DCV 453 OMCV 08 DMCV 156 SPD 40 Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

21 PD 19 otal: 21 PD (21 rPD)

21 ED 19 otal: 21 ED (21 rED)20 REC 1680 END 1220 BODY 1070 SUN 25 Total Characteristics Cost: 342

Movement: Running: 12m/48m when Grown

Cost Powers END

112 Monstrous Size: Growth (+45 SR, +15 CON,+15 PRE, +9 PD, +9 ED, +9 BODY, +18 SUN,+7m Reach, +36m Running,-18m KB, +6 to othersOCV to hit character, +6 to others PER Rolls toperceive character, 16m tall, 8m wide, 50,000 kg) 4Reduced Endurance ( END; +)

45 Breathes Lava: RKA 3d6 7Area Of Effect (16m Cone; +); No Range (-)

276 Monster Creation: Summon up to 8 monsters builton up to 350 otal Points 0Expanded Class (any type of monster; +), Slavishly

Loyal (+1), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +)

319 His Blood Becomes Monsters: Summon up to 10monsters built on up to 300 otal Points 0Expanded Class (any type of monster; +), Slavishly Loyal

(+1), Trigger (when loses 2 BODY to an attack that causes

him to bleed, takes no time to use, Trigger immediately auto-

matically resets; +1), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +)30 Super-Resilience: Resistant (+) or 30 PD/30 ED 010 Mystic Resilience: Power Deense (10 points) 035 Te yphon Force: Lie Support (otal) 0

Skills

2 KS: History 11-2 KS: Mythology 11-2 SS: Anthropology 11-2 SS: Archaeology 11-

Total Powers & Skills Cost: 835

Total Cost: 1,177


15 Psychological Complication: Hates Te Gods And MDestroy Tem (Common, Strong)

15 Psychological Complication: Hates Johnny Hercules(Common, Strong)

15 Social Complication: Secret Identity (Albert Borond(Frequently, Major)

Total Complications Points: 45

Experience Points: 807

Background/History: Albert Borondin was an archaeologiworking in the Mediterranean region. Angry and bitter thascientific community scorned his groundbreaking theorieabout the ancient world and considered him a raud, he waperect vessel or the yphon Force, a orce o evil energy thexists as a sort o cosmic counterbalance to the Hercules FoTe yphon Force filled him with its awesome power, and hbecame yphon, the Monster-Maker!

Personality/Motivation: yphon is a orce o chaos anddestruction. He hates the gods (all o them, not just the Gre

gods, though his hatred or them is deeper) and exists to haand destroy them. He particularly wants to slay Johnny Hercules, one o whose purposes in lie is to restrain or destroyyphon.

Quote: Not even you can deeat my matchless monsters!

Powers/Tactics: yphon is a bold, aggressive fighter, eagerpit his physical might against anyone who dares to stand aghim. I he isnt at ull size when combat starts, he uses hisGrowth as soon as possible. I he can catch several oes togehell immolate them with his lava breath.

I he doesnt already have some monsters with him, ypwill usually take a Phase to Summon some. Additionally, i

cut or otherwise made to bleed, every 2 BODY worth o blohe loses immediately turns into anothermonster.

Campaign Use: yphon (and Johnny Hercules and Hecatethat matter) give you a way to incorporate elements o Greemythology into your campaign despite the existence o theBan (see CV1 227). Tere might even be other Forces outthere rom other gods and divine monsters, though this seeunlikely.

I you want to use yphon as a single villain acing anentire team o heroes, you should consider giving him someDamage Reduction or Damage Negation so that he isnt ovewhelmed by numbers.

Associates, Allies, And Adversaries: yphon rarely mixes any other villains in the Champions Universe; hes too arro-gant to think he needs help. He might accept some o themminions, though.

Te master geneticist eleios is extremely interested inyphon. Hed like to obtain samples o his tissue (or even behis blood) or study. Replicating yphons power to instantlcreate monsters rom his blood would make the Perect Maeven greater threat to the world.


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Appearance: yphon is a huge, monstrous being. His skins dark green and scaly, and his acial and other eatures havevaguely draconic/reptilian look to them. He has only twongers and a thumb on his hands, and three toes (two orward,ne back) on his eet.

TYPHON FACTS

Here are some acts characters and NPCs might know aboutyphon i they succeed with an appropriate Skill Roll:

N/R: yphon is a creature out o Greek mythology. He hasthe power to create monsters, and can breathe lava. He canalso make himsel larger.

K/R: I yphon bleeds, his blood becomes monsters as well.-1: yphons maximum height is 16 meters. At that heighthes strong enough to lif 400 tons.

-2: yphon doesnt have to eat, breathe, or sleep; weaponslike gases and poisons dont work against him.

-6: eleios would very much like to obtain samples o y-phons tissue or blood.

-10: His Secret Identity is Albert Borondin; hes an archae-ologist who works in the Mediterranean region.


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30 SR 20 15- Lif 1,600 kg; 6d6 HH damage [3]25 DEX 30 14-30 CON 20 15-35 IN 25 16- PER Roll 16-35 EGO 25 16-40 PRE 30 17- PRE Attack: 8d6

10 OCV 3510 DCV 3511 OMCV 2411 DMCV 24

6 SPD 40 Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 1225 PD 23 otal: 25 PD (20 rPD)25 ED 23 otal: 25 ED (20 rED)25 REC 21100 END 1620 BODY 1080 SUN 30 Total Characteristics Cost: 431

Movement: Running: 12m

Cost Powers END

550 Divine Power: Variable Power Pool (Divine Power),200 Pool + 200 Control Cost 0Cosmic (+2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +)

67 Hecates Curse: Drain Characteristics 4d6 0Expanded Effect + Variable Effect (any two Characteris-

tics simultaneously; +1), Reduced Endurance (0 END;

+); Extra Time (Full Phase; -)

501 Conjure Spirits And Demons: Summon up to 8 in-

corporeal undead or demons built on up to 760otal Points each 0Expanded Class (+), Slavishly Loyal (+1), Reduced

Endurance (0 END; +)

20 Divine Resilience: Resistant (+) or 20 PD/20 ED 025 Mystic Resilience: Power Deense (25 points) 020 Mental Resilience: Mental Deense (20 points) 040 Divine Immortality: Lie Support (otal, including

Longevity: Immortality) 05 Darkness Is No Bane o Her: Nightvision 05 Witchs Eyes: Detect Magic 16- (Sight Group) 0

Perks

71 Her Hell-Hounds: 3 Followers built on 305 otal Pointseach (see text)

Talents

6 Striking Appearance +2/+2d620 Divine Understanding: Universal ranslator 16-

Skills

24 +2 Overall

3 Charm 17-3 Deduction 16-3 High Society 17-3 AK: Te Worlds O Greek Myth 16-7 AK: Greece 20-7 KS: Arcane And Occult Lore 20-3 KS: Demons 16-

7 KS: Greek Culture And Customs 20-3 Persuasion 17-3 Stealth 14-3 F: Riding Animals, Chariots4 WF: Common Melee Weapons, Common Missile

Weapons

Total Powers & Skills Cost: 1,403

Total Cost: 1,834


15 Hunted: Zeus (Inrequently, Mo Pow, Restrain/Puni15 Psychological Complication: Powerhungry (Commo

Strong)

Total Complications Points: 30

Experience Points: 1,479

Background/History: Tis character sheet represents an eaavatar o Hecate, goddess o black magic and the night. (Shcannot come to Earth in her true orm because o the Ban; CV1 227.) But even her avatar is powerul enough to challemost superteams!

Personality/Motivation: Hecate is a dark, cruel goddess whenjoys toying with mortals. She desires greater power not o

among the Olympians, but all the ancient pantheons, and wdo whatever she must to obtain it. Given the enormous powcertain mortals (i.e., superhumans) now possess, her schemofen involve trying to find a way to use them to deeat herenemies or urther her goals without them knowing it.

Quote: ruly you are a ool, mortal. Do you think you canstand against the goddess o magic? Against she who makesmighty Zeus and Apollo tremble with ear?

Powers/Tactics: O all the Olympian gods Hecate possessestrongest magic. Her curses are said to be particularly poweOther avorite spells include creating storms (and then strikher oes down with lightning bolts rom the clouds), spread

disease, and concealing hersel rom mortal eyes.Hecate is ofen accompanied by her three aithul hounFor these you can use the Demon Hound character sheet onHSB 98, but give them Desolidification (affected by magic) an additional power. She can also summon ghosts, spectersdemons to do her bidding.

I her magic isnt enough to get the job done, Hecate caall back on her eminine wiles. Her dark, seductive beauty persuasive manner are hard or even the most steadast manresist.

Because o the Ban, i Hecate is Knocked Out or killed,vanishes and cannot return to Earth or one ull moon.


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ampaign Use: Given the size o her Variable Power Pool,Hecate is best used as a single quasi-master villain that you pitgainst an entire team o heroes. I necessary she has not onlyer hounds, but summoned demons and undead, to protect hernd keep some o her adversaries busy.

Associates, Allies, And Adversaries: Hecate has too muchivine pride to deal with mortals, no matter how powerul, asquals. However, other gods or god-like beings are potentialartners or her. In the past she has worked with ezcatlipoca

o try to shatter the Ban (ortunately, they ailed). She andakoanes once established uneasy alliance (shes one o the ew

eings the Archlich respects enough to work with), but haveot teamed up again since that time.

Appearance: Hecate most ofen appears to mortals as a beauti-ul, pale-skinned woman who wears her night-dark hair upsometimes with a ew strands hanging down her neck). She

wears a black gown and is sometimes accompanied by her twoery-eyed, fire-breathing hell-hounds; the barking o dogs canfen be heard in her presence (or as a warning that she ap-roaches).

HECATE FACTSHere are some acts characters and NPCs might know aboutHecate i they succeed with an appropriate Skill Roll:

N/R: Hecate is an immensely powerul supervillainess whowields mighty magics.

K/R: Shes actually the ancient Greek goddess o black magicand the night.

-1: Tree fierce hell-hounds ofen accompany her, and she

can also summon demons and undead to serve her.

-2: Hecate can cast powerul curses that weaken and disableher oes.

-6: Hecates magical powers actually exceed those o ako-anes the Undying King.

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