Not the Nova one or the Power Pack one. Obscure Marvel Comics mutant created by Erik Larsen, mostly seen in Spider-Man stories.

Absorbs ambient life force to power herself.

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A short-ish profile of the Oberon warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.

A versatile fighter, curiously themed after a sort of magic-casting priest of earth and fire.

And he looks great -half the reason we have warframe profiles is because I love how they look weird and cool.

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An obscure Russian mutant in the Marvel Universe. He blasts.

As of august of 2019, our contributor Pawsplay added Мутанты и Masterminds stats, under the “heh why not” clause.

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With enough Character Advancement, you can raise your Superspeed by 1 AP.

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A minor enemy of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) at the end of the Bronze Age.

Rapists-killing vigilante with a shedload of knives.

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One of the earliest enemies of He-Man in those 1980s Masters of the Universe cartoons.

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A minor ally of Hellcat circa 2016/2017.

She has the power of having a purse. But it’s a really big one.

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This is part #4 of a series showing a playthrough of the classic, landmark Baldur’s Gate D&D video games.

It comes with an ever-so-useful table of content so you can read everything in the right order and at your leisure.

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Minor lightning power. Obscure X-Men enemy, was with the Alliance of Evil for years.

As of August of 2019, this profile had its voltage increased and received live M&M stats.

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Sorry ’bout that.

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That’s the Marvel Comics one, specifically the one with the Darkforce powers. He’s oddly cool, if underused.

As of August of 2019, this profile received grimdark M&M stats, plus text and illustrations improvements. Excelsior!

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An ex-military, proficient hitman.

Cormorant played an important role in Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)’s 1980s career.

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A short-ish profile of the Titania warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.

The one and only gun fairy can also deploy stranger glammer-like abilities on the battlefield. And she’s tied to the mysterious Silver Grove on what’s left of Earth, and one of the oddest rebellions during the Old War.

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A Brooklyn lad with minor telekinetic powers. Good friend of Patsy Walker a.k.a. Hellcat!

Ian is mostly supporting cast though.

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Everything known about Skeletor’s ominous base of Snake Mountain. Pictures, facilities, weapons, vehicles, geography, RPG stats for everything, etc..

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Skeletor was the evil bad antagonist in the notable 1980s animated series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Old people fondly reminisce about him. Who can figure these guys out, heh. How do you do, fellow kids ?

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Two demon-like, shape-shifting sisters who organise death duels between great warriors from any universes. They’re, like, a crossover engine.

The Corvidae appeared in Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti’s Wonder Woman vs. Conan mini-series.

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The half-human mobster Raccoon is also an ally of the Nocturnals, as seen in Dan Brereton’s painted comics.

And thus our Nocturnals writeups arc ends. It’s a bit sad.

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This is part #3 of a series showing a playthrough of the classic, landmark Baldur’s Gate D&D video games.

The chapters remain concise, since these playthrough also includes many additional encounters from selected mods.

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The “classic” (well, if you’re in your 40s I guess) part of Spider-Man foe the Shocker’s career – 1967-1989, before Marvel started fleshing out his simple characterisation. A good stock jobber, I think.

As of July of 2019, this profile received yet another editing pass, plus M&M stats that are trying not to make a vibrator joke.

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Here’s a link so your Amazon Prime Day shopping gives a small bit of money to writeups.org instead of Jeff Bezos.

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Everybody’s favourite cranky frog mermaid with paired .45s, from Dan Brereton’s neat The Nocturnals series of painted comics.

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The second half of our Gil Jourdan character profile, to avoid overlong articles.

Classic — if B-list — investigation and adventure hero in 1950s/1960s European graphic novels.

There’s a link to part #1, of course.

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The inventor and ordnance expert in the 1980s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoons.

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A short-ish profile of the Nyx warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.

Chaos, confusion, mind control, illusions… Nyx makes a mess.

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A superbly competent and resourceful military intelligence operative from the XIII espionage/adventure graphic novels.

As of July of 2019, this profile received M&M stats, but nobody knows what the “Ms” stand for.

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The founder and leader of the monsters-hunting Nocturnals. From Dan Brereton’s cool painted comics.

Doc is a very pulps-ish two-fisted scientist.

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Gil Jourdan is a minor but classic character from French/Belgian mystery and adventure comics.

This two-part profile explains a bunch of things, and covers much 1950s/1960s material. This here is the first part.

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This is part #1 of a series showing a playthrough of the classic, landmark Baldur’s Gate D&D video games.

Well, technically it’s part #2. Since there’s also a primer about the Forgotten Realms on writeups.org, to avoid articles that are too long to read. But don’t worry, this article has a link to the primer.

Introducing Jet Foundling, ward of the sage Gorion. A towering but awkward lass who, unbeknown to her, has a deadly secret.

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The Captain of the Guard at the Royal Palace in the 1980s Masters of the Universe cartoons from Filmation.

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