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Writeups.org is an encyclopaedia of characters in genre fiction — comic books, video games, action movies, etc. It offers illustrated, researched profiles. These also include technical data for role-players. If you need a robust understanding of a character’s abilities, personality, history, etc. this is *the* place to be.
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Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) – profile #2. Still during her early career (“Year One”), but has already considerably improved because she’s good at this stuff.
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) at the very beginning of her career. Body-morphing powers and heroic spirit.
A summary of the various “Ms. Marvel” characters with writeups.org profiles in order to help confused readers who wonder who’s who.
Second profile for Gregor Shapanka – this time as Blizzard, one of Justin Hammer’s super-thugs. Nice costume with ice/cold powers, can be used practically anywhere.
This is Iron Man enemy Dr. Gregor Shapanka in his identity as Jack Frost, which is distinct from his identity as Blizzard. Mad scientist type with cryogenic weapons and technology.
A minor foe of the X-Men, chiefly associated with the Upstarts and the Hellfire Club during the 1990s. He’s lamentable but you don’t always want to break out Magneto or Darkseid.
A short, bullet-point summary of what’s new with this version of writeups.org. Recommended reading!
A summary of the various “The Question” characters with writeups.org profiles in order to help confused readers who wonder who’s who.
It’s not that there’s that many of them, but explaining it well requires a bit of time, you see.
A summary of the various “Captain Marvel” characters with writeups.org profiles in order to help confused readers who wonder who’s who.
A semi-technical article about the guns, planes, body armour, accessories, etc. in the 2012 version of the XCom video game. For now covers the tech tree up to the best laser weaponry.
This is for X’ian Coy Manh while she was working with the New Mutants, during the 1980s – plus her known earlier life. Vietnamese mutant lass with possession powers.
A FAQ article for writeups.org readers about methodologies beyond the gisted take and the emergent history method that were previously discussed.
From the 1990s Doom video games, the big pink humanoid bull gorillas and the invisible ones.
The protagonist of the old Project: IGI video game. A smart, well-trained realistic commando specializing in stealth and intrusion.
The Player Character in the first Quake video game. BOOM BOOM BOOM SLASH RATATATAATATATATA PSHHHEEEEEEWWW BOOM !
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A 1980s team of baddie semi-official superhumans, who repeatedly fought the Outsiders. Convenient mid-powered opponents.
An explanation about what “gisted” profiles and “emergent history” profiles are on writeups.org, and why we use these approaches.
A bad guy with “radioactive vision” powers who fought Marvel Boy (Timely Comics) in 1950. Quite cromulent if you need an Atomic Age villain.
Everything you wanted to know about the versions of the SSV Normandy in the first two Mass Effect video games. A beautiful space frigate with all sorts of interesting characteristics, plus some primers about space flight and space combat in Mass Effect.
One of DC’s few Indian super-heroes, Aruna can adopt any humanoid form and has talents for detection and acrobatics. Unfortunately they only appeared once.
This is the Tangent Comics version of the Joker – from a separate DC Comics continuity. Anti-authoritarian, acrobatic vigilante with novelty gadgets and some curiously Batman-like aspects. I thought she was pretty cool, and sadly underused.
A 1940s action heroine whose strip was published by Harvey Comics in Speed Comics. She’s a two-fisted nurse fighting WWII in hot pants and a mask, as was the style of the day.
One of the earliest comic book super-powered heroines, debuting in 1940. An odd, brief-lived character with unlimited powers.
Very obscure mad scientist type, but she can grow clones with the full memories of the original (somehow). Which could certainly be useful, if cheesy.
The unnamed Amazon as she appears in Diablo II. We do know a few things about her origins, and she is something of an archetype so that’s useful. The stats are for a “bowazon” build.
Our second team profile for the classic New Mutants, which — gasp — follows the first. This one covers everything from the second Secret Wars to the creation of X-Force.
This is an article for people playing the Mass Effect *video game* on a PC, because we can – not a role-playing-oriented article.