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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.
One of ’em Humble video games bundle, starting at $1, with Capcom stuff. Mega Man, Resident Evil, Street Fighter… plus some Dragon’s Dogma stuff, Strider, etc..
An interesting but incoherent enemy of the Ghost Rider and Spider-Woman.
During the 1970s, he seemingly specialised in hunting down supernaturals.
As of March of 2020, this profile was iced then entirely redone.
An obscure Luke Cage 1970s villain with a construction theme. Near-superhuman strength and themed weapons.
As of March of 2020, we added brick-and-mortar Mutants & Masterminds stats.
This profile has also received illustrations and texts overhaul at… some point in 2019.
How much would you pay for RPG stats for Uncle Scrooge ? One million ? Two billions ? A poolfull ?
Well, they’re free.
A minor, odd-looking, oddly enduring team of minor Marvel malefactors.
Older notes covering the basics about Yugi Motoh, Yami Yugi and their games.
Windfall was mostly seen during the 1980s and 1990s. She was one of the Masters of Disaster, and a minor member of the Outsiders.
Air powers, as you might surmise.
Corvus is the protagonist of 1994 video game Heretic (some of the sequels are called Hexen).
He’s a post-apocalyptic elf avenger who shoots magic at monsters.
A strange, superhuman assassin/serial killer.
Tongpu appeared in a fan-favourite episode of Cowboy Bebop.
Second half of our updated profile for American Dream (Shannon Carter).
With an American link to the first American half of this American profile. Because this A HREF stands for France.
He’s a “giant henchman” type, possibly a bit superhuman.
He’s associated with a Vietnamese temple that’s normally peaceful. But he mistakenly went into a fight with Spider-Man and the US government.
As of February of 2020, this profile received gigantic Mutants & Masterminds stats.
First half of our fully revised, updated, re-star-spangled profile for American Dream (Shannon Carter).
She is the inheritor of the Captain America legacy in the possible MC2 future of the Marvel Universe.
Older, shorter notes about a DC Heroes RPG Player Character.
Super-strong lady bouncer on the run.
Skin was a member of Marvel’s Generation X (a X-Men spin-off team) during the 1990s.
Here are some old notes and stats about him.
The Masters of Disaster gal with the heat powers.
As of February of 2020, this profile was made hotter, and received sizzling M&M stats.
An obscure and fleeting enemy of the Hulk. Projected Third Reich superhuman warrior with great strength.
As of February of 2020, this profile had its hair done and received goosestepping M&M stats.
This is completely off-topic for the site. It happens once every 2,000 articles or so.
It is an example of how I set up my desktop workspace to avoid health issues and have something practical and clean to create writeups.org at. It’s cheap, except for the chair.
The “base camp” entry for the Power Pack team of superhuman children during its Simonson/Brigman heydays. To be read before the individual Power Pack profiles.
As of February of 2020, the entry was revised to facilitate the rework of the other Power Pack articles.
It’s time for the first of our thrice-yearly calls for donation for 2020 !
As always, this doubles as a summary of what’s been happening on writeups.org (and why) since the previous call.
Obscure 1990s Flash character with cold weaponry.
As of February of 2020, we brushed off the frost and added chilling Mutants & Masterminds stats.
A DC Heroes RPG Player Character, with strong undead powers.
Writeups.Org’s repository of new and modified powers for the DC Heroes RPG. Which means there’s a lot of stuff, (almost) all of which was necessary to model published characters. Latest additions:
— Extrasensory Perception.
— Digging (Tunnelling Only) (Packaged Limitation).
— Energy Control.
— Damage Capacity (clarified and expanded).
— Tesseracts Only (packaged Limitation for Dimension Travel).
— Gliding (Air Currents Bonus).
— Aura of Pain.
— Enhance.
— Claws and EV (pricing discussion).
— Consumables-based Recovery for Damage Capacity.
— No Transfer Limitation for Data Storage.
— Grappling Immunity.
Also, the article was cleft in two in April of 2017 because it was just too large.
Cold powers, member of a convenient mercenary villains team.
As of February of 2020, this profile was entirely rewritten and restatted.
A short-ish profile of the Trinity warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
Support unit with defensive and buffing energy manipulation powers.
One sharp spy and assassin (or “bard”, as they say in Orlais). She appears in the Dragon Age prequel novel, The Stolen Throne.
Katriel played a critical role in the Fereldan War of Liberation… and, in a way, beyond.
As of February of 2020, added a section about Dragon Age: The Calling.
A grotesquely mutated mobster with enhanced strength. Vintage Luke Cage enemy.
As of January of 2020, this profile was overhauled, updated and extended. You could say it scaled up.
An overview of this unusual peripheral for PC gaming, with a concrete example of using it in a game with keybinding, custom lighting and the like.
This is absolutely not our usual fare on writeups.org, and is intended to draw in new readers.
As of January of 2020, this article/review was updated to discuss software problems.
Murderous giant rodents from the terrible 2012 sequel to the terrible 1959 horror/monster mash movie.
The Golden Age version of the character, though he endured into the 1990s. Criminal, genius, wielder of the cold gun.
As of January of 2020, this profile was overhauled for concision and smoother reading. It was also cleft in two to facilitate reading on smartphones.
Second half of the profile for this classic Golden Age Green Lantern villain.
With a link to the first half.