Marvel Boy I
(Martin Simon Burns)
The very first, 1940 anti-Nazi Marvel Boy (Martin Burns).
As of October of 2020, added a bit of polish plus anamiktomythological M&M game stats.
The tags are still being deployed. Results are therefore incomplete.
Currently less than 8⁄24th of the site is tagged.
Posts Tagged ‘ War ’
Anabasis-5
(Destiny video games)
A window into the Destiny "epic sci-fi" video game universe, using a sample character. Though in this article the emphasis is on the universe.
So if you want to learn about stuff such as the Worm Gods, the Sword Logic, the Traveller's Ghosts, the Last City, the European Dead Zone, the Rasputin Warmind, the Infinite Forest, etc. it's all in...
Starfire
(DC Implosion) (part #1 - Setting)
This profile is about the sword-and-sciencery (new word !) heroine Starfire, back in 1976.
Only a young woman’s sword and her courage will challenge the inhuman hordes who would enslave her people !
As of September of 2020, this profile was split in two for more comfortable reading. And went through extensive edits for style, being almost 10-year old.
Callsign Hammerfall
(Kaddish Yen) (Warframe)
A full-on example of a Player Character in the Warframe video game.
This also explains Tenno Void abilities, a chunk of the game's backstory, the Lotus-issued spaceships (pre-Railjack), and the like.
Khora-class warframe
A short-ish profile of the Khora warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
A strange huntress with a mysterious backstory, a killer cybercat and a magic barbed chain.
Inaros-class warframe
A short-ish profile of the Inaros warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
Endurance/durability unit with an undead Ancient Egyptian warrior theme and a backstory.
And a smile.
Corvus the Heretic
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.
Captain Axis
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.
Trinity-class warframe
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.
Katriel
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.
Clem the rogue Grineer
(Warframe)
A goofy super-soldier in the Warframe video game universe.
He's beloved by much of Warframe’s humongous player base.
G.I. Robot Mk2 “Mac”
(a.k.a. GI Robot)
Apparently the second prototype of the G.I. Robot program of World War Two in the DC Universe.
As of November of 2019, this profile was polished and received a Mutants & Masterminds robot module.
Saryn-class warframe
A short-ish profile of the Saryn warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
Biological warfare/devastation unit.
Limbo-class warframe
A short-ish profile of the Limbo warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
A special operative with dimensional and intangibility powers.
Generic kavat
(Warframe)
A strange, feline-like species of heavily engineered war beasts and predators in the Warframe video game.
They're like psionic space super-panthers, I guess.
Warframe weapons locker (part 1)
A selection of weapons -- ranged and melee -- from the Warframe video game.
New weapons and pictures get added as I play. Additions since the original release :
- Twin Gremlins machine pistols.
- Boar assault shotgun.
- Fixed missing illustrations, added some.
- Orthos poleaxe.
- Miter launcher.
- Vectis precision rifle.
- Kohm shotgun.
- Ignis flamethrower.
- Nagantaka repeater crossbow.
- Pandero pistol.
- Amprex electrical projector.
-...
Alex Rogan
(The Last Starfighter)
Alex Rogan is the hero of The Last Starfighter.
This sci-fi 1984 movie was an important precursor in using a lot of CGI to depict out-of-this-world action. Such as, in this case, space battles.
Oberon-class warframe
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.
Titania-class warframe
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.
Nyx-class warframe
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.
Ember-class warframe
A short-ish profile of the Ember warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
Incendiary powers, as well as having a mohawk made of fire.
Frost-class warframe
A short-ish profile of the Frost warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
Cold powers and perimeter lockdown expert.
Valkyr-class warframe
A short-ish profile of the Valkyr warframe from, well, the Warframe video game, for use in tabletop/pen-and-paper RPGs.
Enraged space panther cyber ninja super soldier, or some combination thereof.
Admiral Galen-Kor
This Kree hardliner and senior officer clashed with the Avengers during the 1990s.
He's not the most memorable Avengers enemy, but if your stories make use of the Kree (or Marvel space stuff in general) he's useful.
Warframe weapons locker (part 2)
This is the second part of our Weapons Locker article about the video game Warframe.
This one presents the warframes themselves, as a "base camp" article before individual profiles.
Casandra Andrews
(Wandering Star)
The heroine of notable 1990s indie comic Wandering Star, a sci-fi/war/coming of age story.
Emmanuelle Chekhov, the Imperial Slayer
A vampire commando who hunts vampires, in the Russian Resurgence future depicted in Nikolai Dante comics published in 2000AD.
She's so vein, she prolly thinks this writeup is about her.
As of March of 2019, this profile has had its ichor reinvigorated, and received befanged M&M stats.
Warframe setting – worlds, history and factions
Another game setting primer, this time for Warframe’s baroque sci-fi world.
A far future, almost post-apocalyptic version of the solar system with machinegun-toting technogolem space ninja.
“Jaevna Shilo” the Republic trooper
(Profile #1 - Early, part one) (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
A sample, but atypical, Special Forces trooper of the Galactic Republic during Star Wars’s Old Republic era and from the SWTOR video game. Comes with historical context primers, particularly about the military.
As of February of 2019, this profile was revised for style and concision, M&M-ified, and split in two to make certain it's not too long to read in...