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'''Real Name:''' Steve Rogers | '''Real Name:''' Steve Rogers | ||
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'''Creators:''' Joe Simon and Jack Kirby | '''Creators:''' Joe Simon and Jack Kirby | ||
− | '''Capsule:''' In the dark days of World War II, Steve Rogers was a fiercely patriot young man who wished nothing more than to serve his country and fight the Nazis. Steve was sickly and frail, though, and was rejected by the Army. He was | + | '''Capsule:''' In the dark days of World War II, Steve Rogers was a fiercely patriot young man who wished nothing more than to serve his country and fight the Nazis. Steve was sickly and frail, though, and was rejected by the Army. He was approached by government men and agreed to take part on a secret experiment to develop a supersoldier using chemical and radiation treatments. |
− | The experiment was a success and Steve Rogers became a perfect physical specimen of mankind | + | The experiment was a success and Steve Rogers became a perfect physical specimen of mankind, after a period of training he assumed the identity of Captain America and went on to become a living legend in the 1940s, battling the Nazi menace both at home and abroad. |
− | Captain America was lost in action in the last days of WWII, plunging into the Atlantic Ocean during a battle with nazi criminal Baron Zemo. He spent decades in a state of suspended animation until being recovered by the Avengers. Captain | + | Captain America was lost in action in the last days of WWII, plunging into the Atlantic Ocean during a battle with nazi criminal Baron Zemo. He spent decades in a state of suspended animation until being recovered by the Avengers. The Captain joined that superteam and became an inspiration and moral center for the new generation of superheroes. |
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'''Abilities 60 + Skills 22 (85 ranks) + Feats 40 + Powers 21 + Combat 38 + Saves 12 = Total 192''' | '''Abilities 60 + Skills 22 (85 ranks) + Feats 40 + Powers 21 + Combat 38 + Saves 12 = Total 192''' | ||
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− | ''' | + | '''Abilities:''' Cap's shield is simple enough in the comics, but hard to represent in most RPGs. In M&M it's mostly easy, it's basically an array of Alternate Powers consisting of the powers Blast, Deflect, Shield, and Strike. |
Blast represents his ability to throw the shield and have it return to his hand effortlessly. Now, Cap's trick of ricocheting the shield and hitting multiple enemies is a little tricky to represent. The only way I found was to use a variant of the Autofire Extra. | Blast represents his ability to throw the shield and have it return to his hand effortlessly. Now, Cap's trick of ricocheting the shield and hitting multiple enemies is a little tricky to represent. The only way I found was to use a variant of the Autofire Extra. | ||
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So, if Cap tried to bounce the shield off two walls and hit five enemies, he'd have a -7 penalty on his attack rolls against those five enemies. | So, if Cap tried to bounce the shield off two walls and hit five enemies, he'd have a -7 penalty on his attack rolls against those five enemies. | ||
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