Gizmo

Here's my Mighty Protectors write-up of DC super-villain Gizmo. This write-up is based upon issue #3 of the New Teen Titans comic book, as well as information from Wikipedia. Gizmo was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez and made his comics debut in issue #3 of the New Teen Titans, published January 1981.

Gizmo's inventions shown in that issue included: a jet-pack powered by fire extinguishers, a rocket explosive (used against Robin), a "totalizer" bomb (used against Cyborg), and a "gravity tow" (used against Starfire). When emulating his 'gravity tow', I at first used the MP Ability Gravity Increase, but the more I thought about it, the less comfortable I felt using that ability. Eventually, I settled on using Siphon: Power Blast with Suppress, with the siphoned points going into a Repulsion Blast that can only be aimed in a downward direction. This simulates that Starfire can't use her star bolts the way she wants to and that it's her same star bolts that are powering the thing.

It takes a normal character an IN-based Task Check with 1 hour spent to create an invention (see 3.1.3, p. 103). Creating an invention in 1 Round suffers a -9 penalty to this roll (see 3.0.2.7, p. 102). Gizmo, however, gets +3 for his Inventor background and another +3 because of his 'Major Facilities' and 'Mobile Facilities' Inventing modifiers. Thus, he can create a new invention in 1 Round with an IN save @-3, which for him ends up being a 12- roll. Note: a GM may apply other modifiers to this roll, as he or she sees fit.

Gizmo MP Sheet

Gizmo Flight

Gizmo Rocket

Gizmo Totalizer

Gizmo Gravity Gadget

Gizmo is a trademark of DC Comics. This write-up is by B.K. Adams. Mighty Protectors is a trademark of Monkey House Games.