Jocasta

Although Jocasta was never a full member of the Bronze Age Avengers, she was going to be made a probationary member. Still, she adventured with the Avengers, helping them against several super-powered foes, from the Collector to Korvac.

Here's my MP take on her stats and abilities.

Moondragon

Moondragon first meets the Avengers in issue #135 and later joins the team, thus qualifying as a "bronze-age" Avenger. Here's my take on her stats and abilities using the Mighty Protector rules.

Converting Hero System to Mighty Protectors

Here are some basic guidelines for converting 6th Edition Hero System to the Mighty Protectors rules. Here are PDFs of these charts: Stats Conversion and Ability Conversion

To convert Hero Strength to MP Strength, use the chart below:



To convert other Hero Characteristics to MP Basic Characteristics, use this chart:



Lastly, to convert a Hero Power to a Mighty Protectors Ability, use this chart:

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Mantis

Mantis is another Bronze Age Avenger that I missed in my earlier write-ups. She first appears in The Avengers #112, drawn by Don Heck and created by writer Steve Englehart. Below is my MP take on her stats and abilities.

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos were the inspiration for the Oddball Eight characters that are featured in my Mighty Protectors WW II source book, War Heroes.

To give you an idea of what a commando looks like using the MP rules, here is a write-up of Sgt. Fury as he might appear at the beginning of his commando career.

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos are copyright by Marvel Entertainment.

Cover art of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963) is by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers

V&V Levels to MP CPs

If for whatever reason you wanted to run a Mighty Protectors campaign using the levels and experience rules from V&V 2.1, then you could use the chart shown below.

Using the old experience rules would likely make for significantly slower character progression, depending on how much XP the GM awarded per gaming session, but it would also allow for more granularity when it comes to rewarding -- or penalizing -- characters.

You could also add a Karma* system, a la the FASERIP system, on top of the xp system, which some players would love (points at Dennis), and some would hate (points at Jeff).

* Mutants & Masterminds has something similar with their Hero Points; it's just small numbers

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United Dystopia of America (Chainfist)

In the United Dysptopia of America, crime is rampant, and Benjamin Wang's family has suffered. He became the "Chainfist," a masked vigilante who fights against the gang members and criminals terrorizing his neighborhood. When government agents arrested his parents on immigration grounds, he took over running the family martial arts dojo. The character portrait is by an unknown artist and is used without permission by it's creator.

Chainfist is Copyright by Zach Adams.

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Chainfist Character Sheet (PDF)

United Dystopia of America (Storm)

Storm is another player-character in my Kick-Ass inspired campaign of a future dystopian America.

Kat van DeGraf, Storm's secret ID, is a Private Detective who owns her own business. She should probably have a Base for that, but this campaign was run before the Base rules were implemented.

Storm's favorite combat tactic is to use her Ambidexterity to fire both of her machine pistols, taking a -1 to hit with each one (see section 4.14.11 of the MP rules on two weapon combat). Copyright 2017 by Bruce Adams.

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Storm Character Sheet (PDF)

Storm's Arsenal

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Storm's Motorcycle Vehicle Sheet (PDF)

 

United Dystopia of America (Fiesty Cholita)

A few years ago, I ran a Mighty Protectors role-playing campaign titled United Dystopia of America. In this campaign, the Lehman Brothers financial meltdown of 2008-2009 led to a worldwide depression, with the U.S. being especially hard-hit. Unemployment reached 35%, crime became a gigantic problem, and the government became fascistic in its response to the crisis.

A very unsavory man was elected president of the United States, and with sweeping new laws, and no real opposition from Congress, he quickly turned the once mighty American democracy into something of a 3rd world hell-hole. A private security firm, Black Sun Worldwide, was paid billions of dollars to enforce some of the new draconian laws, and its jack-booted mercenaries became widely despised.

The players' characters are the heroes of the campaign. They are a rag-tag group of vigilantes, doing what they can to fight the government, crime, and injustice in general.

One of these heroes was a Luchadora, code-named the Fiesty Cholita, and played by Talzhemir.

United Dystopia of America is Copyright by B.K. Adams

Feisty Cholita (character and artwork) are Copyright 2017 by Talzhemir

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Fiesty Cholita Character Sheet (PDF)

MP Damage Types

The description of Invulnerability (MP p. 51) states "This Continual Ability makes the character nearly immune to the effects of one or more Damage Types, Sub-Types, or Specific Types, taking only 1/4 damage (rounded down) from attacks of those types."

The Damage Types are Kinetic, Energy, Biochemical, Entropy, Psychic, and Other. But what are the Sub-Types? Absorption and Reflection also mention damage sub-types, Natural Weaponry has Blunt and Sharp Kinetic as does Special Weapon.

To organize all of these damage types and their sub-types, I made a chart that categorizes the various Mighty Protector Damage Types with their Sub-Type and corresponding Specific Abilities. Note that "Cosmic Radiation" is simply the radiation one would receive while being in outer space.

PDF: https://app.box.com/s/83bifo6iqfe8ysf2h4xakss74lxhce6p

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S.A.V.E.

These four Special American Volunteer Expedition characters are the original PC heroes from my very long-running WW II playtest campaign for the Mighty Protectors rules. Updated versions of these characters, including new artwork, will be included in my upcoming MP source book, War Heroes.

I had originally posted these characters a couple of years ago on the Monkey House Games forums but they've been kind of buried in old posts... so I figured that I would re-post them on this blog. The rules and the character sheets have changed since these versions of the characters were originally posted, but the overall abilities of the characters hasn't changed much.

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Brimstone



Dynamo



Enigma



Winged Victory



Feddy

Hellcat

Earlier, while I was writing-up the "bronze-age" Avengers, I missed a few heroes. One of them is Patricia "Patsy" Walker, a.k.a., "Hellcat", who debuts in Avengers #144.

But there is another angle on this character: in the Netflix shows Jessica Jones and The Defenders, Patricia "Trish" Walker is Jessica's best friend. One can hope that in Season #2 of either Jessica Jones or the Defenders, Patricia Walker will get her super-suit and become Hellcat!

In the meantime, here is my comic-book adaptation of her stats and abilities using the Mighty Protectors rules.

Patsy is a natural athlete and strong-willed person, but is otherwise a normal human. Her Ht. Defense is due to her athletic background of dancing and surfing; the rest of her Abilities come from the suit.

The two grapnels are retractable claws on each wrist that can shoot out. The night-vision comes from special lenses in the eyes of her mask, and allow her to see in total darkness. The natural weaponry and wall-crawling are due to the claws on her hands and feet.

Hardpoint

Hardpoint is a character that I initially had created for my brother's campaign, using his homebrew Ultraverse rules. Here, I've converted him to the Mighty Protectors rules.

Hardpoint is a character one might get if you crossed Spiderman with Iron Man: a wise-cracking teenager wearing a powered-armor suit. Harry's closest high school friends are members of the Math Club and include: Noah McCloud, Ethan Albaugh, Abigail Green, and Jian Mei. Abigail, who is also a cheer-leader, has been trying to go on a date with Harry but so far it's never worked-out (his super-hero activities keep interfering).

He also works as a part-time technician at an electronics repair shop. His co-workers include: Adrian Kirby, Mary Walker, and Joe Caplan.

All of his suit's Abilities, except for Armor, are breakable. If he takes hit point damage, roll a d6 to see which Ability is affected.

Hardpoint makes a good "vigilante" hero that licensed player-character heroes might want to track down, or might randomly run into if they are fighting against the Mob. Although he is considered a vigilante by the police, he is not a killer. When he defeats mobsters, he leaves evidence of their crimes and calls the cops.

Hardpoint is Copyright 2017 by B.K. Adams

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Hardpoint Character Sheet (PDF)

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS

Almost a year ago on the monkeyhousegames forums I wrote-up four Thunder Agents. I used the Living Legends rules at the time but with a little bit of work they could be converted into Mighty Protectors.

Lightning



Menthor



No-Man



Dynamo



Thunder Agents are Copyright by IDW Publishing

"X-39"

"X-39" is a character that I only played twice. He was randomly rolled, created for a "monsters" campaign that Jeff only ran twice (but who may eventually come back to at some point).

X-39 was the project number he was given by the government scientists who were studying him at their secret installation in the mountains near Seattle, Washington. His real name is indecipherable by humans.

For years X-39 has been having dreams of Mother Enyo, dreams that led him to Earth.