[MHR] Agents of SHIELD: Shadow War Ep: 1 Running with the Devil [CAP2 Spoilers]

Grunt's Ghosts

Marvel's Agents of Shield: Shadow War

Encrypted Message Incoming...
If you are receiving [bzzt] message, then you've been called to arms. SHIELD is not dead. [Bzzt] has not won. The world is facing a threat from an [bzzt] that it is not prepared for. And we need a few good agents. HYDRA will not stop [bzzt] until the world is in their hands. They will murder people by the billions to create their [bzzt]. As we speak, agents in the field are being hunted [bzzt] and killed. Weapons we took from terrorist are now in their hands. We must stop them. We must fight back. And we must win. [Bzzt] me at the location below if you are still in this fight. SHIELD is still fighting. Are you?
Agent Maria Hill
End of Message

Welcome to a Marvel Heroics Roleplaying game set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This game takes place after the events of Captain America 2 and the April 8th Agents of SHIELD episode.
SHIELD has been dismantled. HYDRA, a terrorist organization from WWII, has been inside the ranks of SHIELD for years, using SHIELD to secretly push its own agendas. However, Captain America, Agent Romanova, and Colonel Fury exposed HYDRA. To cripple HYDRA, SHIELD released all its secrets to the internet.
The effects were felt immediately. SHIELD bases around the world became war zones between loyal SHIELD agents and HYDRA sleepers. Covers of agents were exposed and details of secret threats became public. Offically, SHIELD was over. Agents suddenly faced joblessness if they were lucky, or found themselves in danger now that they had no cover and no support. People with special powers that had been monitored by SHIELD now faced a new world where people know about them and big brother wasn't watching no more. And every shady organization and terrorist cells suddenly were free to operate in the open. The UN and world governments who relied on SHIELD to protect them now were forced to fight their own fights.

The world is in chaos.

Players:
Capfalcon as Jimmy "Twigs" Ainsworth 0XP

So, all SHIELD'S info gets dumped and now everyone I ever ripped off is after my head.

Thanks a bloody lot, Romanoff.

Distinctions
Crook gone strait...ish
Not that I'll ever get any thanks
I'm a People Person.

Affiliations
Solo D10
Buddy D6
Team D8

Experimental Shield Tech
I was on my way out of the Academy, and I figured, hey, finders keepers. It's better that I've got it than HYDRA got the hands on it, right?
D10 Invisibility Suit
D8 Questionably Legal Hacking Gizmo
D8 Holographic Disguise
SFX: Experimental. On a max die roll, roll a d6 and add it to your dice pool.
SFX: Criminal contacts: When creating an asset using illegal means, add a d6 to your dice pool and step up the effect die.
Limit: Experimental. On a 1, shutdown that Experimental Shield Tech power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Agent's Gear
Standard issue for all grunts.
Guns d6
Kevlar Vest d8
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties
Combat D8
Covert D8
Crime D8
Psych D8

Agents of Buh-WUH?
SHIELD is no more, right? So who am I working for?
1XP: When you talk to a non-agent about your work with SHIELD.
3XP: When you create an ASSET using your contacts with SHIELD.
10XP: When you successfully recapture a SHIELD base or decide to start your organization with former SHIELD resources.

Former B list confidence man
Looking back, it's actually impressive just how many people I managed to piss off.
1XP: When you compare what your doing to one of your previous cons.
3XP: When someone you previously conned makes the mission more difficult out of spite
10XP: When you manage to repay someone you greatly wronged or when you manage to make a new cover to give all the people out for your head the slip.

Buddha73 as Agent Hayato 'Steel' Hoshi 0XP

Affilations
Solo d10
Buddy d6
Team d8

Distinctions
Mind as shape as his blade
Silence but deadly
Few words, many sercets

Kenjutsu
Enhanced Reflexes d8
Martial Art d10
SFX: Unleashed: Step up or double any Kenjutsu power for one action. If the action fails, add a die to the doom pool equal to the nomal rating of your power die.
Limit: Exhasted, shutdown any Kenjutsu power and gain 1 PP. Recover power by activatin an opportunity or doing a transition scene.

Ninja Gear
Katanas d8
Shurikens d6
HUB Visual Mask d8
SFX: Deflect Projectiles: On a successful reaction against a ranged weapon attack action rated d8 or lower, covert oppnent's effect die into a ninja stunt or inflict it as physical stress on a vaild target.
Limit: Gear: Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialities
Combat d8
Covert d8
Acrobatic d8
Tech d8

Milestones:
Only What's Necessary
1 XP: When you successful sneak pass an enemy instead of engaging
3 XP: When you stress out an enemy with the SFX defect projectiles from anothe enemy.
10 XP: When you remove your mask to try to persuade an enemy with your words to see things your way or attack a major enemy while he or she is in a long winded monaloge.

Cut Off One Head...
HYDRA says it grows with every defeat, let's test that theory.
1XP: When you talk about agents who revealed to be HYDRA sleepers.
3XP: When you take down a leader of a HYDRA cell.
10XP: When you take down HYDRA for good or you decide to join their cause.

SirEtchwarts as Agent Clifford “Detective” Ware 1XP

Born And Raised by Conspiracy Theorists, and Lives In A World Where They’re All True

Distinctions
Elementary, my dear Agent
Conspiracy Theorist
Relatively A Rookie

Affiliations
Solo: d6
Duo: d10
Team: d8

Hoarded SHIELD Tech
You don’t really believe that a guy like me is going to work at a place like SHIELD and not have a plan B, do you?
Guns d6
Kevlar Vest d8
D8 Infrared Goggles
D6 Mouse Hole
SFX: Both Eyes Open. When using a Hoarded SHIELD Tech power in a Support Action, add d6 to the dice pool and step the effect die up +1.
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Deductive Reasoning
When you’re raised by people who believe your average jogger is really a spy, you learn to read people and situations very quickly.
D8 Encyclopedia Knowledge
D8 Observational
D6 Photographic Memory
SFX: Focus
Limit: Paranoia. Earn 1 PP to step up Emotional Stress afflicted by Hydra and SHIELD agents by +1

Specializations
D8 Psych
D8 Combat
D8 Covert
D8 Vehicle

Milestones

Agents of Buh-WUH?
SHIELD is no more, right? So who are you working for?
1XP: When you talk to a non-agent about your work with SHIELD.
3XP: When you create an ASSET using your contacts with SHIELD.
10XP: When you successfully recapture a SHIELD base or decide to start your organization with former SHIELD resources.

It’s Not A Conspiracy Theory If It’s True
I never thought I would be in a line of work that would prove my folks were right.
1XP: When you reference a conspiracy theory in relation to a current mission.
3XP: When you consult a fellow conspiracy theorist as an ASSET
10XP: When you prove or disprove a major conspiracy theory.

jdarksun as Agent Jeanette Gagnon 0XP

SHIELD didn't officially recognize telepaths. I decided to prove them wrong.

Affiliations
Solo d6 / Buddy d8 / Team d10

Distinctions
The Self-Made Woman
"Super" Obsessive
The Ends Justify the Means

My Pet Project
We toiled for years behind closed doors, searching for the secrets to unlock the human potential.
I didn't tell them when it worked.
d8 Mind Control
d8 Telepathy
d8 Enhanced Reflexes
d8 Enhanced Senses
SFX: Psychic Affliction. Add a d6 and step up your effect die by +1 when inflicting Mental complication on a target.
SFX: Psychic Counterattack. On a reaction against Mental Stress attack action, inflict Mental Stress with your effect die at on PP cost or spend a PP to step it up by +1.
Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any My Pet Project power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Agent's Gear
d6 Guns
d8 Kevlar Vest
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties
d8 Combat
d8 Covert
d8 Medical
d8 Science

Agent of HYDRA
Hail HYDRA!
1XP: When you accuse an ally or teammate of being an HYDRA agent
3XP: When you help HYDRA gain a valuable secret or piece of Technology.
10XP: When you reveal yourself to be a HYDRA Agent or you decide to be a SHIELD Agent.

Self-Improvement
Banner. Rogers. Stark. One day, Gagnon will be on that list.
1XP: When you acquire knowledge that can be used towards making yourself more powerful.
3XP: When you experiment with risky or unknown devices, serums, or technologies... on yourself.
10XP: When you find a reliable way to create meta-humans, or accept that you're a freak and abandon the cause.

Jahsassypants as Agent Macro 0XP

Affiliations
Solo d10 / Buddy d6 / Team d8

Distinctions
"Don't remember which face is mine"
Rat out of the Cage
Herculean Revenge


Experimental HYDRA Gene-Splicer Implant
HYDRA left something inside the last time they cut me open. Let's see how it works...
d10 Shapeshifting
d8 Mimic
d6 Growth
d6 Shrink
SFX: Huge Success: When shapeshifting to create an asset, spend 1 PP to maintain the new form until the end of the scene. With a d12 effect, spend 1 PP to make the new form the permanent "default" identity.
SFX: Fake Muscles: Add a d6 and step up effect die by +1 when using growth to inflict emotional complications on a target (i.e. intimidation, seduction).
Limit: Experimental HYDRA Tech:1's and 2's both count as opportunities.

Agent's Gear
d6 Guns
d8 Kevlar Vest
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties
d10 Covert
d8 Psych
d8 Tech

Cut Off One Head...
HYDRA says it grows with every defeat, let's test that theory.
1XP: When you talk about agents who revealed to be HYDRA sleepers.
3XP: When you take down a leader of a HYDRA cell.
10XP: When you take down HYDRA for good or you decide to join their cause.

One Mind, Many Faces
Every man seeks to discover himself. Not all of them have to start with the face.
1XP: Each time you transform into a new identity.
3XP: When you develop a strong connection to a particular form.
10XP: When you discover your original shape, or settle on a new permanent body.

dresdenphile as Agent Adelaide Clarke 0XP

Affiliations
Solo d10 / Buddy d6 / Team d8

Distinctions
The Belle of the Garage
Impulsive
Getaway Gal

Power Set:
Kingfisher Attack and Transport
Pride? More like 'hubris'. Dead terrorists tell no tales...or have a use for their high-tech vehicles.

d8 Enhanced Durability
d8 Invisibility
d8 Lasers
d8 Flight

SFX: Boost. Shutdown your highest-rated Kingfisher power to step up another Kingfisher power. Activate an opportunity or participate in a Transition Scene to recover the power.
SFX: Room for Everybody! Spend 1 PP point to remove you and one other character from the Scene. Other characters may tag along for 1 PP from each of them.
Limit: Gear – Shutdown the Kingfisher and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover gear.

Agent's Gear
d6 Guns
d8 Kevlar Vest
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties
d8 Combat Expert
d8 Covert Expert
d8 Tech Expert
d8 Vehicle Expert

Agent of HYDRA
Hail HYDRA!
1XP: When you accuse an ally or teammate of being an HYDRA agent
3XP: When you help HYDRA gain a valuable secret or piece of Technology.
10XP: When you reveal yourself to be a HYDRA Agent or you decide to be a SHIELD Agent.

The Driver
What's the use of having a badass ship if you can't do cool stuff in it?
1 XP when you talk about cool places you’ve been or or cool maneuvers you’ve piloted in the Kingfisher.
3 XP when deal out stress piloting the Kingfisher in an aerial battle.
10 XP when you either pilot the Kingfisher to its own destruction once and for all and get a new ship, or make a technical change to the Kingfisher's specs that changes the way it works forever.

jdarksun

There aren't enough replies to this post!

I am interested.

Buddha73

Luckly i have seen both so i too am interested.

dresdenphile

I'm interested, but I won't be seeing Winter Soldier until next Saturday at the earliest.

Grunt's Ghosts

Its ok. I wouldn't start for at least a week (most likely after the next AoS episode so I can see how they are playing things before I begin.)

Capfalcon

Fine fine, twist my arm and all.

Capfalcon

Jimmy "Twigs" Ainsworth

So, all SHIELD'S info gets dumped and now everyone I ever ripped off is after my head.

Thanks a bloody lot, Romanoff.

Distinctions
Crook gone strait...ish
Not that I'll ever get any thanks
I'm a People Person.

Affiliations
Solo D10
Buddy D6
Team D8

Experimental Shield Tech
I was on my way out of the Academy, and I figured, hey, finders keepers. It's better that I've got it than HYDRA got the hands on it, right?
D10 Invisibility Suit
D8 Questionably Legal Hacking Gizmo
D8 Holographic Disguise
SFX: Experimental. On a max die roll, roll a d6 and add it to your dice pool.
SFX: Criminal contacts: When creating an asset using illegal means, add a d6 to your dice pool and step up the effect die.
Limit: Experimental. On a 1, shutdown that Experimental Shield Tech power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Agent's Gear
Standard issue for all grunts.
Guns d6
Kevlar Vest d8
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties
Combat D8
Covert D8
Crime D8
Psych D8

Agents of Buh-WUH?
SHIELD is no more, right? So who am I working for?
1XP: When you talk to a non-agent about your work with SHIELD.
3XP: When you create an ASSET using your contacts with SHIELD.
10XP: When you successfully recapture a SHIELD base or decide to start your organization with former SHIELD resources.

Former B list confidence man
Looking back, it's actually impressive just how many people I managed to piss off.
1XP: When you compare what your doing to one of your previous cons.
3XP: When someone you previously conned makes the mission more difficult out of spite
10XP: When you manage to repay someone you greatly wronged or when you manage to make a new cover to give all the people out for your head the slip.

I'm not the best con man in the world. Hell, I wouldn't even make the top ten.

But I'm pretty good. Since you just need to be better than the mark, why should I care if there's someone better at the game than me? I got a roof over my head, food on the table, and the freedom to go wherever I want. And then a SHIELD van rolled up on my block and and the Men in Black have got me on my face before I can say "Miranda Rights."

So, I was given two choices. Get outed publicly and probably get a bullet in my head before the end of the week or sign up in their Academy of Operations and they'll sweep my "indiscretions" under the rug. Three guesses what I picked, and the first two don't count.

Now, I wasn't a big fan of the combat training. Not really my style, you know? The instructors weren't impressed with my excuses, though. Especially Agent Timms. Total hardass, that one. Honestly, where does SHIELD find these people? Do they keep records of how many times someone's watched Full Metal Jacket? Seriously, the first day he had me on the firing range for four hours after dinner. I mean, he must have known that, after the first hour, I wasn't going to be learning anything other than to hate his guts. Still, I'm a quick study. I picked it up soon enough, and even Agent Hardass wasn't able to find too many excuses to bust my chops after week two. There were even some normal-ish people in my social engineering classes. We'd hang out and talk about how SHIELD dragged us here. After a few months, I surprised the hell out of myself one morning by actually looking forward to the day.

So, of course, the Universe has to give me the shaft. Again.

Jenna, one hell of a looker from Social Engineering, asks me back to her room that night. I'm a little suspicious, but it's mostly just professional respect. She's a damn good grifter. On the other hand, what do I have to lose? It's not like I'm getting paid for this right now.

So, we get back to her spartan dorm room, and then she let the crazy loose. She starts babbling about chaos and order and a culling. Seriously nuts stuff, right? Then she says the magic word. HYDRA. And it all makes sense. History of SHIELD is covered in the first week.

Now, I may be a criminal. SHIELD may have dragged me kicking and screaming into their Academy for Roided-Out Thugs. But damn it, I'm an American criminal. I'm not going to start Sieg Heil-ing for some nutcases like HYDRA just because SHIELD played the game better than me.

I'm not dumb enough to tell that to Little Miss Nazi over there, though. I nod and agree at all the right points and once I can get away, I make a beeline for the Directors office. I'm normally not a rat, but this is a big deal. I don't even make it halfway there before the shooting starts.

It only takes an hour before its clear which side is going to win here, and it ain't SHIELD. I loot R&D for what looks useful, and hightail it outta there.

And, well, I'm guessing you know the rest.

Grunt's Ghosts

Forgot to talk about Milestones. With your character sheets include two personal milestones or one personal and one of the following Event milestones:

Agents of Buh-WUH?
SHIELD is no more, right? So who are you working for?
1XP: When you talk to a non-agent about your work with SHIELD.
3XP: When you create an ASSET using your contacts with SHIELD.
10XP: When you successfully recapture a SHIELD base or decide to start your organization with former SHIELD resources.

Cut Off One Head...
HYDRA says it grows with every defeat, let's test that theory.
1XP: When you talk about agents who revealed to be HYDRA sleepers.
3XP: When you take down a leader of a HYDRA cell.
10XP: When you take down HYDRA for good or you decide to join their cause.

Agent of HYDRA
Hail HYDRA
1XP: When you accuse an ally or teammate of being an HYDRA agent
3XP: When you help HYDRA gain a valuable secret or piece of Technology.
10XP: When you reveal yourself to be a HYDRA Agent or you decide to be a SHIELD Agent.

Capfalcon

So, I've got an idea for one of my milestones.

Former B list confidence man
Looking back, it's actually impressive just how many people I managed to piss off.
1XP: When you compare what your doing to one of your previous cons.
3XP: When someone you previously conned makes the mission more difficult out of spite
10XP: When you manage to repay someone you greatly wronged or when you manage to make a new cover to give all the people out for your head the slip.

Etchwarts

Having just seen Cap 2, I'd definitely be interested in this. I haven't played a game with the MHR system, though. I've got a PDF and I'll go ahead and read up on it.

EDIT: Actually, I think I might pass. It might be cool to follow along as an audience member, though.

Grunt's Ghosts

SirEtchwarts wrote: »

Having just seen Cap 2, I'd definitely be interested in this. I haven't played a game with the MHR system, though. I've got a PDF and I'll go ahead and read up on it.

EDIT: Actually, I think I might pass. It might be cool to follow along as an audience member, though.

If you aren't sure of the system, I can help you out. Its simple once you stop thinking in d20. Jdarksun wrote up a great example and it's squeal. I can help you build a character too.

GrimmyTOA

I'm interested, but I won't be able to put anything together until Monday.

jdarksun

@SirEtchwarts It's a really, really easy system to play. I'm happy to walk you through everything.

Etchwarts

Thanks, guys. In that case, I'll throw something together tonight and run it by you two.

I really appreciate it!

Etchwarts

For a quick, double posty update, I'm making some good headway on my character, I think! Those guides helped a lot, thanks @‌jdarksun

But it's also getting incredibly late and hard for me to focus, so I might have to finish it up sometime tomorrow.

Buddha73

Introducting Agent Hayato 'Steel' Hoshi

Affilations
Solo d10
Buddy d6
Team d8

Distinctions
Mind as shape as his blade
Silence but deadly
Few words, many sercets

Kenjutsu
Enhanced Reflexes d8
Martial Art d10
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Ninja Gear
Katanas d8
Shurikens d6
HUB Visual Mask d8

SFX
Unleashed: Step up or double any Kenjutsu power for one action. If the action fails, add a die to the doom pool equal to the nomal rating of your power die.
Deflect Projectiles: On a successful reaction against a ranged weapon attack action rated d8 or lower, covert oppnent's effect die into a ninja stunt or inflict it as physical stress on a vaild target.
Limit: Exhasted, shutdown any Kenjutsu power and gain 1 PP. Recover power by activatin an opportunity or doing a transition scene.
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Specialities
Combat d8
Covert d8
Acrobatic d8
Tech d8

Grunt's Ghosts

I think I know where your SFXs are supposed to be, buddha but you might want to move HUB Mask to Gear. And move the Exhasted limit under Kenjutsu.

Etchwarts

Okay, I think I've got it done. Does this look about right?

Agent Clifford “Detective” Ware

Born And Raised by Conspiracy Theorists, and Lives In A World Where They’re All True

Distinctions
Elementary, my dear Agent
Conspiracy Theorist
Relatively A Rookie

Affiliations
Solo: d6
Duo: d10
Team: d8

Agent's Gear
Standard issue for all grunts.
Guns d6
Kevlar Vest d8
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Deductive Reasoning
When you’re raised by people who believe your average jogger is really a spy, you learn to read people and situations very quickly.
D8 Quick Thinker
D8 Observational
D6 Photographic Memory
SFX: Focus
SFX: In Your Head: Add d6 and step up Effect Die +1 when attempting to inflict Emotional Stress on a target
Limit: Paranoia. Earn 1 PP to step up Emotional Stress afflicted by Hydra and SHIELD agents by +1


Hoarded SHIELD Tech
You don’t really believe that a guy like me is going to work at a place like SHIELD and not have a plan B, do you?
D8 Infrared Goggles
D6 Mouse Hole
SFX: Spygear. After successfully pulling off a Covert Stunt, add d6 to the dice pool for a Hoarded SHIELD Tech Power, and step the effect die up +1.
SFX: Both Eyes Open. When using a Hoarded SHIELD Tech power in a Support Action, add d6 to the dice pool and step the effect die up +1.
Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Hoarded SHIELD Tech power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specializations
D8 Crime
D8 Combat
D8 Covert
D8 Vehicle

Milestones

Agents of Buh-WUH?
SHIELD is no more, right? So who are you working for?
1XP: When you talk to a non-agent about your work with SHIELD.
3XP: When you create an ASSET using your contacts with SHIELD.
10XP: When you successfully recapture a SHIELD base or decide to start your organization with former SHIELD resources.

It’s Not A Conspiracy Theory If It’s True
I never thought I would be in a line of work that would prove my folks were right.
1XP: When you reference a conspiracy theory in relation to a current mission.
3XP: When you consult a fellow conspiracy theorist as an ASSET
10XP: When you prove or disprove a major conspiracy theory.

Grunt's Ghosts

Move your Mouse Hole and googles to Agent's Gear.

Also, not sure you need Quick Thinker. I might go with something else like Encyclopaedia Knowledge.

Etchwarts

So like this?

Agent Clifford “Detective” Ware

Born And Raised by Conspiracy Theorists, and Lives In A World Where They’re All True

Distinctions
Elementary, my dear Agent
Conspiracy Theorist
Relatively A Rookie

Affiliations
Solo: d6
Duo: d10
Team: d8

Agent's Gear
Standard issue for all grunts.
Guns d6
Kevlar Vest d8
D8 Infrared Goggles
D6 Mouse Hole
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Deductive Reasoning
When you’re raised by people who believe your average jogger is really a spy, you learn to read people and situations very quickly.
D8 Encyclopedia Knowledge
D8 Observational
D6 Photographic Memory
SFX: Focus
SFX: In Your Head: Add d6 and step up Effect Die +1 when attempting to inflict Emotional Stress on a target
Limit: Paranoia. Earn 1 PP to step up Emotional Stress afflicted by Hydra and SHIELD agents by +1


Hoarded SHIELD Tech
You don’t really believe that a guy like me is going to work at a place like SHIELD and not have a plan B, do you?
SFX: Spygear. After successfully pulling off a Covert Stunt, add d6 to the dice pool for a Hoarded SHIELD Tech Power, and step the effect die up +1.
SFX: Both Eyes Open. When using a Hoarded SHIELD Tech power in a Support Action, add d6 to the dice pool and step the effect die up +1.
Limit: Gear. Shutdown a Hoarded SHIELD Tech power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specializations
D8 Crime
D8 Combat
D8 Covert
D8 Vehicle

Milestones

Agents of Buh-WUH?
SHIELD is no more, right? So who are you working for?
1XP: When you talk to a non-agent about your work with SHIELD.
3XP: When you create an ASSET using your contacts with SHIELD.
10XP: When you successfully recapture a SHIELD base or decide to start your organization with former SHIELD resources.

It’s Not A Conspiracy Theory If It’s True
I never thought I would be in a line of work that would prove my folks were right.
1XP: When you reference a conspiracy theory in relation to a current mission.
3XP: When you consult a fellow conspiracy theorist as an ASSET
10XP: When you prove or disprove a major conspiracy theory.

Or would there just not be a "Hoarded SHIELD Tech" Powerset anymore?

Grunt's Ghosts

Its wouldn't be a powerset. You could just rename Agent's Gear to Hoarded SHIELD Gear. Just remember that you only get two SFXs.

Etchwarts

Okay! So this is it!

Agent Clifford “Detective” Ware

Born And Raised by Conspiracy Theorists, and Lives In A World Where They’re All True

Distinctions
Elementary, my dear Agent
Conspiracy Theorist
Relatively A Rookie

Affiliations
Solo: d6
Duo: d10
Team: d8

Hoarded SHIELD Tech
You don’t really believe that a guy like me is going to work at a place like SHIELD and not have a plan B, do you?
Guns d6
Kevlar Vest d8
D8 Infrared Goggles
D6 Mouse Hole
SFX: Both Eyes Open. When using a Hoarded SHIELD Tech power in a Support Action, add d6 to the dice pool and step the effect die up +1.
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Deductive Reasoning
When you’re raised by people who believe your average jogger is really a spy, you learn to read people and situations very quickly.
D8 Encyclopedia Knowledge
D8 Observational
D6 Photographic Memory
SFX: Focus
Limit: Paranoia. Earn 1 PP to step up Emotional Stress afflicted by Hydra and SHIELD agents by +1

Specializations
D8 Psych
D8 Combat
D8 Covert
D8 Vehicle

Milestones

Agents of Buh-WUH?
SHIELD is no more, right? So who are you working for?
1XP: When you talk to a non-agent about your work with SHIELD.
3XP: When you create an ASSET using your contacts with SHIELD.
10XP: When you successfully recapture a SHIELD base or decide to start your organization with former SHIELD resources.

It’s Not A Conspiracy Theory If It’s True
I never thought I would be in a line of work that would prove my folks were right.
1XP: When you reference a conspiracy theory in relation to a current mission.
3XP: When you consult a fellow conspiracy theorist as an ASSET
10XP: When you prove or disprove a major conspiracy theory.

I've got a general idea of the character's backstory and stuff, and I'll type that up later.

Agent Clifford "Detective" Ware was born and raised in Queens, to parents who were always a little too paranoid for anyone's tastes. It started out relatively mundane, with erroneous beliefs about vaccines and what was in tap water. But as Clifford grew up and got into more stressful situations, his parents responded by furthering their descent into paranoia. It greatly influenced Clifford, and before graduating high school he was a master at reading people's intentions from afar, lest they be plotting against him.
As an adult, he went on to work an office job for a security firm in Manhattan, using his observational skills as mostly a hobby to pass the time. Being able to discern things like the manager’s dog’s breed from his pant legs, or the head of accounting’s string of lovers all being brunettes, made for a neat party trick. It had the unintended side effect of him being unable to stop paying attention, and so when the world’s belief that humans were alone in the universe was shattered in the Battle for New York, he was right on the front lines of a wave of paranoia that swept the world.
It was in this state of paranoia that he began to grow suspicious of his longtime neighbor. They would talk some now and then, small talk, but every single conversation would end with Clifford feeling like he had just been interviewed. This came to a head one night when Clifford’s curiosity got the better of him, and he broke in.
It was wrong of him; that much he knew. But he had to know if his suspicions were correct. A quick search around the apartment later, and he knew they were. It was too clean, too orderly. The furniture was positioned in a way that no one would find comfortable, and the books on the shelf were simultaneously too neat, but not at all organized. He pulled one from the shelf, and found himself on the other side of the wall, with a bank of monitors before him.
Without considering what he was doing, he immediately went to the task of learning all he could about his enigmatic friend. As he sorted through the computer’s files (guessing the password was an easy enough task), he discovered that his friend was an agent of SHIELD, and had actually been helping make the world a little safer for years, his superiors speaking highly of how effectively he kept order. Clifford slept on this information, and the next morning knocked on his neighbor’s door and volunteered to join him.
To this day, Clifford isn’t sure why he wanted the job. Maybe it was the fact that his neighbor was his first real friend? Someone who didn’t laugh when he talked about his beliefs that the world was full of strange secrets kept from its citizens, because he knew they were true? In any case, he grew to trust the government for the first time, quickly becoming an exceptional Agent of SHIELD. His upbringing of reading people from afar had inadvertently prepared him well for this line of work, and what he didn’t know, like fighting, he learned. And so, for the next couple of years built a name for himself as a problem solver in New York based SHIELD missions. Whether it was searching for a lost 084 or determining the validity of someone's testimony, he was a go-to specialist.
He was happy, though he was never quite satisfied at being so far from the front lines of the big secrets. He got his wish in an awful way, however, when his long-time neighbor and friend revealed himself and half of their team to be HYRDA agents. His faith shaken to the core, Clifford grabbed his SHIELD bugout bag, full of whatever pieces of technology he had been able to get his hands on over the years, and narrowly escaped. When he had put the bag together, he had been assuming the worst would one day happen. He had never considered the worst might be as bad as this.

V: "Could you state your name, first and last, into the microphone, please?"

C: "My name is Clifford Ware, I'm an Agent of...well, former Agent of SHIELD."

V: "And how long were you with SHIELD, Cliff? Can I call you Cliff?"

C: "Clifford's just fine. Let's see...I guess it would have been about two years? It was shortly after the Battle of New York that I joined. I wonder if I'm alone in that? I mean, SHIELD's trained attack dogs, Romanov and Barton, fighting alongside Captain America? Must've been a hell of a publicity push for them. I guess I could probably look up those figures now, huh?"

V: "You could look up a lot more than that."

C: "No kidding."

V: "So, Clifford, what drew you to SHIELD."

C: "It was my neighbor, actually. His name was Walter, I think."

V: "You think?"

C: "Well, it was probably a cover, right? It seems like everyone and their brother had a cover, if not a nickname."

V: "If our sources are correct, you were a nickname guy. Am I right?"

C: *sighs* "Yup. They called me 'Detective.'"

V: "And why was that your nickname?"

C: "Because I was really good at finding things. Pretty much anything, actually. Things that were lost, things that people wanted me to discover, occasionally things people didn't...it basically became my job for SHIELD, outside of missions with my team."

V: "That's an interesting role to play for such a shadowy group."

C: "You know, they didn't seem that shadowy from the inside. Obviously, it was all just a facade, but for a long time..."

(Clifford stares into space, his mouth open like he's about to speak)

V: "Clifford? Mr. Ware?"

C: "Right, sorry. You'll have to forgive me. It's just...SHIELD was the closest I've ever come to trusting an entity that doesn't have a face, you know?"

V: "Ah, yes, that's right. Your belief in conspiracy theories is well-noted in your file. It looks like it almost got you in trouble a few times?"

C: "Oh, yeah. Hehe, yeah, it did. It's funny, in retrospect. No one really liked it when I told them about the New World Order, when in reality I was closer to the truth than even I thought. Maybe they were in on it. Like Walter."

V: "That's of interest to us, actually. Tell us about Walter and HYRDA."

C: "HYDRA...I'm not sure the shock of that will ever get old. So, like I told you, SHIELD was the closest I've come to trusting something so big, and Walter was a big part of that. He gained my trust in a way no one could. It was like...it was like every conversation with him was him baring some small part of his soul to you, you know? He was one of the most genuinely honest people I'd ever met, even after I discovered he was with SHIELD. And then, and then I joined up, and suddenly the whole organization felt a little like that! For the first time in my life, my talents were going to something that wasn't examining every passerby for a gun. I appreciate that you didn't bring yours today, by the way."

V, flustered: "My-I'm sorry, what?"

C: "Your piece. Handgun, you usually wear it under that jacket on your left side, because you shoot right handed...9 or 10 millimeters? I always get them confused."

V, bewildered: "9-it's 9 millimeters-how did you do that?"

C: "Sister, it's all I can do. Anyway. Where was I? Right, purpose. I had purpose. I saw that the work I was doing was genuinely helping people, you know? Whenever we took a dangerous artifact, it was blasted off into space. The guys we captured were sent to prison, and the guys we buried deserved it. For the first time, it was a world of black and white, good and evil.

"So of course it was all a big lie.

"I found out around the same time as everyone else, barring maybe a few seconds. I had noticed the last few days that half of the team was on edge. Not much, but they were definitely not their usually selves. It was really subtle at first, but then they started disobeying the CO's orders, talking back. They were sullen. I thought maybe it was the stress, until one day the CO didn't turn up to a rendezvous. 'It's cool," Walter told me, 'he called me up, said he's stuck in traffic.' And I knew right then he was dead."

V: "How did you know?"

C: "Because the last few days, he hadn't had a phone. I noticed it was missing from his pockets, and when I asked about it, he made up some nonsense excuse about having to send it in for a replacement. I think he could smell a few rats and wanted to be as hard to find as possible, but it didn't work. They got him. And now, they were going to get me."

V: "So what did you do?"

C: "I ran. I ran like hell."

V: "From who? Was your entire team compromised?"

C: "I still don't know. And to be honest? I didn't care. Still don't. I grabbed my bugout bag and made a run for the fire escape. I heard gunshots, roughly a dozen, and they were probably all aimed at me."

V: "Probably?"

C: "I'm good, but I don't know if anyone's that good. It was chaotic, maybe they had just put a few through the loyal guy's skulls. Maybe there were no loyal guys. All I knew was, I had to leave. Had to get on the run, and fast. I didn't know it was HYDRA, and I didn't know it was happening to anyone else. But old instincts die hard, and I knew not to trust anyone. I didn't even take a cab."

V: "And now you're here."

C: "That's right. I spent a couple of days to lay low, and then thought I should come to you."

V: "You know the people I work for will want to hear this."

C: "And you remember the terms of our agreement."

V: "Right. *sighs* This only gets out if you die."

C: "That's right. I want my story told, but in the right way. Preferably by me, alive, once HYDRA is wiped out."

V: "And what would you do after that?"

C: "I don't know. Go back to work, I guess?"

V: "For SHIELD?"

C: "SHIELD, yeah, or something like it."

V: "You know how crazy that sounds."

C: "Of course. But like I said, SHIELD was the closest I came to trusting anything that big. I don't think I'll ever come so close again. But if there's one thing I want in life, it's something to trust in. Something to believe in. I need that. I need SHIELD."

Capfalcon

All right, I think I got my stuff finalized. Let me know if there's any problems.

Capfalcon

You know, upon further reflection, I think we should switch the system to PARANOIA and all be HYDRA agents from different cells.

Etchwarts

Backstory stuff!

Agent Clifford "Detective" Ware was born and raised in Queens, to parents who were always a little too paranoid for anyone's tastes. It started out relatively mundane, with erroneous beliefs about vaccines and what was in tap water. But as Clifford grew up and got into more stressful situations, his parents responded by furthering their descent into paranoia. It greatly influenced Clifford, and before graduating high school he was a master at reading people's intentions from afar, lest they be plotting against him.
As an adult, he went on to work an office job for a security firm in Manhattan, using his observational skills as mostly a hobby to pass the time. Being able to discern things like the manager’s dog’s breed from his pant legs, or the head of accounting’s string of lovers all being brunettes, made for a neat party trick. It had the unintended side effect of him being unable to stop paying attention, and so when the world’s belief that humans were alone in the universe was shattered in the Battle for New York, he was right on the front lines of a wave of paranoia that swept the world.
It was in this state of paranoia that he began to grow suspicious of his longtime neighbor. They would talk some now and then, small talk, but every single conversation would end with Clifford feeling like he had just been interviewed. This came to a head one night when Clifford’s curiosity got the better of him, and he broke in.
It was wrong of him; that much he knew. But he had to know if his suspicions were correct. A quick search around the apartment later, and he knew they were. It was too clean, too orderly. The furniture was positioned in a way that no one would find comfortable, and the books on the shelf were simultaneously too neat, but not at all organized. He pulled one from the shelf, and found himself on the other side of the wall, with a bank of monitors before him.
Without considering what he was doing, he immediately went to the task of learning all he could about his enigmatic friend. As he sorted through the computer’s files (guessing the password was an easy enough task), he discovered that his friend was an agent of SHIELD, and had actually been helping make the world a little safer for years, his superiors speaking highly of how effectively he kept order. Clifford slept on this information, and the next morning knocked on his neighbor’s door and volunteered to join him.
To this day, Clifford isn’t sure why he wanted the job. Maybe it was the fact that his neighbor was his first real friend? Someone who didn’t laugh when he talked about his beliefs that the world was full of strange secrets kept from its citizens, because he knew they were true? In any case, he grew to trust the government for the first time, quickly becoming an exceptional Agent of SHIELD. His upbringing of reading people from afar had inadvertently prepared him well for this line of work, and what he didn’t know, like fighting, he learned. And so, for the next couple of years built a name for himself as a problem solver in New York based SHIELD missions. Whether it was searching for a lost 084 or determining the validity of someone's testimony, he was a go-to specialist.
He was happy, though he was never quite satisfied at being so far from the front lines of the big secrets. He got his wish in an awful way, however, when his long-time neighbor and friend revealed himself and half of their team to be HYRDA agents. His faith shaken to the core, Clifford grabbed his SHIELD bugout bag, full of whatever pieces of technology he had been able to get his hands on over the years, and narrowly escaped. When he had put the bag together, he had been assuming the worst would one day happen. He had never considered the worst might be as bad as this.

V: "Could you state your name, first and last, into the microphone, please?"

C: "My name is Clifford Ware, I'm an Agent of...well, former Agent of SHIELD."

V: "And how long were you with SHIELD, Cliff? Can I call you Cliff?"

C: "Clifford's just fine. Let's see...I guess it would have been about two years? It was shortly after the Battle of New York that I joined. I wonder if I'm alone in that? I mean, SHIELD's trained attack dogs, Romanov and Barton, fighting alongside Captain America? Must've been a hell of a publicity push for them. I guess I could probably look up those figures now, huh?"

V: "You could look up a lot more than that."

C: "No kidding."

V: "So, Clifford, what drew you to SHIELD."

C: "It was my neighbor, actually. His name was Walter, I think."

V: "You think?"

C: "Well, it was probably a cover, right? It seems like everyone and their brother had a cover, if not a nickname."

V: "If our sources are correct, you were a nickname guy. Am I right?"

C: *sighs* "Yup. They called me 'Detective.'"

V: "And why was that your nickname?"

C: "Because I was really good at finding things. Pretty much anything, actually. Things that were lost, things that people wanted me to discover, occasionally things people didn't...it basically became my job for SHIELD, outside of missions with my team."

V: "That's an interesting role to play for such a shadowy group."

C: "You know, they didn't seem that shadowy from the inside. Obviously, it was all just a facade, but for a long time..."

(Clifford stares into space, his mouth open like he's about to speak)

V: "Clifford? Mr. Ware?"

C: "Right, sorry. You'll have to forgive me. It's just...SHIELD was the closest I've ever come to trusting an entity that doesn't have a face, you know?"

V: "Ah, yes, that's right. Your belief in conspiracy theories is well-noted in your file. It looks like it almost got you in trouble a few times?"

C: "Oh, yeah. Hehe, yeah, it did. It's funny, in retrospect. No one really liked it when I told them about the New World Order, when in reality I was closer to the truth than even I thought. Maybe they were in on it. Like Walter."

V: "That's of interest to us, actually. Tell us about Walter and HYRDA."

C: "HYDRA...I'm not sure the shock of that will ever get old. So, like I told you, SHIELD was the closest I've come to trusting something so big, and Walter was a big part of that. He gained my trust in a way no one could. It was like...it was like every conversation with him was him baring some small part of his soul to you, you know? He was one of the most genuinely honest people I'd ever met, even after I discovered he was with SHIELD. And then, and then I joined up, and suddenly the whole organization felt a little like that! For the first time in my life, my talents were going to something that wasn't examining every passerby for a gun. I appreciate that you didn't bring yours today, by the way."

V, flustered: "My-I'm sorry, what?"

C: "Your piece. Handgun, you usually wear it under that jacket on your left side, because you shoot right handed...9 or 10 millimeters? I always get them confused."

V, bewildered: "9-it's 9 millimeters-how did you do that?"

C: "Sister, it's all I can do. Anyway. Where was I? Right, purpose. I had purpose. I saw that the work I was doing was genuinely helping people, you know? Whenever we took a dangerous artifact, it was blasted off into space. The guys we captured were sent to prison, and the guys we buried deserved it. For the first time, it was a world of black and white, good and evil.

"So of course it was all a big lie.

"I found out around the same time as everyone else, barring maybe a few seconds. I had noticed the last few days that half of the team was on edge. Not much, but they were definitely not their usually selves. It was really subtle at first, but then they started disobeying the CO's orders, talking back. They were sullen. I thought maybe it was the stress, until one day the CO didn't turn up to a rendezvous. 'It's cool," Walter told me, 'he called me up, said he's stuck in traffic.' And I knew right then he was dead."

V: "How did you know?"

C: "Because the last few days, he hadn't had a phone. I noticed it was missing from his pockets, and when I asked about it, he made up some nonsense excuse about having to send it in for a replacement. I think he could smell a few rats and wanted to be as hard to find as possible, but it didn't work. They got him. And now, they were going to get me."

V: "So what did you do?"

C: "I ran. I ran like hell."

V: "From who? Was your entire team compromised?"

C: "I still don't know. And to be honest? I didn't care. Still don't. I grabbed my bugout bag and made a run for the fire escape. I heard gunshots, roughly a dozen, and they were probably all aimed at me."

V: "Probably?"

C: "I'm good, but I don't know if anyone's that good. It was chaotic, maybe they had just put a few through the loyal guy's skulls. Maybe there were no loyal guys. All I knew was, I had to leave. Had to get on the run, and fast. I didn't know it was HYDRA, and I didn't know it was happening to anyone else. But old instincts die hard, and I knew not to trust anyone. I didn't even take a cab."

V: "And now you're here."

C: "That's right. I spent a couple of days to lay low, and then thought I should come to you."

V: "You know the people I work for will want to hear this."

C: "And you remember the terms of our agreement."

V: "Right. *sighs* This only gets out if you die."

C: "That's right. I want my story told, but in the right way. Preferably by me, alive, once HYDRA is wiped out."

V: "And what would you do after that?"

C: "I don't know. Go back to work, I guess?"

V: "For SHIELD?"

C: "SHIELD, yeah, or something like it."

V: "You know how crazy that sounds."

C: "Of course. But like I said, SHIELD was the closest I came to trusting anything that big. I don't think I'll ever come so close again. But if there's one thing I want in life, it's something to trust in. Something to believe in. I need that. I need SHIELD."

Grunt's Ghosts

Capfalcon wrote: »

You know, upon further reflection, I think we should switch the system to PARANOIA and all be HYDRA agents from different cells.

I don't have Paranoia and never even heard of it.

Auralynx

Grunt's Ghosts wrote: »

Capfalcon wrote: »

You know, upon further reflection, I think we should switch the system to PARANOIA and all be HYDRA agents from different cells.

I don't have Paranoia and never even heard of it.

You are totally missing out. One of the great ancient-and-hoary RPGs.

Capfalcon

Grunt's Ghosts wrote: »

Capfalcon wrote: »

You know, upon further reflection, I think we should switch the system to PARANOIA and all be HYDRA agents from different cells.

I don't have Paranoia and never even heard of it.

It's a game where you all are troubleshooters for Friend computer. You hunt down the commie mutant traitors. The catch is that all of you secretly are commie mutant traitors.

It's a hilarious dark comedy of errors.

(I also was just joking about the switch. )

jdarksun

Working on a leader type. Team, Medical, Science.

Etchwarts

I think I've got my stuff finalized, as long as it looks good to you guys. I decided to switch out Crime with Psych, since it sounds more in line with the theme of the character.

jdarksun

Agent Jeanette Gagnon
SHIELD didn't officially recognize telepaths. I decided to prove them wrong.

Affiliations
Solo d6 / Buddy d8 / Team d10

Distinctions
The Self-Made Woman
"Super" Obsessive
The Ends Justify the Means

My Pet Project
We toiled for years behind closed doors, searching for the secrets to unlock the human potential.
I didn't tell them when it worked.
d8 Mind Control
d8 Telepathy
d8 Enhanced Reflexes
d8 Enhanced Senses
SFX: Psychic Affliction. Add a d6 and step up your effect die by +1 when inflicting Mental complication on a target.
SFX: Psychic Counterattack. On a reaction against Mental Stress attack action, inflict Mental Stress with your effect die at on PP cost or spend a PP to step it up by +1.
Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any My Pet Project power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Agent's Gear
d6 Guns
d8 Kevlar Vest
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties
d8 Combat
d8 Covert
d8 Medical
d8 Science

Agent of HYDRA
Hail HYDRA!
1XP: When you accuse an ally or teammate of being an HYDRA agent
3XP: When you help HYDRA gain a valuable secret or piece of Technology.
10XP: When you reveal yourself to be a HYDRA Agent or you decide to be a SHIELD Agent.

Self-Improvement
Banner. Rogers. Stark. One day, Gagnon will be on that list.
1XP: When you acquire knowledge that can be used towards making yourself more powerful.
3XP: When you experiment with risky or unknown devices, serums, or technologies... on yourself.
10XP: When you find a reliable way to create meta-humans, or accept that you're a freak and abandon the cause.



30s of Background (more later) - Agent Gagnon headed up one of the SHIELD research labs devoted to unraveling some of the mysteries surrounding metahumans. Samples of the Super Soldier serum, parts of Banner's research, broken Stark tech - bits and pieces all made it through her lab at one time or another. Most of it her team was unable to activate or duplicate - but they had just enough success for funding to continue. Of course, all the information also went to HYDRA. But she also tested everything on herself, and that information she's withheld from everyone. And unless she can replicate the limited successes she's found, there's no point in doing so.

Then they had to go and muck it all up. They had the perfect setup, the perfect cover. And now it's all gone. But maybe she can get in on the ground floor of the next big thing. Prove her loyalty. Get a new lab. Maybe some fresh samples. Who knows?

Grunt's Ghosts

A bad apple makes me happy!

Buddha73

Milestones

Only What's Necessary
1 XP: When you successful sneak pass an enemy instead of engaging
3 XP: When you stress out an enemy with the SFX defect projectiles from anothe enemy.
10 XP: When you remove your mask to try to persuade an enemy with your words to see things your way or attack a major enemy while he or she is in a long winded monaloge.

Cut Off One Head...
HYDRA says it grows with every defeat, let's test that theory.
1XP: When you talk about agents who revealed to be HYDRA sleepers.
3XP: When you take down a leader of a HYDRA cell.
10XP: When you take down HYDRA for good or you decide to join their cause.


Backstory will be up tomorrow.

Etchwarts

Actually, since we've still a day or two left before we start, I think I'm going to rewrite the backstory some, since elements of it seem Mary Sue-ish in hindsight. Watch this space!

JahSassypants

I'm interested in this if you have room for one more.
I can get something up by Wednesday if that's okay?

Grunt's Ghosts

Sure. I'm not going to start until I see the next episode of AoS so it might be late Wednesday/Thursday before I start.

Grunt's Ghosts

SirEtchwarts wrote: »

Actually, since we've still a day or two left before we start, I think I'm going to rewrite the backstory some, since elements of it seem Mary Sue-ish in hindsight. Watch this space!

You could just edit your background story post and I'll reread them before I post. Once I post the first IC thing, they are locked down as final drafts as I might move them to the OP.

Etchwarts

Yeah, I was planning on just sticking it in an edit. I just wanted to get it out there, since I wasn't sure if you were going to put them in the OP or something.

Grunt's Ghosts

@jdarksun @Buddha73‌ @dresdenphile @Capfalcon @GrimmyTOA @SirEtchwarts @Jahsassypants and anyone else interested: This is a 24 hour notice until the mission goes operational. Those of you who has posted a character can do final adjustments to both the sheet and backgrounds. I saw your @SirEtchwarts and I like the changes. I'm might still take all 7 of you if I get 7 characters since this is going to be the only MHR game running.

JahSassypants

Marco was a top SHIELD agent for nearly two decades after being recruited at seventeen for his superb hacking skills. After extensive training he became a specialist in infiltration and espionage, able to get information from nearly any "secure" source. He was a master of blending into the crowd and assuming alternate identities, to the point where even his colleagues did not know his real last name, or any of his history. (It's still unknown if any record of his real identity or history exists after what SHIELD and HYDRA have done to him.) In his early 30's he volunteered for an experiemental program that offered to increase his capability to alter his identity. He was taken to a secret base which turned out to be a covert HYDRA research lab where they were experimenting with human cloning and gene splicing. Marco was held captive for years and subjected to numerous surgeries and scientific studies. At first he accepted it all as a loyal SHIELD agent, not knowing these were undercover HYDRA scientists. Several times he tried to resist or escape by posing as guards, but his disguises always failed. The final surgery left him in a coma for nearly two months. When he awoke, everyone in the base was dead. He later found out that while he had slept the HYDRA sleeper agents had been found out, and the few actually SHIELD soldiers in the base battled them to the last man. As he crept his way out of the base he stopped to check his personnel files and find out exactly what they had done to him. While he was searching, he heard the buzzing of of a dead guard's radio, a familiar voice asking for help. He grabbed some gear off of a HYDRA corpse and escaped the base, finding himself in a patch of dirt next to the Jersey turnpike.
At least now he had a goal, figure out how to use these new abilities, and use them to save what was left of SHIELD.

Affiliations
Solo d10 / Buddy d6 / Team d8

Distinctions
"Don't remember which face is mine"
Rat out of the Cage
Herculean Revenge


Experimental HYDRA Gene-Splicer Implant
HYDRA left something inside the last time they cut me open. Let's see how it works...
d10 Shapeshifting
d8 Mimic
d6 Growth
d6 Shrink
SFX: Huge Success: When shapeshifting to create an asset, spend 1 PP to maintain the new form until the end of the scene. With a d12 effect, spend 1 PP to make the new form the permanent "default" identity.
SFX: Fake Muscles: Add a d6 and step up effect die by +1 when using growth to inflict emotional complications on a target (i.e. intimidation, seduction).
Limit: Experimental HYDRA Tech:1's and 2's both count as opportunities.

Agent's Gear
d6 Guns
d8 Kevlar Vest
Limit: Gear. Shutdown an Agent's Gear power and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties
d10 Covert
d8 Psych
d8 Tech

Cut Off One Head...
HYDRA says it grows with every defeat, let's test that theory.
1XP: When you talk about agents who revealed to be HYDRA sleepers.
3XP: When you take down a leader of a HYDRA cell.
10XP: When you take down HYDRA for good or you decide to join their cause.

One Mind, Many Faces
Every man seeks to discover himself. Not all of them have to start with the face.
1XP: Each time you transform into a new identity.
3XP: When you develop a strong connection to a particular form.
10XP: When you discover your original shape, or settle on a new permanent body.

Just some nitty gritty on how I think this thing might work...
-An artificial organ fully integrated into Marco's nervous system
-Only works with humans, no weird animal hybrid stuff here.
-Stores DNA samples of people he makes skin to skin contact with
-Creates a virus that alters the DNA of the host causing their physical features to instantly mutate
-Shapeshift length is temporary and inconsistent depending on how long it takes the immune system to destroy the virus, barring any accidents
-Able to mimic mutant powers only, since the powers are tied to their genetic code

That should do it, let me know if it needs any changes.

Grunt's Ghosts

Just a few things. Your Distinction "Black Widow Worshiper", care to elaborate on that? If not, may I suggest "Rat out of the Cage" (You may be free, but is the experiment over?) And for Herculean Revenge if you want to go more calm since you did volunteer for it, you could do "Another Face Crowd".

For your Experimental HYDRA Tech, you could go with a variation of the Mutant Limit and call it Genetic Experiment.