Morpheus Unbound | Supporting Cast | Villains & Vigilantes
created 1989 by William Louthan
Real Name: Clarence, Thomas
Origin and Background: Thomas Clarence grew up in Chicago (USA), and joined the U.S. Army to get out of the city. It was in the Army that his life really began; he earned his college degree in Chemistry and his mutant powers manifested. He excelled as a squad leader, and received training in how best to use his mutant powers.
After his term with the Army was up, he became a founding member of a Los Angeles (USA) based superteam. However, his term with them was short as he was the least powerful member of the team, and they had no sense of tactics, and never listened to him. He left that group, angry and frustrated. He floated around for a while, before falling in with "questionable elements" who appreciated his Army training. It wasn't long before his remaining scruples were eroded and he was a full time supervillain.
Combat Tactics/M.O.: Steamroller will hang back and evaluate his foes before combat. True to his name, he will charge full speed into his chosen target, hoping to use his speed and momentum to topple the target. After striking his target, he will attempt to move out of range again to re-evaluate the situation and lead his troops.
Personality/Character Traits: Clarence has a strong sense of self-identity and demands the best of himself and those under his command. Steamroller is skilled in tactics, military leadership and stealth.
NAME: Steamroller AGE: 29 SEX: male RACE: human POWERS, SKILLS & WEAKNESSES: IDENTITY: Thomas Clarence EXPERIENCE LEVEL: 3 AFFILIATION: Black Legion -- Armor Device: ADR 90 -- Speed Bonus +132" ground -- Heightened Expertise: +4 unarmed HTH
LBS: 260 BASIC HITS: 6 CARRY CAP.: 2265 STR: 25 BASIC HTH DAMAGE: d12 END: 18 HEALING RATE: 3.0 per day AGL: 13 ACCURACY: +1, DAMAGE: +1 INT: 12 DETECT HIDDEN 10%, DETECT DANGER 14% CHR: 10 HIT MOD:(2.5)(2.2)(1.1)(1.2)= 7.26 BACKGROUND SKILLS: Military and Espionage HITS(44):__________ POWER(68):___________________________ MOVEMENT RATES: 188" ground |
LEGAL STATUS: no record, wanted in the USA
PHYS 29, REFL 11, DEFT 11, INTL 7, COOL 7 (WILL 11), VITL 11
Skill Bonus: +2 (7) Unarmed (all maneuvers) (+5) [14
CP]
Speed Bonus: Ground move ×8 (9), top speed and
acceleration (+3) [13 CP]
Equipment:
"Armor Suit": Armor: 9
vs All Physical damage types (72), Ablative (-3), Equipment [suit, fatigues]
(-4), Partial Coverage [medium] (-2) [22 CP]
Skills: 6 @ +1 level (2) (+8) [6 CP] (Uses alternate skill cost method)
Languages: 3 @ basic conversation (1) (+5) [2 CP]
STR 26, DEX 18, CON 22, BOD 12, INT 12, EGO 10, PRE 15, COM 10, PD 15, ED 15, SPD 4, REC 9, END 44, STN 45
+18" Running (24" total); 1/2 End 24" Running [2 End]; Armor (10, 5), OIF: Body Armor; +4" Swimming
SCI: Chemistry, 12-; KS: Tactics, 11-; Stealth, 13-; +1 level Combat; +2 OCV punch; WF: Small Arms
When the game group first rolled up characters, it was just a strange combination that left Steamroller as the least powerful of the player characters. I think it was during the first battle that Bill felt so frustrated he decided he wanted to roll up a new PC. During that battle was when the GM joked "He's going to join the villains." And he did :-)
More info about his appearance in the "Official Morpheus Unbound Superhero Campaign Setting".