America's Avengers - The Daily Bugle's Breakdown of Presidential Election Candidates

With the introduction of Steve Rogers to the Presidential race, the issue of superhuman powers jumped into the usual mix of politics, budgets and skeletons. Critics immediately complained that reforming the Avengers while announcing his run was an unfair tactic. Others say that Rogers took perfect advantage of his unique place in the public eye. Much of his campaign's hopes ride on how well his team of Avengers handle being in the public eye. Rogers also opened his arms to former teammates, with Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton signing on in advisory roles to the campaign. There's a lot of goodwill towards Captain America and the Avengers. Rogers seems poised to ride that wave into the White House, but it's a long way to November.

The race's previous frontrunner shares many of the same attributes with Rogers. He's white, male, square-jawed and has a public reputation that's squeaky clean. While George Roxxon doesn't have a mask or a shield, his work balancing environmental causes with business savvy has friends on both sides of the aisle. Oil companies still have plenty of sway despite the work of Stark/Stane and the Fantastic Foundation on matters of clean energy. Roxxon might be able to turn things around by mining an image of safety. He's not going to be tempted to handle a Latverian crisis personally, nor will he draw undue attention from Atlantean leaders looking to settle any percieved slights.

Coming from a rich family backed by a powerful corporation seems like an easy way to make a play for the presidency. Niles Osborn offers a candidate that mixes Roxxon's pedigree of corporate leadership with Rogers superhero celebrity. Oscorp's reputation as The House the Goblin Built gives him a bad boy vibe lacking elsewhere in the field. His recent announcement of the return of his father Harry to the Board of Directors lets him focus on the campaign at hand.

If superheroes are going to be an important part of this year's campaign, one candidate runs with that issue front and center. Senator Meghan Kelly is part of an unlikely political dynasty. Her father, Robert Kelly, introduced the Mutant Registration Act thirty years ago. She was there the day Magneto attacked the US Senate building and killed her father. Kelly made headlines with her reaction to the recent mutant unrest by suggestion that her father's legislation didn't go far enough. Controversial candidates like Kelly rarely get elected, but they often play kingmaker by forcing others to stand on their issues one way or the other.

Datafile - Kang

Affiliations:

Team: d8
Buddy: d6
Solo: d10

Distinctions:

Master of Time And Space
Indomitable Will 
Non-Linear Lifetimes

Power Set 1: Contra-Chronal Battle Armor

d10 Force Field
d10 Superhuman Strength
d6 Flight

SFX: Invulnerable. Spend 1 PP to ignore physical stress or trauma results caused
by technological attacks.
SFX:
SFX: 
Limit: Power Surge. Shutdown highest-rated power to gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the
doom pool to recover.

Power Set 2: 40th-Century Weapon Suite

d8 Anti-Graviton Particle Projectors
d8 Concussive Force Blasters
d8 Enhanced Senses
SFX: Area Attack. Target multiple opponents. For every additional target, add d6 to
your pool and keep +1 effect die.
SFX: Boost. Shutdown 40th-Century Weapons Suite power to
step up another 40th-Century Weapons Suite power by +1. Recover power by activating an
opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Limit: Power Surge. Shutdown highest-rated power to gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the
doom pool to recover.

Specialities:

Combat Expert d8

Science Expert d8

Tech Master d10

Vehicle Expert d8

Datafile - Bishop

Affiliations:

Team: d8
Buddy: d10
Solo: d6

Distinctions:

Dark Future Survivor
Make A Difference
Mutant Policeman

Power Set 1: Energy Battery

d8 Energy Blast
d8 Enhanced Stamina
d8 Enhanced Strength
d8 Guns
d10 Superhuman Durability
SFX: Energy Absorption. On a successful reaction against an energy-based attack,
convert your opponent’s effect die into an Energy Battery stunt or step up an
Energy Battery power until the next Transition Scene. If your opponent’s action
succeeds, spend 1 pp to use this SFX.
SFX: Everything I’ve Got. Step up or double any Energy Battery power for one action. If
that action fails, add a die to doom pool equal to the normal rating of that power
die and then step back that power. Recover the power during a Transition Scene.
SFX: Invulnerability. Step back an Energy Battery power to ignore physical stress
or trauma unless caused by a non-energy attack. Recover the power during a
Transition Scene.
SFX: Self-Healing. Step back an Energy Battery power to recover your own physical
stress or step back your own physical trauma. Recover the power during a Transition
Scene.
Limit: Mutant. When affected by mutant-specific complications or tech, earn 1 pp.
Limit: Overloaded. Shutdown any Energy Battery power to gain 1 pp. Activate an opportunity
or participate in a Transition Scene to recover that power.

Specialities:

Combat Expert: d8
Crime Expert: d8
Menace Expert: d8
Tech Expert: d8

Datafile - Armor

Affiliations:

Team: d10
Buddy: d8
Solo: d6

Distinctions:

Dutiful Soldier
Prelate Ambition
Technophile

Power Set 1: Psychic Exo-Armor

d8 Superhuman Durability
d8 Superhuman Strength
SFX: Ancestral Boost. Step up or double a Psychic Exo-Armor die for that Scene, or
spend 1 PP to do both. Take your second-highest rolling die of each subsequent
action or reaction as emotional or physical stress.
SFX: Memory Surge. Use your current emotional stress die as your effect die, then step
up your emotional stress by +1.
SFX: Invulnerable. Spend 1 PP to ignore physical stress or trauma results unless caused
by light-based attacks.
Limit: Conscious Activation. While stressed out, asleep, or unconscious, shutdown
Psychic Exo-Armor. Recover Psychic Exo-Armor when you recover that stress
or wake up. If you take emotional trauma, shutdown Psychic Exo-Armor until
you recover that trauma.
Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.

Specialities:

Combat Expert: d8
Science Expert: d8
Tech Expert: d8

Datafile - Caliban

Affiliations:

Team: d8
Buddy: d6
Solo: d10

Distinctions:

No Mercy
Apocalypse's Top Dog
Morlock Survivor

Power Set 1: Apocalypse Augmentation

d8 Enhanced Speed
d8 Enhanced Durability
d6 Leaping
d10 Strength
SFX: Berserk. Add a doom die to your next attack action. After your action, step up the
doom die and return it to the doom pool.
Limit: Uncontrollable. Change any Apocalypse Augmentation power into a complication
to gain 1 pp. Activate an opportunity or remove the complication to recover that
power.

Power Set 2: Mutant Bloodhound

d8 Enhanced Reflexes
d8 Enhanced Senses
SFX: Psychoactive Virus. Add a die equal to your opponent’s current emotional stress
to any attacks made against them at no additional cost. If successful, spend 1
pp to step up their emotional stress in addition to any effect you create against
them.
SFX: X-Factor Sense. Against a single mutant target, step up or double an Enhanced
Senses die. Remove the highest rolling die and use three dice for your total.
Limit: Mutant. When affected by mutant-specific complications or tech, earn 1 pp.

Specialities:

Covert Expert: d8
Combat Expert: d8
Menace Expert: d8

Datafile - The Leader

Affiliations:

Team: d10
Buddy: d8
Solo: d6

Distinctions:

Arrogant Mastermind
Utopian Visionary
Smartest Guy In A Very Large Room

Power Set 1: Gamma-Enhanced Brain

d8 Mind Control
d8 Enhanced Reflexes
d10 Superhuman Telepathy
d10 Supersonic Telekinesis
SFX: Precognition. Add d6 and step up effect die +1 when inflicting a complication on a target.
SFX: Multipower. Use two or more Gamma-Enhanced Brain powers in your dice pool, at –1 step
for each additional power.
Limit: That's Not Possible! When a Complication using Precognition is removed, take d6 emotional stress.
Limit: Exhaustion. Shutdown any Gamma-Enhanced Brain power and gain 1 PP. Recover power
by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Specialities:

Medical Expert: d8
Science Expert: d8

Datafile - Magneto

"The art of our necessities is strange,
That can make vile things precious."

Affiliations:
Team: d6
Buddy: d8
Solo: d10

Distinctions:
Master of Magnetism
Genosian Premier
Haunted by Charles


Superior Mutant
d10 Magnetic Blast 
d8 Enhanced Reflexes
d8 Enhanced Senses 
d10 Force Field
d10 Psychic Resistance 
d8 Subsonic Flight
d12 Magnetic Supremacy
SFX: Area Attack. Target multiple opponents. For every additional target, add d6 to
your pool and keep +1 effect die.
SFX: Bending to Your Will. When including Superior Mutant as part of an attack action against metal
targets, add d6 and step up effect die +1.
SFX: Versatile. Replace Magnetic Supremacy die with 2d10 or 3d8 on your next roll.
SFX: Multipower. Use two or more Superior Mutant powers in your dice pool,
at –1 step for each additional power.
Limit: Zealot. Earn 1 PP and step up emotional stress by +1 when someone shows their prejudice against mutants.
Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.



Specialties:
d8 Business Expert
d10 Combat Master
d10 Menace Expert
d8 Vehicle Expert

Datafile - Redwood

Affiliations:
Team: d8
Buddy: d6
Solo: d10

Distinctions:
Flower Child
The Popular One
Never Back Down From A Bully




All Natural Mutant
d10 Superhuman Strength
d10 Growth
d8 Plant Control
d8 Durability


Specialties:
d8 Crime Expert
d8 Menace Expert
d8 Science Expert

Datafile - Pandora

"Nothing personal. I hate all humans."

Affiliations:
Team: d10
Buddy: d8
Solo: d6

Distinctions:
Demon Eyes
Hell's Exchange Student
Vicious Little Thing





Mystic Mutant
d8 Teleport
d8 Stretching
d8 Shapeshifting


Specialties:
d8 Crime Expert
d8 Mystic Expert

Datafile - Untouchable

Affiliations:
Team: d10
Buddy: d8
Solo: d6

 Distinctions:
Hot for Teacher
No More Killing
Broods With The Best of Them


Silent Mutant
d8 Intangibility
d8 Telepathy
d8 Psychic Blast


Specialties:
d10 Medic
d8 Business
d8 Psych

Datafile - Accelerator

"Let's just say I have a graduate degree in kicking your ass"

Affiliations:
Team: d10
Buddy: d8
Solo: d6

Distinctions:
First in Class, Second In Command
Genosha's Favorite Son
The Dick in Valedictorian



Power Set 1: Master of Gravity
d10 Reflexes
d10 Flight
d10 Gravity Resistance
d10 Superhuman Speed
d10 Superhuman Strength
d8 Gravity Control
d8 Gravity Attack
d8 Gravity Grip
Limit: Mutant


Specialties:
d10 Menace Master
d8 Vehicle Expert
d8 Covert Expert

Datafile - Sabertooth

"I used to be a mean drunk. Now I'm just mean."

Affiliations:
Team: d6
Buddy:d8
Solo: d10

Distinctions:
The Biggest, Baddest Wolf
Try And Test Me, Boy
The Ultimate Survivor

Power Set 1: Savage Mutant
Enhanced Reflexes d8
Superhuman Strength d10
Godlike Stamina d12
Superhuman Senses d10
Vicious Claws d10
SFX: Berserk. Borrow a die from the doom pool for an attack action. Step up the doom
die by +1 and return to the doom pool.
SFX: Focus. In a pool including a Savage Mutant die, replace two dice of equal steps
with one die of +1 step.
SFX: Healing Factor. Spend 1 PP to recover your physical stress and step back your
physical trauma by –1.
SFX: Multipower. Use two or more Savage Mutant powers in your dice pool,
at –1 step for each additional power.
SFX: Fearsome. Add d6 and step up effect die by +1 when using Weapon X Program
powers to inflict emotional stress.
Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.



Specialties:
d10 Combat Master
d10 Covert Master
d10 Menace Master
d8 Vehicle Master

Datafile - Fallow

"Did you see that guy's head pop?"

Affiliations: 
Team: d10 
Buddy: d6 
Solo: d8

Distinctions: 
Unstable Beauty
I Love Being A Mutant
Daddy's Little Girl


Power Set 1: Imperfect Mutant Clone
d8 Energy Drain
d10 Superhuman Durability
d8 Psychic Resistance

SFX:Energy Absorption.On a successful reaction against an energy-based attack action, convert your opponent’s effect die into a complication or step up a Imperfect Mutant Clone power by +1 for your next action. Spend 1 PP to use this stunt if opponent’s action succeeded.

SFX: The Voices In My Head.When using Superhuman Durability in your dice pool, redirect physical
stress to mental stress at no cost. Redirect effect dice targeting your Imperfect Mutant Clone assets to yourself as mental stress. Spend 1 PP to step back either redirected stress by –1.

Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.

Specialties:

None

Datafile - Lasher

"We find this place to be an interesting...experiment."

Affiliations:
Team: d10
Buddy:d6
Solo: d8

Distinctions:
Undercover Operative
Mutants Deserve Better
Genosha Born and Bred





Power Set 1: Body Modification
Stretching: d10
Shapeshifting: d6
SFX: Area Attack. Target multiple opponents. For every additional target, add d6 to
your pool and keep +1 effect die.
SFX: Grapple. Add d6 and step up effect die +1 when inflicting a complication on a
target.
Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.
 
Power Set 2:   Genoshian Purity Guard Training
Enhanced Strength: d8
Enhanced Durability: d8
SFX: Focus. In a pool including a GPG Training die, replace two dice of equal
steps with one die of +1 step.
Limit: Mutant Pride. Earn 1 PP if you step up emotional stress inflicted by government forces
or mutant prejudice by +1.

Specialties:
Combat Expert: d8
Covert Expert: d8
Vehicle Expert: d8

Datafile - Gambit

"Always stack the deck."

Affiliations:
Team: d8
Buddy:d6
Solo: d10

Distinctions:

Untrustworthy

Is This Your Card?

Good Looking Bad Boy

Power Set 1: Kinetic Mastery

Kinetic Charge d10

Enhanced Reflexes d8

Enhanced Stamina d8

Psychic Resistance d8
SFX: Ricochet. Step up or double Kinetic Charge die against a single target. Remove
highest-rolling die and add an additional die to your total.
SFX: Area Attack. Target multiple opponents. For every additional target, add d6 to
your pool and keep +1 effect die.
SFX: Massive Charge. Double or step up Kinetic Charge for one action. If that action fails,
shutdown Kinetic Charge. Recover power by activating an opportunity or
during a Transition Scene.
Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.

Specialties:
d8 Combat Expert
d8 Covert Expert
d8 Crime Expert