eXtradimensional - Chariots of the Mutants

An excerpt from "Could It Be?", a magazine show about fringe science, alternative theories and the strange corner cases of the world.

The idea that Marvels spontaneously came about 50 years ago seems unlikely. Surely there have been others, throughout the vast span of human history, with the same wondrous abilities? According to one researcher, there were, but details about the grand civilization these prehistoric Marvels built are few and far between.

Dr. Bryan Ratner claims an ancient civilization called the Sabanites were made up of servile humans and a ruling class of those with powers. This monoculture was where later civilizations like the Egpytians and Mayans took their inspiration from.

Ratner's theory includes the idea that the mythology of the cultures were based in fact. The gods were Marvels, which, looking at Norse mythology, doesn't seem that far fetched an idea.

The city of Sabah, if it existed, was rumored to be a place of high technology and almost magical ability. Of course, if such a place existed, where is it now? Why are there no ruins? Is it possible that such a wondrous city could be wiped off the map?

Journal #1 - Fuse

Universe #473

He was there again. Accelerator.

Everytime I see him in a new dimension my heart jumps into my throat. I never know if we are friends,lovers or mortal enemies.

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LINKED. HE IS IMPORTANT TO THE UNIVERSE AS AN ANCHOR FOR MANY.

I was close to speaking with him. So close! Looking into his eyes made me feel like I had a home, if only for a brief moment.

Unfortunately, Armor was in the way. You don’t have to be a mind reader to know that I was an interruption to her “alone time” with him.

A man, well, I assume a mutant, named Bishop tried to abduct Longshot. It was weird. We didn’t know who he was and the inhabitants of #473 didn’t know who he was either. I think I’ve seen him before… in another dimension, but I can’t say for sure.

HE IS A MAN WHO WANDERS THE SPACE BETWEEN TIME AND DIMENSION. HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW LOST HE IS. THERE IS A MISSION HE IS ON. SOMETHING HE MUST FIX. SOMEONE HE MUST FIND. THE ONE CALLED BISHOP HAS SEEN MUCH WITH HIS MUTANT EYES. HIS HEART HAS KNOWN MUCH LOSS. ALL HE KNOWS TO DO IS THE MISSION. ALWAYS THE MISSION. ALWAYS THE SOLDIER.

I think something is going on with Daken. I think he is suffering mental stress from the inter-dimensional travel. He has become increasingly difficult to deal with and more resistant to any authority figure. Of course, he could have always been that way and I’m just now noticing. Maybe I will talk with him sometime.

THE WOLVERINE IS INSIDE OF HIM. HE IS INSIDE THE WOLVERINE. DAKEN’’S STRUGGLE WITH THE SELF MAY HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES WHEN HE FINALLY DECIDES WHICH PART OF HIM WINS THE STRUGGLE.

Universe #15

I only dreamt this one. Or at least it felt more dream-like.

We were married. We had a home. We even had a dog named Scotty.

We had a little girl named Rachel Jean after the other two mutants to bear the Phoenix.

I was dead. I saw him weeping over a picture of me. I saw him telling bedtime stories to our daughter. Bedtimes stories telling our little angel what an amazing hero her mother was and how with the help of Rachel Summer and Jean Grey, we saved and united the world.

I spent hours watching them.

I spent hours crying about a home I never knew and never will.

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

eXtradimensional Datafile - Relapse

Affiliations: 
Team: d10 
Buddy: d6 
Solo: d8

Distinctions: 
Hippocratic or Hypocrite? 
High-Strung 
Your Costume Sucks


Power Set 1: Imperfect Mutant Clone
d10 Superhuman Durability
d10 Superhuman Stamina
SFX:Carry Your Burdens. May use Superhuman Durability to recover another’s physical stress during an Action Scene. The die removed becomes a complication for you.

SFX: The Gift of Pain. When you inflict physical stress, you may replace the effect die or step up by 1 with a complication created by Carry Your Burdens. Remove your complication.

SFX: Healing Factor. Spend 1 PP to recover physical stress.

SFX: Mutant Healing. Add Superhuman Durability to your dice pool when helping others to recover stress. Spend 1 PP to recover your own or another’s physical stress or step back your own or another’s physical trauma by –1.

Limit: Take Your Medicine. Earn 1 PP by converting Carry Your Burdens complications into physical stress you suffer.

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

Specialties:

d10 Medical Master
d8 Psych Expert
d8 Menace Expert
d8 Science Expert

Milestone 1: The Down Low

1 XP: when you heal others during a battle

3 XP: when you inflict physical stress

10 XP: when you end the life of an enemy to insure someone's safety or when you save the life of an enemy despite your team's protests.

Milestone 2: Long Live Apocalypse

1 XP: when you manifest a feature of your father

3 XP: when your lineage is recognized

10 XP: when you become the new Apocalypse or purge his genetic material from your DNA.

eXtradimensional Datafile - Fuse

I just want to go home...wherever that is.

Affiliations:
Team: d6
Buddy: d10
Solo: d8

Distinctions:
Control Freak
On The Run
Troubled Young Mutant










Power Set: Mutant Psychic Thief
d10 Mimic 
d6 Mind reading
SFX: Spend 1 PP to create a "Stolen Power" Complication after a successful use of Mimic Power Expert. Power is shutdown until Complication is removed.
Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant-specific Milestones and tech.
  
Power Set 2: Phoenix Force Vessel
d8 Enhanced Strength  
d8 Enhanced Flight
SFX: Unleashed:Step up or double any Phoenix Force Vessel power for
one action. If that action fails, add a die to the doom pool equal to the power die
you unleashed.
Limit: Whispers of the False Phoenix When suffering Emotional Stress, gain 1 PP and step up the stress die type.

Specialties:
Crime Expert: d8
Combat Expert: d8
Menace Expert: d8

Milestone: Visions of the Phoenix
1 XP: when you have a flash of insight from the Phoenix Force.
3 XP: when someone realizes your vision is true
10 XP: when you kill someone to prevent a vision from coming true or someone dies that you did not foresee

Milestone: The Fires of the Phoenix
1 XP: when a new dimension confounds you

3 XP: when you suffer stress in a new dimension.
10 XP: when you choose a new home and send your team back or go back home with your team.