BEAST

Affiliations SOLO BUDDY TEAM PP

Distinctions Genetic Activist

Renaissance Beast OR STRESS/TRAUMA Smartest Man In The Room

Power Sets BESTIAL Enhanced Durability Enhanced Senses Enhanced Stamina Superhuman Reflexes

Enhanced Strength

SFX: Claws & Fangs. Add a d6 to your dice pool for an attack action and step back the highest die in your pool by ‐1. Step up physical stress by +1.

SFX: Oh My Stars and Garters! Spend 1 PP to borrow the highest die in the doom pool as an asset for your next action, then step back and return the doom die. Limit: Mutant. Earn 1 PP when affected by mutant‐specific Milestones and tech. P

Specialties Acrobatic Master Combat Expert

Cosmic Expert Medical Expert

Science Master Tech Master

[You may convert EXPERT d8 to 2d6, or MASTER d10 to 2d8 or 4d6.]

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Milestones Mutants Sans Frontiéres 1 XP when you use your Medical Expert to help a mutant recover stress. E 3 XP when you choose not to engage in a confrontation in order to rescue or support noncombatant mutants. 10 XP when you either allow a mutant to die or give up your status or reputation to save a mutant.

Once an X‐Man, Always An X‐Man 1 XP when you point out how little the original X‐Men have changed over the years. 3 XP when you lament to a teammate how much the world the X‐Men sought to improve has changed for the worse. 10 XP when you invite a younger mutant to join the team, or leave the X‐Men for the XP good of the team.

Dr. Henry “Hank” Phillip McCoy [public]

History and feet to cling to surfaces and climb walls. Beast heals Born a mutant with ape‐like features and limbs, somewhat faster than normal and can emit pheromones Henry “Hank” McCoy was given the nickname “Beast”. attractive to the opposite sex. Beast is also a trained Hank’s mutant physique enabled him to become a star geneticist and biochemist and considered one of the football player. When a criminal called the Conquistador greatest scientific minds in the world. abducted Hank’s parents to force Henry to work for With the possible exception of , no mutant him, the X‐Men came to the rescue. The team’s has as diverse a collection of allies as Beast. A founding founder, Professor Xavier, recruited Hank and, and long‐time members of that team as close friends, codenamed Beast, he thus became one of the X‐Men’s especially the other founders and their , original members. . As an Avenger, Beast often found public Under Xavier’s tutelage, McCoy earned his Ph.D. in acceptance even during various periods of anti‐mutant and genetics and went on to become a hysteria and worked alongside , geneticist at the Brand Corporation. There, he , Ms. Marvel, and others. As a Defender, he developed a serum that further mutated him: he grew befriended mystical heroes such as Dr. Strange and fur all over his body, as well as fangs and pointed ears. . After his time in the private sector, Beast returned to Hank’s scientific reputation, expertise, and super heroics first a member of the , then the connections allow him access to some of the most . He eventually rejoined his original X‐Men advanced laboratories in the world. teammate in X‐Factor. The original members of X‐Factor rejoined the X‐ Men. The Beast remains an active combatant, the X‐ Men’s resident scientist and a teacher at the Xavier Institute.

Personality Beast’s personality has changed wildly based on his current state of mutation. In his more human‐looking guise, he tended to be bookish and fairly serious. After he turned himself into a blue‐furred creature, he started to joke and wisecrack more to cover up his insecurity he felt in looking less human. In any form, Hank McCoy is a dedicated scientist and loyal friend.

Abilities & Resources Beast possesses superhuman strength, durability, endurance, speed, and agility. He is an amazing acrobat and able to use his clawed hands