X-Men Sourcebook

CONTENTS Section 1: Background............................... 1 Gladiators............................................... 45 Section 2: Mutant Teams ........................... 4 Alliance of Evil ....................................... 47 X-Men...................................... 4 Mutant Force ......................................... 49 X-Factor .................................. 13 Section 3: Miscellaneous Mutants ........................ 51 New Mutants .......................... 17 Section 4: Very Important People (VIP) ................. 62 Hellfire Club ............................. 21 Villains .................................................. 62 Hellions ................................. 27 Supporting Characters ............................ 69 Brotherhood of Evil Mutants ... 30 Aliens..................................................... 72 Freedom Force ........................ 32 Section 5: The Mutant Menace ................................79 Fallen Angels ........................... 36 Section 6: Locations and Items................................83 Morlocks.................................. 39 Section 7: Dreamchild ...........................................88 Soviet Super-Soldiers ............ 43 Maps ......................................................96 Credits: Dinosaur, Diamond Lil, Electronic Mass Tarbaby, Tarot, Taskmaster, Tattletale, Designed by Colossal Kim Eastland Converter, Empath, Equilibrius, Erg, Willie Tessa, Thunderbird, Time Bomb. Edited by Scintilatin' Steve Winter Evans, Jr., Amahl Farouk, Fenris, Firestar, Timeshadow, Tower, Toad, Larry Trask, Flashback, Alexander Flynn, Forge, Unus, Ursa Major, Vanguard, Vanisher, Graphic Design by Dennis Kauth Forge's Neutralizer, Forge's Scanner, Vertigo, Villain Agents, Viper, Waldo. Maps by David "Diesel" LaForce Frenzy, Sharon Friedlander, Gaza, Warlock, Whirlwind, White Bishop, White Cover Art by Arthur Adams Gladiator, Gremlin, Gypsy Moth, Peter Queen, White Rook, Wolfsbane, Inside Illustrations by Jeff Butler and the Henry Gyrich, Havok, Healer, Hepzibah, Wolverine, X-Factor Plane, X-Men Marvel Bullpen Cameron Hodges, Horns, Stevie Hunter, Mansion, Yashido Mariko, and the Typography by Betty Elmore Iceman, Image Inducer, Ivich, Jetstream, distinctive likenesses thereof are Thanks to Terry Cavanaugh, Bill Harris, Juggernaut, Karma, Knights of Hellfire trademarks of the Marvel Comics Group and all the Marvel Bullpen for their Armor, Lady Deathstrike, Leech, Legion, © Copyright 1986 Marvel Comics Group, a cooperation and assistance. Lexi, Lifter, Link, Living Monolith, Miss division of Cadence Industries X-tra Special Thanks to Jaunty Jeff Grubb Locke, Lockheed the Dragon, Longshot, Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in and to the staff of the Official Handbook to Lorelei, Lucy, Lupo, Moira MacTaggert, the U.S.A. Game Design © Copyright 1986 the Marvel Universe (both editions), who Arthur Maddicks, Madrox, Magik, Magma, TSR Inc. All rights reserved. provided much of the original information Magneto, Magus, Mandrill, Marvel Girl, This book is protected under the copyright that this product is based upon, and Masque, Mastermind, Max, Mesmero, laws of the United States of America. Any Harold Johnson, for additional research. Mimic, Mind Probe, Mindtap Mechanism, reproduction or other unauthorized use of Mirage, Moonboy, Mutant Power the material or artwork contained herein is MARVEL SUPER HEROES, MARVEL Intensifier, Mystique, Nekra, Lilandra prohibited without the express written SUPER VILLAINS, MARVEL ADVANCED Neramani, Neutronic Tangier Glove, consent of TSR Inc. and the Marvel SUPER HEROES, MARVEL UNIVERSE, Nightcrawler, Nimrod, Mike Nowlan, Comics Group. Distributed to the book Acanti, Acid Bomb, Angel, El Aguila, Northstar, Peeper, Persona Exchange trade in the United States by Random Amphibius, Angel. Ape, Apocalypse, Module, Phoenix, Piper, Plague, Polaris, House Inc. and in Canada by Random Arcade, Ariel, Aurora, Avalanche, Poltergeist, Professor Xavier, Proteus, House of Canada, Ltd. Distributed to the Banshee, Barbarus, Beast, Beautiful Psi-ld Weapon, Psi-Scream Device, toy and hobby trade by regional Dreamer, Binary. Black Bishop, Black Psionic Headband, Psyche, Pyro, distributors. King, Black Queen, Black Rook, Black Quicksilver, Judith Rassendyll, Raza, Tom, Blackbird, Blob, Body Shop, Restraints, Rogue, Michael Rossi, The names of characters used herein are Brainchild, Brightwind, Brood, Burner, Roulette, Sabertooth, Sauron, Scarlet fictitious and do not refer to any persons Joseph "Licorice" Calhoun, Caliban, Witch, Amanda Sefton, Sentinels, living or dead. Any descriptions including Callisto, Cannonball, Catseye, Cerebro, Shadowcat, Shi'ar Royal Elite Imperial similarities to persons living or dead are Mr. Chambers, Changeling, Chance, Lila Guard, Shocker, Sidri, Sikorski, Silver merely coincidental. All Marvel Cheney, Ch'od, Rusty Collins, Colossus, Samurai, Siryn, Skids, Slitherer, Candy characters, and the distinctive likenesses Valerie Cooper, Peter Corbeau, Corsair, Southern, Spider-Woman, Spiral, thereof are trademarks of the Marvel Thomas Corsi, Cybernetic Agents, Starjammers, Stinger, Storm, Sunder, Comics Group. Cyclops, Cypher, Danger Room, Darkstar, Sunfire, Sunspot, S'ym, Tangle Web, Dazzler, Deathbird, Destiny, Devil Jan 1988 Children of the Atom is the first guidebook star-faring aliens—visited Earth over a million alike"). Racism has long been a problem in designed for use with the MARVEL SUPER years ago and performed gene-altering mankind's history. Mutant racism seems HEROES Advanced Game. It contains full experiments in an effort to evolve different justified to many people due to villains such as descriptions of almost every notable mutant in races. It was at this time that dormant genetic Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. the Marvel Universe, plus many of the mutations were introduced into mankind's Overall, humans view mutants as unknown, non-mutant villains, characters, items, and gene pool, but it was not until recently that different, and sometimes very, very limitations that affect the mutants' lives. It acts these mutations became evident. The current dangerous. The fact that mutants sometimes not only as a complete collection of Marvel increase of radiation in the Earth's refer to themselves as homo sapiens superior, mutants, but also provides suggestions and an environment is chiefly responsible for these the next step in the evolution of mankind, does adventure for introducing mutant characters mutations. The radiation increase can be not help calm those fears. into the game. To play a mutant, player individually triggered (like a lab test that character or otherwise, requires a basic bombards a character with radiation) or is understanding of the status of mutants in the result from the many atmospheric nuclear MARVEL SUPER Marvel Universe. The following information tests in the past. has been gleaned from many Marvel sources, These mutations take different forms. Some HEROES Advanced including the Official Handbook of the Marvel mutants, like Nightcrawler, have obvious Mutants Universe (both editions) and Marvel Age. physical mutations. Other mutants, like Professor Xavier, have physical differences in Each of the characters featured in this book their brains that give them added mental is described in terms of his statistics and What is a Mutant? powers, but physically they appear human. abilities. The details are divided into the Technically, a mutant is a plant or animal following categories: with inheritable characteristics that differ from Why Don't Other Character's public name those of its parents. Therefore a Marvel Character's real name (if known) Universe mutant is a being who was born with Super-powered Genetic and outlook type a physical or mental characteristic not Abilities possessed by either of its parents. This does Characters Suffer Variable abilities not mean that every character who mutates is Known powers and items a mutant. The Fantastic Four, Hulk, and Hysterical Special tricks and power stunts Spider-Man were all born human and later Talents mutated: that is, the character was exposed to Prejudice? Contacts a mutagenic agent which allowed the This is a common misconception. Some Running the character character to acquire a different physical or super powered characters and teams have mental characteristic than normally possessed had plenty of problems in the past. At first, the A Character's public name is the name by by humans. True mutants are born with this Fantastic Four were thought to be freaks, which the character is known to the public. genetic difference, and it must be a genetic especially the Thing, and the military was sent Many characters (such as the X-Men) use difference that is not possessed by the child's after them. Spider-Man constantly gets these 'hero names' to conceal their identities roasted by the Daily Bugle as a monster. and thereby protect their friends and loved Which leads us to another question... Whenever a character has a special ability ones, while various criminals and that others do not have, there is bound to be world-conquerors (such as the Hellfire Club) jealousy and fear (usually of the unknown), use a 'criminal name' to instill fear in their What Causes which is a good reason for secret identities. victims (like Juggernaut). Mutations? The difference with mutants is that they are A Character's real name is his given name, seen as a separate race and people can easily the name that the character goes by when not The Celestials—massively

Load more