Monster Island That I Could Write a Whole Book About the Crazy Place, and for Putting up with My Constant Stream of Questions
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A Setting Book For Champions Author:Sample Steven S. Long file Based On Ideas By: Cryptic Studios Editing and Developing: Darren Watts Layout & Graphic Design: Andy Mathews Cover Illustration: Brett Barkley Interior Illustration: Cryptic Studios, Andrew Cremeans, Jonathan Davenport, Brendan and Brian Fraim Cartography: John Lees SPECIAL THANKS: To Jack Emmert, John Layman, Randy Mosiondz, Chris Lena, and the rest of the fine folks at Cryptic, for coming up with enough ideas about Monster Island that I could write a whole book about the crazy place, and for putting up with my constant stream of questions. ;) Hero SystemTM ® is DOJ, Inc.’s trademark for its roleplaying system. Hero System © 1984, 1989, 2002 by DOJ, Inc. d/b/a Hero Games. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, © 1981-2008 Cryptic Studios, Inc. 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All rights reserved. www.herogames.com • www.champions-online.com • www.crypticstudios.com TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................. 4 CHAPTER FIVE: SLITHER BEACH CHAPTER NINE: ECHINOCOS SHORE CHAPTER ONE: THE HISTORY SLITHER BEACH .......................................... 58 OF MONSTER ISLAND VIPER PERSONNEL ..................................... 58 ECHINOCOS SHORE ................................... 106 Major VIPER Personnel ............................. 58 THE ELDER WORM ................................... 106 MONSTER ISLAND ......................................... 8 Nest Leader Tadataka Yamamoto .............. 58 Elder Worm Personnel ........................... 107 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE ........................ 14 Dr. Dino Demogaard ................................ 59 Elder Worm Acolyte................................ 108 CHIEF UNDERLINGS.................................... 60 Elder Worm Aspirant .............................. 109 CHAPTER TWO: THE MONSTERS Golden Viper Squad Leader ...................... 60 Elder Worm Warrior ............................... 110 OF MONSTER ISLAND VIPER Brickbuster Agent .......................... 62 Elder Worm Initiate ................................ 111 GANIKA ..................................................... 16 LOW-LEVEL AGENTS .................................. 63 Elder Worm Sorcerer.............................. 112 MEGA-TERAK ............................................ 17 Golden Viper Red Guard Agent ................. 63 Annelid Horror ....................................... 114 QWYJIBO ................................................... 19 VIPER Infiltrator ....................................... 65 GEOGRAPHY ............................................ 115 TELEIOSAURUS .......................................... 20 SLITHER BEACH FACILITIES ........................ 66 SNAKES ON ECHINOCOS SHORE ............... 117 VAKULON................................................... 22 The Monster Island VIPER Nest ................. 67 THE UNTIL PRESENCE .............................. 118 ZORGATHA ................................................ 23 CHAPTER SIX: WELLS’ PASS CHAPTER TEN: ANDRITHAL CHAPTER THREE: BUREAU 17 WELLS’ PASS .............................................. 72 ANDRITHAL ............................................... 120 BUREAU 17 ................................................. 26 Doctor Phillippe Moreau ........................... 72 LEMURIAN PERSONNEL ............................ 121 HISTORY .................................................... 26 MANIMALS ................................................ 75 Lemurian Leaders ................................. 121 ORGANIZATION .......................................... 27 THE MANIMALS ......................................... 75 Vikorin the Blind .................................... 121 BUREAU PERSONNEL ................................. 29 Bear-Man ............................................... 75 Lemurian Lieutenants ............................ 123 Lieutenant Commander Kishiro Aiko ......... 29 Bird-Man ................................................ 76 Lemurian Progenitor .............................. 123 Takashi Toru ............................................ 30 Boar-Man ............................................... 77 Lemurian Sorcerer ................................. 124 Furusaka Gonsai ..................................... 30 Cat-Man ................................................. 78 Lemurian Underlings .............................. 126 Asako Morihiro ........................................ 31 Dog-Man ................................................ 79 Devolved Lemurian ................................ 126 Rapid Response Force Sakura Agent ........ 31 Frog-Man ................................................ 79 Lemurian Inchoate ................................. 127 BUREAU 17 ROBOTS .................................. 32 Rat-Man ................................................. 80 Primordial Lemurian .............................. 127 Guardian Droid ........................................ 32 Stag-Man ............................................... 80 ANDRITHAL GEOGRAPHY .......................... 128 Revenger Droid ....................................... 33 GEOGRAPHY .............................................. 81 The Andrith Ruins .................................. 128 Behemoth Battledroid .............................. 34 The Outside Compound ........................... 81 VIPER in Andrithal .................................. 131 Onslaught Battledroid .............................. 35 Moreau’s Lab .......................................... 82 THE UNTIL PRESENCE .............................. 132 Force Drone ............................................ 36 THE UNTIL PRESENCE ................................ 84 Hunter Drone .......................................... 37 TECHNOLOGY ............................................ 38 CHSampleAPTER SEVEN file: Personal Technology ................................ 38 THE FERAL TANGLE Vehicles .................................................. 39 FERAL TANGLE ............................................ 86 Sakebu Mobile Sonic Cannon ................... 39 NEW GORNYJ ............................................ 86 Bureau 17 Monster Transport Vehicle ........ 40 Father Elk ............................................... 87 THE MONSTER ISLAND BASE ...................... 40 MAL ZVER ................................................. 88 CHAPTER FOUR: The Hyena-Swine .................................... 89 WAYFARER COAST THE UNTIL PRESENCE ................................ 92 Wayfarer Coast ....................................... 42 CHAPTER EIGHT: THE ARGENT THE QULARR ............................................. 42 CORPORATE WILDLIFE PRESERVE Things Humanity Doesn’t Know ................ 43 THE WILDLIFE PRESERVE ............................ 94 QULARR PERSONNEL ................................. 44 ARGENT PERSONNEL ................................. 95 Qularr Invasion Leader ............................. 45 Roger Hartwell ........................................ 95 Qularr Drone ........................................... 46 ARGENT Officers andA gents .................... 96 Qularr Shock Trooper ............................... 48 ARGENT Officer ....................................... 96 Qularr Bugkeeper .................................... 49 ARGENT Soldier ....................................... 97 Qularr Firebug ......................................... 51 ARGENT FACILITIES .................................. 100 Qularr Swarm .......................................... 52 THE MANIMAL RESISTANCE ...................... 101 TECHNOLOGY ............................................ 53 THE UNTIL PRESENCE .............................. 103 Qularr Air-Runner .................................... 53 QULARR FACILITIES .................................... 54 THE UNTIL PRESENCE ................................ 56 4 The History Of Monster Island Hero System 5th Edition Revised INTRODUCTION ut in the Pacific Ocean, about a hun- Chapter Two, Big Game: The Monsters, dred miles from the shores of Japan, describes the six giant monsters currently living lies a small island about six miles on the island: Ganika; Mega-Terak; Qwyjibo; O wide and twenty miles long — but its Teleiosaurus; Vakulon; and Zorgatha. There’s a importance far exceeds its size. This is Monster character sheet for each one that shows just how Island, home to the world’s largest collection of powerful they are. Superheroes who think they giant monsters. Originally can waltz onto Monster created by the alien Qularr Island and smack a few of the during their 1965 invasion MMO INTO RPG, RPG INTO MMO “inhabitants” around are