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Abyss (Elder God)

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ABYSS II
Created By:
Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning & Wellington Avies
First Appearance: Nova #8 (Jan. 2008)
Role: Elder Evil, Super-Powered Entity
PL 19 (620)
STRENGTH
24 STAMINA 24 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 8 AWARENESS 5 PRESENCE 6

Skills:
Deception 9 (+15)
Expertise (History) 8 (+16)
Expertise (Magic) 16 (+24)
Expertise (God) 9 (+17)
Insight 6 (+11)
Intimidation 13 (+19)
Perception 5 (+10)
Persuasion 6 (+12)

Advantages: 
All-Out Attack, Artificer, Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Fearless, Improved Critical (Godly Blasts) 4, Improved Hold, Last Stand, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 10, Ritualist, Startle, Well-Informed, Withstand Damage

Powers:
"Immortal God"
Immunity 16 (Aging, Life Support, Fatigue Effects) [16]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Senses 7 (Detect Magic- Ranged 3, Acute & Analytical, Tracking By Magic) [7]
"Elder Entity" Immunity 20 (Mental Effects) [20]
"Speaks All Languages" Comprehend 3 (Languages- Speak & Understand) [6]
Flight 14 (32,000 mph) [28]
Movement 1 (Space Travel) [2]

"Nigh-Unkillable"
Impervious Toughness 29 [29]
Regeneration 14 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [15]

"Variable Size"
Features 5: Increased Mass 5 [5]
Elongation 1 [1]

"Elder God"
Variable 17 (119) -- [123]
  • AE: "Godly Wave" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 500ft. Cone +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Beam" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Line +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Storm" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Burst +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Blast" Blast 26 (Feats: Extended Range 4, Penetrating 14) (70)
"Empower Others" Variable 15 (Feats: Reversible) (Extras: Affects Others Only, Continuous) [121]

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+24 Damage, DC 39)
Blast +12 (+26 Ranged Damage, DC 41)
God Attack Area +18 (+18 Damage, DC 33)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +24 (+15 Impervious), Fortitude +24, Will +14

Complications:
Motivation (Gathering Worshippers & Might)
Weakness (Trapped)- Almost all of the Elder Gods are trapped within their own dimensions, having been beaten years ago by The Demogorge. Despite their great power, they are usually bound to their dimensional boundaries.

Total: Abilities: 162 / Skills: 72--36 / Advantages: 26 / Powers: 365 / Defenses: 21 (620)

-A generic Elder Evil that creates zombie-like followers with Energy Blasts.
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Set

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SET
Created By:
Robert E. Howard & Roy Thomas
First Appearance: The Phoenix on the Sword- Weird Tales (Dec. 1932- novel), Sub-Mariner #9 (Jan. 1969- comics)
Role: Elder Evil, Super-Powered Entity
PL 19 (620)
STRENGTH
24 STAMINA 24 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 8 AWARENESS 5 PRESENCE 6

Skills:
Deception 9 (+15)
Expertise (History) 8 (+16)
Expertise (Magic) 16 (+24)
Expertise (God) 9 (+17)
Insight 6 (+11)
Intimidation 13 (+19)
Perception 5 (+10)
Persuasion 6 (+12)

Advantages: 
All-Out Attack, Artificer, Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Fearless, Improved Critical (Godly Blasts) 4, Improved Hold, Last Stand, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 10, Ritualist, Startle, Well-Informed, Withstand Damage

Powers:
"Immortal God"
Immunity 16 (Aging, Life Support, Fatigue Effects) [16]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Senses 7 (Detect Magic- Ranged 3, Acute & Analytical, Tracking By Magic) [7]
"Elder Entity" Immunity 20 (Mental Effects) [20]
"Speaks All Languages" Comprehend 3 (Languages- Speak & Understand) [6]
Flight 14 (32,000 mph) [28]
Movement 1 (Space Travel) [2]

"Nigh-Unkillable"
Impervious Toughness 29 [29]
Regeneration 14 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [15]

"Variable Size"
Features 5: Increased Mass 5 [5]
Elongation 1 [1]

"Elder God"
Variable 17 (119) -- [123]
  • AE: "Godly Wave" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 500ft. Cone +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Beam" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Line +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Storm" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Burst +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Blast" Blast 26 (Feats: Extended Range 4, Penetrating 14) (70)
"Empower Others" Variable 15 (Feats: Reversible) (Extras: Affects Others Only, Continuous) [121]

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+24 Damage, DC 39)
Blast +12 (+26 Ranged Damage, DC 41)
God Attack Area +18 (+18 Damage, DC 33)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +24 (+15 Impervious), Fortitude +24, Will +14

Complications:
Motivation (Gathering Worshippers & Might)
Weakness (Trapped)- Almost all of the Elder Gods are trapped within their own dimensions, having been beaten years ago by The Demogorge. Despite their great power, they are usually bound to their dimensional boundaries.

Total: Abilities: 162 / Skills: 72--36 / Advantages: 26 / Powers: 365 / Defenses: 21 (620)

-Set was originally a creation of Robert E. Howard for his Conan the Barbarian stories- he was the chief deity of the Stygian people in the Hyborian Age. He is sort of an amalgam of the Egyptian Set, the monster Apep, and the Greek Hydra. He was later used in Marvel's Conan stories, and given more of a world-reaching influence as he was integrated into the greater Marvel Universe. An Elder God like Chthon & Gaea, he became the first to turn to evil, and was exiled with the others by The Demogorge. However, unlike the others, he was able to gain power quickly- feeding off the energies of the dinosaurs. Here, he was nearly-slain by The Demogorge (who ripped off several of his heads as they regrew, leaving him with seven) in a holocaust that it's claimed is the true source of the death of the dinosaurs- but Set escaped to plain his revenge.

-Set then created The Serpent Men to do his bidding, but they were negatively-judged by The Celestials, and King Kull (another Conan-type guy) wiped out most of the rest. His minions eventually created The Serpent Crown, a recurring Macguffin in Marvel stories that greatly-empowers the wearers, but leaves them vessels for Set's will. His biggest appearance was easily during the Atlantis Attacks cross-over among all of Marvel's Annuals in 1989, when the Devaint priest Ghaur summoned him- Thor, taking control of The Demogorge, ripped off Set's heads and sent each one to a different dimension, causing Set's entire home dimension to implode- he has yet to return, eliminating his threat for centuries (or until the next crossover, whenever).
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Blade! Lilith! Dracula! Mephisto! Blackheart! Mephista!)

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Jabroniville wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:06 pm His biggest appearance was easily during the Atlantis Attacks cross-over among all of Marvel's Annuals in 1989, when the Devaint priest Ghaur summoned him- Thor, taking control of The Demogorge, ripped off Set's heads and sent each one to a different dimension, causing Set's entire home dimension to implode- he has yet to return, eliminating his threat for centuries (or until the next crossover, whenever).
That was such an awesome story. Nonsensical, but awesome.
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The Serpent Crown

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THE SERPENT CROWN
Created By:
Roy Thomas & Marie Severin
First Appearance: Sub-Mariner #9 (Jan. 1969)
Role:[/b] Mind-Controlling Plot Device

Device (Removable)- PL 12+ (113 points):
Enhanced Strength 10 (20)
Enhanced Stamina 10 (20)

"Earthquake" Damage 12 (Extras: Area- 120ft. Burst +3) (48) -- (51)
  • AE: Move Object 16 (32)
  • AE: Illusion (Visual & Hearing) 12 (36)
  • AE: Mystical Blast 18 (Extras: Penetrating 8) (44)
Mind Control 12 (Extras: Continuous) (60)
-- (141 points)

-The Serpent Crown is the method by which Set, The Serpent God, interferes with the human world. His followers, The Serpent Men, allied with the Lemurians, enemies of Atlantis, created the Crown, creating The Great Cataclysm, which sank both continents beneath the seas. The Lemurian Emperor Naga rediscovers it, and ruled Lemuria for centuries (having turned everyone there green in the process). It later ended up in the hands of Paul "Destiny" Destine, who would become a foe of Namor. Namor HIMSELF would use the Crown to free his people from Set's control, exerting his own raw willpower against it. Viper uses it to control Roxxon Oil's President, and another universe's version is used to control The Squadron Supreme. It was central to the Atlantis Attacks Annual Event in the early '90s, and later got used by some regular guy who used it to take over all of Washington, D.C.

-The Crown itself is a high-level Device, allowing individuals to utilize various powers, as well as enhanced physicality. However, users generally always fall victim to the control of Set, who slowly transforms them into a green-skinned, reptilian creature.
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Belathauzer

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BELATHAUZER (aka Balthazar)
Created By:
David Anthony Kraft & Ed Hannigan
First Appearance: The Defenders #59 (May 1976)
Role: Elder Evil, Super-Powered Entity
PL 17 (584)
STRENGTH
22 STAMINA 22 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 8 AWARENESS 5 PRESENCE 6

Skills:
Deception 9 (+15)
Expertise (History) 8 (+16)
Expertise (Magic) 16 (+24)
Expertise (God) 9 (+17)
Insight 6 (+11)
Intimidation 13 (+19)
Perception 5 (+10)
Persuasion 6 (+12)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Artificer, Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Fearless, Improved Critical (Godly Blasts) 4, Improved Hold, Last Stand, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 8, Ritualist, Startle, Well-Informed, Withstand Damage

Powers:
"Immortal God"
Immunity 16 (Aging, Life Support, Fatigue Effects) [16]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Senses 7 (Detect Magic- Ranged 3, Acute & Analytical, Tracking By Magic) [7]
"Elder Entity" Immunity 20 (Mental Effects) [20]
"Speaks All Languages" Comprehend 3 (Languages- Speak & Understand) [6]
Flight 14 (32,000 mph) [28]
Movement 1 (Space Travel) [2]

"Nigh-Unkillable"
Impervious Toughness 29 [29]
Regeneration 14 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [15]

"Variable Size"
Features 5: Increased Mass 5 [5]
Elongation 1 [1]

"Elder God"
Variable 15 (105) -- [109]
  • AE: "Godly Wave" Damage 16 (Extras: Area- 500ft. Cone +4) (80)
  • AE: "Godly Beam" Damage 16 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Line +4) (80)
  • AE: "Godly Storm" Damage 16 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Burst +4) (80)
  • AE: "Godly Blast" Blast 22 (Feats: Extended Range 4, Penetrating 14) (62)
"Empower Others" Variable 15 (Feats: Reversible) (Extras: Affects Others Only, Continuous) [121]

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+22 Damage, DC 39)
Blast +10 (+22 Ranged Damage, DC 37)
God Attack Area +16 (+16 Damage, DC 31)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +22 (+15 Impervious), Fortitude +22, Will +12

Complications:
Motivation (Gathering Worshippers & Might)
Weakness (Trapped)- Almost all of the Elder Gods are trapped within their own dimensions, having been beaten years ago by The Demogorge. Despite their great power, they are usually bound to their dimensional boundaries.
Enemy (Devil-Slayer)

Total: Abilities: 154 / Skills: 72--36 / Advantages: 24 / Powers: 351 / Defenses: 19 (584)

-A lesser-known Elder God, he wanted to cause a demon race to be reborn on Earth. He often faces the hero Devil-Slayer, attempting to manipulate or otherwise target him. He has been seemingly-slain a few times (and was once seemingly-banished by The Defenders), but reappears often.
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Chthon

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A long time ago, when the world was so new nothing had a name, something woke up. It learned all about what was and what would be... but most of all it learned what couldn't be, what shouldn't be. And it gave those things names, names it wrote on indestructible pages, because a namer has mastery of the named.
— Diabolique, Darkhold #10


CHTHON
Created By:
Marv Wolfman & Bill Mantlo
First Appearance: Marvel Chillers #1 (Oct. 1975- as The Other), The Avengers #186 (July 1979- as Chthon)
Role: Elder Evil, Super-Powered Entity
PL 19 (620)
STRENGTH
24 STAMINA 24 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 8 AWARENESS 5 PRESENCE 6

Skills:
Deception 9 (+15)
Expertise (History) 8 (+16)
Expertise (Magic) 16 (+24)
Expertise (God) 9 (+17)
Insight 6 (+11)
Intimidation 13 (+19)
Perception 5 (+10)
Persuasion 6 (+12)

Advantages: 
All-Out Attack, Artificer, Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Fearless, Improved Critical (Godly Blasts) 4, Improved Hold, Last Stand, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 10, Ritualist, Startle, Well-Informed, Withstand Damage

Powers:
"Immortal God"
Immunity 16 (Aging, Life Support, Fatigue Effects) [16]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Senses 7 (Detect Magic- Ranged 3, Acute & Analytical, Tracking By Magic) [7]
"Elder Entity" Immunity 20 (Mental Effects) [20]
"Speaks All Languages" Comprehend 3 (Languages- Speak & Understand) [6]
Flight 14 (32,000 mph) [28]
Movement 1 (Space Travel) [2]

"Nigh-Unkillable"
Impervious Toughness 29 [29]
Regeneration 14 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [15]

"Variable Size"
Features 5: Increased Mass 5 [5]
Elongation 1 [1]

"Elder God"
Variable 17 (119) -- [123]
  • AE: "Godly Wave" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 500ft. Cone +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Beam" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Line +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Storm" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Burst +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Blast" Blast 26 (Feats: Extended Range 4, Penetrating 14) (70)
"Empower Others" Variable 15 (Feats: Reversible) (Extras: Affects Others Only, Continuous) [121]

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+24 Damage, DC 39)
Blast +12 (+26 Ranged Damage, DC 41)
God Attack Area +18 (+18 Damage, DC 33)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +24 (+15 Impervious), Fortitude +24, Will +14

Complications:
Motivation (Gathering Worshippers & Might)
Weakness (Trapped)- Almost all of the Elder Gods are trapped within their own dimensions, having been beaten years ago by The Demogorge. Despite their great power, they are usually bound to their dimensional boundaries.

Total: Abilities: 162 / Skills: 72--36 / Advantages: 26 / Powers: 365 / Defenses: 21 (620)

-Chthon is most-famous for being the mind behind the Evil Book of Spells- The Darkhold. He is an offshoot of The Demiurge, and was birthed when the Earth was- he began the earliest study of magic. He and all of the other Elder Gods descended into violence, with only Gaea herself remaining good- when she mated with The Demiurge and birthed Atum the God-Eater, the wise Chthon abandoned this dimension, leaving The Darkhold behind to allow him a foothold. He birthed the demons known as the N'Garai, and various people were corrupted by The Darkhold over the centuries- he is also considered the world's first practitioner of black magic.

-It was also Chthon who placed part of his essence into the in-utero Wanda Maximoff, giving her great powers, and great craziness. A similar thing would happen to Vicki Montesi- the leader of The Darkhold Redeemers. Wanda would later become possessed and go nuts (this was the '80s, West Coast Avengers version, not the "No More Mutants" version... or the Axis version). Modred the Mystic is another recurring pawn, but Chthon is more of a manipulator who occasionally tries to take others over.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Dracula! Mephisto! Blackheart! Mephista! Set! Chthon!)

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Y'know, for a guy who seems to be a fairly recurring mega-villain and master manipulator, I've always found Cthon kind of boring. I guess maybe it's because most of his appearances are just some grey guy in a hooded cloak. Rather lame compared to the visual distinctiveness of guys like Mephisto, Dormmamu, Shuma-Gorath, and Set.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Dracula! Mephisto! Blackheart! Mephista! Set! Chthon!)

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How did I not know about Mephista? She should be a regular antagonist for someone like Captain Marvel and/or A-Force. Shame she got buried.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Dracula! Mephisto! Blackheart! Mephista! Set! Chthon!)

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Thorpocalypse wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:04 am How did I not know about Mephista? She should be a regular antagonist for someone like Captain Marvel and/or A-Force. Shame she got buried.
yeah, when Spectrum included her name in "The List", I was like "Who's THAT?". Reading the bio, I figured the daughter of a major character would be a big deal.

It becomes more clear when you think about the timing- Blackheart debuts at the same time, dealing with MUCH MORE popular characters than Dr. Strange, who was a total non-starter in 1989.
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Re: The Serpent Crown

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Jabroniville wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:06 amAtlantis Attacks Annual Event in the early '90s
Was this the one in which the heroes invade Set's dimension through one of his mouths, and once there fight a disgusting-looking inside-out Set?

Edit: found an image, in case anyone never seen it

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Shuma-Gorath

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SHUMA-GORATH
Created By:
Robert E. Howard (name), Steve Englehart & Frank Brunner
First Appearance: Marvel Premiere #5 (Nov. 1972)
Role: Elder Evil, Why The Frick Is He In A Video Game?
PL 18 (516), PL 19 (516) Within His Dimension
STRENGTH
17 STAMINA 18 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 7 AWARENESS 6 PRESENCE 5

Skills:
Deception 12 (+17)
Expertise (Dimensions & Space) 14 (+21)
Expertise (Magic) 14 (+21)
Insight 6 (+12)
Intimidation 13 (+18)
Perception 8 (+14)
Persuasion 7 (+12)

Advantages: 
Beginner's Luck, Benefit 8 (Ambidextrous, Dimensional Hell-Lord), Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Extraordinary Effort, Fascinate (Persuasion), Great Endurance, Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Magic) 4, Improved Hold, Last Stand, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 10, Ritualist, Startle, Well-Informed, Withstand Damage

Powers:
"Immortal Entity"
Regeneration 8 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [9]
Immunity 12 (Aging, Life Support, Sleep) [12]
Immortality 1 (1 month) [2]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Power-Lifting 6 (100,000 tons) [6]
Impervious Toughness 15 [15]
Flight 10 (2,000 mph) [20]
Senses 6 (Detect Magic- Ranged, Acute, Analytical, Counters Illusion) [6]
"Master of Tongues" Comprehend 4 (Languages 4) [8]
"Demonic Shapeshifter" Morph 4 (Any Form) (Extras: Metamorph) [24]
"Anime Heroine's Worst Nightmare- Many Tentacles" Extra Limbs 10 [10]

"Extra Power Within His Dimension" Damage +2 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Line +4) (Flaws: Limited to Within His Dimension) [8]
Note: Every power in the Magic Array is boosted this way (by 1-2 ranks).

"Variable Size"
Growth 12 (Str & Sta +12, +12 Mass, +6 Intimidation, -6 Dodge/Parry, +1 Speed, -12 Stealth) -- (48 feet) [24]
Features 5: Increased Mass 5 [5]
Elongation 2 [2]

"Elder God Might"
"Magic Stream" Damage 18 (Feats: Dynamic, Variable 2- Any Magic) (Extras: Area- 250ft. Line +4) (93) -- [113]
  • Dynamic AE: "Magic Burst" Damage 18 (Feats: Dynamic, Variable 2- Any Magic) (Extras: Area- 250ft. Burst +4) (93)
  • Dynamic AE: "Magic Wave" Damage 18 (Feats: Dynamic, Variable 2- Any Magic) (Extras: Area- 500ft. Cone +4) (93)
  • Dynamic AE: "Magic Blast" Blast 22 (Feats: Dynamic, Variable 2- Any Magic, Extended Range 2, Indirect, Penetrating 14) (43)
  • Dynamic AE: Force Field 2 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Affects Others 12, Impervious 6) (21)
  • Dynamic AE: Mind-Reading 16 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Effortless) Linked to Communication 5 (Mental) (Feats: Dimensional) (Extras: Area) (75)
  • Dynamic AE: Illusion 14 (Feats: Dynamic) (All Senses) (71)
  • Dynamic AE: Insubstantial 4 (Feats: Subtle 2) (22)
  • AE: "Capable of Nearly Any Effect" Variable (Magical) 12 (84)
  • AE: Remote Sensing 24 (Visual, Hearing) (64,000 miles) (Feats: Dimensional, Subtle) (74)
  • AE: Movement 6 (Dimensional Travel 3, Time Travel 3) (Feats: Increased Mass 5) (Extras: Attack) (23)
  • AE: Teleport 15 (Feats: Increased Mass 5) (Extras: Extended, Accurate) (65)
  • AE: Healing 12 (Extras: Ranged, Resurrection) (36)
  • AE: "Alter Thoughts & Memories" Affliction 16 (Will; Dazed/Compelled/Transformed Thoughts) (Extras: Perception Range +2, Cumulative) (64)
  • AE: Mind Control 16 (64)
  • AE: "Group Mind Control" Mind Control 12 (Extras: Area- 60ft. Burst +2) (Flaws: Touch Range -2) (48)
  • AE: Move Object 16 (Extras: Perception Range) (48)
  • AE: "Molecular Transformation" Transform 12 (Anything to Anything) (Extras: Continuous) (60)
  • AE: "Teleport Others" Teleport 15 (Feats: Increased Mass 5) (Extras: Attack, Perception Ranged +2) (80)
  • AE: "Create Temptation" Create 15 (Feats: Innate, Precise) (Extras: Movable) (47)
  • AE: Nullify Magical Effects 15 (Extras: Broad, Simultaneous, Perception Range) (75)
  • AE: "Drain Magical Energy" Affliction 16 (Will; Impaired/Disabled/Transformed to Powerless) (Extras: Perception Ranged +2) (Flaws: Limited to Magical Beings) (32)
Summon Demons 5 (Extras: Horde, 8 Minions +6, Active, Variable- Demons) [55]

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+17 Damage, DC 32)
Magic Attacks +18 Area (+18 Damage, DC 33)
Blast +12 (+22 Ranged Damage, DC 37)
Blast Within His Dimension +12 (+24 Ranged Damage, DC 39)
Area Attacks Within Hell +18 (+18 Damage, DC 33)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +18 (+20 Force Field, +8 Impervious), Fortitude +18, Will +16

Complications:
Motivation (Power)
Enemy (Doctor Strange)

Total: Abilities: 82 / Skills: 74--37 / Advantages: 36 / Powers: 329 / Defenses: 32 (516)

-Shuma-Gorath is by FAR most well-known for his out-of-nowhere appearance in Marvel Superheroes, the Capcom fighting game. This inclusion is probably the most bizarre single thing about any of those games- you could at least argue that the various X-Characters were famous enough, but this is a villain with less than two-dozen appearances in 30 years of existence, and he was chosen for a video game over Ultron, Kang, Mephisto, Red Skull, Dr. Octopus, Norman Osborn or ANY other villain they could've used in this role. I still don't get it, other than they wanted a token weird guy for the game. He's basically an Elder Evil Dr. Strange villain (you know, like pretty much ALL Dr. Strange villains), which makes it even weirder, because Strange was nowhere close to the Marvel fighting games (then again, nor were Blackheart's key rivals Ghost Rider & Daredevil).

-During Earth's pre-history, Shuma-Gorath ruled the world, demanding human sacrifice until he was banished by the human sorcerer Sise-Neg. He is imprisoned by the god Crom during the Hyborian Age, and finally manifests in the mainstream Marvel time to combat Doctor Strange. It was Shuma-Gorath who was responsible for the death of the Ancient One, as Strange was forced to kill his own mentor when the Demon attempted to manifest within the Ancient One's own mind. He shows up on many other occasions, generally as some kind of "Elder Evil", taking part in the usual stories, and banished in the usual ways. He has appeared a few times in recent years, at one point being banished by Al Ewing's "Luke Cage Avengers" squad.

-Shuma-Gorath is also one of the Many-Angled Ones, a race of beings like himself- many limbs, eyes and mouths everywhere, etc. They came from The Fault- a "Cancerverse" Alternate Universe where Death held no power and everything grew out of control. Personally I felt this was around the time Abnett & Lanning had run out of cool ideas in the Cosmic scene, and it doesn't surprise me that the books died out right near the end of that arc. It was just kind of a messy, boring storyline by that point. 

-Shuma-Gorath is yet another Elder Evil, which basically means he ends up with Mephisto/Elder God stats. There's no real evidence for how powerful he is, as he claims that Mephisto & Satannish are way below him, yet neither of THOSE guys ever got solo-killed by Dr. Strange. The "Many-Angled Ones" are like lesser Shumas, packing PL 8 (jobbers) to PL 15-ish stats, with some potentially being even stronger. Their powers, intellects, etc. can be all over the place (they were shown jobbing to multiple Cosmic Beings like Galactus and The Celestials, though at least one was taken out after a constant assault), so an entire army of them is nasty.
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Re: Chthon

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Jabroniville wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:11 am
A long time ago, when the world was so new nothing had a name, something woke up. It learned all about what was and what would be... but most of all it learned what couldn't be, what shouldn't be. And it gave those things names, names it wrote on indestructible pages, because a namer has mastery of the named.
— Diabolique, Darkhold #10

I do love this quote. Has the kind of wording you'd find either old school pulp stories like R.E. Howard or H.P. Lovecraft, or guys like Neil Gaiman who use similar purple prose.
"My heart is as light as a child's, a feeling I'd nearly forgotten. And by helping those in need, I will be able to keep that feeling alive."
- Captain Marvel SHAZAM! : Power of Hope (2000)

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Elder God Template

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ELDER GOD/HELL-LORD TEMPLATE
Created By:
Various
Role: Elder Evil, Super-Powered Entity
PL 19 (620)
STRENGTH
24 STAMINA 24 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 8 AWARENESS 5 PRESENCE 6

Skills:
Deception 9 (+15)
Expertise (History) 8 (+16)
Expertise (Magic) 16 (+24)
Expertise (God) 9 (+17)
Insight 6 (+11)
Intimidation 13 (+19)
Perception 5 (+10)
Persuasion 6 (+12)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Artificer, Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Fearless, Improved Critical (Godly Blasts) 4, Improved Hold, Last Stand, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 10, Ritualist, Startle, Well-Informed, Withstand Damage

Powers:
"Immortal God"
Immunity 16 (Aging, Life Support, Fatigue Effects) [16]
Speed 2 (8 mph) [2]
Senses 7 (Detect Magic- Ranged 3, Acute & Analytical, Tracking By Magic) [7]
"Elder Entity" Immunity 20 (Mental Effects) [20]
"Speaks All Languages" Comprehend 3 (Languages- Speak & Understand) [6]
Flight 14 (32,000 mph) [28]
Movement 1 (Space Travel) [2]

"Nigh-Unkillable"
Impervious Toughness 29 [29]
Regeneration 14 (Feats: Regrow Limbs) [15]

"Variable Size"
Features 5: Increased Mass 5 [5]
Elongation 1 [1]

"Elder God"
Variable 17 (119) -- [123]
  • AE: "Godly Wave" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 500ft. Cone +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Beam" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Line +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Storm" Damage 18 (Extras: Area- 250ft. Burst +4) (90)
  • AE: "Godly Blast" Blast 26 (Feats: Extended Range 4, Penetrating 14) (70)
"Empower Others" Variable 15 (Feats: Reversible) (Extras: Affects Others Only, Continuous) [121]

Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+24 Damage, DC 39)
Blast +12 (+26 Ranged Damage, DC 41)
God Attack Area +18 (+18 Damage, DC 33)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +24 (+15 Impervious), Fortitude +24, Will +14

Complications:
Motivation (Gathering Worshippers & Might)
Weakness (Trapped)- Almost all of the Elder Gods are trapped within their own dimensions, having been beaten years ago by The Demogorge. Despite their great power, they are usually bound to their dimensional boundaries.

Total: Abilities: 162 / Skills: 72--36 / Advantages: 26 / Powers: 365 / Defenses: 21 (620)

-Marvel actually has a hell of a lot of these guys, though Chthon (big dude) and Set (big snake) are by far the most common. The Juggernaut is empowered by Cyttorak, a God of Slaughter & Destruction. There's also Dr. Strange's allies The Vishanti, made up of three separate beings that always show up together. There's a TON of Satan-analogues as well, including beings like Satannish. Any one of these guys could probably beat Odin in a fair fight, but The Demogorge would annihilate them by virtue of his Immunity to most of their attacks (a bit cheesy, but effectively represents the dude).
-These stats effectively make Elder Gods capable of doing anything- which is effectively what Variable represents- Magic at it's highest and most-incomprehensible levels. Most of these guys can Variable some Illusions, Growth, Remote Sensing, and more. They can Empower Others, which is generally their most-common Power, as guys like Cain Marko & Doctor Strange can tell you ("The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak!").

-The problem with most of these guys is that they're utterly generic, nothing characters, and always defeated the same way- you undo some scheme, and they're magically unable to come to Earth and enact slaughter. But given that there's a hundred of these guys, the Demogorge exists to hunt them, and Earth has 90 different Pantheons of powerful Gods... just WHY ON EARTH can't anyone manage to stop them by any means other than trickery? In any cause, the stories about these guys tend to be a dime a dozen cookie-cutter quests. Made worse by the fact that it's literally impossible to one-up the greatest way to send a monster back to the depths ever, so all further stories just come off as disappointments.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Dracula! Mephisto! Blackheart! Mephista! Set! Chthon!)

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bsdigitalq wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:34 am Y'know, for a guy who seems to be a fairly recurring mega-villain and master manipulator, I've always found Cthon kind of boring. I guess maybe it's because most of his appearances are just some grey guy in a hooded cloak. Rather lame compared to the visual distinctiveness of guys like Mephisto, Dormmamu, Shuma-Gorath, and Set.
Yeah, he's a bit on the plain side. I like how he's involved in different kinds of stories compared to the other, more generic "Summon Until You Break the Spell" Demon Lords, but he just looks like "some guy" instead of possibly the most threatening Elder God of all.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Dracula! Mephisto! Blackheart! Mephista! Set! Chthon!)

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Hm, I just realized that I haven't built Cyttorak before- even though I mentioned him in my "Elder God Template". I'd better rectify that: NEW BUILD TIME!!!
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