Additional text and material by Michael Knight and Jeff Arbough of Spyglass Games (makers of the VENOM Assault board game ).
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Professor Mortis
File Name – Carl Von Braun
Primary Military Specialty – VENOM Scientist
Birth Place – Frankfurt, Germany
The background of Carl Von Braun is considered by many to be a joke, or at least the background of the wrong man. This is because it shows that he was born on September 16th, 1901, but the man known as Carl Von Braun looks no older than someone in his forties. The truth is they are same person. Carl was always fascinated by sciences of all kind, and spent his young life bouncing among different schools throughout Europe. On March 14th, 1939, he joined the Nazi party and lead up their division of occult research, which he was obsessed with. History lost track of the man around the end of the war and he was believed dead, but Carl had discovered the means to prolong his life, and kept performing his unnatural experiments in secret. Carl has gone by many names over the years, and recently he ended up taking the name “Professor Mortis”. When he was captured by VENOM, who believed he was someone else, Carl offered his services to them. Their twisted commander gladly accepted such secrets, and has since allowed Professor Mortis unlimited resources and total freedom in his work.
“Many scoff at a belief in ze arcane, ze supernatural; but I vill convince you before long zat it is very, very real. Unfortunately, I fear that you may not be around long enough to thank me.”
Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d12, Spirit d10, Strength d6, Vigor d8
Skills: Fighting d8, Investigation d8, Knowledge (Arcana) d10, Knowledge (Electronics) d12, Knowledge (Engineering) d10, Knowledge (History) d8, Knowledge (Occult) d12, Knowledge (Science) d12, Lockpicking d8, Notice d10, Persuasion d8, Repair d10, Shooting d10, Stealth d10, Streetwise d8, Weird Science d12+2
Cha: +2; Pace: 6; Parry: 6; Toughness: 13 (5)
Hindrances: Arrogant, Curious
Edges: Arcane Background (Weird Science), Charismatic, Elan, Harder to Kill, Improved Dodge, Improved Extraction, Improved Level Headed, Master (Weird Science), McGyver, Scholar, Mr. Fix It
Gear: Enhanced Kinemesh Labcoat Armor (+5 Armor, +2 Toughness), Plasma Gun (Cone, Damage 2d10+2, HW), Meta-Monocle (darksight, farsight, both with raises; +2 Notice)
Powers: armor, blast, boost/lower Trait, damage field, deflection, detect/conceal arcana, dispel, intangibility, invisibility, quickness, zombie
Special Abilities:
· Immortal: Mortis constantly extends his life through many different (and horrifying) techniques. He has Slow Regeneration, and cannot die by any normal means. He also suffers no –2 penalty on any untrained skills.
· Multitasking: Mortis ignores the first –2 penalties when maintaining powers while using a new power.
· Power User: Mortis does +2 damage with the blast power.
· Practiced User: Mortis automatically gains the raise effect for a simple success when casting armor and deflection.