Character Background / History

Ivan Pyotrovitch Romanov was born in 1908, to a family of minor nobility in Tsarist Russia. Young Ivan was a sickly child, so he spent most of his days indoors, reading the books on Western science and technology in his father's grand library. And at night, his nurse would regale Vanya with tales of Russia's folklore.

When the Bolsheviks came into power, only Ivan escaped alive, and then only with the help of his nurse. She took young Vanya with her, fleeing to the frozen wilds of Siberia. No longer subject to the disapproval of Ivan's father, and needing every means available to ensure their survival, the nurse finally began to teach Ivan the secrets of magic. For his nurse was a witch of the Old Russia, and that is how she had known so much of Russia's legends. Ivan took to his studies of magic with the same ferocity and passion as which he had devoured Western science. Soon, Ivan was an accomplished sorceror.

With the Nazis' rise to power in Germany in the 1930s, Ivan sensed an opportunity to avenge himself against the "peasants" who had destroyed his family and home. Ivan joined with the Nazis' occult researchers, while also lending his aid to Germany's efforts at re-industrialization. Once Germany invaded Russia, however, relations soured between Ivan and the Nazi elite. The last straw came in January of 1942, when a team of S.S. tried to murder Ivan in his labs. Ivan survived the assassination attempt, and in his escape, he destroyed the research facility, the mountain in which the facility was located, and several formerly-tranquil villages downslope from the mountain...

After the War, while Europe was rebuilding itself, a man calling himself Jonathon Peterson created an industrial and corporate empire stretching throughout Western Europe and North America. Once his wealth was established, Ivan concealed his fortune, severing all connections to his identity as Jonathon Peterson. Ivan spent the next several years mastering sorcery as well as science. He built several hidden fortresses, stockpiled weapons, and recruited (or, more often, crafted) minions, in preparation for the day when he would begin his campaign to rule humanity.

Character Write-Up for Champions/HERO System

Cost      CHAR      Value(s)                 15 STR 25   (50) * 69 DEX 33   (43) *$ 46 CON 33   (53) * 20 BODY 20 23 INT 33 46 EGO 33 30 PRE 40 0 CML 10 5 PD 10   (20) * 3 ED 10   (20) * 13 MD 20 27 SPD 8 6 REC 15   (30) * 2 END 70 0 STUN 50 305 Subtotal for All CHARs	OCV:   11 DCV:   11 OMCV:   11 DMCV:   11 Total DEF PD:   36 *  (16   rPD)* ED:   36 *  (16   rED)* MD:   20		CHAR Rolls STR:   14 --   (19 --)* DEX: 14 -- CON: 16 -- (20 --)* INT: 16 -- EGO: 16 -- PRE: 17 -- CML: 11 --		PER Rolls (Base):   16 --   Sight: 16 -- Hearing: 16 -- Smell/Taste: 16 -- Touch: 16 -- Radio: 16 -- Mental: 16 -- Mystic: 16 --
	Phases: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 *   Only in Villain-ID $   Only for Initiative/Going First

Cost      Skill      Roll 3 Bureaucratics (PRE) 3 Combat Driving (DEX) 3 Combat Pilot (DEX) 3 Computer Programming (INT) 3 Concealment (INT) 3 Conversation (PRE) 3 Cryptography (INT) 3 Deduction (INT) 3 Demolitions (INT) 3 Electronics (INT) 3 High Society (PRE) 3 Interrogation (PRE) 19 Inventor (INT) +8 3 Mechanics (INT) 3 Navigation (INT) 3 Paramedic/First Aid (INT) 3 Persuasion (PRE) 3 Security Systems (INT) 3 Shadowing (INT) 3 Stealth (DEX) 3 Streetwise (PRE) 3 Systems Operation (INT) 3 Tactics (INT) 3 Weaponsmith (INT) 22 (Knowledges) 22 (Area Knowledges) 22 (Professions) 54 (Sciences) 18 (Languages) 19 Power: Sorcery (INT) +8 3 Jack of All Trades 3 Linguist 6 Scholar and Scientist 3 Traveler 260 Subtotal for All Skills

Cost      Knowledge      Roll 2 KS: Current Events (INT) 2 KS: Global Politics (INT) 2 KS: History (INT) 2 KS: Known Supers and Their Powers (INT) 2 KS: Library/Internet Research (INT) 5 KS: Magic/Occultism (INT) +3 1 KS: Magics of Death and Beyond (aka KS: Necromancy) 11-- 1 KS: Magics of Ice and Snow (aka KS: Frost Magics) 11-- 1 KS: Magics of the Nether Realms (aka KS: Demonology) 11-- 2 KS: Occult/Supernatural Lore (INT) 2 KS: Parapsychology (INT) 22 Subtotal for Knowledges   Cost      Area Knowledge      Roll 2 AK: World Geography (INT) 1 AK: Luna, Earth's Moon 11-- 1 CK: Heinlein Station, at Luna's South Pole 11-- 1 AK: Mars 11-- 1 CK: Port Olympus, on Mars 11-- 1 AK: Jovian Space (aka AK: Jupiter and its Moons) 11-- 1 AK: Cronian Space (aka AK: Saturn and its Moons) 11-- 1 AK: Solar System 11-- 1 AK: Near-Sol Astrography 11-- 1 AK: Alternate Timelines 11-- 1 AK: Astral Realms 11-- 1 AK: Celestial Realms 11-- 1 AK: Faerie Realms 11-- 1 AK: Infernal Realms 11-- 1 CK: Caer Frigis of the Winter Court 11-- 2 AK: Mercenary/Terrorist Sub-Culture (INT) 2 AK: Mystic/Occult Sub-Culture (INT) 2 AK: Supervillain Sub-Culture (INT) 22 Subtotal for All Area Knowledges

Cost      Profession      Roll 2 PS: Astrogation (INT) 1 PS: Hyperspace Engineering 11-- 1 PS: Hyperspace Navigation 11-- 2 PS: Lab Procedures (INT) 2 PS: Nuclear Engineer/Technician (INT) 1 PS: Space-Warp Engineering 11-- 2 PS: Transdimensional Engineering (INT) 2 PS: Transdimensional Navigation (INT) 2 TF: Common Aerospace Vehicles (INT) 2 TF: Common Surface Vehicles (INT) 1 TF: High-Performance Spacecraft 11-- 2 WF: Common Heavy Weapons (INT) 2 WF: Common Small Arms (INT) 22 Subtotal for All Professions   Cost      Language      Roll 0 Lng: Russian (native) 17-- 0 Lng: Byelorussian/Belarusian, related to Russian 11-- 0 Lng: Ukrainian, related to Russian 11-- 1 Lng: Polish, dist. rel. to Russian 11-- 1 Lng: Serbo-Croatian, dist. rel. to Russian 11-- 3 Lng: German, barely rel. to Russian 15-- 1 Lng: English, related to German 14-- 3 Lng: Romani, barely rel. to Russian 15-- 1 Lng: Hindustani, dist. rel. to Romani 11-- 1 Lng: Nepali, dist. rel. to Romani 11-- 1 Lng: Gaelic, barely rel. to Russian 11-- 4 Lng: Cantonese, unrelated 14-- 1 Lng: Wu/Shanghai, related to Cantonese 14-- 1 Lng: Mandarin, dist. rel. to Cantonese 11-- 18 Subtotal for All Languages

Cost      Science      Roll 2 Sci: Aeronautical Engineering (INT) 2 Sci: Astronautical Engineering (INT) 2 Sci: Astronomy/Astrophysics (INT) 1 Sci: Biochemistry 11-- 1 Sci: Biophysics 11-- 1 Sci: Chemical Engineering 11-- 1 Sci: Chemistry 11-- 1 Sci: Daemonic Engineering 11-- 2 Sci: Electrical Engineering (INT) 2 Sci: Engineering (INT) 1 Sci: Ergonomics/Human Eng. 11-- 2 Sci: Force Field Physics (INT) 1 Sci: Geochemistry 11-- 1 Sci: Geophysics 11-- 1 Sci: Gravitics 11-- 1 Sci: Hyperspace Physics 11-- 1 Sci: Industrial Engineering 11-- 2 Sci: Life Support Systems (INT) 2 Sci: Mathematics (INT) 2 Sci: Mechanical Engineering (INT) 2 Sci: Nuclear Physics/Engineering (INT) 2 Sci: Physics (INT) 2 Sci: Psychotronics/Psionic Eng. (INT) 2 Sci: Robotics (INT) 1 Sci: Space-Warp Physics 11-- 1 Sci: Teleportation Physics 11-- 5 Sci: Thaumatology/Magical Theory (INT) +3 5 Sci: Thaumaturgical Engineering (INT) +3 2 Sci: Theoretical Physics (INT) 1 Sci: Transdimensional Magics 11-- 1 Sci: Transdimensional Physics 11-- 1 Sci: Xenotechnology 11-- 54 Subtotal for All Sciences

Cost		Perquisite
300		Base: Secret Lair (up to 1,500-pt.)
10		Additional Secret Lairs: Double Quantity ×2 (4 Bases total)
300		Follower: Android Doppleganger (up to 1,500-pt.)
20		Additional Android Dopplegangers: Double Quantity ×4 (16 Followers total)
300		Vehicle (up to 1,500-pt.)
15		Additional Vehicles: Double Quantity ×3 (8 Vehicles total)
15		Money: Filthy Rich
960		Subtotal for Perquisites

Cost		(Powers Always Available)		END
4		Speed-Reading: Analyze and Rapid (×10 speed) for Normal Sight, Lim.: Only for reading (--1)		--
0		(Ranged for All Mental Senses)		--
20		Mental Awareness: Detect Mental Powers (one thing; Mental Group; passive), Discriminatory, Sense, Targeting		--
0		(Ranged for All Mystic Senses)		--
35		Discriminatory, Sense, and Targeting for All Mystic Senses		--
10		Detect Every Plausible Type of Mystic Data (large class; Mystic Group; passive)		--
10		Detect Every Implausible/Ridiculous Type of Mystic Data (large class; Mystic Group; passive)		--
0		Leaping +0" (5" move total), x2 noncombat		1
2		Life Support (Longevity x2)		--
17		Mind Link (class of mind: Android Doppleganger; up to 16 minds at once; Psychic Bond), each has Mind Link (--1)		--
12		Power Defense (10 DEF), Hardened Defenses (+¼)		--
6		Running +3" (9" move total), x2 noncombat		2
5		Swimming +5" (7" move total), x2 noncombat		1
45		Teleport 0", Fixed Location ×5, Floating Location ×2, No Relative Velocity, Position Shift, 0 END (+½)		0
85		Astral Form (spell write-up specific to GM's campaign)		0
120		Extra Gadgets and/or Spells: Variable Power Pool Reserve (120-pt.)		--
90		Extra Gadgets and/or Spells: VPP Control, Zero-Phase (+1), No Skill Roll (+1), All Gadgets/Spells must have at least "--1" in Limits (--1)		--
461		Subtotal for Powers Always Available

Cost		(Powers in Villain-ID)		END
14		STR +25, No Figured CHARs (--½), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
13		DEX +10, Only for Initiative/Going First (--1), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
23		CON +20, No Figured CHARs (--½), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
8		PD +10, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
8		ED +10, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
24		REC +15, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
20		0 END (+½) for STR 50, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		0
12		Hardened Defenses (+¼) for PD 20, ED 20, and MD 20, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
16		Targeting Assistance: Skill Levels: +4 w/ Ranged Combat, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
48		Armor (16 PD, 16 ED), Hardened Defenses (+¼), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
56		END Reserve (200 END, 50 REC), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
20		Distributed Sensors: Increased Arc of Perception (360-degree) for All Sense Groups, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
0		(Discriminatory, Ranged, Sense, and Targeting for All Sight)		--
8		Multi-Spectrum (IR/UV) Vision: Detect Entire Spectrum of Light (large class; Sight Group; passive), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
5		Night Vision: +4 PER for All Sight, Only to counter penalty for darkness (--½), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
0		(Discriminatory, Ranged, and Sense for All Hearing)		--
0		(Ranged and Sense for All Radio Senses)		--
16		Discriminatory and Analyze for All Radio Senses, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
16		Direction Finding: Targeting for All Radio Senses, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
4		Transmit for All Radio Senses, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
8		Detect Every Plausible Type of EMF Data (large class; Radio Group; passive), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
8		Detect Every Implausible/Ridiculous Type of EMF Data (large class; Radio Group; passive), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
20		Flash Defense (10 DEF for Sight; 5 DEF for Hearing and Radio), Hardened Defenses (+¼), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
48		Flight 30", x2 noncombat, Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		6
19		Lack of Weakness (8 DEF each for Normal, Resistant, and Exotic), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
0		Leaping +0" (10" move total), x2 noncombat		1
36		Life Support (all but "No Aging"), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
20		Power Defense (extra 20 DEF; 30 DEF total), Hardened Defenses (+¼), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
8		Running +9" (18" move total), Only for calculating Half-Move (--1), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		2
60		Weapons Systems: Multipower (75-pt. reserve), Only in Villain-ID (--¼)		--
6		[u:75] Blaster: Energy Blast 12d6, ½ END (+¼)		3
6		[u:75] Blast Wave: Energy Blast 10d6, Explosion (+½)		7
6		[u:75] Electro-Strike: Energy Blast 10d6, Penetrating (+½)		7
6		[u:70] Force Beam: Energy Blast 8d6, Double Knockback (+3/4)		7
5		[u:70] Sonic Shriek: Energy Blast 7d6, NND (+1), No Knockback (--¼)		7
5		[u:75] Photonic Disruptor: Energy Blast 6d6, AVLD (Sight Flash Defense; +1½), No Knockback (--¼)		7
4		[u:70] Laser: RKA 2d6+1, Armor-Piercing (+½), No Range Modifier (+½), Beam Effect (--¼), No Knockback (--¼)		7
5		[u:60] Micro-Missiles: RKA 1d6+1, Autofire (10-shot; +1), 0 END (autofire; +1)		0
1		[u:14] Micro-Missiles: +7 OCV w/ "Micro-Missiles" RKA, (no Limitations allowed on 2-pt. skill levels; --0)		--
6		[u:75] Psychotronic Blast: Ego Attack 5d6, Armor-Piercing (+½)		7
6		[u:75] Electro-Gravitic Entanglement: Entangle 6d6 w/ 9 DEF		7
6		[u:75] Flash-Bang Pulse: Flash 9d6 vs. All Sight and All Hearing, Explosion (+½)		7
600		Subtotal for Powers in Villain-ID

Cost		Disadvantage
10		DF: Mystic aura (not conceal.; vs. unusual senses/small group)
15		Enraged: Tricked or insulted (com.; go 11--; rec. 14--)
30		Hunted: Every international law enforcement super-agency on Earth (more pow.; NCI; 14--)
30		Hunted: Every national law enforcement super-agency on Earth (more pow.; NCI; 14--)
20		Hunted: Rival would-be conquerors of humanity (more pow.; 11--)
25		Psych. Lim.: Arrogant megalomaniac (VC; strong)
25		Psych. Lim.: Obsessed with becoming "saviour" (read "dictator") of humanity (VC; strong)
20		Psych. Lim.: Conqueror's code of honor (com.; strong)
20		Rep.: Super-powered, villainous mastermind; War criminal (14--; extreme)
10		Rivalry: All other would-be conquerors of humanity (prof.; as pow.; harm/kill; aware)
20		Soc. Lim.: Infamy; Notoriety (14--; major)
225		Subtotal for All Disadvantages

Cost      Subtotal 305 Characteristics 260 Skills 960 Perquisites 461 Powers Always Available 600 Powers in Villain-ID 2,586 Character Total

Cost      Subtotal 200 Character Base 225 Disadvantages 2,161 Experience Spent 2,586 Character Total

Overlord's Android Dopplegangers

Most often, an android encountered by the heroes will be in the guise of Ivan himself. Ivan refers to these androids as his "Type 1" series.

Less often, Ivan will construct an android to replicate a specific other individual. Regardless of who is being impersonated, Ivan refers to these other androids collectively as his "Type 2" series.