Name: Dr. Satan's Robot Val Char Cost 40 STR 30 11 DEX 3 20 CON 20 20 BODY 20 10 INT 0 EGO 25 PRE 15 0 COM -5 8 PD 8 ED 4 2 SPD 12 REC 40 END 50 STUN Characteristic Rolls: STR: 17-, DEX: 11-, CON: 13-, INT: 11-, EGO: 0-, PER: 11- Run: 4", Swim: 0", Jump: 0", Lift: 6400 kg Cost Powers END/Roll 30 "Electric Arc," Energy RKA 2D6, 3 END "Robot Body" 15 Cannot Be Stunned 15 Does Not Bleed 12 High Range Radio Perception 8 Damage Resistance 8 PD/8 ED Cost Skills, Talents, Perks Roll 3 Concealment 11- 9 Stealth 14- 1 Familiarity with Electric Arc 5 +1 with Hand to Hand Combat 100+ Disadvantages 25 Distinctive Features: Bulky Mechanical Man, not concealable, extreme reaction 20 Physical Limitation: Weighs 400+ Pounds, Moves Deliberately, No Fine Manipulation, Can't Climb or Swim or Jump, all the time, greatly 35 Suspectible, 3D6 per Phase When Exposed to Water, very common substance 5 Extreme Reputation 8-: Dr. Satan's Killer Machine, known only to a small group OCV: 4 (5 with HTH Combat); DCV: 4; ECV: 0; Mental Def.: 0; Phases: 6, 12 PD/rPD: 8/8 ; ED/rED: 8/8 Costs: Char.: 87 Disad.: 85 Powers: + 98 Base: + 100 Exp.: + Total: = 185 Total: = 185 Source: "Mysterious Dr. Satan," Republic Pictures, 1940; 15-chapter serial Background: Dr. Satan, a master criminal, built the robot as a prototype soldier for his mechanical army of world conquest. Bulletproof and immensely strong, the robot was impractical for field operations until Dr. Satan forced Professor Scott -- a rival electronics genius -- to reveal the secret of his remote-control cell. Fortunately, the cell required a rare metal, tungite, and Satan was unable to acquire enough of it to equip an automated army. The lone robot, however, is trouble enough. The remote-control cell enables Dr. Satan or one of his henchmen to direct the robot from a laboratory on the other side of a large metropolitan area. If the cell or the robot's communications components become damaged, however, the automaton becomes inert and helpless. The robot also shorts out if immersed or sprayed with water; a cup of water won't do it but a bucketful or a fire hose might. In addition to its strength and invulnerability, the robot is equipped with a powerful electric arc that can cut through thick steel doors or zap a security guard from several feet away. The mechanical man's Concealment skill represents its ability to stand silent and motionless in the shadows of a dark warehouse. It's High Range Radio Perception represents the fact that it is being controlled by a technician at a remote console. The operator can see and hear what is going on around the robot and can broadcast his voice in the robot's location. A man could easily outrun the robot in the open but it is most often employed indoors, where Dr. Satan's opponents are trapped in cramped offices or bedrooms. Dr. Satan's henchmen transport the robot by truck in a refrigerator- sized wooden packing case. Height: cm (6' 5"), Weight: kg (400 lbs), Sex: None, Race: Robot Appearance: Dr. Satan's fiendish robot slave is a classic B-movie mechanical man. It looks like a hot water heater on short, bulky mechanical legs. It has can-shaped "shoulders" attached to the main cylinder from which hang flexible tubular arms ending in thick, two-fingered claws. Between the fingers are electrodes capable of generating an electric arc powerful enough to cut through vault doors. It has various slots and lenses where a human's face would be. It moves deliberately but silently, enabling it to sneak up on prospective victims. ======== Hero System write-up by Kevin Scrivner