199200 Marvel Super Heroes - Deeds of Doom [TSR].pdf - 1992 - Komiksarium

Introduction

Hello, Marvelites! Be ready for action! The book you hold

in your hands is filled with adventure and intrigue centering

around that most devious of villains—Doctor Doom!

This book, Deeds of Doom, should be read by the Judge

only: players must stop reading now, or face the wrath of

Doom!

This book contains the complete adventure Where Walks

the Doomsman! In this adventure, Doctor Doom attempts

to unmask a traitor in his ranks while the Darkholders plot

to wreak mass destruction. And in truly superheroic

fashion, the player characters find themselves stuck in the

middle of it all.

This book also contains a number of Grave Plots,

adventure ideas that the Judge can flesh out to provide

future challenges for your players. These Grave Plots

function well as separate encounters, or tied together into

a long-running campaign. The choice is yours!

Organization

Each chapter of Where Walks the Doomsman! and each

Grave Plot contains the following sections:

SUMMARY: This section briefly describes what should

happen during the chapter.

STARTING: This section recaps the action that brought

the heroes to the chapter and tells where the heroes

are located when the chapter begins.

ENCOUNTER: Rules for dealing with battles, traps, and

other situations appear in this section.

AFTERMATH: When the events of the chapter conclude,

you need to know what to run next. This section

indicates what chapter to play next, depending upon

what the heroes have done.

KARMA: Bonuses and penalties to the heroes' Karma are

given in this section. Guidelines for distributing Karma

to the PCs appear in the Basic Set Rule Book.

Non-Player Characters

The descriptions and statistics for many of the non-player

characters (NPCs) in Where Walks the Doomsman! and

the various Grave Plots appear in the Land's of Doom

book included in this box. Other important NPCs appear in

the Non-Player Character Roster at the end of this book,

or in the Basic Set Campaign Book.

Chapter Flowchart

The diagram on page 3 illustrates the intended ways for

the heroes to proceed from Chapter 1 of Where Walks the

Doomsman! to Chapter 6.

Because PCs can be highly unpredictable, they may go

through chapters in a different order, or skip a chapter

entirely. Be ready to improvise, knowing that almost

anything goes. If the adventure has gotten out of control,

refer to the Chapter Flowchart and create NPC encounters

to get the heroes back on track.

Player Character Heroes

The adventures in this book work best for five player

character (PC) heroes. Even so, as few as three heroes

can be used if you as Judge are willing to make some

encounters less difficult. To do so, merely reduce the

number of adversaries, increase the chances of villains'

retreat or surrender, or reduce the power of weapons and

traps by one or more ranks, and smaller parties will do

quite well!

On the other hand, if you have more than five players, the

Judge can increase the difficulty of the adventure. If five

robotic guards are patrolling a certain area, increase the

number of robots by one for each additional hero. You

might also consider giving the main villains additional

Karma, perhaps 50 points more per extra hero.

Judge's Background

Wolfgang Kriegslieber is a German scientist who was

unwillingly enlisted by Adolf Hitler during World War II to

aid the Nazi war machine. Reluctantly he went. When

ordered to perform grisly cybernetic experiments upon

civilians, however, Kriegslieber refused and fled Germany,

escaping to the small nation of Latveria.

Years later, the Master (Doctor Doom) rose to power in

Latveria and noticed Kriegslieber's scientific prowess. The

new ruler offered to make Kriegslieber the head research

scientist of Latveria, saying his research would never be

put to military use. Kriegslieber accepted, and over the

next years served the Master as one of his chief scientists.

During the last few months, Kriegslieber has been locked

away in a hidden laboratory, finalizing a top-secret project

for the Master: an android of awesome power; an android

Doctor Doom secretly calls Doomsman III!

In the project's final stages, members of the "Latverian

Pacifist Society" visited Kriegslieber and revealed to him

Doctor Doom's real plan. Shocked, Kriegslieber offered to

destroy the android. The Society members convinced him

that the android should not be destroyed, but harnessed

for the cause of good. They convinced Kriegslieber to alter

the design of the Doomsman III so that it could be

The Society members had this mystical gemstone, which

they claimed to have used to end both world wars. They

said that if the stone were fitted to the Doomsman III, the

Society would gain control over the android and could use

it to stop wars across the globe.

Although a genius in regard to scientific endeavor,

Kriegslieber is naive in dealing with people. The supposed

members of the "Latverian Pacifist Society" are in actuality

cultists from the Darkholders. These evil imposters plan to

give control of Doomsman III to their god Chthon, who

longs to dominate the world. If the Dragon's Eye is set in

the android, Chthon will be released from his prison and

allowed to enter the body of the Doomsman III.

All but for Doctor Doom, who is a cunning man to the last.

Though Kriegslieber is being duped by the "Pacifists,"

Doom is not: he knows that Kriegslieber has betrayed him

and intends to use the scientist to get what he truly

wants—the Dragon's Eye!

Numerous clues point the heroes toward Doctor Doom's

heinous plot. If they are not careful, their powers may be

stripped from them and placed in the Doomsman III!

Can the heroes defeat the mighty android, with or without

their powers? Let's find out...

Chapter 1: Recent Happenings

SUMMARY: This chapter presents news reports relevant

to the adventure. These reports should act as hooks to

snare the attention of the heroes and inspire them to begin

an investigation.

BLACKOUTS PERSIST

A third blackout occurred just after midnight last night in a

two-block radius of City Park. Like its predecessors, this

blackout lasted fewer than five minutes.

Power company representatives apologize for the lapse

in service but say they have been unable to pinpoint the

cause of the power drain. When asked to elaborate, Dave

Broker, a company official, said, "Probably a short in the

system. Damage caused by the recent weather. Nothing to

be alarmed about." Mr. Broker, went on to say that the

situation should be resolved by this evening.

STARTING: The adventure begins in any city in the world.

The exact location is up to the Judge: the Judge might

base adventures in the city of one of the players, the city in

which you currently reside, or a fictitious campaign city of

your own devising. If you have trouble deciding upon a

location, assume the adventure begins in New York City.

When all the players have gathered, read or paraphrase

the following boxes of text to the players. All four articles

appear in the local morning newspaper.

The first article refers to a rash of strange murders in the

City Park. The full scoop, which does not appear in the

newspaper, is that the victims were captured by Doctor

Doom's robots and taken to his secret lab below the park.

Here, their life forces were drawn from their bodies during

the creation of the Doomsman III, Doctor Doom's latest

project. Afterwards, the bodies were unceremoniously

dumped in the park.

The third article describes a robbery at a Stark

Enterprises warehouse. What the article doesn't say is that

Doctor Doom sent his robot minions to steal a piece of

equipment he needs for the Doomsman III project.

HIGH-TECH THIEF KILLS TWO

Two security guards were found slain and a number of

unspecified technological devices missing when police

responded to alarms at the Stark warehouse late last

night. Police have no suspects in custody and have

declined comment. Representatives of Stark, Inc., which

specializes in technological manufacturing, also declined

comment.

Corporate officials at Wiker Industries, a rival high-tech

company in the city, denied rumors of sabotage. When

asked of their own security concerns, one Wiker

representative said, 'Wiker has never been robbed, and we

don't plan to be in the future.' The official refused further

comment.

HOMELESS MURDERS CONTINUE

Another corpse was found in the City Park during the

early hours of this morning. Like the two victims found

earlier this week, today's victim was a homeless man living

in the park.

Despite what investigating officer Lieutenant Limply

described as "diligent investigation," the police have not

yet determined the motive or means behind these

slayings. In all three incidents to date, the victim's personal

belongings were left undisturbed on the pallid body.

Bowing to public outcry and rumors of a serial killer,

police promise to beef-up security in the park.

The fourth and final news report details unrest in Europe

centering around a religious cult called the Darkholders.

The second news report refers to mysterious blackouts

that have occurred around the park. The story behind the

story is that the blackouts result from the power drains of

Doctor Doom's machinery, which occur each time he kills a

homeless man.

PROTESTS ERUPT IN BALKANS

Public demonstrations by a quasi-religious cult called the

Darkholders led to mob violence and mass arrests in the

Balkan states of Symkaria and Transia, according to

foreign correspondents yesterday. Speculations place

similar violence in Latveria, but media restrictions prevent

confirmation.

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