Island of The Ugly (Old MSH game idea) needs work

[khyron1144]

The basic premise is this: Mole Man anounces Monster Island's independent sovereignity with himself as soveriegn and his intention for the island to take its place in the community of nations with democratic elections to follow about two years later.  He wants the island to be a haven for those the rest of the world rejected.  While the poor, disabled, and otherwise rejected normal people immigrate to Monster Island, one significant segment of the new population is unusual-looking mutants and other superhumans.


This is meant to be run under the old FASERIP Marvel Superheroes Rules.  It's kind of designed with published, pre-generated characters in mind rather than the player's original creations.  In order to accomadate the simultaneous presence of certain characters, it should probably be considered sort of an alternate-universe, out-of-continuity, What If scenario.

Suggested PCs: Thing, Triton, Lockjaw, Nightcrawler, Beast (blue-furry version), any Morlock (includes Skids), Artie (the kid with pink skin and a big head), Max Rocker, Kylun, Moon Boy, Devil Dinosaur


Allowable: Machine Man, Warlock (from the New Mutants), any transformation-based character, like Colossus, Wolfsbane, Catseye, or Ursa Major, if they are willing to have difficulty turning back to normal.


Friendly NPCs: All of the suggested PCs that don't get taken by players and Nuklo, Mole Man, Dragon Man, and Stick.


Evil NPCs: Mandrill, Nekra, Toad, Peepers, Amphibus, Tigershark, Basilisk.



The PCs are there to keep an eye on Mole Man.  The twist is that Mole Man is sincere in his intentions, but there is a group present on the island seeking to undermine him (Mandrill and Nekra are two of the real bad guy group).

I am having trouble coming up with an apropriate overarching master plan/ ultimate goal for the real villains.

[Tybalt]

Perhaps they are going to create a secret army of malcontents?

[khyron1144]

Perhaps they are going to create a secret army of malcontents?

Thanks for the idea.  I think that's kind of where I was heading anyway.




I just got the 1990 and 1991 character updates for the Gamer's Handbook to The Marvel Universe.  It looks like Gatecrasher and he Technet team are in one of them, so they might get included as more villains.