Conquerors, Killers, And Crooks

by Steve Long

WITH ENEMIES LIKE THESE...

... a hero had better watch out Conquerors, Killers, And Crooks is a book full of supervillains for Champions 5th Edition, containing nearly 100 villains of every type and motivation. Whether you're looking for world-threatening master villains, teams of super criminals, or solo villains for one-on-one battles with the heroes, Conquerors, Killers, And Crooks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583660062
• ISBN13: 9781583660065
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Hero Games
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Almost a hundred enemies for your Superheroes to face

The Upside: Conquerors, Killers, And Crooks is a villain book for the Champions line, detailing ninety villains from low powered thugs to world conquering master villains. The book is broken down into three sections, Master Villains, Team Villains, and Solo Villains. Chapter One - Master Villains. World Conquering being of immense power, these villains aren't just tough themselves, they often have vast resources at their disposal, entire armies at times. While anyone can aspire to conquer the world, these villains actually have a chance to succeed. Six villains are presented that can be the focus of an entire campaign of the Player's trying to finally bring them to justice. Dr. Destroyer is the Villains Villain, cold, calculating, brilliant, and ruthless he commands technology above and beyond everyone else. He has thousands of people in his employ as either soldiers in his army or support. Personally he's designed to beat entire teams of PCs. Of course he suffers from Megalomania and isn't just content to conquer part of the world, he wants it all at once. His two lieutenants are Gigaton and Rakashasa, both of which serve as combat and espionage leaders respectively. In many ways Dr. Destroyer is the premiere Master Villain of the Champions Universe. Gravitar has no armies, or resources beyond money. She is a much more strait forward Conquer It All Personally kind of villain. She also has power to rival an entire team of Characters, and is good for groups that want a more stand up fight against a powerful foe. Istvatha V'han is a Dimensional Conqueror. In many ways similar to Dr. Destroyer only on a much much larger scale. She's best used in a campaign of very high level Supers and where the group wants to explore not just saving Nations or Earth, but entire dimensions. Menton, the most powerful Psionic on the planet, like Gravitar he also does not use armies to conquer. But his methods are much more subtle, able to control even the most resistant of minds Menton provides a Master Villain with a great deal of subtlety behind his plots, the Players may not even know Menton is involved in a plot until the very last moment. Takofanes is an ancient horror, an undead lord bent on conquering the planet like other Master Villains. Only he doesn't care if the world is full of living people or the undead. Takofanes is a good equivalent to Dr. Destroyer for a Mystic based campaign, able to call on armies of zombies and other undead instead of soldiers and tanks. Warlord isn't just a Master Villain, he is an entire army, complete with his own supervillain team. Warlord provides another not so subtle villain to focus a campaign, or story arc, on. With his own team of War-themed Supervillains (Warbird, Warcry, Warhead, Warmonger, and Warpath) the Player's can fight their way through the ranks with each level getting a little tougher (first goons, then well armed and trained soldiers, then the superteam and finally Warlord). Each of these Master Vil

Heroes beware!

So I owned the early edition Enemies books for the Champions RPG and remember the horrible artwork, bare-bones backgrounds, and simplistic statistics. That has all changed with this new version. Not only are the old villains resurrected and far more interesting and potent, but new ones have been added to the mix. Each NPC is complete with a background, quote, and campaign advice. Villains teams and masterminds are offered. The artwork is terrific (except for the occasional old clunker that the designers must somehow cherish). I was extremely impressed. Even more importantly, I was extremely pleased to use this book in my campaign.