The League of Cruelty presents: Mad Money and leveling pacts

Name: Mad Money Power: Mad Money uses his infamy and notoriety to manipulate the financial markets of the Rogue Isles. Once a lowly hedge fund manager, the Complicit Netherworld Broadcasting Corporation recruited him and now use his powers for their own nefarious ends. Weaknesses: He wilts in the face of laughter. Supergroup affiliation: Minion and sometimes spokesman for the Complicit Netherworld Broadcasting Corporation. Kasul and I finished up our missions in Mercy Island last night and headed in to Port Oakes. Port Oakes is where the game world expands – you get the newspaper missions, the mayhem missions, teams are easily available at a wide range of levels. Leveling to eight wasn’t too hard. I’d had a date with Thomas, the Friendly Necromancer to do the second half of the assault on Malistaire’s Lair in Wizard 101, so i ducked out for a few minutes to save Dragonspyre, again, from the reawakened Dragon Titan. Kasul had to work today, so he decided to head to bed. ...

March 15, 2009 · 2 min · 270 words · Tipa

The League of Cruelty presents: The Teleprompter

Name: The Teleprompter Power: Never far from the halls of power, the Teleprompter makes sure his master stays ON message and doesn’t say anything he isn’t SUPPOSED to say. Weaknesses: He has a position paper on the subject which he will distribute to you in triplicate. Stay on message. Emphasize the words correctly. Stay calm. Supergroup affiliation: Longtime member of the Transition Team. Still trying to figure out what kind of missions I’m going to write for the Architect. I was thinking, maybe you could free and then join a dance crew. Or something.

March 9, 2009 · 1 min · 94 words · Tipa

The League of Cruelty presents: Rush O Mon

Name: Rush O Mon Power: Rush O Mon uses the power of his voice, transmitted and amplified by the twin stereo transmitters on his shoulders, to attack and defeat his many opponents. Weaknesses: Various addictions, powerful ego. Supergroup affiliation: Leader and prophet of the Dittoheads. He has also taken shadow control of the minority governing party. Gotta love character creators.

March 8, 2009 · 1 min · 60 words · Tipa

The League of Cruelty Presents: Octomom

Name: Octomom Power: Octomom has the mutant ability to raise an army of small children with which to wreak her will on a celebrity-starved society. Weaknesses: No known source of income Supergroup affiliation: Morning Talk Circus Okay, I apologize in advance to the real ‘Octomom’, but … how could I resist? I have to point out that on my CoH server, Freedom, “Octomom” and “Octo Mom” were both already taken, hence “Octo Mama”. So, my bad taste is, at least, shared by two others :/

March 7, 2009 · 1 min · 85 words · Tipa