The Field Guide Vol. 4 continues the definitive encyclopedia of superhero archetypes in modern comics. The final volume in the series is also the first volume available for Print on Demand! Written by Jason "Dr. Comics" Tondro, Author of "Superheroes of the Round Table" and professor of English Literature, the Field Guide is a gold mine of ideas and inspiration for your next hero. With art by ICONS Line Artist Dan Houser, the archetypes will leap off the page and into your games! Rather than break archetypes down by power set, the Field Guide looks at the character's origin and role in the story. This makes the archetypes much more versatile and puts the emphasis on character, rather than power. After a discussion of each archetype, the Field Guide then gives a fully fleshed out hero, suitable for immediate use as a PC or important NPC in your ICONS campaign. From the Sidekick to the Young Hero, this final volume of the Field Guide is suitable for players from age 14 and up!

Field Guide to Superheroes Volume 4

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Tondro, Jason

Gaming

James Dawsey

While our soldiers fight the enemy on the Front Lines of this Great War, our Homefront is under attack by Saboteurs, Gansters, and Super-powered Criminals of all types! Who will stand up to these Homefront Villains!?  Jump into the action and defend America's Homefront during World War II! These villains and villainous archetypes will help Gamemasters create Challenges for the heroes without sending them to the vanguard of the army. Fully-realized stat blocks for the ICONS Role-Playing Game are presented with Full-color artwork, as well as detailed entries for 10 powerful archetypes and minions to back up the sinister masterminds. Meet the Nazi Saboteur, the Gimmick Villain, the Gangster, the Oriental Mastermind, and more!  Homefront Villains is written by legendary RPG Author Steve Perrin, with artwork by Jon Gibbons. Don your mask, steel your resolve, and prepare to fight for Freedom!  Above all, never lower your guard. The Enemies of Freedom luke everywhere!  STAY VIGILANT!!

Homefront Villains: Amazing Stories of World War II

Perrin, Steve

<p>Lock and load! Private Military Companies are becoming more and more common, exchanging higher costs for better trained and better equipped military specialists. In a world where people in spandex can juggle armored personnel carriers, they need to be even better trained and better equipped! Enter SixGun, a team of cybernetic super-soldiers who will work for anyone if the price is right. Author Rick Jones brings you a team of ruthlessly efficient, battle-hardened foes for your Mutants and Masterminds Third Edition campaign, ready to deploy at a moment’s notice. No battle theater is off-limits for these six cyborgs. Marauder, Camo, 3Chelon, Headcase, Deadeye, and “Spot” have the technology and the skill to strike anywhere the money leads them. With art by Alex Williamson, Yad-Ming Mui, Denise Jones, and Jesse Justice, this full-color book brings illustrations for the team, their gear, and their support personnel. We also include full-color standees for you to use at the gaming table. If you’re not familiar with Private Military Companies, fear not, we’ve included an essay on their history and how they operate… both in the real world, and in the world of your own Superhero campaigns. We also include background and history for the insidious Orion Private Security, whose mysterious connection to SixGun is still classified “Eyes-Only” for the Game Master. So make one final gear check, and prepare for a fierce battle. SixGun is ready, are you? “Sanguine et Aurum! Blood and Gold!”</p>

Due Vigilance Issue 3: SixGun

Jones, Rick

<p>In this issue of Due Vigilance you’ll find a set of monster-versus-city rules for pitting your heroes against foes who tower over the skyline! You’ll also meet a whole troupe of evil Kaiju and their misanthropic human counterparts. From the undying cruelty of Itaihime, to the madness of Waira the Strange, a variety of fully developed super-sized menaces await within these pages. Or use the provided guidelines on designing Kaiju Kultists and other giant creatures to create menaces of your own! Designed and written by veteran Mutants and Masterminds author Jack Norris, Kaiju Kultists presents six fully detailed villains and a host of other NPCs. Illustrations are provided in full color by Denis Loubet, Denise Jones, and Alex Williamson, including print-and-play standees for all the featured characters. The Kaiju Kultists want to stomp out all of humanity… only your heroes stand in their way!</p>

Due Vigilance Issue 4: Kaiju Kultists

Norris, Jack

Naomi Oliviera lives in a world shaped by the cruelty of the past. Radiation-warped creatures haunt the sun-blasted wastes that once sheltered the promise of a better tomorrow. She lives day to day by scavenging technology from the ruins of the world that was, until her brother is kidnapped and she finds herself thrust into events much larger than her own personal survival. Naomi must challenge her own limitations and discover how far she is able to go for the one person she’s willing to die for.  From an arena of death to a city of murderous machines, Naomi’s adventure takes her across the Pacific Northwest on a tour of the post-apocalyptic nightmare. She won’t be alone on her trek, but trust is a hard currency to come by in this place and she will spend it sparingly. Through the maze of shifting loyalties and conflicting motives she discovers her foe is no ordinary kidnapper.  For someone has awakened with knowledge born before the great war, a man with a legacy that could reshape the world. His quest could unleash death the likes of which haven’t been seen since the bombs fell, since the world was transformed into a living hell. His mission is not simply to awaken an ancient technology.  He seeks to reclaim a legacy of ruin.

Legacy of Ruin (Nuclear Sunset)

Drader, Darrin

Science Fiction