Champions – Aurora Ward Index

Now that we’ve rotated back to Champions for Friday nights, as a convenience for the players, here’s a quick index for the first three sessions of the Aurora Ward team…

Session Logs:

• Session I: Team formation, the arrival of Ahmik, a Cultist, a Powerstone, and introducing the Imaginal Wars.
• Session II: Settling into the Silverhold, the arrival of Syphon, Training Exercises, Demonic Attacks, and a Flower Exhibition.
• Session III: Imp Amulets, the departure of Syphon and the arrival of Mini-Max, the Book of Niberius, and Invocation Magic.
  • It’s worth noting that these logs are 1) summarized in places (especially conversations) and 2) from a particular characters viewpoint; they don’t tend to get into much detail on what the other characters are up to.

Background Materials:

• Aurora Ward: Background on the current team and setting.
• On Interstellar Teleportation: What does and does not work (specific to the setting and the 4’th edition Hero).
• The Silverhold (Dixie Island, Montreal): Aurora Ward’s government-sponsored base.
• The Citadel: The Vanguard’s Toronto base – with government sponsorship and extensive development.
  • Science Node (10 point Computer): The Vanguard’s analytical system.
  • The Arboreal Library – the Tree of Knowledge: Boreas’s Mystic Library.
• Research; The “Darkmage”: A report on the historical activities of Aldulf, the “Darkmage” – and the reasons for them.
• Research; “Tyrannon the Conqueror”: A report on Tyrannon, a would-be Conqueror of the Solar System.
• Research: the Imp Amulets: Troublesome demonic computers/mind control devices.
• On Zantu:
  • Summary History of Zantu: From the pre-Rhofield colonization to the present day.
  • Homo Zanti and the Average Zanti Citizen: How humanity has changed on an alien world.
  • Zanti Magitech and some Sample Reliquaries – Part Part One and Part Two: The magical “technology” of the Zanti.
    • There are a few technical errors with regards to the setting (most notably some active-point violations) in this, but that hardly matters in general background material.

The Cast:

• Normal Folk

  • No sheets yet

• Tier IV Heroes – Maximum of 100 Points

  • Agincourt, Archer-Hero – and his Den: A mystical archer and his zero-point apartment/base.
  • Sapphire Star, Potential Hero/Villain: A youngster dealing with suddenly-acquired power.
  • Quicksilver, Shapeshifting Heroine: A somewhat reluctant heroine.
  • Mechadermis, Borderline Vigilante: A nanoborg and machine-manipulator who could go either way.

• Tier III Heroes – Maximum of 100 Points + Power Package (Aquatic, Were, etc)

  • Ahmik: An enthusiastic, heroic, young… were-beaver.

• Tier II Heroes – Maximum of 225 Points

  • The Vanguard

    • Scale: A scientist with a powerful, reptilian, alternate form – with an assortment of venoms.
    • Destine: Youthful telepath and probability-manipulator.
    • Nimbus: The group strongman thanks to his malleable exokinetic field.
    • Tinker: Item-enhancing gadgeteer and martial artist.
    • Boreas: A powerful Mage, a master of Invocation and Personal Magic.
    • Piper: A time-manipulating refugee from a devastated future.
    • Dreamweaver: A spirit-guardian from the Realm of Dreams and Borderlands of the Imaginal Realms.
    • The Citadel: The Vanguard’s Toronto base – with government sponsorship and extensive development.

• Tier I Heroes – 325 Point Base

  • Aurora Ward:

    • Amoebro: A heroic – if childish – protoplasmic blob of unknown origin.
    • Armageddon: A superman-style Angelic Channeler.
    • Night Templar, Designated Team Leader: Demonologist, pragmatist, and master of dark arts turned to good purposes.
    • Captian Yueh Mii Hym (or “Mayhem”): An alien pirate with many nonlethal “guns” and use of his personal energies.
    • Samhain (Preliminary Build): An alien sorcerer and his devices.
    • The Silverhold (Dixie Island, Montreal): Aurora Ward’s government-sponsored base.
    • Ahmik – Trainee Member: A young werebeaver and would-be hero.

  • The Mandate:

    • Champions – The Chauffeur, Founding Member of the Mandate: And current dragon-sitter, orphanage director, and all around stuck-being-responsible person.