THE INFERNAL EMPRESS (AVATAR)
PL 20 (706)
STRENGTH 20
STAMINA 20
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 10
DEXTERITY 5
INTELLIGENCE 9
AWARENESS 9
PRESENCE 7
Skills:
Deception 12 (+19)
Expertise: Infernal Realms 15 (+24)
Expertise: Magic 5 (+14)
Expertise: Primordial Lore 10 (+19)
Insight 8 (+17)
Intimidation 12 (+19)
Investigation 6 (+15)
Perception 6 (+15)
Persuasion 10 (+17)
Technology 4 (+13)
Advantages:
All-out Attack, Artificer, Assessment, Beginner's Luck, Benefit, Status 8: Avatar of the Infernal Empress, Daze (Deception), Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Eidetic Memory, Fascinate (Deception), Fascinate (Intimidation), Fascinate (Persuasion), Fast Grab, Fearless, Improved Aim, Improved Critical 4: Power of the Empress, Improved Grab, Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Improved Smash, Instant Up, Jack-of-all-trades, Last Stand, Leadership, Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Ranged Attack 11, Redirect, Ritualist, Set-up, Startle, Takedown, Trance, Well-informed, Withstand Damage
Powers:
“Aspects of the Empress”
Concealment 10 (All Senses) (Flaw: Limited to non-magical/cosmic senses) [10]
Immortality 16 (1 minute) (Flaw: Limited- Not if killed by Magical/Cosmic Means) [16]
Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) [30]
Insubstantial 4 (Incorporeal) (Extra: Subtle 2) [22]
Power-Lifting 5 (800,000 tons) [5]
Regeneration 10 (Extra: Regrowth) [11]
“Variable Size and Form”
Morph 3 (Broad group- Animals & Humanoids) [15]
Shapeshift 5 [40]
“Universal Force”
Comprehend 4 (Languages- Read All, Speak All, Understand All, You're Understood) [8]
Flight 15 (64000 mph) [30]
Immunity 20 (Mental Effects) (Flaw: Limited- Half Effect) [10]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation: Space) [2]
Movement 6 (Dimensional 3, Space Travel 3) (Extra: Instantaneous) [18]
Senses 6 (Acute, Analytical, Counters Illusion, Ranged Detect Energy/Magic) [6]
Senses 9 (Analytical, Extended Vision 8) [9]
“Power of the Empress”
Variable 22 (154) – [194]
- Dynamic AE: “Transform Subject” Affliction 20 (Dazed, Stunned, Physically Transformed; Resisted by Will) (Extras: Cumulative, Increased Range 2, Precise, Subtle 2, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magical) (85)
- Dynamic AE: Blast 20 (Extras: Increased Range, Penetrating 10, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magical) (72)
- Dynamic AE: Blast 24 (Extras: Extended Range 6, Penetrating 15, Variable Descriptor 2:- Any Magical) (71)
- Dynamic AE: “Conjure” Create 20 (Extras: Increased Duration, Increased Range, Innate, Precise, Subtle)
- Dynamic AE: Damage 20 (Extras: Area- 120 ft. Burst +3, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magic) (82)
- Dynamic AE: Damage 20 (Extras: Area- 250 ft. Cone +3, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magic) (82)
- Dynamic AE: Damage 20 (Extras: Area- 5x120 ft. Line +3, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magic) (82)
- Dynamic AE: Force Field 8 (Extra: Impervious 20) (28)
- Dynamic AE: Illusion 16 (Affects All Sense Types) (Extras: Area- 125000 cft., Selective) (112)
- Dynamic AE: “Telepathy” Mental Communication 5 (Extra: Area) linked to Mind Reading 18 (Extra: Effortless) (79)
- Dynamic AE: “Mental Manipulation” Affliction 18 (Dazed, Compelled, Mind Transformed, Resisted by Will) (Extras: Cumulative, Increased Range 2) (72)
- Dynamic AE: Mind Control 18 (Extra: Increased Range 2) (72)
- Dynamic AE: “Psychokinesis” Move Object 20 (50 million tons) (Extras: Increased Mass 11, Increased Range) (71)
- Dynamic AE: Nullify Magical/Energy/Cosmic Effects 20 (Extras: Broad, Increased Range, Simultaneous) (80)
- Dynamic AE: Remote Sensing 25 (Visual & Auditory; 125,000 miles) (Extras: Simultaneous, Subtle 2) (102)
- Dynamic AE: Shapeshift +7 (Extra: Stacks with Shapeshift 5) (56)
- Dynamic AE: Teleport 20 (4000 miles carrying 25,000 tons) (Extras: Accurate, Attack+self, Extended: 1 million miles, Increased Mass 20, Subtle 2) (123)
- Dynamic AE: Transform 18 (100 tons; Anything to Anything) (Extras: Increased Duration, Increased Range 2) (144)
- AE: Summon 12 (Extras: Heroic, Horde, Multiple Minions 2- 4, Broad Type- Demons and Infernal Creatures) (132)
Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+20 Damage, DC 35)
Transform Subject/Nullify/Move Object (+20 Effect, DC 30)
Area Afflictions (+18 Effect, DC 28)
Area Attacks (+20 Damage, DC 35)
Blast 24, +16 (+24 Damage, DC 39)
Initiative +7
Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +20 (+28 w/Force Field or Shapeshift), Fortitude Immune, Will +16
Total: Abilities: 166 / Skills: 88--44 / Advantages: 55 / Powers: 423 / Defenses: 18 (706)
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THE INFERNAL EMPRESS (FULL ASPECT)
PL 35 (4747)
STRENGTH 20
STAMINA --
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 10
DEXTERITY 5
INTELLIGENCE 25
AWARENESS 12
PRESENCE 10
Skills:
Deception 12 (+22)
Expertise: Infernal Realms 15 (+40)
Expertise: Magic 5 (+30)
Expertise: Primordial Lore 10 (+35)
Insight 10 (+22)
Intimidation 12 (+32)
Investigation 10 (+35)
Perception 12 (+24)
Persuasion 10 (+20)
Technology 8 (+33)
Advantages:
All-out Attack, Artificer, Assessment, Beginner's Luck, Benefit, Status 20: Ruler of the Infernal Realms, Daze (Deception), Daze (Intimidation), Diehard, Eidetic Memory, Fascinate (Deception), Fascinate (Intimidation), Fascinate (Persuasion), Fast Grab, Fearless, Improved Aim, Improved Critical 4: Power of the Empress, Improved Grab, Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Improved Smash, Instant Up, Jack-of-all-trades, Last Stand, Leadership, Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Ranged Attack 11, Redirect, Ritualist, Set-up, Startle, Takedown, Trance, Well-informed, Withstand Damage
Powers:
“Primordial Entity”
Immortality 16 (1 minute) [32]
Immunity 20 (Mental Effects) (Flaw: Limited- Half Effect) [10]
Immunity 30 (Fortitude Effects) [30]
Insubstantial 4 (Incorporeal) (Extra: Subtle 2) [22]
Power-Lifting 16 (1.6 billion tons) [16]
Protection 15 (Extra: Impervious 30) [45]
Regeneration 20 (Extra: Regrowth) [21]
“Variable Size and Form”
Elongation 5 [5]
Growth 20 (+20 STR, +20 Toughness +20 mass, +10 Intimidate, -10 Dodge/Parry, +2 Speed, -20 Stealth) (Extra: Innate) [41]
Increased Mass 10 [10]
Morph 4 (Any Form) [20]
Shapeshift 5 [40]
“Primordial Force”
Comprehend 4 (Languages- Read All, Speak All, Understand All, You're Understood) [8]
Flight 20 (2 million mph) (40) – [41]
- AE: Speed 20 (2 million mph) (20)
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation 2- Infernal Realms, Space) [4]
Movement 6 (Dimensional 3, Space Travel 3) (Extra: Instantaneous) [18]
Quickness 20 [20]
Remote Sensing 30 (Visual & Auditory; 4 million miles) (Extra: Simultaneous) (Flaw: Limited to within the Infernal Realms) [120]
Senses 6 (Acute, Analytical, Counters Illusion, Ranged Detect Energy/Magic) [6]
Senses 13 (Analytical, Extended Vision 8, Microscopic Vision 4) [13]
“Complete Control of the Infernal Realms” Transform 35 (2 trillion tons; Anything to Anything) (Extras: Increased Duration, Increased Mass 21, Increased Range 2) (Flaw: Limited to within the Infernal Realms) [266]
“Primordial Power”
Damage 35 (Extras: Area- 2 trillion x 4 trillion mile Line +102, Penetrating 20, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magical) (3,627) – [3,671]
- Dynamic AE: “Remove Powers” Affliction 35 (Powers, Impaired, Powers Disabled, Transformed to Powerless, Resisted by Fortitude) (Extra: Increased Range 2) (105)
- Dynamic AE: “All Reaching Blast” Damage 35 (Extras: Increased Range 2, Indirect, Penetrating 20, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magical) (128)
- Dynamic AE: Blast 54 (Extras: Extended Range 20, Indirect 4, Penetrating 20, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magical) (154)
- Dynamic AE: “Annihilation” Damage 35 (Extras: Increased Range 2, Incurable, Penetrating 35) linked to Weaken All Stats 35 (Extras: Broad, Increased Range 2, Incurable, Progressive, Simultaneous) (387)
- Dynamic AE: Mental Communication 5 (Extra: Area, Cosmic, Subtle 2, Selective) (32)
- Dynamic AE: Concealment 10 (All Senses) (Extras: Affects Others, Increased Range 2) (50)
- Dynamic AE: Force Field 20 (Extras: Affects Others Only, Impervious 35) (55)
- Dynamic AE: Force Field 20 (Extras: Affects Others, Impervious 35, Increased Range 2) (135)
- Dynamic AE: Illusion 30 (Affects All Sense Types) (150)
- Dynamic AE: Mind Control 35 (Extra: Increased Range 2) (140)
- Dynamic AE: Mind Control 25 (Extras: Area- 4 trillion mile Burst +51, Selective) (1350)
- Dynamic AE: Mind Reading 30 (Extra: Effortless, Sensory Link, Subtle 2) (122)
- Dynamic AE: “Sense Minds” Senses 22 (Ranged Detect Minds, Extended 20) (20)
- AE: “Brainwashing” Affliction 30 (Dazed, Compelled, Transformed, Resisted by Will) (Extras: Increased Range 2, Progressive) (150)
- AE: “Drain Energy” Affliction 35 (Impaired, Disabled, Powerlesss; Resisted by Will) (Extra: Increased Range 2) (Flaw: Limited to energy powers) (70)
- AE: “Warp Others” Affliction 30 (Dazed, Stunned, Transformed, Resisted by Fortitude) (Extras: Cumulative, Increased Duration 2, Increased Range 2) (180)
- AE: “Warp Perception” Affliction 30 (Dazed/Vulnerable, Stunned/Defenseless, Incapacitated, Resisted by Fortitude) (Extras: Area- 4 trillion mile Burst +51, Extra Condition, Selective) (1620)
- AE: “Conjure” Create 50 (Extras: Increased Duration, Increased Mass 20, Increased Range, Innate, Movable, Precise, Subtle) (273)
- AE: Damage 35 (Extras: Area- 4 trillion mile Burst +51, Penetrating 20, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magical) (1,842)
- AE: Damage 35 (Extras: Area- 4 trillion mile Cone +50, Penetrating 20, Variable Descriptor 2- Any Magical) (1807)
- AE: “Resurrection” Healing 20 (Extras: Area- 60 ft. Burst +2, Energizing, Increased Range 2, Restorative, Resurrection, Selective) (200)
- AE: “Dimensional Banishment” Movement 30 (Dimensional 2- From the Infernal Realms 2, Space Travel 3) (Extras: Attack: Increased Mass 30- 25 million tons, Increased Range 2) (150)
- AE: “Psychokinesis” Move Object 35 (2 trillion tons) (Extras: Increased Mass 15, Increased Range) (120)
- AE: Nullify Existence 35 (Extras: Broad, Increased Range, Simultaneous) (140)
- AE: Nullify Magic/Energy/Cosmic Powers 35 (Extras: Broad, Increased Range, Simultaneous) (140)
- AE: Nullify Magic/Energy/Cosmic Powers 54 (Extras: Broad, Extended Range 16, Increased Duration, Simultaneous) (232)
- AE: “Energy Sense” Senses 26 (Acute, Analytical, Ranged Detect Energy, Extended 20, Tracking 2) (26)
- AE: “Sense Life” Senses 24 (Ranged Detect Life, Extended 20, Tracking 2) (24)
- AE: Teleport 20 (4000 miles carrying 25 billion tons) (Extras: Accurate, Easy, Extended: 1 million miles, Increased Mass 40) (140)
- AE: Teleport 20 (4000 miles carrying 25,000 tons) (Extras: Attack, Extended: 1 million miles, Increased Mass 20, Increased Range 2) (120)
- AE: “Capable of Nearly Any Effect” Variable 250 (Extra: Action 2) (2250)
Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+20 Damage, DC 35)
Area Attacks (+35 Damage, DC 50)
Area Afflictions 1 (+30 Effect, DC 40)
Area Afflictions 2 (+35 Effect, DC 45)
Area Mind Control (+25 Effect, DC 35)
Teleport Attack (+20 Effect, DC 30)
Blast/Nullify +16 (+54 Damage/Effect, DC 69/64)
Initiative +7
Defenses:
Dodge +12 (DC 22), Parry +12 (DC 22), Toughness +35 (up to +58 w/Force Field and/or Shapeshift), Fortitude Immune, Will +30
Total: Abilities: 120 / Skills: 104--52 / Advantages: 67 / Powers: 4459 / Defenses: 49 (4747)
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Complications:
Enemies (The Overseers)- The Overseers of Reality espouse that all of existence belongs to no entity or collective, and that any living being has a duty to tend to the growth and formation of realities and universes. The Infernal Empress' single-handed dominance of a full third of all existence
really rubs them the wrong way, and they would like to find some way of deposing her. The only thing that keeps them from doing so is that outright attacking her would severely weaken their ranks, enough that the various manifestations of the Great Malignity would run unchecked and overtake everything.
Enemies/Rivals (The Aetheric Realms/Pantheons)- When things die, the metaphysical remains usually travel either to the Infernal Realms or the Aetheric Realms (the realities where gods and pantheons reside). Thus, the Empress is constantly struggling against the Aetheric Realms and the council of Skyfathers that have formed to oppose her influence.
Enemy (Oudeis)- The living primordial personification of annihilation and nothingness has a special hatred for the Empress, owing to her participation in helping the Overseers weaken the entity before it could become a threat to reality. When it is able to achieve enough of its former strength, it would like to begins it's erasure of all reality at the heart of the Infernal Realms.
Honor- The Infernal Empress
will stay faithful to the terms of any agreement made- just be careful of how those terms are phrased and structured. It doesn't help that she is the ultimate Rules Lawyer, although her Avatars are a bit easier to outmaneuver in this regard than the full Empress herself.
Identity- The Infernal Empress, or at least her Avatars, tend to present themselves as some sort of hybrid female demonic trickster analogous to numerous such figures in folklore and mythology. The reality is that the Empress is really some sort of pseudo-Lovecraftian eldritch abomination that exists beyond concepts like gender identity, but she has an image to keep up, so she does her best to conceal this reality as much as possible.
Interest (Thunder Woman)- The Empress, or one of her Avatars anyway, has taken a great deal of interest in Thunder Woman. While her constant hounding of Samantha and bargain making with her and her friends and enemies may seem malicious, the Empress has much greater plans for Thunder Woman, and thinks that this one singular, insignificant speck among the universes might be integral to her overall goals. That Thunder Woman manages to repeatedly thwart her schemes and reject her bargains just drives the Empress nuts, but also makes her that much more interested in Samantha.
Motivation (Dominion Over Everything)- The ultimate goal of the Empress is to secure total control over all of reality, which she currently does by absorbing realities into the Infernal Realms via various Faustian bargains and Machiavellian schemes involving whatever cosmic powers exist in a given universe. One aspect of this is her near monopoly on the afterlife, and she is constantly looking for some way of securing this monopoly against the rival Aetheric Realms.
Motivation (Survival)- While her goal is to take over everything, the source of that goal boils down to a quest for survival on the Empress' part. There are many, many primordial entities that either specifically want her to fall (the Overseers, the Pantheons) or seek to destroy or corrupt all of existence (the Tarnished Ones, Oudeis). Neither of these is an option to her, and everything she does is to ensure that she can eliminate or deflect such threats to her existence and well being.
Relationship (Hades)- As one of the thousands of archdemon lords and cthonic entities that make up the bulk of the Infernal Empress' "managerial staff," Hades is duty bound to serve the Infernal Empress. But he is also loyal to his brother Zeus and fellow Greek deities. The Empress knows this, and likes to play with this dynamic and watch Hades squirm. However, when there is no such conundrum, Hades is one of the Empress' best servants, and she greatly rewards him for it in all sorts of ways, including giving him power commensurate with Zeus.
Relationship (Malphas)- One of the Empress' more minor servitors from the infernal reality Gehenna, Malphas is an ambitious demon lord looking to rise through the ranks. He is doing so by enacting a secret scheme on Earth, hoping that his success will earn him favor with her. He has been partly successful, attracting a bit of curiosity from the Empress' Avatar on Earth. She wants to see how far his plans go, and whether he can pull it off. Even if he doesn't succeed, she may just promote him anyway given his sheer ambition and cleverness.
Relationship (Zeus)- The less said, the better. Though there has been a recent wrinkle, as in order for Herakles to come and help Thunder Woman against the Neohydra, Zeus had to strike a bargain with the Empress to bring him back from death. Though she agreed, she did so only on condition that he be stripped of most of his divine power, and for a particular favor that only Zeus and her are aware of. So far, that condition has not been met, but Zeus' invocation of the bargain or fulfillment could complicate any possible future confrontations.
Weakness ("Purity")- The Infernal Empress (as well as most Primordials) is vulnerable to a force best described as "True" Purity. Not holiness or the stuff traditionally considered anathema to demons and the like, but rather a kind of neutral, alien, annihilative sort of force. It is one of the few things that could flat out kill her.
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The Infernal Empress is a hugely powerful primordial entity that often takes the form of a demonic woman. She is one of the oldest beings in all reality and controls the literal center of all existence: the Infernal Realms, a group of realities that encompass all possible hellish, dark, and cthonic realms. As such, she often embodies the elements commonly associated with demons, tricksters, and underworld rulers. Ever since Zeus made a pact with the Empress to resurrect Herakles in order to assist Thunder Woman against the Neohydra and Hera's schemes, she has involved herself more and more frequently with the heroine, tempting Samantha with promises and bargains. Despite this she is not strictly malicious in her dealings with Thunder Woman. In fact, the Infernal Empress seems to be playing at some larger game with Thunder Woman, one that may have consequences that reverberate throughout reality. Whatever it may be, Samantha is weary of her constant struggle to resist the Empress' newest offer or undoing the result of some other bargain made with another person.