Milestone Media Characters

[Duck Call Lass]

Okay, I'll get the most fun one out of the way first.

BUCK WILD, MERCENARY MAN

Rufus T. Wild / Buck Goliath / Jim Crow / Buck Lightning / Icon II / Buck Voodoo

Affiliations: Solo d10, Buddy d8, Team d6

Distinctions:
Sweet Christmas!
Brain Froze in 1972
Impulsive

Power Sets:

EXPERIMENTAL FREEZING PROCESS
Belief-Defyin' Strength d10
Tungsten-Hard Skin (Durability) d10
Superhuman Stamina d10
SFX: Aunt Jemmimah's Do Rag! Before you make an action including an EXPERIMENTAL FREEZING PROCESS power, you may move your physical stress die to the doom pool and step up the EXPERIMENTAL FREEZING PROCESS power by +1 for this action.
Limit: Difficult Recovery. Add TUNGSTEN-HARD SKIN die to the opposing roll when others try to recover your physical stress.

BUCK GOLIATH
Growth d10
Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown BUCK GOLIATH to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

JIM CROW WINGS
Subsonic Flight d8
Limit: Gear. Shutdown JIM CROW WINGS and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

BUCK LIGHTNING BATTERIES
Lightning Blast d10
Limit: Gear. Shutdown BUCK LIGHTNING BATTERIES and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

ICON COSTUME
Superhuman Durability d10
Limit: Gear. Shutdown ICON COSTUME and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

BUCK VOODOO
Sorcery d8
Limit: Growing Dread. Both 1 and 2 on your dice count as opportunities when using a BUCK VOODOO power.

Specialties:
Business Expert d8
Combat Expert d8
Crime Expert d8


Buck Wild appeared in several issues of Icon, and for a while even took over the title role when Arnus was off-planet. Problem is, he's kind of an idiot. Oh, and he got killed.

It was revealed at his funeral that he'd also been known as Buck Goliath (using a growth serum), Jim Crow (winged sidekick to the Patriot), and Buck Lightning (after rigging himself up to a bunch of batteries). One of his supervillain arch-foes later raised him from the dead as "Buck Voodoo" but he soon returned to his grave to rest in peace.

When encountered as just plain Buck Wild, he only has his EXPERIMENTAL FREEZING PROCESS power set; in another guise, he'll have one extra power set chosen from those listed.

Buck's creator, Dwayne McDuffie, wrote:

A semi-affectionate humorous jab at Marvel's Hero For Hire, Buck Wild proved so popular that he returned several times, eventually replacing the original Icon for a while. Even his death couldn't stop him from taking a final bow.

[Duck Call Lass]

Here are the stars of the series that Buck Wild appeared in, Rocket and Icon:


ROCKET

Raquel Erwin

Affiliations: Solo d8, Buddy d10, Team d6

Distinctions:
Outspoken Liberal
Teenage Mother
Heroic Spirit

Power Sets:

INERTIA WINDER BELT
Durability d10
Force Blast d8
Subsonic Flight d8
SFX: Absorption. On a successful reaction against a kinetic attack action (including force blasts and punches), convert your opponent's effect die into an INERTIA WINDER BELT stunt or step up an INERTIA WINDER BELT power by +1 for your next action. Spend 1 PP to use this stunt if your opponent's action succeeds.
SFX: Immunity: Spend 1 PP to ignore stress, trauma, or complications from kinetic attacks (including force blasts and punches).
Limit: Gear: Shutdown INERTIA WINDER BELT and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties:
Acrobatic Expert d8
Psych Expert d8



ICON

Arnus / Augustus Freeman IV

Affiliations: Solo d6, Buddy d10, Team d8

Distinctions:
Brother From Another Planet
Compassionate Conservative
Legacy of Slavery

Power Sets:

TERMINAN MUTATE
Godlike Strength d12
Enhanced Reflexes d8
Superhuman Stamina d10
Enhanced Senses d8
Superhuman Durability d10
Concussive Force Blast d10
SFX: Invulnerable. Spend 1 PP to ignore physical stress or physical trauma unless caused by an unexpected attack.
SFX: Regeneration. Spend 1 PP to recover your own physical stress or step back your own physical trauma by -1.
SFX: Unleashed. Step up or double CONCUSSIVE FORCE BLAST for one action. If the action fails, add a die to the doom pool equal to the normal rating of your power die.

ARMORED COSTUME
Superhuman Durability d10
Limit: Gear. Shutdown ARMORED COSTUME and gain 1 PP. Take an action vs. the doom pool to recover.

Specialties:
Business Expert d8
Combat Expert d8
Cosmic Expert d8
Science Expert d8
Tech Expert d8

[Duck Call Lass]

The first of the Milestone characters to make the jump to the small screen was Static, who starred in his own Static Shock! cartoon series.


STATIC

Virgil Hawkins

Affiliations: Solo d10, Buddy d6, Team d8

Distinctions:
Immersed in Nerd Culture
Witty Comebacks
Brilliant and Innovative

Power Sets:

BANG BABY
Electrical Blast d8
Magnetic Control d8
Electrical Control d8
Magnetic Senses d8
Flight d6
SFX: Multipower. Use two or more BANG BABY powers in your dice pool, at -1 step for each additional power.
SFX: Area Attack. Target multiple opponents. For every additional target, add d6 to your pool and keep +1 effect die.
SFX: Energy Absorption. On a successful reaction against an electrical or magnetic energy-based attack action, convert your opponent's effect die into a BANG BABY stunt or step up a BANG BABY power by +1 for your next action. Spend 1 PP to use this stunt if an opponent's action succeeded.
SFX: Untapped Potential. Step up or double any BANG BABY power for one action. If that action fails, add a die to the doom pool equal to the power's original die.
Limit: Exhausted. Shutdown any BANG BABY power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Specialties:
Science Expert d8
Tech Expert d8