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Fate Core Pregens: The Avengers

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After discussing elements of Iron Man’s armor (http://ryanmdanks.com/?p=165) people began

asking me to stat up other characters (even though I never actually wrote Iron Man’s stat
block…). I think it’s time I rectified that, so I give you:

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(http://ryanmdanks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/avengers_logo.jpg)

(Disclaimer: I borrowed from MHR for some of the aspects.)

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The Invincible Iron Man

Aspects
High Concept: Armored Avenger
Trouble: Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist
Cutting Edge Tech
Hardheaded Futurist
Cybernetic Heart

Skills
Great (+4) Crafts
Good (+3) Resources, Lore
Fair (+2) Athletics, Fight, Shoot
Average (+1) Contacts, Physique, Provoke, Rapport

Stunts
Highly Advanced Prosthetic. While in the Iron Man armor, gain +2 overcome rolls for feats of
strength using Physique.
Secondary Systems. You don’t ever have to spend a fate point to declare that you have the
proper tools for a particular job using Crafts, even in extreme situations. This source of
opposition is just off the table.
Gold-Titanium Alloy. Gain Armor: 2 while wearing the Iron Man armor.

Fate Accelerated Edition

Replace Skills and Stunts With:

Approaches
Good (+3) Flashy
Fair (+2) Clever, Forceful
Average (+1) Quick, Careful
Mediocre (+0) Sneaky

Stunts
“Because I have Cutting Edge Tech, I get a +2 when I Flashily Attack with my Iron Man
armor.”

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Captain America
Aspects
High Concept: Genetically Enhanced Super Soldier
Trouble: Man Out of Time
Lead By Example
Star Spangled Shield
The First Avenger

Skills
Great (+4) Fight
Good (+3) Athletics, Physique
Fair (+2) Rapport, Shoot, Will
Average (+1) Contacts, Drive, Empathy, Investigate

Stunts
Master Tactician. Use Fight in place of Lore to create advantages or overcome obstacles related
to battlefield tactics.
Ricochet Shot. Reduce passive opposition on your Shooting attacks made with your Star
Spangled Shield by 2.
Vibranium-Alloy Shield. Gain +2 to Athletics rolls to defend against Shooting attacks if you
haven’t used your shield in a Shooting attack this exchange.

Fate Accelerated Edition

Replace skills and stunts with:

Approaches
Good (+3) Clever
Fair (+2) Forceful, Quick
Average (+1) Careful, Sneaky
Mediocre (+0) Flashy

Stunts
“Because I have a Star Spangled Shield, I get a +2 whenever I Forcefully Defend when I use
my shield in close combat.”

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The Mighty Thor

Aspects
High Concept: Asgardian God of Thunder
Trouble: Legendary Ego
Son of Odin
Mjiolnir
Righteous Warrior

Skills
Great (+4) Fight
Good (+3) Physique, Shoot
Fair (+2) Athletics, Provoke, Will
Average (+1) Lore, Notice, Rapport, Resources

Stunts
Asgardian Durability. Once per scene, you can spend a fate point to erase a mild consequence
or reduce the severity of a moderate consequence to a mild consequence (if your mild
consequence slot is free).
Powerful. Gain Weapon: 2 on attacks made with Mjiolnir.
Uru Metal. You can use Fight to defend against energy-based Shoot attacks.

Fate Accelerated Edition

Replace skills and stunts with:

Approaches
Good (+3) Forceful
Fair (+2) Quick, Flashy
Average (+1) Clever, Sneaky
Mediocre (+0) Careful

Stunts
“Because I wield the power of Mjiolnir, I get +2 when I Forcefully Attack when I throw my
hammer.

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The Incredible Hulk

Aspects
High Concept: Green Goliath
Touble: Don’t Make Me Angry
Sarcastic Genius
Strongest One There Is
Man or Monster?

Skills
Great (+4) Physique
Good (+3) Athletics, Fighting
Fair (+2) Notice, Provoke, Shoot
Average (+1) Crafts, Empathy, Investigate, Lore

Stunts
Hulk Smash! Gain Weapon: 2 when you attack with your fists.
Puny Banner. When Bruce Banner is not the Hulk, he loses access to all of his Good and Great
skills and gets +2 to Lore, Crafts and Investigate rolls.
Rage-Fueled Might. When you create an Angry-type of advantage, you gain an additional
invocation of it.

Fate Accelerated Edition

Replace skills and stunts with:

Approaches
Good (+3) Forceful
Fair (+2) Flashy, Quick
Average (+1) Clever, Sneaky
Mediocre (+0) Careful

Stunts
“Because I’m the Strongest One There Is, I get +2 when I Forcefully Attack when I have an
advantage indicating that I’m angry.”

Let’s be real. Those are the only ones we really care about, right?

16 Comments
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16 Comments

Doyce
JUNE 3, 2013 AT 6:05 AM
It’s like a master’s class on statting out supers in Fate. Thanks.

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Ryan M. Danks
JUNE 3, 2013 AT 8:17 AM
Kind of you to say.

There’s probably some fine-tuning I would do over time, but I’m pretty happy with them,
especially the FAE write-ups.

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Jeff W
AUGUST 6, 2013 AT 3:38 PM
For Iron Man,

does it make sense to create a char sheet for when Tony Stark is out of armor?

Ryan M. Danks
AUGUST 6, 2013 AT 7:55 PM
I don’t believe so. No one cares about Tony Stark, except that he’s Iron Man. The aspects
record what he as an individual fairly well, and his skills are closer to a mechanic than
an armored combat hero.

If you remove the armor bits, he’s about as powerful and tough as a team of minions,
which is consistent with what we see – in fact, he needs to create advantages with
Crafts to invent gear in order to even take them out, if you go by what we see in IM3.

Same reason I wouldn’t stat up Bruce Banner outside of the Hulk. Frankly, he’s a plot
device and all around weakness at that point. An aspect to hint at it is enough for me.

That’s not to say that you may not do it. But transformation gets sticky. I much prefer
writing up the most powerful form and hinting at aspects that can be compelled to
cripple the hero when their lesser forms crop up.

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Jorge E. Santiago
JUNE 6, 2013 AT 8:15 PM
These write-ups are awesome! Do you take requests? If so, I’d be curious to see how you
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These write-ups are awesome! Do you take requests? If so, I’d be curious to see how you
would stat up some villains… like Doctor Doom, Loki, Magneto, and the Juggernaut.

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Ryan M. Danks
JUNE 7, 2013 AT 11:03 AM
I’m glad you like them.

This was actually only a test to see what was possible in building heroes as starting
characters. During the process of this, and the subsequent Justice League stat blocks, I
found several issues in the core rules that would benefit from a slight change to get supers
just right.

After I finish my current work of fiction and the asian steampunk setting I’m developing,
I’m planning on doing something “official” (meaning professional, but not Evil Hat
“official”) with supers in Fate.

That’s also conveniently after I’ll get my hands on the toolkit draft and see the options they
recommend there.

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Chris D
AUGUST 11, 2013 AT 5:50 PM
Very pleased to see some support for FAE, and superheroes no less! Great stuff.

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Jakub Koprowski
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 AT 3:47 PM
Thanks! Used last night in my first FAE session. Your versoion is great:)

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Steven Rogers
DECEMBER 15, 2016 AT 12:17 PM
I realize I am three years later, but why isn’t there any notion of flight for iron man or Thor?
Is it a part of their aspects?
Sorry I’m a fate newby.

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Ryan M. Danks
DECEMBER 15, 2016 AT 2:17 PM
(And why isn’t Thor’s picture showing up?)

My article on using Iron Man to Explore Aspect Justification may shed some light on this
subject for you: http://ryanmdanks.com/?p=165&

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