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Real Name: Otto Octavius
Occupation: Ex-atomic research consultant, criminal mastermind
Legal Status: Citizen of the U.S. vith a criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Schenectady, New York
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: New York City area
Past Group Affiliations: Frequently heads his own gang, former leader of the Sinister Six
Known Powers:
Tentacles: Dr. Octopus can mentally control a harness with four tentacles worn at the waist. This device is made of titanium steel (Amazing material strength) and the tentacles end in pincers made of Remarkable strength material.
Dr. Octopus can use his tentacles in combat in a number of ways:
- He may make up to four multiple attacks on a successful Fighting FEAT.
- He may engage in blunt attacks, wrestling, or a combination of these attack forms.
- He may attack non-adjacent foes up to one area away.
- A single tentacle has Remark able Strength.
- Multiple tentacles used to attack have Incredible Strength.
- Multiple attacks are resolved on a single die roll, but are at +1cs for each arm used.
- If Dr. Octopus uses two of his arms for bracing, his Endurance to avoid Stuns and Slams is +2cs.
Dr. Octopus’ arms may be used to carry him up to 4 areas/round, and may rise above two-story buildings. Punching handholds in buildings allows him to move vertically 3 stories per round.
Octopus is in constant mental con tact with his tentacles, and may command
them from great distances (a range of 900 miles has been report ed). He has
tactile sensation through these arms and, if the arms are dam aged, must make an
Endurance FEAT or pass out for 1-10 rounds. The arms do not have to be attached
to receive mental commands.
Catatonia: Over the years Octavius has developed an overwhelming
fear and dread of fighting Spider- Man. If he ever confronts the webslinger he
must make a red Psyche FEAT roll to avoid lapsing into a catatonic state.
Octopus will come out of this state when Spider-Man seems to be defeated or has
left the scene.
In case Octopus does go catatonic, he has programmed his arms to initiate combat on their own. In this case the arms will fight at Poor rank with all appropriate combat modifiers.
Talents:
Dr. Octopus has skill in mechanics, robotics, and radiation research. He also has Engineering and Repair/ Tinkering talents.
Contacts:
Octopus maintains criminal contacts as a leader of his own criminal group.
Role-Playing Notes:
Dr. Octopus is a petty, cruel man. He is obsessed with the destruction of his arch nemesis, Spider-Man. He is in many ways a typical megalomaniac, inventing scheme after scheme that might parlay his four extra arms into world domination.
History:
Otto Octavius was a brilliant atomic researcher who designed and constructed a chest harness to which four artificial tentacle-like arms were attached to enable him to manipulate radioactive substances from a safe distance. Because of his invention, Octavius was nicknamed “Doctor Octopus.” In a freak laboratory accident, volatile radioactive organic liquids exploded, bombarding the scientist with radiation. The accident bonded his harness to his skin and nervous system. Octavius received brain damage in the accident, causing him to become criminally insane. Octavius also found that he could now control his artificial arms psionically, rather than by manual chest-plate controls. Over the years, Octavius gained an even greater command over his extra arms, enabling him to direct their actions even when they became separated from his chest harness. The harness was again fused to his body by radiation at one point, but at present the harness is not fused to his body.
Doctor Octopus has sought to amass wealth and power through various criminal activities, and has formed gangs with which he has attempted to dominate crime in New York City. He has battled Daredevil and Mister Fantastic, but he is obsessed with destroying his most frequent nemesis, Spider-Man. Although Octavius’ original, timid, benevolent personality returns from time to time, his sinister Doctor Octopus personality inevitably reemerges and becomes dominant again.