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Fighting: |
Rm |
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Agility: |
Fe |
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Strength: |
Shift-X |
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Endurance: |
CL1000 |
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Reason: |
In |
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Intuition: |
Mn |
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Psyche: |
CL3000 |
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Health: |
1182 |
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Karma: |
3115 |
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Resources: |
Shift-X |
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Popularity: |
-100 |
Real Name: Shuma-gorath
Occupation: Lord of Chaos
Legal Status: None
Identity: Shuma-gorath's existence is disputed by most rational citizens of 20th Century Earth.
Place of Birth: Not applicable
Marital Status: Not applicable
Known Relatives: Not Applicable
Base of Operations: An alien dimension
Past Group Affiliations: None
Known Powers:
Energy and Matter Control: Shuma-gorath is one of the Lords of Chaos, impossibly old beings of malevolence and entropy. As such, it can manipulate mystic energies at Class 1000 rank and any other type of energies at Shift Y rank. Shuma-gorath can defend himself by dissipating up to 200 points of "physical" energy and 1000 points of mystical energies which might be directed specifically at the Lord of Chaos itself, but can undertake no other actions that turn.
Shuma-gorath can magically manipulate matter consisting of volumes up to and including the solar system at Class 1000 rank, although control of volumes on a scale much larger than city-wide requires Shuma-gorath to pay 500 Karma in addition to any other considerations. One Power that Shuma-gorath can not mimic with this power is the ability to open dimensional gates into other realms. Shuma-gorath is limited in its ability to move from one dimension to another and must rely on special procedures (see below) to do so.
Body Armor: Shuma-gorath is difficult to attack
physically, as he can will himself immaterial at Shift Z rank.
But if he were in fact attacked, his tough rubbery skin would provide
Amazing protection against all material attacks.
Astral projection: Shuma-gorath can astrally travel with
Class 1000 ability. When travelling, he can attempt to possess other
beings. He must make a successful Psyche FEAT roll against the target's
Psyche to take possession. This possession does not act as Mind Control.
Shuma-gorath is limited to sending his victim dreams, memories, and
unsettling images.
When Shuma-gorath possesses a character, he is considered to have Feeble power
rank for all magical effects in that character's home dimension. For each
five points of magical energy expended by Shuma-gorath's unknowing agent, the
Lord of Chaos gains one point of Psyche. When Shuma-gorath's Psyche
reaches Unearthly level, it is allowed to manifest itself on this new plane with
full powers and attributes described above.
Weakness:
Banishment: Shuma-gorath has a great weakness: when he loses a confrontation on a particular dimensional plane, he is barred from entering that plane for several millennia.
Talents:
Shuma-gorath has the Mystic Background and Occult Lore skills.
Contacts:
Shuma-gorath hates all life with a fervor except for making alliances or using minions for more than an immediate task.
Role-Playing Notes:
Shuma-gorath is an alien intelligence that is unimaginably vast and powerful, monstrously evil, and malign. When encountered, it may be attacking a particular dimension to destroy all the citizens therein, or it might be attempting to bring the population of a planet under its rule. Shuma-gorath does not make intricate plans. It attacks with its great power and trusts its ability to bully through to reach its goals. It relishes the use of its powers.
History:
The manner in which Shuma-gorath first came to the Marvel-Earth universe is unclear although it is possible that it originated there. It was seen by Doctor Strange as it ruled the Earth, with prehistoric men and creatures under its command, perhaps a million years ago.
At some point several millennia ago, Shuma-gorath grew tired and slept, only to awaken in the 20th Century hungering for the souls walking upon the face of the Earth.
It manifested itself as a presence in the mind of the Ancient One, for it needed the Ancient One's energies to allow it full existence on the Marvel-Earth's plane. To this end, it used unholy minions to cause several disasters around the Earth, forcing the Ancient One and his disciple Doctor Strange to investigate and fight the various monsters and cultists, and thus expend their mystical powers and strengthen Shuma-gorath.
In final conflict with Doctor Strange, Shuma-gorath was near physical incarnation when the Master of the Mystic Arts dove into the mind of the Ancient One and destroyed his ego. Without a clear conception of self, the Ancient One was useless as a vessel for Shuma-gorath, who fled this plane. Doctor Strange believed that doing so would murder the Ancient One, and indeed the aged master's body was stilled. But in fact, this was the key step to the Ancient One's elevation to oneness with the universe.
Recently, Doctor Strange found himself once again in conflict with Shuma-gorath. Strange was in the depths of corruption when the two joined battle, and he used black magic to draw on the strength and life force of some small fraction of the Earth's population, as well as the evil essence of one of Shuma-gorath's more powerful servants, to actually destroy the Lord of Chaos.