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Real Name: Edward Brock
Occupation: Former newspaper reporter, criminal
Legal Status: U.S. citizen with a criminal record
Identity: Publicly known
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
Past Group Affiliations: None
Known Powers:
Webbing: Brock's living costume provides him with a renewable source of material which he can use as webbing. He can fire Amazing strength webbing which clings to his targets with Incredible rank. As long as the webbing is still connected to Brock's costume, he can manipulate the strands as if they were part of his body. Once separated from Brock, the webbing dissolves in 5-50 minutes. The costume can supply enough webbing for an attack every third round. (It reabsorbs web-strands when Brock is traveling by swing-lines and hence can travel indefinitely in such a manner.) lf the costume is taxed beyond this limit, it takes Good damage. See below for the effects of this damage.
Fangs: Venom manifests a wicked row of two-inch teeth. If he wished to bite someone, venom would deliver Excellent Edged damage.
Spider Sense Immunity: Brock's costume cancels Spider-Man's Combat Sense. Not only does this allow Brock to blindside Spider-Man, but it penalizes Spider-Man -2CS on Dodge and Evade maneuvers.
Skin Armor: Although it is not known how, Brock's costume cushions some of the damage directed against him. He is considered to have Typical protection against blunt physical damage.
Symbiote: Many of Venom's powers come from the symbiote that Brock wears as a costume. The costume can alter its size and color at Brock's desire, dressing him in any style he prefers. Characters adjacent to Venom may attempt to target the costume itself at -4CS. The costume has Remarkable resistance to both blunt and edged physical attacks, but none against energy attacks. It has 30 points of Health, and automatically recovers 6 points of Health each round it's injured. If it is taken below 0 Health, the costume is "unconscious" for 1-10 hours. The costume is psionically bound to Brock, but if he is deprived of it, he has the following statistics:
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| Health: 60 | |||
Weaknesses:
Venom's costume is vulnerable to certain attack forms. It suffers +2CS of damage when attacked by sonics, and +1CS when confronted with fire. If someone attempts to psionically sever the bond between Brock and the symbiote, it would prove to be difficult (consider the bond to be of Amazing material strength), but any damage to the bond is taken by Brock.
Talents:
Brock was a dedicated newspaperman, and receives a +1CS to his Intuition when attempting to uncover information outside combat.
Contacts:
None
Role-Playing Notes:
Venom really hates Spider-Man! He would go to any lengths to kill Spider-Man, but wants to deliver the killing blow himself. Brock and the symbiote have formed a partnership of sorts, and Brock spends much of his time talking to his costume. Although he is certifiably insane, Brock is very intelligent. He has a great deal of information at his fingertips, and he is quick to make accurate deductions.
History:
Eddie Brock was a reporter for The Daily Globe, the traditional rival of The Daily Bugle. Brock was known as an outstanding reporter, uncovering obscure information where no one else could. As his reputation grew, Brock found it harder and harder to live up to. Eventually, he began fabricating small details, and then entire stories. One of these fabrications was discovered by Peter Parker, a freelance photographer working for the Bugle. The Bugle exposed the story, effectively embarrassing the Globe and ending Brock's career as a newspaper reporter.
Some days earlier, a device of Doctor Doom's had penetrated the Baxter Building, home of the Fantastic Four. The device released from captivity the alien costume that Spider-Man had discovered in the first "secret war." Spider-Man had since abandoned the symbiote, as it was draining his vitality, and asked the Fantastic Four to keep it safe, as it was somehow in "love" with Spider-Man and wished to rejoin with him. The costume, escaped and while hunting for Spider-Man, found Brock ready to commit suicide. It sensed Brock's hatred of Parker, and bonded with Brock, hoping to gain vengeance on the man who had spurned it. It gave Brock superhuman powers, with which the pair hunted down Spider-Man (knowing Parker's dual identity) and nearly killed him. Spider-Man foiled their attempt by remembering that the symbiote was vulnerable to loud noise. Venom was arrested and sent to the Vault, a maximum-security prison for super-powered felons.
Venom escaped and pursued vengeance. Parker's wife Mary Jane spotted Venom at their old apartment and alerted her husband to the danger. Spider-Man pursued his enemy, only to be attacked in a meat-packing plant where he had webbed his street clothes. Parker fled that encounter, leaving behind a stack of change-of-address notices. Brock went to Parker's new address and threatened to harm his relatives unless Spider-Man met Venom for a showdown on the tip of Montauk. At that encounter, Parker offered himself to the symbiote, who still "loved" him. The alien tried to sever its bond with Brock, against Brock's wishes, but the strain proved to be too much, and the pain of the attempt knocked both the symbiote and Brock unconscious. Venom is in custody at this time.