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DOCTOR KARL MALUS

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
10	STR	0	11-	Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage [1]
14	DEX	12	12-	OCV:  5/DCV:  5
7	CON	-6	10-
10	BODY	0	11-
25	INT	15	14-	PER Roll 14-
16	EGO	12	12-	ECV:  5
10	PRE	0	11-	PRE Attack:  2d6
10	COM	0	11-

4	PD	2		Total:  4 PD (0 rPD)
2	ED	1		Total:  2 ED (0 rED)
2	SPD	0		Phases:  6, 12
3	REC	0
14	END	0
19	STUN	0		Total Characteristics Cost:  36

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
		Leaping:	2"/4"
		Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
	Perks
1	Surgeon:  Fringe Benefit:  License to practice a profession
6	Contact:  Power Broker Inc (Contact has useful Skills or resources, Contact limited by identity), 
	Organization Contact (x3) 11-
1	Contact:  Unlimited Class Wrestlers 8-
6	Money:  Wealthy

	Skills
5	KS: Genetic Manipulation 14-
5	KS: Super-human Physiology 14-
5	Paramedics 15-
3	Scientist
4	1)  SS:  Anatomy 14-
4	2)  SS:  Biochemistry 14-
3	3)  SS:  Biology 13-
4	4)  SS:  Chemistry 14-
2	5)  SS:  Medicine 12-
4	6)  SS:  Radiology 14-
5	7)  SS:  Surgery 15-

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  58
Total Cost:  94

75+	Disadvantages
10	Psychological Limitation:  Callous  (Common; Moderate)
15	Psychological Limitation:  Compelled To Research Superhuman Abilities (Uncommon; Total)
10	Psychological Limitation:  Egotistical (Common; Moderate)

Total Disadvantage Points:  94

Background/History: Doctor Karl Malus was fascinated by the subject of superhuman powers since the first time he read a newspaper account of the hero team Fantastic Four. Upon graduating with a degree in biology from the University of California at Los Angeles, he applied to various institutions for a grant to study supernormal capacities in depth.

Personality/Motivation: Unable to get any funding through legal means, Malus contacted certain wealthy investors active in the Los Angeles underworld. They set him up with a laboratory facility he immodestly called the Institute for Supranormality Research, despite the fact that he comprised its entire staff. The underworld provided him with human test subjects to experiment upon, usually individuals the mob sought to liquidate. Malus hoped eventually to find an individual who already had superhuman powers he could study. In the course of research, Malus came up with a number of special toxins and other chemical-based weaponry which he sold to Los Angeles criminals.

Powers/Tactics: Doctor Malus is an ordinary man with a gifted intellect. He has an MD specializing in surgery, and a Master's degree in biochemistry. Malus is a brilliant surgeon with a great knowledge of chemistry, genetic manipulation and radiology.

Campaign Use: First Appearance: Spider-Woman # 30, in September 1980

Doctor Karl Malus's Hero Designer File

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