Foxbat (Hero Universe)

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Foxbat is a villain in the Hero Universe, the setting of the Champions role-playing game. He believes he's a character in a silly comic book, and exists primarily to give gamemasters an opportunity to run humorous rather than harmful adventures.

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[edit] Biography

Although the story varies slightly from printing to printing, Foxbat was originally Freddy Foswell, an eccentric pampered rich boy. When he lost his fortune, he went from eccentric to deranged. Because he lived in a world with superheroes, his warped mind convinced itself that this was the beginning of his secret origin and he became the villain Foxbat.

Unlike other villains who want to become rich or amass personal power, Foxbat's twisted sense of logic has him acting like a campy comic book villain who performs extremely outlandish crimes for little apparent reason. In the latest edition of the game Foxbat made his debut as a villain by trying to carry off the entire Empire State Building. In Champions Universe: News of the World, Foxbat decides to conquer the music world, recording an album and frauldently booking a stadium (claiming to represent the superheroine and rock star Sapphire) -- the only time that "one of Foxbat's plans worked out just as he intended."

Foxbat claims these crimes play a crucial part in a "Master Plan" he's devised, although his Master Plan seems to change every time he appears.

[edit] Powers and Abilities

Foxbat's primary weapon is his "Amazing Ping-Pong Ball Gun." Although it resembles a harmless child's toy, its projectiles can explode, produce clouds of smoke or clots of glue among other effects. He uses many other gadgets as well including infrared goggles, glider wings built into his costume and the bizarre Centipedemobile.

[edit] Appearances Outside the Game

Foxbat was one of the most recurrent villains in the comic book published about the Champions game, although it was an early version lacking much of the current's trademark wackiness. In this version he lost his money (and his mind) after his summer house was destroyed during a battle between the superhero Icestar and minions of the villain Madam Synn. After the makers of the game and comic split up, the comic continued to use their version of the character, changing his name to the Flying Fox.

[edit] References

  • 1. Harlick, Bruce (1982). Enemies II. Hero Games.
  • 2. Bennie, Scott et al. (1989). Classic Enemies. Iron Crown Enterprises.
  • 3. MacDonald, George and Bruce Harlick (1995). Enemies Assemble!. Iron Crown Enterprises.
  • 4. Long, Steven (2002). Conquerors, Killers and Crooks. DOJ.
  • 5. Brooks, Alison (1996). Foxbat Unhinged. Atlas Games.
  • 6. Champions vol. 2 #8