Bludgeon

Strength 15x

Agility 3x

Intellect 13x

Willpower 9d

Hand Size: Edge:

4 (25) 2

Powers:

Cybertronian Physique: like his fellow Decepticons, Bludgeon is a robotic entity of Cybertronian design and origin. As such, this incredibly powerful combatant has, by his very nature, the use of a large variety of abilities that reflect this. His very body gives Bludgeon these super human powers:

* Body Armor (s): like most Cybertronians, Bludgeon was built (or formed) with a reinforced steel frame, one that offers him +5 resistance to injury. This makes him immune to most basic human attack forms, and moderately resistant to his fellow robots (taking his Strength into consideration).

* Growth (a): most Cybertronians have a degree of control over their size, no matter their form. Due to his significant height in his humanoid mode, Bludgeon has this power via technicality; he may very well grow somewhat while transforming, but doesn't appear to do so.

This power is bound in Bludgeon's case by the Permanent limitation, meaning that Bludgeon is always 18 foot tall in his humanoid mode. Due to his size, Bludgeon possesses this power at intensity 4, and while it's permanent, the requisite Strength and Agility changes are not applied.

This since his foes often vary in size considerably; the Autobots are not all die-cast from the same mold. For the sake of simplicity, one could just apply those alterations and call it a day, or he may go for accuracy and vary them based on the size of his current opponent; whichever works for your game.

* Invulnerability to Disease and Toxins (s): like all robots, Bludgeon is highly resistant to diseases and poisons that would kill organic beings. He possesses complete immunity to organic pathogens, and a 'mere' +10 resistance to other, more chemically creative substances.

* Microscopic + Telescopic Vision (w): all Transformers can alter their visual sensitivity where distance is concerned. Functioning at intensity 2, these powers let them see objects up to a mile distant with ease, as well as allowing them to read items on microfiche.

* Radio Transceiver (i): as are most all Transformers on earth, Bludgeon is equipped with an audio / video transmission system. This communications rig allows him instant contact with any other Cybertronian, having intensity 10 power (25,000 mile range).

Cannon (a): his primary offensive device in either configuration, Bludgeon is equipped with a tank main cannon in his vehicular mode, which rests on his shoulder in his humanoid form. He can fire this mammoth weapon to inflict his Agility +9 damage with each deadly blast.

Missile Launcher (i): secondary assault weapons, these two launchers rest over his treads in vehicle mode and on his wrists in his humanoid configuration. They inflict intensity 15 damage when fired singly, adding a +1 if both hit a target simultaneously.

Shape Change (a): his most notorious ability, this power allows Bludgeon to transform his humanoid form into that of an M1 Abrams tank, if admittedly a curiously colored one. Bludgeon's rather large tank form has but intensity 2 Lightning Speed (45 m.p.h.).

Equipment:

Blaster (i): Bludgeon carries a back-up sidearm in the event that some enemy (rightly) thinks to disable his main cannon. He can fire this hand blaster to inflict intensity 15 energy damage per deadly blast, though the exact type of energy it fires is unknown.

Hindrances:

(none)

Skills:

Military (w): more than anything else, Bludgeon is a proper military thinker. He's always studying his friends and his foes, in order to know what they're capable of and how they can best help (or hinder) his many schemes. He's a competent leader of fighting entities.

Calling:

World Domination: the world is his oyster, and Bludgeon intends to let it know that. Repeatedly. Of course, Bludgeon is quite content to let others do his heavy lifting, even if that means 'working' for the likes of Scourge for a time. The power behind the throne is still the power, after all.

Likeness:

In his alternate mode, Bludgeon looks like a yellow tank accented with green trim here and there. In his robot form, Bludgeon resembles a humanoid machine built from spare green and yellow tank parts, and bears more than a passing resemblance to the original Megatron.

Personality:

Bludgeon thinks a lot of himself. Though he's not quite as smart as he thinks he is, Bludgeon is nonetheless quite the tactician and plotter, and is often the mastermind of various grandiose schemes - to be carried out either by himself or by other Decepticons.

Real Name: Bludgeon
Occupation: Destructicon tactician, former Decepticon warrior
Legal Status: citizen of Cybertron, wanted for a litany of crimes against any number of victims
Marital Status: inapplicable
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: the Destructicons, former Decepticon

Height: 18'
Hair: inapplicable
Eyes: red
Weight: many tons
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: Bludgeon appears to be built from a strong, green and yellow metal regardless of which form he currently resides in.

Story:

Bludgeon is a Decepticon with delusions of grandeur - and the muscle to back at least some of them up. He's never met a grandiose scheme he didn't like, and has perpetrated a bevy of them against the Autobots or just about anything else in the cosmos that was foolish enough to cross his path.

Of course, while in the execution of one such plot, Bludgeon bit off a whole lot more than he could chew, and this rising star in the Decepticon army found himself captured by the Autobots. More merciful than they should be, those do-gooders threw him into their asteroid penal colony.

Bludgeon rotted there for a good long time, attempting one escape after another. But it turned out this was all a feint; Bludgeon was engaging in seemingly inept escape attempts in order to lull his captors into a false sense of security. His 'big' plan was quite a hit, however!

Completely catching his captors off-guard while they were trying to deliver a powerful and dangerous Scourge into incarceration, Bludgeon made his escape. As he calmly strode out of the Autobot penal asteroid's innards, Bludgeon found that he had company, in the form of Scourge himself.

Though he intended to return to his conventional Decepticon chicanery, Bludgeon noted that Scourge had a certain something, a kind of mad ambition that he immediately recognized. Thinking this new found 'friend' to have potential, Bludgeon wandered off with him, instead.

Thus, Bludgeon joined Scourge as that villain founded his own Decepticon faction, the Destructicons! A plotter and tactical thinker, Bludgeon would serve Scourge well as his right hand man, coming up with plans the hot-headed would-be tyrant could follow without his own ego getting in the way.

These two were quickly joined by others, which really got the ball rolling on Scourge's dreams of universal domination. But the ultimate fate of him and his new Destructicon friends has yet to be revealed - and may not be for a very, very long time...!

Notes:

There is no actual information about Bludgeon in any of the Robots in Disguise product literature, or anywhere else for that matter. He is a Destructicon, which seems to be an offshoot or sub-group of Decepticons, and has joined forces with that team's leader, Scourge.

Other than that, there's nothing. As such, he was modeled using a -1 CS version of the Machine Wars Megatron mold he was based on. Keep in mind however that this is just one of many possible interpretations of this character, and is completely not in 'canon' - use or disregard as you see fit.

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