DARK EMPIRE
RUGAL BERNSTEIN
Val Char Cost Roll Notes 25 STR 15 14- Lift 800 kg; 5d6 HTH Damage [2] 24 DEX 42 14- OCV: 8/DCV: 8 23 CON 26 14- 22 BODY 24 13- 18 INT 8 13- PER Roll 13- 22 EGO 24 13- ECV: 7 23 PRE 13 14- PRE Attack: 4 1/2d6 16 COM 3 12- 20 PD 15 Total: 20 PD (10 rPD) 20 ED 15 Total: 20 ED (10 rED) 6 SPD 26 Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 10 REC 0 50 END 2 51 STUN 4 Total Characteristic Cost: 217 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Leaping: 5"/10" Swimming: 2"/4" Teleportation: 15"/15" Cost Powers End Boss Rage Meter 50 1) Rage Feeder: Absorption 5d6 (energy, Feeds Rage Meter), Varying Effect (+1) 7 2) Rage Meter: Endurance Reserve 100 END, 0 REC) Reserve; Begins Combat at Zero (-1/2); REC, Filled by Rage Filler (+0); Personal REC (-1/2) Martial Arts: Self Created Style (Bernstein Style) Maneuver OCV DCV Notes 5 Axe Kick/Roundhouse Punch/Uppercut -2 +1 12d6 Strike 4 Block +2 +2 Block, Abort 4 Cross/Side Kick +2 +0 10d6 Strike 4 Escape +0 +0 55 STR vs. Grabs 3 Grab -1 -1 Grab Two Limbs, 50 STR for holding on 3 Grappling Throw +0 +2 10d6 Strike; Target Falls; Must Follow Grab 3 Jab/Snap Kick/Low Kick +1 +0 10d6 Strike 5 Leaping Strikes +1 -2 12d6 Strike 3 Legsweep +2 -1 9d6 Strike, Target Falls 12 +3 HTH Damage Classes (already added in) 275 Combat Master: Multipower, 275-point reserve 3u 1) Genocide Cutter: Leaping Circular Kick (Leaping Strike Maneuver): Penetrating (+1/2) for up to 55 Active Points, END 3 5u 2) Kaiser Wave: EB 15d6, Continuous (+1); Gestures, Requires Gestures throughout (Requires both hands; -1), Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (1/2 DCV; -1/2), Beam (-1/4), END 15 3u 3) Reppuken: EB 12d6; Only Versus Targets On The Ground (-1/2), Beam (-1/4), END 6 18u 4) Dark Barrier: EB 8d6, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4), Damage Shield (+1/2), Continuous (+1); Knockback Only (-1), Linked (Force Wall; -1/4) plus Force Wall (12 PD/12 ED), Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) plus EB 8d6, Trigger (Activating the Trigger requires a Zero Phase Action, Trigger requires a Turn or more to reset; +1/4), Variable Special Effects (Any SFX; +1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Only to reflect back at attacker (-1/2), END 8 4u 5) Godpress: HA +6d6, Double Knockback (+3/4); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (-1/2) plus Teleportation 15", Trigger (Activating the Trigger requires a Zero Phase Action, Trigger requires a Turn or more to reset; +1/4); Can only follow victim of Godpress (-1 1/2), Must Pass Through Intervening Space (-1/4), No Noncombat Movement (-1/4), END 9 Notes: The Godpress leaves him quite open for return attack. -6 DCV until his next phase. The Teleportation simulates the fact that Rugal follows his victim when he throws the Godpress. 65 Super Desperation Moves: Variable Power Pool, 52 base + 13 control cost, all slots Rage Meter must be FULL for Initial Use (-1) 0 1) Deadend Screamer: EB 7d6, Explosion (+1/2); Rage Meter must be FULL for Initial Use (-1), Only Against Opponents On The Ground (-1/2) Real Cost: 21, END 5 Notes: Jumps in the air and lands with an explosion on the victim. 0 2) Gigatec Pressure: HA +5d6, Damage Adds to Godpress (+0), Double Knockback (+3/4); Rage Meter must be FULL for Initial Use (-1), Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), Increased Endurance Cost (2x END; -1/2) Real Cost: 15, END 8 Defenses 10 1) Godlike Durability: Damage Resistance (10 PD/10 ED) 30 2) Can Take A Beating: Energy Damage Reduction, Resistant, 50% 30 3) Can Take A Beating: Physical Damage Reduction, Resistant, 50% 7 4) Bracing: Knockback Resistance -5"; Costs Endurance (-1/2), END 1 10 5) Combat Master: Lack Of Weakness (-10) for Resistant Defenses 6 6) Iron Will: Mental Defense (10 points total) 20 7) Point Defense: Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack) Perks 45 Alice & Seymone (New Assassin/Secretaries): Follower 25 Cyber Panthers: Follower 15 Money: Filthy Rich 6 Force To Be Reckoned With: Reputation (A large group) ; 11-, +3/+3d6 35 Bases: Vehicles & Bases 40 Vehicles: Vehicles & Bases 3 Well-Connected 2 1) Legitimate Allies: Contact (Contact has useful Skills or resources) 11- 6 2) Underworld Allies: Contact (Contact has extremely useful Skills or resources, Good relationship with Contact) 12- Talents 15 Blind Fighting: Combat Sense 13- 10 Mow 'Em Down: Follow-Through Attack 3 Cheap-Ass Fighter: Lightning Reflexes: +2 DEX to act first with All Actions Skills 40 +5 with All Combat 3 Analyze: Combat 13- 3 Breakfall 14- 3 Bureaucratics 14- 3 Combat Driving 14- 3 Cryptography 13- 10 Defense Maneuver I-IV 3 Demolitions 13- 6 Forgery (Commercial Goods, Documents, Money (Counterfeiting)) 13- 6 Gambling (Card Games, Sports Betting, Other (General) Blood Sports Betting) 13- 3 High Society 14- 3 Persuasion 14- 3 Security Systems 13- 3 Seduction 14- 3 Systems Operation 13- 19 TF: Common Motorized Ground Vehicles, Riding Animals, Agricultural & Construction Vehicles, Balloons & Zeppelins, Combat Aircraft, Grav Vehicles/Hovercraft, Helicopters, Large Military Ships, Large Motorized Boats, Large Planes, Railed Vehicles, Small Military Ships, Small Motorized Boats, Small Planes, Submarines, Tracked Military Vehicles, Two-Wheeled Motorized Ground Vehicles, Wheeled Military Vehicles 3 Trading 14- 12 WF: Early Firearms, Emplaced Weapons, Siege Engines, Small Arms, Flamethrowers, Grenade Launchers, Shoulder-Fired Weapons, Vehicle Weapons 7 Weaponsmith (Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Energy Weapons, Firearms, Incendiary Weapons, Missiles & Rockets) 13- 3 Scholar 2 1) KS: Appraise Weapons 13- 1 2) KS: Military Hardware & Insignia 11- 1 3) KS: Military/Mercenary/Terrorist World 11- 1 4) KS: Paramilitary Organizations 11- 33 World Traveller: AK's, CK's, Cu's as necessary 30; plus Traveller 11- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 971 Total Cost: 1188 300+ Disadvantages 10 Distinctive Features: Cybernetics (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly- Used Senses) 5 Distinctive Features: Orochi Power remnants (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable Only By Unusual Senses) 15 Enraged: if he takes body (Uncommon), go 11-, recover 11- 20 Hunted: Heidern 11- (As Pow, NCI, Harshly Punish) 5 Hunted: Other Mastervillains 8- (As Pow, NCI, Watching) 10 Hunted: Various Fighters of note 11- (Less Pow, Harshly Punish) 15 Psychological Limitation: Arrogant, Egotistical (Common, Strong) 15 Psychological Limitation: Casual Killer (Common, Strong) 20 Psychological Limitation: Greedy for Power (Common, Total) 15 Reputation: Evil Arms Dealer, 11- (Extreme) 10 Rivalry: Professional (Geese Howard; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Harm or Kill Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry) 748 Experience Points Total Disadvantage Points: 1188
Background/History: Rugal Bernstein is an international player on the grand scale. Called the "Dark Emperor" by some, he is a business magnate, arms dealer, owner and seller of politicians, people, crime-lords, newspapermen, and almost anything else he takes a shine too. Growing up privileged has made him very self oriented. He began fighting as a child, he was naturally bigger and stronger than other kids. When his father decided he needed "discipline" he sent him to military school, then to an acquaintance of a friend. The old man taught Rugal how to fight well. It was there that he began to achieve his tremendous Ki control. And where he developed his messiah complex.
Rugal has trained for a long time, he organized the first two King of Fighter contests and has fought in two others. Though his power is great, his arrogance always proved his undoing and he's yet to actually win these contests. He has constantly sought more and more power for himself. Once temporarily controlling the Orochi power but this proved temporary and his body burned out like a match trying to control it. However, he would not be stopped there. He had planed for this contingency by having himself cloned. With the world thinking him dead, he slowly recovered his skill (the clone couldn't be imprinted with it, it had to be learned) and weeded his organization of it's "undeserving" and "undesirable" elements.
He also jettisoned his legal holdings, allowing it to be claimed by his children and trophy wife. Since that time he has reclaimed is title of "Dark Emperor", and guided his criminal empire against other heavyweights, like The Lord of Southtown, Shadowlaw, NESTS, The Orochi, The Azteck Nation, and more traditional criminal organizations.
Personality/Motivation: Rugal is a self important pig. And those are his good qualities. While he admires power and skill, he respects no one. He is convinced of his superiority and never accepts defeat. His list of "Cheating Bastards" or "Pretenders" (depending on whether they have beaten him or not) is long indeed, and includes his own son Adleheid. He has some loyal agents, but he's so ruthless that most of his underlings either die at his hand or betray him first.
Quote: "Repeat after me, I'll never take on a god again."
Powers/Tactics: Rugal is all for overpowering and blasting his foes to smithereens. Playing with them as they fall beneath his powerful ch'i abilities or his fists. He reacts badly to being wounded, often going into a rage that makes him do foolish things.
Campaign Use: OMEGA RUGAL BERNSTEIN (The King of Fighters '95/The King of Fighters '98/The King of Fighters R-2): The super powered version of Rugal, where he uses the Orochi power and becomes a blood thirsty monster. He doesn't lose consciousness like Iori and Leona do, but rises his sense of killing. His hair turns white, his eye gets lost, and normally begins acting very weird (roars, rips his own chest). He is very powerful in this version, but this ends up being the catastrophe of Rugal in the end. He also has the Omega symbol (something like a horseshoe) tattooed in his back, as a mark left to him by Goenitz.
Fun fact = Rugal has seemingly replaced Mature and Vice in KOF '98, as now, in one of his victory poses, his two new secretaries (dressed in pretty elegant gray costumes) come to refresh him. Note how one of them even has a cyborg eye as Rugal does! (Now that's fanaticism for ya!)
Appearances: The King of Fighters '94, The King of Fighters '95, The King of Fighters '98, The King of Fighters 2000 (Kula's hidden special striker)
Other games: Capcom versus SNK: Millennium Fight 2000, Capcom versus SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 - Pro, Capcom versus SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001
Appearance: A tall and powerfully built man with long blonde hair, a brown eye and a cybernetic red eye. He has a dark mustache. He tends to wear fine clothes, often red with gold trim. When he fights he goes for comfort and panache, dark green fatigues with a black mesh shirt.
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