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Author: Arivne

Aug 15th 2014 at 1:59:38 PM

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''. This is a very common way for supervillains to gain their powers.
** Supplement ''Enemies''
*** Stacy Turner was a mutant with the potential for strong PsychicPowers. She was taken by the supercriminal group PSI (Parapsychological Studies Institute) and put through torturous training to give her full control over her powers. She eventually escaped from PSI headquarters and took up a life of crime under the name Mind Slayer.
*** Tom Jerome agreed to be the subject of a medical experiment in exchange for money and glory. When he woke up he had been given superpowers, but his right hand had been removed. He went into a rage and destroyed the laboratory before escaping and becoming the supervillain Sledge.
** Supplement ''Enemies II''
*** James Matthew was a U.S. Army soldier who volunteered to be a part of Project Sunburst, which involved exposure to a nuclear explosion. The anti-radiation drugs he received combined with the radiation in his body to give him energy-related superpowers, and he used those poweers to escape from the laboratory where he was being studied and become the super criminal Radium.
*** Sydney Potter was a prisoner who volunteered to take part in a research project. Due to his bad luck he was accidentally given a dose of the wrong serum, exposed to radiation, hit by lightning and and fell into a polluted river. As a result he gained the powers of super strength and resistance to damage, used them to escape the research center where he was being held and became the villain Grond. 
*** Igor Starankov was taken prisoner by the KGB and was subjected to prolonged sensory deprivation. As a result he gained immense strength and damage resistance, which he used to break out of confinement and escape the KGB facility. Once free he became a supervillain and took the name Durak. 
*** The supervillain Pantera was born Rosa Sanchietti, daughter of the MadScientist geneticist Dr. Aldo Sanchietti. During her childhood he performed many twisted experiments on her, giving her superhuman powers and a vicious personality. At age 16 she killed him and escaped from his fortress laboratory.
*** George Wood was an UNTIL agent who volunteered for an experiment to determine how ordinary people could gain superpowers. The experiments worked, but being in constant excruciating pain for more than a year drove him insane. When he overheard UNTIL officials talking about having him committed to a mental institution he broke out of the hospital where he was being held and decided to become the super criminal Orb.d
*** The supervillain Pile Driver was originally a man named Richard Donaldson. After having a traffic accident he was taken to a laboratory that was actually a secret research center for the super criminal group VIPER. Donaldson was subjected to experimental surgery to reconstruct his body that replaced his left forearm with a pneumatic piston. When he awoke he became furious and used his pile driver to pound his way out of the laboratory to freedom.
*** Jack Smith was a mercenary who was wounded by a grenade explosion. His fellow mercs took him to the home of Dr. Samuel Levy. Although [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Levy's doctorate was actually in robotics rather than medicine]], he surgically grafted robot parts onto Smith's body and turned him into a cyborg. The mental conditioning Levy tried to use on Smith failed, and Smith escaped Levy's laboratory to become the super criminal Halfjack.