History TabletopGame / HaltEvilDoer

The book describes a setting where superheroes are linked to mythology and public domain characters. The modern age has superheroes appearing during the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] of the 1940s, a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] during the 1980s, an [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Iron Age]] during the 1990s, and now a [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Nickel Age]] for the 21st century. The setting is defined by a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] mentality with superheroes being genuinely heroic but overwhelmed by a large number of supervillains. The only reason the superheroes continue to prosper is primarily because the supervillains hate each other as much as they do the heroes.

* AntiVillain: General Venom, Battle Czar, Red King, most of the Psychotic Seven.

* BigBad: Iron Khan, Death Mask III, General Venom, and Orkus.
* TheCape: Divinos.
* CastingAShadow: The Ink Spot legacy.

* TheCowl: Black Wing II (also a BadassBookworm)
* DevilButNoGod: In the HED! Universe, Heaven has not been proven to exist, but Hell has been established as an existing realm. (Mainly due to its ruler being a BigBad).
* DistaffCounterpart: Angel Girl to Divinos. Crimson Wing to Black Wing.

* GreatGazoo: Mister Hoppy.
* KillerRabbit: Again, Mister Hoppy.

* SpaceStation: Divinos has one.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Death's Head

* {{Expy}}: [[{{Expy}}/HaltEvilDoer Has its own page.]]

* {{Expy}}: [[{{Expy}}/HaltEvilDoer! Has its own page.]]

* {{Expy}}: [[Expy/HaltEvilDoer! Has its own page.]]

* ShoutOut: Lots.
** Antaeus is a shout-out to the Golden Age Superman. Ditto, Graywing to the Golden Age Batman.
** Athena is a shout-out to Wonder Woman.
** Big Game Hunter is based on Kraven.
** Black Wing is obviously a shout out to Batman.
** Black Wing II is an homage to Nightwing. He also has elements of Tony Stark.
** Dame Michelle Holmes is an homage to Judi Dench's M. It's implied that she was the Miss Moneypenny counterpart back in the Age of Spies, and Word of God is that she was also kinda sorta Para-Medic to General Venom's Naked Snake.
** Dawn Wing I and II are homages to Robin.
** Demon Rider is an homage to Ghost Rider. He's also the Tomorrow Society's Wolverine counterpart.
** Death Mask III is a combination of Lex Luthor (as Kenneth Kane) and Dr Doom (as Death Mask).
** Divinos is a shout-out to Superman and the Martian Manhunter.
** Doctor Aeon is a very obvious analogue to Doc Savage.
** Doctor Necros is Doctor Sivana with Doctor Octopus's tentacles.
** Doctor S and the Futuremen are homages to the Stan Lee early X-Men days.
** General Venom is some weird hybrid of Baron Zemo, Cobra Commander, the Nomad version of Captain America, and Big Boss from ''Metal Gear''.
** The Iron Khan is a combination of Lo Pan, Shang Tsung, Fu Manchu, and the Mandarin. There's arguably a bit of Ra's Al Ghul in there as well.
** Jacob Hunter is an homage to James Bond. A LegacyCharacter, the original Hunter was the Bond from the novels, his successors are the various film versions. Daniel Craig Hunter also has elements of Jason Bourne.
** The Lurking Phantom is the Shadow with Phantom elements.
** Mr Hoppy is a more malevolent version of Mr Mxyzptlk
** The New Fighters For Freedom are inspired by the Wolfman-era New Teen Titans.
** The Patriots are a shout-out to the Mighty Avengers and Justice League.
** The Psychotic Seven are an homage to the Authority.
** Puzzles is an homage to Bizarro
** Razortalon is an homage to Sabertooth.
** The Red King is an homage to Magneto.
** The Red Queen has elements of Scarlet Witch and Raven of the Teen Titans.
** Splotch is a shout-out to the Amazing Spider-Man.
*** As well as the Kyle Rayner incarnation of Green Lantern.
** Steel Commando has elements of Captain America and Iron Man (or maybe more War Machine).
** Supreme is an homage to Deathstroke the Terminator and possibly Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe.
** The Tomorrow Society is an homage to the Claremont X-Men.
** Ultimatum and Valkyrie are homages to Captain and Mary Marvel. (Valkyrie also acts as Kitty Pryde/Jubilee/Pixie to Demon Rider's Wolverine.)
** Ultramind is a shout-out to Brainiac. Ultramind 2 is equivalent to Jocasta.
** Ymir is a shout-out to the Mighty Thor. (With the Incredible Hulk's origin)

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* TheCape: Divinos

* KillerRabbit: Again, Mister Hoppy

* WordOfGod: On the Atomic Think Tank forums.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Pulp era magician hero the Amazing Weiss -- better known to mundane history as Harry Houdini.

* TheFairFolk: Who's leader, ironically, is a ''human'', the Dark Undermaster.

* KillerRabbit: Mister Hoppy

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Subverted with the House of Serpents -- they ''are'' a terrorist organization with superpowered members, but when it comes down to it, they're not even the most evil of the AntiVillain groups.

* AntagonistDad: Splotch's J. Jonah Jameson counterpart is his own father. Noah Stein canonically doesn't know Joel is Splotch, but it's not clear it would change his opinion much if he did.

* EvilCounterpart: Stain, who's Venom to Splotch's SpiderMan. He also has his own Carnage-like Even Eviler Counterpart, Bloodstain.

** Splotch is a shout-out to the Amazing Spiderman.

* PublicDomainCharacter: {{Dracula}} is a major villain. Dame Michelle Holmes of the Foundation for World Harmony (the SHIELD/Checkmate organisation) is a descendant of Franchise/SherlockHolmes, whereas the Death Masks (and Black Wing II) are descended from James Moriarty. Death Mask's equivalent of Latveria is the original {{Ruritania}} from ''ThePrisonerOfZenda''. And the Black Panther and Aquaman Expies are descended from [[Literature/KingSolomonsMines Allan Quartermain]] and [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Captain Nemo]], respectively.

* TheFairFolk: Who's leader, ironically, is a GenreSavvy ''human'', the Dark Undermaster.

** Dame Michelle Holmes is an homage to Judi Dench's M. It's implied that she was the Miss Moneypenny counterpart back in the Age of Spies, and WordOfGod is that she was also kinda sorta Para-Medic to General Venom's Naked Snake.

''Halt Evil Doer!'' is a third party M&M Superlink supplement for the MutantsAndMasterminds rules system. It was created by Charles Phipps, Michael Suttkus, and Mike Lafferty. The first edition was a PDF-only release but a Second Edition has since been released. The book describes the setting of Heroic Earth where superheroes are faced against hordes of extremely well-funded and politically-powerful supervillains. The setting contains numerous CaptainErsatz characters mixed-in with a large number of original {{NPC}}s.

The book describes a setting where superheroes are linked to mythology and public domain characters. The modern age has superheroes appearing during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] of the 1940s, a [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] during the 1980s, an [[TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Iron Age]] during the 1990s, and now a [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Nickel Age]] for the 21st century. The setting is defined by a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] mentality with superheroes being genuinely heroic but overwhelmed by a large number of supervillains. The only reason the superheroes continue to prosper is primarily because the supervillains hate each other as much as they do the heroes.

The book describes a setting where superheroes are linked to mythology and public domain characters. The modern age has superheroes appearing during the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] of the 1940s, a [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] during the 1980s, an [[TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Iron Age]] during the 1990s, and now a [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Nickel Age]] for the 21st century. The setting is defined by a [[TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] mentality with superheroes being genuinely heroic but overwhelmed by a large number of supervillains. The only reason the superheroes continue to prosper is primarily because the supervillains hate each other as much as they do the heroes.

* PublicDomainCharacter: {{Dracula}} is a major villain. Dame Michelle Holmes of the Foundation for World Harmony (the SHIELD/Checkmate organisation) is a descendent of SherlockHolmes, whereas the Death Masks (and Black Wing II) are descended from James Moriarty. Death Mask's equivalent of Latveria is the original {{Ruritania}} from ''ThePrisonerOfZenda''. And the Black Panther and Aquaman Expies are descended from [[Literature/KingSolomonsMines Allan Quartermain]] and [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Captain Nemo]], respectively.

** Death Mask III is a combination of Lex Luthor (as Kenneth Kane) and Dr Doom (as Death Mask).
** Divinos is a shout-out to Superman and the Martian Manhunter.

** Doctor S and the Futuremen are homages to the Stan Lee early X-men days.

** The Iron Khan is a combination of Lo Pan, Shang Tsung, Fu Manchu, and the Mandarin.

** Dame Michelle Holmes is an homage to Judi Dench's M.

** Jacob Hunter is an homage to James Bond. A LegacyCharacter, the original Hunter was the Bond from the novels, his successors are the various film versions.

* PublicDomainCharacter: {{Dracula}} is a major villain. Dame Michelle Holmes of the Foundation for World Harmony (the SHIELD/Checkmate organisation) is a descendent of SherlockHolmes, whereas the Death Masks (and Black Wing II) are descended from James Moriarty. Death Mask's equivalent of Latveria is the original {{Ruritania}} from ''ThePrisonerOfZenda''.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Subverted with the House of Serpents-they ''are'' a terrorist organization with superpowered members, but when it comes down to it, they're not even the most evil of the AntiVillain groups.