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Iron Age
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I thInk of a hero as someone who understands
the degree of responsIbIlIty that comes wIth
hIs freedom.
—bob dylan
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IRON AGE
a green ronin production
Design Seth Johnson, Jon Leithuesser
Aditional Material Steve Kenson, Steven E. Schend, Jason Schneiderman
Development Steve Kenson
Editing Jason Schneiderman
Graphic Design Hal Mangold
Art Direction Hal Mangold
Cover Art Brian Hagan
Executive Producer Chris Pramas
Cartongraphy Sean MacDonald
Proofreading Evan Sass
Interior Art Attilla Adorjany, Brett Barkley, Brian Hagan, Octographics, Axel Ortiz, Tony Parker, Uko Smith
Playtesters Chris Helton, DT Butchino, Bob Huss
Green Ronin Staff Chris Pramas, Nicole Lindroos, Hal Mangold, Steve Kenson, Evan Sass,
Robert J. “ Dr. Evil” Schwalb, Marc Schmalz, and Bill Bodden
First Edition Graphic Design & Art Direction Sean Glenn
Seth’s Dedication: This one is for Jon (for always leading the way), and for Andrew Trabbold (who knows what’s important and what’s not). As always, everything is for my
family, but this one is particularly for Stella—may the dark days always be before her time. Also, special thanks to Chris and Steve for letting us build part of a superhero universe.
Jon’s Dedication: Thanks to Steve and Chris, for allowing me to play in their sandbox; Seth, for being a great friend; Mom and Dad, for everything; Julia, for
understanding why I spent so much time in front of the computer—love you, girl—and Dave, for getting me into all this. Rest in peace, buddy.
Special Shout-Outs to: The Monkeyfans, the DMA in Madison, Wisconsin, and gaming friends scattered to the four winds; Phil, for helping expand the arsenal; Mike,
Scott, and Jason for lending both comic books and comics knowledge; all those who know Batman’s Shameful Secret, for sharing the many other things they know; and
Brian, for always being willing to talk comics for more than twenty years.
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Special Thanks to: Those in the comics industry who understood why it was important to take us into the darkness of the Iron Age, and who led us out the far side, including (but
by no means limited to) Ross Andru, Jim Aparo, Mike W. Barr, Kurt Busiek, John Byrne, Mike Carlin, Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Peter David, Chuck Dixon, Dave Gibbons, Mark
Gruenwald, Sam Keith, Dale Keown, Erik Larsen, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Howard Mackie, Joe Madureira, Todd McFarlane, Frank Miller, Doug Moench, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison,
Denny O’Neil, John Ostrander, George Perez, Whilce Portacio, James Robinson, John Romitas Sr. and Jr., Alex Ross, Javier Saltares, Julius Schwartz, Jim Shooter, Marc Silvestri, Roy
Thomas, Jim Valentino, Mark Waid, Len Wein, and Marv Wolfman.
Iron Age is ©2007 Green Ronin Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. Reference to other copyrighted material in no way constitutes a challenge to the respective
copyright holders of that material. Iron Age, Green Ronin, Mutants & Masterminds, Freedom City, and their associated logos are trademarks of Green Ronin Publishing,
LLC. Any reference to any other company or product in this book is not intended as a challenge to any associated trademark or copyright.
The following is designated as Product Identity, in accordance with Section 1(e) of the Open Game License, Version 1.0a: all character and place names and backgrounds,
power points, and hero points.
The following text is Open Gaming Content: all game rules and stat blocks, except for those items previously designated as Product Identity.
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Freedom City was typeset in ITC Quay Sans, designed by David Quay in 1990,
and HTF Gotham Condensed, designed by Tobias Frere-Jones in 2002.
Permission granted to print for personal purposes only.
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IRON AGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
table of contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. 5
Using This Book ....................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER ONE: THE IRON AGE OF COMICS .................................... 6
CHAPTER TwO: THE IRON AGE wORLD ........................................ 12
Iron Age History .....................................................................................................12
Iron Age Settings ...................................................................................................18
The City .............................................................................................................. 18
The Asylum.........................................................................................................19
The Company ................................................................................................... 20
The Lab............................................................................................................... 20
The Capitol.........................................................................................................21
The Airport .........................................................................................................21
The Foreign Country........................................................................................21
The Dying World.............................................................................................. 24
Genre Conventions ............................................................................................... 25
Shades of Gray................................................................................................. 25
Villains................................................................................................................ 26
Black Ops........................................................................................................... 27
Guns, Guns, Guns!.......................................................................................... 28
Leather & Latex................................................................................................ 30
Ninja! .................................................................................................................. 30
Lone Wolves........................................................................................................31
Realistic Powers................................................................................................ 32
A New Generation........................................................................................... 32
Genre Rules............................................................................................................. 33
Lethality.............................................................................................................. 33
Realism and the Rules ........................................................................................ 35
Abilities............................................................................................................... 35
Skills..................................................................................................................... 36
Feats .................................................................................................................... 36
Powers ................................................................................................................. 36
Characteristics.................................................................................................. 38
Devices and Equipment ................................................................................ 40
Combat................................................................................................................41
CHAPTER THREE: IRON AGE CHARACTERS...................................42
Starting Power Levels ..................................................................................... 42
Realistic Street-Level Characters ................................................................. 42
Cinematic Street-Level Characters.............................................................. 43
Classic Iron Age Characters......................................................................... 43
Over-the-Top Iron Age Characters............................................................... 43
Iron Age Abilities, Skills & Feats...................................................................... 44
Iron Age Skills .................................................................................................. 44
Iron Age Feats .................................................................................................. 44
Iron Age Powers .................................................................................................... 48
Problem Powers ................................................................................................ 48
Complications .................................................................................................. 48
Drawbacks......................................................................................................... 50
Devices & Equipment .......................................................................................... 50
The Iron Age Armory...................................................................................... 50
Iron Age Weapon Accessories ..................................................................... 56
Hero Archetypes.....................................................................................................57
Black Ops Agent.............................................................................................. 58
The Claw ............................................................................................................ 59
Cursed Mystic ................................................................................................... 60
Cyborg ................................................................................................................ 61
Demon of Vengeance..................................................................................... 62
Grown-Up Sidekick .......................................................................................... 63
Gun-Toting Mutant from the Future .......................................................... 64
Ninja.................................................................................................................... 65
Vampiric Avenger ............................................................................................ 66
Vigilante............................................................................................................. 67
CHAPTER FOUR: IRON AGE CAMPAIGNS ......................................68
Reconstructing the Iron Age............................................................................. 68
Supporting Cast Archetypes...............................................................................76
Villain Archetypes ..................................................................................................78
Hero Archetypes as Villains ......................................................................... 78
Assassin.............................................................................................................. 79
Crime Boss......................................................................................................... 80
Cult Leader........................................................................................................ 81
Evil Ninja ........................................................................................................... 82
Magic Killer ....................................................................................................... 83
Mercenary .......................................................................................................... 84
Metahuman Dictator ..................................................................................... 85
Psycho ................................................................................................................. 86
Supernatural Menace..................................................................................... 87
CHAPTER FIvE: THE IRON AGE OF FREEDOM...............................88
History ...................................................................................................................... 88
Freedom City in the Iron Age ........................................................................... 92
The Moore Administration............................................................................ 92
CODE................................................................................................................... 93
AEGIS .................................................................................................................. 93
Organized Crime.............................................................................................. 95
FORCE Ops .............................................................................................................. 96
The Warehouse................................................................................................. 96
Sky-Bike............................................................................................................... 96
The Eyes of Night ............................................................................................... 103
Evening.............................................................................................................104
The Eye of Justice ..........................................................................................105
The Fearsome .......................................................................................................106
Silverback.........................................................................................................106
Subject Nine....................................................................................................106
Verman .............................................................................................................106
RIOT.........................................................................................................................108
Armorine...........................................................................................................108
Flag-Burner ......................................................................................................108
Insurgent.......................................................................................................... 110
Little Hawk ...................................................................................................... 110
S. D. Ivan...........................................................................................................111
Slam Dance......................................................................................................111
Other Iron Age Criminals ..................................................................................111
The Iron Age Freedom City Series..................................................................114
FORCE Ops.......................................................................................................114
Nevermore.........................................................................................................114
Lone Wolves......................................................................................................114
Agents of AEGIS .............................................................................................114
Empire City.......................................................................................................115
The Eldrich Circle............................................................................................115
Freedom City Blues ........................................................................................115
Legacies of the Iron Age ............................................................................. 116
BAD MEDICINE ............................................................................... 117
INDEx ..............................................................................................123
CONTRIBUTOR BIOS ......................................................................125
OPEN GAME LICENSE.....................................................................126
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