Meet The Crusaders - The Archangel Gabriel

desired.While I was using the DC Heroes rules set for the campaign, the characters were as likely to be facing Magneto or Doctor Polaris in battle as I incorporated characters from both the Wonder and DC universes.

For a short period during the campaign, my wife made some short cartoon strips based on the part playing adventures of the squad members.Some of the results were quite amusing.One of my favorite characters in the plot was the Archangel Gabriel.My good friend Matt York came up with the character concept.You see, Gabriel is an immensely powerful super powered being who believes that he is an Archangel in the help of the Lord.His ability and righteousness might take one to think he is right in this opinion, but his stint in an insane asylum and his interesting interpretation of what merits swift retributions might get you rethink the issue.

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The third panel in the Origin strip refers to a time during our DC Heroes campaign where Gabriel was in combat with Ares in the European Theatre of Operations during a time travel story.Gabriel used his Air of Fear power in an attack to restrain the God of War and have the balance of the Crusaders some benefit during the combat - Herakles wanted to "lend upon Ares 'the Gift.'" Matt rolled his attack, which he had already pumped up with hero points to give more effective, and it came up doubles, so he rolled again and added that lead to his prior result, but he had rolled doubles again.and so on, and so on.He rolled doubles more times than I can think and his answer was literally off the charts.The massive Aura of Fear, which now extended over the entire continent of Europe, not only cowed Ares, but sent put the veneration of God into every soul in the ETO.

It was a capital moment from a great character.