This villain is a tech-oriented street gang leader as written, but her basic approach and archetype could easily be reskinned into other things with minimal changes. Alter a few powers and qualities and her associated minions and you could have the head of some secret organization's base security force, an alien officer leading invading shock troops, a violent firebrand inciting a riot, or other variations on the "leader and expendable followers" theme.
If using Bigwig as herself, she and her gang could easily be rivals for turf with the Triple Threat Gang I posted a while ago, leading to your heroes getting caught between both groups.
Bigwig
Bigwig (real name unknown) is the current leader of a street gang that goes by the same name. They're an up-and-coming power in [your campaign city] and are attracting increasing amounts of attention from rivals, law enforcement, and both sides of the supers community. They may wind up being broken up by heroes and the law, wiped out by other gangs, acting as lackeys of some supervillain or cabal, or even becoming the city's foremost criminal group.
No matter what happens, they'll be crossing paths with your heroes at least once as they pursue Bigwig's ambitions. She mostly wants money, respect, and power, and doesn't hesitate to employ extreme violence to reach those goals. While she's tough as nails and can hold her own in a fight with normal humans, her knack for kitbashing dangerous toys and tools out of readily available components is what makes her stand out from the rest of the gang. She'll always have some unpleasant surprise on hand, and will happily overreach her self-taught skills if she sees a chance to get her hands on advanced super-tech.
Description: Tough-looking young woman in jeans, combat boots, and an oversized denim pocket vest loaded with dangerous gadgetry. There are more tools and weapons concealed in her absurdly oversized wig, and her earrings are disguised flash grenades. She's got a beautiful voice and knows how to use it to issue orders to her crew.
Gender: Female Age: 24 Height: 5'10" Eyes: Brown
Hair: None (Enormous Hot Pink Afro Wig) Skin: Cafe au lait Build: Wiry
Approach: Bully Archetype: Legion
Health: 20 + (5 x H)
Powers: Gadgets d10, Presence d8, Vitality d8
Qualities: Fitness d8, Gang Boss d8, Technology d8
Status: (# of Legion Minions) 0 - d12 / 1-2 - d10 / 3-4 - d8 / 5-8 - d6 / 9+ - d4
Abilities:
Disorganized Mob (I) Whenever multiple Gang Tough legion minions all take the same action against the same target, you must roll all their dice at once and use the lowest rolling die amongst them for each minion's result on that action.
Gimmick Attack (A) Attack using Gadgets. Use your Max die. Hinder the target using your Max + Min dice (if the target's status die is less than d8) or your Max die (if the target's status die is d8) or your Mid die (if the target's status die is greater than d8).
Talent For Brutality (I) Whenever you or your nearby allies Hinder, increase the penalty created by one.
Yell For Help (A) Roll your single status die. Deal yourself that much irreducible damage. Create that many d6 Gang Tough legion minions.
You'll Pay For That (R) When one of your minions is defeated, roll its die and Recover that much Health.
Upgrades & Masteries (optional):
Group Fighter (I) +20 Health. When you take an action that lets you make an Attack, also make an Attack using your Mid die.
Master of Enforced Order (I) If you have complete control over your surroundings, automatically succeed in an Overcome to organize rabble to accomplish a task.
Tactics
Bigwig is a walking arsenal of homemade weaponry and crime tools, mostly concealed or disguised as something innocuous like cell phones, flash drives, combs, makeup applicators and jewelry. She relies on them for her Gimmick Attack ability, which is augmented by her Talent For Brutality. She's usually accompanied by at least some of her Gang Tough minions and will Yell For Help if their numbers start to run low. She'll use You'll Pay For That as often as possible to try to get revenge for defeated minions. Disorganized Mob does limit her gangers a bit, but they'll try to spread Attack and Hinder actions around multiple targets to minimize its impact, as well as having one tough Defend Bigwig each round.
Her upgrade gives her a little more offense with her gadgetry, and her mastery makes her better at keeping her gang focused.
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Gang Tough d6 minion (only those created with Yell For Help count toward Bigwig's status die)
Description: Vicious street thugs with a miscellany of illegal handguns and mostly-concealable melee weapons. They're truly awful shots and mostly good for carrying loot, distracting heroes, and fighting other gangs. Stylistically, Bigwig's gang favors shaved scalps, adopting brightly colored afro wigs for special occasions like initiations and brawls with other gangs.
Dangerous In Numbers: You gain a +1 bonus to Attack and Hinder actions while there are at least four other Gang Toughs nearby. This bonus increases to +2 while there are nine or more Gang Toughs nearby.
Disorganized Mob: Whenever multiple Gang Tough minions all take the same action against the same target, you must roll all their dice at once and use the lowest rolling die amongst them for each minion's result on that action.
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