Since I did a cartoon environment yesterday, I figure another cartoon villain is a good addition to the rest of the animated characters on the blog.
Bearfoot Bill, Backwoods Bandit
Bearfoot Bill ("It's joke, 'cause I'm a bear and I don't wear shoes anyhow!) is a character who appeared in the 1930's "Clown Town" theatrical cartoon series. A stereotyped hillbilly bully who just happened to be a bear, he was a minor villain who appeared in half a dozen shorts as a bandit, bushwhacker, bank robber and bootlegger (dealing in fermented honey, of course). Sometimes he worked alone and sometimes with a gang of smaller bear-bandits but either way he was inevitably sent running back to the hills after being bonked by the series' hero, KO Clown. Some of his shorts were black & white, others were late enough for color.
The signature elements of Bill's character design were his enormous furry, clawed feet ("They just keep growin' when ya don't wear shoes, and I don't wear shoes 'cause I'm a bear!) and his shotgun, Old Faithful. This double-barreled sawed-off boom stick was a bit character in and of itself, and sometimes argued with him about when to shoot and who to shoot at. In some of his cartoons Bill was also able to conjure up jugs of fermented honey, and his empties would litter the ground around him.
If you're running into him, you've either been pulled into his cinematic reality (using the term loosely) or there's a dimensional breach somewhere and cartoons are getting into the real world. Thankfully, Old Faithful continues to follow the rules of its own setting no matter where it currently is, so its shells produce cosmetic damage and ink staining rather than horrific injuries. If confronted with the effects of real firearms on real targets, even Bill will be appalled ("There's red ink and gizzards everywhere!") and Old Faithful will spit out its ammo and flatly refuse to be reloaded until he's had some time to think about what he's been doing with his life.
Description: A chubby anthropomorphic cartoon bear, dressed in worn denim overalls with a red handkerchief in one hip pocket and a battered straw hat on his head. Carries a double-barreled sawn-off shotgun nicknamed Old Faithful, which speaks in a voice like a rusty hinge. Often found with a big jug of fermented honey marked with an XXX, which he can conjure from nowhere when he wants a swig. He speaks with a backwoods Appalachian accent in a gruff, growly voice.
Gender: Male Age: Public Domain Character Height: 6'6" Eyes: Black
Fur: Brown Skin: Covered In Fur Build: Portly Cartoon Bear-Man
Approach: Bully Archetype: Predator
Health: 40 + (5 x H)
Powers: Old Faithful d10, Presence d8, Strength d8
Qualities: Banter d8, Cartoon Bandit-Bear d8, Imposing d8
Status: (# of Enemies Engaged) 0-1 - d10 / 2-3 - d8 / 4+ - d6
Abilities:
Both Barrels (A) Attack two nearby targets using Old Faithful. Use your Max die on the first target and your Mid + Min dice on the second. If either target Defends against the Attack, that Defend works against both Attacks.
Don't You Try Nothin' Funny (A) Hinder one target using Presence. Use your Max die. The penalty created lasts until your next turn, and while it lasts the target cannot use reactions and cannot benefit from Defend actions.
Scary Bear (A) Boost yourself using Presence. If there are any heroes with Health in the Yellow zone, use your Mid + Min. If there are any heroes with Health in the Red zone, use your Max + Mid + Min dice.
Take A Swig of Liquid Courage (A) Boost yourself using Banter. Use your Max die. This bonus is persistent and exclusive. Defend yourself against all Attacks using your Mid die until the start of your next turn.
Upgrades & Masteries (optional):
Mook Squad +0 Health. Gain Get In There, Boys! (A) Replenish your Bandit-Bear minions up to the number of heroes in the scene.
Boss Bandit (I) As long as you are in command of your own forces, automatically succeed at an Overcome to seize an area or capture civilians.
Tactics
As a bandit Bearfoot Bill is mostly after valuables, although as a cartoon hillbilly bear his definition of "valuable" includes honey, moonshine, other folks' livestock, and pretty much anything in a bag with "swag" or a dollar sign on it. He prefers bushwhacking lone victims when possible, but he's both greedy and a knucklehead so tackling a whole team of superheroes isn't out of the question. He'll usually start a scene by using Take A Swig of Liquid Courage, which he'll repeat whenever the buzz wears off due to the persistent bonus being removed. After that he'll try threatening a victim with Don't Do Nothin' Funny (which sounds really menacing to his fellow cartoons) followed by unloading on them with his double-barreled sawed-off shotgun using Both Barrels. Once his opponent(s) are worse for wear he'll use Scary Bear to Boost himself further, using bonuses for comedic Overcomes as the opportunity arises.
Bearfoot Bill sometimes shows up leading a band of fellow bear-bandits that help him on heists, which are represented by both his upgrade and mastery.
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Bandit-Bear d8 minion
Description: Cartoon bear-people dressed like hillbillies. At bearly three feet tall they'd be kind of adorable if it weren't for the comedically oversized shotguns and pistols they're brandishing menacingly. Good thing they fire cartoon bullets, but the ink stains are hard on costumes.
Way Too Much Gun For A Little Bear: Whenever you take an Attack action, gain a +2 bonus. Then, reduce your die size by one. If this would take you below d4, you are defeated.
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