"The road to conquest is paved with Autobot wrecks." - Bruticus
Real name: Bruticus Other known aliases: Battle Gaia (name of reissue in Japan), Waqonsoldier or Steel Hetman (name of Chinese made
reissue), Multiforce (name of release in Italy), Vuldigus. Occupation: Warrior Current group affiliation: Decepticons/Combaticons Rank: 7 Past group affiliations: None Major enemies: Sunstorm, Autobots, particularly the Protectabots. First appearance: Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #1 (Dreamwave comics), Transformers #24 (Marvel comics), Starscream's Brigade (television series). Origin: Starscream's Brigade (television series). Description: Bruticus is a 60 foot tall robot who turns into five smaller robots.
Characteristics
75 STR 20
16 DEX 18
24 CON 28
19 BODY 0
6 INT -4
20 EGO 20
23 PRE 13
10 COM 0
15 PD 9
14 ED 9
4 SPD 14
12 REC 2
48 END 0
46 STUN 0
Characteristics Cost: 129
Powers and Skills
3 1" Change Environment,Desc: Headlights,OIF(-1/2) 0
15 EC (15),"Transformer powers"
39a) 18/18 Armor
50b) 9 LVLS Growth (stats already included),Always On(-1/2),0 END
Persistent(+1) 0
5 5 Flash Defense,Hearing Group
7 HR Radio,OIF(-1/2)
22 Life Support,doesn't breathe,safe in vacuum/pressure,safe in
radiation,safe in heat/cold,immune to aging
75 375 Multiform,"Onslaught",second form
19 275 Multiform,"Blast Off",Linked(-1/2),"to Onslaught
Multiform."
19 275 Multiform,"Brawl",Linked(-1/2),"to Onslaught Multiform."
17 250 Multiform,"Swindle",Linked(-1/2),"to Onslaught
Multiform."
17 250 Multiform,"Vortex",Linked(-1/2),"to Onslaught
Multiform."
28 MP (28),"Movement"
3u 8" Flight,x8 Non-Combat 2
3u 16" Running,1/2 END(+1/4) 2
133 MP (200),"Weapons",OIF(-1/2)
8u 6 1/2D6 RKA (Sonics),"Blast Off - Duel Sonic Cannons",OAF
(-1/2),17-32 Charges(+1/4),Area Effect(+1/2) 0
8u 6 1/2D6 RKA,"Blast Off - Ionic Blaster",17-32 Charges(+1/4),
OAF(-1/2),+1 Increased Stun Mult(+1/2) 0
9u 6 1/2D6 RKA,"Blast Off - X-Ray Laser",No Knockback(-1/4),x5
Increased Max Range(+1/4),17-32 Charges(+1/4) 0
7u 6 1/2D6 RKA (Electricity),"Brawl - Electron Gun",OAF(-1/2),
33-64 Charges(+1/2) 0
10u 5D6 RKA,"Brawl - Explosive Shells",vs physical defense,
Explosion(+1/2),x5 Increased Max Range(+1/4),17-32 Charges
(+1/4) 0
4u 4D6 Flash,"Brawl - Sonic Cannons",Hearing Group,OAF(-1/2),
Area Effect(+1/2),1/2 END(+1/4) 4
7u 6 1/2D6 RKA (Sonics),"Brawl - Sonic Cannons",OAF(-1/2),Area
Effect(+1/2) 15
10u 6 1/2D6 RKA,"Onslaught - Photon Missile Launcher",13-16
Charges(0),OAF(-1/2),x25 Increased Max Range(+1/2),
Explosion(+1/2) 0
10u 6 1/2D6 RKA (Sonics),"Onslaught - Sonic Stun Rifle",OAF
(-1/2),+1 Increased Stun Mult(+1/2),17-32 Charges(+1/4),x5
Increased Max Range(+1/4) 0
8u 6D6 RKA,"Swindle - Scatter Blaster",17-32 Charges(+1/4),OAF
(-1/2),Area Effect(+1/2) 0
8u 10 1/2D6 Drain,"Swindle - gyro-gun - drains Dex.",fade rate:
per minute,OAF(-1/2),17-32 Charges(+1/4) 0
3u 2D6 HKA,"Vortex - Blades",vs physical defense,0 END(+1/2) 0
19 75 STR,1/2 END(+1/4) 1
15 +10 Telescopic Sense,Sight Group
48 6 Levels,all combat
3 Navigation 11-
10 10 Rng Levels: with X-Ray laser.,OIF(-1/2)
4 WF,Small Arms,Heavy Weapons
Powers Cost: 646
Disadvantages
Base Points: 650
15 Accidental Chg,"Being stunned activates multiform.",common,
occur 11-
10 Distinctive,"Giant Robot",easily concealable,major
5 Distinctive,"Loud",easily concealable,minor
15 Hunted,"By anti-Decepticon forces.",as powerful,harsh,appear
11-
15 Psych Lim,"Violent",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Follows orders.",common,strong
15 Psych Lim,"Slow to come to a decision.",common,strong
10 Rep,"Evil alien robot.",occur 8-,extreme reputation
10 Rivalry," with other Decepticon combiners.",professional,PC
rival
5 Unluck,1D6
10 Watched,"By Decepticon leaders.",more powerful,non-combat
influence,mild,appear 11-
Disadvantages Total: 125
Experience Spent: 0
Total Points: 775
Explanation of the conversion: The Tech Specs for Bruticus have him with a Rank of 5, but I raised it to 7 because
that's Onslaught's Rank. I decided to give him access to all weapons and enhanced senses of his component robots.
Although this write-up is meant for Bruticus in Generation One form, it also works for him in his War Within and Generation
Two forms.
History The Decepticons Brawl, Onslaught,
Swindle, Vortex and Blast Off were teamed up in at attempt to
duplicate the success in creating the combiner robot named Devastator. Their team was called
the Combaticons and the united form for the five was created called Bruticus.
After the Great Shutdown the Combaticons were locked away in a detention center, being seen as too dangerous to allow to
run loose. They were freed by Starscream, who planned to use them to conquor Earth.
Returning to Earth with the Combaticons, Starscream reformatted them into Earth-style
vehicles and attacked the
Autobots remaining on Earth. Forming Bruticus, the Combaticons defeated Jazz, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack and
Windcharger. Only Ratchet and Brawn escaped capture, but as they
made their way back to the Ark, they discovered it's
defenses on automatic, and had to fight their way inside. Bruticus followed them and Ratchet had to destroy the Ark in
failed attempt to destroy Bruticus. Starscream eventually captured Ratchet and Brawn, right as an Autobot shuttle and
Sunstorm arrived on Earth (Transformers: Generation One III #1).
Starscream took the Combaticons to an island where they were to train with their prisoner, the Autobot Sky Lynx. They were
attacked by Predaking under the command of Megatron. Predaking defeated Bruticus and Starscream retreated to the Nemesis,
where he found Megatron waiting for him (Transformers: Generation One III #10).
History (Marvel comics): The Combaticons were created on Earth in 1987 by Megatron when he used one of Bombshell's
cerebro-shells to tap into Optimus Prime's Matrix. When Prime used the Matrix to create the Protectabots, Megatron created the Combaticons.
Bruticus is a model soldier. He performs his tasks with the cool, efficient, unquestioning manner that would bring an
auditory module to auditory module smile to the face of any military commander. He knows how to follow orders, but he's
not very good at taking initiative on his own. In fact, he's liable to stand around looking confused in the middle of a
battle if nobody is there to tell him what to do. Still, he represents a fairly successful merging of the minds and
personalities of the five Combaticons - Brawl, Swindle, Blast Off,
Vortex and Onslaught - who comprise him. Whether he's just crushing an Autobot, or flattening
a whole team of them, Bruticus just does his job. "I like him," says Decepticon leader Megatron. "I wish I had a
whole army of Bruticuses!" Luckily for the Autobots, he doesn't.
Trivia: On the Transformers television show, the voice of Bruticus
is played by actor Roger C. Carmel. Bruticus shouldn't be confused with Bruticus II,
a character in Transformers: Robots In Disguise. The toy of Bruticus is similar to that of Ruination. He was also reissued in much smaller and larger
sized knockoffs. A later character in the Transformers: Energon line with similar abilities was called Bruticus Maximus.
Powers: Bruticus is incredibly strong. He can pulverize a suspension bridge with one 14,000 psi punch. He can lift up to 500,000 pounds. He can fly. His armor is impervious to most artillery and radiation and he has powerful telescopic vision. His primary weapon is Onslaught's powerful sonic stun-gun, which can smash a hillside to dust with a single blast. He can also launch Onslaught's photon missiles from his back, with a range of 6,500 miles. Each missile contains three independently targetable shells, each of which has an explosive force equivalent to 3,000 tons of TNT.
Thanks to Blast Off, who forms his right arm, Bruticus carries relaying radio communications equipment. He can emit a powerful long range x-ray laser, has a pair of sonic cannons and an ionic blaster, which shoots a beam of highly charged particles that disrupts the flow of electricity in anything of an electrical nature.
His left leg is comprised of Brawl, which has a main gun that shoots a shell up to a distance of 3.5 miles with an explosive force of 200 Ibs. of TNT. A twin sonic cannon shoots powerful, ear-splitting bursts of concentrated sound energy of up to 300 decibels. He can manipulate this energy in stereo (a result of the cannons dual configuration) to shatter anything from a crystal wine glass to a cinder-block bunker. He can also wield Brawl's 10-megawatt electron gun.
His right leg is formed by Swindle, which gives him a scatter blaster that shoots bursts of explosive buckshot-type pellets over a wide area, and a gyro-gun that disturbs the balance centers of Transformers, severely hampering their driving, flying, and/or walking.
His left arm is made from Vortex, which allows him to access to a powerful cutting blade.
Weaknesses: Bruticus is slow and not very agile. He makes an easy target. He is not a creative thinker, and can
sometimes even be a hindrance in battle if not properly prepared with instructions. Since Brawl is a component of
Bruticus' being he is also very loud and would have trouble sneaking up on anyone. There is rumor that Bruticus has weak
points built into his system which would allow his superiors to disable him if they lost control of him.
Links to other Bruticus pages:
Character created by Hasbro.
Champions rules conversion by Mathew R. Ignash - mathewignash@comcast.net.
Last Updated - September, 2005
Trivia: On the Transformers television show, the voice of Bruticus
is played by actor Roger C. Carmel. Bruticus shouldn't be confused with Bruticus II,
a character in Transformers: Robots In Disguise. The toy of Bruticus is similar to that of Ruination. He was also reissued in much smaller and larger
sized knockoffs. A later character in the Transformers: Energon line with similar abilities was called Bruticus Maximus.
Powers: Bruticus is incredibly strong. He can pulverize a suspension bridge with one 14,000 psi punch. He can lift up to 500,000 pounds. He can fly. His armor is impervious to most artillery and radiation and he has powerful telescopic vision. His primary weapon is Onslaught's powerful sonic stun-gun, which can smash a hillside to dust with a single blast. He can also launch Onslaught's photon missiles from his back, with a range of 6,500 miles. Each missile contains three independently targetable shells, each of which has an explosive force equivalent to 3,000 tons of TNT.
Thanks to Blast Off, who forms his right arm, Bruticus carries relaying radio communications equipment. He can emit a powerful long range x-ray laser, has a pair of sonic cannons and an ionic blaster, which shoots a beam of highly charged particles that disrupts the flow of electricity in anything of an electrical nature.
His left leg is comprised of Brawl, which has a main gun that shoots a shell up to a distance of 3.5 miles with an explosive force of 200 Ibs. of TNT. A twin sonic cannon shoots powerful, ear-splitting bursts of concentrated sound energy of up to 300 decibels. He can manipulate this energy in stereo (a result of the cannons dual configuration) to shatter anything from a crystal wine glass to a cinder-block bunker. He can also wield Brawl's 10-megawatt electron gun.
His right leg is formed by Swindle, which gives him a scatter blaster that shoots bursts of explosive buckshot-type pellets over a wide area, and a gyro-gun that disturbs the balance centers of Transformers, severely hampering their driving, flying, and/or walking.
