Mayfair DC Heroes Character Database: Deadman

Deadman

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Dex: 8 Str: 4 Body: 7
Int: 5 Will: 6 Mind: 6
Infl: 7 Aura: 8 Spirit: 8
Initiative: 24 Hero Points: 65

Powers: *Mystic Linked
Awareness: 8
Invisibility: 20*
Invulnerability: 12*
Personality Transfer: 18*
Self-Link (Spirit Travel): 30

Skills:
Acrobatics: 8
Martial Artist: 5
Occultist (Occult Knowledge): 5
Thief: 6

Limitations: Invisibility and Self Link (Spirit Travel) are Always On; Can be seen and heard automatically by any character with the Magic Sense Power or who he encounters in the Afterworlds

Advantages: Area Knowledge (Realm of the Just Dead); Connections: Phantom Stranger (Low), Rama Kushna (Low); Lightning Reflexes

Alter Ego: Boston Brand
Motivation: Unwanted Power
Occupation: Roaming Spirit
Wealth: n/a

Source: Who's Who, 3rd Edition; 2nd Edition Background/Roster Book, page 28; Magic Sourcebook, page 45

Ed's Notes: While he's arguably one of, if not the best NPC's one could use to set the events of a Mystical Adventure in motion, I have to admit that I'm hard pressed to see how he could be used as a Player Character.

The Background Roster book omits him Limitations.

And... If my name was "Boston Brand" I'd start a baked bean company in Boston, just so that Boston Brand Brand Boston Baked Beans would be a thing. Lol

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AnonymousOctober 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
As a PC, Deadman can be very useful. He could help Batman by taking over one of the Joker's henchmen (Joker should have some plot armor) and ambush the Clown Prince of Crime from behind.
Or, if the group is fighting the old school Legion of Doom, he takes over Bizarro and the fight's over real quick.

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