Hero Datafile: Gwenpool

Gwen Poole comes from a world where Marvel Comics are fictional stories. After somehow finding herself in the Marvel Universe, Gwen realized she possessed the greatest superpower imaginable: she knew how comic books work. What began as a quest to survive in a world of superheroes and supervillains evolved into a career as an unlikely hero. Gwen weaponizes genre awareness, narrative logic, and an alarming willingness to treat reality like a comic book panel.

GWENPOOL

Gwen Poole

Affiliations
Solo d10, Buddy d8, Team d6

Distinctions
I Read The Comics
Reality Is Basically Editorial Decisions
Unreasonably Cheerful About Everything

Power Set: Meta-Fictional Awareness
Comic Awareness d10, Probability Manipulation d8, Enhanced Reflexes d8, Enhanced Durability d8

SFX: Panel Hopper. Spend 1 PP to ignore a physical obstacle, restraint, barrier, or scene complication by moving through the “gutters” between panels.

SFX: Off-Panel. Step up or double Comic Awareness to disappear from the scene temporarily. Remove the highest rolling die and create an Off-Panel d10 asset. Recover after taking an action.

SFX: Genre Savvy. When creating an asset based on knowledge of comic book tropes, step up the effect die.

SFX: Plot Armor. Before making a reaction roll, spend 1 PP to reroll your entire pool.

SFX: Surprise Reveal. Spend 1 PP to create a temporary asset that plausibly could have been established off-panel earlier in the story.

SFX: Wait, That’s Important Later. When creating a resource or scene asset, keep an additional effect die.

SFX: Narrative Rewrite. Spend 1 PP to replace a scene distinction with a new scene distinction of your choosing.

SFX: Fan Favorite. Once per scene, convert a social complication on another hero into an asset of equal size.

Limit: Nobody Takes Me Seriously. Gain 1 PP when your warnings, plans, or observations are ignored because you sound ridiculous.

Limit: Meta Overload. Shutdown Comic Awareness and gain 1 PP. Recover by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Specialties
Acrobatics Expert d8, Combat Expert d8, Covert Expert d8, Crime Expert d8, Menace Expert d8, Psych Expert d8

Milestones

I Know How Stories Work

1 XP when you identify a genre trope, narrative pattern, or comic-book cliché.

3 XP when you alter the team’s plans because of your understanding of how stories unfold.

10 XP when you either successfully break a seemingly inevitable narrative outcome or accept that some stories cannot be changed.

Am I Real?

1 XP when you reference your knowledge of the world outside Marvel continuity.

3 XP when your awareness of fictionality creates a personal or emotional complication.

10 XP when you either embrace your place as a real person in this universe or sacrifice your own desires to preserve someone else’s story.