The Rogues Gallery Expanded: The Eraser

 

 

THE ERASER

The Cleaner of Crime Scenes

Real Name: Lenny Fiasco
Dex: 5 Str: 2 Body: 3
Int: 6 Will: 4 Mind: 4
Infl: 3 Aura: 3 Spirit: 3

Initiative: 16  Hero Points: 20

Skills

• Detective: 4
• Gadgetry: 5
• Thief (Stealth, Security Systems): 6
• Business: 4
• Disguise: 5
• Vehicles (Land): 4

Advantages

• Genius
• Lightning Reflexes
• City Knowledge (Gotham)
• Resources (Modest)
• Access (Crime Syndicates & Fences)

Drawbacks

• Obsession (Covering up crime scenes to perfection)
• Psychological Instability (Compulsive behavior, inferiority complex)
• Public Identity (Lenny Fiasco is a known associate of Gotham's underworld)

Equipment

Eraser Helmet

• Powers*: Energy Discharge (Acidic Mist - EV 6, Range: Touch, destroys paper-based material)

• Body: 6
• Notes: Helmet contains built-in air filters, communication scrambler, and miniature surveillance camera.

Custom Suit

• Body: 3 
• Bonus: Armor vs. mild chemical and heat exposure

Gadget Case

• Filled with cleaning agents, portable burners, acid sprays, and paper shredders

Background

Once a classmate of Bruce Wayne, Lenny Fiasco was an academically gifted student who constantly came in second, especially to Bruce Wayne. After a string of failed business ventures and petty crimes, he rebranded himself as The Eraser, a for-hire fixer who eliminates physical evidence at crime scenes in exchange for a cut of the loot.

Dressed in a ludicrous yellow-and-black suit complete with a pencil-shaped helmet, The Eraser should be a laughingstock, but his obsessive attention to detail and high-end gear make him surprisingly effective. He scrubs fingerprints, shreds paper, burns bloodstains, and even rewrites digital records when needed.

Beneath his goofy exterior lies a bitter man who resents Gotham’s elite. His services are increasingly in demand, especially by new syndicates who want to avoid drawing Batman's attention. But for Lenny, every job is personal, and he’ll always find a way to erase the one man he blames for his failures: Bruce Wayne.

 

*GM Note: I always found his way of dressing so goofy, but the villain is a great one to throw at your group as they will never suspect a fixer is involved in cleaning things up. The "Energy Discharge (Acidic Mist)" in the write-up is a game-mechanical representation of what the helmet does—it simulates how he "erases" clues, files, or paper by spraying or applying some kind of dissolving agent.