Bane

Many years ago on the island of Santa Prisca, a group of revolutionaries conducted a failed coup against the reigning government. Those that survived the three day massacre were arrested and detained at the prison facility known as Peña Duro. One of the prisoners was a slender woman, heavy with child. Her husband was one of many killed during the bloody campaign. In accordance to a centuries old law, the punishment of the father must be carried out by the son, should the father fail to survive in order to serve his sentence. The woman gave birth to her child, and he was raised a prisoner in the deepest pits of Peña Duro.

When he was only six years old, his mother passed away, and he was forced to bear witness as the prison guards callously threw her corpse into shark-infested waters off the cliffs of Punto De Tiburon. Completely alone, the child became prey to the savage inmates at Peña Duro. Rather than succumb to the pressures of prison life, he grew stronger from it, and eventually took to calling himself, Bane.

As Bane grew older, he earned the attention of several other inmates including an aging physician named Zombie, a brutish man named Trogg, and an American named Bird. These men recognized Bane’s strength and value and pledged to follow him loyally.

Bane eventually became the most feared man in all of Peña Duro. The prison’s warden grew nervous as he came to realize that the prisoners under his charge had more to fear from Bane, than from the warden himself. In order to demoralize the prisoners, the warden had Bane placed in solitary confinement for ten years. The inhumane treatment only served to strengthen Bane even more, and when he emerged his reputation had become the stuff of legend.

In later years, a scientific research team established themselves at Peña Duro, and used the prison for a source of resources with which to conduct their experiments. They developed a steroid compound code named Venom and tested the drug on many prisoners. However, none of the men that had been put through the Venom process were strong enough to survive the procedure. The warden selected Bane as the science team’s next volunteer.

Bane’s physical hardiness and unbreakable resolve enabled him to survive the process. The Venom drug increased his overall muscle mass a hundredfold, and he became nearly unstoppable.

At this point, Bane decided to leave Peña Duro forever. He falsified his own death, knowing that the prison guards would cast his body off of Punto De Tiburon, just as they had done with his mother, years before. When his body hit the water, Bane revived himself and took command of an army helicopter. Gathering together his friends, Zombie, Bird and Trogg, he killed the warden and left the island of Santa Prisca.

The Present

Bird tells Bane about his home town of Gotham City. Bane becomes enraptured when he hears the legend of Gotham’s nocturnal protector, the Batman. He decides that in order to prove that he is superior to all men – he must find and destroy this Batman. First however, he helps Bird get revenge upon one of his old adversaries, a gangster named Jimmy No-Nose.

After slaughtering Jimmy, Bane makes his presence known to the leaders of Gotham’s underworld by killing members of the Manklin crime family. This act draws the attention of the Batman. Bane sizes Batman up, and decides that he is not yet ready to fight him. He first wants to understand his foe’s nature before taking action. He warns Batman that he will come for him…soon.

The Man who broke the Bat

Aware that a direct assault on Batman would be foolish, Bane destroyed the walls of Arkham Asylum, allowing its deranged inmates to escape into Gotham City, where Batman spent three months rounding them up. Running himself to exhaustion, Batman returned to Wayne Manor, where Bane awaited him. He fought Batman in the Batcave, defeated him, and delivered the coup de grace: so that there would always be a memory of this day, he broke Batman’s back and threw him onto the floor of the Batcave

Originally Posted by A Guest on the Dicefreaks forums.

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Bane, The Breaker of Batman
Medium humanoid (Augmented)
Hit Dice	20d12+140 (270 hp)
Initiative	+8
Speed	30 ft
AC	32 (+9 defense, +3 Dexterity, +10 natural) touch 22, flat footed 32
Base Attack/Grapple	+20/+34
Attack	Unarmed Strike +35 melee (2d10+17 and unbalance 19-20/x2)
Full Attack	Unarmed Strike +35/+30/+25/+20 melee (2d10+17 and unbalance 19-20/x2)
Space/Reach	5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	Stun (20/day DC 24), Unbalancing Strike (Ref DC 24), Venom Injection
Special Qualities	Critical Fortification 50%, damage reduction 10/-, Cruel Childhood, Surgery
Saves	Fort +19, Ref +15, Will +16
Abilities	Strength 29, Dexterity 17, Constitution 25, Intelligence 18, Wisdom 18, Charisma 20
Skills	Balance +15, Climb +19, Diplomacy +12, Gather Information +17, Hide +11, Intimidate +28, Jump +21, Listen +18, Move Silently +13, Knowledge: Local +14, Sense Motive +21, Spot +17, Survival +14, Swim +12, Tumble +13
Feats	Combat Expertise, Choke Hold, Combat Reflexes, Earth’s Embrace, Endurance, Greater Weapon Focus (unarmed), Greater Weapon Specialization (unarmed), Improved Critical (unarmed), Improved Bull Rush, Improved Grapple, Improved Initiative, Improved Trip, Leadership, Power Attack, Stunning Blow, Unbalancing Strike, Weapon Focus (unarmed), Weapon Specialization (unarmed)
Climate/Terrain	Gotham City or Pena Dura
Organization	Solitary (Unique), or with cohorts (Bird, Zombie and Trogg)
Challenge Rating	19
Treasure	Equipment
Alignment	Chaotic Neutral

Cruel Childhood

Due to his imprisonment in Pena Duro, Bane was forged into a fighting machine that few can hope to achieve.
He gains the following benefits:

• Full attack bonus.
• Medium defense bonus.
• All good saves.
• Bonus fighter feats as a fighter of his HD
• Unarmed Attack as a monk
• Uncanny Dodge, Improved Uncanny Dodge
• d12 HD

A +5 inherent bonus has been added to Bane’s Strength and Constitution scores, and a +2 to his Charisma. Rather than the use of a wish or such, this inherent bonus represents the time spent in the prison where he was born, where he was pushed beyond human standards.

Surgery

Bane was subjected to numerous experiments in the prison, testing out medical procedures designed to create
a “Super Soldier” The results of this surgery are as follows.

• DR 10/-
• Natural Armor +10
• Fortification 50%
• +4 enhancement to Strength
• +4 enhancement to unarmed attack and damage

Possessions

Bane has a Venom injection system, which flushes the drug Venom into his body. Activating this is a move equivalent action for Bane.

The effects of Venom are as follows: +10 bonus to Strength and Constitution. +30 feet movement rate. This lasts for 20 rounds, after which Bane suffers a -2 to Strength and Constitution for 10 rounds. This can be avoided by injecting more Venom into his body, but he will suffer a cumulative -2 penalty when the drug finally is allowed to wear off. Obviously, too much Venom can be fatal.