The Janus

Wake up. Breakfast. School. Work. Homework. Sleep. Repeat. It burns you up, being stuck in this life, unable to make a real diﬀerence. That is... until you put on the mask. And then, you can be someone else: a hero.

Playing a Janus
Stressed, responsible, dual, heroic. The Janus is two people in one, and their struggle is about balancing that paradox. You have your regular life and all its responsibilities on one side, and your superheroic life and all its madness on the other. And ultimately, you don’t want to give up either one—but they both pull and pull at you, building up the tension until you feel like you’re going to snap. That’s okay, though. Your story’s all about that tension, and overcoming it, especially thanks to the people around you.

Cultivate relationships with NPCs and PCs—they’re all important to your overarching story. Pay close attention to your mask. When do you wear it and when do you take it oﬀ? Who knows about your secret identity and who doesn’t?

For you, more than any other playbook, it matters which overt guise you’re in, which mask you’re wearing, and which face you’re presenting to the outside world.

Inspiration

 * Miles Morales, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
 * Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes), YOUNG JUSTICE
 * Kamala Khan, MS. MARVEL
 * Thor (Jane Foster), THOR
 * Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), BATGIRL