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For the original group set in the interest check only. This is closed to players outside of that thread. Sorry folks!
What does it mean to be a hero? How about- what does it 'take' to be a hero? Sometimes you think of caped crusaders, or someone wearing a uniform- like a firefighter, scientist, or a soldier. Other times, the guy on the street handing out money to the young homeless girl. You see, Heroes come in all shapes in sizes, backgrounds and colors.
This is a world where technological experimentation has lead to bio-abnormalities. There is talk about natural selection and evolution- or mutation. It doesn't matter how it happened, or how long this has been going on, or from what planet or universe these things and people come from. All that matters now- is how will everyone react? A majority of people don't believe this stuff, and brush it off as typical 'Enquirer' bullshit. Some people's live have been torn asunder by the changes, and others have capitalized on the things they were given.
Some have taken the law into their own hands, others have failed to recognize enforcement and have done what they wished. The numbers of super-powered individuals have increased drastically in the past few decades. They are still mostly believed as urban legends, but the time is near where most people will have heard, and seen evidence of their existence.
Name:
Alias:
Age: [20+]
Race: [human, alien, mutant, whatever]
Personality tendencies: [I don't need the way your character reacts to everything, but a brief evaluation is nice]
Power/s: [Have fun but don't go super OP, please :). You've had them for around a year- give or take- keep this in mind.]
Skills: [ie: Marksmanship, hand to hand, one handed weapons, two handed weapon, explosives, hacking, engineering, just list em here]
Weapons: [if applicable. Killing is not totally frowned upon, as is seen as sometimes necessary for self defense]
Modus Operandi: [particular method of operation. Be brief]
Uniform: [Up to your imagination, but try to be as realistic as possible]
Weaknesses: [substantial ones.. Don't tell me they are shy or something.]
Goals:
Bio: [Simple summarized bio]
What does it mean to be a hero? How about- what does it 'take' to be a hero? Sometimes you think of caped crusaders, or someone wearing a uniform- like a firefighter, scientist, or a soldier. Other times, the guy on the street handing out money to the young homeless girl. You see, Heroes come in all shapes in sizes, backgrounds and colors.
This is a world where technological experimentation has lead to bio-abnormalities. There is talk about natural selection and evolution- or mutation. It doesn't matter how it happened, or how long this has been going on, or from what planet or universe these things and people come from. All that matters now- is how will everyone react? A majority of people don't believe this stuff, and brush it off as typical 'Enquirer' bullshit. Some people's live have been torn asunder by the changes, and others have capitalized on the things they were given.
Some have taken the law into their own hands, others have failed to recognize enforcement and have done what they wished. The numbers of super-powered individuals have increased drastically in the past few decades. They are still mostly believed as urban legends, but the time is near where most people will have heard, and seen evidence of their existence.
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The World:
Setting- JET CITY [Not sold. Will put names up for debate]
This is a futuristic city, but not to the point where cars fly. Just imagine technological advances in all the sciences. The city is one of the biggest in the US- sitting near the Eastern Coast. Super powers are an incredible rarity- but something has happened where there has been a bit of an uprising in their numbers around the coast. Other crime fighters are out there, but there hasn't been anything officially established, and the government's knowledge of them is suspicious at best. Typical Civilians are doubtful, and wave the rumors off as urban legend.
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The World:
Setting- JET CITY [Not sold. Will put names up for debate]
This is a futuristic city, but not to the point where cars fly. Just imagine technological advances in all the sciences. The city is one of the biggest in the US- sitting near the Eastern Coast. Super powers are an incredible rarity- but something has happened where there has been a bit of an uprising in their numbers around the coast. Other crime fighters are out there, but there hasn't been anything officially established, and the government's knowledge of them is suspicious at best. Typical Civilians are doubtful, and wave the rumors off as urban legend.
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An aging man stood before them all... Black hair with white and gray brushed in the back and sides, and a short, salt and pepper beard. His eyes were hidden from the shadow of his larger brow. He was leaning forward on his cane, wearing a nice, but outdated black suit with a green tie. His voice was familiar, but the people to your left and right are not. The room is fairly dark, but a couple hanging lights on the ceiling were enough to keep the small rectangular room visible enough to see that this was a mock locker room.
With a gravelly voice, "I have gathered you all here for the same purpose I was forced to leave behind five years ago..." He began, fleshing out his history, and love for the well being of the city. His exploits, and things that lead he and his partner to their demise.
He is a retired vigilante crime fighter- His name is Carl Lancaster, Formerly named 'The Sheild'. Rendered unable to use his powers of force fields and flight, and part of his body after his last encounter with his nemesis.
A previous captain of industry and science, he has put together a base of operations under the radar. Beneath the R&D lab he owns is an operation zone with a utilitarian barracks, and several different training rooms. This is where the new team meets, assembles, and trains.
An assistant has a stack of manila folders in her arms, and begins handing them out to each of you...
His voice speaks to you as she hands you the folder-
"Make sure the information on these documents are correct.... This is secure information. If you falsify any of these documents, we will know, and you will be terminated: effective immediately."
[do not omit details that may be released in the future that are important. I don't think i need to tell you all this but: This is OOC information, and should not be taken into account when writing IC.]
With a gravelly voice, "I have gathered you all here for the same purpose I was forced to leave behind five years ago..." He began, fleshing out his history, and love for the well being of the city. His exploits, and things that lead he and his partner to their demise.
He is a retired vigilante crime fighter- His name is Carl Lancaster, Formerly named 'The Sheild'. Rendered unable to use his powers of force fields and flight, and part of his body after his last encounter with his nemesis.
A previous captain of industry and science, he has put together a base of operations under the radar. Beneath the R&D lab he owns is an operation zone with a utilitarian barracks, and several different training rooms. This is where the new team meets, assembles, and trains.
An assistant has a stack of manila folders in her arms, and begins handing them out to each of you...
His voice speaks to you as she hands you the folder-
"Make sure the information on these documents are correct.... This is secure information. If you falsify any of these documents, we will know, and you will be terminated: effective immediately."
[do not omit details that may be released in the future that are important. I don't think i need to tell you all this but: This is OOC information, and should not be taken into account when writing IC.]
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Character Sheet! Post this as a reply and I'll comb over it briefly to make sure everything's okay. I'll start with my character, and maybe even one for The Shield :)
Appearance: [Description required. image optional. If it's an image: photograph preferred, but due to the fantastic nature- i'm flexible :). Keep the image in spoiler tags if it's big.]Character Sheet! Post this as a reply and I'll comb over it briefly to make sure everything's okay. I'll start with my character, and maybe even one for The Shield :)
Name:
Alias:
Age: [20+]
Race: [human, alien, mutant, whatever]
Personality tendencies: [I don't need the way your character reacts to everything, but a brief evaluation is nice]
Power/s: [Have fun but don't go super OP, please :). You've had them for around a year- give or take- keep this in mind.]
Skills: [ie: Marksmanship, hand to hand, one handed weapons, two handed weapon, explosives, hacking, engineering, just list em here]
Weapons: [if applicable. Killing is not totally frowned upon, as is seen as sometimes necessary for self defense]
Modus Operandi: [particular method of operation. Be brief]
Uniform: [Up to your imagination, but try to be as realistic as possible]
Weaknesses: [substantial ones.. Don't tell me they are shy or something.]
Goals:
Bio: [Simple summarized bio]
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The mission-
Working under the facility of Carl Lancaster's R&D company- Lancaster Innovative- there are a few objectives that everyone is looking to achieve.
Carl Lancaster/ The Shield's nemesis Benjamin York- also known as 'Venom' an incredibly wealthy closet criminal at the had of a private military company, as well as weapons R&D facility. He is illegally dealing weapons and technology on the black market to other PMC's, governments, and black-light operations around the world. This is the long term goal to keep our eyes on and shut down. At this point, the only people who know 'Venom's identity is Carl- their employer/mentor/trainer.
York is rumored to not be super powered. He may be in his mid-late fifties, but he is an incredibly capable specimen. Both mentally and physically. He also has highly advanced gadgets and weaponry to assist him to make him incredibly dangerous.
Organized Crime- There are three families in this city who passively- and sometimes aggressively go after one another. The Episcopo family, the Torre family, and the Putyata crime ring. There are other small ones, but these are the top three. They often have hands in the below.
Human Trafficking- This is not 'huge', but incredibly dangerous. No one can tell if any of the three families are aiding this, or if this is something entirely different...
Black Market- often brought back to the Putyata crime ring, but the other crime units are often involved with this. Black market arms, surgeries, prosthetics, drugs, other technology, and information. It's highly lucrative, and very well guarded secret.
HardStim dealers- a new drug rumored to have started with York's R&D facility (to their credit it was a test for an anesthetic), are running rampant. This is a highly addictive stimulant similar to PCP. The drug is expensive, so organized crime is getting their hands on it and selling it to the higher end crooks.
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I think the below system may be removed soon. I think it might be best for the group to come up with an idea and run with it. Or just keep it totally free-form.
The mission-
Working under the facility of Carl Lancaster's R&D company- Lancaster Innovative- there are a few objectives that everyone is looking to achieve.
Carl Lancaster/ The Shield's nemesis Benjamin York- also known as 'Venom' an incredibly wealthy closet criminal at the had of a private military company, as well as weapons R&D facility. He is illegally dealing weapons and technology on the black market to other PMC's, governments, and black-light operations around the world. This is the long term goal to keep our eyes on and shut down. At this point, the only people who know 'Venom's identity is Carl- their employer/mentor/trainer.
York is rumored to not be super powered. He may be in his mid-late fifties, but he is an incredibly capable specimen. Both mentally and physically. He also has highly advanced gadgets and weaponry to assist him to make him incredibly dangerous.
Organized Crime- There are three families in this city who passively- and sometimes aggressively go after one another. The Episcopo family, the Torre family, and the Putyata crime ring. There are other small ones, but these are the top three. They often have hands in the below.
Human Trafficking- This is not 'huge', but incredibly dangerous. No one can tell if any of the three families are aiding this, or if this is something entirely different...
Black Market- often brought back to the Putyata crime ring, but the other crime units are often involved with this. Black market arms, surgeries, prosthetics, drugs, other technology, and information. It's highly lucrative, and very well guarded secret.
HardStim dealers- a new drug rumored to have started with York's R&D facility (to their credit it was a test for an anesthetic), are running rampant. This is a highly addictive stimulant similar to PCP. The drug is expensive, so organized crime is getting their hands on it and selling it to the higher end crooks.
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I think the below system may be removed soon. I think it might be best for the group to come up with an idea and run with it. Or just keep it totally free-form.
The Combat 'system'
Yes, you are going to be part of a super human team of crime fighters. This means fighting crime in the literal sense for most of your characters. There will be several different types of adversaries you will meet on the journey to find yourselves, and complete story based objectives. However, most of these people will be armed, and dangerous. This may be different for some of you, so let me know your thoughts:
In conflict situations, I will do a few things in the intro post of each situation. Lay out the terrain, setting, and tone. Then I will lay out the types of enemies you will be seeing and tell you the obvious things your character/s will see. I will also let you know if they will put up much of a fight or not to allow you to surmise an interaction on a base level.
I will try to make it as free-form as possible, and this might be a little to exact and micro-managing, but i'm tweaking this still. But I want there to be some sort of system that allows the players to both free-form, but allows the GM team to moderate the combat and be able to throw twists and roadblocks in there.
For my original thought: Your posts will be shorter, but these will be faster paced. This allows you to take an action and or move.
I will then have everyone react. Your characters will only see what they 'can' see, and you will not be spoon fed their locations. They will react accordingly, and have the chance to move and react, as well.
IE: [this is going to be brief- but i think you get the idea]
GM post: It's about 2am, pitch dark outside save for the yellowy-dim street lights that are at the pier's edges [Yellow stars on the map]. There are stacked cargo crates that are likely carrying some less than legal items held in long rectangular boxes. You surmise it's probably guns. There is a light mist, and it's a little windy, so stealth will be a little difficult due to the splashy puddles and what-not.
At first glance, there is one person patrolling up front [red circles]- doesn't look like he'd put up much a fight- but he's armed with a submachinegun. Also an easy target of a guy unloading boxes from a crate further in, passing them to another guy who is loading them to the yacht that is sitting on the right-most pier. The guy loading crates looks like he'd be one to put up some resistance if encountered in the open. You also see under the dim yellow lights a guy pacing back and forth on the back of the boat- likely talking on a radio or a phone... Ringleader, maybe? Theres a tower to the left, standing about three stories high that looks over the whole operation. A square crane operator area is up there surrounded by a small catwalk, with a ladder that reaches down to the ground.
Your entrance is on the bottom left corner [will normally be an 'X' but i didn't put this :{ ]
Your Post: Batman lowers his body and hides behind a nearby crate waiting for the closest guy to pass him by. Once he has his back to him, Batman lunges at him, and intending to grab him up in a chokehold, asking "What's in the crates?" in his signature growling low voice... The man begins to act as if he is going to scream out for help, but is put to sleep slowly by Batman's tightening grip.
GM Post: Still only seeing the remaining three, there is one still unloading cargo boxes, another transporting them to the boat, and you can definitely hear a guy on the top of the Yacht- phone- muttering in the background- something about money...
Your Post: Batman, keeping under the guise of night, presses up against the left most cargo container- and waits for the man who is going into the Containers and grabbing boxes to go back into the cargo container. He watches with a single eye peeked around the corner as the man shuffles to the container, and steps inside, bending forward to grab another box from the ground.
Since he didn't seem to have great constitution, Batman rushes in behind him, grabbing him by the back of the neck, and throws a quick combo of knee to the ribs so he can't call out to his buddies, and a strong haymaker to the temple, KO'ing the guy.
GM Post- There is a man on the catwalk of the tower watching the operation that Batman did not see, having not surveyed this area. He saw a black caped man rush in behind the guy loading crates, and aimed his rifle down to them, calling "Hey!" and firing a shot, aimed well to Batman's back. The others are alerted, and slowly move to the Cargo Crates.
Your Post: Batman takes a bullet to the back of his hip- and is flung to the ground. He has a second to pop a canister from his utility belt, and drop a smokebomb. He's going to need the cover. Slowly coming to his feet- and unable to run, he uses the cover of smoke to exit the crate, and sneak away using the crates as cover.
Yes, you are going to be part of a super human team of crime fighters. This means fighting crime in the literal sense for most of your characters. There will be several different types of adversaries you will meet on the journey to find yourselves, and complete story based objectives. However, most of these people will be armed, and dangerous. This may be different for some of you, so let me know your thoughts:
In conflict situations, I will do a few things in the intro post of each situation. Lay out the terrain, setting, and tone. Then I will lay out the types of enemies you will be seeing and tell you the obvious things your character/s will see. I will also let you know if they will put up much of a fight or not to allow you to surmise an interaction on a base level.
I will try to make it as free-form as possible, and this might be a little to exact and micro-managing, but i'm tweaking this still. But I want there to be some sort of system that allows the players to both free-form, but allows the GM team to moderate the combat and be able to throw twists and roadblocks in there.
For my original thought: Your posts will be shorter, but these will be faster paced. This allows you to take an action and or move.
I will then have everyone react. Your characters will only see what they 'can' see, and you will not be spoon fed their locations. They will react accordingly, and have the chance to move and react, as well.
IE: [this is going to be brief- but i think you get the idea]
GM post: It's about 2am, pitch dark outside save for the yellowy-dim street lights that are at the pier's edges [Yellow stars on the map]. There are stacked cargo crates that are likely carrying some less than legal items held in long rectangular boxes. You surmise it's probably guns. There is a light mist, and it's a little windy, so stealth will be a little difficult due to the splashy puddles and what-not.
At first glance, there is one person patrolling up front [red circles]- doesn't look like he'd put up much a fight- but he's armed with a submachinegun. Also an easy target of a guy unloading boxes from a crate further in, passing them to another guy who is loading them to the yacht that is sitting on the right-most pier. The guy loading crates looks like he'd be one to put up some resistance if encountered in the open. You also see under the dim yellow lights a guy pacing back and forth on the back of the boat- likely talking on a radio or a phone... Ringleader, maybe? Theres a tower to the left, standing about three stories high that looks over the whole operation. A square crane operator area is up there surrounded by a small catwalk, with a ladder that reaches down to the ground.
Your entrance is on the bottom left corner [will normally be an 'X' but i didn't put this :{ ]
Your Post: Batman lowers his body and hides behind a nearby crate waiting for the closest guy to pass him by. Once he has his back to him, Batman lunges at him, and intending to grab him up in a chokehold, asking "What's in the crates?" in his signature growling low voice... The man begins to act as if he is going to scream out for help, but is put to sleep slowly by Batman's tightening grip.
GM Post: Still only seeing the remaining three, there is one still unloading cargo boxes, another transporting them to the boat, and you can definitely hear a guy on the top of the Yacht- phone- muttering in the background- something about money...
Your Post: Batman, keeping under the guise of night, presses up against the left most cargo container- and waits for the man who is going into the Containers and grabbing boxes to go back into the cargo container. He watches with a single eye peeked around the corner as the man shuffles to the container, and steps inside, bending forward to grab another box from the ground.
Since he didn't seem to have great constitution, Batman rushes in behind him, grabbing him by the back of the neck, and throws a quick combo of knee to the ribs so he can't call out to his buddies, and a strong haymaker to the temple, KO'ing the guy.
GM Post- There is a man on the catwalk of the tower watching the operation that Batman did not see, having not surveyed this area. He saw a black caped man rush in behind the guy loading crates, and aimed his rifle down to them, calling "Hey!" and firing a shot, aimed well to Batman's back. The others are alerted, and slowly move to the Cargo Crates.
Your Post: Batman takes a bullet to the back of his hip- and is flung to the ground. He has a second to pop a canister from his utility belt, and drop a smokebomb. He's going to need the cover. Slowly coming to his feet- and unable to run, he uses the cover of smoke to exit the crate, and sneak away using the crates as cover.
I will be adding to this periodically, as things come up in the OOC, and as questions arise and are answered, as well as other ideas popping in. I dropped the most basic info here, and will be updating as often as possible to keep everyone in the loop.
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