[OOC] Independent Comics Universe RPG

[DeathstrokeSW]

Sloth said
.Man that's gonna suck for Arashikage.

you do know he's not only a ninja but former marine spec forces?

Which reminds me; Arashikage has two tattoos; one of the Arashikage clan symbol and another of the eagle, globe and anchor atop his regiment insignia. Basically his two tattoos are this: and

[Sloth]

DeathstrokeSW said you do know he's not only a ninja but former marine spec forces?

Wesley was trained by and considered a prodigy by the greatest order of assassins on the Earth and is on the run from the people who basically thought of The Fraternity as their own little plaything.

I'm sure he can handle a ninja.

[Hillan]

But can he handle...

Speedrun.

This guy.

Player Name:
Hillan (Lord and Savior)

Character:[b]
Harry Haste - Speedrun

[b]Power and Abilities:
Harry is gifted with a simple ability. He's able to perform feats faster than he's done before. For instance, slapping. Everytime he slaps something, he can slap it faster than he did last time. The boost in speed he recieves is highly irregular, so for instance, he might have a 100% speed-increase, or he might have a 0.0000001% increase in his speed, the only consistent thing is that his action, when he uses his powers, makes the action perform faster.

His powers are currently manifesting in more or less just super-speed. He'd able to move faster than a speeding bullet. His run / movespeed is Mach 2, but his ability to slap, as that's what he's practiced the most, is of Mach 3.

Over the course of the past year, Harry's abilities have grown several side-effects. Originally, Harry got tired very quickly, wounded too, by simply moving fast. But over the course of him using his powers, his body have rapidly built up a resistance to the speed of his movement, that automatically protects him from more or less killing himself when he moves at super-human speeds. He's able to navigate his speed, not always using his top-speed, but if he doesn't use his top-speed, he won't get faster.

It also comes with the side-effect that it's affecting his mind. Harry's able to read hundreds of times faster than he ever could before. Mathematical calculations are a joke to him these days, the speed making him a circumstantial genius.

Alignment:
Lawfully Good.

Character Notes [Established Rogues, NPCs, etc]:
Allies:

Andy Haste – Cousin – Best Friend – Weaboo - Residual Neckbeard – Computer Wizard.
John Haste – Uncle – Guardian – Rarely Home.
Old Man Harvey – Local ShopKeeper.
The Knights – Big Shot Superhero Team.

Enemies:
Melanie – Ex GF.
Glitch – Teleporter / Technopath.
Joystick - Transgender Seductress.
The Griefer – Psychotic man of destruction.
Rager – Super strong brick.

Background and Story So Far:
Harry's parents, William and Marianne Haste both died when Harry was 2 years old. They died in a car-accident. Harry was raised by his uncle and with his cousin, Andy. His life was regular, he did regular things, he participated in sports in school, and enjoyed video games on the weekend. All in all living a average life, and he liked it. His life didn't turn upside down until a week after he graduated from High School, when his Girlfriend of 3 years broke up with him, via text. It was a weird thunderstorm coming in over town.

Harry went on a jog to rid his head of the thoughts and feelings he felt, as lightning cracked. His stopwatch on him. But his legs clearing miles didn't stop his head from racing. He still thought about all the time he had spent with her, his feelings for her, and how it seemed like she didn't care at all. It made him angry. Really angry.

He threw his stopwatch into the air, it was still however, attached to his fingers with the chain, as a indigo bolt of lightning struck Harry Haste, the bolt traveling through the watch and into Harry's body. Harry was knocked out, waking up in the morning, feeling nothing different about himself.

Till he was about to be bitten by a mosquito. A Tingle was felt in his eyes, as his hand moved to his arm, squishing the mosquito. Later that same day, his cousin, Andy, found out, and the two tested it out, doing several slap-tests. Andy, who was, and is still to this day, a gigantic nerd made a costume out of old biker-gear and came up with an alias for Harry.

Harry'd be known as Speedrun, as his powers allowed him to perform things faster than he had before.

His first patrol, however, was a gigantic failure. His powers didn't kick in at all. So he thought it was a one-time thing. Until Andy pointed out that he hadn't been wearing the stopwatch, the one that got hit by lightning when he went out on patrol.

Harry figured it was worth a shot, and wore the stopwatch the next day. His powers kicked in, his eyes glared indigo, and he moved quicker than before. Of course, his first battle was against a sewer-rat, and a gang of hipsters. But it was a victory, none the less.

Months passed, and the world around him spun on. But Harry did get faster and faster with everyday. And as he became a more powerful hero, he began attracting enemies. Enemies that he didn't quite want to attract. But his powers were useful in his personal life, too. He started scoring straight A's in school, as he could simply just read and learn quicker than he ever could before, he took extra credits to get his grades up from the average grades he had had in high-school.

He's donning a more durable suit these days, not the old biker crap, and he's faster than ever, punishing evil-doers with super-speed calculations and mach-speed slaps.

Sample Post :

It was raining, wasn't it always in this town known as San Fiero? Harry was walking down the street, having a bad day with the whole raining thing. He had also lost his phone, which pissed him off a bit, especially since he was texting that cute girl, Linda, was he name.

The 19 year old let out a slight sigh. “But hey, least there's no thunderstorms.” Harry said, and as if the gods above mocked him, lightning cracked and the downpour increased. “Me and my big mouth..” Harry said, dragging his hand in his face. He walked for a couple more minutes, being annoyed by the fact that he couldn't listen to music, since his phone was gone. He really wanted to enjoy some Imagine Dragons now. But he shrugged. “Screw it. I'm not walking another step.” Harry said, digging into his back-pocket, getting out the stopwatch. He held it in his hand, and instantly vanished in a blur too quick for any equipment known to man to catch. Just a minute later, he arrived at the door that lead into his uncles house.

“Come on now. I only ask you one favor, Universe. Let Andy be wearing pants and not watching that tentacle shit when I walk in.” He let out a quiet prayer, as he opened the door. Much to his delight, he was met by the cursing of his overweight cousin, cursing at someone over the internet.

“AND YOUR MOTHER. AND YOUR MOTHER. ANNNDDD YOOUURRR MOTHER!” Andy shouted, throwing the headset onto the mat. “Freaking children, man. How was the class Harry?” Andy asked his cousin. Whom responded with a grunt. “That slow, huh? What was it now. Bioengineering?”

“No, retard. It was creative engineering.”

“So what, Iron Man armors?”
“Something like that, sure.” Harry let out, heading upstairs. He needed to shower, he was tired from spending six hours in class reading through four books eleven times each. He had to get out on patrol in a couple of hours. At least that's gonna be fun.. Harry thought to himself with a slight sigh.

[DeathstrokeSW]

He's a highly trained ninja who specializes in close quarters combat and is one of the best swordsmen in the world.

[Sloth]

DeathstrokeSW said
He's a highly trained ninja who specializes in close quarters combat and is one of the best swordsmen in the world.

Yeah but he can't slow down time or curve the flight path of bullets he shoots.

Or presumably deflect bullets back at their owner with a knife the moment it's fired.

Stick to fighting Snake Eyes mate, The Killer's a bit out of your league.

(I'm just messing with you broham.)

[Byrd Man]

I'm not familiar with Speedrun, where's he from?

[Sloth]

Byrd Man said
I'm not familiar with Speedrun, where's he from?

Webcomic.

By the same guy that does Nuzlocke.

[Hillan]

Byrd Man said
I'm not familiar with Speedrun, where's he from?

Discontinued Web-Comic, too boot. Nothing more than the character was really introduced. Well, the character, and his neckbeard of a cousin.

[Zombiedude101]

Sorry, been away a couple days; I'm still working on Estacado's app but our favourite mobster-turned-host will be coming back soon.

[HenryJonesJr]

I'll get to judging everyone's CSs tomorrow. Here are my other two.

Cobra Commander

Independent Comics Universe RPG Character Sheet

Player Name: HenryJonesJr

Character: Cobra Commander

Power and Abilities: Cobra Commander has no superhuman abilities, but is a criminal genius on the highest order. Trained in a Chechen Separatist Special Forces group, the Commander is a master marksman, skilled hand-to-hand combatant, espionage expert, and proficient in demolitions.

On top of the skills that make the Commander physically imposing, he is also a master orator and has brought many people to his side through impassioned speeches.

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Character Notes [Established Rogues, NPCs, etc]:

Cobra
Destro – Real name James McCullen XXIV. Destro is the Scottish CEO of Military Armament Research Systems, one of the world’s most advanced and prolific weapons dealers. He also moonlights as a high ranking member of Cobra. Destro and the Commander rarely see eye to eye, but the Commander’s funding and field testing of his weapons are invaluable to his corporation. MARS is also how Cobra launders much of its dirty money.

Firefly – Real name unknown. Firefly was trained by the Koga Ninja Clan before abandoning his vows to them. The dangerous man then went from ninja to soldier for hire, becoming an expert in demolitions. He gravitated towards Cobra Commander, becoming one of his most trusted soldiers.

Major Bludd – Cobra’s drillmaster and career soldier.

Doctor Mindbender – Cobra’s mad, scientific genius.

G.I. Joe
Hawk – The field leader for the Joes, Hawk has been a thorn in the side of the Commander for years.
Snake Eyes – Ninja member of G.I. Joe. So far Snake Eyes is the only person known who has ever given the Commander an injury after slicing him across the face with a sword.
Scarlett

Key Locations
Springfield – A small, nondescript Midwestern American town on the surface, but in reality, Springfield is the false façade for Cobra’s base of operations. The suburban homes on the surface lead to the high-tech and massive Cobra base below.

Background and Story So Far:

Becoming the Cobra
The Cobra Commander, true name unknown, was born in Chechnya sometimes in the 70s during the time of Soviet rule. He was born into a family deep in the Chechen Resistance Movement, and the boy was raised with hate and violence in his heart. He fired his first gun at the age of three, killed his first man at the age of six, and made his first bomb by the time he was seven. But his family and the members of the resistance saw more in him than a mere soldier. The boy was whip smart, many believing him to be a boy genius. He was enrolled in Oxford at the young age of fourteen and graduated with a doctorate in political science and economics a mere four years later before disappearing back to Chechnya at the outbreak of the first Chechen-Russian War.

During the war he served on both the frontlines and as a military strategist. The cruelty that had been instilled in the man during his youth reared its ugly head here, though his terrorist-like strategies began the first effective push back against the Russian troops.

But the Commander quickly realized the country he thought he was fighting for was just as corrupt and foolish as the one he was fighting. Cobra Commander decided that in this world, countries and flags didn’t matter. Only individuals and their goals. So the young Commander began manipulating the events of the war to serve his own goals.

After the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis, Cobra became a secret informant for Russia, leaking troop movements and important intel, while also gaining the Russians trust and leaking the same to the Chechens in order to destabilize the region even more. His treachery led to the death of the Chechen President, as well as many Russian soldiers. Eventually, the Chechen forces succeeded in forcing Russia to sign a cease-fire, but not before the man faked his death and disappeared.

The man went into the shadows, taking his best men with him, giving himself a new name. He was now Cobra Commander, leader of the international terrorist group Cobra.

Rise of Cobra
Cobra began setting up shop in the old Russia occupied areas of several different countries, becoming ingrained into the criminal culture in Eastern Europe. The criminal organization enacted the kidnapping of hundreds of people, holding them for ransom and quickly building a fortune to fund their future goals.

Cobra Commander then went secretly to MARS, a top flight weapons manufacturer looking for supplies. Unfortunately the CEO of the company, James McCullen XXIII, refused. His son, however, got in contact with Cobra offering to help if they killed his father, which would give him control of the company and its fortune. Cobra of course agreed, and both got what they wanted out of the equation.

The younger McCullen, however, got more than he bargained for. He had now became shackled to the terrorist organization.

After securing the weapons, Cobra announced themselves to the world by setting off bombs in several European nations. Afterwards, the Commander hacked into all communication servers telling the world who he was and what his goal was: World domination.

The years following Cobra’s coming out party were filled with massive recruitment and growth. Cobra went from a small terrorist group to one of the most dominant forces on the planet. Using various shell corporations Cobra used to fund its projects, the group bought a massive amount of land in the American Midwest and built a vast underground base to strike at the world from right underneath the dominant super power’s nose.

Cobra Commanded now has thousands at his beck and call, including superhuman operatives, all ready to strike at the innocents of humanity and bring them under his rule. Unfortunately, G.I. Joe, a military unit set up purposefully to stop Cobra often gets in his way, and

Sample Post (At least 3 well thought out paragraphs as well as some dialogue):
He scanned the screens around him, not paying attention to much that was being sent to him. Cobra Commander cared little for financial stats and figures. Tomax and Xamot had been bugging him about deciding what account to put the new landfall of money they had just…acquired. He of course told them to take care of it. That’s why they had brought them on. But everyone in the confounded organization walked on eggshells around him, except Destro and Firefly.

Those two were never going to let him get by easily. That’s why he liked them so much. Of course, he had times where he wanted to murder them, but they were too valuable. But at least they told him like it was.

“Enough of this banality,” he barked gruffly at the two financial heads of Cobra. They were accomplished fighters thanks to him as well, but they preferred the action of the boardroom to the battlefield. “Decide what to do on your own. In the meantime, I have more important matters to attend to.”

The Commander switch channels to his Crimson Guard channel, “Firefly. Report.”

“Commander,” the grizzled voice responded. “Had enough of the twins, eh?”

“I’ve had enough of them for quite some time,” the Commander laughed. “Have you located what I seek?”

“I have. We’re waiting on your go ahead.”

“And you will continue to wait,” he smiled under his mask. “I will join you in the field and take it for myself.”

Buffy Summers

Independent Comics Universe RPG Character Sheet

Player Name: HenryJonesJr

Character: Buffy Summers/The Slayer

Power and Abilities: As the Slayer, Buffy has incredible powers. She is superhumanly strong, has increased agility, speed, reflexes, senses, and accelerated healing. She has a natural proficiency with weapons which has been honed into mastery after years of training. Her Slayer abilities also make her a natural leader and extremely brave. She also has cryptic but prophetic dreams and can sense when non-human creatures are in the area.

Alignment: Lawful Good

Character Notes [Established Rogues, NPCs, etc]:

Scoobies
Willow Rosenberg – Willow is Buffy’s best friend and an exceptionally powerful witch. Willow and Buffy have been friends since high school, and have helped one another through various struggles. Willow let her magical power get the best of her at one point, but since then has gone through training to be more restrained. She now works for the BPRD as a resident witch.

Xander Harris – Xander was Willow’s best friend and soon became a good friend of Buffy’s after she moved to Sunnydale. Though he has no special abilities, Xander’s loyalty and bravery have shown him to be a valuable friend and ally, even losing an eye in the fight against evil. After the destruction of Sunnydale, Xander signed up with the BPRD as an agent.

Rupert Giles – Giles is Buffy’s former Watcher. He left the organization due to what he saw as incompetence, though he continued to help Buffy and her friends. Giles now helps Buffy when she needs him as he travels the world investigating the supernatural.

Dawn Summers – Buffy’s sister who is, in reality, a key between dimensions. Biologically she is Buffy’s sister, but was made by magic, not born. After Sunnydale, Dawn now attends Stanford.

Slayers
Faith – The once insane Faith has now reformed and leads her own band of Slayers against the forces of evil.

Vi – One of the first potential Slayers that came to Buffy to help fight the First. Vi now leads a squad in New York City.

Kennedy – Another Slayer and Willow’s girlfriend.

BPRD
Hellboy – A demon who was brought into the human world during World War II and now fights for good. He is the BPRD’s best line of defense, and has brought Buffy on as an outside ally to get around the bureaucracy of the BPRD.

Abe Sapien – Hellboy’s best friend. Giles and Abe find quite a lot of common ground.

Liz Sherman – A pyrokinetic. Liz is around Buffy’s age and shares her feeling of separation from the rest of the world.

Other Allies
Angel – Buffy’s former lover and a vampire with a soul. Angel now leads his own demon fighting team in LA.

Spike – Another one of Buffy’s vampiric ex-boyfriends. Spike now fights with Angel, though not always by choice.

Mina Harker – The immortal ex-lover of Dracula. Mina has served in several incarnations of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Another one coming soon…

Key Locations
BPRD – Located in a secret research facility in Colorado, the BPRD is the world’s primary defense against supernatural threats. Led by Director Tom Manning and employing various different supernatural and superpowered creatures, the BPRD has stood against the things that go bump in the night for decades.

The Watcher’s Council – The rebuilt Watcher’s Council sits in London England, and the Watchers have begun training the various Slayers that were activated by Buffy and Willow.

Sunnydale – Buffy’s former home and the former location of the Hellmouth. Sunnydale was destroyed when the Slayers defeated the First. The event was covered up by the government as a massive earthquake/sinkhole phenomenon.

Background and Story So Far:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Series
So not to be overly lazy, but I really don’t want to type out everything that’s happened to Buffy so far. Needless to say, everything that happened in the TV series is canonical for the game. If you don’t know what happened in the series A) Watch it. Seriously. Or if you’re lazy B) Read this and stop when you get to the “After Sunnydale” section: http://www.comicvine.com/buffy/4005-20096/

After Sunnydale
After Sunnydale, and with an army of Slayers now patrolling the world, Buffy went into hiding. She no longer wanted to be the face of this fight, and desired time alone. She traveled the world with Giles and tried to enjoy herself, but at every turn she found more evil ready to fight her. Realizing a life of anonymity was never going to happen, she returned to California and lived with her sister as Dawn attended Stanford while Buffy trained Slayers that approached her and helped organize the new Slayer movement. Willow and Xander, meanwhile, joined the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense in hopes to further their own understanding of the supernatural world.

These two worlds came together when Hellboy, the BPRD’s main weapon in this fight, came to Buffy along with Xander and Willow asking for help. Rasputin, the mystic that had brought Hellboy into this world, had returned and was attempting to unleash the seven dragons of the apocalypse the Ogdru Jahad. Hellboy asked Buffy and her Slayers to take care of monsters Rasputin had dispatched over the world to distract him while he tracked down the dark magician. Buffy agreed and began coordinating the counter attacks, killing many of the monsters herself.

Hellboy, unfortunately, had more trouble, and Rasputin nearly used the demon’s Right Hand of Doom to release the Ogdru Jahad. Hellboy, thanks to his friends, came to his senses and closed the dimensional portal before the dragons could arrive, and ended up killing Rasputin.

The process of opening the portal, however, has created dangerous circumstances our heroes just began to understand. The supernatural world has become even more dangerous than before, and drastic measures will be taken to save the human race.

Sample Post (At least 3 well thought out paragraphs as well as some dialogue):
The cold, damp air hung around her like a cloak. Why couldn’t the evil undead hang out during the day and above ground like normal people? Of course, they’d probably not be the evil undead at that point, but the sentiment still stood. Buffy had always hated crawling around sewers and tunnels. The smell took four or five showers to get off, and that just led to ridiculous water bills.

The Slayer laughed to herself then. Thinking about bills had almost come neck and neck with worrying about what the next thing that would try and kill her. She was so mature. Well, as mature as someone can be who hunts monsters for a living. Well, it wasn’t so much of a living as it was a call to destiny. But you get the point.

She could feel them now. The pack of vampires was close. They had been feeding on the local homeless for weeks but she only now figured out where their lair was. A cave off the coast tucked up underneath the Golden Gate Bridge was where they had decided to nest, and it was a pain and a half scaling the wall down to its entrance. There was probably a back way in, but she hadn’t been able to find it. So rock climbing she went.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out farther down the tunnel, sending Buffy into a sprint towards them. If there was someone trapped down here, they’d be dead soon enough. Bullets didn’t work on vamps, at least not the ones normal people would be carrying.

But when she got to the antechamber, all she found was ash and a big, red demon standing with an oversized gun smoking in his hand, “Hellboy.”

“Slayer,” the BPRD agent nodded to her while he lit a cigar. “You sis said you came to San Fran. Figured this is where I’d find you.”

“What’s up?” Buffy asked as she sheathed her weapon, an ancient vampire killing weapon known as the Scythe.

“Oh, you know. End of the world stuff. Same shit, different day, Blondie.”

[Sloth]

HenryJonesJr said Snake Eyes – Ninja member of G.I. Joe. So far Snake Eyes is the only known person who has ever given the Commander an injury after slicing him across the face with a sword.

No wonder you had to hire Storm Shadow to be your bodyguard.

That'll teach COBRA not to mess with Ninja Commandos.

I've added a far bit to Snake Eyes' sheet, I'll more than likely finish his sheet today rather than Wesley's, but y'know.

[DeathstrokeSW]

Nice. I just went over snake eyes' revised sheet, and I have to say, I like how you went further indepth with Snake Eyes' and Storm Shadow's friendship. I'll be revising my own sheet.

[Sloth]

DeathstrokeSW said
Nice. I just went over snake eyes' revised sheet, and I have to say, I like how you went further indepth with Snake Eyes' and Storm Shadow's friendship. I'll be revising my own sheet.

Was hoping to get your input on just what went down in Afghanistan, but just sort of improv-ed it in there. Feel free to suggest modifications and what not, I just hope the timeline matches up with everything, mainly with COBRA and The Foot.

Whether or not SS knows SE's past with The Foot is anyone's guess though.

[DeathstrokeSW]

Sloth said
Was hoping to get your input on just what went down in Afghanistan, but just sort of improv-ed it in there. Feel free to suggest modifications and what not, I just hope the timeline matches up with everything, mainly with COBRA and The Foot.Whether or not SS knows SE's past with The Foot is anyone's guess though.

I'd like him to. I want SS and SE to be the closest friends, but whom situations force at odds and when SS works with SE on occasion, it's like one of the best partnerships.

As to Kandahar, I like the kidnapped by the Taliban thing, but I'll expound on Storm Shadow's scars.

[Sloth]

DeathstrokeSW said I'd like him to. I want SS and SE to be the closest friends, but whom situations force at odds and when SS works with SE on occasion, it's like one of the best partnerships.

I'm cool with Tommy knowing Snake Eyes' past, maybe not the "Son of Shredder" thing, but former member of The Foot for sure. Makes it all the more tragic when they inevitably have to fight each other.

DeathstrokeSW said As to Kandahar, I like the kidnapped by the Taliban thing, but I'll expand on Storm Shadow's scars.

Cool beans yo, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[DeathstrokeSW]

Ok. I'm fine with Tommy not knowing Snake Eyes is Shredder's son. And I'm finishing his sample post.

[Sloth]

DeathstrokeSW said
Ok. I'm fine with Tommy not knowing Snake Eyes is Shredder's son. And I'm finishing his sample post.

Some secrets can't be shared, even amongst brothers.

Like how Snake Eyes totally made out with your cousin back in the day.

Though on a serious note, I'm not quite sure how I'll weave a proper Joe story to explore Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow's past, as I'd hate to make Snake Eyes the sole Joe getting any storytelling attention. I'm sure I'll think of something.

EDIT: Also, just so you know Henry, I edited Snake Eyes sheet to designate Hawk as a General rather than the Joes' field leader, that honor is Duke's. Unless of course you had plans for Hawk, in which case it's an easy fix.

[HenryJonesJr]

Sloth said EDIT: Also, just so you know Henry, I edited Snake Eyes sheet to designate Hawk as a General rather than the Joes' field leader, that honor is Duke's. Unless of course you had plans for Hawk, in which case it's an easy fix.

That's fine. I originally had Duke there, anyway. I switched it after I saw your CS. I PMed you about some Foot stuff too.

Tara Chace, Sonic, and Speedrun are all approved, as well as my characters unless someone has objections.

[Byrd Man]

I object.

Also, any idea on an IC timeframe?

[Sloth]

HenryJonesJr said That's fine. I originally had Duke there, anyway. I switched it after I saw your CS.

Oh lawd does that mean I have to be the think-tank for the Joes? This will either be very fun, or crash and burn upon arrival.

HenryJonesJr said I PMed you about some Foot stuff too.

Replied, yo'.