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Welcome to Discord City.

Located in Western Nevada, Discord City is a sprawling metropolis, home to nearly 700,000 people. In the past, it's been a popular tourist destination but otherwise hasn't received a lot of national attention. That changed on July 5th, 2024, when a local terrorist organization calling themselves The Wayside set off a series of chemical attacks across the city, killing thousands and hospitalizing hundreds of others. An unexpected result of the attacks however, was that some people... changed. Reports of people with strange, abnormal abilities started cropping up all over the city. A woman in the commercial district developing the ability to generate intense heat from her body, a bank manager being bulletproof, a teenage girl suddenly able to run 100 yards in under a second.

People developing powers naturally led some of those people to use those powers for their own benefits, hurting other people to put themselves on top. Police, unprepared and ill-equipped for dealing with super human criminals, have done little to stop the rise of super villains across the city.

But where there were super powered villains taking to the streets, there rose also super powered heroes to oppose them. Individuals who had developed powers and didn't sit on their laurels, waiting to see what happened. Instead, they fought back, kept friends, family, and even innocent bystanders safe from the villainous menace. You are one of those heroes. How will your presence shape the city in the future? Will you be enough to stem the tide of evil? Or will you fail, and let the world be consumed by the tyranny of the super powered elite?

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Looking for 3-4 players for a mutants and masterminds game set in the fictional Discord City. If you read the little story blurb up above you've got the basic gist of what setting I'm going for, but for the stuff that wasn't really covered, here's a quick synopsis.

It's going to be a PL 7 campaign. You'll all be playing relatively new heroes -- not necessarily super powered heroes, you're free to be a 'badass normal' style superhero if you so desire. -- and will begin the game separately, to team up later on in the story. -- Think of it like... The Avengers, where all of the main heroes have their own movies, but they team up to take on big bad guys.

The story will have a more modern comic book feel to it, with a more realistic focus on what might happen if super heroes were to suddenly appear in a mundane world like ours. Death, while relatively unlikely -- Superheroes don't die very often -- can happen if you do something monumentally stupid. Otherwise, most of the time you'll find that losing a fight doesn't immediately mean death. It'll just further the story.

I haven't decided if I'll be running Mutants and Masterminds 2e or 3e. I like both, but I'll leave it up to my potential players as to which one they'd prefer.

I'll be looking for a relatively diverse cast of heroes, so feel free to be creative. You can apply together -- but doing so doesn't mean that both players will necessarily be chosen. Please stick to human characters -- No animal heroes, or space aliens, or extra-dimensional hell demons... robots MAY be an exception, given a proper background.

If you're interested, fill out the application and submit it here:

Name: Your Character's Name Goes Here
Powers: Give me an overall theme to your character's powerset. Are they a fire projector? Do they control plants? Can they walk through walls? Give me the basis for all of your characters abilities.
Quirks: What makes your character different from other people besides their powers? Are they blind? Do they have anger management problems? Do they have a strange, unnatural obsession with the color pink?
Background: Give me a brief history of your character before they got their powers. Name some friends or family that might come into play somehow. Do they have any enemies? Do they look up to anyone? Does their job require them to work closely with a partner? What about romantic interests? Furthermore, give me an idea of their profession, family life, education, etc.
Interests: What are some things your character likes? Chinese food? Hiking? Video games?
Personality: How does your character act around others? What about when they're alone? Are they a pessimist? An optimist? Outgoing? A complete misanthrope? Tell me here!

And that's it! Don't worry about a character sheet at this point. I'll inform any people I choose on June 4th -- That gives you about two weeks to get in an application if you're interested.
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I'm interested to be sure. I'm new to play by post, and I've never played mutants and masterminds, but I could learn it, very familiar with roll playing games in general. What I do bring to the table is reliablity. I'm not gonna flake out.

If you don't have a problem with a noob joining, I'm in.
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I have no issues with newbies -- M&M isn't that hard to pick up, really. Especially if you're familiar with D20 systems in general.

You'll need to post an application with the type of character you'd like to play first though.
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Also, if enough people are interested, we might not do Play by Post. There's a possibility that we can use a Discord server, if they have a dice roller of some kind.
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I'm interested, and hope we'll be doing it on Discord, although play-by-post works as well. Will there be limits to what sort of power-sets we can choose from? I was thinking of being a human transformed into some sort of elemental after an anomalous event happened, but if that doesn't work, I can give the good ol' fashioned detective-sick-of-villains-ruining-his-city route

If we're voting, 3e looks more adaptable, although I'm still new to the system.
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If we're voting, 3e looks more adaptable, although I'm still new to the system.


I've found that 2e is a little more easily picked up than 3e, since it's so similar in design to the more popular D&D 3.5 and pathfinder systems. 3e changed a lot of things and condensed a lot of others. It's mostly a matter of little details though. It might just be weird for me because I am so used to 2e.
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@Haunted Panda There is an SRD for 3, from what I've gathered. Makes resources a bit easier for people to gather. I suppose we'll see what everyone else likes more.

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Intrigued.

Never played M&M before, but have extensive experience in D20 games in general (D&D 3.0, 3.5, PF, and 5e.)

Name: Ira Hawkins
Powers: Biological based armour, and extreme durability. Mild strength.
Quirks: Physically deformed by his armour, he cannot appear human. As such, he has no alternate identity. Due to his appearance, he often suffers from prejudice, but is extremely honorable.

Background: Has a father, and a younger brother and sister. Father and mother were involved in severe car crash when he was 15, his mother passed away, while Ira's father suffers from paraplegia. In the aftermath of the accident, Ira grew up quickly, taking on a lot of the load of caring for his family. For the next two years, Ira dropped out of school to make sure his brother and sister could get to their schools, and take care of his father, Raymond. It took two years for Raymond, with his children's help, to overcome his depression, and start recovering. He and Ira began working out together, pushing each other their next goals. Josh and Kerttu (Named after their maternal grandmother), also began helping around the home as they got older, and were able.

Ira has since moved out of his family home, gone through a tradeschool, and is working as a journeyman welder, now 21 years old. He lives with his best friend, Matt Schumacher, renting a home from Matt's parents, who have a few rental properties scattered around Discord.

On July 5th, Matt and Ira were with a group of friends, heading to a concert when they came face to face with a member of The Wayside, and the attack began. Three of Ira's friends were found dead, Matt is still missing, and Ira became the mutated man with bone and chitin skin.

Interests: Ira likes to get outdoors, go camping, hunting, hiking, fishing, etc. He's a self-taught mechanic, and when at home, can often be found underneath his truck. He also cares greatly about fitness, and makes a point to work out with his father three times a week. Also known to pluck at the strings of a guitar every not and then.

Personality: A bit reserved, and stoic, Ira has a hard time truly expressing his emotions, and never really learned how to be sociable, or outgoing. This has been compounded somewhat due to the mutations that have befallen him. He is perhaps a bit mature for his age, and isn't really interested in most of the things a young adult of his age typically is. Lately, he has become a bit cynical, due to how people tend to react towards him and his appearance now, but he is not just hopeful for people to understand him, he strives to prove that he is more than what he appears to be.
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I have made a thing. Modifications can be made to the thing if necessary. Enjoy.

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That's two good apps there. One more to meet my minimum character threshold! -- Though it'll still be two weeks before we start anything.
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Bump
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Welp. Looks like this is a bust. Just not enough interest to start anything at this point.
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@Haunted Panda

What are you talking about? There's plenty of interest for this RP.
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@rush99999I think he means that no one else submitted a sheet.
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@Goldmarble

There's still plenty of interest in my opinion.
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@rush99999Yes, people expressed interest. I'd love for this to continue.
But if no one else makes a sheet, to meet his minimum requirement of three?

@Wadesauce@Cu Chulainn

Tagging you guys to see if you are still interested.
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Interest only gets me so far. I need actual characters. So far I have two out of the three I needed.
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@Haunted Panda

I'm fairly certain we could do just fine with 2 characters if need be.
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I'm unfamiliar with mutants / mastermind. I'll make so character this weekend and reliably post, but I'll probably need some patience on your guys' end as I'm new to the system.

What edition of the game would I need to read up on?
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What edition of the game would I need to read up on?


It's either the 2nd or the 3rd. I don't think it's been decided yet.
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