[OOC] Maximum City: The Superhero Sandbox (City Building, Currently Accepting)

[Delta44]

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Hi Delta, how's things? I see you around all the time but can never recall what games from? Maybe it's just all the applications I get rejected from :/
I would be classmates but I'm still effectively stuck in the too OP space.
And I don't know how much I'm willing to argue for my own weakness and character development opportunities.
I mean if something I imagined and created doesn't work the way I say I imagined and created it to, well I seem to have lost control of my own intentions and there's nothing left for me to argue.

His power is,
this creature temporarily mutates his physicality into an alternate form capable of handling the situation. It can stretch and grow, increase his durability, speed or strength and even form into mundane weapons and items.

As stated, That's his power! It's not limitless strength, flying, telekinesis complete immunity or magic rays. It's a simple physical buff. And one that isn't always active and he can't even pick or choose when it activates.
It's a bit of Blue beatle without flight and lazers.
Venom without the webs.
Not even as strong or as durable as colossus when at its best.

Gee ppl, regardless of the power I know how to play a non OP character.

But yea long rant short. I just need a simple yes or no. (And I think I got a no.)

@Dark Light

I believe we were in a dark fantasy game together, and perhaps other things, though that's as far as I remember c:

I think the main reason it was denied is because it had no clear-cut weakness. I mean learning to cover your weaknesses isn't really a weakness, and in the long run it's just another buff. The power isn't really OP in the fact it's too strong, it just doesn't have a notable weakness. I think it just needs some fleshing out is all. How strong is it? How fast can it be? Is it smarter or more ravenous? Those things are pretty important to know for a GM, since it can easily lead to things getting out of hand :3 I'd recommend discussing it with the Boss to sort out a weakness of sorts (I liked the extreme cold one; maybe could be passive in that the colder it gets, the slower or less strong he is) and flesh out your strengths ^-^

Also someone else made a character with the exact same power and weakness problem, so you're not alone c: I can try and help but I'm not a GM so I dunno where the power ceiling is :D

[Logan]

Hey just checking in, I'm still interested in this. Having internet problems at the moment so I won't be posting any time soon. For the most part my character is complete, I might rework him a tad though.

[Dolerman]

@DC The Dragon Yes blade is a quasi magical character but I suppose the comics i've read him on just focus on his abilities as being 'enhanced' rather than anything too mystical but I get your point.

I don't want to strictly write off everything non scientific, I'd give a little wiggle room to 'unexplained' phenomena, but yes broadly this is a sci-fi world and someone like iron fist or Dr Strange wouldnt really fit in the universe im trying to create.

However I think you have a good character, if you swap out the demon's blood for another explanation of his powers I'd approve him.

But its up to you.

But yea long rant short. I just need a simple yes or no. (And I think I got a no.)

@Dark Light

That's correct, looking forward to any other character ideas you might have.

[Dolerman]

Would a toon hero work? Think deadpool in powerset, but with a few more resistances and more weaknesses.

@Archmage MC

For the sake of this RP I'm going to say no, see above my non magical non inter-dimensional stuff.

[Dolerman]

So I had an idea but I want to run it by first.

Would it be necessarily OP to have an individual who can temporarily deactivate powers with avoidable ranged attacks?

I was thinking a small little squad of people who use their powers to uphold the law against dangerous criminals and may have certain villains and gangs on their watch list. The leader would be able to put a lock on superhuman powers by affecting the genetical codes that allow it for a short amount of time.

All anti-heroes though.

If you guys think it is too op I can just tone her powers down to normal shock-based abilities.

@MasterOfChaos

Yeah the deactivating powers thing is very OP avoidable or not, if someone were to have that power I'd restrict maybe only to a short distance around them and make them very vunerable while using it and it taking a toll on their life force/energy. But I'm sure no one wants to play that character.

Shock based abilities sounds good.

[Reflection]

@Dynamo Frokane Hey, I updated XT-001 some more, with some more weaknesses to balance out his power pool.

[MasterOfChaos]

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Yeah the deactivating powers thing is very OP avoidable or not, if someone were to have that power I'd restrict maybe only to a short distance around them and make them very vunerable while using it and it taking a toll on their life force/energy. But I'm sure no one wants to play that character.

Shock based abilities sounds good.

@Dynamo Frokane

I mean, I'd be perfectly willing to add in those restrictions to it.

[Dolerman]

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I mean, I'd be perfectly willing to add in those restrictions to it.

@MasterOfChaos

If you really want, but then you would also need some actual weaknesses on top of that. It would really have to balance out how powerful that one ability is, but it's up to you.

[Dolerman]

@Dynamo Frokane Hey, I updated XT-001 some more, with some more weaknesses to balance out his power pool.

@Reflection

Okay let me give it a look over

[Dolerman]

EDIT: Okay so now I've given him a look over and there are 2 things

1) He needs a civilian identity, and a regular job. Maybe it can be like Martian Manhunter where he has some sort of cloaking device or transforming disguise but he needs to be able to appear human on a day to day basis and only turn into his true form when needed.

2) He's very OP.
Bulletproof is okay but overall he is too durable, basically anyone who doesn't use 'magnets' cant even touch him. You also need to be more descriptive on what 'weapons' he can transform himself to use. It should be limited number of clearly stated attacks and abilities not an endless possibility of 'adaptation'. Also scrap adaptation altogether, its too vague, have some clearly stated reactive (and limited) transformations for specific situations.

There is no Magic in this RP so his weakness to it is pointless.

His multi-directional defense flaw is offset by his ridiculous durability.

The other weaknesses are fine, but you'll need at least 2 more significant ones to replace these two.

Tone down the superior intellect, supercomputer smarts are a power all on their own.

Tone down the destructive power of the weaponry.

And obviously tone down the durability a LOT.

I'll add Miles Melendez to the overall lore of the City, if you can let me know how he made his fortune we can add his company or his industry as one of the locations in North Maximum.

[Dolerman]

Check the Zeroth post everyone, I added some guidelines.

[Stern Algorithm]

Tone down the superior intellect, supercomputer smarts are a power all on their own.

@Dynamo Frokane

Wait.

So my intention was for Dr. Fang AKA Interference to have super intellect, being a Tony Stark-level genius so that she could lead a team of superheroes, build upgrades for her team members, and plot the overthrow of the government. The thing is, I intended for the inside of her suit to be laced with fiber optics. Since she can emit and detect light through her skin, I intended for her to use that as a way to communicate with her suit, which is used to control and coordinate a swarm of small drones that help her set up acoustic zones that amplify and augment her wave-based powers, since I'm going full-science and real waves are finicky at best. She's also supposed to be able to listen to and interpret radio waves without the need of an actual machine.

Like, she understands waves intimately.



Shit like this goes on inside her head all the time.

Let me know if this is not the character you accepted.

[Dolerman]

@Stern Algorithm No its fine, I asked him to tone his down because there were comparisons made to earths most powerful supercomputer and it was combination with his other very powerful abilities. Tony Stark level ingenuity is nowhere near that, and along with the rest of your character it makes sense.

[MasterOfChaos]

@Dynamo Frokane

So I want to give them electricity powers but I'm worried that in and of itself is too overpowered, looking at it now on the powerlisting site it seems to grant access to some pretty bullshit stuff.

Can I pick and choose which applications she gets, trying to keep this from being too overpowered.

[DClassified]

@Dynamo Frokane
The sheet is now complete with updated history, Enhanced Abilities, and Equipment.

Also, I was kind of hoping if the Yakuza could kind of be fighting with the Triads in a Chinese Gang V. Japanese Organized Crime kind of thing in Little Asia for control, but as well as the Yakuza trying to expand to other parts of the city as well secretly.

[Reflection]

EDIT: Okay so now I've given him a look over and there are 2 things

1) He needs a civilian identity, and a regular job. Maybe it can be like Martian Manhunter where he has some sort of cloaking device or transforming disguise but he needs to be able to appear human on a day to day basis and only turn into his true form when needed.

2) He's very OP.
Bulletproof is okay but overall he is too durable, basically anyone who doesn't use 'magnets' cant even touch him. You also need to be more descriptive on what 'weapons' he can transform himself to use. It should be limited number of clearly stated attacks and abilities not an endless possibility of 'adaptation'. Also scrap adaptation altogether, its too vague, have some clearly stated reactive (and limited) transformations for specific situations.

There is no Magic in this RP so his weakness to it is pointless.

His multi-directional defense flaw is offset by his ridiculous durability.

The other weaknesses are fine, but you'll need at least 2 more significant ones to replace these two.

Tone down the superior intellect, supercomputer smarts are a power all on their own.

Tone down the destructive power of the weaponry.

And obviously tone down the durability a LOT.

I'll add Miles Melendez to the overall lore of the City, if you can let me know how he made his fortune we can add his company or his industry as one of the locations in North Maximum.

@Dynamo Frokane

Cool, I'll work on this when I can. (I figured a lot of this would need to be balanced down, so I get that. Since he was a character rolled in a previous game with some pretty absurd powers (And his weakness was terrible charisma. Ha.) So it's a bit of a figuring out process.

Not sure about the need for a civilian identity, because I'm planning a kind of immigrant story with him, and allowing him to disguise himself easily can make some of that seem well... Weird. I'll come up with something.

[Dolerman]

@Dynamo Frokane
The sheet is now complete with updated history, Enhanced Abilities, and Equipment.

Also, I was kind of hoping if the Yakuza could kind of be fighting with the Triads in a Chinese Gang V. Japanese Organized Crime kind of thing in Little Asia for control, but as well as the Yakuza trying to expand to other parts of the city as well secretly.

@DC The Dragon

Okay cool I think I can approve your character now, I'll let you know if I want any more edits down the line, and yes was planning to add Yakuza & Triads to the known mobs let me know if you have ideas for names and logos for the said gangs and I'll work it into the lore.

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Cool, I'll work on this when I can. (I figured a lot of this would need to be balanced down, so I get that. Since he was a character rolled in a previous game with some pretty absurd powers (And his weakness was terrible charisma. Ha.) So it's a bit of a figuring out process.

Not sure about the need for a civilian identity, because I'm planning a kind of immigrant story with him, and allowing him to disguise himself easily can make some of that seem well... Weird. I'll come up with something.

@Reflection

Great, let me know how the powering down goes.

And civilian identity is required for this RP but you can be creative in what kind of 'person' he acts like when he isnt in alien form.

@Dynamo Frokane

So I want to give them electricity powers but I'm worried that in and of itself is too overpowered, looking at it now on the powerlisting site it seems to grant access to some pretty bullshit stuff.

Can I pick and choose which applications she gets, trying to keep this from being too overpowered.

@MasterOfChaos

Electricity is fine, write up the powers as you see fit and then I'll look it over and ask for edits/removal.

[Dolerman]

@Dynamo Frokane
The sheet is now complete with updated history, Enhanced Abilities, and Equipment.

Also, I was kind of hoping if the Yakuza could kind of be fighting with the Triads in a Chinese Gang V. Japanese Organized Crime kind of thing in Little Asia for control, but as well as the Yakuza trying to expand to other parts of the city as well secretly.

@DC The Dragon

Okay cool I think I can approve your character now, I'll let you know if I want any more edits down the line, and yes was planning to add Yakuza & Triads to the known mobs let me know if you have ideas for names and logos for the said gangs and I'll work it into the lore.

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Cool, I'll work on this when I can. (I figured a lot of this would need to be balanced down, so I get that. Since he was a character rolled in a previous game with some pretty absurd powers (And his weakness was terrible charisma. Ha.) So it's a bit of a figuring out process.

Not sure about the need for a civilian identity, because I'm planning a kind of immigrant story with him, and allowing him to disguise himself easily can make some of that seem well... Weird. I'll come up with something.

@Reflection

Great, let me know how the powering down goes.

And civilian identity is required for this RP but you can be creative in what kind of 'person' he acts like when he isnt in alien form.

@Dynamo Frokane

So I want to give them electricity powers but I'm worried that in and of itself is too overpowered, looking at it now on the powerlisting site it seems to grant access to some pretty bullshit stuff.

Can I pick and choose which applications she gets, trying to keep this from being too overpowered.

@MasterOfChaos

Electricity is fine, write up the powers as you see fit and then I'll look it over and ask for edits/removal.

[DClassified]

Now, my only question is, with this site lag, is there a way to get rid of these accidental extra posts?

[Delta44]

Now, my only question is, with this site lag, is there a way to get rid of these accidental extra posts?

@DC The Dragon

You may need to contact a Mod about that. Don't worry, I am also suffering ;-;