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| GM: Lord Wraith | Co-GM(s): TBA | Genre: Fandom, Superhuman, Modern Fantasy | Type: Sandbox with Linear Elements |
A P E X C O M I C S:
B R A V E N E W W O R L D| GM: Lord Wraith | Co-GM(s): TBA | Genre: Fandom, Superhuman, Modern Fantasy | Type: Sandbox with Linear Elements |
In 1996, Marvel and DC co-published several issues under the imprint known as Amalgam Comics. During the limited run of this imprint, Marvel and DC characters were merged together in order to create new ones such as Dark Claw (Wolverine and Batman) or Super Soldier (Captain America and Superman). While the Amalgam Comics imprint only had two limited runs, the aforementioned one in 1996 and a second in 1997, the idea of mixing together characters is nothing new or even uncommon to comic book fans. As such the founding idea behind Apex Comics is to once again create new stories by amalgamating characters from across different comic universes.
It is my personal goal to make Apex a stimulating land where creativity and story telling can take priority, enabling you to render stories and events that could only have been dreamed of in previous comic RPs. In this universe, the mainstream continuities of DC or Marvel no longer apply; this is a world wholly built upon the ideas of players. Continuity that exists in this role-play will come solely from the sheets of submitted characters. I welcome you to a unique narrative opportunity to take any two DC, Marvel, IDW, Image, or Mirage Comics character and re-imagine them in a way that makes them pleasurable for you to write unique character to tell original stories with.
Whether you're one for emotional drama or a sucker for physical trauma, the vast range of characters available could fit any genre or any purpose you could reasonably imagine. Want to mix Hellboy and Etrigan? You can do that. Did Matt Murdock's blinding lead to him donning the cowl of the Bat? You can do that too. The possibilities are endless Apex as you're able to take the best parts of two character's stories and mold them into something new.
As a sandbox themed collaborative story, unlike that of a linearor progression-themed collaborative story, the goal of a sandbox is to allow you to craft character arcs, NPC casts, and almost assistant GM decisions that don’t contradict the other rules. The style of role-play was explained to me as an “interactive multi-author fanfiction” and the idea of this sort of concurrent thing is apt. However interaction, much like any role-play, is the bread and butter of the game; we don’t shy away from interactions, world-scale gatherings, and so forth. Our job in this role-play will be to set up events every so often but for the most part the GM Staff will do the same thing as the players in setting up our stories.
It is my personal goal to make Apex a stimulating land where creativity and story telling can take priority, enabling you to render stories and events that could only have been dreamed of in previous comic RPs. In this universe, the mainstream continuities of DC or Marvel no longer apply; this is a world wholly built upon the ideas of players. Continuity that exists in this role-play will come solely from the sheets of submitted characters. I welcome you to a unique narrative opportunity to take any two DC, Marvel, IDW, Image, or Mirage Comics character and re-imagine them in a way that makes them pleasurable for you to write unique character to tell original stories with.
Whether you're one for emotional drama or a sucker for physical trauma, the vast range of characters available could fit any genre or any purpose you could reasonably imagine. Want to mix Hellboy and Etrigan? You can do that. Did Matt Murdock's blinding lead to him donning the cowl of the Bat? You can do that too. The possibilities are endless Apex as you're able to take the best parts of two character's stories and mold them into something new.
As a sandbox themed collaborative story, unlike that of a linearor progression-themed collaborative story, the goal of a sandbox is to allow you to craft character arcs, NPC casts, and almost assistant GM decisions that don’t contradict the other rules. The style of role-play was explained to me as an “interactive multi-author fanfiction” and the idea of this sort of concurrent thing is apt. However interaction, much like any role-play, is the bread and butter of the game; we don’t shy away from interactions, world-scale gatherings, and so forth. Our job in this role-play will be to set up events every so often but for the most part the GM Staff will do the same thing as the players in setting up our stories.
T I M E L I N E :
An ever-updating list as CS’s are approved and events are mentioned or occur during the course of the role-play. This will be the best chronological fact-check database for the thread assuming we don’t attempt to compile these into a proper wiki. Any questions should be directed towards us if things are not clear.
~T.B.D.~
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