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Gorenger: Super Sentai Hero Team!

These are all terrific, thanks team.

I’ll put together an opening post in-game thread to start us off during the day tomorrow (it’s about 9:30 pm my time) and I’ll get us rolling!

After a little short intro, you’ll all be thrown into the thick of it.

@Courtaud

Thanks, bossman! But don't tell me you're not part of the squad!

Gorenger: Super Sentai Hero Team!

Listening to Finn's favorite song:


Uplifting, motivational, funky as hell with a message telling you to embrace who you are.

Listening to Nate's favorite song:


It's a good song but when you listen to the lyrics...

Gorenger: Super Sentai Hero Team!

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Full Name: Solomon 'Sully' Price

Favorite Colors: Yellow, Black, Red

Personality: Solomon Price is very much unlike his namesake, the wise King Solomon. He is selfish and self-centered, unable to see the benefits of teamwork. The young man lacks wisdom and stubbornly follows his own path and whims. He comes off as abrasive and often leaves others in the dust in pursuit of his own desires. Living by the motto of ‘act first, think later’, Sully takes problems and opportunities alike and runs with them, refusing to waste time on hesitation. This makes him a fast thinker, but also stubborn and hard-headed. However, there is some light to him. Sully is a person who exudes confidence, standing by the decisions he makes with unwavering commitment. He is a staunch defender of whatever cause or person he attaches himself to. Having Sully in your corner is having a loyal ride or die ally who will stick by you in the thick of it. His persistence is strong and he will try every avenue possible in solving an issue until he’s physically unable to continue. Unfortunately, for the moment, his focus is solely on shallow, glory-seeking efforts. If only there was some cause bigger than himself to get involved in…

What do they want to be when they grow up?: Sully wants to be a famous racer. Ever since he was a young child, he’s always had a passion for vehicles of any kind. Sometimes he wants to race cars professionally, other times he wants to race motorbikes. It depends on what day you ask him.

Short Biography: Solomon Price was born the only child of Lance and Nicole Price. Lance is a professional racer whose career led to extended periods of absence from the family. However, he was a loving husband and father who took every opportunity he had to be with his family during the off-season. Lance and Sully would spend time at the tracks spectating races and occasionally looking over cars at home. It was from his childhood that Sully would develop an affinity for all things automotive. And it was watching his father competing and earning the praise of thousands that cemented Sully's dream to become a world-famous racer himself. However, such ambition came with the addition of an ego the size of the ocean. As soon as he was old enough to operate a vehicle with a motor, the adrenaline junkie was hooked. When not attending school (or finding ways to avoid attending school), Sully can be found on his dirt bike, zipping and zooming through the streets of the city. Although he lives on-campus while attending Wing Zero Academy, his house is close enough that he can pop in on weekends and tweak his dirt bike.

Favorite Song: Even Flow by Pearl Jam

Favorite Food: Biryani rice and chicken curry! Sully loves spicy food.

Favorite Animal: The hornet! Powerful, aggressive, and fast as hell!

What Element best describes them?: Air!

If they had a superpower, what would it be?: Super-speed!

Mood Board!

MARVELS: Streets of New York

Oh thank goodness, all those nights plotting in the shower aren’t going to waste! I’m still 110% interested. Life happens and I’m glad things are clearing up some for you guys.

Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

A q u a l a d
A q u a l a d

^{"If water connects us all, then it's time to stop resisting the tide."}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Jackson Hyde _________________________________________________________ 18 | Single _________________________________________________________ Atlantis | American N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S _________________________________________________________ [+] - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Atlantean Physiology Although he is only half Atlantean, Aqualad is still blessed with the superhuman senses and physical traits a pureblood possesses. His vision is strong enough to see through the murkiest depths of water and he can hear far better than any human. Additionally, his strength, speed, stamina, and durability are also beyond those of a peak human. ◼ Hydrokinesis Aqualad can mentally control water, utilizing it offensively to overwhelm enemies or defensively to cover himself or disorient enemies while vulnerable. ◼ Electrokinesis Abilities, or Superpowers are characteristics that your character possesses which are considered extraordinary when compared to a standard human. - T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ ??? None, for now... - N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S _________________________________________________________ [+] - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Swimming Aqualad is incredibly adept at swimming, capable of cutting through the water like a knife through hot butter. ◼ Hand to hand Combat Part of Aquaman's training included learning to fight without the use of his ranged powers. Jackson could hold his own in a fight where water isn't immediately available. - T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Hand-Eye Coordination Jackson is naturally good at seeing and visualizing events, then swiftly reacting to them. This translates into his use of water-based projectiles, which he uses with proficient accuracy. -

T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... ________________________________________________________________________________________ Jackson Hyde was born Kaldur'ahm to Lucia Inaego, a homo mermanus from the underwater kingdom Xebel and the treasure hunter David Hyde. The two met when David was exploring Xebel in search for a powerful artifact, the Black Pearl. They quickly fell in love, and it was through that love that Lucia began to help David with his quest. However, Lucia soon realized that his intentions with the pearl were not to merely catalog the artifact. Whoever possessed the Black Pearl would gain control the seas, capable of crushing their foes beneath massive waves. Realizing what needed to be done, Lucia took the map that led to the treasure's burial site and barely escaped with her life from David, who Lucia soon found out was the criminal pirate Black Manta. It was only once she emerged from the water that she found out that she was pregnant with Black Manta's child. Moving to a land locked location in New Mexico, Lucia gave birth to Jackson and raised him without divulging any knowledge about his true origins. Jackson's early life was filled with questions without answers, like where did those tattoo-like markings on his arms come from, or why do the fish at the aquarium seem to gravitate towards him. When the Reach revealed their ulterior motives, Jackson watched events unfold from the TV. People disappearing with no end in sight, until the work of Superman put an end to the alien's plans. The burgeoning age of superpowered individuals caused by the Meta-Bomb's activation prompted Jackson to explore his own anomalies more intensively. It was while experimenting outside in a field on a rainy night that Jackson set off a chain of events that would change his life forever. Without intentionally trying, the young man activated his hydrokinesis and began gravitating all the raindrops around him, forming a car sized glob of water above himself. A passerby witnessed the phenomenon and posted the display of power online, quickly garnering media attention. Lucia was shocked by the news. The quiet life she had spent almost two decades to create was suddenly upended. There was no telling what would happen next or who would get to them first: the government or Black Manta. But the video didn't just attract the attention of humanity. A day later, a tall, blonde and bearded man greeted the Hydes at their doorstep. He introduced himself as Arthur Curry, and by the markings on Jackson's arms, they had a lot to talk about. It was then, without any more chances to deflect or delay the conversation, that Lucia revealed the truth about Jackson's identity as part Atlantean and Arthur. While on the surface trying his hand to ease the rapidly xenophobic political atmosphere with diplomacy, Arthur saw the footage of Jackson and tracked him down to New Mexico. And seeing some of himself, a man between two worlds, he wanted to take him under his wing and train him in the use of his powers. And with meta-human sentiment plummeting by the day around the world, Arthur offered his hometown of Amnesty Bay as a place for the Hydes to hide and a suitable spot next to the ocean for Jackson to begin embracing his roots. Fast forward to a year later, and Jackson is still getting the hang of his powers. He gets visits from Aquaman, but they're becoming briefer and lowering in frequency. As the United States government continues with their use of the Agency and President Lord with his agenda, Atlantis and the people of the sea require his presence more and more as they begin to look at all their options. And as much as Jackson's been listening to his mother keeping his head down to avoid another New Mexico incident, it seems like life is about to thrust him into the light for good this time, whether he's ready for the responsibility or not. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ With Maxwell Lord's 'Humanity First' platform, I really wanted to play a character with a non-human element in their backstory for some added flavor. And in wanting to try my hand at a subject I don't know much about, my mind zeroed in on the underwater world. After perusing some options, I finally chose Aqualad and worked from there. Having spent most of his life secluded in New Mexico before moving to Amnesty Bay and training with Aquaman, Jackson is ready to spread his wings and explore his place in the world. There's a lot of potential for storylines where the idealistic hybrid seeks to bridge the gap between humanity and homo mermanus, which can produce mixed results like successful interactions or further demonization by the government. For the aquatic royalty, my idea is that Aquaman is King of Atlantis, with Prince Namor controlling his own territory as the second most powerful underwater entity. They both have common ground, but as the leaders on land intensify their efforts, Aquaman's talks of finding peace and Namor's talks of 'proactive defense' sets them apart. As far as a roadmap goes, I have some arcs set up, but I want to focus on writing as many team ups with other players as possible. Jackson is still very wet behind the ears, so I think he'll definitely pick up skills working alongside the different characters in the cast.

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Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

Initially, I was working on a Punisher team concept, all about a pair of clashing personalities at the head as Frank and Joe Garrison navigated the complex political realities of Lord's America. Then, and I sat down to write it, I realized the enormity of research it would require to make it remotely credible was quite daunting. Then I would also need to worry about not using the whole run as a big ol' political soapbox. On top, there have already been a bunch of team apps in this thread and I don't think I want to throw in another.

So I went back to the drawing board, looking for something fun and maybe similarly shaped, and I came up with this cringe. Blame Uni for it, I asked him to talk me out of it and he told me to embrace the cringe. So here I am, embracing it. But first, some music.

<Snipped quote by Simple Unicycle>

careful not to cut yourself on this edge

P U N I S H E R
P U N I S H E R

^{"THE WAR ON CRIME HAS CHANGED. WILL YOU CHANGE WITH IT?"}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Francis David Castle _________________________________________________________ 41 | Widower _________________________________________________________ Ex-Marine, Ex-NYPD | American N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S _________________________________________________________ [+] - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ ENHANCED PHYSICALS Even without Ven'ahm fully deployed, all of Frank's physical abilities have dramatically improved. He is stronger, faster, more durable, and with greater stamina than ever, on top of an enhanced healing factor. These abilities only improve with the entire symbiote in play, especially if the creature has been allowed to eat. ◼ LIQUID SKIN The symbiote's skin seems to be a sort of non-Newtonian fluid that can be controlled at will. This leads to a incredible number of applications, including the suits ability to configure into various specifications of armor or disguise at will, as well as the ability to deploy pseudopods that can fire weapons, operate machinery, and even attack on their own. - T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ EXPANSIVE ARMORY Over the years, Frank has built up an incredible collection of eclectic firearms of every type for just about every situation. Small arms, long arms, explosives, launchers, and more. Now, thanks to the symbiote, Frank is able to carry more of it on his person than ever. - N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S _________________________________________________________ [+] - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ WEAPONS EXPERTISE Frank is an expert in the care and use of a plethora of weapons, favoring traditional firearms, though he does have some experience with close quarters combat. - T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ PAIN TOLERANCE Frank was born with a naturally dulled sense of pain. Even before his bond with the symbiote, he was able to take unbelievable amounts of punishment without faltering. -

T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... ________________________________________________________________________________________ My name is Frank Castle, and before The Reach, I was a lot like you. Stable career. Loving Wife. Ugly dog. Pair of beautiful kids. Living the dream. It can change in an instant at the end of a gun. We were innocent, having a picnic in the park. But we were in the way. Drug deal gone wrong. They died like animals. Sometimes I wish I died, too. Instead I woke up in a hospital a year later. Next is the part you’ve heard. I had to hurt the men who hurt me. Open and shut revenge. Simple. Except for the part where it didn’t stop. Every door I kicked down, I expected to die on the other side of. Live like that long enough, without anything else to live for, and it quickly becomes all you know. At the beginning I would plan obsessively. Every weapon, every angle, every perp checked meticulously so that I knew, without doubt, that these were the men that deserved punishment. By the end, it was as simple as running into the next room and putting two between the eyes of the next gangbanger I saw. Simple revenge. Haha. Only reason I figure I got away with it -- being The Punisher, wearing that skull-lookin’ armor, announcing my presence everywhere I went with a burst of machinegun fire -- was on account of the war. The PD and the Feds were spread thin, which gave every scumbag in the city license to do as they pleased. They needed support, and I was all that was coming. Maybe they thought I was helping hold the city together, even as I burned it down. Next is the part you haven’t. My last weeks of it are the haziest of all. I remember the chug of the gun and seeing, for the first time, the colors of human and Reach blood swirling and mixing on the cracked concrete. I remember that they got me, hit me with some new weapon. I thought when I finally ran into The Reach, I’d die on the spot. Get a plasma hole bored through my guts or become a denatured pile of slime. Instead, I woke up in a cell. I knew The Reach was experimenting on humans, we all did, but I didn’t think that meant they’d have a gene lab buried under Manhattan. Nothing they did to me seemed to take. I think they only kept me around as a control, a tough old bastard to measure their successes against. Even then, I expected to get binned fast. I know what happens to test animals. But their new subjects were few and far between. Fewer and fewer as the weeks and months dragged on. The Reach scientists spent more time in the facility than ever. They seemed cut off… But they were holding on. This was the pattern for almost five years -- until last month. An asset transfer from another facility, a rare occasion. A thing sealed in a glass tube, running and shifting inside in inky black detail. The scientists were excited. They tried it on all kinds of things. Poured it over blocks, rocks, technology, weapons, even a few houseplants. No change. Until they started trying the animals. It would sink into their flesh, like it was disappearing against their skin. Then the shaking, the vomiting, the screaming. Then the sleep. You could watch, over an hour, as each strip of muscle and skin and sinew receded and faded until there was nothing left of the animal but a bleached skeleton and a quivering black mass sheltering in its ribcage. They tried it on us next. There weren’t many of us human prisoners left. Only the hardest and the toughest. But it was the same for each of them. Bleached bones and a grinning skull staring at me from across the lab. Until me. It was almost natural coming onto my skin, pushing its tendrils through the gaps between my cells. It was destroying me. But it was rebuilding me. It spoke to me. There was a voice in my head. It needed to know only one thing. Was I ready to slaughter its captors? Or would it eat me like the rest, and try another? My name is Frank Castle. Its name is Ven’ahm. Together, we are The Punisher. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ One of the fundamental tensions of the Punisher when held up against the rest of a superhero universe is: how justified can his actions really be? Here’s a mass murderer presenting himself as a necessary, brutal, bloody solution to problems a dopey teen in spandex could solve in seconds. You can handwave it to some extent with the scope of crime in a comic book universe, but you’ll always be asking yourself why any of a hundred heroes don’t put a stop to the madness. By giving him access to the symbiote, I think I can expose Frank to problems he is more of a justified solution for, especially in the context of Lord’s regime. More importantly, the most interesting part of The Punisher, at least when talking about a game like this, is whether there could be a good person hiding somewhere in the depths of Frank’s blackened soul. We’ve seen Frank broken down a million times, what if he could be built up? What if he has a chance to grow or change or do something actually positive with his life? To set him on this path, he’s had a long time to think in that cell. Now he’s forced into a role he could never predict, as the adoptive father of a weird alien that lives on his skin that might be the one creature on the planet more naturally hateful than he is.

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@DocTachyon

Kickass idea! If you can bless me with Frank-Venom mowing down criminals with like 5 LMGs being held by symbiote tendrils, I'll throw the edgelord allegations out the window!

Sentai/Voltron Style Story

Terrific!

With the 3 players we have now, we could genuinely get started, while still recruiting other players. The way the plot would begin has an element that allows for me to play the NPC's and jumpstart the proceedings.

While I put together the character sheets, do you guys have strong opinions on the timeline of this game? I may move it a little bit more forward into the future to allow for potential global expansion and galactic expansion but I don't want to make this a sci-fi specific type of dealing.

@Courtaud

I have no preference, but I can see being a little bit into the future being fun world-building wise. Again, any time period works for me though!

Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

I just remember reading Batman: Fortunate Son and Batman absolutely despising the genre haha

reddit.com/r/batman/comments/10b52ox/…

Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

Hey wait a minute! I just clocked this!

<Snipped quote by Simple Unicycle>

@Master Bruce

SMH my head how dare you associate Batman with Rock...

Ultimate One Universe: Resistance

Question for my fellow roleplayers to get some discussion going. Do any of you associate specific songs to your characters? I saw Half Pint also linked to a song on their sheet (glad I wasn't the only one) and it brought the question to mind.

Me personally? I made a whole fucking playlist. Because I'm extra like that.

@Simple Unicycle

I don't, but now that you bring it up, I wanna start doing it. Seems like a fun way to explore different genres. How did you guys make your choice(s)?