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The Dawn of Marvels

The Dawn of Marvels

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This is the Dawn of Marvels, a sandbox style roleplay where you as the players help forge the landscape of this universe's Earth. The goal of this game is to provide an opportunity to all the players to cooperatively tell stories about our favorite Marvel Super-Heroes and Villains. This world is like a fresh clump of clay, ready for the artist to freely sculpt it into whatever his or her creative heart desires. Just like back in 2000 when Marvel launched its Ultimate Universe, you have the license to reimagine your character(s), picking and choosing your favorite bits and pieces from the decades worth of Marvel lore (mainstream, Ultimate, MCU, cartoons, etc.), or even adding your own flare to it!

You can imagine this as a massive "What If?" scenario. Are you interested in seeing how the world would change if Captain America did not become preserved in ice and instead had a "normal" life after WWII? Go for it! Do you want find out what would happen if someone other than Thor would wield his mighty hammer? You can do that! Are you obsessed with a obscure character and want to bring him to the forefront of the action? There is a place here for you! Together, we can make an interesting world where our characters can act out the stories we want to tell.

Important Info

After the end of the Second World War, the United Nations founded the secret organization called the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, or S.H.I.E.L.D. for short. Unknown to the public, their task was to ensure that the United States and the Soviet Union would not utterly destroy themselves and everyone else on the planet. This job description included keeping an eye on any progress of enhanced humans on either side of the curtain. Once the Iron Curtain fell, it seemed as if S.H.I.E.L.D. had lost its purpose. However, since mutants and other superhumans alike were starting to increase in number, this secret spy organization found a new purpose. To make sure that they didn't destroy the world, too.

With S.H.I.E.L.D. working under the radar of the general population, most people did not believe that superhumans existed, even though reports of them started to pop up at an ever increasing rate. However, things changed when the first mutants came to light. People were confused on how to react: should they treat them like a minority group or regulate them like weapons of mass destruction. However, after a hard-fought bill was pushed through Congress and a monumental decision was made in the Supreme Court, mutants were finally recognized as a group that could not be discriminated against, just like race and sexuality. However, this was not quite enough because opinions never change over night and this newly created "protected identity" was still feared those bigots. When non-mutant superhumans started putting on their capes and fighting crime, people started to wander whether there should even be a distinguish between the two groups.

One such hero was Robert Reynolds, a.k.a. the Sentry. Although his past was shrouded in mystery, the Sentry's popularity with the general population began to soar as he made his debut on the superhero scene. However, he had a dead secret: an alternate persona dubbed 'The Void' that was the hero's repressed personality. One day, this 'Void' persona arose and threatened the destruction of New York City. At this time of crisis, the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, who would later be known as the Avengers, formed a temporary alliance and took on this unknown danger. The battle was long and hard, but after hours of intense fighting, the heroes emerged victorious. Once they discovered that the 'Void' was actually the Sentry, the heroes quickly covered it up, hoping that it would not taint their own reputation. Instead, the heroes gave Reynolds a funeral worthy of any hero. While the general public mourned for the death of the 'true' hero, the Avengers continued on, knowing that if the truth came out that the result would not be pretty.

Timeline

SHIELD LOGS UNAVAILABLE - I.T. is working on a solution.

//NOTICE: If you wish to add to the main events with established points in your character's timeline, please do not hesitate to PM on the subject.

Rules

THE RULES

• All players will be limited to the use of one character at the start. After three IC posts a second slot will be made available to you. A third character will only be available to players who prove to the GM that they are consistent posters and will not disappear without any notice.

• If you are new to the RPG, your first arc should be your character's introduction arc. While it does not have to be your character's origin story, take this opportunity to flesh out your character(s).

• In the "Rules" section of the Character Sheet, write the name of your favorite Marvel character that you are NOT applying for in that character sheet.

• Before starting a game wide event, check with the GM to ensure it will not conflict with ongoing plans. Such events should NOT be your introductory arc.

• Please try to remain active in the IC, especially if you are interacting with other PCs. Players may puppet inactive characters or abort the story arc if the player has been absent for an extended amount of time. Continued absences will eventually result in allowing other players to apply for that character.

•  Player controlled Characters (PCs) may not be killed without permission from the player said character belongs to. However, feel free to brutally murder as many nameless Non-Player Characters (NPCs) as possible within the constraints of your own character.

• Butting into other character's story lines/events without asking permission prior will not be tolerated. It's rude and unnecessary - if you can make a good enough case and communicate with the other members your likely to be given permission. Interaction and politeness need to to go hand in hand if this is to be enjoyable.

•  Time-travel is forbidden unless a character's origin demands it (e.g, Kang the Conqueror). In these cases all time travel will have been done with prior to the character's first interaction with a PC.

•  Don't just play to win. The aim here is to produce fun stories and collaborations, not to conquer the world and enslave it's populous through untempered brute force. By the laws of probability there are bound to be battles your character cannot win. Embrace it.

• Try and be as creative as possible with your character sheets. This process is as much a test of your competency in commanding language as it is showing your ideas for a character. Blatant copy and pasting of other people's work from discarded character sheets, wiki pages or the like will not be tolerated. I will check.

•  Please refrain from having your character perform any random game-changing actions; no one likes waking up to find that a player has had their character destroy the moon, least of all the population of Attilan. Only perform actions that your character can do and would do on paper.

• Respect the GM, and they shall respect unto you. If they ask you to change something, it's in the interests of the game for you to comply.

• The GM reserves the right to expel any member as they see fit if given reason.

• All regular Guild rules apply.

HOW TO APPLY

• Copy the ready-made template below (see Cut&Paste hider)

• Only characters published by Marvel in any media (comics, movies, television, games) will be accepted.

• Legacy characters (sidekicks, supporting casts, villains) will be accepted at the GM's discretion. If you want to play Venom or War Machine, make sure you check with the Spider-Man and Iron Man players respectively to makes sure your application does not conflict with theirs.

• NO CALLING DIBS. If there are more than one application for a single character, I will review the applications and pick the one that fits the setting the most. If possible, try to come to agreement among yourself so that I don't have to pick between two or more people.

• Once your character sheet has been accepted by the GM, the GM will post the character sheet in the Character tab. If any changes or updates needs to be made in the character sheet, just pm the GM and let him know what changes must be made.

• Once you have been accepted, please be timely about making your first post.

Character Sheet template:

Player Name:
Alias: Your character's superhero/villain name
Real Name: Your character's real name
Moral Alignment (Hero, Villain, Walking the Line):
Affiliation (what group/team/organization, if any, is your character affiliated with?):
Character Origin & Backstory:
Powers and Abilities (What can your character do? What can't they do?):
Sample Story Arcs: Give 2-3 ideas on where you want to go with your character.
Rules: In this section, please acknowledge that you have read the rules.
Sample Post (This is used as an introduction to your writing – try to keep it to around three paragraphs or more and try to include dialogue. You only have to fill this out on your first application):

Cut&Paste CS

[b]Player Name:[/b]
[b]Alias:[/b]
[b]Real Name:[/b]
[b]Moral Alignment:[/b]
[b]Affiliation:[/b]
[b]Character Origin & Backstory:[/b]
[b]Powers and Abilities:[/b]
[b]Sample Story Arcs:[/b]
[b]Rules:[/b]
[b]Sample Post:[/b]

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It looks fine to me. I'm not quite sure what else to say.

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First you have some broken bbcode.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

@MelonHead: Can't remember. Whenever one of us has some time, we can look at it again.

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@Chaotic Chao: Due to recent conversations I have had with other players, I am opening Spider-Man up to competing applications. That means that after everyone has submitted an application, we will have a vote to see who gets the Web-Head.

@Mattmanganon: Same goes for you, too, Matt.

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You start with one character. After a few posts, and if you think you can handle an additional character, you can apply for a second one.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

2/3 characters ready for Season 2. Just need to get the Nightmare story arc done (why am I not surprised that Iron Knight would be the last one).

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

Aubrey Adkins

“Well, I guess it’s time for you to head back home.” Will finally admitted. We had been sitting on a bench right outside of his apartment for maybe a half an hour. We just talked about whatever was on our minds, just to delay this moment. “Especially since you’re going to have to travel halfway across the country to get home.”

“I guess so.” I said to him. Even as we stood up, the two of us still dawdled there. It was like one of those times when you were a little kid when you would ask your parents for ‘just ten more minutes’ before you had to go to bed.

“Maybe we should do something like this again.” He suggested as he peered at the ground, although he looked back at me when he spoke again. “But maybe something more exciting than church, like putt putt or a baseball game or something.”

“Church was fine. I’m just glad someone in our generation is still going to church”

Before either of us knew it, instead of walking away on our separate paths, we instead had been inching towards one another. If this had been a few months ago, I probably would have already leapt back by now. However, something inside me, some passion, drove me forward to meet his lips long before he got to 90 percent or whatever number that silly Will Smith movie suggested.

It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it nevertheless felt as if my heart was fluttering in my breast as each second melted away. When it had ended, Will’s face was redder than the color of my costume. I had noticed that he was acting pretty skittish throughout our date, probably because he was working so hard not to screw something up, at least in his mind. I can’t imagine how he felt after kissing the girl he has had a crush on since God knows when. Probably better if I don’t find out.

“OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH” Someone from one of the upper floors of Will’s apartment had shouted out of his window, “SOMEBODY’S GETTING LAID TONIGHT!”

“No you’re not.”

“I don’t know that person.” He quickly replied in order to defend himself. “And I’m not that sex obsessed. No, I mean I’m not sex obsessed.”

I didn’t think it was possible, but after that little slip of the tongue, Will’s face turned into an even darker shade of red. Things must have felt as if they were going so well for him until that moment.

“GET ‘ER DONE, WILL! GET ‘ER DONE!” After that comment from whoever was shouting from the upper section of the apartment, I could tell that all that Will had wanted to do was to curl up and hide under a rock or something. Just so that he would not melt where he was standing, I gave him a quick hug.

“Text me?” Will just nodded, learning from his first mistake so that he would not put his foot in his mouth again. We walked back to the entrance to his apartment, where we finally went our separate ways.

Before Athena had dropped me off, she had designated a location where she was going to pick me up. She had selected a spot that had enough trees and buildings would block most bystander’s vision so that their little disappearing act would not be such a spectacle. As soon as I arrived there, Athena instantly appeared before me.

“It’s time to go.” I could tell from Athena’s voice that she was still not enthralled by the idea of this little excursion. And since Will and I dawdled for a while, she did have some reason to be a little impatient. But for all the crazy things that she has gotten me into, I think I deserve it.

“I guess…” Looking over my shoulder, I sighed. I felt this unsettling sensation in my stomach that was like being both hungry and full at the same time. However, my heart almost skipped a beat when I saw someone running towards us.

“Wait!” The voice said from a distance. I wasn’t so much fearful of who was approaching, but rather what Athena might do if someone other than me discovered her existence. Sure, she revealed herself to Icon, but I would assume that there could be some doubt that she’s just another metahuman fighting the good fight. But considering her track record in Greek Mythology, I would be fearful of what she would do to a regular bystander who happened to walk on us.

“You forgot,” Will stopped to catch his breath, since he had been frantically searching for me, “your purse???”

He was bewildered to see that the Greek Goddess of Wisdom was standing there before him. Just to be on the safe side, I immediately leaped in between them, just in case Athena was about ready to do something rash, like blind him or even turn him into a girl or something.

“Let’s just stay calm so no one does anything we’ll later regret.”

“Athena was always my favorite god in Greek Mythology she always seemed to be able to keep herself above the usual bickering that the others would do I would always pick you in the Classical Age even though Hermes was technically the better choice I don’t know why I blabbering like this but it is not because I scared silly, even though I am.”

For the first time, I saw the goddess’ sternness washing away from her face. I could not quite decide whether that was a good thing or not, but for the moment now, I guess it was. “I guess if he can keep quiet about this, he has nothing to fear.”

Nothing like a veiled threat hidden in an attempt to seem generous. But I’m not surprised at all.

“So, I still have those fortunes from lunch. Do you want me to keep them?” Will asked me. However, this comment made Athena raise her eyebrow.

“Didn’t you go to a Greek restaurant?”

“For some bizarre reason, they were handing them out.”

Athena immediately snatched the two small scraps of paper out of Will’s hand and began to read through them.

“I see she is still trying to rub in that whole Judgement of Paris fiasco in my face. But guess who won the Trojan War.” She straightaway pointed at herself, since the Achaean forces were able to capture and plunder Troy. “But this second one is quite precarious.”

“I don’t know. It sounded like a fancy way of saying Don’t Drink and Drive”

“On the contrary.” Athena corrected me, “It is the prophecy that was given to Aegeus when he was having troubles begetting children. I really hope you two are bright enough to connect the dots here.”

“But those things are just fake fortunes that restaurants print out as their little gimmick.”

“Then test it at your own risk.” Athena bluntly told us. “But now we must go. We have delayed long enough.”

I turned to say one last word to Will. However, when I did rotate around, I realized that I was back in my room, alone. She wasn’t kidding about being in a hurry. Sometimes that woman just drives me crazy. But one question stuck in my head.

What have I gotten myself into?

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@Chaotic Chao: I'm fine with Eddie Brock/Venom.

The Dawn of Marvels

@Chaotic Chao: My suggestion is go with a character that you have the urge to write for. Also, you might want to check out what others are doing and see how your character can fit into the bigger picture so that your character isn't alone on an island.