Force and Fury — Roleplayer Guild

We live in a world of superheroes. From the big screen, to Netflix, to cable TV, books, comics, cereal commercials, and goddamned lunchboxes, they surround us. Shame none of them are real, eh? Shame most of them are so derivative too. We all know the archetypes: dark and gritty, principled to a fault, hilariously irreverent, quirky. You know where else you can find a million and one superhero-related things? On RPG as...RPGs. So here’s an idea: Blooperheroes. Yeah, they’re not the best at their jobs. In many cases, being super isn’t even their job. Well, at least it wasn’t until very recently... 

Set in a world where supers are common, our story will follow a cobbled-together team of superpowered losers, misfits, oldtimers, and D-listers forced to take over the defense of the metropolis of New Ivansburg after all of the Liberty Corps, other A-listers, B-listers, and just about anyone useful go missing under mysterious circumstances. Nobody genuinely expects them to succeed - the odds are certainly against them - but they're supposed to take a crack at solving the mystery so that the powers-that-be can at least say that they tried. Yep, everything here is completely on the level. 

So, who are these 'losers, misfits, and D-listers'? Well, I'd like to be a bit tongue-in-cheek and maybe a touch politically incorrect at times, but I also want this to have heart. This is a story about people who have been dismissed by their peers overcoming whatever's held them back to this point in life and succeeding, sometimes despite themselves or, alternatively, people who have made a choice not to step up and be the heroes that they could be giving it a second chance. Tonally, we're going for something that aims to be funny but has a degree of seriousness and a fairly deep plot and character development at its heart. 

When it comes to powers, Blooperheroes don’t automatically have to be super-low on the scale, though that’s definitely acceptable. Think of the really situational or absurd, powers that your character can't reasonably use or can't use to their full potential for whatever reason, or just former powerhouses who are way over the hill. Want some examples? Check out the sample mini-profiles below.

Badmouth

Name: Serena Kim

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Occupation: market analyst

Powers: Can direct powerful psychic smacks at targets that she curses and swears at. The louder and viler the curse, the more powerful the smack.

Appearance: A relatively petite Asian woman in her early thirties, Serena looks and dresses the definition of professionally domestic. Her straight black hair is worn slightly past shoulder-length, her makeup is usually flawless but never overwhelming, and her clothing usually tends towards business casual.

David

Name: Daniel Werner

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Occupation: university student – pre-med

Powers: When using a slingshot, will always strike his target and will strike it with the necessary force to achieve his goal. However, his goal must be selfless and he must remain pure of heart and intention.

Appearance: a lanky but handsome Caucasian man in his early twenties, Daniel has wavy dirty blonde hair worn just on the respectable side of ‘shaggy’. He dresses like either a bit of a hipster, though there’s nothing over the top, or like he’s going to the gym. He can often be found rollerblading, usually with his wireless headphones on.

Flock

Name: Shawn Martins-Wellman

Age: 44

Gender: Male

Occupation: garbage collector

Powers: Can commune with and control birds within a radius of ten kilometers. Can send and receive messages through birds.

Appearance: Scruffy-looking middle-aged African-American man. He’s a bit above average height and in good shape. His hair is usually worn in a short afro, shot through with a handful of grey streaks. His usual attire consists of either work boots or worn-out sneakers, cargo pants or sweat pants, and some sort of t-shirt, with an army green jacket thrown over it in the winter.

Hackslash

Name: Maryanne Sharma

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Occupation: Pharmaceutical laboratory assistant

Powers: has indestructible fingernails that can only be cut or manipulated through her own voluntary actions.

Appearance: Maryanne looks like your average, reasonably attractive young South Asian woman, with long wavy black hair, bright makeup and, unfortunately, a bit of a ‘resting bitchface’. Her fingernails are always interestingly painted, and her attire varies between clinical when at work and faux-bohemian/free-spirited when outside of it.

Headcase

Name: Fatima Al-Khatib

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Occupation: mental health center patient (formerly a high-school art and photography teacher and part-time member of the Liberty Corps)

Powers: has a photographic memory and can reproduce a temporary exact copy of anything that she sees from a ‘hammerspace’ inside of her head. Unfortunately, she has shown symptoms of acute schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and dissociative amnesia.

Appearance: Fatima is a tall, slim Arabic woman in her late twenties, with lightly tanned skin, large brown eyes, and long black hair that is sometimes hidden beneath a hijab. She would be considered quite conventionally attractive were it not for her often disheveled appearance and the sometimes-blank look in her eyes.

Kamikaze

Name: Francis Takehara

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Occupation: head automotive engineer at [REDACTED]

Powers: can tie his life essence to that of another person, either saving them from death or killing them by dying himself.

Appearance: Francis is the very definition of the modern young corporate executive. An Asian man of average height, his hair is worn styled and peppered with the slightest hint of gray at the temples, with a short, similarly-coloured beard to compliment it. He wears brand name thick-rimmed glasses and a casual fitted suit when at work and a jogging or gym outfit most often when outside.

Laughterhouse

Name: Rhiannon Grant

Age: 51

Gender: Female

Occupation: Comedian and talk show host

Powers: Can make anybody laugh by looking at them and thinking something funny. The strength and endurance of the laughter depends on just how funny the thought is and how long she looks at them.

Appearance: A somewhat heavyset African-American woman, Rhiannon wears her hair short and loosely curled. She has been said to have a friendly, welcoming face, but this can quickly become stern under the wrong circumstances. Despite her fame and wealth, she can most often be found dressed casually in a pair of blue jeans and a loose off-the-shoulder top.

Orange Marauder

Name: Jenna Herrera-Testaverde

Age: 41

Gender: Female

Occupation: part-time consultant and stay-at-home mom

Powers: Can manipulate all and any fruit or vegetable juice within a ten-kilometer radius. Can also generate different types of juice equal to the total volume of available water within that same radius. Is able to manipulate the properties of orange juice with greater precision.

Appearance: Jenna looks, to all the world, like a completely average early-middle-aged Caucasian (or maybe Hispanic) mom straight out of suburbia, though she’s quite a fitness freak. She even drives a Porsche Cayenne. Her dark brown hair has a slight wave to it and is often worn just over shoulder-length or in a ponytail. She dresses like…a soccer mom. Indeed, her two children are both enrolled in houseleague programs.

Recoil

Name: Hank O’Meara

Age: 78

Gender: Male

Occupation: Retired (former member of the Liberty Corps)

Powers: When he was younger, Hank could stretch and skew his body in unbelievable ways, using himself as a rope, parachute, slingshot, and shock absorber, as well as decelerating bullets and slipping through incredibly small spaces with ease.

Appearance: An elderly Caucasian man, Hank still has a full head of well-trimmed gray hair and hints of the impressive physique that he boasted in his younger years. Tired blue eyes peer out from beneath slightly droopy lids. Always clean-shaven, he usually dresses in conservative 'old man clothes'. However, he can occasionally be spotted wearing his superhero costume or a black leather jacket, white t-shirt, and blue jeans.

Rolling Thunder (Blue Lightning)

Name: Amber Visentin

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Occupation: high school student

Powers: Able to access the speed force, like The Flash, allowing her to move and react at hyper-human speeds. However, as a paraplegic, she is incapable of any movement or feeling below her waist.

Appearance: Imagine that emo girl from high school: the one with over-the-top bangs and dyed black hair with a blue or purple streak in it. Now, put her in a wheelchair and you’ve got the right idea. Amber’s natural hair is blonde and her eyes are blue, but their everyday colours are always changing. While she dresses like an emo girl, she usually avoids anything that draws attention to her legs which she considers to be ‘ick’ because of atrophy.

Stregha Nona

Name: Sandra Malatesta

Age: 81

Gender: Female

Occupation: retired (former member of the Liberty Corps and the Dread Legion)

Powers: Once an immensely powerful evil sorceress, she turned her back on those dark ways, placing an unbreakable curse on herself so that she would gradually forget magic. While this took years and, reformed, she served in the Liberty Corps for a time, she retains only the most basic of spells nowadays.

Appearance: One of the few non-chunky nonnas that you’ll encounter, Sandra looks like your typical old Italian woman, with a thick head of wispy white hair that categorically attempts to resist all and any control not consisting of a hairclip and bun approach. She was once a ravishing beauty known for dressing provocatively, but now she favours relatively conservative dresses in old world patterns.

Wednesday Warrior

Name: Devan Chaudhary

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Occupation: Mail Room worker

Powers: For one hour, every Wednesday at 3:00 PM, Devan gains superpowers roughly analogous to those of Superman himself.

Appearance: Devan is a short, marginally overweight South Asian man in his late twenties. When he actually cares about his appearance, he’s rather handsome. He usually wears a short, neatly trimmed beard and moustache and his hair is dark and loosely curled. He generally dresses down, both at work and outside of it.

Yes Man

Name: Juan Antonio Alvarez-Quintana

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Occupation: Lawyer and card shark

Powers: can tell any lie, verbal or otherwise, and be unequivocally believed by its recipient. The harder to believe that the lie is, the longer it will take for his ability to reset, up to a maximum of a month.

Appearance: Juan is a small, lightly built man with a vigorous and energetic demeanour. His deeply-tanned skin still bears hints of acne, and his jet-black hair is often slicked back. Almost always clean-shaven and respectably dressed, he prefers to wear brightly-coloured business shirts and seems to have a fondness for ostentatious cuff links.

Them's the Rules!

Uno: The usual stuff about not being an ass, not powerplaying, metagaming, asspulling, etc, and just remembering to RP as your character and not as yourself.

Dos: Try to post at least one good paragraph or better. This is intended to be high casual. Try to keep up with the general flow of posts and be active at least once a week. If you disappear for more than this amount of time without notice, your character will be made into an NPC. NPCs can be killed off. Don't let it happen! Conversely, try not to flood the IC with posts without giving others a chance to participate.

Tres: Characters should be human, believable mutants, or (subject to GM discretion) aliens or tech. The main stipulation is that they should be able to believably inhabit a world not unlike ours except for the presence of beings with superpowers.

Cuatro: I'm looking for a group of five to eight players. You will all be drafted into the Blooperheroes, known officially in-world as the Liberty Corps Reserves. Feel free to give any of the sample characters a full bio and RP as them if you like. Otherwise, they'll be NPCs that may appear. While it isn't likely, there is a possibility of character death here. Later on, if this goes well, there will also be room for characters to evolve, switch sides, etc. Playable Villains will hopefully be introduced. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, though.

Cinco: I'll have a CS up by the weekend if there's enough interest to justify it. I imagine it'll also include a bio section, an alignment, and some additional physical details. Pictures are not essential, but strongly preferred. 

The World

This section will be expanded and filled in as we near the launch of the RPG.

Full Members

Atlas: Do you understand the gravity of the situation?
Fortunate Son: I laugh in the face of danger!
Fractal: Double or nothing?
Genesis: I am whatever you say I am.
Kingmaker: With great power comes great responsibility.
Maven: Truth is in the eye of the beholder...
Revenant: The night is dark and full of terrors.
Timeline: It could happen, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Volta: Turnabout's fair play!

Provisional Members

Bloodhound
Blue Max
Contra
Darkhorse
Dauntless
Decimal
Leading Light
Summit
White Hat

Former Members

Apotheosis
Green Banshee
Commander Conrad
Headmistress
Liberty Man
Malatesta
Ranger
Recoil
The Witness

Reserve Members

Balderdash
Golden Asp
Jerry Danger
La Machine
The Mexicutioner
Orange Marauder
ReVision
The Quick and the Dead
Vino

Emergency Members

Badmouth
David
Flock
Hackslash
Kamikaze
Laughterhouse
Rolling Thunder
Wednesday Warrior
Yes Man

Others Under Observation

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The Liberty Register

The Liberty Corps maintains a core membership of nine individuals with exceptional abilities who are tasked with protecting Life, Liberty, and Equality whenever and wherever these cherished ideals may find themselves threatened. As a result, eight replacement members will be selected to join the (soon to be revealed) emergency corps leader, while the other applicants will be placed in reserve. That means that the eight characters who best represent the vision for Blooperheroes that I have presented above will be accepted for this RP. Try to consider interesting and offbeat powers that seem weak or absurd but have real potential if used well. Take team synergy, comedic potential, and dramatic potential into account. Uniqueness is generally a plus. Pandering isn't. 

If your character doesn't end up being selected by the Liberty Corps (hey, I'm just their spokesman, so don't shoot the messenger), it doesn't mean that they're not a good character. It likely just means that there were others who were a better fit this time around. Anyways, without further ado, have a CS:

 Superhero Alias 

A character quote or motto

 Birth Name | Age | Gender | Sexuality | Hometown

P E R S O N A L I T Y            

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So, I know that your conception of the character(s) can change as the story moves along or even as you write your CS and get a feel for her. The purpose of this is to try to think of five (or possibly more) essential traits, followed by a brief paragraph below the bullet points to summarize what your character is like and how we can expect her to interact with others.

C H A R A C T E R    A P P E A R A N C E            

What does your character look like? How does he dress? How old is he? What are his defining features? Do they have any particularly noteworthy markings, birthmarks, tattoo, or scars?

P O W E R S  &  A B I L I T I E S            

Just what can your character do? What makes her more than normal but less than reliably 'super'? Please provide a clear description of powers, including ancillary effects, limits, and weaknesses, as well as anything needed to facilitate them. Remember, this is Blooperheroes, so let's keep these on the lower end of the power ladder. The goal here isn't to be the strongest; it's to use what you have well.

H I S T O R Y            

Every cape needs an origin story, right? This is where you tell us where your character came from. Where was he born? How did he get his powers or was he born with them? What led him to this point in his life? Please try to keep this below three or four meaty paragraphs.

M O T I V A T I O N            

What gets your character up every morning and, more particularly, why is she doing this? What does she want out of this opportunity (if she views it as one) and what does she want out of life in general? What are her goals?

I N V E N T O R Y            

What sort of personal items, tools, cash, or weapons (!) does your character usually carry, and what might we find stashed in his home or hideout?

S T R E N G T H S  &  S K I L L S           

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There's more to a character than her superpower! What other skills has she acquired outside of her 'superpower'? What are some of her personal strengths? 

W E A K N E S S E S  &  F L A W S            

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Nobody's perfect. What are some things that your character just tends to struggle with? What are some personality traits that may be problematic?

M I S C E L L A N E O U S            

Anything not covered above goes here. You can leave this blank if you like.

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[b][center] A character quote or motto [/center][/b]

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So, I know that your conception of the character(s) can change as the story moves along or even as you write your CS and get a feel for her. The purpose of this is to try to think of five (or possibly more) essential traits, followed by a brief paragraph below the bullet points to summarize what your character is like and how we can expect her to interact with others.

[h3][u]C H A R A C T E R    A P P E A R A N C E            [/u][/h3]
What does your character look like? How does he dress? How old is he? What are his defining features? Do they have any particularly noteworthy markings, birthmarks, tattoo, or scars?

[h3][u]P O W E R S  &  A B I L I T I E S            [/u][/h3]
Just what can your character do? What makes her more than normal but less than reliably 'super'? Please provide a clear description of powers, including ancillary effects, limits, and weaknesses, as well as anything needed to facilitate them. Remember, this is Blooperheroes, so let's keep these on the lower end of the power ladder. The goal here isn't to be the strongest; it's to use what you [i]have[/i] well.

[h3][u]H I S T O R Y            [/u][/h3]
Every cape needs an origin story, right? This is where you tell us where your character came from. Where was he born? How did he get his powers or was he born with them? What led him to this point in his life? Please try to keep this below three or four meaty paragraphs.

[h3][u]M O T I V A T I O N            [/u][/h3]

What gets your character up every morning and, more particularly, why is she doing this? What does she want out of this opportunity (if she views it as one) and what does she want out of life in general? What are her goals?

[h3][u]I N V E N T O R Y            [/u][/h3]
What sort of personal items, tools, cash, or weapons (!) does your character usually carry, and what might we find stashed in his home or hideout?

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There's more to a character than her superpower! What other skills has she acquired outside of her 'superpower'? What are some of her personal strengths? 

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Nobody's perfect. What are some things that your character just tends to struggle with? What are some personality traits that may be problematic?

[h3][u]M I S C E L L A N E O U S            [/u][/h3]
Anything not covered above goes here. You can leave this blank if you like.

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