How acceptable would it be to do Thor, but as a member of a different pantheon? Roughly the same powers but a different completely flavour of god and with a very different family and origin.
I was thinking of doing Taranis, the thunder god of the Tuatha de Denann, the celtic pantheon.
As long as you do not fiddle with the powers by taking a different pantheon, then it should be acceptable. Marvelhas always had specific tiers of power to macro and micro the heroics at a time
Oh hey, here is the OOC! Question, who hasn't been taken, and exactly how much flex do you want me to work with @pumpkinlord?
I see Deadpool is gone which is fine, I can work with others. What about say... Wolverine or Hulk?
Both seem in the proper power scale of this game. You can change every facect except for the powers of the character. You can even assign the power set to a different character entirely to basically swap powers out for your favorite character. Want to make bruce banner a billionaire philanthroist and playboy? At least he can afford to replace what he broke. Want Wolverine to be the lord of wakanda? Have fun!
Thanks for the advice! :) Mostly I'm just new to the RPing format on this site. But I'm fairly well versed in the Marvel EU, and I have a mutant character that's been sitting on the sidelines of my brain for a while, so with a few tweaks she'll probably be power based on Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla) from the X-Men. Also, while the name Magma is kinda cool, am I allowed to change it?
Absolutely. Just tell us who you are using for a basis so we an cross them off the list of taken characters. Magma is an excellent choice.
@knighthawk Wasn't there a few where he had the ability to shoot webs without technology Just curious Watched the cartoons more then reading the comics
Yes there were, but he does both. The organics are his default and the mechanical shooters are for when he is either using specialty webbing or needing to replenish his organic fluids.
Hey! This is still in the joining stages right?
I'm super new to RPing - so do I just start with a Character Sheet, and get it approved to join??
Pretty much. Since you are 'super new' don't try to go too far over the board. Pick someone you've always liked and work in that bubble. You can change everything but the powers. So you can effectively swap powers between two heroes and make someone all new. List your top 5 favorite comic characters in DC or marvel, there are a LOT of powersets so don't be afraid (in avengers assemble cartoon, the squadron supreme is the justice leauge from DC: Hyperion=superman, Nighthawk=batman, Zarda=Wonder woman, Dr spectrim=green lantern, speed demon=flash and nuke=Catain atom )
Lob watched and waited as all others passed under him. He was looming over the caravan like a gargoyle on the gate until he was certain that all had passed. For the first length of the trip he walked along the back, making sure no one was going to fall behind. Ever since he was a child, he was too big for a riding dog so he simply learned to run as fast as the dogs.
There was a momentary twinge as the thoughts came back and so did his scar given headache he absently clawed at. The line itself was years old and the pucker was only apparent when he frowned his whole brow forward. He remembered the fight, it was a good fight, he remembered the blow to his head, later he woke with no other waking with him. He had buried all his family that day. What used to be a dislike to gnolls became an irrational rage over the years as he made every gnoll the gnolls from that tribe.
His headache got worse and was putting him in a bad mood. But as Dog licked his hand, sensing his unease, it brought him back to the now and his headache softened, if even just a little. Looking ahead, he saw the ladysong feeding the birds and waited for her to finish before galloping up beside her. The way he called to her might have been mistaken for the barking of a dog, and the fact he wasn't using her name. If the calling to her wasn't obvious, he'd paw at her with his hand as he loped on all fours beside her to try and get her attention.
Bard, bard-bard, baarrd...
Once he got her attention, he's come up to his two-legger stride and reach under his hellhound skin and pull out the blanket from before. Thank the gods that Lob had washed and the skins had been scrubbed clean while in custody so that the newly made poncho didn't reek of lob or the giant skunk he rolled in 3 days ago.
@knighthawk I thought spider man could only lift cars. .? I got that from the 90s animated series tho
The differences run from Writer to writer. Add in theoretical physics and he could websling a 20 ton car thrown at him for his hammer throw, since it is already airborn, he needs less strength to adjust its flight path than to actually get it moving from a still position. Lever, wheel/axle, pulley, ramp/wedge...Science!
Name: Peter Parker, changes his name to 'Pietro Parkour' to sound cooler and separate himself from his past. He claims to have a French father and a Russian mother.
Identity: Secret (for now)
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Team: Magneto's x-men/Avengers
Physical Description: 5'10" barefoot or in costume, 6' in shoes. 167 with a gymnast build, in regular clothes, he tends to wear thicker or quilted clothing to make himself look 'pudgy'. He dyes his hair red from the usual brown and wears special full-eye contact lenses as well as tinted glasses almost constantly to hide his mutated eyes from not always tracing with his actual eye movements. A slipped lens tends to make him look wall eyed or a blown blood vessel as the case may be.
Generally enhanced physiology Spider-Man's overall metabolic efficiency has been greatly increased, and the composition of his skeleton, connective tissues, muscles, and nervous system have all been enhanced. Originally, Peter Parker wore glasses, but after the awakening of his mutant powers, his vision became 20/10 at the cost of being permanently changed, allowing him to see perfectly after his spectacles were broken by the push into the street. He is capable of healing injuries faster and more extensively than ordinary humans, including injuries as severe as SET broken bones within a matter of hours. During a battle with a villain he was rendered completely blind. However, during a visit to an eye specialist, it is revealed that he was already healing only hours later. After about two days, Spider-Man's 20/10 vision is restored, although his eyes are sensitive for about a day after, shown when a camera flashed a bright light in his face. Afterwards, his eyes are completely healed. However, Spider-Man's healing factor has not been depicted as being anywhere near as rapid as that of Wolverine or The Hulk, in as much as he has suffered life-threatening injuries that would not have endangered those other superhumans. His accelerated metabolism increases his tolerance to drugs, meaning a larger dose is needed to cause the usual effect, and he can recover from the effects rapidly. During an encounter at a bee farm Spider-Man is incapacitated by thousands of bee stings, but fully recovers in less than 24 hours. His resistance to other toxins varies, but is typically significantly higher than normal. However, he has normal human tolerance to the effects of alcoholic beverages and is rarely shown drinking, since it affects his balance, reflexes and coordination. In one battle, he nearly loses his life after unknowingly consuming spiked punch at a party. Although he is still affected by disease and infection, his recovery time is typically shorter than that of an ordinary human. His unique physiology could even allow him to recover from the effects of vampirism. Spider-Man is still vulnerable to disease and has fallen ill due to flu many times; which affects the reliability of his powers. He also has certain susceptibility towards ethyl chloride, which is a commonly used pesticide against insects and arachnids.
Wall-crawling Spider-Man is capable of crawling on walls and ceilings. He has conscious control over this ability, and it is simple and instinctive for him to use. Originally, Spider-Man is able to stick to surfaces using only his hands and feet, but with training he is shown to be able to cling with his back. The strength of attraction between himself and the surface he is clinging to is considerable, with an upper limit of several tons per finger. If Spider-Man does not willingly detach, but is pulled off by force, the surface usually breaks, still attached to his body. However, it has been shown that a significant shock can cause him to lose control of his power and fall off a surface. If a surface is too slippery, he has problems sticking to it; if it is too fragile or crumbling, it is unable to support his weight. He can also use his clinging ability to lift or hold objects; for instance, he can catch a thrown ball simply by touching it with one fingertip. Spider-Man is also able to jump and sprint against a wall which helps him climb surfaces a lot faster. The ability works through thin layers of cloth, such as the fabric of his costume, but not through materials such as the soles of shoes. When he needs to crawl without changing into the costume, he removes his shoes first.
Enhanced strength and durability Early in his career, Spider-Man was frequently said to have the proportional strength of a spider, but he can lift much more due to his human size and physical build, up to 10 tons. He has been shown to lift and throw objects such as a tank and a semi-truck and to bend the steel of a screwdriver with one finger with ease. When in combat, Spider-Man must pull his punches unless fighting someone of similar or greater durability and power. Otherwise, his blows would kill a normal person. Spider-Man's bodily tissue is a great deal more durable and resistant to some types of injury than a normal human (for example, a regular villain punched Spider-Man and broke his wrist). However, Spider-Man is far from invulnerable. While his body is tougher than an ordinary human, he can still be injured in ways comparable to an ordinary human. For example, Spider-Man can be injured by bullets or knives composed of conventional material and from impacts of sufficient force. However, if injured, his accelerated metabolism is capable of repairing itself many times faster than an ordinary human. A doctor has told Spider-Man that it would be impossible for a normal man to survive the punishment that he has endured. Spider-Man can leap several stories vertically or the width of a city street. While his running speed has never been definitely established, he can run at superhuman speed for short sprints and has been shown to be easily capable of overtaking fast-moving cars, but nearly always prefers using his weblines to travel.
Spider sense Spider-Man's "spider-sense" manifests in a tingling feeling at the base of his skull, alerting him to personal danger in proportion to the severity of that danger. For instance, a little tingling such as a happenstance passing by of an enemy would prompt Peter to be alert, while a strong tingling, sometimes to the point of being painful, is interpreted as a need to take immediate evasive action on a deadly threat. It appears to be a simultaneous, seemingly clairvoyant response to a wide variety of phenomena. Though the exact mechanism of this ability is unknown, his spider-sense clearly has at least two aspects in addition to sensing potential or immediate danger: A psychological awareness of his surroundings, similar to the radar-sense of Daredevil. When he is temporarily blinded, he can emulate this ability and navigate without his eyesight. Even under normal conditions, his spider-sense helps him navigate supernaturally darkened rooms or places with strobing light, instinctively avoiding obstacles or hazards, or potentially noisy or unstable floorboards, walls or ceilings that may betray his presence. Using his spider-sense to time his enhanced reflexes, Spider-Man can casually dodge attacks up to and including automatic-weapons fire. Even point blank, his spider-sense has already warned him in enough time to get away like a precognitive sense, before he can even consciously think about his actions. However, he can ignore this instinct. His spider-sense is sufficiently well-linked to his reflexes, that a threat can trigger them even when Spider-Man is asleep or stunned but not outright unconscious. When Spider-Man swings across a city on his weblines, his spider-sense guides his aim, allowing him to travel at high speeds hundreds of feet above street level with minimal concentration, confident his weblines will find secure anchor points. Spider-Man's spider-sense is directional and can guide him to or away from hidden weapons and disguised enemies. Sudden and extreme threats can cause his spider-sense to react with painful intensity. Spider-Man can also sense and dodge attacks directed randomly or by a computer. His spider-sense has helped him preserve his secret identity since it alerts him to observers or cameras when changing into or out of his costume. The spider-sense does not react to those whom Peter does not consider a threat, such as Aunt May. Contrary to this, his spider-sense has warned him of people close to him when he does not wish to be seen, such as when he's partly in costume. Spider-Man can choose to ignore his spider-sense, and distraction or fatigue can force unawareness. Broad spectrum radio transmitters that fire on all frequencies create fog/static/white noise that can impair his ability to react to unknown dangers.
Sense perceptions Spider-Man's five primary senses are above average perception, though not superhuman, as a result of his spider powers. He can feel vibrations and currents in the air or in his web lines, much like a real spider.
Arthropod communication He can mentally communicate with arthropods (at least insects and spiders), though he does not seem to be capable of controlling them like Ant-Man. He can sense their presence, or glance at any spider and instantly know what kind it is. It is possible that this is an extension of his spider-sense.
Biological webbing At the onset of his mutations as a teenager, he developed the ability to shoot organic webbing from his wrists. it possesses an amazing tensile strength equivalent to 120 lb (54 kg) per square millimeter in cross-section and is comparable to nylon with extraordinary adhesive properties. Its exact composition is unknown, but after about an hour, the webbing breaks down, loses strength and eventually evaporates. In order to replace the lost nutrients from the web expulsion, he consumes nearly one hundred times the protein of an average human (5000 grams) Which averages to ten pounds of protein daily. (An average spider produces 65 yards of silk a day. The largest spider by weight is 6oz, Pietro is 440 times the weight of the largest spider, 440 X 65= 28,600 Yards of silk a day or an average of 1200 yards of silk an hour)
Arachnid physiology His eyes are naturally all red and take up the entirety of his eye socket rather than pupil/iris/sclera, these mutated eyes provide him with night vision. The stingers are made of keratin rather than bone within his forearms and protrude from over the top of his wrists when he extends them (like baraka from mortal Kombat). The stinger only extends as long as his middle finger across the back of his hand to prevent from overextending and being broken off but grow back as fast as nails or hair if it does happen, this couples with his healing factor tends to mean by the next day. They are coated in a neurotoxic venom that inflicts temporary paralysis, though the impalement itself can prove fatal. If you have a central nervous system, you are capable of being subject to the venom.
Superhuman reflexes and agility Spider-Man's agility and reflexes are far superior to those of an ordinary human, even those that represent the peak of human conditioning such as Captain America. The speed of his reflexes combined with his spider-sense allows him to dodge almost any attack, even gunfire at point blank. Spider-Man has the ability to maintain his equilibrium on any surface that he can stick to. For example, he can balance on one finger on a high wire, or stand upright on a wall, his body parallel to the ground. Additionally, he is able to flex his body like a contortionist, assuming postures that would be impossible or harmful for most normal humans. His tendons and connective tissues are at least twice as elastic as the average human being's. This ability is often demonstrated by the unusual poses Spider-Man would assume while webslinging or dodging enemy attacks. Also, as an outcome of his spider-reflexes, Peter has developed his own fighting style.
Skills Fighting style Spider-Man has developed a unique fighting style that is difficult for most other heroes to emulate or for most villains to defeat. Spider-Man uses all of his powers simultaneously to overpower and overwhelm his foes. He also makes excellent use of his surroundings during battles. For example, he uses a webbed-up fire extinguisher as a projectile in order to get distance between himself juggernauts crushing arms. He is also never without a witty response or wisecrack to throw at an enemy in order to distract, anger, or simply insult a foe. His fighting style can best be described as an improvisational freestyle that functionally encompasses the usage of his strength, speed, flexibility, wits, intelligence, and his "spider-sense". With this combination of his acrobatic abilities, the use of his webbing and his surroundings, he can easily work his strengths against his opponents' weaknesses. Spider-Man devised his own unique variant of kung-fu with capoeria and parkour overtones aptly named "The Way of The Spider". This style has significantly improved his existing fighting prowess when combined with his new martial art, now allows him to react and fight his enemies with training and skill rather than with random attacks.
Scientific knowledge Before the Mutation, Peter Parker was already a gifted academic student with considerable expertise in many fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering. With these skills, he was able to experiment with his web fluid, create mechanical web-shooters and other Spider-Man equipment. His scientific knowledge has often been used to defeat his adversaries when his powers are insufficient, such as creating various mixtures to dissolve the costumes of foes such as the Rhino and El Dorado. Academically gifted, with a recorded IQ of 250, Peter displays an uncanny affinity for applied science, mathematics, mechanics, biology, and physics. He is a brilliant individual, with exceptional skill in practically every field of science, and an excellent inventor. He is an accomplished chemist and physicist. This has in part of great help of living at a college-grade school with nearly limitless resources for the last twenty years.
Not to rely solely on his mutant powers, he also has been building on his genius intellect to not only create his own devices but to reverse engineer or incorporate defeated villains equipment into his own gear as well, rather than turn them over to the police.
Mechanical Web-Shooters: In addition to his own standard organic webbing, he has been experimenting with the potential of his own webbing for decades. When not in costume, he wears harvesting devices on his forearms that collect his web fluid and paralytic toxin in a nitrogen filled 'vacuum' to prevent oxygenation. When in costume, he keeps a supply of webbing with a mechanical release either for when his own glands run out or to make use of specialty webbing as the situation demands. Each cartridge is comparable to a standard 12 gram Co2 capsule and contains 6 liters of fluid stretched and woven into roughly 6000 feet of 1/4" webbing (about 600 ten foot 'shots' or 60 hundred foot "swings"). Each cartridge takes 5 hours of no incident to harvest, 4 capsules a day, 5 a day of high food intake.
Some of these modifications include: *Non-conductive webbing (typically for dealing with electrical opponents or loose wire/3rd rail threats), *Flame-retardant webbing (against Fire-based opponents or out-of-control fires), *Stronger (yet much less stable) webbing for dealing with super-strong enemies, It lasts 60 seconds instead of 60 minutes *Acid webbing that can eat through tough organic tissue like other physically super durable mutants. *Highly conductive webs to use electrical currents like a taser and make an electrified web. *Flash webs that ignite like a road flare after exposure to air for a few seconds to blind the enemy *Magnetic webbing, which is used to interfere or cancel out radio or remote-control frequencies.
In addition, he has harvested his paralytic venom and set them to small injection darts he can fire with the same accuracy as his web shooters.
His costume itself is a weaving of his webbing with specific controlled exposures in order to not only prevent the breakdown, but also leave him with a bulletproof and non-conductive body armor. This time consuming process is one that can only be performed in lab conditions and so is not common for him to whip up a new suit on the fly. He has also taken the time to make a fire-proof suit as well, but keeps that to the side as a known situational occurrence.
Spider-tracers: After too many villains getting away, he came up with small electronic "spider-tracers" of his own design that allow him to track objects or individuals. Typically, he plants one on a departing enemy, or throws one to adhere to an escaping enemy and then follows the target to their hideout for later attack. Spider-Man sometimes also uses a launching device in his web-shooters for better range and accuracy. A tracer's outer casing is shaped like a spider, with legs for aerodynamic flight with listening devices to broadcast to a reciever for evidence collection and GPS. The tracers are small enough to remain unnoticed, in general, but sometimes a target finds a tracer and destroys it. Currently he uses a small electronic receiver to follow the signals of his tracers rather than cue it to his spider sense as he does not want it to interfere as 'white noise' in a dangerous situation.
Utility belt and Camera In combat he keeps his regular field equipment in a utility belt that can carry extra web fluid cartridges, spider-tracers, and his camera. The belt can hold up to 30 cartridges, each one being pressured to 300 psi. The belt's buckle contains a small but powerful light, which is filtered through a lens decorated with a stylized likeness of Spider-Man's mask and has a UV light setting for forensic analysis(and vampires). This spider-signal is mostly limited to intimidating weak-nerved criminals and acting as a wide-beam flashlight, it is sometimes used to call for help as well or leave a marker behind if he has to scout ahead.
Web Grenade(player invention) 26 web cartridges arranged in 45 degree increments in a radial sphere releasing 156 liters of web fluid in every direction. This is another one of those resource consuming devices due to the number of cartridges needed (it takes 1 week worth of webbing for enough cartridges to make each grenade.)
Acquired tech After recently defeating shocker, he is currently exploring how to introduce this new tech into the next suit design. This might be where he actually introduces a web pattern into the costume to replicate the shockers suit ability to disperse the backlashed energy.
Personality: While not loosing his uncle in this reality to a gunman, his separation from his biological family and the goals of his new family have taught him that "With great power, comes great responsibility" all the same. Like most mutants, he has a terrible identity problem and a constant fear of further mutation. For all his powers, he possesses a marked inferiority complex, and a fear of relationships yet yearns for romantic companionship. He is at times anti-social, racked with guilt, and a functioning neurotic. Agonizing over his choices, always attempting to do right.
Origin:
Imagine the following: A nerdy teenage boy with a proclivity to collecting bugs (made worse by an aunt who's life in the Philippines makes eating bugs a commonplace in the house) gets pushed by a bully. Meant to simply fall into a puddle, he instead falls into New York traffic. This is when his mutant power activates.
At this point he could merely leap over the truck and stick to the wall, it is possible he would lift the truck over his head, he might even fire organic webbing and snare the truck before it hits. Instead, he is hit by the truck and killed. At least that is what everyone was made to believe.
The bully will forever think he killed someone with his childish actions and spend the rest of his life in atonement. Ben and May will mourn the loss of their nephew, but take a subconscious comfort they can not explain. As for peter, he spent the last twenty years as an an X-man!
Background history: Parker is a family name of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "keeper of the park". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England. It is the 48th-most common surname in England. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 47th-most common surname. The story begins in 1602 with Peter Parquagh Who was bitten by an enspelled spider and turned an English agent of the crown into something much much more. While he was killed, his bloodline would live on in his children who would carry the same powers and responsibility. For 400 years there have been people of his bloodline, some embraced the facts, others hid them away. For some it skipped a generation, for others, it skipped three generations.
One of the 'first five' all those years ago (potentially replacing Beast). He was selected to be part of something greater than himself with his brilliant scientific mind and superhuman physiology making him an invaluable addition to the x-men.
The first years were spent training while at the same time doing what they could to save those in danger and build upon the mutant name as a force for good. Rescuing kittens, burning buildings, car accidents. But for all the good the x-men did, there were others smearing the mutant name.
With magneto's micro manipulation of magnetic metals, the scientific endeavors grew in leaps and bounds in nearly every field. Every microscope they made made it even easier to control ever thinner wires down to the width of human hairs From there he was able to align the poles on a molecular level to make every thread superconductive. It was only with these innovations that he managed to invent mechanical harvesters and launchers for his webbing. What started as a shotgun holding blobs of webbing has been refined to the forearm mounted web-shooters he uses today, not to say that he hasn't been improving on 'heavy duty' designs for when the situation calls for it.
A dark day came when the x-men met one who would be their greatest nemesis, En Sabah Nur, Apocalypse. The x-men did well and foiled the plans to force mutations on those of latent genes who would never have manifested otherwise. But it came with a cost, Peter got injected with the latentcy virus and experienced horrific secondary mutations, his eyes turned large and red as he grew stingers out of his forearms while he became quite hairy. Not as bad as windego or sasquatch, but definitely time to take shaving lessons from Wolverine.
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