Omega Man

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Advanced Techno - 'Interference' - @Stern Algorithm ACCEPTED

I really like the idea of the 'Girl in the Chair' type of supporting role slowly becoming more akin to Ironman and even Ozymandias over time.

Demi-God/Goddess - 'Queen of Gold' - @Finetales ACCEPTED

I dig the name, the reference for the look, it all came together. Making it equal parts Thor and Wonder Woman successfully made her different enough from both. Cosmic deity in a strange world ALL DAY. Gonna be a fun character.

Size Manipulator - (I swear if nobody uses this one I'm making an NPC called 'Little Guy' who's stuck at twelve inches tall, like a deluxe version of the six inch hero Doll Man.)

Vigilante - 'Artemis' - @Nallore Needs Work

I feel like this is the one CS that needed work. The motivations are almost identical to Son of Liberty's. And aside from the origin story there's nothing else to go on. Why does she use a bow? She's been a hero for two years what's she been up to? What area of Liberty City did she grow up near? I'd let her mom die a normal death then have her become a vigilante while looking for her dad for some reason.

Brute -

Teen Hero - 'Spellbound' - @Crimson Flame ACCEPTED

I feel like this character immediately set the bar in my mind. Really well done character all around. I really dig the look, the way the powers work, everything about the kid.

Cosmic Hero -

Alien 1 -

Wildcard 1 -

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Evil Genius -

Teen Villain - 'Crowley' @Eviledd1984 ACCEPTED

Made an archetype since there's a damn good teen hero on the other side. I got the mix of Jean and Eleven right away.

Brute Villain -

Alien 2 - 'Stalker' - @DracoLunaris ACCEPTED

This is one of those out there ideas that's just fun. There's an old episode of the X-Files where a guy robbing a bank sees a bank teller who's a bug creature in disguise and then Mulder gets a glimpse as well. He investigates the guy and then gets stalked by a bug creature man who can mimic the appearance of a human. Literally one of the best early episodes of that series. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Wildcard 2 - 'Eris' - @BunniesOfDoom ACCEPTED

Did I mention I appreciate the willingness to tone the powers down? I feel like now she's more of a street level cross between DC's Rose & Thorn and Scarlet Witch. I've got into Severance recently and I can't wait for her to cross some of the other characters in the game!

We need male heroes!!!

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Okay I've got a document started at home (I'm bout to head out for work), at second glance I think we really need some male characters now LOL. Pretty good start so far!

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So yeah there was a lot more to go over today when I got in than I expected. I've been liking everybody's post either showing interest or posting character sheets cause I appreciate everybody stopping by to check this thing out. I did have a couple notes on the first four or five sheets. And I appreciate the hell out of those of you who made edits to sheets without any fuss just based on others' critiques. Off the top of my head I REALLY liked the teenage magic user. And the two villains both have tons of potential as well! I also thought about the tech user skirting the edge of being a villain before it got to it in the CS itself which was dope.

Somebody already mentioned it but if all the spots get filled up I've already got five or six more to add if needed, doubling up on certain types like the teen hero, wildcards, and aliens as well as a couple more specific roles. Since most of y'all don't know me from past games, I usually work long hours Tues-Fri and have three day weekends. That's generally when I RP but lately I've been finding more time here and there during the work week as well. If this thing manages to go beyond ten to twelve players I might try and find a Co-GM. The sandbox is still gonna sandbox though LOL.

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Will give more detailed notes in a bit, at first glance y'all are killing it. We even have villains!! I'm super excited to see what else gets submitted.

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Finally got a CS written up for my guy...

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Archetype: Super Soldier/Patriotic
Name: Son of Liberty aka Liberty Son
Alias: Judah Marlowe
Age: 23
Powers/Skills: Two years US Army; basic training; proficient in hand to hand
Weaknesses: standard human weaknesses

Equipment:

The upgraded Torch uses electromagnetic fields to grant a protective shield and enhanced strength to whoever holds the weapon. While it's not enough to fly, SoL can also leap a great distance. Its mostly used as a mace type of weapon for close quarters, but it also acts as a solar powered light source.

Personality: Honest, Calm, Calculating, Blunt, Optimist

Appearance: [see current avatar]

BRIEF Bio:

His mom was a hero in the 90's leading up to his birth just after the new millennium hit. After he was born she was Lady Liberty for quite a few years longer. He knew his mother was a superhero around his 14th or 15th birthday, but it was kinda just something they didn't talk about. She was a successful entrepreneur and owned an apartment complex in Bayside on the far side of Broker (inspired by Brooklyn). Judah was mostly raised by his uncle Sam when his mother wasn't around. His dad was nobody his mother deemed important enough to find. A retired vet, Judah's uncle Sam (who also lived in the complex) inspired him to join the US Army for a couple of years after high school.

Judah had been going to community college on the other side of the 'Bay when his mother was found dead. After finding her latest invention (she was a bit of a tinkerer, as she had an engineering degree), Judah decided to be a hero himself and solve the crime that nobody else in the superhero world seemed to care about. With his military training, his uncle for guidance, and the weapon of his mother Judah was ready to accept his role as the Son of Liberty.

Storylines:

Sinister Foes - SoL will run through a gauntlet of street level baddies while teaming up with Liberty City heroes in the process.

A New Alliance - SoL is gonna be trying to make this a reality one hero at a time.

Who Killed Lady Liberty - Who benefited from her death? Why are the active members of the old Alliance remaining silent?

Notes: He's basically a more street level Capt. America type of character with a touch of DC's Stargirl. It always killed me Cap had street level powers but was a global hero because of his status in the military and the Avengers.

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A squad of archer and a pack of lone wolves does sound pretty funny tbh, but I get how that'd result in a lot of stepping on each other's toes if the peeps weren't carful. Also with the whole joke situation of 5 loners all sitting in different dark corners of the room waiting to be approached

@DracoLunaris

Most of them were part of a black ops type of squad within the group, we tried to make the best of it. I think the RP had like fourteen or fifteen players so eventually after dropouts the team leveled off. I saw it like how most of the Outsiders are also part of the expanded Justice League roster. IIRC one was a ninja, one was a Greek god, and I can't place the last one. Big rosters though are my jam.

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I'd be game. Is the idea that you have 1 person per Archetype?

@DracoLunaris

For the time being, yeah. If the roster fills up I've already got another handful to add into the mix including a 2nd spot for a vigilante, 2nd spot for an alien, as well as an additional wildcard and teen hero. I did it this way so we didn't have any two or three characters too similar. One RP years ago we somehow managed to have a total of three archers and like five vigilantes.

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Here's the CS template. Throughout the game we'll create supporting characters and such for our characters and the universe as a group, however players may also have the option of a secondary character down the line. Sandbox heroes and villains will also be made as we need them and can be used by anyone and everyone (I'll eventually get to write-ups for Leopold and Megaplex from the original Alliance). For now, let's just work on your Primary Characters....

Archetype:
Name:
Alias:
Age:
Powers/Skills:
Weaknesses:
Equipment:
Personality: [5 words best describing your character]
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio: [couple paragraphs MAX]
Storylines: [What do you have in mind for your character?]
Notes: [anything else you need to tell us?]

Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

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Oh man that didn't take long! I'll get CS requirements up in just a bit! Happy Easter / 4-20 / 2nd Day of WrestleMania!!!!

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Hero Complex is an idea that I had to bring back an older RP in a slightly different way. The Alliance [..or was it the Allies?!] was an old RP of mine from before Guildfall that started out as an original universe spin on a government sanctioned Avengers type of team. It gradually morphed into its own thing and I'm hoping to find that spark one more time. This RP concept will also take cues from the Invincible series and maybe a pinch or two from the Watchmen depending on how you look at it, you'll see what I mean if you're still reading...

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In the 90's the premiere superheroes were the Alliance. Sanctioned and funded by the United Nations the team was comprised of a humanoid cat-man from England named Leopold, a giant of a man called Megaplex, the armored Lady Liberty, as well as others. The times though... they're always changing. The Alliance had fallen apart in recent years. Constantly rotating new heroes in and out of the group, scandal with foreign organizations, and corruption when it came to the oversight from the UN eventually lead to the dissolution of the group. And then Lady Liberty was found dead due to mysterious circumstances while in her civilian identity.

After grieving for several days over his mother's passing, the Son of Liberty vowed to solve her murder. After finding a new prototype Torch weapon his mother had been developing, he reached out to several heroes affiliated with the Alliance but never got any kind of word back. He'd have to make a new Alliance. And it would have to be locally since he didn't have the same resources as his mother. Her death occurred in Liberty City, so the investigation would start there regardless of what the team turned into. Becoming a hometown hero was definitely not on Liberty Son's bingo card this summer.

Liberty City is a city of adventure and intrigue on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina. It's design is reminiscent of a compacted NYC, however instead of five boroughs it only has four. It is home to several superhuman individuals and is formerly the home of the super-team the Amazings, as well as the recently deceased Lady Liberty.

* Liberty City is taken from the GTA series and has been slightly altered here and there for this RP.

* Rather than a Liberty statue with a coffee in her hand, the statue will resemble the male Colossus of Rhodes.

* Like Marvel's NYC, Liberty City will have several superheroes and villains operating there regularly that often interact with each other.

* The Amazings were an off-shoot of the Fantastic Four. They operated in the city from 2009 - 2022. Mister Amazing, Amazing Jane, Judy Juggernaut, Firecracker, and Kid Cosmo made up the team.

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The general idea is to build a universe similar to how Invincible is mostly inspired by DC, we're just gonna loosely base this universe on Marvel. The RP will include heroic crossovers, fights between heroes, and team-ups leading into the eventual founding of a super team (the New Alliance) within the game. Now, that isn't saying you HAVE to join the super team. Originally in the comics the Hulk only joined the Avengers long enough to take down Loki. When looking at the building blocks of a more connected universe I look to movies and story lines like James Gunn's Superman, Civil War, the Avengers, Justice League War [the animated retelling of the new52 JL origin], Hulk vs. the Thing, Underworld Unleashed, etc. There are a lot of teams and concepts involved, but not everyone's characters will be team players or want to be. And I get that. There will always be the option to have a 'Wildcard' which is exactly what it sounds like. Can be anything and not even based on an existing archetype. Maybe you wanna create something of an amalgam of Hawkman and the Punisher and toss into the game as a vigilante w/superpowers? That can still happen.

Available Archetypes and Examples:

Advanced Techno [Ironman, Black Panther, Green Goblin]
Demi-God/Goddess [Thor, Storm, Sentry, Wonder Man]
Size Manipulator [Ant-Man, Giant Man, Wasp]
Vigilante [Punisher, Daredevil, Cloak & Dagger]
Brute [Hulk, She Hulk, Luke Cage]
Teen Hero [Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Speedball]
Cosmic Hero [Nova, Quasar, Darkhawk, Starlord]
Alien 1[Groot, Lilandra, Starfox]
Wildcard 1[Namor, Ghost Rider, Dr. Strange, Wolverine]

And yes there's also villain spots available:

Evil Genius [Justin Hammer, Norman Osborn, Dr. Octopus]
Brute Villain [Red Hulk, Abomination, Terrax]
Alien 2 [Psycho Man, Ronan the Accuser, Ultimus]
Wildcard 2 [Ultron, Nightmare, Whirlwind, Sandman]

REMEMBER!!! Characters don't have to be note for note knock-offs of existing characters. My Liberty Son is about as different from Capt. America as he can be. If enough people are interested, maybe four or five players as heroes and maybe a villain, I'll go ahead and post the CS requirements. We'd legit have enough to get this thing off the ground with just five or six people. We could keep recruiting open in case somebody comes along later with a character that fits as well. Or we can just get a full cast from jump street, whatever works. Hope to see some familiar faces! Where's everybody been hiding?!