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Metropolis of Superheroes

People of Paragon City:

NPCs:

P.R.O.C:

Bernard the Greeter:

Bernard is a man in his mid-to-late 50's, who works as the greeter and tour-guide for City Hall. He also guides new Heroes to the Recruitment Offices when they first start out. He's a chummy old man with a friendly and casual attitude, though prone to nostalgia and remeniscing.

DATA:

Nobody here yet. :(

ELITE:

Nobody here yet. :(

GIFT:

Nobody here yet. :(

MAGI:

Nobody here yet. :(

SERAPH:

Nobody here yet. :(

PPD:

Every Single Street Cop:

These men and women in blue are Paragon City's finest! ... Generic Police Officers, that is. You can find them on patrol all throughout the city, adnd they're always willing to lend a hand to a hero! ... Or ask them for help...

Other People:

Mayor M.P.J.C:

Mayor Matthew Philip J. Chesterwood has been the mayor of Paragon City for almost 12 years straight now. With his slight southern droll and affable attitude, he's a very popular and beloved political figure for the vast majority of citizens. He's also a big supporter of the city's superheroes.

GMPC:

My Little Hero:

Cecilia Castoria

Appearance:

Description:
Cecilia stands at an average height of 165cm (or 5'5") tall, having a healthy and shiny caramel skin tone, bright yellow eyes, along with long and blonde hair. She's got a curvaceous figure.

17 | Female | High School Student

Personality:

As a person, Cecilia is a fairly typical young girl. She enjoys being pretty and stylish, worries about her figure and weight, browses social media to an unhealthy degree and enjoys gossiping and hanging out with friends or classmates after school. She likes junkfood but feels guilty after eating it, listens to all the latest pop idols/bands and tries to keep up with all the latest trends and fashion. Really, she's the cardboard cut-out of your stereotyppical high school teenage girl that you could find anywhere. Well, for the most part anyway.

Aside from her categorization as a vapid valley girl, Cecilia is actually a really sweet and kind-hearted girl. She takes time out of her day to help others, like if she sees an elderly woman trying to cross the street, she'll offer to help. If she finds a lost child crying, she'll stay with them and look for their parents. She's got a gentle heart and caring nature towards her fellow humans. She also gets flustered and shy whenever she's praised or thanked, and gets all awkward and doesn't really know what to do. C.C. is also fairly open-minded and tries not to judge others or their hobbies and intrests (though it does still hapen), and is for the most part at least tolerant and accepting of people with different tastes or thoughts than herself. Mostly.

As a heor though, Cecilia is less pleasant, at least to devil-doers. She's got a strong sense of right and wrong and doesn't take kindly to seeing others inflict pain or villainy upon the innocent. Towards those who've chosen to go down the path of a criminal, C.C. has very little patience and even less empathy, and will summarily do whatever she can to stop such people from 'getting away with it', as it were. She still retains her same traits of caring and compassion for regular people though, and will prioritizie others safety and well-being over stopping criminals, and even her own health. She's the self-sacriifcing type and has a strong conviction to use her powers for others and for good, and not for herself or any selfish motivations she may have. Still awkward and shy when praised or thanked though. Blushy cheeks and all.

Background:

Cecilia is the only child of Stewart and Pamela Castoria. At a young age, she was doted upon and cared for wiht great love and care by her parents, who also made sure to instill into their daughter the importance of moral values and the importance of right and wrong. Stewart was a cameraman and Pamela was an on-field news reporter, so the two worked closely with one another even outside of the domestic confines of the family's home. They weren't absurdly rich or wealthy, but not poor or anything either. A fairly typical, middle-class family that got along well and had a, for the most part, pleasant life together.

That all changed some 7 years ago, when she and her parents were visiting a Resarch Facility over on the outskirts of paragon City. The family had been unable to find a babysitter, but given how well-behaved Cecilia was, the pair figured they could bring her along on their joint assignment, so long as she promised to be good. And she did. The facility was a, at the time, state-of-the-art location with high-tech machines and science and all manner of cool and exciting things. Her parents were there to do an interview with one of the lead scientists, who was apparently working on some new form of energy or somehting. The details are a bit unclear and C.C: honestly doesn't remember things all that well.

Reason being that, sometime during their visit, there was an accident. Something in the facility broke or got loose or was unsealed or something. Regardless of what exactly happened, an alarm was sounded to evacuate the place. Unfortunately, the Castoria family and lead scientists were in the very core of the structure at the time, and they just couldn't make it out in time, before a strange, blue-green gas of some sort covered everything and slowly choked them all. C.C. doesn't remember anything after that for a good long while, ony that she eventually woke up in a hospital bed, dazed and confused. She asked where her mom and dad were, but the nurses and doctors only shook their heads and apologized. Apart from her, nobody else caught in the gaseous cloud had survived.

The news and realization was devastatinga nd the girl became incredibly distressed and depressed. Fortunately, her aunt was - on her father's side - was notified and quickly came to Paragon City to take the orphaned girl in. But it was a tough year, a very tough one. Her aunt, Laura, didn't have any kids of her own and wasn't exactly what you'd call prime mother-material. She wasn't a good cook or very competent at chores... She wasn't sure how to cheer her niece up or what to say or do. But she tried. ANd Cecilia knew she did. So even if things were hard, and sometimes strange or didn't always turn out great, the two slowly built a mutual relationship of fondness for one another.

Stranger still was the fact that, about a year after the accident, a news program revvelaed that the disaster at the lab hadn't been an accident, but an intended act of sabotage. When this was brought to light, it's very understanable to see why Cecilia was upset. So upset, in fact that... Somehow... For some reason... She managed to manifest some kind of wierd, force-related power... Which did a number on their home. Initially frightened, and freaking her aunt out, Cecilia wasn't sure what to do or how to or where to... But, as with everything, time and patience, and love and nurturing support, found a way.

Having suffered from tremendous survivor's guilt after the incident, and now having been given powers - most likely by the very same gas that killed her parents - it became clear to the young girl. Bad people had caused the deaht of her family, and had caused her to gain these strange new powers... Then it was only right that she use these powers to pay them back, and anyone else who ever throught of doing something bad. Initially reluctant to let the girl put herself in danger, Aunt Laura eventually agreed to let C.C. take the SHE once she was old enough, provided she could prove that she'd gained control over her newly awakened powers and that she was in suitably fit condition to do all that running and jumping around.

Thus, after entering high school, Cecilia joined the Track and Field club to help keep herself inshape. She also took extra care to enver skip out on or miss gym class. Her other studies were... Mediocre... But, hey, at least she wasn't failing anything. And so, a year passed, the girl trained and practiced her ability after school, whenever she had some time to herself, away from friends and chores and homework. Practice makes perfect. And thus came the day, where she finally took the Hero Exam, passed and has now just received the letter of success. The time has come.

Civilian Skills:

• Ambidextrous
• Fashionable & STylish (CLothes & makeup)
• Athletic

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Kinetic Comet

Heroic Appearance:

Body:



Face/Head:

Science | Controller | Level 1 | ELITE

Powers & Abilities:

Superpowers:

Force Energy Manipulation:
The ability to generat and control force-energy, for things like conjuring forcefields or walls, shooting concussive bolts or beams, or creating tethers or restraints of force around a person or object, at both range and in close proximity.

Secondary Arts:
None.- Cecilia doesn't have a secondary superpower.

Weakness(es):

Supplementary Powers:

N/A

Actives & Passives:

Name: Force Wave
Type: Active/Passive
Rank: ★
Range: Ranged
Description: Fires off a crescent-shaped wave of semi-transparent white force eneergy - which moves in the direction fired - that knocks objects and people in its path down or away when hitting them. Cannot topple or move things heavier than a human. Can hit up to three people standing side-by-side at once.
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Name: Kinesis Wall
Type: Active/Passive
Rank: ★
Range: Ranged
Description: Creates a wall, as tall as a regular apartment room in height, and as wide as a garage door, of white half-translucent force energy. Can be tilted vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Can block incoming physical prjecitles or attacks, or be used to stop a runner or cut off a narrow path. Only one wall can exist at a time. The wall willb reak if enough damage is dealt to it. The wall cannot be climbed or scaled and can thus not serve as a ramp or makeshfit staircase.
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Name: Force Blaster
Type: Active/Passive
Rank: ★
Range: Ranged
Description: Creates up to four hovering tennis ball-sized orbs of half-translucent white force energy, which can then be fired off at will in any single direction, within line of sight. Upon contact with anything solid, they burst like waterballoons, dealing kinetic damage equal to being hit by a pitcher-machine-launched tennis ball at high speed. The orbs fly in a straight line and cannot curve or cahnge their trajectory once shot.

Inventory:

• Superhero Costume (Key item)
• Tactical Electron Goggles (Accessory)
• Sanctioned Hero Exam Diploma (Quest item)

Metropolis of Superheroes

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Metropolis of Superheroes

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Metropolis of Superheroes - A City of Heroes-inspired RP

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Metropolis of Superheroes

Metropolis of Superheroes

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Story:

Welcome to Paragon City, youngster. I bet you've heard the tales of this place, right? The place where heroes and villains duke it out on a daily basis, the place where mad scientists unleash armies of their bizarre creations and supernatural cultists perform vile rituals to appease their otherworldly masters... And the only ones who can stand in their way and stop them? Why, that's you, kiddo. That's right, you work for the Protective Response and Operations Committee, or P.R.O.C, from here on out. Now don't you worry, you'll get to see and tour our facilities soon enough.

For now though, let's head on inside and meet some other of the fresh faces who you'll probably end up working with at least once or twice. Don't worry, you've all passed the initial written exam, as well as the psyche-screening and aptitude tests, so you're all qualified to be here. Hah, brings me back to the old days when a not-so-confident young hero like you first arrived on our door. Who woulda thunk that kid would go on to become one of Paragon City's biggest names, huh? You keep that in mind, youngster. No matter what anyone tells you, you're the one who shape your future. Just a bit friendly advise from an old man, haha.

Oh, we're here. You excited? You're gonna meet some of your peers, as well as the representatives of ELITE, GIFT, DATA, MAGI and SERAPH. Once all the formalities are squared away, and you've signed on with your appropriate outfit, you'll be all set. A fully licensed, registered and honest-to-goodness Paragon City superhero. Nifty, eh? Good luck out there, kid. Who knows? You might just be the next big name for the Wall of Fame.

Paragon City, a large metropolis located somewhere in North America of Alternate Earth, in the parallel dimension. Here, individuals with remarkable skills, powers or traits spend their day fighting and opposing the forces of criminals, lunatics, natural disasters, supernatural phenomenon and more. Some were born with great powers, others awakened to them, still some gained them by acccident while others are just your average joe who trained and worked really hard to push themselves to their absolute peak. Whatever their background or situation, they're the Heroes who work tirelessly each and every day, to keep this vast city safe - both for themselves and their own loved ones, as well as the many innocent and hard-working citizens who call this place home.

Over the last few decades though, the city has seen a rise in crime, incidents, disasters and mysterious events. To combat this growing problem, several different specialized task forces were formed, each charged with dealing and resolving their respective situations and maladies. However, the groups couldn't curb the tides on their own - and so, an organizational and administrative over-agency was formed; PROC - Or, the Protective Response and Operations Committee. A Paragon City administration department tasked with directing and managing the forces of ELITE, GIFT, MAGI, DATA and SERAPH. Under their guidance, the five factions have managed to keep Paragon City from suffering complete and total catastrophe, time and time again.

And now, it's your turn.

No matter your background or origin, be you a native or someone who moved here, you're now a resident of Paragon City. At the age of at least 16, you also decided to take the "Sanctioned Hero Exam". Your reasons for this are your own, but needless to say, you successfully passed. Now, you're about to step into the world of Heroes and Villains, face dangers and disasters, protect the innocent and stop the wicked. It's time for you to become a Superhero.

Setting:

As you can possibly tell, if you're familiar with it, this RP is heavily based on that good old MMORPG, City of Heroes™. It takes place on an alternate Earth in another reality, in a solightly futuristic post-modern time. As you can tell by the intro above, you'll be playing the role of freshly recruited, young and bright-eyed heroes who've just joined up with the Paragon CIty superhero organization. From there, you'll get to go on action-packed adventures, fighting crime, stopping natural disasters, investigating strange occurrences, saving helpless civilians and all that other goody-goody stuff.

Of course, heroes can't be on the clock 25/7, unless they're Batman. So, you'll have time off to live your regular life and do your daily routines as well. But whenever that little communicator that you received starts a-buzzin', it's time to excuse yourself from class, take an early lunch-break at work or get outta your mom's basement and report to Headquarters - 'cuz something's a-foot! Unnamed Hero Group A, assemble~!

So, if you're up to fighting legions of robotic soldiers, cracking down on street gangs, stopping a radioactive godzilla-knock off lumbering towards town, thwarting the plans of extra-dimensional demons and just saving a little girl from the balcony of a burning building... Look no further! We've got you covered, fam.

We're aiming for a light-hearted, action-comedy anime/cartoon feel and setting here. Quippy and cheeky banter, some over-the-top villains and crimes/plans, legions of goons and mooks that somehow never all get put into prison... Just keep this in mind. Drama and serious moments will happen and arrive, rest assured - they're just not the main theme for the overall story.

Here's everything else:

Origins:

Natural:

You aren't 'super' at all; your amazing talents come from intense training and innate abilities. You might have been driven to physical excellence by some all-encompassing desire for perfection or revenge, or perhaps you are not human at all, and possess powers natural to your race. With your natural origin you have to rely on your cunning and skill.

Examples of Natural Heroes:
Batman, Black Widow, Green Arrow, Hawkeye

Technology:

You derive your powers from technological devices, from suits of high-tech body armor to powerful energy weapons. Few have been able to duplicate the amazing technology which lies behind your gadgets. You need not be a brilliant inventor; you may have acquired these items from another source.

Examples of Technology Heroes:
Cyborg, Iron Man, Red Tornado, Blue Beetle

Magic:

You receive your powers from a magical source. These abilities might come from a mystical artifact bestowed upon you, the mastery of numerous magical spells, or pacts made with powerful dimensional entities.

Examples of Magic Heroes:
Wonder Woman, Dr. Strange, Dr. Fate, Zatanna

Science:

You received your powers either through purposeful scientific inquiry or some accident gone awry. You have since learned to harness your new-found abilities, becoming a powerful force in the world.

Examples of Science Heroes:
Spiderman, Daredevil, Plastic Man, The Flash, Static

Mutant:

You were born with abilities which set you apart from the rest of humankind. Your powers manifested at birth, puberty, or possibly adulthood. Mutants are often viewed with awe and fear by those who don't understand them.

Examples of Mutant Heroes:
Every single X-Men

Archetypes:

Blaster:

These heroes prefer to stay at range, using either their powers or weapons to attack from a distance. They excel at dealing damage to both single targets and cause area of effect damage to multiple enemies at once. Their weakness is that they're usually not particularly skilled at close quarters combat and are generally not very tough or durable when it comes to taking hits themselves.

Examples of Blaster Heroes:
Hawkeye, Cable, Cyclops, Fire, Storm

Controller:

These are heroes who use their powers and abilities to hinder, herd, immobilize or otherwise perform similar manners of crowd control. They focus more on locking down or impeding their enemies, rather than doing outright damage to them. They tend to favor ranged attacks when fighting, because they're not very strong in close combat, nor very good at taking hits.

Eaamples of Controller Heroes:
Spiderman, Dr. Strange, Jean Grey, Iceman

Defender:

These heroes specialize in using their powers, abilities and skills to either buff their allies, or debuff their opponents. They can do things like heal or strengthen their allies, or weaken, blind or confuse their opponents. Generally, these heroes also tend to prefer ranged combat when attacking, as they don't fare very well in melee due to their typical squishiness.

Infiltrator:

These heroes use stealth and cunning to ambush, surprise or trick their opponents. Setting up traps, lying in wait to strike from the shadows, sneaking up or dropping down behind an enemy, these are all things that the infiltrator do. They can usually choose whether to focus on single target ranged combat, or single target melee fighting. They're more durable than the above three archetypes, but only by a bit. They still shouldn't be on the frontlines.

Examples of Infiltrator Heroes:
Batman, Black Widow, Shadowcat, Invisible Woman

Scrapper:

These are the heavy-hitting melee focused heroes who use their powers and skills to get up close and personal with their foes. Punching, kicking, swinging a sword or hammmer, or even just head-butting, these guys and gals are all about being in the thick of things and dealing out damage. However, they typically don't have any ranged capabilities (other than throwing stuff) and while they'r emore durable than the above heroes, they still need to be careful to not get overwhelmed by numbers.

Examples of Scrapper Heroes:
Wolverine, Captain America, The Flash, Wonder Woman

Tanker:

These are the chonkiest of heroes, who excel at wading into melee and both dishing out and soaking up blows. They're living, breathing tnaks who excel at being in the thick of it, taking blows and crumping goons. They're the toughest and most durable of heroes, and are good at close combat. But, they usually don't have any means of ranged attacking, other than throwing things.

Examples of Tanker Heroes:
The Hulk, The THing, Wolverine, Colossus

Notes.

Please keep in mind that the above archetypes are just generalized, simplified categorizations. You don't need to strictly adhere to the specifics of each type, but rather keep it in mind as a guideline or as a "focus" for what your character's primary abilities, powers and skills will and should revolve around. As well as things to keep in mind when faced with certain situations or scenarios.

Sanctioned Hero Exam:

In order to join the ranks of Paragon City's illustrious crime-fighting operations, one must undergo and take the Sanctioned Hero Test (S.H.E). This is a multi-part exam taht tests a person's character, knowledge and raw powers/potential, in order to determine whetever they'd be a good fit or even just suitable as a candidate for becoming a defender of the city.

Because P.R.O.C is run yb goverment, and they like to know who and what they're delaing with, parts of the test must be taken in a person's "non-alter ego" form. That is to say, their true identity. Of course, when you take the test, you haven't been officially licensed as a heor yet, so technically you shouldn't even have an alter ego yet. Also, obviously, the people conducting and being in charge of the exam are sworn to the same level of secrect and confidentiality as doctors or other sectors of the goverment who deal with sensitive personal information.

The Exam consists of the following parts:

The Written Exam:

This part of the test focuses mainly on common knowledge and understanding of laws and basic social behavior. Questions are posed in both a 'yes' or 'no' formula, as well as free-form answers where you have to reply with your own words and thoughts. People who show a lack of understanding or knowledge about this part will not pass the exam.

Psych-test and Interview:

This part of the exam focuses on dtermening a person's character, morals and social views or standing. It is performed by both a psychiatrist, as well as a regular member of the P.R.O.C staff. These parts focus on things like asking the applicant questions about morality, social views and how they'd react or respond to certain situations or interactions. To ensure that the results aren't faked or lies, meant to sound good and earn the person a pasing grade, one - or both - of the staff in charge of this part of the test are gifted with some form of mind-reading or psychic powers, in roder to weed out disingenuine or lying indidivuals who try to "fake" their way through the exam.

Indidividuals with noteworthy amounts of racism, sexism, social prejudices, intolerance, lack of compassion/empathy, lacking scruples, aggression or other similar factors are immediately disqualified.

Aptitude Exam:

This is the final exam, and is only conducted if the applicant has passed the previous tests. In essence, it is a demonstration for what the person can actually do. If the applicant has any sort of superpowers, they're asked to show them off and display what they're capable of, either by hitting targets/dummies or traversing some kind of obstacle course or otherwise. If the person is a Natural hero, with no powers, they're put through a ttraining course similar to that of either Police or Military Special Forces, to see if they have what it takes.

Ironically, the aptitude test, while being the final exam, is actually the least impactful and important of the trials. Of course, a person who 'fails' at this exam still gets rejected as a candidate, but since it is a "demonstration"-type test, you don't need a perfect, or even enar-perfect, "score" to pass. You just need to do "well enough" to show you could be an asset.

Paragon City Hero Organizations:

PROC:

The Protective Response and Operations Committee is the administrative organization created by Paragon City's goverment in order to manage, direct, lead and monitor the other five groups. They primarily consist of beaurocrats and administrative personnel, and have very little to no field-presence. Their job is to oversee, not get involved directly. Since their formation, the efficiency and results of the other five Hero organizations in the city has improved, giving them a positive and respected public opinion. By default, regardless of which faction you join, you're a part of PROC as well, as your group answers directly to them.

DATA:

The Department of Advanced Technology Application. This is the faction which most heroes of a 'Technology' origin choose to join. DATA primarily focus on crimes, incidents and disasters that involve high-tech, cybernetic or electronic matters. While they have a generally good public opinion, there are those who worry that they're hoarding secret, highly advanced weapons and devices that could be abused or fall into the wrong hands. But for the most part, most citizens of Paragon City appreciate them and their work.

ELITE:

The Enhanced Logistics for Insight and Tactical Excellence. This is the group which most heroes of a Natural origin sign up with. As a faction that has almost no, or extremely few, actual members with 'real' super powers, ELITE is most often given the task of dealing with more mundane issues. Such as stopping regular terrorists, investigating criminal syndicates, thwarting the mafia and so on and so forth. While highly regarded as 'Champions of Every Man' by most of Paragon City, there are those who claim that the organization is vestigial and unnecessary, as everything they do could be handled by the other groups, and likely be done just as well - if not better. Still, among the general populace they have an overwhelmingly positive reputation.

GIFT:

The Genetic Investigation and Facilitation Team. The faction which most heroes of a Mutabt origin join. In fact, unless you have a mutant origin, you can't join GIFT. Their primary duties involve locating, identifying and recording mutants and mutant behavior, as well as dealing with any incidents or situations casued by, or involving, mutants in general. As the opinion on mutants is mixed and varied, GIFT enjoys an equally mixed bag of opinions - with some people fearing or outright hating it, while others are intrigued and curious. GIFT is also a constant topic of online conspiracies and wild, unfounded rumors.

]MAGI:

The Modern Arcane Guild of Investigation. The team which most heroes of a Magic origin will join. This group is tasked with investigating and dealing with any paranormal or magic/arcane issues that arise within Paragon City. They're also tasked with securing, cataloguing and sealing away harmful or potentially dangerous mystic artefacts. As magic, in gneral, isn't well understood or known to the public, MAGI receives a usually negative and unappreciative opinion from the population. They're often blamed for any incidents or crimes that involve magic, or are accused to playing 'clean up' for things that they themselves caused - evne if if that isn't the case at all.

SERAPH:

The Scientific Experimentation Research and Application to Paranormal Humans. The faction which most heroes of a Science origin will decide to register with. They primarily deal with things that invovle scientific experiments, harmful waste of unknown origins or properties, alien technology or relics and things along those lines. While gneerally appreciated by most folks, some worry that SERAPH is just a playground for a bunch of mad, callous, unscrupulous egg-heads who'd create a black hole in the midst of the city, just 'cuz they could. Of course, that isn't true at all, but some people are just like that.

Notes:

Other then GIFT, your character is free to join up with whichever group they want, regardless of their origin and archetype. From a gameplay perspective, the groups are all pretty much the asme, and will just serve as where you get your "missions" or "quests" from. Their locations in the city is different, the aesthetics of their facilities are different and the NPCs you can meet and interact with from each group is different. But in the grand, non-detailed scope of things, they all serve the same purpose and functions, and you can do everything at the facility that any other group can, though as your own thematic version obviously.

Please do keep in mind that once you've made your choice and joined a group, quitting and applying for a different one is very frowned upon. Not only because it'll cause a lot of paper-and-administrative work, but it'll also require you to sign a bunch of NDA's and agree to a whole bunch of legal and beaurocratic fine print which may prove to be more hassle than it's worth. Plus, y'know, if you start over as a new member, you'll be put back at the bottom of the totem pole, where you'll need to work your way back up the Superhero Ladder in order to get to join more crucial or important missions.

But, hey, if you like signing documents, filing papers, being monitored and having to start off by stopping bicycle thieves and telling off graffiti-painting teens... Nobody will stop you.

Famous Heroes:

A list of distinguished and well-known heroes and super groups in Paragon City.

• Captain Dawn: A famous hero who controls and manipulates light. Has taken dwon countless criminals on his own.
• Amber Siren: A superheroine who uses her voice to create sounds and soundwaves to charm, stun and shred the bad guys! She's very popular with young men especially.
• Magnaton: A large, towerigng man in an equally large and towering suit of solid metal, who wields a giant hammer. People affectinately tried to give him the nickname "WRecking Ball" on account of the amount of collateral damage he causes, but he didn't like it.
• Black Swan: A Natural heroine within ELITE, who acts as their poster-girl. Don't take her lightly though, she's an absolute beast with both pistols and knives! And she knows kung fu.
• The Silver Wings: A quartet of superheroes who all had the fit of flight. Were incredibly popular during the mid 80's to late 90's. They've all retired by now though.
• Flail & Match: A mutant hero duo, with Flail being able to make their arms into giant... Flails... And Match being able to set things on fire. It's rumored that they're siblings, but they'ver never confirmed or denied this.
• Silver Paladin: A mysterious, androgyneous hero in a suit of pristine white knight's armor, wielding a violet longsword of clearly arcane make. Never seems to speak, so the general public don't even know what gender they are. If they have one. They're very chivalrous though.
• The Druid: A hero who's been around for over 30 years now. He commands plants and usually roots or tangles the bad guys up. It's alway sa hassle to clean up after him though.
• Aquamarina: A sorceress who specializes in using water-element spells. She often puts on fun waterpark performances during the summer and is one of the few members of MAGI who's actually popular.
• Racer Fangs: A group of three heroes who all have some kind of movement or speed-related powers. They frequently can be seen racing down the highways and chasing car-thieves.
• Atlas: The great hero whom Atlas Park is named after. Single-handedly defended Paragon City against the nazi invasion during World War II. He's long dead now, but his massive statue in Atlas Park still remains to this day.
• Chrome Raven: A dark-garbed member of DATA who is recognized for his primarily bird-themed gadgets, weapons and tools. Like the Raven-a-rang, or the Raven-Bombs, or the Raven-Computer... He's... A bit obsessed.
• King Roar: A mutant who has the head and mane of a lion, and his hands and feet are lion paws with lion claws, and he's got a tail. And his entire body is covered in fur. But he walks upright. Some people mistaknely believe he's a guy in a mascot costume. He is not amsued by this misconception. He's quite popular for a mutant though, and has his very own action figure!
• Scarlet Fists: A five-man super group, who all wear red outfits, and strike dramatic poses and make grandiose announcements whenever they show up. And for some reason, their arrival is always heralded by a weirdly convenient blast of rainbow smoke... And their catch-phrase: "Not so fast!".

infamous Villains:

A list of reviled and well-known villains and evil organizations in Paragon City.

• Technomancer: A fairly recent villain, but one who's made a name for themself with their robotic minions and evil machines of doom.
• Killer Klown: A lunatic who loves and revels in causing fear, horror and chaos. Did we mention destruction? 'Cuz she likes that too. She's destroyed large parts of the Paragon monorail twice.
• Shadow Cheetah: While he doesn't cause a lot of damage to the city infrastructure or citizens, he's a burglarizing menace who has stolen countless jewels, gems, paintings and other priceless things. A real live cat burglar, with superpowers!
• The Sanguine Enclave: A group of dark wizards who perform profane and terrible rituals, all to appease their supernatural masters. Kidnappings, torture, blood sacrifices. These guys are just the stuff nightmares are ame of.
• Lord Armstrong: A weirdly rotund villain, with a mechanical arm. An arm that can do all sorts of crazy, and horrible things. Don't let his otherwise comedic appearance fool you, he's dangerous. ... And fat.
• Deathvine: A horrible, awful mutated sentient plant-creature-thing. Wants to turn the entire city into a "garden" by using the residents and nutrients and/or fetilizer for its macabre plans.
• The Blastmaster: A horribly deranged pyrotechnician, obsessed with two things: Fireworks and people screaming. It's not hard to see how combining the two let's him experience both things at the same time.
• The Iron Skullz: An absurdly large and wide-spread street gang, identified by the skull tattoo they all have on their forehead. Dealing drugs, extortion, mugging, robberies, burglary, vandalism. Yeah, they're a group of thugs.
• The Hellraisers: An equally absurdly large and wide-spread biker gang, who for some reaosn seem to be gifted with the power of satanic immoltion... Well, at least their more senior members are. Arson, kidnapping, theft, destrcution of public and private property, asault. Yeah, they suck too.
• The Carcino Family: A group of mosters straight from some 1930's movie, or something. These guys have been around for ages, and still do crap like robbing banks, running gambling rackets, blackmailing, coercing small-time business owners... Just your stereotypcial mob scumbags.
• Swarmlord: A creepy villain who commits crime by using bugs. Big bugs. Like, ants the size-of-a-full-grown-Boxer hound. Oh, and he's got scorpions, wasps and other fun things under his control too... Neat.
• PAIN: A terrorist organization, hell-bent on causing fear and, well, terror by doing things like random bombings, hostage-taking, trying to capture City Hall, kidnapping high-profile citizens. You know, usual terrorist things. Their motto, "We are PAIN!" is rather accurate to be fair.
• Gigantox: A very large, very angry and very violent mutant - who looks very similar to a minotaur from myth. And he's just as vicious, ill-tempered and blood-crazed as you might expect. Him and King Roar usually have really epic scraps when they meet, 'cuz they hate each other for some reason.
• Menace: A hacker or cyber-villain or something. It's not really clear, some think it's a rogue, evil A.I. Whatever the case, it seems to enjoy causing havoc by tampering with or disrupting things like street and traffic-lights, the power grid, bank security systems and classified police files and other delicate data.

Paragon City Locations:

Foreword:
Currently, I have no cohesive map of Paragon City to offer. Also, I have no immediate desire to write up a lengthy description of every single zone, so for now... If you've got questions or want details on what a zone looks like, or what services or locations can be found within it, please just ask me about it. Thank you for your undesrstanding.

Safe City Zones:

These zones are located within or near Paragon City, and are deemed safe for residential use and otherwise: Crime is still rampant, as everywhere in Paragon City, but most crimes committed in these zones are far tamer than those in the Hazardous Zones.
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Atlas Park
Brickstown
Founder's Falls
Independence Port
Kings Row
Overbrook "Faultline"
Peregrine Island
Salamanca "Croatoa"
Skyway City
Steel Canyon
Talos Island

Hazardous Zones:

These areas of, or around, Paragon City are those with the highest amounts of, or most erious, crime in them. They're generally considered unsafe and unsitable for 'upstanding' citizens to live or work in.
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(The) Abandoned Sewer Network
Astoria "Dark Astoria"
Baumton "Boomtown"
Eastgate "The Hollows"
Eastgate Tunnels "The Tunnels of the Trolls"
Perez Park
Striga Isle
Terra Volta
"The Hive"
Venice "Crey's Folly"
White Plains
Woodvale "Eden"

Notes:
Any location that has a secondary name in "quotations" is what the resident locals of Paragon City calls that area when talking about the zone in a casual, informal way. Areas with quotation-names are only refered to by their "official" names by goverment employees or when serious discussions about them is being had.

How to Play:

There are no mechanics or dice rolls or cards to worry about in this RP. For the most part, it's fairly freeform and you can do and go as your like. The only thing that you need to keep in mind are these, very few and fair points:

Never auto-hit, insta-kill/KO or flawlessly succed at anything unless you've asked beforehand and gotten okay to do so.

While there's no limit to how often or how much you can use your superpowers or skills, or how far you can travel or move, please be fair. Nobody has endless stamina, nobody can ignore pain forever and nobody can dodge and evade every single attack someone else throws at them endlessly.

When you're fighting one or more enemies, follow these simple instructions:

1. Describe where your character moves to and what and/or who they can see.
2. Write what your character does and what action they take, along with their desired and intended result or outcome.
3. Wait for my GM post, with the results and resolution to your actions.

That's really it. Don't be a power-gamer who can't handle getting nicked or getting a bruise, or bloody nose, every once in a while and don't go winning every fight without breaking a sweat. Do taht, and we'll all be the bestest of friends.

Character Sheets:

Character Sheet Explained:

Name

Appearance:

<This is where you put a nice pic of your character and what they look like in their everday life>

Description:
Because I'm colorblind, among many other eye-related issues, I'd appreciate it if you could include a small piece of text here that covers your character's hair and eye color, as well as their height. Preferably in both centimeters and feet+inches.

Age | Gender: | Occupation

Personality:

Write a bit about your character's behavior, quirks, (dis)likes, values, views. Remember to not be a sociopath or some kind of jaded, misanthrope, those don't become heroes.

Background:

Write a little bit about your character's past. Their childhood, their family, friends, what they did and where they went. When or how they acquired their power, or interest in superheroes, as well as the reason for why they decided to take the "Sanctioned Hero Exam".

Civilian Skills:

Here, you can list any skills or talents, which have absolutely nothing to do with being a superhero, that your character knows or is good at. Things like cooking, sports, painting/drawing, playing the guitar. Fluffy stuff to flesh out your character, basically. It's completely optional.

----- Hero Info -----

Superhero Name

Heroic Appearance:

<This is where you put a nice pic of what your character looks like in their Superhero costume/outfit/getup/armor. Don't worry, you don't need this and the regular appearance to be the same character if you can't find images that match. Just something to represent what your hero's outfit looks like works fine>

Origin | Archetype | Level | Group

Powers & Abilities:

Superpowers:

Primary Power: This is your big, main focus power. Give it a name and describe, in general terms, what it can do. Like... Pyrokinesis: Can conjure, control and manipulate fire.

Secondary Power: You on't need to start with a secondary power. After all, you can't change or swap it out after you've selected soemthing. If you want, you can leave this blank for now and make up your mind later. It also fits the whole "growing stronger over time" theme. Otherwise, same as above, give it a name and a brief description.

Weakness: Unless you're a hero of the Natural origin, almost everyone else has at least one weakness or another. List it here. It should be somehting actually tangible that could be used against you, and not something semantic or trivial that'll never come up. Natural origin heroes are weak to EVERYTHING, so you don't need to worry about this field. (That's a joke by the way, Natural heroes just don't have special weaknesses usually)

Supplementary Powers:

This is where you'll list powers, skills, abilities and what-else-have-you that wouldn't fit in the above Primary and Secondary powers. Things like Flight, X-Ray vision, Super-hearing, etc. You don't start with any supplementary Powers, so leave this blank. However, once you start leveling up, you'll be notified when you can select one to add to this list.

*Note.
If you're a hero with the Natural Origin, and don't have any real superpowers, just put your primary "skill" and/or what you "trained in" in the Superpowers section. The Supplementary Powers is also where you'll list things like gadgets or tools you use, like Grappling-hook Guns and Jump/Booster-boots or Jetpacks, etc. Basically, this is a field and list for powers or abilities that your "Primary" and "Secondary" powers wouldn't be able to feasibly provide. After all, it's never really explained how either Fire or Wonder Woman can fly... They just can...

Actives & Passives:

In this hider, you'll list all the sweet, sweet moves and abilities you have, which are derived from your Supoerpowers/training. See the example below to get an idea.

Name: Fireshot
Type: Active
Rank: ★ (or 1)
Range: Ranged
Description: Fires a volleyball-sized glob of flame at a target within line of sight, in a straight path.

*Notes:
The name is what you call your ability. You know, what you shout when you use it. Type is either active or passive, actives are things you need to select yourself when to use, while passives are either always working, or activate when certain conditions are met. Rank reflects how strong or powerful the move is, whenever you reach an 'odd' level, you can choose to upgrade one ability to the next rank, which let's you add extra effects to it, or just make it stronger. Range is either melee or ranged, basically, can you attack from a distance with it or not. Finally,Description is what it actually does, how it works, who it can target and what the result is.

When you "upgrade" a skill or ability on odd levels, you cna add things like, if we use the firebolt above as an exmaple: At rank 2, it now causes an explosion in a small area whenever it hits something solid. At rank 3, it sets anything it hits on fire, dealing further damage over time. At rank 4, it has an even BIGGER area of effect, etc, etc.

At the start of the RP, you get two abilities to make. They need to be Rank 1/★, but you can select the rest of the factors for yourself - it's an active or passive, the range, etc.

Inventory:

This is your invnetory. If you're a hero who relies on gadgets, weapons and/or other physical "tools" to help you, this is where you'll list them all. This is also where you list stuff like Key Items that you receive during your career, as well as your costume. No need to detail every little thing you carry on yourself, like a wallet or wrist watch or glasses or stuff like that. This is just for stuff that actually matters and has either an impact on your character, or is necessary to do or reach certain things/places. Oh, and yes, your inventory is hammer-space, so don't worry about it too much.

• Superhero Costume (Key item)
• ???
• ???

Clean Code Character Sheet:

[center][h3]Name[/h3][/center]
[center][hider=Appearance:]
IMG here.

[b]Description:[/b]
Hair+eye color and height here.
[/hider][/center]
[center] [b]Age (16~22)[/b] | [b]Gender:[/b] | [b]Occupation[/b] [/center]
[indent][b]Personality:[/b][/indent]
Persona here.

[indent]Background:[/indent]
BG here.

[indent][b]Civilian Skills:[/b][/indent]
Optional.
[center][h3]----- Hero Info -----[/h3][/center]
[center][h2]Superhero Name[/h2][/center]
[center][hider=Heroic Appearance:]
Costume IMG here.
[/hider][/center]
[center][b]Origin[/b] | [b]Archetype[/b] | [b]Level[/b] | [b]Group[/b][/center]

[hider=Powers & Abilities:]
[indent][b]Superpowers:[/b][/indent]
[i]Primary Power:[/i]

[i]Secondary Power:[/i]

[i]Weakness:[/i]

[indent][b]Supplementary Powers:[/b][/indent]
N/A
[/hider]
[hider=Actives & Passives:]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Type:[/b] Active or Passive
[b]Rank:[/b] ★
[b]Range:[/b] Nelee or Ranged
[b]Description:[/b]
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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Type:[/b] Active or Passive
[b]Rank:[/b] ★
[b]Range:[/b] Nelee or Ranged
[b]Description:[/b]
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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Type:[/b] Active or Passive
[b]Rank:[/b] ★
[b]Range:[/b] Nelee or Ranged
[b]Description:[/b]
[/hider]
[hider=Inventory:]
[list][*]Superhero Costume (Key item)
[*]
[*]Sanctioned Hero Exam Diploma (Quest item)
[/list]
[/hider]

Notes:
When making your character and choosing both your Powers and Abilities, do try to avoid making them overly complicated, as well as unreasonably powerful right out of the gate. You're meant to play as fledgeling, fresh and new, inexperienced heroes who've only just started getting a grip and handle on their new super powers. You're not meant to be able to unleash full-scaled tornados that can flatten entire buildings or conjure roots and plants that'll turn an entire neighbourhoood into the rainforests of Kongo. Keep it simple and keep it reasonable. That's the best way to ensure your character gets approved.

Ideas, Suggestions & Volunteer work:

If you have ideas for NPCs, villains, other heroes, locaitons, plot-lines, missions or anything else of that sort, always feel free to share them in the OOC or via PM to me. I've put a lot of love into putting this together and it makes me really happy when people get invested in and like something I've made. Even if I can't put or make exactly what you had in mind into the RP, we can always discuss and come to some sort of agrement or compromise. Unless it's like... Totally not in line with the theme, setting or mode of the RP at all... Then I can't really help you. Sorry.

Also, if you're one of those clever, gifted artsy people who can do all the flashy image and picture and graphic-stuffs, and you want to contribute to the RP by making things like banners, location photos/images, edit peoples' faceclaims to their minute preferences... Go right ahead! I can't do any of that stuff myself, so I always appreciate people who can and are willing to lend their talents.

Of course, I'm not gonna give you special treatment or benefits for doing those things. It's soemthing you choose to do yourself, and you can start and quit doing it whenever you want. Nobody's gonna force you.

Other then that, let's try to have a good time and build a fun setting and game together!

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Do not post Character Sheets in the Characters Tab unless they've been approved first.

Metropolis of Superheroes - A City of Heroes-inspired RP

Feel free to suggest and pitch ideas for villlains, NPC heroes, regular-ass NPCs, questlines/sub-plots, locaitons, missions, whatever. I want everyone to have a good time and feel included. :)

I'm done with the character sheets. Both of them. Both the raw code one and the one with the overly wordy and elaborate explanations and examples.

Next up... Uh... Oh, dear lord in sanzibar... I still gotta add the locations and districts of the city...

... This could take a bit...

Metropolis of Superheroes - A City of Heroes-inspired RP

Hmm... So, we got one person who is genuinely interested, two tentatively interested and a Zeroth with a bazillion questions.

Guess I should start finishing up the last bits of that OOC, just in case then.

Metropolis of Superheroes - A City of Heroes-inspired RP

<Snipped quote by Xaltwind>

EXCUSE YOU, that is a KAMEN RIDER reference! D:<

Oooh, okay, you're treating the "Powers" as just like, "things we can do," and whether or not someone uses Fireball via Magic, Psychic, Mutation, or Techno methods just depends on how they fluff their character. Correct?

If that's the case, though, will there be specific "weaknesses" at play, interacting in different ways depending on the Character's "categories"? Will the various Origins/Archetypes also come with drawbacks in the form of some variation of Kryptonite or other limits?

@Zeroth

Oh noes, how dare I!? D:

But yes, that's the general idea. You all have unique powers and ways of using them, but that doesn't exclude others from using "similar" powers, just in another way or through a different means of activation.

Funny you should mention that, as I just added the "Weakness:" section to the charcter sheet. At the moment, the weakness-field isn't tied to your Origin or Archetypes specifically, and at the moment, you're free to select whatever weakness you want - provided it's an actual tangible weakness that can be both found out and exploited in some meaningful way.

I would, of course, highly encourage people to pick one or more weaknesses that thematically suits and makes sense for their character, based both on their superpowers and origin. But I'm not gonna hard-shovel it down your throat. At least not yet.

Metropolis of Superheroes - A City of Heroes-inspired RP

Tentatively interested!

Are there going to be actual mechanics to fighting and other hero activities, or are our "builds" more like guidelines while keeping things freeform?

@Shoopuf

The only mechanics that will exist will be for combat situations. And even then, I wouldn't really call it "mechanics". While things like auto-hiting and insta-gibbing is certainly not okay, what you guys will do for the most part is:

1. Describe where your character moves and what they see.
2. Write what action(s) they take and what their hoped-for/desired result would be/do.
3. Wait for my GM response with the actual results of whatever you did.

There's no dice, no rock-paper-scissors, no drawing or flipping cards.

Your skills and abilities are described wtih details on what they specifically do, and then you, as the player, use those abilities as they're described.

Example: You have an ability to let's you conjure and shoot a bolt of fire in a straight line, wherever you can see.

That's the only "mechanic" for how your abilities work. There's no limit on how many times you can do it, or in how long of a "cooldown" you need to take into account. Just as long as you're reasonably reasonable and don't go full Gary-Stu/Mary-Sue and just start trouncing everything and everyone around and never ever missing, breaking a sweat or getting tired or feeling any sort of pain or injury, you should be good.

Metropolis of Superheroes - A City of Heroes-inspired RP

@Zeroth
Oh ye gods, the power rangers! D:

to answer your quesiton though:

Origins:
You cannot change your origin after character creation. Which, obviously, means taht if you're a "Natural" hero, who isn't superpowered, you won't likely be able to "develop" superpowers later on. Because, you know, that would just make the whole "Natural" origin completely pointless.

Superpowers aren't necessarily tied to your Origins though. Like, everyone could potentially be able to fly - they just use differnet means or differents ways of achieving it. Likewise, anyone could gain the ability to use fire. It's just that one of you shoots it outta their hand with a mere thought, while the other one unleashes it froma back-mounted reverse-vaccum flamethrower machine.

Archetypes:
You know, I actually have a whole hider explaining all of this in my as-of-not-yet-ready OOC. But basically, archetypes serve as a "guideline" for what your character is and is trying/aiming to be. Obviously, this isn't an MMO where game-mechanics are in place to "balance" things out, so you don't need to see them as solid stone, set and done hard-locked templates or classes. You can deviate from them and do things to customize and personalize your playstyle. But if you're trying to aim for a Jack-of-ALl-Trades, I wouldn't recommend that. Certain Archetypes are just better at certain things when compared to the others.

As for how much "grinding" you'll need to do to get a finished build. That depends on what you consider a "finished build". But, since I know a bit of how you think, let me put it this way:

You start the RP at level 1, with two abilities. Which can either both be actives, passives or one of each. On every EVEN level, you gain a new skill. On every ODD level, you get to upgrade one of your existing skills.

How fast you gain XP and levels I hear your next question is. Well. That depends on your own level and what you're doing. Early on, you'll probably gain levels rather quickly from doing evne the most basic stuff. Later on, trying to grind on stopping purse-snatchers and graffitti-artists probably won't see you ding anytime soon.

Did I miss anything? If so, bonk me head and I'll address it.