Create a Hero RPG Application

Character you have created: Kyle Porter

Alias: Lyger

Speech Color (Actually say what you're using, don't go "Like this", or what not): n/a

Character Alignment: Hero

Identity: Secret

Character Personality: Kyle has always been a laid back guy, who despite having a somewhat difficult upbringing would be described by most as being carefree for the most part. However, he does have a tendency of getting overwhelmed, and that can sometimes cause him to get into a bit of a funk, which can be difficult to pull him out of. However, in the months since his abilities began to manifest, and he took to the streets as the costumed vigilante Lyger, he has been more serious even as he tries to maintain his carefree lifestyle.

Uniform/costume: Briefly describe or post a picture of what your character's costume looks like:

Origin Info/Details: Kyle Porter has had a hard life by some standards. His mother died when he was a young boy and never really got to know her. He was raised by his father, who never got over the death of his wife and mostly found comfort in the bottom of a whiskey bottle. He went through much of his life in relative obscurity, never popular at school, however not really unpopular.
His life changed once he enrolled at Lost Haven University. He became relatively popular on campus, he even started to date a sophomore.
However, his life would change even further one night while he was on his way back to the dorms after a party. The car that he was riding in was struck by a drunk driver, and Kyle was severely injured. He required emergency surgery as well as a blood transfusion. Little did anyone know that the blood he received contained the meta gene, and when the blood mixed with his own, he began to develop special abilities of his own.

Hero Type (Select one):
Acrobat

Power Level (Select one below): City Level

Powers (Be Specific): Enhanced agility and senses, healing factor, and strength.

Attributes (Select one at each category):

Strength Level: 5x normal human

Speed/Reaction Timing Level: 45 MPH.

Endurance at MAXIMUM Effort: 2 hours.

Agility: 15X

Intelligence: Average

Fighting Skill: trained

Resources: Average

Weaknesses: He has the same weaknesses as a normal person. He is vulnerable to illness, injury, and even death.

Supporting Characters:
Samantha “Sam” Myers Childhood friend, long time crush.
Kerri Walters- ex girlfriend
Ronnie Chang- Best friend, tech wizard
Jack Porter- Kyle’s father
Maxwell Renfield- CEO of RenCo
Dmitri Nikolov- friend
Hannah Emery- Dmitri’s girlfriend
Haruki “Harry” Takahashi- Kyle’s mentor, Ronnie’s grandfather

Various villains, classmates, and other characters will be described when introduced

Do you know how to post pictures on the RPG boards?:

Sample Post (Minimum Four paragraphs containing dialogue):

Kyle Porter sits up in his hospital bed as the nurse enters his room and takes a few last minute readings before the hospital can send him on his way. He is anxious to get out of the room that has been his home for the last week. He has never particularly liked hospitals, and after spending a week there, he is in no rush to come back anytime soon.

There was a knock on the door and suddenly he saw the familiar features of Samantha Myers pop into the room. His oldest friend looked around for a moment before entering.

"Just wanted to make sure you're decent." She quipped as she approached his bed.

"Yeah. I'm good to go. Just waiting to get the OK from the doctors." He said.

Sam took a seat beside the bed as Kyle packed the few possessions that he had in the hospital room into a small plastic bag. After several long minutes, the nurse came in and told him that the last tests came back clear and that he was free to go.

"Awesome. Let's head down to the lobby and wait for my dad." He said cheerily.

"Um...your dad can't make it. He had to fly out to Pacific Point last night for business. He asked me to come get you." She said, somewhat apologetically.

"So...you're my ride?" He asked.

"You're quick, aren't you?" She said with a grin.

"Oh great...first the crash and now this....Somebody really wants me dead." He joked even as she smacked him on the arm as they made their way down the hall.

I'd like to make a character for this, though I'm unsure as to what I should make. How do you quantify such powers as telekinesis or telepathy, which can be impossible to evade without special abilities or equipment? A tele-neck-snap is difficult for a character without enhanced durability to write their way out of. Equally so are "mind-rape" powers, though much of that relies on the other player, and the results are usually disappointingly similar.

Dead Cruiser said
I'd like to make a character for this, though I'm unsure as to what I should make. How do you quantify such powers as telekinesis or telepathy, which can be impossible to evade without special abilities or equipment? A tele-neck-snap is difficult for a character without enhanced durability to write their way out of. Equally so are "mind-rape" powers, though much of that relies on the other player, and the results are usually disappointingly similar.

Yeah... don't be doing that without getting other RPers permission. Works contrary to the spirit of these.

Rules said
• Communicate with others in your arc. This is key to the fun. It doesn’t matter how many fights you win, it matters if the fights were written well.
• Don't do anything RANDOM like chopping off board user's heads or what not, unless your a villain chopping off NPC victims heads, then whatever, go with it, as long as it's not technically RANDOM.

*Sigh*

Yes... I'm STILL working on my app.

Screen Name: -B-
Character you have created: Barsavis (He does not share his name, so in legend he is frequently known as "Beacon" by adults as well as "The Boogie Man" in mythology.
Alias: Mat Eastridge
Speech Color: TBD when site is fully operational
Character Alignment: Walking the Line
Identity: Secret, very secret

Uniform/costume: A swath of vines, roots and natural growths surround a crystalline armour. Embedded inside, and mounted on his chest is a beetle (hence Bogie "beetle" man.) His spectral form is like his costume, only dark.

Hero Type: Supernatural (Stealth based psionic)
Power Level: Bottom of World Level, top of City Level
Powers :
-Flight (150 mph, 40ft ceiling above surface)
-Spectral Form (Has a partitioned mind that allows two full functions and perceptions, but is limited to a maximum of 400 feet away, this additional perspective appears as a shadow to children.)
-Telekinesis (Can control fine articles as well as fluids. Strong by human standards, but nowhere as fantastic as most supers and machinery.)
-Smell fear (Can smell and distinguish different sorts of fear.)
-Ageless (Barsavis does not age, he is more spirit than a human.)
-Invisible mind (Psionics and mind-readers cannot detect him at all. Even people who can detect emotion are clueless.)
-Brain Fry: (When focused and looking into the eyes of his adversary, Barsavis can slow the synapses through a cocktail of exhaustion, dream, and fear. This makes the victim think slower than normal, and is usually imperceptible. If assaulted without restraint it can put a victim into a coma-like state. He or a psionic can reverse this but requires being physically present.)

Attributes:
-Strength Level: 1 ton.
-Speed/Reaction Timing Level: Normal Human
-Endurance at MAXIMUM Effort: Normal Human (but does not sleep)
-Agility: Normal Human
-Intelligence: Average
-Fighting Skill: Trained
-Resources: Minimal

Weaknesses: Barsavis has little self-confidence, and little faith in Humanity. He can find the negative in almost anyone, and he doesn't particularly like himself. His powers (particularly flight and telekinesis are affected by the amount of his will is available to him. While on a high he can deal with the world savers, on a low he is hard pressed to compete on the city level.)

Supporting Characters: Barsavis has a wife... Autumn. Both her name and the embodiment of the season. His Father-in-law is the embodiment of the winter solstice (Chris), and his mother-in-law is Winter. These characters all function as humans, are humans, and function in human society. The seasons still come and go along if they are not there. However, they CAN control the season by entering the ritual grounds. Currently Barsavis and his counterpart (The Vernal Equinox) guard and use the grounds conveniently located in Main.

Do you know how to post pictures on RPG boards?: Yep

Got the roster updated. Having a little trouble with a couple of the links, but that may be something to do with the site. I'm not entirely sure

Deserted said
-B- Barsavis (He does not share his name, so in legend he is frequently known as "Beacon" by adults as well as "The Boogie Man" in mythology. Mat Eastridge

Approved

I like this idea, and the execution seems well thought-out. I'll make a CS within a few hours and post it here, hopefully it'll be up to standard (I've only played Casual RPs before).

Proton Problem said
I like this idea, and the execution seems well thought-out. I'll make a CS within a few hours and post it here, hopefully it'll be up to standard (I've only played Casual RPs before).

Glad to hear. I'm sure you'll be fine. Looking forward to seeing what you've got.

Deserted said
Barsavis
-The Guardian of the Gateway: Barsavis was originally the guardian of the portals through dreams. He is the one that prevents dreams from entering reality or the travel to other worlds through slumber.

My character's origin story will include traveling to dreams and back, so we could plan some sort of interaction some time soon.

Marcus is going to have all sorts of magical nonsense so perhaps maybe some interaction through me as well?

Gowi said
Marcus is going to have all sorts of magical nonsense so perhaps maybe some interaction through me as well?

Was that towards me or towards Deserted?

The former, you.

Hound55 said
Yeah... don't be doing that without getting other RPers permission. Works contrary to the spirit of these.

I wasn't planning on it. This is just a hypothetical. But the fact that telekinesis, such a simple and common power, can present an invisible attack that cannot be dodged or blocked and can kill in one hit, presents a strange imbalance. Not even in the sense of "forcing" a hit, but in that most players/characters have no logical means to actually defend against such an attack, and the hit (if one is following reasonable logic) is forced without any sort of unfair play on the behalf of the player.

I'd just like to hear your thoughts on this, as such a scenario tore asunder a previous Superhero RP that I partook in.

Dead Cruiser said
I wasn't planning on it. This is just a hypothetical. But the fact that telekinesis, such a simple and common power, can present an invisible attack that cannot be dodged or blocked and can kill in one hit, presents a strange imbalance. Not even in the sense of "forcing" a hit, but in that most players/characters have no logical means to actually defend against such an attack, and the hit (if one is following reasonable logic) is forced without any sort of unfair play on the behalf of the player.I'd just like to hear your thoughts on this, as such a scenario tore asunder a previous Superhero RP that I partook in.

I really think communication and good manners is the key for something like this; I mean using powerful powersets are always tricky to do. There's got be a little give and take as well as cooperation. You never want a RP to turn in "my guy can kill your guy!" for obvious reasons.

@Gowi: I wouldn't mind having an interaction with your character either. I might want to add that my statement might have been a little misleading. When I look back at it, it seems like I am implying that my character will transverse dreams several times. Unfortunately, I meant that there was going to be one instance of traveling into a dream "reality" per say. However, I would be willing to expand that portion of my origin story so that I can include more interactions.

@Dead Cruiser: I don't know what Hound55 or NMS's opinions are on this matter, but I see this kind of like Spider-Man's Spider Sense. The writer scales the powers to fit the story. I mean, if your character is going to fall under the "Hero" category, I don't see where the OHKO problem would show up against Human-controlled characters (although it might get annoy/boring if your character just plows through all the competition). Anyways, if you are so worried about telekinesis and other telekinetic powers being a problem, try adding some kind of drawback to using them. Maybe have a visible representation of the telekinetic powers (like the "beams" used to illustrate telekinesis in comics, although in comics, I am pretty sure the characters cannot see them).

Dead cruiser, Gowi and Ded pretty much summed up my feelings on this as well. This game has been active since 2007ish, I dont think you have to worry about a powerset ruining this game.

Transforming into a full-on raptor has to be traumatic as hell, at any rate.

Gowi said
Transforming into a full-on raptor has to be traumatic as hell, at any rate.

Well, he only obtains a tail, the retractable claws, and the signature raptor sickle claws on his feet. But I agree, it would be a traumatic experience. I might look into portraying that better this time around.