What cause do you fight for...?
Are you willing to champion that cause?

In a world of both humans and superhumans, humans look up to their favorite superheroes, finding hope and faith that they could be safe, all because of them.
But that was back then. Humans fear this new generation of superhumans, who are even more powerful than their parents, and rumors are starting to circulate about a weapon which can neutralize powers, forever, and superhumans are dropping dead like flies, one by one. Do you still believe in your cause, or does your survival mean more than your morality?

Choose soon.
Death wanders close.
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Welcome to Weight, the first installment in the original roleplay trilogy Tipping Scales, where a group of superhuman hunters known Breakers are eradicating the globe of all powered beings for the greater good, for humanity, and for society, though many superhumans have saved the population of Earth countless times. Not all humans are supportive of the Breaker movement, and are secretly hiding in the shadows, helping supers as much as they can. Some superhumans have abandoned the "heroes versus villains" mindset and have began collaborating in order to survive, while a couple have a hard time letting go of that which once was.

Weight takes place in the megalopolis of New Angels City, a more advanced replica of Los Angeles that floats above the original broken down settlement that once was, in the year 2020. Many supers have taken refuge in the destruction down below, with corrupt law enforcement and Breaker brigades hot on their tails. Is it time to abandon their beliefs and work together to save themselves or only resort to their old was to keep their hero or villain selves alive?

Here's some more detailed info about the factions and previous events before the beginning of Weight and Tipping Scales:




Here is the CS skeleton, which will be reviewed by myself, and a Co-GM if I decide to elect for one, which I probably will, because I'm not a super-GM, and I always appreciate help.

Name:
Faction: Super, Breaker, Human
Codename: For Supers only.
Nickname/Alias: For Breakers and Humans
Age: 8 to 28, please.
Gender: If your character is something other than a male or female, describe what they are.
Personality:
Appearance: Pictures (drawings, illustrations, not real photos) are preferred, but if you type up a good one, it's nice, too.
History: Nothing too long, just their background, summed up and served in a sandwich.
Abilities/Equipment: Powers or what could they provide in a certain situation and a description of their proficiency at/with it.

Looking for about 5 to 7 more players other than myself. Multiple characters are allowed. Follow Guild rules and we'll be cool.

Dharc, out.

Bump.

Sounds very interesting! I should get a cs done in the next few hours.

Thanks, glad you like it! I look forward to seeing it and hopefully a couple more at least today, if I'm lucky.

Interested.

You have my interest! i shall begin on a CS immediately

@EsmeTheGreat, guyvolk: Thanks for the interest, glad to see more people are up for this, hope I don't disappoint!

@guyvolk: I lol'd at the picture in your signature. Heh, mime field..

This looks cool!

Thanks, DragonBud, hope to a CS from you!

Name: Dan Patilo
Faction: Super
Codename: Shapeshifter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Personality: Dan is very outgoing and possesses good communication skills. He is a great actor and tends to gain people's trust with ease. He is very selfish, uses his powers for his own gain, and doesn't like to get involved is hero-villain affairs. Usually has a smile on his face, but if angered can become very nasty and dangerous. He enjoys gambling, drinking and womanizing. Some might call him an asshole, and for good reason, as he enjoys playing tricks on people, impersonating celebrities and making fun of people. He makes a living from stealing and cheating in poker.
Appearance: (Ignore the butterflies in the background)

History: Wasn't particularly a good student in school, and started getting involved with shady characters at a very young age. With his ability, he had an easy time stealing from houses, stores, banks and almost anywhere. Enjoyed the good life, had fun and got drunk a lot. One day he was hanging out at a bar with a fellow superhuman, Mark, code-named "Illusion", who could create illusions of almost anything, when suddenly a band of what he guessed from rumors he heard were "Breakers" came barging in and shot Illusion with a strange looking weapon. Dan without thinking twice became invisible and jumped out of the bar window. The breakers were quick on his trail and he barely got away. He found out later that illusion had lost his powers from the weapon, and his whereabouts were unknown. Dan decided to run to the destroyed city of Los Angeles. He heard that many superhumans were taking refuge there, and he thought he could find out more what was going on. Once reaching the city below, he started searching for superhumans like him.
Abilities/Equipment:
- Can turn invisible for a few minutes at a time, as it drains energy quickly. It works sort of like a chameleon. he transforms his body to mirror whatever is behind him, both in color and depth. Because of this, in order to stay invisible while moving, he must change his body constantly, and that is why he can only do it for a short amount of time.
- Can transform his body to look like any human he has seen, although he must transform back to his original body after something like two hours, and needs to stay in his original form for about an hour to cool down.
Dan carries two Ambassador pistols:


And carries a small knife in his boot:

Interested

@HellOfALife: Thanks for the interest, can't wait to see what you bring to the board.

@tchtkrmkc: I like it, but if you could explain his powers a bit more, i.e. Invisibility produced by altering cellular structure, or manipulating what others see, I'll accept. Other than that, it's fine.

In the hider, you'll find a picture of my character in their active form. I'm almost done with it, just need the background and the Skills section.

Name: Belle Wise
Faction: Super
Codename: Princess Beast
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Personality: Bella is strangely calm all of the time. She always talks with a relaxed voice and her body language mimics this. Her muscles never seem tense and her eyes have a slight cloud to them that makes it seem like she might not always be 'there'. Belle also doesn't get stressed out or scared easily. She is also extremely respectful. If you are older then her then she will listen to anything you say and will do anything you ask her to. Also, like most other children, Belle loves to talk to other people. She can make a conversation out of almost anything, however this sometimes comes as a bad thing since she doesn't understand when she needs to be quiet. She also had the tendency to turn things into games, maybe as a way of dealing with fear and stress.

On rare occasions Belle sometimes falls into tantrums. These are seemingly random, one time she might be able to deal with something but the next time it might set her off. For instance, getting slapped might not seem to effect her while stubbing her toe might cause her to scream and cry.

Appearance:

Despite being a Super, she doesn't seem all that different from a normal child. Belle has a medium-dark skin tone (Or as this chart is telling me “mocha”). She is just barely four feet tall, and stands with a very slight hunch. She is also slightly underweight at 65 pounds. She appears very lanky, with small amounts of newly developing muscle mass, and like most children her legs seem to make up most of her height. Belle has soft facial features; big brown eyes, thin lips and a wide nose. Her teeth are slightly crooked, but she still has a nice smile. Her hair is a very dark brown, although people would just call it black, and is extremely messy and all over the place. It consists of all sorts of random consistencies, some loose curls, some tight curls and some soft and thin straight pieces. Despite this, the messy hair looks good on her.

She can normally be seen wearing floral print dresses with matching hair clips stuck up in her hair. She doesn't like wearing shoes, but will sometimes settle for flip flops or loafers to please her parents.

History: How much of a bio can a ten year old have? Oh well you said this didn't have to be long so here we go.

Belle cannot remember much about her life before her powers began to expose. From a young age Belle had been told to keep her powers under control by keeping her emotions always in check. This kept her from going to school like other kids, and kept her away from making relation ships with other people other then her parents. Belle often felt guilty about her powers, she made her parents fear her unintentionally. Anything could set her off into a deadly rage. There were times when Belle suddenly woke up to her parents huddling in a locked bedroom, trying to keep Belle out.

Soon the family began to receive threats from neighbors, calling Belle a beast and a monster. Her parents quickly sent her to ruins of Los Angles, hearing that there might be refuge for Supers there.

Abilities/Equipment: Think: Small, rapid, furry hulk. When Belle is in danger, or if the circumstances call for it, her body undergoes a transformation since her 'fight' is might stronger then her 'flight' drive. This transformation pretty much turns Belle into a beast. Her fingernails and teeth become long and pointed, her back hunches forward as she runs on her four limbs. Her vocalizations become snarls and growls and body becomes stronger and faster. In this form her strength and agility increases. It's extremely hard to calm her down out of this rage, and it usually best to just let herself exhaust herself out of it.

This isn't without it's own weaknesses however, and I would like to state them out front to avoid being over powered. Whenever her brain shifts over into beast mode, her body tends to focus on things like running away or punching whatever is in her way, not so much higher level thinking. Whenever Belle's body goes through its transformation, her intelligence will drop drastically. This isn't permanent by any means-rather, it's just she'll be operating off panic and instinct rather than reason and logic. Furthermore, her short-term memory will not be working as clearly, so her memory of what happened shortly before the transformation and what occurred during the transformation will be fuzzy. Finally, similar to growing pains, shifting into a big fuzzy ball of death will cause her to have some residual pain and soreness after wards, along with some pretty heavy fatigue. Maintaining the hyper-metabolism of her furry form for longer than fifteenish minutes (without practice) will be difficult as well-if she fatigues in her beast form, she'll just revert back to a totes adorb little girl.

@DragonBud: I said it didn't have to be long, but nice work. Accepted.

And here is my character:
Name: Kenneth Maxwell Weiss

Faction: Super

Codename: Fade

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Personality: Kenneth has two personalities, dependent on the time of day or the amount of sunlight he's exposed to. While it's daytime or bright around him, he acts like the persona known as "Fade In", a selfless savior of truth, justice, and freedom, always standing up for the weak or unfortunate as a true hero would. Without the light, Kenneth acts as "Fade Out", a dark, egotistical, and murderous anti-hero, never thinking of anyone else but himself.

This is only active while Kenneth's powers are active, and while they're not being used, he's very anti social and aloof, not wanting to mingle with others due to his mental condition. He's often seen talking to himself, but his powers are able to manifest forms which he and a few mental-based superhumans can see.

Appearance:



History: Kenneth was born under the most controversial superhuman couple of 20th century, villain Sir Harvey Landon Blake, codename Baron Black, and heroine
Janine Alexandra Weiss, codename Snow White. While growing up, he was like any other Super child; Looked at by other children with a mixture of awe and fear, adults tended to avoid him, and other Super children tried to get along, but in the end, were probably split up due to their parents differences.
Once he graduated from high school, he had moved out west to get away from the Breakers on the East Coast— his parents were among the first to become neutralized— and after running for two years, found a safe house located in the decimated city of Los Angeles, he now hides out, wary of the Supers filing into the ravaged city.

Abilities/Equipment: Being a child of two very contrasted Second Supers, he was able to inherit traits of both, however with major setbacks. Not only does his personality change with the amount of light present, but his powers do as well. As "Fade In", Kenneth is able to summon a flock of doves to help defend himself and counter any attacks that come his way. He is also able to manipulate light to his will, creating hard light constructs even reflections of himself. "Fade Out" can also manipulate another flying companion— bats— and can use sounds, amplifying them to almost unbearable frequencies.

The largest setback by far is that the persona that is not active is constantly trying to attack Kenneth (in their spiritual form), preventing him from using his powers most effectively. He usually can force them back into his mind, but they always find a way of breaking right back out.

I edited my abilities section. Is it better now? Feel free to point out anything else that needs fixing.

So down for this shit. Gonna be maximum rock-man.

I shall be ROCK JUSTICE.

@tch it's fine now. Accepted.

@Freeshooter82: I read "rock-man" and think Mega Man, but, for sure, go for it.

Bump for the night crowd!