Welcome to New Athens, a city of adventure and intrigue. In New Athens, a hero is made every day and a villain every night. A thriving metropolis, New Athens is a modern city, built in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. Over the years the city thrived with coal mining being it's main source of revenue however New Athens quickly became a leading industrial city on the eastern 'States with several noteworthy corporations' factories and plants. Westman Chemical Plant, Napier Valley Ammunition Plant, Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, and Wells Helicopter are just a few of the reasons people choose to live and work in the grand city of tomorrow. The Olympian Gazette is widely known for its stories of new superhumans and celebrities, as well as the general local news. Midtown is where most of the action is, as well as the Mercury Mall. Subdivisions, landmarks, and schools include Lee Heights, the Kirby River, Shuster Elementary School, Universal Avenue [one of the longest streets in America], Simon Middle School, Kubert High School, Riverview [ghetto subdivision], Highland Park, Warpath State Park [in the mountains], the Museum of Tomorrow [tech museum], etc. The city sees a number of tourists as well, all trying to get a glimpse of superhumans in action. New Athens has more superhumans than any other major metropolitan city in America with a general population of over three hundred and sixty thousand residents with an estimated fifteen thousand superhumans possibly within city limits. And who are these superhumans?

That's where you guys come in. This RP idea is to build a universe but not necessarily a team right off the bat unless the lot of you wants to. We'll mostly be basing our characters off of Marvel archetypes just because they have a wider range of possibilities. Spots are still available and I'll add new types of archetypes as we move forward I'd like to see adapted into the game. Right now several of them are listed under Wildcards for lack of a better term as I didn't want to get super specific when determining the archetypes for this.

Here are a couple of Avengers offshoot teams created by DC. First off ‘the Maximums’ based on the Ultimate Avengers aka the Ultimates:



Here’s another with a much larger cast based on the larger Avengers line-ups of recent relaunches:



The general idea is to build a universe similar to how the big two comic book companies have done with heroic crossovers, fights between the heroes, and team-ups leading into the eventual founding of a superteam within the game. Now, that isn't saying you HAVE to join a superteam. 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 Batman v Superman, Civil War, the Avengers, Justice League War [the animated retelling of the new52 JL origin], Hulk vs. the Thing, Secret Invasion, 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 Marvel examples include:

Super Soldier ACCEPTED - Soldier of Fortune
Demi-God/Goddess
Advanced Techno [Ironman, Black Panther]
Feral Man/Woman [Wolverine, Tigra, Beast]
Archer/Sharpshooter [Hawkeye, Punisher]
Size Manipulator ACCEPTED - Sentinel [Changed the Archetype since his powers included giant growth]
Big Man/Woman [Hulk, She Hulk, Thing]
Vigilante [Moon Knight, Punisher (again lol), Daredevil]
Wildcard 1 ACCEPTED - Mayhew [mystic pawn dealer]
Wildcard 2
Wildcard 3
Cosmic Outlaw [Starlord, Darkhawk, Gamora]
Plant Person [Black Tom, Groot]
Atlantian [Namor, Attuma, Namorita, anybody wanna put a spin on Atlantis?]
Alien 1 ACCEPTED - Radiance
Alien 2 [I'm willing to accept a couple more original alien races to make it a true universal theme]
Elemental ACCEPTED - Sekhemi [fire and darkness manipulation]
Big Man Villain [Red Hulk, Juggernaut, Abomination]
Genius ACCEPTED - Gilgamesh Sinn
Wildcard 4

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I'm also going to be one of those people who insists this is a High Casual RP. I'm not exactly looking for Advanced level length posts, I just don't want to have to assist everyone with their own individual stories because that isn't what this game is about. Two or three players could be working on their own thing in the game while I'm mimicking a battle like Hulk vs Thing or Superman vs Batman with another player in the background. If we lack a Superman or Capt. America type character, then the group can have dibs on collectively making them like I mentioned above.

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 will also have the option of a secondary character. Secondary Characters will need the same info as your Primary Characters and will just be used less often whenever you're not coming up with anything for your Primary Characters. Sandbox heroes and villains will also be made as we need them and can be used by anyone and everyone. For now, let's just work on your Primary Characters, can be hero or villain or something in between....

Archetype:
Name:
Alias:
Age:
Powers:
Weaknesses:
Alignment: [hero or villain, or walking the line]
Personality: [5 words best describing your character]
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio:
Storylines: [What do you have in mind for your character?]
Notes: [anything else you need to tell us?]

So, who's got heroes? And who potentially wants to co-create other supporting heroes and villains with the rest of the group?

~KL~

Sounds like a good time. I'd like to join if you'll have me!

This ought to be interesting. I'd like to create some villains as well.

I'm currently making a lot of super heroes designs for a game I'm making, if you don't mind, I could bring a favorite or two of mine here

Sounds good guys! Start working on Primary Character Sheets for your main character be it hero or villain!

~KL~

The character I plan to design is going to be like a combination of [s]The Punisher and Ares[/b]. His whole theme is military, but I feel the level on which his powers operate make him either a demi-god or just a high-powered human. I will post up a CS so that you can see, but I was just letting you know preemptively.

Actually, he may be three archetypes. I'm not creating him off of these archetypes because he's already created as an OC in another game on another site lol. But I am trying to pick the archetypes he most closely resembles, and I am coming up with a third to add: Captain America.

So is this also gonna be left without any direction at all past the first GM post?

@Natsucooldudelol So much hope in your tone.

Yeah well 'have I ever told you the definition of insanity'?

Yeah well 'have I ever told you the definition of insanity'?

doing the exact same thing and expecting a different result?

If anyone's really salty it's me, Natsu just calls out bullshit when he sees it :^)

If anyone's really salty it's me, Natsu just calls out bullshit when he sees it :^)

ayy lmao!

When you sign up for an RP that says 'sandbox' you should really know you're getting yourself into a self directed and led game where its up to you to collaborate with other players for interaction. Sandboxes aren't GM led, they just give you a setting to go play in.

This seems like a really cool idea. If there's room, I want in!

Interesting. I'm in!

So is this also gonna be left without any direction at all past the first GM post?

I already mentioned this in the last thread, as it was originally posted in the iCheck. I don't care who's got the problem be it you or @LHG100, but this makes four times I've posted this...

I'm also going to be one of those people who insists this is a High Casual RP. I'm not exactly looking for Advanced level length posts, I just don't want to have to assist everyone with their own individual stories because that isn't what this game is about. Two or three players could be working on their own thing in the game while I'm mimicking a battle like Hulk vs Thing or Superman vs Batman with another player in the background. If we lack a Superman or Capt. America type character, then the group can have dibs on collectively making them like I mentioned above.

~KL~

@Lord Wraith hit the nail on the head with his response:

When you sign up for an RP that says 'sandbox' you should really know you're getting yourself into a self directed and led game where its up to you to collaborate with other players for interaction. Sandboxes aren't GM led, they just give you a setting to go play in.

If that's giving somebody too much freedom then this isn't the RP for you. I'm not doing this 'the exact same way and expecting a different result.' I'm CLEARLY pointing out in this iCheck and in the new OOC and IC that at no point do you need a GM or Co-GM to tell you to do something or react a certain way with your character[s]. There WILL be sandbox heroes and villains to use as fodder created by the group, but in no way are you limited to JUST using those characters. This universe will be exactly what you make of it and nothing more. If half the cast doesn't know how to write an original character in a setting of their choosing that's not my fault. I could write three paragraphs, advanced level even, on Batman eating a cheeseburger at McDonalds. However, I can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit. Also, be mindful of the rules once the IC begins, because apparently nobody reads the GM's posts...

5.) Problems with the game or players should be sent directly to me through PM's. I don't want a bunch of bickering in the OOC.

~KL~

However, I can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

Well not a good tasting one at least.

@The Kid Lantern Ok, are we only allowed one character? Or can we make more than one? Can it be any species? Like, some sort of alien or experiment or whatever?

Right now you can have a Primary Character and a Secondary Character. I'd like for everyone to have their Primary Character Sheet finished before the IC gets going and before you get to working on a Secondary Character. You can create an alien species or whatever you need for your backstory, just be mindful of the types of Archetypes. If it's not something similar to one of the ones listed just make it a Wildcard Archetype.

~KL~