So, I kinda had two ideas for characters, and I wanted to know which would fit better. One would be a skeleton raised by a necromancer, with a personality of his own, whose main power would be the fact he's a magically animated skeleton who cannot die except from extreme crushing. The other would be a nerdy, mechanical type henchman who stole his boss's prototype to get into the business for himself.
I'd say the fire-teleporting thing's a bit much, though the rest seems fine as it may make things more than a little interesting as we fight as a team, at least until the charcter's think up a means to help your guy control his immense burning swagger (I've been pondering a junkyard Iron Man-ish type for myself, so we could probably MacGuyver somethin IC at some point).
@dereken no, i mean like, what happens to his senses from where does he see when that happens
I think I'll stick with the henchman, but to answer, his senses would be from the head. Sees through the sockets, hears through the ear...holes. He would have a vague sense of feeling in his body, but if he couldn't see it, he wouldn't be able to navigate it.
Given it some thought and a look through the current lore materials and I'll give it some interest and some fleshing out of a character. Here he is.
Name: Reginald Walton Alias: Gunner Chap Age: 28 Gender: Male Nationality/Place of Birth: London, England, United Kingdom Base of Operations: Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America Occupation: Bartender for The Burger Bar, city league soccer player, moonlight "superhero" (defined VERY loosely)
Appearance: Reginald stands at about 6 feet, 2 inches high, has skin white as an Anglo-Saxon can have, a somewhat trim, athletic figure with a bit of noticeable pudge on his midsection, short black hair, blue eyes, a bit of a rounded head, normally wears a plain green t-shirt and jeans with white tennis shoes when he's not in his work uniform (or his "work" uniform) and, when he does wear shorts, the scars on his left knee from an ACL surgery are quite noticeable (see Bio). He also wears glasses for show--it helps so no one pins him as someone having the kind of eyesight his alter ego puts on display.
His alter ego outfit consists of a red shirt with a white cannon emblem on the front, a belt with a "GC" buckle, white gloves, red sweats and white boots. His red mask with a vertical white stripe down the middle fits fully over the top of his head and covers down to just above his upper lip. It still has eye holes for him to see, nose holes to breathe and ear holes to hear. His belt also has two holsters, one for each basic Smith and Wesson pistol he carries.
Personality: Reginald is a reserved person, having grown up a living disappointment to his family legacy and having experienced firsthand his confidence in what he could do well disintegrating before his eyes (along with his left knee *rimshot*). Skills: Semi-skilled soccer player, physical prowess to boot (pun fully intended) Abilities: Bird's eye vision--lets Reginald focus his vision so it is much more clear and can reveal more details. He cannot use it for longer than a minute without getting a headache or longer than two minutes without his eyes burning and forcing him to stop. Bio: Reginald Walton was born of some of the finest super stock the United Kingdom had to offer. His father, Sir Clayton Walton aka Silver Spur, was London's premier defender of justice, of the people and an exemplar of all things British. God save the Queen? Anyone who believed in God would say He sent Silver Spur to do just that and more. With powers of flight, super strength and pinpoint accuracy, none could run from his shadow and escape as they entered. He made for damned sure anyone running amok and causing trouble in the streets would face his fist fast.
God save you if you decided you wanted to commit your crime during tea time. He wouldn't bother with the formalities then--he'd beat the miscreant to a pulp and let the bobbies clean up what was left while he hurried back for tea time. Several other smarter ne'er-do-wells learned of this more gruesome procedure. One of the most sacred times of the day under the Union Jack became the most peaceful. His namesake became much more clear to others once they also started noticing this brutal brand of vigilantism also rained down if the cry for help rang out during a Tottenham Hotspur football match. Spurs ran in his blood and the moniker honored its place in the Walton household. Silver Spur was knighted following the 10-year anniversary of his first deed of duty, a light beating of a speedster purse-snatcher.
In Silver Spur's line of work, he happened upon one Jennifer Witherington aka Thames Torpedo. The then-young lass, gifted with the ability to run at and withstand up to Mach 3, started seeing more of Silver Spur as their response times to crises and crimes started to coincide more often. After a long romantic interest period, the two engaged and wed on a day surprisingly peaceful for once. Upon the conception of their first child, Jennifer decided the risks would be too great from that moment on, hung up her suit and nailed every component to the wall. Their first child, a boy they named Benjamin, would grow up to inherit his father's strength and his mother's toughness, live up to the family legacy and take on the alter ego Big Ben. Their second, daughter Heather, developed telekinesis and also inherited her mother's resolve and is more famously known as Psychic of Steel.
Their third child, Reginald, turned up a disappointment at every turn in life. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck would renounce his evolution theories on a dime if he could have lived long enough to see Reginald turn out to be weaksauce compared to his family. The power he developed, if one could call it a power at all, was enhanced eyesight, variable focus and excellent recollection. 20/15 baseline vision. He could make it 20/5 at will, though his eyes hurt after using it too long. And he was smart. That was it. Nothing fantastic like the rest of his family. No super speed. No flight. Not even something "cool," like elemental powers or shapeshifting. An all-seeing know-it-all, his father would say. The biggest disappointment, in his father's eyes, was a toss-up between his powers not manifesting in a way he saw as useful or interesting and the day, when Reginald was 7, Reginald told Clayton he liked Arsenal Football Club more. Arsenal. The one club the Walton family hated more than any other. The one their favorite club hated more than any other. Clayton had to restrain himself from saying "You are no son of mine!"
Begrudgingly, since Reginald was never going to be cut out for the family business, Clayton let his youngest take up football. He even let Reginald enter the youth ranks for Arsenal once he was of age and showed some promise as a cerebral defending midfielder with management potential down the line. That promise fell apart in a hurry in his last year before he would be up to sign a contract for the club. He was still with Arsenal as a U23 starter in his final eligible year and rumor had it he would at least feature for the senior club in preseason friendlies before he was shipped off to another club to get senior experience. In his last match, the word "disappointment" understated his management's reaction. In an attempt to clear an opposing chance away and preserve a draw late, his right foot stepped on top of the ball, he slipped on it, flicked it over his head for an own goal and blew out his left ACL. He cost his team the win and suffered catastrophic injury in hilarious fashion. And, of course, no fewer than 10 people caught it on camera to upload to YouTube. His contract was not renewed. The video clip went viral and he dared not show his face to another club. His football fuck-up ranked above Steven Gerrard's slip despite not being on as big a stage.
Disgraced, unable to play for his beloved club, unqualified due to focusing on football and unwilling to show his face to work for any club in any capacity, Reginald Walton cobbled together a costume and gave the family practice a try once his knee healed. He had to make do with MacGyver weaponry since he had no physical powers he could use to subdue anyone and British gun laws were tight. Armed with a makeshift bolt launcher, Gunner Chap (yet another disappointment since it wasn't even alliterative) made his debut on a new field: the field of justice. Unfortunately for him, his half-baked weapon fell apart on first use, the bolt barely even grazed the robber (a miracle it hit at all) and a much more qualified hero (his older brother) had to step in and put an end to the nonsense. After about six months of trying, Reginald conceded he would never match up to his family legacy and would have to find work in a different country to find decent work at all.
Off he left for America, where he found decent work learning how to man the local booze counter in Asheville, North Carolina. After about a year, he stepped up to a better job at one of the local, well-known dive bars, The Burger Bar, a place that didn't sell burgers anymore. His work took off alright there, he at least made enough money to pay his family back for his arrangements to move to America and he hooked up with some other men who played what they called "soccer" State-side on a regular basis. On top of that, getting a well-made, functioning gun was easier than getting a loan. Now, if only his shaky hand would be steady enough to follow his special eyes, Gunner Chap would actually land an incapacitating blow rather than just setting up the assist all the time for one of the more famous heroes to go in for the capture and get all the glory. That lack of marksmanship training and standards has come back to bite him in the ass big-time.
Having been on the verge of being a somebody at one time, Reginald Walton/Gunner Chap deals with living his normal life and his "super" life as a fuckin' nobody.
Is there still room in this? I hope so, it sounds like fun!
Also, just to make sure, I understand the RP is intended as essentially a parody of the superhero genre (hope im not mistaken) And I understand that you would like to keep the story at least somewhat... is plausible the right word? Anyways, I was hoping to make a sort of campy superhero, in the same vein as Adam West's Batman (Personality, style, not a batman-esque vigilante), or something similar, I just wanted to make sure that it won't be considered too campy, or silly before going ahead with it.
WIP Name: Pepe of Kekistan Alias: Lord Kek Age: unknown Gender: male Nationality/Place of Birth: Kekistan Base of Operations: (Where you usually work. If you wanna make somewhere up for this, go ahead, just elaborate it in your backstory) Occupation: freelance journalist and writer as well as novelist. Appearance:
Personality: Skills: (Stuff you've been taught or just know how to do that doesn't necessarily involve eye-lasers or some shit) Abilities: (This is where you tell us about your character's eye-lasers or some shit. I'll be pretty lenient here, so have at 'er, just bear in mind we're playing characters on the bottom wrung of the superhero world, so don't go too crazy.) Bio: (A few paragraphs, if you'd please.) Other: (If you wanna add a theme-song or anything else, this'd be the place to toss it.)
Nationality/Place of Birth: Las Vegas, United States of America
Base of Operations: Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America
Occupation: Artist ( Painter/Writer )
Her costume is basically a long black sleek dress with a hood and a mask.
Personality: Alexis is a girl of imagination. Always dreamy, always ready to paint. Alexis is loyal to her friends and always ready to help someone in need.
Skills: Krav Maga fighting style for self-defense Can Paint Can cook one hell of a meal
Abilities: The ability to bring anything from one's imagination into existence. The only downside of this ability for Alexis is that for now, she can only bring objects that are no bigger than a small dog and can only make four objects per day. First object will give her a dizziness, the second will give her an headache, the third will give her a big headache and the fourth object will put her into a coma.
It's still a WIP ( meaning I need to write at Bio ) but I need to be sure the power she has it's ok so that I don't continue writing and then have to remove everything and rewrite :)
@Ashevelendar >bring anything smaller than a dog from imagination into existence >D-List hero Honestly, you can make three suitcase nukes in a day, that ain't D-List, that's fucking murder. That or just a small dog's volume/weight in plutonium or pure diamonds or something like that.
You fucking stole my line, dude. Anywho, I'm thinking of doing a knockoff "universal soldier" whose powers is ability to very, very quickly improve in any area human is able to improve in when he puts his mind into it and lack of potential "human limits"(though his speed of improvement is not nearly so dramatic in this area).