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Welcome to New Athens, a city of adventure and intrigue on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina. 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 North Carolina and extending to the Atlantic Ocean with several valleys and one large river that connects to the coast. 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?
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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.
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.
Archetypes and Marvel examples of each [that's still available] include:
Updating the Player/Character log [again]! Any inactive players have been removed and more archetypes are available in green for any interested RP'ers!
GM - The Kid Lantern Size Manipulator ACCEPTED - Gigas [my NEW guy]
Co-GM - @Aro Archer/Sharpshooter ACCEPTED - Reaper
@PirouetteFeral Woman ACCEPTED - the Ghoul
@Rocketrobie2 Big Man/Woman ACCEPTED Chok-Lad
@Jotunn Draugr Vigilante ACCEPTED - Gunrat
@MsMellowCosmic Outlaw ACCEPTED - Polaris
@ParfexWildcard 1 ACCEPTED - Vega
@Lord Wraith]Alien 1ACCEPTED - Slipstream
@HillanElemental ACCEPTED - Aquaticus
@Stern AlgorithmEvil Genius ACCEPTED - Dr. Fang aka Interference
@ColouredCyanPlant Person ACCEPTED - Venus
@Mr_pinkAtlantian ACCEPTED - Kraken
Demi-God/Goddess [Thor, Superman, Wonder Woman]
Advanced Techno [Ironman, Black Panther, Steel Spider]
Super Soldier [Capt. America, Capt. Marvel, Capt. Atom]
Wildcard 2
Alien 2 [I'm willing to accept a couple more original alien races to make it a true universal theme]
Big Man Villain [Red Hulk, Juggernaut, Abomination]
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That's everybody including a few with incomplete CS's I've already pre-approved. Remaining available archetypes are in green, but again I'll be capping recruiting and only accepting characters/archetypes we really need. Probably done with Wildcards for now. If I missed somebody that had already been approved shoot me a PM, if not and you've waited this long to submit even a WIP sheet pickings are super slim for an archetype now. If/When there are any drop-outs just check with the OP of this thread for a list of archetypes that are back on the table. Apologies if you wanted in on this and archetypes became unavailable. Honestly didn't expect this many but we can roll with it. Looking forward to some characters meeting and eventually having a few form teams and alliances and such!
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Accepted characters with finished sheets go ahead and post them in the Character Tab.
GM Notes 7/4/16: New players incoming! Also, Happy 4th!
~KL~
