[OOC] Gestalt World (DC & Marvel Merge)

[RogerD]

Premise
This will be an RP where both the tv series for DC and Marvel are merged together and players get to take on the characters, or invent their own. Has to be television power levels though.

No film stuff.

Interest Check: roleplayerguild.com/topics/126845-marv..

DC
Arrow
The Flash
Legends of Tomorrow
Constantine but this is iffy as not sure I want the entire metaphysical baggage that goes with it as it gives precedence to DC's cosmology over Marvel's, which is not a good place to start. I know he made a cameo in Arrow season 4 so if someone wanted to play him, and could get the character right, then we could certainly chat about it.

Marvel
Agents of Shield
Agent Carter
Daredevil
Jessica Jones
Luke Cate, Iron Fist etc are all incoming at some future date.

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Back Story
The speed remnant of the Flash ran ever faster, forcing the magnetar out-of-phase. The pulse raced high into the ether but instead of the pure white energy that had originated from it initially, it changed, becoming speed-force orange. Suddenly the beam vanished to mortal and immortal eyes. The combined speed-force and phase energy rose ever higher into another tier of material plane of existence, causing it to vibrate differently, faster, than it ever did before. The time remnant disintegrated and became part of the speed-force forever.

Barry had saved the multiverse, or so he thought.

With one last look at his family, he sped, into the past. He'd had enough of all the trials, the pain, heartache, having no idea how Oliver managed it as his friend had been through far worse than he could ever imagine. Yet he kept going, kept pushing, moving forward. Having no powers, he struggled on, against the odds, even fighting other metahumans - and winning. Despite this, Barry was fed up of it, all.

He needed.

He needed a normal life, away from all of this. It wasn't that he disliked having Joe as a father, or Iris as, whatever she was. Wanting more than ever a normal life, or at least one part of him at any rate. To have a mother, and a father, to finally be a happy.

So he travelled back in time to alter his past, once more. Almost absentmindedly noticed that he had reached his destination. Before his other self could strike, he caught up to his quarry. Zoom, Eobard Thawne, the man that had ruined everything, all his trials and pain had begun at this one point. Now it would be different. He struck Thawne, the Reverse Flash, not once, not twice but a half dozen times. Glancing right saw his alternate self that had journeyed here to do the same, slowly fade away, vanishing into thin air. He'd finally done it, normal life loomed.

"I won't hurt, you, I promise." He said to his mother, holding out a hand to help her up. Not it would all be different, although he had no idea what would happen to this current self - presumably he'd be struck here, or could even travel forward. Who knew, he sure didn't. And for the first time knew that both his mother and father would survive.

The ripples of this event spread out weakening the walls between the two tiers even further. One Earth-1 pushed through the breach occupying the same space as it's parallel, people and their lives were merged. Yet their minds could only manage to remember one set of memories - the others residing in the subconscious. Those that did remember committed suicide, unable to understand or cope with the influx of two lives.

A few though, knew something was wrong, that something was bothering them. In time, these, heroes, unique individuals would uncover the truth. But it would take time. For now, time for many had restarted, but for others it had continued as though nothing had happened.

The ripples continued to spread, unlike a pebble in a pond, this was more akin to the Chicxulub event that had made Earth's dinosaurs extinct. This was not a harmless like wave one could ride, as the walls between the tiers eroded, soon other layers could be drawn and other realities could converge, in time.

The Convergence had begun.

Ideas
Due to Barry's tempering all of Arrowverse starts again, from the beginning. So you, the player, get to re-imagine any character of your choosing. Is Oliver Queen the same, or different. What about Barry? Or any other hero. Same could be said for Marvel. I have left it open for you to choose how to envision your character.

GM Thoughts
I did think about having some external higher power forcibly merge both together, but thought it would cheapen the lives of the characters, and their struggles. But to make one person ultimately responsible, their reasons for their actions being partly selfish. It would give players a goal, not to eliminate, but to restore not just one reality to how they should be, but all of them by forcing that individual to be a HERO, and sacrifice their well being, and their happiness for the sake of all creation. After that, isn't that makes a hero?

Start Point
I did toil over this extensively to be honest, carry on from where DC and Marvel left off, or give you all the choice to start again. So here we are. For instance you could start with Skye (Daisy) already being a metahuman, or is she an agent.

Timeline
18.03.00: Flash stop Eobard Thawne from murdering his mother.
10.06.12: Oliver returns home from Lian Yu
15.09.12: Collapse of SHIELD & Hydra
23.10.12: Particle Accelerator explosion causes creates metas across Central City.
03.02.13: Modern day, and we start here.

Character Sheet

Picture: This shows us exactly what you look like
Name:
Aliases:
Age:
Height:
Personality:
Powers: What is your power(s)
Abilities: How does your character stack physically against others?
Skills: What are you go at?
Equipment: What does your hero self carry?

History

[RogerD]

The character sheet is done now.

[ProjectOdin]

I shall wait to see how other people compile their characters and OCs before I throw anything out there.

[RogerD]

I shall wait to see how other people compile their characters and OCs before I throw anything out there.

@ProjectOdin

Okay got a quick CS up, see below.
I may change a few bits in the morning (it is 11.45pm in the UK), but it'll give a rough idea of what I am after.

[RogerD]

Picture: exaltedhairstyle.files.wordpress.com/2..
Name: Richard Drakunovski
Aliases: Richard Dragon
Age: 30
Height: 6 ft
Personality: Cold and calculating, but outspoken and honest. But has a dislike of all things Wayne related.
Powers: None

Abilities
Peak human: Due to the intensity of his regime it has not only kept him young looking, but also in top physical shape better than most Olympic athletes.

Meditation: Through the use of bio-feedback he is able to enhance his healing, pain control and regulate his heartbeat and breathing. It also allows him to ignore the normal

Skills
Master Martial Artist. He has mastered Shaolin kung-fu, but not the way it is taught in normal monasteries, rather he found a surviving master that claimed to have original knowledge before the temple was raised by Chinese army. He has been practicing it for over two decades and still going strong. This also means he is as adept in armed as unarmed combat.

Languages: He is fluent in Chinese, and the various dialects from spending so much time there, and rather shaky in Japanese.

Tactical Awareness: Years of training means he tends to survey and be acutely aware of danger before it happens, whether it is physical or mental.

Business Acumen: As a result of running his father's company, he is keenly aware of how finances work, and he was instrumental in selling it before a hostile takeover could be implemented by Wayne industries.

Equipment
He can dual wield two dadao, and usually wears a dark black close fitting black trousers and top, eshewing all armour.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_swords#/..

History
His father was a keen businessman and travelled constantly to China, taking his young son with him. These trips were under the guise of training a young Richard in tactics and awareness in the boardroom. This later led to being taken to an old derelict temple where an old monk lived who was rumoured to be over two hundred years old, although he still looked in his early forties. There he trained for ten years learning everything the old hermit could teach.

While the hermit's tutelage was not just martial arts, he also received regular schooling too, so as not to fall behind in other areas. Since returning to Coast city in his mid-twenties marvelled at how out of control the criminal element was and vowed to do something about it, at least until his father died in a plane crash. It was at this point he took on his father's company as CEO, for about three years before selling it. Although he is not out of pocket, his resources are dwindling while he wonders what to do with his life. It was not until he saw the news broadcast about the Devil of Hell's kitchen, seen wearing only black that he thought of following suit.

[RogerD]

Bumping this for interest.

I've added mini-timeline, hopefully someone will post a character soon.

I will post a Ra's Al Ghul sheet later.

EDIT: Trying to work on history, and will likely finish it up tomorrow.
Anyone wants to create a new Batman, or play Oliver Queen, or some other DC character, go for it. Or even some Marvel character, that's fine. Having Arrow fight alongside Daredevil would be cool.

[Lady Hestia]

I'm working on a character right now, just need to type up her history

[ProjectOdin]

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