Titans: West Coast. (Teen Titans Roleplay)

[mickilennial]

I'll jump on the discord and think about it. Even if I shouldn't with my schedule. Could help me decide.

[Ruby]

How many titans are you looking to register before the game itself opens?

@Blondie

Just hoping to see at least a small group's worth of interest before we go to the OOC. Think we're getting close.

[NinaDivine]

Interested.

[Lightning]

Would like to play Raven or Static, if there is room left.

[Apocalypse]

I'll throw my interest here too. Don't know who I could play as but I'm sure I can work something up.

Just a question.
Is it possible to take a villain and change his story?

[Enarr]

Aztek

Name: Curtis Falconer
Alias: Aztek
Age: 17
Powers/Drawbacks: Has a battlesuit channeling fourth dimensional energy into super-strength/speed, flight, & energy blasts/absorption. The suit also possesses tools like missiles & wire nets and can change it's density on the fly. The helmet has the memories & souls of his predecessors and gives him their skills (mid-nineties software, engineering & a doctorate in physics amongst others) while offering tactical advice through an AI. The voices can mess with his head though. Energy dampening and occult nullification will depower him while a good ol' fist to his mouth can shut him up without any fancy tricks. The suit is practically impossible for a regular hacker to crack via brute force, but it can be overtaken through quantum computing or cheating.

Skills: Batman-style peak human, really good at punching people. He also personally has some basic actual medical know-how.

Bio: A long time ago, Quetzalcoatl clashed against Tezcatlipoca in a battle whose stakes have been said to have been as simple as good fighting evil, and good triumphed, while Tezcatlipoca retreated. As a sign of favor towards his loyal followers, Quetzalcoatl allowed humans to borrow his strength to overpower the foul Tezcatlipoca whenever the dark god would return. So, in each generation, the followers of Quetzalcoatl would train a champion to house Q's power, outfitting them with cutting edge weaponry to match the hero's insides.

This generation it belongs to Curtis Falconer, a young medical student and child prodigy who resides in Vanity City who was privately schooled by the society with hopes of basically making him better than everyone else. Lots of reading assignments, squats, combat and technical training followed within the confines of a fenced off former bakery. His father had been the previous champion, but his death had always been explained as a curse inflicted by a servant of Tezcatlipoca.

Compelled by the tremendous amount of badness surrounding him, Curt decided to apply his power to stopping a supervillain by the name of The Piper, whose pipe bombs were evidently better made than the armor of Vanity's foremost vigilante, Bloodtype. Having failed to save Bloodtype, Curt felt it was only natural that he become a superhero proper. However, he found it challenging to know which battles to pick in the world, wondering when it was time to fight villains and when it was time to heal the sick. Around this time, the Q Society decided that he was unsuitable as a champion of Quetzalcoatl because of his new personal ambitions, but were simply unable to take the suit from him by any means thus far.

Not having heard from the Q Society for some time, he turned his attention to supervillains and gangsters, like Bloodtype's former sidekick gone psychopath Death-Doll. After having busted up a crew of Joker copycats and acolytes, he was contacted by Nightwing with the opportunity to receive intensive and personalized training and a place within the injured superhero community alongside fellow teenaged titans.

[Ruby]

I'll throw my interest here too. Don't know who I could play as but I'm sure I can work something up.

Just a question.
Is it possible to take a villain and change his story?

@Apocalypse

Yes.

[Chain]

Interested! Will write up a Black Canary app soon I think.

[Apocalypse]

@Ruby@Ezekiel Done. How does she look? Need to change stuff?

[EDITED]

Zatanna Zatara

Name: Zatanna Zatara
Alias: Magic
Age: 18
Powers/Drawbacks: Teleportation: She can send herself and/or anyone to anyplace she visited before and knows the place by heart.
Force Field: Zatanna can create magical shields to withstand bullets, blasts, blows and explosions. The greater the size or density of the shield the more effort it takes Zatanna to hold.

A minor skill that Zatanna has is Umbrakinesis: Generate and manipulate magic shadows but it's taxing on her power and she can get drained completely from using this kind of magic.

Mnemonic Incantation: Zatanna casts her spells by saying the words of her incantations backwards. Mnemonic incantation is the most complicated of the mystic arts. She must be able to speak or read backwards in order for her to focus her spells.
Vulnerability to Magic: Powerful enchantments against beings of magic, like gods, are able to restrict her as well, preventing her from accessing enchanted places or dispel the adverse charm.

Bio: Zatanna's father was a common enemy of the original Teen Titans but never wished for Zatanna to join him in his villainy so when she was 6, she sent her to live with her mother in Europe.
Her mother didn't knew about Zatanna's father villainous career and it came as a surprise for her when she saw Zatanna on her doorstep with some money and a message "Keep her safe, J."
When Zatanna was old enough to leave her home, she went back into the States to talk with her father. Her powers were getting stronger and wished for her father to train her. That was when the Teen Titan program was announced with no information on the whereabouts of her father, she joined the Teen Titans in the hope she will learn to control her powers.

[Burning Kitty]

Moved to OOC

[webboysurf]

Since people are already posting CS's here...

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Name: Roy Harper
Alias: Arsenal

Age: 17
Powers: None

Weaknesses:

-Lacks Super Abilities: Arsenal is not a meta-human and lacks the abilities many of his companions (and enemies) possess. This also makes Roy somewhat easy to kill by conventional means.

-Highly Addictive to alcohol/drugs: Roy has an addictive personality. He is currently recovering.

Skills:

-Agile: Roy has years of self-training in acrobatics, as well as a few years of training under the watch of the Green Arrow.

-Expert Marksman (Archery): A natural talent of his. Roy has expert proficiency with a bow and arrow.

-Proficiency in wide array of weaponry: Roy has trained with a variety of weaponry over the years, especially as Oliver's sidekick. This makes Roy dangerous in nearly any situation with nearly any weapon.

-Martial Arts Proficiency: Training under the Green Arrow, Roy's regimine was strict and included proficiency in martial arts to keep the sidekick safe in case CQC was necessary.

-Proficiency in Gadgeteering: Roy's unique skill and expertise in crafting gadgets is one of the primary abilities that sets Roy apart from his former mentor. Roy helped to craft Oliver's trick arrows, and uses his skills to develop his own gadgets and trick arrows to help him fight on the same level as meta-humans.

Bio

Roy Harper was 4 when his father died. His father was a forest ranger who worked near the Navajo Reservation. A raging fire had broken out in the region, and Roy’s father was one to always put other’s lives first. He rushed into a burning building to save a child, and later that evening died from his injuries. Roy was taken in by the tribe, given he had nowhere left to go.

Roy gained an informal training in archery after the child picked up a proper bow and arrow at the age of six and proved to have innate talent. Roy continued developing this skill, primarily on his own, whilst also partaking in bouldering and displays of agility. By the age of 14, Roy had clearly demonstrated a defined vigilante skill set that would lead to his adoption as Oliver Queen’s sidekick.

Roy developed another impressive skillset at the age of 11, namely his skill in working with electronics. Roy’s adoptive father worked at a small electronics shop, and the man taught the child the inner-workings of computers and phones. At age 12, Roy managed to build himself a computer from spare parts and his access to the internet intensified his love for electronics. Roy taught himself how to design various gadgets, managing to build himself his own cell phone and begin designing trick arrows on his own.

At the age of 13, Roy began to steal from local liquor stores. Roy blacked out on one of these nights, and awoke next to his dead adoptive father with a bow and arrow in his hands. Roy left the reservation and never looked back, making his way to Star City. It was there that Roy was living on the streets and using his skills to not only make money for himself (helping build burner phones, minor hacking, etc.), but also to try and do the right thing. Roy stepped up during a bank robbery nearby by using his own bow and arrow for the first time in months to help the Green Arrow.

Oliver Queen adopted Roy, and the two began their partnership for about 2 years. Early on as Oliver's apprentice, Roy took on the title of Speedy (a nickname given by Oliver) and joined the Teen Titans as an early member of the original team. During the two years working with Oliver and the Titans, Roy became increasingly compromised from his addictions, until Oliver found out and renounced him. The Teen Titans similarly revoked Speedy's membership until he sought proper treatment. At the age of 16, Roy was all on his own with no home and no friends. He did, however, choose to clean himself up to prove that Oliver Queen was wrong. He went to rehab for five months, and immediately joined an AA support group once out in the public sphere again. Roy sought to prove he could turn his life around. Recently, he adopted his persona as Arsenal and began working as a vigilante once more, using the resources he had left when working with the Green Arrow as Speedy. It was only a matter of time before the Titans would find the young vigilante and bring him into the fold once again.

[Lightning]

Raven

Name: Raven
Alias: Rachel Roth
Age: 16
Powers/Drawbacks:
Astral Projection: Through the use of her soul-self, Raven can project her consciousness into the mind, for therapeutic purposes (to aid in her own meditation, or to help calm an agitated ally), or for offensive attacks, rendering her enemies unconscious.

Soul-Self: Raven can manifest her "Soul-Self" through astral projection. It normally takes the form of either her human shape or a giant raven.

Empathy: Psionic ability of empathy, the power to absorb emotions, enabling her to feel the feelings of others.

Emotion Negation: She can also use her empathy to steal emotions from others, rendering them emotionally "numb".

Empathic Healing: She can absorb the pain of injured people to ease their suffering, and induce rapid healing. This cannot be done to major injuries.

Telekinesis: Raven has the ability to move objects with mind, seen for example when she uses this ability to levitate children out of a burning hospital in Dakota and move herself through the flames.

Teleportation: It also serves as a way to travel into other dimensions. Using her soul-self, she can teleport herself and others over vast distances.

Flight: she is able to levitate and fly.

Weakness: Although Raven has some hand to had training she could not keep up with someone like Robin. Raven's power is connected to her emotions and becoming unbalanced could cause her to lose control over her vast power which can become dangerous to her allies and herself. She's also a bit fragile and has over used her power and resulted in her fainting or becoming fatigued in the middle of a fight.
If she is divided from her soul-self for too long she risks the chance of imploding and taking out a few miles with her.

Bio:
Raven is the result of the unholy union of a human and the interdimensiontal demon Trigon. To protect the world from Trigon and Raven, Raven's mother, Arella, fled earth to another dimension of Azarath. While growing up in Azarath Raven was taught control over her emotions and her demonic powers. However, Raven unintentionally summon her father Trigon to Azarath where he destroyed her her world.
Raven was able to retreat to earth to find allies to fight against her powerful father and her brothers. She first made contact with the Justice league when, however, she was turned away due to untrust cause her demonic parentage. She is still looking for allies to help her repel her father when she eventually finds his way to earth.

[Blondie]

Name: Jason Blood
Alias: The Demon Etrigan
Age: 19
Powers/Drawbacks:In his form of man, Jason Blood has no super powers. He is in the physical conditioning of any young adult who partakes in daily exercise. He is weak to anything a mortal man would be weak to.

When in the form of The Demon Etrigan, The Demon has the below abilities:
Immortality (He can be killed, but does not age.)
Superhuman Physical Strength
Enhanced Hearing, Sight, and Smell
Novice spell-caster in maleficium
Light Precognition
Stunted Telepathy
Can cast bolts of Hellfire

THE DEMON has a number of notable arcane weaknesses.
The first is his demon heritage leaves him greatly at risk to summoning magic. A powerful enough sorcerer can bind Etrigan to his side. Other Theological ornaments can cause harm to him, such as a crucifix, holy water, and sacred ground. Other physical weaknesses include a vulnerability to Magic Cast Cold abilities, as well as certain sound frequencies can cripple him.

Skills: The Demon is a skilled warrior when it comes to physical combat, but lacks other skills outside of fighting and spell-casting. Jason Blood however has an intimate knowledge and understanding the Arcane, The Occult, Witchcraft, Sorcery. Though he himself is incapable of any sort of battle magic, he is an expert when it comes to Archaic History and Magical Perception.

Bio: Born into a rich family of noble heritage, Jason Blood was handed everything on a silver platter. Despite being such a child of privilege, Jason Blood had a natural aptitude when it came to his schoolwork. He had a near genius-level intellect, and keen instincts when it came to psychology, physiology, and world history. He stood out in his schoolwork from a young age. However, once Jason hit puberty, he became a problematic student - not often for getting into fights of his own, but for goading other precocious students into them. It seemed Jason Blood had a knack for mind-games. His playful attitude when it came to his peers made him a social outcast, widely distrusted by the rest of the student body, and he leapt from one Preparatory School to another, all while his absentee rich parents foot the bill.

To Jason, the real world wasn't as interesting as his peers made it out to be. You see, Jason's family had earned their fortune through a variety of black magic acts, wicked sorcery, and dabbling in the occult. Whereas some children would spend their weekends watching movies with their parents, or going to the park, Jason's parents took him to Secret Societies of robed figures, summoning circles, and their wicked masked masquerades. To Jason this was just what life was. It was likely his exposure to the dark underbelly of the Magic World that started his downward trend towards nihilism. Had he known as a child what his parents were really up to, he'd have turned on them far sooner.

On Jason's 18th birthday, he was brought before yet another one of his parents gaudy masked parties, everyone drinking their red wine. His father rubbing shoulders with prominent demonologists, his mother being too friendly with...well everyone.

But when his father and his friends lead him downstairs to the wine cellar, Jason Blood grew worrisome. The cellar had been cleared, the only thing in the room was a large white hieroglyph he didn't recognize. His father had him study early on all the marks and symbolism when it came to the dark arts. Jason wasn't able to fight back. He was forced into the speaking circle, and there, his father and his friends communed with the devil.

At first, Jason was terrified. He knew what kind of hellish spells could be cast and the kind of damage that could be inflicted upon him. While his parents and their dark companions attempted to sacrifice young Jason Blood to THE DEMON something peculiar happened. Etrigan, the yellow skinned demon with the sharp horns and claws that can rip a man in twain, felt empathy for the boy. instead of Feasting upon him, he made a pact with the boy. Jason would become ETRIGAN's vessel on the mortal plane. Using a sorcerer's curse, the boy and demon were bonded as two souls.

The Demon cast a subservient charm on The Blood's and their hooded friends, and Jason Blood was free.

Now, 5 Months later, Jason Blood and The Demon - as one - are partaking in Etrigan's Crusade. A crusade to rid the world of evil, and protect both this dimension and the next. With the two having only a begrudging respect for each other, Jason has been recruited by DOCTOR FATE to join the West Coast Titans. There he would be able to learn what it is to be truly a hero, and how to respect his newfound powers.

[twave]

I'm interested. Might could make a bio later for Ivy.

[Jules_Watts]

If no one has Cyborg yet I might do a CS for him pretty soon.

[NinaDivine]

@Ezekiel @Ruby
Sent a PM.

[GreenGrenade]

I mean, hey, sure. Looks neat.

[Jules_Watts]

Name: Vic Stone

Alias: Cyborg

Age: 18

Powers/Drawbacks:
Sonic Cannons built into his arms and numerous other gadgets installed throughout his body. His only real drawback is that if he's not connected to a power source after a given amount of time he runs out of "juice" and tends to have a more difficult time maneuvering around or firing his sonic cannons.

Skills:Large portions of Victor Stone's body have been replaced by advanced mechanical parts (hence the name Cyborg), granting him superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and flight. His mechanically-enhanced body, much of which is metallic, is far more durable than a normal human body. Cyborg's internal computer system can interface with external computers. Other features include an electronic 'eye' which replicates vision, but at a superhuman level. His mechanical parts contain a wide variety of tools and weapons, such as a grappling hook/line and a finger-mounted laser.

Bio:
Cyborg was a promising strong teenage athlete named Victor Stone before an accident that killed his mother and injured him so severely that his father replaced the damaged body parts with cybernetics to keep his son alive. But since these mechanical parts were not inconspicuous, he was shunned by his home environment and his friends, which frustrated him greatly. One night, Cyborg took to the streets wearing a hoodie to cover his cybernetic parts, where he ran into the new arrivals Robin and Beast Boy fighting a rather violent alien girl, who was actually a fugitive from a prisoner transport. Soon joined by the mystery girl Raven, the youngsters teamed up to defeat the girl's alien captors and formed a permanent team to combat villainy. These days, Cyborg can be found with his fellow teammates around the Titans HQ or off on his own taking down crime around the city making a name for himself to build on his heroic reputation. Being a founding member of the Teen Titans he's generally respected among the newer members and often is seen as a bit of wise-ass from time to time.

[Ezekiel]

OOC is up!

https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/172579-titans-west-coast-teen-titans-roleplay/ooc

[Kingof192]

Hello. I'm here trying to get some joy out of online RP by doing it differently. Part of which was to play a random game, so here I am. I'm slightly familiar with DC and the titans in specific, though also unfamiliar enough so that I'm sure if I tried a major character it would be terribly out of character. So I'm thinking, how about something like a Lightning Lad or Braniac 5?