Santa Celia: A Superhuman Vigilante RP

[Lord Wraith]

That is... a lot of responses. Is there still room here?

@chukklehed

I haven't done any official acceptances yet, so please feel free to express your interest. I also don't have a hard limit on how many players I'll be taking at this time as the RP does allow for players to do their own thing or work together away from my story and plots if desired.

[chukklehed]

Ok. I was thinking of bringing back a concept I had a while back. The Alchemist can imbue water with special properties like from acidity or "freezes on contact" to accelerated healing, but the process takes too long to be usable on the fly, so they bottle up useful brews and use them like potions or grenades. Also they own a coffee shop.

Otherwise I can think of a less abusable power.

[Lord Wraith]

Ok. I was thinking of bringing back a concept I had a while back. The Alchemist can imbue water with special properties like from acidity or "freezes on contact" to accelerated healing, but the process takes too long to be usable on the fly, so they bottle up useful brews and use them like potions or grenades. Also they own a coffee shop.

Otherwise I can think of a less abusable power.

@chukklehed

It's a rather unique idea, I mean as long as your aware of how it can be abused and find a way to limit it so that it's not abused I'd be cool with it. Keep the ingredients rare for more potent brews etc.

Love the coffee shop angle.

[chukklehed]

I was considering only being able to imbue common chemical properties, and anything more unique both takes much longer and has to be learned either from prolonged exposure to a similar ability (such as getting buddy buddy with a speedster to learn how to make a potion that increases speed by 50%) or by ingesting blood from someone with a similar ability (but I understand if that part is a bit too morbid).

Obviously someone with a specific power is always going to be stronger than a potion, so my character would be a "jack of all, master of none" deal at best.

[Lord Wraith]

I was considering only being able to imbue common chemical properties, and anything more unique both takes much longer and has to be learned either from prolonged exposure to a similar ability (such as getting buddy buddy with a speedster to learn how to make a potion that increases speed by 50%) or by investing blood from someone with a similar ability (but I understand if that part is a bit too morbid).

@chukklehed

Feel free to use magic if you want to and fully embrace the alchemist angle. You don't need to necessarily try to make it a superpower.

[chukklehed]

I'd like it to be at least a bit superpowery, but I'll consider it.

[Lord Wraith]

I'd like it to be at least a bit superpowery, but I'll consider it.

@chukklehed

Alright up to you, but if you went towards the magic side of things you won't be alone I don't think.

[chukklehed]

I considered it and decided I like magic, so I'm writing up a recipe list for potions.

[Dead Cruiser]

Alchemist, huh?

So here are my general ideas...

First is a young punk that is actually an extraterrestrial, perhaps a teenage runaway from New Mexico. I'd like to strike a balance between "gribbly space monster" and "psychic invader" as far as his powerset goes, so I worry about him being too powerful/well rounded.

The other is a weird sort of half-vampire interested in dealing with monsters and magic. Not Blade as much as a John Constantine sort of "keep the balance" detective type.

Thoughts?

[Lord Wraith]

Alchemist, huh?

So here are my general ideas...

First is a young punk that is actually an extraterrestrial, perhaps a teenage runaway from New Mexico. I'd like to strike a balance between "gribbly space monster" and "psychic invader" as far as his powerset goes, so I worry about him being too powerful/well rounded.

The other is a weird sort of half-vampire interested in dealing with monsters and magic. Not Blade as much as a John Constantine sort of "keep the balance" detective type.

Thoughts?

@Dead Cruiser

I'd personally prefer the first if only because the second is fairly similar to what I'm working on with my own character.

[Dead Cruiser]

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I'd personally prefer the first if only because the second is fairly similar to what I'm working on with my own character.

@Lord Wraith

Fair enough, guess I'll continue to develop my alien concept. I think I'll start him out as a mostly physical threat, but with burgeoning psychic abilities, largely focused on confusion/hypnosis and such. If you need a short description think "psychic xenomorph."

[Hour Error]

Interested. :)

It would honestly be refreshing to see a character with super strength. Not too many people play the 'classic' powers in these games I find.

@Lord Wraith

In a flash of originality I want to write a cape that flies.

Essentially, Hawkgirl, except she'll be much cooler (no insane backstory about killing some Egyptian priest with her boyfriend) and have a name that's related to some other bird of prey.

[Lord Wraith]

Interested. :)

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In a flash of originality I want to write a cape that flies.

Essentially, Hawkgirl, except she'll be much cooler (no insane backstory about killing some Egyptian priest with her boyfriend) and have a name that's related to some other bird of prey.

@Hour Error

I think it went the other way where the Egyptian Priest killed her and her boyfriend lol. But I can't remember whether that was just on the CW or also in the comics.

Either way, interested to see what you're cooking up.

[Hour Error]

Yes, I had to check, apparently they got stabbed and not the priest (tragic, really).

That's what I get for skimming a wiki at maximum speed.

[NinaDivine]

For those of us whom want to use images to represent them, when it comes to costumes for our characters' hero/vigilante personas do we need to try to find original artwork or can we use comic book images? For example: Could someone use an image of the Human Torch to represent their PC who has similar abilities?

Also for my own clarification, the term antagonists in the Supporting Cast section means we can create few super villains for our PCs, yeah?

[Dead Cruiser]

Related question, I understand that anime art is disallowed but what about western-style comic-esque art?

[Hour Error]

Related to the related, can one choose to not use an image at all (I just prefer to write descriptions, can provide spark notes version as needed)?

[Sierra]

This looks all well and good and I like most of what I see on main page and I've been following since close to post time ... but this has blown up way too big. It gets really uncomfortable trying to squeeze in and keep up with, at current count, as many as 14 people all chomping at the bit. Sorry.

[Lord Wraith]

For those of us whom want to use images to represent them, when it comes to costumes for our characters' hero/vigilante personas do we need to try to find original artwork or can we use comic book images? For example: Could someone use an image of the Human Torch to represent their PC who has similar abilities?

Also for my own clarification, the term antagonists in the Supporting Cast section means we can create few super villains for our PCs, yeah?

@NinaDivine

I would use comic images lightly but in the given example I could see why one would want to use the Human Torch but I would have to say no if the image was say Batman or Wolverine.

And yes, you are able to create a super villain to square off against.

Related question, I understand that anime art is disallowed but what about western-style comic-esque art?

@Dead Cruiser

Not my preference but allowed, yes.

[Lord Wraith]

Related to the related, can one choose to not use an image at all (I just prefer to write descriptions, can provide spark notes version as needed)?

@Hour Error

Not preferred but again allowed although your sheet is going to look very odd without an image.

This looks all well and good and I like most of what I see on main page and I've been following since close to post time ... but this has blown up way too big. It gets really uncomfortable trying to squeeze in and keep up with, at current count, as many as 14 people all chomping at the bit. Sorry.

@Sierra

I definitely understand that. I would honestly encourage you to hang in until acceptances are finalized but I can also understand not wanting to put the work in with so much competition.