[OOC] Power Play

[pyroman]

Interesting! your powerset could lead to some interesting traps or a fun way to sneak around. I have a feeling he and my own character will have some things in common, but there's more than enough different to not have to worry.

Accepted!

[unicorgi]

for a strange second i misread "pocket bandana" as "pocket banana" and was very confused for a moment.

[pyroman]

and Fringe, my own character, is up!

[unicorgi]

*awkward face*
So I was planning on making a person loosely based on gwenom.
Apparently I wasn’t the only one with Spider-Man on my brain lately
It’s kinda like this

Mixed with this

[Jareth]

Hey new to the site, figured I'd get my feet wet with a superpower game. Below is my character sheet.

Walter Campbell

Name:
Walter Campbell

Alias:
[Currently does not have one; suggestions welcome]

Appearance:
Image

Age:
72

Gender:
Male

Hometown:
London, Ontario, Canada

Biography:

Detailed Background

Walter was born in 1948 as one of the first of the Boom Babies, children born in the years after the second world war. Walter was the firstborn of Lee Campbell, a pilot, and Alice Campbell, a nurse, and would grow up in London. In his early years he would be joined by siblings Charles and Diane as his family moved to Toronto for his father’s new job with a Canadian aerospace company.

It was while in Toronto that Walter came of age and graduated high school. From there he enrolled at the University of Toronto to pursue his doctorate in medicine, and proposed to his high school sweetheart Norah Bishop. They would initially say that they would wait until after they were done with school to get married but that didn’t happen as they would go off and elope exactly one year to the day that Walter had proposed.

The first few years of the marriage was golden as the two of them finished up with their schooling. The now Dr. Walter Campbell decided to move back to London to set up a practise as a general physician. Soon the topic of children came up as both of their parents were asking about grandchildren. The Campbell family spent a year trying to conceive during which time his younger sister Diane had her first child.

An associate of Walter suggested seeing a fertility doctor for assistance. It would eventually be revealed that a genetic condition had left Norah infertile. She was devastated but Walter was there for her. He told her that he still loved her and nothing could change that.

After a few years the couple decided to adopt. Soon twins Chelsea and Iris joined the family. Their home in London finally felt whole, the family enjoying many years together. Eventually the daughters moved out of the home and started their own lives.

Seven years later Norah was diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer. The battle was brief, leaving Walter alone. His brother Charles had Walter move in with him during this trying time. It was then that Walter learnt why his brother had never got married. He was gay.

Walter had a hard time accepting this and decided to move out west to Vancouver to be near his daughter Iris and her new family. He opened a new practise in the city but soon began acting strangely. Concerned, Iris took him to a professional where he was diagnosed with dementia.

This was a blow to the family, Iris having him move in with her and her family. Slowly he began to forget everything, becoming a shell of a person. Iris decided to take him to one of the world’s premier dementia medical care facility in Bell Reach, California.

A year into living in this new facility everything changed for Walter. The Boom happened, changing people across the globe, including Walter. He found his memories returning to him as well as having a clearer mind. Within a month he was discharged from the facility.

Walter embraced this second chance at life, trying to live it to its fullest potential. He repaired his relationships with his family, most notably accepting his brother Charles. From there he decided to become a better person.

He got himself in amazing shape for his age. He began learning everything that he could, finding it so easy now. He travelled the world to just experience life. It was during this time that he realized that his mind was literally expanding. He figured it had to be the Boom that caused this.

He decided to return to Bell Reach to be near his family. Having plenty of free time because he was retired Walter has taken an interest in the Bastion, the local heroes of Bell Reach. While he has no dreams of joining the team he would like to work with them. He wants to do good with his new life.

Personality:
Walter is a very pleasant man, if a bit old fashioned. Growing up in the 1950s shaped Walter’s views on family and society as he lived through the worst of the cold war. These trials led him to valuing and cherishing those around him as he was aware how quickly things could go bad. That valuing of the common man could best be seen when Walter was a doctor. To this day he still feels the need to help people, albeit on a smaller scale, more like what a doctor would do than that of a superhero.

His second chance at life has inspired him to be a better person. Part of that is facing the antiquated views of his youth. Although he may involuntarily recoil when faced with some of the realities of modern society he is still making an effort to accept. His optimistic view of the world also extends to superheroes, as they remind him of the science fiction stories of his youth. Walter truly believes the advent of superpowers will be a good thing for the world.

Skill Set:
Medical Knowledge - Walter spent his career as a general physician and as such is well versed in general medicine. His powers have allowed him to go into more fields of study.

Programming - Since gaining powers Walter has done all he can to understand computers and modernize himself. This includes mastering programming.

Perception - Walter can notice minute details around him, such as changes in the environment or a change in someone’s breathing.

Deduction and Problem Solving - Walter is good at making connections and figuring out different ways to use his knowledge.

Multilingual - Walter reads, writes, and speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malay, and Punjabi.

Vast Assortment of other knowledge - Walter has acquired vast knowledge in many other categories such as history, science, math, and various trivia. While he doesn’t actively use this knowledge, it it still there.

Powers:
Expanding Mental Faculties - Upon gaining his powers Walter’s brain kicked into overdrive, new connections being formed that allows him to rapidly process data. Because of this Walter can learn new skills easily, remember things with amazing detail, and is starting to gain new uses for his brain beyond that of a regular human.

Intuitive Skill Learning - Walter can learn things at a much faster pace than those without this power. As such he can become proficient in skills with ease.

Hyperlingualism - Walter’s brain is wired to decode languages at a base level, allowing him to understand a new language quickly.

Hyper Focused Senses - Walter can notice minuscule details that the average human senses would miss. Combined with his intuitive mind he can find patterns easily.

Astral Projection - The newest of Walter’s powers, his brain has unlocked the function of separating his mind from his body and explore the world as an ethereal being. He currently has no control and is unaware of it as it only happens when he is asleep and he does not remember it after he returns to his body.

Tools and Equipment:
Walter mostly carries around a messenger bag with various electronics, laptop, tablet, e-reader, a notebook and pen, and his arthritis medicine. In his pants’ pocket he has his phone, keys, and a wallet with pictures of his family inside.

Additional Information:
Regarding Walter’s powers his brain is increasing in activity as he ages. If this power had started in a teenager it might grow to become limitless in scope. However Walter is an old man and will not live long enough to see his power reach that crazy stage.

[DELETED jdl3932]

@Athol
Suggested alias, Aether. Also, welcome!

Or Doc.

Or Professor.

[pyroman]

@Jareththis is a really interesting character you have set up here. I want to see more of them, and the challenges that come up for writing a character like this seem interesting. I really dig the astral projection power, since it keeps them in the action without having to interact as much. accepted.

[unicorgi]

@Athol
Suggested alias, Aether. Also, welcome!

Or Doc.

Or Professor.

@ZAVAZggg

aetheritis

[unicorgi]

@Athol
Suggested alias, Aether. Also, welcome!

Or Doc.

Or Professor.

@ZAVAZggg

smartatoid aetheritis

[unicorgi]

also ill hopefully get my cs up by tonight (eastern time)
ive finally got my character all figured out and shes definitely in the top ten of my favorite characters i have every created (all non roleplay characters included and that's a lot)

[Stern Algorithm]

@unicorgi let me guess, her name is Namine Smith?

[unicorgi]

hahahahahahahahaha

no

why would I give different characters the same name? it doesn't even fit my character for this roleplay!

[unicorgi]

this probably sucks and is full of grammar issues but here I go!

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you found it!

Name: Emma Jo Anderson

Alias: orbit (idk why I like this one)/venoma

Appearance: is slim and a couple of inches shorter than average (but not that much). she has light blonde hair and blueish brown eyes.
transformation:

image

Age:24

Gender: female

Hometown: 💖Seattle💖

Biography:
job: works in biogenetic research (mostly focuses on genetic disorders)
house: lives in a small flat close to Pike Place Market which she walks through to get to work)
backstory: in her building there used to be a section that focused on biogenetic engineering to advance human abilities, one day she saw that some of the data for their projects she had never seen before in briefing meetings. after work that day she decided to go explore their labs and found one of the projects labeled "beast" the leading scientist on that project walked into the room while she was examining it causing her to get startled and drop it, it shattered and spilled all over her (unknown to her it was created using some of the DNA of one of the radioactive spiders in the Aprico project) . she passed out and woke up to learn that the scientist had tried to kill her after her discovery but her friend had heard the commotion and interfered just in time pushing him out of the way as he shot her causing the bullet to go off course and it grazed exactly where she had dropped the vial causing some of it to seep into an open wound caused by the bullet and into her bloodstream, the scientist got a life sentence. over time she learned that she had powers. eventually and after the death of her father (uncle ben backstory basically you know the rest). after that, she managed to get into a pattern of life being a hero and continuing her research.

and then she got the request. she and her small group of researchers (her 3 close friends, the only people who know what REALLY happened to her that day in the lab) were requested by the research center to move to someplace called Bell Reach where they could do some more research with the aid of the major tech companies there. the request was met with a certain lack of enthusiasm by Emma, she liked her current live very much and was not excited to leave Seattle where she had spent all her life even if it was only for a year or so nevertheless she wasn't going to turn it down just because she didn't want to leave, it was important to her research. so she got her friend Adam to watch her apartment, packed up her stuff, said goodbye and left.
power recap: she gained spiderman like abilities but also a venom likeability, due to only some of the project entering her bloodstream instead of all of it via injection like it would have been intended she didn't get the full effect of it. the project was supposed to create something monster-like but instead of being stuck permanently like that she could control transformations

Personality: very friendly and extremely nice. shes a good talker, listener, and advice giver as well as being easygoing, she has a good sense of humor and is the kind of person you would want on a road trip (trust me on this one even if it confuses you im not going to explain it).

Skillset:
high IQ, is very intelligent, her medical knowledge as well as her knowledge of genetics and some engineering, she also studied phycology.
parkour type stuff (anything related i.e. gymnastics, trapeze, etc that kinda stuff)
combat
computer skills
observing things
idk what else to put her honestly

Powers:
all the time:
enhanced strength, speed, durability, agility, stamina, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balance and endurance
Precognitive ability, webbing ability
when transformed:
Limited shapeshifting and camouflage (think venom), accelerated healing, environmental adaptability

Tools and Equipment:
her suit which looks like a completely black version of spider-gwens suit with dark grey Seattle native American designs on it. matching black satchel
a USB drive
lock picking kit
whatever she thought might be useful

Additional Information: idk, possibly to be added later????

[DELETED jdl3932]

this probably sucks and is full of grammar issues but here I go!

hehehe
have fun finding my character sheet

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you found it!
Name: Emma Jo Anderson
Alias: orbit (idk why I like this one)/venoma
Appearance: is slim and a couple of inches shorter than average (but not that much). she has light blonde hair and blueish brown eyes.
transformation:

image

Age:24
Gender: female
Hometown: Seattle
Biography:
job: works in biogenetic research (mostly focuses on genetic disorders)
house: lives in a small flat close to Pike Place Market which she walks through to get to work)
backstory: in her building there used to be a section that focused on biogenetic engineering to advance human abilities, one day she saw that some of the data for their projects she had never seen before in briefing meetings. after work that day she decided to go explore their labs and found one of the projects labeled "beast" the leading scientist on that project walked into the room while she was examining it causing her to get startled and drop it, it shattered and spilled all over her (unknown to her it was created using some of the DNA of one of the radioactive spiders in the Aprico project) . she passed out and woke up to learn that the scientist had tried to kill her after her discovery but her friend had heard the commotion and interfered just in time pushing him out of the way as he shot her causing the bullet to go off course and it grazed exactly where she had dropped the vial causing some of it to seep into an open wound caused by the bullet and into her bloodstream, the scientist got a life sentence. over time she learned that she had powers. eventually and after the death of her father (uncle ben backstory basically you know the rest). after that, she managed to get into a pattern of life being a hero and continuing her research.

and then she got the request. she and her small group of researchers (her 3 close friends, the only people who know what REALLY happened to her that day in the lab) were requested by the research center to move to someplace called Bell Reach where they could do some more research with the aid of the major tech companies there. the request was met with a certain lack of enthusiasm by Emma, she liked her current live very much and was not excited to leave Seattle where she had spent all her life even if it was only for a year or so nevertheless she wasn't going to turn it down just because she didn't want to leave, it was important to her research. so she got her friend Adam to watch her apartment, packed up her stuff, said goodbye and left.
power recap: she gained spiderman like abilities but also a venom likeability, due to only some of the project entering her bloodstream instead of all of it via injection like it would have been intended she didn't get the full effect of it. the project was supposed to create something monster-like but instead of being stuck permanently like that she could control transformations
Personality: very friendly and extremely nice. shes a good talker, listener, and advice giver as well as being easygoing, she has a good sense of humor and is the kind of person you would want on a road trip (trust me on this one even if it confuses you im not going to explain it).Skillset:
high IQ, is very intelligent, her medical knowledge as well as her knowledge of genetics and some engineering, she also studied phycology.
parkour type stuff (anything related i.e. gymnastics, trapeze, etc that kinda stuff)
combat
computer skills
observing things
idk what else to put her honestly
Powers:
all the time:
enhanced strength, speed, durability, agility, stamina, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balance and endurance
Precognitive ability, webbing ability
when transformed:
Limited shapeshifting and camouflage (think venom), accelerated healing, environmental adaptability
Tools and Equipment:
her suit which looks like a completely black version of spider-gwens suit with dark grey Seattle native American designs on it. matching black satchel
a USB drive
lock picking kit
whatever she thought might be useful
Additional Information: idk, possibly to be added later????

@unicorgi

Bro, this many hiders is not only unecessary, it's also a surefire way to get booted from a roleplay and labeled a troll.

[unicorgi]

ok then

i literally only did that to see if i could

all fixed

thnx for telling before i got in trouble :P

[pyroman]

@unicorgiAfter a bit of debate and looking over your cs, while your character is certainly interesting, they're just not what I'm looking for here. With your character being in the mix, that would make a third techie without a lot to differ them from David in terms of unsuited skills.

The use of camouflage and minor shapeshifting is pretty cool, but its the backstory that kind of sets me off.Also, the spider motif is something I'm really shaky on since I'm already doing that for Fringe. Would you mind working at your CS a little more before I say yes or no? It's got potential, but could you work on it to make them more different than the other accepted characters?

[DELETED jdl3932]

After reading unicorgi's sheet, I'm now tempted to make a character with abilities similar to Alex Mercer's...

[unicorgi]

What exactly do I need to change? (I get confused with vague instructions)
I’ll change whatever is needed

[pyroman]

For starters, having two characters having powers originated from Aprico’s tests seems like a little much, especially given how close they resemble one another. Maybe expand a little more on the Venom side and less on the spider side? Maybe her power from The Boom wasn’t discovered until she got hit with a stray bullet from a stolen prototype weapon?

As for skills and unsuited skills, anything not science related? She seems pretty athletic, so maybe dive deeper down that route?

I don’t want to tell you how to make your character so they’ll fit in, otherwise I’d just write them myself, but I want to help you get an idea to help make them stand out among other similar characters

[KrischKrisch]

Oooh this looks great! :D I'll try to get a CS in here sometime within the next 2 days.