Masters of the Universe - Legends of Grayskull

[Omega Man]

With so much going on with He-Man and the MotU I figured now was my best shot at getting an RP off the ground. The basic premise would be He-Man and Skeletor both disappeared in an explosion of energy in a battle one year earlier. There is no power sword in play. The Masters have *mostly* disbanded and the Royal Guard of Eternia alone are no match for the forces of the Lord of Chaos.

The Lord of Chaos is essentially another character with ties to the Jack Kirby elements of MotU I came up with for this. He'll show up early on and take a stab at Zodac to set up the formation of the Legends. While visually he'll take cues from Galactus, his chief agent the Silver Swordsman will obviously have similar traits to another well known character. Players ​can bring in a character with ties to any of the characters from past lore, update a character like more recent projects in animation and action figures, or create one completely from scratch. While any other time of the year I'd use an obscure character like Tug O'War or create my own... for this I'm going to stick with one of my favorites from the beginning... FISTO.

Just throwing this up to gauge interest, if there's enough I'll come up with a Character Sheet model and micro images for characters and the villains I mentioned before.

You have the power. Let's do something with it.

[Nightwing95]

@Omega Man

This definitely sounds like a cool spin on the Masters of the Universe saga. Count me interested, possibly with an Avionian mentee to Stratos.

[Omega Man]

[Metal Head]

@Omega Man

You and I had a similar idea, you just beat me to it lol

I'm interested.

[Omega Man]

I'm working on a set of micros players can use to create their own looks if they want. Doing the basic body types like the old figs with some more modern visuals. Finished He-Man earlier....

[Red7VII]

Tentatively Full-on interested. Nostalgia is a heck of a thing.

[Red7VII]

Changing my response to fully interested. I've got 3 character ideas so far already. Will be some fun research getting back in touch with the world of Eternia.

[Metal Head]

I'm working on a set of micros players can use to create their own looks if they want. Doing the basic body types like the old figs with some more modern visuals. Finished He-Man earlier....

@Omega Man

That's pretty cool dude

[Omega Man]

If we get one or two more interested parties I think we'll have enough players to get something off the ground. I'll work on a CS model and check back in a couple hours.

As far as the in-game continuity and what's considered cannon, this will be more inspired by the 200X series than anything but there will be changes here and there depending on which characters and types players choose to go with. I'm pretty pumped for this.

[Omega Man]

@Nightwing95@HEAVY METAL@RedXIII

Character Sheets MUST include but are not limited to:

Name:
Alias:
Archetype: [Cannon, Inspired by (insert character), or Original]
Age: [Prince Adam would be around twenty, Man At Arms would be closer to forty, King Randor pushing sixty or so, adjust accordingly...]
Weapon[s] of Choice:
Powers and Abilities: [don't get too nuts here]
Weaknesses:
Personality:
Experience: [How long have you been active, battling threats, surviving the land, been a member of the Royal Guard,etc...]
Appearance: [Even if it's an original, I'm sure you can find a piece of artwork to base the idea on or you can use MSPaint to rework the pixel micros I provide]
BRIEF Bio:
Notes: [anything you might need to add like changes to a cannon, specifics not covered elsewhere, etc..]

Here's a link to some info about the regular Masters of the Universe with lists/links on the right side a little ways down on the page for members and enemies. You'd have to do a specific search for anything from the other variants on the He-Man franchise.

If I can get CS's from everyone showing interest and another player or two I think we may have enough to move forward. However I'm looking for more completed CS's before starting the OOC or IC too quickly. You don't have to be a huge He-Man fan to enjoy this. If swords and sorcery with a tad bit of tech involved is your thing, or you're a fan of 80's cartoons, this game is for you!

[Red7VII]

I will be submitting a CS soon. Curious, though: Given that Masters of the Universe is such a smorgasbord of humanoid creatures with wild and vague backgrounds, would you be oppose to players creating their own races, or would you prefer established races only?

[Omega Man]

I will be submitting a CS soon. Curious, though: Given that Masters of the Universe is such a smorgasbord of humanoid creatures with wild and vague backgrounds, would you be oppose to players creating their own races, or would you prefer established races only?

@RedXIII

You can totally make your own. I'd love to see the more established ones, but whatever suits the player.

[Nightwing95]

A couple of questions...since there has been a one-year timeskip since He-Man and Skeletor disappeared, is Adams secret identity thing now common knowledge?

Also, which version of the Avionians are we going for? Bird-simian hybrids or just Bird-People??

[Omega Man]

His secret id is unknown. It's assumed he's abroad. The Avionians are the simian bird hybrid type.

[Metal Head]

I have an idea for a Ninja type character, just cant find a good enuff picture.
Also, have idea for bad guy, Jaguaro King.

[Metal Head]

KingJaguaro

Name: King Jaguaro

Alias: None

Archetype: Original

Age: 30

Weapons of choice: Natural attacks, claws.

Powers & Abilities: Keen sense of smell, track by scent, Stealth Ambush, Power to call upon other Jungle cats to aid him.

Weakness: Water, fear of water.

Experience: Has been in many battles with Skeletor's minions over territorial disputes and the destruction of said territory(Jungles)

Appearance:

Bio: King Jaguaro's father aided He-man in the war against Skeletor, and was severly wounded, eventually his wounds were too severe to be treated, and on his death bed, named his son the new king and chief of the clan, however there was a fallimg out between him and his twin brother. His twin tried a coup to overtake Jaguaro's new throne, but he was defeated and bannished from the clan.

[Omega Man]

@rocketrobie2 You got time to try at another MotU game?

[Metal Head]

@Omega Man

I updated, anything i need to add more of?

[Red7VII]

Help me wittle this down, please. I've been considering 3 basic types: Warrior, Wizard, and Support.

The support I was considering was a bard that fuckin rocks out with a blessed instrument that literally aids the people around him. Comedic type, a bit of a poon hound, never caught sober when the sun goes down. That dude would look like this:

The Bard

Then there is the warrior type. Sort of a loner, but recognizes working together for the greater good. A bit grumpy and literal. Drax from the Marvel Cinematic Universe would definitely be an inspiration. He would look like this:

The Warrior

And then The Wizard. Another member of the Trollan race. Powerful, but fairly hands-off. Willing to go into war with his comrades, but super corny about it in the process. Akin to Claptrap of Borderlands fame. Looks like this (with edits later):

The Wizard

I am psyched to play any of these archetypes. Is there any one that would be preferred? Maybe someone else wants to be the warrior or another player has their mind set on an Orko type? I'm super flexible. Just curious what would fit best.

[Red7VII]

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