[OOC] Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

[Pirouette]

@Cybermaxx

I do want to make a villain and antagonize you all at some point so I’ll look into potential Fantastic Four villains.

[Mao Mao]

I am kinda deciding on doing Poison Ivy, who came from a fucked up earth and found herself a portal to the absolute earth. But I'm still thinking about it.

[Sep]

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oh boy yeah

@Cybermaxx

If you ever want a Doom can I try my hand at it? I love his brand of Villainy.

Also aiming for Hulk AND Cap post tomorrow.

Overly ambitious? Possibly.

[Retired]

I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but just a friendly caution against adding too much to the plate too soon. The RP only just began picking up steam again after a couple of months of low-to-no activity and motivation burnout. I'd hate to see us hop right back into that same situation again. Just a thought.

[Sep]

@Retired true indeed sir. My Hulk post though have no fear is mostly constructed and not event specific. But yes

[Retired]

I was mostly referring to second and third characters being talked about. Most everyone who applied for two characters in this at the start dropped one of them after only two or fewer posts - myself included. I think we all fall into the same habits, and it's really easy to get excited during the highs of an RP and want to do more. It's also even easier to lose motivation during the lows of an RP and burnout from having too much to do.

[Mao Mao]

To be fair, I was thinking of ditching Wonder Woman in favor of Ivy.

[Dead Cruiser]

@Sep I've been thinking about Doom a bit, mostly with regard to Doctor Fate.

Considering we have no Strange thus far, I think the two would have very interesting interactions.

[Sep]

@Dead Cruiser I have no interest in playing him Long Term, or really at all. Just if someone is interacting with Doom and fancies someone to bounce of off

[Pirouette]

I was also just going to take a look. I’ve been playing around with having a second character for awhile but I haven’t felt attached to any one idea after looking. The only character I’ve really given thought to is Cindy and there is a lot I want to do with her so no worries about me burning out here.

[Pirouette]

I guess as well, what if someone wants to temporarily play a character to help give someone’s story someone else to bounce off of? Like someone playing Doom for a bit or someone playing Black Cat for a bit. Oh! Especially in collab posts!

[Sep]

I was also just going to take a look. I’ve been playing around with having a second character for awhile but I haven’t felt attached to any one idea after looking. The only character I’ve really given thought to is Cindy and there is a lot I want to do with her so no worries about me burning out here.

@Pirouette

Honestly your Cindy has been great to read. I would always say don't make another character just because everyone else is.

[Dead Cruiser]

@Mao MaoIf you drop Wondy can I borrow her to hang out with Thor?

[Lord Wraith]

I was mostly referring to second and third characters being talked about. Most everyone who applied for two characters in this at the start dropped one of them after only two or fewer posts - myself included. I think we all fall into the same habits, and it's really easy to get excited during the highs of an RP and want to do more. It's also even easier to lose motivation during the lows of an RP and burnout from having too much to do.

@Retired

On this note, I'm going to start enforcing our inactivity timer of 14 days starting tomorrow. Since it's pretty detailed in the rules and was never formally addressed back at the start of the RP. Will either spur activity or free up unplayed characters.

[Pirouette]

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Honestly your Cindy has been great to read. I would always say don't make another character just because everyone else is.

@Sep

Thanks! I guess I am more a writer that likes to get in someone’s head more than anything else. I really do need to improve on descriptive writing to paint the scene better though.

Anyway, @Lord Wraith, what’s your take on letting people write as another character in a collab style post? They wouldn’t have to make the character official or anything. They can just be asked to play the character for an exchange. That way too people can dip their toes in other characters a little if they feel up to it but don’t have to go any further than that. It also helps fill the gaps a little with what people would like to do with stories like needing someone to play a villain. Even no need to make a support character sheet?

[Lord Wraith]

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Thanks! I guess I am more a writer that likes to get in someone’s head more than anything else. I really do need to improve on descriptive writing to paint the scene better though.

Anyway, @Lord Wraith, what’s your take on letting people write as another character in a collab style post? They wouldn’t have to make the character official or anything. They can just be asked to play the character for an exchange. That way too people can dip their toes in other characters a little if they feel up to it but don’t have to go any further than that. It also helps fill the gaps a little with what people would like to do with stories like needing someone to play a villain. Even no need to make a support character sheet?

@Pirouette

That's actually covered in the OP. I believe I called it Guest Writing and it's totally fine, they just have no claim to the character.

[Pirouette]

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That's actually covered in the OP. I believe I called it Guest Writing and it's totally fine, they just have no claim to the character.

@Lord Wraith

Ah perfect!

[Hound55]

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On this note, I'm going to start enforcing our inactivity timer of 14 days starting tomorrow. Since it's pretty detailed in the rules and was never formally addressed back at the start of the RP. Will either spur activity or free up unplayed characters.

@Lord Wraith

Can I make Driver/Montoya temporarily inactive during the event, and then pick them up again immediately afterwards?

Can't see myself posting within fourteen days with them, with the Event going on, but I still plan on using them once it's concluded.

[Supermaxx]

I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but just a friendly caution against adding too much to the plate too soon. The RP only just began picking up steam again after a couple of months of low-to-no activity and motivation burnout. I'd hate to see us hop right back into that same situation again. Just a thought.

@Retired

You’re absolutely correct and this is something I considered heavily while toying with the character sheet. Ended up cutting out a few things from my usual schedule so I can focus more fully on writing for this game (and yours ;)) in my free time.

[Hound55]

F A N T A S T I C F O U R
F A N T A S T I C F O U R

^{"It's okay to be afraid. It's okay to fail. But to say that you're not even willing to try...that's unacceptable." - Nathaniel Richards}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Reed Richards AKA Mr. Fantastic Susan Storm Richards AKA Invisible Woman Johnny Storm AKA Human Torch Ben Grimm AKA The Thing _________________________________________________________ Explorers, Scientists and Superheroes _________________________________________________________ Based out of the Baxter Building in New York City C H A R A C T E R N O T E S C H A R A C T E R N O T E S _________________________________________________________ [+] - M I S C E L L A N E O U S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► The Future Foundation is entering its second year and looking to expand its operations. As of now its focused on finding brilliant young minds and giving them a place where they can develop safely among equally capable peers. Its class, dormitories and other facilities are located in the lower floors of the Baxter building. Current students include: Valeria, the android Draconus, Leech the mutant, the evolved moloids Mik, Tong, Turg, and the heirs of the Uhari Throne in Old Atlantis, Wu and Vil. Other players may have their characters associate with or attend the Foundation if they wish. ► Susan and Reed have been married for nine years. Valeria is nine years old and Franklin is eight. ► Ben's been divorced from Alicia for a number of months. They were previously together for eighteen months. - P O S T C A T A L O G P O S T C A T A L O G _________________________________________________________ [+] - P O S T C A T A L O G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ -

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T ________________________________________________________________________________________ Ten years ago, Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm set out together to test the world's first superluminal-capable spacecraft. Their vessel passed through cosmological event, exposing them to an impossibly high dosage of unknown radiation that fundamentally restructured the crews' genetic makeup. Upon returning to earth, the four of them pledged to utilize their new abilities for the betterment of mankind, christening themselves as the Fantastic Four. They've spent the last decade protecting humanity from all sorts of fantastical threats: the Mole Man, the Wizard, Ronan the Accuser and the Super-Skrull, Annihilus, Victor Von Doom, the Council of Reeds, Mongul, as well as a host of others. The four of them have explored a vast multitude of planets, dimensions and universes. They have discovered unimaginable truths about the nature of existence, and they have stood before cosmic entities of existential significance. Through it all they've only grown closer as a team- and a family. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Put simply, I have an itch for high-concept science fiction shenanigans that only the Fantastic Four can fill. I've been reading Johnathan Hickman's run and I'm brimming with inspiration. Its always sort of surprising how one of the oldest and most established superhero teams gets little attention in these One Universe Games, but Morden Man's foray in UOU is something I've gone back to several times while stewing on this sheet. Its just plain good. As for the character themselves, I decided to take advantage of our longer timeline to include the team's rich history. They're all veteran heroes at this point, ready for just about anything that you could throw at them- or so they believe. I'll be putting a great deal of my focus toward the family dynamic of the Fantastic Four, especially in regards to each member's relationship with Valeria and Franklin, the Richards' kids. Something Hickman emphasizes in his run is the importance of family, and whether or not we're willing to put it before everything else- and in that run's case, before the world. That's something I'd like to touch on as well. T A L E S T O A S T O N I S H ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ O N G O I N G BABYSITTING <Snipped quote> O N G O I N G A TALE OF TWO WORLDS <Snipped quote>

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@Cybermaxx

I am happy beyond words...

My own F4 in that old thread was... beyond ambitious. Which was part of why it never really got off the ground and soared.