Okay, I think I've come up with a character concept already.
"Vulture" in this world is a colonel in the Panauan air force, who with the help of the CIA developed his adamantium-coated wingsuit as a means to combat "enhanced individuals" in the field. Besides his overall terrifying combat presence when slaughtering resistance fighters, his scientific expertise means that he's basically like a pseudo-Batman who comes up with the military's contingencies for superhumans. He's been a loyal officer to the ruling regime for some time now, but the government's withering authority means that he is considering instigating a coup to "save the country" from the rebellion.
So long as the adamantium suit isn't treated like Superman's skin I see no issue with that.
I am not particularly set on a Modern Setting.
I am hesitant to set it in any particular period or year rather than a nebulous "near future" for the same reason I am hesitant to set it in the United States or any real country, or during the known tenure of any President.
If folks would prefer to set it in another time period that would be fine, but one of the advantages of setting it in a country that is essentially a fictionalized Cuba (with elements of Brazil) is that it becomes relatively easy to justify have the dictatorship vibes you described and also to have something like the cars and technology of another era if people are more interested in that.
Cuba is known, among other things, for it's classic American cars as a result of embargoes from the US.
A more violent Spiderman would be very interesting to see, but you might also take that the other direction. A Spiderman in a very violent world, with police he can trust less, with a government he can trust less, without an Avengers or an X-Men to help him when and if things get heated. Less hospitals to take wounded civilians too if he webslings into a burning building to save a family of four.
An interesting arch (if you are doing an Origin or a Brand New Hero sort of story) might be her starting out with a No Killing Rule, and quickly realizing the very real danger she is in despite her powers. Struggling to hold herself to that standard despite the increased restraint it requires and the increased danger that represents.
But then I'd also get a kick out of Spidey just webbing some asshole up and swinging him/her hard into a wall several times.
This reminds me of a story I really liked, probably influenced this idea, details in the hider below
I believe it was set in either the Warhammer Universe or a like Days of Future Past XMen Universe. The premise was basically a gang in a vaguely post-apocalyptic world where the police had completely abandoned the streets. Gangers shoot it out pretty openly, control food supply, and vie with each other constantly for control. The story was basically about a small gang as one of them sought to take control from the current leader. This was all during a small war that quickly got out of hand.
Young runner comes back telling them that "Oh My God, they killed her" and they're coming here. Big shoot out ensues. Lots of cool action. Lots of the gang, who you've come to like well enough, get absolutely wasted. Lots of the attacking gangers get obliterated by Gang Leader Dude. At one point there are only like 3-4 of the gang left alive when they find out that their leader has powers that basically make him invulnerable to the other gangers guns.
To me at that point it becomes quite interesting. How different things become when the leader of your gang knows the other gang simply can't kill him. You die just as easy as anyone else, but the guy telling you to protect him or to go hit the other guys has no reason to fear being killed.
So long as the adamantium suit isn't treated like Superman's skin I see no issue with that.
Oh sure, I'd just need it to maybe go toe-to-toe with your Wolverine character (if he has an adamantium skeleton) or at the very least delay your Superman character murdering him if ever. It could also be vibranium/carbonadium or some other metal that isn't quite as strong as adamantium but still lightweight. My intent for him is to make him more of a scientist and a political schemer than a pure fighter. Plus, the bionics and drugs he needs to maximize the suit’s potential are slowly killing him - another plot point.
Also another idea for a character arc: Panau's regime is generally very intolerant of superhumans unless their loyalty to the government is unquestionable. So there could be like two camps within the government/military: those that believe the regime should use superhumans and those that believe otherwise, instead preferring to neuter their powers or kill them. My Vulture character could be on the anti-super camp while yours would be the poster child for the pro-supers. Then tensions could possibly develop as the Prime Minister's health fails and a power struggle starts to arise.
Hey everyone, Bing in particular, I'm sorry but the hits keep coming and I'm going to need to deal with a lot of life shit rather than do this.
Feel free to take the idea if you want. Doesn't belong to me.
I'm not going to be posting. The idea for Wolverine was basically slums detective, alcoholic, no adamantium skeleton, just is able to keep working because he survives it any time someone tries to kill him to prevent him from finding out about the dirt being done.
Kind of a tragedy/comedy character. Was going to work in a bit where he's "tracking" this group of human traffickers but someone keeps killing them before he can take them in. Was going to turn out to be him who kills them.
So I'm sure someone saw my thread about my superhero character concept, how he contracts out to creatures of Japanese myth in exchange for something they want. This RP probably could fit him, but I want to hear what you guys think
