[OOC] {CLOSED} The Council of Heroes Against Malicious Persons [Mystery Men Inspired RP ]

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"You can't expect the world to always protect you. You are your own hero, kid."
- Some hobo that gave me advice after getting my ass kicked. c. 2009

'These are dark times in Hero City.

With the news of Captain Amazing's death, his longtime self proclaimed rival and fellow defender of justice, Gold Guard disappears from the face of the Earth. Leaving Hero City at the mercy of the multitude of villains that lurk within the scum filled gutters and shadowy underbelly of this once proud city...well not really but it COULD BE and we'd be none the wiser.

But there is a shining ray of hope in this bleak, dark, and weary time; for the CHAMPs are here to serve and protect the city...one block at a time.

If you are interested in joining or would like to send a request for help, kindly send your application forms to 28 Lyon Avenue, Hero City, Massachusetts(MA), 09183 or email it to [e-mail]'

"That should bolster our numbers...maybe." A man muttered to himself as he clicked the submit button to post on his blog. Just then a brick crashes through the window of his dingy apartment, sending bits of glass and wood all over the already messy one room apartment. The man dodges for cover, expecting another barrage of incoming impromptu projectiles from the street. But then, a burly and obviously upset voice could be heard yelling from the street. "Champs? More like CHUMPS! You couldn't even stop one robbery! Thanks for nothing you good for nothing wanabes!"

"We really need to get better reviews before the people of Hero City decide to lynch me..." The man said as he picked himself up from the floor of his apartment while dusting himself off, before grabbing a dustpan and broom to help clean the broken glass and splintered wood off his admittedly crusty floor. He could only hope that the next batch of heroes would last longer and bring in more positive responses from the people.

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Some context for those unfamiliar with the Mystery Men. Mystery Men is a 1999 action/comedy movie that parodies super hero films where in the main focus isn't with the super powered hero or heroine that saves the day without any issue, but to the amateur crime fighters with not so useful super powers that really shouldn't be super heroes saving the day and being the big damned heroes.

I'd go on but it is a good movie and I recommend you give it a watch if you can for more context or inspiration.

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[Character Sheet Template]
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Description or Image:
Alias/Nick Name:
Background & Reason for Joining:
Personality:
Powers & Weaknesses:

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[myinneroblivion]

Name: Jacob Richman
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Description or Image:
Alias/Nick Name: Bob, The Jersey Devil
Background & Reason for Joining: Jacob was just like any other young rich kid who thought they were ten feet tall and bullet proof. Where actions didn't involve consequences, and the whole city was simply a playground. He and his friends would take to the streets daily to skate, or bike, or in Jacob's case, Run all over the city. There were no places safe from Jacob and his friends, and if there was a place they were not supposed to go, they found a way in. They never Stole anything, or hurt anyone, they were simply obnoxious and annoying, and didn't understand the concept of trespassing.

Then one day, a new building was constructed. A big fancy lab of some sort, and it didn't take long for the friends to break in to have a look around. They were creating weapons and things that looked super high tech, but not uniformed like it would be for a military. Jacob was trying on a nifty set of clawed gloves, and spring like boots, and turned to his friends saying, "I'm Catman" when all hell broke loose.

This place didn't play by the rules. There was no, "Freeze.", "You're Under Arrest." Nothin. Two of his friends were shot down in front of him, and none of them made it out that he knows of. Jacob made it out doing what he did best. Running and jumping, and with the gloves and boots, there was nothing to slow him down.

He had hoped to go home and report to his rich dad about what he had found, but when he got there, he found the people from the lab already there. His family, and everything he knew was dead. He quickly withdrew all the money he had access to, and left behind the name of Jacob Richman. Running to Hero City he fell into deep depression and spent most of his nights drinking and practicing his parkour throughout the city with a mask to hide his identity. It was on one of these nightly excursions that he noticed a new building being built. A new lab. Rage replaced depression, and he decided he should do something about it. He stumbled across an odd blog while trying to get a clue as to where he should even start, and figured it was as good a places as any. Champs huh?

Personality: On his good days, Bob is an overly friendly socialite, especially if he's too drunk or distracted to remember his past at the time. He truly seems like a guy with no care in the world, and will give out money and gifts to anyone he meets. He was that guy all the time once, but now, there is a seriousness, and haunting glint behind his eyes, and a bitterness towards the world under his tongue. He can still come across as cocky though.

Powers & Weaknesses:
Parkour Expert, very efficient with other X-Game equipment but specializes in the Parkour.
Jump boots: the boots read the pressure and force of the wearer, then channels extra force back down, causing a bounce effect. The more pressure applied, the more let off, while also buffering the impact from the wearer, allowing them to land on their feet without shattering their legs.
Claws: retractable claw inside gloves that are reinforced with the same insulation as the boots to accommodate impact. While considerable weapons, The Jersey Devil uses them to help him climb, and steer his running.
Mask: and old gas mask modified to have headphones, and protect his eyes and lungs from smoke.

weaknesses:
-slight obsession with revenge against the labs.
-tendency to take too big of risks.
-Still being hunted by the labs for their stolen tech.

in costume

out of costume

[ShadowsofNight]

Name: Talia Rose
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Description or Image: Asian 20-year-old woman, lithe and athletic build but not too skinny, attractive but not to a distracting degree, green, piercing eyes and long, flowing black hair

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Alias/Nick Name: The Performer

Background & Reason for Joining: The Performer has traveled far and wide, searching for shows in which she could demonstrate her skills and prowess with her well-trained acrobatic movements. The whip-like ribbons just served as extra extensions of her own arms. Ever since she was a little girl, she dreamed of being able to use her dancing abilities to do more than just perform, but her parents had tried to keep her sheltered and thus (in their eyes) safe from the world's dangers. Longing for a life that truly means something and can help people, she uses her performances on each stage as a ruse so that she could scout out ways to help and she has made this no secret to her followers and supporters (both online and onstage). Thus, it was no surprise when a young man called out to her after one of her performances and told her that there has finally arrived a chance to do some good for an entire city of people. He shared with her a blog from a place called Hero City and once she reached the small apartment she had rented while performing, she sat down to read through the blog post. Once she finished, she promptly sent in her own information and reasons for being qualified for this request. 'I could finally be on a real team of superheroes,' she thought excitedly to herself, as she planned a way to keep up the ruse to her parents and friends from back home that didn't want to see any harm come to her.

Personality: On the inside is eager to please and help but gives off the appearance of being shy and reserved and uncertain at times. She does warm up to people and will become more social after a time, but always wary and alert.

Powers:
- Razor-tipped, whip-like ribbons that she has trained with for years so that they follow every subtle movement her wrists or even fingers make to direct them
- Sharp eyesight and hyper-awareness of her surroundings
- Strong even though her body type doesn't betray it
- Highly skilled in acrobatics, thus excellent dexterity

Weaknesses:
- Insecurities about herself that make her second-guess her decisions and actions
- People-pleasing and will most times go along with others' ideas even when she doesn't necessarily agree it is wisest
- Inwardly vain about her appearance

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@ShadowsofNight@myinneroblivion
Both of them look great. Move 'em over to the CS page.
Welcome to the CHAMP!

[myinneroblivion]

Crap, I have been away too long, forgot how to do things. LoL

[Leophael]

This sounds amazing. I'll put together a CS tonight.

[MikeOxbig]

Name: Larold Montgomery

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Description or Image: 6' tall, 185 lbs. white male with a mid- skin fade haircut and a beard that needs to be trimmed up. Tattoos on his torso and shoulders that can comfortably be covered up with a short sleeve shirt.

Alias/Nick Name: Private

Background & Reason for Joining: Larold Montgomery grew up with a chip on his shoulder because his parents named him Larold. Like Harold, with an L. C'mon guys. He joined the military as a way to get out of his hometown and did several combat tours, becoming a weapons expert and a fabled squad leader. He was ultimately discharged after having his rank reduced to Private when he was court marshalled for feeding fried chicken to a Navy Dolphin. He's been seeking out the same sense of heroism ever since and moved to Hero City to chase his adrenaline high. He currently works at a pizza shop and goes out to try his hand at fighting crime at night.

Personality: Larold is an adrenaline junkie. He enjoys skydiving in his free time but can rarely afford it on his current meager salary. He is overly sentimental and becomes easily emotional to the point of tears over things like a really great sports movie or videos of animals getting adopted.

Powers & Weaknesses: Comfortable using just about any weapon on the fuckin' planet. Sucks at hand to hand fighting, but has seen every episode of Fight Science on History Channel, and owns every UFC Greatest Hits DVD so he's very over-confident. Comfortable dealing with major heights when it comes to jumping from airplanes, but not a fan of intermediate heights like rooftops and ledges.

[Leophael]

I hope he pleases. Credits to Phil Cho for the artwork.

Cerberus

Alias: Cerberus
Age: 26
Gender: Male

Description: The man behind the mask usually has a scruffy face, an athletic build and, in his off hours, typically sports a t-shirt and jeans. He has hazel eyes, dark brown hair and a face that looks more mature than his age.

Personality: The Cerberus was a three headed hound of hell. The moniker holds more significance than what meets the eye as the man behind the mask is also composed of 3 unique personalities. The schizophrenic has three distinct individuals living within that all bring something particular to the table.

Rex - The Primary
Rex is a combat expert, a fearless friend and a man who lives by his honor. He is the epitome of a tough Boy Scout with the loyalty of a soldier and the morality of a saint. Well versed in various weapons and a veteran of hand-to-hand combat, Rex is a force to be reckoned with.

Daniel - The Intellectual
Daniel is a technical savant. Whether you need to crack an electronic safe or hack a secured server, Daniel has the know how to bend most technology to his will. However, his combat prowess is exceptionally lacking and self preservation is higher on his list of priorities than his sense of valor. He'll certainly help a friend in need, but he knows his limits and would be hesitant to risk it all. Very book smart and tech savvy, Daniel is an incredibly useful tool to have on hand.

"Mad Dog" Maddox - The Psycho
Maddox is the dog Daniel and Rex try to keep caged. Problematic, manipulative and self-serving, Maddox is a broken entity with a lot of baggage. What's worse is... he has superpowers. Maddox, through a conscious surge of adrenaline that he can trigger at will, can attain a certain level of super strength, speed, agility and extraordinary durability. Though Rex can hit peak Olympic levels of human strength, Maddox can flip a car with relative ease. Undeniably the strongest and most resilient of the personalities, his gifts come with a price... The body that these personalities inhabit is very much human, so when Maddox triggers Super Mode, there is subsequently a period of absolute exhaustion to follow. Additionally, his Super Mode is finite, lasting no longer than an hour at the very longest and, of course, the longer he uses it, the more downtime he'll be forced to endure afterward. Physiology aside, Maddox's personality is akin to The Grinch's. He's a mean one. Mischievous, crude and sarcastic when he is calm. An absolute fiend of berserker rage in the heat of battle. He is an agent of chaos to the core.

Background & Reason for Joining: Rex has always strived to be a hero and he has had a fair amount of success patrolling the streets of his neighborhood, doing what he can to keep them safe. Daniel, along for the ride, has found the good Samaritanism equally fulfilling. The two personalities worked out a deal where Daniel would be on during the daytime, making the most of his smarts to make money as an engineer while Rex would routinely take the wheel when the sun came down to clean up the streets.

When the opportunity presented itself to join a league of superheroes that would cover a much grander scale, they both jumped at the opportunity. Not only would they be able to help their fellow heroes, they would be able to keep a greater number of citizens safe and if that wasn't the point of it all, then what was?

Powers:
Rex and Daniel: No superhuman abilities whatsoever.
"Mad Dog" Maddox: Temporary superhuman strength, speed, agility and durability. Strong enough to flip a car with ease. Durable enough to laugh off falling from a 3rd story building. Fast enough to give a cheetah a run for its money. Agile enough to traverse the cityscape fluidly, zipping past obstacles as if they never existed or climbing heights that would normally be unattainable.

Weaknesses:
Rex and Daniel: These two are very much susceptible to all general human weaknesses with the added caveat of having fragmented personalities that can only drive the body one at a time. Rex does not have access to Daniel's intelligence and Daniel does not have access to Rex's brawn or bravery.
"Mad Dog" Maddox: Maddox's greatest strength is immediately followed by his greatest weakness. If ever he were to use his super abilities, he would pay for them in the form of subsequent fatigue which would put him in a vulnerable position for a time relative to his power usage.

Weapons/Accessories:
Cerberus' suit provide an extra layer of protection from melee attacks as well as some protection from knife attacks. He is, however, not bulletproof.

He has access to metal knuckles, pepper spray, handcuffs, electric batons and some bolas. When on patrol, he drives a heavily modified Hemi Cuda equipped with an assortment of almost Bond-like gadgets such as (but not limited to) a spring loaded harpoon, tire deflation jacks, bulletproof exterior, and a nitrous fed intake system to get him going when the going needs to get got. His goal, in any confrontation is non-lethal neutralization. That isn't to say that he's afraid to get bloody. If you put Cerberus in a corner, he'll fight his way out of it, even if it means having to cross his own lines.

[Steel Legion]

This sounds interesting. Im building a character in my head for it now...

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@MikeOxbig
Coolio, its simple and straight to the point.
Welcome to the CHAMP, Private.

@Leophael
A little bit complex for a rookie GM like myself but if you're dead-set on using this I can work with it the best I can.

@Steel Legion
Welcome.

Note: Seeing as there are around 7 confirmed players, I'll be opting to close the applications as of now.
Admittedly a little flattering that this RP from a noob got significant attention. Lots o' thanks.

[Searat]

Once everyone has been approved and their characters moved to the CS page, I'll go make up the first IC post.

[Leophael]

@Leophael
A little bit complex for a rookie GM like myself but if you're dead-set on using this I can work with it the best I can.

@Searat

I can go simpler. I'll start putting something together very soon.

[Searat]

Thank you. This is well appreciated.

[Leophael]

@Searat Given the inspiration from Mystery Men, what do you think about a hokey, tongue-in-cheek hero as opposed to one that could fit in with Marvel/DC? Something akin to The Spleen with his farts the The Blue Raja with his forks?

[Searat]

Perfectly fine.
The rp itself welcomes heroes from all walks of life.

[Leophael]

Alright, I took a hard left when coming up with this one. I hope he pleases.

The Finger

The Finger

Name: Lincoln "Link" Malloy

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Description or Image: Long brunette hair, blue eyes, semi-athletic build. Link stands at about 6'1" and typically has a grungy attire.

Alias/Nick Name: The Finger

Background & Reason for Joining: Link discovered his ability on accident during a particularly memorable guitar riff with his band, Identical Snowflakes. Ever since, he has used it to enhance his rock shows during gigs and bring about righteous justice in his off hours. There is a certain thrill that comes from giving a criminal (or just a total total jerk) their comeuppance. When Link can get involved, he does and when he learned of an opportunity to put his unique skills to work on a grander scale, he leapt at it (mostly because he's hoping it will come with a regular paycheck as he is habitually 'in between jobs').

Personality: Link is every bit the rock n' roll blasting, profanity slinging, shamelessly womanizing, alcohol drinking, smoke 'em if you got 'em type of laid back dude. However, he does have a moral code and a sense of justice that he cannot ignore. Fun loving most times, but serious when he needs to be, Link can certainly be an asset when properly motivated.

Powers & Weaknesses: Link's super hero moniker comes from his very specific unique attributes. The middle fingers on each of his hands are supernaturally gifted. They can grow, stretch, regenerate and alter their density. If they are ever damaged or severed, they would heal rather quickly. Were he to will it, his middle fingers can grow and harden, becoming bludgeoning instruments similar to baseball bats. He could also stretch them into points like a pair of animated fleshy needles capable of piercing. The elasticity of the fingers has its limits, but they can be used to subdue and constrict criminals like a python would, or even act as grappling hooks to help Link traverse heights and cityscapes.

The rest of his body, however, is absolutely human and, otherwise, unremarkable. While his middle fingers can regenerate, if you were to cut off his leg, it would have the same result as anyone else whose leg got cut off. If you shot him, he'd be in grave danger. He has every weakness a common human has.

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@Leophael
This is definitely a good one. Got me to even chuckle a bit.
Welcome to the CHAMP, The Finger.
Money won't be a problem as there is a good amount of money to be made for hero work...well for rent-a-heroes.
But that's just a cherry on top of the sundae that is the righteousness of serving the community and upholding justice...^r-right?

[iGeorge]

The rp says it's full again. Is there still time for me to apply? :(

[Searat]

I mean yeah its full but you're part of the 6 or 7 people who confirmed interest being players. I only closed it to prevent the player count to grow more than I think I could handle.

So...write away and conjure up your character.

[Searat]

@iGeorge@Steel Legion@MikeOxbig
Not trying to rush or anything but just giving a little bump to those who have yet to make a character or move their approved character to the CS tab.