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Captain America
Interesting opportunity to reflect on what's going on in the world, either in real life or in current storylines. His general conservative (in the definition sense not the political one) nature combined with his general good guy tendencies. Usually a friend to mutants. Not the sort to go along with things like the Mutant Registration Act. All that combined with the many many characters he has come to interact with over the years. Some of whom are pretty shady and set up a good opportunity for confrontations. Punisher, Logan, Bushwacker, Nuke, Nick Fury, the Military and really almost any big organization. In more modern stuff he's sort of become a folk hero for younger characters. I also just had a blast writing stuff for him in the old 1968 thread. Probably some of my best writing, if I do say so myself, and just good fun.

Wolverine
Effective immortality. A lot of street level stuff but also a lot of upper level stuff. One of the few characters who can stand up to, and will, damn near anyone even if it means he is "dead" for a little while. Similar to Captain America he's crossed paths with damn near everyone at one time or another, similar to him he too has a damn good reason to be distrusting of government agencies. I like him better in street level stories personally. Has many of the same enemies as Captain America along with plenty of his own. Also always good stories to tell between him and Spiderman.

Punisher
Has a ton of potential. Can make for great stories or shit stories. Easy to veer into TactiCool stuff. Best for street level stories or as sort of a Batman character, albeit he's only Batman-ish with support.

One More

I've never written as Nightcrawler, but I think it could have a ton of potential. Religious. Demon. Sneaky. Team Oriented. Just good fun. Plus IIRC he was a pirate with Shadowcat for a little while and I too am a big fan of Shadowcat.

In DC I tried to write as Jonah Hex for a bit. I'm a dork for Weird West storylines. Gunslingers and Spells. Repeaters and Zombies. 49ers and Vampires. I'm a fucking dork for it. More so than usual.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread Number Two

I've been going Half Orc Barbarian. I want to go Evil Warlock next time but I don't know if I can hack it.

At least greedy manipulative Witcher type...but I don't know if I can bring myself to attack the goodie types in BG3

Calradian Chronicles - a Mount & Blade NRP

Could always go with Bannerlord instead.

It's kind of like that, a prequel with more groups and smaller.

I tried to start one a while back.

roleplayerguild.com/topics/187539-gat…

All we do for Gold [Weird West Horror Mystery RP]

Very cool concept. I'd be interested in joining. Do you have sort of outlines for what races of monster might or might not be acceptable?

Vampire?
Werewolf?
Lovecraftian Detective?
Hills Have Eyes type cannibal?
Undead Cowboy?
Gamblers with debts to demons?

I have a rather specific idea myself which is sort of a Native American version of a vampire.

You might look at the Deadlands Tabletop Game for some inspiration. Similar concepts although explicitly American.

If you go to the Stuff I Did link in my bio, in the second post there there should be a link to a Deadlands thread I started some time ago and a short Campfire Story

Collabs/Jumps/Forum Headings/Color Text

Absolutely agree.

If it's a GM choice he should let all the players know an expiration date for the current timeframe and how long the skip will be.

If it's just the players they should vote on whether to have one and how long to make it. I usually don't even particularly folks going "The Next Day" for their character if no one else is because it ends up confusing the timeline.

STORYCRAFT: For Roleplayers

Great posts. Wanted to contribute.

You might still get some utility out of the original CS too as what your revamped character aspires to be/do. Or as a character trait to completely subvert.

This ended up being a tangent about character development rather than Mary Sues but I'll post it just the same, in a hider. If it's too much a tangent let me know and I'll get it deleted and post it somewhere else.

The Utility of a Mary Sue Character Sheet, After You've Fixed it

She wants to be an idol.

She's just a Mech Warrior singing to herself while stomping around in her steam suit. Annoying some and entertaining others in her squad. Maybe finds another pilot who has a guitar and sings along with their playing.

Or it doesn't go the way she wants it to, her voice isn't great for singing, but her love of attention and practice writing songs makes her a great speaker and she winds up being the beating heart of her unit, while still yearning to be a pop star.

Or her desire for attention, writing ability, and love for her squad make her a born leader. She'll never stomp across a battlefield singing her latest hit to drive her troops forward and stomp out the enemy...but she has command of a group of capable men and women who adore and respect her and will fight with all of their hearts for her because they know she will fight with all of her heart for them.

She wants to make her Mech a force on the field

She built her own suit, and she gets some respect for it and she can contribute, but she yearns to pilot one of those real whiz-bang mechs. More than that she dreams of improving her own design and one day maybe the luckier, richer, more famous pilots out there will be proudly driving a Müller Designs product.

Or she gets recognized as someone making the most of a suit with limited capabilities and gets some training from another pilot on one of the junker or surplus mechs. Or the opposite direction, one of her superiors says "goddam look what Rilla is doing with that janky ass Mech" and while she doesn't get the Mech she's dreaming of and she doesn't get to design her own Mech she gets picked up to teach other pilots how to get everything out of their suit.

Just Straight Subversion

You might also just pick one or two of these Mary Sue type overpowered or over ambitious aspects and subvert them hard to both bring Rilla Müller more down to Earth and make her more interesting. Or just twist them a little.

Going with the Medic thing.

She's lightly armed. Running out there bringing injured troops back behind the front lines to be fixed up good as new. She's got a Mech utility bag so she can apply First Aid on sight and she can propel herself with steam power to increase her speed and agility and rush the more critical cases home and save their lives.

She's incredible, dashing all over the battlefield in her suit. Stopping bleeding with judicious application of Quik-Clot or sewing up torn flesh even as bullets pepper either side of the temporary cover. Splinting bones. Offering kind words and encouragement. Or maybe reminding the troops their duty only ends in death, now get your ass out there and fight.

She's crippled. She lost the use of her legs in her first engagement years ago. Outside the suit she's either in a wheelchair or in constant pain. Sometimes both. She's fearless in getting to wounded soldiers because she knows firsthand that every second counts.

Compliment the User Above You!

I like the general disregard for the safety and comfort of himself and others that your Avatar displays with those open wounds on his face. Very disrespectful, very disturbing, very cool.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread Number Two

Go for Rogue Trader if you want a proper SciFi RPG

Basically space pirates.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0iQ-n9Fjr2s&pp=ygUUUm9ndWUgdHJhZGVyIHRyYWlsZXI%3D

I have very low expectations for Starfield. Fallout 4 but the jetpack no longer requires you to wear Power Armor and everything's been shined up a little. And probably still shit tier writing.

The new recruits of S.W.O.R.D.

How about a Shang Chi type if Shang Chi was a Jackie Chan movie?

Police Story / Rumble in the Bronx type vibe.

Great fighter, very agile, can take a beating, gets harder/better/faster/stronger as he fights. Maybe as a sort of gimmick he carries a pistol/rifle but never actually uses it because reasons.

In short, I am interested.