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

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Well, looks like I may be dusting off Magik once again

@Natty

*Smiles in New Mutants fandom*

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

The dream is probably Hellboy though (sorry not sorry).

@Rapid Reader

Don't need to be sorry, whilst I'm not a GM Hellboy's one of those non-Marvel/DC characters who have had an exception made for them in the past (possibly because of some of that old DC history) and the fact the premise generally kind of fits.

I'd say it's worth it to at least take a swing at an app, if that's what you want.

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

Hawkeye, baby! Anything and everything you'd call the world's premier team for!

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

Likewise, I lean a little more New Mutants/Gen X/Excalibur than the original team, myself.

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

Hello! I skimmed through the OOC so far to get a general idea of what's going on up to this point but will go back over in some detail. Was wondering if anyone had any plans or thoughts for any mutants so far? Or like what current state the X-Men are in if they even exist.

@Kyoka

Clean slate up for grabs at this point.

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

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

S P I D E R - M A N

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Example Supporting Characters

Ted Kord (Blue Beetle): Honestly... Insect themed superheroes known for quips and a penchant for science? I think it could work for a very, very specific audience.

@webboysurf

Ted Kord?!? In one of THESE games..?

It'll never catch on...

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

Haven't gone anywhere.

Literally. I'm surrounded by some very angry, and impatient goons.

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

Honestly I like what I'm seeing so far and am excited to see what other people will come up with.

What are peoples thoughts on Director America?

@Sep

Batman: "He's cocky."
Colonel Rogers: "I know."
Batman: "He won't listen. He snaps back or--"
Rogers: "I know."
Batman: "He hits on EVERY FEMALE in sight!"
Rogers: "I know."
Batman: "..."
Rogers: "Hawkeye's infuriatingly effective though, right? You've got to give it to him."
Batman: "..."
Rogers: "I said you’ve got to give it to him, right?"
Batman: "..."
Rogers: "I know."

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

H A W K E Y E
H A W K E Y E

^{"Hydra? Did you see that move? They don't teach moves like that in Hydra school, pal! You picked the wrong team! Hail Hawkeye!" - The Inimitable Clinton Francis Barton}

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 _________________________________________________________ Clint Francis Barton | _________________________________________________________ 6'3" (191cm) | 230lbs (105kg) _________________________________________________________ Male, Caucasian | Justice League Hero, Your Sister's Favourite Adventurer, All-Round General Hunk _________________________________________________________ Waverly | Iowa | U.S.A 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 _________________________________________________________ [+] - K E Y C H A N G E S T O C O N T I N U I T Y ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► S.H.I.E.L.D ties are gone. Personally, never thought it fit with Clint's personality-type anyway. ► Black Widow ties are also gone. Timeline doesn't really fit with the Cold War, also a casualty of the S.H.I.E.L.D ties going. ► Redemption arc kept more linear with circus history/origins, rather tham Widow-related crimes. ► I intend to use another character in her place as more of the femme fatale role that's more suited to these changes - Princess Python (in case anyone was looking to collaborate and was disappointed at the Black Widow absence) E Q U I P M E N T & S K I L L S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Sky-Cycle - Designed as a parting gift by Tony Stark, for Clint's use. ► Custom-made bow and various specialty-made arrowheads of his own design (fabricated by Stark), quick release quiver that aligns custom arrowheads to modular shafts, combat knife, shortsword that runs the length of the quiver to provide a rigid 'spine'. ► Hawkeye is quite possibly the greatest bowman in the world. He is also a prodigious talent with a sword, having been trained by the preeminent talents in archery and swordsmanship. He is naturally acrobatic, albeit not on the level of a specialised acrobat like, say, Dick Grayson. He has trained himself to be an excellent martial artist, due to having trained with Captain America on a regular basis combined with his competitive spirit. Whilst not being tradionally educated, he has displayed a level of unorthodox creativity which makes him an extremely challenging tactician for his opponents to strategize for. - 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Born in small town Iowa to local butchers Harold and Edith Barton, Harold liked to drink too much and would take his issues with the world out on Edith, and sons Charles (known as Barney) and Clinton. The drink one day took both parents lives, with Harold driving into a tree whilst heavily under the influence, with his wife in the passenger seat, leaving both boys orphaned. Bouncing around various foster homes, the boys were desperate to find a way to remain together, and eventually landed on the brilliant solution of a ten year old boy. They would run away and join the circus. Working first as general roustabouts, it wasn't long before the boys were starting to find their ways into shows in bit parts as extras in clown-work, and learning the odd acrobatic move or stunt. The prodigious young boy's potential and amazing hand-eye coordination was noted by global circus headliner Jacques Duquesne - the Sensational Swordsman! - and he began to train him, as well as convincing amazing archer Buck Chisholm - the Tremendous Trick Shot! Unfortunately, the pair of amazing attractions had less-than-legal alternative forms of income away from the circus, and after extremely rough falling outs with both men (each incident leading to severe injury, near death on the part of Clint) the younger Barton was left with a lot of skills and questionable direction. Having nowhere else to go he remained with the circus, only to watch it change hands as an old lost relative of the current ringmaster returned to pursue his family legacy. Maynard Tiboldt had lost much of his money having previously gone out on his own to make a career as an inventor, seeking to find electronic devices to aid psychological conditions. He felt there were forms of electronic psychotherapy which could bring a great boon to mankind, and that the field had been harmed by the negative reputation brought on by crude techniques such as electroshock therapy. Unfortunately, he underestimated just how much this was the case, and found it difficult to find further investment BECAUSE of this, and had to return to the family circus hat in hand, embittered with shame. The era had not been kind to circuses however. People now were capable of being wowed, and entertained from various other cheaper, if not free, sources. Current affairs programs hammered some circuses on animal welfare issues, and even the ones who did right by theirs bore the brunt of such a backlash. Unwilling to twice be ruined by unearned shots to his field's reputation, Tiboldt lashed out and turned to crime. By this point it was an easy sell to most of the workers, many of whom had also followed Swordsman and Trick Shot's example and started down that path to supplement waning income already. Gradually he grew a network within the circus, relying on the facts that carnival workers seldom trusted police, and if he could get enough of the workers onside, the rest would have little choice but to go ahead, or leave. As a young performer, who had his own reputation for going against previous star performers Duquesne and Buck, he was very much kept in the dark on Maynard's criminal machinations, large thefts were planned after his oarts of performances, and young Clint was completely oblivious to what was taking place. But now earned notoriety was surrounding the circus, to the point that it was staked out by certain costumed heroes, keen on getting to the bottom of the string of mysterious crimes which seemed to follow the circus. Maynard Tiboldt had been performing mass-hypnosis using a device of his own invention within his own hat. Iron Man and the Avengers broke from their seats as the method of crime became apparent, only to find themselves brought under the Ringmaster's thrall. Fortnately Clint had returned after his show, curious by the nature of some of these coloured costumed Avengers, and turned the tables on the Circus of Crime by knocking the Ringmaster's hat from his head with an arrow. The Avengers ended the Criminal Circus' run of crimes and arrested most of the offending carnival workers, this left Clint both out of work and with only one reference of any value for future employment. Fortunately it was a good one. Iron Man was impressed with how Clint had handled himself, and Clint in turn was impressed with the notion of a regular man going out and performing these feats of heroism with only himself and the fruits of his own creativity. 'Hawkeye' joined the Avengers, first on a probationary role, before fully earning his stripes. Unfortunately it eventually proved not to be the perfect fit for Clint, as the anti-authoritarian Avenger bristled with what he saw as marching orders being given by the team's handlers who kept the Avengers accountable. He parted ways with the team on good terms with most of the teams heroes, but unable to approve of being a part of a team where they're micromanaged and directed by political machinations. Fortunately the Avengers weren't the only show in town, and he'd more than impressed with his capabilities at this point. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you want to play this character, what is the driving motivation behind both this desire and the character themselves? It's somewhat baffled me that Green Arrow has been the archer of preference in these kinds of games. Clint, to be perfectly honest, has a more instantly recognisable "fun" personality, he's virtuously synonymous with a team environment (having been a part of the Avengers, Defenders, led the West Coast Avengers, filled a mentor role for the Great Lakes Avengers, led the Thunderbolts... and was even the first Marvel character to get Justice League membership in the crossover publications they printed). If there's a team in comics Hawkeye COULD be on, he's pretty much been on it. Which demonstrates how fitting he is for a game like this where collaboration is front and centre. Hawkeye had long been defined by his brash bull-headedness against authority figures (particularly male authority figures), redemption, and the troubles brought around by his weakness for the fairer sex. I think I've got enough laid out that I can accurately portray these things. What do you hope to accomplish and where do you want the character's story/stories to go? This will be a younger Hawkeye, back when he was still very much butting heads and driving to become the kind of leader he believes himself to be... even if he's not quite there yet. That journey is the one we're on now. This will be a ROAMING character generally, and at least at first. Although I may interject the odd plot line in the mix to round things out, introduce backstory and add depth. For the most part there will be a lot of drifting around with Justice League activities. O N G O I N G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ DEATH DEFYING ACTS <Snipped quote> IN THE PYTHON'S COILS <Snipped quote>

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H A W K E Y E
H A W K E Y E

^{"Hydra? Did you see that move? They don't teach moves like that in Hydra school, pal! You picked the wrong team! Hail Hawkeye!" - The Inimitable Clinton Francis Barton}

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 _________________________________________________________ Clint Francis Barton | _________________________________________________________ 6'3" (191cm) | 230lbs (105kg) _________________________________________________________ Male, Caucasian | Justice League Hero, Your Sister's Favourite Adventurer, All-Round General Hunk _________________________________________________________ Waverly | Iowa | U.S.A 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 _________________________________________________________ [+] - K E Y C H A N G E S T O C O N T I N U I T Y ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► S.H.I.E.L.D ties are gone. Personally, never thought it fit with Clint's personality-type anyway. ► Black Widow ties are also gone. Timeline doesn't really fit with the Cold War, also a casualty of the S.H.I.E.L.D ties going. ► Redemption arc kept more linear with circus history/origins, rather tham Widow-related crimes. ► I intend to use another character in her place as more of the femme fatale role that's more suited to these changes - Princess Python (in case anyone was looking to collaborate and was disappointed at the Black Widow absence) E Q U I P M E N T & S K I L L S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► Sky-Cycle - Designed as a parting gift by Tony Stark, for Clint's use. ► Custom-made bow and various specialty-made arrowheads of his own design (fabricated by Stark), quick release quiver that aligns custom arrowheads to modular shafts, combat knife, shortsword that runs the length of the quiver to provide a rigid 'spine'. ► Hawkeye is quite possibly the greatest bowman in the world. He is also a prodigious talent with a sword, having been trained by the preeminent talents in archery and swordsmanship. He is naturally acrobatic, albeit not on the level of a specialised acrobat like, say, Dick Grayson. He has trained himself to be an excellent martial artist, due to having trained with Captain America on a regular basis combined with his competitive spirit. Whilst not being tradionally educated, he has displayed a level of unorthodox creativity which makes him an extremely challenging tactician for his opponents to strategize for. - 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Born in small town Iowa to local butchers Harold and Edith Barton, Harold liked to drink too much and would take his issues with the world out on Edith, and sons Charles (known as Barney) and Clinton. The drink one day took both parents lives, with Harold driving into a tree whilst heavily under the influence, with his wife in the passenger seat, leaving both boys orphaned. Bouncing around various foster homes, the boys were desperate to find a way to remain together, and eventually landed on the brilliant solution of a ten year old boy. They would run away and join the circus. Working first as general roustabouts, it wasn't long before the boys were starting to find their ways into shows in bit parts as extras in clown-work, and learning the odd acrobatic move or stunt. The prodigious young boy's potential and amazing hand-eye coordination was noted by global circus headliner Jacques Duquesne - the Sensational Swordsman! - and he began to train him, as well as convincing amazing archer Buck Chisholm - the Tremendous Trick Shot! Unfortunately, the pair of amazing attractions had less-than-legal alternative forms of income away from the circus, and after extremely rough falling outs with both men (each incident leading to severe injury, near death on the part of Clint) the younger Barton was left with a lot of skills and questionable direction. Having nowhere else to go he remained with the circus, only to watch it change hands as an old lost relative of the current ringmaster returned to pursue his family legacy. Maynard Tiboldt had lost much of his money having previously gone out on his own to make a career as an inventor, seeking to find electronic devices to aid psychological conditions. He felt there were forms of electronic psychotherapy which could bring a great boon to mankind, and that the field had been harmed by the negative reputation brought on by crude techniques such as electroshock therapy. Unfortunately, he underestimated just how much this was the case, and found it difficult to find further investment BECAUSE of this, and had to return to the family circus hat in hand, embittered with shame. The era had not been kind to circuses however. People now were capable of being wowed, and entertained from various other cheaper, if not free, sources. Current affairs programs hammered some circuses on animal welfare issues, and even the ones who did right by theirs bore the brunt of such a backlash. Unwilling to twice be ruined by unearned shots to his field's reputation, Tiboldt lashed out and turned to crime. By this point it was an easy sell to most of the workers, many of whom had also followed Swordsman and Trick Shot's example and started down that path to supplement waning income already. Gradually he grew a network within the circus, relying on the facts that carnival workers seldom trusted police, and if he could get enough of the workers onside, the rest would have little choice but to go ahead, or leave. As a young performer, who had his own reputation for going against previous star performers Duquesne and Buck, he was very much kept in the dark on Maynard's criminal machinations, large thefts were planned after his oarts of performances, and young Clint was completely oblivious to what was taking place. But now earned notoriety was surrounding the circus, to the point that it was staked out by certain costumed heroes, keen on getting to the bottom of the string of mysterious crimes which seemed to follow the circus. Maynard Tiboldt had been performing mass-hypnosis using a device of his own invention within his own hat. Iron Man and the Avengers broke from their seats as the method of crime became apparent, only to find themselves brought under the Ringmaster's thrall. Fortnately Clint had returned after his show, curious by the nature of some of these coloured costumed Avengers, and turned the tables on the Circus of Crime by knocking the Ringmaster's hat from his head with an arrow. The Avengers ended the Criminal Circus' run of crimes and arrested most of the offending carnival workers, this left Clint both out of work and with only one reference of any value for future employment. Fortunately it was a good one. Iron Man was impressed with how Clint had handled himself, and Clint in turn was impressed with the notion of a regular man going out and performing these feats of heroism with only himself and the fruits of his own creativity. 'Hawkeye' joined the Avengers, first on a probationary role, before fully earning his stripes. Unfortunately it eventually proved not to be the perfect fit for Clint, as the anti-authoritarian Avenger bristled with what he saw as marching orders being given by the team's handlers who kept the Avengers accountable. He parted ways with the team on good terms with most of the teams heroes, but unable to approve of being a part of a team where they're micromanaged and directed by political machinations. Fortunately the Avengers weren't the only show in town, and he'd more than impressed with his capabilities at this point. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you want to play this character, what is the driving motivation behind both this desire and the character themselves? It's somewhat baffled me that Green Arrow has been the archer of preference in these kinds of games. Clint, to be perfectly honest, has a more instantly recognisable "fun" personality, he's virtuously synonymous with a team environment (having been a part of the Avengers, Defenders, led the West Coast Avengers, filled a mentor role for the Great Lakes Avengers, led the Thunderbolts... and was even the first Marvel character to get Justice League membership in the crossover publications they printed). If there's a team in comics Hawkeye COULD be on, he's pretty much been on it. Which demonstrates how fitting he is for a game like this where collaboration is front and centre. Hawkeye had long been defined by his brash bull-headedness against authority figures (particularly male authority figures), redemption, and the troubles brought around by his weakness for the fairer sex. I think I've got enough laid out that I can accurately portray these things. What do you hope to accomplish and where do you want the character's story/stories to go? This will be a younger Hawkeye, back when he was still very much butting heads and driving to become the kind of leader he believes himself to be... even if he's not quite there yet. That journey is the one we're on now. This will be a ROAMING character generally, and at least at first. Although I may interject the odd plot line in the mix to round things out, introduce backstory and add depth. For the most part there will be a lot of drifting around with Justice League activities.

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