Lurking Shadow

Legion of Heroes

Hey, long time lurker/player, first time GM (for something that is not a tabletop at least) coming with a superhero plot me and @Lyla hope to find interest for.

In a bustling metropolis which has seen an influx of criminals for years, from petty thieves to costumed maniacs. Similarly, there has been in increase of heroes rising from to help ensure the peace is kept and that the law is upheld. The city has proven a place where villains can try and stake a claim to a piece of the world and heroes can prove their mettle. Recently however, there have been major moves in the criminal world, the villains have been working together and a major wave of crime has strained the resources of law enforcement. Banks have been robbed, cutting edge technology and curious artifacts have been stolen. Something big is brewing and if the villains are uniting together, so too should the heroes.

This is a RP where the players are up and coming heroes trying to make their mark. They could be still trying to master their powers, or perhaps they want to take a step up from fighting everyday muggers. Either way, they are generally inexperienced or a rookie. The villains are working towards fulfilling the grand plan of some unseen mastermind, something that would be too much for a single hero alone to face and thus bring the player characters together. There will be plenty of nameless goons to beat up, secrets and twists to be revealed, plans to thwart, and a potential apocalypse to avert. Optionally, you may even create a arch-enemy for your hero.

Let me know of any interest or questions/clarifications on anything. I'll be happy to answer and provide more information if asked.

Asking for Help

@Lyla

oh boy do i understand the incapability of understanding social cues most people take for granted. but I also have this cool attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to make sure i get distracted from paying attention to the things i should probably pay attention to.

I've had a few RP ideas I have been considering for a whilebut fuck if i can concentrate long enough to make something cohesive and thought out, outside of the ramblings in my head. Sometimes I can focus long enough to plot something out but I can easily get sidetracked.

I'm accustomed to doing group RPs and it sounds like you are preferring 1x1(?) but if you want I can DM you to throw some of the ideas out and see what sticks.

Looking for More Writers for a Superhero RP

@Zapdos

The scope of her powers as I originally wrote is a little extensive and complicated for an up and coming hero so did not want to discuss it specifically without knowing how exactly I would want to go about it and if it was allowed or not, but it would pretty much only be effective out of combat or other stressful situations. I'm at work atm, but I'll message you directly later to go fully in depth about it and see if we can find a good way to figure out what she can and cant do from the start. There are two main powers she has that go hand in hand and I am undecided on which she would kind of know and which she might have to develop later.

Looking for More Writers for a Superhero RP

@Zapdos

cool, I have not got a chance to look at the IC posts yet, not sure if there is anything I would need to know to begin with. But I did look through the rules, especially the electric pokemon one, and I want some clarification on healing powers.

Is that a ban on being able to heal others or does it also include self healing via enhanced regeneration or whatever? I have a character in mind that has a general improved regeneration as a sort of minor power/side effect of her main ability. Not so extreme as to be hard to kill but to the point where a nasty fall means hobbling for a few days as opposed to a few weeks.

I'll need to rework her a bit before i submit a CS as she was made for a different RP that never even started and I have been recently looking for a place to use her. Especially as she would have a lot of capability to her for a 'inexperienced' hero, but I do like the idea of writing someone growing into their powers.

Looking for More Writers for a Superhero RP

not sure how i missed this check(?) when i was looking for RPs to join a week ago but if you are still looking i am interested.

Gods Of The Lost World

Maeve

Name: Maeve, Crystalline Blight, The Defiler

Appearance: Maeve has two distinct appearances; she normally adopts a human form but shifts quickly to a monstrous winged-serpent when threatened.

human form

serpent form

_{I got these drawn by PhantomBark}

Alignment: Chaotic

Domain: Blight

Gods Of The Lost World

I'll throw my interest in. Had some god ideas in my head for a while now and it seems like it'd be fun to write one starting out with relatively little influence/power

Thornwood Asylum For The Criminal Insane- A Villain Roleplay. (Closed Indefinitely)

ok. now that alt had it's email address changed. like fuck if i know what is going on but now it seems i have to burn the whole computer with a factory reset(?)

Thornwood Asylum For The Criminal Insane- A Villain Roleplay. (Closed Indefinitely)

heads up. my discord account got hacked (friend account was hacked and they got me through that). will not be able to access it for foreseeable future, might need to make new discord account

Thornwood Asylum For The Criminal Insane- A Villain Roleplay. (Closed Indefinitely)

Unknown Human, 1537 BC

In my vision, I found myself adrift in the cosmos. While the night sky always looked so peaceful and serene, I could now clearly witness a war that dwarfed those of men. I saw horrid dragons, a living mass of flame that leeched life, a huge mutilated man that carried the wind where it walked, a worm that stretched from the Earth to the Moon, this yellow thing that vaguely resembled a gigantic screeching head, and other things that had forms beyond what I could comprehend.

The one thing that grasped my attention above all else was something that consumed existence itself. A vague mass of shadows darker than darkness, it’s formed writhed and shifted constantly and made it difficult to focus on. Where it had tread was much more noticeable, or perhaps less. It left this inexistence…. This hole in creation which threatened to swallow everything near it like a ravenous wolf, nothing could escape it, even light was swallowed by the void. And I wept. I cried out “Who could stand against such things? What hope does man have in the face of such destruction?”

Then a voice from behind me announced loudly, “Worry not, child of the tribe of Olainn. The gods have seen the destruction, they have heard your cries.”

I saw a figure who shined with such light I had to turn away. Beside him were beings, some I recognized but many that I did not. Somehow, I recognized them as the gods of my people, and the gods of others. Then the figure spoke again. “Look, and see the order the gods have brought to creation!” I looked around and saw the creatures that once frightened me were now in cages. Some of gold, some of Earth, some of other realms, some of things I did not recognize.

I looked for The Thing which Should Not Be and found it buried deep in the darkest cavern of the Earth, even in such absence of light it’s form was still darker than it’s surroundings. But I could see the chains that bound it were getting rusty, were aging. “Oh What are we to do!” I cried out. “The chains are weakening, it will soon escape!”

“Fear not! For while it took the might of the gods to cast it down, Man can keep it imprisoned. Record what you have seen, and what I will tell you. I will teach you the rituals required to keep The Haunter of the Red Abyss shackled to the Earth. Share what you will learn with your people, maintain them always, and the beast will never break from it’s confines.”

Randolph’s vision opened to a placid sea of emptiness, darkness surrounded him. There were no sources of light, no markers from which he can discern anything beyond vague shapes and yet he intrinsically knew where he was. A place whispered in thoughts, seen in dreams, neither of which were his own. It has always been revealed only in glimpses previously however, fractured images and thoughts which lingered in the mind but refused to hold attention. This time was unusual, it was clear and vivid.

He had little time to dwell on it as a void emerged from the darkness. A writhing, shifting shapeless mass that grew from the darkness, seeming to absorb it into its own mass. Clumps of the thing detached in one place and reformed in another, constantly shifting its arrangement. Randolph felt like he said be afraid, at this thing that he did not understand. What was it? What does it want? Does it even think? Randolph, however, felt at ease. It seemed to comfort him, even as the thing darker than darkness enveloped him. Even as Randolph breathed in the thing.

Randolph felt a pressure in his chest as he joined the mass. Growing in intensity but not pain. Then it spoke to him. Not with words to be heard but images to be seen, but not by his eyes but by his thoughts. It told him many things, too many things, and too fast. He could not decipher the information as fast as he received it, but he got what he needed. What it needed him to know. He knew what it wants him to do.

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Randolph woke with a start, and was immediately overloaded by the light. ”Uth kth’ai thruik kath!” Randolph yelled out in Ghoul, as he put one paw to cover his eyes. Used to darkness, lit enviroments is not something Randolph likes to wake up to, it blinded his vision and was physically painful to be exposed to when he did not have time to adjust.

Randolph rolled on the ground for a moment, in agony, but also trying to recall what happened prior. He vaguely recalls blood. The rendering of flesh, the ecstasy of bloodlust, the liberating feeling of being wild and free after being contained for so long. He remembers. Others, right there were…. Acquaintances? Friends? He was not sure, he could not think in this environment. He needed to go somewhere darker to let his vision adjust.

Randolph barreled away from the others. Even without sight he had other senses with which to navigate. He could smell the others, each with their own scent. His ears could locate them better however, detecting their breathing, their hearts beating. He could also faintly detect the environment. The vibrations given off by him and others could be felt by him, objects absorbed the vibration while open space allowed it to travel almost freely. With this sense he can sort of map the area near him as long as they were touching each other. He traveled back to a burrow, to darkness, or at least dim light. There he could reorient himself, and rejoin the others later. But for now he needed to reflect on what he learned in solitude, and how to move forward with his task. Randolph will require the aid of others, but he will need to be careful with how much he reveals as potential allies can also be potential foes...