Member
Half Pint
Marik
VirgoDrago
Sir Lurksalot
Chronic
Sanity43217
GubGar
FalloutJack
Silver Carrot
Cyrania
The Justice League had been active for several years. Their membership included Superman, Batman, Vixen, Green Lantern (Alan Scott), and Robot Man. Most of them were already in their 40's, Batman was rumored to be in his 50's. The team took down threats such as Brainiac, the rogue General Eiling, Solomon Grundy and an army of the undead, a Thanagarian Cult, and dozens of others. Later in the team’s career, in a battle with the alien tyrant Despero, both Vixen and Robotman were killed in action. Robotman COULD have survived, but the three eyed behemoth crushed his head and destroyed the original brain of Cliff Steele.
One year ago...
The Justice League extended its reach and took in several new heroes to form the Justice League Unlimited. Over the course of the first several weeks the League learned about the existence of a similar group, composed of super criminals, calling themselves the Society and brought together in secret by the devious Lex Luthor Jr. Shortly after the Society made itself known, the Question deduced that the super criminals were after artifacts composed of a mysterious Nth metal. During a mission that saw a group going to the destroyed remains of Atlantis, Ravager was seemingly killed by an unseen attacker and left for dead. Her father, Deathstroke, would later abduct her from JLU headquarters to help her recover on his own terms. Bulleteer would also be attacked in Metropolis and taken out of action after taking trauma to his head after the enemies of the League were informed by Lobo that his helmet was composed of Nth metal. Ambush Bug was killed during an attack on the League's HQ, and the heroic Clayface was torn apart as well.
Over the course of the last year the League would continue to evolve. Superman would be defeated and killed by the monster called Doomsday. Green Lantern retired after finding out his reformed enemy turned fiancée Thorn was pregnant with twins. And Batman has seemingly been replaced by a white Martian with his actual whereabouts unknown.
Present day...
The League still moves forward, even after everything the members have been through, protecting the world from dangers. Team members continue to come and go as they have always done. However, some unknown entity or force has taken it upon themselves to tamper with the very fabric of reality altering the universe itself.
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________________This RP is something of an experiment because of the large cast, episodic adventures, and out-of-this-world scenarios. It is EXACTLY what it sounds like. The JLU from the cartoons of days gone by fully realized in role player fashion in a new universe, and I do mean "new" because the universe from the last RP has been altered by an outside force conspiring with other individuals similar to the current DC Rebirth era. If there's enough interest and returning players we'll get this going with myself and nine players and move forward. You can play as a cannon character, be based on cannons, or make a complete original within the DC universe. I'm not basing this thing on any single continuity, and much like my other games I'll just take bits from here and there to make the most entertaining RP possible. The only cannons off limits are Superman, Green Lantern, and Batman. If you wanna make your own Red Tornado or a new Vixen have at it. A new Flash? That could be cool too. Use whatever cannon you'd like, it's only unacceptable if I say it's unacceptable. Just don't make any characters tied to huge events in the comics like Blackest Night or Zero Hour and we should be okay.
I’ve kept some of the continuity from Season One but I’m leaving everything else vague from here on to free up any characters or concepts that may not return. This will still be in-continuity with the last RP, but going into Season Two this time I’m gonna trim the cast down and only have two episodes going at a time after the opening episode. For those of you unfamiliar with the episodic format, the cast will be divided regularly so that the missions aren’t as convoluted as they can sometimes get with a large cast. The opening episode will now feature all ten players. Episodes Two and Three will each feature five players. Episode Four will have all ten players, and then the next two episodes will have new teams of five players… etc. This is meant to make it easier to build relationships with the other players during the smaller team episodes.
As far as GM'ing goes I feel like I should mention I'm the type to give players a bit of freedom. Players can control the enemies to a small degree and if there's any problems they can be addressed. A line or two of dialogue from an enemy and letting them take a few hits is perfectly fine in a post. Just make it interesting and in line with what's been established as the setting. If there's any questions about the enemies we're facing you can always ask about power levels, attacks, weaknesses, etc. This RP is one big collaboration after all. The same basic rules from the last game will still be in effect, just with the altered episode format.
Justice League Unlimited, the Beginning...
The Character Application will be a bit different since there will be several players returning to this one. Since most of season one and the opening of season two is cannon to an extent [remember the universe has been altered now!] there will be a couple bits on the CS that are for the returning players only. The Sample Post portion will also now be given a bit of a theme for you guys to run with and even I’ll be writing a new Sample Post.
Name:
Alias:
Age: [19 + and I'm not accepting three or four teenagers either, this isn't the Teen Titans LOL]
Personality: [five words best describing your hero]
Archetype: Metahuman, Alien, Alien Tech, Mystic/Supernatural, or Gadgeteer
Powers: [don't get too nuts]
Weaknesses:
Appearance:
Character Evolution: [How do you want your character to grow within the League? What do you want as far as a personal story? A friendship/rivalry in the JLU? A superhero girlfriend or boyfriend?]
Altered History: [What’s changed about your hero, if anything at all? This is for returning players]
Recommended Background Leaguer: [this is for returning players]
BRIEF Bio:
Notes: [remember most returning heroes will have been members for the last year]
Sample Post:
[Two paragraphs minimum with dialogue]
[Your hero] has been teleported to the Metro Tower in Metropolis to find the JLU’s HQ empty. Where was your hero before teleporting to HQ? What’s the first thing they’d do when it seems like they’re alone? Will you let your hero find somebody else who was transported to the tower? If they are members of the League will they just go to their personal quarters and wait it out? If they were not prior members will they try to find out what's going on? And shouldn’t somebody be on monitor duty?
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Everybody's not gonna make the cut. Where in the past I've had three and four episodes going at once, with my current work schedule I just can't do THAT much GM'ing, even with a Co-GM. And when the roster is 12+ members there always seems to be three or four players who get lost in the shuffle. The idea is to get a solid cast of ten players total (that's nine plus me btw...) who can make posts at minimum once every ten days without constant hiccups and scheduling problems. When people join RP's and then go silent without reason and ignore @ tags and such it can be a complete turn-off for some players caught up in a scene. That's exactly the thing I'm hoping to get away from. There will be a few returning players from the previous game but even they'll need to rework their CS's a little. Still, I hope to find a few more individuals looking for a good superhero themed game.
Generally I try and keep contact and collaborate on posts with other players on piratepads as well as Discord more recently so I'll likely throw up links for those once this gets to the starting line. If you don't like collaborating with others, have diva like tendencies, or generally are disrespectful on the regular... this isn't the game for you. If you're known for writing up killer character sheets then never do anything in-game... this isn't the game for you. Serious commitment is what I'm looking for, since currently this is the only RP I'm focusing my time on. I'm not saying nobody else can have a life or be in other RP's, just don't forget about this RP. Respect other players and respect the game and everything will be peachy. Or some other type of fruity awesomeness.
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