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

This really picked up some momentum. Looking like we’re developing a solid cast.

Can’t wait to shoot some of you half-measure motherfuckers.

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

T H E P U N I S H E R
T H E P U N I S H E R

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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 _________________________________________________________ FRANCIS 'FRANK' CASTLE _________________________________________________________ CAUCASIAN | EXECUTIONER | _________________________________________________________ NEW YORK | NEW YORK | THE U.S. 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 _________________________________________________________ [+] - M I S C E L L A N E O U S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ►Actively seeking other players to write with as Frank pursues his plots; allied-character roles being looked for are Micro and an as-yet unnamed cop on New York's 'Punisher Taskforce'; enemy-character roles being looked for are any that would be a good fit for Frank's wheelhouse without easily overpowering him (Jigsaw would be a great classic to have). Additionally, Frank here is intended to drift in and out of many other character's stories as he pursues his leads and targets, in the best Punisher tradition. Of particular interest are Spider-Man and Daredevil, as the collaboration of these three is a foundation of Marvel's approach to the trio, but also of interest would be Batman, for the stark contrast in how each character operates, and also Green Arrow, who adopts a similar no-mercy approach. - 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Frank Castle: ex-soldier, special forces. Probably suffering from war-related PTSD; definitely suffering from whole-family-murdered-before-his-eyes PTSD. Self-prescribed therapy: finding those who orchestrated his tragedy, and wipe them from the face of the earth. Similarly to the Netflix series, my Frank will be an intensely tortured and intensely violent man who, having exacted his particular brand of vengeance upon those responsible for his family's death, decided to pretend he wanted to leave that life behind and live out the rest of his days as a ghost; but there's only so long a man like Frank can pretend to ignore the shit-filled world around him. New heroes simply frustrate him, more emerging vigilantes who remain unwilling or unable to take the necessary steps to stamp out the very sins they came forward to battle against. So he's back, no longer a whispered rumour, a horror story petty thugs tell each other on long nights; now a terrifying revenant. The Punisher, returned to exact his punishment. His methods are brutal - His methods are controversial - His methods are extreme - But they are final. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Frank is a classic Marvel character, the original darker-and-edgier blood-knight, and a staple of many other big-ticket Marvel heroes, Frank's MO being the polar opposite to how we understand 'superheroes' to operate in traditional media. I want to use that contrast to highlight why we love Punisher, and how he's endured for so long (originally appearing as a strange anti-hero antagonist in Spider-Man before his popularity got him repeat appearances and eventually his own series!), but also how Punisher's character can be also used to emphasise the reasons we love our more traditional heroes as well. Ideally I'm looking to play Frank as a Roaming Character who is pursuing (as always) his own war and his own targets, enveloped in some grand conspiracy once again that has him bouncing from lead to lead, crossing paths with many other heroes, and leaving a significant body-count behind him as he goes.

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T H E P U N I S H E R
T H E P U N I S H E R

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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 _________________________________________________________ FRANCIS 'FRANK' CASTLE _________________________________________________________ CAUCASIAN | EXECUTIONER _________________________________________________________ NEW YORK | NEW YORK | THE U.S. 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 _________________________________________________________ [+] - M I S C E L L A N E O U S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ►Actively seeking other players to write with as Frank pursues his plots; allied-character roles being looked for are Micro and an as-yet unnamed cop on New York's 'Punisher Taskforce'; enemy-character roles being looked for are any that would be a good fit for Frank's wheelhouse without easily overpowering him (Jigsaw would be a great classic to have). Additionally, Frank here is intended to drift in and out of many other character's stories as he pursues his leads and targets, in the best Punisher tradition. Of particular interest are Spider-Man and Daredevil, as the collaboration of these three is a foundation of Marvel's approach to the trio, but also of interest would be Batman, for the stark contrast in how each character operates, and also Green Arrow, who adopts a similar no-mercy approach. - 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Frank Castle: ex-soldier, special forces. Probably suffering from war-related PTSD; definitely suffering from whole-family-murdered-before-his-eyes PTSD. Self-prescribed therapy: finding those who orchestrated his tragedy, and wipe them from the face of the earth. Similarly to the Netflix series, my Frank will be an intensely tortured and intensely violent man who, having exacted his particular brand of vengeance upon those responsible for his family's death, decided to pretend he wanted to leave that life behind and live out the rest of his days as a ghost; but there's only so long a man like Frank can pretend to ignore the shit-filled world around him. New heroes simply frustrate him, more emerging vigilantes who remain unwilling or unable to take the necessary steps to stamp out the very sins they came forward to battle against. So he's back, no longer a whispered rumour, a horror story petty thugs tell each other on long nights; now a terrifying revenant. The Punisher, returned to exact his punishment. His methods are brutal - His methods are controversial - His methods are extreme - But they are final. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Frank is a classic Marvel character, the original darker-and-edgier blood-knight, and a staple of many other big-ticket Marvel heroes, Frank's MO being the polar opposite to how we understand 'superheroes' to operate in traditional media. I want to use that contrast to highlight why we love Punisher, and how he's endured for so long (originally appearing as a strange anti-hero antagonist in Spider-Man before his popularity got him repeat appearances and eventually his own series!), but also how Punisher's character can be also used to emphasise the reasons we love our more traditional heroes as well. Ideally I'm looking to play Frank as a Roaming Character who is pursuing (as always) his own war and his own targets, enveloped in some grand conspiracy once again that has him bouncing from lead to lead, crossing paths with many other heroes, and leaving a significant body-count behind him as he goes.

^{"I tell them I just close my eyes."}

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I N C A R N A T I O N C O N C E P T:

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This is where you outline your vision for the character, and the specific mythology you're drawing from. Ideally this can also include hints towards plot directions and potential arcs for your character.

D I V I N E N A T U R E:

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This is where you should outline what special qualities and abilities your Incarnation is afforded by their divine origins. These should not be too broad or outlandish, and relate in a meaningful way to the sphere of domain your Incarnation holds within their pantheon.

N O T E S:

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Any additional notes you want to put either for yourself, the GM's or other players to help clarify your vision or continuity.

Saṃsāra: A Divine Reckoning

Morana

M O R A N A

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I N C A R N A T I O N C O N C E P T:

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Morana, who represents death in winter, is most commonly described as being ritualistically ‘banished’ each year. Some sources call it her death (and rebirth whenever she re-emerges), others a return to the underworld – I prefer the latter. Mainly because I want her to be facing with dying herself for the first time, dying as in ‘end of her existence’ rather than being forgotten (which she might have considered to be one and the same in the past). The traditions pertaining to her are, perhaps not surprisingly, somewhat violent – an effigy of her being torn apart, burned, then drowned. Though those rituals are presently done for fun (which ties in neatly with loss of belief and respect in her, something she’d want to reclaim), they used to celebrate the passing of winter and rebirth of spring in the past. The worship of her as keeper of souls and overseer of the afterlife seems practically nonexistent nowadays, and her first priority would be to re-establish that.

I think Morana might initially be conflicted that her presence as an Incarnation would mean stoking people’s fear of death to empower their belief in her. On the one hand, she would enjoy being brought back to prominence in people’s minds, the stories of her being recalled again, the renewed marks of her presence on the physical world and the people’s (collective) consciousness. On the other, she would fondly recall the distant past wherein she did not bring only terror and misery, but also inspired endurance in the face of hardships and hope for a better future. After all, once upon a time, life and rebirth were her domains as well, but they’d long since been attributed to others. I think her dearest wish would be to have that as well – but eventually, she’d have to come to terms with who and what she is right now, even if that is ‘only’ death.

D I V I N E N A T U R E:

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Morana can spread decay by sapping vitality through touch and willful desire to kill or destroy, literally sucking the life out of her target(s) and making them wither. Even non-living objects suffer deterioration at her touch, if at a slower rate. A secondary non-voluntary effect of this ability is spreading cold, freezing those she reaps and the vicinity around her. The latter manifests as an unnatural, if temporary drop in temperature, and tends to cause side-effects in the local weather due to the sudden change (i.e. bringing about cold winds, obscuring mists, and snow or hail). She herself is unaffected by the cold.

More generally, she can sense the imminent death of mortals within a certain radius. She can ensure a safe passage to the underworld or the afterlife for the souls she handles. Though the latter depends on the belief of the mortals in question; if they believe in another deity, she has little to no power over their souls. She can very briefly stall – but not prevent – the death of a mortal, though doing so taxes her.

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Knowing the Incarnations would find themselves mortal, I immediately thought that dying would be an ironic yet fitting thing to happen to a deity of death. Would an immortal being ruling over the dead not consider it natural that all gods too must eventually die? They may find the current events as surprising merely in their timing and the way they are occurring. Perhaps they would be concerned that deities of death faced their decline before all of creation – it would make more sense if they were the last to go – and question what sort of life mundane mortals may face without their presence. Perhaps they would be quietly welcoming of the reprieve in their eternal, lonesome duty. Perhaps they would, for the first time ever, truly understand what death means, facing the looming end to their own existence as they’d never had before – I think in the end, that would grant them greater understanding of who and what they are, identifying with the concept of death more deeply than ever. Of course, this would come after the standard trials and tribulations of an immortal turning mortal (and for unknown reasons, to boot).

I picked Morana relatively easily – it was something not quite familiar, not quite unfamiliar. I especially felt drawn to the fact that she used to be considered a goddess of both death and life. She is tied strongly to the natural cycle, and is also considered the personification of winter – while her abilities do reflect that, I am also interested in writing about the cycle of death and life in general (rather than having it be a strictly seasonal thing). I considered making rebirth (one of) her sphere(s) – one of the several concepts Morana is associated with – and the decision whether to do so or not was more difficult than expected. But since she’s been tied more so with death for a while, I figured that her divine sphere could (or even should) reflect that belief.

@SilverPaw

Hopefully we get some more sheets to flesh out the roster over the weekend - but this is a fantastic start! Happily accepted, and I love seeing someone a bit more obscure for our first application! The Slavic Pantheon isn't one that's in the public eye in the same way as some others.

Saṃsāra: A Divine Reckoning

@Roman I'm writing up a character based on Bastet, and I was wondering if you would mind elaborating about the Divine Spheres. What do they determine? Can a character have more than 1? If so, whats the max, or is there one? How does a Divine Sphere afect the characters abilities/personality/etc?

@Sylvan

‘Divine Spheres’ is a way to indicate the main attributes or domains your chosen God is responsible for and/or the embodiment of.

For example, your chosen God, Bastet, was seen to be the Goddess of protection, as well as cats, fertility, music, and the arts - so any and all of these could be the Spheres you put on your sheet.

It’s hopefully a quick-glance shorthand for your character, and an indicator of the direction your character will be taking. A War God may be a great tactician and warrior, but less inclined towards diplomacy; a Fertility God may be in tune with children and women, but shy away from death and violence.

Hopefully that makes sense!

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@Roman Do you want us to use the same text color as the outline, or can we change that?

@Sylvan

Feel free to change it to suit the feel of your character better! The current colours used are placeholders to fit the current colour pallet of the game.

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-Reserved-

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Thanks again all for the interest expressed so far!

OOC is up!

I will be taking sheet applications this week with a view to flesh out the roster by the weekend and launch the IC this weekend or early next week.