The Irish Tree
NoriWasHere
Izurich
mattmanganon
Ojiro Mashirao
Gisk
Xaltwind
Psyker Landshark
Danyel@Heartfillia
Thanks for the hearty welcome! Is there 'required reading' (for example, the last GM post and all posts that follow) or something that is recommended for newbies without having to read through the entire thread (I know, I'm kind of lazy)?
Anyways, here are my characters:
Nickname: Pow
— XiaoPao Xia, unnecessarily punching through a wall, Kool-Aid Man-style
NAME
AGE
GENDER
APPEARANCE
HERO NAME
QUIRK NAME
QUIRK TYPE
QUIRK DESCRIPTION
INVENTORY AND POSSESSIONS
SAMPLE POST
— Ushiyama Shifumi
NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:
APPEARANCE:
VILLAIN NAME:
QUIRK NAME
QUIRK TYPE
QUIRK DESCRIPTION
INVENTORY AND POSSESSIONS:
SAMPLE POST
Thanks for the hearty welcome! Is there 'required reading' (for example, the last GM post and all posts that follow) or something that is recommended for newbies without having to read through the entire thread (I know, I'm kind of lazy)?
Anyways, here are my characters:
XiaoPao Xia
Hero Name: Power PrawnNickname: Pow
"The name's POW! How's that for an introduction? Only Speed is Unbreakable! GYAAAAAAAGGHH!!!"
— XiaoPao Xia, unnecessarily punching through a wall, Kool-Aid Man-style
NAME
Xia, XiaoPao (蝦 小砲)
AGE
16 - 10th of May
GENDER
Female
APPEARANCE
Height: 4'10"
Weight: 130 lbs
Fashion Sense:
Distinguishing Features:
Weight: 130 lbs
Fashion Sense:
XiaoPao tends to dress very casually when not in uniform, most of the time sporting sweatpants and some t-shirt with a weird design or mascot character. She also wears black rubber claw-gloves with bumps and various attachments for interacting with everyday human objects, lovingly made by her father. XiaoPao enjoys IP merchandise from her favorite genres, and loves displaying said merch whenever given the opportunity. Her aesthetic resembles that of a middle school fanboy for all things shounen and martial arts. The only thing she really lacks is video game merchandise because her hands are not conducive to playing games, so she never really got into them.
Distinguishing Features:
XiaoPao is short for her age, often getting mistaken for a middle schooler. She has long, straight, red hair that goes down to her calves, and guarded, red eyes. Long antennae sprout from the top of her head, while her skin is covered in patches of rust-red shell. Instead of hands, her arms end in pincers, with her left being larger and bulkier than her right.
HERO NAME
Power Prawn
QUIRK NAME
Shrimp!
QUIRK TYPE
Mutant
QUIRK DESCRIPTION
Does whatever a shrimp can! She has powerful, crushing claws and a powerful tail that helps her jump high in the air and swim rapidly. She can breathe underwater, plates of red shell pepper her skin, providing some protection, and overall, she has greater than average strength for a human her size. Long antennae sprout from the top of her head, are sensitive to smell and touch, and aid her otherwise clumsy fingers.
In depth Quirk Details:
Quirk Development:
In depth Quirk Details:
Most of her strength lies in her crushing power, less so lifting or pulling, so we won't be seeing shrimp loli throw semis around at any point, but crushing or punching through concrete is possible. Her tail allows her to leap to the top of a one-story building. Her shell is strong but not yet strong enough to block a bullet.
Quirk Development:
Her left pincer is significantly larger and clumsier than her left, but she doesn't quite yet know why. The reason is that she is capable of learning the Pistol Shrimp sonic bullet death snap.
The idea is similar to Gang Orca's sonic attack, although XiaoPao's would be more of an explosive sonic bullet than a cone attack, or maybe she can learn to do both. She hasn't yet sustained enough damage to lose a limb, so she has no idea that her shrimp arms regenerate. If her pistol arm gets damaged, her small arm will grow into the big pistol arm while the other regenerates into a small arm, effectively switching her handedness, which can be debilitating as she has to learn to become left-handed. But it might make her arms eventually even out, allowing pistol attacks from both claws, and for both to be similarly sized. Ideally, she would also learn to perform a Mantis Shrimp death punch (XiaoPao is a fan of Bruce Lee, so being able to perform her own version of the One-Inch Punch would be a dream), similar to how Tsuyu exhibits abilities of many frogs, as well as non-frog abilities like camouflage.
The idea is similar to Gang Orca's sonic attack, although XiaoPao's would be more of an explosive sonic bullet than a cone attack, or maybe she can learn to do both. She hasn't yet sustained enough damage to lose a limb, so she has no idea that her shrimp arms regenerate. If her pistol arm gets damaged, her small arm will grow into the big pistol arm while the other regenerates into a small arm, effectively switching her handedness, which can be debilitating as she has to learn to become left-handed. But it might make her arms eventually even out, allowing pistol attacks from both claws, and for both to be similarly sized. Ideally, she would also learn to perform a Mantis Shrimp death punch (XiaoPao is a fan of Bruce Lee, so being able to perform her own version of the One-Inch Punch would be a dream), similar to how Tsuyu exhibits abilities of many frogs, as well as non-frog abilities like camouflage.
INVENTORY AND POSSESSIONS
- Manual Dexterity Gloves - Black rubber sleeves with specialized attachments that fit over XiaoPao's claws and overcome her disability of having claws instead of hands, allowing her to interact with her smartphone, open doorknobs, use pencils, open milk cartons, etc.
SAMPLE POST
"Ugly! Clawhammer! Shrimp!"
XiaoPao opened her eyes and she wasn't in kindergarten anymore, the jeers fading back into her memory. She smiled. Thanks to the encouragement of her family and friends, she had made it this far. Despite the taunts that a 'Saturday Morning TV Show Monster' couldn't be a hero, here she was at the entrance to USJ. It had been a long and hard road, fighting against stigma and disability, so XiaoPao allowed herself a moment of celebration. Clacking her claws together, she did a double fist pump before proceeding to spin in place out of excitement, swinging her arms around.
BANG!
A cold sweat formed on XiaoPao's forehead as she slowly turned to see the huge dent in the driver door of the police car that she had unwittingly wandered into during her spinning. But worse than the dent was the look of utter terror on the face of the policeman sitting inside, completely startled at having his car get attacked during his coffee break. Realizing she was in big trouble, XiaoPao began to shake, while attempts to offer an explanation only caused her to devolve into making noises, going, "GYAGH! GYAGH!" This was unfortunately perceived by the policeman as a threat and unauthorized quirk use; the confused officer called for backup, and the situation escalated. It was still going to be a long, hard road.
XiaoPao opened her eyes and she wasn't in kindergarten anymore, the jeers fading back into her memory. She smiled. Thanks to the encouragement of her family and friends, she had made it this far. Despite the taunts that a 'Saturday Morning TV Show Monster' couldn't be a hero, here she was at the entrance to USJ. It had been a long and hard road, fighting against stigma and disability, so XiaoPao allowed herself a moment of celebration. Clacking her claws together, she did a double fist pump before proceeding to spin in place out of excitement, swinging her arms around.
BANG!
A cold sweat formed on XiaoPao's forehead as she slowly turned to see the huge dent in the driver door of the police car that she had unwittingly wandered into during her spinning. But worse than the dent was the look of utter terror on the face of the policeman sitting inside, completely startled at having his car get attacked during his coffee break. Realizing she was in big trouble, XiaoPao began to shake, while attempts to offer an explanation only caused her to devolve into making noises, going, "GYAGH! GYAGH!" This was unfortunately perceived by the policeman as a threat and unauthorized quirk use; the confused officer called for backup, and the situation escalated. It was still going to be a long, hard road.
PERSONALITY
OTHERS
Shy and introverted, XiaoPao is an otaku who likes nerdy, boyish things, like Super Sentai, Ultraman, Godzilla movies, Cantonese Kung Fu movies, and giant mecha anime. She has poor self-awareness and loses herself to excitement when it comes to her hobbies or when doing 'heroic' deeds. This makes her appear to switch between an 'outgoing' side and an embarrassed, shy side. Her spirit burns with fiery heroism. When flustered (and she is easily flustered), XiaoPao tends to become inarticulate and resorts to making guttural noises that usually come out as a 'Gyaaaaagh! Gyaaagh! Gyaaaaaagh!', often accompanied by bubbles and froth forming at her mouth.
OTHERS
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Hopes:
Heroes:
Hobbies:
Skills:
Deficiencies:
Musical Taste:
Entertainment Preferences:
Theme:
Physical Drawbacks:
Eating Habits:
Hygiene Habits:
Hex Value: FF0000
- Seafood
- Nori (seaweed paper)
- Pastries
- Shounen media
- Cats
- Aquariums
- High-speed trains
Dislikes:
- Sour foods
- Scavenger birds, like crows, pigeons, and seagulls
- Being forced to 'pretty up' or being expected to 'act like a girl'
- Messy behavior
- Sour foods
Fears:
Being treated like a monster. Being blocked from becoming a hero based on her appearance.
Hopes:
To become a hero and show the world that mutant quirks are not monsters.
Heroes:
- Ultraman (various)
- Red Ranger (various)
- Bruce Lee (the one and only)
Hobbies:
- Watching her dad make Gunpla
- Tokusatsu shows/movies
- Giant mecha shows/movies[*}Martial arts movies
Skills:
- Extensive otaku knowledge/hardcore fan of specific shounen genres
- Feats of strength
- Jumping
Deficiencies:
- Feats of manual dexterity
- Socializing
Musical Taste:
JAM Project, and hot-blooded shounen songs in general.
Entertainment Preferences:
Tokusatsu shows, like Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Godzilla movies. Old school Cantonese Kung Fu movies. Old school giant mecha anime.
Theme:
Physical Drawbacks:
Of particular note is XiaoPao's extreme lack of manual dexterity, as she has pincers instead of hands. She has special gloves and other handicap equipment for dealing with everyday objects like doorknobs, eating utensils, computer keyboards, and her cell phone.
Eating Habits:
XiaoPao was taught from a young age that heroes were not picky about their food and always ate their vegetables so they could grow up to be strong, so XiaoPao has always had a fairly healthy and nutritious diet. She isn't a health nut, and does like her occasional snack or junk food, but she never loses self-control, or let her cravings consume her. Her one weakness is sour foods, while she is fine with a dash of vinegar or lemon and lime added for flavor, excessively sour foods is not something she can handle. Seafood of any sort is her favorite.
Hygiene Habits:
XiaoPao was taught from a young age that heroes required self-discipline. Due to her clumsy fingers, acts of personal hygiene, like tooth brushing and applying soap when washing, were difficult. But her parents taught her to push through and overcome the difficulty in order to develop self-discipline. So XiaoPao now has very regimented self-care routines. She's not afraid of getting dirty, because she knows she'll clean herself up, but messy behavior, like dropping crumbs on the floor, is one of her pet peeves.
Hex Value: FF0000
Ushiyama Shifumi
Villain Name: Ushi-Oni"We call ourselves The League of Villains, yet we're just fighting a bunch of kids. Oh! I'm sorry. If you thought that my reluctance meant that I was going to hold back or show mercy, then you are sadly mistaken."
— Ushiyama Shifumi
NAME:
Ushiyama Shifumi (牛山 白笛美)
AGE:
37
GENDER:
Female
APPEARANCE:
Shifumi is slender and over two meters tall with sickly, pale skin. Due to metabolic stress and age, she has white streaks in her hair, which she styles to look reminiscent of horns. She normally wears an apathetic poker face, but when she smiles, it is gentle and sinister. She exudes an oppressive aura and pins people with black, lusterless eyes. She hunches often to listen to people shorter than her speak.
Like most Yakuza, she has tattoos, the most prominent being on her back, hidden from view, of her namesake.
Due to the nature of her quirk, Shifumi's muscles are embedded with special staples, but the accrued bio-toxicity has caused a blackening discoloration of the skin around the staples.
On the field, she tends to wear a set of black metallic armor with white trimmings.
Like most Yakuza, she has tattoos, the most prominent being on her back, hidden from view, of her namesake.
Due to the nature of her quirk, Shifumi's muscles are embedded with special staples, but the accrued bio-toxicity has caused a blackening discoloration of the skin around the staples.
On the field, she tends to wear a set of black metallic armor with white trimmings.
VILLAIN NAME:
Ushi-Oni (牛鬼)
QUIRK NAME
Do You Even Lymph, Bro?
QUIRK TYPE
Transformation
QUIRK DESCRIPTION
When Shifumi has an immune reaction, her white blood cells release a strength-enhancing chemical. By embedding bio-reactive staples into her musculature, she ensures that her body is in a perpetual state of bio-rejection, and thus operating at maximum strength all the time. She also regularly draws her own blood and, using medical facilities available to her, extracts the serum, which her allies can consume as a temporary strength boost.
Shifumi also happens to be allergic to peanuts, which becomes a gift, because by inhaling powdered peanuts, her body goes into anaphylactic shock, which is an immune reaction that her quirk converts into a 5-minute super-mode where her strength and speed are greatly enhanced. Before these five minutes are up, she must use her Epi-Pen on herself or else she will lose consciousness and risk death. Even if she uses the pen, her immune system will be temporarily compromised, which means she completely loses the strengths of her quirk.
Because blood clotting is also technically an immune reaction, in the future, I would like Shifumi to improve her quirk such that excessive bleeding on her body causes the blood to harden into a sort of armor, and into spikes, making her appear like Doomsday from DC Comics.
Shifumi also happens to be allergic to peanuts, which becomes a gift, because by inhaling powdered peanuts, her body goes into anaphylactic shock, which is an immune reaction that her quirk converts into a 5-minute super-mode where her strength and speed are greatly enhanced. Before these five minutes are up, she must use her Epi-Pen on herself or else she will lose consciousness and risk death. Even if she uses the pen, her immune system will be temporarily compromised, which means she completely loses the strengths of her quirk.
Because blood clotting is also technically an immune reaction, in the future, I would like Shifumi to improve her quirk such that excessive bleeding on her body causes the blood to harden into a sort of armor, and into spikes, making her appear like Doomsday from DC Comics.
INVENTORY AND POSSESSIONS:
- Armor - As shown above
- Vials of Strength Serum - For ally use during emergencies
- EpiPen
- A bag of powdered peanuts
SAMPLE POST
The age of organized crime families was over, yet Shifumi clung to the outdated way of life and to tradition. Across the table sat a member of the League of Villains, an organization that had new ideals intended to challenge the heroes of the world. She didn't like it. The only ideals that mattered to her were honor, loyalty, and family. Yet she knew that if she remained stubborn and failed to adapt to the changes of time, her and the people under her protection would suffer.
Shifumi and her mother grew up in destitution in the streets of Oakland. While heroes protected people from physical dangers, like natural disasters and villains, nobody was going to save anyone from financial inequality. In the dark, seedy underbelly of society, overlooked by humanity's 'saviours', Shifumi had to fight to protect what was hers. It wasn't long before she joined a small street gang to protect her neighborhood, moving from one organization to the next based on the perceived strength of the organization. Soon she found herself as the local enforcer of a branch of the Japanese Yakuza in the Bay Area. As long as she continued to serve with distinction, Shifumi and her mother's lives were decent, some might even consider luxurious. But in addition to being just muscle, Shifumi was a fast learner, and demonstrated the 'heart' of a Yakuza member with her loyalty and dedication. Eventually, leadership of the local group passed to her. At some point, Shifumi's mother passed away, but she passed away in comfort. Now Shifumi had a bigger family to take care of.
She couldn't bear to see everything she and those who preceded her had worked so hard to build torn down by young, irreverent, volatile upstarts. But how did the saying go? If you're not at the table, you're on the menu. Shifumi turned back to the League of Villains representative. They were powerful, there was no denying that. Though they lacked discipline, they had...fervor. The organization was unpolished, but perhaps a strong, experienced, guiding hand could shape them into something great. And with a position within the League, Shifumi could negotiate for the preservation of her own group, perhaps even merge them, and allow both the Yakuza and the League to co-evolve to fit the current climate.
"Where do I sign?"
Shifumi and her mother grew up in destitution in the streets of Oakland. While heroes protected people from physical dangers, like natural disasters and villains, nobody was going to save anyone from financial inequality. In the dark, seedy underbelly of society, overlooked by humanity's 'saviours', Shifumi had to fight to protect what was hers. It wasn't long before she joined a small street gang to protect her neighborhood, moving from one organization to the next based on the perceived strength of the organization. Soon she found herself as the local enforcer of a branch of the Japanese Yakuza in the Bay Area. As long as she continued to serve with distinction, Shifumi and her mother's lives were decent, some might even consider luxurious. But in addition to being just muscle, Shifumi was a fast learner, and demonstrated the 'heart' of a Yakuza member with her loyalty and dedication. Eventually, leadership of the local group passed to her. At some point, Shifumi's mother passed away, but she passed away in comfort. Now Shifumi had a bigger family to take care of.
She couldn't bear to see everything she and those who preceded her had worked so hard to build torn down by young, irreverent, volatile upstarts. But how did the saying go? If you're not at the table, you're on the menu. Shifumi turned back to the League of Villains representative. They were powerful, there was no denying that. Though they lacked discipline, they had...fervor. The organization was unpolished, but perhaps a strong, experienced, guiding hand could shape them into something great. And with a position within the League, Shifumi could negotiate for the preservation of her own group, perhaps even merge them, and allow both the Yakuza and the League to co-evolve to fit the current climate.
"Where do I sign?"
PERSONALITY:
OTHERS
The spine, the foundation, Ushiyama Shifumi presents a facade of immovable strength. She speaks softly, but with weight, keeping her expression placid and her thoughts and emotions close to her chest. During confrontations, however, she is brutal and relentless, preferring to end the confrontation swiftly. To those close to her, she can be motherly in a tough love sort of way, but for the most part, she doesn't let people get close emotionally because she knows that she has too much to lose if such weaknesses ever got exploited.
OTHERS
Skills/Talents:
Aspiration:
Strength & Weakness:
Extra:
Hex Value: A187BE
As the former leader of a Yakuza group, Shifumi has management, leadership, and diplomacy skills. She also has quite a bit of capital to back her up. Being a bit of a traditionalist, Shifumi has exposure to various forms of Japanese martial arts, though her forte is jiujitsu.
Aspiration:
Shifumi's loyalty, first and foremost, is to her Yakuza group. She desires to keep them and their families safe and well-fed, even if that means going up against heroes or other villains. Due to the rise in heroism and villainy, the Yakuza has seen tough times, and Shifumi hopes that allying with the League of Villains will give her and her group legitimacy in the eyes of other villains so that they can cooperate against the forces that seek to suppress their collective ambitions.
Strength & Weakness:
Besides her quirk, Shifumi's greatest strength is her organizational leadership and willingness to negotiate, a rare trait in a world of egotistical, self-important villains. She can take a step back and consider what the more pragmatic options are, instead of letting her pride take the reins. Her greatest weaknesses are actually her ties to her Yakuza group. Members getting taken hostage is not something she can ignore.
Extra:
Hex Value: A187BE