In a world very much like our own, yet very much different, supernatural powers are natural, companies make vast leaps in technology every other year, aliens don’t just come from other countries, and the President of the United States of America could take control of the world whenever he wanted to.
In this world, greatness takes on a whole new meaning, and reaching it is an entirely new journey.
For some, it’s taking the power they were blessed, or cursed, with and putting them to good use, tights optional. Or perhaps you’re not the selfless type, and would rather use your power to take what you want.
Others might just want to be the best at what they do. Perhaps what they do is sports or business, or maybe you gifts tend more to the scientific or mechanical and you want to use it make your mark on the world. Hell, maybe you just want to have the crime world under your thumb. So you have to ask yourself, Hero or Villain? Savior or Destroyer? Model Citizen or Public Enemy? Who do you wannabe?
For Thomas Herner, who had spent the last ten years of his life as the career criminal Shockwave and the last five as a member of the Deadly Dozen, he realized the answer was and always had been, “Hero”. So one day he took his armor suit, got in his car, drove into New York, and waited.
When he heard an alarm go off at nearby bank, the armor when on, and Shockwave the Villain disappeared, and Shockwave the Hero stepped onto the scene.
The police were confused by the turn of events, not only was Shockwave not fleeing, the witnesses said that Shockwave had actually stopped the robbery.
He was arrested anyway.
He confessed to his crimes, and even turned in some of the Deadly Dozen, most of which he had never really liked anyway. He was released on a rehabilitation program with a Superhero parole officer to watch over him as he reformed his name and redeemed himself in the public eye.
For one young woman, after losing everything, even her sense of self, the answer became “Destroyer”. Having found out that her whole life was a lie, and watching the woman who raised her brutally killed, she set out to release her anger on the world. She now stalks the night looking for clues and allies, no one realizing she’s going to change the world.
And one young girl wants to be a protector. Training herself in the magical arts so that she could find and bring home her brother; who left saying only that it was too dangerous for him to be around. She travels to New York, where she knows her brother has stopped many times, aiming to find him, and prove to him that he is no threat to her or their family, and to bring him home.
None knew that their choices would inevitably bring their paths together.
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Alright. This is where you come in. You are Person with abilities beyond the norm. Perhaps they're fantastic, perhaps they're mundane, but the point is, you have them and you want to do something with them.
You'll either be joining Shockwave in his redemtion, and by doing so help him, or you'll be approached by our young villainess to join her cause of turning the world on it's head. Whichever you want will made clear in your alignment. Once the RP gets rolling, there will be room for vague aligments, but for now it's either "Hero" or "Villain"
Whatever your character is, I'd prefer if they fit into these classes(and if they can't...why the hell not?)
Homo Superior aka The Gifted: This class is best represented by characters like Batman and Grendel. They don't have any powers, so to speak, but they're obviously physically and mentally beyond the common man.
Xeno Sapien aka Mutants: X-men anyone? This is a fairly basic concept, their powers are natrual, and in this world nearly all babies are tested for the possibilty of mutation, and their powers are kept on record once they develop.
Sapien Morphous aka Lab Rats: Spiderman and Captain America. Simialr to mutants, only the powers arn't of a natural origin and much, much rarer, as the experiments and accidents that result in them have a very high fatality rate(about 90%). Many of these come from not having the Required Secondary Powers as from the mutagen itself and even when it's succesful, there are usually unwanted side effects.
Casters: People who use magic. These can be verbal spells, hand signs, wand waving, or runes drawn on the ground. Whatever it is, it takes a moment to get a spell off and they tend to be taken notice of by creatures on other planes.
Techs: Iron Man or say, Shockwave. These are people who have some sort of tech that's not commonly available that allows them to be more than human. Almost nothing bad about this. Except when it doesn't work.
Aliens: Starfire. Aliens are not unheard of in this world, but they're generally kept under wraps. Any powers you might exhibit are generally attributed to being a mutant. You don't always understand what is going on or what people mean. You also don't exist.
Vampires: They're vampires. I wont tell you much about them unless someone wants to play as one, and only to that person. They're mysterious and secretive like that.
Werewolves: A Villain only class. They transform once a month at the full moon and they're usually too dazed and pissed off from the transformation(which is very, VERY, painfull) to make good heroes.
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This is the profile format. You'll notice some section are starred( * ). Those segments are the only ones that need to be posted publicly if you want to keep the other details secret. I'll need a full profile sent to me by PM though.
*Name: (Their true name and any assumed ones)
*Gender:
*Age:
*Alignment:
*Appearance- (A picture will be accepted, though Height and Weight are required)
H. Color
E. Color
Height:
Weight(est.):
Accessories/Equipment:(pictures will be accepted if applicable)
Power/Abilities/Tech: (Include any hindrances or vulnerabilities these may cause.)
History/Biography:
Use of the following rating system is optional
POWER RATINGS
INTELLIGENCE
Ability to Think and Process Information
1-Slow/Impaired
2-Normal
3-Learned
4-Gifted
5-Genius
6-Super-Genius
7-Omniscient
STRENGTH
Ability to Lift Weight
1-Weak: cannot lift own body weight
2-Normal: able to lift own body weight
3-Peak Human: able to lift twice own body weight
4-Superhuman: 800 lbs-25 ton range
5-Superhuman: 25-75 ton range
6-Superhuman: 75-100 ton range
7-Incalculable: in excess of 100 tons
SPEED
Ability to Move Over Land by Running or Flight
1-Below normal
2-Normal
3-Superhuman: peak range: 700mph
4-Speed of sound: Mach-1
5-Supersonic: Mach-2 through Orbital Velocity
6-Speed of light: 186,000 miles per second
7-Warp Speed: transcending light speed
DURABILITY
Ability to Resist or Recover from Bodily Injury
1-Weak
2-Normal
3-Enhanced
4-Regenerative
5-Bulletproof
6-Superhuman
7-Virtually Indestructible
ENERGY PROJECTION
Ability to Discharge Energy
1-None
2-Ability to discharge energy on contact
3-Short range, duration, single energy type
4-Medium range, duration, single energy type
5-Long range, long duration, single energy type
6-Able to discharge multiple forms of energy
7-Virtually unlimited command of all forms of energy
FIGHTING ABILITY
Proficiency in Hand-to-Hand Combat
1-Poor
2-Normal
3-Some training
4-Experienced fighter
5-Master of a single form of combat
6-Master of several forms of combat
7-Master of all forms of combat
In this world, greatness takes on a whole new meaning, and reaching it is an entirely new journey.
For some, it’s taking the power they were blessed, or cursed, with and putting them to good use, tights optional. Or perhaps you’re not the selfless type, and would rather use your power to take what you want.
Others might just want to be the best at what they do. Perhaps what they do is sports or business, or maybe you gifts tend more to the scientific or mechanical and you want to use it make your mark on the world. Hell, maybe you just want to have the crime world under your thumb. So you have to ask yourself, Hero or Villain? Savior or Destroyer? Model Citizen or Public Enemy? Who do you wannabe?
For Thomas Herner, who had spent the last ten years of his life as the career criminal Shockwave and the last five as a member of the Deadly Dozen, he realized the answer was and always had been, “Hero”. So one day he took his armor suit, got in his car, drove into New York, and waited.
When he heard an alarm go off at nearby bank, the armor when on, and Shockwave the Villain disappeared, and Shockwave the Hero stepped onto the scene.
The police were confused by the turn of events, not only was Shockwave not fleeing, the witnesses said that Shockwave had actually stopped the robbery.
He was arrested anyway.
He confessed to his crimes, and even turned in some of the Deadly Dozen, most of which he had never really liked anyway. He was released on a rehabilitation program with a Superhero parole officer to watch over him as he reformed his name and redeemed himself in the public eye.
For one young woman, after losing everything, even her sense of self, the answer became “Destroyer”. Having found out that her whole life was a lie, and watching the woman who raised her brutally killed, she set out to release her anger on the world. She now stalks the night looking for clues and allies, no one realizing she’s going to change the world.
And one young girl wants to be a protector. Training herself in the magical arts so that she could find and bring home her brother; who left saying only that it was too dangerous for him to be around. She travels to New York, where she knows her brother has stopped many times, aiming to find him, and prove to him that he is no threat to her or their family, and to bring him home.
None knew that their choices would inevitably bring their paths together.
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Alright. This is where you come in. You are Person with abilities beyond the norm. Perhaps they're fantastic, perhaps they're mundane, but the point is, you have them and you want to do something with them.
You'll either be joining Shockwave in his redemtion, and by doing so help him, or you'll be approached by our young villainess to join her cause of turning the world on it's head. Whichever you want will made clear in your alignment. Once the RP gets rolling, there will be room for vague aligments, but for now it's either "Hero" or "Villain"
Whatever your character is, I'd prefer if they fit into these classes(and if they can't...why the hell not?)
Homo Superior aka The Gifted: This class is best represented by characters like Batman and Grendel. They don't have any powers, so to speak, but they're obviously physically and mentally beyond the common man.
Xeno Sapien aka Mutants: X-men anyone? This is a fairly basic concept, their powers are natrual, and in this world nearly all babies are tested for the possibilty of mutation, and their powers are kept on record once they develop.
Sapien Morphous aka Lab Rats: Spiderman and Captain America. Simialr to mutants, only the powers arn't of a natural origin and much, much rarer, as the experiments and accidents that result in them have a very high fatality rate(about 90%). Many of these come from not having the Required Secondary Powers as from the mutagen itself and even when it's succesful, there are usually unwanted side effects.
Casters: People who use magic. These can be verbal spells, hand signs, wand waving, or runes drawn on the ground. Whatever it is, it takes a moment to get a spell off and they tend to be taken notice of by creatures on other planes.
Techs: Iron Man or say, Shockwave. These are people who have some sort of tech that's not commonly available that allows them to be more than human. Almost nothing bad about this. Except when it doesn't work.
Aliens: Starfire. Aliens are not unheard of in this world, but they're generally kept under wraps. Any powers you might exhibit are generally attributed to being a mutant. You don't always understand what is going on or what people mean. You also don't exist.
Vampires: They're vampires. I wont tell you much about them unless someone wants to play as one, and only to that person. They're mysterious and secretive like that.
Werewolves: A Villain only class. They transform once a month at the full moon and they're usually too dazed and pissed off from the transformation(which is very, VERY, painfull) to make good heroes.
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This is the profile format. You'll notice some section are starred( * ). Those segments are the only ones that need to be posted publicly if you want to keep the other details secret. I'll need a full profile sent to me by PM though.
*Name: (Their true name and any assumed ones)
*Gender:
*Age:
*Alignment:
*Appearance- (A picture will be accepted, though Height and Weight are required)
H. Color
E. Color
Height:
Weight(est.):
Accessories/Equipment:(pictures will be accepted if applicable)
Power/Abilities/Tech: (Include any hindrances or vulnerabilities these may cause.)
History/Biography:
Use of the following rating system is optional
POWER RATINGS
INTELLIGENCE
Ability to Think and Process Information
1-Slow/Impaired
2-Normal
3-Learned
4-Gifted
5-Genius
6-Super-Genius
7-Omniscient
STRENGTH
Ability to Lift Weight
1-Weak: cannot lift own body weight
2-Normal: able to lift own body weight
3-Peak Human: able to lift twice own body weight
4-Superhuman: 800 lbs-25 ton range
5-Superhuman: 25-75 ton range
6-Superhuman: 75-100 ton range
7-Incalculable: in excess of 100 tons
SPEED
Ability to Move Over Land by Running or Flight
1-Below normal
2-Normal
3-Superhuman: peak range: 700mph
4-Speed of sound: Mach-1
5-Supersonic: Mach-2 through Orbital Velocity
6-Speed of light: 186,000 miles per second
7-Warp Speed: transcending light speed
DURABILITY
Ability to Resist or Recover from Bodily Injury
1-Weak
2-Normal
3-Enhanced
4-Regenerative
5-Bulletproof
6-Superhuman
7-Virtually Indestructible
ENERGY PROJECTION
Ability to Discharge Energy
1-None
2-Ability to discharge energy on contact
3-Short range, duration, single energy type
4-Medium range, duration, single energy type
5-Long range, long duration, single energy type
6-Able to discharge multiple forms of energy
7-Virtually unlimited command of all forms of energy
FIGHTING ABILITY
Proficiency in Hand-to-Hand Combat
1-Poor
2-Normal
3-Some training
4-Experienced fighter
5-Master of a single form of combat
6-Master of several forms of combat
7-Master of all forms of combat
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Name: Thomas Herner aka Shockwave
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Alignment: Good
Appearance- An average looking man. If you can get passed the myriad of scars, some faint some vivid red, that cover his body, the thrice broken nose, and general scruffy-ness you could even say he was handsome. Years of being beaten by heroes and sometimes other villains has left it’s mark on him in more than just physical ways. Before, the constant losses had given him a beaten and weathered look, but now that his fate seems to have turned around, he looks more like the experienced veteran and full of character
H. Color: Brown
E. Color: Green
Height: 5’10(6’ in armour)
Weight(est.): 170lbs(230llbs in armour)
Accessories/Equipment: He always carries a switch blade.
Power/Abilities/Tech: Vibronic power armour and vibronic arm cannons with adjustable power settings.
History/Biography: Herner is a genius who had a working prototype for the vibronic cannons by the time he graduated high school. Attending CMU on a scholarship he entered a fully functional vibronic cannon as well as the armour at an exhibition, where he was turned down for any grants to continue their development. Having spent all his available funds on building them, and losing his scholarship when they discovered he had built (non-lethal) weapons, he was left broke and unable to continue his education and returned to new york. Soon after he was offered a job that would make use of his creation. The rest, as they say, is history.
Power Ratings:
Intl: 5
Str: 2 (3 in armour)
Spd: 2
Dur: 2 (5 in armour)
Nrg: 1 (4 in armour)
Fght: 4
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Name: Jostica Rose
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Alignment: Good
Appearance- A determined young woman, she radiates with purpose though she may seem uncertain as to where to go. She worries little about her appearance, not one for make-up or stylish clothes, though she doesn’t really need to. Not one to stand out in a crowd, she has an understated attractiveness that comes from being neither plain not exotic.
H. Color: Honey Blonde
E. Color: Green
Height: 5' 6"
Weight(est.): 120lbs
Clothes/accessories/equipment: Generally prefers close fitting jeans and t-shirts. She wears a dark green cloak with runes and spells stitched into the lining to protect her and enhance her powers as well providing magical pockets. She also carries a staff with six crystals set into it representing the elements and protection enchantments to prevent damage to it.
Power/Abilities/Tech: She is a spell caster, specializing in illusions, astral projection, and tracking spells. The Rune Cloak and the Staff of the Elements were gifts from her teacher to protect her and help her on her quest. The cloak is a sort of magical armor providing her with increased resistance to magical attacks and dampening physical blows, as well as providing a boost to her power. The staff is responsible for approximately ninety percent of her offensive magic.
History/Biography: There was nothing special about Jostica, with the exception of her unusual, and intentionally misspelled name, until she was eight.
Her father died in car crash and soon after she turned nine, her mother remarried a man named Alexander Rose. The transition was initially difficult, but was made easier by Rose’s son, who was several years older. Despite his rarely being around, Jostica took to her new step-brother like a duck to water.
They became very close, so close, even, that she considered him her best friend and took his last name. Soon after he graduated High School however, he left home, not saying much more than, “Goodbye.”
The family was devastated and though it was never openly discussed, and not even mentioned around her, before or after his departure, it was the common conclusion that he left because he was a mutant.
Jostica eventually managed to drag the reason out of his girlfriend, who was the only one he kept in regular contact with; he had left to protect them.
Jostica decided at that time that if he left because he wanted to protect them, then she would learn to protect herself and then drag him home. By the hair if necessary.
She threw herself into the study of the magical arts, and after getting into some serious trouble while meditating on the astral plane, she met a powerful sorcerer who agreed to teach her, at least enough to protect herself.
By the time she was eighteen, he decided that she knew enough to be able to protect herself on her quest, told her that he’d check up on her every couple of months, and, giving her a Rune Cloak and a Staff of Elements, wished her luck.
She waited until she’d graduated high school and left in search of her brother.
Power Ratings-
Intl: 4
Str: 2
Spd: 2
Dur: 2 (3 with cloak)
Nrg: 6
Fght: 2
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Name: Blaise Marken aka Blazer
Gender: Female
Age: (almost) 15
Alignment: Good
Appearance- Always smiling and alert, she seems younger than she is. This illusion of a child is helped by a body that has lagged behind her years, much to her chargin. Perhaps because of her power, she rarely sits still and her eyes shine with attentiveness, curiosity, and hope.
H. Color: Tawny
E. Color: Hazel
Height: 5' 4"
Weight(est.): 100lbs
Clothes/accessories/equipment: Her preferred clothing is tight fitting jeans and shirts, with something baggy, usually a sweat-jacket. She’s also known to wear ski hats on occasion, as well as various types of bracelets and necklesses.
Power/Abilities/Tech: Superspeed, enhanced reflexes, enhanced durability
History/Biography:
Blaise is typical. Mostly. She was born to a decent family that made decent money and had a decent house. When she was about eight years old she was entered into a martial arts class, but she didn't take it too seriously and even after seven years has only gone up a couple of belts. She had her share of friends. It fluctuated though, from as low as two to as many as twelve. Currently, she has five people she would consider her close, and only, friends. She's a sort of skate-punk-rocker girl, but not particularly "hard-core" about any of those aspects.
Nobody can really tell you when her powers appeared, just that whenever she needed to she could really move. When she activates her powers, her eyes glow pink, becoming brighter to the point of being almost white at the center, and pink bolts of energy spark across her skin and clothes. There is also a discharge of force, most often doing no more than ruffling her clothes but it has also been able to blow her hair around, and in one case actually lift her off the ground. She doesn't actively hide her power, and therefore all of her friends know about it, and have nicknamed her "Blazer"
Power Ratings-
Intl: 2
Str: 2
Spd: 6 (but she doesn't know it yet)
Dur: 3
Nrg: 2
Fighting: 3
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Name: Katrina aka Hell-Kat
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Alignment: Evil
Appearance- A beautiful girl who knows it and wont hesitate to use it to her advantage. Her beauty is slightly exotic though often marred by a expressions of anger and hatred. She exudes a sense of power that is hidden by a lithe and seemingly soft body
H. Color: Black with White streaks
E. Color: Lavender
Height: 5' 8"
Weight(est.): 130lbs
Clothes/accessories/equipment: Her wardrobe leans towards punk/gothic/rocker. On her right arm she wears an armored glove with claws on the fingers that reaches her elbow, on the underside of her arm the glove is black cloth, leaving only the back side of her arm and hand armored.
Power/Abilities/Tech: Forged in demonic energies, she is super humanly strong, fast, and agile and able to summon and control supernatural hellfire as well as normal fire. She is also a competent fighter but has not studied under any particular style.
History/Biography: For 15 years she was forged in the fires of hell. Her mother protected her and they eventually escaped to take revenge on those responsible for their imprisonment. In the confrontation with their enemies, her whole world was turned inside out and her mother was killed. She spent the next few years wandering the world, trying to come to terms with her new reality.
That time is over.
Power Ratings-
Intl: 3
Str: 4
Spd: 3
Dur: 3
Nrg: 4
Fght: 4
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Name: Mark Rachetson aka Rabat
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Alignment: Evil
Appearance- His short and muscular frame makes for a sense of power that is only enhanced when his inhuman agility is brought into play. He always seems to have his jaw clenched, as if daring someone to take a shot at him, and his eyes have the challenging look of someone who has always been on the bottom rung but wont allow himself to be stepped on..
H. Color: Black
E. Color: Golden
Height: 5' 5"
Weight(est.): 140 lbs
Clothes/accessories/equipment:
Tank top and cargo pants are his staple articles of clothing. He'll frequently wear a button up/dress shirt, always open. Wears sweat/wrist bands frequently, and carries a pair of brass knuckles(like he needs them)
Power/Abilities/Tech:
Super-human strength and agility, regenerative healing. Prehensile tail and opposable toes(not quite "hand-like", but they get the job done. Slightly simian facial features and noticeably more hairy than normal, but not "inhumanly" hairy.
History/Biography:
A career piece of crap. He dropped out of high school at 15 and began living a life on the streets. He ranges from theft, to robbery, to grand larceny, and in one(proven) case, murder. His rap sheet is also speckled with assault and battery charges, drunk and disorderly arrests, and recently a few outstanding warrants.
It seems having a short temper and a rather obvious mutation do not mix well.
He's currently making a living as an underground cage fighter, boasting the chance to beat the crap out of muties. The man running the fights both loathes and loves him, as he is the only undefeated contestant he's had, drawing in more persistent human supremacists wanting to put him in his place, but the fact that he always remains standing at the end of each fight has made for very unhappy customers.
Power Ratings-
Intl: 2
Str: 4
Spd: 3 (but she doesn't know it yet)
Dur: 4
Nrg: 1
Fighting: 4
