Avatar Battle Royale Discussion Thread XXVI: It's gonna be the Future Imperfect soon!

[SinisterPenguin]

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[Mina Kobold]

Ahh, the smell of a new thread, now we can continue the nonsense without bombing Manhattan (sorry, ran out of villages)

[X2]

Like a new TV guide...

Before it's sat on, tossed around the room, and manhandled.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Ahh, the smell of a new thread, now we can continue the nonsense without bombing Manhattan (sorry, ran out of villages)

Just aim for the Donner Party, I'm sure they'll be fine.

[Mina Kobold]

Cool... start writing up characters.

I'm going to make a lighting hero...

Any rules for characters?

[Felyndiira]

What is SMBG, also?

[X2]

Any rules for characters?

Just try not to make them too overpowered.

[Lyinginbedmon]

What is SMBG, also?

Silly Message Board Games

It's one of the other subforums around here.

[X2]

What's a good superhero city name?

[Grim ranger]

Dunno about the city name...

I think I will be making power-stealer type of character

[Mina Kobold]

Just try not to make them too overpowered.

I'm split between a fire-based character (kind of an aura of heated air around him that he concentrates for blows or heat waves) or an acrobatic one, which to choose

[X2]

Nexxus City. Now I need someone to make an opening post descriptive of the rules which are:

-Only heroes unless with PMed permission
-If hero, no killing unless, again, with PMed permission
-Godmodding, nuh-uh
-Do not make a character with powers the same as another characters unless with PMed permission. There'll be a character list
-Do not make an overpowered character.

[Grim ranger]

Nexxus City. Now I need someone to make an opening post descriptive of the rules which are:

-Only heroes unless with PMed permission
-If hero, no killing unless, again, with PMed permission
-Godmodding, nuh-uh
-Do not make a character with powers the same as another characters unless with PMed permission. There'll be a character list
-Do not make an overpowered character.

Three questions:

1. Where will you post this game?

2. Does power-stealing as power count as too powerful?

3. Can heroes lose their powers?

[Mina Kobold]

Just aim for the Donner Party, I'm sure they'll be fine.

The what?


@Xartyve2: Would the previous mentioned fire-character be over-powered if he had acrobatic/material arts skills? (material arts could be part of the reason for the fire even)

[X2]

Three questions:

1. Where will you post this game?

2. Does power-stealing as power count as too powerful?

3. Can heroes lose their powers?

1. Silly message board games free form roleplaying

2. Yes. Power copying would be better and only if the copied power was temporary and with less potency than the original.

3. With player consent and a good reason yes.

@Xartyve2: Would the previous mentioned fire-character be over-powered if he had acrobatic/material arts skills? (material arts could be part of the reason for the fire even)

Nah, it's cool.

Did I mention flying was a free power?

[Grim ranger]

Did I mention flying was a free power?

So you plan to lead this more into superheroes-category and less into "evolved humans"-category provided by much-loved and loathed Tv series Heroes? If so, I think I have to rethinkmy character concept

[X2]

So you plan to lead this more into superheroes-category and less into "evolved humans"-category provided by much-loved and loathed Tv series Heroes? If so, I think I have to rethinkmy character concept

No it's superheroes... "Evolved" humans as a backstory would be a copout.

I don't want the sillyness of the Batman series but neither do I want the doom and gloom of Watchmen.

[Mina Kobold]

Nah, it's cool.

Did I mention flying was a free power?

Then so be it

My character won't be able to fly, it's not fun when everybody can do that

EDIT:

@Xartyve2: The first ten (all I could find) episodes of "The Batman" don't seem so silly, does something happen later.

[X2]

My hero (i've changed the theme)

Italicised powers are free. Background is how you got your powers.

Name: Borris Townsend
Alias:Synaptitude
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Race: Human
Powers: Teleknesis, telepathy, other psychic powers, flight, basic hand-to-hand combat
Backstory: A dying alien conciousness carried in a pod searching for a new host crashed on the Townsend farm and attached itself to Borris in a mutual cooperation. In return for housing the conciousness Borris was granted extraterrestrial powers which he used to fight good as Synaptitude.

[Grim ranger]

My hero (i've changed the theme)

Italicised powers are free. Background is how you got your powers.

Name: Borris Townsend
Alias:Synaptitude
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Race: Human
Powers: Teleknesis, telepathy, other psychic powers, flight, basic hand-to-hand combat
Backstory: A dying alien conciousness carried in a pod searching for a new host crashed on the Townsend farm and attached itself to Borris in a mutual cooperation. In return for housing the conciousness Borris was granted extraterrestrial powers which he used to fight good as Synaptitude.

So, basic superhero mold, eh?

Can you make villains?

@V: Neat! I will go to work and browse through the power page, let's see what kind of murderer I can come up with. Any limits I should be aware of?

Also, how many powers can one have before being considered as godmodding sod?

[X2]

So, basic superhero mold, eh?

Can you make villains?

Yes you can... but only with PMed permission.

But why dont you and I cut the middleman. You're a villain.

[Threeshades]

Silly Message Board Games

It's one of the other subforums around here.

I tend to confuse it with LGBT.

One of the other ongoing threads around here.

[Nameless]

Third time lucky, but... Can you PLEASE link this to my trailer, the other one is wrong. http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x...ABRFI_0001.flv

[Traker]

Can I join the super hero thing after I make my charecter. (We have to make our own virison of a super hero, or villan Right?)

[CrimsonAngel]

Can I join the super hero thing after I make my charecter. (We have to make our own virison of a super hero, or villan Right?)

Yes, we're all makeing our own virison of a super hero.

[Threeshades]

What's a virison?

[Squark]

^Version. I suspect that was a typo.

I think I'll do the Police liason for the superheroes. Of course, he'll know advanced martial arts and have access to paramilitary tech, so he's not helpless against supervillains.


EDIT: ... Drat. Now I'm torn between the aforementioned police chief and a history monk (for those of you who don't read Discworld, the History Monks are a group of monks who manage time. They use "procrastinators," which move time from where it isn't needed (i.e. the bottom the sea) to the cities. The more skilled History monks do know how to "cycle" which is the act of "slicing" time, allowing them to act much quicker than feasibly possible. Of course, they can't touch moving objects while cycling. A much rarer power (Only mastered by the infamous Lu-Tze) was to mimic the Yeti's time altering abilities, which allowed him to survive decapitation by sending his memories back in time so he takes a different course of action.

It seems a little overpowered, but I still like the idea.

EDIT 2: I think I will go with the Policeman, and here's the concept.


Name: Captain Jordan Tsong
Alias: Non-Aplicable, although more than one person simply calls him, "Chief"
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Race: Human
Powers: Skilled in several martial arts, access to NMB technology
Backstory: Captain Jordan Tsong is a member of the Nexxus City Police force. He serves as a liaison between the Police Force and Superheroes, and he is also the ranking member of the National Metahomonid* Bureau. Captain Tsong is a native of Nexxus City, but his parents hailed from a foriegn country. His father had learned Karate as a child in order to survive on the docks, while his mother, a minor noble, became a master of Kung Fu** in order to have something to do to fight of boredom. Both of them came to Nexxus City to escape the oppresive nature of their homeland, and the two eventually married. Jordan is their only child, and learned martial arts from both of them. Jordan joined the police force, and was recruited by the NMB to liaison with Nexxus City's superhero teams. In private, Jordan has expressed his dislike of his first name and wishes his parents had chosen a more traditional name from the country they were from (Anyone want to name it?).



*I like PS 238. So sue me.
**As you should very well know, in fiction, all Asian cultures are distilled into one. While I don't particularly like this, I don't think having more than one or two Asain counterpart cultures is a good idea

The National Metahomonid Bureau: The National Metahomonid Bureau manages Superhero, or Metahomonid, affairs. Registration is not mandatory, but does make a point of documenting the observed powers of documented Metahomonids. However, the NMB offers membership to Metahomonids who disclose their secret Identity. In exchange, they deputize members into police forces, and offer salaries, so that the Metahomonids can become full-time crimefighters. In addition, Meta homonids who have joined the NMB recieve access to the NMB's supply of technology. Finally, the NMB offers hero insurance, which pays for most of the collateral damage caused by members.

[The Gremlin]

Just posting this so The Gremlin doesn't freak out.

Har. De har. Har.

[Traker]

Yes, we're all makeing our own virison of a super hero.

Works for me.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

Art thread discussion thread link updated.

Just a few more posts, and I'll never have to do that again. \o/