Role Play 'Kickstarter'

I have an idea....for a superhero RP.....

 

At the beginning, the man met the one that called itself an Angel
It took thousand of years for the man to develop a wooden mount to ride the seas.
It took another thousand of years for the man to create an iron mount to ride space.
Yet it took only a few years for the man to met the one that called itself an Angel again.
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Atonishment, Reemergence, Rebellion, Creation.... Hybridation.

The year is 2030. Up to this point mankind had made numerous developments and created artificial methods to ease and improve the life of people, elements that once were a dream and now broke through the imagination and became a reality.
Although the magnificient and fantastic life that many writes once thought on past times is not yet real, some elements had been drawn and the last one was the riding of space.
True is that the space had been explored before, yet only on this period the space turism was developed and for the first time not only professionals but common people saw the wonders of space. This was called the time of miracles, and man proclaimed that the artificial creation was itself a miracle.
Yet man is prone to commit mistakes.... and this one broke the limit.

The virus diseminated through humanity, people breathed the space dust and now it inhabited their bodies and modified their genetic code. Yet although a disease it also became a bless. It allowed people to overcome the physics, to emit fantasy, it made mankind to regain that ancient element called magic.
Together with the gift a curse was added and thus a shortened life was the price to pay and people lived no more than 40 years, some called it the punishment of god, others just bad luck. Yet this magical disease truly changed people's life and they created more wonders all while scientist developed artificial methods to augment the life. Sometimes the antidote is the poison itself and thus the hybrids were born, beings whose DNA was exposed to the space dust and was born with the magic as part of themselves. They called this, the creation

And thus the words that once was reserved for only those of divine origin was now in the common tongue of mankind.
The Miracle, The Blessing, The Creation. They proclaimed it to not belong to an unknown force but to themselves.

And then the being who called itself an Angel arrived to deliver punishment and one third of the world already paid the right price for its insolence.

And it stood there, for years, it did not act, yet it demanded atonishment and promised pain.

Mankind did not stay quiet.... still..... life continued normally as if nothing happened.
Yet they were just ignoring the truth.... they knew someday their time would end...
What will they do once that moment arrive?

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So this is or may be lix's new project.
Setting is the future, around 2100, yet society is not that different from today's save some few changes.
After being infected with the disease from space they developed small forms of magic (yeah the fantasy element that everybody loves), however they were inflicted with a short life as a trade-off.
Scientist developed hybrids that could live longer and also use the gift of magic, still they come with their own failures.
And some being or thing who call itself an Angel arrived at some point and took control of a third of the world, however it stood quiet yet promising that at some point it would act.
Yet people tried to ignore this (people loves to escape from reality) and continue to live normally, or the closest they can to it.

Haven't thought the name of the game, but if it receives a good appraisal and I get a new Laptop, I'll probably do it.

Characters: Either a gifted/cursed human or a hybrid.
Objective: To survive the judgement that will come soon.

Rate: M, 'cause is lix who is doing this game and that means that life sucks.

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Let's hear it then!

 

Anyone got the stomach for something more...realistic? I'm not saying the current RPs aren't realistic in their own way, just that I see a lot of fantastical creatures running around and though there was a time I used to enjoy that (whatever happened to youth), I'm craving for something more along the lines of crime/suspense/thriller. A world of possibilities grounded in our mundane real life.

An old member (FlakeandFins), he left a long while back, started a RP Carnapolis (sadly, I think it was accidentally deleted). It was quite the talk of the day, it was based on a crime syndicate in Las Vegas. Some of you might remember; just saying, if there's interest for something like that I'd love to work on it with you guys.

 

I'd be willing to give it a try if one was set up certainly. A crime syndicate would have been a cool RP to take part in.

 

How about a 1920's mafia RP, then?

 

I am up for that! I am in so many fantasy/non-realistic RP's that I could use something more grounded.

 

My knowledge of the 1920's in the US is just as deep as my knowledge of fisheries. So someone would need to buff the historical details for something like that.

@Master Attano and @Macaberz, I'm glad for the support If I can get a vote or two more, I'll most a rough sketch here of what I'm thinking. Then we'll see where to go on from there.

 

Cool

1920's actually sounds like an interesting era. I don't know much about it either, but it strikes me as a nice setting for a realistic RP. Having said that, I am looking forward to your rough sketch

 

I'm not an expert by any means... unless having watched Boardwalk Empire makes me an expert...

But I was thinking more in terms of style.

Just the broad strokes of the era.

 

@Charisma If you want I can try to do some research and give you the background.

 

@Nothingness Sure, that would really help

 

@Charisma There is already a realistic one ongoing. Dual Minds.

 

@lixAxil It would seem so, but it's one in many. Plus it's many posts in, I couldn't possibly jump in anyway.

 

Eh ya probably could if ya wanted.

Since I'm gm and I can make that stuff work XD

But its up to you

If you have a more realistic rp ya want to do then go for it.

 

Okay....

SUPERHERO RP IDEA

Now note this isn't fully fleshed out but here is the basic idea. Its a world much like our own but there also many key differences is a few extra cities and countries exist also superheroes and villains exist in this world.

Worlds similar to the Marvel and DC universes. Not copies but obviously what with super powered beings around tech is more advanced and other things are of course different.

I haven't fully developed this part yet.

But the superpowered beings, the heroes and villains are ranked according to power.

It will probably go from E (weakest) class to A+ (most powerful)

Think of E class heroes like think normal humans who dress up in costumes. They might be more agile or maybe good detective but they are just normal people.

Then A class would be like Superman level heroes Then of course the other classes fall in between those somewhere. Still working on it.

PLOT

Okay here we go the most important part. Its been about fifty years since the first superhero arrived on Earth and since then the heroes have always fought for truth, justice and mostly worked with in the law.

But in the past couple years the superheroes been getting more aggressive against the super villains and criminals they face. This all comes to a head when one of the most famous A class heroes rips a super villain in half on live television.

The brutal killing obviously starts an outcry and on the same day or perhaps some weeks later. More heroes begin just vaporizing or murdering their arch enemies or just common criminals. Many of the heroes are starting a new movement.

A hero called Planetary Man (not sure if I'll stick with the name) who is like the Superman (in terms of powers at least) of this world is the orchestrated of this movement. He and the many other heroes on his side begin to topple governments and enforce their own laws.

To name a few

Constantly putting criminals to death (sex offenders, murderers, super villains etc)

Cameras on every street corner

Their own police force of super powered beings which patrols the streets 24/7. They claim to do these things for the safety of man kind Of course there is a large outcry in the world and the governments who have not been taken over will obviously not stand for this.

So the most powerful nations in the world form a taskforce to take down meta humans. Just average humans using the best technology and resources money can buy to combat Planetary Man and his superhero militia.

This taskforce would armed with things such as power armor (run faster, jump higher and possibly fly), weapons tailored to damaged meta humans and just all sorts of gadgets for killing or capturing their foes.

But that's not all the allied nations are also partnering with the heroes who didn't side Planetary Man and also the remaining super villains who survived the brutal genocide of their types by Planetary.

Soooo

Its a battle of ideals between the most powerful forces for the planet.

Planetary Man and Heroes on his side are seeking to make the world a controlled utopia that is safe for all and crime will be a thing of the past

The World powers side (which includes other heroes, taskforce and super villains) are fighting to keep the world as it is and stop Planetary Man and his league from making the world into their image.

You could play as

part of Planetary Man's league or the other side.

On Planetary Man's side you'd obviously play as a hero who has sided with him and on the world powers side you could play as hero, villain or taskforce member.

Annnnd that's what I got so far.

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@Kingtype Hmm, I suppose I could. Let's see.

Also, that idea of yours is epic. Who doesn't love moral quandaries? I would be part of it if you booted it.

 

@Kingtype sounds good I would definitely be interested.

 

It seems as if everybody is ignoring mine. In fact I have seen this on almost every forum I have posted this on, even ones specifically for play by post RPGs.

 

To be honest @caters it doesn't really look like something I would be interested in, if there was a bunch or great people then maybe but as it stands if I felt like doing something like that I would play minecraft.

I'm not trying to be rude or anything if that's what it sounds like, I'm just trying to be honest and not ignore you as others may have.

 

A crime thriller style rp would be quite interesting, especially around that period. I'm thinking Godfather sort of thing. I would be interested, albeit I warn that my posts would be slow due to work increase.

@caters don't fret too much about your game not getting exposure, sometimes ideas just don't stick (much to the chagrin of all writers!). I would suggest that joining another player's game would give some experience to you on the rp forum and get others to know you. People are more likely to listen to your ideas if they know and trust you.

 

Hows that superhero RP idea coming @Kingtype ?

I'm just curious as to whether your crafting it still, waiting for more support or leaving it for the moment.

 

Hey, Charisma and I have been working on The 1920's Mafia RP, and we'd like to know how people would feel about their characters being in danger.

How would you feel knowing that a rival gang or a misscalculated operation could effectively kill your character?

 

I'm alright with my characters dying, sometimes they live out their usefulness anyway I would suggest an idea that Dagolas (I think) did in his Game of Thrones RP, where in the character sheets players were asked whether their characters were killable. The player put a Yes or a No, depending on their preference and attachment to character

 

If that were the case I would prefer to control the way my character dies. I think many would agree with that