RPG Requests

[TyrannoTitan]

Which only makes me more cautious to say yes to this.

This isn't a DIRPG style thing. This is more like FRPG. Giving a plot at the start is fine, but a backstory is no bueno. The only way you can convince me otherwise is to explain to me what you have in mind in a PM. Otherwise I'm not signing off on this.

[Giratina93]

TT... why must you be so hard to please?

...perhaps, I am simply saying the wrong things and giving you the wrong impression... Simply put, the backstory for my reboot for FRPG is what I put up in the... you know what/ I'll just PM you the dang thing. I can't find the right words to explain...

[InfernalAngel]

I still like the idea of the RPG, but if the radiation would somehow not reach the International Space Station or some misc. station, could Solar wind mutate me? Just a thought.

[Giratina93]

Remember, IA... use your imagination. You have almost complete freedom on how you want your character to be made (Key word being ALMOST... please try to be original, people.)

That said, just ironing out a few things with TT right now...

[InfernalAngel]

Wooohooo My idea shall be...... really kewl:D Muahahahhahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[C S]

The ISS was made to deal with the hazards of space, and thus has shielding to protect those on board during a solar storm. However, astronauts outside, as in tethering their space suits, would be exposed, but again their suits would keep their radiation levels to a minimum as they make their way back into the station. So unless your character decided to stay out in space during a solar flare, mutation is unlikely.

Further more, if Gira's back story remains in the RPG, you will find that in the aftermath of bloody WORLD WAR III, missions to space wouldn't exactly be a priority as much as rebuilding the cities destroyed during the battles.

Wahey, RPG isn't even made yet and already we find that it restricts this character option. Lovely

[InfernalAngel]

Well... what if the station was being sabotaged during the solar flare and the defences where disabled!

Yeah, I'm suddenly haveing doubts... ah well, still a cool RP.

[Giratina93]

By this point in time, WW3 has come and gone, and the countries of the world have managed to get back onto their feet (Abit shakely). 31 years is a long time, CS, and the war would have lasted about 5/6 years, tops. With recovery done for the most part, atleast one country could reshift their attention back to space missions... Oh, and CS? EVERY RPG has it's limitations to character usage. For example, as much as I'd like to use a Megatherium back in ARPG, I wasn't allowed to...

@IA: Your imagination is your main limitation. Yes, there are limitations presented by the setting for the RPG, but I am trying to limit those limitations to give you all as much freedom as possible...

[InfernalAngel]

Like I said, it just sounds like a well planned out RPG.Its not like its gunna be rabbit RPG and I wan't to be a Tyrannosaur. My idea is to be heavily mutated and infest a very large space station. Well, along the lines of that.

[C S]

By this point in time, WW3 has come and gone, and the countries of the world have managed to get back onto their feet (Abit shakely). 31 years is a long time, CS, and the war would have lasted about 5/6 years, tops.

...So the war is a useless plot point for all intents and purposes? Good to know

atleast one country could reshift their attention back to space missions...

Because when cities like...Neo-Tokyo are crime filled dystopias dealing with super powerful beings, nations would TOTALLY consider funding space missions instead of trying to fix the issue

as much as I'd like to use a Megatherium back in ARPG, I wasn't allowed to...

Because an extinct animal in a modern wildlife RPG is ******* stupid. Common sense limits all things hombre

[Giratina93]

Most likely a diffrent country than the city I'm using (Decided to change the name from Neo-Tokyo just to make you and TT happy... Jeez...) is the one that is doing the space missions thing... I dunno. It's all u pto IA, giving her freedom to choose...

And as for the WW3 thing, it's not usless... it will serve a role later on... but for now...

And CS, there WERE extinct animals in ARPG (Dodos... Thylacines... )

[TyrannoTitan]

Most likely a diffrent country than the city I'm using (Decided to change the name from Neo-Tokyo just to make you and TT happy... Jeez...) is the one that is doing the space missions thing... I dunno. It's all u pto IA, giving her freedom to choose...

And as for the WW3 thing, it's not usless... it will serve a role later on... but for now...

And CS, there WERE extinct animals in ARPG (Dodos... Thylacines... )

I say take the WW3 thing out. It causes too many problems.

And the only extinct animals in ARPG were used by YOU, and had I paid attention at the time I would've e-slapped you for it.

[Giratina93]

You know, I'm starting to wonder if the ISS reboot and FRPG reboot go tthis kind of scrutiny...

... Well, if TT says it, then alright... Bye bye, WW3... the explosion that wiped out the original city still stays, though.... it's necessary for my plot. And by that, I mean if this single little event has to go, then I'll have to spend weeks, if not MONTHS back on the drawing board...

And TT, KP said it was alright if I used the Thylacine... if I remember correctly, he said I could use modern day animals, and sinc ethe Thylacine lived in modern times...

EDIT: And now, th enew city name shall be... Kochi, and the loation has been shifted to where the city of London once was...

[Doc 42]

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Hello everyone, it's Doc.

So let me get this straight

People want to reboot the Super Hero RPG. Quick bit of history, original Super Hero RPG was a cess pit of ridiculousness, but was actually quite fun. However, it was set over too wide an area and suffered from sporadic activity, as characters rarely interacted and when they did, it was power playing heaven. Eventually someone plonked a volcano on the main city so we quitely enuthised it and a party was held in celebration shortly afterwards.

Lessons were learned.
SH rpg was rebooted, brain child of TTR. Instead of a "create a random freak who destroys ****" rpg, the idea was more "Your life as a super hero"
It encouraged trying to make a super hero who existed both in society and as a hero, ala, spider man, Iron man, etc.
It was a lot of fun and considered a very good quality RPG, but it suffered from lack of participation early on. activity fluctuated a lot, but the RPG actually kept going for quite a long time, with the attention swapping back and forth between various parts and groups.
As it became more competitive and faction orientated, holes popped up regarding the city and its infastructure. One key problem was the security forces in the city, how under some players, they were neglible, while under others, they were tough, well equipped keepers of the peace.

It eventually died as plots came to a close or petered out and no new ones were started.

-Those who cannot learn from their history are doomed to repeat it-

If I'm not mistaken,
As of now, the current idea involves an explosion which randomly destroys a city named "NOT TOKYO" and then its rebuilt and named "STILL NOT TOKYO" and becomes a crime filled cess pit full of random mutants?

To address the World War III suggestion, it doesn't really hold plausiblity, unless some sort of defence against nuclear weapons was developed. Maybe the very technology that ended the horrors of nuclear war was the very same that set the mutations in progress?

And as for this business of the city exploding and being re built for giras sake, No.
It's a bad habbit to design the scenario around the character.


This whole conversation is all over the place and most of it is being aimed at things of very little consequence.

I'm going to draw up some quick points about a hypothetical SH rpg reboot and see if we can agree on them.

#1
It should be based in the West.
Why? Offers the widest range of choice while giving everyone a familiar and recognisable background. I know pretty much all Super Hero fiction is set in the west, but lets not spite ourselves just to be different.


#2
Character backstories are up to the player. There is no event which spawns them. Half the fun of super heroes is coming up with ridiculous stories about their rise to heroness. Its a bit lame if it becomes standardised.

#3
It should be set in the future. While Modern Day settings work fine for Super hero movies, for an RPG like this it wouldn't work too well IMO. Modern technology and infastructure is too well thought through, too logical and too stable. Modern technology simply wouldn't make sense in a city full of super heroes, and it would severely limit what they are capable of. The logistics of it would bog down the RPG waaaay too much.

With a near future setting, technology can be adapted to deal with super heroes and the prevelence while also brushing modern issues under the rug.

#4
it should be set in a fictional city.
Why? FREEDOM
allows the player much more freedom in imagining their environment etc etc, most importantly, it prevents real world stuff from getting in the way of creativity. Screw the real world.


and lastly, we need discussion on what sort of official defences the city has against villains and super vigilantes. A specialised anti hero squad would wreck the RPG (they'd dominate everyone) but lemming cops would just be silly.

What do you all think?

[Godzilla Forever]

I liek everything you brought up, Doc, but I still don't understand what you mean by "The West". Western US? Western Europe? Western hemisphere in general?

[TyrannoTitan]

Basically the states. That's what foreigners usually mean by "the west".

[Godzilla Forever]

Ah. Alright. so essentially, the set up for the RPG is something like this:

A random made-up city in the US has begun to have a numerous supers appear in the city in the not-so-distant future. Adequate defenses have been set up to try and stop super villains and their cronies, but super heros have shown up as well, protecting the city instead of destroying/ vandalizing it.

[TyrannoTitan]

Pretty much yeah. Like the most recent SHRPG, which didn't really have anything wrong with it besides inattentive participants (me included).

[Doc 42]

When the RPG is made, it should be noted to make the city sound very prosperous and awesome, ie tourist attractions whatever. if its a crap hole, villains wont really have anything to mess with, if villains dont have much to do, heroes dont either. you get the picture.

[Godzilla Forever]

Well, there's going to be problems. Every city's got them, no matter how good they are. So small gangs and stuff will exist. But nothing major, like drug wars or something is what you're saying me thinks.