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Post by SirGuido on Jun 29, 2016 10:23:13 GMT -8
I feel like the larger-scale stuff would be better off, at least in the beginning, as sort of a broad-strokes "reason" for the stuff the small-to-mid level guys do. Oh, war in Whateverstan? Yeah, that's why these guys are all agitated, turns out we sold the other guys all those guns. Yep, exactly. I even wrote out how the whole thing came to be. The team I mentioned in my previous post all contracted the virus and got powers. One guy got the ability to create nuclear energy. He couldn't control it and he go boom. Killing the Russian and Ukrainian members of the team. The others were teleported away by another member's ability. When the Russian government went to investigate all the could find were the remains of the American, the Ukrainian, and the Russians. Their conclusion was that it was a terrorist plot and the Russians stopped it. The others were called conspirators and tensions began between all the countries. A peace talk was proposed by the UK prime minister and at that talk it was learned that Obama has hypercharm as a power and was using it against everyone, a Russian delegate was a telepath and figured it out. So tensions grew even higher. A few days later is when the campaign starts. I've set a limit on how many people each super can give the virus to, and a percentile chance that someone exposed will get the virus. Each player will roll a d10 once they gain their power and that's how many times they can spread their virus and there is a 20% chance that the person will be immune.
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Post by ayslyn on Jun 29, 2016 11:05:36 GMT -8
Thanks Obama....
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Post by Forresst on Jun 29, 2016 19:34:03 GMT -8
SUPER NEATO this game sounds like lots of fun!
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Post by SirGuido on Jul 3, 2016 13:15:32 GMT -8
Here's the timeline from my perspective:
Jan 8 2016 At the beginning of 2016, a deal was struck to allow a multinational team to excavate the Sokolov crater in Siberia, Russia.
Feb 18 2016 Eight scientists from Russia, Ukraine, US, Canada, Greece, Spain, and Germany set up base camp and Germany set up base camp and begin surveying the crater.
Apr 29 2016 Dario Lopez(US) and Aldo Giesler(Ger) uncover a small radioactive meteorite deep within the crater and bring it to the lab for examination.
May 1 2016 The entire team is exposed to an alien virus when the seal on the containment unit fails.
May 3 2016 Yessica Alvaro(Spn) is the first to exhibit symptoms as she complains about hearing voices in her head. Later that day Mark Houser(Can) starts complaining that the heating in the camp is malfunctioning.
May 4 2016 Yessica realizes that she is a telepath and can read the thoughts of the people around her, and Houser realizes he can create ice from thin air. The others also start showing symptoms. Dario Lopez begins having stomach pains and reports an abnormally high fever.
May 5 2016 Lopez begins to emanate heat and his internal temperature exceeds 200 degrees. He starts suffering from dehydration and his skin is hot to the touch. The crew decides to call for a medical evac which is expected in two days.
May 6 2016 Lopez had gotten worse, the heat coming from him has raised the temperature inside the base camp nearly 10 degrees. Houser tries, in vain, to cool down Lopez but all the ice he creates melts in seconds and makes nearly no impact on the base's internal temperature. Petros, who had gained the ability to heal, tries to help him but his ability seems to do nothing. By midday Dario's skin begins to glow and and the heat is so intense its almost impossible to be closer than ten feet to him for more than a few seconds. The crew begins to grow anxious and they talk about grabbing survival gear and hiking out of the valley as quickly as possible. Panic sets in the more Lopez cries out in pain and the Russians start hinting at the idea of murder. Pushkin, with his incredible strength and endurance, grabs Lopez and holds him immobile. The others try to stop him but Dobrev uses her ability to charm them into waiting. The others huddle in the corner, scared and not sure what to do. Pushkin's skin burns and he growls in pain but his grip doesn't loosen. The glow of Lopez's skin gets brighter and Pushkin's flesh begins to bubble. Just as the light gets almost too bright and the heat begins to burn them; Giesler, Alvaro, Houser, and Petros disappear in a noxious cloud of smoke. They open their eyes and find themselves in the middle of Giesler's family's farm in the middle of Dusseldorf Germany. In the distance a cow moos as Alvaro gasps in surprise.
May 8 2016 After a few days recovering and healing from their burns, the group hears a report in the news of a reported nuclear incident. The report says that the American, Dario Lopez, detonated a nuclear device within the confines of the compound and kill the Russian and Ukrainian scientists. The other scientists, who were not to be found, have been named co-conspirators and have been labeled as terrorists and enemies of Russia. Tensions begin between the countries involved as each blames the others.
May 12 2016 The survivors of the “Sokolov Incident” as its been called in the media, decide to disappear rather than cause further incident or be sentenced as terrorists. Aldo teleports each of them to a different location and they swear to lay low and undercover. He takes Houser to central Kentucky in the United States, Alvaro he takes to the Jungles of Venezuala, Petros he takes to Australia, and he takes himself to South Africa.
And then from theirs:
Timeline
Jan 2 2016 Noted botanist Shelley Justice reveals a plant found deep in the tropical jungles of Central America that may hold the key to curing cancer and extending life beyond current expectancies.
Jan 8 2016 A deal is struck to allow a multinational team to excavate the Sokolov Crater in Siberia, Russia. Eight scientists from Russia, Ukraine, US, Canada, Greece, Spain, and Germany will set up a camp and survey the crater.
Jan 28 2016 The World Health Organization announces a worldwide outbreak of the Zika virus.
Feb 7 2016 North Korea launches a long range rocket into space, violating several UN treaties and bringing condemnation from multiple countries.
Feb 24 2016 Former NASA researcher Peter Harrison announces that a significant source of clean water has been found deep below the surface of Mars. For the first time it is feasible for humans to populate that planet.
Mar 22 2016 Three coordinated bombings in Brussels, Belgium kill at least 32 and injure at least 250. No bomb fragments are found.
Mar 28 2016 Qantas Flight 372 from Sydney to London has a catastrophic engine failure upon approach to Heathrow airport but lands safely without a single injury.
Apr 6 2016 An electrical storm blacks out a large portion of the Canadian East Coast. People are without power for many days.
Apr 30 2016 President Barack Obama announces a new initiative sponsored by the Federal Government to bring more emphasis to the sciences in public schools.
May 8 2016 According to a report the base camp at the Sokolov crater was the victim of a fiery explosion. The report says that the American, Dario Lopez, detonated a nuclear device within the confines of the compound and killed the Russian and Ukrainian scientists. The other scientists, who were not to be found, have been named co-conspirators and have been labeled as terrorists and enemies of Russia. Tensions begin between the countries involved as each blames the others.
May 14 2016 Vin Mazzaro a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants records his third straight no hitter, a feat never before accomplished. No pitcher since Johnny Vandermeer in 1938 has had 2 no hitters recorded in multiple starts.
May 18 2016 A man by the name of Jeremy Joyce becomes a viral sensation as video of him flying through the air to save a man attempting to commit suicide by jumping from atop the National City tower in downtown Frankfort, KY makes its rounds through every media outlet. In the video, he catches the man in a flash and comes down to land lightly on one foot before setting the man on his own two feet before turning to face one of the many cell phone cameras in the crowd. Mr. Joyce cracks a smile and winks at the camera. “If anyone ever needs help, JJ is there. Anytime, day or night. I'm a real life Superman, only better looking.” He smiles again and chuckles before launching himself into the air and disappearing with a sonic boom.
May 19 2016 Another man, Will Green of Perth Australia becomes a sensation when he and multiple duplicates of himself are seen at a house fire rescuing inhabitants and working diligently to bring the fire under control. The two men along with a handful of others pick up the name “Talent” from the media as a description for what they can do.
May 29 2016 By this time, reports of Talents are coming in every day. There are now dozens of men and women around the world exhibiting superhuman abilities. Despite multiple tests and studies, no one can seem to determine how they are getting the abilities or why it began in the first place.
Jun 1 2016 In an effort to calm down relations between the countries involved in the Sobolev Incident, British Prime Minister David Cameron calls for peace talks and invites all the countries to a conference that will take place in Lucerne Switzerland on July 11.
Jun 7 2016 Multiple rare and priceless art pieces and artifacts disappear from the Louvre in France. Included among them are the Mona Lisa, Venus deMilo, and the Regent diamond. Investigations have turned up zero leads.
Jun 12 2016 A man opens fire inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL. Just seconds after the shooting begins a small group of costumed talents appear on site and subdue the terrorist and deliver him into police custody. No one is seriously hurt.
Jun 16 2016 A media storm begins, citing many potential “hazards” of the talents. Reverend Ernest Carter calls these men and women an affront to God. That they are Satan's tools to bring down humanity. He calls for all God fearing public officials to immediately begin the licensing and registration of every being exhibiting any super ability.
Jun 24 2016 Harsh storms in the northern AppalachianValley result in horrible flash floods. Buildings are destroyed, vehicles washed away, people are getting injured and drowning. During one of the floods a toddler was swept away and would have been dead in moments if they hadn't been lifted safely out of the water from a distance by the abilities of a man named Ronald Stine. Mr. Stine refused comment except to say he was only trying to help.
Jun 28 2016 A wildfire located in the Lake Isabella area of Southern California destroys over a hundred structures and kills two people. Eyewitness say that just before the fire engulfed the area, two men were seen fighting and shooting what they could only explain as “glowing laser beams”. This incident is still under investigation and if anyone has any information they are asked to call the Kern County Sheriff's Department.
Jul 4 2016 Reverend Ernest Carter holds a rally in Cottonwood, AL for a new organization that he is calling God's Humanity. In his speech he calls the Talents an earthly abomination and calls for all the men and women of the world to unite and rid the planet of this inherently evil creatures who should be killed on sight.
Jul 5 2016 Ernest Carter is imprisoned for inciting a riot with hate speech. His followers descend upon the local jail and forcefully remove him from custody.
Jul 11 2016 The leaders of Spain, US, Greece, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia all arrive in Lucerne for the peace summit. David Cameron holds a press conference welcoming all the delegations and speaks toward a hope for peace and understanding between the nations involved.
Jul 13 2016 A member of the Greek delegation, worried that they might be connected to something they cannot possibly hope to defend against, announces that he is a Talent and his ability is to sense others with abilities. He points out the others, most of whom are within the Russian contingent, and ends with mentioning US President Barack Obama. The room erupts with accusations of coercion and the talks grind to a halt as each delegation leaves Switzerland within the day.
Jul 15 2016 Russia closes its borders and forces all non-citizens to leave upon penalty of death. They vow to allow no one to leave or enter their country until the Sobolev Incident is properly resolved.
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Post by SirGuido on Jul 3, 2016 13:21:13 GMT -8
A lot of the above events are real life events that I appropriated, several before May 8th are meant to throw them off from the actual initiating incident.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2016 18:51:19 GMT -8
You might want to look at mutant city blues (a gumshoe game by robin laws). It has an interesting take on powers, how they manifest, and how society reacted. Doesn't line up perfectly with your ideas, but it could be a useful mine to draw some inspiration from.
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Post by zoomfarg on Jul 3, 2016 23:10:03 GMT -8
This looks so great! Still working on articles. Should have them to you soon.
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Post by SirGuido on Jul 4, 2016 13:24:50 GMT -8
This looks so great! Still working on articles. Should have them to you soon. Awesome, hoping to have the first newspaper done by the next session(2weeks).
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Post by SirGuido on Jul 20, 2016 19:01:15 GMT -8
If anyone is interested I posted a list of the powers I made over here. The ice manipulator, energy absorber, kineticist, super genius, and oxygen manipulator were the powers my party got upon random draw. I have a bunch more but I haven't typed everything up yet.
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Post by SirGuido on Jul 25, 2016 18:49:19 GMT -8
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Post by uselesstriviaman on Aug 10, 2016 9:42:06 GMT -8
I think my favorite super-origin story came from the Wild Card series. Aliens released a virus on Earth as an experiment. This virus (dubbed the Wild Card virus) had a 90% fatality rate, and the surviving 10% were either transformed into gruesome, sometimes horrific Jokers or - a very small percent - were transformed into Aces, with incredible super powers. A pretty good series for a while, but it kinda went downhill in the later books. If I ever decided to run a Supers game though, I'd definitely use this universe. Looks like George RR Martin really liked this series too.
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Post by SirGuido on Aug 10, 2016 10:18:02 GMT -8
Yeah I saw that!
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Post by zoomfarg on Oct 8, 2016 19:40:44 GMT -8
How's this game going?? I'd love to hear about it.
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Post by SirGuido on Oct 12, 2016 16:03:47 GMT -8
How's this game going?? I'd love to hear about it. Not fantastic at the moment. We haven't played in like 6 weeks or so. One of my players got married, and since he got married to my sister I was there too so... cancelled game. Then he was on his honeymoon and another player was out of town so cancelled game. Then several of us were sick so we cancelled and then our host had to cancel because his mom had to have surgery. So yeah. Before that we didn't get much playing done because of so many in game distractions. I have taken all this time to come up with a good outline though. In the next session they'll have their first real fight. They will meet the guy behind a lot of what's been going on, he's the guy you gave me... the one who can control non-supers like Killgrave from Jessica Jones. He has a small little carefully picked band that's been roving around basically stealing money and causing mayhem. But because of his band(a teleporter, a guy who fucks with electronics, his own command ability, and a guy who wipes memories) no one has any idea who they are. They will end up getting a call to face them though and a fight will ensue. They're new member(a much loved npc goofball) will be killed(most likely) and they bad guy will get away(most likely). What they don't know is there is someone controlling the Killgrave-clone. It should be cool if we ever get to play again.
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