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Aug 16 '10, 6:23am

Azerian Kelimon Azerian Kelimon is offline

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Turning Tides: Adventures in the City on Water [3e]

Turning Tides - Forum
Mutants and Masterminds
Estimated Members Requested: 5

Applications so far (See below for the game description):

The list so far:
Terra Firma. Player: Maceo. Last Edit Checked: Aug 18 '10 at 8:52pm. Status: Complete.
Great Grimaldi. Player: Eternal. Last Edit Checked: Aug 24 '10 at 3:59am. Status: Complete.
Elijah Austin. Player: Shazam. Last Edit Checked: Aug 18 '10 at 6:55pm. Status: Complete.
Archive. Player: Pundemic. Last Edit Checked: Aug 26 '10 at 7:15am. Status: Complete.
Ouroboros. Player: vingolf. Last Edit Checked: Aug 17 '10 at 9:10pm. Status: Complete.
Guardian. Player: Mick the Rogue. Last Edit Checked: Aug 20 '10 at 11:01pm. Status: Complete.
Patrick Sanders. Player: Kaitou Kage. Last Edit Checked: Aug 21 '10 at 11:46am. Status: Missing appearance.
Jasmine DeLuca. Player: Selene. Last Edit Checked: Aug 20 '10 at 3:53am. Status: Complete.
Meteorknight. Player: Hardwire. Last Edit Checked: Aug 21 '10 at 11:29am. Status: Complete.
Shadowthurge. Player: Drakos. Last Edit Checked: Aug 20 '10 at 1:26am. Status: Missing Lots of fluff.
Remix. Player: Mask_De_H. Last Edit Checked: Aug 22 '10 at 10:59am. Status: Missing Everything.
Matters of Fact. Player: Eldritch_Myrmidon. Last Edit Checked: Aug 22 '10 at 1:53pm. Status: Missing Background.
Blackout. Player: glacier. Last Edit Checked: Aug 25 '10 at 4:12pm. Status: Complete.

Please tell us if we're missing your app or if the one linked isn't the correct/last updated version. Also, if you edit the app itself (as opposed to just the sheet), please inform us so we can check it again.
I'd also appreciate if you keep your app in the same post. Makes it easier to locate later.

Game Description:

The City on WaterAt the point where three rivers meet and form a lake, there is a city which has seen better days. A bustling hub of commerce thanks to its fortunate location, it once had everything it needed to become one of the greatest cities in the world...but lost it at some point, replaced by something far more cynical, tired, and willing to turn an eye on what was wrong and needed to be righted. A grey funk descended over it as the men in power traded in their zeal and dedication to their duties for the cold comfort of cash, and those in charge of enforcing the law decided that helping break it was far more profitable. The men and women who were far too worried about surviving from one day to the next did not have time for such sordidness and violence, but even they were subtly affected by the decadence that settled into the area. Over time, the place they called their home sunk into darkness, a veil of apathy so thick it could almost be touched on a bad day. The city lost its name and with it its identity, and today no one remembers its former glories. Nothing has changed in years, and if people remain set on their current course, nothing ever will.

But the world has changed. It has seen times of darkness and times of joy, and it has never stood still. And soon, some of that sense of purpose will seep into this forsakened city once more. Soon, the time will come for the tides to turn...

Hello everyone, and welcome to the dark little underworld of the City on Water. Me and Illien, the instigator of this game, are looking for 4 or 5 players who wish to partake in a DC Adventures game, using the Third Edition Mutants and Masterminds rules. Below are some details about the game for those who wish to try their hand at bringing some hope to a town that has lost its aim.

-The characters must be original. This being the DCverse, Nightwing and Robin exist and trying to take over their schtick will be something you'll have to work into the character as a quirk. You can't just play an established hero.
-No 90's antiheroes or anything of the sort. The character must have a real motivation to do good and at least a set of principles. A little (or good) bit of inner darkness is fine, but blurring the lines between hero and supervillain is not kosher.
-No non-sequiteur characters. Silliness, optimism, and lightheartedness (a la Plastic Man for instance) are perfectly fine. Pure randomness is not.
-No veterans. Your character cannot be an old hand at superheroism: they MUST be new heroes, haven't-washed-the-spandex-yet new (in the case they wear one). There's no age limits, naturally, but the 16-40 range is recommended. If you've got a kickass concept that steps outside of that range though, fire away and I'm sure we'll be able to accommodate if it's as good as you think it is.
-No connections with preestablished heroes. The City on Water is off the grid, forgotten by everyone. Someone like Superman miiiiiiiiiight show up occasionally if an alien invasion strikes the area, but no local heroes exist to fight the criminal underworld and low and mid-level superpowered threats. You'll be breaking new ground here!

Now, as for the mechanical details everyone's probably wondering about...

-PL 10, PP 150. Baseline levels, enough to play a good flying brick but not enough to go and beat Darkseid silly by sheer brute force. Of course, nobody says you have to have superpowers: a costumed adventurer has as much of a place in the City on Water as a metahuman or an exarch of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
-Homebrewed Advantages, powers, et al are allowed, but ask us about it first, like you would anywhere else.
-We have created conversions of some useful MnM2e feats. Anyone can use them, so make sure to check them out in case you wanted something like them!
-No cheese. Ill is very good at spotting this, so Bathroom Mentalists who hide in spheres of opaque max-toughness glass will be struck down with blue lightning bolts, assassinated by intangible, invisible robot ninjas or retconned out of existence. Similarly, Zangief-style grapplers who can Final Atomic Buster titans with ease will be asked to tone down to reasonable levels.

That's all. The turning of the tides is in your hands now. Will the City on Water disappear into the mists of history permanently? Or will it finally become the grand place it should always have been?

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Last edited by Azerian Kelimon; Aug 31 '10 at 8:27pm..