A New Team

scahill · Oct 31 '12, 2:38am

If you want to play a cannon character just let me know who and we'll stat it. You could provide a starting point for us though. Yes, this means the creation of original characters will more under your control.

Kopana · Oct 31 '12, 3:51am

Not very familiar with the system, but the idea sounds interesting. How does FASERIP work? Roll high? Roll low? From what I've looked up in my sixty second search, each number is a stat, a normal person has a 50% chance of success with a roll associated with a given stat, and every ten points more adds 5% chance of success?

Anyway. I'm definitely expressing interest here. I might be interested in playing a canon character, but at the same time I'm way more familiar with Earth-1610 than I am 616. I really got into Marvel with the Ultimates, so I don't know if I want to play a canon character and wind up playing them wrong because they're a lot more different than I thought.

scahill · Oct 31 '12, 4:03am

I wouldn't worry too much I mainly using Earth-616 for background fluff. I don't have an issue if Captain America is a bit darker or another personality shift.

The system is pretty simple, I've no doubt you'll catch right on.

Scarecrow71 · Oct 31 '12, 4:06am

I'm highly intrigued. Before I create a character - and I'm going to create one of my own, and not be all cheese and pick Wolverine or Spider-Man - I've got a couple questions.

1. Any banned or restricted powers?
2. For those powers that come with an automatic limitation that the judge decides (Time Control, for example), how do you want to handle the auto limitation?

scahill · Oct 31 '12, 4:23am

1. I can't think of any powers I'm going to ban outright, I'll probably set a cap on True Invulnerability but I think the point buy will balance out other aspects of the character to make it all good.

2. I will ask the player's preference, expecting some sort of "game world" explanation as to why it should be limited that way and either go with their preference or if I find it unsatisfying try to reach a compromise we'll both be happy with.

Scarecrow71 · Oct 31 '12, 4:39am

silverwolfer · Oct 31 '12, 4:50am

As Disney now owns marvel, can I be....

Drum Roll please......

scahill · Oct 31 '12, 5:43am

@silverwolfer: I quite clearly said no gods.

Kopana · 7:44am

Any particular... uh... scale, I guess, to be aiming for? Or a particular subset of supers? Will we have to work out some excuse to give a damn about each other, or is that not a point of concern?

Also, how strictly are we stuck to the story and such of a canon character if we pick one? For example, I can rattle off a list of ten different characters I would love to play off the top of my head, but...

If I go with, say, my first choice,

Cessily Kincaid AKA

Mercury, am I going to be locked in to playing her a certain way based on her personality in the comics? Will I have to study up on her characterization and work to play her according to her actual background? Or can I get away with saying "This is Cessily Kincaid if she actually practiced and liked her powers instead of angsting about them all day and night."

Also, to be perfectly clear I totally want to play Mercury. You know, since Squirrel Girl is out.