Thread: Anti-Heroes

I will be the first to join.

Character Name: Repus Oge
Gender: Male
Age: mid-30s
Appearance: Right eye missing. 6'1". Shaggy black hair. Muscular and scarred.
Favoured Weapons: Spindle-blade (Like two swords tied around a disc that can be thrown like a frisbee and return like a boomarang. Exotic, to say the least. )
Talents: Intellegent/calculating. Swordplay talents.
Persona: Blunt and direct. Angers easily and always thinks himself right. Has a bias against women doing men's work. Moody; though he has his moments of being nice.
Alignment: Good/Bad/Neutral (will play a role in my storyline) Good, believe it or not.
Special Power: Healing (though he much prefered a different power, he is stuck with healing).

Perfecto. Will contact you if we get some more interest with your backstory, inventory, etc and a quick clarification of the system and we can get underway.

Six characters for Season One would be ideal, I can build up a story around that, and you can all work out the idea and start having fun.

my turn

Character name: (unknown) - cals herself Eloa
Gender: female
Age: somewhere around 30
Appearance: flawless straight black hair and black eyes. Average built. Somewhat attractive.
Special power: invisibility
Weapon: a big, sharp knife is her favourite. Can also handle a sword.
She is a professional assassin. Thanks to her power, she can lurk in the dark perfectly, which she greatly uses in favour of getting her assignments done. She cannot become fully invisible though (yet?).
Personality: doesn't talk much. Is mostly mean and merciless, but somewhere in that stone heart still lies affection and care.
Aligntment: whoever pays most.

Guess that's it. Any doubt, suggestion, comment is welcome; or if you want to change anything about her, it's up to you.

Alignment would be Neutral then...probably shorter periods of invisibility as opposed to how invisible you go...but that's great.

Anyone else?

Character Name:Keaton Leort
Gender:Male
Age:17
Appearance: Boring-smart. Mid length dark hair. Average-skinny build. Tallish.
Favoured Weapons:None.
Talents: Logic and charm.
Persona: Polite; nice; not overly-talkative but not introverted.
Alignment: Greater Good?
Special Power: Telepathy.



Note; Boring background and no fighting experience please.

Makes a contrast to the above two "deadly assassin" and "scarred well built with shaggy hair"

Good, like it. Three more and then we're done.

Go recruit, my children, go! Spread the word!

lame

Originally Posted by Wanted

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You're still here? What warning are you on now?

Sounds like a great idea.

I'll join. PM-ing you the character details.

Originally Posted by Wanted

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*Sputters drink*

You're still here!?


Bdw, very good idea Sindy. If I come up with a cool enough character, I'll PM you.

Originally Posted by Wanted

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Haha. I know.

Lame people roxx.


That's probably enough characters for my brain to handle (if Xox can get a profile done I'll take it in though). Will post first chapter very soon, and then pm you all with your background/inventory/yet another clarification of the system.

So be awares?

I awares!

Sin, do it in a different thread.


This is reserved for admin/discussion.

...actually a really good idea.

I'll start a new thread for the chapters once it's started then. Comments about rules, problems, whatever can all go here.

...thanks, Carou.

Well, We're all just waiting on xox now. -.-

No pressure.

I've got the basic story-arcs sorted now. Few major all-encompassing ones, few more individual character-quests (that should hopefully link in).

It should probably result in Volume One being individual 'heroes' alone, doing very separate things on a small-scale, with the impending threat of larger events and story-arcs eventually growing to utterly overshadow personal quests, and dragging all the characters for an exciting conclusion.
There will be villains and there will be 'heroes', while player characters will no doubt dabble in between.

If that works well, I'll do a Volume Two with some new players introduced, a few old ones can drop out if they have lost interest, and we can see far more large-scale world-wide power plays as character heroes are now strong enough to wield major influence. Big battles and struggles with villains (player villains?) and the 'heroes', and those between.

I got plans, I does, I really does.

Can I join? I can wait until someone's activity slips or something if it's too confusing but here's my character sheet.

Character Name: Dierdro Daye
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Appearance: Dark skin, black dreads, whiskers, more lean than muscular
Favoured Weapons: A Kusara-kama (google image it)
Talents: Beside adept kusaram kama ability? He's pretty acrobatic
Persona: Very quick to anger and irrational if feels cornered. He has a soft spot for humanity that he tries to ignore in pursuit of his duty but just can't escape.
Alignment: Kind of a fallen demon, I guess he's good but it would be hard for him to get over himself at first
Special Power: Supervision

Supervision is so different to super vision.

I'm being slow so yeah you can join.

Clarify on the alignment, please? Good, Neutral or Bad. It won't affect you much for awhile anyways, and most of the Good characters I've invented are pretty evil, while most bad are reasonably excusable.

Oh, and all player characters are human (with special powers). Sorry if this wasn't clear.

Big big big rules post coming up here any minute now. Omnius, I've got the first few story arcs sorted, so I'll need a little bit to sort you in. I'll try and introduce you in the second chapter, if that's okay (so not that long off, me hopes ), and I'll pm you when you're in. If Xox decides to join after we've started, I'll integrate her in whenever. Chapter One coming to a new topic very soon, then I'll pm you background/inventory. Computer troubles have delayed me more than I'd hoped, but we should be making ground fast soon.

So once you get that pm, make sure you've read the rules and importantly the chapter and you can send me your first actions.

Yeah, this post might be fairly big. I got issues.

Numbered diagrams help ease the pain.

RULES

The system is thus:

1. Chapter Posted
2. Update Sent
3. Actions Returned
4. Repeat

The chapter will be a new topic (this can remain for problems, chat, feedback, complaints, newbies wanting to join at some point - which they still can, I'll just kill off older characters to make room - and whatever. Most characters will be in each chapter, though occasionally (say, if you're on holiday and I don't think you're necessarily needed to be there) your character might miss a chapter.
I will send you an update pm after every chapter. It will remind you of your character profile, have an inventory list, and so on. It might also contain information that only your character has learnt (characters with precognition, for example, may have visions of the future that only they see). Information given only to you could give you an advantage over the group, or be better shared with the group. Some people will obviously prove better teamplayers than others, though how well you all do need not represent this.
Your actions must be sent after the update pm. If you miss an actions deadline, it's no biggie, I'll either miss your character from the next chapter if they aren't needed, and you can get in your actions for next time, or I'll guess your character's actions (I'll try to keep them in persona) if they really must be in a chapter.

Actions are a big headache to me for the first few goes in most forums. Here's a few guidelines (numbered diagrams, see? ):

1. Don't invent things, use the enviroment and background I have given you (for example, "I use my hidden ninja disks, which I always keep in my boots, and throw them at his head. I then summon my mystic steed and ride off to the Castle of Darkness where I make sweet love to a beautiful princess, who loves me very much.")
2. I might of gone overboard with that example. Sorry.
3. Don't use narrative, I'll do that (for example, "He walks into the cave, his hair looking sexy and cool as the wind lashes it vigorously")
4. Don't control anyone else's character, or characters that I control, or the world around you, just tell me what you intend to do (for example "I try to talk him into helping me" NOT "I talk him into helping me and then walk off into the cave"

Few examples of very very good actions:

Originally Posted by Good Actions

I try and fight my way out.

Originally Posted by Even Gooder Actions

I try and fight my way out of the cave, using my long-sword.

Originally Posted by Even More Gooder Actions

I try and fight my way out of the cave, using my long-sword. If Bobert doesn't try and attack me, I don't attack him.

Um...teamwork. You can always talk about what to do here, or anywhere else, with the other characters. You can see what they're doing in the chapters, so planning ahead is always good. Co-operating in actions can make your characters' success even more certain, for example:

Bobert's power is to create forcefields. Timbert's power is pyro-manipulation. They have been trapped by a villain with telekinesis, who is hurling rocks and other debris at them.
Bobert and Timbert plan their actions together.

Originally Posted by Bobert

I try and cover Timbert with forcefields whenever the villain tries to attack.

Originally Posted by Timbert

I try and create balls of fire with my power, which I then use to throw at the villain. If Bobert covers me with forcefields, I use them if I seem too in danger.

Of course, Timbert could say:

Originally Posted by Timbert

If Bobert covers me with forcefields, I use this as a distraction and throw a fire ball in his face, and then run to escape the villain.

Course, that's cause Timbert's mean.

Heh, balls of fire...


Anyways, I think I've made the whole thing painfully, painfully clear.

No deadline for first actions, just await update, read chapter, and send when ready. We'll spend as long as it takes to get everyone right, damnit!



Too much type, me tired now.

This looks really fantastic, if people stick to it.


You deserve a round of applause for the amount of work your gonna be doing here sin.

...work?

The fact your writing up each episode.

Good

Have begun Anti-Heroes - The Volumes. Chapter One very very very very very close. Tonight or early tomorrow.

No posting in that topic, please? Looks neater.

This can keep going, ofc.