The world is changing and its inhabitants are changing with it, people are becoming aware of abilities that may be described as special or un-natural. These people seem random gaining these ‘powers’ without any reason or explanation, some use them for good, others for evil and some simply do not use them. Many are not yet aware of their own destiny and those who are have kept it secret from the world, but some do know and mysterious groups are taking these ‘special’ people for reasons that remain unclear…
Meanwhile in the city of Seattle a young scientist has discovered his own abilities and began studying them, he has also began looking for others with abilities in the hopes of better understanding. However a mysterious group have taken an interest in the research the scientist has undertaken and wishes to use it for their own means…
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The Story
Hey everybody it’s the starmark2k’s monthly RP (yes it’s early, Shhhh) and this week I’m doing a semi resurrection with my Superheroes of New York RP, but this time I’m basing it around the popular TV show Heroes. You don’t have to have seen the show (but if you haven’t go watch it! It Rocks!) to join this RP as we can pretty much catch you up and we won’t be meeting any of the characters from the show or experience any major events as it is based at the same time as the beginning of the series.
You play one of the ‘Specials’ who has recently discovered they can do something thought to be impossible for a Human to do. Your character would have or will either be contacted by or have gone looking for my character ‘Jason Hawk’ as he has written a paper on the internet about the phenomenon. After we meet up there will be fights with a group of not so good ‘Specials’ and a plot line of epic proportion to save the city of Seattle (a little parallel to the actual show in New York)
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Rules- RP forum rules are standard.
No killing PCs without permission
Minimal Char Control (it’s unrealistic to RP without it creeping in)
Thread master controls all 'plot sensitive' NPCs
7 day Absence rule- don’t post for seven days your character becomes a NPC until you return.
No one-liners
3 PC Max (2 ‘Special’, 1 Normal)
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Character Sheet
Name: (i.e Peter Petrelli, Bruce Wayne)
Age:
Sex: (Male or Female)
Nationality: (Anywhere in the world)
Appearance: (Picture or description)
Power and Abilities: (What they can do, See below for limitations)
Bio: (History and personality.)
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Powers and Abilities
Ok all pretty much anything goes but if a character is too powerful it can ruin the RP and make it Un-fun and Unfair. So I’m going to state the limits to what a character can do and give examples using ‘Heroes’ Characters to prevent any confusion further down the road.
Firstly no Peter Petrellis or Sylars (or if you’re an X-men fan, no Rogues). You have to pick a single power and stick with it, we can’t have people who can do everything everyone else can do. Also avoid characters like the Haitian who can stop other special peoples abilities.
Secondly no one can have a power as strong as Hiro, Time Travel will just start confusing everyone and mix up the RP. Characters like Hiro will need to be ‘dumbed’ down so his teleportation would be limited to a distance of say half a mile and freezing time would be only seen to last for 30 seconds from his perspective.
Your power can only give you one or two abilities. IE if you were to play a Hiro character his power would be ‘bending the space time continuum’ and the abilities would be ‘Teleportation’ and ‘freezing time’.
If you were to play a Claire character her power would be ‘Regeneration’ and her abilities would include ‘Regeneration’ and possibly ‘Immunity to poison’.
If you were to play a D.L character his power would be ‘move through solid objects’ and this would also be his only ability.
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Name: Jason Hawk
Age: 25
Sex: Male
Nationality: American
Appearance: Hawk (
http://bbashful66.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/long.jpg)
Power and Abilities: Fire Generation
Flame Thrower- Jason can ignite hands with fire and then throw the flames up to fifteen meters in the form of a ball.
Fire Proof- Jason’s skin does not burn and he can not feel high levels of heat.
Bio: Considered somewhat a child prodigy from childhood it’s unsurprising Jason took to a life devoted to science. His preferred field was biology and more specifically Genetics, his intelligence led to good grades and these got him into Cambridge university in England where he went to Study genetics under the greatest minds in the world.
While at university Jason began a case study of some of his classmates and noticed oddities within one of their genetic codes. He claimed that the classmates code could allow him to do special things but his professors dismissed these claims. Despite this setback he left university with a first degree and a doctorate, but swore he would prove that his theory was correct.
Returning to his home in Seattle Jason began working for a company that specialised in researching and treating Genetic illnesses but spent most of his free time on hid own project. While working on his project he accidentally started a fire at his home and was somehow not burned. He realised that he had somehow started the fire by mistake as the flames originated from his own hand, a quick study of his own D.N.A. proved his suspicions.
Jason is intelligent and determined; if he sets out to do something he won’t stop until he finishes it. His work has made him a bit reclusive and has very little in the way of a social life.
Name: Sarah-Jane Jones
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Nationality: British
Appearance: SJ (
http://images.wikia.com/avatar/images/e/ee/Ty_lee_001.jpg)
Power and Abilities: Earth Movement
Tremor- SJ can cause the ground around her feet to violently shake like an earthquake although the distance of these tremors is limited to a 20 meter radius.
Perfect Balance- SJ’s ability also allows her to keep her balance at all times whether it is on her feet or standing on one hand.
Bio: Sarah-Jane, or SJ as she prefers to be called is a popular young Gymnast at her school in a London suburb. Her life seemed normal enough until one day her boyfriend had dumped her at school and in her rage an earthquake destroyed half her high school. Without anyway to explain the small quake the authorities left it as a freak accident but noted that the tremors did seem to create a circumference around SJ.
She’s a fun loving good time girl but has a short fuse and is quick to anger, this wasn’t a problem until her power’s started to surface now a tantrum can destroy the house.
Name: Byron Jones
Age: 47
Sex: Male
Nationality: British
Appearance: Professor Jones (
http://www.mwctoys.com/images/sdcc_hamill_1.jpg) (yes it’s Luke crossed with Obi-Wan!!!)
Power and Abilities: None
Bio: The Scottish Geneticist is considered highly in the field and has been lecturing at Cambridge university. He was one of the Professors that dismissed Jason Hawk’s theories on evolution and how the human genetic code had began to change and at a phenomenal rate. Byron has recently began to notice the strange tectonic activity that seems to happen around his daughter and is now beginning to believe his former pupils work.
Professor Jones is sceptical about most things until he has solid undisputable proof, this makes him seem quite stubborn.