OOC: Casting Call for "Altered One's"

[Guest]

Anyone out there interested in a new superhero thread?

Here's my idea.

Real world. 20 seconds into future type thing.

One year ago: Aliens from parts unknown showed up in orbit around Earth. These aliens did not show themselves to the masses. Instead they kidnapped apparently random people from around the world. They did not "mistreat" these people but they did some experiments on them. They altered them, genetically.

Over the last year, these "altered ones" have slowly begun to show up. Some have chosen to stay hidden and practice with their new abilities, others have just gone out and started using their powers for their own purposes, good or bad.

There are two types of "Altered One's." The first are the "Aces." The other are the "Jokers" (These phrases, this scenario is loosely based on the series of books titled "Wild Cards")

The Jokers are the freaks. They have superpowers, but they also have Blue fur covering their body constantly or wings sprouting out of their shoulders or pointed ears. They have been mutated in a way that is constant and obvious. It is obvious to EVERYONE that they have been altered. They are freaks and outcasts.

The Aces also recieved powers, but they are capable of hiding the fact that they have been altered. No blue fur, no pointed ears, no spikes coming off of their backs. These people can maintain a secret identity and a private life, unlike the Jokers.

The Jokers, like everything that is different and misunderstood have been shunned and forced to live outside the norms of civilization. Some have taken refuge in the sewers or in the subways tunnels. Others live under bridges as homeless people and some have taken up residence in a large refugee city called "JokerTown." Jokertown is plagued with crime and disease.

The setting will be the fictional city of Brockton. Brockton is a large thriving metropolis and is the neighbor to one of these Jokertowns that have sprung up.

There will be parts for almost anyone. You can play an Ace, a joker or an everyday human being. A good guy or a bad guy.

The story will focus around five or six superheros, jokers and/or aces who will form into a group to protect Brockton from the rampant crime coming over from Jokertown. There will NOT be anymore than five or six heros in this group.

If you wish to take up a part as a Hero, it will be first come, first serve.

Others, such as the Mayor of Brockton, The police chief of Brockton and other characters to fill out the city are available as long as we don't duplicate a position.

Villians, jokers or aces, will come and go. Create a villian, play him/her until he has committed his/her crime or been defeated and then you can leave. If you want to come back later, you can, with the same or a new character.

If one of the heros dies or quits, someone can take their place with a new hero. "Oh no, Has anyone seen Mega Man in the last week?"

Now in order to keep the game from having Superman in it, I am limiting the number of powers anyone, hero,villian, ace or joker can have. We will put that limit at TWO. No more than two alterations. You can give your character wings and the power of flight. Or the Power of flight and the speed to fly at the speed of sound or the power to be super strong and invulnerable to damage, no Supermen or Wonder Women allowed.

If you wish to play one of the hero's or a civilian write it up and place it on the board. First come, first serve.

We will need one or two villians to begin with. Again, first come, first serve.

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MY character, one of the heros.

Name: Charlie Kennedy

Hero Name: The Spirit

Alteration: Ace

Powers: The power to turn invisible and intangible allowing him to pass through almost anything.

Physical Description: Charlie is five foot ten, 175 pounds, short brown hair, blue eyes with broad shoulders.

History: Charlie was a cook in a restaraunt before he was altered. Since being altered, Charlie has kept his powers secret. He has practiced with them while alone and has used them for a small number of crimes to profit himself. He has used these ill gotten gains to go to college and get a degree in criminology and has now opened his own private detective agency. He uses his powers to aide in his jobs. While Charlie has committed crimes in the past he has now stopped and uses his powers only for good.

Extras: Spirit carries a large variety of non-lethal weapons and accessories hidden in his costume. The most obvious of these are:
Twin nightsticks.
a shotgun looking device that fires beanbags.
A Tazer
Chinese Throwing stars
electronic bugs
A camera, no flash
a small pad of paper and pen

Anyone interested in joining??

 

[Guest]

One more rule.

All characters MUST come from your imagination. No using actual comic book characters PLEASE!!!

 

[KisstheSky]

I'm game

Hey sounds like a cool concept, I'd be interested in playing a Hero if its ok with you.

Name: Mya Westhaven
Age: 23
Sex: F
Hero Name: I'll get back to you on that lol....
Alteration: Ace

Powers: Empath-can feel people's emotions and make people feel certain things (includes mild telepathy but not enough to qualify as another ability) and to manipulate flesh (though not her own, she's not a shapeshifter) but to heal or reopen wounds.

Physical Description: Mya stands a little under 5'10, with a long lean toned build from years of training in yoga, pilates, tae kwon do and kung fu, still has lovely feminine curves. Creamy white skin, shockingly bright blue green eyes framed by dark lashes and long silvery blonde straight hair that falls just past her mid-back.

History: before her alteration Mya had actually been working as an artist and a model for extra money, but due to the nature of her gifts she is now pursuing a degree to practice medicine. She still model's on occasion for money-usually just as an artist's model, and she volunteers at several clinics.

Extras: Mya carries a beautifully engraved katana-a gift from her sensei in a sheath down her spine hidden by her hair, personalized throwing knives that look like the symbol for medicine (the staff modified to a sword with the two snakes entwined) in gauntlets on her wrists.
She keeps small tracers and bugs on her person
As well as a high tech pda/wireless communicator that she can use to get data, trace or hack into a system.

Hope this is ok, this sounds like a fun RP

 

[cats]

I had one in mind but the two powers knocked it out. I'll have to make a new one. I'll play probably a jocker, not sure as weather it'll be male or female. Probably a villain.

May I make one sujestion. You said wings count as a power and flight as another. That really discourages Jockers. Prehaps they should be combined. In a game book I have for GURPS they called wings a specil effect. You see the wings have a set of advantages and disadvantages that come with them. I could hit you with the wings wich is an advantage, however you can tie up the wings to keep me from flying. So both even out makeing it simply flight. Now if I were to say wings of fire, that is difrent, fire wings melt and burn and because of it they can't be tied up. So that would be an advantage. I hope you reconsider this.

 

[hybirdx]

I think I'll join, give me a bit and I'll come up with an chara

 

[Guest]

First, I'm glad some people are interested in the game. I tried this same basic scenario once before and got NOTHING from anyone.

Kissthesky, welcome to the game.

Cats, if write up a character and post it. We can discuss it. Welcome to the game though.

Hybrid, we await your character. Welcome.

I was thinking we could start the game with a villian on the rampage and the heros could all meet as they converge to fight the bad guy.

Cats, do you want to be our first badguy??

 

[IDreamofBunnies]

"You know I must play a villain, it's my calling really. I'm submitting two characters, a mastermind type and her right hand man.

Name: Portia Vittoria

Alias: La Signora ("The Lady")

Alteration: Joker

Power: Portia has the power to alter people's thoughts and perceptions, she can insert full sensory hallucinations or illusionary scenarios into their minds or simply alter their memories by telling them what to remember. She couldn't outright tell somebody to do something with this power, but she could alter their memories to the point of them "remembering" that they were going to do it anyway.

Physical Description: Portia's alteration has made her clearly inhuman but she loves it anyways, where she was once somewhat "cute" she is now a smoldering red vision of beauty. She has a very feminine but unathletic body standing at 5'6" with dark red skin, long black hair, and black eyes. There are two small, hornlike appendages on the corners of her forehead making her look slightly diabolical. However thanks to her powers, anyone she doesn't want to reveal herself simply sees her as a beautiful woman of Italian descent with olive colored skin and black hair.

History: the youngest of the five children of the head of the Vittoria crime family and the only daughter, it was clear that she would never gain a position of power within the family. That all changed when she was kidnapped and altered. The aliens, who seemed to act with a total disregard of the potential importance of humans they took altered her form to a high degree endowing her with her mental powers. The devilish look was an ironic side effect, the extra sequence in her DNA along with the extra glands in her brain produced the effects that have made her a Joker. Once she had gained an understanding of her power she quickly took over the family and exposed them to the media and authorities sending them all to jail. She then made a big production of turning the assets of the family which had not been taken by the government to legitamate ends. When everything died down she began employing illegal methods to expand her influence and power. She is very subtle and it shows, while heros might hear stories of a criminal mastermind called "La Signora", nothing is ever traced back to her.

Extras: Portia has access to nearly any piece of equipment that exists, no matter what restrictions the law might place on them. She is not a fighter however (and she does not intend to get into any fights either!) and does not usually carry weapons.

And now the henchman!

Name: Augustus Smythe

Alias: Risque (pronounced risk-a)

Alteration: Ace

Power: Risque has two powers, first he is capable of physical feats akin to those seen in "The Matrix" or "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon": extreme agility, grace, etc. His second power is the ability to take particles in the air and form them into objects, the objects can be made of any material but they cannot be more than five or six pounds in weight and must be able to be held in one hand, also the object cannot be overly mechanical but can be as complex as he wishes: he could make an expertly cut gem or an oil painting, but not a gun or a cell phone, he can "unsummon" objects he has created.

Physical Description: Risque's true appearance is not generally known, he is rumored to be a pale caucasian man with a shaven head. He wears all black to maintain an intimidating atmosphere, and has a derby hat that covers his head, he also wears thin wire framed glasses.

History: His origins are unknown to all but himself and he has neglected to share this information, he came into Portia's service shortly after her rise to power. He is one of the few who is allowed to see her in her "Joker" form.

Extra: Risque typically carries nothing but a cell phone that has no numbers on it's speed dial and retains no memory...

 

[IDreamofBunnies]

"You know I must play a villain, it's my calling really. I'm submitting two characters, a mastermind type and her right hand man.

Name: Portia Vittoria

Alias: La Signora ("The Lady")

Alteration: Joker

Power: Portia has the power to alter people's thoughts and perceptions, she can insert full sensory hallucinations or illusionary scenarios into their minds or simply alter their memories by telling them what to remember. She couldn't outright tell somebody to do something with this power, but she could alter their memories to the point of them "remembering" that they were going to do it anyway.

Physical Description: Portia's alteration has made her clearly inhuman but she loves it anyways, where she was once somewhat "cute" she is now a smoldering red vision of beauty. She has a very feminine but unathletic body standing at 5'6" with dark red skin, long black hair, and black eyes. There are two small, hornlike appendages on the corners of her forehead making her look slightly diabolical. However thanks to her powers, anyone she doesn't want to reveal herself simply sees her as a beautiful woman of Italian descent with olive colored skin and black hair.

History: the youngest of the five children of the head of the Vittoria crime family and the only daughter, it was clear that she would never gain a position of power within the family. That all changed when she was kidnapped and altered. The aliens, who seemed to act with a total disregard of the potential importance of humans they took altered her form to a high degree endowing her with her mental powers. The devilish look was an ironic side effect, the extra sequence in her DNA along with the extra glands in her brain produced the effects that have made her a Joker. Once she had gained an understanding of her power she quickly took over the family and exposed them to the media and authorities sending them all to jail. She then made a big production of turning the assets of the family which had not been taken by the government to legitamate ends. When everything died down she began employing illegal methods to expand her influence and power. She is very subtle and it shows, while heros might hear stories of a criminal mastermind called "La Signora", nothing is ever traced back to her.

Extras: Portia has access to nearly any piece of equipment that exists, no matter what restrictions the law might place on them. She is not a fighter however (and she does not intend to get into any fights either!) and does not usually carry weapons.

And now the henchman!

Name: Augustus Smythe

Alias: Risque (pronounced risk-a)

Alteration: Ace

Power: Risque has two powers, first he is capable of physical feats akin to those seen in "The Matrix" or "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon": extreme agility, grace, etc. His second power is the ability to take particles in the air and form them into objects, the objects can be made of any material but they cannot be more than five or six pounds in weight and must be able to be held in one hand, also the object cannot be overly mechanical but can be as complex as he wishes: he could make an expertly cut gem or an oil painting, but not a gun or a cell phone, he can "unsummon" objects he has created.

Physical Description: Risque's true appearance is not generally known, he is rumored to be a pale caucasian man with a shaven head. He wears all black to maintain an intimidating atmosphere, and has a derby hat that covers his head, he also wears thin wire framed glasses.

History: His origins are unknown to all but himself and he has neglected to share this information, he came into Portia's service shortly after her rise to power. He is one of the few who is allowed to see her in her "Joker" form.

Extra: Risque typically carries nothing but a cell phone that has no numbers on it's speed dial and retains no memory...

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

i have read the series so I know exactly what your doing here.
let me get moved, & see if I can break this writers block I have going, & I'll see if I can come up with something.

 

[SwampThing]

Can't get enough of those super heroes. Anyone else who feels the same way, check out the "Loa Blood" threads too.

Here's my hero (there's still room for hero's, right?):
The Hunt (Ace)

The Hunt was a cop before his alteration, and still works with the Brockton police force. Now, however, he also fights crime in his own way, as a costumed vigilante. He has encountered the Spirit a few times in the past, both as a criminal and as a hero, but the two know little about each other.

The Hunt wears a typical black SWAT uniform, light armour, gasmask, nightvision goggles, radio, grappling hook, assortment of weapons. His uniform has no official markings, though, and his guns cannot be traced back to the police deparment.

The Hunt's power is to transform into a pack of 6 dobermans. All of his weapons and equipment transform with him. The dogs have only the normal abilities of dogs (speed, tracking, teeth), and cannot speak, but share a hive mind that allows them to split up to search or guard areas, etc. All 6 dogs must reassemble for the Hunt to regain his human form.
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If you'd prefer a female, a Joker, a villain, or a normal, I will happily come back with another concept. I've got no shortage of super-hero ideas, and I'd love to see this thread take off.

 

[The GrandMage]

This sounds cool, and I'd love to join. I'm not really sure how many of those who said they'll get back want to be one of the limited heroes, so I'll create a minor villan for starters.

Name: Thomas L. Noland.
Sex: Male.
Age: 32.
Alias: The Plague.
Type: Joker.

Physical appearance: The Plague's body is a pure and sickly white. Elongated fingers end at small but sharp claws. The neck is elongated, with drooping skin. His face is compact, with a small jaw full of pointed teeth, small pointed ears, a crushed appearing nose, and eyes that are completely black. He has long back hair that grows down to between his shoulders. He has a tail which reaches down as long as his legs. His feet are overgrown, and he has a row of spikes moving down his spine to halfway down his tail, of about a quarter-inch in legth. Two larger spike grown from his shoulders.

Powers: Besides his appearance, The Plague was gifted with the ability to hold onto any surface. Thus, he can stand on the ceiling or run easilly across ice.

Bio: The Plague was once a comic book creator. His comic was about the adventures of a supervillan's constant attempts at ruling the world, and he has named himself after the character, The Plague, although no reason is evident. Thomas was origionally very health minded, and he retains most of the strength he built up at trips to the gym. He survives in the sewers, and talks to no one. He has a strong want for acceptance, and is disgusted by his own appearance. He steals to survive, and has taking to delighting in scaring anyone who comes near him, and killing those who aren't afraid.


How's that, any good?

 

[Guest]

Okay, here's the latest.

Heros:
The Spirit: Ace- Able to turn invisible/intangible. Played by Doffy

Mya: Ace-Empath/limited telepath. Played by Kissthesky

The Hunt: Ace- Can split into 6 dobermans. Played by Swampthing
(Really cool idea for a character BTW)

The Villians:

La Signora: Joker- Alter the thoughts of others. Played by IDreamOfBunnies.

Risque: Ace- Agility/ Form objects out of thin air. Played by IDreamOf Bunnies

The Plague: Joker- Stick to any surface. Played by The GrandMage

We also have promises of characters from Cats (probably with a villian)
Abraxas Winterlight and HybridX.

I was thinking that Maybe La Signora could be sort of the unofficial, unelected "Mayor" of Jokertown. She runs the place through her use of her power and her henchmen. Interested Bunny? If so, this would make you a Crime boss type person.

GrandMage, I leave it up to you whether Plague works with/for/against the Lady.

I think we should also add another rule.

No playing a Hero and a villian at the same time. Any objections??

I would LIKE for all the heros to be played by different people for now. I won't limit the number of villians a person can play, just don't play to many or flood the game with them.

So far, so good. We need two, maybe three more heros.

 

[hybirdx]

Ok heres mine

Name: Gunther Rose
Age: 19
Hero's Name: Kage
Alteration: Joker

Powers: Gunther could Transform into an were fox for a short period of time, but the usses for his transformation is uknown as of yet because Gunther has an hard time keeping in that form for more than 20 minutes. He also Could controll shadows to attack or defend, but its strength depends on how dark it is.

Phisical description: Gunther is a little over 5'9, has an lean, slightly bulky build due to his training and harsh life. He has somewhat short, slightly dark, wild orange hair. He has fox like ears, two fox tails, and hands that almost looks like fox paws.

Bio: Before his alteration, Gunther was trained by an old Kage style fighting master, but after his masters death, and the alteration, Gunther became an thief, stealing food and working odd jobs to make an living for not only himself but for other, younger Jokers who cannot fend for them selfs.

And His trusty companion...

Name: Hokage
Age: 4-5
Hero's name: Hokage
Alteration: Uknown

Bio: Hokage is an snow wolf that has been with Gunther since its birth, for some reason Hokage refuses to leave Gunthers side as if Hokage was Gunthers shadow. Hokage seems to be just an regular wolf, except for the fact that it has crimson eyes with no pupils,its quicker than most wolfs. other than that, Hokage is just an wolf that enjoys to be around Gunther.

Hokage really can't be considered an hero since he's just an regular wolf... Right?

 

[Guest]

We now have FIVE heros. I will allow one more if there's anyone interested. If we don't hear something by tomorrrow, I will go ahead and start the game. Abraxas Winterlight PM'd me with his idea for a hero. I've asked him to give a more details and then he will be joining us. The hero's will be.

Spirit
Mya (Will this be your hero name also?)
The Hunt
Kage
and
Abraxas' character. (I wasn't given a name for it.)

We also have the villians
La Signora
Risque
and
The Plague.

We still have spots open for civilians.

Mayor.
Police chief.
Reporters
etc....

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

my submission

Ok, here is my idea

Alex Winters AKA Mortus
Affiliation: Joker
Appearance: 5'3", 125 lbs. Black skin, white hair, & violet eyes with pointed ears (yes, he looks like a Drow), with no facial or body hair. He is very fine boned & looks frail, but can carry himself well & is fairly strong & very agile.

Powers: He can speak to and see the dead & spirits. Wheither they are recently dead or ancient spirits , he can see and speak to any spirit, but the older the spirit, the more power it takes to talk with it, and the more cryptic it's speech. He can also raise and control the dead, but they only are mobile for 23 hours, then they go back to the condition they were in. Rasing the dead takes considerably more power, and drains him accordingly.

 

[IDreamofBunnies]

Portia wouldn't be associated with Jokertown, she may be a joker but most still believe that she is a normal human. She would likely assert undue influence in Jokertown and recruit it's disaffected and rebellious teenagers to use in her plans but nobody would be able to trace such activities to her.

As for your idea to begin the game with a rampaging villain...I had an idea that comes somewhat close. Here's the pitch:

Risque is sent to kill a rival gang enforcer but Portia's contact gave unreliable information, the enforcer had a few more guards than Risque had expected. He killed them all of course but there was more noise then he planned. Several wanna-be super heros try to take him down in a rooftop/alleyway battle but the inexperienced heros get in each other's way and are no match for the experienced assassin. He manages to defeat them all but with the police on the way he has no time to finish them off. After this defeat (and possible trouble with the law) The Spirit or some other hero tries to form a team of heros so they can unite against crime and evil.

 

[KisstheSky]

Ok, I couldn't think of an alter ego name for Mya so I'm going with Aura...a suggestion from a friend.
Also are her healing abilities ok they tie into the empath stuff...kinda a branch off, if not I need to alter her bio or something

 

[cats]

Good thing I already RSVPed, other wise I'd have a hard time getting in.

Oh I didn't mean to bug you about my sujestion but logically if you have wings you should be capable of flying or at the very least glide. However my characeter has nothing to do with that.

Okay my cahraceter isn't much of villain at heart. If this soudns ratehr on creative keep in mind I'm mentally tired and over stressed from school right now. Thank god tomorow is the last day for three of my classes.

Name: Rydia More
Gender: Female
age: 18
eyes: silver
Hair: blue
type: Jocker (Eyes and hiar are strange colors.)
Side: Villain
Build: Looks to be 16 and an athlete
height: 5' 11"
Weight: She doesn't give it but is thin.

Powers: She has two ones extremly developed, the otehr is undder developed. First we have an overdeveloped healing power. She can heal from everything she's tried so far, see history. Secondly she is pscokentic (i spelled that wrong didn't I?) She should be able to move stuff with her mind but lacks the focus to do anything that requires control, like grabing a knife and holding it. Further mroe she lacks the power to move things much bigger then a knife. So she instead uses it as sort of a long range puch. She simply hits people from a distance with it.

History: Whats to tell. Good kid, good grades, good life, kidnaped by aleins, comes back with blue hair and silver eyes. No one likes her any more, disowned kicked out of the city. Moves to a jocker town. needless to say she is now suicidal. She has tried blowing her head off with a gun, that failed because she is a bad shot and she healed completely afterwards. She tried jumping off a cliff but that only broke her elgs and a few ribs, her internal organs were shreded and any other person would die. Her more recent attempts involve robing banks and hopeing the police use grenaids.

Did I forget anything? Sorry I'm getting this to you so late by the way.

 

[Guest]

Cats, You're character is an interesting person. The problem with someone who wants to die is that they have nothing to lose. This could make her a very dangerous creature.

KissTheSky, The healing ability is fine. If it wasn't, Someone would have said so before.

As for The Lady, Just because she RUNS Jokertown, doesn't necessarily mean, she lives there.

Abraxas, Something I didn't think of before. Your character is a hero right? How does he ATTACK!!??? Does he raise dead people and have them attack? USe the spirits?? Does he have an OFFENSIVE power? Can the dead tell him secrets? Will they spy for him?? or is he a behind the scenes type?

KissTheSky, same question. Can Aura affect other peoples emotions, or just read them??

If you want, You can MATURE the character as the game goes on. If it lasts that long. Have Aura be able to only READ emotions now but later be able to mess with them. Just curious.

 

[Guest]

KissTheSky, Ignore that last question. I just went back and re-read your biography. It states SHE CAN influence others emotions. Sorry.

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

axas, Something I didn't think of before. Your character is a hero right? How does he ATTACK!!??? Does he raise dead people and have them attack? USe the spirits?? Does he have an OFFENSIVE power? Can the dead tell him secrets? Will they spy for him?? or is he a behind the scenes type?



Yes he's a hero. He can have them attack, & he can fight himself. He has normal human strength, but a normal human can carry a pretty big gun or other weapon ( I personally think the sword the bad guy used in Brotherhood of the wolf would be cool for this character). As far as spirits go, they can't really affect the physical world, so they are more a flavor thing (unless you want to make him a necroscope, which could be very interesting). He will probably be more useful as a information gatherer than a brick ( I made a brick for the loa thread), but then again, a big gun does equil things out quite a bit.

 

[kamalw1]

Name: Benjamin Willis
Sex:Male
Age:21
Type:Ace (Hero)
Appearance: Benjamin is 6'2" and weighs 250 lbs. He is very muscular. He has dark brown hair, brown eye, and chocolate-colored skin.

Alias: Horus

Powers: Horus has super strength and accelerated healing powers.

Bio: Horus was a construction worker when the aliens came and did the genetic experiments on him. He continued in that line of work until his powers began manifesting. That is when he decided to become a hero and help those who need it. He is quick to aid the innocent and try to make things right. He doesn't like people who abuse their power.

 

[Guest]

And Then There were six

That closes out our Heros. No more hero slots available unless you want to play a loner.

Villians and civilians may continue to sign up if they wish.

I will be beginning this game sometime today or tonight.

Thanks everyone for showing up.

 

[Guest]

I have started a new thread for the story to begin. I even introduced Charlie into the story.

Write yourselves in whenever you get the chance.

If others out there want to join, we still have room for Civilians to fill out the city and for villians.

 

[cats]

Doffy, I'm PMing you more about Rydia. I'm not sure if you wanted me to change anthing.

Oh I forgot to mention she has martial arts training. No offical form but she used to research and practice it as a hobby.