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Post by Shinko on Oct 12, 2017 20:12:19 GMT -5
Hey guys! So I haven't done NaNoWriMo in aaaages, and this year I wanted to get back in the saddle. I decided to go with something easy and play in a sandbox that's familiar to me, but one that's less tilled over and over and over than Medieval. So- Hero City! Anybody who played Hero City will remember one of my NPC characters, Ossie, had a fun lil backstory nugget associated with him. Namely- this is your only spoiler warning- that he was a clone of the Hero City Network CEO created by aliens. I decided to explore this story in more detail because why not? However, going that far back into the past- nineteen years before the main timeline, to be precise- means an almost completely empty roster of costars for Bill to work alongside. That's where ya'll come in! I've got some characters for the story, but I need quite a few more, both for major and minor roles. Anybody who wants is free to submit a design for a hero character (or a villain if you like, although I don't need super a lot of these and I can't promise they'll be more than a spot cameo.) You can draw or describe them, name them, and give them a superpower or tech do-dad. Only thing I ask is not to get too carried away and come up with an elaborate backstory or personality for the character you submit, since they'll be slotted into the story I'm writing and may need to be changed or written from ground-up to service my plot. Past that though- have fun with it! Characters who are already slated to appear, to give you an idea. The Gatekeeper - William “Bill” Sinclair. All Star. Can open linked portals. (Male) Star Prophet - Devin Bourdelle. B-Lister. Can see things far away, but only if they have an anchor of a person or location they’ve seen before. (Genderfluid, they/them pronouns.) Dossier Dame - Tech Hero. Has a pair of glasses that can see and are hooked up to an information database, as well as a number of other useful features. (Female) Thank you to Ginz ❤ for letting me borrow DD!Mechafalcon - Tech Hero. Has a pair of fully functional mechanical wings. Acts as the defacto leader of the heros. (Male) Thanks again Ginz! =DNightlight - B-Lister. can create energy whips to fight with. (Gender unknown and they’re not telling, keeps identity a very tight secret.) The Dart - All Star. Can create a field of zero gravity around her body; can’t actually fly, but can run up buildings and move without any check to their momentum. (Female) Faerie - (Rank TBD) Shapeshifter, flight in default form. (No gender, any pronouns) Submitted by Celestial Lord Luck - (Rank TBD) Can manipulate probability to increase the odds of something happening, but is subject to the law of equivalent exchange. (He/him). Submitted by Fraze Mil - B-Lister. Green skinned, capable of photosynthesizing. (Male) Submitted by Reiqua Meteor - B-Lister. Limited geokinesis, former pro werestler. She/her. Submitted by Liou Starstruck - (Rank TBD). Pyromancer, can shoot sparks and set fire to small objects without combustion. Submitted by Twillie Blood Diamond - Villain. Has slightly armored skin, uses a "diamond" sword in combat. Submitted by Twillie (May or may not appear, we'll see~ ) Deadline to submit a character is October 28th. Limit one character per person. Lay 'em on me! < 3 |
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Post by Twillie on Oct 12, 2017 21:04:48 GMT -5
Ooh, I'll try and see if I can come up with a design by then!  |
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Post by Thorn on Oct 12, 2017 21:37:32 GMT -5
Ohmgee I get to make up a character? =D Superhero concepts are like, one of my favourite things!
I. Will. Think of my best to imagine up an amazing contribution to...well, contribute!
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Post by Celestial on Oct 17, 2017 17:13:15 GMT -5
I made a hero for you to use. =D I know you said don't get too deep into backstory and personality, but I could not help it. Feel free to modify as you see fit. Name: Faerie Superpower: Shapeshifter, flight thanks to wings Pronouns: None. Will happily go by he, she, they etc. Might vary depending on what form is being used at that moment. Appearance: Right here, though that form is only the default form. Actual appearance is unknown. Basic personality: A primadonna gloryhound who will act all sweet and loving for the cameras but is a selfish and arrogant jerk away from them. Loves attention, will do anything to get it. Backstory: Claims to be a fairy who fell in love with a human and was banished from the fairy kingdom rather than giving up on said human lover, before tragically, that human married somebody else. Nevertheless, they showed Faerie the beauty of humanity and now the latter fights to protect all humans! <3 However, anybody who has actually spoken to this hero doubts that there is a selfless bone to be found in that winged body, let alone enough to make such a sacrifice for another person. So true backstory remains a mystery. (I headcanon Faerie is an alien of some kind, but idk, whatever works best for the story.) Have fun! x3 |
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Post by Shinko on Oct 21, 2017 22:49:42 GMT -5
Just a reminder to everybody that there's a week left to submit a hero concept for the story. \ o / Deadline is next Saturday the 28th!
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Post by Fraze on Oct 22, 2017 5:22:03 GMT -5
Oh hey, I can use that superpower idea I've had kicking around! Feel free to use/modify it however you want, or just put it aside entirely if you can't fit it anywhere.
Name: Lord Luck
Superpower: Probability manipulation, with extremely fast calculation as a secondary power.
Pronouns: He/him.
More detailed explanation of superpower: Can alter the probability of certain outcomes of an event to be more or less likely, bestowing good luck on himself and the other heroes, and bad luck on their opponents. The bigger/more important the event, the more manipulation it takes. His powers don't actually ensure anything, and sometimes don't work out - a 90% chance of success still means there's a 10% chance of failure. On top of all that his manipulation of "good" and "bad" luck need to stay in balance; if all the luck isn't evened out by the end of a battle (and it usually isn't) then the stray bits of leftover luck tend to manifest in his personal life. Usually in a bad way.
Appearance: Kind of your stereotypical scraggly-looking nerd. Used to wear glasses, but finally got contacts when he got superpowers. Wears a cape over his regular clothes. Also a fedora. Believes that's enough to make him look cool.
Basic personality: Nice GuyTM. He believes that because he's actually willing to help the other heroes and bystanders (unlike all those other superheroes) and because he has enough conscience not to abuse his powers (eg, walking down the street randomly cursing people and taking their luck) that he deserves praise and respect and dates with the female superheroes.
Backstory: Once an assistant researcher at Heraclia University, late one night he was working in the lab to show his cute supervisor how helpful he is. In one hand, one of those fancy calculators with a color screen running sophisticated probability modeling software; in the other, his phone displaying a clickbait article about the Top 9 Most Insane Leaf Patterns We Saw During a Walk in the Park. Thus distracted, he tripped while walking through the cramped lab, spectacularly spilling onto the floor and smashing his head into the calculator. At that very instant, he was struck simultaneously by lightning on a cloudless night, and by cosmic rays from a supernova in a distant galaxy, fusing the calculator with his own brain. This singularly unlikely confluence of events gave him control over real-world probabilities; with the additional effect of giving him the ability to perform superhumanly-fast calculations because, y'know, literal calculator in the brain.
Addenda:
- He theorizes that he might be able to make an outcome happen with 100% certainty no matter how unlikely, but also believes that the backlash of bad luck from such an extreme probability manipulation would likely kill him instantly.
- He could develop into a genuinely nice person given enough character development; probably involving someone rubbing it in his face that he's actually a jerk.
- He gets touchy when people point out that "Lord" anything sounds more like a supervillain name than a superhero one. The other heroes like to use this to annoy him when he gets too uppity.
- Catchphrase: "Looks like the odds weren't in your favor."
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Post by Reiqua on Oct 25, 2017 6:45:17 GMT -5
Uhh, so this may or may not work for you Shinko... if not, feel free to discard the idea and I won't mind in the slightest! Just thought I'd throw it out there and see if it works...
Name: Mil
(Probably a shortened form of some longer name but no one knows what)
Category: B-lister
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Asexual
Superpower: Photosynthesis
Appearance: Well, green obviously, from all that chlorophyll. And most likely with blonde hair. Muscular - like, in the extreme. Probably wears superhero speedos or as little clothing as Hero City producers will let him get away with. Mostly for the practical consideration of getting maximum exposure to sunlight though it also has the unintended side effect of making him rather attractive to those who don't mind green men too much! After all, he has quite the physique.
More detail of superpower: Pretty much he's just a regular human with a genetic mutation to make him able to photosynthesise. Whether he was born with this or acquired it is up to the backstory that I will avoid inventing so as to give Shinko more flexibility if she decides to use this guy, haha. As a normal human he is perfectly capable of eating, although his photosynthesis means he doesn't have to of course. He normally eats only socially, subsisting mainly on photosynthesis with some vitamin tablets to supplement (what a plant would normally take from the soil). Apart from being a cool quirk, photosynthesis doesn't really do much for him, except that the diet of sunlight and water allows him to hone his strength to very high levels. In effect he's just a somewhat extra strong hero with a weakness to being locked indoors but incredible stamina in situations where regular human food is hard to come by. Oh, and green skin.
Aand I think that's it...
If I missed any important details feel free to poke me (:
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Post by Shinko on Oct 25, 2017 7:41:58 GMT -5
Reiqua LOLz, you know hypothetically this means dude would probably breathe CO 2 and exhale O 2? Because carbon dioxide is an essential component of photosynthesis.
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Post by Reiqua on Oct 25, 2017 14:17:08 GMT -5
Lol XD
I suppose he would! Maybe that gives him extra ability to function well in high levels of pollution...? Ahaha
Although I headcanon that he could probably breathe as either a human or a plant since he can eat as either, but yeah, I guess that means he would mostly be exhaling oxygen xD
Also I suppose there would be other side effects like his breath being highly flammable and if he ever had to do CPR it would be extra effective! :'D
For reference, when I was a kid, people used to sometimes ask a get-to-know-you question of "If you were a superhero, what superpower would you have?" And you were meant to say "teleportation" or "invisibility" or something, but I would always say photosynthesis because I just hated eating and thought that being able to play in the sun for a bit instead of eating meals would be the best thing ever! Wasn't so keen on the green skin though, haha.
So when I saw your casting call I couldn't resist trying to flesh out the idea a little more! But really, even with a touch of super strength photosynthesis is a pretty lame superpower XD Especially since most people don't consider eating quite so much of a burden as I did/do!
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Post by Shinko on Oct 27, 2017 14:45:26 GMT -5
Hey guys! Just a heads up, tomorrow is the last day for submitting hero ideas! After tomorrow I'll be locking the case and getting the last touches for the script outline in order before the start of November.
Remember, it doesn't have to be super developed or elaborate- it's better if it isn't because the more detail there is the more likely I'll have to change and tweak stuff.
\ o / Have at me.
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Post by Liou on Oct 27, 2017 15:01:34 GMT -5
Here goes nothin'
Name: Meteor
Appearance: hulking 40-something woman
Power: Geokinesis
Possible backstory: a successful pro wrestler who was unfortunate enough to gain superpowers by accidentally touching a freshly fallen bit of meteor. Consequently kicked out of pro wrestling because it wouldn't be fair with superpowers, and she was accused of cheating no matter what she did. She was even accused of cheating during fights that happened long before she got her powers. That gave her a lot of RAEG!! Superhuman fighting rings didn't work either, because then she was accused of having no strength without her powers, and that has the same effect as calling Marty McFly a chicken.
So she went into therapy and anger management, and to channel her RAEG into something productive, eventually managed to join the heroes.
Personality: very insecure, really. Does her best to keep cool, but, she just has so much rage.
More stuff: she's most probably a B-lister. Her geokinesis might not allow for very precise maneuvers like Dai Li stone gloves or Toph full-body stone armour. I was picturing waves that shake up the place and rock slides that block the way, and "surfing" on a block for speed. Works on rock, sand and concrete. There are many places where she can't use it much because it's so destructive, really, so she still relies on the ol' wrestling moves a lot.
(Other: the character I could have used for a B-lister, or if she'd been an A-lister, she could have been Nyx's angry aunt. c: And a much more controlled, scarier version of her could have been my villain.)
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Post by Twillie on Oct 28, 2017 11:18:15 GMT -5
Ready for some half baked hero ideas?? So I don't have much for these two in the ways of personality or backstory or what have you, I basically just have designs and their powers x3 But since broad ideas is preferred here, I'll go ahead and share these and see what happens ^^ Name: Starstruck Powers: Pyromancy, the ability to shoot sparks from her body like mini fireworks. Also working on producing actual flame from nothing, but it's slow going. Can also set fire to (small) objects without actually burning them; she likes to do this with her many scarves and wield them as a flaming weapons. Description: Rad hair, personally applies the face makeup with every suit up, nobody seems to know the exact story behind that eyepatch (also I have no idea their gender, so if you do want to use them, feel free to pick what you think is fitting) And, I know you said villain designs probably wouldn't get used as much, if at all, but brain still decided to throw one my way (and make it way more developed than hero idea) xD You could probably still turn this guy into a hero, though, I think, he'd just be one of the really showboat-y, arrogant ones x3 Name: Blood Diamond Powers: Super hard skin, has a great (but still limited) resistance to physical attack. Has a slight reddish tint to his skin Other Abilities: Wields his "diamond" sword for close quarter combat Description: Loves to perform almost too much. He's so metal, yo. Uses a voice modulator to sound something Darth Vader. Must come from a rich background if he can afford an outfit like that. May watch too many cartoons in his time and spout off endless 90's jokes and insults. |
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Post by Pixie on Oct 28, 2017 22:59:30 GMT -5
Name: Echo (Gabrielle Winters)
Powers: Telepathic Emotional Transference. This young woman can psychically transfer amplified versions of her emotions to those in proximity to her. The more people she tries to influence, the weaker the effects. She has to consciously focus her powers or transfer the wrong emotions to the wrong people, which is very draining.
Appearance: She wears a long-sleeved, loose-fitting, lavender dress as a base layer, with plates of lightweight reflective material on top. She has knee-high boots and stores any equipment in hidden pockets in her dress. The chestplate is marked with a sigil resembling an "E". She has dark red hair usually worn pulled up, brown eyes, a warm complexion, and a small frame. She carries a mirrored shield with her.
Personality: She is very emotional and has manipulative tendencies. She enjoys the attention of others and goes out of her way to gain it. Part of her wants to change the world for the better, but part of her just wants to have as big of an impact she can.
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