Superhero RPG - Rebellion - Page 2

Whightwolf · 09-10-2006, 06:09 PM

OOC: I just kind of ran with the Nosferatu thing, any problems and I'll edit him, this is a really cool idea btw. Anthing you could PM me on NosCorp before the rp would be great.

Name: Nicholas Black

Race: Nosferatu

Physical Description: Tall at 6’3” Nicholas is pale and gaunt as all his kindred and possesses the characteristic features; fangs, over large pupils, thick, sharp finger nails and of course he moves with the inhuman grace of a vampire. He is handsome in his way but something about the cast of his features and his absence of fat give him a predatory look….. And then he smiles. He appears to be in his 40’s and is totally bald.

Genomaly ID Name / Number: Pilot 1/3774

Powers & Abilities: At 427 he is one of the eldest of his kind, he has the expected weaknesses, silver and sunlight burn at a touch, the latter being far more deadly than the former, minutes being enough to reduce all or part of him to ash. A stake through the heart will paralyse him but not kill him and garlic is incredibly noxious and in a concentrated form can be deadly.

In return though he does not need to breath or eat, though he must still, of course, drink. Extremes of cold do not bother him, not do hotter temperatures at which a human would be unable to work or pass out. The same of course goes for pressures and speeds.

His senses are beyond anything human, he is strong enough to bend iron bars and tear sheet metal, move faster than the eye can follow and his durability, mainly due to a vastly increased muscle density is remarkable. Also apart from the above weaknesses he is remarkably difficult to kill, given enough time and blood he can recover from almost anything beyond total dismemberment and even them if the ‘pieces were placed in a bath of blood there is a chance he could reassemble.

His body, like that of all Nosferatu is merely a vessel for his will, his heart does not beat but his blood does move, if slowly. He can, and largely does live off animal blood although he only rarely is allowed it ‘right out of the can’, in which case of course it tastes infinitely better.

On a lighter note beyond his powers he is a remarkably intelligent man, permitted to read whatever he requests and a newspaper. This combined with the increased thinking speed of a Nosferatu means he seems incredibly sharp by human standards.

Current Employment Status: The best pilot that NosCorp have he is largely used to test military craft, high atmosphere recon missions and was the first ’human’ on mars. An experience which gave him an idea…

Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': He is in two minds about it, on the one hand he longs to be free, not to have to ask for everything, not to have to put up with dirty looks and shudders from anyone who looks at him. On the other hand he really does love his job, well once on a mission that is.

Whale Biologist · 09-10-2006, 06:18 PM

Well, in my story, Vampires aren't KILLED by sunlight, but it does burn like a fucker, and CAN lead to death, but it takes several minutes. The speed that Vampires die from sunlight is largely a construct of Hollywood. NosCorp ships don't need radiation shielding, since it's much easier to give the vampires a super-heavy suit of radiation-prood flight gear, which they have no trouble wearing.

Other than that, it sounds pretty good. You would have been born during the 'unpleasantness', so you grew up in a world that hated and mistrusted non-humans. "Tearing metal" might be a bit much.... maybe tear their way into a normal car, or out of a crashing jet aircraft, but anything of red iron might be too much even for you.

Otherwise, sounds good. Dang, eight players.... I think I better stop accepting people (until we start the game and I realize I have three dropouts.)

Tarrin · 09-10-2006, 07:12 PM

Here's my char incase of dropouts

Name:Jamie Kingsly
Race: Minotaur

Physical Description: Standing at 10' tall Jamie is an unmistakable creature, Resembling the classical looks of the creature of myth, Musculature proportions of Ronnie coelman (very large muscular body builder), His body is in a bull form from the shoulders up. He wears trackpants on his lower body and usually nothing onhis top half as clothing is hard to find.
Genomaly ID Name / Number: Berzerk / Id453666

Powers & Abilities: Strength is Jamies main ability, However he is not just a powerhouse, He is actually an accomplished Bio chemist Due to his hightened intellect.

Since the age of 5 (at which he was 6' tall and built like arnold) He has been under guard or in prison. Having never commited an offence apart from being born as he is his outlook on humanity is very low.

In prison he is kept in solitary as aprecaution. As such the only person he has regular contact with (Apart from the guards) is Dr Sasha Milovich, She has taken Jamies situation and abilities as a reason to free him.

He has worked close with Dr Milovich on remidies for many strains of bacteria and sicknesses that plague the two races.

Current Employment Status: Federal state Prison, Maximum security
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': Having been put into confinment due to his abilities and not any criminal offence, Jamie believes that current situations need to be changed....soon.

Whale Biologist · 09-10-2006, 11:28 PM

NosCorp information:

Largest non-human organization in the world, NosCorp retains control of the existing nosferatu, being the only genomaly condition which can be transmitted (lycanthropy is a genetic condition, and has not been proven to be transmissable). Since nosferatu often live for exceedingly long times before succumbing to telomerasic breakdown (thanks to their peculiar reactions to radiation), there are members of the NosCorp board who were born before the Incident, and are the only true links to the past. Nosferatu only control 30% of the board, and cannot pass or even veto decisions without at least two normal humans, but they do have some sway.

In order to keep the Nos happy in their important endeavors, the artificial blood compounds (grown from algea) are actually not that bad tasting, with Nos scientists continuing to improve it. However, even the best compounds will not contain everything the Nos seem to need, and it is for this reason that once per month Nos are given rations of the animal blood of their choice (most chose Pig).

Nos have very few escapees, because most police (the civil branch of the military) are equipped with lightweight radiation blasters which are mostly harmless to humans, but can smack down a Nos at a hundred yards fairly effectively, and they're pretty easy to recognize on the streets.

Some notes about the world:

It is a One World government. Wealth has been more evenly distributed ever since most of it was blown up. The military has three main branches, consisting of Civil (police), War (shooting rebels, cults, etc) and Space (Mars missions, Moon missions, asteroid mining). The Space branch is one of the largest sources of world wealth, as the Martian moon of Eros contains more gold and platinum than the entire Earth, and as such the Space branch is actually the largest of the branches, followed by Civil, and then Military. With a one-world government, there's surprisingly little need for a large standing army.

Everyone has a cel phone, and the Phone Company, the Internet and Television are basically all the same thing now. Most major television shows are done on Polyglot, which is a one-world language that came to prominence about a hundred and thiery years ago, but most nations still teach their national dialect in school.

Many genomalies actually make a good living in movies, with Thundor being the current highest-paid genomaly actor. He is about as recognizeable as the President these days, but for various reasons, he supports genomaly testing and control.

Whightwolf · 09-11-2006, 02:46 AM

Edited and thanks for the info, just a quick question though how tightly are the Nos controled? Do they have their own houses or are they kept in cells? Just they seem a little more potentialy dangerous as in inclined to attack humans than other Genomolies.

Arhra · 09-11-2006, 09:18 AM

A little long I'm afraid, but it was something of a potentially abusable power, so I felt the need to try and be clear on what I meant. There's some back-history worked in there too.

Name: Kin Thessel

Race: Human, mutant

Physical Description: When describing Kin, the word 'newt' comes to mind. He is markedly inhuman, with a soft, amphibian skin that is brightly patterned. His frame is slight and small in stature. Hairless, although having a number of flexible 'quills' that are sensitive to environmental changes, Kin's head has an odd, snake-like shape, although elements of bird are mixed in there. He walks on his toes, much like a bird and his hands and feet are tipped by small, weak looking claws. If he was to go undressed, one would also see he has a vestigal tail and no external sign of gender.

Genomaly ID Name / Number: Changeling / 3761

Powers & Abilities: 'Evolution gone out of control' could be used to summarise Kin's mutation. He is capable of rapid genetic shifts in extremely short time periods - a matter of weeks or days for some. This ability is instinctive and largely beyond any conscious directing of it. The adaptions include symbiotic organisms integrated into his biology. For example, Kin's current physiology is deliberately retained by his keepers as his membraneous skin makes it easier to adminster experimental substances. If he was kept away from water, he would gradually grow less reliant on it.

It also has the side effect of making him heal rapidly, recovering from injuries faster than normal and even enabling him to regrow lost body parts, albeit slowly. His internal systems are complex, with various glands such as stimulants that augment his bodily functions in times of need.

The role he is being used for is essentially a walking bio-factory - he naturally produces various chemical compounds. He is used in disease and poison research - they infect him, wait for him to develop a vaccine and then extract and study it. It has had the side effect of making his immune system extremely agressive - he resists the effects of most drugs, including antibiotics. He has developed other substances naturally, most notably poisons that have been studied for qualities that could be useful in medicine and a mind-numbing slime that renders an injected subject biddable.

Kin is currently kept under close watch. His shifting nature makes him useful in research, but it also means the threat posed by him can't be fully determined. His environment is kept carefully controlled to keep his potential largely unrealised.

However, the research has made him extremely venomous. His claws and teeth are all envenomed. His fangs administer the only truely lethal poison - a chemical cocktail that causes organ failure and brain death with shocking rapidity. This is difficult to adminster though as his physiology is not ideal for biting someone. His claws have considerably less potent but potentially more useful effects such as paralysis and hallucigens.

Current Employment Status: Lab rat.

Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': Kin is conflicted on this issue. In theory he can understand that genomalies with no controls on them could cause widespread havoc, but recently he has had difficulty reconciling it with the ever-increasing limts on his own life.

Since the ability has a huge amount of room for growth, I decided I'd try to make Kin start off relatively weak. Certainly, his poisonous nature can make him quite deadly, but, with fairly weak natural weapons, actually adminstering it can be a bit tricky. He's faster than your average joe, but not especially strong or tough. Still, being able to drool painkillers is handy I'm sure.

The ability is intended to be more of a reactive one and reasonably slow. He couldn't survive in a vacuum by jumping out of an airlock for example. More, say, if he got badly shot up, his physiology would shift to make him a little less likely to be badly shot up in the future. Or stronger if he has to regularly be a beast of burden, that kind of thing.

Astral Harmony · 09-11-2006, 10:43 AM

Name: Rubia Cavalix
Age: 20
Race: Bunny Girl
Physical Description: When bizarre fetishes for girls with animal ears and tails become real, on the next Springer. At any rate, Rubia is a genuine Bunny Girl fantasy come to life. White rabbit ears and a bushy tail. Long, shiny bright cyan hair. Pure green eyes. And a drop dead hot body to boot.
Genomaly ID Name / Number: Cuni/9760
Powers & Abilities: Her legs are perfect when it comes to looks, but Rubia can rely on them in several ways. With great speed, heightened reflexes, and the ability to jump roughly fifteen yards into the air, Rubia's impressive on the move. In combat, she relies on her legs to deliver powerful kicks with decent accurary, or a rapid succession of weaker kicks like a certain famous chinese woman from Street Fighter.
Current Employment Status: Advertisement Model, Pop Star (The orange vest is removed during photo shoots and performances.)
Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': Rubia hasn't been told much about what genomalies are going through in her childhood, but the orange vest, the propaganda and the rumors are clueing her in, and giving her unsettling nightmares. If given the chance, Rubia would fight for equal rights for all genomalies. After all, she hasn't intentionally harmed a single human and yet she's suffering for some duel that occured before she was even born.

Whale Biologist · 09-11-2006, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Whightwolf

Edited and thanks for the info, just a quick question though how tightly are the Nos controled? Do they have their own houses or are they kept in cells? Just they seem a little more potentialy dangerous as in inclined to attack humans than other Genomolies.

Good point.

Nos live in Nos-Only aprtment buildings. The apartments are comparably spacious for one-bedrooms (Nos are not allowed to reproduce), but the buildings are completely sealed, accessed ONLY from the front door. So it's a very nice, furnished, and decorated jail.

Also, a point I missed... NEW Nos are created in controlled conditions by volunteers. Volunteers must pass extremely rigorous physical, mental, and loyalty testing before being allowed to be 'converted', where genes are extracted from a choice specimen and inserted in a laboratory. These new Nos, having been 'manufactured' for about fifty years, are very pro-Human, anti-genomaly, and proud of their decision to 'become one with the enemy' in order to make the world a better place. Regular Nos do not associate with these new Nos, thinking them 'fakers' and 'fanatics', which they pretty much are.

And I like the newt. Damn, so many good ideas! I want to try to incorporate all of you people into this game, but I don't know at what point it would become unwieldy. Tonight, or tomorrow, I should be able to whip out a first post to encompass everyone here (as long as people stop signing up!

)

EDIT: A bunny girl? I can't tell if that's hilarious or not. Well, welcome to the freak show!

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 09-11-2006, 12:01 PM

i hope im not too late with this, i was trying to come up with a good power, and unfortunately im in a rush at the moment and dont have time to print my character sheet right now so ile post it here later tonight.

one question though: are all the people who are in prison all going to be in the same prison, (im assuming we get busted out somehow)?

Whale Biologist · 09-11-2006, 12:03 PM

I'm not sure... for the sake of the story, it'll probably be the same prison.

09-10-2006, 06:09 PM	#11
Whightwolf Shyguy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lancaster Posts: 107	OOC: I just kind of ran with the Nosferatu thing, any problems and I'll edit him, this is a really cool idea btw. Anthing you could PM me on NosCorp before the rp would be great. Name: Nicholas Black Race: Nosferatu Physical Description: Tall at 6’3” Nicholas is pale and gaunt as all his kindred and possesses the characteristic features; fangs, over large pupils, thick, sharp finger nails and of course he moves with the inhuman grace of a vampire. He is handsome in his way but something about the cast of his features and his absence of fat give him a predatory look….. And then he smiles. He appears to be in his 40’s and is totally bald. Genomaly ID Name / Number: Pilot 1/3774 Powers & Abilities: At 427 he is one of the eldest of his kind, he has the expected weaknesses, silver and sunlight burn at a touch, the latter being far more deadly than the former, minutes being enough to reduce all or part of him to ash. A stake through the heart will paralyse him but not kill him and garlic is incredibly noxious and in a concentrated form can be deadly. In return though he does not need to breath or eat, though he must still, of course, drink. Extremes of cold do not bother him, not do hotter temperatures at which a human would be unable to work or pass out. The same of course goes for pressures and speeds. His senses are beyond anything human, he is strong enough to bend iron bars and tear sheet metal, move faster than the eye can follow and his durability, mainly due to a vastly increased muscle density is remarkable. Also apart from the above weaknesses he is remarkably difficult to kill, given enough time and blood he can recover from almost anything beyond total dismemberment and even them if the ‘pieces were placed in a bath of blood there is a chance he could reassemble. His body, like that of all Nosferatu is merely a vessel for his will, his heart does not beat but his blood does move, if slowly. He can, and largely does live off animal blood although he only rarely is allowed it ‘right out of the can’, in which case of course it tastes infinitely better. On a lighter note beyond his powers he is a remarkably intelligent man, permitted to read whatever he requests and a newspaper. This combined with the increased thinking speed of a Nosferatu means he seems incredibly sharp by human standards. Current Employment Status: The best pilot that NosCorp have he is largely used to test military craft, high atmosphere recon missions and was the first ’human’ on mars. An experience which gave him an idea… Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': He is in two minds about it, on the one hand he longs to be free, not to have to ask for everything, not to have to put up with dirty looks and shudders from anyone who looks at him. On the other hand he really does love his job, well once on a mission that is. Last edited by Whightwolf; 09-11-2006 at 02:39 AM.

09-11-2006, 09:18 AM	#16
Arhra Ara ara! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Neo Venezia Posts: 5,013	A little long I'm afraid, but it was something of a potentially abusable power, so I felt the need to try and be clear on what I meant. There's some back-history worked in there too. Name: Kin Thessel Race: Human, mutant Physical Description: When describing Kin, the word 'newt' comes to mind. He is markedly inhuman, with a soft, amphibian skin that is brightly patterned. His frame is slight and small in stature. Hairless, although having a number of flexible 'quills' that are sensitive to environmental changes, Kin's head has an odd, snake-like shape, although elements of bird are mixed in there. He walks on his toes, much like a bird and his hands and feet are tipped by small, weak looking claws. If he was to go undressed, one would also see he has a vestigal tail and no external sign of gender. Genomaly ID Name / Number: Changeling / 3761 Powers & Abilities: 'Evolution gone out of control' could be used to summarise Kin's mutation. He is capable of rapid genetic shifts in extremely short time periods - a matter of weeks or days for some. This ability is instinctive and largely beyond any conscious directing of it. The adaptions include symbiotic organisms integrated into his biology. For example, Kin's current physiology is deliberately retained by his keepers as his membraneous skin makes it easier to adminster experimental substances. If he was kept away from water, he would gradually grow less reliant on it. It also has the side effect of making him heal rapidly, recovering from injuries faster than normal and even enabling him to regrow lost body parts, albeit slowly. His internal systems are complex, with various glands such as stimulants that augment his bodily functions in times of need. The role he is being used for is essentially a walking bio-factory - he naturally produces various chemical compounds. He is used in disease and poison research - they infect him, wait for him to develop a vaccine and then extract and study it. It has had the side effect of making his immune system extremely agressive - he resists the effects of most drugs, including antibiotics. He has developed other substances naturally, most notably poisons that have been studied for qualities that could be useful in medicine and a mind-numbing slime that renders an injected subject biddable. Kin is currently kept under close watch. His shifting nature makes him useful in research, but it also means the threat posed by him can't be fully determined. His environment is kept carefully controlled to keep his potential largely unrealised. However, the research has made him extremely venomous. His claws and teeth are all envenomed. His fangs administer the only truely lethal poison - a chemical cocktail that causes organ failure and brain death with shocking rapidity. This is difficult to adminster though as his physiology is not ideal for biting someone. His claws have considerably less potent but potentially more useful effects such as paralysis and hallucigens. Current Employment Status: Lab rat. Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': Kin is conflicted on this issue. In theory he can understand that genomalies with no controls on them could cause widespread havoc, but recently he has had difficulty reconciling it with the ever-increasing limts on his own life. Since the ability has a huge amount of room for growth, I decided I'd try to make Kin start off relatively weak. Certainly, his poisonous nature can make him quite deadly, but, with fairly weak natural weapons, actually adminstering it can be a bit tricky. He's faster than your average joe, but not especially strong or tough. Still, being able to drool painkillers is handy I'm sure. The ability is intended to be more of a reactive one and reasonably slow. He couldn't survive in a vacuum by jumping out of an airlock for example. More, say, if he got badly shot up, his physiology would shift to make him a little less likely to be badly shot up in the future. Or stronger if he has to regularly be a beast of burden, that kind of thing. __________________ This post is a good source of Ara ara, ufufu.* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This post is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Last edited by Arhra; 09-11-2006 at 09:24 AM.*

09-11-2006, 10:43 AM	#17
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	Name: Rubia Cavalix Age: 20 Race: Bunny Girl Physical Description: When bizarre fetishes for girls with animal ears and tails become real, on the next Springer. At any rate, Rubia is a genuine Bunny Girl fantasy come to life. White rabbit ears and a bushy tail. Long, shiny bright cyan hair. Pure green eyes. And a drop dead hot body to boot. Genomaly ID Name / Number: Cuni/9760 Powers & Abilities: Her legs are perfect when it comes to looks, but Rubia can rely on them in several ways. With great speed, heightened reflexes, and the ability to jump roughly fifteen yards into the air, Rubia's impressive on the move. In combat, she relies on her legs to deliver powerful kicks with decent accurary, or a rapid succession of weaker kicks like a certain famous chinese woman from Street Fighter. Current Employment Status: Advertisement Model, Pop Star (The orange vest is removed during photo shoots and performances.) Attitude Towards 'The Genomaly Situation': Rubia hasn't been told much about what genomalies are going through in her childhood, but the orange vest, the propaganda and the rumors are clueing her in, and giving her unsettling nightmares. If given the chance, Rubia would fight for equal rights for all genomalies. After all, she hasn't intentionally harmed a single human and yet she's suffering for some duel that occured before she was even born. Last edited by Astral Harmony; 09-11-2006 at 12:46 PM.

09-10-2006, 06:18 PM	#12
Whale Biologist Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wibble Posts: 305	Well, in my story, Vampires aren't KILLED by sunlight, but it does burn like a fucker, and CAN lead to death, but it takes several minutes. The speed that Vampires die from sunlight is largely a construct of Hollywood. NosCorp ships don't need radiation shielding, since it's much easier to give the vampires a super-heavy suit of radiation-prood flight gear, which they have no trouble wearing. Other than that, it sounds pretty good. You would have been born during the 'unpleasantness', so you grew up in a world that hated and mistrusted non-humans. "Tearing metal" might be a bit much.... maybe tear their way into a normal car, or out of a crashing jet aircraft, but anything of red iron might be too much even for you. Otherwise, sounds good. Dang, eight players.... I think I better stop accepting people (until we start the game and I realize I have three dropouts.)

09-10-2006, 11:28 PM	#14
Whale Biologist Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wibble Posts: 305	NosCorp information: Largest non-human organization in the world, NosCorp retains control of the existing nosferatu, being the only genomaly condition which can be transmitted (lycanthropy is a genetic condition, and has not been proven to be transmissable). Since nosferatu often live for exceedingly long times before succumbing to telomerasic breakdown (thanks to their peculiar reactions to radiation), there are members of the NosCorp board who were born before the Incident, and are the only true links to the past. Nosferatu only control 30% of the board, and cannot pass or even veto decisions without at least two normal humans, but they do have some sway. In order to keep the Nos happy in their important endeavors, the artificial blood compounds (grown from algea) are actually not that bad tasting, with Nos scientists continuing to improve it. However, even the best compounds will not contain everything the Nos seem to need, and it is for this reason that once per month Nos are given rations of the animal blood of their choice (most chose Pig). Nos have very few escapees, because most police (the civil branch of the military) are equipped with lightweight radiation blasters which are mostly harmless to humans, but can smack down a Nos at a hundred yards fairly effectively, and they're pretty easy to recognize on the streets. Some notes about the world: It is a One World government. Wealth has been more evenly distributed ever since most of it was blown up. The military has three main branches, consisting of Civil (police), War (shooting rebels, cults, etc) and Space (Mars missions, Moon missions, asteroid mining). The Space branch is one of the largest sources of world wealth, as the Martian moon of Eros contains more gold and platinum than the entire Earth, and as such the Space branch is actually the largest of the branches, followed by Civil, and then Military. With a one-world government, there's surprisingly little need for a large standing army. Everyone has a cel phone, and the Phone Company, the Internet and Television are basically all the same thing now. Most major television shows are done on Polyglot, which is a one-world language that came to prominence about a hundred and thiery years ago, but most nations still teach their national dialect in school. Many genomalies actually make a good living in movies, with Thundor being the current highest-paid genomaly actor. He is about as recognizeable as the President these days, but for various reasons, he supports genomaly testing and control.

09-11-2006, 02:46 AM	#15
Whightwolf Shyguy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lancaster Posts: 107	Edited and thanks for the info, just a quick question though how tightly are the Nos controled? Do they have their own houses or are they kept in cells? Just they seem a little more potentialy dangerous as in inclined to attack humans than other Genomolies.

09-11-2006, 12:03 PM	#20
Whale Biologist Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wibble Posts: 305	I'm not sure... for the sake of the story, it'll probably be the same prison.