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Overcast · 08-12-2010, 11:26 AM

Right O', mostly testing the waters on the sliding scales of power and moral ambiguity. Because I wasn't quite aware the last time this happened and thus had no idea how that worked. Better scene soonish.

EDIT: And soonish has occured, The Agenda becomes The Force. Still short. Still green and black. But now with mind hands.

Dracorion · 08-12-2010, 01:46 PM

I�d like to point out one thing�

AB�s character's father and Overcast's character almost have the exact same name. COINCIDENCE? I think not

Name: Kyle Gordon
Alias: Lightbringer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5'9'', slender, but not thin. Weighs 120 pounds. Black hair and black eyes.
Equipment: Kyle wears a badass golden full-body suit of plate armor. Technically, it's a solid light construct that he constantly manipulates the light around to look like a badass golden full-body suit of plate armor. The armor is feather-light and strong enough that bullets bounce harmlessly off of it. The helmet is open, with a blue glass visor that covers his eyes, and miniature wings on the sides. The greaves also have the same miniature wings.

The armor also comes with fully functional wings on the back, which enable Kyle to fly.

Abilities: Light Manipulation: Kyle can control lights in all its forms. What he can do includes but is not limited to:

- Solid Light Constructs: Kyle can create solid objects out of light. He can make just about anything he can imagine, even couple it with his illusion ability to make it look real.

- Illusions: That is, manipulating the light around any particular place for a variety of effects. Changing an object�s shape or color, or bending the light around it to make it invisible. Or he can just make an illusion appear in thin air.

- Hand Blasts: Light is made of photons, photons contain energy, energy begets heat, you know the drill. Concentrate a lot of light into one blast and you've got a superhot blaster.

Kyle's powers are, of course, limited. He can only focus on so many things at once, after all, and most of his concentration goes into maintaining his armor and making it look real, so while he�s keeping his armor up he can usually only make one large construct, several small or medium constructs, or one hand blast at a time. He can do illusions on his own medium- or small-sized constructs (about as big as a human, at most), at the expense of numbers, or do many illusions on real objects.

Also, the range on his powers only extends as far as his line of sight.

Fighting Skills: Because Kyle likes to get down and dirty with the thugs he fights, he's become an expert at hand-to-hand combat as well as sword fighting, his weapon of choice.

Biography: Here's the thing. Kyle wasn�t so much born as� grown.

'Bout twenty-three years ago a crazy professor called Alexander Cain who was working for the university discovered a new dimension that he called the Cain Zone (he had a huge ego, go figure). The Cain Zone had some very interesting properties. It�s apparently completely comprised of light, and that light behaves differently from light in our universe.

Professor Cain attempted to channel the power of the Cain Zone several times and each time was met with failure. Finally, in a fit of frustration, he designed a portal that would open a way into the Cain Zone. The thing was active for all of a fraction of a second before it exploded, taking Cain's lab and the entire floor of the university building with it.

Cain survived, albeit badly burnt and hideously disfigured, and was subsequently fired from the university. In the wreckage of the portal, a human baby was found. Unbeknownst to anyone, that baby was actually a nexus to the Cain Zone. No one knew where the baby had come from, since Professor Cain kept his research secret and wrote no notes for fear of being discovered. When no one claimed the baby, it was put into foster care.

Eventually, that baby was adopted by the Gordons and named Kyle. Kyle grew up as pretty much a normal kid, right up until he was fifteen and discovered his powers when he accidentally blasted a bully at school at the same time he was throwing a punch. It was a rather weak blast, however, so the other kid was fine and only knocked back a couple of feet, and while people thought it was weird that meek Kyle packed such a punch, no one was the wiser.

Kyle, however, went on to practice with his powers more and more, eventually fashioning his superhero persona, Lightbringer, all the while keeping it a secret from his parents.

Now that he's all grown up, Kyle has a lot more free time for superheroing.

Superhero Persona: See equipment for that badass armor. Lightbringer is well-known and in good standing with the public, mostly thanks to his actions and the angelic imagery of his costume. He generally does any good deed he comes across, whether it�s rescuing cats from trees or foiling a bank robbery. Lightbringer operates across the country, though of course most of his activity is concentrated in his home city, The City With No Name.

Affiliations: None. Not that Lightbringer turns down any help, it's that he hasn�t really worked with anyone closely, nor does he need to affiliate himself with any particular organization.

Enemies:

Nero ~ A superpowered thief with power over shadows. Nero is insane, literally batshit crazy, and, much to Kyle's chagrin, is drawn to Lightbringer like a moth to a flame.

Professor Cain ~ Your classic evil genius meets Darth Vader, Cain must wear a robotic suit at all times that keeps him alive and covers his badly burnt body. Professor Cain and Lightbringer haven't ever actually met, but you can bet he was extremely interested when a superhero exhibiting light powers very similar to the light from the Cain Zone showed up.

I wasn't very happy with some of his powers, namely hand blasts and solid light constructs. So I came up with that whole backstory about his powers coming from ANOTHER DIMENSION OMG.

I did try to make him as balanced as possible so that a fight between him and twelve mooks would still be interesting.

Astral Harmony · 08-12-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Arhra

Armored Bishoujo: Nothing huge to object to power-wise but I'm a bit wary after last time with your 'totally doesn't eat human hearts' hellhound and the first thing it did when faced with an opponent. Deadly assassins aren't terribly heroic, y'know?

Also, I... I want my recurring villains.

Right. I'll make it so she works like a super police officer, going after crime that the police are too undermanned and underpowered to be able to deal with. Just need to tweak the profile to reflect this some...

Lithp · 08-12-2010, 09:58 PM

I'm thinking of joining this. Possibly. For now, I'll just ask about loose ideas that I might consider using.

1. The Plagiarist. I guess he's more of a villain. Also an in-joke. His shtick is really badly disguised copies of shit that has already been done before.

2. Moving at the speed of drama. The explanation for Comic Book Time or Big Damn Heroes. It's an idea of a power. It allows you to arrive on a scene in the most dramatic fashion possible. So, if there's some big fight going on & you're halfway across the city? No problem. You'll arrive just when shit starts to get real, either to save the day or deliver the Big No.

That's all I got for now.

batgirl · 08-12-2010, 11:19 PM

Placeholder! Though I'm torn between 2 characters at the moment:

1- Jenny Wall - Super strength and super durability but rather inexperienced. She got her superhero name when she tried to jump up and building to chase a villain and misjudged, smacking into a wall and leaving a full body imprint.

2- Batgirl (I shit you not) - Blind, but can see ala daredevil with radar and can emit a sonic scream.

Thoughts?

Steel Shadow · 08-13-2010, 01:36 AM

Also place holder! I'm considering a healer of some sort. Or maybe not. Puching things is nifty. I'm also considering actually reading that mountain of text y've written up there...

Toastburner B · 08-13-2010, 03:00 AM

Yay! Placeholder parade!

I've got a few ideas, but I am far too tired to type down anything that would make sense at the moment.

Arhra · 08-13-2010, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by IHateMakingNames

Not making a bio yet for lack of internet, but throwing out idea to get judged for when I get internet back.

Short teleport and time traveling about six seconds back. Hero fights some guy, goes back six seconds, while villian is still fighting previous version, Hero punches villian in back of head. Then previous hero disappears from the time traveling he just did. Pre-time travel version always has to time travel, and is forced to if he tries not to because of differences caused by the traveling.

Sorry for missing you before IHMN. Sounds pretty interesting.

I don't promise to not sometimes abuse this.

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Originally Posted by Overcast

Right O', mostly testing the waters on the sliding scales of power and moral ambiguity. Because I wasn't quite aware the last time this happened and thus had no idea how that worked. Better scene soonish.

EDIT: And soonish has occured, The Agenda becomes The Force. Still short. Still green and black. But now with mind hands.

If you do not frequently call or visit your parents for their sage wisdom, I will be very diappointed. Approved.

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Originally Posted by Dracorion

I did try to make him as balanced as possible so that a fight between him and twelve mooks would still be interesting.

Half a dozen. Half.

Ridiculously overpowered. Ridiculously.

For a start, you can do everything another player can and then more!

Also, you know, an actual reason to fight crime would be good?

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Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

Right. I'll make it so she works like a super police officer, going after crime that the police are too undermanned and underpowered to be able to deal with. Just need to tweak the profile to reflect this some...

You might want to include an alternative to stabbing people with many, many knives. It's good to have options.

I'm actually a little concerned you'll be a little weak.

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Originally Posted by Lithp

I'm thinking of joining this. Possibly. For now, I'll just ask about loose ideas that I might consider using.

1. The Plagiarist. I guess he's more of a villain. Also an in-joke. His shtick is really badly disguised copies of shit that has already been done before.

2. Moving at the speed of drama. The explanation for Comic Book Time or Big Damn Heroes. It's an idea of a power. It allows you to arrive on a scene in the most dramatic fashion possible. So, if there's some big fight going on & you're halfway across the city? No problem. You'll arrive just when shit starts to get real, either to save the day or deliver the Big No.

That's all I got for now.

While things will defintely not be too serious, I'm opposed to inherently silly powers. Also, no villains.

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Originally Posted by batgirl

Placeholder! Though I'm torn between 2 characters at the moment:

1- Jenny Wall - Super strength and super durability but rather inexperienced. She got her superhero name when she tried to jump up and building to chase a villain and misjudged, smacking into a wall and leaving a full body imprint.

2- Batgirl (I shit you not) - Blind, but can see ala daredevil with radar and can emit a sonic scream.

Thoughts?

I love both of them.

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Originally Posted by Steel Shadow

Also place holder! I'm considering a healer of some sort. Or maybe not. Puching things is nifty. I'm also considering actually reading that mountain of text y've written up there...

I was originally going to try and set up some common powers and caveats for each origin, but I realised that it was folly and potentially too restrictive.

Consider yourself fortunate!

Heals are good but make sure you've got some fighting options too. Don't want to get stuck on the sidelines.

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Originally Posted by Toastburner B

Yay! Placeholder parade!

I've got a few ideas, but I am far too tired to type down anything that would make sense at the moment.

Yaaaay.

Toastburner B · 08-14-2010, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Arhra

Yaaaay.

Your sarcasm is lost on me, you horrible person you.

Premmy · 08-14-2010, 03:35 AM

Placeholder, involves aliens, physics, motion.

08-12-2010, 11:26 AM	#11
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	Right O', mostly testing the waters on the sliding scales of power and moral ambiguity. Because I wasn't quite aware the last time this happened and thus had no idea how that worked. Better scene soonish. EDIT: And soonish has occured, The Agenda becomes The Force. Still short. Still green and black. But now with mind hands. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks! Last edited by Overcast; 08-12-2010 at 12:16 PM.

08-12-2010, 01:46 PM	#12
Dracorion Moves Like Jagger, Kupo! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right. Posts: 4,910	I�d like to point out one thing� AB�s character's father and Overcast's character almost have the exact same name. COINCIDENCE? I think not Name: Kyle Gordon Alias: Lightbringer Age: 23 Gender: Male Appearance: 5'9'', slender, but not thin. Weighs 120 pounds. Black hair and black eyes. Equipment: Kyle wears a badass golden full-body suit of plate armor. Technically, it's a solid light construct that he constantly manipulates the light around to look like a badass golden full-body suit of plate armor. The armor is feather-light and strong enough that bullets bounce harmlessly off of it. The helmet is open, with a blue glass visor that covers his eyes, and miniature wings on the sides. The greaves also have the same miniature wings. The armor also comes with fully functional wings on the back, which enable Kyle to fly. Abilities: Light Manipulation: Kyle can control lights in all its forms. What he can do includes but is not limited to: - Solid Light Constructs: Kyle can create solid objects out of light. He can make just about anything he can imagine, even couple it with his illusion ability to make it look real. - Illusions: That is, manipulating the light around any particular place for a variety of effects. Changing an object�s shape or color, or bending the light around it to make it invisible. Or he can just make an illusion appear in thin air. - Hand Blasts: Light is made of photons, photons contain energy, energy begets heat, you know the drill. Concentrate a lot of light into one blast and you've got a superhot blaster. Kyle's powers are, of course, limited. He can only focus on so many things at once, after all, and most of his concentration goes into maintaining his armor and making it look real, so while he�s keeping his armor up he can usually only make one large construct, several small or medium constructs, or one hand blast at a time. He can do illusions on his own medium- or small-sized constructs (about as big as a human, at most), at the expense of numbers, or do many illusions on real objects. Also, the range on his powers only extends as far as his line of sight. Fighting Skills: Because Kyle likes to get down and dirty with the thugs he fights, he's become an expert at hand-to-hand combat as well as sword fighting, his weapon of choice. Biography: Here's the thing. Kyle wasn�t so much born as� grown. 'Bout twenty-three years ago a crazy professor called Alexander Cain who was working for the university discovered a new dimension that he called the Cain Zone (he had a huge ego, go figure). The Cain Zone had some very interesting properties. It�s apparently completely comprised of light, and that light behaves differently from light in our universe. Professor Cain attempted to channel the power of the Cain Zone several times and each time was met with failure. Finally, in a fit of frustration, he designed a portal that would open a way into the Cain Zone. The thing was active for all of a fraction of a second before it exploded, taking Cain's lab and the entire floor of the university building with it. Cain survived, albeit badly burnt and hideously disfigured, and was subsequently fired from the university. In the wreckage of the portal, a human baby was found. Unbeknownst to anyone, that baby was actually a nexus to the Cain Zone. No one knew where the baby had come from, since Professor Cain kept his research secret and wrote no notes for fear of being discovered. When no one claimed the baby, it was put into foster care. Eventually, that baby was adopted by the Gordons and named Kyle. Kyle grew up as pretty much a normal kid, right up until he was fifteen and discovered his powers when he accidentally blasted a bully at school at the same time he was throwing a punch. It was a rather weak blast, however, so the other kid was fine and only knocked back a couple of feet, and while people thought it was weird that meek Kyle packed such a punch, no one was the wiser. Kyle, however, went on to practice with his powers more and more, eventually fashioning his superhero persona, Lightbringer, all the while keeping it a secret from his parents. Now that he's all grown up, Kyle has a lot more free time for superheroing. Superhero Persona: See equipment for that badass armor. Lightbringer is well-known and in good standing with the public, mostly thanks to his actions and the angelic imagery of his costume. He generally does any good deed he comes across, whether it�s rescuing cats from trees or foiling a bank robbery. Lightbringer operates across the country, though of course most of his activity is concentrated in his home city, The City With No Name. Affiliations: None. Not that Lightbringer turns down any help, it's that he hasn�t really worked with anyone closely, nor does he need to affiliate himself with any particular organization. Enemies: Nero ~ A superpowered thief with power over shadows. Nero is insane, literally batshit crazy, and, much to Kyle's chagrin, is drawn to Lightbringer like a moth to a flame. Professor Cain ~ Your classic evil genius meets Darth Vader, Cain must wear a robotic suit at all times that keeps him alive and covers his badly burnt body. Professor Cain and Lightbringer haven't ever actually met, but you can bet he was extremely interested when a superhero exhibiting light powers very similar to the light from the Cain Zone showed up. I wasn't very happy with some of his powers, namely hand blasts and solid light constructs. So I came up with that whole backstory about his powers coming from ANOTHER DIMENSION OMG. I did try to make him as balanced as possible so that a fight between him and twelve mooks would still be interesting. __________________ Dracorion's dumbass color is Royal Blue. If you see that color, you better run the fuck away. Last edited by Dracorion; 08-12-2010 at 07:54 PM.

08-12-2010, 09:58 PM	#14
Lithp Boo Buddy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 400	I'm thinking of joining this. Possibly. For now, I'll just ask about loose ideas that I might consider using. 1. The Plagiarist. I guess he's more of a villain. Also an in-joke. His shtick is really badly disguised copies of shit that has already been done before. 2. Moving at the speed of drama. The explanation for Comic Book Time or Big Damn Heroes. It's an idea of a power. It allows you to arrive on a scene in the most dramatic fashion possible. So, if there's some big fight going on & you're halfway across the city? No problem. You'll arrive just when shit starts to get real, either to save the day or deliver the Big No. That's all I got for now. __________________ Great site, especially for RPers: http://degosroleplaying.aceboard.com/ (As you can see, the key to advertisement is subtlety.)

08-12-2010, 11:19 PM	#15
batgirl Aim for the top! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Infield Posts: 2,583	Placeholder! Though I'm torn between 2 characters at the moment: 1- Jenny Wall - Super strength and super durability but rather inexperienced. She got her superhero name when she tried to jump up and building to chase a villain and misjudged, smacking into a wall and leaving a full body imprint. 2- Batgirl (I shit you not) - Blind, but can see ala daredevil with radar and can emit a sonic scream. Thoughts? Last edited by batgirl; 08-12-2010 at 11:20 PM. Reason: radar not sonar dur

08-13-2010, 01:36 AM	#16
Steel Shadow Mild Psychosis Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Aroundabouts thereish. Posts: 1,246	Also place holder! I'm considering a healer of some sort. Or maybe not. Puching things is nifty. I'm also considering actually reading that mountain of text y've written up there... __________________ Yeah, I'm understating. I do that sometimes.

08-13-2010, 03:00 AM	#17
Toastburner B Toasty has left the building Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hiding...because I don't want to die. Posts: 3,936	Yay! Placeholder parade! I've got a few ideas, but I am far too tired to type down anything that would make sense at the moment. __________________ I came, I saw, I got team-killed. A lot.

08-14-2010, 03:35 AM	#20
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	Placeholder, involves aliens, physics, motion. __________________ Drank