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Irish Man
United States
Charlotte
North Carolina
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A Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition game set in the DC Universe world of Flashpoint.
Flashpoint was the DC Universe lead up to their new "Reboot" featuring an alternative timeline. Once the reboot took place, the universe seased to exist. But... what if it didnt. We will be continuing the universe, with some slight differences.A modified timeline is below.
Setting
The year is 2015. 15 years after the end of world war three. It had been a terrible terrible war, between the races of the Amazons, and the Atlanteas. The whole world was starting to crumble, cities leveled in its wake.
The Amazons and Atlanteans had waged a massive war against each other, due to the death of the Amazonian Queen Hippolyta on the wedding day of Aquaman and Amazonian Princess Diana.
Timeline of Atlantean - Amazonian War [WW3]
1947 A mysterious craft crashes in Roswell, New Mexico.Inside is an alien from Mars, escaping the Martian Civil War. US Government covers up the incident citing a crashed weather baloon.
1953 United States secretly recognises Aleins Exists and Creates Project Terra to defend the world from alien invasions.
1965 Meteor crashes on Metropilis City, killing 30,000 people. Rumors circulate the meteor was actually a space ship from another planet kicking off a wave of UFO hysteria in the U.S. The U.S. Govenment covers up the truth and secretly takes the ship, and the small child found inside and place him in a secret underground containment bunker. Scientists believe the ship is from an exploded planet from the star system Krypton.
1988 Wealthy young socialite, Dr. Thomas Wayne has his son Bruce murdered in front of his eyes. Turns to a life of vigilantism to aprehend the suspect.
1991 The world is suprised to find out not only one, but two mythical races of "man" exist; Atlanteans and Amazons.
1990 Emperor Arthur of Atlantis (know to the world as Aquaman) plans to Wed Princess Diana of Themyscira (known to the world as Wonder Woman). On their wedding day, an assasin attempts to kill Princess Diana, but is only thwarted by Diana's mother who jumps in front of the encorceled trident meant for Diana.
The assasin turns out to be an Atlantean Noble trying to keep Aquaman from marrying an outsider to keep Atlantean blood pure.
1900 Diana refuses to Mary the Emperor of Atlantis, sending him into a rage.
1990 Skirmishes break out on the borders of Themyscira resulting in the deaths of several Atlantean patrolls.
1991 Negotiations between Atlantis and Themysria break down,
each blaming the other for the escalating violence.
1991 After a bungled diplomatic attempt by the Atlanteans, Open War erupts between the Atlanteans and Themyscria
1991 Amazons Attack the Atlantean outpost of N'Kar, claiming its too close to the island of Themyscria (off the coast of Spain), killing 800,000 Atlanteans.
1991 Atlanteans release trained crakens on the shore of Themyscria, wrecking the shoreline and blocking all fishing, effectively laying siege to the island.
1992 Amazons systematically attack and destroy 4 outpost cities, using their ability to fly to circumvent Atlantean defenses, conducting highly effective air-to-sea attacks.
1993 Atlanteans create an underwater earthquake that skinks Themyscria (located off the tip of Spain). However the earthquake also sends huge Tsunamis across Western Europe, killing over 15 million people.
1994 Amazons relocated to Scotland, claiming it as their new island of New Themyscria 1.5 Million Scots are forced to move south into England causing civil unrest.
1994 Atlantis claims authority on all the oceans that lie beyond the borders of existing coutnries, and claiming esclusive rights to all undersea oil depostis.Offering the world leaders access to vast quantities of undersea Oil, Atlantis forms a pact with Russia, China, Germany, Pakistan, and several gulf states, Atlantis claims that any ship not belonging to their Axis will be sunk in their waters.
1995 Fearing the loss of undewater oil deposits, and the unability to participate in global shipping, several World countries, including the United States, Canada, England, and Japan, and most of South America unite with the Amazonians to stop the Atlanteans.
1996 The Axis of Atlantis invades the remainder of France and all of Italy.
1996 The axis invades Turnkey, Kuait, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the rest of the arribic pinesula. The Axis now controls 75% of all oil production in the world. Oil prices skyrocket to $300 a barrel. A gallon of gasoline goes up to 12$ US a gallon.
1997 The United States plans to launch thermonuclear strikes on both Atlantis and its own ally New Themyscria
1997 Atlanteans invade England, marching to Scotland. The Assault is lead by the King of Atlantis himself.
1997 1st of March, Queen Diana, and Emperor Arthur of Atlantis meet in hand to hand combat. In the middle of their battle an unkown super powered male of immense power flys between them. He screams at them both saying "Your stupid war has hurt millions of people and killed the only woman I have ever loved. In instant he kills them both. He approaches the sides and says "This war ends now, today. You will stand down and submit yourselves to the will of the United Nations, or I will kill all of you. I cannot be hurt. I cannot be stopped. I am invincible. I am Superman."
1997 Unbeknown to the majority of the planet, The Flash from Earth 1 discovers this alternative timeline is all his creation when he went back in time to save his mother from being murdered. The flash travels back in time again to stop himelf, thus resetting the timeline. The Flash returns to the Earth 1 timeline, however this timeline does not stop, becomming the alternative reality of Earth 53.
1997 The amount of cosmic energy it takes to spin off this reality results in a vastly weakend universe. Many super powered individuals loose their abilities, and must return to a life of normalicy. This includes the enahnced strenght of the Atlanteans, and the Flight powers of the Amazons. Churches around the world all claim "Divine" intervention in the war. Each world religon claims they are responsible.
1998 Stripped of their powers, and Demoralized by the losses of their leaders both sides open up negotiations.
1999 The world powers of the Allied and Axis forces agree to a truce, ending the war, and seal their pledge by removing all thermonuclear warheads from active status.
1999 The being known as "Superman" is one of the handfull of super powered individuals who did not loose ability during the Cosmic Restructuring of 1997. He cements the peace process by flying all the existing nuclear warheads into the sun. He then shocks the planet saying "I have seen nothing but horror and sadness in my life. I am removing myself from you, to search for my lost people". He flys up into the sky and is not seen from again.
1999 Atlantis and the Amazons are put on trial for starting the war. The Amazons use the last of their mystic power to lift a part of the Atlantic undersea shelf in the Bermuda Triangle, and create a new home. Atlanteans set up undersea oil pumping stations to provide oil, which is monitored and sold by the United Nations to fund repairs on decimated countries.
2000 Atlantis and the Amazons both agree to world requests to remain sequestered in their individual cities, returning to their thousands of years of isolationism.
Present Day
2015 It is now fifteen years since the great war. Russia, China, Germany and the Axis powers still maintain a strong military relationship. This has resulted in a "cold" war between the Axis powers of the West and the Allied powers of the East. The world economy is starting to recover. The war is starting to fade into people's memories, sparking TV shows and popular movies Idolizing and elevating to hero worship, the soliders of the war.
A set of amature cave explorers in new mexico find a a recent earthquake has opened a rift into what appears to be a secret abandoned war bunker. Inside are found remants of scientific technology far beyond that of modern man. The complex contains a set of cyrogenic stasis modules holding a handfull of people. The government contains the story, calling the bunker a "hospital for critical patients during the war" and seals off the complex. Rumors circulate on the internet that the complex was part of a secret US Government plan to create Superheros during the war to combat the Amazons and Atlanteans. It is a rumor the US strongly denies.
You are those experiments.
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Irish Man
United States
Charlotte
North Carolina
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This campaign is an Invitation Only campaign for an already established group of individuals.
We will be using Mutants and Masterminds 2nd edition for the rule set. Im sure 3rd edition is a fine set, but Im used to 2nd edition and I think it works pretty well.
Characters will be Power Level 10, with 165 Power Points. 10 power points MUST be spent on skills.
The following Message Threads will be set up:
[Flashpoint] Out of Character -> This one for all open free talk about the game.
[Flashpoint] Character Sheets,NPCs, and Maps -> This will be where I will place information for easy refrence for the players.
[Flashpoint] Episode 1 "The Awakening" -> Our first episode.
[Flashpoint] Guest Converstaion -> If anyone who is not playing wants to talk about the game, they can do so here.
Current Anticipated Characters:
KW: Techno-controlling and interfacing power suit.
KS: Undersea member of rival Atlantean species.
JK: Cold & darkness cop brought back to life through the experiment.
GP: Human Scientist placed in his own experiment
Possibly:
LF: Amazon or Human imued with Amazonian powers.
Please check in here once you have signed up for the forums.
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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Checking in.
JK will be playing Kelvin Ciro or The Kelvin Hammer. Thanks for the invite.
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Irish Man
United States
Charlotte
North Carolina
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Here is a sample character, from a different campaign, that may help break down how points are calculated. I use the code tag to post this so the columns line up
Courier
Giovanni O'Malley (Zatara II)
PL:10 (W/165 pp)
STATS cost cost
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STR 10 ( - ) 0 Tough (10+) 0
DEX 20 ( 5+) 10 REF (7+) 4
CON 30 (10+) 20 Fort (10+) 0
WIZ 30 (10+) 20 Will (10+) 0
INT 12 ( - ) 0 ATT: 6 12
CHA 10 ( - ) 0 DEF: 8 16
Init: +5. 0
Totals: 50 32
TOTAL: 82
POWERS. cost
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MAGIC 13:[Array use 1 at a time]. Ref save dc 20 26
1) Teleport 10 200,000 miles (+4 levels mass 2500 lbs)
(Change direction, velocity) [long range+1, Accurate-1]
2) ESP 13 (visual only) time stop/soul self 1
DRAGON COMPANION
3) SUMMON 8 [continuous +1] (120 pp) Dragon 1
MAGIC FORCE
4) telekenisis 12 (60 str / 100 tons), precice, acurate. 1
5) tk blast 12, accurate, 8 attack 12 dmg. 1
6) force wall: create object 12 (progession x2 25' per
Rank = 12x25' cubes. Wall 10'x30"x25". Toughness 12. 1
SPELLS
7) dispell magic. Nullify 12, all magic effects on one target 1
8) hypnotism: mind controll 8 [ conscious +1] D20+8 vs. Will. 1
9) Fog of Forgetfulness: DC22, erase memory 1
10) heal 12: regrowth, persistance. 1
11) invisibiliy: concealment 10 (all sight and audio) 1
12) Insubstantial 4 & Immunity: suffocation, vaccum. 1
TOTAL: 37
ADDITIONAL POWERS: Innate Abilities
1) Regeneration (1/full round action: bruised, injured
Unconscious, staggered, disabled, ability dmg)
( 1/day death) [persistant, regrowth]. 26
2) Teleport 4 5000 ft. (turnaround, velocity) 6
[short range -1, Accurate +1]
3) Sense Magic (ranged, acute, analytical) 4
4) Danger Sense. (notice check). 1
FEATS cost
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Benefits: Very Wealthy (L22 on wealth chart) 3
Quick Change. 1
Ritualist. 1
TOTAL: 42
SKILLS. Rank. Stat Total cost
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Notice (Perception) 4 Wiz(10) 15
Concentration. 4 Wiz(10) 15
Sense Motive 4 Wiz(10) 15
Profession (Arcanist) 4 Wiz(10) 15
Knowledge Skill (Arcane) 9 INT(0) 9
Search 7 INT(0) 7
Language 6 INT( 0) 6
English, infernal, Draconic, Latin, Spanish
French, Greek
40 Ranks / 4 per pp = 10
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War Surge
United States
Texas
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WarSurge (KS) is online...mellow greetings, all.
I will read through Irish's Timeline tonight, and firm up my character
build before Wednesday.
LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!
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Kevin W
United States
North Carolina
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What, if any, limits are you putting on impervious toughness over and above the usual limits on toughness?
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War Surge
United States
Texas
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KAvocado, you have to limit the amount of your Impervious resistance to the Power Level assigned to the campaign, in this case, PL10; ie, 10 ranks of Impervious is your limit. The same would occur if someone where wanting to play Superman/Captain Marvel, and was considering buying
Super-Strength 11 assignment (ie, 55pts of carrying cap!)...that would be over the Power Level assigned for this campaign.
Hope that helps...
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Irish Man
United States
Charlotte
North Carolina
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im not a big fan of Impervious toughness, as it caues goons to be ineffective, (like gansters, or regular bank robers). eventually the goons get better guns anyway.
if there is a good them for it, ill allow impervious tougness or imunity against a certain type of attack. (for example if someone is a cold base character, they could purchase imunity cold).
Large amounts of Impervious toughness can ruin a campaign.
Send me a note about what your trying to do.
i have been in an emergency 3 day meeting at the bank, and have not had a time to work on characters. Ill try and do so tomorrow.
irish.
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Kevin W
United States
North Carolina
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No worries - just building the suit, I can totally do it with just regular toughness and use the points from impervious for other stuff.
Getting close to a first draft, I'll post it in a day or two.
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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Hell, K. If it's the same across the board, pay for a few broad stroke impervious powers towards a certain few types of damage. Say Impact or Elemental Energy or Acid. Level 8 even against those three would be really limiting what the GM could touch you with. What.. mind affecting magic and Xavier types I guess. Warp you into deep space thru a dimensional port or something.. but most in combat shtuff would go right out the window. Don't know how much of a damage sponge you were attempting to be. Or if the GM would even allow that even with the multiple payment of points.
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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Quick question for irishman, when you get a chance also. For those of us unfamiliar with Play-by-Forum methods, do you have a reference page for how this will work and whatnot?
Or rules of your own typed up or anything?
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War Surge
United States
Texas
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Happy Holiday's To All!
I have as much RPG experience as Irish, so I figured I can help with questions that come up, as well.
KC! Below is a thread that shows how a typical "Play by Post" proceeds. You will notice that the GM helps guide and control the story flow, but the gamers have the opportunity to engage as much as they would like...and honestly, the more descriptive the player can be, the better.
Check it out! (and no, you don't have to sign up on the board to read the thread): http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29141-gotha...
Feel free to ask any other questions. - Surge
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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Sweet, man! Thanks!
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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Happy New Year Bitches!
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Surge, thanks for posting that. That helps a bunch over here. This will be the first time I have done this over the internet. I enjoyed the story as well.
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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Yeah, same here. First time forum player. Still wondering how things like rolls and whatnot work out in a combat sequence for example, but that still helped with the whole taking turns, back and forth thing. Quote what you're responding to and who and just keep it going.
KC
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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So, I'm not done with my character yet or anything, but I just wanted it on the record that Kelvin's been cruisin' around this place in the Black Ice Cruiser for about a week now and we ain't found SHIT! I did, however, freeze a parking maid who was eyeballin' me funny for sitting next to a meter with my truck runnin'. It was a red light, woman. Walk on!
Thank you. That is all.
KC
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Kevin W
United States
North Carolina
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KelvinCiro wrote: So, I'm not done with my character yet or anything, but I just wanted it on the record that Kelvin's been cruisin' around this place in the Black Ice Cruiser for about a week now and we ain't found SHIT! I did, however, freeze a parking maid who was eyeballin' me funny for sitting next to a meter with my truck runnin'. It was a red light, woman. Walk on!
Thank you. That is all.
KC
Let me just say...
lol
... that is all.
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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Hey yo! He's outta here for 40 days of Lent! He can't look at any screens! I fly up to the moon in my Darkspike Atmospheric Punchjet and carve my face up in that sucker! Evil beware! I'm watchin you at night!!! (He totally can't see this and so I'm totally doing it.)
Yeah. I said punchjet. Atmospheric. And Darkspike.
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So...are we still doing this?
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I am still interested btw
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Kelvin Ciro
United States
Louisiana
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I am dude... I got a punchjet... did you see?!?!
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Posted Sat Dec 3, 2011 3:39 pm
