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| Topic Started: Apr 17 2012, 08:23 PM (2,042 Views) | |
| trex841 | Apr 17 2012, 08:23 PM Post #1 |
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Name can be changed later, along with other stuff. So this is the topic for the newly created super universe RPG based of Canis's design. Here is the initial idea.
the soviets sound like my hybrid core, but anyway. What dose everyone think? Anything to add or subtract? urufumarukai said something about super rights. |
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| urufumarukai | Apr 17 2012, 08:52 PM Post #2 |
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Hitler is my spirit animal
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Well I think classes should be regulated, and still the civil rights ideas. |
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| seascorpion | Apr 17 2012, 09:19 PM Post #3 |
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Why Can't I Hold All These Mongols?
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I'll join, I like the idea |
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| Russwallac | Apr 18 2012, 08:08 AM Post #4 |
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"Ta-da!"
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Sounds a bit too rigid... Having such a structured society presents very little opportunity for supers to do things without getting gunned down. |
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| dialforthedevil | Apr 18 2012, 11:06 AM Post #5 |
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Perhaps different campaign groups about supers rights? |
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| urufumarukai | Apr 18 2012, 11:58 AM Post #6 |
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Hitler is my spirit animal
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Yeah, more or less my idea. You have your kkk equivalent Your militant supers And your peaceful supers |
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Henry you dick! Mr. Hands "Am I boring? Depends, do you like watching documentaries about 19th and 18th century warfare, having complicated feelings about bismark and crying over the film of winston churchill putting flowers on FDR's grave. If so then I'm so fucking boring. " | |
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| Russwallac | Apr 18 2012, 12:08 PM Post #7 |
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I've always thought of superhuman law as essentialyl exempting supers from normal military use, especially against their will. This would prevent things like "that one nuke guy we were training just broke up with his girlfriend and blew up our base." It would make more sense to have some sort of registering law, and maybe a group of supers who help with super-related problems (think a government-sponsored Justice League or Avengers, but WAY bigger). |
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| dialforthedevil | Apr 18 2012, 12:56 PM Post #8 |
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Okay so a registration system, although one can avoid the law remember... Im with Uruf as well I like those groups I want this to be an exploration of everyday life with supers.
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| Russwallac | Apr 18 2012, 01:44 PM Post #9 |
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I'm just not convinced that teaching being beings with the ability to level cities how to kill people is a good idea... |
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| trex841 | Apr 18 2012, 02:03 PM Post #10 |
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We could go with the super code of not killing people. So super civil rights are a go. And what do you mean by daily life? Aren’t they at war? I don’t think there would be many supers not fighting at wartime. |
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| Kamidio | Apr 18 2012, 02:52 PM Post #11 |
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The Avengers are government funded.
I think what they mean is that it would be morally wrong to force supers to register with the military at the same time as joining the super school. Some supers could be potentially unstable or unfit for service. It'd only be logical for some supers who have mild powers, like gills or enhanced strength, but for others, it'd be a different story. Normally powers get harder to control the more complex they are. Unless they manifest at birth. Then they just get taught by their parents or other guardians. You know? That sounds good. A fourth branch of the U.S. government charged with taking care of super-based problems, ranging from giving acknowledged superheros bases of operations to providing educational services for Normal humans that give birth to a super. Logically they'd have to balance with the other three branches, so I'd suggest giving them the power to deal with bills involving supers. They'd also enforce super laws and deal with super trials, as well as a specialized branch of the military for supers, called the Guardians. |
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| dialforthedevil | Apr 18 2012, 02:57 PM Post #12 |
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Makes a lot of sense
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| trex841 | Apr 18 2012, 03:08 PM Post #13 |
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I like that idea. Also I was thinking that Man-X would be an accidental mutant, which is why he doesn’t fit in with the government super classes. Also also this. |
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| Canis Lupis | Apr 18 2012, 05:10 PM Post #14 |
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Oh, Man-X would fit. There's a class of supers whose powers work by manipulating the laws of physics. Manipulating physics (such as by bending gravity and teleporting) is the first tier. Second tier involves doing things that are outlawed by the laws of physics (such as travelling faster than the speed of light and being in two places at once). The third tier involves by operating under completley different laws of physics (like cartoon physics). There are actually five classes of supers (FYI, the classes don't work to classify supers; they classify the superpowers, so technically a super can be a member of more than one class and tier (though this is rare)): Class 1: The physics class (called H-class ("H" for "Hawking")), which I've already described. Man-X would fall under this category. Class 2: The zoological class (called Z-class ("Z" for "Zoological")). This class works by enhancing bodily functions to superhuman levels (i.e. superstrength, speed, enhanced sensory, and flight). Powers that enhance perception (i.e. senses) fall into tier 1. Powers that enhance locomotion (i.e. speed, flight, and (for aquatic supers) fins/gills) fall into tier 2. Powers that enhance physical attributes (i.e. strength, elasticity, and color change) fall into tier 3. Class 3: The elemental class (called E-class ("E" for "Elemental")). This class works by giving the super the ability to manipulate classical elements of nature. These include, but are not limited to: ice, water, plants, fire, lightning, air, rock, sand, light (by extension, lasers), and metal. Each tier is focused on how much control the super has over their respective element (typically, E-class supers only control one element, but they very rarely can control two. The most common elemental combinations are ice/water and rock/sand). Tier 1 asserts that the super is able to survive in quantities of the element that would be lethal to a normal human. For example, a tier 1 super could survive in a raging inferno (if they were fire benders) or buried in the sand (if they were sand benders). Tier 2 asserts that the super is able to control the element but can't produce it. This is what Pyro from "X-men" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro_(comics) ) would fall under. Tier 3 asserts that the super is able to produce the element and thus control it (sort of like the Firebenders from "Avatar: The Last Airbender"). Class 4: The mental class (called M-class ("M" short for mental)). This class is a direct descendent of what the United States was working on during the Cold War (which, in this timeline, actually came to blows, so let's call it the Heated War). This class houses members that can control things with their mind (such as telekinesis, ESP, and levitation). Tier 1 of this class involves using your mind to gain information in nonconventional ways (such as mind-reading and astral projection). Tier 2 involves using your mind to influence your opponent's perception of the world (such as through thought-influencing, hallucination, invisibility of self/other objects, and mentally-induced paralysis). Tier 3 involves using your mind to gain a physical advantage over you opponent (such as through force fields, levitation, and mental-punches). Class 5: The shifting class (called the S-class ("S" for "shapeshifting")). This class is a direct descendent of what the Soviets were working on during the Heated War and is focused on shapeshifting into another object, person, or creature. Tier 1 of this class involves shifting only one part of your body into something else (often the arms). Think the Absorbing Man from "Thor," but focused on only one part of the body (come to think of it, Generator Rex would be a better visualization). Tier 2 involves changing your entire body into something else, but you can only change into one thing. This is like the Animagi from "Harry Potter" and like Bruce Banner in "The Incredible Hulk." Tier 3 involves changing your entire body into various multiple things. This is almost like the Animorphs from, you guessed it, "Animorphs" and the Chameleon from the Marvel Universe. Anyway, the above are just ideas I've been tossing around. Feel free to pick them apart. They're just what gets put on the card as part of the Superhuman Registration Act. Oh, as for that school I was talking about, it's not mandatory. It's more like a police academy than an actual school. Supers that are interested in fighting crime LEGALLY (yes, there are illegal crimefighters out there) must obtain a Vigilante Liscence from this school. They are paid by the government to fight crime (much like police officers) and are automatically a part of a team of supers tasked with taking care of internal security of the United States (sort of like the Justice League or The Avengers). Also, fighting in the military is in no way required. There is no military draft for supers, just like there is none for nonsupers (even in our timeline, there is no military draft (at least in the USA. I'm not sure about any other countries)). If a super does, however, wish to fight in the military, he goes to a special training school. For the first year, he/she will be trained along with nonsupers (meaning that any potential supersoldier cannot use their powers this first year). After that, the supers and the nonsupers will be split up. It is at this time that the supers receive training in using their powers in a military setting. |
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| Kamidio | Apr 18 2012, 05:18 PM Post #15 |
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I think military service is mandatory in Switzerland. Also, what would a Zooper with mechanical enhancements be called? (Think of the bosses from Megaman X.) |
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