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Ultimate SSU: History, Info, and Sign-up
Topic Started: Jan 21 2013, 07:03 PM (4,190 Views)
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I am the Clocksmith. I have traversed the entirety of time and space. I have seen the beginning of things, and I have seen the end. I have seen all of the universe and its splendor. I have seen other universes as well. All of them. I know every detail about them, in and out. I am the Clocksmith. Guardian of Time. Protector of Space. I am history repeating.

I am here to offer you an opportunity. An opportunity unlike any other. I have the desire to see a new universe. But I wish to be surprised. I will not interfere, but I will give you a basic structure from which you can build the ultimate universe.


You shall begin life on Earth. It's history is relatively the same, with minor differences. This Earth is incredibly similar to yours, to the point where you could spend an entire lifetime without finding one. This is where you come in. I want you to fill the planet with changes and alterations. Nothing too drastic. I want differences that, with time, will give rise to a drastically different future.

I want you to make superheroes. Supervillains. Anti-heroes. Anti-villains. Everything in between.

There is a section labelled 'character allignment'. Basically, there is a grid on which you allign your character. There is Good and Evil scale, and there is the Lawful and Chaotic scale.

Here's a sample, with several recognizable people from other universes, along with flavor text.

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I shall provide a template with which you can build a life.

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Character Name/Secret Identity:

Character Description:

Character Allignment:

Character Bio:

Powers:

Weaknesses:

Character Music:
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I shall provide a filled out template with a character to help you get started.

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Character Name/Secret Identity: Snakebite / Sean Penn

Character Description: A tall, thin man. His cheekbones are high, his eyes sharp. His skin is pale, and his mouth is wide. Thin lips, a long, split tongue, and long canines. Piercings and tatoos all over his body. The mere sight of this man brings to mind the primal fear of serpents. This man is a snake.

Character Allignment: Neutral Good; Snakes don't care about Chaos or Order. They just bite anything that's big enough for them to eat and has a pulse.

Character Bio: Born into a family known for their conformist demeanor, Sean is the black sheep of the family. Rather than get tanned skin, bleached hair, and do what's popular, Sean bleached his skin, darkened his hair, and did things he found good. He listened to what he wanted, modified his body as he wished, and worked out not to look good, but for strength.

He also took an interest in the sciences of herpetology and genetics. While on a lab tour in a famous college, Sean broke away from the group to use the restroom. Unbeknownst to him, an genetically modified snake had escaped earlier that day. As Sean emptied his bladder, the snake bit him from it's hiding place in the corner.

Venom coursed through his veins. Rather than kill him, the bite hospitallized him. While in intense care, his body changed. His jaw gained another hinge. Another row of teeth grew into his mouth, hidden between his cheeks and his normal teeth. He became part snake. Now with the ability to fully defy his family, Sean escaped the hospital and vanished into the night.


Powers:

Mouth of a snake: He can eat things much larger than his head, due to hinges, and the second set of teeth in his mouth. Among these teeth are a set of gigantic fangs capable of delivering a venomous bite. He's capable of digesting everything but solid metal and plastic, so he is perfectly capable of smuggling things and erasing evidence.

Enhanced senses: His senses of smell and taste are enhanced to the point that a single flick of the tongue can let him track a target for miles. He can sense heat, like a viper. He also has a 'tremor' sense. He can sense vibrations in the ground, which makes it hard to sneak past him without flying.

Enhanced strength: He is much stronger than the average human, capable of tossing a VW Beetle across a two-lane street with ease.

Tech: Due to his own connection with the scientists of the lab, he's managed to procure a mechanical tail complete with a rattlesnake rattle. He's also got a special set of boots and gloves that allow him to scale vertical surfaces without footholds, called 'Gecko Gloves'.


Weaknesses:

Antivenom: Due to the fact that his venom is the same as that of the Eastern Diamondback Rattler, his venom can be counteracted by shooting him in the salivary glands with the antivenom.

EMP: His tail is purely mechanical in nature and can be shut down foricbly with an EMP. It is also possible to shut it down via hacking, cutting off the power source, or by knocking Snakebite unconsious.

Fear: He has a crippling fear of animals that feed on snakes, such as arachnids, eagles, coati, and mongooses. Things that resemble those four are enough to scare him.

Heat: He is naturally drawn to sources of heat, so he can be drawn in to traps involving fire and lava.



Character Music:





Remember, I want to see a brand new universe. Create something original and break the mold!
Edited by Kamidio, Jan 21 2013, 08:53 PM.
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So the SSU2 is pretty much dead in the water, isn't it?

And if it is, should I feel bad about that?
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It simply met its end because there wasn't enough flexibility.

This is going to be he vision I had of the SSU, complete with aliens, magic, and other fun things from comic books. No need for that pesky organization system, because superhumans are an entirely new thing here.
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You know, your right. As fun as the old system was, something like this dose desurve high levels of free room to grow.

Wait, what do you mean by “entirely new thing”?
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As in 'superhumans didn't exist until recently'.
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Oooo...don't know how I feel about that.
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The Avengers films did it quite well.
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So it won't effect the overall story very much?



(Still haven't seen Avengers. Damn you Netflix! )
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Not really, as the story will be dictated by the players. Everyone will submit storyline ideas and then I'll pick one randomly via a complex game of Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Moh, with 10 verses, instead of the normal two verses.
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Ok, liking this the more I hear it.
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Also, as I've stated in the first post, you'll have to create whole new characters, without any connections or resemblences to characters from the SSU or SSU2.

This means no Light and Stone brothers with issues, crazy combat medics, nutty cartoons, or insane pyrokinetic guitarists.
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Oh don't worry; I have a menagerie of other characters I’ve come up with.

“Wait, wait, hold up. Non of us can enter?”

Sorry Man-X, but you and the others can’t be apart of this. You must give another generation of characters their time to shine

“But…but what will we do? You can’t just drop us”

Don’t worry old friend, for you can still wander about the rest of this site, and you can bear witness to this new world as it develops.

“Well…that dose sound like fun”

That’s the Man-X spirit. Anyway, can we submit stories now?
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Stories will be accepted at any time.
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Ok. 2 more small questions.

1.The Anti Man-X videogame character is to close to Man-X to use here, am I right?

2.Do clothes shift with people in this world, or do they rip like they would in real life?
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

As long as you keep it somewhat realistic and don't spam the forum with threads related to SSU, I might join.

What's the background of this world, so I can make better characters?
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