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Ultimate SSU: History, Info, and Sign-up
Topic Started: Jan 21 2013, 07:03 PM (4,191 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.



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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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He reminds me of Megamind in an awesome way!
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Ironic, because Gravity man kept reminding me of the hero of that movie.
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A comprehensive list of all organisms, artifacts, and alternative worlds encountered by the foundation team.

At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting.

(And this is just the spec related stuff)
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He needs to be weakened, Nano. He's too ridiculous for this RP.
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Thought you didn't want it realistic?
Please come visit A Scientfic Fantasy http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/3433014/1/

ALSO!!! JOIN THE NEW RPG SITE!!! FOR ALL MEMBERS!!! IM GOING TO RUN MA GLOBAL SIMULATORS THERE!!! http://s4.zetaboards.com/jasonguppy/index/

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Also didn't want god mod.
F.I.N.D.R Field Incident Logs
A comprehensive list of all organisms, artifacts, and alternative worlds encountered by the foundation team.

At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting.

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Yes, I made suggestions. Maybe, instead of 'increasing winning chance', it should be 'increasing efficiency'. Because dodo robots with freeze rays don't work usually. Probably should remove the freeze rays too.
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Dial, there's a point where something gets too ridiculous for even me.

I'm all for ham-based powers, as long as they aren't the Incredible Ham, where they get stronger the hammier they get.

Obeying the Rule of Cool? Okay, I can let that slide. Several awesome characters do that anyways, like Deadpool. Ham? That's fine as well. It comes with the territory.

But hammy to the point of ridiculous doesn't really work unless you're an already serious character, like Deadpool or the Mask.
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Character Name/Secret Identity: Jane Armokson (doesn't name herself as her supervillain identity)

Character Description: Jane is fairly short, with blue eyes and black hair. She has pale skin. She prefers to wear a long-sleeved white shirt with jeans. Her villain suit is blue, with a gadget (similar in appearance to night-vision goggles) over her eyes and ears. The gadget reads her nerve pulses, and the nerves going to the ear musculature are read there, letting her remotely control her weapons. She has an extendable electric prod, about a foot long, attached to her right forearm. It has a tranquiliser-dart-using handgun barrel at the base. She has a grappling hook on her left forearm, attached to a shock-absorbing frame that finishes at the base of her neck. The gadgets can be put into hammerspace. She has the most common superpower.

Character Allignment: Lawful Evil

Character Bio: Jane is a 16-year-old girl whose single father works at a technology company. From an early age, her father has made her believe that the world is doing something wrong, and they need a good ruler (her) to fix it. She wholeheartedly agrees. She is home-tutored, and prefers not to speak much. She likes lizards, powerful firearms, explosives, porcupines and the colour blue. She dislikes snakes, darkness, being looked down upon and is socially awkward. She uses non-lethal weaponry, and mainly steals in her acts of EEEEVIIIIL.

Powers: Alternate form: Jane can turn into a roadrunner, twice as large as a normal one, that is 1.2 metres in length. She doesn't use this form very often, and only uses it for utility (such as escaping or getting to a higher spot without using the grappler).

Gadget suit: Self-explanatory.

Communication with birds: She is able to tell birds what to do, although it isn't strong enough to make them do something excessively stupid (such as purposefully getting run over).

Weaknesses: EMPs/anti-signal stuff: Her gadgets are wireless, and can't communicate if the signals are blocked. EMPs cause the gadgets to automatically hammerspace.

Lack of physical toughness: Her powers give her no more resistance to damage than a normal human has.

Lack of social skills: She has trouble explaining things when she hasn't had time to plan her words, and gets stressed out quickly when people force her into a conversation.

Unwillingness to use/be hit by potentially lethal force: When the going gets tough, Jane freaks out. And that results in her fighting skill being drastically reduced, or her ditching.

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