Living Superheroes World (Come join the fun and the debate)
Fellow PbPers,
After some talk with the other moderators of PbP and having watched LEW turn into a huge successes I have decided I want in on the fun. Now while I have given thought to deleting all the LEW thread so we could all start anew I figured that this would be met with alot of frowns and maybe an angry pitchfork carrying mob at my front doorstep… That didn’t sound like much fun so I quickly gave up on that idea and went to work on a new idea…
Why not make a new persistent world and if so why not invade a new genre…?
Why not superheroes?
That’s right! We’re looking into making an M&M persistent world. Right now we will be planning like they did long ago for LEW.
If your interested and you have ideas please share them.
Is it modern earth with all new heroes?
Is it ancient Rome with old heroes? (maybe even the gods themselves?)
Is it modern earth but the Nazi won WWII cause of their created super soldiers?
Its idea time! Lets hear them all!
Last edited by Keia; 20th October 2005 at 08:44 PM..
Ahh, from what I've heard from my friend who owns both, 2nd Ed makes 1st Ed look like it was written by 8 year olds, and fixes a LOT of balance and confusion problems.
Besides, if you're hoping this is going to be going on for years, then you're better off going newer. It's hard to maintain an older system when the books become harder to get.
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I'm interested. Going with Bront on the 2.0 issue. There is a wealth of information for 1.0 that is easily convertible, though. I would recommend 2.0.
Rybaer and I had a discussion on a whole that had energy hit it periodically from the tail of a comet passing by every couple dozen years or whatever and each wave brought powers to the world. Another great world idea . . . and it would give support to heroes as gods, nazis and modern world (that is it would work for all, and it could incorporate all of them if it was in the modern day).
Count me in on whatever is needed. Ideas, support, kidnappings . . . whatever.
I think a somewhat modern idea would be good. In fact, perhaps making the setting one large city (something along the lines of Batman Begins, maybe bigger), lets you keep things somewhat contained, as well as allowing for groups of heroes to move and confront things.
Just a thought.
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Going with Bront on the 2.0 issue. There is a wealth of information for 1.0 that is easily convertible, though. I would recommend 2.0.
I probably would too if I could find a copy of it... Where probably sometime away from starting so its availability shouldn't be a factor.
I've also done this on another website and character balance was a massive headache... It would be great not to have it but I would still like to take a wait and see which will gain more support.
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Rybaer and I had a discussion on a whole that had energy hit it periodically from the tail of a comet passing by every couple dozen years or whatever and each wave brought powers to the world. Another great world idea . . . and it would give support to heroes as gods, nazis and modern world (that is it would work for all, and it could incorporate all of them if it was in the modern day).
That could work... So it would skip a generation or so? (20 years) So we would see lots of similar aged heroes. (and probably more likely to be of like mind.)
I think a somewhat modern idea would be good. In fact, perhaps making the setting one large city (something along the lines of Batman Begins, maybe bigger), lets you keep things somewhat contained, as well as allowing for groups of heroes to move and confront things.
A single city also needs fewer heroes… (It is an good idea though. The other board was built around Freedom City.) so we might want to consider something like the old JL. Which had different branches across the world, or even the Avengers, which had an West team to go with the real team.
Last edited by Brother Shatterstone; 15th September 2005 at 04:55 AM..
A realy big city needs lots of heroes though (And of course, you're forgetting the greater metropolitan area) Gothem has several, and more keep showing up.
I would recomend using perhaps some RL references, because it prevents the need to make maps.
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Since I don't have the rules(or have them easily avalible) would I have to be excluded?
LF, I obviously don’t know your situation but if you like/love superheroes your really doing yourself a disservice. The first edition of M&M was the best superhero RPG product ever, or at least it was till 2nd edition came out. Now 2nd edition is getting the same critical acclaim as the first edition and pretty much all who I have talked to see it as a vast improvement.
You really should get the book.
Notice I didn't say no it will exclude you but you will need the book to make a character, and/or have a friend who really loves you and will do it for you.
A realy big city needs lots of heroes though (And of course, you're forgetting the greater metropolitan area) Gothem has several, and more keep showing up.
Gotham is a poor example, it has a handful most of which are connected to Batman… I would call them one team in all honesty.
A better example would be Marvel’s NYC.
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I would recomend using perhaps some RL references, because it prevents the need to make maps.
I'm not sure I follow this... You mean city wise or country wise?
Notice I didn't say no it will exclude you but you will need the book to make a character, and/or have a friend who really loves you and will do it for you.
Hey bront how much do you love me?
Kidding, If this gets underway, I'd probly bye the book, but as my only gaming is here on the forums for the time being(till I can find a new group) buying books is almost a waste
Use real world maps, with out names or borders perhaps?
The starting city could be a very big city, perhaps one that has reached Megalopolis size?
take that puny Metropolis!
Kidding, If this gets underway, I'd probly bye the book, but as my only gaming is here on the forums for the time being(till I can find a new group) buying books is almost a waste.
I’ve not played at the tabletop since 1996 and I own alot of d20 books…
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Use real world maps, with out names or borders perhaps?
I'm not sure what he meant... Anything real world would almost be too detailed.
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The starting city could be a very big city, perhaps one that has reached Megalopolis size? take that puny Metropolis!
I guess that's a possibility also... How many people does it take to make a Megalopolis?
I’ve not played at the tabletop since 1996 and I own alot of d20 books…
I'm not sure what he meant... Anything real world would almost be too detailed.
I guess that's a possibility also... How many people does it take to make a Megalopolis?
you're so cool
There's alot of stuff you can ignore on the map, and drawing a map from scratch is not cool.
If, we use a modern world we could just clear the map and let DM's and players name the cities as we go along, or just keep the capitols and bigger cities around
megalopolis (meg-uh-lop-uh-lis)
A vast stretch of developed industrial urban area, such as the East Coast of the United States from Boston to Washington, D.C., or the Ruhr Valley in Germany. Megalopolis is from Greek words meaning “great city.”
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