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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon_Dahl" data-source="post: 5574309" data-attributes="member: 89822">I've always been a fan on nonsuperpowered low-level superheroes and villains. Punisher and Batman were always my favourites, as were the villains that opposed them.One problem that I always felt with these sort of characters was almost nonexistant effort to create a strong background to emphasize how tough these guys really are. Basically it was and it is enough that the character has some weapon and martial arts training or was in Vietnam War. Backgrounds are thin, weak or out-dated to really create a feel of comtemporary "peak humans".So I was thinking that we could create some backgrounds that would guarantine a nonsuperpowered hero or villain that would have a little bit stronger background then just vague "master of martial arts" which is a repeated reason why someone is eligible to became a superhero, without anything else to back it up.For my own superhero game I created several avengers and butt-kickers with (IMO) decent and realistic backgrounds to actually validate the fact that they are bada$$es. Here are some examples:Character A was born in Northern Ireland to a family of Irish nationalists. His father was active in Irish Republican army and in 1997 character joined RIRA at the tender age of 16. To hone his military skills, couple of years later he went abroad and joined French Foreign Legion (combat company of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment), advancing to a rank of sergeant. Later on he served one year in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan (2007-2008). Now he has returned back to Ireland to continue the struggle.Character B was born in South-Africa. At the age of 18 he joined the army and after serving one year he applied to South African Special Forces Brigade. He made it through with high honors. However, one year after he was convicted for a manslaughter after an unfortunate barfight. He served several years in Pretoria Central Prison until he was released.Character C was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His life was very hard in the favelas, and every day was a constant battle. Later on he fulfilled his dream to become a police officer and after a successful career he joined ROTA (Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguilar). Later on he moved to Rio de Janeiro and became a sergeant in BOPE (Batalhão de Operacões Policias Especiais). He showed extreme bravery beyond the call of duty during the 2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis.**********************Hopefully this would give some nice ideas for "modern" games, with superheroes or not.</blockquote>

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