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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thormagni" data-source="post: 1565127" data-attributes="member: 13637">Sorry to take so long replying. I've been deep into City of Heroes the last few days. I never really understood the appeal of the various massive multiplayer games before. But then they made one about superheroes... Crack for Johnny, let me tell you.On Sunday, I'll bring some printouts of Judge Dredd material. I haven't actually read the comic since the mid-80s, so I'm not up on all the intricacies of the setting either.In a nutshell, it is set about 120 years in the future, in a dystopic setting where most of the major urban areas of the world have combined into giant Mega Cities. People live shoulder-to-shoulder with their neighbor in towering apartment complexes called blocks, each with 50,000 or more occupants. At some point in the past, the Justice Department, by necesity, took over the governance of these cities. The streets are ruled by judges, a combination of police, courts and executioners with the authority to mete out justice wherever and whenever necesary. They wear armor, have gigantic weapons and ride massive motorcycles, just like in the movie. Think Dirty Harry on giant Harleys with blasters and you're getting pretty close.Unlike the movie (as far as I can recall), the comics and the game have a very dark, humorous tone woven through them. Sort of like the game Paranoia (which is also a fun game, and coming out with a new version this fall) mixed with a gritty feel. As far as player classes, there really are only two choices: Street judges and psi-judges. Everyone starts at third level. So chargen should be pretty short.I've already got a plot working around in my head, so we should be good to go at some designated Saturday.</blockquote>

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