(Classic Avengers) Revised Interest Thread

[LunarSage]

The Avengers are Earth's mightiest heroes!  After the Avengers West Coast initiative failed, Hawkeye and the others returned to New York to rejoin their parent team and now, once again the Avengers are whole.  But are the Mighty Avengers going to be enough to ward off what new threats of evil and villainy will no doubt threaten the world again?

This will be a freeform game in which the Avengers of the 90s are portrayed, though the actual setting will chronologically be in the modern day.  This means that if a canon character wasn't introduced until after 1999, they won't be available for play in this game.

Also, no mutant characters will be approved with the exception of Beast, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

For this game we will be approving canon characters only.  We have comprised a list of some of the canons along with a brief description of each.

TAKEN

Captain America
Thor (LunarSage)
Hulk
Ms Marvel (Josietta)
Hawkeye
Black Widow (loislanekent)
Wasp (AribethAmkiir)
She Hulk (EbonyQueen)
Black Panther
Iron Fist (Praxis)

AVAILABLE

*(If you have any questions about any of the canons listed here, don't hesitate to ask)*

Black Knight. Dane Whitman, the champion of Avalon who uses his magic sword and shield for Justice.

Photon Monica Rambeau is capable of transforming herself into any kind of energy: electricity, radiation, cosmic rays, you name it.

Mockingbird An ex SHIELD agent with a penchant for fighting with staves

Spider-Woman Jessica Drew isn't related to Peter Parker, although her roots are similar (radiation + spiders = Spidey-powers).

Crystal, Member of the royal family of Inhumans, wife to Quicksilver who commands elemental forces.

Luke Cage, super strong and tough hero raised on the streets.

Daredevil

Falcon, Sam Wilson one time partner of Captain America and possess the power of Flight.

FireBird, Bonita Jurez, can fly and generate blasts of flame.

Giant-Man, Hank Pym, founding Avenger who can increase body size.

Hercules, Olympian God with superhuman strength.

Moon Knight, Marc Spencer, has four separate identities a mercenary behind a mask.

MoonDragon, Heather Douglas, mistress of the mind including telepathy and telekinesis.

Quicksilver, Magneto's son, husband to crystal with super-speed abilities.

Sandman, William Baker, former villain who turns his body into a sand-like substance.

Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff, probability altering hex powers. Ex Wife of the Vision.

Sersi, member of the Eternals known for her power to alter molecular structure of objects.

Swordsman, Philip Jarvet, master of bladed weapons.

Namor, king of Atlantis, with the powers of the sea behind him.

Tigra, Greer Grant Nelson, transformed by mysterious cat people into the present day version of their legandary warrior.

Vision, Robot created by Ultron. Ex husband of the Scarlet Witch.








NOTE:  Strength in Marvel uses the following table.  The weights listed are the maximum that can be lifted with minimal effort.  By exerting yourself you can lift one category above your 'limit' for short periods.

Underdeveloped Strength: Lift (press) 20 lbs or less

Human strength with little to no exercise: Lift (press) approximately 50 lbs

Human strength with regular exercise: Lift (press) approximately 200 lbs

Human strength with intensive regular exercise: Lift (press) approximately 400 lbs

Maximum Human strength: Lift (press) approximately 800 lbs

Low End Superhuman strength: Lift (press) approximately 1 ton

Class 10 Superhuman strength: Lift (press) approximately 10 tons (Example: Spider-Man)

Class 50 Superhuman Strength: Lift (press) approximately 50 tons (Example: Luke Cage)

Class 75-80 Superhuman Strength: Lift (press) approximately 75-80 tons (Example: Namor)

Class 100 Superhuman Strength: Lift (press) 100+ tons (Example: Hulk or Thor)


FIGHTING SKILL:  Sometimes we want to know just how good someone is at fighting.  Here is a chart to help with this.  Make sure and put your character's fighting skill class number on your sheet under Fighting Skill.  This is to help you gauge fighting ability for RP.  It's not 'stats' per say... just an aid.

Class 1: Little to no training or talent (Your average American)

Class 2: Some natural talent or training (Average military training)

Class 3: Regular training (Brown Belt Martial Artists, Professional Boxers)

Class 4: Intensive training (UFC Contenders, Special Forces Training with experience)

Class 5: Natural Talent with intensive training (High end martial artists)

Class 6: Superhuman Talent with intensive training (Among the best fighters on the planet)

~GAME OOC THREAD~

CHARACTER SHEET FORMAT

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[b]Player Name:[/b]

[b]Character Name:[/b] (Your birthname goes here, you may include nicknames here as well)

[b]Nom De Guerre:[/b] (Your super hero name goes here)

[b]Sex:[/b]

[b]Height:[/b]

[b]Weight:[/b]

[b]Hair:[/b]

[b]Eyes:[/b]

[b]Age:[/b] (self explanatory)

[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b] (Heterosexual? Homosexual? Transexual? Pansexual? Omnisexual? Asexual?)

[b]Ons:[/b] (This does not have to be your own personal ons and offs, these are your characters ons and offs, though you can just put in links to your own as well as a basic gist of what you like and don't like if it fits the character as well.)

[b]Offs:[/b]

[b]Place of Birth:[/b] (Where were you born? In the USA? China? Europe? Grandmas Kitchen? in the middle of an uncharted Island?)

[b]Current Nationality:[/b] (American? or here on a green card? maybe illegally here? Did SHIELD give you a free pass?)

[b]Known Relatives:[/b] (Who are your relatives and do they know you are a hero? Are they a secret from everyone? Do you hide who you are to protect them?)

[b]Current Occupation:[/b] (What does your character do when they aren't being a hero? Maybe you're a bus boy for a diner? A lawyer for a big firm? A photographer for the Daily Bugle?)

[b]Current Place of Residence:[/b] (Does your character live in an apartment in Manhattan or a dumpy old house in the Bronx? Maybe they live in the Avengers Tower?)

[b]Affiliations:[/b] (Who is your character aligned with, affiliated with? SHIELD? the X-Men? Fantastic Four?)

[b]Hobbies:[/b] (What does your character do in their spare time? Read books? Skateboarding? Movies? Video games? Knitting? Skydiving?)

[b]Origin of Powers:[/b] (Is your hero born with their powers? Maybe they were an alien race or from culture where powers were normal? Maybe they were a governmental experiment or a lab mistake? how about radioactive spiders?)

[b]Strength Level:[/b] (How much weight can your character lift, push, or pull? Are they average with some weight training? Maybe they are able to lift a freight-liner or a train? Or maybe lifting a box of 50lbs is pushing their limits? Use the chart above to help you determine this)

[b]Powers:[/b] (What super powers does your character have? Energy blasts? Flying? Super strength?)

[b]Fighting Skill:[/b] (How well does your character fight? Do they have specialized training with SHIELD? Are they skilled in martial arts? Or are they a regular guy who may or may not have been in a back street brawl once or twice? Use the chart above to help you determine this.)

[b]Limitations:[/b] (what limits does your character have? does their energy blasts drain their stamina after being used for prolonged amounts of times? do probing lights cause them to go into epileptic fits? Does your character have a huge phobia of enclosed spaces? Maybe they can go without air but only if they are not using any other powers?)

[b]Unusual Features:[/b] (does your hero have anything that would set them apart from humans, like rocky skin, glowing eyes, extra limbs, or something of that sort)

[b]Appearance:[/b] (Give a brief explanation of how your character dresses in and/or out of costume, a typical civilian day for them, pictures can be included but be sure to put only a "civilian styled/uncostumed" picture here. Costumed photos need to be placed at the top of the page, either centered or aligned to the left of the name and demographic area.)

[b]Personality:[/b] (what kind of hero is your character? Are they the caregiving sort? A tough guy with a soft center? A shy and timid person normally but rough and tumble in costume? How do others view them outside of the field?)

[b]History:[/b] (please have at least 2 paragraphs of History including where or how your powers manifested and what led you up to being with the team now)

This game will be GM'd by loislanekent and Iblis121 with LunarSage as a Co-GM.  Please send via PM all original characters to all three GMs for approval.  Please use the character sheet format coded above.

If you include pictures please limit it to one "civilian styled" and one "costumed styled". Also if you could either put your pictures in spoilers or resize them. To resize you can either do so through a photo editor or by inputting the coding format.

Picture resizing code:

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[Cold Heritage]

No love for U.S.Agent? :O

[LunarSage]

Those are just a few examples of characters that were around in the 90s era.  We've no doubt missed some, like US Agent... :-)

[Josietta]

I'll get Ms Marvel's sheet up and going as soon as possible.

[PhantomPistoleer]

All right, I would still like to play as Gambit.  Is that possible?

[AribethAmkiir]

Is this an extension of the game loislanekent first began advertising for or is it something new?

[LunarSage]

Same game, revised interest thread.

[Praxis]

I am down.

Hawkeye
Moon Knight  (he's so cray cray)
Daredevil


I'll keep on top of this and see what brews.  :)

[Josietta]

I am down.

Hawkeye
Moon Knight  (he's so cray cray)
Daredevil


I'll keep on top of this and see what brews.  :)

I got something you can keep on top--- umm. Err. Yeah Hi!;D

[Praxis]

Like what?  A jungle gym?

Is it a jungle gym?

[Josietta]

Like what?  A jungle gym?

Is it a jungle gym?

How'd you know?!

/thinks Praxis should play DD. *nods*

[Praxis]

I feel pretty confident that I could peg Daredevil.

[AribethAmkiir]

I'm so confused... do I need to pick a different character or did I get the character I asked for in the last thread?  If so, then I need to submit a character sheet, yes?

[LunarSage]

My apologies, Aribeth.  This is the same game and you have still got a claim on Wasp.  I'll actually add named next to the reserved characters.  Hopefully that will help.  (lois, please let me know who reserved the characters that I didn't place names next to)

Yes, please submit a sheet for your character with the coded format on the first page of this Interest thread.  :-)

[LunarSage]

All right, I would still like to play as Gambit.  Is that possible?

Sorry for taking so long to answer this, Phantom.  We discussed it at length and we've decided to say no to mutant characters (with Scarlet Witch, Beast and Quicksilver being exceptions as they were canon Avengers in that era).

[Praxis]

Oh man...I just saw Iron Fist too.

*loves on IF so hard*

[LunarSage]

Iron Fist is indeed badass.

[Praxis]

Daniel Rand character sheet will be incoming tonight good sir.

<3

[LunarSage]

Sweet!

[Josietta]

Daniel Rand character sheet will be incoming tonight good sir.

<3

*gives up her geek badge cuz she has no clue who that is*

[Darwishi]

For myself and all newcomers, what is this game going to be about exactly? Also what (in terms of sexual elements) will it include?

Thanks!

[LunarSage]

I don't forsee this as being a "superheroines in peril" type of game, if that's what you mean. 

The game shouldn't revolve around sex in my opinion, though there can be sex (of any variety) in it based on how the RP naturally progresses.  It's a game about the Avengers and their adventures/relationship dynamics. 

[PhantomPistoleer]

Sorry for taking so long to answer this, Phantom.  We discussed it at length and we've decided to say no to mutant characters (with Scarlet Witch, Beast and Quicksilver being exceptions as they were canon Avengers in that era).

Ah, nuts.  Well, thanks anyways! :D

[Darwishi]

I more meant is it going to be the characters lazing about Avengers HQ and how they interact with one another? Or more about missions and side missions, and them fighting villains.  And yeah, if they do happen to lose what the consequences might be... death, torture, fondling, rape, etc.

[LunarSage]

I'm not certain, but I suspect about half sandbox and half missions/action.

[LunarSage]

Ah, nuts.  Well, thanks anyways! :D

No worries and again, sorry.  :-)

[Praxis]

*gives up her geek badge cuz she has no clue who that is*

Prepare to have your mind blown.

:D

[Josietta]

Prepare to have your mind blown.

:D

Is that all? Just my mind?  O8)

I do look forward to seeing him though. A new hero that Lunar says is badass must be badass.. not like that time he said that Aquaman was Boss! :P

[LunarSage]

O.O

I did not!

[Cold Heritage]

Man, you guys. Aquaman is just so great. He is legitimately the reason that the Deep Ones don't control every coast on Earth. Don't hate, aquappreciate.

On a note more relevant to this thread, I face some difficulty, Lunar: the motivation for John Walker to go out get super-powers was to live up to his brother's legacy, and that brother was KIA in Viet Nam. I read in the OOC thread that there is some sort of sliding timeline going on, so would it be acceptable if I were to simply replace Viet Nam with 'the war'? Another matter that provides me with some pause is that USAgent's early history is necessarily tied in with that of Captain America - the two initially feuded and Agent even took over for a brief time as Captain America. But I could not find a biography for Captain America. In light of that, how do you think I ought to proceed?

[LunarSage]

I base my bias of Aquaman on his pathetic Superfriends appearances.  I know he's actually badass and all that, but he suffered from the "we have to have part of every mission have to do with water in some way so Aquaman isn't useless" syndrome in that show.

Namor's still better though.   8-)

As far as US Agent goes, I believe Iblis is playing Captain America, so he may be better suited to answer that question (his relationship with US Agent).  As far as the war stuff, yeah.  Just reference "the war" and all will be good.  They had to do that with the Punisher, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic and the Thing as well since their histories all had to do with outdated wars.  If Iron Man had been involved in the Korean War I think he'd be in his 80s today.  Then again, without the sliding timescale, Peter Parker would be in his 60s.

[Darwishi]

I'm guessing original characters would have to be metahuman over being mutants?  To me the difference is "something happens" over "genetics happens", respectively.

[Laughing Hyena]

Mmm... debating on this game or not.

[LunarSage]

I'm guessing original characters would have to be metahuman over being mutants?  To me the difference is "something happens" over "genetics happens", respectively.

Yep.  You are correct.  Altered Humans vs Breed Mutants. 

[RedEve]

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Player Name: RedEve

Character Name: Iva Silvana Solomon

Nom De Guerre: Dark Mirage

Sex: female

Height: 5’10

Weight: 125 lbs

Hair: black

Eyes: green

Age: 27

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Ons: Strength, courage, intelligence

Offs: Cowardice, dishonesty, disloyalty

Place of Birth: London, England

Current Nationality: Currently a US resident

Known Relatives: Iva was a warden of the state. She did not get along with the majority of the foster homes she was put in. At the age of 16, she was allowed to live on her with the assistance of social services, which was an option she grabbed with both hands. She has no blood relatives she knows of, and she never got close enough to her foster families to forge any enduring bonds.

Current Occupation: Iva is a full-time agent for S.H.I.E.L.D.

Current Place of Residence: NYC, an apartment close by SHIELD Central.

Affiliations: Iva is an agent of SHIELD.

Hobbies: Hobbies include 19th century Russian authors and all manner of hand-guns (owning them and shooting them)

Origin of Powers: Iva was not born with any special powers. Instead, she was enrolled in British intelligence from an early age, becoming a field agent for MI6 before she had finished university. As such she went to intensive training in hand-to-hand combat, fire-arms and intelligence gathering. This training was further enhanced upon after she joined SHIELD.

Strength Level: Human strength with regular exercise: Lift (press) approximately 200 lbs

Powers: Iva possesses no supernatural powers.


Fighting Skill: Her combat training both for MI6 and then for SHIELD have made her a Class 5 (Natural Talent with intensive training (High end martial artists)) fighter. She is also an excellent marksmen, with handguns as well as with (automatic) rifles. She is also fluent in five languages and has a network of contacts all over the world. Her standard issue weapon of choice are a pair of FN Five-sevens she carries on her at all times.


Iva's weapon of choice

Limitations: Iva’s limitations are the fact that she does not possess any supernatural abilities. She is as vulnerable to bullets, explosions and knives as any regular human being. As such, there are some crisis situations she cannot possibly hope to survive.

Unusual Features: Tiny pear-shaped birth mark on her left butt-cheek

Appearance: See picture

Personality: Iva is a strong-willed woman with a very well-developed independent streak. The hardest thing she had to learn at both MI6 and SHIELD is working together closely within a team. From an early age she was used to depend on herself and herself alone. Even though she has become an effective team member, there are times when this lone wolf desire still rears its ugly head. She is very professional and something of a workaholic. When she is not on a mission, she spends most of her free time bettering her skills or reading up on information that might be useful in future missions.

History: Iva Silvana Solomon was put up for adoption before she was two. Her name is really all she has from her parents, as her memory of them doesn’t even include a face. After several failed attempts at adoption, Iva bounced around from foster home to foster home. She found it hard to settled with any of them, and soon wore out her welcome at most. It was a relief when she was allowed to live on her own with the assistance of social services at the age of 16. With most of the conflict now out of her life, she started to thrive in school and got into a good university. There she was approached by an MI6 recruiter and put through their program. The first three years in the field were a dream. Iva seemed to have a knack for the job and she was sent to increasingly difficult postings. One mission in Morocco went terribly bad, leading to the death of two other field agents and Iva being dealt a burn notice under the suspicion of having betrayed her colleagues.

Thankfully she found a new home at SHIELD, who knew she was innocent of the betrayal that had cost her the MI6 career. She was once again put through training by SHIELD, and after six months of intense studying and work-out, she was put in the field by the organization for the first time. She has enjoyed her second career and intends not to allow anything to ruin it for her this time around. Some of her missions have found her embedded with the Avengers, an experience she found both exhilarating and daunting.

[LunarSage]

Oh I like that character, RedEve.  She's a go ahead on my end.  Iblis, do you agree?

[Iblis121]

Yep, yep! No complaints here. You've got the green light, Red Eve :]

[LunarSage]

loislanekent, I need to know who you have slated to play Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Panther so I can add their names to the "TAKEN" list on page one.

[AribethAmkiir]

What's different between Iva and Black Widow?  Or are they pretty similar?

[LunarSage]

They look vaguely similar (similar SHIELD training), but Iva seems to rely on firearms more than Natasha does (Black Widow has her Widow's Bite blast).  That's just my thoughts.  RedEve would be better to answer that question.

[Cold Heritage]

Iva doesn't have ties to the Russian super-soldier programs, either. There's some similarities, but you'd have the same thing with, say, Maria Hill or Sharon Carter.

[Darwishi]

So, I've got this character Tigress that uses the same suit as White Tiger.  I realized after reading the White Tiger comic that there are a few similarities between them too, but they're not exactly the same.  Would it be in bad form to submit the Tigress character for approval?

[LunarSage]

I'm unfamiliar with a White Tiger character.  Is that Marvel?  I will be more than shocked if there's a Marvel character I'm unfamiliar with.  O.O

[Cold Heritage]

There's a couple of them. The one he's probably referring to are the top two here:

http://www.comicvine.com/search/?q=white+tiger

[AribethAmkiir]

What's different between White Tiger and Tigra?

[LunarSage]

Weird.  I had read the old OHtMU and the 89 Update to it front to back and I don't recall that character.  I mean, I never read much Daredevil, but I always prided myself on knowing at least nominally who even the obscure characters were. 

I am ashamed.   :'(

[Cold Heritage]

White Tiger's a person in a costume, while Tigra's a furry.

[LunarSage]

White Tiger's a person in a costume, while Tigra's an incredibly sexy not quite furry.

Fixed it for you.  :P

[Darwishi]

Angela Del Toro is the one I'm talking about.  My character is Nicole Pearl.  How they get their powers is different.  Nicole was a detective, Angela starts off as an FBI agent.  Angela gets a medallion from her uncle (whom was White Tiger before her) and Nicole winds up paralyzed and through a special nano treatment ends up with a "suit" that forms over her and grants her powers.

That's the basic...very VERY basic rundown.  Personally I like Nicole a little better, I've had the character for years so I know her a bit better, but I could play Angela if you wanted.

And yes, Marvel.  I have one of those online subscriptions so I read a lot of Marvel stuff.  And I first saw the character on that Spectacular Spiderman cartoon. ^_^

EDIT: That's Ultimate Spiderman, not Spectacular.  Guh.  Too many Spiderman cartoons. XDD

[AribethAmkiir]

So, is White Tiger similar to Black Panther?  Except for being the King of Wakanda?

[Darwishi]

I wouldn't know? I never read Black Panther? XDD

[Cold Heritage]

So, is White Tiger similar to Black Panther?  Except for being the King of Wakanda?

I think White Tiger's a different ethnicity and doesn't have super senses and the vibranium stuff (in addition to not being King of Wakanda).

[LunarSage]

Darwishi:  Go ahead and PM us a sheet using the format coded on page one of this Interest Thread.  It should be ok.

Aribeth:  Marvel has more than it's fair share of cat based characters.

Tigra
Black Panther
Hellcat
Feral
White Tiger

Just to name a few off the top of my head.   ;)

[AribethAmkiir]

I realize that, but the Avengers, while having a very deep roster, don't generally take everyone and if there's a canon character that can basically do everything an original character can do but better why not just play the cannon?

[Darwishi]

Black Cat!  Though she doesn't much look like a cat, she just has cat in the name. =P And I hate playing canon characters. ^___^

[AribethAmkiir]

Black Cat is awesome.

[Cold Heritage]

To apply for a canon do I PM it to GMs too?

[LunarSage]

Yes please.

You can claim it here though so no one else takes it.

[Cold Heritage]

I'm claiming U.S.Agent.

[Darwishi]

Black Cat IS awesome, but it's hard to write a comic book with a character that has "bad luck" powers, much less in an rp.  Though I spent a while considering playing her anyway.  I love that character...and this from the guy that hates playing canon characters. XDD

[AribethAmkiir]

I'd assume that it'd fall on the GMs to make the bad luck happen.  Isn't she also a recipient of the Super Soldier Serum?  Not sure if she was ever an Avenger though.

[Iblis121]

Not gonna lie. I'm not sure how I feel about having both Captain America & US Agent. Seems kinda..redundant.

[LunarSage]

The two characters are really nothing alike.  Captain America is a better fighter and has that unique shield, but US Agent makes up for it by virtue of super strength and durability.  Walker has a much more brutal outlook on crimefighting.

[AribethAmkiir]

well, since we're looking at multiple characters... gonna go look for a second character too.  :P

[Darwishi]

If we're making OC's part of the Avengers, can't we say someone that wasn't an Avenger in the comics is an Avenger here?

Just saying, and if my Tigress character overlaps too much with a Black Panther character, what about someone like my Crusader? (link below!) Or would that be too powerful for the game?  Crusader was actually designed with Marvel in mind, it was for a chat-rp that was Marvel. 

[Iblis121]

well, since we're looking at multiple characters... gonna go look for a second character too.  :P

No, no, what I'm saying is that both Cap and US Agent are on the team, which seems redundant to me. I'm not playing them both, someone else is playing US Agent.

That said, if you want to play multiple characters, go for it.

The two characters are really nothing alike.  Captain America is a better fighter and has that unique shield, but US Agent makes up for it by virtue of super strength and durability.  Walker has a much more brutal outlook on crimefighting.

I've never known much about US Agent, so the profile I received is about the extent of my knowledge. I'd always thought he was just a sub-par Captain America wannabe and that they butted heads before. I do see, though, that as far as personality and experience is concerned they are nothing alike. Chances are they'll continue to clash throughout this RP. But hey, a bit of conflict is good xD

[Cold Heritage]

Cap and Agent more or less friends by the time game is set, although they don't see eye to eye on a lot of stuff.

But whatever you guys decide. Think about it.

[AribethAmkiir]

Hey Lunar, and the rest of you in the know.  By the time the game is set, would Firestar and Justice be joining the Avengers or is that not for a few years yet?

[LunarSage]

I'm not certain, but honestly I have no real issues with either being played in this game.  It would be after Vance served his prison time for murdering his father though.

[Darwishi]

Gah, now I wanna play Black Cat.  I blame you, Aribeth. =P Though if they have to have been a part of the Avengers in the comics, I'm pretty sure that's a no go.

[AribethAmkiir]

I'm pretty sure Black Cat was offered a position once upon a time.  Could always rewrite it so that she accepted, few heroes ever declined.

[LunarSage]

I have no issues with Black Cat.  After all, the Sandman is a viable character...

But I'm heading to bed for the night.  See you all tomorrow.  :-)

[Darwishi]

My only thing is, do I have to keep up with who she does and doesn't like? Or are we kind of going to an Alternate Universe where she may or may not be head over heels for Spiderman? XDD 

I like her best in Heroes for Hire and The Evil that Men Do (before issue three...or before the end of issue three anyway), where she's flirty, kick-ass, but flirty as hell. XDD

[LunarSage]

Canon characters do not have to have the same interests that they do in the comics.

I know my Thor will not have anything going on with Jane Foster, for example.

Ok, really gone now.  >.>

[Darwishi]

lol.  That's half of what I hate about playing canon characters.  Keeping up with who they like and who they hate and all that stuff.

Soo I guess I'll call playing Black Cat.  I'm guessing I still need to throw in a character sheet?

[AribethAmkiir]

yup, it can be found on the first post, along with directions to pm it to Lunar, Iblis and Lois.

[TheRedFear]

Player Name: Me, bitch.

Character Name: Charles Vargas

Hero Name: Champion

Sex: Male

Height: 6’7"

Weight: 225 lbs

Hair: Black

Eyes: Green

Age: 19

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Ons: Older more mature women, bad girls

Offs: Cruelty, betrayal, deceit

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain

Known Relatives: In this reality? None. In native reality his mother was the X-Man Rogue. His father was the former villain Vargas. His his adoptive Parents were Gambit and Belladonna.

Current Occupation: Charles is currently lost and unsure what to do with himself.

Current Place of Residence: Hotels all around the world as he travels in search of a new purpose.

Affiliations: Unaffiliated

Hobbies: Seems to have a particular fondness for cooking.

Origin of Powers: Mutant.Charles is the son of an alternate reality Rogue and Vargas.

Strength Level: Class 85(Online sources are notoriously unreliable, but most place Miss Marvel/Rogue in the 75-80 Range, so I went slightly above that)

Powers: All the powers of Miss Marvel, as they were when Rogue copied them. Strength and speed are mildly enhanced thanks to Vargas's contributions to his genetic composition. But those are just the Kree powers he inherited. His actual X-Gene mutant power is that his mind absorbs knowledge the way Rogue's body absorbs powers. This makes his intellect highly advanced, and allows him to master complex skills and knowledges that would take most a lifetime in a matter of weeks. Even if deprived of his powers he retains those skills and knowledge. His power only lets him master the skills quickly. Once he's done so, they're as natural to him as any learned skill. Charles remembers every single moment of his life with complete and perfect clarity, going right back to his first glimmer of consciousness in the womb.


Fighting Skill: Even without his powers, his skill alone would make him easily a match for the likes of Daredevil, Captain America, and possibly even Iron Fist. He has mastered every form of hand to hand combat on earth except for K'un L'un, and has mastered several alien fighting styles popular amongst the Kree, and Shi'ar. Though his powers do not match up to the likes of Silver Surfer, Thor, Hyperion, or others on a pure scale Champion's fighting skills and tactical prowess allow him to match and even defeat such opponants at times. Much the way Daredevil or Captain America don't have a fraction of Spiderman's strength or speed but often seem able to keep up with him by virtue of their skill and tactics. One of his best skills is that he's developed a knack for being able to rapidly identify flaws and weaknesses in his opponants that he can exploit in battle. Combined with precision pressure point strikes, he performs at a significantly higher level in combat that one would expect from a purely numerical analysis of his powers.

Limitations: Like most mutants, Mutant Inhibitor Collars can shut down his powers. Likewise he's vulnerable to anything Miss Marvel would be vulnerable to.

Unusual Features: A small curl of white hair.

Background:
In Charles's native reality(Earth 10579), the villain known as Vargas took an entirely different route to averting the fate of death at the hands of Rogue the Destiny Diaries foretold for him. In this reality Vargas decided that if he wanted to avoid being killed by Rogue, it would probably be unwise to piss her off by murdering and crippling her friends as he did in the 616 reality.

This Vargas instead set out to seduce Rogue. And over time, it worked. More surprisingly, over time he actually fell in love with her for real, and reformed his villainous ways. When Rogue chose Vargas over Gambit, Remy left the team and returned to New Orleans to lead the Theives Guild. Eventually he reconciled with Bellabonna and married her, at long last uniting the Assassins and Theives Guilds.

Meanwhile Vargas became an X-Man. He even helped Rogue overcome her emotional issues and thus learn to control her powers. They had a child together. Shortly before he was born, Professor Xavier was murdered by a skrull assassin masquerading as a Friend of Humanity extremist. Rogue and Vargas named their child Charles to honor Xavier's memory. After interrogating the Skrull they learned he was just a contract hitman for another alien entirely. The X-Men went into space to discover who the mastermind was and bring him to justice. They never returned.

Gambit and Belladonna adopted baby Charles, and raised him as their own. He became fast friends with Franklin Richards. Belladonna and Susan Richards would often arrange playdates for the two boys at Four Freedoms Plaza. Durign one such encounter the boys were kidnapped by Doctor Doom and held hostage for a few weeks before the Fantastic Four and the United Guilds overcame his defenses to liberate the boys.

They were quite shocked to blast their way into Doom's study and find him and young Charles locked in a game of chess so intense that Doom had ignored all the alarms and warnings of the impending assault. Doom had been so taken with the young child's advanced intellect that a bizarre friendship...or perhaps more accurately, mentorship had formed between them. He even relenquished the children without further conflict on the terms he would be allowed to visit with Charles from time to time. Considering he was backed by a number of super powered minions and numerous Doombots, the children's parents grudgingly agreed to the terms. It was less risky than a full blown fight with the children right there.

Charles continued to live his life, being groomed to eventually take over leadership of the United Guilds from Gambit and Belladonna, who never managed to conceive children of their own. They taught him everything about their respective arts, and brought in the finest tutors for whatever they could not teach him themselves. They even sent him to the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters under the leadership of it's new headmistress Emma Frost and Banshee. During his time there, Charles was seduced by a young mutant girl named Foxx...who was later revealed to be his adoptive grandmother, Mystique. She was attempting to get her hooks into the next leader of the United Guilds. Needless to say Charles was less than amused when he learned the truth, but the bizarre dynamics of the relationship did have an impact on his sexual interests, giving him something of a fondness for older, more mature women. Not that he had a problem with younger women. He eventually hooked up with the Stepford Cuckoos. All of them. But they were just the rebound girls, and he was still very disturbed over how things had unfolded with Mystique. He eventually decided to return to New Orleans and try to get out of the Superhero scene for a while.

Alas, the Champion of the Universe had other ideas. He was doing...well...what he does every so often. Flying around the universe and collecting the best warriors he could find to force them into a cosmic tournament so that he could face the very best of them at the end. Many earth metahumans and mutants were chosen, and when the dust settled it was Charles who stood before him. Twenty four vicious hours of combat later, it was Charles who claimed the new title of Champion. A title he would begin using as his codename from that day forward.

He was teleported back to his home just in time to see King Hyperion and the rest of his Weapon X team leave the smoking ruins of the Guild headquarters. They had destroyed everything in his abscence. Killed Gambit and Belladonna. Killed the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men who came to the Guild's aid. They had killed everyone and everything Charles loved. Part of the mission given to them by the Timebroker.

Then they just vanished from this dimension entirely. Mission accomplished.

Charles...no...Champion promptly headed straight for Latveria and convinced 'Uncle' Victor to help him track the interdimensional signal the killers had used and create a device that could send him after them. By the time it was done though, it was too late. The Exiles and triumphed. All but the one he wanted most. King Hyperion. That trail led further still, to Earth 616.

But the trail has gone cold, and Champion fears he has missed his chance at revenge. That somebody else beat him to King Hyperion. Now for the first time he has stopped to consider everything he has lost, and can not bear to go back to his home dimension. There's so little left for him there, and the few people that remain would just be painful reminders of the many who do not remain.

Earth 616 seems as good a place as any to try and make a new life for himself. So he stays. But he hasn't made up his mind just what he should be doing. Oh sure, if he happens to be there when some demented supervillain is on a rampage he'll step in and stop it. But that's hardly enough to give him a sense of purpose he is currently very much in need of. The only purpose he had left was killing King Hyperion with his own hands, and that chance has been denied to him...

[RedEve]

What's different between Iva and Black Widow?  Or are they pretty similar?

Well if you feel she is too similar to the Black Widow, I am willing to bow out. :)



Reading over my CS, she probably is too close to the Widow. It wasn't my intention, I just wanted to make a non-super powered character, so I ended up with a female SHIELD agent.

Apologies to loislanekent, did not intend to clone her character.

I hereby retract that character.

[AribethAmkiir]

Hey RedEve, have you looked into playing Mockingbird?  She might be what you want, possibly.

[RedEve]

Not really familiar with that character...

[RedEve]

Having read up on her a bit, doesn't she have superpowers? The Wiki entry mentions she was injected with the same formula that gave Captain America his powers.

[LunarSage]

Sorry for taking so long to answer this, Phantom.  We discussed it at length and we've decided to say no to mutant characters (with Scarlet Witch, Beast and Quicksilver being exceptions as they were canon Avengers in that era).

I'm sorry, TheRedFear.  Though I really love RPing with you, we did mention earlier in this thread that no mutant characters (with Beast, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch being exceptions) will be approved (and now I've added that rule to the first post).  We already said no to someone wanting to play Gambit so it really wouldn't be fair to allow your submission at this point.

Our reasoning for disallowing most mutants is that we want this game to be a solid Avengers game, not Avengers meets the X-Men.  Josi and I are already running a Classic X-Men game that's reached big game status if you're interested in the X-Men stuff.  Just click the link in my signature.   :-)

That said, if you'd still like to create something more in line to what we have in mind for this game, you're more than welcome to.

RedEve:  I liked your OC.  If you're really interested in playing Mockingbird though, you can.  I don't think she had been injected with anything in the canon era that we're using for this game.  She was just a good fighter (Class 4 I'm thinking) who specialized in her high tech staves.

[RedEve]

Player Name: RedEve

Character Name: Wanda Maximoff

Nom De Guerre: Scarlet Witch

Sex: female

Height: 5’7

Weight: 121 lbs

Hair: auburn

Eyes: blue

Age: ??

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Ons: strength of character, courage, a nice butt

Offs: Rudeness, roughness, excessive body hair

Place of Birth: Mount Wundagore in Transia

Current Nationality: Currently a US resident

Known Relatives: Father Magneto, mother Magda, brother Quicksilver

Current Occupation: Has a day job as a physical trainer

Current Place of Residence: NYC

Affiliations: Member of the Avengers

Hobbies: Travelling, medieval literature, knitting and watching soap operas

Origin of Powers: Granted to her by the demon Chthon

Strength Level: Human strength with intensive regular exercise: Lift (press) approximately 400 lbs

Powers:
Chaos Magic Reality Warping: Scarlet Witch's main power is the superhuman ability to manipulate chaos magic, given to her by the demon Chthon  when she was born.
Hex Bolts: The Scarlet Witch had the ability to manipulate probability via her "hexes". These hexes are relatively short range, and are limited to her line of sight. Casting a hex requires a gesture and concentration on her part, though the gestures are largely a focus for the concentration.
She can use her hexes to light flammable objects, contain or remove air from a particular volume, deflect objects, stop the momentum of projectiles, open doors, explode objects, create force fields and deflect magical attacks.
Flight: Wanda has the ability to fly.
Fighting Skill: Trained under both Captain America and Hawk-eye in hand-to hand combat.
Class 5: Natural Talent with intensive training (High end martial artists)
Limitations:
Mental Illness:  Wanda’s mental stability is questionable.
Perception Range: Her range of hex-casting is limited by her line of sight.
Physical Condition: Hexes had a degree of unreliability, which is further affected by her physical condition: when well rested, in good health, and mentally and emotionally alert, Scarlet Witch could cast numerous hex-spheres in rapid succession and attain desirable results for almost an hour.
Overextension: Despite her enhanced precision, her hexes were not necessarily guaranteed to work, particularly if she has been straining herself or using her powers excessively. If overextended, her hexes could backfire, causing probability to work against her wishes or to undo previous hexes.

Unusual Features: /

Appearance: See image

Personality: Reserved and focused, socially somewhat awkward, curious and eager to learn, mentally unstable

History: Wanda and her twin brother Pietro were born on Wundagore Mountain in eastern Europe to Magda, the wife of Magneto. She had fled from her husband, after witnessing him attack their neighbors with his mutant powers after the death of their first daughter, Anya. Wanda and Pietro were cared for by humanoid cow Bova after Magda's death during childbirth and were nearly adopted by the WWII superheroes Miss America and the Whiz, before being adopted by a gypsy family called Maximoff.
The twins grew up in eastern Europe, unaware of their father. But being powerful mutants like him, they attracted his attention anyway, even though he too was unaware of their relationship. The twins, afraid of their own powers - Pietro with his superspeed and Wanda with her ability to cast hexes that caused probability shifts - joined Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants and took the names Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.

After a fight with the X-Men, they realized that Magneto was more evil than good, and escaped. The twins joined the Avengers, and were trained in fighting by Captain America. Wanda developed a friendship with teammate Hawkeye, but the romance was blocked by the arrival of the Vision, a synthezoid being with human emotions. Wanda and the Vision, whose mind was based on that of the hero Wonder Man, fell in love and eventually married.

Wanda and the Vision remained Avengers until she used magic, newly discovered and developed after being trained by the sorceress Agatha Harkness, to become pregnant. After Vision nearly lost his mind to a supercomputer, the two retired to New Jersey, where Wanda gave birth and raised their children. Magneto, however, had finally discovered his true connection to his children, and announced himself as Luna's, Pietro's daughter, grandfather. Wanda wanted the terrorist, apparently reformed, to have nothing to do with her children.
Her happiness could not last, though. The twins were revealed to be part of the demon Mephisto and were reclaimed, and the Vision was dismantled by the US government for his actions while being possessed by the supercomputer. Wanda went insane, joined up with Magneto, and attacked the West Coast Avengers. She eventually recovered, and remained the team. She separated from the Vision, who had been rebuilt but who had lost all his human emotions and memories, including his love for his wife.

[TheRedFear]

Well that's what I get for only breifly skimming posts. Hehe. I do have a few other character ideas but getting them onto the avengers and away from where they should be shall require some thought on my part. Most of my character ideas are variations on existing marvel characters from alternate realities. Getting them from their reality to 616 reality(and giving them reasons not to want to go back) is always a bit tricky.

[Praxis]

I really, really want to write for this but considering what I'm already involved in...and what I just got pulled back into.  I'm giving you a heads up that I won't be able to participate.  Good luck though...you have a great group of writers assembled.

[RedEve]

So... could someone tell me what the status of my submitted characters is?

[Iblis121]

Looks fine to me. I'll run it past Lois and LunarSage first, though.

EDIT: Looked it over again, not sure if the history in this game has even gone that far. Still running it by LunarSage and Lois. You'll have an answer soon :]

[RedEve]

Well TBF, I was not very familiar with the Scarlet Witch, so most of that profile was pieced together from Wiki and other sources.

[Iblis121]

That's fine. I see no reason why you wouldn't get the spot. Most you'll have to do is delete part of Scarlet Witch's profile. No biggie x3

[AribethAmkiir]

I'm probably wrong, but from my understanding Wanda may still be married to the Vision at the time the game is supposed to begin.   <--- most likely totally wrong. 

It's way before the House of M though.

[LunarSage]

Remember also that we're not necessarily going for total 100% canon.  Just a general idea of what was happening at that time.  If RedEve wants, she can have it so her version of Wanda was never married to Vision, for example.

[Iblis121]

LunarSage is right, but I thought they weren't together anymore by the time the West Coast avengers broke up anyway. Either way, Wanda won't be married to Vision when the game starts.

[AribethAmkiir]

I always thought that coupling was odd.  Vision and Wanda I mean.

[Iblis121]

I never knew much about it xD Just that it happened. But yeah, it does seem weird.

[Darwishi]

I'm getting my submission together.  It'll be an original character, Aribeth knows which one. ;)

[AribethAmkiir]

I do?  I thought you were going to submit Black Cat.

[Darwishi]

I was, but then I took your advice about Mercy. ^_^

[LunarSage]

Changed the first post to reflect our changed policy on Original Characters.  We are no longer allowing them.

My apologies to anyone that this has caused an inconvenience to.

[Darwishi]

I'm only mildly relieved that I didn't bother but submitting the one profile that was OC.  I was going to submit four and let the GM's decide which one would best fit the game.

I'm just going to bow out of this one, that's more than annoying that I put a lot of time and effort into creating a profile specifically for this game only to get told after the fact that Original Characters won't be allowed.

[Darwishi]

Does everyone know about this thread?

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=150085.0

Just the OOC for the game. ^_^

[AribethAmkiir]

oh, kind of nice to know about.  Thanks

[LunarSage]

The link has been on page one of this thread from the getgo.

[Darwishi]

Ah, well dunno if anyone has E set up like I do, but I never get to look at the first post of a thread when I click on a topic.  I have it set up so I look at the last post, so I guess other people could be that way too.  Plus I only realized that conversations had migrated by looking at your posts and realizing that there was an OOC thread.  ^_^

Anyway, there's the link for the OOC thread and stuff. Or I suppose it's on the first post too? I didn't realize that at all.