A twisted superhero-themed world (GM seeking single player)

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This world is heavily inspired by the comic and currently TV show The Boys.

Superheroes are an actual thing, with their garish costumes and majestic capes. Some of them might even have actual superpowers. The twist: they're massive jerks. Some of them are even the true villains of the story.

These heroes play nice for the camera, garner good PR and sell merchandise. But behind the scenes, they get away with murder... some literally.

Plot hooks:
1. The innocent. An idealistic, naive superheroine who is desperate to get into the upper tiers of the biggest Superhero League in town. Her application is accepted, but she is put through a humiliating hazing ritual and her degradation has just begun. Superhero business just isn't what it looks like behind the curtain.


2. Superostitute. An adult entertainer (stripper, porno, hooker, whatever) has been servicing both superheroes and supervillains for years. What happens when a trigger event happens and the long-dormant Supe genes within her awaken?

3. The Cop-killer Killer. Her husband/fiance/brother/etc was a good cop in a city of Supes. And then he died, and no one seems to care. What's one less cop in a city of Supes? That was the day she became a vigilante. Armed with knowledge of how to fight and a few enhanced abilities, she takes her fight to the streets.

4. Supe Groupie. Like many young women, the sight of a heroic dude in skintight spandex turns her on. She'd do anything to get the attention of one of these guys. Perhaps start off small, with a street vigilante. Her ultimate dream fuck is a flying caped strongman, and there's little she won't do to achieve that.

5. Superheroine Conquest. He's a villain with a hard-on for sexually humiliating superheroines. The bigger the better. Maybe Mommy never hugged him enough, maybe he has unresolved issues from being rejected by popular girls as a kid, who knows? What we have as a result, is a dangerous criminal with a powerset  that is used for the pettiest of purposes.

Superhero facts:
Most of them wear a mask, except those that don't have alter egos (having been outed long ago). Because if your real face is everywhere, you're not going to have much of a private life.

Superman-level or X-men powers are exceedingly rare. You have people who are strong or inhumanly mighty, tough or bulletproof, quick or super-speedy, but not all at the same time. Most superheroes are Daredevil-level.

It's a man's world in there. Women have to exploit their sexuality to get anywhere.

All Supes are born with super-powered DNA, kind of like the X-men. More than 50% of them live their entire lives without finding out they have powers. Some experience physical or mental trauma that causes their powers to manifest, perhaps late in life.

And some discover their powers early, in childhood, perhaps even as soon as they are born.

All children with super-powers are enrolled in a programme funded by a shadowy organization that also sponsors the education of these children, up to university. There are only about a hundred such children in Detroit, some gleaned from neighbouring cities. Every weekend, they attend special courses where superheroes make an appearance and impress upon them the importance of keeping their identities secret. They undergo medical tests to keep track of their powers. Some of these children may even harbor hopes of joining a junior Superhero group once they turn 16, and perhaps a bigger-tier league after that. Some may be employed by the organization as non-costumed supes, hiding among civilians in plain sight.

And yes, some become super-villains.

Social commentary:
Yes, this game is pretty much an analogy of Hollywood.

There will be sly digs at Social Justice and Woke Culture. If you require Trigger Warnings for anything and don't have a clear line between reality and fiction, this game is going to offend you.

Sexual content:
There will be sex. Lots of it. The environment is saturated with it. The Supes are a bunch of hypocritical hedonists.

Not all the sex is going to be sexy. Your character doesn't have to be involved, but it will be part of the scenery.

Story:
While there's going to be a shit-ton of sex in there, that doesn't mean you get to just jump in and have me do nasty things to your character. Even smut requires context. If your character is just some literary masturbation tool (not that there's anything wrong with that), you're missing a huge chunk of possibilities.

So yes, there's going to be a plot. And you're going to help me write it.

I require some level of forethought before even making a first post. So if you're thinking to just get a quick start and wing the details later... move on, thanks for reading.

Interested parties please PM!

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Superhero creation point system

The level of a superhero is the combined classes of all the powers he or she has. A major superhero has about 5 total levels onward. Most of your run-of-the-mill Supes have maybe 3 to 4.

Enhanced is slightly above maximum human level
Super is double maximum human level
Mega is ten times maximum human level
Limited means either in power or scope. For example, someone with Limited Energy Manipulation (solar) can maybe fire off solar beams of moderate power from his eyes, but can't manipulate solar energy in any other way.
Greater means either in power or scope. The effects are varied. Two Supes with Greater Energy Manipulation (solar), for example, could both fire off solar beams, but Supe A's beams are from his eyes while Supe B's beams are from his hands. Supe A is able to fill an area around him with sunlight, in a mile's radius. Supe B can create intensify heat from the sun in a hundred-foot radius. Things like that.

PHYSICAL
All of these powers are always on. No activation is required, and they cannot be turned off.

Class 1 Powers
1. Glide
The ability to ride gravity and air currents. Basically you fall as though you had a parachute strapped to your back.
2. Enhanced durability
The ability to remain unhurt from attacks of physical force or internal injury. Can still be knocked down, but will not be hurt.
3. Enhanced resistance
The ability to remain unaffected by the object of resistance.
4. Enhanced strength
5. Enhanced speed
6. Enhanced agility
7. Enhanced stamina
The ability to function without rest.
8. Enhanced sense (sight, hearing, etc)
9. Special Attack (poison bite, claw, sting)
10. Enhanced Cognition
The ability to learn.

Class 2 Powers
1. Levitation
The ability to rise vertically through the air.
2. Super-durability
3. Super-resistance
4. Super-strength*+
5. Super-speed* ~ +
6. Super-agility
7. Super-stamina*
8. Super-sense (sight, hearing, etc)
9. Special Attack (poison bite, claw, sting) x2
10. Super-cognition

Class 3 Powers
1. Flight
2. Invulnerability
3. Immunity
4. Mega-strength*+
5. Mega-speed* ~ +
6. Mega-agility
7. Mega-stamina*
8. Mega-sense (sight, hearing, etc)
9. Special Attack (poison bite, claw, sting) x3
10. Mega-cognition

MENTAL
These powers are activated and/or maintained.

Class 1 Powers
1. Mental Influence(one type of lower intelligence life-form, multiple instances or higher intelligence life-forms, single instance) 
2. Limited Telepathy
3. Limited Precognition (Danger Sense, etc)
4. Limited Illusion
5. Limited Telekinesis

Class 2 Powers
1. Mental Influence(higher intelligence life-forms, multiple instances) or Mental Command(higher intelligence life-form, single instance) or Mental Command(one type of lower intelligence life-form, multiple instances) or Mental Influence (all lower intelligence life-forms, multiple instances)
2. Telepathy
3. Precognition
4. Illusion
5. Telekinesis

Class 3 Powers
1. Mental Command(higher intelligence life-form, multiple instances) or Mental Command(all lower intelligence life-forms, multiple instances)
2. Greater Telepathy
3. Greater Precognition
4. Greater Illusion
5. Greater Telekinesis

PROJECTION
These powers are activated and/or maintained.

Class 1 Powers
1. Lesser Energy Manipulation (Fires laser beams, etc)
2. Lesser Matter Manipulation (Causes localized earthquakes, etc)

Class 2 Powers
1. Energy Manipulation (Fires laser beams, etc)
2. Matter Manipulation (Causes localized earthquakes, etc)

Class 3 Powers
1. Greater Energy Manipulation (Photokinesis, etc)
2. Greater Matter Manipulation (Hydrokinesis, etc)

TRANSFORMATION
These powers are activated and/or maintained, with noted exceptions.

Class 1 Powers
1. Enhanced healing
This is automatic.
2. Limited Camoflage
3. Limited Adherence (one specific type of surface only - metal, wood, etc)
4. Limited Metamorphosis  (cosmetic changes only  or muscle memory or voice imitation or scent)
5. Limited Biomorphosis (grow animal or plant body part equivalent to class 1 power)
6. Limited Elastomorphosis
7. Limited Invisibility

Class 2 Powers
1. Super-healing or enhanced healing touch
This is automatic unless healing someone else with the touch.
2. Camouflage
3. Adherence (all solid or liquid surfaces)
4. Metamorphosis (plus-minus up to 20% of body mass, may fool facial recognition scans)
5. Biomorphosis (grow animal or plant body parts equivalent to class 2 power total) or Bestiamorphosis (one specific, same size) or Herbamorphosis (one specific, same size)
6. Elastomorphosis *
7. Invisibility

Class 3 Powers
1. Regeneration or super-healing touch
This is automatic unless healing someone else with the touch.
2. Greater Camoflage
3. Anchoring
4. Greater Metamorphosis (may grow/lose extra appendages, and fool retina and fingerprint scans)
5. Greater Biomorphosis (grow animal body parts equivalent to class 3 power total) or Greater Bestiamorphosis  (plus-minus 20% body mass, multiple types within same group or multiple types in all groups) or Greater Herbamorphosis(plus-minus 20% body mass, multiple types within same group or multiple types in all groups)
6. Greater Elastomorphosis *
7. Greater Invisibility

EXTRADIMENSIONAL
These powers are activated and/or maintained. They are also extremely rare.
Class 1 Powers
1. Blinking
When the hero concentrates, he an "blink" in and out of this dimension at a very fast rate. One moment he's here, one moment not. These means that attacks hitting him at great speed, such as a bullet or a moving vehicle or even a swung bat, will probably go through him. But unless he's being propelled into a wall by a cannon or has Super-speed, he can't phase through it.
2. Lesser Isomorphosis * (2 dimensional)
3. Lesser Replication

Class 2 Powers
1. Phasing or or Teleportation
2. Isomorphosis * (1 and 0 dimensional)
3. Replication

Class 3 Powers
1. Intangibility or Greater Teleportation
2. Greater Isomorphosis * (5 dimensional)
3. Greater Replication

METAPOWER
These powers are activated and/or maintained.

Class 1 Powers
1. Limited Multipowering
2. Limited Power Replication
3. Limited Power Calibration
Enhances or nullifies other powers.

Class 2 Powers
1. Multipowering +
2. Power Replication
3. Power Calibration

Class 3 Powers
1. Greater Multipowering +
2. Greater Power Replication
3. Greater Power Calibration

* Use of these powers require a durability level 1 class below to avoid injury, or 2 classes below to limit injury (eg, mega-strength requires super-durability to avoid injury while using that power, or enhanced durability to limit injury.)

~ Use of these powers require an agility level 1 class below for control (eg, mega-speed requires super-agility to navigate obstacles while at full speed, or enhanced agility to avoid only running in a straight line.)

+ Use of these powers require a stamina level 1 class below to avoid exhaustion, or 2 classes below to limit exhaustion.

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN
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The Detroit Defenders are the city's most high-tier superhero group.

Paragon level 8 Flight Invulnerability Super-strength	Aviana level 5.7 Flight Mental Command (birds) Super-speed* * Only during flight	Beacon level 6 Flight Greater Energy Manipulation (light)	The Vanisher level 6 Greater Invisibility Super-strength Enhanced durability	Indigo level 5.7 Regeneration Enhanced agility Enhanced resistance (poison/disease) Immunity (poison/disease)* * Only while regenerating.	Velocity level 6 Mega-speed Super-durability Enhanced agility

The Young Defenders are a teenage group in Detroit. Upon graduation from the group, they are promoted either to leadership within the group, or to The Detroit Defenders.

Membership in Year X:	Membership in Year X minus 1:	Membership in Year X minus 2:
Captain Defender (Silverfist) Dragon Kid Strongarm Instantaneo Tangerine Guaritricia Asphyxia	Captain Defender (Silverfist) Dragon Kid Blockbuster Jackhammer Instantaneo Tangerine Guaritricia	Captain Defender (Kinetic Kid) Blubber Boy Silverfist Blockbuster Jackhammer Tangerine Guaritricia

Silverfist level 5.6 Super-strength Enhanced durability Enhanced sense (sight) Limited Matter Manipulation (fist and forearm to shaped organic steel) Super-sense (sight)* * Sight powers grow stronger when attempted on metal.	Dragon Kid level 4 Levitation Limited Matter Manipulation (breathes fire) Enhanced resistance (fire)	Jackhammer level 3 Limited Energy Manipulation (kinetic) Enhanced strength Enhanced durability	Tangerine level 2.6 Enhanced durability Enhanced resistance (poison/disease) Super-resistance (poison/disease)* Enhanced stamina* Enhanced healing* Enhanced strength* * After a dose of Vitamin C. Lasts for an hour.
Blockbuster level 3.5 Adherence (concrete) Enhanced durability Enhanced strength Super-strength* Super-durability* * Can draw strength and durability from contact with concrete or cement.	Instantaneo level 3 Super-speed Enhanced durability	Guaritricia level 3 Enhanced healing touch Limited Telepathy

Known street-level vigilantes in Detroit

Nightfox level 3 Enhanced sense (smell) Enhanced agility Enhanced strength

Slapdash level 3 Enhanced speed Metamorphosis

Insulin level 2.4 Enhanced durability Enhanced healing Super healing touch * *only diabetic-related conditions

Gauntlet level 6 Immunity (Mental) Limited Precognition (identify powers) Limited Metamorphosis (appearance) Limited Energy Manipulation (electrical)

Villains in Detroit

The Ender Gang are a trio of brothers.

Blender level 2.3 Camoflage  Greater Camoflage * * When any of the gang are within range.

Mender level 2.3 Super-healing Super-healing Touch * * When any of the gang are within range.

Pretender level 2.3 Metamorphosis Greater Metamorphosis * * When any of the gang are within range.

Other villains

Glass Man level ?

Doctor Demento level ?

Shadow Slayer level ?

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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The Supreme Six

Captain Supreme level 7.9 Flight Super-strength Super-durability Super-speed * * Only during flight.	Siren level 5.7 Greater Energy Manipulation (sound) Enhanced sense (hearing) Mental Influence (higher intelligence life-forms, single instance) Mental Command (higher intelligence life-forms, multiple instances) * * Only via music. Will not work on the hearing-impaired.	Cobalt Woman level 6 Immunity (poison/disease) Limited Energy Manipulation (gamma) Enhanced agility Enhanced durability	Kinetic Kid level 5.7 Mega-speed Super-durability Energy Manipulation (kinetic) * * Can only manipulate kinetic energy generated by his own speeding.	The Aquator level 6 Greater Matter Manipulation (water) Multipowering Limited Adherence (water)	Immoveable Man level 5.9 Anchoring Enhanced durability Enhanced resistance (poison/disease) Invulnerability * Immunity (poison/disease)* * Only while anchored.

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LIVONIA/DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
Ladies' League of Livonia

Lady Steel level 7.12 Flight Super-durability Enhanced strength Enhanced stamina Invulnerability* Super-strength* Immunity (mental)* * Can enter a berserker rage which grants her the enhancements. This lasts for an hour, after which she is fatigued for 24 hours.	Sunflower level 4.6 Flight Enhanced healing Super-healing touch* * When exposed to sunlight.	Aloha level 4.6 Super-strength Enhanced durability Limited Energy Manipulation (heat) Super-resistance (thermal)* * When using her heat power, she gains this resistance.	Cygnet level 4.10 Adherance (all liquid surfaces) Limited Matter Manipulation (water) Enhanced durability Super-durability* Enhanced agility* Enhanced speed* Immunity (thermal)* * Gains these enhancements when on water. * The immunity only applies to heat and cold from the surface she is adhering to - lava, liquid nitrogen, etc.	Nowhere Woman level 5 Teleportation Super-sense (sight) Enhanced agility

Vigilantes:

Riot Girl level 3.4 Limited Illusion Enhanced agility Enhanced speed Illusion* * Illusions grow in scope and realism only when she is making copies of herself.

Villains in Dearborn/Livonia

Mr Unstoppable level 5.7 Immunity (poison/disease) Enhanced Stamina Enhanced Durability Mega-stamina* * Only during sexual intercourse

Gladius level ?

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HARLEM, NEW YORK

The Harlem Super Squad

Super Homie level 8 Flight Super-speed Super-strength Enhanced durability	Darkfyre level 6 Greater Matter Manipulation (fire) Immunity (fire)	Mr Midnight level 5.10 Greater Invisibility Enhanced durability Glide Super-durability* Super-strength* Super-speed* * Gains these abilities at the stroke of midnight, for one hour.	Soul Sista level 5.7 Intangibility Limited Telepathy Limited Precognition (Detect Potential Threats) Super-healing* * Heals when intangible.	Dynamite Dawg level 5.6 Greater Bestiamorphosis  (large dog) Mental Influence (canines) Limited Energy Manipulation (ionic) Mental Command (canines)* * In animal form only.

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INTERNATIONAL SUPES

From Ireland...
Celtic Cross
Clover Woman
The Dubliner
Plainsman

The Blitzkrieg Union (Germany)
Stormguard
Ironheart
Tankwoman
The Surveyor
Lady Carat
Ziegenmädchen

The Capes Down Under (Australia)
Miss Melbourne
Reefmaster
Dogwood
Outback Girl
Kangaroo Kid

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COLUMBUS, OHIO

The Columbus Capes

Captain Cosmo - level 8
- Flight
- Greater Energy Manipulation (cosmic)
- Super-durability

Collision Woman - level 5.7
- Mega-speed
- Enhanced durability
- Enhanced stamina
- Invulnerability *

Polyhedron - level 6
- Greater Isomorphosis
- Super-sense (sight)
- Limited Telepathy

Drycell - level 5.8
- Greater Energy Manipulation (Electricity)
- Levitation
- Immunity (Electricity) *

Stampede - level 6
- Mega-strength
- Super-durability
- Special attack (gore)

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Current RPS in that shared universe:

Twisted Superhero Series: Cowl's Vengeance (delle/Kitteredge)
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Year: x
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=309074.0

Twisted Superhero Series: Terminal Velocity (delle/magikal)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Year: x
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=309293.0

Twisted Superhero Series: Glued To The Spot (delle/Elodin)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Year: x minus 1
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=310159.0

Twisted Superhero Series: Feelin' da Boom (delle/Writersblockade)
Location: The Bronx, New York
Year: x
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=311178.0

Twisted Superhero Series: The Rise and Fall of Vanguard (delle/Khal Drogo)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Year: x
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=312135.0

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CONDITIONAL POWERS
Writing this down because many people don't really understand how to use them in Character Creation. If in doubt, don't use them.

Some of the heroes have conditional levels. This is represented by a period (.). For instance, Aviana is a level 5 hero. Her actual level is 5, while her conditional level is 7. Thus her total level is written as 5.7.

Conditional powers are either extra powers, or more powerful versions of the hero's existing powerset, that are present under specific conditions.

Examples.
Aviana - Flight, mental command (birds)
Conditional powers: Super-speed (class 2)
Condition: Only while flying
Base level: 5
Conditional level: 5 + 2 = 7
Total level: 5.7

Mr Midnight - Greater Invisibility, Enhanced Durability, Glide
Conditional powers: Super-durability (class 2), Super-strength (class 2), Super-speed (class 2)
Condition: Only from midnight to 1 am.
Base level: 5
Conditional level: 5 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 10 (Since he already has Enhanced Durability, Super-durability only adds 1 to his conditional level)
Total level: 5.10

Cowl - Limited Invisibility, Enhanced healing
Conditional powers: Regeneration (class 3)
Condition: Only when visible, and exposed to sunlight
Base level: 2
Conditional level: 2 + 3 - 1 = 4 (-1 because Limited Invisibility cannot be active at the same time as the Regeneration)
Total level: 2.4


NOTES

1. Conditional powers are meant to provide some flexibility as to what your character can do. They're not meant to give your character a whole plethora of powers while remaining low-level. If you want to make a high-level character, make a high-level character.

2. Conditional powers function at full effectiveness under certain conditions only. These conditions cannot be the default. You cannot specify a condition which is akin to granting your character the power with no limitations.

For example:
- Aviana has super-speed only with regard to flying, and not any other action. (ACCEPTABLE)
- Being able to fly only where sound can travel (NOT ACCEPTABLE - that's just about everywhere except in space. Since no other character has the ability to breathe in space, no other character can fly in space anyway, and allowing that conditional power is akin to granting the full power).

3. Conditional powers are additive only. They give your character extra powers. They don't make him or her extra powerful while imposing weaknesses. Weaknesses are already incorporated into regular powers.

For example:
- Tangerine gets extra powers up to an hour after a dose of Vitamin C. (ACCEPTABLE)
- The hero is able to regenerate, but gets a blinding headache everytime he does so. (NOT ACCEPTABLE)