Gods Among Us is a friendly and supportive RP group that welcomes new players
Hi everyone, welcome to the third incarnation of the Gods Among Us RP Group - a modern-world super-hero RP group.
If you are interested in signing up, feel free to fill out the form below. New people are always welcome! As you have probably figured out there are multiple RP threads running set in different places with slightly different tones. If a character of yours is accepted in the OOC that character is accepted into any and all of the IC threads.
Once we have a few signups I intend to create two threads. A sandbox NY thread where your heroes and villains can duke it out, rob banks etc etc and a Meta-human academy for those of you who would prefer a less confrontational game. Obviously there will be times when we move between them. Also, if you have an idea for a cool new story-line, share it! If people want to join in we can make a spin-off.
We are looking for Heroes in the Batman/Spiderman/Green Arrow level of power. For reasons of fairness I would like everyone to stick to about that level.
As mentioned earlier this is a Modern World RP, the only thing that does not exist are our super-heroes. Why would the world need to create Ironman when there is a real one?
RP Group Administrators
Whose responsibility it is to pull up Godmodders, Meta-gamers, abusers on the OOC, approve characters and so on...
- Dyelli Beybi (well obviously)
- Primordial Luxa
- Scotatrova
- Talion Union
IC Threads
The Big Apple: A 'sandbox' RP set in New York
Chicago: Chicago is in trouble!
The City of Angels: Great place for a vacation.
The School of Hard Knocks: An Academy for Meta-humans where the hard-pressed staff battle against waves of assassins and ill-tempered students
And while you're at it, don't forget to check out...
The Character Vault
Rules
- No Godmoding and do not kill off other people's characters without their permission.
- For the sake of fairness, I will RP the Governments of the world/general population etc.
- If your character(s) are a vital part to the current event(s) and you don't post IC in 48 hours, I will take over the running of your characters until you return. If it looks like you aren't planning to (and I will make every effort to contact you), I will kill them off in a manner I find amusing.
- No auto hits on other named characters (generic mooks/minions are OK, this is a superhero RP after all)
- Don't kill other characters without permission from their creator (did I mention that already?)
- The reaction of Governments/the general population is for me to write unless otherwise agreed.
- If you do something as stupid as this, I do reserve the right to tell you your character is dead.
- Keep the OOC channel polite. If you have issues with the way things are playing out, raise them and we can talk things over.
- ANY form of Power Replication is not allowed.
- No mind control. Especially no mind control of other characters.
- Generally, just don't make your character too overpowered. To keep this RP fun for everyone, please try to pitch your characters at the Batman/Spiderman/Daredevil/Green Arrow level of power. Do not pitch them at the Superman/Dr Manhattan level of power.
- If you do have a character who is ludicrously overpowered and you feel they are necessary for the plot for some reason, please let me know why you want them in and what you intend to do with them.
- As a general guideline, your skin/armor should not block a high-velocity sniper rifle without some pretty major drawbacks or chinks in your armor. For example, Captain America's shield is fine as it doesn't cover all of him at one.
- You can have as many characters as you want, but please start with one or two and take the time to develop them and add your back catalog gradually. Also, do not use this to create a legion of sidekicks for your hero. If you want to build a super-team, try to work with other players.
- Keep the RP religion-neutral. If you want to RP the existence of any god, make it an old Pagan one that nobody believes in, e.g. Zeus, Triglav etc.
- But the most important rule of all is - Have Fun!
Character Application!
Super Identity:
Real Identity:
Is the true identity public knowledge or private?
Hero, Villain, or Neutral?
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: Pictures or descriptions are fine.
Group Affiliation: (If any) Examples might include Fire Service, A police office etc etc
D&D Alignment: Chaotic, Lawful, Neutral, Good, Evil - Its a helpful way to classify a character's outlook/mental stability.
Powers:
Equipment:
Power Origin: Mutant, Serum, Alien, Magic, Technology - things of that nature.
Weaknesses: Someone more powerful than you isn't a legitimate weakness. Being only vulnerable to one substance that is not readily available and nobody knows about it is a strength, not a weakness. The more ludicrous your powers are, the greater the weaknesses will need to be.
Personality:
Background: