The Titan Affliction
The IC Thread:
The Titan Affliction: Between a Rock and a Vulture
People are beginning to discover and develop superhuman powers. It is only a matter of time before the world knows the meta-humans exist. In the shadows enemies lurk who see them as opportunities or threats but not people at all...
On the 1st of May 2019, something strange happened in the city of Seattle. For most residents of the city nothing much changed. A few scientists detected an unusual and inexplainable surge of radiation, though the dose appeared to be harmless and everyone more-or-less forgot about it.
The radiation was not harmless. In a small number of individuals, it activated something inside them, changing their DNA and turning them into a ticking time-bomb. One-by-one, in moments of stress or danger, these individuals have been ‘activating’, changing from a normal person into something else; Some call them mutants, others meta-humans, the Government agencies investigating it regard the mutation as a disease and have named it ‘The Titan Affliction’. While most are indistinguishable from normal humans on the surface, they can do extraordinary things.
The population doesn’t believe in them, the Government denies they exist and the mainstream media ignores stories about them, dismissing those who talk about them as unreliable. But all of that is changing. One meta-human, known in the media as ‘Blur’ (and to certain Government agencies as ‘Mutant Zero’) has been creating waves, embarking on a brazen crime-wave across the city which has put several police and security guards in the hospital.
Which is where you come in. Perhaps you are a meta-human, recently activated by some event in your life? Or maybe you haven’t developed powers but you can see what is going on and want to do something about it? Whatever the case, Seattle is changing and Blur is becoming more dangerous every day…
OOC Foreword
Hi folks and welcome to the ‘The Titan Affliction’, a thread created by Talion Union and me!
The board is rather cluttered with super RPs at the moment, but in most of them you jump in as an established super into a world that knows you are real and has ways of dealing with that. The Titan Affliction is going to be different. You have just gained your powers and the general public think of you as something from a comic book; nobody considers you might be real yet. Hero or villain, this is your origin story.
That being said, you don’t have to be a meta-human. Maybe you are some kind of elite fighter, unpowered but impressive, who, for whatever reason gets dragged into the escalating storm of violence on the streets of Seattle.
This RP will be semi-sandbox; Your character can go out and do whatever they want. You can form your own teams, acquire your own nemesis, rob a bank, save a baby, investigate what caused the titan affliction or try to put a stop to Blur. There will be a larger story advancing in the thread though, that will affect you.
Rules
General Rules:
- Talion Union and I are the Co-OPs of this thread. There is no difference in authority.
- All the normal forum stuff… please refrain from Godmodding, Metagaming, short posts that people can’t respond to and keep the thread PG-13.
- Do not write someone taking a hit for them. This is the most common form of Godmodding and is very irritating for other writers, especially those who are writing characters who are supposed to have good senses/reflexes/move fast.
- Keep everything polite and calm on the OOC. We will have zero tolerance for name calling. This is not a playground.
- We would like you to be active enough to make a post every 2-3 days, at least. That being said we know people have lives. If you are going to be inactive for a spell, hop on to the OOC and let us know – it takes less than a minute to write ‘sorry folks, won’t be able to post until Monday’.
- If you get stuck in an interaction with an inactive writer and there has been no peep out of them in three days, post on here and send them a Tgram to let them know you are waiting. If they still haven’t responded within 24 hours, feel free to write a post that resolves the situation and lets your character move on to another scene.
Thread Rules:
This is a street level RP (for now at least). In order to keep it that way there are a few rules we need to set out:
- Background: In order to maintain the mythos of this thread please don’t write immortal vampires or 10,000 year old sorcerers. You received your powers during the event, or you are an extraordinary unpowered individual.
- Power levels: In order to keep everything balanced we would ask that you create a character who would need to consider their options if facing a team of a dozen or so well-armed henchmen. This should be a challenging situation, not one you waltz through without breaking a sweat. Other than that, be as creative as you like! If we think something in an app is excessive we will tell you and suggest what to change it.
- More powerful characters: There will be the occasional character who is more powerful than you, run as a challenging opponent by one of the Co-OPs. Blur is one of these. If you decide to tackle one of them you will need to use brains and teamwork.
- Number of characters: Initially I would ask you to stick to two. We will increase this number when people have had an opportunity to develop their existing ones (probably a couple of weeks after launch).
- The City: The city is the playground for our characters. Don’t destroy it in the IC!
- The Police/Army: A lot of super-RPs treat these people as mindless mooks. They aren't - they are highly trained professionals. If you want to commit a crime, make sure you have an avenue of escape if you don't want to go down in a hail of gunfire.
- Control of NPCs: Talion Union and I will write the posts for Government bodies etc. Feel free to write posts for friends of your characters though if you want to create sidekicks/an army of mooks please include this in your app.
And most importantly.... The application form!
It should go without saying but please delete the explanations (in brackets) when you make your application. We won't decline you if you leave it in, but it makes your app look very messy.
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[box][size=150][b]Character Description[/b][/size]
[list][b] Name:[/b]
[b]Aliases:[/b] (When the media get to know you, what do you want them to call you – feel free to make it totally cheesy)
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Apperance:[/b] (If you want to use a picture, please put it in a spoiler)
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[hr][/hr][size=150][b]Motivations[/b][/size]
[list][b]Goals:[/b] (What is your character aiming to do?)
[b]Fears:[/b] (Is there something they fear they might do… or are they afraid of clowns?)
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[hr][/hr][size=150][b]Strengths and Weaknesses[/b][/size]
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[b]Powers [/b]: (Please be specific about things like strength and speed. Also, if there are any conditions to how powers work, list these here)
[b]Abilities[/b]: (Are they particularly skilled in things, that aren't superhuman abilities, that someone on the street might not be so good at?)
[b]Equipment[/b]: (Is there anything special they have that you might not normally be able to get? e.g. military weapons)
[b]Weaknesses[/b]: (These are things that will put you at a disadvantage in combat. Personality traits are not weaknesses).
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[hr][/hr][size=150][b]Background:[/b][/size]
[list][b]General[/b]:(Tell me a bit about your character before the start of this thread.)
[b]Stressor[/b]: (What happened to your character that caused their powers to activate?)
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Dramatis Personae
Player Characters
Blasterman (Tachyon)
the Darkness (Dyelli Beybi)
Dwelsinge (Dyelli Beybi)
Evelyn Frye (Corvus Metallum)
The Gimp (Plaats)
Icelord (Tachyon)
Jigsaw (New Minahasa)
Melody (Akkaga)
Mr Mitosis (Altegonnia)
Mister X (Plaats)
Nosferatu (New Minahasa)
The Officer (The Knockout Gun Gals)
Omni (Kylantha)
The Runic Monk (New Minahasa)
Mutants of Exceptional Danger and other major enemies
Condor (Dyelli Beybi)
Mutant Zero / Blur (Dyelli Beybi)
Eric Rankin (Talion Union)
