Gods Among Us: Reforged
A Sandbox Meta-Human RP
Welcome
Welcome to the seventh iteration of God's Among Us, a Nationstates RP franchise that has had several forms through out it's history, and while I only joined in its sixth iteration, I have grown to understand its many different forms and have decided to take the reins and bring new life into the worlds of Gods Among Us by taking it back to it's original form, as I understand it, as a player-led city sandbox roleplaying experience.
This world is designed to be shaped by player choice and player interaction, with as little story management or player restrictions as possible, to create one of the more open ended roleplaying experiences in Nationstates to date. With players have a vast array of options for characters, actions, powers, goals, and so much more right at their finger tips, I hope that this will lead to a stable and energized community that wants to work together to form the story.
Lore
Meta-Humans have been living amongst humanity for centuries. The term meta-human is a broad stroke to define humans with some level of power that a normal human could not hope to attain. Some meta-humans have genetic differences that make them excel in some ways, others have supernatural abilities that give them god-like powers, while some humans are just so abnormally skilled that they are just as powerful as other kinds of meta-humans. Regardless of what their powers are or where they come from, the entire world can understand the power and danger they possess for the rest of humanity.
Fearful of a meta-human caused war or the weaponization of meta-humans, the UN agreed to ban the operations of all meta-humans within the majority of the world, except in a few designated areas, as well as creating a unified taskforce that specializes in defeating metahumans. The passage of this law faced meta-humans with three apparent options, stop using their powers and attempt to blend into society, keep using their powers and face persecution from the UN or flee into what had been dubbed "Sanctuary Zones". A vast majority decided to go with the third option, leading to a massive influx of meta-humans into these designated areas, the most popular being Westernport, an city on a man-made archipelago off of the coast of California.
The Islands of Westernport
Westernport is divided into seven different man-made islands. They are:
- Michelson Island: Named after the founder of Westernport, Michelson Island is the eastern-most island in the archipelago and the location of the Westernport International Airport. It is similar to the downtown areas of places like Philadelphia or Boston.
- Pudding Isle: Just south of Michelson Island, Pudding Isle is famous for Long Beach, a sandy beachline that goes along the entire southern coast of the island, and its numerous resorts, casinos, and amusement parks. It is similar to a coastal resort town in Florida.
- Bellefonte and Trenton Islands: The two smallest islands, just west from Michelson Island, serve as industrial storage and warehouse spaces for different goods that are sent to and from the island, and are named after the founder's two partners. They are similar to any part of a city where it is mostly just warehouses.
- Westport Island:The large center island is named Westport Island, and is where the large ports and dockyards of the archipelago are found as well as Center Park, a large park space. It is similar to cities like New York and Chicago.
- Cherrybush Isle: Located just west of Westport Island, Cherrybush Isle is the location of more lower income families and is known for poor economic conditions and larger crime rates when compared to the rest of the islands, with poverty levers worsening the further up you go on the island. It is similar to the stereotypes of rustbelt cities such as Detroit.
- Terrapin Island: The epitome of poverty for the archipelago, Terrapin Island, located north of Cherrybush Isle, is home to abandoned industrial buildings and factories. It is similar to any abandoned industrial zone you might see.
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Rules
General Rules
- Follow all Nationstates forum rules. They can be found here under General Guidelines
- Listen to the OP and anyone I appoint as a Co-OP. Our judgment is binding. If a Co-OP makes a decision you don’t like, I will have a look at it and can repeal their decision if I see fit, but if I end up agreeing with them, or if I make a decision on my own, complaining isn't going to help fix it and can get you removed from the RP if you are insistent.
Current Co-Ops:Demencia - Please try to have good quality posts. They do not have to be long, posts, but any IC posts should try to have proper English spelling and grammar and progress the story forward. Any post that is simply "My character sits down and eats a meatloaf." without any important idea towards character development or plot development is not acceptable.
- Please be respectful of people in the OOC and maintain a standard of ethics in the IC as well. Bigoted, intolerant, or rude players will not be dealt with here.
- Please try to be committed to posting for your character. Nothing is worse then an RP where half of the players stop posting after two posts, leaving plot points and character interactions hanging in limbo. Being too busy to post for a day or so is acceptable, just don't drop this RP when you are in the middle of something with another character without a warning.
- Please give people a chance to respond to your posts, if the posts directly involve other players, I.E. you are working as a group or are having a conversation with other characters.
- Metagaming, using OOC or IC information that your character would have no basis knowing to guide your decisions, and God-modding, controlling other people's character's actions without their authorization or claiming to get out of situations your character had no way of doing, is absolutely not allowed.
- Player characters can die, however, player characters cannot kill player characters without consent of the players. If a player character does get themselves in a NPC death trap or something not player controlled, I will be as lenient as possible, but my leniency can only go so far though.
- Players are allowed only a maximum of three player characters at a time. This is meant to improve character roleplaying and prevent one person having an overabundance of characters filling the roster.
- Characters are allowed only one Meta-Power, but that power can also grant you multiple subsidiary powers that have to fit with the main one.
- Some powers, such as large scale time control or mass hypnosis are not allowed due to their overpowered nature, if a problem arises, it is the job of the OP or Co-OPs to determine whether the power is acceptable or not and may ask you to tone it's power down.
- Players are allowed to control the actions of NPCs within reason.
- Primary control of NPCs resides with the OP and Co-OPs, but the play can have NPCs do stuff, like have a bartender give them a drink, or have a hoodlum NPC attempt to rough them up, without involving the OP or Co-OPs
- Players can control the actions of any minor sidekicks or henchmen as they see fit as they are tied to the main character.
- Abuse of NPC control will not be tolerated.
Applications
Character Application
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[i]Character Application Form[/i][/size][/color][/align]
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[b]Name:[/b] (Full name of your character.)
[b]Alias:[/b] (Any alias or codenames your character goes by.)
[b]Gender:[/b] (Biological gender of your character.)
[b]Age:[/b] (Age of your character.)
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b] (Sexual orientation of your character.)
[b]Nationality:[/b] (The nationality of your character.)
[b]Position:[/b] (Hero, Villain, Vigilante, etc.)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (Give us some details of your character in each category as well as a picture if you want.)[list][i]Height:[/i]
[i]Weight:[/i]
[i]Out of Costume Description:[/i]
[i]Costume Description:[/i]
[spoiler=Pictures](Structure Pictures like this: [img](Put%20picture%20link%20here)[/img])[/spoiler][/list] [hr][/hr][b]Meta-Power:[/b] (What is your Meta-Power?)
[b]Subsidiary Powers:[/b] (What are other powers that can come from your main Meta-Power? I.E. A character with wind control can create wind drafts and currents for them to fly.)
[b]Limitations:[/b] (Are there any conditions or limitations to your Meta-Power usage?)
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] (What is a weakness that affects you and your ability to use power?)
[b]Skills:[/b] (What are the non-Meta Power based skills?)
[b]Job:[/b] (What is your job in society (aside from being a hero/villain) if you have one? I.E. "Klark Cent works as a reporter for a local news company" or you can work as possibly a teacher for other metahumans.)
[b]Notability :[/b] (How famous or infamous is your character?)
[b]Equipment:[/b] (What is the equipment your character has?)
[hr][/hr][b]Personality:[/b] (How would you use describe your character's personality?)
[b]Goals:[/b] (What goals does your character strive for?)
[b]Setbacks:[/b] (What trials and tribulations keep your character from their goal?)
[hr][/hr][b]Biography:[/b] (What is the biography of your character?)[/box]
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