The "Ultimate DC Universe" RPG, Season 3.0: Sign-Up/OOC Thread

[Catman_prb]

Can't think of anyone who's done Dr. Alchemy.

 

[Batman]

I'm working on an application for the Martian Manhunter, what should I know?

He has the same set of powers, though he resides in Florida as a detective, and instead of cookies, he has an affinity for liquor. The Government (specifically, Manchester Black) figured him out to be a martian, and has blackmailed him into becoming an agent for their bureau by saying that they have proof that there is still life on Mars. Up until this season, he was recruiting other metahumans for a team that was going to end up being The Justice League. He had already recruited Flash and was on his way to seek out Superman.

Well, that sort of took a turn when he was sought out by Despero as one of the more powerful beings on the planet. He was sent to Earth-2, where he and the rest of the JLA are currently stuck until they figure out a way home. He defeated his own evil counterpart, a White Martian, and joined Superman and Green Lantern into finding the others.

Now, they're in Earth-2's Gotham, fighting a futuristic police force so they can save Batman from his counterpart.

So, yeah. Fun all around!

 

[Batman]

Damn....wanted to go fully unexplored....back to the drawing board. Has anyone done an Ultimate Dr. Alchemy then? Just think of the possibilities....heh.

Dr. Alchemy has not been touched upon as of yet. You're free to start a clean slate with him.

 

[Mercy]

Is it too late to apply for another character?

 

[Batman]

MST... hate to be a bother to you, man, but The Flash is in Earth-2's Gotham. Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, J'onn, and Flash are all on Earth-2. I'm not sure if you've changed it or not, and if you have, I'll edit this post... but I think Atom's still on Earth-1.

So, yeah. Might be a problem.

And to answer your question Harley, no, it's not too late to apply for other characters. But I think you need to cut back on using so many characters in the first place. Applying for another one is fine, and I'm cool with that, but NPCing so many others is beginning to become a bit of a problem. Other players still need the chance to introduce these characters as PC's.

For the record, I didn't have a problem with Black Canary or Batgirl because, technically, they had already been used and established. So using them is, while cautionary, still not against the rules. It's the others aside from Zatanna that I'm talking about.

 

[MST3K 4ever]

MST... hate to be a bother to you, man, but The Flash is in Earth-2's Gotham. Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, J'onn, and Flash are all on Earth-2. I'm not sure if you've changed it or not, and if you have, I'll edit this post... but I think Atom's still on Earth-1.

So, yeah. Might be a problem.

And to answer your question Harley, no, it's not too late to apply for other characters. But I think you need to cut back on using so many characters in the first place. Applying for another one is fine, and I'm cool with that, but NPCing so many others is beginning to become a bit of a problem. Other players still need the chance to introduce these characters as PC's.

For the record, I didn't have a problem with Black Canary or Batgirl because, technically, they had already been used and established. So using them is, while cautionary, still not against the rules. It's the others aside from Zatanna that I'm talking about.

Not a prob...It's fixed and right now I am just looking for something for my character to do since eveyrone is on Earth-2

 

[Catman_prb]

The Question isn't.

 

[MST3K 4ever]

The Question isn't.

Well then....let's see about having the two characters meet.

 

[MST3K 4ever]

Is this the end of this RPG?

 

[Green Lantern]

Not yet, but:

 

[RamsesIII]

This might not be a passable character for so many reasons (especially for yours truly, a first poster), but I think she's a lot of fun with tons of untapped potential. Sorry if I'm wrong.
Screen name: RamsesIII

Character you would like to play: The Quiz (from Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol arc, "The Painting that Ate Paris")

Powers: "every power you haven't thought of" (basically, when you shout a power she loses it)

Hero, Villain, or Walking The Line?: Villain

Basic history of the character: Originally she was a Japanese woman who gained her powers from the gene bomb from the Invasion! crossover, but for obvious reasons, that origin has to be scrapped. So this Quiz will be a Japanese mutant.

Three reasons why you have chosen that character:

1. She is a genuinely original and interesting character with limitless possibilities.

2. Grant Morrison is, like all British writers, god.

3. Who doesn't love the Brotherhood of Dada?

What do you plan on doing with this character as a person? (IE: How are you 'utlimizing' him or her?): Hopefully offseting her ridiculous number of powers, I'm going to give her more phobias than just germaphobia. She'll also be afraid of Michael Jackson songs, Edgar Allan poetry, and maybe some more phobias that come up along the way. She was not very expanded to begin with (no real name,) so the ultimitization will be admittedly minor. Also, making her a solo character instead of part of a team should be interesting.

Please provide two complete sentences explaining what you can bring to this RPG (as a player): As soon as I enter a room, there are sure to be adverbs, semicolons, and parentheses galore (my english teachers hated me.) Perhaps more reasonably, I can bring RPGing experience.

What fonts do you plan to use for your character’s speech?:Book Antiqua

Character sample post (Three paragraphs and one line of dialogue, at minimum): The Quiz looks at her surroundings. The gook of Gotham frightens her. She can almost fell it seep into her lungs. If not for her gas mask, she would go mad. If not for her gown that putrid mess would touch her. She shudders at the thought and continues walking, clinging to her gown.

A man nearby her sneezes. He thinks, "I would really like to listen to that Michael Jackson song..."

Before he can finish his thought, he spontaneously combusts.

The Quiz couldn't resist. No one expects the power to spontaneously combust...

No one.

She wonders if a date might take her mind off her surroundings. From around the wing Mercutio appears.

"If love be rough with you, be rough with love!" Mercutio yells to the world, without caring at all of it.


"Ooh... Mercutio! If only you weren't so... dirty." with a wave of her hand Mercutio vanishes. It dawns on her that all the world is her oyster. If only she weren't so afraid of it.

Please provide a picture to be used for the roster:

 

[Catman_prb]

Approved.

 

[Mercy]

'ULTIMATE DC UNIVERSE' RPG Application.

Screen name: Kara Kent

Character you would like to play: Lana Lang aka Misfit

Powers: Super strength, blue plasma bolts, speed, flight and gloves grant blue force fields. Trained at martial arts and fencing.

Hero, Villain, or Walking The Line?: Hero

Basic history of the character:

Lana's birth town was Smallville, but at the age of one, Lana was moved to Gotham with her mother and father. Lana grew up with childhood friend Rachel Dawes. Her father was a successful businessman at Queen Industries, earning lots of money. Lana had intense fencing and martial arts training at her boarding school.
The money he got and the experiments at Queen Industries soon went to her father's head and he became sick in the head. He tried to murder Lana and her mother but failed, thus being arrested. Lana used Robert Queen's "Prometheus" technology, which harnesses alien DNA to give an individual super-human abilities, on herself, so she could steal money and give to her Mother.

But she soon realized what she was doing wrong, after she gained thousands of Dollars and moved to Metropolis. She now works at the Daily Planet. She has recently gained the alias Nightwing.

Three reasons why you have chosen that character:

1. She's a cool character

2. I love how she's portrayed in comics and Smallville.

3. I think she needs more attention in the UDC

What do you plan on doing with this character as a person? (IE: How are you 'utlimizing' him or her?): I plan on making her the heroine she's always wanted to be. I also plan to make her less involved with Superman, seeing how her life would of turned out.

Please provide two complete sentences explaining what you can bring to this RPG (as a player): As a play I can bring a bimbo and a female.

What fonts do you plan to use for your character’s speech?:
Century Gothic, Pale Blue

Character sample post (Three paragraphs and one line of dialogue, at minimum):

Lana Lang. Business reporter at the Daily Planet. Misfit. Night hero of Metropolis.

****​

Lana Lang sat down onto her small chair, facing her desk. She carefully shifted aside a stack of papers and observed her computer screen. Lana typed away, until, she found what she was looking for.
"What!? 'Mysterious acts in Metropolis at Night re-occur'....wow, the Daily Star really does need a new writer" Lana muttered to herself. In the corner of her eye, Lana could see someone in the dark shadows. Lana thought she was meant to be alone. It's after closing time at the Daily Planet and Perry only allowed Lana to stay behind. Who could it be? Lana slowly got up, she turned herself around. Glaring at Lana, was a female, slender figure.


Lana decided to make the first move. She lunged forward, hands first. Lana and the dark figure slammed to the floor.
"Reveal yourself" Lana growled. Lana felt her hands round the person's neck. She suddenly felt a fool of herself. What if this person was the cleaner? Or another worker who Perry said they could stay behind? Lana climbed off the figure and leaned against the desk, cracking a nervous laugh.

The figure slowly got up, still in the shadows. Lana switched on a lamp which was placed on a nearby desk. The figure stepped forward. Lana tried to see who it was, considering half there face was in the shadows. Lana could make out the figure was a female person.
"If you've got nothing to hide, why don't you come out?"
A chuckle was heard, a joyful one, not a sinister one. Lana seemed confused, she stepped forward, she felt like blasting the female with her powers....but that would expose her.


"You never change, do you Lang?"
Rachel Dawes slowly walked towards Lana, grinning.
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Please provide a picture to be used for the roster:

 

[Catman_prb]

MB can handle this one.

 

[Andy C.]

I'd be all for having Lana Lang show up. But there are a couple of very big continuity gaps, with Luthor in particular.

Lex in UDC continuity is in the same age range as Clark and Lana, so it'd be pretty difficult for her father to be part of a corporation that Lex didn't even own yet. Also, Luthor didn't have access to any kind of alien tech (let alone alien DNA) until the arrival of Brainiac, well after Superman's in-costume debut.

And I know the name Nightwing was originally lifted from the Superman mythos, but that's just begging for trouble from all the folks who are waiting for Dick Grayson to be introduced.

 

[Mercy]

I'll tweak my app. I'll change it to something different. I can change the name if you want.

 

[Snapper_Carr]

nevermind....didn't work in continuity

 

[Snapper_Carr]

There...is that Ultimate enough? Kinda going with a mentally unstable version of Mimic/Taskmaster vibe here.

 

[Catman_prb]

Approved

 

[Snapper_Carr]

Thanks....I'll get a post up. (What have I gotten myself into? A psychotically obsessed character?? Jeez...what was I thinking??)

 

[Andy C.]

Cool concept, though you might want to scrunch the timeline a little bit--like, into a few months instead of years. From what I can remember, in this continuity there hadn't been any public superhumans before Superman, and that was only a year or two ago game-wise.

 

[Green Lantern]

Cool concept, though you might want to scrunch the timeline a little bit--like, into a few months instead of years. From what I can remember, in this continuity there hadn't been any public superhumans before Superman, and that was only a year or two ago game-wise.

Ahem. Flash was first.

 

[Andy C.]

My bad.

 

[Green Lantern]

You're right its your bad

 

[Batman]

No, it's your bad. If you hadn't made Flash first, no one would have any reason to ignore it.

Also, I'm dropping Sinestro for the moment. I'm intent to take the character back up for his specific purpose in an arc that's coming up later down the line, but right now, it seems pointless for me to have him if I'm not going to post. And I just don't have the time for what his story requires. I may take up a different character in his place for the moment, but I'm not entirely sure who it would be.