The "World of Heroes" DC RPG Season IV Signup/OOC Thread

[Green Lantern]

Are the Lantern's on the general hero frequency?

 

[Franklin Richards]

Yup.

 

[Green Lantern]

Good, gives me something to quip

 

[twylight]

Alright, P-Man I appreciate the trust.
*breathes deeply..no pressure..no pressure...*

Alright, I am more than willing to listen to your story idea, from what I've gathered you'd like make Dr. Fate a new person, one who's never been seen in the DCU before, correct?

That is the issue isn't it?
To an extent a certain amount of creative license is needed to evolve the RPG. This evolution propels it forward, not just in the gameplay it's self but also in the actual story telling. I totally agree with that, however as gamemaster I have to look past my own ideas and take into account what the players have expressed without going to drastic measures to decide.

This RPG was started with the purpose to be a place to create stories for mainstream DC Comics, over time the ‘rules’ have changed as have the ideas, but we’ve always kept the arcs and the characterizations in the RPG as close to the source as we could while still moving forward. What we are feeling now is the extreme growing pains of an RPG that has not changed and shifted as much as the comics it was based off of have. Many people are trying to stretch their wings within it, without hindering other players characters or ideas, that have not yet reached the level of wanting drastic changes.

The majority of the players keep their characters very close to the source from which they come or had come from, not very many changes have been made. For the few who did want change and the ability to play around with alternative ideas the One Universe RPG, The Ultimate DC RPG and the Multiverse RPG were created to satiate the desires of those few ready to take a leap into new character development.

On a personal level, I am more than willing to consider it further and perhaps even approve it, given the very negative feedback it has received. However, because of the large amount of backlash the idea has received I do not think that at this time it’s conducive to stretch the RPG farther along in its continuing evolution by going the route of self-created characters taking center stage or taking on the mantle of an already established character.

This is not only a upholding of the ‘rules’ we’ve all inherited from the beginning of this RPG, but also a reflection of the present mentality of the players within the RPG. This RPG is simply not ready for that leap yet, it is not yet treated as it’s own DC Comics continuity, merely it is treated as an almost completely enclosed extension of the DC Comics universe. A gifting of the present characters within the present DCU, nothing more and nothing less. In the future I truly hope we can move the storytelling of the RPG along and perhaps seperately from the DC Comics Universe it was based on.

This is not meant to constrain you as at this present time I have, of my own, a player-created character I am using as a plot device. However she will not be taking on the mantle of any established character, nor will she be a primary character, rather just an NPC. The line is this; no player-created characters may be allowed as primary characters, merely as supporting cast and plot devices. If at any time concern is expressed over a particular player created it will be reviewed then and a decision will be made, if it involves a GM, the decision will naturally be decided by the other GM’s with no favoritism or selectism will shown.


Purple Man I hope for you I have made the right decision and explained myself. If not feel free to ask questions. I really hope I make some sort of sense since it's late and I'm rather tired.

For everyone else I’d like to consider this matter closed. No comments please towards Purple Man about the matter.

 

[Batman]

Uh... wieg... mind if I edit? I sorta took Sinestro's response more seriously than it should've seemed, re-reading your post.

 

[wiegeabo]

Which one? When he bit Sinestro's head off, which I liked, sort of made him doubt himself, or the last post?

 

[Batman]

Which one? When he bit Sinestro's head off, which I liked, sort of made him doubt himself, or the last post?

...It was the one where he bit Sinestro's head off. But seeing everyone else's responses, I decided to leave it in.

 

[Speedball]

It seems like taking a 3 hour nap makes you miss alot.

 

[SuperFerret]

Can someone acknowledge J'onns arrival?

(That is so much fun.)

 

[Franklin Richards]

Heh. Well why do you think I've done it for every post I've done since 2002?

Cause it's fun.

 

[twylight]

.....You'd think Diana would be more suprised over Dinah's return AND her flying

 

[SuperFerret]

She's tired. Give her a break.

 

[twylight]

NO! You give ME a break!

I brought her back from the not-so-dead and crafted an entire world or her since before I had her killed in Season II.

YOU APPRECIATE MY WORK!

 

[wiegeabo]

Twylight's anger makes me cry.


And it kills kittens.

 

[SuperFerret]

Twylight's anger makes me cry.


And it kills kittens.

I love it when she's angry. I makes things more interesting.

 

[Green Lantern]

Twylight's anger makes me cry.


And it kills kittens.

No, the kittens are killed when you touch yourself at night

 

[Spike_x1]

I saw a kitty sleeping in the street today. It didn't even wake up after I hit it with my car. Again.

 

[Spike_x1]

BTW everyone, thank you all for not jumping into the scene with Superman and the Parasite at the moment. I have very little time on the computer this weekend to post, and LibrarianThorne also said that he'd be away (I don't know to what extent exactly), so I think we both appreciate not being put into a position where something's happening to our characters that we can't respond to in the immediate future. Right now, I'm just awaiting LT's response to my attack, but I might not get a chance to read it until Monday, so no need to hurry in the least.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Right, that's my closing post for the season up as The Joker. I plan to keep him in Arkham for a good part of next season. But don't worry, he'll still be very much active in the RPG.

 

[Apprentice]

.....You'd think Diana would be more suprised over Dinah's return AND her flying

I was going to comment on that in my next post, honest...I had it planned.

 

[The Question]

Hey guys. How long has it been since Ash Loomis posted?

 

[Franklin Richards]

Not since I re-joined last month.

 

[Harlekin]

I haven't seen a post from Ash in ages.

 

[Trigger]

There's a poster named Ash Loomis?

 

[The Question]

Yeah. He was our Blue Beetle.