Hey folks
I've just gotten my hands on Green Ronin's new DC Adventures game, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in playing in a PbP using it?
I have very little to say besides that because I've only started reading it, and I would like to see how many are interested and what they would like to play. My first inclination is a teen hero game, that's pretty big in scope, but if everyone wants to play street level characters, that's not going to work as well, at least at first.
So I'd like to hear what people are interested if anything. Don't be shy! I'd be cool to run with as little as 2 players, heck maybe even just one.
I'm really surprised that no one's shown interest. Ok well I'm going to post up two ideas I had for a campaign, one is taken from the examples in the book.
Legacy of the Bat. Setting: Futuristic Gotham City. Power level: 8-10
For years, Batman has been missing or dead, his allies seemingly gone and his city spirals deeper in crime and corruption. All will be for nothing unless a new generation of heroes remembers the legacy of "The Bat" and takes up his crusade. Will these new heroes take on the mantles of legends like Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, Oracle and Huntress? Will a new group of Outsiders form to safeguard Gotham? and will they learn what happened to their namesakes?
inspired by: Batman Beyond
The Big Leagues. Setting: Modern. Power level: 10-12
In the wake of crisis after crisis that has plagued the Earth, the league has chosen to expand. Forming a number of teams across the Globe, the Justice League has taken the next step to help safe guard the world, and you are one of these new teams.
Inspired by: Justice League, Unlimited, The Avengers Initiative.
A note on heroes: The game does provide stats to play as established heroes and I am going to allow playing any of them except "the Big three) (Bats [Unless its the first game, then I can consider. but it's still a tough sell.] , Supes and Wonder Woman) or you are more than welcome to make your own. Do either of these options interest anyone?
Is there a SRD or anything for the DC system? I've never heard of it but I do like reading books I'll probably never play. I'm a big fan of Mutants and Masterminds. MM2e was the first PBP I ran for a short while here.
i would be interested if i can get my hands on the book, pdf, or SRD!
the first one sounds better to me, i would want to make my own instead of playing an established character, plus the darker feel appeals to me.
hey guys, quick jump in from work, there is a PDF. You can get it from Green Ronin's website for 20 bucks, I'm sure drivethru rpg would have it, other sites to probably. there's a book to, also at Green Ronin and maybe your FLGS. No SRD yet.
I'd be interested in playing, just have to pick up a copy of the pdf first. I like the sound of the first setting more as well, more of a chance for moral ambiguity and the other things that make superheroes interesting.
I would be really up for a Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Ed game, but I don't have the DC adventures book either. (I am a DC comics fan, and collect Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Gotham City Sirens, and Wonder Woman.)
IIRC, the system is fairly similar, just some of the stat generation and the like are different that I have no idea how to create a character--and I wonder if that's why only a few folks have responded as well.
I note you say you've got the stats for pregen heroes, so maybe the solution would be to provide character templates so people don't have to worry about character generation?
I'm iffy about copying the pages from the book as it is still copyrighted materials.
I'll admit I started looking into other sites to run this game because up till now the interest seemed minimal. but if I do choose a different host I will pop the link up for anyone who is interested.
Quick count, who has access to M&M 2nd ed or to DC Adventures?
I have M&M2e, and I am interested. While I hesitate to mention this because I don't want to seem like I am selling somehting...the pdf versions are available on drivethrurpg.com if you need them. (9.99 right now)
I now have MM 2e and as of this afternoon DC adventures so am fine with either.
Good to see some interest. I have to admit that unless there is a huge outcry for 2nd Ed. That I am goin to use DC adventures.
So let's get some brainstorming going.
We'll stat with the Teen Titan game. Let's say Robin Has a new team brought together because of some crisis. What would you want to see with this game? What kind of heroes would you want to be? On the topic mentioned above, I think a teen gorilla would be great.
Now the legacy game. I think that's a key word. How do you come to your namesake? I think a shared origin would work for that. Thoughts?
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I haven't been able to get my hands on a copy of DC adventures yet, but the idea sounds neat, particularly the JLA unlimited concept.
The DCU is chock full of fun legacies to explore, and the most fun are the ones that only nod at their legacy in passing, like a character who is empowered by a chunk of Kryptonian technology she found, and so becomes a 'Superman legacy' despite not being even a little bit Kryptonian, and being more of a gadgeteer archetype, or an 'Aquaman legacy' who is an archaeologist who found some ancient Atlantean tablets of arcane lore, and learned to unlock his own mystical potential from them. He can barely swim, and thinks that fish is something one has with chips and a nice lemon-butter sauce, but he's an Aquaman legacy nonetheless, because he uses Atlantean sorcery.
Someone empowered by Artemis could seem like a Wonder Woman legacy, until she whips out her bow and looks like a Green Arrow legacy! Turns out she's that rarest of birds, a superhero archer *with super-powers.* (In her case, superhuman strength, speed, accuracy, toughness and senses, making her a suitable champion for the goddess of the hunt.)
I'm a fan of superheroes though I've more experience with the Marvel Universe though am familiar with the big names of the DC World and seen some of the cartoons based on DC Universe.
I have access to the MM 2nd ed rules (and first ed rules).
It's been a few years since I made an M&M character and played this PbP.
You can mark me as interested.
I hope this idea can be revived. Another DC Adventures pbp I had joined has been put on indefinite hiatus. It's given me a taste for pbp games, so I'd like to keep going. If there's any chance this thing can get underway, I'd like to put my name in as someone interested.
I agree and am curious on how this idea turns out or develops into a campaign.
Hoping.
Hey folks.
I'm afraid I won't be starting up this game here, the honest truth is that I was looking into doing it here and over on another site, and the interest I found there clicked more with the style of game I wanted to play. (At the time, at least)
I apologize to those who are interested, something may come up in the future, but right now I want to focus on keeping my other PbPs here up to speed and quality.
(that said, my forgotten realms game is looking for 2 players if anyone is interested. Please go post in the ad for it if you are!)