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[[Image:Overshadow.gif|frame|The Overshadow]] | [[Image:Overshadow.gif|frame|The Overshadow]] | ||
− | '''''Do you know what a HERO is? <br> It's someone who gets other people | + | '''''Do you know what a HERO is? <br> It's someone who gets other people killed! <br> When the super HEROES of the world are blown to kingdom come by an unstoppable army of invading aliens, <br> Who will save the day? Who will take whatever means NECESSARY? ... EVIL ... <br><br> Freedom City and the Entire World hang in the balance, under the boot of the Star-Khan. <br> The only forces left alive to take on the alien menace are — the crafty — the self-serving — the super-villains! <br><br> Feel FEAR True Believers! <br> The FATE OF THE WORLD lies with the SCUM OF THE EARTH. <br> Held in this BAND OF STEEL!''''' |
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− | + | '''Welcome to Necessary Evil in Freedom City setting and campaign wiki.''' This wiki site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop superhero role-playing game using the M&M system called '''"Necessary Evil in Freedom City"'''. This site is a [[Wikipedia:Wiki|wiki]], which is a web page that can be editted by anyone with surfing the web! The goal of this wiki site is to form a repository of information about our game that is easily accessible and edittable to the entire game group. A "campaign series bible".<br> <br> | |
− | + | '''WHY NECESSARILY EVIL?''' <br> In Necessary Evil: Freedom City, a band of aliens lured Freedom City and the entire world’s superheroes into a cunning trap - killing or imprisoning the vast majority of them. The player characters are some of the only enhanced beings left to save the planet—supervillains! As the alien overlords’ policy is to turn or kill anyone exhibiting paranormal powers, the only option open for such individuals is turn "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold Benedict Arnold]", fight or flight! You can guess which option most villains choose…<br> '''The year is 2007.''' <br> ''3,453,628'' <br> Men, Women and Children survive. <br> And they're praying for heroes... <br> <br> | |
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'''CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS''' | '''CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS''' | ||
− | * '''[[Necessary Evil in Freedom City Back Issue Bin]]''': This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players | + | * '''[[Necessary Evil in Freedom City Back Issue Bin]]''': This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players. Necessary Evil in Freedom City [[Wikipedia:Serial|serial]] campaign is broken into story arcs. [[Wikipedia:Story_arc|What are Story Arcs]]? |
* [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SUPERS_Gang/ Necessary Evil in Freedom City Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. | * [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SUPERS_Gang/ Necessary Evil in Freedom City Yahoo Discussion]: This is where the group actively discusses game events, recaps as well as the planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat. | ||
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==Necessary Evil in Freedom City: Setting Background== | ==Necessary Evil in Freedom City: Setting Background== | ||
Set on the east coast of the [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]] – [[Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey]] – Freedom City's history dates back to colonial times when superhero first appeared there during the [[Wikipedia:Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. People with super-powers have existed throughout Earth’s history, but have become more prominent and numerous since the late 1930s. Freedom City is a particular epicenter for superhumans, but they are found in other cities and places around the world. <br> | Set on the east coast of the [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]] – [[Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey]] – Freedom City's history dates back to colonial times when superhero first appeared there during the [[Wikipedia:Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. People with super-powers have existed throughout Earth’s history, but have become more prominent and numerous since the late 1930s. Freedom City is a particular epicenter for superhumans, but they are found in other cities and places around the world. <br> | ||
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+ | There have been several key events in Freedom City's history. Two are of particular worth of note. | ||
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+ | * The first occured during what became known as '''the [[Terminus Invasion]]'''. The extra-dimensional tyrant known as [[Omega]] launched an invasion of the city, resulting in vast destruction and the deaths of several superheroes; including [[Centurion]]. The largest alliance of heroes ever seen united to repel the invaders. [[Mayor O’Connor]] repeals the [[Moore Act]], making superheroes legal in Freedom City once again. A grateful city welcomes their return with open arms. But Freedom City and the world mourn the loss of their greatest hero. <br> For Freedom to survive, she needs heroes...<br> | ||
+ | [[Image:Hr Freedom-City--New-Jersey.jpg|frame|Location of [[Freedom_City_Map|Freedom City]] within [[Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey]] ]] | ||
+ | * The second became known as '''[[Star-Khan]]'s Reign''' of the entire planet Earth!! It started just eleven years later on January 1st, 2005. The prospering Freedom League had just built a satellite headquarters dubbed “[[the Lighthouse]]” and greatly expanded its ranks to act as guardians of the entire world. [[Freedom Hall]] would become the team’s local outpost in Freedom City. And then… <br> The first ships appeared over every major city of the planet. <br> There was no prelude and no demands. The aliens just attacked. They were an amphibious protean, shape-shifting species from the dark planet [[Grue Prime]] that combined the nastiest aspects of sharks and crocodiles with an aggression matched by neither. They were the stuff of nightmares to most. People called them "[[Fins]]” with an entire [[Grue Unity]] made up of a number of client races ruled by the Grue with an iron fist and the aid of legions of soldier drones. The Unity’s technology, advanced, but largely stolen or mimicked from other civilizations they have assimilated. New York became a war zone, Tokyo burned, and even sunken [[Atlantis]] was rubbled and its ruler—the legendary the [[Sea King]]—slain. <br> Earth’s superheroes fought back immediately. The Fins were terrifying, but no one ever doubted the heroes would win out in the end. After all - the [[Grue]], other aliens, meglomaniacal masterminds, even [[Omega]] Lord of Terminus had tried to invade Earth many times before, and earth’s defenders had always emerged triumphant. The [[Freedom League]] and its allies—including numerous reserve and inactive members—manage to hold off the alien fleet. But the Fins possessed advanced technology and savage bloodlust, so the losses were heavy. <br> Earth began to worry.<br> | ||
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===the GOOD (heroes) === | ===the GOOD (heroes) === | ||
'''LAW ENFORCEMENT''' | '''LAW ENFORCEMENT''' | ||
− | * '''[[S.T.A.R.]]''' | + | * '''[[S.T.A.R.]]''' |
** [[“Bulldog” Maddicks]]: Captain Bill "Bulldog" Maddicks, Call Sign: Bulldog 1, commander of the S.T.A.R. Squad and leader of the "Bulldog Unit" of [[Super Max Armored Squad]]. | ** [[“Bulldog” Maddicks]]: Captain Bill "Bulldog" Maddicks, Call Sign: Bulldog 1, commander of the S.T.A.R. Squad and leader of the "Bulldog Unit" of [[Super Max Armored Squad]]. | ||
*** [[Bulldog 2]]: | *** [[Bulldog 2]]: | ||
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*** [[Bulldog 4]]: | *** [[Bulldog 4]]: | ||
*** [[Bulldog 5]]: | *** [[Bulldog 5]]: | ||
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'''Current superhuman residents of Freedom City''' | '''Current superhuman residents of Freedom City''' | ||
* ??? | * ??? | ||
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'''Concerned Citizens''' | '''Concerned Citizens''' | ||
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===the BAD (villains) === | ===the BAD (villains) === | ||
− | ''' | + | '''S.H.A.D.O.W.''' |
* [[Overshadow]] | * [[Overshadow]] | ||
** [[Pawns of Overshadow]] | ** [[Pawns of Overshadow]] | ||
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'''ON THE STREETS''' | '''ON THE STREETS''' | ||
* '''Known suspects include''': | * '''Known suspects include''': | ||
** Darwin's Stepson | ** Darwin's Stepson | ||
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'''INCARERATED''' | '''INCARERATED''' | ||
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===the UGLY (aliens)=== | ===the UGLY (aliens)=== | ||
'''ALIEN INVADERS''' <br> | '''ALIEN INVADERS''' <br> | ||
* '''KHANS Derogatory Terms for Humans''': Freebreeders, Carbons, <br> | * '''KHANS Derogatory Terms for Humans''': Freebreeders, Carbons, <br> | ||
* '''GRUE Derogatory Terms for Humans''': Pinkies, Waterbags, Oneshapes | * '''GRUE Derogatory Terms for Humans''': Pinkies, Waterbags, Oneshapes | ||
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'''[[The Star-Khan]]''' | '''[[The Star-Khan]]''' | ||
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** '''[[War-Lords]]''': | ** '''[[War-Lords]]''': | ||
** '''[[Battle-Masters]]''': special opts units | ** '''[[Battle-Masters]]''': special opts units | ||
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'''[[the GRUE UNITY]]''' | '''[[the GRUE UNITY]]''' | ||
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This list encompasses those that are known to have been captured by the Star-Khan. | This list encompasses those that are known to have been captured by the Star-Khan. | ||
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+ | ===the MISSING / UNKOWN=== | ||
+ | This list encompasses those that are unaccounted for since the Alien Reign began. | ||
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==NEWS & EVENTS== | ==NEWS & EVENTS== | ||
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==LOCATIONS OF INTEREST== | ==LOCATIONS OF INTEREST== | ||
===Notable areas, landmarks, institutions and businesses=== | ===Notable areas, landmarks, institutions and businesses=== | ||
− | '''Freedom City''' | + | '''[[Wikipedia:Freedom City|Freedom City]]''' is a fictional, city-based campaign setting for the roleplaying game ''Mutants and Masterminds''. It was designed by Steve Kenson, whose design philosophy for the setting seems based-on and in honor of several classic comic book icons and concepts. Set somewhere on the east coast of the United States - possibly New Jersey - Freedom City's history dates back to colonial times when super heroes first appeared there during the Revolutionary War. People with super-powers have existed throughout Earth’s history, but have become more prominent and numerous in the waning years of the 20th Century. Catastrophic events have always befallen Freedom City, in the past it's heroes protected it from conquerors such as the extra-dimensional tyrant known as Omega, who has launched invasion attempts on the city in the past but has yet to maintain a beachead. No one had, until the alien traitors came to earth! |
− | * [ | + | * [http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/super-vision/000251.php A Visitor’s Guide to Freedom City] |
− | + | * [http://64.17.155.164/2e_files/FC-encyclopedia.pdf Freedom City Encyclopedia] (PDF) | |
− | + | * [http://64.17.155.164/files/FreedomCityMap.pdf Map of Freedom City] (PDF, first edition) | |
− | + | * [[Freedom City Map]]: Freedom City's streets detailed and image of the city. (M&M Second Edition) | |
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====Neighborhoods & Boroughs of Freedom City==== | ====Neighborhoods & Boroughs of Freedom City==== | ||
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− | == | + | ==Resources== |
− | '''[[ | + | '''[[ANIMAL STATS]]''' Steve Kenson posted several new animals templates for M&M2e... Here they are for posterity. |
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+ | '''Freedom City''' is a fictional, city-based [[campaign]] [[setting]] for the [[roleplaying game]] ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]''. It was designed by [http://members.aol.com/talonmail/ Steve Kenson], whose design philosophy for the setting seems based-on and in honor of several classic comic book icons and concepts. | ||
* visit Green Ronin's home page: [http://www.greenronin.com/ Green Ronin Publishing] | * visit Green Ronin's home page: [http://www.greenronin.com/ Green Ronin Publishing] | ||
* visit Mutants and Masterminds' home page: [http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/index.php M&M "Headquarters"] | * visit Mutants and Masterminds' home page: [http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/index.php M&M "Headquarters"] | ||
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* What is a PC? [[Wikipedia:Player character|Player character]] | * What is a PC? [[Wikipedia:Player character|Player character]] | ||
* A player's guide to good super-team creation: [http://www.rpg.net/columns/timeout/timeout1.phtml The Starting Five] | * A player's guide to good super-team creation: [http://www.rpg.net/columns/timeout/timeout1.phtml The Starting Five] | ||
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A '''Wiki''' is a type of website that allows users to easily add and edit content. | A '''Wiki''' is a type of website that allows users to easily add and edit content. | ||
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* [[D20 Chase Rules]] | * [[D20 Chase Rules]] | ||
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==NEAT FACT-OIDS== | ==NEAT FACT-OIDS== | ||
− | + | ===POLICE RESPONSE TIMES=== | |
+ | * Rich Suburbs and Civic Centres: 4 minutes +1d20 rounds. | ||
+ | * Middle class suburbs, and entertainment centers: 8 minutes +1d20 rounds. | ||
+ | * Slums and low-class suburbs: 1d20 minutes. | ||
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==SPOILERS== | ==SPOILERS== |