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[[Category:PBP]] | [[Category:PBP]] | ||
[[Category:RPU]] | [[Category:RPU]] | ||
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[[Category:FASERIP]] | [[Category:FASERIP]] | ||
[[Category:Marvel Super-Heroes]] | [[Category:Marvel Super-Heroes]] | ||
− | + | [[File:SomeAssemblyRequired.jpg|right|frame|Art by Ziven of Nine]]''Some Assembly Required'' is an Avengers PBP game set on Marvel Universe Earth-2015 and run using TSR's ''Marvel Super-Heroes'' RPG (FASERIP). The original pitch by [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?141088-Bellerophon Bellerophon] is: | |
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[http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?142455-Bunch Bunch] as '''Moon Knight''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19180650#post19180650 FASERIP]/ICONS AE) | [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?142455-Bunch Bunch] as '''Moon Knight''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19180650#post19180650 FASERIP]/ICONS AE) | ||
− | [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?63423-Captain-Astounding Captain Astounding] as '''Dr. Druid''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19178378#post19178378 FASERIP]/ICONS AE | + | [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?63423-Captain-Astounding Captain Astounding] as '''Dr. Druid''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19178378#post19178378 FASERIP]/ICONS AE) |
[http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?114784-Dogr_Dollarsson Dogr_Dollarsson] as '''Titanium Man''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19258097#post19258097 FASERIP]/ICONS AE) | [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?114784-Dogr_Dollarsson Dogr_Dollarsson] as '''Titanium Man''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19258097#post19258097 FASERIP]/ICONS AE) | ||
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[http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?159021-drreamscape drreamscape] as '''Wasp''' (inactive) | [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?159021-drreamscape drreamscape] as '''Wasp''' (inactive) | ||
− | [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?4541-Fred Fred] as '''Thor''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19178773#post19178773 FASERIP]) and '''Gray Hulk''' | + | [http://forum.rpg.net/member.php?4541-Fred Fred] as '''Thor''' ([http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19178773#post19178773 FASERIP]) and '''Gray Hulk''' |
[https://forum.rpg.net/member.php?62442-GetterBurai GetterBurai] as '''Tigra''' ([https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19880357#post19880357 FASERIP]) | [https://forum.rpg.net/member.php?62442-GetterBurai GetterBurai] as '''Tigra''' ([https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?760750-FASERIP-Avengers-Some-Assembly-Required&p=19880357#post19880357 FASERIP]) | ||
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* The mutant terrorist known only as '''Magneto''' makes his first public show of force, his terrorist group the '''Brotherhood of Mutants''' triggering an EMP in Lansing, Michigan that leaves thousands of Americans without power for weeks. Federal response is heavily criticized for its unpreparedness for the disaster. Public opinion is dire for the rising Mutant Menace, with reports of more mutants appearing every week. Geneticist '''Charles Xavier''' urges caution, claiming that "we know so little about these mutants, considering them a threat would be premature." | * The mutant terrorist known only as '''Magneto''' makes his first public show of force, his terrorist group the '''Brotherhood of Mutants''' triggering an EMP in Lansing, Michigan that leaves thousands of Americans without power for weeks. Federal response is heavily criticized for its unpreparedness for the disaster. Public opinion is dire for the rising Mutant Menace, with reports of more mutants appearing every week. Geneticist '''Charles Xavier''' urges caution, claiming that "we know so little about these mutants, considering them a threat would be premature." | ||
* Troubled American scientist '''Henry Pym''' loses his wife Maria at the hands of secret police on a trip to her native Hungary. Pym, deeply affected and suffering a psychotic break as a result of his lifelong schizophrenia vows to find some way to battle man's descent into inhumanity. | * Troubled American scientist '''Henry Pym''' loses his wife Maria at the hands of secret police on a trip to her native Hungary. Pym, deeply affected and suffering a psychotic break as a result of his lifelong schizophrenia vows to find some way to battle man's descent into inhumanity. | ||
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===2005=== | ===2005=== | ||
* Professor Xavier secretly trains five teenagers as the original '''X-Men''', to help give a positive counterpoint to the anti-mutant hysteria following Magneto's attacks. (Note: the general public isn't aware that blue-furred Avenger '''Beast''' is a mutant, or that he was a member of this original team.) | * Professor Xavier secretly trains five teenagers as the original '''X-Men''', to help give a positive counterpoint to the anti-mutant hysteria following Magneto's attacks. (Note: the general public isn't aware that blue-furred Avenger '''Beast''' is a mutant, or that he was a member of this original team.) | ||
* Pym, having narrowly avoided a mandatory hospital stay, has a scientific breakthrough — he discovers a group of subatomic particles he names Pym Particles. Managing to use these particles to create size-changing serums, Hank's test run nearly ends in death when he becomes trapped within an anthill. | * Pym, having narrowly avoided a mandatory hospital stay, has a scientific breakthrough — he discovers a group of subatomic particles he names Pym Particles. Managing to use these particles to create size-changing serums, Hank's test run nearly ends in death when he becomes trapped within an anthill. | ||
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===2008=== | ===2008=== | ||
* '''Greer Grant''' begins attending the University of Chicago. | * '''Greer Grant''' begins attending the University of Chicago. | ||
* Having become obsessed by his experience in the ant hill, Hank had spent the past 3 years qualifying in record time in entomology, engineering and other related fields; he creates a cybernetic helmet that allows him to communicate with insects. | * Having become obsessed by his experience in the ant hill, Hank had spent the past 3 years qualifying in record time in entomology, engineering and other related fields; he creates a cybernetic helmet that allows him to communicate with insects. | ||
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===2009=== | ===2009=== | ||
* Four amateur astronauts return from the first privately funded space flight with mysterious abilities granted through cosmic radiation. They save New York from subterranean invasion and begin careers as "Science Adventurers," dubbed the '''Fantastic Four'''. This marks the beginning of the so-called "Age of Heroes". | * Four amateur astronauts return from the first privately funded space flight with mysterious abilities granted through cosmic radiation. They save New York from subterranean invasion and begin careers as "Science Adventurers," dubbed the '''Fantastic Four'''. This marks the beginning of the so-called "Age of Heroes". | ||
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* Greer Grant marries policeman Bill Nelson. | * Greer Grant marries policeman Bill Nelson. | ||
* '''Dr. Joanne Tumolo''' begins researching the hidden potential in human biology displayed in the emerging population of superhuman marvels. She receives funding from eccentric investor '''Malcolm Donalbain''' — secretly a '''HYDRA''' asset intending to subvert her work to create superhuman criminal agents. | * '''Dr. Joanne Tumolo''' begins researching the hidden potential in human biology displayed in the emerging population of superhuman marvels. She receives funding from eccentric investor '''Malcolm Donalbain''' — secretly a '''HYDRA''' asset intending to subvert her work to create superhuman criminal agents. | ||
* Discovering that a government contract he had been hired to work on was infiltrated by North Korean agents, Hank secretly uses his serum and helmet to sabotage them. The incident is investigated but no proof of intervention is found. | * Discovering that a government contract he had been hired to work on was infiltrated by North Korean agents, Hank secretly uses his serum and helmet to sabotage them. The incident is investigated but no proof of intervention is found. | ||
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* Proving her underestimated deductive skills, Pym is caught by Vernon's daughter '''Janet van Dyne'''. Despite Hank's protests she insists she be allowed to participate in stopping the Kreature that killed her father. Folding to her forceful personality, Hank invests her with insect wings and antennae and gives her a pair of energy blasting gloves as the Winsome '''Wasp'''! | * Proving her underestimated deductive skills, Pym is caught by Vernon's daughter '''Janet van Dyne'''. Despite Hank's protests she insists she be allowed to participate in stopping the Kreature that killed her father. Folding to her forceful personality, Hank invests her with insect wings and antennae and gives her a pair of energy blasting gloves as the Winsome '''Wasp'''! | ||
* Ant-Man and the Wasp defeat the Kreature, becoming some of the first public heroes of the new age. | * Ant-Man and the Wasp defeat the Kreature, becoming some of the first public heroes of the new age. | ||
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* Dr. Tumolo leaves Chicago to follow other lines of research on the origins of super powers, particularly the work of forgotten but forward-thinking 20th century biologist '''Herbert Wyndham'''. Her search for more fragments of his work lead her to cross paths with a similarly interested enclave of the enigmatic '''Cat People''', who she befriends. | * Dr. Tumolo leaves Chicago to follow other lines of research on the origins of super powers, particularly the work of forgotten but forward-thinking 20th century biologist '''Herbert Wyndham'''. Her search for more fragments of his work lead her to cross paths with a similarly interested enclave of the enigmatic '''Cat People''', who she befriends. | ||
* With Janet having thrown herself with gusto into life as a superheroine, becoming beloved and respected, Hank instead threw himself further into seeking a scientific end to man's descent. The end result of that quest is the artificially intelligence '''Ultron''', intended to be a non violent solution to the risks of human policing. | * With Janet having thrown herself with gusto into life as a superheroine, becoming beloved and respected, Hank instead threw himself further into seeking a scientific end to man's descent. The end result of that quest is the artificially intelligence '''Ultron''', intended to be a non violent solution to the risks of human policing. | ||
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* The Ultron prototype disappears mysteriously. | * The Ultron prototype disappears mysteriously. | ||
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===2012=== | ===2012=== | ||
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* ''The Cat's last hunt'': Dr. Tumolo returns to enlist the Cat's aid in preventing HYDRA obtaining an esoteric bioweapon created by the now regretful Cat People; fatally wounded during the mission, Grant's life is saved by a mystical ritual transforming her into the feline warrior '''Tigra''', who eventually destroys the HYDRA cell (with the accidental aid of an unexpectedly appearing '''werewolf by night'''...). | * ''The Cat's last hunt'': Dr. Tumolo returns to enlist the Cat's aid in preventing HYDRA obtaining an esoteric bioweapon created by the now regretful Cat People; fatally wounded during the mission, Grant's life is saved by a mystical ritual transforming her into the feline warrior '''Tigra''', who eventually destroys the HYDRA cell (with the accidental aid of an unexpectedly appearing '''werewolf by night'''...). | ||
* The Avengers defeat '''Heinrich Zemo''' and his '''Masters of Evil''', unfortunately leading to his accidental death. | * The Avengers defeat '''Heinrich Zemo''' and his '''Masters of Evil''', unfortunately leading to his accidental death. | ||
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===2013=== | ===2013=== | ||
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* The Avengers defeat the time-traveller '''Kang''', who attempted to hold the United Nations captive until they voted him into a "supreme sovereign," based on his flawed understanding of how the 21st century UN worked. | * The Avengers defeat the time-traveller '''Kang''', who attempted to hold the United Nations captive until they voted him into a "supreme sovereign," based on his flawed understanding of how the 21st century UN worked. | ||
* With Giant Man having been handily defeated in the battle against Kang, Hank retires the identity, becoming '''Goliath'''! | * With Giant Man having been handily defeated in the battle against Kang, Hank retires the identity, becoming '''Goliath'''! | ||
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===2014=== | ===2014=== | ||
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* The Earth's heroes defeat the world-eater '''Galactus''', saving the entire planet from certain destruction. | * The Earth's heroes defeat the world-eater '''Galactus''', saving the entire planet from certain destruction. | ||
* Shaken by the Galactus event, Tigra attempts to return to a civilian life in Chicago as Greer Nelson again. | * Shaken by the Galactus event, Tigra attempts to return to a civilian life in Chicago as Greer Nelson again. | ||
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* The Galactus event broke Hank, he fell ever further into psychosis then disappears. | * The Galactus event broke Hank, he fell ever further into psychosis then disappears. | ||
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* Dashing new hero '''Yellowjacket''' emerges! He claims he will give the world a hero they could be proud of and resolves to join the Avengers. Having created a dangerous stunt to convince the Avengers they needed him, Yellowjacket is revealed as Hank Pym and sent to a secure psychiatric facility for rehabilitation. | * Dashing new hero '''Yellowjacket''' emerges! He claims he will give the world a hero they could be proud of and resolves to join the Avengers. Having created a dangerous stunt to convince the Avengers they needed him, Yellowjacket is revealed as Hank Pym and sent to a secure psychiatric facility for rehabilitation. | ||
* Banner successfully separates himself from the Hulk. The now Banner-less Hulk went on a rampage through New Mexico, while Banner became terminally ill. The Avengers stop the Hulk and the Green Goliath and Banner are reunited, but interference from General Ross and Rick Jones leads to the return of the gray Hulk. | * Banner successfully separates himself from the Hulk. The now Banner-less Hulk went on a rampage through New Mexico, while Banner became terminally ill. The Avengers stop the Hulk and the Green Goliath and Banner are reunited, but interference from General Ross and Rick Jones leads to the return of the gray Hulk. | ||
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===2015=== | ===2015=== | ||
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* Discovering there are still gamma bombs in existence, Hulk join forces with Rick Jones and a SHIELD agent to find and destroy them. The Leader, who was stockpiling the bombs, detonates one of them and the Hulk seemingly die. | * Discovering there are still gamma bombs in existence, Hulk join forces with Rick Jones and a SHIELD agent to find and destroy them. The Leader, who was stockpiling the bombs, detonates one of them and the Hulk seemingly die. | ||
* Tigra travels to California following reports of a werewolf on the rampage, and meets '''Spider-Woman'''. | * Tigra travels to California following reports of a werewolf on the rampage, and meets '''Spider-Woman'''. | ||
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* The Avengers defeat the combined menace of the '''Mandarin''' and the dragon '''Fin Fang Foom'''. | * The Avengers defeat the combined menace of the '''Mandarin''' and the dragon '''Fin Fang Foom'''. | ||
* The Avengers are drawn into the Great Galactic War. They are ultimately victorious, but not without cost (including the deaths of '''Captain Mar-Vell''' and '''Medusa the Inhuman'''). | * The Avengers are drawn into the Great Galactic War. They are ultimately victorious, but not without cost (including the deaths of '''Captain Mar-Vell''' and '''Medusa the Inhuman'''). | ||
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* Under orders to stay out the Galactic War for the sake of his mental health, Hank forsakes the life of superheroism, declaring to the world he will henceforth just be '''Dr. Pym'''! | * Under orders to stay out the Galactic War for the sake of his mental health, Hank forsakes the life of superheroism, declaring to the world he will henceforth just be '''Dr. Pym'''! | ||
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===2016=== | ===2016=== | ||
* A mourning '''Black Bolt''' abdicates his throne and embarks on a journey to reconsider his future. | * A mourning '''Black Bolt''' abdicates his throne and embarks on a journey to reconsider his future. | ||
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* As part of post-war armistice, the Avengers expand their charter to include outpost divisions among numerous world cities. | * As part of post-war armistice, the Avengers expand their charter to include outpost divisions among numerous world cities. | ||
* The Hulk is re-recruited for the Avengers. | * The Hulk is re-recruited for the Avengers. | ||
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* Avengers (re-)Assemble! | * Avengers (re-)Assemble! | ||
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=='''Story Arcs'''== | =='''Story Arcs'''== | ||
Summaries by Captain Astounding. | Summaries by Captain Astounding. | ||
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There was an official meeting of the new lineup under Chairwoman Van Dyne (the Wasp) to vote on Spider-Man's membership. He had been sponsored by Ms Marvel (Carol Danvers) who abstained, Dr. Druid who was seemingly annoyed about some change in official software was against but talked into abstention. The Vote hinges on Namor... | There was an official meeting of the new lineup under Chairwoman Van Dyne (the Wasp) to vote on Spider-Man's membership. He had been sponsored by Ms Marvel (Carol Danvers) who abstained, Dr. Druid who was seemingly annoyed about some change in official software was against but talked into abstention. The Vote hinges on Namor... | ||
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The whole God of Mischief thing caused some concern when Loki tried to pick up the Ebony Blade that Garrett had dropped, Wanda cast a hex to stop it, and Spider-Man stepped in to take up the sword, but will it be safe? | The whole God of Mischief thing caused some concern when Loki tried to pick up the Ebony Blade that Garrett had dropped, Wanda cast a hex to stop it, and Spider-Man stepped in to take up the sword, but will it be safe? | ||
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For those following at home we somehow survived the battle against a C'thon-powered Morgan Le Fay and the combined skills of Dr. Druid, and the mysterious medical skills of Thor saved The Black Knight (...the villainous uncle of the famous one...) from death by internal bleeding. The mysterious Kid Loki was remanded into Avengers custody until they could uncover the secrets he held. This meant he was forced to be babysat by Dr. Druid when the Avengers investigated a series of disappearances, including Wonder Man and Dane Whitman (the famous Nephew of the villainous Black Knight) and some woman called Alicia Masters? A-list guest star The Thing seemed pretty fond of her. He told neighbourhood heroes Thor and Spider-Man that her dad was some kind of master of Puppets? It's probably not important... | For those following at home we somehow survived the battle against a C'thon-powered Morgan Le Fay and the combined skills of Dr. Druid, and the mysterious medical skills of Thor saved The Black Knight (...the villainous uncle of the famous one...) from death by internal bleeding. The mysterious Kid Loki was remanded into Avengers custody until they could uncover the secrets he held. This meant he was forced to be babysat by Dr. Druid when the Avengers investigated a series of disappearances, including Wonder Man and Dane Whitman (the famous Nephew of the villainous Black Knight) and some woman called Alicia Masters? A-list guest star The Thing seemed pretty fond of her. He told neighbourhood heroes Thor and Spider-Man that her dad was some kind of master of Puppets? It's probably not important... | ||
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While Dr. Druid scrambles desperately to stay alive in the face of her fury, the secretly invisible Kid Loki frees the prisoners, it seems they may be winning when Whirlwind, Blizzard, and Grim Reaper appear Blizzard quickly proves a non factor but Grim Reaper lands a nasty blow, and Countess Nefaria turns to finish the job when... | While Dr. Druid scrambles desperately to stay alive in the face of her fury, the secretly invisible Kid Loki frees the prisoners, it seems they may be winning when Whirlwind, Blizzard, and Grim Reaper appear Blizzard quickly proves a non factor but Grim Reaper lands a nasty blow, and Countess Nefaria turns to finish the job when... | ||
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=='''House Rules'''== | =='''House Rules'''== | ||
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==='''Karma'''=== | ==='''Karma'''=== | ||
Traditionally, Karma serves the double-purpose of being both an in-game resource and an advancement resource, which leads to somewhat crappy situations where the characters that need Karma least are the ones using it for advancement. I propose that there be two separate pools of Karma - one normal pool for use in-game, and one of "spent" Karma which then becomes available to be used for advancement. This encourages heroes to be heroic, and I think fits the genre better than hoarding Karma. | Traditionally, Karma serves the double-purpose of being both an in-game resource and an advancement resource, which leads to somewhat crappy situations where the characters that need Karma least are the ones using it for advancement. I propose that there be two separate pools of Karma - one normal pool for use in-game, and one of "spent" Karma which then becomes available to be used for advancement. This encourages heroes to be heroic, and I think fits the genre better than hoarding Karma. | ||
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=='''Karma Awards'''== | =='''Karma Awards'''== | ||
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Druid and Moony: 155 for each of you, plus 25 for each of you for rescuing Arnie, plus another 25 when Dr. Strange removes his tumor via your actions. | Druid and Moony: 155 for each of you, plus 25 for each of you for rescuing Arnie, plus another 25 when Dr. Strange removes his tumor via your actions. | ||
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