AGE OF WONDERS - "The IMPERIALS"
GREETINGS, children of vanquished and colonised nations the world o'er.
Welcome to this telling of our exciting picture-periodical for boys and girls. And let us bid a special welcome to those poorer children who, in four or five years time, will be gratefully reminisce these words in a creased and dog-eared copy of our transcripted publication, perhaps donated to their orphanage or borstal by local Rotarians. To all such urchins of the future, and to our educated audience of the present day, we wish you many happy fireside hours in the memorium of the thrills and chuckles inwhich we shall play, though let us not forget the many serious, morally instuctive points there are within this narracitve: firstly, women are always going on and making a fuss. Secondly, the German and Chinese are brilliant, but evil. Lastly, laudanum, taken in moderation is good for the eyesight and prevents kidney-stones. With these dictums in mind, allow us to wish both many hours of pictorial pleasure.
LONDON, Eighteen Hundred Eighty Nine.
The Victorian Era is in it's latter day, as the last decade of the 19th century begins to open. It is a time of great change in an age of stagnation, a period of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It has been too long since heroes walked this land.
And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mighties heroes found themselves united against a common threat! On that day, the IMPERIALS were born -- to fight the foes no single Man Of Renown could withstand!
HUZZAH!
Thus we begin our first remarkable and rousing serial narrative... The first edition of our new Boys' Picture Monthly will begin this arresting yarn. If man ye be and not some craven dog of Flanders, then in GOD's name do not fail to reserve your seat at the table for this edition of our Great Game of illustrated chap-book.
With Best Regards, I remain, a friend and confidant to boys everywhere.
Long live the Queen!
Welcome to AGE OF WONDERS - "The IMPERIALS" 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 "The IMPERIALS". This site is a 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".
The London Trumpet: Herein one may read the weekly London Trumpet broadsheets truebelievers...
CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS
- The IMPERIALS Back Issue Bin: This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players. Included with each issue are the Power Point Awards and current total each Player Character should be built at. Necessary Evil in Freedom City serial campaign is broken into story arcs. What are Story Arcs? (NE in FC older issues)
- The IMPERIALS 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.
- The IMPERIALS Campaign Questions: These are the questions I asked each player to complete in simple 1-3 sentence answers.
Contents
AGE OF WONDERS: Setting Background
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IMPERIAL ROSTER
The Unknownable Spyder Man!
CIVILIAN IDENTITY: Pieter Benjerman Parkure
"Blah blah blah, this is where you write a short bio brief, who you are, why you are and what you're going to do about it..." ... (as played by Karl)
Thor God of Thunder
CIVILIAN IDENTITY: Dr. Donal Blake
"Blah blah blah, this is where you write a short bio brief, who you are, why you are and what you're going to do about it..." ... (as played by Brandon)
The Kingpin of London
CIVILIAN IDENTITY: Master Wilson Fisk
"Blah blah blah, this is where you write a short bio brief, who you are, why you are and what you're going to do about it... (as played by Adam)
The Lizard
CIVILIAN IDENTITY: Dr. Theodore Connors
"Blah blah blah, this is where you write a short bio brief, who you are, why you are and what you're going to do about it... (as played by Andrew)
the Sentry
CIVILIAN IDENTITY: Robert Reynolds
The IMPERIALS Past Team Members: Within are former heroes of the Empire.
WORLD AT LARGE
the GOOD (heroes)
the BAD (villains)
the UNKNOWN (neutral or unknown)
- Van Dye Industries: Textile creations owned by Madam Janet Van Dye.
NEWS & EVENTS
Projects & Plans
LOCATIONS OF INTEREST
Notable areas, landmarks, institutions and businesses
Neighborhoods & Boroughs of London
Suburbs & the Country outside London
Government, Corporate & Financial of London
The World Beyond
RESOURCE MATERIAL
- visit Green Ronin's home page: Green Ronin Publishing
- visit Mutants and Masterminds' home page: M&M "Headquarters"
- visit the M&M Forums: M&M Forum - "the Atomic Think Tank"
- What is M&M? Mutants and Masterminds
- M&M RPG.net Wiki
Avengers Resource
ANIMAL STATS Steve Kenson posted several new animals templates for M&M2e... Here they are for posterity.
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.
SPOILERS
- Kevin Perrine Campaign SPOILER Page: GM EYES ONLY, NOT for players of this campaign!!
