The AMERICAN GODS

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"In God We Trust" cover image
"Homecomings" cover image
"America's Most Wanted" cover image

HEAR ME SURVIVORS.

You change the world. You move mountains. You define music, fashion & entertainment.
YOU are Godlike.

Sinner or Saint. Revolutionary or Radical. Anarchist or Terrorist.
YOU are Godlike.

Walk among the clouds. Walk between the stars. Walk as gods.

Because YOU...... ARE Godlike.

-- Godlike Convocation


Welcome to the American Gods campaign wiki. This site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop superhero role-playing game called "American Gods" that uses the M&M system . This site is a wiki, a web page that can be edited by anyone surfing the web!
The goal of this site is to form a repository of information about our game easily accessible to and editable by the entire game group;
a "campaign series bible".

CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS

  • Back Issue Bin: This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players.
    The American Gods Serial Campaign is broken into Story Arcs.
  • American Gods Yahoo Group: Planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat.
    • Note ScratchPad: is a place to drop in game text/ideas to place at a later time. When one of us doesn't have time to find and format for the specific area we can drop it here. ANYONE that would like to find a home for this info and format it is WELCOME to do so.


Setting Background

Fundamentally the same as the real world, things in the American Gods campaign took a dramatic turn on September 11, 2001, with an extra, fourth plane hijacked from Boston Logan airport. This plane, too, went down, but everyone on it survived, though they were lost to consciousness for four years. When they wake up they come to be called, variously, The Survivors and The Godlike.

It soon becomes apparent that the Godlike have each awoken with a special power as, unwittingly, they begin to exhibit abilities such as superhuman strength, flight, healing touch and even clairvoyance. Eager to revisit their past and reunite with those they love, two worlds collide as these people, acclimated to the world before their coming, are forced to deal with the new challenges of being god. They are people dealing with traumatic changes, driven by the mystery of what happened to them and why. This is their platform to explore politics, religion, society, responsibility and ultimately, the question of power: what it means, what it does and what it costs. It echoes the adage, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Hyped as a hoax by many, it is rumored that the Godlike were infected by some government experiment, that they are angels or demons ushering the end times, or perhaps they are the results of alien abduction. With the world understandably curious, rumors begin to spread about the Godlike's abilities and public opinion soon becomes divided between those who embrace the Godlike and those who fear them. As the members of the Godlike struggle to resume and rebuild their “life interrupted,” each will come to play a pivotal role in events still to come... events that will shape the destiny of the human race.


People & Groups

This Band of Brothers

  • Main Cast: The main characters of our story, the player characters.
    • Main Cast STORIES: This is the one-stop shop for all "fiction" written as stories about/for player characters by their players.
    • Main Cast Opinions: Listing the thoughts and opinions of each player regarding what their character's opinion of other main characters and any non-player characters.
    • Main Cast Power Points: Awarded Power Points.

Our Fellow Travellers

  • AA 283 Flight Manifest: The master list of everyone who was aboard American Airlines Flight 283 when it left Boston on 9/11/01 for LA and destiny.
    • AA Flight 283 DECKPLAN: layout of the plane, seating chart of terrorists.
    • BOS Airport Terminal: map to Boston Logan International Airport, American Airlines.
    • Survivor Brand: The Survivors are marked; not only by destiny, but also by the hand of man. This is the mark tatooed on each Survivor.
      • the Survivors: Some people you meet can touch your life more than others. These are the Survivors who have touched the lives of the main characters more than is ordinary, listed in order of appearance.
      • DECEASED: Not everyone on the plane lived long enough to crash. Not everyone who crashed survived what came after. Here, learn about those who've fallen along the way.
      • The Godlike: Some of the Survivors, aside from the main cast, have displayed superhuman abilities. Find out who they are here.

The Wider World

OTHER FACTIONS

  • Antagonists: The various antagonists that intersect with the main character's lives. Possibly allies or foes.


Locations of Interest

  • Washington DC: Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nation's Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America, and as such, the word Washington is often used as a metonymy for the United States federal government. Map of the DC area
    • The National Mall: Map of the central area of Washington DC
      • the Lincoln Memorial: the location of the meeting of the main cast Survivors following their homecoming trips.
    • Georgetown: Georgetown is a neighborhood of Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. It is located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington on the Potomac River waterfront.
      • Clyde's of Georgetown: 3236 M Street, NW, Phone 202-333-9180. Where Brain Jaffe, with input from several fellow Survivors, wrote The Survivors Announcement. The streetcorner outside is the site of the bus/taxi accident that was the first public usage of super abilities.
      • Georgetown University: Georgetown University Wikipedia
      • BLUEGIN: the latest edition to DC's growing number of nightlife entertainment venues has finally arrived. Bluegin is a two-story, 4500 square foot newly renovated lounge/club space located in the heart of Georgetown.
    • Parkfair Apartments: Owned by Harold Redford. Located at 1611 Park Road, N.W., Washington, DC. He used his savings and retirement package to purchase a decent apartment complex in the NW Washington D.C. His He resides with his wife on the top floor of their apartment building in a penthouse made from three apartments converted into one residence.
    • Jack's Contingency: A private location Jack found as a "getaway" beneath DC.
  • Midtown East, NYC, New York: Midtown east stretches from 42nd Street north to 59th, and East of Fifth Avenue to the East River. Major landmarks include Grand Central Station and the United Nations Building. It is also home to some of the world's most well known department stores, including Macys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. Midtown, NYC on wikipedia
    • Waldorf Astoria Hotel: The location of Jack Bennett's mother's penthouse apartment. Loc: 301 Park Avenue (between 49th and 50th Street) Area: Midtown East, The Waldorf Astoria is a luxury hotel, located on Park Avenue, in the heart of New York. Built in 1929, the hotel was completely renovated in 1999, to bring all the charm and elegance of the original structure into the modern times. The Waldorf Astoria is justly famous. Waldorf Astoria on wikipedia
  • Hartford, CT: The location of Brian Jaffe's family home. Current home of his father's new family. Brian's mother currently lives with her mother (Brian's Grandmother) in ???.


News & Events

September 11, 2001

  • the 9/11 Disaster: - A history of the real-world events of September 11.
  • 9/11 Timeline - A history of events on September 11, often different from the real world, often unique to The American Gods.
  • the Planes: 265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots. (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)

The Survivors Announcement

The World Reacts

Campaign Timeline

Science & Technology


QUOTES


Campaign Construction

Who are the American Gods? ... The American Gods... aka. the Godlike... aka. the Survivors... aka. them freak-os... The players take on a role as one of 283 humans imbued with godlike powers in our modern world. This is a "what if" story of having been given great power in the real world setting of the modern day. The main protagonists are human first, and may or may not become heroes in the classic comic book ideal. The choice is theirs. They are Godlike. The flavor of the game is remenicent of the comic "Supreme Power", the tv show "the 4400", the RPG "Aberrant", and the movie "Unbreakable" among many others.


Resources


SPOILERS


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