tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post2541985452207965894..comments2024-03-24T23:53:40.568-04:00Comments on In Places Deep: Superheroes: Year OneMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03768774662263638305noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-56057607367190727112015-06-26T13:01:05.332-04:002015-06-26T13:01:05.332-04:00If I’m reading this right, your two maybe-problems...If I’m reading this right, your two maybe-problems are 1. after year one it stops being a sandbox and 2. not enough super villains during year one.<br /><br />What if the crime lords are hiring masked assassins and whatnot? It makes sense for hit men to want to hide their identity, but at the same time do so in a unique (costumey) way that creates a brand. Maybe most of them are just really skilled like Bullseye but one or two have minor powers?<br /><br />Then, when year two starts and the crime lords have all been dethroned, the vacuum at the top of the underworld is filled by super villains. They hire brute force thugs like Rhino for security but the ones at the top have manipulative powers like empathy or illusion. If the supers run things mostly the same way the crime lords did, it’s still the same kind of anti-sandbox.Christian Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041997396745932629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-1975137343935536762015-06-08T03:58:35.808-04:002015-06-08T03:58:35.808-04:00They could punch out regular super agent type mobs...They could punch out regular super agent type mobsters, though, your hydras and intergangs and Vipers and such.Blue Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-62586557853057205302015-06-07T05:25:03.808-04:002015-06-07T05:25:03.808-04:00Well, I'm not thinking of the FF or X-Men them...Well, I'm not thinking of the FF or X-Men themselves but more offering them up as an example of joined origins that could be applied to your street level heroes.<br /><br />So you could have four street level heroes who all get their abilities from one source -- the Ninja Turtles are perhaps a better example than the FF -- or you could have four street level heroes who have different origins but are brought together by a Xavier-like figure to clean up the neighbourhood, sort of like the Heroes for Hire.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-36541341727658024062015-06-07T05:19:44.194-04:002015-06-07T05:19:44.194-04:00That's absolutely true if you're using cha...That's absolutely true if you're using characters made by your players. It's also true for pre-made characters; however, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men are a bit high powered to be punching out regular mobsters. I suppose one could use a similar set up for the X-Men if you put it in Days of Future Past though.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831219200072513986.post-15332678259509376422015-06-06T11:13:44.206-04:002015-06-06T11:13:44.206-04:00If you can tie the characters' origins togethe...If you can tie the characters' origins together -- as in the Fantastic Four or X-Men, for example -- then that would make a Year One approach easier.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com