Posts in category Altitus – The Character Collector
Altitus: The Black Fool
Oct 05, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
There are a number of iconic heroes with no powers relying on skill alone. The Black Fool is inspired by these classic characters. Caught in Suceava, Romania when GEO, overthrew the local government, he was trained as an assassin only to betray his masters. Fleeing to the United States he tried to build a new life for himself only to become a [...]
Altitus: Starchild
Sep 07, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
One of the core concepts of Metahumans Rising is the idea of a retro-comic gaming. Taking the ideals of classic comics, dusting them off and giving them a fresh coat of polish. This is what inspired Starchild. Abducted at an early age Starchild spent a decade drifting in space, the test subject of intergalactic arms dealers the Ar’Dysis. Gene [...]
Altitus: The Shadow Dancer
Aug 24, 2016
~ Written by Llasnad
Shadow Dancer was built to be a trickster. The character went through many variations before I could finally settle on the shadow illusionist. I really liked the idea of a character with no offensive or defensive roles, instead relying on stealth and her illusions in and out of combat. Her illusions are reflections of the real world, pulled f [...]
Altitus: Ice Rider
Aug 10, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
Not every superhero can rely on their powers all the time. Forced to rely on their other talents pulling out the most powerful tricks when they absolutely have to. When developing Ice Rider we wanted to follow in that tradition. Born into the circus, Ice Rider’s burgeoning powers were stunted by an over protective father trying to hide [...]
Altitus: Lady Luck
Jul 27, 2016
~ Written by Llasnad
Lady Luck is a Low Grade Reality Manipulator with a focus on Probability Manipulation. On the small scale, her powers make her seem to be very lucky, since she passively alters the probability of everything around her to best benefit herself without causing physical alterations to the world. She could flip a coin a hundred times, and every si [...]
Altitus – The Character Collect...
Jul 27, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
Through great effort and powers beyond imagining we have cajoled the cosmic archivist Altitus – Collector of Characters. Here she shall lay forth her bounty of heroes, villains and those between.
During the course of the podcast and from general curiosity a lot of character get made for Metahumans Rising that never see the light [...]