Not exactly a hardened criminal, but not everything scoundrels do is above board. Scoundrels make their living lying. This might take the form of gambling, confidence games, or if they are criminals outright scams or smuggling. Scoundrels are often charming, even when others know they are scummy or crooks, but they have something that keeps [...]
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Day Jobs 14: Scoundrel
Not exactly a hardened criminal, but not everything scoundrels do is above board. Scoundrels make their living lying. This might take the form of gambling, confidence games, or if they are criminals outright scams or smuggling. Scoundrels are often charming, even when others know they are scummy or crooks, but they have something that keeps [...]
Day Jobs 13: Military
Hup to soldiers, it’s time to look at the myriad of heroes with military backgrounds.There are quite a few, from Captain Atom to Wolverine While most are veterans, some still maintain an active duty, or reserve status. This can create any number of plot hooks, not just from the classic work / life / spandex balance, but exploring conflicts [...]
Day Jobs 12: Data Analyst
This week we’re looking at number crunchers, The unsung heroes and / or the backbone of the business world, the Data Analysts. Data Analysts consolidate, organize, and restructure data in a way that it provides meaningful insights and is understandable to others. These are the people that figure out that the cost of gas has gone down or up n [...]
Day Jobs 11: Lawyer
We may have missed the opportunity to bring back our Day Job series with She-Hulk: Attorney At Law. Nevertheless, it’s time to look at some work when it comes to superheroing, and we’re starting with lawyers. It’s not just She-Hulk and Daredevil though, comics have a number of super powered legal professionals like DC’s Manhunter and Two-Fac [...]
UMMAC : The Naming and More
The name for our community campaign setting has been chosen!
Clans of the Metro Bear
Here’s the setting summary you helped create. Become a Patron to gain access to the full design doc and help develop the factions further.
Overview
Recommended Age: Dark or Cinematic
Tone: Action / Adventure, Gonzo, Philos [...]
UMMAC Poll 9: If I Only Had A Name
The winning tones of our last poll are: Action / Adventure, Gonzo, Philosophical. With a three way tie, things are going to get weird!
Factoring in our tone, here is our updated setting:
In the year 199X, corporate greed led to a series of experiments to create an underclass that would serve as cheap labor and servants for humani [...]
UMMAC Poll 8: Tone of the Times
The last ashes of war have cooled, and there is a new world forming around us.
Our Setting So Far:
In the year 199X, corporate greed led to a series of experiments to create an underclass that would serve as cheap labor and servants for humanity. This ended in the only way it could have:
The complete collapse of society.
The mut [...]
UMMAC Poll 7: The War of Man
In the last poll focused on Power Level, which is a bit out of order from the core book, but there’s a method to our madness. By asking the community where they see characters in the setting as compared to their comic counterparts, and how they fit into this world.
The setting so far:
In the year 199X, corporate greed led to a [...]
UMMAC Poll 6: Pa-Pa-Pa Power Level
All the bullets are used up, and we’re coming to the end of our setting creation. The next big question to tackle is Power Level. This will help set the feel of the game.
Exceptional heroes may not have many abilities relating to mutant origins, but they will stand out from the masses. Examples: Waterworld Low Powered heroes will be [...]