Posts tagged RPG
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 [...]
Out of Time Episode 7: No Time For Re...
Aug 05, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
Infuriated by his defeat Life Spark released his ultimate creation. Unfortunately, our heroes are still reeling from the assault on Black Mountain. Halfway across the country and with Flux still unconscious the team will have to think quickly if they are save New York. Due to technical difficulties we lose Krista about half way through thi [...]
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 [...]
Out of Time Episode 6: No Time For Po...
Jul 22, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
After rushing to the edge of the city the temporally displaced heroes find themselves in the strange position of defending the giant monster heading towards New York as the Flautist attempts to recapture Crustacean-Rex for Dr. Lifespark. In the aftermath Flux can’t escape his teaching roots as he puts the Flautist’s flute in his d [...]
Out of Time Episode 5: No Time For Th...
Jul 08, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
With things finally calming down the temporally displaced heroes take some time to begin getting the base together and processing the information dump from Blink’s home in Russia. Of course things never go as easily as expected when the teleporting master thief herself shows up wanting to talk. Arrangements made, it doesn’t take l [...]
Out of Time Heroes: Crustacean-Rex
Jul 08, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
Crustacean-Rex
Campaign: Out of Time
Power Level: Classic
Background
Once a lab assistant for Dr. Lifespark. After displeasing the doctor he was genetically altered.
Learned to speak and read from watching others in the lab but has no formal education.
No memories of the original host.
The doctor has performed many experiments on him to test [...]
Out of Time Episode 4: No Time For Fu...
Jun 24, 2016
~ Written by Dave Silva
With Frey and the Demon safely back on their way to Black Mountain the heroes finally have some time to themselves. Of course, it’s never that easy when you have hundreds of pages of mysterious text to translate, a teleporting master thief on the loose, and a sixty year old base to try and restore. Then there’s that lingering issu [...]