In the modern world there are dozens, if not well over a hundred or more fields of expertise for a scientist to specialize in, from agronomist to zoologist. Things are a little more generalized in most comics, with scientists often studying SCIENCE! As Metahumans Rising tries to navigate the superhero genre we opted for big S science as a c [...]
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Day Jobs 5: Scientist
In the modern world there are dozens, if not well over a hundred or more fields of expertise for a scientist to specialize in, from agronomist to zoologist. Things are a little more generalized in most comics, with scientists often studying SCIENCE! As Metahumans Rising tries to navigate the superhero genre we opted for big S science as a c [...]
Day Jobs 4: Medical Professional
There are more than a few doctors in the realm of superheroes, from Doctor Destiny to Doctor Zodiac, and let us not forget Fate, Mid-Nite, and Strange somewhere in the middle. The medical professional can represent a wide range of careers including our aforementioned doctors, EMTs, nurses and surgeons. The core of the medical professional is [...]
Day Jobs 3: Drifter
Drifters lack permanency, stable living environments, or jobs. How did they arrive here? It may be by choice, or a tragedy they simply never recovered from. Today’s day job isn’t so much a job as it is a look at those that have fallen between the cracks of society, they may be homeless, searching for something, tangible or unknow [...]
Day Jobs 2: Construction Worker
When putting together the list of occupations construction worker struck me as a strangely fitting career for so many super heroes. It may lack some of the practical benefits of other jobs, but when you’re strong enough to lift the building you’re building, and your other career may have knocked the last place down, construction w [...]
Day Jobs 1: The Journalist
Not every superhero is a billionaire, philanthropist, playboy , some heroes have to work for a living. The journalist pulls double duty, collecting the facts during the day so they can fight crime at night. The journalist’s Talents also fit a number of related careers including field corespondent, radio or television reporters, even blo [...]
Superhero Day Jobs: The Results are i...
Here are out top ten superhero occupations, as voted by you. Each occupation with be broken into 6 core and related Talents. Core Talents represent the main skills for a given profession. Related Talents allow the hero to branch out in ways that both support their profession and their other job. Now without further ado our winners are… [...]
Superhero Day Jobs
While they are often better know for their freelance activities almost every superhero actually has a day job, from attorney, to pilot, to teacher, there are a ton of different jobs out there. We’re going to be starting a series outlining the core and related Talents commonly seen in each of these careers and backgrounds, but before we [...]
Out of Time Episode 7: No Time For Re...
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 [...]
Out of Time Episode 6: No Time For Po...
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...
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 [...]