There are thousands upon thousands of comic book heroes and villains. With so many powers it’s hard to keep track of them all. Our next poll looks at some of the broad power archetypes that make up so many of the characters we have come to love.
Each of the archetypes represents a kind of core power or skill set. Some are broader than o [...]
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Poll: Superhero Power Archetypes
There are thousands upon thousands of comic book heroes and villains. With so many powers it’s hard to keep track of them all. Our next poll looks at some of the broad power archetypes that make up so many of the characters we have come to love.
Each of the archetypes represents a kind of core power or skill set. Some are broader than o [...]
Zero Wing Part 3: War in Space
Engaging Secundus, Michael was struck, literally and figuratively, as for the first time he could not land a blow. As he tried to attack, Secundus seemed to disappear, reappearing behind Michael blasting the hero with cosmic force. (… and this is where the DBZ jokes started.)
Mechanically, Secundus is a trained fighter with a defensive [...]
Zero Wing Part 2: The Gathering Storm
Seeing the bombs detonate in space, the squad of twenty four strike fighters, move into attack formations lead by their champion, a genetically enhanced super solider, Secundus. Generating a natural warp field Secundus manipulates and controls space around themselves.
This is probably the largest scale scenario we’re run in Metahumans R [...]
Zero Wing Part 1: Space Savings
Reunited, the crew began assessing the damage to the various ships along with Menoth’s men. Quinn finally near completion of her nano-swarm killer just needed to iron out some kinks to work out, like repairing organic damage to the host body. Once completed, she administered the serum to each of the three meat popsicles with the help o [...]
Zero Wing: Prelude
Before beginning Zero Wing, there are some key events in the first two story arcs that add context to how the heroes ended up where they are. Here is a brief summary of each.
A New World
While searching for a suitable planet, the colonists come to a world capable of supporting human life. As they perform sensor sweeps of the planet a m [...]
Day Jobs 8: Photographer
Be them wedding photos, or a crime scene investigation, photographic evidence can be vital. Photographers have an eye for detail, and their lens can serve to frame moments others might miss. A good photographer can add depth to the most shallow of glamour shots or highlight the unspoken emotions of soldiers as they march towards an uncertain [...]
Zero Wing: Setting & Character
Currently the Metahumans Rising play test group is running a High Powered Campaign. As High Powered heroes they are roughly on par many of the Avengers, or the DCAU’s take on the Justice League. The play test is using a kind of Metahunans Rising elseworld, using the core setting, but 20 years after the fall of earth. Earth having been [...]
Day Jobs 7: Cab Driver
It may be because the center of the Marvel comics universe is Manhattan, but the cab driver shows up as a popular occupation for heroes. Across the pond, we can also root for Chas, even if he is relegated to a Hellblazer’s sidekick. We’re diving into the cab driver, but Talents fit many professional driving archetypes, from limos [...]
Day Jobs 6: Student
Alright, you got us, being a student isn’t a career, or a job, although it can feel like one. For the purposes of our build, we will take the student to be someone who spends the majority of their time outside of spandex in the pursuit of learning, often lacking the more practical skills one needs to earn a living.
A note about sidekic [...]
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 [...]