Dr. Rune
Jun 3rd, '03, 12:39 PM
Just curious as to whether anyone else has "timelined" an upcoming campaign. Inspired by "Champions Universe", I decided to try one for my new game and found that it not only set a tone for the game but, it also set up tons of plot threads.
Here's what I have so far......
Jan 5th, 1935: History Professor/Scientist Dr. Thaddeus Grayscale comes back in time from the year 3050 to make history “more interesting”. He injects the Grayscale Device into the earth’s core, thus generating the Grayscale effect*.
May 21st, 1938: Icon makes his first public appearance as he prevents the Brooklyn Bridge from collapsing.
Oct. 30th, 1938: Dr. Thaddeus Grayscale adopts the costumed identity of Hardware and begins fighting crime…and having the time of his life.
Dec. 8th, 1941: World War II begins.
Jan. 18th, 1942: President Roosevelt sends out the call for Icon, and any other “patriotic Americans like him” to help with the war effort in any way they can.
March 12th, 1942: Flashpoint and Aunt Artica foil a Nazi plot to assassinate President Roosevelt.
June 29th, 1942: Talisman I and Count Karlov are called on to help rescue The Elder, the arch-mage of the earth dimension, from the Rune Society. They are successful and The Elder recruits them into The Seven.
July 4th, 1942: President Roosevelt sends Night Ranger, Surge, Calendar Girl, and Flashpoint to gather intelligence on the Nazis. Upon their return, Night Ranger expresses to Roosevelt the need for some sort of “intelligence agency”.
August 25th, 1943: A young businessman named Chambers begins a meteoric rise to the top of the financial world.
Dec. 15th, 1943: The sun god Ra emerges, heralding the return of the old gods.
April 09th, 1943: Though on “the wrong side of the law”, Mr. Big and Songbird break up a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
August 13th, 1944: The Century City Penal Authority, with the help of Icon and Hardware begin work on Purgatory State Correctional Facility, a supers only prison, which is built in the middle of Lake Michigan.
August 6th, 1945: Icon (under government orders) drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
May 31st, 1946: The first computer, Eniac, is created.
September, 1949: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins calling in supers to testify on the “Red Menace”, as Nixon calls it. Many heroes go underground or retire.
Feb. 10th, 1950: Night Ranger reveals his identity as William Reed and testifies before the Committee, denouncing Icon as a “communist sympathizer”.
March, 25th, 1951: Eniac attains sentience and blacks out half of Colorado. Hardware, Aunt Artica and Flashpoint defeat it. Aunt Artica is killed in the fight.
June 15th, 1952: Eisenhower creates the Central Intelligence Agency and names William Reed as its first head.
July 4th, 1953: The Department of Extranormal Affairs (DEA) is created.
Feb. 27th, 1954: Dr. Macabre debuts, threatening to open up “the mouth of Hell”. He is defeated by The Seven.
Sept. 15th, 1956: Mexican masked wrestler, El Espectro, takes on the forces of evil. (CU)
December 24th, 1957: Wan Shu begins gene manipulation experiments while amassing a power base in the East.
August 5th, 1959: Night Dragon and Snap Dragon are born.
May 13th, 1961: The Greek god Poseidon, sick of humans polluting the seas, unleashes the Kraken on California. It’s stopped by an unprecedented teaming of Ra, Vulcan, and Uncle Sam.
Jan. 5th, 1965: Earth is invaded by the Zyzerians. It takes the combined might of all of earth’s heroes and villains to drive them back.
Comments? Anything to share?
Here's what I have so far......
Jan 5th, 1935: History Professor/Scientist Dr. Thaddeus Grayscale comes back in time from the year 3050 to make history “more interesting”. He injects the Grayscale Device into the earth’s core, thus generating the Grayscale effect*.
May 21st, 1938: Icon makes his first public appearance as he prevents the Brooklyn Bridge from collapsing.
Oct. 30th, 1938: Dr. Thaddeus Grayscale adopts the costumed identity of Hardware and begins fighting crime…and having the time of his life.
Dec. 8th, 1941: World War II begins.
Jan. 18th, 1942: President Roosevelt sends out the call for Icon, and any other “patriotic Americans like him” to help with the war effort in any way they can.
March 12th, 1942: Flashpoint and Aunt Artica foil a Nazi plot to assassinate President Roosevelt.
June 29th, 1942: Talisman I and Count Karlov are called on to help rescue The Elder, the arch-mage of the earth dimension, from the Rune Society. They are successful and The Elder recruits them into The Seven.
July 4th, 1942: President Roosevelt sends Night Ranger, Surge, Calendar Girl, and Flashpoint to gather intelligence on the Nazis. Upon their return, Night Ranger expresses to Roosevelt the need for some sort of “intelligence agency”.
August 25th, 1943: A young businessman named Chambers begins a meteoric rise to the top of the financial world.
Dec. 15th, 1943: The sun god Ra emerges, heralding the return of the old gods.
April 09th, 1943: Though on “the wrong side of the law”, Mr. Big and Songbird break up a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
August 13th, 1944: The Century City Penal Authority, with the help of Icon and Hardware begin work on Purgatory State Correctional Facility, a supers only prison, which is built in the middle of Lake Michigan.
August 6th, 1945: Icon (under government orders) drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
May 31st, 1946: The first computer, Eniac, is created.
September, 1949: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins calling in supers to testify on the “Red Menace”, as Nixon calls it. Many heroes go underground or retire.
Feb. 10th, 1950: Night Ranger reveals his identity as William Reed and testifies before the Committee, denouncing Icon as a “communist sympathizer”.
March, 25th, 1951: Eniac attains sentience and blacks out half of Colorado. Hardware, Aunt Artica and Flashpoint defeat it. Aunt Artica is killed in the fight.
June 15th, 1952: Eisenhower creates the Central Intelligence Agency and names William Reed as its first head.
July 4th, 1953: The Department of Extranormal Affairs (DEA) is created.
Feb. 27th, 1954: Dr. Macabre debuts, threatening to open up “the mouth of Hell”. He is defeated by The Seven.
Sept. 15th, 1956: Mexican masked wrestler, El Espectro, takes on the forces of evil. (CU)
December 24th, 1957: Wan Shu begins gene manipulation experiments while amassing a power base in the East.
August 5th, 1959: Night Dragon and Snap Dragon are born.
May 13th, 1961: The Greek god Poseidon, sick of humans polluting the seas, unleashes the Kraken on California. It’s stopped by an unprecedented teaming of Ra, Vulcan, and Uncle Sam.
Jan. 5th, 1965: Earth is invaded by the Zyzerians. It takes the combined might of all of earth’s heroes and villains to drive them back.
Comments? Anything to share?