Artifacts

[bloomann]

This is a post apocolyptic fantasy campaign where the heroes (skilled normals and possibly low fi powers) find themselves about 400 years in the future of a world where marvel and dc collided and nearly destroyed everything. So far I thought the group of adventurers would be looking for the lost artifacts of these heroes : an emerald ring, a star spangled shield, a golden lasso, a set of armor, an old looking walking stick...
there are possibly several secret organisations : the Dark Knights, The Iron-Men, The Tribe of Doom...
There are different descendants from the supers : The sons of Kal El (the mix of human and krypton created a race of demi super men and women)...
A lone warrior from the acient past living in the waste lands of what was once Canada is said to know something of the secrets of the ancient times...
Any comments suggestions?

[Markdoc]

Well - sounds pretty amusing - not to mention you've got your maps and stuff pretty much already done, plus an explanation for any number of bizarre monsters and races.

cheers, Mark

[L. Marcus]

Will there be Skrulls?! :bounce:

[teh bunneh]

That sounds like a pretty cool campaign, though it may suffer from oversaturation of cultural/comicbook references. I'd keep them low-key at least to start, and gradually work in the idea that this is a post-apocalyptic marvel/dc fusion universe... :)

Have fun!

[bloomann]

That sounds like a pretty cool campaign, though it may suffer from oversaturation of cultural/comicbook references. I'd keep them low-key at least to start, and gradually work in the idea that this is a post-apocalyptic marvel/dc fusion universe... :)

Have fun!

That was the idea, the past is lost in legend, there are little or no records, people live in a bronze age environment, but there is an inkling of references, inside jokes and characters allowing the PC's to figure out what world they are on. the secret of the catastrophy will be revealed through the game. When I talk of Cap's shield, which is somewhere lost on a blasted battle field, I won't say "And there you see Cap's Shield", but rather keep to objective discriptions of items. I just need help getting a decent list going and possible "survivors" from the past, or what forms would their legacies would take.

[bloomann]

Will there be Skrulls?! :bounce:

Not sure, maybe they are a secret society disguised as humans or perhaps they are living in tribes somewhere, we must think bronze age here.

[Manic Typist]

Thor's hammer being used in a blacksmith's shop?

Iron Man's armor standing, dusty amongst a bunch of other suits of old armor? Maybe being used as a h at rack?

Wonder Woman's bracer, or one of them, being worn by a two-bit servicer in a flophouse?

Green Lantern's ring as just one more piece of bling on some gaudily dressed man?

Superman's cape being used as a door curtain in a little hut?

[Sociotard]

Cool. This would make a nice graphic novel.

Have bards and minstrels telling legends that tell inflated and error-filled versions of the world that was, of how George Washington prayed to the Great Copper Woman of the Bay, and she smiled upon him and granted him great power, and so was created Captain America!

[JmOz]

The emerald, scarlet, and amythest bows (Green Arrow, Arsenel, Hawkeye)

The wings of the Hawk God and Goddess

The golem of winds, and the armor that traps him (Red tornado)

The staff of the night (Starman/Stargirl)

The Evernight Sword (Ebony Blade of the Black Knight)

I'll think on it some more...

[teh bunneh]

I just need help getting a decent list going and possible "survivors" from the past, or what forms would their legacies would take.

Some of the immortal characters might conceivably still be alive. Let's see...

Thor (obviously)
Firebird (at least hinted at in Busiek's run of the Avengers)
Vision (maybe)
Ultron (maybe) :fear:
Phoenix
Wonder Man (does the ionic energy make him immortal? -- in which case Nefaria and Atlas, too)
Hercules
Ghost Rider
Wolverine
Circe (and any of the Eternals)


On the DC side of things
Wonder Woman (?)
Martian Manhunter (?)
Hawk & Dove (the Lords of Chaos & Order are immortal, so their avatars might be as well)
Superman (who knows how Kryptonian physiology really works?)


More as I think of it...

[bloomann]

at work
but thanks everybody for thoughts and help
will get back to this with furthur ideas

[LoresLost]

Some of the immortal characters might conceivably still be alive. Let's see...

Thor (obviously)
Firebird (at least hinted at in Busiek's run of the Avengers)
Vision (maybe)
Ultron (maybe) :fear:
Phoenix
Wonder Man (does the ionic energy make him immortal? -- in which case Nefaria and Atlas, too)
Hercules
Ghost Rider
Wolverine
Circe (and any of the Eternals)


On the DC side of things
Wonder Woman (?)
Martian Manhunter (?)
Hawk & Dove (the Lords of Chaos & Order are immortal, so their avatars might be as well)
Superman (who knows how Kryptonian physiology really works?)


More as I think of it...

DC side as well:
Vandle Savage :angst:
Phatom Stranger
Ra's Al Ghul ? (If he has not become immune to the Lazerus Pit)
Most of the Amazons
Orion
Mr. Mircle (Scott Free)
Big Bertha
Sentinal (Alan Scott)
Dr Fate
Shazam/Marvel/Billy Batson (The Wizard of the Power)
Ion
Etrigan the Demon :eg:

[Vestnik]

Some of the immortal characters might conceivably still be alive. Let's see...


Wolverine


More as I think of it...

If I'm not mistaken, I think Wolvie's the ancient warrior in Canada mentioned in the OP.

[bloomann]

If I'm not mistaken, I think Wolvie's the ancient warrior in Canada mentioned in the OP.


Yeah that's right but for the story I wanted him to be amnesiac maybe even returned to a very primative savage character

I thought also Superman has gone away but before he left he created a "sacred" city (after Metrapolis was destroyed) and helped populate it (er hum) thus creating a race of demi kryptons, they would be only a little more powerful then humans and they protect their "advanced city" probably the only one left from the rest of the world, they might even have turned into tyrants with the power they obviously have somethiong that the league of Dark Knights is readily eager to see destroyed...
the plot thickens
:sneaky:

[teh bunneh]

How about the bottled city of Kandor? Imagine an entire race of tiny people, each with enormous power! Could be where legends of pixies and faries come from... :eg:

[SpydirShellX]

Yeah that's right but for the story I wanted him to be amnesiac maybe even returned to a very primative savage character

I thought also Superman has gone away but before he left he created a "sacred" city (after Metrapolis was destroyed) and helped populate it (er hum) thus creating a race of demi kryptons, they would be only a little more powerful then humans and they protect their "advanced city" probably the only one left from the rest of the world, they might even have turned into tyrants with the power they obviously have somethiong that the league of Dark Knights is readily eager to see destroyed...
the plot thickens
:sneaky:

What happened to the Fortress of Solitude, then? Seems like that would be a far more likely place to stand the test of time than Metropolis or the ruined city of Metropolis or whatnot.... plus with a mixture of DC and Marvel, you could have the Fortress of Solitude located in the Savage Land (talk about a place time forgot).

BTW, What's the walking stick in the OP about?

[LoresLost]

BTW, What's the walking stick in the OP about?

I think he is thinking of the stellar power collection rod of Starman I and V and the Star Spangle Kid I and II. It allows them to manipulate gravity and electro-magintism if I remember correctly. Cool Toy. It is a DC gadget of extreme power. (Starman V was the one who had his father (Starman I) make it into a weird walking stick, actually more of a wizard's staff)

Also would the Green Lanterns ring even be on earth, assuming the Gaurdians or Watchers are still around.

I could also see Vandle Savage using the Illuminati to control this new age with superiour technology/magic.

Also Victor Von Doom might of used his technomagery to survive and now rules central Europe with it.

[Dale A. Ward]

Originally Posted by SpydirShellXhttp://www.herogames.com/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1203926#post1203926)
BTW, What's the walking stick in the OP about?

I think he is thinking of the stellar power collection rod of Starman I and V and the Star Spangle Kid I and II. It allows them to manipulate gravity and electro-magintism if I remember correctly. Cool Toy. It is a DC gadget of extreme power. (Starman V was the one who had his father (Starman I) make it into a weird walking stick, actually more of a wizard's staff)

Actually, I thought it was a reference to Donald Blake's cane... before I remembered that Odin had released Thor from the geas that compelled him to take the form of a lame mortal when not battling evil.

[LoresLost]

Actually, I thought it was a reference to Donald Blake's cane... before I remembered that Odin had released Thor from the geas that compelled him to take the form of a lame mortal when not battling evil.

Re reading the OP, I think your right.

[JmOz]

I think he is thinking of the stellar power collection rod of Starman I and V and the Star Spangle Kid I and II. It allows them to manipulate gravity and electro-magintism if I remember correctly. Cool Toy. It is a DC gadget of extreme power. (Starman V was the one who had his father (Starman I) make it into a weird walking stick, actually more of a wizard's staff)

Also would the Green Lanterns ring even be on earth, assuming the Gaurdians or Watchers are still around.

I could also see Vandle Savage using the Illuminati to control this new age with superiour technology/magic.

Also Victor Von Doom might of used his technomagery to survive and now rules central Europe with it.

Jack's staff was actualy the prototype of the one his father (Starman I) and his brother (A very short lived star man whom I forget the number of) used. Something about the refined one being destroyed or stolen, don't remember now...

[bloomann]

you guys are right about the old stick being the staff, but I borrowed this idea from Niel Giaman's excellent 1607 series, and if you haven't read that you should because it kicks butt. :D

[shadowcat1313]

Other Characters who mght still be alive:

Puck and Snowbird from Alpha Flight
Doctor Strange

Items:
Eye of Aggamato and the cloak of levitation from Doctor Strange

Vindicators Armor

[Dale A. Ward]

Other Characters who mght still be alive:

Puck and Snowbird from Alpha Flight

Hmmm... I can see Snowbird living that long, but why would Puck? Did I miss an issue where he became an Immortal or something?

[shadowcat1313]

something about a sword he stole in the middle east IIRC, hes not immortal, but he isnt young either, he and Wolverine were both soldiers in teh same unit during WW1

[Vestnik]

something about a sword he stole in the middle east IIRC, hes not immortal, but he isnt young either, he and Wolverine were both soldiers in teh same unit during WW1

Was there a war Wolverine was NOT in? I keep expecting Marvel to start talking about how Logan stood against the Persians at Thermopolae.

[L. Marcus]

. . . He was the one who said they'd like to fight in the shade. :)