Mark Rand Posted March 6, 2004 Report Share Posted March 6, 2004 Hi all, As you know by now, I like to take an existing universe and change it. Here's my version of the CU for a campaign that I might set in Millennium City. There are no known beings from other planets in the world. The federal government sends two liaisons to each team, one, usually a bureaucrat, from the DOSPA and one, usually a field agent, from Homeland Security. The Champions, Millennium City's best-known superhero team, was founded by Dr. Merlin, a mage, and Cat, a heroine whose powered armor is felionoid in appearance. The support staff is a secretary/receptionist, maid, electronics engineer and a nurse. The team uses Dr. Merlin's Groose Pointe mansion, a fastness, as its base. The site of Homestead on the map that came with the book is a public square. Terry Kestler is Millennium City's silver avenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Since the team's founding, Dr. Merlin's student, Lady Arcane, has replaced him on the team and Guardian has replaced Cat. Cat's daughter now wears her mother's armor and is an independant heroine. Wendy Brooks, who served as Dr. Merlin's housekeeper, continues in the same role. She has no interest in fighting crime. Electronics engineer Christine Hunter has a masters in electronics engineering, races an Eagle Talon in SCCA-sanctioned events. was a gymnast in college and is a ninja who prefers working on equipment to fighting crime. Guardian, the team leader, occasionally manages to talk her into joining the team for a mission. Homeland Security liaison Denise Dumont, an elegant blonde, always wears gloves. A skilled actress, she served as a CIA agent before being transferred to Homeland Security. She and Christine get along well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlin1 Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Denise Dumont, an elegant blonde, always wears gloves. Dare I ask why...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 According to her medical records, Denise has an eczema-like rash on her hands. This has been confirmed by physicians at Mercy Hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drrushing Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 or is it something deeper? Homeland Security liaison Denise Dumont, an elegant blonde, always wears gloves. A skilled actress, she served as a CIA agent before being transferred to Homeland Security. Or is it that she's hiding a secret identity, with serious entanglements, and is going low-tech to aid in hiding her TRUE identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 At the team's first meeting, Denise explained why she always wears gloves, then removed one, letting the heroes see the rash that covered that hand. After replacing it, she revealed the other hand. The team's nurse is keeping an eye on the rash and staying in touch with Denise's physician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlin1 Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Oh. That's a lot more mundane than what I'd been hoping for (whatever that was). It just sounded so random I had to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 I could've said that Denise always wore gloves because she liked to do so, but this seemed more reasonable. Let's take a quick trip to the British Isles and meet their best-known team, the Knights of Pendragon. This group (from Marvel UK) consists of people that carry the powers once possessed by King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, the Knights of the Round Table, and their associates. They are Joseph Chapman, Kate McClellan and Franchesca Lexley Grace. The next stop on our tour is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That's coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Originally posted by Mark Rand I could've said that Denise always wore gloves because she liked to do so, but this seemed more reasonable. I guess we were expecting something more dramatic, like: *The gloves conceal her cyborg hands. *She previously infiltrated a secret assassin guild and was imbued with the dreaded "Touch of Death" - but can't control it. She will kill anyone she touches with her bare hands. *The eczema is actually the first stage of the COIL gene showing itself - soon the "rash" will be revealed as scales, and they will slowly move up her arms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Originally posted by Supreme Serpent I guess we were expecting something more dramatic, like: *The gloves conceal her cyborg hands. *She previously infiltrated a secret assassin guild and was imbued with the dreaded "Touch of Death" - but can't control it. She will kill anyone she touches with her bare hands. *The eczema is actually the first stage of the COIL gene showing itself - soon the "rash" will be revealed as scales, and they will slowly move up her arms... Didn't think of those. My original thought was that when she was in the CIA, she was an expert in black bag jobs and wore gloves because she didn't like leaving fingerprints behind. This would also be one reason why she and Christine, an electronics engineer/ninja, get along so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Originally posted by Mark Rand Didn't think of those. My original thought was that when she was in the CIA, she was an expert in black bag jobs and wore gloves because she didn't like leaving fingerprints behind. This would also be one reason why she and Christine, an electronics engineer/ninja, get along so well. Making it a psych issue like that would work well - obsessed with being "invisible"/untraceable, or is just a germ-obsessed neat-freak - hates getting dirty, always lysol-ing the base, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Originally posted by Supreme Serpent Making it a psych issue like that would work well - obsessed with being "invisible"/untraceable, or is just a germ-obsessed neat-freak - hates getting dirty, always lysol-ing the base, etc. Some GMs are letting players take 1 point disadvantages known as quirks. I plan to do the same. Denise could have a quirk, "likes to wear gloves", or a psyc limitation, "doesn't want people to know that she was a third-generation cat burglar before joining the CIA as a black bag job specialist". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiMan Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Actually, if she HAD cyborg hands or something similar to hide, the perfect way to allay suspicions is to prepare ahead of time & display some mundane problem like - a rash! Check out the doctor & hospital, I suspect they are just cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eosin Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 wierd this was not the thread I was reading when I posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 We could always say that women in the CU wear gloves more than the women do in our world because they're trying to, in part, imitate female supers. Of course, we could also say that Denise wears them when she can instead of at all times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Now, onto Pittsburgh. One of the city's heroes is Warder, a mage, who is publically-known to be wealthy heriess Lisa Grant. She's accompanied by her familiar Amber, an Eastern Screech Owl. A second hero is Protector, an armored hero. The team's base is Lisa's mansion which is a fastness. The support staff consists of a secretary, Donna, the housekeeper, Carol, the nurse and a former Pitt swimmer, Keiko, an electronics engineer, former Pitt and Olympic gymnast, an amateur race car driver and a reluctant ninja. More later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 We continue. The DOSPA liaison is a middle-aged bureaucrat who smokes a pipe THe Homeland Security liaison has strawberry-blonde hair and prefers jeans, sneakers and either tee shirts or turtleneck sweaters to dressier clothes. Lisa's mansion is on Millionaire's Row, which is Fifth Avenue between Devonshire Street and Shady Avenue. Rose, the resident ghost, is very nice. PRIMUS Pittsburgh is on the South Side, near Station Square. Silver Avenger Mariko Nakamura and Keiko, the superhero team's engineer, are sisters and Christine Hunter, the electronics engineer for the Champions, was adopted into the ninja clan Keiko and Mariko were born into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 The reason I'm using Lady Arcane's mansion is simple. I don't have plans for Homestead. Does anyone have them? If so, please post them here or email them to me at jakelene@yahoo.com. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 After weeks of consideration, I've come up with a new team. Although they'll be based either in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or Millennium City, Michigan, they're still The Champions. So far the heroes are Avatar, a winged woman with mental powers, an energy sword and martial arts skills, and Lady Arcane, a mage with a barn owl as a familiar. The support staff consists of Carol, a nurse, Wendy, the housekeeper, Christine, an electronics engineer, and Midori, the team's secretary/receptionist. Carol was on the swim team in high school and college. Christine races cars for fun, was a college and Olympic gymnast, belly dances and is a reluctant ninja. There are liaisons from the DOSPA, FBI, Homeland Security and PRIMUS. John Masters, the DOSPA liaison, is a middle-aged bureaucrat who spokes a pipe. FBI liaison Helen Gray can shape-shift into a couger. Homeland Security liaison Susan Anders, a former actress in a university stock company and CIA agent, always wears gloves in public. According to her, she started wearing them while preparing to play a fashionable woman in a play that was set in Boston in 1902. This led her to discover that she liked wearing gloves. PRIMUS liaison Cathy King has law degree. Terry Kestler is the local silver avenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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