Super City

[OctoberRaven]

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The Empty Field: For when supers need to get the battle to a safe place. Only trees and fountains here. No civilains are ever there except when a villain needs a hostage. It's impossibly large, three times as large as the city itself while still being in the city, and always five minuites away from your current locations.

 

The Construction Zone: What's being built here? Apparently, nothing, as this place has been a site for the past 40 years. But all the machinery and a half-made building is there, just waiting to be used in a superfight.

 

The Last National Bank: With a special line reserved for robbers. The vault door is five inches thick but can be destroyed with a single stick of dynamite.

 

Bob's Discount Guns: Our weapons are guaranteed to never run out of ammo or jam until the most critical situations! Background checks not needed!

[Hermit]

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The Construction Zone: What's being built here? Apparently, nothing, as this place has been a site for the past 40 years. But all the machinery and a half-made building is there, just waiting to be used in a superfight.

 

 

Come to think of it, Every one of my campaigns has had one of these

[Certified]

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Our lady of the Blessed Innocent Orphanage This home for young boys and girls has been a staple of Super City since the 30's. Underfunded, the sole remaining nun works diligently to take care of the hundreds of hapless children residing there. Blessed Innocent Orphanage has been the site of many battles between heroes and villains and more than once been leveled by destructive forces. To date there have been no injuries to the residents. Also, it should be noted that the building is moved almost seven times a year by various heroes for differing circumstances. The phone number has not changed so please call to find out where the Blessed Innocent Orphanage has been planted today.

 

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Need to spread some rep around before I can add to you again Hermit.

[bubba smith]

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kickbutt karate

wher non powered wfrusrated super-herodom seekers[pardon the expresion] come to get some training to keep fit and to get some effective self defense lessons

[bubba smith]

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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Hermit again."

i'm rather new to these boards how do you go about doing that?

[TheQuestionMan]

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i'm rather new to these boards how do you go about doing that?

 

The blue balance scales on the side. Click and post.

 

Good luck

 

QM

[bubba smith]

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thanks qm

[Lawnmower Boy]

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National Security Threat Docks

 

Sure, the Super City Port Authority has a container port up the river that handles all the real cargo, but there has to be a place to clear all the creaking old Eastern European and Central Asian freighters, crammed to the brink with bunged-up crates and seedy crew with mysterious curios to sell in the first bar. In fact, that seems to be the only cargo that comes through these dirty, wooden, old-fashioned wharves.

 

Hint: don't bring any photographic film you can't stand to lose.

[Great Beyond]

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The Hot Lead Steel Foundry -

In operation around the clock, 24 hours a day, with gigantic vats of molten metal constantly being poured from place to place - but narly a worker to be seen anywhere in the facility. Perhaps they all fell into a vat at one time or another, because the place doesnt have two handrails in the whole freakin' complex. Of course a constant rain of glowing hot sparks shower down from every piece of machinery - even the coke machine.

[Chris Goodwin]

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The 24-7 Mini-Mart

 

Located, pretty much everywhere, every store in the chain is robbed on a weekly basis (in fact, you can find it on the schedule). Oddly, only by thugs with guns. Despite it being a mini-mart, you can get anything there, but only if you know what you need before you go in. (There's a 1 in 6 chance the clerk is holding the robber at gunpoint when you walk in.)

[Egyptoid]

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TOWNSIDE LOFTS

 

Uniquely situated in the main part of the city, these fabulous apartments

simultaneously overlook City Hall, and Majors University, , and the Waterfront, and even the Central Park,

yet any college kid can afford to live there, and run right over in case of emergency:

 

Are you looking for the perfect place to call home? Enjoy the benefits of live-n-work zoning & look no further. This spectacular top floor, North facing, with Water & Metro-skyline view, Heritage loft conversion boasts everything you could possibly want! At 3,325 sq.ft it is the largest loft in this Lloyd-Wright award winning megablock & has been lovingly upgraded w/pristine hardwood floors, new stainless steel stove & side by side subzero fridges! A massive separate bdrm, 15 ft ceilings, insuite laundry & gorgeous rooftop deck include only some of the many outstanding features! Pet & rental friendly. Only 750 per month.

[Certified]

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ARAR Chemicals: The ARAR plant is a huge sprawling complex of factories and dump sites. Founded in the nineteen twenties ARAR originally made safe and long lasting lead based paints. Since its inception ARAR has switched hands nineteen times leading some to believe that the name stands for Abandoned, Reopened, Abandoned, Reopened Chemicals but the current owner insists that is not the case. Due to the toxic nature of the products produced at ARAR they have had long standing policies to simply open new facilities inside the plant instead of cleaning and reusing old plants. Almost all the previous plants are also home to a chemical dump site. These are now prepared in advance for when the current compounds being mixed are declared a health threat and made illegal. Sadly due to the expansive nature of the plant Merl the only guard remaining from the original plant has trouble keeping an eye on the entire complex. It is unknown why new staff has not been hired to assist in guarding the deadly dump sites but management feels that Merl has over eighty years of experience and should be able to handle any emergency. Although not part of ARARs core jobs it has been the birthplace of many known super powered beings, both heroes and criminals. When asked Merl simply stated that these young hooligans should keep off his grounds.

[Lawnmower Boy]

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Embassy Row

 

Okay, it is a little odd that some countries put their embassies in Super City rather than, say, Washington.

But then, there are some countries that probably wouldn't be allowed to put embassies in Washington. Best just not ask and spare the embarrassment.

And besides, the Supreme Dictator for Life likes to have a place to crash when he's visiting Super City, which he does a lot. You know, a bedrom, an office, space for a few Dictatorbots, an extra suit of armour.... The necessities of the diplomatic life.

[Moonblade]

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An addendum;

 

Mugger Heights most-busiest street - The corner of Stab Me and Run. Self-explanatory.

[Lawnmower Boy]

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General Buck Turgidson AFB

 

Conveniently located close enough to the nearest skyscraper for swing-facilitated entry, Turgidson AFB has an astonishingly large number of tanks for an air force base. However, its main purpose is to store an even more amazing number of nuclear weapons.

Ranging from ICBMs perfect for inadvertently starting WWIII to quaint, retro-stylin' 1950s H-bombs that may or may not still work, the inventory has it all.

This might seem a little ....reckless, but, really, once you choose a place as the location of the official Doomsday Weapon Program, what do you have to lose? And while security might be a bit of an issue, though at least there are options at hand when a rampaging radioactive dinosaur begins renovating the downtown core.

[Hermit]

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Amazing how you guys have run with this. Thanks

[Marcus Impudite]

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109.8 FM KRAP: Another local radio station. As far as their on-air content goes, the call letters say it all.

 

BTW, someone should consider compiling all these and putting it on HeroWiki.

[Certified]

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Amazing how you guys have run with this. Thanks

 

It's a great concept to play with. Getting in all the over done over the top comic classics...

[Lawnmower Boy]

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Well, the thread hasn't sunk below the bar, and I've come up with a few new locations

[Lawnmower Boy]

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And... in the spirit of the day

 

Negligent Homicide Electronic Arts

 

The amazing thing about NHEA isn't that they think that there's money in virtual reality gaming. It's that they still get playtesters. Good thing that playboy billionaires, mild-mannered reporters and FBI agents are always showing up and volunteering!

"We tell all the new hires: 'Code 1' means prep the Persistent Vegetative Ward we built in the old company gym; 'Code 2' means 'get a mop and bucket, 'cuz Forensics is done here!'"

Really, who would ever have thought that hooking up naked human brains to an enormous computer would be so dangerous?

[Hermit]

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First Nondenominational Highly Inspirational Open Invitational Fellowship Church-These guys are just...nice. Seriously, you break through their roof during a superbattle above them intruding on their worship service, and their only comment that it is so nice to have visitors and would you like to join them in their fellowship lunch after sharing service? The fact they'll make the same offer to the villain (Though added with a great deal of tisking and sad shakes of the head if he cusses or threatens) can be a bit alarming. There's so much true faith and warmth here that, upon entering, Dark Seraph breaks out in a rash all over ,and then the rash catches on holy fire. Heroes can find them outside the church asking folks if they know of Jesus and his gospel, but they always leave politely if interest is not shown. Sadly, they're also likely to try to help ANY unfortunate soul...even if now isn't the appropriate time. When a hero has finally knocked the Cosmic Polyhedron out of the evil Master Mayhem's hand, he may turn to find a little old lady of the congregation offering it back to the villain as if it were a dropped coin purse. Superheroines who dress scantily most time may find themselves filled with uncharacteristic modesty as some of the Churchgoers fear she'll catch a cold.

 

Warren A. Rolex's Salvation Mob & Television Ministry- On the flip side of things can be found the right self righteous Reverend Warren A. Rolex, star of TV, buy his dvds, they're cheaper in groups, and his mobministry. Warren is charismatic enough to wear thousand dollar suits and yet sway little old ladies that he needs their money more than they do to carry on 'the good work'...the work maybe the down payment on his limo. That's not fair, he also uses it to fund the fiery crusades against anyone who is too different... like superheroes who don't donate. T shirts denouncing mutants, robots, and less than perfect superheroes can be found in the lobby. You could put a bible in a taffy pull and not twist its words as much as this place often does, but some how the Reverend gets away with it. If a villain breaks in and the heroes save the day, the Reverend is likely to spin it so it looks like the villains defeat came from him (and his close personal friendship with God) rather than thanking the ones really responsible. Inevitably, however, the Reverend will one day get too cocky, and mouth off to Grond or someone, and end up with his head shoved into his nether regions so deeply surgery will be required to remove it. This can give disgruntled heroes hope that maybe God really IS just.

[Marcus Impudite]

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Drunken Duncan's Wine & Spirits: A local liquor store with the widest selection of alcoholic beverages found anywhere in town. Occasional target of armed robbers, though has yet to suffer significant losses from said robberies. Some in the mystical world believe Duncan, the owner, is infact an avatar of a cetain Greek god of wine and debauchery.

[Marcus Impudite]

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how about some local fast food chains:

• Pizza Shack (pizza)
  
• Deep South Fried Chicken (really greasy fried chicken by the bucket full)
  
• Burger Viceroy (burgers, chicken sandwiches, fries, etc.)
  
• Taco Mission (Mexican food)
  
• Captain Jack's (fish n' chips/seafood)
  
• Wok This Way (Chinese food)
  

[Lawnmower Boy]

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Third Base Lookout

 

Third Base Lookout is known as much for its romantic seclusion and natural privacy as for its 360 degree view of the vast and silent Super City North Woods, majestic Super City Mountains, stormy Gulf of Super City, harsh yet beautiful Super City Badlands, verdant Super City Bayou, vast wheat fields of the Super City Heartland, and the rolling fields, winding country lanes, trees and quaint nineteenth century farmhouses of the Super City Amish/maple syrup country. (As the Super City Tourist Board points out, amongst American cities, only Riverdale and Springfield can match it for variety of scenery and day trip activities.)

 

Oh. And for the rampaging super menaces magnetically attracted to the first sign of a steamy window.

[The Weapon]

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Contributed by Mrs. Winterhawk:

 

Pretty Woman Blvd.: The Red Light district where all prostitutes are attractive, buxom, scantily clad, brimming with information and are constantly under assault by pimps, gang members and various other lowlifes. Despite their lifestyle, none have drug problems, No Crack Ho's here, boys!

 

And remarkably for women who've presumably been having sex 5-10 times a day for years, not one single venerial disease!