Pariah Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Greetings, intrepid heroes! I am pleased to present this month’s Superdraft. You will draft five heroes that fit certain roles. You will also draft one support character, a couple of adversaries, and a couple of non-character options. And a location, of course. Here are the specifics: Location: Choose a location for your team and your story. This is the first pick. Heroes: You will draft one hero to fill each of the following roles. The Leader: Pretty self-explanatory. This is the main protagonist. The Lancer: Second-in-command and general foil for the Leader. May be opposite in personality, temperament, and/or philosophy, or may just be an irritant in general. The main function of this character is to keep the Leader in line. The Big Guy: The team’s ‘big gun’. May be physically large and/or strong, or just very powerful. Imposing, in any case. This doesn’t preclude the character being smart or sensitive; they’re just more likely to use the direct approach when it comes down to it. The Smart Guy: This hero solves problems with brains rather than raw power. May be a scientist, gadgeteer, scholar, mystic, or general all-around know-it-all. This does not preclude the character being very powerful; they just don’t solve problems that way. The Heart: This character is the soul and conscience of the team. Often (but not necessarily) female on an otherwise all male team. ‘Heart’ should not necessarily be interpreted as underpowered, passive, or damsel-in-distress. Support: Draft one character to complement the heroes. Examples may include a mentor, sidekick, team pet, occasional ally, frenemy, DNPC, etc. Adversaries: Draft two adversaries for your team. Adversaries may be individuals, small groups (no more than 5 or 6 members), or organizations. See below for specifics. Options: Options may be used for pretty much anything except additional heroes, support, or adversaries. You don’t need to use them if you don’t want to. Eleven picks total. We will begin on Friday, February 7th at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time. We will NOT take weekends off (due to the late start of the draft); we will draft each day from February 7th to the 17th. I'll post a poll sometime around February 21st. Locations, Heroes, and Support are exclusive. The usual rules on characters apply: Draft the man, not the mask. If someone drafts Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), then all other versions of Carol are of the board--Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird, Ultimate Carol Danvers, etc. Other versions of Captain Marvel--Mar-Vell, Monica Rambeau, Billy Batson, etc.--are still in play. Adversaries may be drafted by no more than three different owners. An individually-drafted Adversary may be included as part of a team by subsequent owners, and members of previously-drafted teams may be used individually by other owners. As long as nobody appears in more than three stories, it’s all good. Example: Owner A drafts the cinematic Brotherhood of Evil Mutants--Magneto, Mystique, Toad, and Sabretooth. Owner B later drafts Magneto as an individual adversary. Owner C then drafts the Hellfire Club--Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Selene, Magneto, and Tessa. Magneto is now off the board. This is not necessarily a Supers draft. Choose whatever genre you're comfortable with. Just make sure your heroes fit into their well-defined roles. Fiction is not required, but may earn you more votes. I think that’s it. If there are any questions, please let me know. We kick off in less than 48 hours. Who's in? Logan D. Hurricanes and Hermit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Rosters: Owner: Assault Title: The Weirdos of Wildwood Location: Wildwood Cemetary The Leader: The Spirit The Lancer: Plastic Man The Big Guy: Robot Archie The Smart Guy: Detective Chimp The Heart: Venus (Marvel Comics) Support: Rex the Wonder Dog Adversary: Professor Hugo Strange Adversary: Ultron Option: Dinosaurs Option: A young boy named Timmy Owner: Bazza Title: The Breakfast Club Location: Shermer High School The Leader: Donna Troy The Lancer: Mary "Mary Marvel" Batson The Big Guy: M'gann "Miss Martian" M'orzz The Smart Guy: Gwen "Spider Gwen" Stacy The Heart: Kamala "Ms. Marvel" Khan Support: Professor X Adversary: Gorilla Grodd Adversary: Rhino Option: Cerebro Option: "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds Owner: csyphrett Title: The Appalachian Trail Location: The Smoky Mountains The Leader: John the Balladeer The Lancer: Old Nathan The Big Guy: Hellboy The Smart Guy: Jules de Grandin The Heart: Jennifer Kale Support: John Constantine Adversary: One Other Adversary: Dormammu Option: Option: Owner: Hermit Title: What Ever Happened to Captain Atlantis? Location: Newfoundland (the Tip of Atlantis that didn't sink) The Leader: Aquaman (Arthur Curry / Orin) The Lancer: Namor the Sub-Mariner The Big Guy: Alex Summers The Smart Guy: Brianiac 5 The Heart: Nelvana of the Northern Lights Support: Scott Pilgrim Adversary: Ursula, the Sea Witch Adversary: Option: George Orr (Lathe of Heaven) Option: Owner: Logan.1179 Title: Three Card Jedi Location: California (Los Angeles) The Leader: Peter Quill The Lancer: Jayne Cobb The Big Guy: Ka D'Argo The Smart Guy: Naomi Nagata The Heart: Baby Yoda Support: The Doctor (Voyager) Adversary: Harcort Fenton "Harry" Mudd Adversary: The Ori (SG-1) Option: Rocinante (starship, The Expanse) Option: Ferengi Owner: Lucius Title: The Union of the Snake in: The Tower Must Rise Again Location: Sumer and the surrounding region, Bronze Dark Ages The Leader: Gilgamesh, the First Hero The Lancer: Nimrod, the mighty hunter The Big Guy: Heracles, son of Zeus The Smart Guy: Pythia, the original Oracle of Delphi The Heart: Enkidu, from the Epic of Gilgamesh. Support: Python, the Titan who empowered Pythia Adversary: The Anunaki Adversary: The Olympians Option: Option: Owner: Old Man Title: The Brick Fist Club Location: Ridgemont High School The Leader: Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond) The Lancer: Ellie Phimister (Deadpool) The Big Guy: M, a/k/a Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix The Smart Guy: Amadeus Cho The Heart: Nico Minoru Support: Carl Spackler, the Groundskeeper (Caddyshack) Adversary: J. Jonah Jameson Adversary: Dolores Umbridge Option: Option: Owner: Pariah Title: Where, When, and Now Location: The Alpha Quadrant, ca. 2365-70 The Leader: Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Starfleet The Lancer: Commander Susan Ivanova, Earthforce The Big Guy: Sergeant Juan "Johnny" Rico, Mobile Infantry The Smart Guy: Major Samantha "Sam" Carter, USAF The Heart: Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan Support: General Leia Organa (Team Mom) Adversary: Servalan Adversary: Peacekeepers Option: The Millennium Falcon Option: The Gateway ("The City On the Edge of Forever") Owner: Psybolt Title: Ash vs. Chthulu vs. Glory Location: Brainerd, MN (Fargo) The Leader: Ash Williams The Lancer: Marge Gunderson The Big Guy: Twisty (American Horror Story) The Smart Guy: Egon Spengler The Heart: Gizmo (Gremlins) Support: Lorraine Warren (The Conjuring) Adversary: Chthulu Adversary: Glory (Buffy) Option: The Darkhold Option: 1958 Plymouth Fury (Christine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 I won’t be able to play, but maybe able to put in a postal roster to be included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Life is crazy, but I think I'm in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Yeah, my life is completely insane right now also, and supers are not my strong suit. Not ruling myself out, but I need some inspiration from a source not immediately apparent at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 What's the rule on real historical people? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says Lucius wants an adversary who's only been dead a couple of years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lucius said: The palindromedary says Lucius wants an adversary who's only been dead a couple of years... It's not someone who could ignite a flame war and catch Simon's attention, is it? PM me, and I'll take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Tricky. My first idea probably won't work, due to a lack of published heroes of certain nationalities. My backup plan might work, but is dependent on obscure characters. That diminishes the "wow!" potential. I'll see if I can refine it enough to keep me interested for long enough, or come up with something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Cancer said: Yeah, my life is completely insane right now also, and supers are not my strong suit. Not ruling myself out, but I need some inspiration from a source not immediately apparent at the moment. Take the most brilliant scientists of fiction (They all fit Smart Guy but at least one can also be big , or a lancer etc) the professors, the doctors.... the best of the brainiest and then... an evil cosmic force traps them in hellscape that can only be escaped by them working together on a paper , but they must put their egos side. They must PUBLISH OR PERISH! Adversaries include the evil cosmic being , and students who keep intruding because they refused to get their own projects done until the last week Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Hermit said: Take the most brilliant scientists of fiction (They all fit Smart Guy but at least one can also be big , or a lancer etc) the professors, the doctors.... the best of the brainiest and then... an evil cosmic force traps them in hellscape that can only be escaped by them working together on a paper , but they must put their egos side. They must PUBLISH OR PERISH! Adversaries include Bean-counting administrators Imbecile deans who demand Annual Performance Review forms by Friday, even though they'll ignore them for three months until they're sure there's not even enough money to give COLA raises to anyone but themselves this year Service committee chairs who ask for edits on some d----d draft of a new rule proposal which has no relevance to you or anyone you know Utterly clueless lumps of nonsapient fecal protoplasm that overflowed some toilet over in Liberal Arts and have taken up residence in rhe Grants and Contracts Office who cannot understand that no matter how many degrees in English or Philosophy they have, they DO NOT get to send the mandatory official grant forms back to the National Science Foundation and demand a more aesthetically pleasing grammatical construction Physical Plant, who seem to think that it's OK to have the offices on one side of the hall be 89 F at all times, and the offices on the other side of the hall be 47 F at all times, because the hallway then is a nice 69 F at all times DFUA IT support cretins, who ram "upgrades" into your working machine that break all kinds of important functionality that IT support didn't take into account because they can't understand it Bean-counting administrators again, who want to increase all class sizes to 38 students per so they can lay off one poor part-time adjunct making $7000 a quarter, even though there are no classrooms on campus that can actually seat 38 students at the same time The Fire Marshal, who barges in without warning and declares the lab unsafe because there's too much stuff in it Los Federales, who send you a nastygram requiring you to do the re-up FERPA regulation training before the end of the month DFUA IT support cretins again, since the nearest printer that actually works is over in the East Camelhumping Building, to which you have no access Did I mention bean-counting administrators who think they can solve the $8 million per year deficit in the budget they have f-----d up by cutting off all six scientific support staff, each of whom makes $22,000 a year or less? Some reptile-sodomizing textbook publisher rep who wants you adopt a new edition of their crap book, when the changes made in it are (1) dumbing it down, (2) pushing some utterly unworkable on-line homework system onto students for no justifyable pedagogical benefit, and (3) bumping the price up another $55 a copy Idiot drone underlings of bean-counting administrators who send you crap emails to get you to contribute to the Annual Fund Drive Campaign For Fatter Administration Paychecks Imbecile deans again who want you to serve on the Performance Review Form Revision Committee because imbecile deans can't admit it's all a F------ WASTE OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND ALWAYS WILL BE ... Sigh, too many adversaries for one draft, I'm afraid. L. Marcus, Old Man, Pariah and 3 others 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 It's interesting that you were able to bang out 14 infuriating things about life in academia just off the top of your head like that. Also, props for "nonsapient fecal protoplasm". Cancer and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 I've got nothing. I'll have to skip this one. (As usual.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 10 hours ago, Old Man said: It's interesting that you were able to bang out 14 infuriating things about life in academia just off the top of your head like that. Also, props for "nonsapient fecal protoplasm". Well, full disclosure: I initially only made 9 or 10 of those points in a single spasm of aggravation reflex. Then I added in a few historical ones, and changed the order for greater impact. E.g., the fire marshal bit was from 1996; our department was in an old dorm, and literally the only permanent horizontal surface (other than the floor) in all those rooms was the top of the built-in housing of the heater, and by the fire code we were not permitted to leave anything on that surface. I asked the inspector why we didn't pump out the building and refill it with argon so we could be sure it didn't burn. Other items are ... more recent. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 11 hours ago, Cancer said: ... Sigh, too many adversaries for one draft, I'm afraid. Well, a few budget cuts are required in this draft and we'll all just have to tighten our belts and give a hundred and ten percent to... Why is my face melting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Karmatic transfer. Do not become one of .... them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 14 hours ago, assault said: I've got nothing. I'll have to skip this one. (As usual.) Or maybe not, if I can decide on a couple of interesting potential Leaders. A couple, of course, for snipe-proofing. I've already got a decent set of potential Lancers, and the rest of my hero choices are odd enough that sniping is unlikely. But location... OK, I guess I'm in. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 4:39 PM, Lucius said: What's the rule on real historical people? Afree some consideration, I'm going to say "No" on real people, living or dead. Fictional versions of real people (e.g., Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter) and fictional characters who are clearly based on real people (e.g., the Vice President in The Day After Tomorrow) are okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 And...you may begin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Lot of different directions to go in my mind, but I'll start with a location to see if it points me in a certain direction. Is California too big? If not I'll go with the sunny shores of Los Angeles. Lots of versatility there. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I can already tell I have to bow out of this. Just too many other things going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Location is one of the areas i'm most indecisive in But I'll think of something/where Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I'm working today, and don't have an obvious location, so I'll make my pick in about 12 hours or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Know, O Friends, that between the Great Thaw, when the Endless Ice finally released its grip on the land, and the Fall of the Cities when the people abandoned their walled towns and great settlements and took to the hills and woods, was an Age Undreamed Of. My setting: the lands around the Eastern Mediterranean, including Sumer, in the time of the "Bronze Dark Ages." Lucius Alexander The palindromedary fears the Routi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 17 minutes ago, Lucius said: ... the time of the "Bronze Dark Ages." OFF TOPIC: this sounds like something seen in a hair color display kiosk assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Location: Ridgemont High School Pariah and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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