One of the things that I have discovered over the years is that while people enjoy the thought of playing characters from the comics, they actually seem to enjoy creating their own characters to interact with those universes even more. There seems to be more of a desire to put their own character ideas against the occasional “established” villains and organizations. As I have considered these ideas today, I’m more inclined to put those two statements as more of a “house rules” idea, and then come up with two statements for the actual game that is being played.
This touches on the reason that I became curious about Champions Now; can our group create a game that allows for those elements that we individually enjoy without limiting ourselves to preconceived ideas about role playing superheroes.
I am thinking about a game that pays homage to the comics that I loved as a kid. While I loved the DC comics, it was the Marvel universe that really drew me in. With that being said, I propose for my campaign:
"With great power comes great responsibility."
"Mayhem in the Mighty Marvel Manner!"
The first statement should make the players realize that there are always consequences to their actions, while the second lets them know that they will be dealing with threats in locations that are well established in the Marvel Comics universe of the 1970s and 1980s. Threats can come from beneath the Earth (Mole Man in Fantastic Four #1), from space (the Kree, Skrulls, Shi'ar, Celestials, etc), or from humanity itself (Eternals, Deviants, Mutants, Atlanteans, Maggia, Roxxon, etc.).
The statements don't definitively say that those things will happen, but they let the players know that they COULD. I think this will also help to guide their thinking in how they would choose to interact with the Marvel Universe if they were given the opportunity. This is just my thinking aloud about it, but it has really helped me to get my own creativity moving to create threats and adventure opportunities that the players will enjoy.
Ultron got a reaction from assault in So, your two statements... What are they/would they be?
