One of the givens of the setting is that Halcyon City has adapted to the presence of super-heroes and -villains. What does that look like in your games?
One of the givens of the setting is that Halcyon City has adapted to the presence of super-heroes and -villains.
One of the givens of the setting is that Halcyon City has adapted to the presence of super-heroes and -villains.
It depends on the game but I tend to use various aspects of show business: if it’s the music business, then there’s a bunch of low end hustlers trying to make ends meet and big acts are industries they barely control. If it’s show business then everything’s a collaboration; nobody sets out to be a superhero/villain alone. And everyone’s on Twitter.
emergency bunkers (like storm cellars in tornado country) under most houses/building blocks.
“Clever glass” at most skyscrappers. It’s glass that can reform when shattered by an attack – based on nano-tech or something.
There are Twitter and Tumblr accounts dedicated to inform people about villains and battles. There is an app that calls the nearest superhero with just a tap.
Highway matrix signs reading “Super battle ahead – Expect Delays” are not an uncommon sight.
Also, the Heropedia.com and Villainomicon.com wiki sites are both heavily trafficked websites.
You’ve seen Pacific Rim? You know that thing where there are cities built on Kaiju bones? There’s a black market for Kaiju parts? There’s jaeger and Kaiju action figures? Kaiju show up in SNL sketches? There’s entire fields of science dedicated to Kaiju? Where people have bunkers to hide from the fights? Where there’s a cult that’s built up around these monster attacks? Where the Jaeger pilots have kill records that everyone can recite off the top of their head?
I figure it is a lot like that, actually.
Our team came together via CapeConnect, the premier superheroic social media network, because we all RSVP’d at least a “Maybe” to the same Prevent A Heist event.
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Matt Morton “I swiped right on Powr”
Never trust statues. They can and will turn into monsters.
Also: you think NYC tourists are annoying?
I figure the public lighting system is on bend and return to position columns, and that most buildings are build using advanced anti earthquakes measures and feature reflective coating over the bulletproof windows.
Mass transport is underground and has several alternative routes in case the main routes are cut off. It’s made of automated two seater cars to minimize hostage situations.
Most things are automated and whenever possible, you don’t leave your home.
And at the same time all this precautions happen, fanboys and image hunters and tourists band on the streets when anything happen.
It’s more fun when the windows break but get fixed within minutes. Dr. metropolis of M&M was good for that; a city spirit that fixes damage.
In school history class you learn about Golden Age super heroes and villains right alongside Truman, Eisenhower, Churchill, and Hitler.
Maybe the Tony Starks of the world have given everyone arc reactor tech for their cars and buildings. Maybe some super powered people aren’t heroes, but do mundane jobs suited to their talents. People with X-ray vision work at hospitals… Speedsters are couriers… wizards do fundraisers on TV for children’s charities. Maybe there are super Olympics or sports… Meta-Brawl instead of WWE.
And then of course there are the political and social movements… Ugh, an ugly can of worms.
Jason Corley Definitely stealing the Powr dating app! We’re a very play-on-words-centric group. (Possibly entirely due to my influence.)
And CapeConnect isn’t a hypothetical: that’s 100% the actual origin story of our current play group. CapeConnect Steve — Halcyon’s answer to MySpace Tom — is the group’s current enigmatic and reclusive maybe-antagonist, orchestrating and influencing superheroic activity via social media to elusive and indiscernable ends.
Halcyon City Ordinance 156/097-B
No metahuman shall use radiological based super abilities within 2 miles of a school or hospital except during an official State if Emergency.
Halcyon City Ordinance 156/023-D
It is forbidden for anyone to travel faster than the speed of sound, mechanically aided or otherwise, within the city limits below an altitude of 5000 ft. Unless it can be proven that said mode of travel just not create a sonic shockwave no greater in magnitude than level 4.
David Andrews Science Police!
I imagine the police SWAT teams are impressive. “Dispatch, powers in use. Repeat. Powers in use. We need backup!”
When the Police need backup, they call SWAT.
When SWAT need backup they call PARA (Parahuman Armed Response Agency)
When PARA need backup they call Alpha Force
When Alpha Force need back we pray.
In mine, you need a license to use your powers. You take “Parahuman Refinement Courses” and get a license to utilize your abilities in the workplace and during a citizens arrest. Using them illegally is called “brandishing”.