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3	''A World of Heroes'' is a pair of Website/TVTropes hosted PlayByPost roleplay, based around [[{{Reconstruction}} the same concept]] as ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
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5	In the first one, in the near future, the clash between the supers Sentinel Striker and Ragnarok caused massive damage and loss of life in [[CityOfAdventure New Terrin]] (also known as Terrin City). As the city was rebuilt, a registration act was passed, requiring supers to register with the government. Naturally, some supers did not react well to this, preferring to continue protecting the people despite this. As the supers of New Terrin - both registered and unregistered - struggle to deal with the difficulties created by the new law, a new threat lurks in the shadows. However, due to inactivity from the players, this one was abandoned.
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7	A little later, a reboot was conceived, this one set in a city called Megalopolis, and involving a mostly different cast of heroes. This reboot turned the level of superpowers up to eleven, and in doing so, raised the stakes even more. As opposed to the opening plot of the first one, in this version, a superhero known as Nuclo, who essentially had the same powers as ''Comicbook/CaptainAtom'', (a being of energy trapped in a containment suit) was slashed open by MadScientist Dr. Mechano, and 300 people were killed in the resulting explosion. This resulted in the Superhuman Prohibition act, thus causing the superheroes to be pitted against one other. However, as our heroes will eventually learn, there's an ulterior force hiding away in the shadows, doing whatever it takes for their desired outcome to be reached.
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9	The original is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13047157430A81231100 here]], and the reboot is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13365013810A00240100 here]]. The original ran from May to November of 2011, while the reboot started in May of 2012 and was abandoned at the start of 2013.
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11	Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', a FightingGame series by Creator/{{ADK}}, or ''Anime/SDGundamWorldHeroes'', the second entry in the ''SD Gundam World'' series.
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15	!!''A World of Heroes'' provides examples of:
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19	[[folder:Tropes from the first RP]]
20	%%* AxCrazy: More like Shotgun Crazy, but Emote certainly has his moments.
21	* BadassCrew: The SWAT team that eventually storms the bank takes down Jackal and his assistants effectively by themselves. For that situation, the Supers involved were used in a primarily scouting/reconnaissance/spying role.
22	* BadassLongcoat: Adamant wears one to conceal his metallic body.
23	* BavarianFireDrill: Doppler uses this to get through the crowd and into the police cordon without attracting undue attraction. Well, technically he ''is'' from Lockheed Martin as he'd claimed.
24	* BeeBeeGun: Yellow Jacket can command bees and wasps with her power. But sometimes [[PowerIncontinence she loses control.]]
25	%%* BerserkButton: Apparently, there are "special pictures" of Alyson floating around online.
26	%%* BigEater: Anima has to do this to fuel her powers. It has [[MasochistsMeal one side effect.]]
27	%%* BreakTheHaughty: Incubus.
28	%%* BrokenBird: Fogata, due to [[TheRunaway running away from home]] to avoid registering.
29	* CantHoldHisLiquor: After the first time we see Stretch take some liquor, he seems to be actually doing pretty well. It's only after he sleeps soon afterward, that he gets way out of control, jumping out the window and stretching away in a blinding rage, until he finally gets out of it... at which point, he is unable to stop himself from discontinuing his swinging, and he promptly drops to the ground like a brick; it's only his powers that prevent him from going splat on the pavement (or rooftop, it's hardly consequential).
30	%%* ChromeChampion: Adamant, complete with some [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange unusual]] [[ElementalAbsorption abilities]].
31	%%* ComesGreatResponsibility: Fogata believes in this.
32	%%* CompellingVoice: Incubus.
33	* DeadpanSnarker: Beanie Boy snarks at everyone and everything.
34	%%* DrivesLikeCrazy: Incubus, just Incubus.
35	%%* TheDitz: Anima. Especially when it comes to her "secret" identity.
36	* ElementalAbsorption: Adamant can do this with metal to heal himself.
37	* EmotionControl: Incubus: the emotions he has control over only come with his experience as a hostage negotiator - panic and calm.
38	%%** Emote's main power.
39	%%* TheEmpath:
40	%%** Malachi "Incubus" Wolf.
41	%%** Emote. He's a telepath, but is better with reading emotions.
42	%%* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Dax Dresden.
43	%%* FlyingBrick: Anima's powers make her one of these.
44	%%* {{Glamour}}: Incubus.
45	%%* GreenThumb: Cecily James's power.
46	%%* GreyGoo: Somehow is used to kill [[spoiler:The Jackal while he is in prison.]]
47	* {{Hallucinations}}:
48	** Emote's secondary power, encompassing all five senses. For the most part, he uses them to make his EmotionControl more potent, but can use them in concert with EmotionBomb to induce SensoryOverload in targets.
49	** Emote's "telepathy" is actually an auditory hallucination, meaning that those he's speaking to hear his voice in their ears, rather than in their heads (he can still hear other people's thoughts, though). Telepaths, being the jaded bunch that they are, look down on him for this. Incubus doesn't seem to mind, though.
50	%%* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Incubus's mindset.
51	%%* {{Humanshifting}}: Part of Stretch's power set.
52	%%* AnIcePerson: Fogata can use her power to do this indirectly, as long as there's something to freeze.
53	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Revolver uses golf balls to attack at one point.
54	* InfraredXrayCamera: Doppler's abilities: he can utilize different wavelengths of radiation, including infrared and x-ray and many others, to see through walls. That said, IR-vision is plenty helpful in the dark--just not for seeing through walls.
55	%%* IntrepidReporter: Stretch is this in his civilian guise. [[spoiler:By now though, he's been fired from his job by his boss.]]
56	* ItsAllMyFault: Incubus's beginning to feel this way over [[spoiler: the Jackal's death.]] This is most likely the only thing [[LackOfEmpathy he feels guilt over.]]
57	%%* JerkassVictim: Incubus when he [[spoiler: gets his tongue bitten off by Toymaker.]]
58	%%* LeeroyJenkins: Precision pulls one at the bank. Being unregistered, it promptly gets him arrested.
59	%%* LivingLieDetector: Incubus by virtue of {{telepathy}}, and [[spoiler: Toymaker naturally.]]
60	%%* MagicalGirl: Anima is a very stereotypical one.
61	%%* MasochistsMeal: Hint: You do not want to eat what Anima normally eats.
62	%%* MindOverManners: Incubus has none.
63	* MomentKiller: Dax's eagerness for police work doesn't exactly help Doppler and Yellow Jacket all that much.
64	* MundaneUtility: Doppler's control of electromagnetic radiation means that he can give himself a fairly even tan. PlayedForLaughs once the local tabloid gleefully publishes a picture of him and describes him in rather [[AbhorrentAdmirer complimentary]] terms, much to his chagrin.
65	* {{Ninja}}: Schroedinger is one of these. However it really just translates to what a real life ninja would normally do, though his powers work well with common myths on ninja. The design of his second costume is based on this.
66	%%* {{Otaku}}: Schroedinger is one, which is how he hits it off with Anima.
67	%%* OtakuSurrogate: Anima and Romana are both this in spades.
68	%%* ParkingGarage: Fogata confronts Beanie Boy in one. It doesn't end well.
69	%%* PlayingWithFire: Just like AnIcePerson, Fogata can do this indirectly.
70	%%* PowerIncontinence: Yellow Jacket gets hit with this hard, making a mess for a number of other supers to clean up. Anima also can get hit with this, depending on the emotions of those nearby.
71	* PsychicBlockDefense: Psychic "Nulls" - people whose abnormal mental processes (e.g. sociopaths) cannot be read by telepaths. Such as [[spoiler:the Toymaker.]]
72	%%** Of the supers, Beholder has this, as do Incubus and Emote to a limited extent.
73	%%* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "See. The. Light!"
74	%%* RubberMan: Stretch, of course.
75	%%* SuperRegistrationAct: The driving force behind the the main plot.
76	* StalkerWithACrush: Red Cap, an incredibly creepy girl ([[TheFairFolk who may not be human]]) who stalks Anima.
77	%%* {{Telepathy}}:
78	%%** Incubus's main power.
79	%%** Emote, sort of.
80	* UnwantedAssistance: This is Fogata's initial reaction to how Beanie Boy handles their meeting with Yellow Jacket.
81	* VerbalTic: Alyson refers to all arthropods by their Latin names.
82	-->'''Alyson:''' I spy with my little eye, three ''Vespula vulgaris''...I do NOT spy with my little eye any ''Pepsis formosa'' or any ''Vespa mandarinia'' which is a relief...Nor do I see any ''Dolichovespula maculata''. This is also good.
83	::The wasp species she's referring to are the Yellow Jacket, the Tarantula Hawk, the Asian Giant Hornet, and the Bald-faced Hornet.
84	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The golf balls Revolver shot into the bank's ventilation system somehow vanish.
85	%%* WouldntHurtAChild: The Jackal, once given the choice. Incubus as well, despite being a human-hater.
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89	* AlternateUniverse: At least one exists, which is nearly-identical to the main universe, but five years in the future.
90	* BadassNormal: The heroes who have no superpowers of their own, such as those who are a ScienceHero, are still able to keep up with the hectic situations in Megalopolis.
91	* BaldOfAuthority: Unlike the regular Robert with streaks of white in his hair, the alternate universe's version of Robert has a shaved head and is the Commander of the resistance.
92	* BizarreAlienBiology: Among other things, Arguma's lungs don't react very well to Earth's atmosphere.
93	%%* ChefOfIron: The shawarma guy, who also turns out to be [[spoiler: Strongman]].
94	%%* CutenessProximity: Charity's reaction to Abu.
95	* DisproportionateRetribution: The owner of the shawarma restaurant will repay a minor offense with quite a bit of pain:
96	-->''You will wait here for your meal, if you do not wait, I will track you, I will find you, and I will fill you with so much Shawarma that your bellies will literally burst. Your intestines will then be used as Shawarma meat.''
97	* TheEmpath: Scio can read other people's emotions.
98	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Strongman apparently has SuperStrength.
99	* {{Expy}}: For starters, there was a hero that was active around WWII named [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica The Captain]].
100	* FedoraOfAsskicking: Wildcard wears a white fedora with a black cloth strip as he goes around fighting crime.
101	%%* FishOutOfTemporalWater:
102	%%** Dax Dresden is a cop from the future who finds himself in the present.
103	%%** Smith is a robot who unwillingly jumps to a different timeline every 10 years.
104	* FlyingBrick: Isaac is super strong, flies, is bulletproof and then some, and if he somehow gets injured, he has a HealingFactor that lets him regrow his body.
105	* FutureMeScaresMe:
106	** When Arguma travels to an alternate reality set five years into the future, he's less than pleased by what he learns about his alternate future self.
107	** Chronus, by comparison, just finds his alternate evil and highly uncivil. The word "arsehole" is used a lot. Given his mentality, he's likely more disappointed in himself for turning into that than anything else.
108	* GasMaskLongcoat: Wildcard's costume features a completely white gas mask and longcoat.
109	%%* GenkiGirl: Charity.
110	* GravityMaster: Evelyn/Freefall can manipulate gravity fields near her.
111	%%* HauntedFetter: Matthew himself acts as one to Kara.
112	%%* HeroInsurance: Literally,in the form of the "Super-Collateral Program".
113	* HumongousMecha: The backstory involves Dr. Mechano's giant robot, and the beginning of the RP features yet ''another'' [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 40-foot-tall robot]].
114	* ImmuneToBullets: Judge Taylor is both bulletproof and electricity-proof.
115	* ImmuneToFate: Wildcard receives his powers by being ImmuneToFate, which when he stumbles upon a magic cave, causes him to violate TheProphecy and just get some minor powers rather than destroying the world.
116	* InASingleBound: Many of the heroes can leap quite high, either a standalone superpower, or as an application of SuperStrength.
117	* InTheHood: Several of the heroes incorporate hoods into their disguises.
118	* InvisibilityCloak: Arguma's ship, the ''Exile'', comes complete with a cloaking device.
119	* KnockoutGas: When the registered heroes are coming up with a plan to prevent a group of unregistered heroes from executing a prison break, Wildcard suggests they "flood the place with gas and knock everyone out before they even show up."
120	* LegacyCharacter: Alex takes up the mantle of Medium after Matthew's death.
121	%%* LeParkour: Freefall's preferred method of travel.
122	%%* TheManBehindTheMan: [[BigBad Comedy's]] main M.O., used at least three times so far.
123	* MindOverMatter: Kara, Scio and Comedy can use their telekinesis to move objects just by thinking about it.
124	* NotQuiteFlight: Several heroes get around town as if they were flying by gliding, jumping, propelling themselves through the air by ''shooting out their own blood'', or using a GrapplingHookPistol.
125	* OneSteveLimit: Accidentally averted with two Eva's - one being a speedster and the other having powers over gravity.
126	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Kara, who has psychic powers in addition to standard ghost material.
127	%%* PlayfulHacker: Charity's past-time.
128	%%* PsychoElectro: Alternate!Charity is pretty much this.
129	* PutOnABus: The in-universe way to explain a character's player's absence.
130	* RoofHopping: Wildcard's main method of getting around the city is simply jumping between buildings.
131	* SexySantaDress: Red Cap's outfit is a a female SantaClaus costume.
132	* ShockAndAwe: Charity and Volt have the ability to control electricity.
133	* ShoutOut:
134	** Several of the heroes go out for [[Film/TheAvengers2012 shawarma]] after defeating Red Cap.
135	** Lucas mentions he was watching ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' and talks about [[Creator/MontyPython the Spanish Inquisition]].
136	** Wildcard calls Dax "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture McFly]]".
137	* SpaceWhale: Arguma is a humanoid alien that bears more that passing resemblance to a whale.
138	* SuperCop: Judge Taylor, who's got some low-level powers to back up his police expertise.
139	* SuperRegistrationAct: As with the first roleplay, the plot revolves around the division between the two main sides - those heroes who are registered and work for the government, and those who are unregistered and on the run or in hiding.
140	* SuperToughness: He's called "Arguma the Living Tank" for a good reason. This is one of them.
141	* TailorMadePrison: The Super-Prisons are designed to take into account the diverse amount of {{supervillain}}s (and heroes) that will be held there, and preventing them from simply using their powers to escape.
142	-->'''Robert:''' Mind you, at first, it was just your regular prison, but that soon turned out to be very problematic. Imagine guys who can shrink to a centimeter tall, and not even touch the sides of bars; or how about fellows who can turn into fine mist, and fly out the barred windows? The heroes had to keep recapturing them at least once a month.
143	* ThoseWackyNazis: Wildcard's efforts to get some dirt on MadScientist Dr. Reich lead him to getting into some rather ''odd'' dealings with the Nazi Party, which is most likely ''nothing'' like how it's run in RealLife .
144	* TimeMaster: The time entity in Chronus' backstory is stated to be this, to the level of possibly being a god. It could be an alien though. Or something else, it really doesn't matter. Chronus himself is debatable, although that was the intention behind his powerset (especially its upgraded form)and he certainly is thematically; both Axel and Lex use a fair few time references, although these became less common over time, Chronus has an hourglass pendant and Lex a pocket watch and Chronus is one possible spelling of the Greek god of time.
145	%%* TranslatorMicrobes: Arguma's device that allows him to breath normally also comes with this function, [THOUGH IT DOES COME WITH ITS QUIRKS.]
146	%%* UndeadTaxExemption: Subverted. It's brought up as a problem for Alex, due to her being from a parallel Earth.
147	* UtilityBelt: Strix has one loaded with gadgets.
148	* VigilanteMan: Before the registration act, several of the heroes were simply vigilantes instead of government-backed heroes. Some who remain unregistered remain vigilantes in addition to fugitives.
149	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Kali can turn herself into any living creature.
150	* TheWormThatWalks: The registered pro-Nazi superhero Wildcard invents in order to go undercover, "The Buzz Bomber," is allegedly a guy made out of bees.
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