Let's create a superhero setting!!!

Other than the names Demons and Devices (which are a bit generic) this is a nice Sentai setting.

It's more like Kamen Rider

And yeah I really needs help with the names. I'm fine with "Demon" though, because their physical characteristics (gray blue skin, gold eye, black scalera) invoke "bad guys" feel.

edited 13th Jun '17 8:56:11 PM by RAlexa21th

I know the feeling, I suck at names too. The best options I got from Thesaurus.com are "Hellions" and "Mediums".

I could help you come up with some names. I'm really good at that.

I need a name for Devices, a name for Device users, a name for Guardians, and a name for superheroes as a whole.

You can call the device, the Relizon while the users can be called Bioneers. The guardians can be called the Pinnacle Legion. Also, you call all the superheroes, Enigmas.

Thanks

I'm against the Pinnacle Legion though because Relizons are purposefully rare, a city is lucky to have one Enigma guarding it.

edited 14th Jun '17 4:31:13 PM by RAlexa21th

You're welcome. You could call the group the Sentinel Centurions. There's a website called www.fantasynamegenerators.com where you can generate superhero team names.

edited 15th Jun '17 5:42:13 PM by KyleBrackman

Hey Sijo, how is space travel going to be depicted in this setting? Is it going to be like it's depicted in Star Trek, Star Wars or Alien? Also, what about cloning and robots? Have humans colonized all the planets in our solar system?

edited 16th Jun '17 7:20:32 PM by KyleBrackman

My opinion alone hardly counts, but my vote would be:

• yes, there's FTL travel, to allow interstellar adventures.
• similarly, with the right Powers Supers probably explore the solar system. But full colonization requires both people and resources. It would take decades at the least.
• if superintelligence counts as a power, then yes, things like AI and cloning can exist. But technology is limited by cost and materials; while genetic engineering would be subject to legal regulations.
• superscience and Powers could cure most diseases, but that brings a moral question: what if that causes a population explosion? OTOH that's another reason to hurry up and colonize other worlds.

Ok. Also, do you think a Weyland Corp like company would try to take advantage of all this new science like the space travel, colonizing planets, and other stuff? I have another character I would like to add to this setting. Quantum Conjurer aka Bardot “Meta” Erceg. He is of Hawaiian and Russian descent. He has the power to create creatures out of thin air that serve or obey him, make Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars life size, control the odds of any game he plays, can breathe in space, can understand any form of science, and create illusions.

I'm certain megacorps would try to exploit space in the same way certain real life billionaires plan to do. As for your character, that's quite a grab bag of powers! I'd tone it down a bit.

Ok. What should I tone down about my character? Should we have a mega corp for this setting that some of our heroes can butt heads with sometimes?

Well, I'd stick to one power. Just the ability to create things out of thin air is awesome.

As for Megacorps, definitely, but I'll leave it to others to decide how many and what kind.

Ok. I forgot to ask what OTOH stands for? Also, what do you mean when you say what kind for the mega corps? We could call the devices made from the metal that hit Earth, Tecton and the metal can be called Metanite. If there are no problems with that.

edited 20th Jun '17 2:49:23 PM by KyleBrackman

OTOH = On The Other Hand. As for types of Megacorps, they usually fill roles ex. the Evil Corps, the Greedy Corp and the rare Good Corp. Also by type of products ex. cybernetics, genetic manipulation etc.

I see. How do some of these companies become so evil?

Companies are only as good as the people who run them. So for example, Lexcorp and Wayne Industries have very different approaches.

Ok. How would alternate worlds work in this setting?

I have always preferred Alternate Timelines. To get to those you travel sideways rather than up or down the timestream. What this means is that there's *one* true universe, the others are what-could-have-beens and the more time passes from the moment they split off -say, from World War II- the less real they become (and thus its harder to reach them.)

But that's just my preference. Another explanation is that each universe is real and independent, but each is created by its own "God" so to speak.

edited 21st Jun '17 9:29:03 PM by Sijo

Ok. I forgot to ask if animals were affected by the Impact Event? Also, what kind of effect would this setting have on superhero movies and science fiction movie?

If you go for an Impact Event, then yeah, animals and plants should be affected too. Superanimals are always fun. ;)

The existence of real supers might lower the appreciation of fictional ones. That said, some will always be popular, just as movies based on real or realistic people can still be popular.

Plus: many supers would hire themselves to work on movies. It would lower the FX budget tremendously!

edited 22nd Jun '17 5:44:25 PM by Sijo

Ok. Shouldn't the world governments be having all superheroes register with them?

They might want to, but that would be a rights issue: many powers might be as destructive as weapons, but are part of the user's body. Most benevolent governments might ask for voluntary registration, and would certainly register any criminals they catch. Less democratic ones would be another matter...

Ok. I would like to add a new location to Galtopia called Lynx Bay. Also, would like to have it where the island was created by a man named Hamble Snarl (code name is Shambling Shark), who is the owner of a large company called Rising Tide Industries.