Aww, son of a bitch
Alright, gonna get to work on my signup.
Speaking of which, you probably should've included Appearance in the sheet.
"You have more than enough potential. So tell me what is the one wish that would make your soul gem shine." -Mitt Romney, probably
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Snap! Forgot about that!
Added it for characters and Gadgets.
edited 10th Jan '13 9:23:46 PM by Stratofarius
I've got friends on the other side
Name: Kalabar Cromwell
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Personality: Kalabar is pretty introverted and doesn't usually socialize much. He can be funny sometimes, mostly when he's being a Deadpan Snarker, but other times he's mostly just annoying with his humor, usually making bad puns. He's pretty kind and wouldn't purposefully hurt anyone, but he sometimes has trouble trusting others, leading to him changing his mind based on certain events. He also seems to be mostly interested in how the gadgets work and who created them, often staying late at the HQ of he finds a new lead. All in all, this is not the guy who expects to be a leader and is pretty responsive when given orders.
Appearance: Kal Is around 6 feet tall, with a slightly chibby face, messy, brown hair, horn-rimmed glasses, and usually wears t-shirts detailing his interests, with most of them having images of his favorite shows plastered on them, along with cargo shorts, and some ratty sneakers.
Gadget:
Name: Name of your Gadget. The Hopwatch
Origin: Ben 10 series.
Powers: He'll be able to transform into different aliens, sometimes aliens he hasn't met yet, which he can scan to copy and store their DNA.
Forms: In its normal form, it looks like a normal watch, but in its powered form, it looks like a replica of the Omnitrix.
Backstory: Kalabar was a normal kid who went to school like everybody else. However, one day when his parents left for a trip and figured he was old enough to stay home alone, he decided to go to the nearest library to check out some books on aliens, as he was a pretty big sci-fi fan. As he got to the library, he realized it had closed early and was about to leave when he noticed something lying on the ground that looked kinda familiar. He picked it up and realized it looked a lot like the Omnitrix on the show he used to watch sometimes. Deciding it was more than just a fake movie prop or a toy, he decided to take it home and put it next to his bed before he fell asleep.
(Is this formatted correctly?)
edited 10th Jan '13 10:19:19 PM by TricksterCal
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Fix the formatting, I suggest *.
edited 10th Jan '13 9:43:12 PM by Stratofarius
King of Lame-Style
Will have a sign-up ready later.
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
I guess I need to start idea generation again.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Me too.
Anything significant added to the descriptions since OP of the original thread was posted?
huzzaaaaaaaah
Not much. Story tidbits here and there.
Trickster, I'll look over your sheet soon.
That was assuming that the problem was with my idea and not just me being so predictable it hurts with the implementation.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
huzzaaaaaaaah
I already told you that Strikers Witch (may be butchering the name) idea was OK, Deady.
Anyway, guys, you can have your backstory end with the character finding the Gadget but nothing happening, or you can have it end just before he finds the Gadget.
So it is the "implementation is so predictable it hurts" thing then that's kicking me in the head.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
- Name: Kyle Bach
- Age: 21
- Sex: Male
- Personality: "The love of money is the root to everything." is his motto, as he believes money is the only thing making the world go round. While he isn't rich to be pulling any law breaking stunts, he does acknowledge that the one thing he'll love more than anything, even family and friends, is money, and thus tends to be greedy with his money. This has led to him having a workaholic attitude. However, he is not a complete jerk with his money. He considers conning people, even if its for more money, is beneath him and feels that if he should get paid, he should be paid legitimately and not rip people off. Occasionally, when he does have enough money, more than enough for himself, he shares his love for money with those less fortunate. "The love of money is the root to everything." after all.
- Appearance: Standing at 5 ft, 10 in, Kyle has a pretty normal face. He has short, blonde hair. He reflects his clothing on the money he has at hand, as if to put a neon sign saying he's loaded. A plain white shirt with blue pants and brown shoes for when he's poor, and a black tuxedo with a red tie, black dress pants, and shiny black shoes for when he's rich.
- Gadget: The Taka Core Medal
- Name: Gadget of the Greedy Bird
- Origin: Ankh from Kamen Rider OOO
- Powers: The first power he gains off the bat is being able to transform into Ankh's Greeed form
◊. With that, he is able to fly through the air with multicolored wings and fling fireballs from his hands. Though this is only with the initial bond. If and when the bond is to be stronger, then Kyle will access a stronger form. The manifestation of all three of Ankh's core medals: Tajador◊. With this form, he is able to use his wings, now manifesting as peacock wings, to use as a Flechette Storm attack, as well as using razor sharp claws on his legs and the ability to shoot large fireballs from a small shield called the Taja Spinner◊.
- Forms: It's locked form resembles a small red coin◊ with the imprint of a hawk on it. It has two unlocked forms depending on which form is used. If it's the Greeed form, then it takes the shape of Ankh's right forearm◊. If it's Tajador, then it takes the from of the Taja Spinner.
- Backstory: Kyle wasn't always greedy. In fact, while he was a kid, he was quite content with being poor, so long as he had his family backing him up. However, as the days gone by, his parents began to fight more and more about what to do with their increasing debt. Eventually, the "suits", as Kyle called them, came in and seized anything and everything they can find to try and repay their debt, but that wasn't enough. In order to pay off one last debt, the father offered them his daughter. They complied and took her, never to be seen again. His mother, furious at his father for making such a decision, took Kyle and moved away to the random city in USA. Despite her mother's best intents, Kyle couldn't shake off what their dad did and why the suits were so interested in taking everything they ever loved, including his own sister. When he moved in, he came across a school beating in which several bullies were beating a kid up over not paying his debt of five bucks. Realizing what debt now means, Kyle changed from a sweet kid to a snake in sheep's clothing. Throughout his school year, he analyzed the bullies' habits. What they would do. When they would strike. He analyzed them, and then, gave away their weak points to the victims of the bullies, for a price. Soon, the bullies became the victims in a complete karmic reversal. Throughout the years, he slowly became more and more of the entrepreneur, to the point where he aced business, a feat even his teacher was surprised with. By the time he graduated, he was ready to go to the streets, analyze and exploit any and all flaws in the system to the right people for the right price, and even selling them opportunities to exploit other flaws.
huzzaaaaaaaah
If the implementation is so predictable, then I must be dumb, cause I can't predict it. Seriously, Deady, it's fine, just do whatever you want to do. 
Kalabar is accepted.
Kyle is accepted too.
*sigh*
I meant doing things the same way I did in JTTM. >.<
"Yup. That tasted purple."
huzzaaaaaaaah
Like I said, you're allowed to do whatever you want. I want us to have fun, and if you think that doing that will lead to fun (for you and for us), then I have no problems against it.
However, Gadgets don't work like shards, although if you go the "he needs to have this to user power X" route or the "he obtains X when he unleashes the Gadget" route, I can see it working.
The tone of this RP is more light-hearted than JTTM, really. However, guys, that doesn't mean we can't have conflicts between the characters, or that kind of stuff. I haven't watched too many Power Rangers or Sailor Moon and all that, but I can safely say it's the same atmosphere.
edited 11th Jan '13 9:48:22 AM by Stratofarius
So I need to think of a good justification for it.
I'm doomed. >.<
"Yup. That tasted purple."
For the sake of argument we are talking here about an ability set explicitly confirmed to be usable by females.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Snowy
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Make a female character. Or if you really want to, do the thing you did in JTTM. Or even hav the genderbending be part time if you want.
Profile completed. Hope that everything is adequate. If not, any changes will be made as quickly as possible. Also, liked Psyga's profile. Desired to show respect by alluding to Kyle in Etzel's story. Hope nobody minds.
...Great; now I've got that speech pattern stuck in my head.
- Name: Etzel Amentia
- Age: 25
- Sex: Male
- Personality: Submissive, but determined. Will take work handed to him and do the best he can, no matter how hard. Will take the most direct path to solution possible. Can be snarky, but not outright rude. Mother didn't raise a ruffian. Hates his lack of assertiveness. Deals with self-loathing by reading a lot of books. Pursuit of more knowledge is his greatest joy. He tends to talk in short bursts. Play Mass Effect? Think 'Salarian'. 'Also' is his most-used word. Also, he hates animals.
- Appearance: Here's a decent picture.◊ Easier to use an image than words that are open to interpretation. Also, Etzel's height is six feet exactly. Such a fact is not evident with a picture, of course.
- Gadget:
- Name: Spectacles of the Mad Roboticist
- Origin: Dr. Eggman/Robotnik, from the Sonic the Hedgehog series
- Powers: Dr. Robotnik's greatest asset was a genius I.Q. Thus, the gadget's wielder will be able to handle any mechanical device (be it a gun or a robot) with ease. Also, they are capable of making small robotic servants out of spare parts. At the peak of its power, the wielder will be able to infuse raw, chaotic energy in their designs. This will improve their capabilities. It is akin to how Eggman often powered Metal Sonic and other special creations with a Chaos Emerald. They could also build their own Death Egg, but to Etzel, it's impractical. Too much time. Too much material. Also, no motivation to control world if conquered.
- Forms: When locked, the gadget appears to be an ordinary pair of black-tinted glasses. When unleashed, the glasses are accompanied by a pair of goggles. Other than offering further protection, the goggles have built-in scanning and tracking functionality, with default options set to locate sources of chaotic energy. The goggles are attached to the glasses, but can be pushed up to the wearer's forehead if its features become too distracting. Such as, say, in the middle of combat.
- Backstory: Hatred of animals started when Etzel was five. Parents out of town, and he was left with an aunt. Her dog, lovingly named 'Killer', was not very affectionate. Six years later, Etzel was not enjoying public school. Did well in class, but became a target of bullies that wanted answers for free. Rumor had it that some new kid could point out weaknesses for a price. Etzel preferred to hide in corner of school library and save money for new books. Skip ahead another twelve years. For those not keeping track, Etzel is now 23, and has successfully obtained a job. Major electronics corporation, with great paycheck. Bullies still exist, but now use titles such as 'boss', 'manager', and 'supervisor'. Recently, he was almost late to work. There were problems with subway car. Etzel was forced to cut across a park. Tripped due to being in a rush. Glasses flew off, landing in a nearby bush. Coincidentally, Gadget was in same bush. Etzel, of course, grabbed the wrong pair. Didn't like tint, but he could see through them, and he didn't want to be late. Rest of day otherwise unusual.
So... Hoping this is okay. And hoping it's okay to just basically reuse my old JTTM signup for this.![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
- Name: Moerin*
- Age: 25
- Sex: Female
- Personality: Hammy, silly and something of a perv, with a notable love of boyish girls and girlish boys. Refuses to act her age most of the time, but when she does it's usually a bad sign. She has a strong sense of justice, and is quick to jump to the defence of anyone she feels has been wronged, but other than that she's kinda lazy. She's also kind of a nerd, and enjoys cooking, reading and random bouts of philosophy. Unfortunately, she also suffers from an inferiority complex and tends to put everyone else before herself, and has a habit of apologising far too much when she believes she has done something wrong.
- Appearance: Courtesy of an awesome friend.◊ Heightwise, she's about 6'1".
- Gadget:
- Name: Gadget of Silence
- Origin: Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn
- Powers: Even in its Locked Form, the Gadget of Silence grants Moerin the power to heal others simply by touching them. By saying the incantation "Saturn Crystal Power, Make Up!", Moerin activates its Unleashed Form and transforms into Sailor Saturn, the Soldier of Silence. Her physical capabilities are boosted, most notably her durability and agility, and she gains access to a weapon known as the Silence Glaive; a powerful magical polearm that is a symbol of the end of all things. The Silence Glaive is unbreakable, and whilst it possesses the ability to reduce the entire planet to dust simply by Sailor Saturn willing it and wordlessly bringing the weapon to the ground, not only would doing so expend the lifeforce of the one using it but Moerin isn't likely to ever actually want to destroy the planet she's on unless there is absolutely no hope left (and even so, it would never be used without explicit GM permission anyways). Now that that's out of the way... Whilst transformed, she can naturally use Sailor Saturn's special attacks. To begin with, she will only be able to use the Silence Buster (a spiral of energy fired from the Silence Glaive) and the Silent Wall (a powerful forcefield generated by holding aloft the Silence Glaive). As her connection to her Gadget deepens, she will eventually learn how to use the Silence Glaive Surprise (a powerful explosive force capable of destroying sizable buildings with one shot) and finally the Death Reborn Revolution.
- Forms: In its Locked Form, the Gadget of Silence looks like a bulky purple pen with a small golden model of the planet Saturn at the top. The Unleashed Form, naturally, takes the form of Sailor Saturn's costume, complete with the Silence Glaive.
- Backstory: There's nothing much to say, really. Just a boring, ordinary life leading to a boring, ordinary existence. She's currently directionless and lost without any real purpose in life, but that doesn't stop her from trying to find one. She's from Scotland, but for the purposes of this RP she has recently moved to America.
Well, I guess I'd better go dig out my SI sheet and polish the 63-bat again.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
huzzaaaaaaaah
Etzel is accepted.
Moerin is accepted. See, I told you it wasn't going to be a problem. 
Can't wait for the rest of the sheets.
edited 11th Jan '13 9:58:55 PM by Stratofarius
King of Lame-Style
- Name: Niels Croshaw
- Age: 30
- Sex: Male
- Personality: Witty, a tad arrogant, a bit irreverent, a bit of a jerk but ultimately has a soft side, particularly to animals and children. He is also a former greedy, egotistical asshole.
- Appearance: A tall, skinny, pale-ish man, with short cut black hair, and blue eyes. He is usually seen with a pair of baggy jeans, work shoes and a t-shirt, occasionally a jacket.
- Gadget:
- Name: “Gadget of the Wandering Swordsman”
- Origin: Kenshin Himura from Rurouni Kenshin
- Powers: For now just a physical boost of speed, strength and reflexes. Afterwards he might be bestowed with the knowledge of the Hiten Mitsurugi style and progressing from the basic techniques to, finally, the Amakakeru ryu no Hirameki. Finally, Kenshin himself might present himself in bodily form.
- Forms:
- Sealed: a smooth metallic black object with the size and shape of a small pocket watch, with a set of hooks on the back, for it to be placed on a belt, over on his left to be precise. On the front there’s the white silhouette of a katana.
- Unleashed: Kenshin’s reverse edge katana in its shiny black sheath.
- Backstory: Niels’ life story has been turbulent to say the least. He wasn’t the perfect child and his parents weren’t angels, but they made things work somehow. His academic history, and childhood was entirely normal, if a bit lonely even up until graduating from highschool. Then Niels met this man, the sort of shady character they warn you in PSA’s. This man saw potential in Niels and lured him with money, women, and power… the usual temptations. The kid, thinking he could outsmart the man and grab a quick buck, he accepted. The kid was smart, still is, but the man outwitted him. The parents were fooled by the man, he said that he would take Niels on a scholarship to a special academy. The man then formed and raised Niels to be a fantastic conman, and the better he was the more he sunk down into the underworld. He had his hand at almost any illegal activity you could think of. By the end he was a rich man, with a good life and a pretty, if uninteresting, wife. A couple of years later came his 30th birthday. Now he had some time to think on his current situation but he had lived through a third of his life and it was starting to feel stale and hollow. He took a good hard look at himself, and at the people around him. To say the least he was unsatisfied. He did his last egotistical maneuver and not only he walked away from all of it, he burned everything behind him, metaphorically. And so he came to a city where nobody knew him, picked up an apartment, got a job at a carpenter's workshop, and started to rebuild his life. Then is where a mysterious little artifact appeared in his living room...
Oh and Strato, you have full permission to use "the shady man" in my back-story for a member in Society G, if you want/need to.
edited 11th Jan '13 11:13:23 PM by Sanojutsu
The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.
A new age of heroes is about to rise...
Roleplay thread.
Discussion thread.
Welcome to Gadget Heroes!, a semi-crossover RP. What is Gadget Heroes? It's an RP based around the concept of Gadgets, Transformation Trinkets that allow humans like us to contact with digital copies of famous heroes (and even villains) from TV shows, animes, that sort of thing. In Gadget Heroes, you'll play as an OC who finds a Gadget and enters the amazing world of the Gadget Heroes, an organization of Gadget-wielders ready to fight crime and other Gadget-wielders that decided to use their powers for evil. But nothing is as simple as it seems, as an evil corporation, known only as Society G, threatens the safety of the Earth, together with a few otherworldly threats... is your Gadget-wielder ready to save the world and be a hero? Let's find out! Gadget Heroes, GO!
A few explanations:
What are Gadgets? Gadgets are device that allow someone to contact a digital copy of a hero or villain from (what were believe to be) fictional universes and borrow their powers. They travel around the universe, searching for someone worthy, and once they find that particular someone, they immediately start to develop a Bond with it, allowing the person to use their powers in times of need. During the first stages of their Bond, Gadgets communicate with Users through telepathy, although they can talk with other people. They have two forms: a "locked" form (which looks like a brooch), and an unleashed form, only used during a battle.
What is a Bond? A very sexy spy— I mean, a Bond defines how connected a Gadget and its user are. If a User possesses a strong Bond with its Gadget, not only will he be able to use all of the Gadget's powers, but the Gadget would be able to create a physical manifestation of itself that would help the User in and out of battle. A Bond may be a romantic, friendly or even respectful relationship.
Where do Gadgets come from?Gadgets are devices created by a long-lost race of super-intelligent humanoid lizard aliens, the O'tahs. The O'tahs were embroiled in a worldwide war against the N'iarths, another race of aliens initially created by O'tah scientists as another weapon. However, the first N'iarths escaped the laboratories and hid, multiplying their numbers, until they were ready to fight back against their creators. Their greatest strategy was the fact that they could adapt their bodies to anything they consumed: if they consumed loads and loads of automatic weapons, parts of their bodies would turn into these weapons.
Fearing they would lose the already 300-year old war, the O'tah Council sent a group of its brightest minds on a quest to develop their latest device, the Gadgets. They traveled across the Multiverse, visiting worlds and making digital copies of its heroes, so that once they returned, the O'tah warriors would be able to use their Gadgets to contact and borrow the power from these heroes. But a group of N'iarths followed the O'tahs, robbing a few of the Gadgets and making digital copies of the villains from these worlds.
After a year of journeying, the results were thousands upon thousands of Gadgets. Once the two groups returned to the planet, the O'tah Council feared that with this new weapon, the war would not only be restricted to their planet, and as a last resort, blew up their planet, taking both races with it and sending all those Gadgets flying away, into space. The Gadgets then began their long search for someone worthy of their power.
How did the Gadgets come to Earth? Gadgets followed signals emitted by their stories: the more people in a planet know about a Gadget's story, the more attracted the Gadget will be to said planet. As time progressed, Earth began to create more fictional stories (which were based on the stories of other planets in the Multiverse) and so, more Gadgets were attracted to our little blue dot.
Who are the Gadget Heroes? Initially, only a few people in Earth had Gadgets, and they kept their powers a secret. But some people decided to unite their powers, forming various groups through mankind's history united by the fact they were all secretly Gadget-wielders. The Gadget Heroes is simply the latest version of this group. It's mission is to find Gadget-wielders and train them, so they'll become heroes and use their powers to fight crime, instead of using their powers for evil. The Gadget Heroes have multiple bases scattered across the world that can provide lodging, training facilities, etc.
Who are the Society G? The complete opposite of the Gadget Heroes, they are a group of eight Gadget-wielders whose identity and objectives are a complete mystery. But they have been behind 95% of crimes with Gadget-wielders, and it's obvious they have a plan and are working to accomplish it. The Society G has operatives scattered across the world: they are powerful Gadget-wielders which run the operations in each area, only keeping contact with the leaders of the Society through very secret video conferences in which the leaders' identities and voices are altered every time.
Rules!
Sheet!
Have fun! And remember... Gadget Heroes, GO!
Accepted Characters:
The star (*) means semi-accepted (needs some changes)
edited 16th Jan '13 7:32:55 PM by Stratofarius