F.O.R.U.M: Task Force L: from zero to hero

F.O.R.U.M or the Federal Organization for the Restriction of Unruliness and Misconduct is an organization dedicated to keeping the law. It has many various branches to it that help keep everything in order. One such branch is the Task Force Division (or the TFD). The TFD consists of various super powered teams, or Task Forces as they are called, that are deployed to various more dangerous situations (such as a portal to another world opening up or a crazy mad scientist threatening to turn the mayor into cheese (don't laugh, it actually happened)).

Possibly the best task force is Task Force L. Or so you, a new member of Task Force L, have been told. But the truth is the L in Task Force L stands for Loser. Because that's what you are viewed as. Task Force L is where the TFD sends all of it's new members with the most useless super powers. There's a group of them every year. And they are always sent to Task Force L. No generation of Task Force L has ever made it through a year. They always quit or die or are fired. But not this year.

You are the new members of Task Force L! And you are going to succeed! With something strange going on and you being the only ones around to figure it out, you just might become the first successful Task Force L and change that L's meaning from Loser to Winner!

GM notes:

Check it out! I made a meta rp (real original, amiright!). It may or may not take place on this very wiki (I’m on the fence about it.). Anyway, It’s here! So, I should explain a few things. First of all: you don’t have to be part of task force L. They are the main characters but if you want to be a villain or a secondary character (like an intrepid reporter that follows our heroes around to get a scoop or another seperate member of F.O.R.U.M) you can. So, have at it, please.

CS:

Name: What is the Name of your (not) badas?. Nicknames and aliases: Does your character have any nicknames of aliases? Age: what is your characters age? Are they young old or inbetween? Gender: any gender is okay but please list preferred pronouns. Sexuality: is this really important for anything other than shipping?

Powers: what are your useless super powers? Skills: things you can do without powers. Weapons: for hitting and shooting stuff and the like. Equipment: non weapons. Other items: non weapons non equipment.

Appearance: what does your character look like?

Personality: I would prefer if you filled this out but I won’t kill you if you leave it blank. Who actually sticks to these things anyways?

History: what is your character's tragic backstory? What motivates them to take over the enTIRE TRI STATE AREA *dramatic music*. (I’m kidding. I just wanted to make a phineas and ferb reference.)

Quotes (optional): things that your character has said that really exhibit their personality. Theme song: what is your character’s theme song?

• Name: Lee Wright
• Age: 19
• Gender: Male. Male pronouns are preferred.
• Sexuality: Asexual, but Hetero-romantic (not interested in sexual intercourse, but interested in romantic relationships with members of the opposite sex).
• Powers:
  • Hallucinogenic: Lee's touch is hallucinogenic, as are his bodily fluids. Effects include Mushroom Samba, Temporary Synaesthesia, and an inexplicable craving for Cheetos. Hallucinations are usually surreal, but benign, although surreally violent, nightmarish, or apocalyptic hallucinations sometimes occur. Hallucinations usually begin about a second after skin contact, although how intense they are and how long they last depend on the length of the contact, whether it was skin-to-skin contact (which is usually the least intense and lasts the shortest), bodily fluid-to-skin contact, or bodily fluid-to-bodily fluid contact (which is usually the most intense and lasts the longest), and, if bodily fluids were involved, how much bodily fluid was involved. He is also immune to pretty much all hallucinogens.
  • Self-Inflicted Healing Factor: Lee has a Healing Factor, which would be awesome, except for the fact that it only works on self-inflicted wounds. If someone shoots him in the hand, that hand will have to heal like a normal human hand, but if he shoots himself in the head, he'll heal pretty much instantly, with the bullet being ejected instead of sealed in the wound by the healing.
• Skills:
  • Amateur Gunman: Lee is a pretty good shot with a rifle, but not very good with it, only pretty good with it. He is kind of okay with other firearms. Except shotguns. Everyone's good with shotguns.
  • Black Market: Lee is good at telling legitimate black markets from joke black markets and Police/FBI/Whatever traps, and good at finding black markets, both online and in the real world, as well as finding stuff on the black market for a good price. He also Knows a Guy Who Knows a Guy for pretty much everything, all of which adds up to the fact that he'd make a very good acquirer for a Caper Crew. F.O.R.U.M., of course, does not know about this particular skillset, for rather obvious reasons, nor do they know about the fact that he's been making a small profit selling his blood on the black market as a safer alternative to LSD.
  • Stealth: Lee is pretty good at sneaking, blending into crowds, and generally evading pursuit. F.O.R.U.M. knows about this skill, but he greatly understated it to his interviewers.
• Weapons:
  • Tranquilizer Rifle: An air-powered rifle designed to shoot tranquilizer darts. The darts themselves, if they contained a tranquilizing agent, would contain enough to knock out an elephant, but are filled with Lee's blood instead of tranquilizer. After he shoots you, you'll probably be too busy enjoying tasting the pretty colors to fight or run away.
  • Knife: In case things get up close and personal, Lee has a knife. He usually slices himself before using it, so his blood's hallucinogenic effects are added to his attacks. Not fun to fight against, that...
• Equipment:
  • Handcuffs: Self-explanatory. The people he bought them from thought he wanted them for bondage. He corrected them when he returned them and told them he wanted police handcuffs.
  • Bulletproof Vest: Again, rather self-explanatory.
• Other Stuff:
  • Car Keys: Keys for his old, beat-up white van.
  • Phone: His cell phone. An old flip phone from the early 2000's.
  • Gloves: Thin gloves that prevent him from leaving fingerprints and keep people from going on acid trips every time he gives them a high-five or a handshake.
  • $572: Five hundred and seventy-two dollars in cash.
  • Debit Card: A debit card. Lee hates credit cards.
• Appearance: Lee is Latino, but is actually an Aversion of Latino Is Brown. He is easily mistaken for a Caucasian, and his (rather obviously Caucasian-sounding) name doesn't help with matters. He has dark hair and blue eyes, and is rather unremarkable in appearance.
• Personality: Lee has a mild case of Leeroy Jenkins, and sometimes rushes into fights he isn't quite prepared for. This is exacerbated by the fact that he enjoys Obfuscating Stupidity. Despite this, he is, as shown above, surprisingly competent in the areas of stealth and black market acquisitions. Being asexual, he doesn't give a damn about sex, but pretends to so that attractive women will think that they can distract or control him when they actually can't. Basically, despite (carefully crafted) first impressions, he is a very smart guy who is Not Distracted by the Sexy.
• History: Lee grew up in a small, low-income neighborhood in Canada of all places. A hydrofield cut through his neighborhood, and it caused a lot of weird stuff to happen. He developed his powers at the age of 11 after some older kids gave him some LSD, Beer, and Cheetos. He moved down to the States when he was thirteen, and lived in a rather slummy part of the city. It was there that he made his first black market connections and learned about stealth and... acquiring stuff.

edited 20th May '18 2:04:08 PM by SomethingRandom113

I find I have no choice but to approve this. I also find that me understanding everything you just said makes me an extreme nerd. The only thing that could make me nerdier is understanding an xkcd joke.

Name: Leon Hanns

Aliases/Nickname: none that i'd like to mention.

Gender: male he/him pronouns

Sexuality:Heterosexual.

Powers: he has two powers that work together in tandem the first power is damage absorption, which absorbs the damage he takes, then there's his Damage blast, which ejects the damage absorbed, however he doesn't have the necessary secondary powers for him to use this power efficiently so he barely uses it mostly because he doesn't want to risk his life for people he doesn't know.

Skills: he is quite proficient in running away and taking shots at people from a distance, as it is in his cowardly nature. he is also good at acting quickly under pressure and if the need calls for it, selling people out to escape punishment or at the very least get a lesser one. he is also adept at lying and seeing lies.

personality: he is a coward at heart, he knows this and embraces it with all his might making himself the only one who finds his powers useless...or at least useless in his hands as someone more brave/fearless would probably be able to use them and not suck. however there is a part of him, a part he would very much want to ignore that would want himself to use his powers for the greater good that doesn't involve himself...he doesn't listen to that part much.

Backstory: as stated above, Leon is a coward, and acts/lived out his life as one. his powers manifesting when he was caught by the mob and was almost beat to death, after a quick rampage of short term karma, he then -mostly being fueled by Adrenaline by now- ran like the wind making sure to pass out at a hospital to get healed. after a long healing session he wanted to go find something that he can join without the risk of being caught by mob again.

edited 10th Apr '18 3:53:24 PM by medievalParadox

Erm... That seems like quite the useful power.

• Name: Damien Rogers
• Nicknames and Aliases:"The Boxer", "Mac", "Legendary Taunt"
• Age: 20
• Gender: Male, He/Him
• Sexuality: Straight
• Powers:
  • Critical Roll: Any attack Damien does that has a sufficient enough power to it goes through the Critical Roll. More often than not, it will be the same, if not a slight increase or decrease, but there is a chance that it will either send a man flying across the room or become the equivalent of Cherry Tapping. It will often weaken his attacks, but when he gets the Crit... glorious.
  • Legendary Taunt: Anytime Damien taunts someone, they focus all their attention on him, only after being stunned by the mere stupidity of it for a while. This would be good if the taunt didn't take forever to do.
  • Rooting: An amazing ability on paper, when he is on the ground, he is "rooted," increasing things like speed, strength, and chances on the Critical Roll. The problem? He loses these things when he goes into the air, making him close to a above-average human instead of perching at peak human or above on the ground. He also cannot root on airplanes and helicopters, as the ground is too thin, leaving him to root in the air.
• Skills:
  • Hand-To-Hand Combat: Damien's main way of destroying the competition, Damien is an incredibly talented boxer, using the "dirty" style, which involbes foot stomps, elbows, and grapples that go farther than a hug. He is also much more fluid in his movements than normal boxers, and incorporates some hand-centric elements of other styles, most notably the One-Inch Punch and German Suplex.
  • Enhanced Reflexes: Damien's training and talent give him great reflexes, to the point where lesser opponents can't touch him. However, against other heroes, this isn't as good as you might think, as they can still outspeed him.
  • Predictive Countering: Damien can predict and ruthlessly punish and opponent's moves, down to what they will say, with a moderate chance of accuracy. Unfortunately, this can backfire, which usually leads to a weird misunderstanding at best and a face full of fist at worst.
• Weapons:
  • Grenades: Since Damien has no long-range options, he has a set of 4 grenades that he carries, to allow him to close the gap or finish an enemy. They have a surprisingly compact but powerful explosion.
  • Smoke Bombs: Since Damien can't stealth very well, he has a set of 4 smoke bombs that he carries, which allow him to pss by undetected or sneak up for a (hopefully) powerful attack.
• Equipment:
  • Utility Belt: The belt Damien uses to hold his grenades and smoke bombs.
  • Phlebtonium Knuckles: A pair of Brass Knuckles, but instead of being made out of brass, they are made out of Phlebtonium, the main unbreakable metal that F.O.R.U.M. uses for their heroes. They had some left over, so they made some for him so they wouldn't have to give it back to their suppliers whe they got the next batch.
• Other items:
  • Portable Game Console: An unnamed portable game console.
  • Phone: A smartphone.
  • 300$: Three Hundred American Dollars, in unmarked 20 dollar bills.
• Appearance: Damien is a Caucasian male standing at 5'11. He has short brown hair and hazel eyes that have hints of grey. The first thing you'll notice about his outfit is his large, sleek longcoat. It's green and grey, with a hood that hangs on his shoulders, only worn from time to time. He aslo has a skintight black training shirt and long grey pants with green lines running down the sides. His build is broad, but not overly muscular.
• Personality: Damien is a brash and confident individual, heavily confident in his abilities, no matter who says. He is most definitely a Boisterous Bruiser, holding himself and his allies above all others, no matter the truth. He is always there for providing levity to a dark time, and may even be the one to get others back on their feet. He is a dangerous mix of Combat Pragmatist and Attack! Attack! Attack!, often tossing a grenade, waiting for the boom and then dashing in, recklessly throwing fists and (hopefully) dodging blows. It's a sight to behold, really.
• History:
  • Damien has always had the impulse to puch things really hard. Even when he was a kid, his parents bought him a punching bag so he could punch things. He never formally trained himself, but he watched the best of the best fight, and developed his own stylings based off of them. Every day he would train, getting better and better, faster and faster, more skilled in fighting. As he went on, he picked up techniques from other styles of fighting entirely and applied them to his style.
  • As he went through school, he was constantly impeded by playing fighting games and watching boxing matches in class, all thanks to the advent of 1:1 cirriculums in schools. One day, in fact the last day of his sophmore year of community college, he happened to piss off the wrong guy, who challeneged him to a fight, near a cafe that was on his way home. He didn't accept or decline, and when he walked home, sure enough the man was waiting in front of the cafe. When Damien tried to explain, the man simply said to let his fists do the talkinmg, and threw the first punch. He quickly dodged, and went for the gut, which resulted in a No-Sell. He dodged the next attack, and countered with a Megaton Punch that sent the man flying down the road, and his lackeys scattering. Not knowing what to do, he went home and sat on his bed. Little did he know, his powers had just awakened, and he had been flaged by F.O.R.U.M.
  • Damien went through all of the testing, and while he showed great promise, his Crippling Overspecialization for ground combat, and specifically boxing at that, the random nature of his main ability, and his reckless personality all made him a liability. However, they put him in Task Force L so he could do something productive for whatever time he was here, and prove his worth so he could maybe get promoted, or at the very least survive the year.
• Quotes:
  • "I think we make a great team! We all can really make a difference!",
  • "I've wrestled with an alligator, I've tustled with a whale. I've handcuffed lightning, ad thrown thunder in jail."
• Theme song: Dragon Ball Fighter Z - Yamcha

(I hope he's okay. Damien would be great on paper, but the surprisingly low extents of his stats and whatnot as a hero (Slightly above peak human while Rooted) combined with the RNG tendencies of the Critical Roll make him too much of a liability.)

edited 10th Apr '18 10:11:37 AM by DefRevenge24601

[ alright i'll change the powers so he doesn't have the required secondary powers to make his first two powers useful.

edited 10th Apr '18 3:50:40 PM by medievalParadox

@medevialparadox

Approved

@defrevenge

Also approved

edited 11th Apr '18 3:28:45 AM by BackSet1