A Game of Gods- Signups

Even gods, despite their infinite widsom and majesty, grow bored. A million years, as the multiverse buds and balloons a quadrillion times over, is not too long, for beings made of sterner stuff than weak flesh and corrodable metals. Such as it was with the Nomads. Nobody truly knows where or how these omnipotent startravellers arrived in the Multiverse. Some say that they are from another plane of being entirely, emigrating here after some great and unknown cataclysm. Others believe that they are a side-effect of the creation of the first universe itself, travelling outwards as the Multiverse formed. Whatever the reasons, within a million years they had established themselves across the many realms of possibilities that is the infinity of multiversal travel.

And after that, they grew bored. In a few short million years, they had exhausted all the forms of entertainment that their race could offer. Finally, a Nomad came up with a new pastime. Each Nomad would travel the multiverse in search of a suitable champion- a lower being from one of the many worlds that the multiverse offered. Each champion would take part in a variety of games- not to see who won or lost, as such omnipotent beings quickly grew bored with such trivial ideas, but to see how their champions fought- either against enemies similarily drawn from across the multiverse, against challenges, and, sometimes, against each other.

And so, with champions and competitors drawn from across the multiverse, so begins... The Game of Gods!

I'm pleased to introduce my newest RPG, a Mega Crossover known as A Gameof Gods. What's the story behind this? As stated above, a mysterious, seemingly-omnipotent group known as the Nomads have travelled the multiverse, searching for competitors to take part in their challenges and battles. Snatched from their home universes and forced to compete in these games, an unlikely crew will need to overcome the multiple Challenges forced upon them and escape the arena for good. But will they succeed in the Challenges and escape, or fail? That, my friends, is all up to you!

(The main thread is here, while the discussion thread is here.)

Inspired by The Massive Multi Fandom RPG, We Are Our Avatars, and Enter the Arena... as your Avatar! Thank you all for helping me to come up with this game. And don't worry, I'll still be around in those games.

Characters

As this is a Mega Crossover, characters should not be OCs (original characters). In addition, please try and keep your character somewhere around or under 2 in the Super Weight classification scale (Seriously, what fun is a challenge when Dr. Manhattan or Haruhi can vaporize everything in a 50-mile radius?).

Other than that, the doors are wide open, and your character- be it hero or villain- can be from any show/book/movie you want. If you want, you can fill out this form as well: (plus, this'd help me!)

• Name:
• Franchise:
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities/:
• Personality:

Characters In Use

• Crow T. Robot (GM)- Toa Hahli: A brave and inquisitive Toa, Hahli wields the elemental powers of Water and the Mask of Kindred, which allows her to duplicate the powers of animals.
• The Great Pies Alt- Metal Sonic: With his personality aborted, Metal Sonic is a blank slate- a powerful one, but still a blank.
• Liirian- Travis Touchdown: A loser Otaku turned Heroic Sociopath Anti Hero Assassin with a variety of swords and weapons.
• Mizagium- Roxas: Roxas wields powerful Keyblades and isn't afraid to fight to the death for his friends.
• Oni-Lord- Deidara: Deidara has the ability to bring his clay creations to life, with explosive results.
• Nimitz- Jorge- 052: A cyborg Spartan II, designed to be the ultimate soldier, Jorge is adept with many forms of weapons, tools, and vehicles.
• Gabriel Gloom- Eddie Riggs: Skilled with his axe and his elementally-charged guitar, Eddie is a supportive, if somewhat snarky, warrior.
• Darcsthe Neurotic- Yellowhead: More than just a puppet, Yellowhead has the ability to conjure objects and useful items out of nowhere.
• Flanker 66- Craft: A combat reploid, Craft has melee abilities far beyond any normal human.
• Sullen Frog- Ravage: A treacherous Decepticon, this mechanical alien panther nurses a grudge against humans.
• Deadbeatloser 22- Gary Roach: Experienced with all manner of weapons, Gary is a Deapdan Snarker with a penchant for demolitions.
• Colonial 1.1- Saren: A ruthless warrior who will do whatever it takes to get back home.
• Anno R- Gordan Freeman: Intelligent and slightly cynical, Gordon Freeman is nonetheless an brave individual, and a capable combatant. He is somewhat sarcastic, but ultimately very protective of allies.
• Shiningknight- Max Winwood: With the ability to manipulate the fabric of time, Max makes a formidable opponent.
• Lemurian- Isaac: Isaac controls a wide variety of ground-based powers, and is stoic and dependable.
• Made Of Axes- Harry Dresden: Dresden controls magic, and is known as 'the only wizard in the Chicago phonebook.'
• Psyga 315- Narumi: Narumi is a ferocious warrior who enforces vigilante justice.

The Challenges

Of course, the majority of the game will revolve around the Challenges, in which the PCs will compete against other characters or monsters from works of fiction. Here's where I'll try and deviate from the traditional GM- any player is free to suggest, implement, and run a Challenge for the rest of the players. All you'll need to do is run it by me on this forum (or better yet, PM me), and as soon as I can I'll approve/disapprove of it. Keep in mind that not everything has to be a battle of some kind- you can have more lighthearted competitions, such as racing, or a trivia contest.

Challenge Name: Overview: (What is it? What to the competitors have to do?) Goals: (What should they accomplish?)

Rules

• Characters (even the most Genre Savvy among them) have no idea why or how they arrived here.
• No autohitting (having another player character be hit without giving him a chance to dodge).
• Players may only have one character at a time, unless the character is part of a duo, in which case they may both be played. No more than two characters, please!

The game itself is scheduled to start sometime this week, although I'll be monitoring these forums until then (I'll PM people who have signed up in these forums when the time comes.). Anyone who's interested can sign up and play, no hassles!

Now, who will answer the call?

edited 10th Nov '10 12:47:10 PM by CrowT.Robot

• Name: Mecha Sonic

• Franchise: Super Mario Bros Z

• Weapons/Powers/Abilities/: Laser vision, flight, resilient armor, Super-Strength, Super-Speed, various guns and missiles

• Personality: This one had his personality aborted after crash-landing here, so none.

edited 16th Oct '10 8:16:25 AM by TheGreatPiesAlt

• Name: Travis Touchdown
• Franchise: No More Heroes
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities/: He's equipped with several different Beam Katana that he switches between during fights (The Blood Berry, pretty powerful, two-handed, not too fast, drains quickly. The Camellia Mk-III, a quicker one-handed Beam Katana that can cut up enemies pretty quick. The Peony, a slow but powerful blade, that expands with Travis's ki (Basically, he more excited he gets, the longer the beam gets. I know exactly how that sounds). At its maximum length, the weapon is close to eight-feet long, rivaling Masamune. And finally, the Rose Nasty duel Beam Katana, a pair of weapons that can shred an enemy in seconds.) Power and ability wise, Travis is Made of Iron, surviving bullets, beam weapons, getting slammed into walls, crotch lasers, super-hand buzzers, and getting punched straight through his gut. He also enters 'Dark Side Mode' randomly, or when his Ki reaches its maximum (although his Ki powered DSM is just bullet time, while the random DS Ms are different every time).
• Personality: He's a loser Otaku turned Heroic Sociopath Anti-Hero Assassin. Not much more to say.

• Name: Roxas
• Franchise: Kingdom Hearts
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities/: Roxas is equipped with the Oathkeeper and Oblivion Keyblades. Roxas posses the Glide ability, High Jump, and when pushed, use his Limit attack, where he summons thirteen spears of Light to hurl. Aside from that, he typically attacks with his Keyblades, preferring their solidity to magic.
• Personality: He takes himself seriously, and gets frustrated to the point of anger if he doesn't quite understand something. Any friends he makes, he would fight to the death to protect them. He is frequently the "straight man" out of the group.

edited 16th Oct '10 10:07:57 AM by Mizagium

• Name: Cirno
• Franchise: Touhou
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities/: Flight, bullets of magic called danmaku, manipulation of cold
• Personality: very childish, and some would call her stupid. She has a lot of confidence in her own abilities and likes to brag. easily distracted, forgetful, and not too hard to anger. She does love to play and seems a lot like a human child in personality.

Hey, I'm interested in joining. However, I'm not sure whether to go with Craft or Harpuia.

I'll let you decide (based on which you think might be more interesting). I'll write up a character sheet for both of them, just so you know their full capabilities.

• Name: Craft
• Franchise: Megaman Zero
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities: Being a combat reploid, he'll have strength far higher than that of the average human. He has a very large rifle that can fire a powerful laser (which he can use to achieve limited flight), and it can also accept a large bayonet in its muzzle, which can be fired afterward. It also has extendable missile racks, though the missiles can be destroyed with a single shot - the same is likely to be true of his grenades, which come in a few varieties.
• Personality: To quote his page on the Megaman Knowledge Base, he's calm, controlled, and absolutely loyal to Dr. Weil.

• Name: Sage Harpuia, though he's normally called "Harpuia".
• Franchise: Megaman Zero
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities: Like Craft, he is far stronger than a human being. He has two beam sabres, and can achieve flight. He also has an "Armed Phenomenon" form, though he won't be able to use it in this RP. He can use wind and lightning based attacks, and he can also create Sword Beams. He is very maneuverable in the air, which is fitting considering he's the general of the Neo Arcadian air force. However, he can be knocked out of the air by a sufficiently strong strike. He can summon a small mechaniloid to assist him (but during the process he is very vulnerable), and he can also dash. Finally, he can summon lightning to strike a spot on the ground.
• Personality: He has a lot of pride, and he often considers others to be "inferior" to him. He is very loyal to X (and Copy X), though eventually he becomes more and more like X himself, making him a Hero Antagonist.

edited 16th Oct '10 11:33:01 AM by Flanker66

• Name: Jorge-052
• Franchise: Halo
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities/: Jorge is a SPARTAN-II. He, along with several others, was conscripted in the SPARTAN-II program to become the ultimate soldier. To do that, Jorge was trained to be highly adept at using all types of weapons, tools and vehicles. To improve his abilities even further, he was given several augmentations. As a result, Jorge has the strength to flip over tanks, and he can move and react faster than a normal human can, even when he's carrying something quite heavy. Jorge is equipped with Mark V MJOLNIR armor, which further augments his abilities. Though he can use any weapon, Jorge prefers to use an M247H Heavy Machine Gun.
• Personality: Though he is a killing machine, Jorge is surprisingly stable. He is cordial, professional and outspoken about his beliefs. He is empathetic towards innocents, and will do whatever he can to protect them from harm. Needless to say, if they are hurt or killed, he doesn't take it well.

edited 16th Oct '10 12:07:05 PM by Nimitz

Thanks, these are all great. The game will be up sometime this week, in the meantime any more signups are accepted.

Sorry if I'm bothering you, but which one would you rather have me play as?

Also, what differentiates this RP from the MMFRPG?

This RPG is based more around action and competition. I've been playing with this concept for a few months, since before I joined the MMFRPG.

Plus, either is fine.

edited 16th Oct '10 1:50:17 PM by CrowT.Robot

Name: Eddie Riggs

Franchise: Brütal Legend

Weapons/Powers/Abilities/: Wields The Power Of Metal in the form of his guitar Clementine, allowing him to summon lightning, fire, and various other spells. He can sometimes use his demon heritage to grow wings.

He is also skilled in the use of his axe, The Separator.

Personality: Eddie's personality can be immature at times, and he is almost always sarcastic and snarky. However, he also knows when it's time to be serious, knows that, as a roadie, his place isn't in the leadership of any group. Eddie is also friendly and a good advisor, when people have doubts of what they can do, Eddie supports them and helps them realize how strong and powerful they really are. Eddie also has a strong sense of justice in him when someone is being attacked or discriminated.

edited 16th Oct '10 2:02:59 PM by GabrielGloom

Updated the character bios.

• Name:The original sackboy called Yellowhead (Yellow)

• Franchise:(Little Big Planet)

• Weapons/Powers/Abilities/:As a creator sackboy he can make practically anything out of nothing, he can also fly for a limited time just as he can put a limited amount of things on any stage, has basic telekinesis through means of his popit, can respond an infinite amount of time through his life gate,although he is only 5 inches tall...

• Personality: He is a creative Cloudcuckoolander with a Napoleon complex who tries to be helpful whenever he can.

edited 20th Oct '10 3:42:53 PM by DarcstheNeurotic

I'm excited.

^^ Accepted.

Challenge Name: Character Development

Overview: The heroes are stuck in Tokyo, with all their powers intact. They must interact with people and...yeah, develop character traits

Goals: Undergo Character Development, duh!

Interesting. I have the first three challenges or so plotted out, but after that it's anyone's guess.

Anyhow, the game is scheduled to start either later today or early tomorrow, depending on my schedule. It may be a bit sporadic at first (I"m studying for an exam,) but it'll pick up, don't worry.

edited 17th Oct '10 5:31:04 AM by CrowT.Robot

We should make a discussion thread.

Done.

Craft it is, then.

Interesting; I may have to check this out.

Sure.

Looks interesting... The question is who to go for?

• Name: Ravage
• Franchise: Transformers G1//Beast Wars
• Weapons/Powers/Abilities: as a transmetal jaguar, Ravage has all the speed, strength and agility that one would expect of big cats, and then some; in combat he attacks his enemies with lethal swipes of his claws and crushing bites. In addition, there is also a potent thruster in his back which can be used to either increase his running speed or provide limited flight for a few seconds, and he possesses a cloaking device which can render him almost invisible to the naked eye. Beyond this, however, Ravage is mode-locked; he cannot change back into his natural, robotic form, and he is unable to utilize the weaponry that would be accessible to a humanoid transformer.
• Personality: A consumate Decepticon through and through, Ravage's only real loyalty is to himself. Given humanity's role in the Decepticons' defeat during the Great War, he views humans with disdain and would happily kill them all if he didn't need them to ensure his own survival; any nonhuman party members are not treated much better, as Ravage sees them only as tools or potential threats.

edited 17th Oct '10 1:42:49 PM by SullenFrog

Accepted! Feel free to join in whenever you want.

edited 17th Oct '10 1:45:59 PM by CrowT.Robot