Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?
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@ghost I think Zero Punctuation once referred to the facehugger as "nature's communion wafer", apropos of people in a game taking roughly that same worshipful attitude.
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@chet
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I'm not sure I understood your post, exactly. Would you be allowing FC villains as Player Characters? Would people have to 'buy them' with XP? Would they not be allowed?
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FCs villains can be apped, but they'd never 'advance' in the system, by earning XP. They would also provide gear for stat boosts to OCs present at a scene when they were knocked out in terms of their HP, in addition to heroes taken out of the temp locker providing the same gear boosts. I've got three levels for temp heroes, six levels for OCs to advance, and four levels for FC villains within the OC ranks to be statted with.
The entire system is sketched up on a Dropbox link, which is the proposition (it's a work in progress).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1l29l86ob0i173w/villains united system.txt?dl=0
I'm working on extracting the necessary characters and locations for a roster and grid schematic right now.
It should be noted that the provision about heroes as they pertain to your IC power level rank isn't necessarily the 'encounter' hero's level, just the level you need to control it. That way we don't have a newbie running around as Ganthet, unless you've apped for an FC and pass muster through the app process. (I'm thinking e-mail for an FC, on-server chargen for an OC). But, if you got your XP up as an OC, you could have a support character out, like Bullock or Lois Lane.
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my dumb idea that'd never work and tbh would sadly attract like the creepiest people ever is Costume Quest
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I'd love to see something like the TV show Alias. Spy shenanigans, super-science (and maybe a little magic, we're not sure), relationship drama and the occasional evil twin.
There would be some structural challenges for MU-play, but it would be fun. And something I don't think I've seen before.
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@collective There used to be a MU* called I-Spy with that theme, unfortunately I don't think it lasted very long.
Apparently the very, very outdated wiki is still there, though!
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XCom2 might be solid for a MU as well, where the aliens won, and the PC's are part of the resistance...
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Shuffling around the kitchen, working on getting morning coffee made when it hit me.
AresMUSH's combat system would work perfectly for Starship Troopers, I think.
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@faceless said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
AresMUSH's combat system would work perfectly for Starship Troopers, I think.
Ares' combat system is very good for PvE large-scale battles in general. I'm in for Colonial Marines, and would be in for Starship Troopers as well.
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There must be a lot more to Starship Troopers than the god awful movies, based on all the people interested in MUing in the setting.
What'd I miss?
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@tempest said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
What'd I miss?
Nothing much. Bug-squishing. But there's also the military politics involved as well, if you wanted to head into that angle.
Nah. Let's all just bang Denise Richards.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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Wild Things.
<sighs>
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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@arkandel said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
Wild Things.
<sighs>
All that comes to mind:
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
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@auspice The mental mental images for me were... wildly different.
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@ganymede said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
Nothing much. Bug-squishing. But there's also the military politics involved as well, if you wanted to head into that angle.
That's where my mind was at on the matter. The large scale combat would be served well with the system, I think. Just a bunch of pve focused splatting.
Would you like to know more? (I couldn't help myself)
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@tempest said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
There must be a lot more to Starship Troopers than the god awful movies, based on all the people interested in MUing in the setting.
What'd I miss?
There is the excellent Heinlein novel.
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@arkandel said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
Wild Things.
<sighs>
I feel the same way when I think about that Neve Campbell/Denise Richards scene.
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@tempest said in Which canon property/setting would be good for a MU* ?:
There must be a lot more to Starship Troopers than the god awful movies, based on all the people interested in MUing in the setting.
What'd I miss?
"THE ONLY GOOD BUG IS A DEAD BUG!!"
If you didn't love the news/propaganda segments you might be a little bit dead inside.
.........OR A BUG?????????
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@auspice I'd do Expanse with Jovian Chronicles.
