Discuss Legion of Villainous Outcomes

[Malkav]

Hey all, My schedule soon will be open (well, if you would call september soon) and I was thinking of starting an RP called Legion of Villainous Outcomes.

The basic premise is the Society of Heroes have just lobbied Congress and parliaments around the world to pass bills that would have all captured villains be registered with local governments and kept under watch. In essence, Supervillains will be treated like common sex offenders and forced to abide by the same laws including the requirement to inform their resident neighborhoods of their offenses.

This is a slap to the face of Supervillainy and as such, many Villains have decided to band together. Together, they will not only fight the system which has oppressed them, but they will also use their new found Legion to achieve the shared dream of world domination (and dental).

There are two main components to this game. The first, is the backstage thread which will serve as Legion meeting headquarters where players will post in character to discuss the goings on and plan our next action.

The second will be the actual theatre thread where we will post our plans coming into fruition. This way it will be as if the guild is planning and executing these plans

Lastly, the Auditions will NEVER close. But if a villain is not doing his part he may lose his rights as a card carrying villain.

So what do you guys think?

[Sandy]

It's a nice idea, it's been a while since the last "superhero" RPG here. However...

[quote name='Malkav']There are two main components to this game. The first, is the backstage thread which will serve as Legion meeting headquarters where players will post in character to discuss the goings on and plan our next action.

The second will be the actual theatre thread where we will post our plans coming into fruition. This way it will be as if the guild is planning and executing these plans[/QUOTE]

I think both of these threads should be in the Theater, mainly because they're both in-character, just to avoid confusing the players. All the backstage threads so far have been out-of-character stuff, so breaking that norm might be difficult for you.

Oh, and no RPG is eternal (except Kill Adam, apparently), so even though you can keep the sign-ups open as long as you want, the game will slip into oblivion eventually like everything else. ;P

[P.J. McKrafty]

[COLOR=Navy][FONT=Arial]It sorta reminds me of the Superhuman Registration Act in the Marvel Civil War series. But I think it's is a great idea, I always loved the whole, Legion of Doom premise. Plus, who doesn't like being a bad guy every now and again? I do have one question though.

Are we going to be doing this in a campy, comical, sort of way, or is this serious and dark?

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[Malkav]

[quote name='Sandy']

Oh, and no RPG is eternal (except Kill Adam, apparently), so even though you can keep the sign-ups open as long as you want, the game will slip into oblivion eventually like everything else. ;P[/quote]

I should rephrase. The rpg won't be eternal, just the auditions won't close for the duration. Also as far as both threads being in the theatre. Ok, but I want the Guild meetings to be looked at like a conversation. Kinda like the person's character is sitting in a room with talking heads on the tv screen. It could even be  considered the League message board (the first mission will be the league trying to score funding for their organization )


PJ, honestly I want it to be more DC Animated Universe (Justice League, Batman Beyond, Superman: The Animated series etc.) with some Venture Bros. thrown in than 60s Batman or the Superfriends. Does that make sense?

[James]

[font=franklin gothic medium]I think this is a pretty solid idea, especially the concept of basically running the in-character aspects of the RPG across two threads. Nobody really does that, but there's really no restriction on how many threads an RPG can use.

Also the idea of playing as villains is pretty interesting, if only because it's really not something that most RPGs tend to do here (although admittedly there are RPGs with characters who probably border on villainous).

So, it definitely sounds worthwhile.

I personally am not a huge fan of the typical superhero comic universes (with some minor exceptions), but I do support the idea of superhero RPGs being done in unique ways. I have some ideas for my own superhero RPG, but who knows when that will launch.

In any case, it all sounds good so far. [/font]

[DeLarge]

[SIZE=1]This sounds like a really interesting way of doing a superhero RP - it's really different from many things I've seen before. And who doesn't love to be a bad guy every now and then.

Although with the idea of a "league" of supervillains, surely there'd be some kind of in-fighting. I mean, with all these supervillains on the same team, surely there would be some power struggles or something going on.

Basically, I'm trying to ask, in a very roundabout way, would there be a leader, or a "head" of the supervillain's "union"? Or would it all be a little more chaotic than that?

With your influences you listed, are we thinking sort of a dark kind of a world, but with a sense of irony running throughout? Because Batman Beyond and the animated series of Superman are pretty serious, but The Venture Bros. is more tongue-in-cheek - so a combination of the two would be half-serious, am I right?
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[Malkav]

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With your influences you listed, are we thinking sort of a dark kind of a world, but with a sense of irony running throughout? Because Batman Beyond and the animated series of Superman are pretty serious, but The Venture Bros. is more tongue-in-cheek - so a combination of the two would be half-serious, am I right?
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I'm going mainly for black comedy in this world. The things our characters will do will be of the dark sort. Maimings, mass murders, doomsday devices etc. I do have a story in mind and I guess since both the League meetings and the story are going to take place in the theatre then I can use the backstage thread to database the 'supers' as it were. Also, I'm not spoofing comic book heroes as much as I'm spoofing the whole superhere Genre.

Legion Hall Thread: Will be where my character, being the Malevolent Dictator for Life of the League (unless someone rises to challenge him;)) will lay out the topics of discussion. Here is where I'll post world news and events that will likely effect we the evil. I will also be assigning out missions and such. This thread will most definitely be the bread and butter of the rpg where plans are made (that's why I wanted it back stage)

Legion Mission Thread: This will be the execution of said plans. This is where the characters who have been dispatched to do evil do there evil. This is where most of the RPing will take place and where the characters get to develop. As DeLarge pointed out a lot of infighting is to be expected.

I'm still open to suggestions btw