The Merge: Omega Company (OOC - Recruitment Closed)
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:59 am
The Merge Campaign Setting Thread
So... Neo-Paladin has three games ongoing in his Merge setting, and I was on the verge of creating my own Agenta of SHIELD level game... But then Neo-Paladin beat me to it. To the point that the first story I had in mind involved Melange/ Spice! So I shelved that idea, and thought about it... and the overall campaign I had in mind still works. I just need to tweak my opening issue...
So far, everything has been about adjusting. About coping. It's become apparent that whatever caused the Merge isn't going away and isn't going to be reversed... this is our new home and it's time to get used to it.
That's where agencies like the DXDO came in. Cataloguing Extra Dimensional (XD) beings, Natives who have suddenly developed powers... Trying to balance establish a new status quo. But the DXDO aren't the only ones, or at least they have more than one base and more than one person of leadership quality... And out there, there are more than beings of extra-ordinary and physics defying ability. There are items and locations of power.
The plan here is that you will be tasked with finding information on these items of power, of determining what has become a mystical or technological power or artefact. It will be at your discretion, once located, to neutralize or recover them. This task is monumental. There are known multiple versions of the same hero and the same villain... what happens when there are three versions of the Ark of the Covenant out there? When the Cueva de los Cristales are discovered to actually contain Kyber Crystals? Who has the Darkholme? Ancient Technology? Does the Island of Bardos actually exist? What about the rumours of a complex beneath the Sphinx? And although the presence of the Stargate version of Atlantis is generally a well kept secret, the larger secret is the great mecha cat that materialized inside its hangar...
What else is out there?
That's where the series will go, but the first issue spectacular is going to start differently...
Character Creation
PL would be 7, with 105 pp.
You can trade up and down 1 PL for 15 pp. PL 8 would be at 90 pp, PL 6 at 120 pp.
You can have powers but that is definitely not a requirement.
Each rank of Presence nets you a social advantage. (Contacts and Connected are available, as bonus advantages or purchased, but these will be largely useless in the first issue.)
Skill Points are 1 pp/3 ranks.
New Benefit: ATA Gene (Ranked) Each rank gives you +5 (modified by Presence) to be used as a skill to control Ancient Technology. Ancient Technology is not restricted to Stargate Ancients, and in fact encompasses a broad type of technology.
Character Type Wishlist
I am looking for 4 - 6 players. And although you are free to create what you will, I have a preference for legacies, homages, secondary characters or simply empowered Merge Earth Natives. Also, I am looking for certain specific niches. You do not have to fall into multiple (or even any) but I would like some of these to be addressed in one way or another. With examples, but not necessarily restricted to those examples:
a "Tomb Raider". You don't have to be Lara Croft, Rick O'Connell or Indianna Jones. But all are great inspiration.
A Felinoid. Na'Vi (although Avatars do not work), Caitian, Thunderan/ Thundercat, a Werecat of some kind... (I am saying no to Kzinti).
A normally villainous character, but truly one of the good guys. Along the lines of Teal'c. Jaffa, Wraith, Go'auld/Tok'ra, Jem Hadar, a Star Wars Imperial or First Order Trooper...
A Swordsman of some kind. Immortal (Highlander Franchise), Video Game Characters (Soul Caliber...), but not Puss'n'Boots...
A Tech Specialist of some kind. Think Chewbacca or Starfleet Engineer more than Iron Man...
Again, these don't all have to be filled and they can even overlap in the same character, but these types of characters will have moments to shine and better chances at Hero Points...
This will begin late 2016, and although ultimately you will be "hired" by the DXDO, I don't plan to have Cecil Stedman, Amanda Waller or Phil Coulson show up... (They're busy enough as it is...)
I will state that in the opening scene, the characters have not met and have not been contacted by the DXDO (unless you specifically put that in your background).
Any takers?
PP allotments
27/07/2017: Everyone gets one Power Point for the first arc, another for your patience and finally a third for the roleplaying. (Total of 3)
21/01/2018: Everyone gets five Power Points
So... Neo-Paladin has three games ongoing in his Merge setting, and I was on the verge of creating my own Agenta of SHIELD level game... But then Neo-Paladin beat me to it. To the point that the first story I had in mind involved Melange/ Spice! So I shelved that idea, and thought about it... and the overall campaign I had in mind still works. I just need to tweak my opening issue...
So far, everything has been about adjusting. About coping. It's become apparent that whatever caused the Merge isn't going away and isn't going to be reversed... this is our new home and it's time to get used to it.
That's where agencies like the DXDO came in. Cataloguing Extra Dimensional (XD) beings, Natives who have suddenly developed powers... Trying to balance establish a new status quo. But the DXDO aren't the only ones, or at least they have more than one base and more than one person of leadership quality... And out there, there are more than beings of extra-ordinary and physics defying ability. There are items and locations of power.
The plan here is that you will be tasked with finding information on these items of power, of determining what has become a mystical or technological power or artefact. It will be at your discretion, once located, to neutralize or recover them. This task is monumental. There are known multiple versions of the same hero and the same villain... what happens when there are three versions of the Ark of the Covenant out there? When the Cueva de los Cristales are discovered to actually contain Kyber Crystals? Who has the Darkholme? Ancient Technology? Does the Island of Bardos actually exist? What about the rumours of a complex beneath the Sphinx? And although the presence of the Stargate version of Atlantis is generally a well kept secret, the larger secret is the great mecha cat that materialized inside its hangar...
What else is out there?
That's where the series will go, but the first issue spectacular is going to start differently...
Character Creation
PL would be 7, with 105 pp.
You can trade up and down 1 PL for 15 pp. PL 8 would be at 90 pp, PL 6 at 120 pp.
You can have powers but that is definitely not a requirement.
Each rank of Presence nets you a social advantage. (Contacts and Connected are available, as bonus advantages or purchased, but these will be largely useless in the first issue.)
Skill Points are 1 pp/3 ranks.
New Benefit: ATA Gene (Ranked) Each rank gives you +5 (modified by Presence) to be used as a skill to control Ancient Technology. Ancient Technology is not restricted to Stargate Ancients, and in fact encompasses a broad type of technology.
Character Type Wishlist
I am looking for 4 - 6 players. And although you are free to create what you will, I have a preference for legacies, homages, secondary characters or simply empowered Merge Earth Natives. Also, I am looking for certain specific niches. You do not have to fall into multiple (or even any) but I would like some of these to be addressed in one way or another. With examples, but not necessarily restricted to those examples:
a "Tomb Raider". You don't have to be Lara Croft, Rick O'Connell or Indianna Jones. But all are great inspiration.
A Felinoid. Na'Vi (although Avatars do not work), Caitian, Thunderan/ Thundercat, a Werecat of some kind... (I am saying no to Kzinti).
A normally villainous character, but truly one of the good guys. Along the lines of Teal'c. Jaffa, Wraith, Go'auld/Tok'ra, Jem Hadar, a Star Wars Imperial or First Order Trooper...
A Swordsman of some kind. Immortal (Highlander Franchise), Video Game Characters (Soul Caliber...), but not Puss'n'Boots...
A Tech Specialist of some kind. Think Chewbacca or Starfleet Engineer more than Iron Man...
Again, these don't all have to be filled and they can even overlap in the same character, but these types of characters will have moments to shine and better chances at Hero Points...
This will begin late 2016, and although ultimately you will be "hired" by the DXDO, I don't plan to have Cecil Stedman, Amanda Waller or Phil Coulson show up... (They're busy enough as it is...)
I will state that in the opening scene, the characters have not met and have not been contacted by the DXDO (unless you specifically put that in your background).
Any takers?
PP allotments
27/07/2017: Everyone gets one Power Point for the first arc, another for your patience and finally a third for the roleplaying. (Total of 3)
21/01/2018: Everyone gets five Power Points