Post by Dionon on May 25, 2018 2:59:24 GMT -5
DC: The Dark Spectrum
Background
In the earliest days of the DC universe, those that would become the Guardians of the Universe cast off all of their emotions and created the emotional spectrum. They created over the course of millenia, groups that embodied those emotions:
Avarice, Compassion, Fear, Hope, Love, Rage, Willpower.
For a good long time, the waged a cold war that eventually erupted into a full scale war that nearly decimated the universe. But... what no one realized, was the spectrum was.. wrong. It was incomplete. Each of the represented emotions has an opposite. Avarice is opposed by Altruism/Kindness, Compassion by Cruelty, Fear by Resolve, Hope by Nihilism, Love by Hate, Rage by Apathy and Willpower by Impulse.
But where were those rings? Where are the other 7 colors? The Guardians realized that the other 7 were very dangerous.
- Altruism (Midnight Blue) taken too far leads to manditory kindness, draconian kindness.
- Cruelty (Pink) is universally dangerous
- Resolve (Gold) makes you overly brash and unnecessarily unyielding.
- Nihilism (Lime) attempts to squash hope, kill everything.
- Hatred (Maroon) kills trillions in the name of belief
- Apathy (Gray) destroys emotion
- Impulse (Bronze) makes you act first, recklessly, and without thought.
But, during the Lantern War, the Guardians of the Universe went to inspect their vaults, and found their rings gone. Each lantern group held the ring closest to their own emotion. Blue held Midnight Blue, Yellow held Pink, Red held Maroon, Orange grabbed Bronze, Green held Gold, Indigo held Gray, Violet held Lime. But all at once, some unknown force separated them from their prisons.
Now they are loose. Now they seek hosts. They seek out beings that embody their emotions. That would use them to their fullest. Irony that most of them would choose Humans.
The Guardians however do not sit idle. They have their warriors searching out the rings they held. Knowing that the balance of power could shift dramatically if these other 7 emotions. These...Dark Spectrum rings ever propagated.
But the question remains. Who freed the rings? What is that being or beings' ultimate goal? The final question is.... As a bearer of one of these new specturm rings... What are you gonna do about it?
Premise
This is a self insertion game. You play yourself as you would be in the the core DC univere. This is almost a romantisized version of yourself, or, just you. But, you live in DC, you could even be in one of their fictional cities instead of where you are.
Keeping your personal history as close as you can, where would you be? What would you be doing when your life is inturrupted by the dark spectrum?
Character Creation
- Level: See PM
- Stats: 30
- Traits: Unlimited, up to a Severity 4 (Super Points Granted at 1st level minus 1, divided by 5 = Severity.
- Flaws: Up to 2
- TH: Minimum 4
- Powers: Please note that I'm designing the Rings and Entities, not you. Also, being a Metahuman will reduce your Ring's initial power (Chances to power it up are available).
- Special Rules: You begin the game with no powers. No Super Points. You're building a normal human being (Unless you're some sort of Metahuman in this reality, if so, talk to me first) that is you in the DC universe.
Once you express interest, you'll be receiving a PM from me with a short questionaire. Do what it says, and I'll respond with your level. If you don't want to PM, let me know and I'll use Discord.
If you do not want to be a Human (Talk to me first.. If you're going to do the Alien bit, do an Alien AND a Human as I'll only accept maybe 2 Aliens) Use the Alien Maker in Quintessential Dragon Ball to create your race. Your Super Point Pool after you get your Ring will be reduced by part of your Racial Cost.
Custom Traits, Flaws, Powers, Advantages and Disadvantages are available at GM Decision.