Campaign created Saturday, August 8, 2009 12:29:39 PM by winterhawk

The continuing adventures of the Saints, the Legendary heroes who defend Sin City! This campaign has been closed to new players.

A Game of Chance is a Supers campaign set in Las Vegas in the 5th edition Champions Universe for 4-6 players built on 200 base + 150 Disads + 25 'experience' to keep them somewhat even with standing characters. Players should be able to post twice a week and once a weekend. Character creation guidelines for Standard Superheroic Guidelines per p. 15 of FRed:

Char: 10-40 (except STR, natch)
SPD: 3-10
CV: 7-13
DC: 6-14
Active Points: 40-80
Skill Points: 25-80 (25 pts. is a Minimum)
Skill Roll: 11-15-
DEF/rDEF: 20/10

Character Guidelines: All characters must be superheroes! That means costumes and code names. The campaign's tone will be my attempt a modern take on the Silver Age ala Astro City by Busiek or JSA by Geoff Johns (I make no claims that I am that talented, they are just easy references). All background elements (Hunteds, organizations, affiliations) must be from established 5th Edition Champions Universe cannon. If you are Hunted by a criminal organization, it should be VIPER, Argent,etc. If you are Hunted by a supervillain, it should be a published supervillain. Exceptions will be made only if an original background element is fully written up and submitted with the character. All characters must be submitted in either Hero Designer or .doc format, with stats and background on the same file.

I am looking for superheroes, real good guys. That's not to say that there won't be shades of gray in tone, hence the AC reference. I'd like to avoid mutant angst and Iron Age types as much as possible. Due to my own prejudices certain characters will not be considered: Fantasy Characters in the modern day, Vampires (even though the Confessor is really cool), Werewolves, Direct Translations of Comic Characters (If you want to play a Strange Visitor from Another Planet his name better not be Superman, homages are fine).

A note to applicants: Please be aware that this is a restart of a campaign with almost three years of continuity that I am sticking to. All new applicants must be approved by the 'veteran' players. I WILL NOT EVEN CONSIDER CHARACTER SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT A WRITTEN BACKGROUND!

As far as Vegas in the CU, it is pretty much the same city accounting for the existence of superpowers. Casinos have security/screening for powers. Historically, Vegas has had little by way of superpowered activity, despite the amount of money going through the place. For some reason, supervillains have avoided it since the 1960s. This changed in 2005, when a group of heroes banded together and formed the Saints. Either because of them, or despite them, the level of superhuman activity has been on the increase...

Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions via PM or at lanceskijr@yahoo.com .