Submitting a Character to the AoS!

If you want to join the game, you should understand the out-of-game origin of the campaign ...

Some time in the early 2000's, I ran a number of play by email games. Many of them weren't that great, but one stood out above the rest - called Division Ten, it was a game about a group of FBI-sponsored superheroes who were taking on threats from all across the United States. That game had a high-rotation in the cast, and many of the characters stuck out in my mind.

This rang true for a number of games. I thought back to the campaigns that I'd run in the past, all the great characters I'd seen, and how much I wished I could've told the rest of their stories with those great players. From that thought grew the idea for the Alliance of Superheroes - a campaign which is surprisingly similiar in concept out of game to what it is in game.

That means, to submit to this campaign, all of the following statements must be true:

• The character you submit must be a character you played in a previous play by email campaign, but that you do not play any longer.
  1. You should have a good grasp on this character. He / She should be one of those "favorites" you never got to flesh out.
  2. You must own the rights to the character.
  3. The character cannot currently be in any other Uber-World game, although they could've been in one previously.
• The character should have a reason for taking a break between the game they were in before, and the Alliance.
• The Alliance doesn't pay, operates outside the law (although within it), and is based out of Washington. Keep that in mind when writing your background.

Point Values:

• Base Points: 200 to 250 (depends on the submission - characters in the AoS are not the same point level, but are close)
• Disads: 150 pts
  • Maximum Points from Any Category of Disads: 60 pts
• Maximum Active Points in a Power: 60 pts
• Maximum Speed: 6 (4 or 5 is preferred)
• Special Rules:
  • Preference will be given to "Avengers" / "Justice League" style concepts. Currently, the team has:
    • Brick,
    • Energy Blaster,
    • Martial Artist
  • Variable Special Effects must be justified.