Game Settings
Information/specifics will be revealed once we have a player-base.

PL9 / 135pp

^* Note: Minimum Defenses may be lower than 1/2 PL only with GM approval.

It is probably in your best interest to hold back some points to evolve the power-profile, introduce new powers and make changes.

Hero-Lab
I will be using Hero-Lab for verifying builds and tracking conditions, stats. etc.   If you have Hero Lab and have the capability to save a .por file, it'll be much easier for us to transfer that file rather than  having me laboriously re-enter everything.  Less mistakes that way, too.

If you don't have Hero Lab, when it comes time to look at math for the sheet, please make sure it is absolutely clear what's being spent on what, and how you got your numbers.  I will ask questions, of course.  But the clearer it is, the less likely I am to make stupid mistakes.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:24, Tue 13 Oct 2020.

Rise of Metahumans
There have always been costumed adventurers and vigilantes.  Recorded history is full of accounts of these individuals.   But it wasn't until WWII where they really came to stand out.  Many such individuals were conscripted into military service.

Approximately six years ago, news began to leak that an independent research project may have discovered "the secret" behind unlocking super-powers.  It was pretty typical tabloid fare, linking a reclusive billionaire industrialist, Sebastian Swift, to an explosion at a secluded resort in Elfin Cove, Alaska.

Over the next year, the stories gained traction as a new generation of metahumans seemed to be taking the stage.   Five years ago, Swift and the United Nations unveiled the world's first UN "meta-group". AEGIS - Allied Elite Government Intervention Service.

A year later, the United Nations passes the Barcelona Accords, declaring that metahumans are human beings and retain all the rights and responsibilities of such.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:54, Sun 01 Nov 2020.

The Silver Storm
The Silver Storm happened about five years ago.  It was result of two metahumans (Earth-Mover and Cascade) fighting in Emerald City.  Neither meta has been seen since.  Both are believed to have been destroyed in the resulting blast.  Since then, the emergence of metahumans in and around Emerald City have shot up dramatically.

Project Elysium
Doctors Alexandra Harding, William Mazarin and Nahid Rashoud incorporated Project Elysium to study the evolution and growth of metahumans.  Elysium's stated goals are to study the metahuman condition and seek to use metahumans to better the quality of life on earth for all its' inhabitants.


Aberrants
"Aberrant" is a term used by an anonymous commentator on an internet post regarding the appearance of a newly erupted metahuman.  Former talk-show host Guiseppe Bennatti was an unfortunate victim of the Silver Storm.   While getting into a heated argument with a domestic-abuse perpatrator on live television, Bennatti suffered a grand mal seizure which sent him reeling to the floor.   Before paramedics could get to him, his very skin turned translucent, revealing his internal organs.

Not all metahumans look or feel like they belong.  The "Aberrant Manifesto" puts forth the idea that Metahumans are not human, but are the next step in evolution.  Therefore, the laws, conventions and morality of humans does not apply to them.    The Aberrants goal is to liberate metahumans worldwide and to illuminate their full potential... by whatever means necessary.   There are rumours that the Aberrants may be behind the rise of "Cascadia".


Cascadia
The past winter has seen unprecedented storms and earthquakes threatening the entire pacific rim.  Untold damage was inflicted by winds and rain.  At the center of the tempest was a new island, risen from the depths.

Approximately 2900 km north of Hawaii and 2400 km west of Emerald City.  The small island  extends for approximately 13 kilometers and boasts a large lake at it's center.  No ship or airplane has been able to approach within 150 km of the island's area, though satellite photography shows what appears to be intense growth of flora across the risen land.

Votrenom
Votrenom is the leading agency for brand development.  They act as PR and marketing agents to "sculpt" your new persona, the metahuman identity that the world will come to know.   It is not the only such agency out there, but it is the best known.   Votrenom has a branch office in Emerald City  and you may have contracted their services to secure endorsement deals, public appearances, or to develop your public persona.

"Unmasked"
"Unmasked" is an investigative reality television show that attempting to ferret out the "secret identities" of various metahumans.   It has since evolved into something more of a celebrity fan show, after a couple of notable masked metas unveiled themselves on public television.   "Unmasked" presented it as a three-part miniseries inviting viewers to register their guesses as to the identity of the masked people.  Viewership engagement soared beyond anything seen previously, and "Unmasked" became further dedicated to the life and times of the modern metas.

StormFront
Originally an illegal underground fighting ring, An expose by Eddie Pollard of the Emerald City Courier-Express brought it's existence to light.   While he expected to highlight the brutality of it, owner Dwayne Ragner spun the media coverage into a contract with the XFC (Ezxtreme Fighting Championship), and now boasts an international broadcast audience.
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After the Grand Hotel Anagensi
On the surface, the world seemed unchanged.   The media frenzy around the Grand Hotel attack had faded as other events captured the public's attention.   But for all that they were back in Emerald City, everything was different.

Origin of the word "Eruption" to refer to metahuman power emergence
A Syrian reporter coined the term "erupted" to refer to the sudden onset of metahuman powers while reporting on the emergence and death of Jewish-American tourist, Donald Zeleckis, who died preventing an Israeli nuclear missile from obliterating a Syrian city.

Cascadia a Sovereign Nation?
A previously unknown, Doctor Felix Frost, issued a press release declaring sovereignity over the newly emerged land-mass in the pacific, calling it "Cascadia".  He declared that any attempt to travel to the island without observing diplomatic process will be met with force.   Two months ago, the island was mostly barren rock thrust up from the depths of the ocean.  The entire oceanic floor in the region had changed!   Now, there were actual living flora covering the island as if some sort of rapid growth had occurred.  Many nations were speculating that metas or aliens were involved.

Hubert House is a former bed & breakfast located on the Eastern slopes of Sunset Hill, looking out over much of the University district from ti's lofty position.

Fans of Sunset Studios television and streaming fiction shows would recognize many of the features of the place, as the front foyer and several of the suites had been used in a lot of shows.

It wasn't exceptionally glamorous.  Most of the B&B furnishings had been swapped out for network-provided sets.  Functional if not expensive.

• Third-Floor: Two bedrooms with private washrooms.
• Second-Floor: Six bedrooms with private washrooms (Virginia & 5 others), A library, Office/computer room with four workstations.
• Main-Floor: Kitchen, Living Room, Dining Room, Sun-Room (kitchen nook), Two bedrooms with private washrooms (one occupied by Tech Crew).  one washroom (no bath)
• Basement: A small gym and photo-studio, laundry and a hot-water-tank, Furnace & backup-generator, 1 washroom (no bath), Underground parking for four vehicles.
• Sub-Basement: An infirmary and communications room in the sub-basement (not in use), 1 en-suite for an attending medic (not in use), storage lockers.

System Specs:

• +00 Toughness: Average (+06 Toughness)
• +03 Size: large house (Small Mansion), Secret, Infirmary,
• +05 Living Spaces, Personnel, Gym, Library, Security System
• +02 Communications / Computer Room, Independent Generator
• +10 TOTAL

Personnel:

• Dylan Liu - Sunset Studios Producer  (Talks to plants) - does not live on-site
• Camera & Tech Crews:
  
  • Archie Hilton,
  • Camilla (Cammy) Grey,
  • Emmett White,
  • Satpal Singh,
  • Susan (Soo-Jin) Salazar
  
  They rotate shifts.  one roaming, doing interviews, etc., the other in the office working on video and audio data.   One of the first-floor bedrooms has been converted to their use as a crash-space.
• Susan Salazar is also the AEGIS liason.

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Lizette Thibodeaux

• AEGIS Agent, some-time personal assistant to Stephen

Tiffany Grace

• victim of metahumaqn attack on Yellow Brick Row
• Saved by Alexey, Adrianna and Cythi
• She's Canadian

Matt

• Innocent bystander, witness to attack on yellow- brick row
• Took Virginia to the rooftop to see the action, but it was essentially over by the time they got there.
• His parents own and run a drycleaning business on the yellow brick row

Marcy

• Friend of Janava's
• Assistant Manager at a fashion Retaul outlet "Pompeii's"
• Marcy has a a prosthetic leg

Sebastian Swift

• Billionaire
• UN "Face" of AEGIS
• Responsible for Project Starfish (a potential cure for cancer)

This message was last edited by the GM at 11:24, Mon 01 Feb 2021.