Roleplaying Supergroups

Thanks, Ammon.. Was starting to feel a bit invisible

I updated the new charter into Silent Tempest's wiki entry and retouched the How to join post.

Group Name: The Benedict Trust

Server/Game: Union/Heroes

Theme: Corporation/Hero Militia/Office

Webpage : The Benedict trust (Union Wiki Entry)

Contacts: Tyger (via PM), @Tyger, @Kidd Tyger (in-game)

Usual Activities: PvE mainly but hope to expand to cover as much as possible

Other Activities: RP - If you are part of the group you will have an established role that it is expected to be followed (much like any big business would) whilst IC. If you have a 'bad day at work' then of course you can act as such

Background & Structure: The Benedict Trust is a curious mix of corporation and private business. Owned outright by William Benedict. One of their main sources of income is from the patents on various technology enhancements used by Heroes (and Villains) across the globe as well as on the advanced computer technology prominent in most Superhero and corporate bases.

Willaim Benedict is outright owner, no other shareholders exist save for his wife making occasional hints which allows his personal whims to be carried out with the least amount of fuss. His current desire is to try and help out the city and its over-worked heroes.

Admission Notes/Requirements: How you join will hopefully determine your role in the group. That will also depend on your own character too. There will also be specific builds for toons that you can use and will form as part of the militia for the Trust.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

Group Name: Young Dawn Patrol

Server/Game: Union

Theme: Young heroes in the final phase of their training. The idea is to RP capturing the fun of a 'year one' kinda story, where the characters are full of excitment and bravado, quick to snap at each other and just as quick to forgive. It's also about kicking badguys in the face and trying not to get IDed at clubs.

Webpage: Nope.

Contacts: @Black-Bullet

Usual Activities: IC missions and patrols. YDP work hard to gain the approval of older heros run task force missions when possible.

Other Activities: Trying to get served in Pocket D and arguing over who's mentor could beat who.

Background & Structure: YDP was formed a year ago as a responce to the need for field training of young superheroes. The initial lineup was comprised of the top students from the first class of Dawn Patrol's youth training Initiative, but has since expanded to include newly enrolled students with proven track records. The group is chaired by the Black-Bullet with several more established heroes providing mentorship.

Admission Notes/Requirements: As implied by the name all YDP's members are youngsters (though occasionally there are older heros who are just starting their career). We're pretty casual in play times but try to run a team mission once a week if possible. We're not super hardcore so if you're after 24/7 group activity it's probably not the team for you, however we're pretty flexable in terms of what evenings we play, so if you wanna meet up for an RP session/storyline shoot me a message and we'll arrange something.

Group Name: S.O.A.R (Society For Arcane Research) S.O.A.R
Server/Game: Union

Theme: Magic-origin heroes who wish to assist in keeping artifacts and arcane knowledge out of the wrong hands, often taking on Hellions, Skulls, the Circle of Thorns, Banished Pantheon and entering Croatoa, Dark Astoria, and other areas where the veils are thin on "rescue and retrieve" missions which M.A.G.I cannot take on itself.

Other Activities: Occasionally taking on the citizens of the Isles if artifacts or important arcane personages have gone missing.

Background & Structure: "To Know, To Will, To Dare, To Keep Silent" - the motto of the early Egyptian pantheon. S.O.A.R's concept was created one evening at the Ski Resort of Pocket D. After working in Paragon City for a period of time, Jambalaya felt the group M.A.G.I was not up to the task of protecting magic artifacts and knowledge from going into the wrong hands. It seemed a particular problem to keep Hellions and Outcasts from kidnapping psychics, stealing artifacts or the Council of Thorns harassing citizens. After discussing this with the fallen angel Arrow Flame, they decided to pool their resources together to create a small organisation which would study and keep artifacts and arcane knowledge safe and out of the wrong hands, recovering artifacts and information as necessary and storing recovered items safely away in a protected dimensional "museum".

Admission Notes/Requirements: Currently recruiting any level members who wish to join this arcane-based guild. Our only requirement is that your character has a Magic origin. We are very casual as we are primarily running this group primarily for roleplaying, and while we will be taking part in task forces and pvp play, all of these will have some sort of roleplay story built around it. We are looking for villains who may want to pit themselves against us from time to time as well as people who care to mix PvP with their roleplaying though it is merely optional, not mandatory.

Contacts are either @havok_fang or @LoupGarou. You can find our entry in the Wiki.

Group Name:The Hyenas

Server/Game:Union CoV

Theme:Monster Hunters for hire.

Webpage:Hyenas Forum and Hyenas Wiki

Contacts: @Britanic

Usual Activities: IC Missions, GM hunts, social RP, plot RP, and forum RP.

Other Activities: Dunno, depends on what events are going on at the time.

Background & Structure: The original Hyenas were a group of scavenger hunters tasked with the capture, and extermination of supernatural, mythical, and genetically engineered monsters in order to provide raw materials for the techno-magical products made by Eso-Tech.

After the original's deaths, a second group was formed by the Peddler, who placed mercenary huntsman Big Game publically in charge. Although the new group provides the same service to Eso-Tech, they are no longer under direct control of the company, and are provided with the freedom to pursue outside contracts so long as it does not interfere with the Hyenas own obligations to Eso-Tech.

Admission Notes/Requirements: IC admission can be as easy wearing tigerstriped thigh high boots, chilling Big Game's beer, or cooking him roast duck (These are all reasons Big Game has taken people on so far ).

OOC it really does boil down to an arbitrary decision by myself. If I feel your character won't fit, or at the very least provide some interesting RP for the group then you wont be getting in. Also if I believe as a player there could be conflict then you won't be getting in.

One thing I will say is that im happy to take in new roleplayers. Everybody has to start somewhere, and with the right encouragement and support great roleplayers can develop. Just check the globals listed on the personnel section of the Hyenas forum, and you will see there is already some real class act's to help you along.

Group Name: Statesman's Private Army
Server/Game: Union on heroes
Contact: @bubble923, General Pizzaspine
Theme:mainly a military SG, we all dress up like soldiers,have private or general or sgt or whatever before our name and we also enjoy always doing missions in an SG
team.
Lets Go make some Waffles
(brave words of General Waffles original leader of the SPA)
Origins: The SPA was formed by General Wuffles (now gone), and the SG went well and one member...well, er...for reason you don't wanna know. (some will know it's to do with monkey poop) Now reborn by General Pizzaspine, SPA hopes to thrive again!

General Pizzaspine? General Waffles/Wuffles? I take it this isn't actually a serious RP SG then?

What do you mean? I have a very good friend named Pizzaspine. He ranks highly in Rome!

well, i wud say it is serious as leaders are adressed as sire mostly, we team alot, act as a spec ops squad in teams and sometimes we dont RP and hang out in the base which i make look armyish

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General Pizzaspine? General Waffles/Wuffles? I take it this isn't actually a serious RP SG then?

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oh come on, look who the poster is, do you expect it to be?


<imagines scene>
pizza: "hey wanna join SG??"
noob: "sure"
Pizza: "okay you have to call me sire lol"
noob: "wot?!?!"
pizza: "we are RPSG you call me sire its the rules"
noob: "[censored] noob i join other SG stupid RPer"


How close to the mark am i? do i win a cookie?


Its not that i want to make the RP community seem like a bunch of xenophobic [censored] who don't let outsiders in, but...

GERROFF MOY LAAAAAND!

RP + Pizza = ?????????

I HEART SAMURAI PIZZA CATS! <3<3<3

...anyway, Big Lunk pretty much summed that up. If you actually try to RP then kudos, but "Pizzaspine" doesn't just inspire that sort of heroic justice stuff like Major Heroics could. Sorry.

thanks, really crushed my spirit. thanks

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GERROFF MOY LAAAAAND!

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So... seen Redneck Zombies lately?

A great quote from a not so great movie.

Shh! Listing thread, no discussion!

Group Name: The Black Wolf Gang

Server/Game: Defiant, CoV

Theme: A gang that robs stuff..

Webpage: None atm

Contacts: Johnny Filth

Usualy activites: Taking things that aren't ours, robbing Paragon City banks.

Other activities: Helping lowbies, SF's, missions

Background/Structure: It's a new-ish group willing to take aboard anyone. First 15 members get promo's Ranks are- Pup, Mongrel, Wolf, Black Wolf, Alpha Male.

Admission Noters/Requirments: Must be willing to do a lot of mayhem mishs and banks robberies, no SG costume required but you can get one if you want

Group Name:Project Penance

Server/Game:City Of Heroes Union

Theme:A "Rehab" or "Second Chance" SG for Heroes gone wrong or reformed or on probation villains.

Webpage:not yet sorry

Contacts:@Sharkbait

Usual Activities:Missions, helping new characters develop

Other Activities:Having Fun I hope

Background & Structure:Project Penance is origianly created by the Back Alley Brawler. He ,together with Blue Steel, are leaders and sponsors of the SG. Although the controlle closely all aspects of the SG they themselfs are not active members.
Project Penance was formed as a "second chance" for heroes who made grave mistakes and for reformed villains (on Probation)This is their one chance to proove to the community and the world the deserve a second chance.
The Back Alley Brawler contacted the Drowning Samurai (bio follows)after watching him in the field for a while. And found him the ideal man for the job as laison between the members he and Blue Steel would recrut and himself.

The Drowning Samurai bio:

As a captain in the Wu army Dian Wei made a name for himself during the "3 kingdoms war" 331 B.C.
During a battle with the Shu army he followed a Shu army warlord who was trying to run away from battle into the sea.
While the Shu warlord was throwing away armour and sword so he could swim away, Dian Wei followed him into the water. As Dian Wei started to drown he did not stop , turn back or try to swim.Instead he started slashing the water with his sword. His fury and combined with his pride put him in a state of mind where he believed himself invincible and thought that not even the water could beat him.
... Of course he drowned... But it did not end there for Dian Wei.
A spirit of vengeance appeared to him and granted him immortality and send him out in the world to do good.
He must now never forget that PRIDE comes for the FALL as he learns to appreciate the gift that life is in his cursed existense.

After spending some time in Paragon City he was contacted by the Back Alley Brawler and Blue Steel to form Project Penace.
Structure is: Sinner->Repenter->Sin-Eater->Saint->Immortal(never to be forgoten)


Admission Notes/Requirements: Not realy strict on requirements , but I'm looking for RPers with flaws or difficulty in their character.

Update (The) Court of the Blood Countess
I have reviewed and enhanced the Roleplay on the Court which was lacking some at certain points. It will be much better now.

Aside from that the Court also has an underground division in Paragon City. Gathering all of the same kind of Gothic Horror creatures residing there... Corrupting the hero society from within.

So a short description from both below...

Group Name: Court of the Blood Countess

Server/Game: Union - City of Villains
Theme: Gothic Horror
Webpage: www.courtofthebloodcountess.tk

Contacts:
Bathory Erzsebet (Elizabeth Bathory) - Blood Countess(leader)

Incantator Draconis - High Lord
Mistress Chaos - High Mistress

Vailed Alliance - Dark Templar (Vampires)
Siren of Flame - Dark Templar (Humans)
Spacebug No. 5321 - Dark Templar (Aliens)
Scarlet Robe - Dark Templar (Werewolves)
Lucifer's Reaper - Dark Templar (Demons)
Ghost of Death - Dark Templar (Gosts/Zombies)

Group Name: The Court of the Blood Countess

Server/Game: Union - City of Heroes
Theme: Gothic Horror
Webpage: www.courtofthebloodcountess.tk

Contacts:
Elizabeth Thabyro (Elizabeth Bathory) - Blood Countess(leader)

Undying Mind - High Lord
Mistress Anti Chaos - High Mistress

- Dark Templar (Vampires)
- Dark Templar (Humans)
- Dark Templar (Aliens)
- Dark Templar (Werewolves)
- Dark Templar (Demons)
- Dark Templar (Gosts/Zombies)

Usual Activities: Themed Rp, meetings, hunts - Freaky Friday is usually on 19:00 GMT every friday.

Other Activities: TF's/Respec missions or general teaming, badge hunting and arenas ++

Background & Structure: Themed in the Gothic Horror... Meaning we have vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, demons, creepy aliens, psychiotic killers, and mad scientists in our ranks. These same beings corrupting the hero society from within if they reside in Paragon City.

Base is also build to reflect this roleplay while being completely practical in use.

When joining ur are required by lvl 6 to have a basic background bio of youre themed character (thats suited to the court) and by 20 a fully made bio, if help is needed to make one-just ask anyone.

Admission Notes/Requirements: All that stuff is in the court's forums on our website.- You can still look without register, register if ur a member though plz.

eurhm , any advice how to recruit or contact possible members ?

Thanks guys

With a roleplaying SG, its a lot trickier than with others, because recruitment has to be done IC. So, first thing is "who do you know?" in-character. Then it becomes a question of recruiting them.

You can also do stuff, like create interesting storylines and events, to draw other players to bring their characters in. Otherwise you're pretty much limited to hanging around Pocket D and GG and hoping, which isn't a very efficient or satisfying method.

Create a storyline that makes other players think "Ooh, that'd be interesting, I'll have to bring/create my character into that" and that's when they send you an OOC tell to start arranging an opportunity to meet.

Perfect , thanks
I'll work on my storyline around my SG

An other tip (though it can be more labouros and less rewarding) is to look on the Union Wiki.

See who'd fit in your SG, send them a poke/PM and ask if they're interested.

Keep in mind that characters might not be very active. There could be IC or OOC reasons why a character doesn't join as well.

So, yes... generating interest through story/plot does seem better. Being visible at GG and/or PD doesn't hurt, though.

Sharkbait, if you send the forum moderator a message asking them to split this off into a new thread from your "eurhm , any advice..." post, not only might more people feel free to respond without spoiling a Listings thread, but also the new thread could be built up as great and lasting advice for others in the same position in future.

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Group Name:The Hyenas

Server/Game:Union CoV

Theme:Monster Hunters for hire.

Webpage:Hyenas Forum and Hyenas Wiki

Contacts: @Ghostie or @ShadowGhost

Usual Activities: IC Missions, GM hunts, social RP, plot RP, and forum RP.

Other Activities: Dunno, depends on what events are going on at the time.

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Updated the contact and Wiki page.
With Britanic out of the game for the forseeable future, he's handed the Hyenas to me.