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[ggodo]

I would like it. I think a really high power Justice League type game would be rather neat, especially coming out of the shadows.

[Nerdynick]

I would definitely like to see it. I think SR would benefit from a lighter approach. If not lighter, then at least different.

[Glyph]

I would like it. I think a really high power Justice League type game would be rather neat, especially coming out of the shadows.

Shadowrun superheroes would probably be more like the Authority, up to and including pissing off the powers that be to the point that they send a redneck cyberzombie named Three Willie Seth after them.

[Stahlseele]

Well, I'm glad you like it.

Having said somewhere that I might revisit this...is there an actual interest in such a thing?

Sure, there's always interest in good writing/fun stuff . .
Maybe include some references to comic books and 3 or 4 character concepts clearly modeled after certain heroes? ^^

[Jhaiisiin]

I'd love to see the updated ideas!

[ggodo]

Shadowrun superheroes would probably be more like the Authority, up to and including pissing off the powers that be to the point that they send a redneck cyberzombie named Three Willie Seth after them.

Yeah, yeah, that's really true. If Equinox ever comes out we could add WildCATs into the mix, so we could have aliens fighting BUG SPIRITS!

Ok, the Daemonite behind me forcing me to run this campaign eventually. The fun part will be that none of my players know anything about WildCATs.

[Stahlseele]

i have that series somewhere on one of my HDD's . . and my god, it was 90's bad at it's best o.O

[Vertaxis]

What about corporate sponsorship or a competition format that the heroes compete in to catch criminals?

Check out the Tiger & Bunny anime. It may fit better with SR.

[Nerdynick]

What about corporate sponsorship or a competition format that the heroes compete in to catch criminals?

Hehe, reminds me of Dollar Bill from Watchmen. Hopefully they just don't end up the same way...


If I recall correctly, there used to be a reality TV show called Superheroes or something. The winner got their own comic or some such. I could see corps making their own superheroes and pitting them off in arenas in a new hit trid show. Heck, might even be as popular as Urban Brawl

[Makki]

Maybe include some references to comic books and 3 or 4 character concepts clearly modeled after certain heroes? ^^

I have been trying to build The Flash for ages, but it's just not chargen possible

[Blog]

Some of the problem is, barring a dying alien leaving them a peace of supremely powerful otherwordly tech any "superheroes" who gain their power through mundane means are going to be going up against similarly powerful opposition, but a lot more of it. Afterall, crime does pay. That's not to say you couldn't make some sort of a career out of it, hell it's practicly the premise of the Wolf and Raven novel(s).

Twist that into a Spirit with an agenda or random heirloom suddenly gone active and you could have an interesting story.

The Spirit bestows a few gifts of power on the subject and ask for some do-gooding within specific parameters and to carve a particular harmless symbol at the scenes.
Random artifact could grant about any particular magic effect or the illusion that its doing the effect to you.


Though most of the prime time 'heroes' are things like "Sapphire: Shadowrunner for Hire" or "Karl Combat Mage". Though most people would rather be Sapphire's Second Skin bodysuit then the actual character, and I'm sure there is a BTL with that very subject.

[Stahlseele]

I have been trying to build The Flash for ages, but it's just not chargen possible

Huh?
High Force Spirit Power Movement for the worlds fastest augmented runner should work out close enough o.O

[CanRay]

Completely do-able superhero character: Kick-Ass.

Slightly harder but still do-able: Hit Girl.

Typical character to do: Big Daddy.

[Dez384]

Most superheroes are fairly easy to replicate in Shadowrun, especially with magic spells. The only ones who would be hard to replicate are those with very quirky powers or the unstoppable ones like Superman and The Sentry.

[Synner667]

I dimly remember someone running a SR game based off the FREELancers material.

The material was about metables/metahumans/mutants appearing in a fractured US.

The novels are quite cyberpunk and involve most of the characters doing what they do because they give a damn.

One of them is a selfstyled superhero - complete with strength, flight, bulletproof skin and corny background.

[Cain]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the real-life Phoenix Jones, who incidentally operates in Seattle. Vigilante, non-powered superheroes are essentially shadowrunners with an anti-crime mentality.

[Makki]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the real-life Phoenix Jones, who incidentally operates in Seattle. Vigilante, non-powered superheroes are essentially shadowrunners with an anti-crime mentality.

So he's basically a soft Rorschach, cool. R is my favorite comic book hero off all time

[Glyph]

Not even close to Rorschach. These modern "hero" guys are very, very conscious about what can potentially get them in trouble. They are not what I would call vigilantes, because, while they are eccentric, they don't really break the law. They know the kind of trouble they can get into, simply if one drug dealer they punch in the face turns around and sues them.

The Guardian Angels of New York probably come closer to vigilante-style heroes. Still, though, even though they are more confrontational, they, too, are pretty savvy (by necessity) of what constitutes lawful behavior... and what doesn't.

Most of the "superheroes" who wear costumes don't do actual crime-fighting, but support various causes or work in places like soup kitchens. Phoenix Jones is more the exception than the rule, and even he seems more hype than actual crime-fighting.

[Nerdynick]

Thats probably because, in real life, its not a great idea to go around punching people in the face, no matter who they are.

[Stahlseele]

Which is WHY we turn to comic books in the first place . .
Because SOMEWHERE it has to be right to go around punching assholes in the junk.

[Street Prophet]

I've had games where our group of Runners were kind of like superheroes in the fact that every run we accepted, usually righted some wrong done to an innocent, or as close to an innocent that runs in the shadows.

[CanRay]

I've had games where our group of Runners were kind of like superheroes in the fact that every run we accepted, usually righted some wrong done to an innocent, or as close to an innocent that runs in the shadows.

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[The Jopp]

Doable:
Batman
Bullseye
Daredevil
Elektra (second skin line armor for her)
The Punisher
The Question

Etc...

[Glyph]

Doable, but you will need to make an adept with bioware or a heavily augmented street samurai to be able to do things that are the equivalent of what these (for the most part) mundane unaugmented people do in their comics (punch through walls, beat up 20 mooks without breaking a sweat, etc.).

[The Jopp]

Doable, but you will need to make an adept with bioware or a heavily augmented street samurai to be able to do things that are the equivalent of what these (for the most part) mundane unaugmented people do in their comics (punch through walls, beat up 20 mooks without breaking a sweat, etc.).

Well, yes, of course they would be adepts or cybered or have edges and metagenic abilities.

These would be street vigilantes getting up against gangers, criminals and the possible mafia family.

We could add the equivalent "villain" as Poison Ivy (Toxic Nature Shaman) or Killer Croc (Orc, Scaly Skin, Cannibal etc)