PRE-APPLICATION DISCUSSION POST!

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Hey guys! I had some requests for a discussion post where people can shoot the shit about potential backstory and power ideas, so here it is!

For best results, make sure to check out the FAQ and other setting information for inspiration, such as superhero registration and power levels, as well as taking at peek at the game wiki to see what's already been started!

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Feel free to discuss any facet of the setting you like, and how they relate to your character ideas!

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Comments

[space_ghost_host_to_host]

would there be any problem with space ghost's backstory - basically, the hanna barbera space ghost cartoon is a live action children's tv show that made his career ("career") in the late sixties/early seventies, and when it flopped he was able to do SGC2C on adult swim which recently crumbled spectacularly, causing him to move to LA? I'd like to keep his origins origins as vague as they in the source material (initially, at least) - he's a man, he came from space, and at some point before the 1960s, he died - but I can come up with something more concrete for the app or if it'll be interesting or useful in the game.

also I guess I am currently conceiving him as more a ghost than a space man, so... immateriality flight etc. are part of his power set rather than props he stole from his first tv show. I think I have him at power level C at the moment but if this wouldn't work I'm happy to reconsider!

[mockingjaded]

Haha, nah, if his backstory is super vague in his canon you can keep it that way here! Being a spaceman ghost is just fine - the only way we would ever need more was if it came up as a point of relevance somehow.

Power level C is absolutely fine, as are general ghost abilities. Do you mean in his original canon he needed devices to do these things? I'm just not sure what you meant, there.

[space_ghost_host_to_host]

ah, my bad! he uses multi-purpose wristbands to fire lasers (amongst other things) but I think part of his skillset (strength/flight/teleportation) was just, sort of there, because he was a superhero, and I'd like to pare it down a little and attribute it to being a ghost specifically.

[halfa_hero]

Ohgod. He and Danny have to run into each other. It would be great.

EDIT: Also, Danny's going to be bringing the Ghost Zone with him, so we might wanna come up with ideas for how Space Ghost might tie into it. (Not exactly necessary, there are workarounds if it's unagreeable, but something to think about)