You're a comic book publisher at the start of the 1960s. You decided to take the plunge and start a business making superhero comic books.
Use plans!
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Comic book publisher: Make a splash!
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Blackangel
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You're a comic book publisher at the start of the 1960s. You decided to take the plunge and start a business making superhero comic books.
Luckily or unluckily depending on the view, your parents kicked the bucket leaving all their money to you. They even gave you a warehouse!
+10 money units
Gain a warehouse to make comics in! Can hold 12 workers.
Man or woman?
[]Man
[]Woman(It's going to be harder.)
What's your name?
[]Write in?
You don't have too much experience however there is one thing your good at!
Choose 1:
[]Charisma: Plain and simple charisma that allows you to make deals and keep everything together.(+5 to rolls involving selling things, negotiations, and handling of employees.)
[]Good art: You make your comics look good! It's not the best, but no one can say it looks anywhere below decent.(+8 to rolls involving art.)
[]Good writing: You make dialogue and the story more cohesive. To be honest it's not half bad!(+5 to dialogue and story plot.)
[]Patience: You know when to restart something from scratch.(Allows 1 free reroll per turn.)
Finally what's your company called?
[]Write in?
Alright than! With the closing of my last quest(Coughs) I've decided to try a comic book publisher quest! I've enjoyed the ones I've read so might as well throw in my hat.
This quest will rely on Superheroes, vigilantes, villains, etc. That you submit! Just throw around ideas and we can vote on them if we want them!
I do want to say that being a woman is hard mode, because this is the 60s... Do I need to say more? So if you want a harder quest go for that!
Besides that have fun! Use plans! Also we roll 1d100s for everything!
Luckily or unluckily depending on the view, your parents kicked the bucket leaving all their money to you. They even gave you a warehouse!
+10 money units
Gain a warehouse to make comics in! Can hold 12 workers.
Man or woman?
[]Man
[]Woman(It's going to be harder.)
What's your name?
[]Write in?
You don't have too much experience however there is one thing your good at!
Choose 1:
[]Charisma: Plain and simple charisma that allows you to make deals and keep everything together.(+5 to rolls involving selling things, negotiations, and handling of employees.)
[]Good art: You make your comics look good! It's not the best, but no one can say it looks anywhere below decent.(+8 to rolls involving art.)
[]Good writing: You make dialogue and the story more cohesive. To be honest it's not half bad!(+5 to dialogue and story plot.)
[]Patience: You know when to restart something from scratch.(Allows 1 free reroll per turn.)
Finally what's your company called?
[]Write in?
Alright than! With the closing of my last quest(Coughs) I've decided to try a comic book publisher quest! I've enjoyed the ones I've read so might as well throw in my hat.
This quest will rely on Superheroes, vigilantes, villains, etc. That you submit! Just throw around ideas and we can vote on them if we want them!
I do want to say that being a woman is hard mode, because this is the 60s... Do I need to say more? So if you want a harder quest go for that!
Besides that have fun! Use plans! Also we roll 1d100s for everything!
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Company
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
Name: Angelica Simmons
Bonuses:
Good writing: You make dialogue and the story more cohesive. To be honest it's not half bad!(+5 to dialogue and story plot.)
Company: Destiny's Cradle(DYC)
Bonuses:
Good writing: You make dialogue and the story more cohesive. To be honest it's not half bad!(+5 to dialogue and story plot.)
Company: Destiny's Cradle(DYC)
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[X] Pain and Powers, Please
-[X]Woman(It's going to be harder.)
-[X] Angelica Simmons
-[X] Good Writing
-[X] Destiny's Cradle (DC)
I love struggle and hard mode.
-[X]Woman(It's going to be harder.)
-[X] Angelica Simmons
-[X] Good Writing
-[X] Destiny's Cradle (DC)
I love struggle and hard mode.
- Location
- Leeds
[X] Pain and Powers, Please
I'll get some ptiches up after work. Should we plan around a united setting from day one?
- Location
- Leeds
Depends on how the mechanics play out, but I expect no. Throw down as many stories as possible, see which ones stick.
Then we try and tie them in later.
Then we try and tie them in later.
Comic book making(Rolls)
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
All roles can be improved by giving in-depth descriptions relating to said roll.
We make a character design for both civilian costume and super costume. Than I roll for how good it looks. Depending on how well these rolls do, it might give bonuses to certain parts of the comic book involving the character.
Civilian design:
Super design:
We roll for all of these per story we make. So every issue of comics we make we reroll these.
Art:
-Layout/Backgrounds
-Characters
-Dynamic art/Action scenes
-Coloring
Writing:
-Main characters
-Support characters
-Story
-Setting
-Dialogue
All of these are valuable and are rolled with 1d100s. There are certain modifiers that affect the above. Like designing a city in-depth would give bonuses to layout/background.
There's also cover art which is a separate roll.
Note: I'll add more but this is just to say what we roll for when making comics.
We make a character design for both civilian costume and super costume. Than I roll for how good it looks. Depending on how well these rolls do, it might give bonuses to certain parts of the comic book involving the character.
Civilian design:
Super design:
We roll for all of these per story we make. So every issue of comics we make we reroll these.
Art:
-Layout/Backgrounds
-Characters
-Dynamic art/Action scenes
-Coloring
Writing:
-Main characters
-Support characters
-Story
-Setting
-Dialogue
All of these are valuable and are rolled with 1d100s. There are certain modifiers that affect the above. Like designing a city in-depth would give bonuses to layout/background.
There's also cover art which is a separate roll.
Note: I'll add more but this is just to say what we roll for when making comics.
[X] Plan We'll definitely not get sued...
-[X]Woman
-[X]Sophia Cohen
-[X]Good art
-[X]Nike Comics
That +8 for art is just too tempting. Also from the other comic book publisher quests I've read I don't think there's been a woman MC so why not.
-[X]Woman
-[X]Sophia Cohen
-[X]Good art
-[X]Nike Comics
That +8 for art is just too tempting. Also from the other comic book publisher quests I've read I don't think there's been a woman MC so why not.
- Pronouns
- male
[X]Pain and Powers, Please
- Location
- Leeds
This is based on Don't mis your deadline then.
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
I'm gonna be honest, I had to look that up to know what it was. This is more based on the various other comic book publisher quests, which are few in number. If I had to name a few yite and ambits ones are pretty good(Over on SpaceBattles).
Also ending this soon.
[X] Plan We'll definitely not get sued...
Pain and powers, please!
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
Well than! There we go.
Also we are using DYC as our initials. As in DestinY Cradle.
This won't do anything story wise, just saying so we don't get sued.
Also we are using DYC as our initials. As in DestinY Cradle.
This won't do anything story wise, just saying so we don't get sued.
Dang it…I wanted to get sued.
Can we negotiate it to be DSC instead?
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
That's another comic book publisher initials. So nope.
- Location
- Leeds
It probably wasn't going to work anyway.
Its the start of the 1960s if that means before 1964 then arguably we'd be the one launching the law suit, not Nike.
…Really? Weird.
Ah, I meant for DC, not Nike. After all, there's plenty of commonalities in names of companies sometimes, and Nike is just a word. It could be reasoned that it was just a coincidence, rather than trying to hijack one another's fame.
AND THEN WE SUE WHEN THEY LEAST EXPECT IT!
For making characters!
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
So yes I took I took this from ambit. It's perfect for this. The absolutely required is the base and once you complete the base it's ready for use. Remember more details means bonuses to rolls for said characters or comics said characters are in.
Absolutely required: Name, Personality, Backstory/Origin, Powers and Abilities, Appearance (preferably not just a picture, but a written description)
Would make me feel better: Personal goals and motivations, Relationships, Likes/Dislikes, Location Notes
Not necessary but go ahead if you'd like to include them: Character archetypes, Design Notes/Reasoning, Where you'd like to take the character, Potential places/time-frame to introduce
Absolutely do not: Plagiarize, NSFW, Creepy gross stuff (of the genuine or unironic kind), etc. Use your common sense.
Absolutely required: Name, Personality, Backstory/Origin, Powers and Abilities, Appearance (preferably not just a picture, but a written description)
Would make me feel better: Personal goals and motivations, Relationships, Likes/Dislikes, Location Notes
Not necessary but go ahead if you'd like to include them: Character archetypes, Design Notes/Reasoning, Where you'd like to take the character, Potential places/time-frame to introduce
Absolutely do not: Plagiarize, NSFW, Creepy gross stuff (of the genuine or unironic kind), etc. Use your common sense.
Mucus-strosity…body Blaze…Heh.
(I propose that for launch, we each show up with 3 different hero ideas in a completely seperated universe. Preferably, their power levels aren't universal, galactic, solar system, planetary, or even continent.)
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Turn 1 start
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
[X] Pain and Powers, Please
-[X]Woman(It's going to be harder.)
-[X] Angelica Simmons
-[X] Good Writing
-[X] Destiny's Cradle (DC)
-[X]Woman(It's going to be harder.)
-[X] Angelica Simmons
-[X] Good Writing
-[X] Destiny's Cradle (DC)
"You're crazy as shit you know that?" My good friend Bob said that to me as soon as I began telling him my plan. Didn't even get to the specifics of the hiring part.
"I mean really this is something I want to do, I've loved comic books since I was 5. It's the only thing that I'm interested in doing!"
"I'll do it on one condition. I get a 30 minute lunch break."
"Deal! Damn that's your only condition? I didn't even get to tell you about the pay." He simply grinned at me.
"I'll do it for any pay, I hate my job at the mill and I can't take much more. Besides I get to help you out, so why not?"
I grimaced at the mention of that dreadful paper mill. That place was full of fumes from all the chemicals, it'd kill you slowly. 8 hour shifts, no breaks, managers when they were there would treat everyone like shit, literal hell, yet people still worked there despite it all. Being poor with little food did wonders to motivate people.
He seemed to just relax his body "You want me to work the machines right? I can do that no problem. I could also get some others who want out of the mill, but I gotta ask, what's the plan?"
"I've thought about it and I'm going to give myself a month to do my first issue."
"That little time? You're one person you know that right? I mean have you even come up with the characters yet-you already have haven't you?" He saw my face and just sighed.
"Ok I get it I should give myself more time, but I've been waiting and wanting this for all my life… so yes I have already made some character concepts." It was my turn to sigh.
"I'm only doing 50-60 pages as I don't want to kill myself trying to do a 100 pages or something alone. I was thinking-
How many protagonists do you want for issue 1?(Each protagonist means one storyline dedicated to them.):
[]one: Yes I believe I can do one character. It might seem stupid but I'm confident that I can do it.(60 pages for one character)
[]Two: It gives me plenty of space while also allowing me to not put all my eggs in one basket.(30 pages for 2 characters)
[]Three: Gives me room for doing whatever I want and I can flesh out some character ideas.(20 pages for 3 characters)
[]Four: Pushing it just a bit, but I can get out that many with enough room for all of them to have equal time.(15 pages for 4 characters)
-about that many." He just nods while sitting back.
"I'll get some more people for the press, I'm sure that I can grab a couple willing to take a plunge."
Gain 3 printing laborers and 1 rotary printing press.
For every 3 laborers they cost 1 wealth per printing session. Paper costs 1 wealth.
Every month costs 1 wealth in bills.
Rotary printing press allows up to 10 wealth being generated a turn.
Back at the renovated warehouse…
Angelica Simmons was planning out some protagonists for the first issue.
Brainstorm some ideas. Don't vote on them yet, we do that next. I'll list the available choices(Ones you suggested) and have everyone vote on the ones they like.
For now however.
Choose 1:
[]Settings are important: The background of both the character and the place they are in are very important.
[]Characters are important: The characters design, dialogue, direction, how they carry themselves etc. are very important.
Use a plan even with only 2 options!
I've decided to allow 1 reroll for our first issue, in the future it will rely entirely on your suggestions, details, ideas, etc. to make the rolls higher.
Got a question? Ask!
[X]Plan Uno
[X]Three: Gives me room for doing whatever I want and I can flesh out some character ideas.(20 pages for 3 characters)
[X]Characters are important: The characters design, dialogue, direction, how they carry themselves etc. are very important.
So should we start with 3 characters to have a big 3 like DC?
[X]Three: Gives me room for doing whatever I want and I can flesh out some character ideas.(20 pages for 3 characters)
[X]Characters are important: The characters design, dialogue, direction, how they carry themselves etc. are very important.
So should we start with 3 characters to have a big 3 like DC?
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Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
[]Plan uno
-[]Three:
-[]Characters are important:
Also put the X in all of them.
Edit: Realized that you were talking to others in the thread… I'm dumb sometimes.
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Sure. Though…does DC have a Big 3? Batman, Superman…and the Flash? I don't know who the third is.
I more so thought of just making individual characters, and then placing them in, but 3 or 1, I'm good with either…as long was we focus on the character instead of settings.
All heroes, villains, vigilantes, ideas
Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
This is where I put every concept you submit.
Name Will Feral
Backstory/Origin:
Abandoned by his mother, he was raised by wolves he spent his childhood learning how to stalk his prey and hunt them eventually he became one with the Great wolf spirit
Powers:
Constant Spirit wolf possession: He is constantly possessed By the great Spirit Wolf, they work in perfect harmony.
Powers include, growing sharp fangs and claws, regeneration strong enough to replace missing limbs, which is slowed by sliver, super strength strong enough to crush diamond, superdurablity that is bypassed by sliver, superspeed, the power to Understand wolves, and can also imbue his claws and fangs with lightning.
Appearance: Honesly just looking kind of like razor from genshin impact
Personality: Feral but not cruel, not afraid of most things due to his durablity, does Fear Sliver, doesn't know how to speak, and communicates by Growling in different Tones.
Relationships: Wolves and the great wolf spirit
Goals/Motivations: Protect His home From beings seeking to cause harm to his home or family
Combat Style: Fights Like a wolf.
Backstory/Origin:
Abandoned by his mother, he was raised by wolves he spent his childhood learning how to stalk his prey and hunt them eventually he became one with the Great wolf spirit
Powers:
Constant Spirit wolf possession: He is constantly possessed By the great Spirit Wolf, they work in perfect harmony.
Powers include, growing sharp fangs and claws, regeneration strong enough to replace missing limbs, which is slowed by sliver, super strength strong enough to crush diamond, superdurablity that is bypassed by sliver, superspeed, the power to Understand wolves, and can also imbue his claws and fangs with lightning.
Appearance: Honesly just looking kind of like razor from genshin impact
Personality: Feral but not cruel, not afraid of most things due to his durablity, does Fear Sliver, doesn't know how to speak, and communicates by Growling in different Tones.
Relationships: Wolves and the great wolf spirit
Goals/Motivations: Protect His home From beings seeking to cause harm to his home or family
Combat Style: Fights Like a wolf.
Name: Penny Cassady AKA Fortuna
Backstory/Origin: Penny was simply born lucky became luckier the older she got. As a 16 year old girl in L.A. she dreams of making it in Hollywood and so she joined her schools drama club and while out on a club field trip to popular tv show set an attempted murder occurs which Penny prevents.
Powers: Luck; Passive luck always on, although depending on her karma that week its strength varies. Her luck also depends on her opponents moral alignment her offensive luck strong against morally bad people and weak to morally good people.
Appearance: 5'7, Caucasian American, Light Brown shoulder length hair, Green Eyes
Goals/Motivations: Wants to be a Star. She craves attention and to be looked up to.
Relationships: Mother Joana, Father Ted, and 2 year younger brother Teddy. Drama Teacher Ms. Elizabeth.
Character archetype: The Outsider: due to her good luck her parents often neglect her in favor of her younger brother who they felt needed more care for. Also due to her luck her peers are jealous of her so she has no close friends with the exception of her drama teacher.
Combat Style: Savate/Ballet fusion
Backstory/Origin: Penny was simply born lucky became luckier the older she got. As a 16 year old girl in L.A. she dreams of making it in Hollywood and so she joined her schools drama club and while out on a club field trip to popular tv show set an attempted murder occurs which Penny prevents.
Powers: Luck; Passive luck always on, although depending on her karma that week its strength varies. Her luck also depends on her opponents moral alignment her offensive luck strong against morally bad people and weak to morally good people.
Appearance: 5'7, Caucasian American, Light Brown shoulder length hair, Green Eyes
Goals/Motivations: Wants to be a Star. She craves attention and to be looked up to.
Relationships: Mother Joana, Father Ted, and 2 year younger brother Teddy. Drama Teacher Ms. Elizabeth.
Character archetype: The Outsider: due to her good luck her parents often neglect her in favor of her younger brother who they felt needed more care for. Also due to her luck her peers are jealous of her so she has no close friends with the exception of her drama teacher.
Combat Style: Savate/Ballet fusion
Name: William Myrtle aka Little Slayer
Backstory: A year ago he discovered the monster under his bed was real, it took him and his parents away to its lair and attempted to eat them, he was the only one that made it out alive, he tripped the monster with a trap and made it fall into its own cauldron and boiled it alive, the creatures magical lair The Cave Of Shadows now recognised the boy as its new master, currently living with his Uncle Toby
Powers: The Cave Of Shadows; He has the ability to crawl through sufficiently dark places into another world comprised of creepy caves and abandoned toys, uses it to store useful items or weapons, or just a shortcut
Personality: Shy, timid, brave only when it counts, think of his personality like courage the cowardly dog, you'd think he would abandon others if danger was around the corner, but he'll risk life and limb to help someone in deep trouble
Appearance: Caucasian American tween, short blond hair, glasses but one lens is slightly cracked from the encounter, on patrol wears some strange armour stolen from the monster that took his parents away
Goals/Motivations: Protect and help people, especially from monsters, he doesn't want other kids to experience what he did
Relationships: Uncle Toby, Bff Benny, Dog Slobber
Combat Style: Mostly trickery and traps, he is still a small child so he can't overpower most foes, so he uses his smarts instead
Backstory: A year ago he discovered the monster under his bed was real, it took him and his parents away to its lair and attempted to eat them, he was the only one that made it out alive, he tripped the monster with a trap and made it fall into its own cauldron and boiled it alive, the creatures magical lair The Cave Of Shadows now recognised the boy as its new master, currently living with his Uncle Toby
Powers: The Cave Of Shadows; He has the ability to crawl through sufficiently dark places into another world comprised of creepy caves and abandoned toys, uses it to store useful items or weapons, or just a shortcut
Personality: Shy, timid, brave only when it counts, think of his personality like courage the cowardly dog, you'd think he would abandon others if danger was around the corner, but he'll risk life and limb to help someone in deep trouble
Appearance: Caucasian American tween, short blond hair, glasses but one lens is slightly cracked from the encounter, on patrol wears some strange armour stolen from the monster that took his parents away
Goals/Motivations: Protect and help people, especially from monsters, he doesn't want other kids to experience what he did
Relationships: Uncle Toby, Bff Benny, Dog Slobber
Combat Style: Mostly trickery and traps, he is still a small child so he can't overpower most foes, so he uses his smarts instead
Name: Lilian Crow
Backstory: Earlier this week Lilian Crow, or Lilly to her friends, died. On a little excursion out into the woods with her friends she got separated and happened upon a large, seemingly never-ending pit in the middle of the woods. She then felt someone push her into the pit and darkness took over her. Lilly woke up the next day in her bed, but it wasn't really her bed. Her parents that greeted her for brekfast weren't really her brekfast, and her friends who asked what happened the other day weren't really her friends. Lilly was in another world that was similar to her own, but oh so obviously different. Little things like the fence surrounding her neighbors yard having pointed tips instead of rounded ones, or the boy across the street riding a blue bike instead of a red one. Lilly realized suddenly what had happened, the pit had transported her into a another world, and she needed to find that pit again if she wanted to make it back home.
Powers: The ability to realize that the world she's in isn't her own, and to use the pit in the woods to travel between worlds.
Personality: Outgoing and questionable about the things around her, while at the same time confrontational when things don't go her way or she's questioned on her stances.
Appearance: Native-American, long braided black hair, brown eyes, fifteen years old and usually wearing dungarees and a blue and green stripped long sleeve shirt.
Goals/Motivations: To get back to her own world and to keep the other world's inhabitants from invading. Also finding out who pushed her into the pit.
Relationships: Mother Sarah, Father Kent, friends Sally, Macey, and Amber
Combat Style: Running away mostly, but will use pepper spray and taser.
Backstory: Earlier this week Lilian Crow, or Lilly to her friends, died. On a little excursion out into the woods with her friends she got separated and happened upon a large, seemingly never-ending pit in the middle of the woods. She then felt someone push her into the pit and darkness took over her. Lilly woke up the next day in her bed, but it wasn't really her bed. Her parents that greeted her for brekfast weren't really her brekfast, and her friends who asked what happened the other day weren't really her friends. Lilly was in another world that was similar to her own, but oh so obviously different. Little things like the fence surrounding her neighbors yard having pointed tips instead of rounded ones, or the boy across the street riding a blue bike instead of a red one. Lilly realized suddenly what had happened, the pit had transported her into a another world, and she needed to find that pit again if she wanted to make it back home.
Powers: The ability to realize that the world she's in isn't her own, and to use the pit in the woods to travel between worlds.
Personality: Outgoing and questionable about the things around her, while at the same time confrontational when things don't go her way or she's questioned on her stances.
Appearance: Native-American, long braided black hair, brown eyes, fifteen years old and usually wearing dungarees and a blue and green stripped long sleeve shirt.
Goals/Motivations: To get back to her own world and to keep the other world's inhabitants from invading. Also finding out who pushed her into the pit.
Relationships: Mother Sarah, Father Kent, friends Sally, Macey, and Amber
Combat Style: Running away mostly, but will use pepper spray and taser.
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Blackangel
Preacher of the dice gods
I'll end this in a couple hours maybe less. Also in the future please use plan format.