Post by dorkknight23 on Sept 29, 2015 18:51:04 GMT -5
A game for a superstitious and cowardly lot in a city where crime is art!
Gotham City has a different class of criminal. Those eccentric high-octane madmen and women garbed in garish costumes and performing elaborate crimes, obsessed with a particular pathology. At the top of this heap are the legends: The Joker; The Penguin; The Riddler; Catwoman. Beneath them is a roaring sea of criminal sharks all engaged in a feeding frenzy, trying to build their own little empires in hopes of acquiring what they must imagine: power, wealth, infamy, or the chance to match wits with the legendary Dark Knight of Gotham, The Batman.
There are three things in the path of an aspiring super-criminal looking to make. The first is the mob, which is always reluctant to see anyone act outside of their interests, and most made men have nothing but disdain for the "costumed freaks." The second are the police, who have cells in Blackgate and Arkham ready for you all should you make a wrong move. The third is The Batman. Every two-bit thug knows a guy who knows a guy who was busted by The Bat. The shadows aren't safe for those who make crime an art. It would take a genius or a madman to dress so, to steal into the night, and to do whatever they want in the refuge of audacity.
This is going to be an evil game, you guys are criminals, more than possibly a little deranged. I'm going to go for a sort of darkly comic tone, in the vein of Superior Foes of Spider-Man or the Coen Brothers. You guys are all anti-heroes in the classical sense, we should root for you and identify with you, but we certainly don't have to like you. I'll encourage a sort of sandbox style, throw out a few plot hooks and see who bites where, and plan accordingly. You all can work together, or separately, towards your various criminal goals. One primary goal will be adding to your list of Resources: things you can trade for additional Wealth or favors (which may translate into cool gadgets, deathtrap-filled lairs, and what not). I'll let each of you start the game with three items on your Resource List (I'm anal retentive. List them after Modifiers and before Challenges in your CADs.)
Speaking of CADs will be set at 25 stones+max 10 challenges. Remember you're a crazy human in a costume, or at best, a low-level metahuman like Killer Crock. Interested? PM me with CADs!
