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Question: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign?

Prehistoric Times

1 (7.7%)

Antiquity

0 (0.0%)

Middle Ages

1 (7.7%)

Colonial Period

2 (15.4%)

Old West

1 (7.7%)

Steampunk

3 (23.1%)

Gangster Era

1 (7.7%)

Distant Future

4 (30.8%)

Total votes: 13

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Baretta Avenger Offline Former V&V Player Posts: 346 Joined: Feb 5^th, 2014 Gender:	Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Feb 24^th, 2015 at 8:47pm	Print Post
	If you had to start a new superhero campaign and it could not be set in the approximate present, when would you want the campaign to take place?


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Matt Justice Leaguer Offline Super hero role-playing & Bronze Age comics fan Posts: 525 Location: Lemon Grove, CA Joined: May 14^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #1 - Feb 24^th, 2015 at 9:35pm	Print Post
	Captain CAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAN! Prehistoric times.


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Klystron Ex Member	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #2 - Feb 24^th, 2015 at 10:38pm	Print Post
	The distant future where the heroes might not be so super.


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Display Name Justice Leaguer Offline I Love V&V! Posts: 1851 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #3 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 10:42am	Print Post
	All of the above!


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Phrennzy Avenger Offline I'm very pretty! Posts: 294 Joined: Sep 7^th, 2013	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #4 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 11:57am	Print Post
	Colonial Times: The Patriot vs Beefeater! Iron Ben (Franklin in armor) vs The Royal Redcoat Can the Colonists enlist Apache Chief to aid their struggle for Independence? (Of course, it could be set from the British Colonial view point): Watch the Tower of London put those rebels across the pond in their place! Cheer Leftenant Benedict Arnold as he undergoes the Super Soldier Serum to become Captain Britain!


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Display Name Justice Leaguer Offline I Love V&V! Posts: 1851 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #5 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 4:46pm	Print Post
	If visiting an alternate timeline, would you (GMs) alter the player's powers in any way? For instance, Magnetic Powers in the Old West would give a player an incredible advantage, etc.


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Majestic Justice Leaguer Offline Guardian of Earth Posts: 5179 Location: Seattle Joined: Jun 8^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #6 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 5:37pm	Print Post
	Great question. I agree that all of them could be fun. I went with Distant Future, as (like Kylstron said) superpowers might not seem so super (depending on how powerful technology is). @Phrenzy: I would like to subscribe to your newsletter, please. Where do I sign up for this campaign? @DN: Great point about the Old West. I played through a Boot Hill adventure with our heroes, but I stripped them of their powers first. Just the opposite of the far future, I image superpowers could make someone even more powerful in such an era.


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Matt Justice Leaguer Offline Super hero role-playing & Bronze Age comics fan Posts: 525 Location: Lemon Grove, CA Joined: May 14^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #7 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 7:31pm	Print Post
	Display Name wrote on Feb 25^th, 2015 at 4:46pm: If visiting an alternate timeline, would you (GMs) alter the player's powers in any way? For instance, Magnetic Powers in the Old West would give a player an incredible advantage, etc. Why would magnetic powers give more advantage in the Old West than any other metalworking era?


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Display Name Justice Leaguer Offline I Love V&V! Posts: 1851 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #8 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 7:44pm	Print Post
	A larger percentage of iron usage during this period, I would assume. I'm not a historian, but it seems reasonable.


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Klystron Ex Member	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #9 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 8:02pm	Print Post
	I would have thought more ferrous metals now. Wrought and cast iron were certainly more prevalent then but also more things were made out of wood than anything else. Bronze Age, now there's a problem.


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THE ONI Galactus Offline I Roll Too Many 20's Posts: 2695 Location: Long Island, New York Joined: Apr 19^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #10 - Feb 25^th, 2015 at 10:05pm	Print Post
	I went with Future. The next world scenario and "World" I make up will be the Imperium. PC's can either be members of the Royal families. rolling 4d6 for all stats and 6d6 for weight, if male of course. No powers. Either that or roll as normal for stats and powers from the Psionic table only. An Empire spanning a galaxy with 11 Homeworlds. One Imperial and 10 others for the 10 royal houses. I already have the Fantasy campaign "The Ravenswood" As a PC. The Weird West is awesome
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Isungr Apprentice Offline Defender of Paragon Posts: 90 Location: Overton, TX USA Joined: Sep 12^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Best alternate setting for a superhero campaign? Reply #11 - Feb 27^th, 2015 at 11:11am	Print Post
	Gangster Era. The Green Hornet, the Shadow. pre-golden age.

	"It's not about where you were born. Or what powers you have. Or what you wear on your chest. It's about what you do....It's about saving others." Isungr to other Paragon heroes during the Cataclysm
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