Storm City
The Second City…
A city of opposites and challenges
In a world where superpowers are reality… Where unregulated powers are a “danger to the people”
How will you cope when your own powers emerge? Can you be a hero in a world that doesn’t think it needs you?
A Masks game of flawed, dysfunctional superheroes – based on Mystery Men, Misfits, and a bit of X-Men.
- Your Character
- Your Team
Your Team
Note: Adapted from Masks, page 32. Changes made to reflect the Storm City setting.
Masks is a game about superhero teams. The specifics of your team are filled in by many of the choices you make during character creation, from the playbooks you choose to the questions you answer from the GM. But a few pieces of your team are always true:
You all choose to be here. You might be pressured to be on the team, you might feel guilt and be part of the team to absolve it, you might audibly wish you weren’t on the team at all while secretly loving it. But you choose to be part of the team. That’s why the team won’t fracture in a heartbeat—one way or another, you want to be here, for whatever reason fits your character.
You aspire to be heroes. You’re a fairly new team. Some of you may have made some mistakes and blown some stuff up. Your actions might have led to deaths. But you aren’t killers, life is never of no consequence to you. That is one of the lines that divides hero from villain. This is not a game for anti-heroes or villains. Your drives are aligned with making your community, the city, and the world a better place, and your choices (while they may be flawed) are heroic choices.
You aren’t openly hunted yet. Technically you are illegal mutant vigilantes. But you aren’t yet hunted by the authorities. Those who have influence over you are more likely to offer to sanction you, guide you, support you rather than hunt and arrest you.
The actions you take over the course of play may lead you to a place where you’re actively pursued or captured, but that’s not the case at the start of play.
You aren’t beloved. Just as you aren’t yet hunted by law enforcement, you also aren’t beloved by the city yet. You begin mostly unknown, the public has not yet developed any kind of abiding interest in and fondness for your team yet. If you have fans, it’s the love of celebrity, temporary and easily turned to hate
Hulkling: “According to the Bugle, we’re the Young Avengers.”
Asgardian: “Okay, before we call her, we have to come up with a better name”
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