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Hudson City Heroes "I'm no hero, ma'am ... I just happened to be in the right place."

Hudson City, Present Day

As bullets ricocheted off the wall behind them, Sonny crouched and swung his arm, flinging a glowing blue "frisbee" toward the gunmen. It crashed against the man's chest, sparking and hissing, throwing the man against the wall behind him. As the man slumped to the ground, Sonny leapt into a standing backflip while Hank materialized a bright yellow shield between them and the uzis.

Evelyn's hands were glowing white, leaving trails in the air as she landed punch after punch into the chests and chins of the three men surrounding her. Others were coming in behind them, trying to get a clean shot on this lightning-fast woman. "Could use a little help here!" she shouted between strikes.

Shawn quickly glanced around the area, and found the remains of a lamp post leaning against the side of a building. Snapping it from its base and grasping it horizontally in his huge hands, he charged a line of six gunmen, yelling loudly. Those that didn't drop their guns and run soon found themselves pinned to a fence, gasping for breath.

"I think that's the last of them," Shawn said brushing a smudge of dirt off his jacket.

"Great," replied Hank, "'cause I'm on at the Moon Dog in less than fifteen minutes. Anybody need a ride?"

The Hudson City campaign was born as the result of the realization that any of our Atlanta heroes could pretty much take on the world and win. We were looking for a new way of adventuring, where a character didn't have an arsenal of powers at his disposal, but had to rely on teammates to cover his weaknesses.

We decided on a "one-trick-pony" campaign. The characters could have any single power, of any magnitude. But aside from that power, the person was essentially a normal. Picture Cyclops or Gambit from the X-Men, and you'll have an idea of what we were aiming for.

We chose the Hudson City setting because (1) it keeps things completely seperate from the other campaigns and (2) there is a good body of materials already generated for the city. One change from the literature though ... there are no supers in our Hudson City, aside from the small handful of mutants you'll see here.

Paranormals ...

• C.C. -- she sees the future, but can't figure out her past
  
• Sonny Chang -- troubled Asian youth with "power punch" and "energy frisbee"
  
• Angel Glimmer -- teleporting helicopter pilot
  
• Seven McKoy -- flies with wings
  
• Sean Murphy -- superhuman strength and healing
  
• Evelyn Powers -- martial artist with energy-assisted punch
  
• Donny Redbear -- controls the storm clouds
  
• Hank Snow -- can form and throw energy shields
  
• Summer Vigleon -- embodiment of the Egyptian cat goddess
  

Others ...

• Moira Hannigan -- Barmaid, object of affection for Shawn
  
• Cindy Lou Snow -- Hank's Wife
  
• Susan Chang -- Sonny's little sister. Lives at St. Joe's Orphanage
  
• See also ... anybody in Normals Unbound
  

General Description

Importance of the PC's

Campaign Tone

• Morality
  2: Good and Bad is mostly clear cut. I am looking for a modern pulp tone. The Heroes are larger than life and fight the good fight. (I.e. Doc Savage, Tarzan, Phantom)

• Realism
  3: Neutral. The City will react to the Heroes in a realistic manor. The Heroes have real lives with real problems.... But then again, this is a superhero game.

• Outlook
  3: Seriousness balance by light hearted.

• Continuity
  5: Entirely serial. Everything must fit into the storyline

Physical World Descriptions

Character Guidelines

Campaign Rules

House Rules

• Speeds are 3-4. DEX is 12-18.
• Characters are built on 100 base points + 75 points in disads.
• This is a "one-trick pony" campaign. That is, each character is a skilled normal who happens to have a single extraordinary power or characteristic.
• Powers are unlimited; but the character would have to live with the consequences of a killing-level attack.
• The campaign is set in mythical Hudson City and has no connection to the Atlanta campaigns. The characters are the only known supernormals in the city.

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