Search the Community

I've begun a massive revamp of our page on TV Tropes. All of the existing tropes which were character-specific have been moved to the expanded Characters section, leaving only general trends and out-of-character stuff on the main trope page. The in-character and out-of-character trope lists have been merged, and the Characters section has also been updated to reflect the currently active PCs. Please feel free to alter, expand, or remove any information on your own characters as you see fit, especially if you see something inaccurate or incomplete. I don't own this thing, so you're not going to offend me. On the contrary, I'd appreciate the help. It's still very much a work-in-progress.

As you may have already gathered from chat and hints dropped here and there, September 1st is time for some major new fun in FCPbM. We are making a few changes and events are upcoming. We are also going to take this opportunity to remind you of a few recently made changes which are already "live" 1. GM Post Counting. GM posts now count for double! Thats right, you read it correctly. From September the 1st, not only are GM posts allowed to count for any PC (and you can split them how you like), every GM post you make now counts for two character posts. We are doing this to encourage GMIng, something that is highly valued and necessary for threads. We hope this additional reward will encourage more players to take the leap and GM. Remember that the site will do its best to support and encourage GMing at all times. Go on folks, take the plunge! 2. New "PL 10 Slot" is live. As we have mentioned, every player in FCPbM now has an extra PL 10 Slot. Effectively this means that when you join the site you have two PL 10 Characters, and one PL 7 Character. Of course, this applies retrospectively, so all existing players also gain a PL 10 / 150 PP "Slot". What to use that on, well.... 3. Freedom City Launches into Space! Nothing specific is happening right now, but be aware that the site is planning to move into Outer Space, and indeed other dimensions and other parts of the world. There will be upcoming site reorganisation to help facilitate this, but for now, be aware of the expansion. In particular, there will be upcoming major site events that will involve the Galaxy as a whole. That PL 10 Slot we announced? You may well want it for a space character (unless you have one already!). And on the subject of other dimensions... 4. Guest Star / Special Edition! A reminder that at the end of every month, when counting up posts, you can nominate one thread starring a retired PC as "Guest Starring", or one thread set in a non-canon adventure (such as an alternative dimension) called a "Special Edition". This thread counts for full, rather than the 1/2 post count normally associated with non PCs or "what if"/ non-canon threads. And finally a reminder and clarification on an existing rule. 5. Post Length is... 500 characters as a rough rule of thumb. But this is only a guideline for average post length. Whilst we will of course still not accept one line posts, or a series of short posts which look suspiciously redundant, there is no problem with posting less than this, for instance, in conversations. We would rather a good quality post than one needlessly padded out to reach the magic "500" mark. The 500 mark is merely a broad average length we would like. Sometimes you will want to post more, sometimes less. On that note, "post splitting" - that is, deliberately splitting up a post into 500 character "chunks" is not desirable, unless it follows naturally (for instance, for huge posts splitting them so they can be read without your eyeballs falling out, of for cuts in scene)

We have made a minor, and optional change, to character sheets. Three new items are added in the beginning section. These are: Residence: (Optional) Where the character normally resides / lives (if anywhere). Base of Operations: (Optional) Where the character primarily operates (e.g. Headquarters location), if anywhere. Catchphrase: (Optional) e.g. "Its Clobberin' Time", "By the Power Cosmic!", "Hulk Smash!" etc. You need not use any of these. However, the first two are useful reference points for threads and players, and are very recommended to help everybody (even, potentially, yourself). The third is purely for fun, but is also comic-book awesome! Please consider these for any new PC/NPC submission. If you are making character edits, also consider using these in the next update (we would rather not edit a sheet just to include this, as the ref team are lazy oafs, but you may wish to consider adding them in next time you add in a few extra PP spent!)