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Jul 21, 2012 -- 5:58PM, Lonely_DM wrote:

Oyi!

Is there any interest around here for a Mutants & Masterminds game? I'm interested in running a game that starts in low power level (3-4) with "street level" heroes, and will and will quickly rise in power level over a few missions. I'm interested in running a game between four-color style and grim & gritty style, leaning more toward the modern edge and real-world physics.

I'm willing to work with players to develope a collaborative story we can all enjoy.

Heh, you don't want much 
I suppose it's all relative, but I always figured level 1 was "street level"
Between 4-color and grim & gritty covers pretty much the whole gamut, doesn't it?  I'm guessing that what you're looking for is mostly 4-color morality with gritty-ish internal consistency... perhaps I'm projecting, that's where my M&M game ran.  

With a collaboative story?  Hell yeah, sign me up.

Jul 28, 2012 -- 8:27AM, Balthanon wrote:

So one of the things that I've noticed over the years is that almost invariably, the portion of a new campaign or adventure that receives the most attention and activity is the initial setup thread.  I think part of it is that for some of us, one of the pieces of the game that we enjoy most is simply building new characters.

My question (and the reason I'm posting this in the Game Interest Gathering thread) is whether people would be interested in literal one shot "adventures".  People build characters for a single encounter (or 2 or 3 at most in rapid succession), the group runs through it and then the game goes back to the drawing board and people submit another group of players for a different encounter, repeat ad nauseum (or at least until people grow bored of it).

While this is a great idea and a good way for DMs to get practice building encounters (definitely my weak spot), I must confess that I'm not your target audience.  

I put a lot of thought into building a character, I love going into the details, breathing life into the stats and considering the arc of development.  So yeah, I love the set-up phase, but if I'm not going to see the character grow over the course of the story, I'm not interested.   As a DM, I get to fabricate disposable characters constantly, so that fulfills my urge.

The frequent death of games before they get anywhere is a bummer - though less of one than FtF would be, so that's life.