On the verge of a New Era for mankind, a Clandestine group of International Entities are losing its grip on a Centuries old secret;
The Superman Is Real.
Hello, World
Welcome to Project: Powerpunk, the first tale-bed to use the B+ system. With so many different games and systems on the market, it's fair to ask what makes us different. This isn't a fantasy roleplaying game, there's no elven kingdom or dark orc emperors here. Instead this is a game shaped by the ideals and fears of cyberpunk; the cost of personal freedom for security, the burden of power, the grit and criminal element of noir and the flawed human element in western and eastern mythology. We do this by putting the setting in an often ignored and chaotic time; the day before a world altering change, the day before cyberpunk. A world where the architectures of the cyberpunk nightmarescape are taking shape; mega-corporate ascension, flailing government and casual crime is met with an almost blase acceptance from the average citizen. We also don't start you off small, naked and afraid, looking to hunt rodents or bugs to get enough cash to get a decent start. No, here you will have the pleasure and problem of powers so potent that they can incapacitate the average human from the start. You will be playing an Exim; a superhuman that has surfaced from among humanity. To summarize, Project Powerpunk: In a world desperate to make it into a new day; you find yourself with the power to shape tomorrow.
Welcome to Project: Powerpunk, the first tale-bed to use the B+ system. With so many different games and systems on the market, it's fair to ask what makes us different. This isn't a fantasy roleplaying game, there's no elven kingdom or dark orc emperors here. Instead this is a game shaped by the ideals and fears of cyberpunk; the cost of personal freedom for security, the burden of power, the grit and criminal element of noir and the flawed human element in western and eastern mythology. We do this by putting the setting in an often ignored and chaotic time; the day before a world altering change, the day before cyberpunk. A world where the architectures of the cyberpunk nightmarescape are taking shape; mega-corporate ascension, flailing government and casual crime is met with an almost blase acceptance from the average citizen. We also don't start you off small, naked and afraid, looking to hunt rodents or bugs to get enough cash to get a decent start. No, here you will have the pleasure and problem of powers so potent that they can incapacitate the average human from the start. You will be playing an Exim; a superhuman that has surfaced from among humanity. To summarize, Project Powerpunk: In a world desperate to make it into a new day; you find yourself with the power to shape tomorrow.
DEBRIEF
You have powers,
You are not the only one ,
You are not the first.
You are not the only one ,
You are not the first.
Your world is changing. When your head hit that pillow last night, you remember hearing that often promised tomorrow was finally here. The sun had risen for the last time in the old, ugly, messy, ignorant world. Your world was on the eve of that fresh, new slate; that push of the button reset, clouds part the sky for easy living and hands together in Kumbayatopia. And why wouldn't it be; look at all these great advancements in Augmented Reality, allowing you to layer your own digital world over this one. Hive mind drone deliveries covering once inaccessible civilians, living databases, Foundation Funds providing a lifeline to under-earning families, Heuristic intelligence being pushed into every facet of life, S.H.E.L.Ls, P.M.Cs and a dozen other algorithm optimized premium acronyms.
But when you opened your eyes, the world was still just as ugly, messy and ignorant. . You weren't blinded to the metastasized corruption in the pillars of our way of life, blinded to its own failings as more and more victims slip through the cracks. Because if tomorrow was supposed to bring better times; why, with all of these great advancements, were you and the average person still doing everything they could to just survive!?
Unfortunately, tomorrow isn’t a day away, it’s being kept at bay draped in hallmarks more akin to a dystopian perversion. Governments taking radical steps to solidify their holdings. Corporations trademarking and hawking what they have decided to be "the next big thing". And Organized Crime becoming a crutch for the less fortunate.
Fortunately, today you woke up with the power to change that.
But when you opened your eyes, the world was still just as ugly, messy and ignorant. . You weren't blinded to the metastasized corruption in the pillars of our way of life, blinded to its own failings as more and more victims slip through the cracks. Because if tomorrow was supposed to bring better times; why, with all of these great advancements, were you and the average person still doing everything they could to just survive!?
Unfortunately, tomorrow isn’t a day away, it’s being kept at bay draped in hallmarks more akin to a dystopian perversion. Governments taking radical steps to solidify their holdings. Corporations trademarking and hawking what they have decided to be "the next big thing". And Organized Crime becoming a crutch for the less fortunate.
Fortunately, today you woke up with the power to change that.
D.A.N.G.E.R
No, the public doesn't know
Yes, you’re working to keep it that way.
Yes, you’re working to keep it that way.
There's a lot that the Civies don't know about the Cold War and how many times it came close to bursting out into full scale devastation. Things were only Cold on the surface but underneath, in the shadows, the war roared. Things took a turn for the commies when they started fielding their crazy, pinko hyper-tech. If the gear didn't burst into flames or liquefy nearby avian genitals, it turned a red farmer into a soviet super man. Their commander, the iron-jawed Stalin clone; the man made war-machine, The Communist Supreme and his unassailable soviet science super soldier regiment silently started gaining premium positions for the pinko regime to strike down key western cities in America and Europe.
Enter the Department of Anti Nuclear Guardians Enforcing Restrictions. D.A.N.G.E.R, our unique answer to the unassailable. D.A.N.G.E.R was made of Exim, just like you. Trained, disciplined, patriotic agents who used their power to stamp out the “hot spots” of the Cold war but not for recognition. If not for their heroic efforts, the Cold War could have gone on way beyond 1999. They closed that chapter of history neatly in time for the new millennium.
But the times changed, the old guard gave way to new leaders. Budgets were cut and, with the Cold War resolved, D.A.N.G.E.R was shuttered. Now, their legacy; the very world that they helped to shepard is falling apart but it will be ok, you're here now and their legacy is just waiting to be inherited by you.
Enter the Department of Anti Nuclear Guardians Enforcing Restrictions. D.A.N.G.E.R, our unique answer to the unassailable. D.A.N.G.E.R was made of Exim, just like you. Trained, disciplined, patriotic agents who used their power to stamp out the “hot spots” of the Cold war but not for recognition. If not for their heroic efforts, the Cold War could have gone on way beyond 1999. They closed that chapter of history neatly in time for the new millennium.
But the times changed, the old guard gave way to new leaders. Budgets were cut and, with the Cold War resolved, D.A.N.G.E.R was shuttered. Now, their legacy; the very world that they helped to shepard is falling apart but it will be ok, you're here now and their legacy is just waiting to be inherited by you.
DEPLOYMENT
Yes, you’re inheriting D.A.N.G.E.R’s legacy
Yes, you're the shepherd of Tomorrow
Trust Us.
Yes, you're the shepherd of Tomorrow
Trust Us.
You have the tools to change the world but that's too big a project, that would fail before it even began. It starts with this, Project: Powerpunk.