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[notquitethere]

Looks mostly fine, crazyabe. Your Max Team Size is still 2, as your fame is 0 (though that will quickly change as you play).

So for "Killer Clown" powers, let's say:

"Uncanny Co-Ordination: Dread Fool can juggle any number of objects, walk on his hands or ride a unicycle along a tightrope, with perfect control over his physical co-ordination."

This will allow him to do whatever extreme clown nonsense you can imagine. The "killer" bit is more in the application that the power itself.

You will join at the next phase (recruitment). You might want to look at the Team Identities, which was a little extra thing added mid-game. Big Tent, Self-Made, Powerhouse, Focused, Lone Hero and Mercenary have all been picked, but the rest are up for grabs.

[crazyabe]

Gray Company will take the AntiVillains Team Identity.

[Egan_BW]

Deep inside of the Gay Morte, deeper than should be possible, there is a crossroads. Doors labeled 0 to 9, each leading to the same place, in on itself, repeating. The correct path is a code, a secret to keep outsiders out, in clear violation of fire code and the laws of physics.
Within is a bare concrete room, lit only by a lamp plugged into the corner. There has been no time to move in furniture yet.

Mistress Extra sits against the wall with a bottle in hand, listening to shitty dubstep on her phone.
"What are you doing?" Princess looks surprised.
Extra looks up at her friend miserably. "Celebrating the defeat of our enemies."

"You don't seem so happy about it."
"...Four brave heroes gave their lives for it. Miraculous Mirror Maiden, Endless Highway, Ponche, and that map guy."
Princess takes a seat and a swig from the bottle, looking exhausted herself. "May their names never be forgotten."

"And what were we doing to help? I was almost killed by some crowd. If- if she didn't help me, I'd be dead."
She looks down, bitterly.
"The mayor didn't even pay me for risking my life like that. Greedy bastard."
"I thought you'd be more angry. About... seeing her again."
"I..." Extra starts to tear up. "I thought we were friends. She was the first person I thought was my friend. That we understood one another. That's why it hurts so much, that she could just walk away. Didn't even call, didn't ask. This is all... much harder than I thought it would be."

"Being a hero?"
"Being human. Can you imagine? As soon as that girl appeared in my mind, I became... aware. Ideas, concepts, relationships. Once I saw it, there was no way to go back. But it hurts. Always thinking, about reputation, about morals, about other people. That was never..."

Princess waits politely for her to continue. Mistress extra takes a few minutes.

"I've been thinking about it and I think I understand. My old owner, the guy who owned this place... I loved him. But when I got a human body, he didn't care about me in the same way. I don't know if he believed me, that I really was his cat, but what he really cared about was that I was a young woman who liked him. Just taking advantage. The human part of me, my memories of society, I already knew that. But I didn't want to acknowledge that. It's for the best that he died on his own.
"Can we... talk about something different?" Princess looks uncomfortable.

Extra looks down her empty bottle. "Maybe tomorrow." And then lies down to sleep.


Mistress Extra + Princess Professional: Create an Asset.
Night Map: A map allowing one to navigate the collective unconscious of the sleeping Zircon city by night, using the close proximity of many slumbering minds to bounce out further and further in a web of connections.

The Chorist: Increase Income.
An affordably priced group therapy to help those still affected by the crimson plague's brainwashing.

Atla: Experiment with Powers.

Spoiler: PUNCH! (click to show/hide)

Team Name: PUNCH!
Leader: Mistress Extra
Fame: +2 (+2 3/4)
Infamy: +3 (+0 2/4) [Enforcers (Permanent): +1] [Legion's Expansion (Permanent): +2]
Income: Modest

Base:
Base Size: Large (+3)
Base Description: Gay Morte, a modestly sized but very crowded nightclub.
Base Location: Dusk Beach
Maximum Team Size: 5

Ethos:
Killing: We kill as a last resort.
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal.
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make.

Reputation:
Dusk Beach: +3
Downtown: +3
Docks: +1
Mireton: +1
Silver Row: +2
Greenbelt: -1
Warren: 0
Old Town: -1

Team:
Mistress Extra | Nightmare Possession, Dreamwalking | Energetic, Hedonistic, Sadistic, Cat-like grace, Mental Fortitude, Tinnitus, Friends with Princess, Respects Princess | +3
Princess Professional | Understanding complex organizational structures | Conventional, Punctual, Confidential, Loyal, Forgettable, Friends with Extra, Trusts Extra | +1 +1
The Chorist | Hypnotizing Singing | Religious, Good-Looking, Optimistic, Cathedral invasion expert | +6 +1
Atla | Can turn Gigantic | Happily Swapped, Serious, Resourceful | +1

Cross-Over: Constellation Aurora

[notquitethere]

DOWNTIME REPORTS

Spoiler: Downtime Reports (click to show/hide)

House Edge

The Spork and Lord Bombarrel rest and make spare explosives together. Having a friend he can relate to helps The Spork's confidence no end. And Lord Bombarrel, for his part, comes to enjoy being one of the good guys for once.

The Spork loses trait "Forgettable". Lord Bombarrel gains trait "Enjoys being in House Edge"

PB, PB, PB, and Tin Soldier patrol various neighbourhoods. House Edge gains +1 rep in Green Belt, Atomic Heights and Old Town. On one patrol in Old Town, someone drops a piano on both of them out of nowhere. Tin Soldier is unharmed and the would-be assassin flees when she realises her attack did nothing. Tin Soldier sees her dissapear into a hole in the air which collapses before he can get there. It's unclear what it was all about, but the team chalk it up to the outstanding bounty on them.

Pockette enters the Rogue's Gallery. PB loses 1 infamy (after being targetted by a bad guy). PB gains trait "Respects Tin Soldier". Tin Soldier gains "Respects PB".

Route Horizon

Pathfinder experiments with her new power. She discovers she has such a good sense of space that she can track the movement of air currents and the position of people's arms: she can now fly from just a running start (instead of needing a height) and she has a good chance of avoiding being pointed at by guns.

The Watch

Lady Lefant and Bitter Candy are sent off to Watchtower.

Retry experiments with her powers. She has an idea that maybe she could try and harness a butterfly effect and try to make a small change with bigger results. What she discovers over hundreds of iterations is that the universe is non-deterministic. Often she would rewind and do nothing different and still people would choose to do different things the second time round. Free will is real and people aren't like clockwork. This isn't very helpful from a heroing perspective, but has massive philosophical ramifications.

Void tries to find a less deadly use of his power. He works with Retry to avoid catastrophic over-compensation, and through repeat experimentation he discovers how to create sunbeams. These intense spotlights can easily dazzle and disorient. This is especially powerful at night.

Retry gains trait "Friends with Void". Void gains trait "Friends with Retry".

Chiffon's Bakery expands massively in business with the help of Bantum Boy, Psyla and Frostara. At least one of their repeat customers goes on to become a vigilante. The Watch gains +3 income.

Bantum Boy gains trait "Looks up to Frostara", Psyla gains trait "Respects Frostara", Frostara gains trait "Protective of Bantum Boy".

Dandy Lads

Jack Dandy and Lotus Petal spend a lot of time resting at the base together. Jack gains trait "Friends with Lotus Petal". Lotus Petal gains trait "Friends with Jack Dandy".

The Man in Grey and Haste train together. Haste tries to slow The Man down before he can disappear, and speed him up so he can blip in and out of existence much more rapidly.

Haste has an improved application of her powers: she gets much better at speeding and slowing different parts of someone, making people run into walls, trip over, accidentally hit themselves with flailing limbs.

The Man in Grey gets better at moving around while disappeared and tricking himself into feeling threatened enough to vanish, allowing limited range invisibility and intangibility (he can't really perceive anything in the real world when vanished).

Haste gains "Respects The Man In Grey". The Man in Grey gains "Crush on Haste".

Protection Inc.

Mentat, Película, and Camarada experiment with their powers.

Mentat learns to create infectious humming directly in other people's minds, distracting them and anyone else around them. He also learns to obliviate that humming, freeing himself and Camarada of the stupid tune (both lose " Infectious Humming", Mentat gains power "Telepathic Infectious Humming Infliction")

Película builds upon the approach she'd tried at cathedral: not just creating moving illusions, but linking them to people in her surroundings and making them more life-like. Her illusionary projections can now move semi-autonomously, and she can disappear herself behind a projection of the room. She gains the power "Functional Invisibility".

Camarada focuses on trying to be seeable, at least to her friends. The first breakthrough is when Alba comes and sits on her lap. Camarada can now, with focus, make herself apparent to others. (When she's not paying attention, she once again fades into the background and cannot be perceived.)

Mentat gains trait "Friends with Camarada", Camarada gains trait "Friends with Mentat". Película loses trait "Untrusting".

Crackler, Nitrox, and Zirconia work on city improvements. There's a lot of work to be had, especially for people of their unique powers. Protection Inc. gains +3 income.

Crackler gains trait "Respects Nitrox", Nitrox gains trait "Loyal to Protection Inc.", Zirconia gains trait "Finds Crackler amusing".

The Gray Company

A new villain group emerges in Zircon City: The Gray Company, led by the killer clown, Dread Fool. They are anti-villains, able to take on hero missions.

PUNCH!

Mistress Extra + Princess Professional work together to create the Night Map, with which Mistress Extra can travel the web of sleeping minds, journeying into the sleeping mind of anyone in the city!

In their jaunts together in the nightworld, Mistress Extra finds the most beautiful dreams to share with her closest friend. In the day time, they are inseperable. To one another, they will always be something alien in their perspectives to one another, one so inhuman, the other so incredibly ordered. But they can still love each other in their mutual recognition of their unique strangeness.

Mistress Extra gains "Loves Princess Professional", Princess Professional gains "Loves Mistress Extra".

The Chorist offers song therapy at a good price. Several people from the cathedral approach him to help stop their infectious humming. +1 income.

Atla experiments with her powers, trying to see how big she can get. The size seems to cap out about fifty-foot, though it's hard to maintain at that size, especially in the confines of the city. Once she gets tall enough to see across the whole city, she realises she can step across the river directly into Old Town from Dusk Beach. [Dusk Beach and Old Town are now considered adjacent for PUNCH! travel times when travelling with Atla.]

Bro Club

(No downtime submitted yet: feel free to submit it along with your recruitment.)

Season Three

RECRUITMENT PHASE 11

New: With Zircon City being both very dangerous and also saturated with heroes, less people are coming to the city. Hero tryouts will no longer reveal new talent and will always be drawn from the known pool. Villain tryouts may still reveal new villains.

Removing/Changing Team Members

Spoiler: Letting Members Go (click to show/hide)

Players may remove existing team members in one of four ways:

Let Go: Thing didn't work out. Team member leaves. -1 attendee at the next tryout (this malus can stack if you fire multiple heroes).
Run Out: They'll never work in this town again! Team Leader gains "Hates [team member]" and the team member gains "Hates [team leader]" and leaves the team and gains -1 fame from the ignominy.
Revolt: The team leader is thrown out! The old leader gains "Hates [team name]", -1 fame from the ignominy and leaves the team. Pick a new team leader.
Hand in: Any team member with Infamy greater than their Fame may be handed in to custody. The ex-team mate gains "Hates [team name]" and is placed in custody, and is also barred from the Clemency program. This is the only way of removing a team member who is currently unreformed and on a team with Clemency.
Spinoff: Pick at least three team members (who have fame higher than their infamy, and have each been on at least one non-personal mission) and choose a new team name. They leave the team permanently to set up their own spin-off team in a nearby city (choose Stoney Island, Las Destinos, or Leadville).* Gain +1 team fame for each member lost this way, and randomly gain an opportunity every opportunity phase or a cross-over from the new team.

*Stoney Island: Small island town dominated by a carnival, once a tourist spot now completely overrun by Crimson Plague .
Las Destinos: Large city famed for its nightlife and casinos; like if Dusk Beach was a whole city.
Leadville: Medum-sized post-industrial city. Run down, lots of unemployed, a fertile recruiting ground for powered gangs.

New: A team member can be promoted to the new leader without a coup: the old leader gains -1 fame and the "ex-leader" trait, and the new leader gains +1 fame.

Hiring
Everyone who has slots may either seek to recruit one hero from the recruitment pool OR they may hold tryouts to fill all slots. New: you may instead propose a team merger with another team, if your team has enough room to accomodate all new members. Villain teams recruit from the Rogue's Gallery instead.

Due to the Mayor's Clemency: in addition to any other recruitment, hero teams may take one one villain in custody onto their team (ignoring requirements like fame and max team size). Once they are redeemed (fame higher than infamy), you may recruit again in this way. Villains recruited still count towards your team size as normal. Villains have fame 0 by default.

You can't recruit someone with a higher fame than your team's fame. Villains recruit with Infamy instead of Fame. If two people try to recruit the same person, I'll flip to see who gets to them first.

Spoiler: Recruitment Pool (click to show/hide)

POSSIBLE TRYOUT ATTENDEES
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame/Infamy
Ascupart (Formerly Choler) | Reactive muscle-growth | Poetic, Angry, Imposing, On Parole | 0/3
Karma Kid | Mirroring damage inflicted on self onto others | Child, Vindictive, Calm | 0/2
Lost Tide | Salt-Kinesis, Axe-Fighting | Teen Runaway, Secretive, Responsible | 0
Muffin Madness | Random (based on eating Chiffon's pastry) | Manic, Open-Minded, Indebted to Chiffon | 0
Chap Stick | Glue Generation | Polite, Carefree, Ostentatious | 1
Spit Feathers | Feather generation?, Feather Propulsion? | Impressionable, Inexperienced, Athletic, Despises Fish | 1
Toytown | Creating tiny automatons | Single-Minded, Hates Surprises, Genius | 2
Reverso | Long-Range Gravity Warping | Intense, Secretive, Loyal, Brawler, Respects Endless Highway, Suspicious of Ponche, Respects Longfire | 2
Wiffle | Floating, Impervious | Ethereal, Calm, | 4
Lovehandles | Self-Inertia Manipulation | Hates Lynxx, Slovenly, Comedian, Destructive, Slow | 4
Dangerfield | Terrain Warping, Traps | Cunning, Perceptive, On Parole | 4
Captain Georgia | Super strength and durability linked to peanut consumption | Strong, Serious, Blunt | 4
Longfire | Teleports Fireballs, Poison Smoke | Hates Frostara, Allergic to peanuts, Brave, Cunning, Vengeful, Laser-Proof Armor, Brawler, Friends with Reverso, Dismissive of Swan Dive, Mourning Ponche | 6/1
Plumbaris | Ranged weight manipulation | Crude, Playful, Educated, Loves Lady Lefant | 9
Brutus | Permanent Power Absorption, Detachable Limbs, Magnetic Control, Radioactive Touch, X-Ray Vision, Astral Projection | Cold, Analytical, Unfaithful, Self-Perfecting, Cathedral invasion expert, Cunning, Lone Wolf | 11
Lavateen | Lava Generation, Social Media Manipulation | Teenager, Popular, Good Looking, Inauthentic, Cathedral Invasion Expert | 14

RIVAL TEAMS
CURSED LEGACY - Hermitage
Spawn of Satan (leader) | Fireproof, Horns, Hellfire, Flame-Stepping, Stone-Fist | Child, Hates Joshua Tree, Satanic, Wild, One-Handed, Berserk | 3
Monkeypaw | Bad luck aura | Ingenious, Depressive, Frugal, Reckless | 3
Reflux | Matter Transformation | Teenager, Vengeful, Determined, Distrusts Ectoboy, Unnatural Appearance | 1
Public Enemy | Hated By Everyone | Cowardly, Debater, Tolerant | 1
Spyte | Poison barbs | Vindictive, Subtle, Incisive, Hates Cutting Edge, Forgettable | 0/1
SPIDER KNIGHTS - Dusk Beach
Ectoboy: Channelling Ghost Powers | Child, Spooky, Inconspicuous, Hates Sandup, Afraid of Lasers, Empathic | 3/2
Lynxxx | Enhanced climbing and acrobatics, bullet proof armor | Hates Dogs, Vivacious, Brash, Risk-tolerant, Respects Ectoboy, Connected, Determined to save Ectoboy | 3/2
CONSTELLATION AURORA - Silver Row
[Leader] Sol Heart | Love, Aura Sight | Forgiving, Ever Broke, Trusting, Honest, Hates Cephala, Guilt-Wracked | 6
Iron Gavel | Super-Strength, Giant Hammer Fighting, Hammer Blast | Hates criminals, Brutal, Connected, Respects Sol, Protective | 6
Mimesis (Marianne) | Invisible Walls and Platforms | Irritating, Hates The Chorist, Veteran, Well-Meaning, Respects Iron Gavel, Committed, Loyal | 6
ANIMALIA - Sandup
Bittern | Wings, Water control | Pacifist, Ecologist, Impressive, Intolerant of Unevolved | 5 | Saving the moorland habitat of local bird species
Bloodmoon | Werewolf, Terrifying Howl | Known Killer, Incisive, Sensitive Nose, In Touch With Inner Wolf, Hates Johnny Knifehands, Anti-Civ | 4/2
RUST RIOT - Greenbelt
Verdigris (Doctor Hijank) | Junksuit Devices that control and transform | Old, Clever, Kind, Enemy of the E Corp, Resourceful, Paraplegic, Robotic Legs | 0/8
Slinger (Slugnut) | Slingshots Pistol-shooting/loading | Quick, Ugly, Indefatigable | 0/7
Bitrot (Keros) | Autonomous Removable Arm on Verdigris' Suit Immortal Wax Body | Fabulist, Fearless, Loves Cephala | 0/7
Neat Spirit | Invisibility Regenerating Tentacle Arms | Known Killer, Broken Probation, Ruthless, Ingenious, Terrifying, One-Eyed, Stealth-Tech, Selfish | 0/8

RETIRED / OTHER WORK
Bakal | Metal absorption and repulsion | Old, Religious, Kind, Too Old For This | 0
Chiffon (Mari Chang) | Bakes pastries which grant powers | Introverted, Kind, Neurotic | 1
Marigold | Gold Transformation | Known Killer, Wealthy, Spendthrift, Fear of Drowning | 3
The Woman Lamp | Flaming Hair, Fire Bolts, Jet-Fire Propulsion | Hates Mimesis, Tempestuous, Trigger-Fuse, Forgotten | 4
Songstress | Infectious Song | Enthusiastic, Melodic, Out-Of-Shape, Mute, Looks up to Windbow | 5
Anuran (Jacques) | Mutant frog powers | Shifty, Inquisitive, Overconfident, Depressed, Saddened By Losses | 5
Windbow | Bow & Arrow Trick-shooting, Small object shaping | Strong, Withered Arm, Crotchety, Old, Wise, | 8
Don Jetman | Production logistics, Flying suit | Control Freak, Self-Assured, Muscular, Wealthy, Owner of Advanced Widget
Enterprises | 10

MISSING/DORMANT
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame
Jennifer | Normality Field | Boring, Friendly, Unheroic | -1
Black Box | | [hidden], [hidden], [hidden] | -1

CUTTING EDGE - Montgomery
Thornrose (leader) | Flower blooming, Fencing | Vicious, Charming, Good-Looking, Forced To Work For Bill Cleaver | 2
Harpoodle | Can shoot claws | Vindictive, Image Obsessed, Dense, Forced To Work For Bill Cleaver | 3
Gaffer | Sand Control, Glass-Based Weapons | Neat, Clever, Irritable, Forced To Work For Bill Cleaver | 0

Spoiler: Teams in Other Cities (click to show/hide)

WATCHTOWER - Leadville
Name |   Known Powers | Traits | Fame/Infamy
Saluki (Thomas O'Byrne) | Heightened smell, Hyperspeed running | Elegant, Thoughtful, Lazy, In love with Chiffon, Bullet graze, Respects Anuran | 4
Bitter Candy (Geoff) | Shrinking | Jaded, Practical, Authentic, Hates Nitrox, Hates working with kids, Machine-assisted tiny legs | 1/1
Lady Lefant (Doris) | Ranged Fabric Control | Ostentatious, Witty, Self-Assured, Hates Plumbaris | 8

Spoiler: Rogue Gallery (click to show/hide)

You may substitute team infamy for team fame when recruiting villains.
ACTIVE
Name | Known Powers | Traits | Infamy | Motivation
Pockette | Portals | Hapless, Happy-Go-Lucky, Amoral | -1 | Getting successful as a bounty hunter
Big Joe Pike | None | Heartless, Relentless, Clueless | 0 | Hunting Big Game
Rat King | Gestalt Intelligence, Rat Bodies, Ice-Shielding | Unfathomable, Unsettling, Omnipresent | 0 | Freeing rat-kind from human tyranny
Ascenso | Combined versions of nearby powers | Evolved-Supremacist, Intense, Gourmand | 0 | Reviving a Crimson Plague 2.0
Aunty Anti | Power Immunity? | Anti-Evolved, Conspiracy Theorist, Tenacious | 0 | Neutralising the Exalt Evolved
Muskrat | Toxic Gas Generation | Known Killer, Careless, Hardy | 3 | Getting the respect he feels he's due
Johnny Knifehands | Knife Hands | Known Killer, Washout, Angry, Quick, Hates Bloodmoon, On Parole | 3 | Knocking the Heroes Down A Peg
Reinita | Age-Draining | Known Killer, Youthful, Heartless | 4 | Immortality
Wispa | Phasing, Explosive Unphasing, Smoke Merging | Unfeeling, Curious, Easy-Going | 4 | Feeling Something
Master Tusk | Staff Fighting? | Strategic, Learned, Power-Supremacist, On Parole | 4 | Building a new team

BRICK & MORTAR
Brick | Enhanced strength and toughness | Risk-Taking, Muscular, Greedy | 2 | Fulfilling mercenary contracts
Mortar | Scrap gun creation | Sharpshooter, Careful, Ungainly | 2 | Fulfilling mercenary contracts

THE LEGION OF WICKEDNESS
Baron von Woof (leader) | Superior Throwing Arm, Canine senses | Gimmicky, Hates Cats, Brash, Respects Nitrox, Dog Companions | 3 | Becoming Zircon City's most infamous villain
Buzzoff | Drone tinkering | Credulous, Easy-going, Grifter, Animal-Lover  | 2 | Covering the cape (under)world
Escher | Permanent Architectural Warping | Irritating, Wily, Happily Swapped | 2 | Money

DARK HUMOR
Sanguine | Blood-based mind control | Cunning, Cruel, SHE-Supremacist, Infectious Humming | 4 | Demonstrate the supremacy of Evolved Kind, Rebuilding Dark Humor
(New) Choler Gigaman | Enhanced strength and durability, Laser eyes, Flight | Insane, Unreliable, Friendly, Animal-Lover | 2 | Smashing Annoying Ants

IN CUSTODY
Woodchunk | High Speed Clambering, Biting | Athletic, Vicious, Gimmicky | 1 | Excercise
Phlegm | Pleasure-inducing fog | Lazy, Calm, Hedonistic, Infectious Humming | 3 | Have fun
Vile Viola Melancholy (in the Prelate's body) | None? | Dissociative, Delusional, Self-Absorbed, Unpredictable, Infectious Humming | 3 |Discovering The Truth About The Exalt Project
The Mangler II | Powersuit Construction | Vengeful, Destructive, Inventive | 3 | Mangling
Flea | Super-Jumping, Short Beam-Based Weapon Creation| Known Killer, Daredevil, Power Supremacist | 3 | Get into exciting fights
Black Rat | Contortion, Poison Blade Fighting? | Flexible, Quick, Power Supremacist | 4 | Proving herself
Marion Man | Puppetry (puppets and corpses) | Sinister, Clown, Prepared | 5 | Build a vast clown army
Hypnobeat | Music-Powered Deep Suggestion | Misogynist, Calm, Power-Supremacist | 5 | Making sweet music
Anthrax |  Advanced Biohacking | Slapdash, Quick, Power-Supremacist | 6 | Creating a superior life-form
Weeping Pus | Unclosing Wounds | Grotesque, Unstable, Strong | 6 | Forget about his situation
Lazard | Deadly Lasers | Known Killer, Bloodthirsty, Unpredictable | 6 | Destroy the moon
Doctor Black | Good shot? | Indefatigable, Power-Supremacist, Prepared | 7 | Revenge

DORMANT/RETIRED
Name | Known Powers | Traits | Infamy | Motivation
Suffrage | Teleport, was able to mind-swap others | Known Killer, Tired, Cruel, Righteous | 4 | Enjoying immense wealth
Bill Cleaver | None? | Brutal, Ambitious, Cunning | 5 | Reforming

Here's a reminder of the Tryout process, from the OP.

Spoiler: Tryouts (click to show/hide)

If you hold a tryout, 2d4 heroes will attend. You will fill all empty spots in your roster with heroes according to the criterion you pick. Unpicked heroes will remain in the recruitment pool for future rounds.
Criteria
Versatility: The widest range of powers will be picked.
Power: The most impressive powers will be picked.
Team Cohesion: The heroes who least despise one another and your existing team members will be picked.
Renown: Pick the most famous heroes first.

[Glass]

Spoiler: The Watch (click to show/hide)

Team Name: The Watch
Leader: Retry
Fame: 11 (38/6 + 2 [Defeated The Crimson Plague] +3 [Founded Watchtower])
Infamy: 3 (4/6 + 1 + 2 ['Murdered' Odd Squad 'in cold blood'])
Income: Comfortable
Identity: Big Tent

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Vast (+5)
Base Description: Offshore complex built by Ziggurat
Base Location: Old Town
Maximum Team Size: 9

Neighborhood Reputations
Atomic Heights: +1
Greenbelt: +3
Sandup: +2
Silver Row: +2
Old Town: +1
Warrens: +2
Montgomery: +1
Hermitage: +1
[All else neutral]

Ethos
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

Leader
Name: Allison Goldstein/Frostara
Gender: Female
Appearance: An attractive young woman with dirty blonde hair kept in a ponytail and grey eyes. She wears a light-blue form-fitting ice-skating uniform, decorated with a subtle pattern of snowflakes. Somewhat less subtle is that the snowflakes on the back are clustered in such a way as to give the impression of a clock face.
Powers: Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing
Traits: Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Steam burns
Fame: 5

Leader Founder
Name: Caroline Frisk (real name)/Retry (“super” name)/DeterminedDreamer (online username)
Gender: Female
Appearance: A young woman with short, auburn hair and red eyes that lack pupils, instead consisting of a seemingly endless set of concentric rings. While fighting crime, Retry wears a long, dark-green hooded coat over a suit of gold-looking armor, as well as a heart necklace. Presumably, the armor's interior is padded to similar comfort levels as her older clothing. She wields a pair of tonfas.
Alter-ego/backstory: Caroline, like many people with too much curiosity and free time and not enough sense of self-preservation, decided that it would be fun to go explore an abandoned facility to see if she could find anything interesting. For a variety of reasons, this was an enormous mistake, as some facilities are either abandoned for a reason or are less abandoned than they first seem. Now, she’s not exactly talking about any of the specifics of what happened, but it certainly seems that she regrets what she did. Except for the small fact that it doesn’t seem she ever actually did it, and her accounting of what day it is was off by one.
Power: Stable Time Loop: Retry casts herself back into the past, or perhaps she foresees forward... in either case, with concentration and over short periods, from her perspective appears to reset the position of reality from a few seconds to minutes.
+Super-strength, +Super-jumping
Traits: Tries everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Guilt-Ridden, Bulletproof Armor, Electrogirdle, Tires Easily, Fearless, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void
Fame: 10
Infamy: 1

Members
Retry (Caroline Frisk) | Stable time loop, Super-strength, Super-jumping | Tries Everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Guilt-Ridden, Bulletproof Armor, Fearless, Electrogirdle, Tires Easily, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void | 10 Fame, 1 Infamy
Frostara (Allison Goldstein) | Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing | Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Steam burns | 5
Void (David White) | Micro-blackhole centered on self, Supernova blasts from absorbed energy, Apocalypse/City-destruction, Dazzling Sunbeams | Inscrutable, Unsettling, Helpful, Close to going supernova, Control Belt!, Evasive, Friends with Retry | 3 Fame, 1 Infamy | Use his powers for good, figure out E Corp?
Ziggurat (Javier Pahuac) | Tower Creation | Practical, Intelligent, Inhibited, Hates Crowds | 7
Psyla LXI ("Sarah"?) | Insta-reincarnation, Increasing Psychic Power, Mysterious inter-dimensional assistance | Cold, Resourceful, Determined, Tactical, Doubts about Retry's leadership, Respects Frostara | 8, 1 Infamy
Bantum Boy ("The Torrent Rider!" "You should not be reading that at your age.") | Short-Ranged flight, Hyperkicking | Child, Crazy, Happy, Looks up to Frostara | 5, 1 Infamy

Other Notes
Have control belt designs
1 Crossover: Cursed Legacy
1 Crossover: Rust Riot
1 Crossover: Watchtower
Chiffon (Mari Chang) made a baking company
RIP Sally "Sixpence" Agreste
RIP Johanna Freedman, the Miraculous Mirror Maiden
Electrogirdle: wearer gains powers "Super Strength", "Super Jumping" and trait "Tires easily" while it is worn.
Doctor Hijank rejoined the Odd Squad Rust Riot
Free will is real! As long as you’re not mind-controlled, at least.

Retry will hand off leadership of the Watch to Frostara.
The Watch will hold a Cohesion tryout, as usual.
The Watch will take... “The Mangler II” on clemency.


Cara knocked at the doorway to Alli's room. It didn't take long for her friend to usher her in.

"What's the issue?"

Cara knew that she looked like shit. She'd seen herself in the mirror ten minutes ago, she knew how she looked. It didn't make the concern in Alli's voice hurt any less.

She pulled out her notepad and pen. Held them. Set them down on the table, and tapped her fingers against it. She should have had something prepared. She tried to have something prepared.

Allison waited. God bless her, she waiting, because they'd been doing this together for what felt like a lifetime now, even though it hadn't even been three months yet. She waited until Cara could write something.

I don't know if I can keep doing this.

Alli's eyes widened. "Cara..."

I don't mean heroing. I mean... being the one in charge. Telling other people what to do.

Her eyes and tone softened. "Oh. Is- is this about what Psyla said?"

Again, it took her a while to respond. Partly. Sort of. If I'd brought David on the mission... I don't know how many more people we'd have saved. But... there were so many. They had brainwashed so many people.
If I'd brought David, I don't know how many more people we'd have killed.

Oh. Allison was hugging her now. Why... ah. She was crying.

That made sense.

"It's- I'm- I'm so sorry, Cara. It's- how long has it been like this?"

Allison waited a bit, then probably realized that Cara couldn't do much writing while being hugged, because she let go.

...Mistree. And Sally, so soon after. But it started with Mistree. We're supposed to be able to save everyone. Right?

...

...

The silence was stifling. Painful.

She hated it.

So she started writing again.

The soft noises of the pen on the paper were quiet, but they helped. They helped break that horrible silence.

The writing continued. Until it stopped, and Cara pushed her notepad over to Allison.

I want you to lead the Watch.
Allison's eyes widened again, and she looked at Caroline. Cara gestured back toward the notepad.
I want you to lead the Watch. You helped Saluki get Watchtower running, you know tactics, you can actually fucking talk - I don't know those things. All I know how to do is to go out and do the job myself. I'm not a good leader. I don't have leadership skills like you do. All the stuff that's involved in actually running a team effectively - I don't know it. I've tried my best, but I don't know if what I've been doing has been the right stuff. You're so much better at it. So please. Lead the Watch. I know you can do it, and I can't.

Allison read it. She felt a weight settle in her gut. She took a deep breath. And she said what she had to say, to the woman she'd trust with her life.

"...okay. Okay. I'll do it."

Spoiler: A few days later, at lunch (click to show/hide)

"So, Allison."
"Mmm?"
"Frostarat's a supervillain now."
"Fuck off, David."

[Kashyyk]

As usual, no Recruitment.

Spoiler: Protection Inc. (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Protection Inc.
Leader: Mentat
Fame: 6 _{[5 + 1]} | 1½ _{[½ + 1]}
Income: Comfortable (3)
Identity: Powerhouse - You're much more likely to gain powers, but also much more likely to destroy scenery or face injury in the line of duty
Cross Overs: Odd Squad (??)
Neighbourhood reputations:
Docks +1
Mireton +1
Old Town +1
Sandup +2
Silver Row +2
Warren +2

Members
Name | Known Powers | Traits | Fame
- Mentat | Mindreading, Weaponised Telepathy, Telepathic Infectious Humming Infliction | Charismatic, Protective, Self-important, Bankrolling Protection Inc, Respects Bittern | 7
- Camarada | Can't be directly attacked, Ignored (unless actively suppressed) | Altruistic, Forgiving, Charming, Conciliatory, Tactical, Fearless, Reckless, Friends with Película, Respects Mentat, Friends with Mentat, Dedicated to Protection Inc | 3
- Crackler | Electricity Manipulation | Known Killer, Friendly, Comedian, Improviser, Enemy of the Scarlet Plague, Respects Nitrox, Bullet-proof Armour, Hazmat | 8
- Nitrox | Unstoppable power attack??, Air walking | Heroic, Fabulist, Fear of Drowning, Crush on Camarada, Loyal to Protection Inc., Cathedral Invasion Expert, Bullet-proof Armour, Hazmat | 7
- Película | Illusionary Projections, Functional Invisibility | Teen runaway, Loves animals, Bankrolling Protection Inc, Hates Crowds, Berserk, Hazmat, Injury: Tired, Friends with Camarada, Friends with Reflux | 3
- Zirconia | Diamond-like Skin | Local Knowledge, Carefree, Manipulative, Finds Crackler Amusing, Hazmat | 2 3 | Money
- Alba | Feline Abilities | Cute, Adopted Película, Accepting of Camarada, An actual cat | -

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Large (+3)
Base Description: A roomy apartment
Base Location: Warren
Team Size: [2 + min(6 vs 3)] = 5

Ethos
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

[Stirk]

Spoiler: The Watch (click to show/hide)

Team Name: The Watch
Leader: Retry
Fame: 11 (38/6 + 2 [Defeated The Crimson Plague] +3 [Founded Watchtower])
Infamy: 3 (4/6 + 1 + 2 ['Murdered' Odd Squad 'in cold blood'])
Income: Comfortable
Identity: Big Tent

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Vast (+5)
Base Description: Offshore complex built by Ziggurat
Base Location: Old Town
Maximum Team Size: 9

Neighborhood Reputations
Atomic Heights: +1
Greenbelt: +3
Sandup: +2
Silver Row: +2
Old Town: +1
Warrens: +2
Montgomery: +1
Hermitage: +1
[All else neutral]

Ethos
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

Leader Founder
Name: Caroline Frisk (real name)/Retry (“super” name)/DeterminedDreamer (online username)
Gender: Female
Appearance: A young woman with short, auburn hair and red eyes that lack pupils, instead consisting of a seemingly endless set of concentric rings. While fighting crime, Retry wears a long, dark-green hooded coat over a suit of gold-looking armor, as well as a heart necklace. Presumably, the armor's interior is padded to similar comfort levels as her older clothing. She wields a pair of tonfas.
Alter-ego/backstory: Caroline, like many people with too much curiosity and free time and not enough sense of self-preservation, decided that it would be fun to go explore an abandoned facility to see if she could find anything interesting. For a variety of reasons, this was an enormous mistake, as some facilities are either abandoned for a reason or are less abandoned than they first seem. Now, she’s not exactly talking about any of the specifics of what happened, but it certainly seems that she regrets what she did. Except for the small fact that it doesn’t seem she ever actually did it, and her accounting of what day it is was off by one.
Power: Stable Time Loop: Retry casts herself back into the past, or perhaps she foresees forward... in either case, with concentration and over short periods, from her perspective appears to reset the position of reality from a few seconds to minutes.
+Super-strength, +Super-jumping
Traits: Tries everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Guilt-Ridden, Bulletproof Armor, Electrogirdle, Tires Easily, Fearless, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void
Fame: 10
Infamy: 1

Leader
Name: Allison Goldstein/Frostara
Gender: Female
Appearance: [To be added later]
Alter-ego/backstory: [To be added later]
Powers: Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing
Traits: Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Steam burns
Fame: 5

Members
Retry (Caroline Frisk) | Stable time loop, Super-strength, Super-jumping | Tries Everything, Thoughtful, Mute, Guilt-Ridden, Bulletproof Armor, Fearless, Electrogirdle, Tires Easily, Concerned about Psyla, Friends with Void | 10 Fame, 1 Infamy
Frostara (Allison Goldstein) | Creates ice walls, Ice skating, Ice jets, Blood freezing | Hates Longfire, Modest, Good-looking, Tactical, Indebted to The Watch, Trusts Retry, Cool Under Pressure, Deadly, Organized, Protective of Bantum Boy, Steam burns | 5
Void (David White) | Micro-blackhole centered on self, Supernova blasts from absorbed energy, Apocalypse/City-destruction, Dazzling Sunbeams | Inscrutable, Unsettling, Helpful, Close to going supernova, Control Belt!, Evasive, Friends with Retry | 3 Fame, 1 Infamy | Use his powers for good, figure out E Corp?
Ziggurat (Javier Pahuac) | Tower Creation | Practical, Intelligent, Inhibited, Hates Crowds | 7
Psyla LXI ("Sarah"?) | Insta-reincarnation, Increasing Psychic Power, Mysterious inter-dimensional assistance | Cold, Resourceful, Determined, Tactical, Doubts about Retry's leadership, Respects Frostara | 8, 1 Infamy
Bantum Boy ("The Torrent Rider!" "You should not be reading that at your age.") | Short-Ranged flight, Hyperkicking | Child, Crazy, Happy, Looks up to Frostara | 5, 1 Infamy

Other Notes
Have control belt designs
1 Crossover: Cursed Legacy
1 Crossover: Rust Riot
1 Crossover: Watchtower
Chiffon (Mari Chang) made a baking company
RIP Sally "Sixpence" Agreste
RIP Johanna Freedman, the Miraculous Mirror Maiden
Electrogirdle: wearer gains powers "Super Strength", "Super Jumping" and trait "Tires easily" while it is worn.
Doctor Hijank rejoined the Odd Squad Rust Riot
Free will is real! As long as you’re not mind-controlled, at least.

Retry will hand off leadership of the Watch to Frostara.
The Watch will hold a Cohesion tryout, as usual.
The Watch will take... “The Mangler II” on clemency.


I’ll write up another scene tonight.

Given past villain behavior you might wanna reconsider recruiting someone who's only goal in life is mangling.

[Egan_BW]

Recruit Pockette, pointing to our considerable infamy and profitability. Willing to pay them an Income level to work for us.

Spoiler: PUNCH! (click to show/hide)

Team Name: PUNCH!
Leader: Mistress Extra
Fame: +2 (+2 3/4)
Infamy: +3 (+0 2/4) [Enforcers (Permanent): +1] [Legion's Expansion (Permanent): +2]
Income: Comfortable

Base:
Base Size: Large (+3)
Base Description: Gay Morte, a modestly sized but very crowded nightclub.
Base Location: Dusk Beach
Maximum Team Size: 5

Ethos:
Killing: We kill as a last resort.
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal.
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make.

Reputation:
Dusk Beach: +3
Downtown: +3
Docks: +1
Mireton: +1
Silver Row: +2
Greenbelt: -1
Warren: 0
Old Town: -1

Team:
Mistress Extra | Nightmare Possession, Dreamwalking | Energetic, Hedonistic, Sadistic, Cat-like grace, Mental Fortitude, Tinnitus, Friends with Princess, Respects Princess, Loves Princess | +3
Princess Professional | Understanding complex organizational structures | Conventional, Punctual, Confidential, Loyal, Forgettable, Friends with Extra, Trusts Extra, Loves Extra | +1 +1
The Chorist | Hypnotizing Singing | Religious, Good-Looking, Optimistic, Cathedral invasion expert | +6 +1
Atla | Can turn Gigantic | Happily Swapped, Serious, Resourceful | +1

Cross-Over: Constellation Aurora
Asset: Night Map

[VermilionSkies]

Spoiler: Route Horizon (click to show/hide)

Team:
Team Name: Route Horizon
Fame: 8 (6+2)
Income: Broke

Reputation:
Old Town: 1
Warrens: 0
Downtown: 1
Hermitage: 1
Greenbelt: 1
Mireton: 1
Docks: 1

Leader:
Pathfinder | Gliding, Perfected Spacial Awareness, Lone Hero | Blunt, Quick-Thinking, Extreme Sports Afficiando, Self-Sacrificing, Hates lone missions, Respects Reverso, Martial Artist, Believes in Route Horizon, Respects Endless Highway, Friends with Reverso, Respects Longfire, Acting In Endless Highway's Memory, Notable Scar | 6 Fame | 1 Infamy|

Base:
Base Size (base size mod): Appropriate
Base Description: Route Horizon works out of a specialized garage provided by Mayor Bigby.
Base Location: Oldtown
Maximum Team Size: 4 1

Ethos:
Killing: We kill as a last resort.
Civilians: Saving civilians is the number one goal.
Collateral Damage: We don’t care about property damage if it helps get the job done.

Misc:
Unable to recruit.
Crossover: The Watch (I should probably write this down)

No recruitment.

[Stirk]

Recruit Toytown. He can make a new little old tin soldier to replace the one we lost!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Team Name: House Edge
Leader: Tin Soldier
Fame: 7.5+2 | 2
Income: Broke

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Appropriate
Base Description: among the musuem's archival collections, hidden behind a freize of the god Fortuna.
Base Location: Old Town
Maximum Team Size: 4

Ethos
[Pick one from each set of options]
Killing: We kill as a last resort
Civilians: Stopping the villain is the most important thing
Collateral Damage: We pay for any damages we make

PB | Limited Self-Replication, Can absorb any living person| Comedian, Gimmicky, Charming, Fed Up with Dying, J-less, CrackShot, Ageist, Respects PB| 7 | 1
The Spork | Gadgets?, Techsense (Knows how to create power nullifying technology), Fireproof| Forgiving, Irritating, Pyromaniac, Obsessive, Hates Giant Robots, Disfigured by fire,Friends with Lord Bombarrel| 3 | 1
Tin Soldier | Metal Absorption, Metal Skin, Advanced Mechanics, Immortal? | Legend, Cunning, Heroic, Authentic, Veteran, Indebted to House Edge, Respects Spork, Quick (for his age), Believes in House Edge,Respects PB| 14
Lord Bombarrel | Unusual bomb-making | Known Killer, Old, Prepared, Mad, Ingenious, Friends with the Spork,Enjoys being in House Edge |2 | 6 | Getting and Staying out of prison


Local Fame:
Old Town +3
Mirton +1
Silver Row +3
Warren +1
Montgomery +1
Docks +1
Greenbelt +1
Atomic Heights +1

Loads of untraceable guns
Antievobolauncher

I Was A Superhero but now I'm Reincarnated in Another World!:
Name: Luke Teach
Gender: Male
Appearance: An out of shape man in his 30s with male pattern baldness. Wears an overpriced suit with armored lining. What's left of his hair is black, with dark brown eyes.
Alter-ego/backstory: Luke was a janitor at the local university before awakening his powers. With no close friends or family, he was considered by most people to be a loser. One day gambling at Big Pig after a night of drinking he was caught in the middle of a super hero battle, which would have certainly killed him if it was not for his powers awakening. With his new found powers he immediately begun amassing wealth and success. Feeling unfulfilled after having success handed to him (and perhaps spurred on by his new found desire for conflict) he decided to go into the super hero business, setting the place he discovered his powers as headquarters out of a sense of nostalgia.
Power: Probability Manipulation: Ambient physical distortions and enhanced dexterity resulting in uncanny "lucky" aura. Gadget arm, I swear I had it on my sheet at some point.
Traits: [Lucky], [Out of Shape],[Self Indulgent], [One Armed]
Fame: 5

[notquitethere]

Unless I'm mistaken, you're at your team limit Stirk. Recruiting Lord Bombarrel with Clemency was allowed over the limit, but once he's on the team, he takes up a slot. (Yes it's a little confusing; I'd design it differently if I was making it from scratch.) Looking back, it seems I let you recruit Bakal when you were at the limit.

[Maximum Spin]

Once again, I won't recruit.
Brouhaha should rest. Joshua Tree and Pincushion patrol the Greenbelt. Bolt Blue and the Advisor patrol Atomic Heights. Lexicon's plea for less dangerous assignment is heard, so he should try increasing income by starting a private detective agency.

Not much time, updated team sheet to come.

[Egan_BW]

Oh right, I need +3 Fame to recruit now. Frig.

[crazyabe]

Gray Company (well perhaps just Dread Fool) Invade the local Elementary school to host a Villainous Tryout in the middle of the night.

Gray company holds a Cohesion Tryout.

Spoiler: Gray Company (click to show/hide)

Team Name: Gray Company
Leader: Johnson Peter William Richards, "Dread Fool"
Fame: 0
Infamy: 0
Neighbourhood reputations: +1 Warren
Income: Modest
Cross-Overs: None
Identity: Antivillains

Base
Base Size (base size mod): Appropriate
Base Description: Old Bomb Shelter
Base Location: Warren
Maximum Team Size: 2 [2 + 0]

Ethos
Killing: [We kill people]
Civilians: [whatever gets us paid is the most important thing]
Collateral Damage: [We don’t care about property damage if it helps get the job done]

LEADER
Name: Johnson Peter William Richards "Dread Fool"
Gender: Male
Appearance: white male, roughly 6 feet tall, could be described as "unnaturally thin"- Wears a particularly ugly jester costume alongside an eerie full face mask.
Alter-ego/backstory: Johnson Peter William Richards had a rather lonely upbringing, mostly because of his name- being called "dicky dicky dicky DICKY!" by all the other kids at school didn't help him make any friends at all, which is rather sad as his name is the only thing his parents left him before they abandoned him at an orphanage and sailed away on their private yacht reportedly worth only marginally less than a small manor in Greenbelt. This loneliness is likely what drove him to the "wrong crowd", which eventually lead to working for petty super villains and minor gang-lords. Recently, he has come to the rather odd conclusion that "Superheros must be paid better then generic minions"- and decided to see if going 'legit' is all its made out to be.
Power: "Killer Clown" - "Uncanny Co-Ordination: Dread Fool can juggle any number of objects, walk on his hands or ride a unicycle along a tightrope, with perfect control over his physical co-ordination."
Traits: Mercenary, Ex-Villainous Henchman, Cheerful
Fame: 0

[Glass]

Oh right, I need +3 Fame to recruit now. Frig.

You can recruit villains, though! Including Pockette!