Superhero Roleplay

Server structure

Overview

Superhero roleplay has one problem no other genre has as badly, which is power scaling, and this layout is built around solving it. #power-registry is read-only and lists every approved ability in the setting with its agreed ceiling, so a new character is measured against a published standard rather than against whoever argues hardest. #character-approval is where a Moderator checks a sheet against that registry before the character enters play. The City is the scene floor: #downtown, #the-docks, #the-heights and #the-underground are the four locations busy enough to sustain scenes, plus #patrol for the short encounters that make a city feel inhabited and #the-scene-board where players post what they are looking for. Sides is what makes the genre work: Hero Base and Villain Lair are hidden from each other, so both sides can plan without reading each other's plans, and #neutral-ground is the channel where the two meet. #city-news is written in character by Moderators and is how the setting tells players what changed while they were offline. Arcs holds #current-arc, a read-only summary of the running storyline, #arc-signups and #arc-archive. Out of character sits underneath: #ooc-chat, #plot-planning and #power-questions. Hero, Villain, Civilian and Vigilante are self-assigned after approval; a Registered role gates the city itself.

When to use it

Superhero servers collapse over power creep and over villains reading hero plans in a shared channel. This layout publishes a power registry so approvals are measured against a written standard instead of an argument, hides each side's planning base from the other, and gives the city four locations rather than twenty so scenes concentrate. A news channel written in character keeps players who were offline in the story.

What makes it different

• A published power registry, so approvals cite a standard rather than an opinion.
• Hero and villain bases are hidden from each other, which is what makes plotting work.
• Four city locations rather than twenty, so scenes concentrate instead of scattering.
• An in-character news channel tells offline players what changed while they were away.

Recommended Vetox setup

• Applications

  Run Applications on #character-approval so each sheet arrives reviewable and can be sent back against the power registry.

• Self-Roles

  Post a Self-Roles panel in #pick-a-side so an approved character picks Hero, Villain, Civilian or Vigilante themselves.

• Auto Roles

  Give arrivals a Newcomer role so the city stays closed until a character passes approval.

• Starboard

  Point Starboard at the city channels so the scenes players loved are collected rather than lost in scroll.