Draft Version 1.0
Copyright © 1999, by Marcelo Sarsur
The Powergame is Copyright © 1994-1997 by Mikko Kauppinen
1. The nature of the project: the main objective of every developer for the netbook, tentatively named "PowerForce Adventures Sourcebook", is to create quality characters and groups using the basic premise of the scenario - a world like ours, where the arrival of a meteor brought mutations to a handful men and women, blessed with powers beyond belief.
2. Submission posting and deadlines: all submissions must be posted in the Powergame Mailing List (powergamelist@listbot.com) or sent to my personal e-mail address, msarsur@hotmail.com. As for October 22nd, 1999, there is no deadline but all submissions would be appreciated if sent before November 10th, 1999. If your project will take longer, please take your time: good submissions are worth waiting for.
3. Final publication: regardless of the number of submissions, the project must be started in the middle of November. Depending on the comission's time and my time as an editor, the final draft may be ready by December 31st, 1999. The tentative date for online publishing of the final copy is January 1st, 2000.
4. Composition of a submission:
What to submit: Super-heroes, super-villains, superteams and organizations. The submissions for alien races are officially closed. The final draft will have 6 full-developed alien races for game use (Saryans - Half-Saryans, Krethorians, Sham'ssar, Volghanians, Eldani and Frykerr), the first time this kind of material will be shown in a Powergame 5.x supplement. The submissions now must concentrate on Earth and its environs.
How to submit: first, read the drafts on this website. They can be found at https://bardosbordo.tripod.com/power/powerforce.htm (PowerForce, a super-team example), https://bardosbordo.tripod.com/power/pforcevil.htm (PowerForce villains, some of the evil forces on Earth) and https://bardosbordo.tripod.com/power/pforcealiens.htm (PowerForce Aliens, used only as a source of background information). After reading, adapt your ideas or campaign concepts to those in the PowerForce Universe (the Dawn of the Superium, the Second Dawn of the Superium, the Krethorian Invasion).
A character description should look like this:
Codename (Real name / Public or secret identity):
Attributes: Agility, Strength, Health, Charisma, Wits, Psyche, Protection, Speed
Superpowers: (all the powers the hero has with PLs)
Good Things, Bad Things and Vulnerabilities: (all GTs/BTs and Vulnerability(ies))
Skills: (list of skills)
Birth date:
Height:
Weight:
Hair color:
Eye color:
Appearance: Physical description, including details of the uniform, if present
Blood type: (if applicable)
2 or more paragraphs bringing the background description of the character and its motivations to be a super-hero/super-criminal. Remember to describe all the powers of your character! In case of super-team submissions, don't forget to add up a small description of the whole team, its background and its objectives.
All submissions will be read, but not all of them will be accepted. We cannot return submissions and I consider that all colaborators are aware of this. To increase the chances of having your submission in the final draft, follow 3 rules of thumb: originality, connection with the setting and good spelling/grammar. Submissions must be balanced (no munchkin heroes, please) and must follow the basic etiquette rules (no swearing or "heavy subjects" - we don't want any more witch-hunting against RPGs on the Internet).
5. Selection of the submissions: I offer myself to be the editor of the netbook, and I would like to form a committee to help me choose the best submissions. Due to the amount of help that I received from 4 individuals, I would like to name them my fellow editors in the process: Alan, Dotan, Jiberish and Richard Garrell (if they are still present on this list). Mikko is our editor-in-chief and patron, and his opinion will be very considered through all the selection process.
UPDATED: Due to personal reasons, Alan and Jiberish will not be able to act as editors, but may help out with contributions. I am for one lookingt forward to seeing more of their work on the PowerForce Universe.
6. Credits: all published submissions will be credited to their authors. The authors' names will be a permanent part of the netbook file and the official PowerForce website. Co-works such as the Gamma Squadron will have both authors' names (in this case, Alan's and mine).
7. Copyright and distribution: the netbook will be posted in its own website and on the Powergame's website. It will be free for download, and open for expansion. All the copyrights of the Powergame will be given to Mikko is its rightful creator. The Powergame website could also have a mirror site in the same provider, allowing us to post the Powergame in the same set of pages. The right to translate the PowerForce to all languages is free, depending upon request.
Thank you for your attention, and let's create a world! If you want to e-mail me personally to get more information on NPCs and give opinions about this draft, send e-mails to msarsur@hotmail.com.