Okay, here's a somewhat expanded and reorganized version of the FAQ, for those who care to check it out, comment, and recommend new questions.
-- Bob
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Warriors and Warriors' WorldQ: What is Warriors' World? A: "Warriors' World" is the name of a very large, very long-lived Villains and Vigilantes game world which has been home to as many as six different campaigns spanning two different college campuses (Rutgers University and Stevens Institute of Technology, both in New Jersey) since the early 1980s. Warriors' World is namedfor the central superteam in the game, the Warriors. The campaignwas founded by a Rutgers student named Joab (??? get last name fromKat), but continued on without him after he graduated. Thesubsidiary campaigns have included the various branches of Warriors International (including one run using GURPS Supers,/B>), a private superteam known as Strikeforce, a variation called "U.N.I.T.Force" run using Champions rules.Q: What is Warriors International? What's a Warrior?A: In Doug's home universe, the United Nations (which, because it was perceived as being powerless, was being used by various governments as a dumping ground for dangerous idealists) saw an escalation of strategicweapons and metahuman military forces during the late 1970s and early1980s as a literal threat to the future of the world, and decided to dosomething about it. That "something" was a set of resolutions whichforbade the use of those weapons and forces by member nations, enforced by the U.N.'s own super-police. These police are the Warriors.Originally a private team based in New Jersey, the Warriors had a largeand powerful membership base already in place, and won the contract toact as the U.N.'s enforcers. They have retained the contract for almost20 years now, as of this writing.The various branches of the Warriors are referred to by Greek letters,with the primary (home) branch in England known as Alpha.Q: Who are its members?A: The current roster of Warriors Alpha, as of the most recent gamesession (January 2004) is:
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Warriors and Warriors' WorldQ: What is Warriors' World? A: "Warriors' World" is the name of a very large, very long-lived Villains and Vigilantes game world which has been home to as many as six different campaigns spanning two different college campuses (Rutgers University and Stevens Institute of Technology, both in New Jersey) since the early 1980s. Warriors' World is namedfor the central superteam in the game, the Warriors. The campaignwas founded by a Rutgers student named Joab (??? get last name fromKat), but continued on without him after he graduated. Thesubsidiary campaigns have included the various branches of Warriors International (including one run using GURPS Supers,/B>), a private superteam known as Strikeforce, a variation called "U.N.I.T.Force" run using Champions rules.Q: What is Warriors International? What's a Warrior?A: In Doug's home universe, the United Nations (which, because it was perceived as being powerless, was being used by various governments as a dumping ground for dangerous idealists) saw an escalation of strategicweapons and metahuman military forces during the late 1970s and early1980s as a literal threat to the future of the world, and decided to dosomething about it. That "something" was a set of resolutions whichforbade the use of those weapons and forces by member nations, enforced by the U.N.'s own super-police. These police are the Warriors.Originally a private team based in New Jersey, the Warriors had a largeand powerful membership base already in place, and won the contract toact as the U.N.'s enforcers. They have retained the contract for almost20 years now, as of this writing.The various branches of the Warriors are referred to by Greek letters,with the primary (home) branch in England known as Alpha.Q: Who are its members?A: The current roster of Warriors Alpha, as of the most recent gamesession (January 2004) is:
- Wetter Hexe, Co-Team Leader, Field Commander
- Dwimanor, Co-Team Leader, Administrator
- Looney Toons, Security Chief
- Kat, Public Relations Officer
- Shadowwalker, Headmistress, Warriors' Academy
- Silverbolt
- Skitz
- Ai Jiao Min
- Proteus
- Tygra
- Sorciere
- Phantasia
- Psyche
- Major Kanis
- Crystal
- WildFlyte
- Shockwave
- Flash (No, not DC's Flash)
- Kamakiri
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.