Angels of Avalon

[Stiletto]

Angels of Avalon

 

"Are you looking for a different kind of Themed, Lore Based, Super Group?"

"Are you tired of the same old character builds in the game?" 

"Would you like to try something Different, New, and FUN for a change?" 

"Can you make a great character with ONLY a select group of powers to pick from?"

"Are you up for Challenges that will test your Powers and Builds?"

"Are you Adventurous and Bold enough to Dare?"

Then maybe, just maybe, you can be an Angel (That Rocks!)

 

Angels of Avalon is an “All Female Character Super Group” on the Excelsior Server. It is based on the Legends of King Arthur and City of Heroes Lore. The Isle of Avalon is where King Arthur’s final burial ground lays as well as containing the hidden locations of the various 7 Mystical Wonders of the World.

 

We play as an SG on Saturdays at 4pm CST (5pm EST) and form up under the Atlas Statue, which is when, and where you’ll find most of us at one time, when we begin. However, you can play anytime you wish if that day and time is not good for you. We only ask that you play your Angel at least once per month to remain Active (which is ridiculously easy to do) Once per week is even better, but not required. We have a very large base full of mystical lore Items and places for you to explore. Our Base Code is AOA-32721 (Be sure to read the signs on the Island’s paths so you know where you are going, and don’t get lost)

 

The SG is basically a Challenge SG, much like an All Blaster or All Melee Powered SG would be. It has limitations on Power Sets, Costumes, Character Sex, Builds, Temporary Powers, and Naming Structure. All powers are based on Elemental, Non-Tech Weapons, and Hand Combat. No Tech Weapons, Shields, or Tech Temporary powers are allowed, However, Team Teleport is allowed for game play. Details on forbidden and approved powers are listed below.

 

This may seem a bit daunting, but in reality it is fairly easy to follow. And, once done, everything else is the same as any other SG. So please read on then decide if this might be a Theme / Challenge you may be interested in. Can YOU make a great character with these limits? We Challenge you!

 

 

To join the Angels of Avalon you must meet the Challenge Requirements of the SG based on the following Criteria Sections:

 

 

Archetypes (ATs)

Archetypes in the SG are based on Elemental, Natural, and NON-Tech. So any Tech based characters as well as inherently evil ones are not allowed. This also goes for Attacks, Shields, Primaries, and Secondaries, alike. The following ATs are NOT allowed In the SG.

 

1) VEATS (Widows, Fortunatas, Arachnos Soldiers, Crab Soldiers)

2) Kheldians (Peacebringers or Warshades)

3) Masterminds

 

Forbidden Powers

Primary and secondary attack powers must have elemental and NON-Tech properties with elemental versions to qualify for use in the SG. The Following powers are NOT Allowed due to this limitation.

 

Melee – War Mace, Spines, Staff, and Stone.

Range – Assault Rifle, Beam, Dual Pistols.

Shields – Stone

Secondary – Devices

Support – Force Field, Pain, Dark Miasma, Poison, Traps, Trick Arrow.

Control – Arsenal Control, Dark Control.

Dom Attack –Arsenal, Dark.

Pool Powers –Experimentation, Medicine

Epic/Patron –Arsenal, Force Field, Mace, Weapon.

 

All other Melee and Ranged Attacks are allowed that are not listed in the restrictions above.

 

 

Approved Powers

The Following Powers, and Costume Parts, are essential to building an Angel.

 

Travel – Flight or Mystic Flight (you can have additional travel powers if you wish).

Wings – Angel Wings for Pure Mode and Battle Mode, (but NOT for Earth Mode)

 

 

These Elemental Versions of Hand Held Weapons ARE Allowed and must match the hair color the Angel has chosen. These are as follows:

 

a) Katana, Broad Sword, Dual Blades, Titan - (Fire & Ice – Elemental) Earth & Battle Mode matching Hair Color

a1) Katana, Broad Sword, Dual Blades, Titan - (Fire & Ice – Elemental) Pure Mode with White Color

b) Axe – Infernal Axe. Aura – (Bio Plasma / Fist-Right-Combat) Earth & Battle Mode matching Hair Color

b1) Axe – Infernal Axe & Aura – (Bio Plasma / Fist-Right-Combat) Pure Mode both with White Color

c) Bow – Vanguard Bow & Aura – (Bio Plasma / Fist-Left-Combat) Earth & Battle Mode matching Hair Color

c1) Bow – Vanguard Bow & Aura – (Bio Plasma / Fist-Left-Combat) Pure Mode both with White Color

d) Claws – Vanguard Blades & Aura – (Bio Plasma / Fists-Combat) Earth & Battle Mode matching Hair Color

d1) Claws – Vanguard Blades & Aura – (Bio Plasma / Fists-Combat) Pure Mode both with White Color

 

 

Body

All Angels are Female. All body parts are Human / Normal. There are no exceptions. There are no tattoos except for the optional arm tattoos which must be approved by a leader. There are no extreme or tech or monster or animal heads or hair styles.

 

SCALES: (Female)

Height – 5’5” to 6’

Physique – From10% Before Center to 10% After Center

Shoulders – Center

Chest – Any Size

Waist – Smallest

Hips – Any Size

Legs – Center to Longest

 

 

Face A – Face 1 through Face 30, Young Face 1 through Young Face 15

Face B – None, Makeup Lip Color, and Makeup 1 through Makeup 5, (No Extremes)

Skin Color – Any Natural Color, but no Extremes in any direction

Hair – Any Normal Hair + Victorian, Gunslinger, Victory Laurel and Club

          (But, No Beehive, No Large Spiked nor Any Other Styles and Types)

Hair Color – Any

Ears – Normal

 

 

Costumes

There are 3 main Costumes. Please note that these were all voted on by the Leaders and Original members to take into account the Uniqueness, and the Lore the SG is based upon. Each Costume serves as model for various Modes.

 

 

Earth Mode Costume is more of a Clark Kent disguise to fit within society, and not to draw too much attention to yourself. You’ll look more like a Green Peace / Hippie group than anything else in Sybil attire. All powers will match as close to the hair color whenever possible. There are NO Angel Wings in Earth Mode.

 

Costume 1 (Earth Mode)

Upper Body: Sybil with Skin

Cape – Roman Sybil White / White

Chest – Sybil 1 White

Gloves – Smooth/Bare, Bare Hands, Optional Tattoo match Hair Color & Approved by Leaders

Belt – Roman Sybil, 1^st color matches Hair color, then White as 2^nd color

 

Lower Body:

Bottom – Labeaux Thong, Matches Hair Color

Boots – Strappy, Matches Hair Color

 

No Auras, Tails or Pets Allowed

 

 

Pure Mode Costume is exactly that. An Angel in her purist form. No clothes, No belt, No shoes, Just White Angel Wings. This mode is for Normal Missions, Arcs, Radios, Tips, Etc.  All powers will be as pure white in color whenever possible. However, Hair will always remain in its original color

 

Costume 2 (Pure Mode)

Upper Body: Tops with Skin

Chest – Eden, Color Matches Hair

Gloves – Smooth/Bare, Bare Hands, No Tattoo

 

Lower Body:

Bottom – Bikini 3, Matches Hair Color

Boots – Flat, Bare Feet, No Markings allowed

 

Back Detail: Wings

Wing – Angel, 1^st color White, 2^nd color White

 

No Auras, Tails or Pets Allowed

 

Note: As with any Angel, people can only see what she allows them to see. In order to see Angels in their Truly Purist Form and within the SG itself. You need to go to this Homecoming Forums link and do a quick read about the COH Modder.

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/49175-city-mod-installer-released/

 

From there you can download the COH Modder using this link

https://mods.cityofheroes.dev/

 

The COH Modder allows you to replace colors, sound files, music, actions, and costume parts easily without effecting game play. For example you can add light saber sounds to Katana or Broadsword.

 

If you do decide to join the SG (and we really hope you will :) A Leader can help you install some costume parts that can augment your look as an Angel.

 

 

Battle Mode Costume is Angel Battle Armor for more Intense Events like Task Forces, Trials, etc.  Like Earth Mode, Battle Mode will have all powers match hair color whenever possible. The accent colors of the armor will match the hair color as well. This will give each Angel individual colors that align with their unique Hair color scheme.

 

Costume 3 (Battle Mode)

Upper Body: Tops with Skin

Chest – Eden, white color

Shoulders – Ascension, Radiance, 1^st color White, 2^nd color Matches Hair

Chest Detail – Enforcer 1, 1^st color White, 2^nd color Matches Hair

Gloves – Ascension, Radiance, 1^st color White, 2^nd color Matches Hair

Belt – Ascension, Radiance, 1^st color White, 2^nd color Matches Hair

 

Lower Body: Bottoms with Skin

Bottom – Labeaux Thong, 2^nd White color box from the right side

Boots – Ascension, Radiance, 1^st color White, 2^nd color Matches Hair

 

Back Detail: Wings

Wing – Angel, 1^st color White, 2^nd color White

 

No Auras, Tails or Pets Allowed

 

Naming Structure

The Naming of your Angel is easy and straight forward. It involves using Angel as the 1^st part of the Name with the 2^nd part being based on either your primary or secondary power. If the power name you wish to use is not available, you can use other languages to make that Power’s name.

 

Examples:

 

If Angel Fire is not available, you can use Latin (a very popular language choice) and use Angel Ignis.

Angel Ice can be renamed to Angel Eic (German) or Angel Glace (French) Angel Kori (Japanese)

Angel Sword can be Angel Spada (Italian) Angel Sverd (Norwegian) Angel Espada (Spanish)

 

The possibilities of naming your angel according to her powers is only limited by the languages you can use. And there are many to choose from.

 

The following Parameters are part of the SG’s implementation in keeping things fair for all players:

 

1) There is only room for 15 of each type of AT for a total number of 150 characters.

2) There is a limit of two (2) Angels from one REAL Person. You can not have 2 ATs of the same type.

3) This is done to allow at other people to have a chance to make the AT they would like.

4) Having 2 ATs MAX means you’ll actually play them. (5 or 10 usually results in none being played.)

5) Once the 15 limit for one AT Type has been met, no more of that AT type will be accepted into the SG.

6) You can always delete or remove an angel and replace her with one you prefer to play.

7) There are 10 floors in our Angel Tower in the Base. Each floor has 15 pedestals for Angel Statues.

8) An Angel Statue represents a player with their power name placed on the base of the Statue.

9) Players get to pick the Pedestals that are open that they wish their statues to be mounted on.

 

And that’s about it for our SG Information / Template Page

 

We apologize for this lengthy SG Post. But we wanted to provide as much information as possible in one place in order to make clear what the parameters and specifications are for the SG. It may seem like a lot, but in truth it is basically about the Costumes, Lore, and Having Fun. We hope most of your questions have been answered here, but, if not; you can message either @Darkkeepr or @Ivory Kix for more information.

 

 

[Mopery]

*waits outside the "Gentleman's Club" door with a fist full of dollars*

 

Oh, I'm sorry... is this not a strip club? 🤔

Edited Sunday at 11:42 AM by Mopery

[Skyhawke]

52 minutes ago, Mopery said:

*waits outside the "Gentleman's Club" door with a fist full of dollars*

 

Oh, I'm sorry... is this not a strip club? 🤔

 

 

[TheMoneyMaker]

10 hours ago, Stiletto said:

 

It may seem like a lot, 

 

It does.

[Stiletto]

11 hours ago, Skyhawke said:

 

 

There's a Gentleman's Club in COH?  LOL, I see you're concentrating on just one aspect of the SG Template.  Fair enough,  Guilty as charged.   But you noticed we don't go into too much detail and the COH Mod is Optional 

[Stiletto]

12 hours ago, Mopery said:

*waits outside the "Gentleman's Club" door with a fist full of dollars*

 

Oh, I'm sorry... is this not a strip club? 🤔

We only accept Bit Coin!  Kidding! And how would YOU know about the COH Mod?   The Mod is optional, but, yes it IS there.  But come on,  the Battle Armor rocks too!

[Stiletto]

2 hours ago, TheMoneyMaker said:

It does.

I agree!  I would've shortened it if this Challenge SG wasn't so complex. I rather people read it at their own pace than having me explain it all. Wouldn't you? 

[Snarky]

36 minutes ago, Stiletto said:

I agree!  I would've shortened it if this Challenge SG wasn't so complex. I rather people read it at their own pace than having me explain it all. Wouldn't you? 

....  you would have made it shorter but you already made all the rules.  so read them?  🙂 

 

and of all the graphics i could have picked i loved this one.  because someone decided to take a long time to explain what the statement meant heh

[Stiletto]

3 minutes ago, Snarky said:

....  you would have made it shorter but you already made all the rules.  so read them?  🙂 

 

and of all the graphics i could have picked i loved this one.  because someone decided to take a long time to explain what the statement meant heh

Point taken.  Unfortunately I'm not an editor.  I guess I have to live with what I wrote. But you are correct. If I had taken more time I could've shortened it.  I had a deadline, so it is what it is.  I'm just glad I didn't screw it up with a hundred spelling errors. 

[Snarky]

2 minutes ago, Stiletto said:

  I'm just glad I didn't screw it up with a hundred spelling errors. 

I see you have read some of my posts 🤩

[MonteCarla]

Mmm. You lost me when you started specifying which body scales are allowed.

 

[Doc_Scorpion]

15 hours ago, Stiletto said:

in truth it is basically about the Costumes, Lore, and Having Fun.

Given the amount of space dedicated to the Thou Shalt and Thou Shalt Not WRT to Costumes. and various other things required and forbidden... I presume there's another four messages incoming on how Lore plays a role, and (I'm guessing) another three on the mandatory elements of Having Fun?

[TheMoneyMaker]

2 hours ago, Stiletto said:

I agree!  I would've shortened it if this Challenge SG wasn't so complex. I rather people read it at their own pace than having me explain it all. Wouldn't you? 

 

32 minutes ago, MonteCarla said:

Mmm. You lost me when you started specifying which body scales are allowed.

 

This.  This is what's too much, not really the length of your post.  Way too specific.  I get wanting to build a sense of unity, but you might as well just make an official costume and upload the file here, tell people they must use it as is.  🤪

[TheMoneyMaker]

15 hours ago, Mopery said:

*waits outside the "Gentleman's Club" door with a fist full of dollars*

 

Oh, I'm sorry... is this not a strip club? 🤔

I'm sure those SGs exist

[Stiletto]

2 hours ago, Doc_Scorpion said:

Given the amount of space dedicated to the Thou Shalt and Thou Shalt Not WRT to Costumes. and various other things required and forbidden... I presume there's another four messages incoming on how Lore plays a role, and (I'm guessing) another three on the mandatory elements of Having Fun?

I understand how you can see it that way.  But, since its a Challenge / Theme / Lore based SG, we had to make some sacrifices.  A simple thing would be to just make it a Melee SG  like swords and axes. Or All Vikings. We wanted something more in depth. Its definitely not for everyone. 

[Stiletto]

1 hour ago, TheMoneyMaker said:

 

This.  This is what's too much, not really the length of your post.  Way too specific.  I get wanting to build a sense of unity, but you might as well just make an official costume and upload the file here, tell people they must use it as is.  🤪

I totally understand.  I reads more like a manual then a brochure.  We just wanted to let it all out there.  It's definitely on the more verbose side of things.  It was written with answering questions built in, in mind.  I wish I could just put it down in one single page. But that would leave so much explaining to do.

[Stiletto]

2 hours ago, MonteCarla said:

Mmm. You lost me when you started specifying which body scales are allowed.

 

Yes, I feel the same way. But the members voted on that. They didn't want Huge Amazonian Women or Little Tiny Faeries as Angels. so we compromised on scales.  But I don't think the scaling is so bad. It pretty much makes most Angels similar in size without going overboard.  

[TheMoneyMaker]

Just make a costume and upload the file next time, and maybe just tell people what they are allowed to change.

 

"Here's you're costume. You can choose your own face, hair style & color. Everything else has to remain the same."

[darkkeepr]

That is not a bad idea. Thanks.

Also to clarify we do have lore for the SG and why we do what we do. But it I am not posting it here, lol its a google doc once done if players want to read it or not that is fine.
As for the mandatory element of having fun.. have fun? lol. But thank you on the feed back. 🙂

[Stiletto]

3 hours ago, TheMoneyMaker said:

Just make a costume and upload the file next time, and maybe just tell people what they are allowed to change.

 

"Here's you're costume. You can choose your own face, hair style & color. Everything else has to remain the same."

You know that's an excellent Idea. In hindsight, I really should've done just that. Unfortunately I was pressed for time, so A Blonde Moment kicked in.  Live and learn. Thanks for suggesting it. You're 100% right on that one.

[xjdiva]

On 3/30/2025 at 4:34 AM, Stiletto said:

If you do decide to join the SG (and we really hope you will 🙂 A Leader can help you install some costume parts that can augment your look as an Angel.

The Master Angels will literally stand next to you at the tailor and walk you through the looks, inspect them and make sure you are perfect - a lot of effort has gone into this concept and it's quite impressive. 

[Snarky]

you guys sure this is not an Everlasting group...?

[darkkeepr]

18 minutes ago, Snarky said:

you guys sure this is not an Everlasting group...?

No no Excelsior. I even double checked. 😄

[Go0gleplex]

But...but...Avalon was a Fey domain...no Angels allowed! Now...if it was Fey of Avalon...oh wait....that would likely be offensive to someone. Never mind. Resume the pie fight! :P

[Snarky]

8 minutes ago, Go0gleplex said:

But...but...Avalon was a Fey domain...no Angels allowed! Now...if it was Fey of Avalon...oh wait....that would likely be offensive to someone. Never mind. Resume the pie fight! 😛