Disney Villains Victorious

We're aware he's not Disney, but we didn't put Santa Anna in Mexico until later. El Dorado was deemed a good enough movie to keep in anyway.

Is the Gridlocked setting still being worked on by anyone? I haven't been keeping track.

One new Gridlocked KLR, coming right up. It's been like a year, so no spoiler tags.

KING - Mayor Dawn Bellwether

Formerly Assistant Mayor of Zootopia, Dawn Bellwether rose to power after her predecessor was caught imprisoning and hiding away predator mammals who had reverted to their savage ways. As civil unrest struck the animals of Zootopia, the Mayor manipulated the fears of the prey mammals in the city until mass riots drove out many of the predators living in Zootopia.

LAND - Zootopia State

With the predatory/prey ratio further shifted into her favor, Bellwether turned Zootopia and the lands surrounding it into an isolationist state, a safe haven for prey animals seeking asylum from the predation of carnivorous predators and the monstrous 'humans' who hold claim to the rest of the world. Those few predator mammals who stayed in Zootopia were quietly shuffled to Predator Towns - ghettos in all but name.

RULE - Fear Always Works

Players attempting to enter Zootopia State will find great resistance from the city's defenses. Cut off from the rest of the world, the animals have been effectively brainwashed by Bellwether's paranoiac propaganda; every good citizen fears the meat-eaters and reports any potential spies to their nearest police officer. Animals who don't follow the program 'go feral' and are put down for the good of Zootopia State.

El Dorado is an awesome film

BTW, does anyone wanna help put together something on this movie for Gridlocked?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrowland_(film)

It'd fit in really well

Been working on this too. Zootopia has basically become an apartheid state.
Following the highly publicised death of officer Judy Hopps at the hands of petty criminal Nick Wilde, Mayor Bellwether began instituting curfews and martial law to combat the clear threat, requiring the mandatory segregation of all Predator and Prey citizens at first, followed by forced relocation to walled ghettos, then finally, complete expulsion from the city limits or indefinite detainment in mental hospitals and prisons.

The city's criminal element, being largely composed of predators, responded by waging an underground war against City Hall lead by the elusive crime boss Mr. Big. As Zootopia is wracked with bloody shootouts in the streets between gangsters and police, the Mayor has increasingly diverted funding away from vital infrastructure, resulting in the city's once advanced weather control systems that kept Zootopia's climate-themed districts in perfect balance falling into disrepair. At random times, whole blocks will be subject to scorching heat waves, freezing blizzards, and even hurricanes all within the same hour.

Faced with a city in civil war and an ever dwindling budget, Mayor Bellwether turns to increasingly unscrupulous means to keep the police (and her personal bodyguards) funded, using the drug empire constructed in her conspiracy to oust the former mayor to manufacture and sell highly addictive variants of synthesized Night Howler to the urban poor of the city and surrounding region.

On the the topic of Gridlocked, the FBI has got to be pretty well-equipped here. They have talking animal agents, alien technology and navigational charts, and special agents with psionic abilities that let them keep up with the megacorps in America. If it wasn't for Xanatos controlling the White House, they might actually be able to do more good.

Is pic related the President in this setting? He seems simple enough for Xanatos to manipulate without anyone being the wiser.

Speaking of aliens, been fleshing out Space beyond just the Galactic Federation.

The GF, despite its unpleasant presence, is just about the only thing sheltering Earth from far worse terrors from beyond the stars.

-The Forces of Domination (Wander Over Yonder):
King: Lord Dominator

Her name is feared throughout the galaxy.. ancient empires tremble at her coming.. her name unquestionably graces the top of the Galactic Villain Leaderboards as a permanent mainstay.. Lord Dominator is truly a force without match, travelling from system to system and draining all life from every planet she passes with the end goal of complete universal destruction, simply for her own amusement.

Dominator takes an almost perverse glee in her own cruelty, acting much like a teenaged fangirl when confronted with the most vile of acts and the most destructive of weaponry. She abhors contact with any and all other life, preferring to surround herself only with mindless subservient drones whom she regards with some degree of affection, provided of course they do not step out of line.

After brutalizing Lord Hater; the sector's local villain, and reducing his empire to a pitiful fiefdom, she now moves on the nearest inhabited planet; Earth.
Only the vain efforts of the Galactic Federation keep her from sucking the planet dry, and that can only hold out for so long.

-The Pirate Confederation (Treasure Planet)
King: John Silver

Once, quite a long time ago, an expeditionary voyage was sent to discover the long lost treasure of the Dread Pirate Captain Flint on the Vault World of Treasure Planet using a long lost holo-map discovered by a young juvenile delinquent. Halfway through the journey, however, the crew of the vessel mutinied and took the ship for themselves, lead by a Cyborg with a single eye. This man was none other than John Silver; the most cut-throat, cunning, and vicious pirate in the known universe.

Silver was not always the brutal figure he is today; during that fated voyage, it is said that he formed a rare bond of friendship, almost paternal love, with the young man who had discovered the map to the treasure. But during the treasure's recovery, the planet began to self-destruct, forcing Silver to choose between the treasure and the life of his young friend. Greed, in the end, won out, and the last spark of humanity within the machine-man vanished with the ashes of the planet.

The vast fortune recovered from Treasure Planet allowed Silver and his crew to buy up a whole fleet of ships as well as the loyalty of the most prominent Pirate Lords of the sector, and before long John Silver was crowned King Corsair of the newly formed Pirate Confederation.

The Confederation made short work of their defenceless neighbours, sending their fleets to raid and extort resource rich planets and force planets into becoming vassals of the Confederacy. Silver himself lead the charge, fighting with unmatched ferocity using his cybernetic limbs.

Over time, his battle scars racked up, and more and more of Silver's original body was replaced with machines until he was little more than a metal shell concealing the few original organs still operative.

-The Empire of the Black Hole (The Black Hole)
King: Dr. Hans Reinhardt

Dr. Reinhardt was once a brilliant astrophysicist stationed on the Research Ship Cygnus on the outskirts of a Black Hole in order to study the phenomena. Reinhardt became increasingly obsessed with his research, and eventually, when his crew mutinied due to his insistence that they remain near the black hole despite the inherent dangers and dwindling supplies, he systematically lobotomised and transformed them into his cybernetic slaves. Eventually, following heavy damage to the ship due to hostile encounters with an exploration vessel and a direct hit during a meteor Storm, the Cygnus was destabilized and sucked into the black hole, taking Reinhardt with it.

When Reinhardt emerged, ship remarkably intact, his mind had been warped and twisted from whatever horrors he saw within the Black Hole. He now behaves more like a machine than a man, despite his organic body, and his obsession with the black hole has grown into an almost fanatical devotion to it as a deity.

Using his remaining crew of drones, Dr. Reinhardt repaired the damage to the Cygnus and proceeded to ambush and roboticize all passing vessels, slowly building up a sizeable fleet and robot army which he used to conquer the surrounding systems in a coldly orchestrated campaign of terror. Whatever life he found, he transformed into machine, or else had sent into the black hole like some crude sacrifice to an ancient god.

The Machine Empire of Doctor Hans Reinhardt remains on the perimeter of Galactic affairs, but he continues to expand his reach slowly, methodically, in the name of the Black Hole.

Putting these together:

KING - Mayor Dawn Bellwether

Formerly Assistant Mayor of Zootopia, Dawn Bellwether's rise to power began shortly after her predecessor was caught and arrested for imprisoning and hiding away predator mammals who had reverted to their savage ways under mysterious circumstances. Though Zootopia was struck by civil unrest, it wasn't until the highly-publicized death of prey officer Judy Hopps at the hands of a predator that Bellwether was able to grab reins of Mayor's office and manipulate the fears of Zootopia's terrified animal populace. It started with curfew and martial law in the city, followed by mandatory segregation between predator and prey animals, followed by forced relocation of predator animals to walled ghettos, and finally complete expulsion from city limits or indefinite detainment.

LAND - Zootopia State

Now the Mayor of Zootopia, Bellwether was able to turn Zootopia and the surrounding farmland into an isolationist state, a safe haven for prey animals seeking asylum from the carnivorous predators and the omnivorous 'humans' that hold claim to the rest of the world. Though legally barred from Zootopia, predators make up the bulk of the city's crime scene, led by an elusive don named Mr. Big. Bloody shootouts between gangsters and cops wrack the city, forcing the Mayor to divert funding away from vital infrastructure and causing Zootopia's climate control systems to fall into disrepair. Faced with the prospect of civil war and an ever shrinking budget, the Mayor has resorted to selling the toxic night howlers as a recreational drug to the poorer denizens of Zootopia and the surrounding areas.

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RULE - Fear Always Works

Non-prey heroes attempting to enter Zootopia State will find little resistance from the farmers living outside the walled city, though trying to travel further than that is nearly impossible. Cut off from the rest of the world, the prey animals living there have become brainwashed by years of Bellwether's paranoiac propaganda; every good citizen fears the meat-eaters and reports any potential carnivore spies to their nearest police officer. Animals who don't follow the program 'go feral' and are put down for the good of Zootopia State. Predator animals and humans trying to get into Zootopia. are better of getting smuggled in by Mr. Big's mob, though their rates aren't anything to scoff at and they'll expect other predators to join 'the cause' against predator animal oppression.

>2/2

While we're at it, we might as well include things like the old "Tame Collar" concept from the original Zootopia script.

youtube.com/watch?v=SkJGLCleFmI

So, speaking of aliens, anyone here seen Flight of the Navigator? Awesome movie, one of my favorites, what do we do with it here? I'm presuming Max was put in a mental ward here and the alien starship never made it home. That or it crash-landed somewhere.

Also,something that was brought up in their Discord: Frankenweenie. What happened to that kid? My idea here is that he's working for either Yokai or Syndrome trying to discover the secrets to Immortality. Someone else brought up the idea of him having his own mini-army of bio-modified creatures. Good Villain, perhaps. Mni-Boss, as it were.

Actually, we already decided that the FBI got ahold of both the kid and the ship.

They use the blueprints and starmaps the aliens put in his head to upgrade their own tech and to learn more about the alien threat

Anyone have any storytimes with this game? It seems like fun.

Bonus points for Mr Big actually being aware of Bellhoops treachery and happy to assist pcs who prove capable of avenging his grandson's godmother.

We stopped updating the playtests eventually, but they ran for a full year and an entire campaign - the group is still together now, actually. Check the early ones out, they're basically the entire original development team playing. It was a pretty good campaign, even as a playtest.

I wonder if anyone is working on freeing Captain EO from his 100 years of torture by the Supreme Leader. He could be a great asset with his mastery over the power of pop music.

I was going to include a picture of the film poster in this post, but Veeky Forums doesn't want me to upload it. Weird.

Is Studio Ghibli a part of this setting? Some of their films were distributed by Disney.

This should sum up how I feel about this. I mean, if he looks anything like he did at the end of the movie, good lord.

Reinhardt does indeed look like that.

It would actually be more proper to say that neither Maximilian nor Reinhardt survived their trip through the Black Hole.. rather that some bizarre fusion of the two emerged, armed with Maximilian's brutality and strength and Reinhardt's cunning and intelligence

Reinhardt wears Max's empty husk like an iron lung, and as far as we know, it's the only thing keeping him alive.

All things considered, Maximilian/Reinhardt seems like the most intimidating villain in DVV Space. Maybe not the strongest, but certainly scary.

It takes but a moment to link it in the thread.

discord.gg/sDANQ5x

Not the strongest *yet*.

His region is small, but it's growing at a steady pace, and every life he feeds to the Black Hole makes it expand to cover more of the Galaxy.

I'd say Lord Dominator is the tuffest of the Space Kings for now, due to being able to feasibly blow the fuck outta planets whenever she wants, but in a prolonged war, she doesn't really have the infrastructure to keep it up seeing as she works from a single ship and just noms up planets for resources as she goes.

Now I feel dumb for not doing that earlier. Thank you.

Maximilian/Reinhardt seems like an End Game boss. Ignoring him for long could have Annihilation level consequences.

The other Kings could probably take Dominator out if they worked together, but that'd involve working together, so no dice.

This is true.

Reinhardt knows this too, so he's perfectly willing to stay out of everyone else's way until he feels secure enough to launch an en masse attack on whoever's still around after the first space war

Polite sage because obviously some people still enjoy this. I don't any more:

This has dragged on for waaay too long and has at this point become pretty much a zombie.

Not that it is not being frequently update but that it is hard to get into as a new contributor and consequently has developed onto cliques of people fighting over what they want it to be.

Again, polite sage because I don't follow this any more, but I really wish people would let it die with dignity - or at least treat it with the same light-hearted irony that Car Lesbians get.

>This has dragged on for waaay too long and has at this point become pretty much a zombie.

Guilty as charged, mostly. The project was 'over' years ago, but that's because a lot of crap got rushed and people burned themselves out on stupid side projects that detracted from the whole. DVV, by nature, keeps 'going' until Disney stops making things, but I don't want the game to be seen as a nuisance because of it.

>Not that it is not being frequently update but that it is hard to get into as a new contributor and consequently has developed onto cliques of people fighting over what they want it to be.

We just got some new contributors yesterday, and some more a little while before that. It's not easy to hop in due to all of the shit you'd need to catch up on, but it's not impossible. I myself try to invite as many people as I can without being obnoxious.

On cliques, I've been at this for a while now and haven't really observed the issue myself. Maybe I missed it or something.

>Again, polite sage because I don't follow this any more, but I really wish people would let it die with dignity - or at least treat it with the same light-hearted irony that Car Lesbians get.

While I can't blame you for not following DVV anymore, I can't say that the game is going to die anytime soon. People are still playing it and creating more content for it, even if that content is trickling in slower than it used to. I doubt interest will resurge on Veeky Forums after being dormant for so long, but at the very least this thread serves to introduce the setting to people who missed it the first time around.

I like to think he's enslaved to Silver now.

How come? Isn't the Supreme Leader in this? Based on the movie, she'd be an interesting antagonist to include.

OK,so we're currently hashing out the details of Duckburg in the Discord.

We do have her listed in the To Be Written Up Space section

She and Zurg are our two missing Space baddies

I'd like to ask you guys a question actually. Our map for Gridlocked is kinda monolithic and I'd like to squeeze in two more factions before we finalize it.

I realize that many of the suggestions listed aren't Didney, but we made an exception for El Dorado, so we can here too.

Hey guys, I'm thinking of revising the Gridlocked map from scratch, using this as a base. I'm posting the blank here in case other people want to try and make their own.

Thanks.

New version of the map. I'll add in Oregon Triangle, some points of interest, and a map key later, but everything is more or less as it was before. Still a work in progress.

Before this thread dies, I wanted to post the new KLR I made for the Pirate Lords. The old one had too much OC for my taste, especially when we have so much material to take from.

The Fifth Brethren Court of the Pirate Kingdoms (Origin: Various)

Kings: The Fifth Brethren Court

The Fifth Brethren Court is a loose confederacy of Pirate Lords who claim dominion over the seas, in direct opposition to the Sea Witch and the East India Trade Company. With the world in a general state of chaos and lawlessness, global piracy is at an all-time high. Surprisingly democratic (but unsurprisingly corrupt), the Pirate Lords act as representatives of their delegated bodies of water and their elected Pirate King. Though each Pirate Lord is a minor King in their own right, they all answer to the authority of the Pirate King.

Davy Jones, the Pirate King and Pirate Lord of the South Atlantic Ocean (Origin: Pirates of the Caribbean)
Prior to claiming the title of Pirate King, Davy Jones was long dreaded by sailors as the ferryman of souls lost at sea. He has since shed his role as a psychopomp and formed a new Brethren Court to unite the world's pirates in their time of need. His Flying Dutchman is a supernatural warship, manned by drowned men and capable of regenerating battle damage between skirmishes. His greatest asset, however, is his alliance with the heathen goddess Calypso. With Calypso on his side, Jones' armada can sail forever with the wind at their backs and protected from Ursula's clutches. Even without his ship, crew, or Calypso, Jones is a terror in single combat, knowing full well that no mortal weapon can harm him so long as his still-beating heart remains hidden away.

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Captain Nemo, Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean (Origin: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
Captain Nemo is a passionate man with a passionate hatred for mankind. A visionary scientist, Nemo has a deep emnity for the hubris of the Trade Empire and the Atlantean Republic, his small (though powerful) fleet of submarines lashing out at any of their ships traveling through Pacific waters. Nemo's sailors are consummate survivors who hunt, farm, and plunder everything they need from the depths of the ocean rather than land ashore to resupply. They have no use for loot or treasure, save as a ballast. Nemo's submarine, the Nautilus, is a self-made marvel that makes the work of the Atlanteans pale in comparison. He accepted the title of Pirate Lord of the Pacific out of practicality; though he holds no love for Davy Jones, the enemy of his enemies can be an ally of convenience.

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Hector Barbossa, Keeper of the Code (Origin: Pirates of the Caribbean)

Of the Pirate Lords of the Fourth Brethren Court, Hector Barbossa was the only one among them to survive their destruction by Cutler Beckett's navy. For his experience in all matters of piracy and privateering, Barbossa was elected as the Keeper of the Code for the most recent assemblageof Pirate Lords. Though older than many of his peers, Barbossa is a veteran pirate and has seen more perilous adventure and supernatural phenomena in his lifetime than the average man could imagine. His knowledge of the Pirate's Code is unmatched, granting him authority over disputes between pirates and occasionally allows him to twist the Code to his own benefit. To discount him because of his age would be a grave mistake, and very likely a fatal one.

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Shouldnt it be 7? There are seven pirate lords, one of which is king, and isnt the keeper of the code a additional thing?

Jack the Monkey, Pirate Lord of the Indian Ocean (Origin: Pirates of the Caribbean)

Looking back, nobody's quite sure whose idea it was to give a monkey a pirate ship. Some say that a certain pirate noticed his pet monkey was unusually long-lived for its species, and bought the little scoundrel his own galleon when he discovered that the simian turned itself immortal by the 'virtue' of cursed Aztec gold. Others say that Jack stole a ship when he heard of the opportunities to be found in the the Beast Kingdoms of India. Nowadays, Jack the Monkey is known for his cunning and cruelty the Pirate Lord of the Indian Ocean. Jack's crew is also notable -- all beasts, for Jack rarely interacts with humans unless the money is good. For business and pleasure, Jack delights in making fools out of huntsmen, sailors, and even other beasts that make for amusing targets.

Id actually add Long John as a space pirate lord. Give him a piece of eight as well. Though said pieces would now be powerless.

I have 7 Pirate Lords (including one King and not including one Keeper of the Code) planned out, but one of them is incomplete. I'm posting what I have so that people start discussing things again.

Captain Hook, the Pirate Lord of the North Atlantic Ocean (Origin: Peter Pan)

An overeducated, self-important fop of a pirate, James Bartholomew Hook was thought to have been killed when he vanished years ago. That changed when Hook made his comeback, cutting a bloody swath through the North Atlantic with a ship and crew that could fly. Though ever the egoistic dandy, Captain Hook had become name to be feared. His flying pirates always hold the high ground in combat, and cannot be hexed by the Sea Witch when they sail the cloud sea. Along with his flying ship, James now sports an appropriate hook on his left hand, questions about which he typically answers with a blunderbuss to the face. While Hook can play second fiddle to the Pirate King now, it is not known for how long he will suffer this indignity to his pirate pride.

That Long John Silver is in a separate setting based around science fiction stuff called Gridlocked. Disney adapted Treasure Island a few times, giving me extra Barbeques to work with.

Kuala, the Pirate Lord of the South China Sea (Origin: Swiss Family Robinson)

The successor to Pirate Lord Sao Feng, Kuala and his junks were operating in the East Indies when the anti-piracy purges of the Trade Company drove them to Chinese waters. Not only fortunate to survive the Trade Company's attacks, Kuala found little resistance from the Huns when he took control of the South China Sea. Kuala's fleet is a ragtag assemblage of Wokou, Hun deserters, and displaced people from conquered homelands, their ships armed with cold iron, firework cannons, and any other weapons they can get their hands on. Pirate Lord Kuala fears no man or monster, having survived both the Trade Company's efforts to kill him and frequent raids by the Kakamora, minuscule monsters with coconuts for bodies and empty shells for hearts.

Long John Silver, the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea (Origin: Muppet Treasure Island)

Among the pirates of the Caribbean, Long John Silver is known as the ideal pirate made flesh. He loots, he plunders, he demands tribute; you name it, Barbecue (as he's known among his crew) has done it at least three times this week. Silver sails across the Caribbean with a crew of cutthroat corsairs and malcontent muppets, the combined riches from Captain Flint's treasure and Rizzo's pleasure cruises allowing him to field one of the largest pirate fleets in the world. His flagship, the Hispaniola, has been 'tricked out' over the years, armed to the bilge with weapons stolen from Atlantis and the Shadowlands. He's said to be ridiculously charismatic and deviously deceptive; tricky as they come, and well aware of it.

Land: The Pirate Kingdoms

While there are many 'pirate-friendly' ports scattered across the world, a true pirate feels most at home in the open ocean. The sea can be downright perilous for those that choose to travel in search of fortune, filled to the brim with sea monsters who catch and eat sailors like seafood. It's more than the sea monsters you need to watch out for -- sometimes, its passing warships searching for pirates to blow up or your ship cook looking to commit mutiny and take half the crew with him. Lawlessness rampant out in the open waters, and the only thing you can have sure faith in is that you'll run into trouble if you go searching for it.

Rule: More of What You'd Call "Guidelines" Than Actual Rules

Though the Pirate Code is readily known by pirates worldwide, how strictly a pirate follows the Code depends mostly on their Pirate Lord; while Hook obsesses over 'Good Form' and will shoot a man for showing 'Bad Form', Kuala only plays lip service to the Code when he thinks someone will tell if he doesn't. Non-pirates, while not held to the laws of the Pirate Code, are not protected by them either. Pirate heroes with a record of keeping to the Code may gain the respect of other pirate characters, while pirates with a blatant disregard for the Code will find their reputations (and themselves) floating dead in the water. In addition to the Code, individual Captains may draft legislations for their crew to adhere to while serving on their ship. Breaking a Captain's laws can have harsh and often fatal consequences all their own.

>8/I'll do the last one later.

I like the pirates at least.

If you like pirates, try looking at some of the art Marc Davis did for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. It's real inspiring for pirate character creation, if you choose to play as one.

>Implying I'll play a priate in DVV
>Implying I'll play DVV
>Implying I'll play
>Implying I wouldn't be on Veeky Forums at 2 fuckin am if I wasn't a desperate loser with no friends to play with.

Kek.

Buck up, user. I'm sure you'll get in a game if you wish upon the second star to the right or some shit.

Map update. I'm experimenting with some new icons for places of interest, and thinking of putting the new map key in a text box in the ocean instead of a separate area at the bottom.

Last Pirate Lord, coming right up. Not a Disney character by any stretch, but I'm taking liberties and pulling an El Dorado.

Sinbad, the Pirate Lord of the Mediterranean Ocean (Origin: Sindbad: Legend of the Seven Seas)

Not counting the monkey, Sinbad the Sailor is the youngest member of the Fifth Brethren Court, an impetuous swashbuckler who lays claim to the Mediterranean Sea. He's an unwanted menace to sea trade in Agrabah, the reward for the Pirate Lord's bounty worth an elephant's weight in ivory. Having become destitute since Hades' tenure as head honcho of Olympus began, the Grecians rarely encounter Sinbad's ship, the Chimera, save for when he goes into hiding there. His rebellious attitude and perchance for witticisms reminds Davy Jones all too much of another pirate from his past, making relations between the Pirate Lord and Pirate King strained at best. He's said to have stolen the fabled Book of Peace from the lost city of Syracuse, though what he did with it and who he sold it to is unknown.

Well, this thread looks more or less dead. If anyone wants to discuss the game elsewhere, use the Discord.

discord.gg/sDANQ5x