Freedom City

Freedom City is a fictional campaign setting for the roleplaying game Mutants and Masterminds. It was designed by Steve Kenson .

Campaign History

Set somewhere on the east coast of the United States - possibly Massachusetts - Freedom City's history dates back to colonial times when super heroes first appeared there during the Revolutionary War. People with super-powers have existed throughout Earth’s history, but have become more prominent and numerous since the late 1930s. Freedom City is a particular epicenter for superhumans, but they are found in other cities and places around the world. Nearly every sort of super-power or gimmick found in the comic books can and does exist in the Freedom Universe (sometimes referred to as the A-Terra Universe). There is magic, super-science, aliens, lost worlds, gods, megalomaniacal super villains, and more. Despite this, the world on the surface is still very much like the Real World and most of the history and society from the Real World also exists there. Superheroes and villains have aged normally since their first appearances, with the exception of some who are particularly long-lived or even immortal. There have been several distinct "eras" of superhuman activity in the world, which coincidentally resemble different periods in comic book publishing history. Although everyone has heard about superheroes and villains, and probably seen them (on TV, if nothing else), most people on Earth live fairly ordinary lives, despite the occasional invasion from outer space or other threat.

In at least one possible future, Freedom City is still around in the year 2525 when it is the capital of the Confederation of Planets and home to the Freedom Legion (a version of the Legion of Superheroes ).

Inhabitants

Current superhuman residents of Freedom City include:

• The Atom Family (analogous to DC's Challengers of the Unkown or Marvel's Fantastic Four)
• The Collective (a gestalt of intelligent albino cockroaches)
• Eldrich (analogous to DC's Doctor Fate or Marvel's Doctor Strange)
• Foreshadow (somewhat analogous to Marvel's Daredevil)
• The Freedom League (analogous to Marvel's Avengers or DC's JLA)
• The Next Gen (analogous to DC's the Teen Titans or Marvel's X-Men)

Former superhuman residents of Freedom City include:

• The Centurion (analogous to DC's Superman)
• The Liberty League (analogous to Marvel's Invaders or DC's JSA)
• The first Raven (analogous to DC's Batman)

Other prominent superbeings in the Freedom City campaign seeting include:

• Argo the Ultimate Android (analogous to DC's Amazo or Marvel's Super-Adaptoid)
• Blackstar (analogous to DC's Sinestro)
• Conundrum (analogous to DC's Riddler)
• The Crime League (analogous to DC's Injustice Gang or Injustice Society, or Marvel's Masters of Evil)
• The Curator (analogous to Marvel's Collector )
• Dr. Simian (analogous to DC's Gorilla Grodd
• Dr. Sin (analogous to Dr. Zin from Jonny Quest or Marvel's Yellow Claw )
• The Factor Four (analogous to Marvel's Fantastic Four, but wholly self-serving)
• Fear-Master (analogous to DC's Scarecrow)
• Gigantosaur (analogous to Godzilla)
• The Green Man (analogous to Marvel's Blackheath or DC's Swamp Thing)
• Malador the Mystic (analogous to Marvel's Baron Mordo or DC's Mordru the Dark Lord )
• Megalodon (analogous to Marvel's Lizard or DC's Man-Bat)
• Omega, Lord of the Terminus (analogous to DC's Darkseid or Marvel's Thanos)
• The Psions (analogous to Marvel's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and Babylon 5's Psi Corps)
• Quirk (analogous to Marvel's Impossible Man or DC's Mister Mxyzptlk)
• SHADOW (a group analogous to Marvel's HYDRA)
• Star-Khan (analogous to DC's Mongul)
• Talos (analogous to Marvel's Ultron)
• Terra King (analogous to Marvel's Mole Man)
• Toy Boy (analogous to DC's Toyman )
• X-Isle, the Living City (analogous to Marvel's Ego the Living Planet)