The world of humankind has faced many problems. It has raged wars upon itself. It cured many plagues over and over again. Extinction was never an option for the race of humans. In the recent decades, a new trouble has risen; mutants. Inhumans. Their powers and their genetic difference of the human genome made them the superior life form, but humanity is not leaving without a fight. Even if the fight is on social terms.

From the 60s on, mutants developed their own stand in civilization. In the 80s, they grew in such large numbers that mankind was afraid of them. In the 90s and early 21st century, they wanted to register all of them. This led to many discussions, protests and even conflicts. At the end, the people decided to lay down their arms and call it even. The Mutant Registration Act was not pushed through the Congress. Mutants became a part of everyday life.

Many mutants decided to share their experience with one another, teach them how to train their powers and control them. Some were more eager to learn than others. They decided to stay together, forming schools that are for mutants only. Those schools not only teach basic learning materials, such as Maths and Science, they teach the basics of mutant powers. Their origin. Their training.

Maybe one day, humanity has to face this threat... But they will not fight unarmed...

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Hello fellow RPers. I am in the mood of an X-Men RP and would be happy to see interest in this.

The basic setting for this will be similar to the comics and movies, but none of the original characters of the series will be present. The School for Gifted Youngsters by Charles Xavier does not exist as people know it, but it is more institutionalized, but still independent towards the mutant vs human conflict. The whole system is run by mutants.

Now this is where the players come in. This will start off a little as a slice-of-life RP, so people can get to know one another and establish some friendships. When I seem it fit or people demand for the story to be pushed, I will add the actual story plot I have in mind. This means I need strict cooperation of those that will play.

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To start off, the students are freshmen to the Mutant College of Liberty and Equality, in the (fictional) city of Highsand (similarities to San Francisco). Students and some of the newer professors like to call it 'The Grinder', as it is one of the Colleges for mutants with high disciplinary standards and high expectations. Nevertheless, it is one of the highest seen Colleges with many successful graduates becoming important people in politics, science and business.

The semester just started off, you have your courses and you got a day or two to get settled. Most of the students live on the spacious campus, fewer decide to rent apartments in the city.

This day, you have an opening ceremony to attend to and you will meet the staff...

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For those wishing to join in. Here a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. I am very, VERY picky about people not posting. Most of my RPs have come to an abrupt halt or even died off, because people did not communicate and simply stopped responding to anything. This is a big no-go for this RP. If you cannot post in a certain timeframe or you are dropping out, make sure that I/we are informed accordingly.

Characters are also a big issue in X-Men RPs. I have encountered many powerplayers in the time that I am simply fed up. The stronger the power of your character is, the much more impact a drawback should be on him/her. I will not accept characters that have reality bending abilities or supernatural capabilities without some serious drawbacks!

And of course, we have all the rules that we are (hopefully) so familiar with. Keep the standards of the forum (in this case Casual, which means at least one paragraph of roughly three or more sentences), don't swear too much (only in appropriate context as far as I am concerned), mature content should be addressed properly (don't go too much into detail with gore and violence and do the whole sexxing in PMs) and at last, be friendly to the fellow players, as they are just as human as you are.

As last note, should the amount of players become larger than expected, I will have to consider adding a Co-GM. This person, just like the GM, will have the last word in discussions. Whoever offers their aid in the time of need will be taken into consideration.

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Character Sheet (post them in OOC and I will repost them in the Character section once I approve them):

Name:
Alias: (Your "Mutant Name")
Age: (Since you are freshmen, you should consider going 18+ adults)
Gender:
((Sexuality: (Optional)))
Appearance: (Brief about the looks, height, clothing style etc.etc.etc. Pictures can be added)
Powers: (Your mutation. Try and go into detail as strengths and weaknesses go.)
Bio: (History of your character, little development of how and what. What encouraged your character to attend College?)

Name: Jada Warren

Alias: (Your "Mutant Name"): Mirage

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Appearance:

She is 5’7”and slim for her height. She dresses basic but sophisticated, usually preferring jeans and a basic top. She prefers not to draw attention to herself with her clothing.

Powers: Jada can create illusions, causing her target to see, hear, touch, smell and/or taste things which do not actually exist. She is only able to cast illusions on one person or object at a time.

Bio: Jada was born to an upper class family in Barbados. She lived with that family until her parents were killed by a gang member the night of her 8th birthday. Having no other relatives, she lived in an orphanage until she was 10. She was then adopted by a missionary family from the United States. She realized her ability to influence what people saw around the age of 17. She was playing hide -n -seek with the children in the Sunday School class she taught. She was able to hide from each of the children by making them think she was out of the room. She excitedly told her family about her newfound ability. They became enraged, accusing her of witchcraft. Every night they would have her pray that she would turn her life back to God. They even had her re-baptised. Eventually, a member of the church heard about what she was doing and told her about The Grinder. She knew immediately that this was the only place she would be safe to be herself. One night, Jada took out the money willed to her from her biological family and left a note telling everyone not to look for her. She headed to The Grinder.

Name: Luke Taiga

Alias: Death God((By The Way He CAN DIE, Just because his alias is Death God doesn't mean he can't die.

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Height: 5'11 Clothing Style: Very Bright Clothing

Powers:
Nether Manipulation: The power to manipulate all aspects Death, Darkness, and The Chthonian Element. Luke only knows how to use two Abilities: Dark Element Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation.
Strengths: During Night time, Luke's Nether Manipulation powers are enhanced 4 Fold
Weaknesses: Illusion Powers, Hope.When enraged he unlocks all of his abilities for a short period of time but at the cost of His Life Force so that means that he will pass out afterwards...

Aether Manipulation: The ability to Manipulate all aspects of Life, Light, and The Fifth Element. Luke only knows how to use Two Abilities which are: Elemental Energy Manipulation and Energy Manipulation.
Weaknesses: Any Reality Altering Powers, Illusions, And if his hope is shattered he is useless, which goes for both of his powers.

FYI:He Has Martial Arts abilities and Is Good with a Scythe.

Bio: Luke had a pretty Deranged and Horrible childhood. He Joined "The Grinder" to Strengthen His abilities, In Order to forget his Past, he wants to protect everything around himself so that what happened in the past doesn't happen again. Therefore, He wants to help everyone, everything, He feels that, that is his Responsibility.

Name: Luke Taiga

Alias: Death God

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Height: 5'11 Clothing Style: Very Bright Clothing

Powers:
Nether Manipulation: The power to manipulate all aspects Death, Darkness, and The Chthonian Element. Luke only knows how to use two Abilities: Dark Element Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation.
Strengths: During Night time, Luke's Nether Manipulation powers are enhanced 4 Fold
Weaknesses: Light. When enraged he unlocks all of his abilities for a short period of time but at the cost of His Life Force

Aether Manipulation: The ability to Manipulate all aspects of Life, Light, and The Fifth Element. Luke only knows how to use Two Abilities which are: Elemental Energy Manipulation and Energy Manipulation.
Weaknesses: Darkness

Bio: TBR, WIP

Moshi-moshi shinigami! ^_^

Name:
Leopold Oromake
Alias:
Spot
Age:
30/50
Gender:
Male
((Sexuality: (Optional)))
Polyamorous
Appearance:

Furry enough to obscure anatomy but wears clothes out of politeness.

His letterman's jacket from his old school with wears a fishermans vest full of uselessly useful junk and black khaki cargo pants.
Powers:
Adjustable Feline physiology While the spots and basic anatomy are mostly immutable, he can draw on traits of other feline species for a short time. Leaping twice his height as a leopard, upper arm strength of a tiger, able to emit a roar audible for 5 miles like a lion, things like that all some with a telltale mutation of his physiology if one payes attention to the sudden black stripes or lengthening mane of hair.
Portal generation Just like portal, in A out B. Limit to line of sight within 100 feet of himself so he often keeps a laster pointer/range finder to focus on where to set up a portal on any solid surface.
Mild healing factor He heals four times faster than a human, some speculate this will lead to him having a much shorter lifespan than most.
Bio:
One of the lucky few mutants born into expecting parents, son of a lawyer father and 'electronic security consultant' mother. His strange anatomy was not only accepted but embraced and rejoiced, for Leopold Oromake was born into a Japanese furry community. Due to obvious reasons he was home schooled for most his life as the changes kept happening year after year: feet, fur, tail, muzzle, etc. Finally, his body balanced out physically just as puberty came into play and he developed spots like all leopards do but then he started leaving spots all over the house, at first he thought he was shedding polka dots as the worlds lamest power until he tried to connect the dots and his pencil sunk into one spot and came out another.
It was at this time that his parents decided to send him to a school for people like him, one the institutes for higher learning in America. It was there that he met a girl named Willow who could phase through solid objects and was down with his leopard look. They became high-school sweethearts until an accident occurred in their powers class where "a trans-phase mater already in semi-flux is instantly trans-located in a wormhole manner". In simpler terms, her already loose particles were fully disjointed and she totally dispersed as she phased through his portal. He blamed himself for the loss and rededicated himself to schoolwork, majoring in English and computer software due to his love of videogames and written works hiding his speech impediments. He graduated in 2000 and in 8 years had his masters in English with a associates in computer programing.
In 2007 he sued Valve Corporation for their game "Portal" as it was an absolute perfect replica of his mutant powers, even having gone to the demands of constructing a life sized replica of the portal game to prove the similarities. He was awarded a dollar for every portal game sold (4 million copies of portal/orange box, 1.5 million downloads from steam, 8 million copies of portal 2. $7 million after fees). He worked for many years on his own to develop his portal generating powers while writing various scripts for games and other minor achievements. Where this was his ultimate goal from high school, he had never joined a superpower team or even donned spandex beyond the wrongdoing he would personally witness. Until now as the school's new computer science teacher and substitute English professor.

Notes -
He has been an active supporter and sponsor of the MSL: Mutant Sports League. A way for super powered individuals to demonstrate their powers in a safe and sane outlet in reflection of great American traditions of family and fair play. Just no letting Daredevil be the umpire.

Jada's in. If I get a short description why Luke joined the Grinder or how come he is already 25 (which is a little old for a freshman, right?) when joining, then he's in as well.

Okay, then we have Leopold. I have to think about it whether I accept him as a professor. Of course, it would be nice to have one or two staff characters, though I am not sure how much he'd be fitting into the whole "we start off getting to know one another and then throw them into the plot" kind of idea I was having. Normally a professor does not hang around with his students all that much, from my own experience :D

Name: Luke Taiga

Alias: Death God

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Height: 5'11 Clothing Style: Very Bright Clothing

Powers:
Nether Manipulation: The power to manipulate all aspects Death, Darkness, and The Chthonian Element. Luke only knows how to use two Abilities: Dark Element Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation.
Strengths: During Night time, Luke's Nether Manipulation powers are enhanced 4 Fold
Weaknesses: Light. When enraged he unlocks all of his abilities for a short period of time but at the cost of His Life Force

Aether Manipulation: The ability to Manipulate all aspects of Life, Light, and The Fifth Element. Luke only knows how to use Two Abilities which are: Elemental Energy Manipulation and Energy Manipulation.
Weaknesses: Darkness

Bio: TBR, WIP

Character is extremely overpowered. There's no concern of life or death with him around. Looks like he can just kill or revive anyone he wants as well as deny his own death. There's no counterplay to his abilities.

Jada's in. If I get a short description why Luke joined the Grinder or how come he is already 25 (which is a little old for a freshman, right?) when joining, then he's in as well.

Okay, then we have Leopold. I have to think about it whether I accept him as a professor. Of course, it would be nice to have one or two staff characters, though I am not sure how much he'd be fitting into the whole "we start off getting to know one another and then throw them into the plot" kind of idea I was having. Normally a professor does not hang around with his students all that much, from my own experience :D

Trust me, Leopold is so childish, most students will wonder how the hell he made a teacher position. He teaches computer-science using video-games and his English assignments almost always involve comic books. He's the teacher with a nerf gun in one pocket and the D20 in the other that kids come to to unwind or ask an adult questions without fear of reprisal.

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Character is extremely overpowered. There's no concern of life or death with him around. Looks like he can just kill or revive anyone he wants as well as deny his own death. There's no counterplay to his abilities.

Well, I doubt that his powers have a drawback myself, but he stated as weaknesses "Darkness" and "Light", and the smaller the details about weaknesses are, the more open I interpret them and counteract the powers accordingly. If you are still concerned that his abilities are over the top, then I ask Branch to tone him down.

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Trust me, Leopold is so childish, most students will wonder how the hell he made a teacher position. He teaches computer-science using video-games and his English assignments almost always involve comic books. He's the teacher with a nerf gun in one pocket and the D20 in the other that kids come to to unwind or ask an adult questions without fear of reprisal.

I will consider this until we go IC. If I still happen to find it implausible for a professor to join the freshmen, then you might have to make him a student...

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I will consider this until we go IC. If I still happen to find it implausible for a professor to join the freshmen, then you might have to make him a student...

easily done.

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Well, I doubt that his powers have a drawback myself, but he stated as weaknesses "Darkness" and "Light", and the smaller the details about weaknesses are, the more open I interpret them and counteract the powers accordingly. If you are still concerned that his abilities are over the top, then I ask Branch to tone him down.

Having a weakness to the other is pointless when you have control over both. Either cover the area in complete darkness, which he can do, or illuminate the entire area which he can also do.

The biggest problem is his control over life and death coupled with his ability to use ALL of his powers when pissed off. So no one on the team has to worry about dying or risking their life. There's no sense of danger. You can't beat him in a fight. IF you manage to beat him up then you still lose after he gets mad and uses ALL of his powers.

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Having a weakness to the other is pointless when you have control over both. Either cover the area in complete darkness, which he can do, or illuminate the entire area which he can also do.

The biggest problem is his control over life and death coupled with his ability to use ALL of his powers when pissed off. So no one on the team has to worry about dying or risking their life. There's no sense of danger. You can't beat him in a fight. IF you manage to beat him up then you still lose after he gets mad and uses ALL of his powers.

Okay, I see the issue now... And that is indeed an issue of importance... This character is more than over the top then...

@Wei Phoenix
First Of All, All He has is Elemental Manipulation, Dark Elemental Manipulation, Energy Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation. He cant revive himself, or Deny his Death, He dosent have that much ability. When he gets pissed and unlocks his full powers at the cost of his life force, It Means He Dies at the end he can't overturn it or anything, But I Guess that was unclear.

His Powers are now limited More, How more should I limit it, I mean first of all he didn't even have all of his abilities but just two of each which aren't even the strongest abilities more like the weakest. The Counterplay to his abilities is Hope, all there is to it. As for the Light and Darkness being his weakness, He cant counter it with the other, But I Changed that too, Added More abilities to which he is weak to.

Sorry If that sounded mean, But Please don't take it like that, I just wanted to Clarify some things. If Any more nerfing is needed please tell me.

@Wei Phoenix
First Of All, All He has is Elemental Manipulation, Dark Elemental Manipulation, Energy Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation. He cant revive himself, or Deny his Death, He dosent have that much ability. When he gets pissed and unlocks his full powers at the cost of his life force, It Means He Dies at the end, But I Guess that was unclear.

His Powers are now limited More, How more should I limit it, I mean first of all he didn't even have all of his abilities but just two of each which aren't even the strongest abilities more like the weakest. The Counterplay to his abilities is Hope, all there is to it. As for the Light and Darkness being his weakness, He cant counter it with the other, But I Changed that too, Added More abilities to which he is weak to.

Sorry If that sounded mean, But Please don't take it like that, I just wanted to Clarify some things. If Any more nerfing is needed please tell me.

I apologize then, I was confused by the wording. You linked the power then the added words next to it sounded like they were all apart of his powerset. Though since he doesn't have everything you may want to change it to him dying after using all of his powers to passing out/going in a coma or something unless he's a chronic weed smoker or Buddhist.

Name: Alexander Clarke
Alias: Doesn't have an official one yet. He feels like his new friends could help him with that.
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Appearance:
Alex stands at about 6'2 and gained the scar through his lips when he was a kid. He almost always wears the white hoodie of his. The only time he doesn't wear it is if he's sleeping, washing it, or doing something that would get it dirty, wet, or damaged. Underneath it he's probably wearing a graphic tee and he mostly wears jeans. He also usually wears sneakers. He also got a tattoo on his arm as soon as he turned eighteen.
Powers: Tactile Telekinesis: His whole body is completely surrounded by an invisible aura of telekinetic energy. This aura protects him from damage as well as provides him with enhanced strength. Due to inexperience the aura isn't that strong and he is able to get hurt and he's not as strong as he can be. He can however will the aura to disappear to allow himself a bit more freedom. At the moment he can only extend the area as far as his clothes. With training he is sure that he could become stronger and even develop more telekinetic abilities as seen in movies or read in stories.

Telepathy: His secondary power is telepathy and due to inexperience and only personal training it is limited as well. So far he has only shown the ability to read minds, speak telepathically, learn languages via telepathy, and create temporary mind links with others. Mind reading is second nature to him and he has to stop himself from wanting to listen to what other people are thinking about. Especially when they're talking to him. The temporary mind links place a strain on his mind and he feels more pain the more people he's connected to and the longer they're connected.
Bio: Alexander comes from a wealthy family. His ancestors were rather influential in Great Britain. One of his ancestors was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. His grandfather decided to branch out of Europe and decided to move to the United States to start what is now known today as Clarke Global. The company focuses primarily on technology and technological advances, but we're really not here to talk about the company. We're here to talk about Alex.

Alex lived a life an ordinary kid in his standings would live. He didn't very much care for his wealth or the company he was destined to run. He really only cared about having fun. His father was more strict on him than his mother was. Alex always understood why though. His grandfather was a very strict man and wasn't someone he'd want to get upset so he usually stayed out of his way whenever he visited. He wouldn't really call the visits, visits though. They were really always business discussions.

Life was alright until one day when he was twelve. He was kidnapped by some guys who expected a ransom, but if only they knew his dad. His mother would've cried for him to pay the men, but his father would've said something about not negotiating with criminals or terrorists. Plus they already had another kid who could be the heir to the company if he was killed. Yeah, his dad sucked. Anyway, when the guys were told they weren't getting a penny they decided to show Alex's dad that they were serious about their demands. They decided that they were going to torture a twelve year old kid. They cut his lips deciding to make the heir to a fortune ugly. Unfortunately for them it made him look better as he got older and they awakened something inside the kid. Alex's mutation activated at that moment preventing them from cutting him anymore. They were shocked that their knife bent against his skin. Alex was in shock with them, but used this as his chance to escape. He rammed into them with his head and felt no pain or discomfort, but they certainly did.

Alex was glad that he watched a lot of movies and used the chair breaking escape thing in most action movies to break the chair so that he could escape. He grabbed one of their flip phones and used it to dial 911 as he ran. The guys were arrested and the family lived happily ever after. They didn't. Alex couldn't wait to tell his parents about what happened. They came to the conclusion that he was a mutant. They were horrified at this, but was glad that the mutation wasn't obvious. They told him never to use his abilities around anyone. Especially not their "friends" and business associates.

Alex hated that they were stopping him from being who he was. When he was fifteen he learned that he could read minds and as he started to use it more he learned about other things that he could do. Due to him potentially running the business one day his parents got him learning different languages and he learned them rather easily. His parents started focusing more on his younger brother since he was the normal one. The one that wasn't a filthy mutant. He listened to their thoughts a lot.

After he graduated High School he convinced his parents to let him go to the Grinder and that they didn't have to tell their friends and associates that, that was the school he was going to. They eventually conceded and let him enroll and here he is.

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I'm new to the site, but not new to roleplaying. I've been roleplaying for almost six years now and I've been in an X-Men roleplay on another site for a little over 3 years now. I want this character to have the potential to grow into his powers so that's why I started him low on the scale despite his age. Dark, if you want you could control when he develops another part of his telekinetic and telepathic abilities.

Well, it is settled from my point of view, then. Luke's in. The same goes for Alex. I will post them in the characters by the end of the week, which brings me to my next update. I am stupid and forgot to take my tablet with me. I will keep track of the OOC, but won't be able to type too large texts...

Sweet. I'm glad I got approved. I'm looking forward to this starting.

WIP, I gotta go to graduation soon so I don't have time to finish now but I would appreciate it if someone could look at the powers real quick, check for possible OP problems.

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Name: Artyom Zolner

Alias: Zeka

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Mostly heterosexual but is willing to experiment with the other side

Appearance:

Powers:
Greater Healing Factor: Artyom's body can heal from almost all wounds granted he has enough radiation to fuel him. His own internal supply can heal superficial wounds within minutes, deep ones in about half a day, and breaks within the week. However should he stick his head in a microwave the speed is almost doubled. If he were to stand next to an unshielded reactor he would become nigh unstoppable. This all comes at the disadvantage of being in constant pain that only grows as he becomes more irradiated.

Exchange Healing: Artyom can "steal" injuries from people, healing them but hurting him. Too much healing at once can kill him but it also gives a slight boost to his natural healing afterwards.

Radiation Conversion: If there is too much radiation in the area, Artyom can absorb it into his body and convert it into harmless heat energy for people not as durable as him. However this heat energy has the adverse effect of harming Artyom himself, usually manifesting in burns of varying degrees and the loss of skin in general.

Bio: (History of your character, little development of how and what. What encouraged your character to attend College?)

Name: Artemis Pearl
Alias: "The True Hunter" or "The Silent Hunter" (either one until I find a shorter one)
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Pan-sexual (doesn't mind gender or age)
Appearance:

Powers: She has the ability to charge her arrows in her bow she created with electricity. The more she charges up they do more damage but she can only super charge them once or twice per fight. It drains too much of her power so she only uses it when she has to. She is also very silent when she is running or walking around. Its almost as if you cant hear her at all and suddenly she is right behind you in the hall.
Bio: She was raised homeless most of her life in the forest. She used to catch her food for her family to keep them from starving. She knew that there was a better life they could be living but her mother was unable to work because of different "health issues" they never told her about until she was 17. Her father was always out of the picture but would find them every once in a while to yell at her mother about how bad she was doing as a mother. One day it pissed off Artemis. She knew her mother was doing everything she could. She picked up her bow and had felt her power manifest and she aimed right at her father with her bow and arrow. When her mother say the electricity around the arrow her mother grabbed her daughter to stop her from using it. She blacked out and woke up in the dorm rooms at the Academy. Her mother was there and told her that she too was a mutant. She told Artemis that she had to stay at the school to learn how to control her powers better than she could come back and live with her if she wanted to.