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What would everyone prefer? I'm open

I'd say high Casual or Advanced

I can do either, but I prefer casual.

I'm Definitely gonna join this and i think Advanced

I'd love to join this, happy for casual/advanced. Already have characters in mind for this, too! I'll probably go Villain for this one as I usually go for Heroes.

Looks like advanced is winning so far. Will start and work more on this today after I go jogging 🏃‍♂️ 🙂

ick...I don't know about advanced...being super-detailed about each of my posts can be taxing. Still, I won't argue with the votes here. Just hope I can keep up.

I don’t really mind either way as long as it’s not free.

ick...I don't know about advanced...being super-detailed about each of my posts can be taxing. Still, I won't argue with the votes here. Just hope I can keep up.

Advanced isn't about being super detailed, it's about level of writing and expectations. No one is going to expect super detailed, super introspective writing just because it's in advanced.

ick...I don't know about advanced...being super-detailed about each of my posts can be taxing. Still, I won't argue with the votes here. Just hope I can keep up.

We could do a hybrid of sorts? Like advanced with slightly lower expectations? Just tossing ideas

I'm just wary of casual because of past experiences and people taking things a little too casually.. But advanced but casual sounds good to me!

...regardless, I'll try to keep up. Not my first super hero RP as I said. I'd like to know the general setting though. Is it original or does it take place in any certain universe?

So, I’ll just drop this here.

Name: Dr. Florian Pine
Alias: Poison Oak
Alignment: Villian, and either Antihero or Hero later on.

Powers/Abilities: Chlorokinesis - Poison Oak has the ability to control all forms of plant life, manipulating their growth and behavior. He also specializes in crossbreeding plants to create new species.
Plant Physiology - Being part plant, he can breathe CO2, allowing him to survive in places that lack oxygen. He can also Photosynthesize, so he can go long periods of time without eating or sleeping (though he can still do both if he chooses.) He is physically stronger and faster while under sunlight. He can turn his skin from green back into a normal tone to blend in with society. He prefers his green skin though.
Regeneration: - Pine can regenerate from injuries. He can even regenerate lost limbs. Although the process is slow, and requires an extensive amount of energy.
Pheromones: - His body can produce pheromones to influence the behavior of others. Those with strong wills can usually resist though.
Poison - His body can produce a variety of plant based toxins. He can administer these toxins through physical contact. Particularly a kiss. He is also immune to plant based toxins himself.
Plant Empathy: - He has a spiritual connection to plants. He can communicate with them, sense them, and see through their eyes, allowing him to witness events in their vicinity.

Weaknesses: He requires sunlight, water, and a specific saturation of minerals to maintain healthy functionality. Being cut off from sunlight can weaken him, and eventually kill him.

Pine is sensitive to temperatures whether extreme cold, or extreme heat.

Personality: Once upon a time, Pine was a shy and nerdy young man. He didn’t have an easy time socializing with people, and also didn’t have much confidence. He often preferred his plants more than other people’s company. After the accident, Pine developed a lot more confidence, but also drove him a little nuts. He still is fascinated with plants, but now he treats them like his babies.

Some days, Pine hates humanity. His experience with being bullied, along with the way people take nature for granted, makes him think the world would be better off without humans. He can be rude to people when he first meets them. He can still be rude even after he first meets them. While he’s not opposed to using his powers for violent means, even outright killing people if necessary, he does know he needs some people around to produce CO2 for his plants to function. He resorted to villiany to hurt the world that had been cruel to him.

There are other times when Pine longs for human companionship. If anyone shows him even the slightest hint of kindness, he will be all for it. He’ll cling to that person and be their best friend. At least until he perceives they did him wrong in some way. In general, his emotions can vary wildly at any given time.

Background: Pine’s parents were scientists who studied plantlife. They were often in the field busy with their research, and neglected their son. They left him with a nanny when they were away, but young Florian never connected with her. Pine wanted his parents love. In an effort to get their attention, he tried to get into what they were into. He obsessively studied plants, and read all of his parents research notes hoping that they would love him, if he showed he liked plantlife as much as they did. It sort of worked, but it wasn’t enough. His parents treated him like a colleague rather than their child. They would take him on their research trips with them, but they would leave him to his own devices. Even though his parents didn’t show their affections all that much, Pine knew he wanted to be a Botanist, just like his parents were. He was still hoping to win their approval.

Growing up, Florian had always been a strange young man. He was fascinated by plants, which others found to be odd. He was often bullied by others because he was physically weaker, psychologically delicate, and because of his interest in plants. Due to the bullying, Florian usually preferred plants to people. Plants didn’t judge him.

Despite the bullying, Florian, who often went by his last name Pine because people made fun of his first name, was an intelligent young man. He eventually earned his Ph.D in Botany and Biochemistry and was employed at a prestigious university before he turned thirty.

There, he was still bullied by most of his colleagues. His ideas were mocked, and he was dismissed as unconventional. Only one colleague was nice to him. Dr. Evan Dendron. A handsome male scientist, and the only one who showed Pine any ounce of respect. He defended him from bullies, and was the only one who believed in Pine’s potential. Pine had developed a crush on him.

Pine threw himself into his work, determined to prove the viability of his theories. He dedicated long hours to conducting experiments, often resorting to unorthodox methods in his quest for knowledge.

However, was facing dwindling funding, and mounting pressure to produce results or else lose his job. Pine developed a method that would allow humans to photosynthesize, thus solving world hunger. He was sure this was a scientific breakthrough. However, when he presented his ideas, University officials ridiculed him, and dismissed his theories. They believed there was no way humans could survive on sunlight alone.

Determined to prove the viability of his idea, Pine conducted secret experiments on animals. After many failed attempts, he finally succeeded in enabling a rat to photosynthesize. He showed that to the dean, but instead of being impressed like Pine had hoped, he was horrified. He was accused of cruelty to animals, and misuse of university resources and faced legal consequences. Pine didn’t understand what the issue was. Everyone was scared of rats anyway. So why is it when he sacrifices a few in the name of scientific advancement, it’s a problem?

Desperate to prove the effectiveness of his discovery, Pine snuck into the lab, and performed the experiment on himself. However, something went wrong, and Pine was transformed into a half-plant half human creature.

Pine was actually happy with the results, and was prepared to make a grand display to the public. Then the police came to take him away. Pine panicked, and the plantlife around him responded to him, and killed the officers who had come to apprehend him.

The Government was forced to get involved, and Pine was on the run. Desperate, he turned to the one person he knew he could trust. Evan. When he gets there, Evan is as supportive as ever. He promised to help Pine, but it was all a ruse. He reported his location to the authorities, while keeping Pine distracted.

When they show up, Pine is forced to act in self defense, and make his escape. He turns to his parents, but they are apalled by what Pine has done.

Feeling betrayed and alone, Pine turned to nature. Nature never hurt him, and people hurt nature. If the people wouldn’t accept him, the plants of the world would. He would take back what rightfully belongs to Mother Nature, by any means necessary.

Appearance:

Poison Oak is a tall and lean man with a heart-shaped face, firm jaw, and green eyes. He has a mop of blonde hair and normally green skin, which he can change to appear human. He often wears thick green glasses, but does not actually need them.

In his plant form, his skin becomes green. His hair is still blonde, and he has a humanoid silhouette. Vines coil around his limbs, and sharp thorns protrude from strategic points for protection. His body is decorated with various flowers giving him a splash of color besides green. The only clothing are a pair of green tights with a vine pattern that blend with his skin, and a pair of leaf boots.

@Crimson Flame Love that! I'm almost done working on mine but I'll post it tomorrow!

Interested!

Here is the link to the interest check within the advanced category. this is where you can submit your character sheet for me to overview to be accepted or rejected.

https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/194716-calling-all-heroes-and-villains/ooc

This is the link to the accepted character sheet thread. Post your CS here once I view and accept it.

https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/194715-calling-all-heroes-and-villains-character-sheets/ooc

Once we get enough accepted submissions, I will create the IC

Ooh, I'll have something up today. :>

Here is the link to the interest check within the advanced category. this is where you can submit your character sheet for me to overview to be accepted or rejected.

https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/194716-calling-all-heroes-and-villains/ooc

This is the link to the accepted character sheet thread. Post your CS here once I view and accept it.

https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/194715-calling-all-heroes-and-villains-character-sheets/ooc

Once we get enough accepted submissions, I will create the IC

Why not just have everyone post their CSes in the OOC for approval and then into the CS tab if they are indeed approved? The guild has a three tab system after all.

@Carlyle Yes that's true. It might be a smoother process to simply open up an actual rp thread, instead of all these ooc threads. Rp threads have an IC, OOC and CHAR tab all wrapped up into one.

@Carlyle@Estylwen

Ahhh i seeee... very good we will do that then. Sounds good, I'll tweek to make it fit this. Thanks!

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What would everyone prefer? I'm open

Anything but Free, tbh.

I'd be capable and happy with either casual or advanced; I tend to write pretty detailed posts, and I love a lot of world-building and detail in an RP and setting. Just so long as it's not completely impenetrable or overly complicated with rules or character creation stuff.

Disregard, I didn't see that there was another page, and I was asleep (UK Time) until now.