The Gifted: A Fast-Paced Superpower RP (Still accepting! New storyline beginning soon!)

[Letter Bee]

I would actually prefer the Lighting controller.

[Aura]

Now I don't know which one to choose ><

[Letter Bee]

Well, again, problem with the good guys is that they have numbers, but, well, their powers are not suited for direct damage, like the villains are.

[Aura]

I don't think my character would be a hero to be honest. If it was the lightning woman she would be a merc with morals and if she was the emotion control woman she would be on her own side who joins which side works best with her interests at the moment. So slightly similair but both not really a hero or villain.

[Letter Bee]

Ah, understood, and sorry for the delay.

[AcerRo]

I'd like to see a purely one way or another character. Lines in the sand are drawn and there isn't much of a middle ground. Gray area sure, but not much a middle ground.

[Letter Bee]

Sorry for the delay, but I echo his sentiment, though I'd prefer a hero because, well, we're outmatched.

[AcerRo]

Didn't you hear Benedict Cumberbatch? Its good to bad. We can figure something out but for anyone that wants to join its pretty pick a side for whatever reason.

[NarcissisticPotato]

Bump!

[Lord Santa]

Alright, I want in on this because I don't think I can use this character in my head anywhere else. Are you still recruiting?

[RoflsMazoy]

WHY ARE YOU HERE DAMNIT

and yes we are

[Lord Santa]

Look at it this way, I have a character idea that's been stewing for days. I seriously doubt another opportunity will show up for me to use it. Also, most of my RP's are floundering so, yeah.

[Letter Bee]

Of course you'll be welcome!

[Lord Santa]

Alright, I'll put up a CS soon.

[Lord Santa]

Alright, tell me if I need to change anything. I always find stuff after I post it anyway -.-

Name: Lachlan Ragnarok

Alias(s): Trickster/Loki (Loki is a nickname used by his friends and Trickster is his Merc name)

Age: 26

Affiliations: Mercenaries/corporate

Description: Loki is pretty tricky because of his powers but always wears A long fur-hooded coat which reaches past his knees. He also usually wears black dress pants and dress shoes, as well as a black vest, a long sleeved blue shirt and a red tie. This is subject to change and he has several sets of clothes but he is usually not seen without his coat, summer or winter. He has long white hair which is around as long as long girl’s hair. He’s fairly thin (surprisingly muscular, however. You’ll see why) and has thin facial features, kind of. Slightly pointed chin, slightly pointed nose. He usually comes with an easy grin as if he finds everything in the world amusing.

Personality: Lachlan is described by most as whimsical, self-serving and lazy. In a good way, of course. They’d also describe him as a funny guy who tries to break the ice however he wants. This is mostly true as Loki is the kind of guy who wants to do what he wants to do. Light hearted and kind, he teases his friends often. He also teases his enemies sometimes. He’s not the kind of guy to listen to orders he wouldn’t like to follow which causes him some grief sometimes. Basically, he does what he wants and is friendly and occasionally trolls people. That’s pretty much all you need to know. Oh, and he's childish and doesn’t think much about killing people.

powers (it

Powers: For all intents and purposes, Lachlan’s (calling him Loki from now on) power is to create extremely lifelike illusions. He’s registered officially as one who can create illusions. His powers stretch a little beyond that, however. In truth, his power is to warp the perceptions of anything around him and create advanced illusions. For example, his signature move is creating clones of himself. These clones are simply illusions, but in addition to the image of himself, he can simulate his own voice, touch and even his smell (if he has some particularly distinctive cologne lying around or something). He can create light, heat, sound, scent and a number of other things to fool the senses of anyone, or anything, as it even works on cameras for some reason.

Obviously, there are limitations. Loki cannot simulate anything he himself doesn’t know or can’t imagine. For example, if he doesn’t know what someone looks like, he cannot create an illusion of them but he can create what he imagines they look like. Most of the time, this ends poorly. Certain illusions also don’t work if he doesn’t know what they’re using to sense. For example, if a guy saw images based on smell, it would be kinda awkward. Another limitation is that while he can create mobile illusions, they have a certain range before the illusion begins to degrade. Additionally, while Loki can sense what illusions he has cast, he can’t do anything handy like see out of them or anything. One thing to note about his power is the limit of his illusion creating. He can summon near infinite amounts of crappy lesser illusions (1 sense max, low res) and it gets fewer and fewer as he goes on to fool the senses. He can’t make too many illusions that fool all 5 senses and the scale of each is pretty small. Also, the more difficult it is, the more concentration he needs so he tends to stick to low key illusions in a fight.

Another thing, Loki has to parcel out brain power for every bit of the illusion he makes. The relatively simple ones take very little brain power and the complex ones take a lot. But his brain power is still shared over his other cognitive functions so if he wants something big and complex, he might stop moving or looking and in battle, if he wants to fight with his illusions, he has to keep it relatively simple. But the brain power also applies to things he imagines so making things he imagines is harder than doing things that are simple, such as his clones. This pretty much rules out big imagined monsters for normal combat and restricts their use to prepared distractions and stuff. Also takes more concentration to induce hallucination-like effects and stuff.

To pool together all the weaknesses, picture this: Loki can cast a mass hallucination on all of his range (a few dozen kilometres) which befuddles all 5 senses but he has to devote his entire concentration to the task, any external stimuli will shatter the illusion and it’d be quite patchy and unreliable. All of his illusions disappear when he goes unconscious. All of these weaknesses are actually secrets only known to him because he’s managed to fool pretty much everyone he meets about the nature of his powers.

Skills: Due to Loki’s military training, he has very good hand to hand skills and moderate marksman skills. Loki really excels in his use of throwing knives, and uses them with good effect. Other than that, he can read the situation well and react accordingly. Additionally, Loki is a skilled liar and actor, able to change personalities at the drop of a hat. He pairs this skill well with his powers and makes a pretty good spy, besides the fact that he only does what he wants. He’s also good at sleight of hand and is pretty dexterous.

Equipment: Loki has a lot of throwing knives, both hidden and not hidden. He has some to show off so that they won’t expect the hidden ones. He has them pretty much everywhere, but he can’t yet fool metal detectors and he can’t be bothered figuring out how to do it. He also has houses in many countries because he’s rich. He bought a helicopter one time and that’s about it for equipment. He usually takes the bus or walks everywhere when he needs transport.

Ranking: B? maybe?

Backstory: Lachlan was born to an Scottish mother and a Norwegian father, hence the name Lachlan Ragnarok. His parents were kind, but a little laid back and let him do whatever, really. So after finishing his secondary education, Loki enlisted in the army. Why? If you asked him, he’d say it was because he wanted to be called General Ragnarok. After an eventful few years of army life, he was hospitalised and discharged from the army due to a bullet wound to the leg, but if you ask him in secret he’ll say he faked it because the military cut wasn't really working for him. He joined the circus for a year and then debuted as an actor, and was fairly succesful. Then his powers awakened and he really started having fun. At first, he became a stunt double because of his military and circus background. Then he decided to be a mercenary for fun. As a mercenary, his name is known to few and his contact details are largely unknown. He began a double life as a mercenary and an actor, only achievable by his unreliability. The reason he’s in LA is for an acting job, by the way.

[Letter Bee]

The first paragraph of 'Powers' is too big, as well as the paragraph of 'Brief History'. Power-wise, your character has very defined strengths and flaws, and that's good, but, problem is, one of my two PCs already has similar illusion powers, including the power to deceive cameras. However, his powers only work on Sight.

[NarcissisticPotato]

We could say that Bee's character can present much better-looking illusions and from what I got, Loki can't really build from his imagination. Maybe Constantine can? So, we could say that Loki is all-round good at most illusions while Constantine is amazing at image illusions?

[Letter Bee]

That works!

[Lord Santa]

Sure. That sounds good.

[NarcissisticPotato]

Anyways, accepted! Also Santa, don't you have your own superhero RP on at the moment as well? Anyhow, I have an opportunity for your character to hop into the story quickly if you're willing to join the proper bad-guys?