That's a variety of powers, although an interesting idea. In a more fantastical setting I'd be curious as to how you would play as someone who can see others' sins as its a novel concept.
In this case, I'd limit it to something to one area. For example holographic projection in and of itself could be a power, as would telepathy (although perhaps linked to telekinesis or the projecting idea you proposed so that there was a variety of applications). I might worry that otherwise the power would be either too complex and at risk of becoming overpowered.
Age: 25 (born 11 October, 1992) Gender: Male Sexuality: Heterosexual
History: Born and raised in England to a Welsh mother and an English father, Arthur grew up with a split nationality which could only be properly described as 'British'. At home equally in any part of Great Britain, although his parents reside in the richer counties of the south, he has moved around several parts for education and work before settling in the southern, and affluent, city of Bath.
At a young age he refused the opportunity to attend a prestigious selective (grammar) school in the next town over, despite passing the exam he was almost forced to do by his primary school, on the grounds that he disagreed with the elitism of the whole affair. His parents were both politically active and proudly called themselves social activists, despite their careers being traditionally the reserve of the very conservative and right-leaning upper classes.
He went to the University of Cambridge on a scholarship, his parents rich enough to pay his tuition in full so that he wasn't saddled with debt, and left with a First Class Honours in history before joining the department of History in the small, rural Welsh coastal town of Aberystwyth as a research lecturer. He teaches primary school (7-11) children two days week and the rest he spends giving lecturers to undergraduates at the university or following up on his own research projects.
Conscious of the contact he has with students, children and other at risk groups, he immediately checked in with a doctor about the illness he had been experiencing to seek advice on how to best avoid spreading it if his ailment was infectious. A day later and the people in bio-hazard suits appeared informing him that he was to be taken to a secure facility because his illness was more than it seemed.
Power: Hydrokinesis - the ability to shape or control water. While not a particularly original ability, it suits Arthur well due to its reliability and flexibility in almost all circumstances. At the lowest level he can move small bodies of water (like a cup of water) but will be able to steadily increase the volume of water he can control as well as the precision to which he can control it, shape it and even change its state.
I understand the lack of ageing but how else might you apply that power? Having control over Yin and Yang is a very abstract notion, light and dark less so but still very subjective.
In more direct terms, what kind of applications would this ability have in your mind?
That's entirely up to you. I, personally, find it hard to sum up a character's personality and try to show it through introduction/early posts but I know a lot of players prefer to have it in their sheet up front.
As long as the basic bits are there then feel free to add whatever you feel is relevant.
Below is a narrative introduction but first: a summary! As the title suggests, this is a RP about people with powers/special abilities. These may vary from regenerative abilities through to telekinesis. It is set in the modern day and the characters will be young adults (early twenties, specifically 20-25). Everyone's characters will start out weak and slowly grow in strength as the RP progresses. They will not have even been aware of the existence of powers before they enter the facility where they will awaken them (to be clear, they do not currently have any powers). Example: If your power is telekinesis you aren't going to be flinging large objects at people. More like knocking over cans in a shooting gallery. With your mind.
This is a reboot/rewrite of a successful RP from Old Guild and had several parts but I'm hoping to have a new cast with new characters and so a new story will unfold (although I am of course happy for returning players to use their previous characters).
Without spoiling anything, this RP has quite a long and very changeable plot.
Introduction
You had been feeling ill for a few weeks but thought little of it, the flu goes around and around this time of year and surely you just fell victim to one of its many strains? Yet, here you are, whisked away from your home, or the doctor's office, or from your workplace, by an anonymous task force dressed in full body bio-hazard suits who insist that you have no normal illness. Your illness heralds the coming on of powers, inhuman and never before known powers, and you have been taken to a secure facility in which to safely develop these, they say.
Scarcely can you believe it, so fantastical is the tale that has been weaved for you. They tell you that others before you were less lucky, not reached in time and their power grew beyond their subconscious control and wreaked havoc on themselves and their surroundings. One would be sceptical, in this situation, if it were not for the chance you have been given to call your family who explain government representatives have informed them of the situation. You are safe here, in this facility, where you can be trained to develop your power so that it is no longer a threat to you or others.
Once this is done, the symptoms of your 'illness' will recede and you will no longer be infectious, a threat to others. So you are resigned to this temporary life, away from your friends, family and home in a luxurious facility specifically designed to accommodate your every need until it is safe for you to return to society.
And yet you cannot help but feel that something is not right. Perhaps it is because you feel ill, because so much is going on around you which you do not understand. Maybe you have just seen too many superhero films and the situation you are currently in never works out well for the heroes involved. Still, things are never quite what they seem. Especially when dealing with the complete unknown of Empowered Humans.
Character Sheet and Guidelines
Name: Age: 20-25, a date of birth would be ideal. This will be set modern day, we'll say 7th November 2017 as the start date Gender: Sexuality: Appearance: Picture/Photo/Description or a mix, I'm not picky as long as you're happy it describes your character as you want it to.
History: Self-explanatory, any details about their family life, education, work experience etc. These people should have led fairly 'normal', mainstream lives. Nothing like something out of a Prologue for a straight-to-DVD martial arts film which you'd fall asleep to on a Saturday night in. They will NOT have had any experience/signs/history with powers, they have not existed in the world until this moment and until these people enter the facility they will have no powers at all.
Power: the all important part! Best to be general here to start with, for example telekinesis, control of electricity, super strength etc. We can go into more detail as powers develop and the characters come to understand their powers a little better. Remember that they will start off very weak, almost the point they barely noticed they had a power at all and it will slowly develop as time goes on.
Please add in any other details you feel are relevant/necessary for your character.
If you have questions/suggestions/ideas feel free PM me or post in the thread. All sheets must be approved by me before posted into the character tab. Please post then into the OOC below for review.
Oh, and rules...
The usual things. No over powered characters (unless I give permission!), no abuse in the IC or the OOC, be nice to one and another and if you're going to be really nice to one another then fade to black and take it to PMs. That said I'd like to think we're all fairly sensible here and I'm pretty chill about most things.
However: No 'lolis', no mystical nonsense and no going over the top of any kind. The characters in this roleplay are adults and I would expect them to behave as such, as I would the roleplayers.
I will work out a Skype chat or something similar if people want to have a platform for random chatter outside of the constrains of the OOC.
