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Welcome to the world of the Gifted! This RP will be an action-driven story, focused on the world following the introduction of superpowers. Whether you're part of a superhero-type team, or a well known mercenary in the underground, you will have a part to play in the coming days as numerous events shake the world. The story will be based around various arcs, each revolving around a greater mystery; The source of these new powers. For the purpose of this RP, I'd like to have two to three groups of players, with 3 to 6 players each. One 'hot' group, one 'cold' group of mercs or criminals, and one group of 'cold' businessmen and cons.

Further details can be provided on request, but a better intro will be presented in the OOC when it's made. This game will be semi-realistic, and brutal at times. I want this to be fast and driven, with plenty of action and intrigue, so I will allow brief paragraphs if there's honestly nothing to pass a scene. If enough interest is shown, I may open a chat room so that scenes with two people or so can pass and fights resolved quickly and in a fun way. The game and most of the action will be centered around some metropolitan area and its surroundings, and could jump around the world if need be. However, it is likely that the bulk of the story will take place in either North America or Europe. Power rankings will be limited to Low A Rank. For information on this, see my brief descriptions below.

I'd like to go ahead and say I drew a lot of inspiration from the web serial 'Worm', by Wildbow, which can be found with a quick Google search.



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Interested, character will be made (tomorrow, too tired tonight)

One question, though, with the power rankings, are the powers listed in power rankings just the level of their powers, or are those the only powers they can have?
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Awesome! I'll probably give this a day or two before an OOC is made, but feel free to begin working on a character!

You can have any powers you want, I just tried to give a range of ideas as roughly what that Ranking corresponds to. Originally my power scale was just "How much you can destroy", but if you're playing a character with healing or support powers, it doesn't really work out. So I added some extra examples in.
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Also interested :) id like you pm you my idea for my characters super powers, if that's fine with you?
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Interested.
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Yeah Phobos, PM whenever and I'll get back with you!
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Interesting, it almost reminds my of Aberrant
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I just looked up Aberrant, I'm surprised I haven't heard of it. There'll definitely be some similarities!
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LOL
I've played so many Table top RP it's difficult to catch me off guard
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I hear ya, tabletop is something I've been wanting to get into, but I really want a good local group to try it out with. Never can find anyone, Lol.
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Possibly Interested... Give me a day or so to come to a conclusion.
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Interested

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A superhuman RP inspired by Worm? Count me in!

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Feel free to take your time Charter!

Whirlwind, you're good as long as you keep your powers B Ranked. If your powers get strong enough to destroy city blocks though, she'll have to become an A ranked. Which 'group' are you interested in? Also, will you be using electromagnetism or hand waving its use?

Mr Allen J, I love your character, but I'm kind of juggling whether he's A or B ranked as he is. With his limitations I would say closer to B ranked, especially the ones related to pain, durability and duration. I would say make the limbs tougher or lessen the time it takes to regain use of his powers, maybe because he's so used to fighting and pain? Then I'd probably count him as an A Rank.
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StephenRouse said
Feel free to take your time Charter!Whirlwind, you're good as long as you keep your powers B Ranked. If your powers get strong enough to destroy city blocks though, she'll have to become an A ranked. Which 'group' are you interested in? Also, will you be using electromagnetism or hand waving its use?Mr Allen J, I love your character, but I'm kind of juggling whether he's A or B ranked as he is. With his limitations I would say closer to B ranked, especially the ones related to pain, durability and duration. I would say make the limbs tougher or lessen the time it takes to regain use of his powers, maybe because he's so used to fighting and pain? Then I'd probably count him as an A Rank.


I was thinking more anti-hero, so I'll say Cold. And hand waving.
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Well, I'll bump him down to B if that's what you think - It doesn't matter to me. lol

I threw in the limitations so he doesn't come off as an OP-sue.
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Alright Whirlwind, sounds good.

And I understand J, I just wanted to let you know you could be a little stronger if you want.
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Well, Ray's mostly going to be creative/skilled with his power to carry him through situations, so being a little extra stronger doesn't really matter to me.

How many characters are we allowed per person?
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Alright man, I can dig it. And right now I'm sticking to one a person, but once the OOC is up for a little while I'll be allowing more until the groups fill up. I'll be opening the OOC tomorrow morning or late afternoon.
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Never Heard of Worm but I'm curious. I've been away for a while as I have somewhat limited internet access but I should be able to do a post or four a day depending on how things go. If we start moving too fast though I will likely get left in the dust.

What say you oh great and powerful GM?

Here be my character in the meantime.

Name: Connor Murphy

Alias(s): Singularity

Age: 30

Affiliations: This will come later.

Description: Connor is a 5' 9'', lanky irish lad. Short cut red hair and a red goatee and entirely too pale skin as trademarks of his ethnicity. He has dark blue eyes and an easy smile but a very sarcastic sense of humor. He smokes too much and get's in trouble more often than not but always tries to do the right thing.

Powers: The ability to manipulate gravity either by touch or within a thirty foot radius. He can increase, decrease, negate, reverse, or change the gravitational orientation of any object. By increasing gravity around him but keeping his own gravitational pull normal he can seem to move faster than his opponents and can hit much harder by adding gravitational fields around punches and kicks. He can create the illusion of super strength by negating an objects weight and then picking it up with his bare hands. He has started working on creating micro black holes but hasn't had much success with that yet. Connor has also managed to create the illusion of flight be reversing his own gravitational pull and then changing it to being perpendicular to the ground. The end result is him 'falling' sideways through the air. There's less control than true flight but it does help him get around at times.

Skills: Practice hand to hand combatant, particularly enjoys knife fighting. Worked briefly for the IRA so is familiar with explosives and firearms if not an expert. He can tell you which brand of cigarettes are the best and knows an irish whiskey by scent from twenty paces.

Equipment: Several combat knives he keeps sheathed about his person as well as a pistol for emergency use. He hasn't fired it in years. He also owns and constantly rides a Honda Shadow motorcycle.

Ranking: B

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Brief History: A brief summary of your character's back story. Keep it brief.
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