Hello and welcome, Syblyx! Glad to see a new player excited about this roleplay!!

So, as promised, some comments on your character sheet. Overall, I like him, good first impression. Nice choice on the mental illness: we've had schizophrenics before, but never the catatonic variety. The appearance is quite well done, I like the spooky/misty physical presence very much!

I have a few things that I'd like clarification on, if you don't mind. Rak is different than most Shadowborn in that he can control shadows within 100 feet of himself instead of 25. Rak is largely in control of his shadows except during catatonic episodes and when he crosses the shadow of a corrupt man. Are both of these statements correct? Regarding his powers: how does he enable the shadows to physically injure other, non-Shadowborn creatures? How does he give them enough substance/mass/density to puncture a physical being?

Another question I have: if a nurse were to try to sedate Rak, would they succeed if they injected his physical body? Or would they need to find a way to give his shadow the medicine? I have a great idea for helping to control Rak, which involves lasers. As a highly powered/concentrated light, I would think that they could be used to form a barrier he couldn't cross. Since I'm assuming that regular light (flourescent, incandescent, sunlight) has only a weakening effect on him rather than a truly damaging one, would you agree that the more powerful the light, the more potential it had to hurt him? Does that sound reasonable to you?

Now, onto the issues I see with the CS. There are two. First is the size of his room. If it needs to be large enough to house a 100 foot diameter circle of bright light, it would take up between four and six of the Upper Complex patient rooms. Which would probably mean that the Institute would house him in the more spacious Lower Complex. I do have a nice, neat way to resolve this. I asked about the lasers above because I was thinking that there could be a laser grid along his walls in a standard patient room to keep his shadows in at night or when he was wigging out. Or an electrical current in the walls/doors/windows. Since it wouldn't allow him to fully expand his shadows without suffering damage, you'd get the added bonus of him feeling caged/confined in his room. How's that sound to you? The second problem is with his Shadowborn nurse. I know I said that you guys would have NPC Nurses, but I meant nurses that are already existing as staff at the Institute. They'd come into Rak's room with tasers/cattle prods/light sabers/phasers set to stun, of course, and beat him into submission if need be. (That's just how we roll at Osmond's.) So I'm hoping that the assigned nurse won't be a deal breaker, because I can't let you haz. Sorry.

I'm hoping all of these adaptations sound good to you. As always, if you can come up with something that works as well and will be more fun for you, give me your pitch. Although I must say, I'm already sort of attached to the idea of giving Buck a cattle prod. That just sounds like SO much fun!!

Also, sorry if I'm rambling, and for potato. :)

[b]P.S.[/b] I see you're in Chrono Asylum, too! I played a team on OldGuild, Marc and Lena, I've forgotten what their numbers were and lost the CS in the Guild Crash. Speaks well of you that Xodus let you on board. ;)