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In little more than a week, I will have been a roleplayer for all of ten years. In celebration of this anniversary, I will be redoing the basic concept of the very first RP I ever made. It was heavily inspired (read; completely ripped off of) by Marvel's “X-Men” comics and I was twelve years old, so the idea is rather cliché. But, hey, clichés are used for a reason, right?

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Ten years.
Has it really been that long? It feels like just yesterday, that the lights went out. That the city was engulfed in eternal darkness. That the walls rose from the ground and the lives of thousands of people changed forever. That the Crusaders started roaming the streets and we, the people like me, had to cower in fear and hide away like rats. Even with the resistance force fighting off the metal men, we become fewer and fewer. Even though more of us are born, even more are killed.
It wont be long. We'll all be dead by the end of the year.

Who are we? Well, if you don't know, you're a lucky one. They call us many things; freaks, mutants and monsters are amongst the more common ones. We like to call ourselves Supernaturals, Superhumans or just Supers. What we are called does not really matter; it's what we can do that people hate us for. We are the next link in human evolution, they say. Really, we are just a bunch of people who can do shit that other people cannot. I've seen everything from people who can breathe under water to people who can become water. There's one of us that is far more famous than the rest; the Technopath. Yeah, it doesn't sound very imposing, does it? Well, he's the whole reason the rest of us are down here; him and his Crusaders. His power is magnificent. He can build and control any machine he wants; all he needs is an idea.

His Crusaders are the proof of his prowess. These metal men are indestructible androids build from scrap metal from the junkyard. Each of them can build even more Crusaders. Each of them is as smart as their creator. They can scan any living organism for the genes that make us special; that super gene. If they find it in someone, they will kill them. Most of the time, anyways. A few times, people have simply been taken.

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The World
The main setting is a very dystopian, pseudo post-apocalyptic version of a big city, where the regular people are oppressed into submission without much opportunity to rebel, but also without much reason. Despite the fact that the power is out for good and they are walled within the city borders, they are allowed to live their lives as they always has, for the most part. Crime is nonexistent, as the Crusaders make short progress of deviants.
The Supers, however, are hunted and killed on sight by the Crusaders, the indestructible android soldiers of the Techopath. They have been forced to run and hide. Most of them have taken to the sewers and underground tunnels, some hide out in abandoned buildings and few ever managed to get past the heavily guarded walls.

The Supers
At first, it was believed that those who developed powers beyond the regular human's capabilities were chosen at random. It started with a few of them, maybe two or three hundred at most, scattered all over the world. Some of them were hailed as heroes, some were killed like monsters. The records of how they actually came to be are scarcely detailed and little is known of how they spread as quickly as they did, but within a century, they had spread from hundreds to millions. The human to super-human ratio was as high as 1:20. For every one super, there were only twenty regular humans.
The supers' powers seem to be developed at random and although the chance of a super having a super child seems to be higher than for a regular human, there are a lot of regular children born to super parents. Even if both parents are supers, the child may be regular. The nature of their powers are random, as well. Two telepaths may have a pyrotechnic child and their second child may possess super strength.

The Crusaders
When the Technopath first arrived to the city, he brought with him and army of androids. Back then, they were not quite as advanced as they are now. These metal men come in varying kinds and sizes, depending on the purpose they were build for. They are all virtually indestructible, learn from their mistakes and have a hive mind as they are all connected to the Technopath himself.
Each of the androids have the ability to scan any living being to check their genetic code for the mutation that causes these super-human abilities to appear. If a mutation is found, the target is neutralized immediately, no matter the age or ability. A few, very rare cases of supers being taken rather than killed are rumored to have taken place, but each of these concern children that had yet to show any sign of their mutation. They might as well have been regular humans, for all the general public knows.

The Resistance
The remaining supers, who have not yet been killed or caught, fled underground, to abandoned buildings and where ever else they could hide from the prying cyber-eyes of the Crusaders. They live in constant fear of discovery and, for most, little hope of ever changing the way things are.
Then the Resistance rose. A group of super-human soldiers in all ages and kinds, ready to oppose the Technopath and regain the life they had once lived, despite the dangers it brought. The Resistance work in many different ways; partly finding new supers before the Crusaders do, partly keeping the undergrounds safe and clear of the Technopath's influence. They collect provisions for those not brave enough to venture to the surface and information on the state of the world. But their most important task and the one they have yet to succeed at, is finding and dethroning the Technopath and destroying his Crusaders.

The Technopath
Ten years ago, this man appeared on every television screen, computer monitor, tablet, smartphone and whatever other screen there was to be looked at. The sight of his smirking face was less than expected. His first words were to announce himself as simply “The Technopath”. He explained what this title entailed and that he, and he alone, would be in charge of any and all piece of machinery in the city. To prove his point, the power went out, leaving only the screens that showed his face to remain on. He then told of his Crusaders, which were already roaming the streets at this point. And then of their purpose. Many people were killed in an instant. A few moments later, the walls rose; big giant walls of iron rose as if from the ground itself and trapped the entire city and all of its inhabitants inside.
The screens went black and stayed that way.

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We, the players, will take the roles of members of the Resistance. I would prefer that each player stick to one character, but I will allow multiples if the characters are connected (siblings, cousins, childhood friends). I strongly encourage character interaction and relationships and romance is allowed as long as it is kept clean.
You are allowed to create and control as many NPCs as you want; just keep in mind that others can control them as well. If you wish to make characters that you will not directly play, but you do not want others to play just shoot me a PM.

Please post your character application in the OOC and wait for it to be accepted before posting it in the Character Tab.

I trust that you are able to make balanced characters and that I do not have to tell you not to make them over powered. I also trust that you know not to god-mod, metagame or whatever without me having to say so.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them; there are no stupid questions, only bad answers.
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quick question-how many powers are allowed? I'm assuming only one or two, yes?
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@ayzrules
It really depends on the powers, I'd say. As long as the character is well-balanced and not overpowered, the amount of powers really doesn't matter all that much. But as a general rule, I'd say one or two, yeah.
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@The Mad Hatter alright thank you!
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I asked an other little question on the int check, may I get an reply on it?
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I love roleplays like this!
It would be great to be a part of this and join you guys.
I do have a couple of questions Mad Hatter.
How do you feel about the more passive powers? Less combat orientated. This kind of setting usually requires powers which can be used offensively. In my opinion it depends on the powers of the character group, ideally they would cover each others weaknesses. For example a character with enchanced physical strength and endurance would look out for a support type character in a fight.
I usually play supportive type characters so I would like to know what you think.
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Hiiiii~~!!

K right. Just a question about doubling up charries @The Mad Hatter? sooo... like have this idea for a pair of supersoldiery-trained since childhood type of mutants? And so like they were part of a supergroup that gots all disbanded. Does that work?
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@Drake Baku
Yeah, that should be fine as long as it doesn't become your main focus.

@dreamingflowers
I've always thought that support type characters are undervalued. There will be mission/tasks/situations that will require other abilities than the combative kind.

@Bunnita
Well, depending on the details of that group, it might or might not work. I won't know till I see a more detailed description of their purpose, hiding place(s), memebers and so on.
I'd say you should just write a sheet and we'll adjust from there.
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Can I jump into this and submit a CS for approval? Is that a thing I could maybe do? 'Cause I think this is super rad and I want in.
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Of course. Go ahead.
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That's...A pretty overpowered sheet you got there.
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@Drake Baku Yeahh, you might want to reconsider a bit? Emotional distress and having to "keep a leash on yourself" (you kind of have to do that anyway) as a side-effect of, like, unimaginable power is a little unbalanced. You might need something seriously disabling if you want to compensate for Intensely Cool Fire Powers.

//Though in the end, it's Hatter's call of course
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@Drake Baku
I agree with DJAtomika and breathing_towers_to_hell, your character is way over powered. If a person like that was actually part of the Resistance, they would have won the "war" long ago.
However, that actually does not bother me quite as much (but it does bother me) as the fact that your sheet has so bad grammar and punctuation that I could barely make out what you were tryng to write. Also, capital letters.
Your sheet is actually just generally messy, too. And I'd like for you to slap it in a hider.
Clean it up, fix the grammar and punctuation and, for goodness sake, use some capital letters and I'll give it a real review.

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Oh, and eyes changing color depending on mood (or in general) is calle "chameleon eyes". I only know this because mine do it. It's hella annoying.

@ayzrules@dreamingflowers
Please slap your sheets into hiders adn let me know when they're done so I can review them.
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@Drake Baku
I agree with DJAtomika and breathing_towers_to_hell, your character is way over powered. If a person like that was actually part of the Resistance, they would have won the "war" long ago.
However, that actually does not bother me quite as much (but it does bother me) as the fact that your sheet has so bad grammar and punctuation that I could barely make out what you were tryng to write. Also, capital letters.
Your sheet is actually just generally messy, too. And I'd like for you to slap it in a hider.
Clean it up, fix the grammar and punctuation and, for goodness sake, use some capital letters and I'll give it a real review.

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Oh, and eyes changing color depending on mood (or in general) is calle "chameleon eyes". I only know this because mine do it. It's hella annoying.


I kinda expected that much, for the OP matter I just got too say
the fire powers are pretty basic, easy to avoid and all
the electric waves are pretty weak in its basic levels
the healing can as said be overloaded so...
based on those values I guess the main OP issues are either the fact of having multiple powers or the megamorph it self

well for the megamorph as I said, he never really uses it seeing he hates wounding others and he cant suppress its power plus its size is one huge ass problem on its own, so unless the fight breaks out in a huge ass open field and he is all alone, dont expect him to megamorph, beside the megamorph is the omega (lvl5) class, in his human shape he is pretty much a an simple alpha class mutant (lvl4)

dont know if those matters make stuff better
as for the resistance with him, I was planning that he would join IC and have lived alone somewhere for all this time, the qoutes should make appearent that he feels he should be alone XD

for the grammer matters, yeah its not my strong suite, but on the otherhand this is pretty much my first geneuin char and I have gotten better since so I should have realized that would be a issue as well, sorry for that much

currently not in a situation I can fix it but I will and then hear what you say about it

also for the eyes name, thanks for giving it a name, I have it as well (though I dont see it as annoying, feels that it makes me a little more special and seeing my past that little bit is kinda important to me)
glad to hear I am not alone, all other people I have talked about either dont believe me or think it cannot be mood related but is lighting related
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@DJAtomika
I like your guy. His power is nifty and certainly explains how he stayed alive for as long as he has and is very useful to the Resistance. Only complaint I have, which is more like a correction than a complaint, is that the Technopath uses only his Crusaders to "see". Their "eyes" are cameras.
You might want to give him some sort of skill to flee/defend himself, though, or team up with one of the other players (once there is other players to team up with) or he might get in some serious trouble later on.
He's accepted. Toss him in the Character Tab.

@Drake Baku
I don't think it's one specific thing that makes him OP, but rather all of it combined. It's like ... Chocolate cake, with chocolate chunks, chocolate mousse, chocolate frosting, chocolate sprinkles and chocolate shavings to top it off and with a chocolate milkshake with extra chocolate as a side; even though I like chocolate, there's just too much of it.

If you plan on him having lived alone for all of this time, you need to explain where he stayed, how he survived and how he got got food and so on. You also need to explain why he chooses to join the Resistance after ten years of being passive.

I am loking forward to seeing your "fixed" version of the sheet.

The chameleon eyes in themselves aren't annoying, per se. It's sort of cool and unique, even if it does make it hard in the cases where I have to check down my eye color. It's more people's reaction to it that's annoying, 'cause I've got a bunch of nosy-ass people in my life.
I can't go around just minding my own business when I'm angry at someone, 'cause; "I can tell you're angry with me, your eyes are gray!"
I can't be sad about something without someone going; "Your eyes are green... What's wrong?"
The most annoying one is when my eyes go blue, which I won't say what is, 'cause ... yeah.
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I'll be looking into making a character for this. It looks cool. Somewhat similar to another RP im in but that is more based on fantasy and mythology.
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