X-Men: American Civil War [CLOSED]

[Totoro]

X-Men: American Civil War

Overview:

Now we're officially recruiting. I am GM-ing with Juggtacular working as Co-GM to help me to run the game. This thread will briefly outline the world with links to already approved PC's and the NPC's who will be involved in scenes. The game is set in an alternate timeline exclusively in the X-Men universe, not Marvel as a whole. Canon characters or OC's are both welcome as many canon characters have been reserved or taken and the ratio is very heavily in favour of canon. IC has not started yet and I am focusing on getting as many of the initially interested players character sheets approved so they can move to OOC threads and form connections. Please be aware this game is set in its own universe. There is no time travelling or dimension travelling. (Aside from Old Man Logan.) No character has ever interacted with any non-X men. Many Canon characters are PC's or NPC's that are changed in some way and you'll have to talk to these characters before involving them in the bio.

If you have any questions about the game please PM myself or Juggtacular. Thank you.

Plot Summary:

The world is filled with strife. Tension between mutants and humans has never been higher. America teeters on the brink of a new civil war with only a few brave individuals fighting to keep the peace. Charles Xavier's X-Mansion is somewhere between a school and a prison, the government allowing freedom to mutants so long as they remain on the grounds of the mansion itself. They are allowed to leave but only when supervised by teachers on organised trips. All mutants are forced to register themselves and their powers before being sent to the school to be trained to control themselves. Many of the teachers at the X-Mansion strongly dislike the way the world is operated now but have little choice other than complying for the sake of peace.

Charles Xavier himself is the mutants primary contact with the United States government. He tries his best to spread a message of peace and equality but is frequently upstaged in the eyes of the public and media by criminal and terrorist activities by other mutants. Magneto now leads the Brotherhood of Mutants as a borderline terrorist group, striking out at public areas in brutal displays of force. He believes that the segregation and hatred will never end and that humanity are an evolutionary dead end trying to pointlessly fight against an inevitable future. He believes he should lead the United States as the worlds first mutant-run country for the furthering of mutant and humanity moving forward.

The X men are sometimes called in when absolutely necessary to try to combat Magneto's dangerous strikes. These teams are typically exclusively teachers but in desperate times they make take a few students who they feel can comfortably handle themselves. Magneto will often attempt to recruit younger mutants but is not above killing them if necessary. Meanwhile Charles institutes an incredibly firm non lethal approach to all combat and expects all X-Men to avoid killing above all else.

The Rules:

-No godmoding: It is incredibly unsatisfying to have your characters actions/thoughts decided by someone else, as they may have your character behave in a way you wouldn't. So, please do not control any other players character. 

-No drama of any kind: If you have an issue with another player for any reason. (Attitude, their character, their IC posts) Then please PM me and explain the problem. I will try to resolve any issues as reasonably and fairly as possible.

Communication: Please communicate with fellow players, it is easy enough and absolutely necessary to get ideas for scenes or character relations.

English Standards: Players will be expected to have a reasonable standard of English and keep a reasonable posting rate. (This will vary on a scene/case by case basis.)

Writing Style: All in character posts will be in the third person past tense only. This is to keep consistency between posts to avoid a jarring transition.

Smut: Will of course be allowed, but is not at all the primary focus of the game. Scenes will likely be kept to a thread separate from the primary story ones.

Read: This rule is very important. Please read through the available background on the state of the world, and in particular read through the character sheet thoroughly and make sure you address the details fully when you apply. Thank you.

F.A.Q

Q. Aren't some of the students fairly old? Yes. I am not opposed to characters ages being altered as I want this to be your version of a character. But the school has no issue with adult students and takes on many mutants of any age to help them learn.

Q. What version of X character is this? In short, your own. While I don't want anyone to make Wolverine a Buddhist pacifist as it's too out of line with your character their age, past experiences and thoughts on the current situation are up to you so long as they at least mostly fit their canon nature.

Q. Is this the marvel universe? This is an alternate time line in the X-Men universe, not the marvel universe as a whole. Characters who are only involved with the X-Men via crossovers don't exist. So this means Avengers/Metahumans/Fantastic Four/Guardians, and their corresponding villains, aren't available to play and shouldn't be mentioned in backstories.

OOC Thread Links:

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Recruitment Thread

OOC Chat

Wanted Adds

X-Men Character Sheets (PC's)

Brotherhood of Mutants Character sheets (NPC's)

Worldbuilding Thread

IC Thread Links:

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Hub Thread

The X-Mansion

The Student Dormitories and Teacher's Rooms

The X-Mansion Grounds

Academic Classrooms

Mutant Studies Classes

X-Mansion Sub Basement

Smut Thread

[Totoro]

America on the brink of war

Important Factions:

The X-Men

A group of pacifist mutants the X-Men are led by Charles Xavier. They formerly existed as a group joined with the Brotherhood who had no name, and simply spent their time gathering vulnerable mutants to help them across the world, but they didn't use X-Mansion until 2011, after Magneto's betrayal and departure. They reside at X-Mansion in Westchester County, New York. The group aims to aid the learning and development of young or inexperienced mutants to help them adjust to and accept their powers. They encourage people to embrace who they are and maintain a positive outlook on life. Against Charles's will the group reluctantly accepts custody of mutants rounded up by the government. Charles believes all should be willing guests and not bordering on prisoners. But he chose this as the lesser of two evils to try to help mentor and aid these students.

The group is organised by Charles and his teachers, who each have a few specialties they try to organise both teaching and on a larger diplomatic field. They function both as a welcoming home for mutants and a political standpoint against the rampant anti-mutant discrimination. They will also work with the U.S government in an attempt to combat the Brotherhood of Mutants violence in a non lethal and careful manner, avoiding potential harm to non-mutant civilians. Successful operations greatly raise the respect held by the U.S government for both Charles and the X-men as a whole.

The Brotherhood of Mutants

Run by Magneto the Brotherhood of Mutants has devolved into little better than a terrorist organisation. Formed in 2010 after Magneto violently betrayed Charles when he came to the realisation his old friend was never going to allow him to pursue his vision of the future the way he knew he had to. Staunchly supporting a mutants first ideology and fighting back brutally into the U.S Government's blatant segregation and assault on mutants. Magneto holds rallies across the nation bringing together riots and organised attacks against civilian or valuable targets. He refuses to negotiate with humans, and will only rarely agree to speak with Charles. He tries his best to avoid harming the X-Men or other mutants but will not stand aside or stop for them if they arrive.

He believes he is owed Presidency of the united states, or at least a leadership position in an entirely reformed government led primarily by mutants. He will stop at nothing to see this necessary future and with each passing day his cause gathers more and more downtrodden and vengeful mutants. The U.S government firmly believes an all out war is approaching, and fears for the possibility of their success.

The U.S Government

The U.S government has finally passed legislation designed to control mutants in an effort to protect the public. The goal is not segregation but the safety of the masses. Mutants are registered and given an opportunity to turn to the X-Mansion and be among those who will accept and help them. Otherwise they are forced to be placed on a watch list and attend weekly check ins to make sure they are not using their powers for any reason. The larger the power the more frequently they are checked on. The government regularly meets with Charles Xavier to breach peace and focus on bringing a positive resolution to these dark days, but they become increasingly aggravated with Charles's point blank refusal of committing to using deadly force against Magneto should it be necessary.

Meanwhile their attempts to negotiate with Magneto have ended in nothing but failure. He has publicly executed a number of particularly outspoken anti-mutant politicians and almost always refuses point blank to listen to any attempted peace talks. The only terms he will accept are the release of mutants from captivity, and he will frequently free kidnapping victims in order to gain the release of mutants from prisons. The Brotherhood itself grows with each passing day, from the true organised movement to violent riots and rallies in support of Magneto's powerful message.

The Friends of Humanity

The Friends of Humanity are an activist group started by Graydon Creed in order to maintain the importance of humanity to earth and stand against mutant rights. They firmly believe mutants are less than people and fully belong tagged, imprisoned or  executed. They frequently stage violent riots and protests and have been know to attack mutants unprovoked. Their demands often include decreasing mutant rights and keeping the mutant registration laws as strict as possible. They have been know to attempt to riot on the borders of X-Mansion and protest the governments allowance of the X-Men.

The Weapon-X Program

The Weapon-X Program is responsible for the creation and alterations of several mutants over a long period of time. They gave the now deceased original Wolverine his adamantium, and did the same to X-23. More recently they have given up on attempting to improve and control mutants and instead worked on cutting edge military technology in order to create a way to turn a normal soldier into someone on par or stronger than mutants.

[Totoro]

Here to save the world

Characters available. Plenty of unmentioned canon X-Men characters are available, I just listed some of the more well known/obvious ones for ideas. If you have a question about a canon character PM me, don't just write up a CS if you think I may have an issue with the character. Characters names on the available lists will be set to reserved once you voice your interest, and then taken once the character sheet is approved and posted. The Avengers, Fantastic Four, Guardians and Meta humans etc. are not off the list because they're unavailable, dead or busy. They do not and have never existed in this universe.

Student Ideas List:

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Pixie - Hallucenogenic "Pixie Dust", Flight via pixie wings, potential for magic
Match - Pyrokinesis, constantly on fire with a flaming skull(hence the name)
Wolf Cub - He is essentially permanently in a lycanthropic form.
Loa - She can "swim" through matter, causing it to crumble and disintegrate.
Bling! - She's made of diamonds and can shoot them from her body
Jubilee - Logan's sidekick(it's a power I think), Energy plasmid manipulation/projection
Cypher - Omnilinguistic on a massive scale(he can not only understand, read, speak, or write any language. He can interpret things like body language as well to predict movements)
Wind Dancer - Wind Manipulation and Flight
Wallflower - Pheromone manipulation
Elixer - Powerful healing capabilities
Quentin Quite - Telepathic/Telekinetic
Cannonball - Explosive flight
Triage - Healer
Benjamin Deeds (no known nickname) - Empathic shapeshifter, primarily good at earning trust through his abilities
Goldballs - Shoots gold balls out of his chest. Literally.
Hijack - Technopath
Empath - Emotional manipulation

'off limits' list:

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Any Avenger
Any Fantastic Four member
Any Meta human
Any Guardian of the Galaxy
Anyone listed as a Brotherhood of Mutants member
Deadpool
Stryfe, Apocalypse, Cable, Holocaust
Proteus, Shadow King, Legion, Onslaught
Sebastian Shaw, Mister X, Wither, Azazel, Selene, Viper
Mr. Sinister

And the Brotherhood Members list:

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Magneto
Toad
Blob
Scarlet Witch
Quicksilver
Mastermind
Destiny
Vanisher
Mellencamp
Lorelei
Unus
Pyro
Multiple Man
Mystique
Lady Deathstrike
The Juggernaut
Havok

Teacher:

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Beast
Old Man Logan (Taken)
Colossus (Taken)
Gambit (Taken)
Bishop (Taken)
Jean Grey (Taken)
Storm  (Taken)
Dr. Nemesis (Taken)
Open to OC's

Student:

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Iceman
Angel
Nightcrawler
Hourglass (Taken)
Cyclops (Taken)
Hellcat (Taken)
Blackout (Taken)
Shadowcat (Taken)
Rogue (Taken)
Wolfsbane (Taken)
Psylocke (Taken)
Jubilee
X-23 (Taken)
Magma
Vulcan (Taken)
Darwin (Taken)
Dazzler (Taken)
Open to OC's

Faceclaims Taken:

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Patrick Stewart
Ian Mckellen
Olivia Munn
Charli XCX
Hugh Jackman
Emma Watson
Taron Egberton
Tom Hardy
Ferron Calderon
Emma Stone
John Boyega
Luke Goss
Nathan Jones
Samuel L. Jackson
John David Washington
Ellen Page
Famke Janssen
Briana Cuoco
Donnie King
Ashley Benson
Orlando Bloom
Scarlett Leithold
D.J. Cotrona
Alexandra Daddario
Ksenia Solo
Shibata Aya
Montana Cox
Gaspard Uliel
Michael Fassbender
Idris Elba
Monica Belluci
Mary-Louise Parker
Kevin Spacey
Dayana Crunk
Nolan Ross
Chloe Norgaard
Eliza Dushku
Rooney Mara
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Liev Schreiber
Lena Headey
David Bautista
Jason Momoa
Joe Manganiello
Ryan Reynolds

Character Sheet: Please take the time to read through the text next to each field as it is very important and will hinder your approval.

Superhero Name

The Basics
Full Name: Full 'normal' name
Age: 18+, please
Gender: Anything goes here
Nationality: Anything goes again as long as there's a reason they're at the school
Occupation: This will mostly just be Teacher or Student. Feel free to add what they teach, or learn. Players must have one student or ally for each teacher to keep a balanced roster.

Physical Description
Hair Colour:
Eye Colour:
Height: Whatever system you like
Weight: Again, whatever system you like
Face Claim: A real person is preferred but optional. Artwork faceclaims will need a good visual description and art of a reasonable quality.
Physical Features: Anything that makes them unique or different to the faceclaim? Scars, tattoos, piercings or birthmarks are examples of these.

General Appearance: How do they dress normally? Do they have a costume they wear to use their powers when training, or that they'll use to fight?

Who they are

Personality: At least a paragraph describing what they are like as a person. Things like hates, fears, loves just a general idea of them as a person. Feel free to go as in depth as you like. Important factors are their opinions and ideas around these points. These three things listed below must be covered in some fashion.

-Charles's pacifist and gentle approach to the Brotherhoods rampant violence. (Maybe think he's being wise and sensible, or weak/ineffectual)
-The U.S government rounding up and tagging or imprisoning mutants. (Perhaps they understand that's it out fear and protection for vulnerable civilians. Perhaps they have friends or family imprisoned by these laws)
-The Brotherhoods 'mutants first' ideology and terrorism.  (They could sympathise with and understand his aggression or frustration. Or alternatively despise him and consider him a violent maniac who needs to be stopped)

Biography: While I don't expect a book I'd like 2-3 paragraphs on who they are. What kind of life have they led up to joining the school. What has happened to them in the last few years since tensions have rose including heavy conflict between the U.S government and the Brotherhood of Mutants. While personality can explain how they feel about the groups here you can detail what happened to them to give them those opinions. Note this is an X-Men universe not the marvel one. There are no Avengers, Fantastic four members or anyone else, anywhere. In 2010 Magneto committed a violent betrayal of the initial X-Men team, anyone who would have been a member at that point would have seen him break Charles's legs and been thrown aside attempting to stop him before Magneto left with his new 'Brotherhood'.

Superpowers & Equipment

Class: (No PC may be Omega level for any reason. Alpha's are acceptable as long as they are played responsibly. I will work out a clearer scale but for now Alpha > Beta > Gamma > Delta > Epsilon. If you are uncertain about class just leave this blank and ask me.)

Omega: No PC may reach this tier. Any Omega tier mutant is considered a threat on an international or even planetary level. They are capable of defeating armies single handed, with relative ease. The most advanced of military weaponry is little to nothing relative to their power. They can level cities and it would take dozens of even Alpha class mutants to try to combat them.

Alpha: These characters could kill hundreds, or possibly thousands, if they went on a rampage. Ordinary police or swat teams would struggle a great deal to put them down, although it may be possible with fortunate circumstances. They could oppose real military forces for at least some time and hold their own. The most powerful Alphas (Charles, Magneto, Juggernaut) are capable of causing destruction on a city wide scale, but most are not.

Beta: These characters pose a threat beyond that of any regular human. They could likely kill several hundred people if they went on a thought out rampage. But they are at least somewhat vulnerable to ordinary police forces or at most a SWAT team. They would struggle to hold up to a military presence, and could not cause wide scale destruction on the scale of a city. The strongest Betas may be able to destroy a medium sized town, provided they were not answered efficiently.

Gamma: These mutants are beyond humans but are not often a true 'military' tier threat. They would struggle in a combat situation if approached by a SWAT team or higher, although they may be able to handle minor police forces.

Delta: These mutants only just stretch beyond the realm of human capability. At this tier they would be able to be taken down by a few people, or perhaps one trained combatant, with relative ease. They are not regarded as a serious threat at all.

Epsilon: These mutants, while often impossible, are generally only mutants in appearance as opposed to 'power'. Things such as blue skin, bright golden eyes, or other similar mutations. They are no more of a threat to humanity than any other person is.

Power Name: Description of what it does, limitations and how they use it. Also include an idea of how experienced with it they are. Add as many as are necessary to explain the characters abilities. An ability should require at least a paragraph to describe accurately.

Equipment Name: An equivalent of the Lasso of Truth. Anything that they would employ on a mission or while training with their powers that is not naturally a part of their mutation. A suit of armour, favoured weapon or anything similar. (Note Charles is not a very big fan of firearms or other lethal weapons, most missions will involve non-lethal weaponry.)

Flaws or Weaknesses

Weakness Name: Replace the bolded 'weakness name' text with a weakness. This will be a superhuman weakness. What deactivates their powers? Do they suffer any drawbacks when using or not using their powers because of their mutation? Most characters will likely have at least two downsides to their mutation unless it's very minor. Minor ones would be a limit on how long they can use it or requiring a lot of food/energy.

Flaw Name: Replace the bolded 'flaw name' text with a flaw. This is a human character flaw. Something like arrogance, over confidence or a vengeful streak. Anything that's generally considered a downside. Should have at least one, can have as many as are fitting.

Other

This is room for any details you want to add to your character sheet. Character relations can be placed here, or simply anything that didn't fit anywhere else.

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[size=14pt][u][b]The Basics[/b][/u][/size]
[b]Full Name:[/b] Full 'normal' name
[b]Age:[/b] 18+, please
[b]Gender:[/b] Anything goes here
[b]Nationality: [/b] Anything goes again as long as there's a reason they're at the school
[b]Occupation:[/b] This will mostly just be Teacher or Student. Feel free to add what they teach, or learn.

[size=14pt][u][b]Physical Description[/b][/u][/size]
[b]Hair Colour:[/b]
[b]Eye Colour:[/b]
[b]Height:[/b] Whatever system you like
[b]Weight:[/b] Again, whatever system you like
[b]Face Claim:[/b] A real person is preferred but optional. Artwork faceclaims will need a good visual description and art of a reasonable quality.
[b]Physical Features:[/b] Anything that makes them unique or different to the faceclaim? Scars, tattoos, piercings or birthmarks are examples of these.

[b]General Appearance:[/b] How do they dress normally? Do they have a costume they wear to use their powers when training, or that they'll use to fight?

[size=14pt][b][u]Who they are[/u][/b][/size]

[b]Personality:[/b] At least a paragraph describing what they are like as a person. Things like hates, fears, loves just a general idea of them as a person. Feel free to go as in depth as you like. Important factors are their opinions and ideas around these points.

-Charles's pacifist and gentle approach to the Brotherhoods rampant violence. (Maybe think he's being wise and sensible, or weak/ineffectual)
-The U.S government rounding up and tagging or imprisoning mutants. (Perhaps they understand that's it out fear and protection for vulnerable civilians. Perhaps they have friends or family imprisoned by these laws)
-The Brotherhoods 'mutants first' ideology and terrorism.  (They could sympathise with and understand his aggression or frustration. Or alternatively despise him and consider him a violent maniac who needs to be stopped)

[b]Biography:[/b] While I don't expect a book I'd like 2-3 paragraphs on who they are. What kind of life have they led up to joining the school. What has happened to them in the last few years since tensions have rose including heavy conflict between the U.S government and the Brotherhood of Mutants. While personality can explain how they feel about the groups here you can detail what happened to them to give them those opinions. In 2010 Magneto committed a violent betrayal of the initial X-Men team, anyone who would have been a member at that point would have seen him break Charles's legs and been thrown aside attempting to stop him before Magneto left with his new 'Brotherhood'.


[size=14pt][b][u]Superpowers & Equipment[/u][/b][/size]

[b]Class:[/b] (No PC may be Omega level for any reason. Alpha's are acceptable as long as they are played responsibly. I will work out a clearer scale but for now Alpha > Beta > Gamma > Delta > Epsilon. If you are uncertain about class just leave this blank and ask me.)

[b]Power Name:[/b] Description of what it does, limitations and how they use it. Also include an idea of how experienced with it they are. Add as many as are necessary to explain the characters abilities.

[b]Equipment Name:[/b] An equivalent of the Lasso of Truth. Anything that they would employ on a mission or while training with their powers that is not naturally a part of their mutation. A suit of armour, favoured weapon or anything similar. (Note Charles is not a very big fan of firearms or other lethal weapons, most missions will involve non-lethal weaponry.)

[size=14pt][u][b][b]Flaws or Weaknesses[/b][/b][/u][/size]

[b]Weakness Name:[/b] This will be a superhuman weakness. What deactivates their powers? Do they suffer any drawbacks when using or not using their powers because of their mutation? Most characters will likely have at least two downsides to their mutation unless it's very minor. Minor ones would be a limit on how long they can use it or requiring a lot of food/energy.


[b]Flaw Name:[/b] This is a human character flaw. Something like arrogance, over confidence or a vengeful streak. Anything that's generally considered a downside. Should have at least one, can have as many as are fitting.

[u][b]Other[/b][/u]

This is room for any details you want to add to your character sheet. Character relations can be placed here, or simply anything that didn't fit anywhere else.

[Totoro]

[Reserved]

[la dame en noir]

Storm

and an OC

yes, yes thats what I want.

[Totoro]

Storm

and an OC

yes, yes thats what I want.

Awesome. I'll throw Storm on reserved and feel free to PM me if you've got any questions on the OC.

[VonDoom]

Hmmm. Are all the students intended to be younger, less experienced versions of the characters akin to the Evolution cartoon? Or in some cases (say, Banshee, who I think was somewhere between forty and fifty in his introduction) just in a period of acclimating to the team and methods?

[Totoro]

Hmmm. Are all the students intended to be younger, less experienced versions of the characters akin to the Evolution cartoon? Or in some cases (say, Banshee, who I think was somewhere between forty and fifty in his introduction) just in a period of acclimating to the team and methods?

I'm trying to let most people sort out their own versions of characters but the idea is a mixture of young characters, or people who may be older but don't know how to use their powers well or are inexperienced in a team environment like you say. Banshee/Warpath/Darwin are probably the oldest potential students. But the main idea is letting people, to a reasonable degree, play their own version of a character. So if you wanted a younger/older Banshee for example either way is fine as long as there's a reason for him being a student. And I didn't want the ratio of examples to be too teacher heavy as like a real school ideally it'll be student heavy.

Hope that makes sense.

[Totoro]

Character sheet is up now since interest seems pretty reasonable so far. Just PM me if you have any kind of questions about it in general.

Thanks for the interest so far.

[VonDoom]

... sadly, the faceclaim for comic based games is a huge pet peeve of mine. If it's mandatory, I'll wish you good luck and success, but I'll sit it out.

[Totoro]

Hrm. I actually just put that without thinking too much. As it's a comic centered game I'll put it as faceclaim preferred but optional.

As long as you're comfortable giving a pretty reasonable visual description and some decent quality art for their appearance?

[Totoro]

Welcome to the game.

Consider him accepted, bio is good enough as it has all the information that matters.

[Juggtacular]

Calling dibsies on Colossus and Vulcan(Alex Summers)

[Totoro]

Vulcan is way, way over the powerlevel of this game. And any amount of nerfing to make him suitable would probably make more sense to do Havok or Cyclops.

Unless you really like his personality/background and would be okay with him being like... 1/50th of what he is in the comics.

Colossus is all good though. (But just so you know Cytorrak is nowhere near him in this universe)

[Juggtacular]

Vulcan is way, way over the powerlevel of this game. And any amount of nerfing to make him suitable would probably make more sense to do Havok or Cyclops.

Unless you really like his personality/background and would be okay with him being like... 1/50th of what he is in the comics.

Colossus is all good though. (But just so you know Cytorrak is nowhere near him in this universe)

I actually planned on using the original Vulcan. Before all the space cheese. They had a decent enough portrayal of him before Krakoa and all that so that's basically where he'll be.

And yeah, no Cytorrak is fine.

[Totoro]

I actually planned on using the original Vulcan. Before all the space cheese. They had a decent enough portrayal of him before Krakoa and all that so that's basically where he'll be.

And yeah, no Cytorrak is fine.

Yeah, I just looked into it a bit further. I didn't remember he was once in a sensible state. I forgot the ridiculous X-Men 'powercreep'. I swear at some point every single person has been Omega. I guess I understand it with all the AU's but it's a problem for group games when you google Vulcan for his powers and he's basically a God.

The general power level is that Magneto and Professor X are the two strongest known mutants alive and they're at the high-ish end of Alpha, everyone else is somewhere below that.

[Juggtacular]

Yeah, I just looked into it a bit further. I didn't remember he was once in a sensible state. I forgot the ridiculous X-Men 'powercreep'. I swear at some point every single person has been Omega. I guess I understand it with all the AU's but it's a problem for group games when you google Vulcan for his powers and he's basically a God.

The general power level is that Magneto and Professor X are the two strongest known mutants alive and they're at the high-ish end of Alpha, everyone else is somewhere below that.

Mmmhm. Originally he was cool. Then Krakoa happened and Darwin sacrificed himself to give him the abilities of Petra and Sway as well as a portion of Darwin's so Vulcan could survive. And that just gave him a stupidly powerful boost.

[Totoro]

Mmmhm. Originally he was cool. Then Krakoa happened and Darwin sacrificed himself to give him the abilities of Petra and Sway as well as a portion of Darwin's so Vulcan could survive. And that just gave him a stupidly powerful boost.

I miss a lot of the heroes when they just had their own thing. Hence using Magneto as a villain, keeping Charles around and trying to have most of the characters at a sort of low/old school ish power level. Not that I'm a huge old school comic reader to be honest. I'm trying to do the whole Brotherhood Vs. X-Men Vs. Humanity story line in a semi-reasonable fashion and avoid having anyone who can just blow up the world. The movies gave me a passionate hatred for Jean Grey.

Glad you're happy with OG Vulcan either way.

[VonDoom]

Mulling over some ideas, not really happy with anything yet. A stray thought ... would you be willing to let Angel retain his classic origins as an original member, but have become Archangel since then and count as an Ally instead?

Also, you mentioned that it's loosely based on Age of Apocalypse -- any chance for some details on that? Is that intended for down the line?

[Totoro]

Mulling over some ideas, not really happy with anything yet. A stray thought ... would you be willing to let Angel retain his classic origins as an original member, but have become Archangel since then and count as an Ally instead?

Also, you mentioned that it's loosely based on Age of Apocalypse -- any chance for some details on that? Is that intended for down the line?

It was originally way more Age of Apocalypse focused and then I changed it a little and completely blanked on that line. My bad. It's a potential storyline if this goes on longer but right now it's a lot more focused on the Brotherhood/X-Men/Humanity conflict.

And yeah, I don't see why not on the Archangel thing. The allies section is just for people who stay/live at the school and help out/care about the X-Men and follow the rules, but don't want to be a teacher or a student.

[Juggtacular]

I miss a lot of the heroes when they just had their own thing. Hence using Magneto as a villain, keeping Charles around and trying to have most of the characters at a sort of low/old school ish power level. Not that I'm a huge old school comic reader to be honest. I'm trying to do the whole Brotherhood Vs. X-Men Vs. Humanity story line in a semi-reasonable fashion and avoid having anyone who can just blow up the world. The movies gave me a passionate hatred for Jean Grey.

Glad you're happy with OG Vulcan either way.

Some part of the classics is just easier, hard to explain but I know what you mean. The movies ruined a lot of X-Men for me in general, because FOX was not the company for it. If Disney/Marvel got their hands on it, they would rival the Avengers/Guardians type of movies.

And I honestly would've enjoyed Vulcan at his original levels/sanity. It would've been nice to explore the Summers' siblings with a bit of cheer in there since Vulcan was a lot younger and not jaded by the world like Alex and Scott.

[Totoro]

Some part of the classics is just easier, hard to explain but I know what you mean. The movies ruined a lot of X-Men for me in general, because FOX was not the company for it. If Disney/Marvel got their hands on it, they would rival the Avengers/Guardians type of movies.

And I honestly would've enjoyed Vulcan at his original levels/sanity. It would've been nice to explore the Summers' siblings with a bit of cheer in there since Vulcan was a lot younger and not jaded by the world like Alex and Scott.

And yeah I did a slightly ropy job of explaining my point but at least it got across one way or another. I find the fact Jean Grey has been a 'We win' button twice flat out ridiculous. Everyone I know hated it the first time around. And it wasn't really a lot better second try. I hate the fact Apocalypse for all his buildup basically just got wrecked by an inexperienced teenager. And I didn't really like the whole way they handled the human/mutant conflict. Hopefully I'll manage better but we'll see. It's easy to criticize but harder to outdo.

I added Vulcan to reserved as student/teacher. I suppose he'd have to be young enough to be a student though. To be honest even if his potential is higher than Cyclops/Havok then his inexperience/youth can act as a balancing factor.

[Juggtacular]

I could go on for days about this stuff. It's easier to just say I agree otherwise I'll end up ripping into a company I love for all the dumb stuff they've done lol.

Yeah he was born years after Cyclops and Havok, but was aged to basically 18 to be a good slave. So he's as young as possible. And that's also basically what I planned. He's basically fresh to the Mansion. Powerful/Skilled enough to be very useful on missions. But still has a whole lot to learn and needs other people to pick up the slack when he slips.

[Totoro]

I could go on for days about this stuff. It's easier to just say I agree otherwise I'll end up ripping into a company I love for all the dumb stuff they've done lol.

Yeah he was born years after Cyclops and Havok, but was aged to basically 18 to be a good slave. So he's as young as possible. And that's also basically what I planned. He's basically fresh to the Mansion. Powerful/Skilled enough to be very useful on missions. But still has a whole lot to learn and needs other people to pick up the slack when he slips.

Yeah, same. On the whole I love Marvel and I don't like to beat them up too much over the little bits.

Prepare for Charles to not be happy about bringing him. He's not a fan of bringing younger/inexperienced students on missions. Of course he will with other teachers persuasion, or when really necessary. But he'll get his fair share of outings. Hopefully we'll get some of his older siblings and see what their opinions are. A big part of the game will be how the team manages to put aside differences/work together, and things could go pretty poorly if there's a lot of IC conflict.

[ShadowFox89]

 Really interested in this... Have a concept for another game that I never got to use (slots got full before the concept was finished). Idea was the daughter of Colossus and Shadowcat who had a medium between her parent's powers; being able to alter her molecular density.