ClassicXMenIntro

The X-Men are a band of mutant terrorists who will not rest until the whole of humanity is under their heel... or so says the media. Some give a different take, however. Some think they are trying to do the best they can to protect a world that hates and fears them from mutants who would try and subjugate mankind. The X-Men themselves would say that the latter is the truth, but more than that they are a family. Banded together from all over the world at Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, nestled in Westchester County in upstate New York, the X-Men train every day to ensure that they have control over their powers so that not only are they not the danger to society that many think they are, but so they can effectively face the threats to themselves and to humanity that comes as part of being superheroes. This game will be freeform and will involve players having the opportunity to play either canon X-Men characters or original mutants who are either already X-Men or new students hoping to master their nascent mutant abilities. Feel free to come up with anything you'd like, but remember, too many powers and you might not get approved. That said, I'm not looking for characters who are barely superhuman. Y'all are superheroes, or at least superheroes in training. I want you to be super. Note, if the character in question is obviously more powerful than any of the canon X-Men, he or she probably won't be approved. Magneto and Juggernaut are very powerful, but they're also villains. Heroes have to band together to take out threats like them. Setting will be modern, though in terms of the team and canon events having taken place, we're using the X-Men from the mid 90s... Jim Lee/Chris Claremont era. If you've read the comics, think around the time of X-Men (as opposed to Uncanny X-Men)#1. The X-Men are all living fairly peacefully at the mansion under the watchful eye of Professor X and the two field leaders, Storm and Cyclops. This is most definitely a game based on the 616 (mainstream) comics, rather than the movies. A few notes... Wolverine still has the adamantium. Magneto never ripped it out of him. Angel is still Archangel. He still has his deadly metal wings, though his personality is very much a happier one rather than dark and brooding if you choose to RP that (to anyone who wishes to play him). Jean and Cyclops are engaged (if the players so wish) or not, depending on what those players desire. Heck, if they want, they could both be single. No Phoenix Force attached to Jean or Rachel. The Phoenix left Earth when it's clone body of Jean died on the moon. Rogue permanently has Ms Marvel's old powers. Professor X had his legs fixed by Lilandra's people a couple years back, but when he returned and had to face the Shadow King, his legs were once again crushed. Characters like Kitty Pryde and Jubilee are at least 16 years old, per site rules. Relationships in the comics are not set in stone. Just because Colossus and Kitty had a relationship in the comics doesn't mean they did in this game, for example. If you're going to play a canon character, please do some research if you don't know the character so you can play them (basically) true to form. No one is judging how you RP, but I would like to avoid things like Jubilee played as a hardened murderous veteran, for example. Just really off the wall way out there stuff. Make the character your own, but pay homage to the original. | Main Page |