Superhero 102 (Rules, OOC, Things to know!)

Superhero 102 is an open RP where the purpose to chronicle the daily lives of the students who go to a school known as Golden Eagle High. It is a sequel of sorts to my old RP, Superhero 101.

This thread will be all OOC. This is a place for links, information, chatter about the RP, and going over future storylines we may want to do. This will also be the place to go for the rules, and a general explanation about where this RP takes place, and some of the people in the RP. Enjoy!

THE PLACE

This RP takes place in a made-up zone of Paragon City called Lakeview. Lakeview is placed on an island off the coast of Paragon, with a bridge going to the Mainland. Why is called Lakeview, if it is in the ocean, and not a lake? Because I say so!

The most common gangs seen in Lakeview are as follows (in order of how often they are seen).
-Skulls
-Hellions
-Trolls
-Circle of Thorns
-Clockwork
-Freakshow
-Infected


Golden Eagle High is near the middle of the island. It is above-average in size, as far as high schools go. Take that as you will.
Being a high school, it has all the typical classes associated with school. Math, history, science, etc. But being an exclusively super-powered school, it also has the most intense gym class of all time, and many of the classes are very specific about what they teach. For instance, in science class, you may be given a test to see how much you know about the Genetic Mutation theory that explains how a simple change-up of a few genes can cause someone to be able to nullify gravity and shoot flames from their toes.
The school is designed to be lived in at all times, and is built rather… sturdily, to say the least. It is built like a fortress, not to keep students in, but to keep all of the many, many threats in Paragon City out.
Golden Eagle High has many, many defense systems set up inside and outside the school. It is equipped with automatic turrets, shock-fences, stun guns, security cameras, hexes put in place by magic users, among other things.

The school is built primarily in four large “towers,” with long hallways connecting each tower. The center of the school is open-air, and has a very pretty little park throughout it, with swings, a slide, and walkways through the gardens and flowers.

In the center of the gardens in a large, circular indent in the ground that looks like it is made of some sort of glass. A large, barred fence has been place around it, and a plaque shows that it was left intact to remind everyone of the terrible tragedy that had taken place the year before, where several students and civilians, powered and non-powered were slaughtered by a creature that had somehow gotten through security. Although this has happened rather recently, and security has been upped dramatically (especially those magical in nature), things have more or less died down.

To the north of the gardens in the enormous cafeteria building. This cafeteria serves food from all cultures on Earth, and even a few from other planets for the extraterrestrial student or teacher. Although it has never been officially proven, the huge size of the building lead some to believe that the building serves as a secret superhero training base, or a government weapons manufacturing plant (some jokingly imply that the food is being used for the weapons).

To the west, east, and south are the dormitories. Each dorm room is designed for comfort and utility. Every student has a room mate, and the rooms are designed as such, with two beds. There is a TV, a small fridge and a bathroom that includes a shower. There is also a trunk at the foot of each bed, and a personal little cabinet and chest of drawers for each student to the side of their beds. Although they did try co-ed dorm room experiment at one point, this has been abolished for quite awhile, to some of the student’s dismay. Under no circumstances is the room-mate to any student a student of the opposite gender.

To the south is also the gates of the school, which can be opened or closed only by those with a special card that all the guards and teachers have. This gate used to be operated by a kindly old lady that was loved dearly by the students, but she has, unfortunately passed away. Her replacement is a crotchety old man who is thoroughly despised by students and teachers alike, named Theodore Thurmburger. He is rumored to be a retired super villain who once fought Statesman, but this rumor has never been shown to be true. On the other hand, it’s never been denied, either.

The students cannot bring weaponry into the school, unless it is what drives or controls their powers. During class, you must wear the school uniform. (unless you can't Ex: you are a robot/cyborg, your power comes from whatever you typically wear, or taking off your armor/whatever can make you leak radiation, become very weak, transform into a horrible creature, die, etc.) The uniform is a blue or black dress shirt and khaki pants for guys, and a blue or black dress shirt for girls with a uniform skirt. Hats, berets, necklaces, and jewelry are all allowed, along with any accessory needed to channel a student’s powers. No sun glasses unless you need them (as in, you will be shooting fire balls out of your cornea if you do not have them on), and all complaints about the outfit will be promptly ignored.


Outside the school are many restaurants, with the faux-latin fast-food “restaurant,” El Super Mexicano, dominating. There is also a popular little burger joint about a mile away.


THE TEACHERS

Principal Williams-
This man is tall, very muscle-bound, and very old. Most of the teachers will call him 'sir' or those more chummy with him, “Eagle;“ Short for Golden Eagle, his hero name from the days of yester year. Due to living in England for a number of years, he carries a slight British accent. He typically wears a tan suit and tie. with a gold button that is shaped like an eagle on his chest. What little hair he has is a whitish grey, and he sports a large mustache. His eyes are a strange gold color. He is very strict, but will go easy if he knows exactly why the student got into trouble, and he knows the student could not help but do it. For instance, radiation leaks, accidental use of powers, transformation into a hideous beast, etc. This is a school for the super powered after all. As far as powers go, you might call him the love child of an Energy/Energy Blaster and a Martial Arts/Invulnerability Scrapper, with Flight as his power set.

Ms. Maurice-
Ms. Maurice is a librarian. Her powers are super speed. (And according to the students, eyes on the back of her head.) She can spot a trouble maker from a mile away, whether a mugger, an evil mage, or simply a mischievous student.

Mr. Wolfe-
Mr. Wolfe is the PE teacher. He's tough, he's mean, he enjoys yelling. He was a super powered criminal (a Super Strength/Willpower Brute, to be exact) for many years, until he was finally caught. After 18 years of jail time, he was ready to play it straight. He became a hero. That was 20 years ago, and after several lucky encounters with Principal Williams, he was called in to work as the physical education teacher. He wears his costume pretty much all the time. Skintight armor that is attached to his skin all over his body, cargo pants, combat boots, tied sweatband, and a thin strip of a mask. His permanent armor is grey, his cargo pants are black, he has a brown leather belt with equipment, and his mask is black as well. Contrasting with this drab outfit is a shining golden button, identical to the principal‘s. He wears this as a badge of honor. Some say it is because he is grateful for the principal for hiring him, and others think that it is simply because he thinks it looks good. The truth may never come out. Although not hated by the students who work with him, he is universally feared because of his loud, brash manners.

Mrs. Wolfe-
This is the loving wife of Mr. Wolfe. She teaches history, super history and non. Most of the students love her, for she is kind and helpful. Most of her classes focus on super-powered history. Ex: the mages of ancient times, the people who called themselves 'gods,' The Rikti War, Brass Monday, etc. She has the power to alter light, creating complex and believable illusions, bright, blinding flashes of light, or even blast of ambient energy that is powerful enough to cause painful burns.

Nurse Bastian-
An enigma for many of the students. She has been described as both loving an hateful, gentle and mean, cool-headed and easily angered. But the word that probably best describes this woman is “intense.” Despite what some think, she really does love her students and the school in general, and her quickly-sparked anger on injured students simply stems from concern for them. Typical of the world’s super-powered nurses, she has the power to heal wounds. She is also an “empath,” a person who is not able to read the minds of those around her, but she is able to feel their emotions. Because of this, she is a very good judge of character. It is whispered around the school that she is a government agent, but like most of the school rumors, this has never been proven.

The other teachers aren’t especially important to the story, and if you want to make a teacher for any particular reason, just ask me first, please. When and if new teachers are created, I will edit this post to include them, plus a short description, in this area of the thread.


THE RULES

1. This is a high school. The students should act like teens, not adults, unless that is approved by me. If you want to make it so, PM me or just ask here.

2. This is an RP for students. You may make a teacher if you like, but, as in the last thread, all teachers can be controlled by anyone who needs them for anything at that moment. They are really more of “background” than characters that have in-depth back stories.

3. The last thread roleplayed all aspects of a students day, including the classes. Although this was alright for awhile, it quickly began to get boring. For this thread, we will only be RPing the time after school ends for the day, the weekends, the holidays, etc. We may or may not have special in-class roleplaying sessions later, if it is needed.

4. The thread has no definite story. We will just be winging it at first, and story suggestions or ideas can come here, in this thread to be discussed. If the general consensus is that we should do it, then it shall be done! J

5. When making your students, note that just about anything is allowed! As far as creativity goes, you’re not going to get stifled. Want a large bird head? Do you have a reason for it? Then sure! Want your lower half to be a snake’s body, because of a horrible mutation or terrible family curse? Go for it! You can make it any archetype/powerset combination you want. You can even make your character a boastful, dangerous, horrible, unlikable little jerk that everyone wants to kill. You can make them graffiti artists, arsonists, or possibly suicidal. But, above all…

6. NO GOD MODE! For heaven’s sake, don’t do it. You can be powerful, you can even have moments where you are temporarily “powered up” so you can do something a little epic, but under no circumstances are you going to be a Nuclear Bomb/Invulnerability Blaster, or a Superawesomepowerfuldeath Sword/Fire Blast Stalker. You can be a little different, you can even use powerset combinations that are technically not allowed in the game. But if you decide to become God, know that you will be utterly reviled by all, and possibly ignored.

7. Use good typing! Try to use proper punctuation and grammar. This is a story, after all. It’s just written by many different people. Keep unpunctuated words, random smilies, and OOC silliness to this thread, please. J

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And that’s pretty much it! I’m happy that it’s coming back.

To all the veterans of the old thread that are still around, welcome! And to the newbies who are interested, also welcome! Let the fun begin!


LINKS

The wiki! Still in progress.
http://superhero101.wikia.com/wiki/Superhero_101_Wiki

The old thread.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=114349

Hmm- just for clarification, since there's a 'no sunglasses rule'- is Danny's targetting reticle allowed? It's not strictly necessary for his powers (it's mostly my handwave for him having access to certain game mechanics, like a HUD, IFF, accessing the Paragon City Threat Database to ID things he's fighting, a mission recorder, a rangefinder, a simple computer, that kind of thing), but he would not willingly give it up, since he considers it a very important survival tool.

Also, the no-weapons rule unless it's what grants their powers... Danny is an Archery Blaster. Does that even qualify as having powers (well, he's got Electricity Manipulation as well, but...)? I'm pretty sure it was okay last time (although his tendency for live ammunition, since his quiver is an implanted cross-dimensional storage unit rather than an actual... well, quiver... was somewhat frowned upon >.>), but I figured it's probably best to double-check.

All that was good in the last thread, so it's okay now. The only rules that are different are the ones listed.

Another question: I would have sworn Nurse Bastian was attending Golden Eagle high to keep an eye on Billyboy (I think they were from the same city, supergroup and everything). So why is she still here?

I assume he was still here. Off camera. >_>

Did he officially leave the thread? If he did, I'll just take that section out. :|

No, the thread just stopped. I guess that explains it then.

My character I want to bring to this uses Vibro Gauntlets to throw shockwave punches, but he can only use them because he's been advanced chemically to peak capacity, counts as a necessary weapon or no?
Also, we CAN use our in game chars, no?

Also, anyone participating in the thread. Don't be afraid to add your character to the SH101 wiki. You don't have to finish it but starting it would be grand.

And if you have any pointers in making it neater/better looking please share. I'd like to keep the character pages in a uniform format.

If you don't want to do the page yourself, or don't know how, then you can send me a write-up of what you want included on your page. A pic would be great too, especially if you drew it yourself. Cause then I can bug you to make a map for Lakeview and Golden Eagle High (I'd attempt it myself but I'm still playing around with how to use wikias).

Hmmm I'll get on that soon enough, no dice or none of that jazz, right? hate maths! Love Freeform Rp

I named the secretary in William's office.

Mrs. Monroe

Middle Aged, F. Somewhat prim. Likes Floral prints.

Don't know if anyone needs or wants that information.

I threw Essex in as a junior, since I'm not sure how long after the original SH101 this is. I think we decided it, but I totally forgot because my brain is a continuity sieve. XD;

If that sounds like where she SHOULD be, I'll erase the part about her being advanced, but if not, she got skipped ahead to Junior.

Oh yeah edit! Was there a 1-character rule then? I think -A- limit should be placed, whether it's 1 or 2....

I agree. One character each is good with me.

Character
Real name: Mario Blanc
Hero Name: Rumble
Age: 15
Appearance: About 5'6 Medium Dark brown skin, always smiling. hair about shoulder length, usually worn in tight, crisscross design cornrows.
Costume:

Personality: Rumble is best described as "insufferably optimistic" Rumble has Fierce and driving belief in the power of the human spirit and the wonder of Super Heroics.
ArchetypeScrapper(tanker in-game)
Origin:Science/Tech
Powers/equipment: In game, Willpower/Energy Melee Tinted white-ish beige for subtlety.
Peak Human Physicality: Rumble's body has been chemically enhanced to just past the maximum of human capability(Captain America style), this puts him far enough beyond normal ability to be classified as super human. He also has a slightly higher than normal resistance to damage as well as a mildly accelerated healing factor, what may take some weeks to heal may only take him days. With proper and swift medical attention he can recover from things fatal to most normal humans
Vibro-Gauntlets: Rumble's Gauntlets vibrate the air around them at an amazingly powerful rate and frequency, causing massive damage to anything they touch, and sendiing it flying, or shaking it to peices. The feedback from the vibrations would crush the bones of any normal human, or anyone with similar resistance, if they used ithem.

Looks good. Go ahead and pop on in.

By the way, I'm trying to teach myself how to make templates. ; WHEE! So there should be a character profile template (for better or for worse) on the Wiki at some point.