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A laid-back, mature X-Men RPG.
By the time ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) xculpation begins in August 2009 Charles Xavier's School for the Gifted will have been open one year. Some adult residents may have been there longer, as starting in January 2004 Charles, with government permission, began to train the X-Men as an experiment in mutant involvement in law enforcement. It was believed that in the event of a mutant going criminal it would be useful to have other mutants ready and willing to get involved to apprehend them.
There have been fairly few instances of that, all comparatively minor - a couple of bank robberies, some car theft, street robberies. The X-Men have more usually been called in as re-enforcements during riots, protests, or major events (parades, inaugurations etc.)
In the US, since 2003, the Mutant Equality Act has ensured that mutant citizens are protected from discrimination the same as any other minority group. The government has also built facilities that house mutant prisoners, though wherever possible they are kept in the general population.
Xavier's School opened in time for Fall semester 2008 to meet the needs of mutant children who, as well as their academic requirements, had power control to learn. It exists as a high school, covering grades 9-12, and as of Fall 2009 has started to teach Freshman and Sophomore college classes. Younger children needing help with their powers attend regular school, where possible, and are homeschooled in the evenings or at weekends by members of Xavier's faculty to travel to them for the purpose.
The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants has not at gamestart been founded. Whether it will be will be decided entirely by the characters.
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![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) xculptation is set up to be a relaxed, mature RPG that allows players to explore characters without needing to be concerned about canonic plots being foisted on them. Just because you choose to play Shadowcat doesn't mean you need to factor in relationships with Colossus or Pete Wisdom, you're not going to set up a happy story arc only to have it smashed down by the Legacy Virus or similar. Here you can explore a character and help them find their own path through interactions with others.
We're intended to be entirely character and player driven, with each player and character being as involved as they choose to be. You can also pitch your character at any point in their life; Magneto does not have to be a contemporary of Charles, Julian Keller could be older than Scott Summers. Canonic backstory does not have to be used verbatim though there should be a flavor of it in their in-game history.
It's down to each player how they want to set up the character, so long as they keep to three conditions:
1) Any regular canonic siblings remain (though parent/child relationships can be amended. Rachel Summers could be Jean Gray's cousin if Jean is taken as younger character, for example)
2) The spirit of the character should remain (Emma Frost wouldn't be a poverty stricken fluff ball)
3) The character's powers should be taken from their canonic powers, though you do not have to retain all canonic powers if you do not wish to.
There is no update rule, and while we have fairly standard rules our most important condition is that you consider your fellow players and when possible let them know if your reps will be slow or you'll have to go on hiatus so they can plan around your absence. We also ask is that you make an effort to check in regularly and reply to anything directed to your characters, and participate in threads/logs when you can.
Plot will be developed through character interaction, and mod generated plot will not be foisted upon you. In fact mod generated plot will only be instigated at players' request.
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