First off, I apologize for the lack of eye-catching graphics. I have a confession to make, that I cannot, for the goddamn life of me, code awesome formats or make pretty, pretty pictures. I do not own Photoshop. I'm reliant on icon sites to make RP icons for journals.
Here's the thing, though, I fancy myself a pretty good writer and a strong plotter. I also have a very strong interest in the X-Men. I'm starting to pull together a forum site for an X-Men RPG that will be set in an AU that pulls inspiration from a variety of sources. I'm just posting here to guage possible interest for a semi old-school game where there's a school and a team of X-Men, and lots of political tension underlying and of course, supervillains.
Specially, the game will be set in a world where the Mutant Registration Act has passed, and yet, the apocalypse has not actually happened. The law is poorly enforced, the Sentinels have been mothballed and the vast majority of mutants who do not either break the law or cause enormous security risks have not had to register. Mutants who have registered have just been entered on a database. And yet, it could get worse. Everyone knows that.
Some people, like the Brotherhood of Mutants, or the Friends of Humanity, seem to be eager for things to get worse. And there's stranger and more mysterious factions at work. The X-Men formed briefly some years ago and were disbanded. Without any Sentinels to destroy, and with Magneto safely in custody, it seemed unnecessary. The old X-Men went their seperate ways and Charles focused his efforts on establishing the Xavier Academy for Higher Learning, a mutant university in the heart of New York.
But Magneto has escaped from his prison. There's rampant rumours of the Brotherhood reforming, and that a new Sentinel program is underway. Things are beginning to look stormy again ...
And that is when Charles Xavier decides that the world needs X-Men after all. Will the old ones answer his call, or will new ones step up to replace them?
If you want to contact me personally, you can PM this account or give me a shout at tinmantsar on AIM. Right now, I'm mostly guaging interest.