CHARACTER CREATION

Conduct • Posting • Rules • STATs

This page will give you full instruction regarding the processes and features of the character creation process, whilst it is quite a lengthy and in-depth process that needs to be carefully dealt with, we ask that you spend the utmost time during these processes to make sure that the characters you are creating are fully implementable and that their biographic pages are detailed as much for yourself as for other players and members of the Storytelling team who will use them to create stories for and around your characters.

Players are allowed up to five (5) characters. Your first character must be a Featured Character (FC). Once you meet your 30 day waiting period, you may apply for an additional character. This may be either FC or an Original Creation (OC). For each OC you have, you MUST have an FC. We allow up to 5 characters per player, so this means you may have 3 FC's and 2 OC's, provided you are making proper posting requirements with each.

A MONTH TRIAL PERIOD

Once you are approved for your first FC, you have a 30 physical day wait before you are able to bring another character into play. This is to ensure that you are able to make the minimum posting requirement. .Minimum posting is three (3) posts in a seven (7) day rotating period, and each post must be 200 words at the least. We also ask that you proof your posts before posting them on the game board!

Firstly, we ask that you look at some of the character files on display in the interactive Cerebra Database, in which you will find the biography pages for all of the current in-play characters, as well as for all of the pre-existing available canon-characters. We ask that you have a good look through these characters in order to choose the character that you want. Alternatively, if it is an original character that you wish to play on XPG, we ask that you contact one of the moderators with the basic details of said character, so that we make sure that it is right for play on XPG.

NOTE: ALL OCs must be adaptable to the XPG movie-verse history. This means you need to think about where your character was and how they may have been involved during the events of X1, X2 and X3. We no longer require OC's to be original to XPG only, you may now apply an OC from another game, provided they fit into our history.

Once you"ve requested a character, and said character has been approved for application on XPG, it will be assigned to you by a moderator. If the assigned character exists in XPG"s comprehensive databases, it will be present almost immediately for player review on your personalized home-page, of which there will also be a button that reads "edit." This button will take you to your character"s bio form, which will be the main basis of character approval and is essential for XPG to run smoothly and effectively. If the character doesn't exist, then please contact one of the site mentors (moderators) to discuss the character you wish to create and if it's the right character for XPG. If it is, the Site Mentor will create a shell (character) for you to edit and submit.

The first, and one of the most important things for character approval is the 'roleplay sample.' It is vital that the moderation has an idea of the style and quality of your writing. This paragraph needs to be written in the third person as your pending character, and can be of any setting or situation. This sample needs to be at least 500 words.

As far as the general and basic physical info, this will mainly be done for canon characters, but will need to be carefully completed for OCs. A made-up character needs a model with appropriate pictures uploaded on the form. Waivers refer to what you don't want your character to experience, such asphysical damage and sexual reference. Physical appearance is essential as well as images. We do not allow explicit or pornographic type pictures to be used. Xavier's is basically a school, so please used *yearbook appropriate* photos.

Similarly with institute info, canon characters may already have this section filled in, however, made up characters will need to fill their own boxes, but these boxes are only suggestions and are liable to immediate change by the moderation regarding aspects such as traning squadrons.

Please refer to the classifications and skills pages for further info on how to fill in the skills and select a muutant classification, these are especially important as they are sometimes used to decide who wins in battle situations, we ask that you make the levels realistic and don't try and make your character a "god." Characters that are TOO powerful are likely to be rejected from XPG. Original Character"s character stats and power ranks are not allowed to exceed the Incredible mark. Nor are they allowed to have a classification beyond that of Epsilon. XPG is not looking for perfect characters but for characters which are perfectly flawed and thus both fun to write and to write with.

The next area is the area in which you will map out all of your characters skills, powers and weaknesses for use on the bio form, all of these features will be displayed on your character"s form for one and all to see and refer to. Therefore it is crucial that you take your time with these pages and make sure that they are done correctly, if they are not used correctly, your bio will not be approved. We ask that students limit thair skills/advantages/disadvantages to 5 each please.

On these pages are various skills or powers or disadvantages that your character may/may not hold. These features should be carefully selected and completely relevant to your character, I would advise that you carefully think about what you want your character to have BEFORE looking in detail at these pages. DO NOT just pick things at random because you think they might be "cool."

Once you have chosen your preferred features, one is advised to copy/paste the short paragraph into your bio form, make sure that the skill name is in CAPITAL LETTERS, and the description is in lower case as this will make it easier to read and more presentable to others. Only NPC characters are permitted to use the generic paragraphs that are already written, this means that players of all made-ups and most canon characters will need to PERSONALISE the paragraphs to fit your character, this means a short explanation of how the character acquired the skill, or how he/she has used it tin the past.

EXAMPLE:
ASTRONOMY - The science of the stars. CN can use this skill to plot a course through the solar system.

EXAMPLE:
C/N acquired this knowledge during a four-year degree course at harvard university. F/N has recently been working in connection with NASA on projects regarding a cluster of stars high in the Earth"s atmosphere.

This personalisation also refers to the editing of the general paragraph, the generalized paragraphs will use some codes, that you will need to change to fit your character. These are the codes used and what you need to change them to:

1. 1. CN = Code Name
   
2. 2. LN = Legal Name
   
3. 3. S/He = She or He
   
4. 4. s/he = she or he
   
5. 5. Him/Her = Him or Her
   
6. 6. him/her = him or her
   
7. 7. His/Her = His or Her
   
8. 8. his/her = his or her
   
9. 9. W/P = Planet or Place
   

One thing to be careful of is that a skill/power must be something that your character is fully proficient in.

EXAMPLE:
Both Lana and Chloe in the TV series SMALLVILLE, have picked someone's pocket at least once, so to has yours truly, as well as the likes of Lana and Chloe. I am not a pick pocket nor are they. Like them I picked the pocket of someone who wasn't the 'with it'/sort of obtuse who wasn't expecting me to do it and i did it as a joke. SO if i was writing myself up, or Lana or Chloe from Smallville, none of us would get the "pick pocket" skill. This skill would go to someone who has done it many times or made a living out of it.

We also ask that you try and originalize your character, we don't want a billion Wolverine-esque characters with minor differences, be creative and don't just mix powers from other characters.

Moving on to the contacts, these are relatively simple and can be answered in points as opposed to paragraphs. Made-up enemies will need a short expanation of who they are and their reasons for dispute.

Equipment uses the same theses as the skills sections, costume needs to be filled out manually in some detail, and we ask that you take into account the standard design used in the movies. Something similar to *standard student training uniform with ******* colored piping works well. You can often pick your own color.for the piping.

The history sections are extremely important, particularly for made-up characters but also for canon players who wish to make slight changes to the character, we ask for at least 500 words with detailed explanations of their reasons for joining the mansion and life before x-men. ALL students MUST have been at Xavier's Institute for a minimum 0f six months. Please include this into your history. If you need assistance in finding out what has happened in game in that 6 month time frame, please contact a Mod.

Once your bio has been completed, please select "finished" from the drop-down box and await contact from moderator, which will usually occur within two-to-four days and is the main reason why an IM address is essential.

Moderator query and discussion will appear in the guidance and approvals boxes on the very top of the application form.        Please use these tips to good use, one is again advised to not go overboard with the powers or ratings, and are reminded that there are limits to character ability, and it is at a moderator's descretion whether a character is TOO POWERFUL.

BIO RECALL POLICY

Our bio moderators, like everyone else, are flawed people and sometimes when they work they miss things. On the other hand, sometimes what's envisioned in a bio form sounds all well and good on paper but in play it doesn't quite add up. For that we have BIO RECALL.

BIO RECALL is when a character is in play and any moderator finds fault in a bio, a bio can be put on hold while a player does the requested changes. The aspects of the bio in conflict are to not be referenced during your posts.

The bio in question will be given seven (7) days to rectify the issue and if not corrected it will be pulled fully and the character will be written out of the thread by the ST team.

The BIO RECALL function can also work for you. If you have an aspect you want/need to change within your own bio - please email a Mentor to alert them to the change you wish to make to make sure they feel it's acceptable. They'll either give it a green light and give you seven (7) days to correct it or they'll deny it and you'll need to continue on as is.

We understand the frustration in this situation but it is another one of our new policies to help make this game the best RPG we can make it. We appreciate your assistance in this.

For any further questions please contact us. Thank you.

CHARACTER CREATION - FAQ

• HOW MANY CHARACTERS CAN I PLAY ON XPG?
  Up to five providing posting minimums are consistantly met. 3 posts within a 7 day rotating period, 200 words minimum per post. Up to 3 Canon or FC's and 2 Original or OC's. Your first character must be an FC.

• CAN I PLAY AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER OF MY OWN MAKING?
  YES! You are now allowed to app Original Characters that have been in play on other RPG sites, provided they are altered properly to fit our movie-verse history.

• HOW POWERFUL CAN MY ORIGINAL CHARACTER BE?
  XPG prefers OC characters limit their stats to Incredible or less, and that the classification not exceed the Epsilon level. Additionally, when making an OC, it is best to check with a Mentor first to make sure your conncept is acceptable to XPG - Failure to check may result in the deletion of your unapporved work without warning.

• CAN I PLAY A FEATURED CHARACTER LIKE CYCLOPS?
  YES! The Cerebra Database is chock full of fantastic characters that are open for your adoption. Simply use the handly little drop down box labeled IN PLAY, scroll down to AVAILIBLE, and hit enter. This will bring you to a page of neat characters that are currently looking for a player!

• CAN I PLAY A VILLIAN LIKE MAGNETO?
  No. XPG prefers that the villains stay mysterious and in the hands of the Site Storytellers.

Any other questions regarding this aspect of XPG should be directed to the moderators of XPG.

Revised 5/29/09

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