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Old 10-23-2014, 01:34 PM   #1
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Default [OOC] Willow Park Academy of The Supernatural

No completely mundane characters will be allowed in this GURPS setting - they MUST have some degree of supernatural or otherwise abnormal ability, aware of it or not.

That being said, Willow Park Academy is a sanctuary for such abnormal children from all across the world. They are found and brought to this place, kept safe from those 'muggles' as per the borrowed term that would normally hurt or kill them for such unusual abilities. Kids all across the elementary school to high school age range are brought here as soon as their unusual abilities are detected, and graduates often choose to live nearby or even become teachers or staff.

For the purposes of the players, they are allowed to play children and teens that are being taught. You have 150 points with which to build your characters, and the disadvantage limit is 40. If you have any questions by all means ask, though this is my first time GMing. I'll try to run this without any character deaths, the main emphasis is the social interaction of the characters and them trying to learn how to control their powers.

Especially common powers are Superstrength and speed, flight, and telekinesis. I WILL NOT ALLOW world jumping or time travel. I may allow highly limited Snatching, depending upon how you build the ability. Otherwise, I put no limit on abilities and this campaign is meant to be highly cinematic.

The school itself has many facilities, often in places rumored to be haunted or otherwise clearly supernatural- Gettysburg, Cassadaga, etc. Please specify which campus your character is residing in.
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Old 10-23-2014, 04:46 PM   #2
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Default Re: [OOC] Willow Park Academy of The Supernatural

So is this meant to be a number of one on one games like OOC Lost in Dreams?

I am interested but have no idea when I'll get around to making a character.

Oh and you may want to advertise in the Meta: Looking for Players thread. I know some people have that thread followed.
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Old 10-23-2014, 05:21 PM   #3
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No, it'll be a group RP...

And alright I'll do that.
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Old 10-23-2014, 05:23 PM   #4
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Default Re: [OOC] Willow Park Academy of The Supernatural

Are players building powers normally from the CP total of 150?

Might be tough to build a super strength character on that budget...
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Old 10-23-2014, 05:38 PM   #5
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Are players building powers normally from the CP total of 150?

Might be tough to build a super strength character on that budget...
Super strength is one of those powers that develops gradually in the setting. To reflect this you start off with 150 points as a small child or teen and build up the strength score with earned points.
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Old 10-25-2014, 10:57 AM   #6
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Supernatural -- what genre is this? I'm not really sure. I can imagine fantasy, supers, or horror type characters.
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Old 10-25-2014, 12:01 PM   #7
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I'm game!

How about a hyperactive seventh grader -male?- who develops super strength?

Raised as an only child by single mother; has a half brother who lives in another state.

Has a big imagination.

His powers were first manifest ( at least that he noticed ) when he was on the way to school from the city bus stop and he got tired of someone kicking / trying to trip him from behind and so turned around and popped the bully in the face... And fractured his skull....

Somehow the right people heard about the situation and he was admitted to the Salem branch of the academy where he is being shown how to control his strength and grip. His abilities appear to be a part of his "aura". This may be the key to the hidden strength that some people experience only in emergencies... But has access to it any time...

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Lief O'connor
St 25 [150]
Dx 9 [-20]
Iq 9 [-20]
Ht 10
Hp 30 [10]
Wi 9
Pe 9
Fa 10

Perks
Mother [1]

Advantages
Patron Williow Park Academy [?]
Manual Dexterity 4 [20]

Quirks
Daydreamer [-1]
Gets Easily Excited [-1]
Likes Girls [-1]
Likes Sweets [-1]

Disads
(Iq and ht as above)

Skills
Artist (Drawing) iq-2 7 [1]
Bicycle Dx+2 11 [4]
Computer Ops iq [9] [1]
Typing iq+2^ 15 [4]

Techniques
Drawing Caricutures def+2 [1]

^includes +4 from manual dexterity
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Old 10-29-2014, 01:12 PM   #8
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I'm game (or will be in about 48 hours anyway)! :)

Quick questions while I'm here:

Do Disadvantages from being young (Social Stigma (Minor), low ST and DX, etc) count against the Disadvantage limit?

Would pyrokinesis be a good power? Or a phycokinesis set including/growing into pyrokinesis/telekinesis/flight/force fields/etc?
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Old 11-05-2014, 08:50 PM   #9
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Introducing Rueben Tanner, "The Amazing Monkey Man"
(-That name sounds awesome when you're 12-)
https://fc2cd9e2896d866d09c684b48e02...nkey%20man.jpg

Rueben had a pretty normal childhood until he turned 10, when one day he woke up and noticed that he was growing a beard. He was a little excited to be the first 'grown up' in his class, and the doctors told his worried parents that it was just early puberty.

Once his ears started growing into large round bowls and the tail started coming out, they looked for a second opinion.

A few months before he turned 11, his parents took him out for a special day trip. Rueben was excited since he'd spent most of the last few months stuck indoors, so he put on the large trench-coat his parents had purchased for him and hopped in the car. After a long, silent drive with a tense atmosphere that was starting to scare him a little, his parents ushered him out of the car, walked him over to a strange man and set a large suitcase down at his feet. They drove off without a word and never came back.

That was how he came to be at Willow Park.

The first few months were terrible for him. He was scared, angry and confused. His parents never tried to contact him again, and he was stopped from running away several times. He started to act out, getting into fights and breaking as many rules as he could. The staff were extremely patient with him, and eventually convinced him to take up an artistic hobby and a sport to help him heal and adjust.

In the year since, Rueben has managed to work past a lot of his troubles, all thanks to the efforts of several teachers, classmates, and his counselor, who he sees regularly. He's a budding performer and magician, and does well in his martial arts classes. He's formed a strong bond with the staff of Willow Park Academy, and considers the teachers and students to be his new, only, family.

Finally, he's made peace with what he's become, the Amazing Monkey Man!



Rueben Tanner
St 10
Dx 11 [20]
Iq 9 [-20]
Ht 11 [10]
Hp 12
Wi 9
Pe 12 [15] (Hearing and Vision Advantages)
Fa 12

Perks
Deep Sleeper [1]
Fur [1]
Honest Face [1]
Penetrating Voice [1]

Advantages
Acute Hearing 2 [4]
Ambidexterity [5]
Brachiator [5]
Extra Arm (Tail) [23]
- Extra-Flexible, Long, Weak (St 5)
Extra Arm 2 (Hands for Feet) [14]
- Foot Manipulators
Fit [5]
Flexibility [5]
Night Vision 9 [9]
Parabolic Hearing 1 [4]
Patron (Willow Park Academy) [9]
- Fairly Powerful Organization, Appears almost all the time
- Minimal Interventions, Code of Honor (Pirate's)
Perfect Balance [15]

Disadvantages
IQ Penalty [-20] (already noted)
Chummy [-5]
Social Stigma (Minor) [-2]
- Meta-humans and rarely, humans
Social Stigma (Monster) [-10]
- Almost all humans and rarely, meta-humans
Unnatural Features (Human Monkey) [-3]

Skills
Acrobatics Dx+1 12 [4]
- Perfect Balance
Brawling Dx+1 12 [2]
Climbing Dx+7 18 [4]
- Brachiator, Flexibility, Perfect Balance
Combat Sport (Judo) Dx+0 11 [4]
- Extra Arms (+2 ea to Grappling)
Computer Operation (TL8) IQ+1 [2]
Escape Dx+1 12 [1]
- Flexibility
Holdout * 7 [0]
- Sleight of Hand -3
Observation Per+0 12 [2]
Performance IQ+1 10 [4]
Sleight of Hand Dx-1 10 [2]
Stealth Dx-1 10 [1]

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Old 11-08-2014, 08:14 AM   #10
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If the recruiting is still open I'd be game within next 48 hours. I'm thinking on some character with more mental/psi kind of superpowers. Ala professor Xavier.
Either mind control, or Illusion power. And some mind reading etc. too.


Or a seer - precog., clairvoyant etc.

Or a dabbler in both. So psi with either ESP and or Telepathy talent and abilities
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