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Hello, fellow RP'ers!

So, I've been sitting on this concept for quite a while like a worn down chair passed down for generations. Well, okay maybe not that long and much, but definitely a lot for a while!

So, originally it began as a concept of having characters develop powers that physically manifest their phobias (such as an arachnophobic person having spider parts come out of their body or a claustrophobic person becoming enclosed in a small space as things come closer to them, etc), but I found this to be a little too... Troubling. I mean, it was really giving me nightmares more than anything. So, after that, it turned into a story of characters inspired by story book, legend, folklore, and fable characters who developed powers or did things inspired by the source material (Red Riding Hood hunting werewolves, Rapunzel with Hair Manipulation, etc), but I felt this was too close to a personal game idea I had. After a while, it developed into this...

For 24 hours, around the world, the sky was full of a strange light show almost identical to the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. At random during these 24 hours, there were people who were gifted passive, offensive, or defensive abilities of all kinds. For example, someone might develop a passive Future Memory and Telepathy, offensive Fire Ball and Overheat, or defensive Stone Skin and Stone Shield. Now, this doesn't mean one element has to be Offense, Defense, or Passive, as all 3 listed can be either, but not more than 1 at once. Its main focus has to be one of those three, but how its used can make it work under another, such as charging with a Stone Shield making it act like a battery ram for offense or manipulating someone with Telepathy's power of suggestion. Besides the powers, another side effect of the lights is loss of memory. Each of the people given the abilities go missing for 24 hours after they get them and wake up somewhere else with no memory of who they were, where they were, who they know, or anything that is part of their identity.

This is as far as it got, but I wanted to flesh out the events and effects a little more before making a group or RP about this. So, if you've got any ideas, would you mind helping?

How were you wanting to flesh it out? So far from what I read, the ocncept is solid and I'd say it's ready to be made into an rp or group.

Well, I wanted to have some kind of global response, such as groups against the people with powers, organizations using them, governments training them, etc. I also wanted to give the two 24 hour events names, as well as the powered people. Just, yknow, the big picture stuff

Ah ok. hmmmmm... Well..... Maybe the people who got the powers could be called something like the Empowered?

Just throwing my two cents in here.

How would the world have any sort of task force suddenly pop up over night to handle this kind of situation? This would need to be set at least a few years after the initial event. That said you'd probably want to familiarize yourself with a comprehensive list of phobias and be willing to work with others as they declare what power should go with which phobia. (I.E. Gravity manipulation for the fear of heights and the fear of falling (conjoined fears))

Woudl there still be any powersl inked to someone's phobias?

This is what I am wondering too, do phobias play any part in this or what that just the spring board for the idea?

Springboard, but the abilities can be more likely to be linked to something the person was last experiencing or is related to their psyche (fears, interests, beliefs, etc)

Also, forgot to point out that the powers don't need to be elemental or non-physical. They can be physical, such as transformation, strength, or healing

Ok. But yeah, maybe the people with powers could be called the Empowered or something similar?

Intimidating, enigmatic, proper, and accurate. I like it! I was thinking the two days could be something like New Era Day 1 and New Era Day 2, or maybe even Final Day and Dawn Day

Maybe NE Day for short?

EDIT: Also depending on how far a part NE Day 1 and 2 are, maybe by the second event the govt. could have rolled out their task forces to find and contain the Empowered while they still get a hold of their powers? And maybe one of those 'Anti-Empowered' groups could go out and track down Empowered to take away/execute(Depending on the tone of the world)

I hadn't thought about spacing the two days at all! I think I'll have them be one year apart then. As for the govt. collecting the Empowered on day 2, they'd have to act at break neck paces since that's 24 hours of people around the world popping back up and some discovering their powers. Also, what do you mean by tone of the world?

By tone of the world I meant like... genre I guess? Like is this world dystopian? Futuristic? Super hero-y? That kinda thing


And they would X3 Though I picture them rounding up Empowered who can't control their powers all the time.

This seems interesting~ I'll be glad to assist! I would like to know, however, how advanced the world is at that point? Are we going for modern or future? Because figuring this out can help with, say, the Anti groups and what they have in turn to combat these 'Empowered'~

Though, I'd like to point out that we should maybe have a limit to what powers there are. Some may be very game breaking, like, say the ability to time-travel (That'll also make this oddly familiar to a certain show).

Also, will the 'Empowered' all come together and form a group or will their be multiple small groups and some that go solo?

I really dunno why but when I saw you mention the Empowered groups the first thing to pop into my head was empowered support groups for the chanceo f an empowered getting a completely useless power. Like someone gets the ability to turn invisible, but only when no one can see them

Perfect

I might actually have a character in mind for this RP...~

It's modern day, and here's a limiter right now! The more godlike the power, the larger strain it will have on the person. So, if someone did have time travel, an hour or so might make them need to catch their breath. A day would make them have to rest for a week. A month would comatose them. A year would just kill them before they got there. So, basically, with god powers that control something massive, it takes a larger toll than most. Also, teleportation and portals should not be space, as they are only a transportation ability (unless you look at how Wakfu uses portals to make lasers).

And I think small groups here and there as time goes on would be nice, then a few years later one gets big.

I'm thinking of using that gravity manipulator. I have a character that has semi-control over his powers. They are always active for him but he maintains them using a set of prosthetics he has as replacement legs.

His powers on him allow his body to reject gravity's pull but at the risk of him perpetually floating away into outer space. But his leg prosthetics, being made of a super heavy and dense alloy, keep him grounded (or hovering) a few inches above the ground. When he inverts his powers away from himself he becomes planted on the ground and immobile, but he can then freely affect gravity around him.

How is this idea?

Ah, I see~ That's a pretty good limiter~

Are we making this a Group? If so, as a suggestion, why not have like... Districts, in which these little groups inhabit? We could make certain Forums said areas/districts, and people can make threads where their little groups that they've made with other interact, and have random soloists come and go and such? And say there could be Announcements that may affect all in a certain District/Area, saying 'Such and Such are coming through ThisPlace to search for Empowered'. At least, something like that.