THE EMPIRE WASTELAND AND YOU

The characters in this thread are a series of plot-relevant Marvel characters, and designated as "major" canons. This means they will have a pre-established backstory and skillset, though they will be far more plot-relevant, often heading or co-heading factions. Please don't hesitate to offer yourself up to play one, as they are not entirely fixed in their backstory and skillset, and we do allow room for change if it seems viable -- and remember that they'll be considerably more powerful off the bat than other characters.

Please note these are the only fixed characters for their respective factions, meaning that, if they're not on the list there, they don't have to be in that group -- for instance, Wolverine doesn't have to necessarily be in the X-Men.

All other canonical Marvel characters not listed in that thread above are available to play! For a list of taken and reserved canonical Marvel characters, check here. We do recommend, however, that you adapt this character more efficaciously to the post-apocalyptic setting. This also, however, gives you more flexibility with their morals, personality, and current situation/faction allegiance.

For example:

You might wish to play Wolverine, and, classically, Wolverine is an immortal mutant with a healing factor whose history dates back to the 19th century, and a mutant who lived through many world wars.

We would instead advise that Wolverine is, perhaps, a veteran of the 2077 Great War with China, and that his impressive healing factor allowed him to survive without turning into a ghoul; however, the ghoul population that arose in the years following began to reject him for his smooth-skinned appearance.

See? Easy, and fits much more nicely. We won't hesitate to tell you if we think your adaptation of the character doesn't fit site lore and backdrop properly, but we'll always be around to discuss it.

We accept original characters! Whether mutants, androids, ghouls, super mutants, or just plain old wastelanders, feel free to post up your original character, and set them loose in the Empire Wasteland along with everyone else.

When your app's approved, staff will edit an appropriate power level into your app and your miniprofile -- please don't change this yourself. On a scale of 1 to 10, this dedicates just how powerful you are, whether you've got mutant powers or not -- even badass normal characters can reach the upper end of the spectrum in time. Major canons will usually all start upwards of 5-6, non-major canons can expect to start above 2-3, however, all original characters will start at a power level of 1.

Raising your power level is easy -- after completing quests and plot events, your power level might be raised due to experience, and if you think you're deserving of a boost, just PM a staff member, either JARVIS or Ultron with a 100-word reasoning along with thread links about why you think your character deserves a boost!

As for Skills -- you can find the master list here. All characters with mutant powers begin with 2 skills, whereas those without can start with up to 5 of their choice. Again, after redeeming quest or plot rewards, characters may find themselves randomly rewarded with the opportunity to add an additional skill to their app.

Currently, there are eight factions, the masterlist for which can be found here. Feel free to join these as you'd like -- the only fixed canons for each are named in the canon list. Their alignments are all in there, too, and we have one for each of the nine classic alignments, with the exception of Lawful Good. That's rather difficult to find in the Empire Wasteland (though we might add it later).

Faction members get the benefit of having a safe base-of-operations forum -- or two, in SHIELD's case -- and can additionally apply for quests specific to their factions. They may also be privy to special weaponry or training dependent upon who they're allied with.

Mutant Empire features a very straight-forward quest system -- every now and then, staff will update this board with quests. These are to be executed as IC threads with specific parameters; usually objectives that must be completed, tailored to factions or certain group sizes. Each quest can only be taken a certain amount of times before it will become unavailable, and new quests will be added in the "New Objectives" forum.

For completing quests, characters will earn staff-created unique weaponry, armour, or accessories, increased power-levels, and additional skill increases.

Your weapons and equipment should be rustic. The majority of weaponry is repurposed or salvaged old tech, and won't be all shiny and new. Ballistic, explosive,  and melee weapons are the most common, with laser weapons being considerably less so, and heavier laser and plasma weapons being definitively rare. For a master list of weapons you might recognise from the Fallout series, check here and here.

Please refrain from using game-specific unique weapons (you may, of course, make your own weapons 'unique' by naming/restyling them) as these may well be given as unique quest rewards to other players in the future.