conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The Claremont Academy is a place like Xavier's School for the gifted, and is in Freedom City, New Jersey in the Freedom City universe.  The teachers at Claremont, led by Callie Summers - a retired super heroine, and her cadre of teachers - many of who are also retired super heroes or reformed villains, are attempting to raise, train and educate the next generation of heroes to protect their home city, and eventually the entire world!
  
  The Freedom League has long been disbanded, and the members of the Next Gen have moved on to college and other pursuits.  This years class will hopefully have what it takes to protect the city of the future - and hopefully do it while maintaining their grades, and navigating the confusing and traumatic maze of high school.  
  
  This game expects the players to make up a Student (or in some cases a Teacher or Teachers Assistant) for the Claremont Academy.  The reason you're here is probably because you need help learning how to use your powers - and also when and when not to use them as well.  One of the courses taught is Superhuman Ethics - and it is mandatory.  This Academy is trying to raise the next generation of Heroes - not villains.
  
  I figure a lot of the gameplay will be student living - a "slice of life" kind of game with adventures and superheroics, going at the pace set by all of us.  If the game goes on long enough, the students will graduate and become adults - and the story will move onto college, or adult superheroing.  
  
  I intend to make the student body a living organism, and the teachers and students as real as I can - so there won't be many throwaway characters.  Feel free to make your characters any grade - from 9 to 11 - but let's avoid grade 12's unless all of the players want a grade 12.   
  
  If you're playing a Teacher's Assistant, you'll probably be around the age of 22-24 and have just finished college.  You'll be a lot closer to the students in age - and they'll trust you more.  Also, since you relate to them better, you'll be on the field trips with them - which means you'll get into their adventures too.   Full adult teachers won't have that opportunity much, but will still be able to take part in a lot of the roleplay parts.
  
  The Freedom League setting is a 4-color superhero setting with all sorts of Heroes and Villains - but none of the Marvel and DC ones we're familiar with - so if you ever wanted to try and play a rip-off of a popular character, in high school, this is a great chance!   Just remember, they probably aren't as tough and confident as they are when they're adults...  Maybe they have braces, or a fear they have to get over.  Maybe they're alone - and need friends.  Remember when you were a kid?  How did that feel?  How confused you felt?  Like that.
  
  Since Claremont is a fancy prep school, there are student uniforms, and the students live on campus in dorms.  The boys and girls are not segregated by gender in the dorms - but boys are not bunked in the same rooms as girls.  Grade 11's and up get a private room to themselves, with a couch and TV.  Grade 9+10's get to bunk with a room mate.
  
  More info will be included in the discussion area once your character has been accepted.
  
  I may or may not use some of the canon characters from the Freedom League setting - it depends on the characters submitted to me for the game...  I'm not going to have an NPC steal a players thunder if they have a certain idea in mind.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your powers derive from  a suit of magical or technological armor you've found or made.  Since you aren't willing or able to part with it, you need to learn how to control it.
conversations.prefix: Powered Armor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are the physical embodiment of a concept, energy or archetype, such as the Embodiment of Time, or Colors or Warriors.  
conversations.prefix: Embodiment:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were born differently than other kids - and your mutant power probably only manifested recently, freaking out your family and you.  You might or might not look human anymore.
conversations.prefix: Mutant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a young wizard or sorcerer and have come to Clairmont to study and learn magic - and to learn how to integrate into the "muggle" world.
conversations.prefix: Mystic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a normal human who has trained themselves to become the equal of any superhuman. You could be anyone from Kim Possible to Batman.
conversations.prefix: Highly Trained:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are an alien, from outer space. Your "powers" are traits that many of your race possess.  You need to learn how to live amongst humans safely.  You might have odd weaknesses
conversations.prefix: Alien:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a golem or a robot or a self-aware automaton - created in a lab, rather than being born.  This doesn't mean you don't have feelings - a fact many humans seem to forget.
conversations.prefix: Artificial Construct:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your power is in the gadgets you make with Science!  (the exclamation point is there for a reason).  Your inventions are impossible - yet they work.  What will you make next?
conversations.prefix: Super Scientist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were born human, and grew up human - but recently you were affected by a radiation accident (Slang for "origin event") - and have gained superpowers!
conversations.prefix: Radiation Accident:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Similar to the Embodiment, A Demigod is the literal half-divine child of a god from one of Earths many pantheons.  Exiled to Earth until such as time as their Parents see fit, they must learn to be human before they can ascend.
conversations.prefix: Demigod:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were experimented on as a child, subjected to either arcane rituals or strange technology, in order to create the perfect warrior.  They succeeded - in you - but no one asked what you wanted.
conversations.prefix: Super Soldier:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are an adult working as a TA at Claremont Academy, acting as a mentor and teacher for the special students.  You have powers too - in fact, you used to go here a few years ago, before college.
conversations.prefix: Teachers Assistant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your powers wrecked everything - and now all you want is to learn to be normal so you can get your life - and maybe your family back.
conversations.prefix: Learn how to be normal.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Its a well known secret that the Next-Gen might have come to Claremont Academy - and you want to prove yourself as the next generation of super-hero that comes out its walls.
conversations.prefix: Learn to be a Hero:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gaining your powers made things hard - you lost friends, and maybe family too.  You're alone, and want someone to be friends with.
conversations.prefix: Make a Friend:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your parent(s) went to Claremont Academy and learned to be heroes - and they want you to carry on the family tradition.  You have big shoes to fill.
conversations.prefix: Family Tradition:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were rescued by Callie Summers from the streets, or abusive parents, or jail - and given a second chance here at Claremont.  Callie Summers is your legal guardian, and you want to make her proud.
conversations.prefix: Nowhere else to go.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: High School is never easy, even if you're a superhuman.  You just want to get good grades, have some friends, and survive with your sanity and your dignity intact.  
conversations.prefix: Survive Highschool:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've heard from your mom and dad that High school is the best - and you want to experience what they had.  Hopefully they aren't looking back with rose colored nostalgia glasses!
conversations.prefix: Best Days of Your Life:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a weakness to a particular substance or energy that saps your strength and could even kill you.  This substance might not even harm normal people
conversations.prefix: Vulnerability:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a lack of self confidence and inner strength - you cave to peer pressure way too easily.  This lack of confidence might signal a fear of being ostracized as well.  You crave acceptance.
conversations.prefix: Peer Pressure:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Being a teen is a time of discovery - and some people discover they aren't straight.   Maybe your character is Gay, Bi, Agender or Trans, and hasn't yet come to terms with it.
conversations.prefix: Sexuality Issues:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For whatever reason, you have intimacy on the mind - to the point where you'll do ridiculously stupid things to impress the boys or girls you like.  This gets you into a lot of trouble.
conversations.prefix: Boy/Girl Crazy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're totally loaded - and everyone knows it.  People hang around you, hoping you'll rub off on them and they'll get something out of it.  You can't really know if they like you - or your money.  Its lonely.
conversations.prefix: Rich:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You go to a prep school and have like no money.  You can't enjoy field trips or trips to the mall, cause you're chronically short on cash.  You get left out a lot, because you can't keep up with the students with money.
conversations.prefix: Broke:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're the stereotypical Nerd - socially clumsy and not too attractive, but book smart and technically inclined.   You could be a bumbling incompetent, or just a general screw up too.  Either way, not date material.
conversations.prefix: Nerd:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're one of the popular kids - the ones who are the social butterflies who know everyone and get invited to every party.  You're the top of the food chain in High school.
conversations.prefix: Popular Kid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: To most of you, this is home - a prep school for metahumans, mutants and aliens - a place where they can be accepted for who they are, and where they can learn to control their powers.
conversations.prefix: Claremont Academy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Callie is the Headmistress of Claremont Academy and drives her students to excel - but she has compassion too, and cares for every one of "her" kids.
conversations.prefix: Callie Summers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This is what some super-teams call a Danger Room - a place where young superhumans can let loose with their powers and see what they can really do. 
conversations.prefix: The Wreck Room:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a clone of a hero or villain, but some things went... wrong. For the most part you're the same as the person you're based on, but in other areas you're worse off than they are, and in others, better off.
conversations.prefix: Botched Clone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are typically about 30 steps ahead of everyone else, and as such, by the time the others have worked out a ram-shackled solution, you're already thinking about the long-term consequences of what they're still dealing with.
conversations.prefix: Genius:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're not from around here, and while a lot is the same as where you're from, just as much is a bit strange to you. And others tend to wonder how and why you turned up seemingly out of the blue.
conversations.prefix: Fish out of Water:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're a patriot with an unswerving moral code - a code that lets you know the difference between right and wrong, and the conviction to stand up for what you believe in.
conversations.prefix: Moral Code:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Similar to the "Super Soldier" nature, you were experimented on as a child. However, this was not a feat of war, it was a feat of science. These experiments gave you an extraordinary mental ability.
conversations.prefix: Lab Rat:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You may not be the fastest, strongest, or most popular, but you have subtle social skills that make you hard to dislike. Your charming smile added to your gentle nature counteracts what traits normally would have classified you as a nerd or a know-it-all.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have two left feet, physically and socially. Whether you're dropping things, tripping over nothing, or struggling to find the right thing to say, things tend to go wrong.
conversations.prefix: Clumsy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were rescued by Callie Summers from the streets, or abusive parents, or jail - and given a second chance here at Claremont. Callie Summers is your legal guardian, and you want to make her proud.   
conversations.prefix: Nowhere Else to Go:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For some reason you are able to engulf loads of lore and knowledge.
  
  You don't just remember it you are able to assimilate it faster than most.
conversations.prefix: Fast Learner:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something about your powers makes you dangerous to others. 
conversations.prefix: Dangerous:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have done something that gnaws at your soul and are now looking for redemption.
  
  You try to control your powers
conversations.prefix: Look for redemption:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: After graduating the Academy, you decided to take a small break before going to any other schools, so you could examine your options for post secondary and so decided to take on an apprenticeship as a janitor.
conversations.prefix: Mutant Janitor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your mind runs simulations of every scenario before you, considering your actions before you even think to do them to provide the best overall result.
conversations.prefix: Analytical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can't remember a time when you weren't this way but like everything else about you, your powers have been steadily growing.
conversations.prefix: Different By Birth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: More precisely, she creates invisible “containers” that give form to plasma and allow her to wield it as projectiles, hand-to-hand weapons, or protective shields.  
  When wielding plasma, Katie seems to tap into a bottomless well of energy. The down side to this is that she can inadvertently draw too much energy from the well and “burn” herself and she can also overload the weapons she creates, causing them to explode unexpectedly.
conversations.prefix: Plasma Energy Manipulator:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Her parents couldn't be bothered to show her affection, either emotionally or physically.  Now she has a deep-seated longing for love and normativity but struggles to connect with the world.
conversations.prefix: Affection Starved:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Despite outward appearances you've never had normal and you damned well know it.  Determined not to let your upbringing control the rest of your life, you are on a quest to learn what normal looks and feels like but with your powers growing, you're going to have to learn control and to live with being something special.
conversations.prefix: Learning How To Be Normal & Control Your Powers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're determined and spirited. No matter who or what gets in your way, you plow on ahead anyway. Not one to back down from a fight or back away from a friend, you always stand up for yourself and those you're close to.
conversations.prefix: Resolute:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Things often get out of hand when it comes to you and your illusions. Despite your best efforts, it's hard keeping your powers in check. 
conversations.prefix: Lack of control:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Will go to the ends of the Earth for people she cares about. 
conversations.prefix: Loyalty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Different thoughts and ideas than the social norm. Doesn't care if they fit in, which makes it hard to find friends. 
conversations.prefix: Eccentric :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You came back to school to get a job, to get money, to get a better job in a better place, or maybe go to a better school to get an even better job. Either way, you need money.
conversations.prefix: Make Money: