<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253800.msg12566843#msg12566843">Quote from: Bibliophilia on 12-08-2016, 14:19:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I've got Jubilee in the Team-Building class, mainly because I feel her powers make her far more suited to working in conjunction with others, rather than on her own.  This is held up in canon, too, since she's typically paired with one or more other mutants, most often Logan.  I think they work well together because they balance one another's strengths and weaknesses, so Jubilee already has some knowledge and experience working with a team.<br/><br/>That being said, Jubilee would also offer her services to any teachers who might want her to give the students training in dodging or something.  She can adjust the impact of her energy bolts, and it has the added benefit of giving her some additional training aiming at moving targets with unpredictable patterns!<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The purpose of having mentors sign up for the Advanced Class is so that there can be a roster of who is actually training students. Of course, there will always be those teachers who go off the record, but because safety and making sure that no one is being taught to kill others, is not only Law's priority in his courses but Professor Xavier's, he can keep track of who is being taught by who. Because if a student was being taught/trained off the record by an unknown teacher and he or she dies or were to get hurt, he isn't going to take responsibility for it. But to have the staff register in the Advanced Course just gives them a sort of "Okay, we know you're here and teaching students martial arts."<br/><br/>That's just how that goes with some realism to it. Of course, people can do what they want but I am just saying the purpose. I don't think Professor Xavier would condone a class where students are trained to kill the enemy, so if students want that training, then yeah they can go behind the back of the institute and get that training all they want. Law's philosophy is that people don't need to be trained to kill other people because they're already capable of doing it, and so teaching them how to defend themselves and to subdue the enemy without killing the enemy is a lot harder art that requires way more skill and discipline, and that is what he tries to teach.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253800.msg12566846#msg12566846">Quote from: Ace Flyer on 12-08-2016, 14:21:33</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">What if a character excels in the martial arts already...But they don't exactly have a stellar record for attending classes (that certain auburn-haired Southern belle's aren't in)? Would (ICly) Law track him down and make him go to class, or would (OOCly) I just opt him in and out as desired?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Law isn't going to go hunt Gambit down if he doesn't attend class. So, no. And no mutant is 100% Grand Master and perfect in Martial Arts. There is always someone better. Psylocke, Gamora, and even the Taskmaster could be in the Advanced Class. It's just putting them on a roster of known instructors so that they can be assigned students from the Beginner and Intermediate classes. I will say though that if Gambit isn't taking teaching seriously and is showing up whenever he wants and isn't there for the students, then Law will ask him to leave and that's just an understatement. So if you want to set that up as some background information as to why Gambit "used to be" a part of the Advanced Class, we can go that route also. Law would think Gambit is a shitbag though lol.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253800.msg12566897#msg12566897">Quote from: Lockepick on 12-08-2016, 15:19:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">GMs can correct me -- but I don't think the school is supposed to be focused around training Superheros. I'm not sure how fitting it would be for the school to sanction some gladiatorial matches. <br/><br/>In the effort of not being a fucking Nancy Nay-Sayer in the OOC all the time: If you did want to have some sort of competition like that -- it makes more sense to be judged on their performance against a Danger Room simulation over fighting each other. There are some students who can't exactly 'pull their punches', having students fight each other with power use seems like an unwise idea.<br/><br/>Is the Self Defense 'thing' a Class or a Club? This distinction sounds like I'm nitpicking, but what I'm really asking is: Is this a <em>school-sanctioned</em> class or an <em>off the books</em> club? I thought it was described as a Club before -- and given that it's running over the summer and seems more 'offensive' than just a self-defense class, I thought it was more off the books. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You should join the class and then you'll find out how it works.  :-)