How do mutants work out?

[The Weapon]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

The Stan Lee answer is the correct one, of course.

 

That said: mutants are:

(a) monsters, or

( terrorists.

 

Seriously.

 

The Hulk isn't, of course, a mutant, but he is a monster. In a Marvel-like universe, there are/were other monsters, who, whether or not they are technically mutants, are part of the reason why people who look like monsters are plausibly to be feared.

 

And then there are terrorists like Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, as well as all the other "evil"/criminal mutants.

 

These "people" present an actual danger to humanity.

 

The possibility that mutants could actually "breed out" "real people" is enough to form the basis for a moral panic. How long it could be sustained is another question,

 

Antisemitism has been going for 2000+ years, don't look for moral panics to die soon.

[The Weapon]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

How are we defineing mutant? some one with an abnormal genetic code? if so you can add every albino, every cancer paitent, every person with downs...

 

there is you massive mutant army

 

Not just albinos, everyone with melanine content below the original human standard, yep that's right, if you're white you're a mutant! Of course white people aren't dangerous, apart from that time we killed 6 million people. Oh and that "Trail of tears" thing. And the millions who died on the middle passage. And those gulags. Come to think of it...

[The Weapon]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

Anti-mutant bigotry??

Oh, come on. Modern society is tolerant and open. Minorities are encouraged to express their uniqueness.

Admittedly, some mutants claim to be discriminated against, that they are less likely to get security clearances and loans, that "out" mutants don't get jobs, or get turned down by good universities. But you have to remember that "mutation" is a complex change of an even more complex thing, the vast DNA blueprint of the human body. Experts say that even minor changes in the genotype can cause mental instability and worse.

 

Not all mutants are emotionally and mentally unstable whiners imagining discrimination where none exists. I'm sure that many are perfectly normal just as there are many mutant psycopaths. But why take a chance? There are schools and communities, that will take mutants in, so that they be with their own kind, and there is less risk of mutant genes spreading. The IHA is doing its best to keep a lid on dangerous mutant "supervillains" and perhaps well-meaning but unstable mutant "superheroes." Someday, society, and regular superheroes will wake up to the threat.

 

And the fact that you expressed that point of view so well is not at all creepy...

[Utech]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

I don't think anyone has addressed the issue of timeline yet. Consider just a few options and how they might impact your original question:

1. The campaign marks the very first appearance of mutants. The first mutants were born 15 years ago. No one noticed their mutations when they were children. But not that they are adolescents . . . they're going through changes.
   
2. The campaign marks the first mass appearance of mutants. There have been mutants throughout history but they have appeared only at very rare times. Some rose to be great leaders. Others became the power behind the throne. Many were killed. Just recently, a large number of mutants have appeared on the scene.
   
3. The campaign takes place at a time when humans and mutants are at war. The humans easily outnumber and outgun most mutants. But a few mutants are capable of taking on armies. And they do. Humans are nothing if not inventive, though. They've been working on some big surprises for mutantkind. 'Course the mutants have also been busy. Mutating...
   
4. The campaign takes place at a time when almost all mutants are in concentration camps. Some have been enslaved and work for their human masters to track down other mutants. The free mutants are few in number and constantly on the run.
   
5. The campaign takes place at a time when mutants have taken over the planet. They make war on each other. Somehow, a few humans have managed to survive. They plot their revenge...
   

[Vulcan]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

I'm stuck in game #3, and it looks like it's mutating into #4, and I HATE THE WHOLE MESSED-UP TROPE!

 

Sorry, I just wish my GM get a clue....

[Sketchpad]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

You forgot:

• 6. The campaign takes place when mutant kind is beginning to see equality with humans.

• 7. The campaign takes place when humans and mutants co-exist with one another. Some mutants now have common jobs and work in harmony with the rest of the human race.

[CoreBrute]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

what about number 8: Mutants and humans live in relative peace, but mutants now take higher paying jobs and humans have become 2nd class sapiens (think House of M).

 

Or if you want to be special:

9. Mutants are the saviours of earth defending it from alien invaders. This takes place during the invasion, which would be spread out over years.

[Utech]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

You forgot:

6. ...

7. ...

what about number 8: ...

Or if you want to be special:

9. ...

I certainly never intended my quick list to be exhaustive! There are hundreds of different possibilities for a mutant campaign. They'll all work out differently.

 

I'm so sorry to hear that things don't seem to be working out at all for Vulcan, though. Have a word with your GM. Have two. You really shouldn't be playing a campaign you don't like.

[BNakagawa]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

10: Inspired by The Incredibles, Heroes, etc. The genetic source of mutant powers is deciphered and made available to the masses - For A Cost.

 

Low level useful mutations are commonplace ex: low light vision, self contained breathing, clinging, while higher level and higher impact abilities like desolidification, mental powers are extremely rare, controlled and/or expensive.

[CoreBrute]

Re: How do mutants work out?

 

Do you think flight would be a commonplace power then? It's quite powerful but in that Heroes episode there were loads of people flying. Although they could have all been rich...