Voting:Level 5's and Up/Counsellor Powers Fate - Resolved

After some debate I've decided to allow Level 5's and up to vote on this, please read everything and go with the option you feel is the best option, not what your friends think just because you can't decide for yourself, If you have no opinion on the matter whatsoever and really do not care which option is, maybe you shouldn't vote. But as many user's have Lt/Head spots as well as BC members who currently have access to the Counsellor powers, I feel that their opinion should be heard.

Ok, so over the last 1 1/2 years, there has been much debate over counsellor powers. To start for anyone who hasn't been here from the start, I'll explain a few key points regarding them:


 * 1) Counsellor powers are not canon
 * 2) During the debates on whether or not BC demigods (which only about 1/3 or less of the BC is made up of demigods whose parent has a cabin at camp) 2 theories on how they work in general arose 1. Camp boarders suppress the counsellor power in all but the Head and Lt so that there is a clear cabin leader at camp (in which case BC would then have the power) or 2. That it is a blessing of the parent god, given and taken away freely as Lt/Head changes hands. However if that were the case for one it's direct god parent interference that they take away a power at will AND in theory if taking away and/or giving a power were that easy, they could just take away all the powers of the BC and make them no longer a threat at all to them or their kids
 * 3) So far the BC having them has yet to cause any type of godmodding or OP issue when facing off against Camp, however some feel that it is a potential area for a problem, so this vote will give us a definitive answer to this debate once and for all
 * 4) In the books it is inferred that as a demigod grows/trains, so does their powers and their control over their powers

To try and make everyone happy, I have come up with a few options:


 * 1) We will carry on as is, in camp only the head and Lt have the power, but BC are allowed to use it, and that is explained in that camp boarders suppress the power in the other campers
 * 2) We will do away with the idea that only the counsellor and Lt have the power, so all campers/demigods/BC members have equal powers always from day one
 * 3) We have the "counsellor" power as something that, once a demigod has been training for at least 6 months (real time out of character) they will have access to that power, this would apply to the BC as well as camp, it will also make it so that it is more beneficial to keep your character's active rp'ing instead of sending them away randomly, because the longer you are rp'ing them, the more powers they open up.
 * 4) An alternative of this one we are willing to explore is to add a few powers that open up over time, perhaps 1 at 3, 1 at 6 and one at 9, further reiterating the benefit of keeping your character's around and not sending them away
 * 5) Some may worry this option is more work on the administrative end, well here's the thing, for the most part, to me it's no different than what we have to do anyway, which is watch the wiki to make sure user's/character's are using the appropriate powers to begin with. With so many character's and user's it's easy for things to fall thru the cracks no matter what system, cuz there could always be a user (as we've seen) that comes on thinking they can have whatever powers they want to make up. It's simple, if someone tries to cheat the system and gets caught, they receive an official wiki warning for breaking policy and using powers their character shouldn't have.

So pick an option 1, 2 or 3:

Comments
I feel option 3 in any form we decide is best, not only takes care of the counsellor power in general, but goes more with canon because it shows that powers grow with time and training. It also has the possibility of giving user's the incentive to keep their character's around longer and get less bored with them as quickly.