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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 06:48:05 PM »
I think everyone should chill. Please. .__.
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Role Playing / Re: role playing ideas thread
« on: May 14, 2014, 05:56:52 PM »Quote
2) That noble, solitary figure/ Of this lonely warrior/ Smash that furious blade in!/ Make the era shine, Turn the future gold/ GAROOOOOO~
...Ahem. So, I've come up w/ some ideas for if we do cyberpunk or a lighter variety of it (danke, Burnout). I've noticed I spoke more of GARO's titular Knights last time, so I suppose it's only fair I devote some space to the Priests. In GARO's canon setting, Priests are nowadays the primary support infrastructure for the Knights; once upon a time, though, Priests were the only line of defense against the Horrors, until someone decided that there should be a function-specific caste solely dedicated to actual combat. Hence the Knights, and their unique possession of Madou Armor.
W/ the ushering in of the Knights came in another change: canonically, only men could become Knights, while either gender was eligible to become a Priest. As far as I can figure, the reasoning is kinda-sorta like the case w/ the yakuza's schtick of NO GIRLS ALLOWED in organized crime: you want tough Knights, and yada yada yada biological predisposition yada yada.
It's really just a thing, like how magical girls of their respective genre are the only ones who can have, well, magic. (FUCKING BULLSHIT, but then there's Nanoha, which was okay for a while, until YURI TRAIN HAS NO BRAKES CHOO CHOO.) And yes, this did come up as a significant plot point in GARO's canon, in at least two ways.
Anyway. Priests also receive extensive combat training, though it may or may not be a universal thing; many of the canon ones introduced, though, have been seriously hardcore motherf'ers, and that's counting the women alone. The lack of Armor is the key divider, b/c again, WoD Werewolf-tier. That said, Priests are basically the only true mages of the setting; they have access to tons of arcane knowledge to apply, even if strictly spells-wise we see something rather limited. Also, by the 3rd season we see Priests making use of magitek familiars called Goryuu (or something like that, WHATEVER, GEEZE), which may still not be nearly as powerful, but they can be hella versatile.
Oh, and just as Knights are iconic for their Armor, Madou Swords (not always a sword, shut up), Madou Lighter (seriously, shut up), and familiar-as-talking-jewelery, Makai Priests are distinguished by...a magic brush. SHUT. UP, it's still awesome.
I love you more, brother. Garo is fucking awesome.
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7) FINALLY, something more familiar: a Nasuverse campaign. FINALLY FINALLY, one that's also not a cookie cutter Grail War clone where NOTHING CHANGES, HOW CAN THIS BE, WE HAVE FANFICTION WRITERS AMONG US, FOR GOD'S SAKE, MAYBE FUCKING GO CONSULT THEM OR SOMETHING.
This one will be set in the Siberian wilderness, and be much more of a murder/mystery/horror story. Sadly, I don't think the world is ready for a Silent Hill rendition of the Nasuverse, so that'll be kept on the back burner for another day...
A Silent Hill Crossover with the Nasuverse would be actually cool. But not in the setting of a Grail War. Maybe an investigation held by the MA and the Church?
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 04:01:37 PM »Ill do what apparently deeply insults you, IE link sources.
"Dragons are creatures that generate prana merely by breathing, their lungs acting as spiritual worlds. Dragons each have an attribute, and their strongest weapon, Dragon's Breath (ドラゴンブレス), capitalizes upon it by using breath to spread it excessively over a wide area of effect as a torrent of mana. Red dragons carry flame, blue dragons carry thunder, black dragons carry acid, and Elizabeth Bathory carries soundwaves. The damage value, according to a certain rulebook, is the same as the constitution value of the dragon. Due to having a constitution value which transcends that of humans by far, it is not unreasonable to think of a single dragon being able to destroy a whole country when equally spreading the damage from its breath throughout a whole army."
Source: https://tsukinoura.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/entry-126-into-a-heart-inside-a-heart/, as well as Complete Materials.
If you want to have super speshul Merlinman shove dragons into your SI, you should consider reading up on your facts. Even if you used up 3200 units of prana (read: over 3 times Rin's capacity) on a minor firestorm, Satoshi should regain it instantly just by breathing.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Those fuckers. They have it easy.
Actually I was referring to the comics bit. I don't care what you think elsewise.
Let's be civil please.
I dont even give a shit about his powerlevels at this point, I just give a shit about the fact that his character's very existence is raping canon in it's papery ass.
Looking at the sheet, I have to admit it does make me feel really uncomfortable at how it has little regard of canon and.... Perfect.
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Secret Garden / Re: Hi. I'm new.
« on: May 14, 2014, 03:53:39 PM »
I'm alright for now. Until maybe when I get my test results back today. And then I gotta deal with finals in a few days after that.
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 08:55:41 AM »Summarizing the whole LP is... well, it's going to be a damn long summary, let me tell you that much. :V
To just answer your question at least, Toshi is weakened. ...sorta. Kinda. Toshi has some sort of weird... age cycling thing. Presently he's an old man. Likely he's still pretty damn OP though, due to the insane number of circuits. He claimed in the RP that he was "out of magic," but considering the amount of prana I suspect he's packing? I doubt it.
As for the second part... I'm not going to get into that too much because attempts to debate this in the past have made me feel like I'm slamming my head into a wall repeatedly, and I'm supposed to be taking it easy anyway, so I'm going to skimp on the details a bit, but Toshi is portrayed in such a way that he comes off as if he's supposed to be perceived as if he's nearly perfect, even if that's not the case. The majority of his flaws are unintentional on lantz's part. ...And that's all I'm saying on the subject for now for the sake of my sanity. ^^"
Thank you for your help, Alice. I appreciate it. Also, take it easy. It sounds like you've been through quite a bit.
That said, I suppose being really low on Prana is a huge setback. If I may tempt you with one more question: He was in a huge fight or something? Assuming that he is "out of magic"?
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 08:03:34 AM »
Really? Admittedly, I'm not sure if I want to read 125 pages of material right away. But could anyone give me a simple summary so far?
Edit: I'm currently multi-tasking with several things. Cause you know, finals are coming up.
Edit: I'm currently multi-tasking with several things. Cause you know, finals are coming up.
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 07:58:32 AM »
I get your point about it. But you need to understand that it's not even going to do much to your ability to cast magecraft. It's literally only an approximate 16 units of Prana that you're losing. Especially out of an output of a whopping 3200 units (which is freakishly ginormous). And considering that your character is... for the lack of a better word, perfect in every way, I suggest you try to eventually try to tone that down ICly. It doesn't have to be permanent like how it is here. Just maybe have a moment of weakness where your character can grow and develop from.
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 07:33:11 AM »
Coming back to the subject at hand, why worry about losing a measly digit number of prana? You still have a tanker ship load of fuel to cast spells.
Edit: Assuming we're following the numbers in here.
Edit: Assuming we're following the numbers in here.
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 07:17:10 AM »Why, thank you!
Had more, but Mike said they took up way too much space on some screens.
What a shame.
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 07:11:44 AM »Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, screw it, I'll finally join this shindig.
:V
Still open to more meat for the grinder?
That's an awesome sig there.
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 05:09:52 AM »
How many circuits does he have anyway?
Edit: I saw 3200 units for full output.
Dude. You're literally losing nothing if you have that much, lmao
Edit: I saw 3200 units for full output.
Dude. You're literally losing nothing if you have that much, lmao
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Lantz's fics / Re: The Nasuverse in perspective.
« on: May 14, 2014, 05:05:42 AM »
So is this a common occurrence here?
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Cross Effects 1.0 Archive / Re: Cross Effects - Sign Up, Discussion Page
« on: May 14, 2014, 01:01:18 AM »