@KoL My plan relied on the concept that team demon would not be revealed before Balrog fired, by the Machina attacking and people with general omniscience.
But this very much did not happen, and the Angelic guard was raised effectively immediately.
And while there may not be a strict posting order, I still don't particularly like time lapsing people.
Well, at the present, only Eclipse Princess is there at the war front, none of the other angels arrived yet. You can still do your first move. However, it was not omniscience on the Angels part, but Diana reaching them before they went on a wild goose chase.
For the Machina, seriously, just look at what you had dumped right on the floor of Henry's castle. Eos is connected to every machine ever built by their faction, obviously she could spy on you all passively. The only machines she can't override are the PCs, but ask you had there were mechanical parts that were just plain normal and working.
Then again, my personal opinion about your plan is just that one. It's not meant to mean anything other than pointing to another avenue of thought. You can keep doing what you are just now, there's still time for it, IC.
Every machine? Even ones kept in Henry's treasure horde for god knows how many years without being powered or even touched? By that logic, Heaven should have known Miyu's mech was one big wire tap and never allowed it in Heaven in the first place. That's a major tactical advantage that could have seriously been exploited by the Machina to cripple the Angels last round.
They ones on Henry's vault are away from her reach until they are summoned to the world. Even then, most Machina NPCs are powered by wireless transmitted energy. It's much better and safe than packing batteries on everything.
On that logic, I think that Miyu's mech is shielded by her powers, just like Balrog's implants.
@KoL Honestly, I think many of the Machina's greatest military victories have come from fusion powered machina. I mean, Grafdakka nuking the angelic host with his body was pretty boss. Granted, didn't achieve the objective, but was boss.
Also, Miyu's mechs definitely have their own internal reactors. She wouldn't trust to always have power being beamed to them. And she's pulled a Mini-Grafdakka before.
@KoL Honestly, I think many of the Machina's greatest military victories have come from fusion powered machina. I mean, Grafdakka nuking the angelic host with his body was pretty boss. Granted, didn't achieve the objective, but was boss.
Also, Miyu's mechs definitely have their own internal reactors. She wouldn't trust to always have power being beamed to them. And she's pulled a Mini-Grafdakka before.
Fusion power is only for important units. The majority of the faceless rank and file is powered by Eos. Think of the countless mookdroids from Star Wars. If ask of them were autonomous units that would be a logistical nightmare to keep them acting in formation the whole time. Instead they get both power and commands from outside sources to keep things simple.
Hey everybody I'm going to need the next post as soon as I get back from work it's big stuff. Teams demon/angel don't go too far without me. Aka Balrog and Fran had the right idea originally.
To be frank, I don't like the Bonesword. He's far too weak to survive anything in the Nexus when all he has is an unbreakable sword, good reaction times, and is superior to a human in agility which, coincidentally, everyone else is by at least a factor of 10.
Add to that his history consists of: being spurned by humans and joining the demons. Palling around with demons until they start raping the human woman and children. Kills demons and joins humans.
If that is his reaction, then he shouldn't be on any factions side, human included, cause they all treat the losers the same way. And before you ask, No, he can not be a neutral or rogue agent fitting on his own in the Nexus.
So as it stands, and the other two GMs can feel free to veto me, but I do not accept your CS.
I'm going to have to agree with @Lonewolf685 on this one actually. I'm not a GM so my opinion doesn't matter as much, but The Bonesword is really weak in comparison to everyone else. Even Miyu during Ruthria could beat him, and she was probably the weakest character at the time. I suggest buffing him a lot, give him some plant magic or something. That would probably help.
His personality needs to be longer; at least a paragraph will do. Concerning his powers and abilities, I'm not against him being on the weak side. It's not needed, just recommended that he's buffed up a bit since everyone in the Nexus is a crazy warrior of some sort.
Also, just to be clear, he's a demon working for the Machina right? It seems like he could easily switch sides due to his code of honor and that's fine. He just needs a valid reason to explain to others why he's suddenly fighting for the other factions if need be. But as alone said, he can't be his own faction.
"I brought a knife to a gunfight, and I'm still gonna kick ass."
Name: Bonesword is all he goes by, and all he will respond to when asked about his name.
Title: The Bonesword
Age: Unknown.
Gender: Male
Allegiance: Machina.
Race: Demon.
Height: 5'9".
Personality: A silent, brave, and valiant heroic type. He values loyalty over a fair amount of other traits, and he tends to fight very defensively and patiently. When
History:
A long time ago, a single mushroom was growing in a forest. A purple mushroom, with green spots, and a very bone-like material as the stalk. Years later, a skeleton rose from the ground in that spot, his skull topped by the head of a mushroom, and his soul free. He began to roam the world, eventually finding a human settlement where he attempted interaction, and was hastily rejected due to his appearance being frightful. Saddened and discouraged, the skeleton roamed more, stumbling across a demon settlement, where they welcomed him as a brother. There he learned how to live for himself and how to care and defend people he loved. Eventually the demons were enraged at the humans, who slaughtered the livestock and burned down a forest. When the skeleton heard the demons were going to go and pillage the humans, the skeleton was glad to join in the endeavor, and marched onwards to go and kill the humans who insulted him so long ago. Once they were there, the demons slew all of the men in the settlement, leaving only the women and children captured.
As the demons rejoiced in their victory, the skeleton couldn't help but feel remorse for what he did that day, how he killed those men, and what the demons were going to do to the women and children... Right before the unforgivable happened to those captured, the skeleton drew his sword in the name of justice, and defended the humans with all of his might. The amount of blood spilled that day was unforgettable and traumatic. The villagers did not know whether or not the skeleton wanted them all for himself or if he wanted to protect them, but either way they tried to slay him to avoid a bad situation in case of that. The skeleton fled, unwilling to hurt those humans, and returned to his life of roaming the lands in search of new people to meet.
Many years passed, and the skeleton got tired of roaming and finished off his life of that, making a small shelter in a cave off in a forest. It was a bit later when a human child found him when he was roaming the world. Much to the skeleton's surprise, the child did not run from the demon, rather thought he was funny-looking and treated him like a friend. The skeleton felt a sense of companionship, something he had been without for a long time, and a bond unlike most others was formed, where the two treated eachother like brothers, and when the child's village was attacked, the skeleton came out of hiding and defended every single one of the humans in that village, not letting a single one perish from a demon's weapon.
Every human but one, anyway. The child was slain by the brawniest, bloodiest, and most vile demon in the raid, who thought it would cripple the feelings of the skeleton and make him submit to the raiders. What followed that day was the first instance of an Honor Strike, and holy hell did it finish the raid. The skeleton was celebrated for his heroic actions by the humans, and was welcomed back into the village at anytime. When the dead child's funeral was had, the skeleton toon an oath. From that day on, he would defend mankind with his life, until either the day he died for good, or the day that mankind betrayed him again. Hopefully that doesn't happen for a long time.
Powers:
Enter: the Sharpswordsman Throwing swords proves very useful if there are any around. Simply put, this ability allows for Bonesword to throw any sort of sword with incredible accuracy and power. For a visual explanation, think about how the sword throwing in Superhot works.
Bloody Harvest Bonesword animates sentient plant-life close to him, and whatever is animated is sworn to do whatever Bonesword desires until the task is completed or the animated dies.
Undeath As long as the skull of Bonesword remains intact, his soul is still present and he is able to take another skeleton's body for himself, provided that a nearby plant is around to carry him to a new body anyway.
Honor Strike One strike, empowered with the memories and feelings of brotherly love, is delivered to an enemy, greatly damaging them. Any and all demons tremble in the sight of this, and are blazed in a holy light, devastating them for near deadly amounts of damage. Catch is, Bonesword must be under insane amounts of stress to use this power.
Weapons: The Shroomblade Crafted specifically for the use by Bonesword, this blade's scabbard replicates the mushroom head on Bonesword, and has proven it's near indestructibility. Throughout the years, it has acquired a taste for the blood of demons, and as a result, it has a potency against demons.
I may have left a small bit out, but I need to leave for a while so I can't fix it immediately. I'll be back in a few hours to make a final edit or two to this, so watch out for then. All feedback is appreciated though.
His powers look fine by me except his Holy Strike. Why is a skeleton who fights for Humans and Machina using a holy technique? I also still have a few issues about his backstory. As the humans created the Machina, why were there no Machina present to protect the humans? Is he aware of the Machina at all? Furthermore, all humans should be living in high-tech cities considering they, again, created the Machina and thus there shouldn't be any human villages at all. Unless he defended a city of humans? In which case, that's fine. Apologies since I forgot to mention that bit in my last review.
@TheWindel I presume there are still outposts and villages around them to gather raw resources. Unless that too has been handed over to machines with like, giant crawling strip mining vehicles that slowly trawl along and rip off the crust of an entire planet for raw material..
And that sounds kinda boss and right up the Machina alley now that I think about it. A future battle should involve a repurposed one of those.
