@Ellion
1- i actually read all posts. I Just enjoy Reading them anyways bcos they are funny ^^

2- well, i actually planned to use this ability not always. As i said, "Reading the stars". This usually gives the idea of long term divination. Not seeing the close future, but the medium to far away future. That would explain why people search for her.

The tarot cards can reveal informativo too, but only the "close future" (If that makes any sense). They would basically offer some degree of information, but not much. Think of them as providing only "Additional information", heightened situation awareness (basically the Power to read other posts. Wooo~ scary).
Drawbacks for the long term (and far more detailed) divination would be a long preparation time, depends on the Weather (for obvious reasons... That May also be a way to the GM to restrains/allow this ability only on certain circunstances) and she would be defenseless. Using her star globe to observe the stars. She would basically sit down and enter a "meditation" where she can ser all the stars and read them accurately. It would take time and she would be defenseless while doing so.

For the short term divination it would be the level of the detail she can get out of it. Basically you chose one sentence from another post (or a few key information). I know about the Poison mist, but i dont know her location, nor her powers or about the snakes.

About the future... That is a very tricky question. I do think that free Will is very good, but maybe it would be interesting to have like a mix of Both. You have a destiny to be fulfilled, but you have a degree of free Will as well.

For example: the fate requires you to take the hobbits to Isengard, but you can chose how you will do it, or if you will Just say "fuck it" to the hobbits and ler them stay at their houses mindinho their own business (but If you do, you would certain face the consequences of tour acts)

@Noxx

Alpha predator?

Puh-leaze

Celia is gonna eat that thing for dinner.

@Rune_Alchemist eat as in literally because blood magic....how XD

@Noxx about the shockwave, its not affecting you Directly, but rather the disribuition of mana on that place.

Shai is a walking Arcane Node. Think of it as If you were drinking water and someone half way closed the central water registry.
It wouldnt cut out the water completely, but it would take much longer for you to satisfy your thirst. This affected Every Magic user nearby (ir até least Who is using "her" Arcane Node.
Its worth boring that EVERY Magic user has their powers heightened when using her Magic Node. She cant fully control Who access it and Who doesnt, and cutting someone's ability to access the Arcane Network is a lenghty process that can take hours and even days, requiring physical contact, but limito g everyone's access to it isnt something very hard to do.

Its important to think about that as well. Remember that the fact that you are accessing Directly an arcane Node means that its easier for the Arcane energy to reach you, making your Magic stronger. Thats the reason why many Witches want to apture her and use her and Hunters want her Dead.

@13org thats....easily abusable and broke XD but alright you don't get to be her age without learning a few tricks give me a second

Also... Wow... Talk about overpowered characters Lol...

Ab epic hydra, alpha predador... XD.

I can do some pretty crazy shit with Shai's Power too, but some of them would be very overpowered, só i tend to limit my use of her powers.

Come on... Controlling gravity and compressing time? That can get very messy very quickly

@Noxx do you think so? I Just said that EVERY eitch has her Magic amplified Just by being near to her!

If anything, your Magic would be only 50% weaker If Shai does it, but If she doesnt, Witches Magic are eay stronger.

Just think about having an endless suply of mana, not getting tired with multiple conjurstions, more powerfull Magic...

@Noxx

She's a wendigo.

As in, basically she's a spirit of greed/gluttony, or at least possessed by one that can literally eat almost anything (though prefers human flesh) and is about eeeh...twice the size of a human and is incredibly strong. That's why she has such good hearing and sense of smell, whilst having fairly poor vision.

basically this:



While I don't plan for her to fully lose herself to the beast and go full berserk rage mode, and her access to its strength is quite limited due to the seal placed on her but she can, and will, eat pretty much just about anything and can roughly lift around ~200 lbs with some difficulty even as weak looking as she is.

Also, it would be very interesting to everyone (or at least every witch) to note and remember the fact that you WILL clearly feel your Powers stronger and an endless supply of mana when near Shai (the range is quite big... So it would easily affect the entire forest)

@13org@Rune_Alchemist

The node is nearly just a small annoyance the gravity and time control may be a bit much but its manageable the real issue is the human-sized Kirby, as long as whatever she bites into doesn't just disappear like her mouth is made of Anti-matter

@Noxx
Nice, Hissy is in range for Madeline's ULTIMATE ABILITY that's totally awesome and SUPER deadly! (It's neither of these things).

Also @Ellion these two witches here are prime examples of why all hunters need to be something more than man because this is ridiculous XD how is a human armed with nothing more than a torch and pitch fork going to fight what is essentially gluttony (FMA) mixed with Kirby (Nintendo) and Sakuya Izayoi (Touhou project)

@Noxx

I mean, calling her kirby is a bit of an inaccurate comparison. She just doesn't vacuum it all in. She has to actually chew, swallow, and things like that. She'll spend all night eating that Hydra if she had too, or really wanted too (Really, that was more of a joke. She's gonna take a bite or two but eating all of it would be a bit much)

In human form, she eats a lot, but its pretty much just that no matter how much she does, she can never be 'full'. That's what a Wendigo is or at least, a bit of my own interpretation of it. Plus, she can't exactly just...eat a hunter. She doesn't exactly have an extendable jaw capable of swallowing things whole.

She can't eat a limitless amount, and if she does overeat there will be consequences. In her human form, at least. But overeating to that point would generally be bad for her. As in, the point of no return and the point where she is no longer herself, but rather a rabid beast. That's one reason she doesn't eat more. While eating more would give her more strength, it'd also mean that she would become closer to losing herself to the creature.

In beast mode, she can pretty much however much she wants too...I would go into detail, but that's a bit of a spoiler. It doesn't just get 'magicked' away though.

Also, my new hunter is up in my CS thing if you want to give her a look.

Plus, mixed with her lack of skill with magic and general weakness to both silver and fire, well. She's not going to be stopping any sort of decently skilled hunter that knows how to fight, since she doesn't.

@Noxx

Well, the Node thing is actually very strategic for either side.

The Hunters would benefit of having someone that is able to make the Witches less powerfull, and the Witches would benefit of the exact opposite.

Idk about you, but i dont feel like Shai is overpowered at all.

I said that it is possible to do some pretty crazy shit, but i will always control the amount of Power i use with Shai. Example: i wont create gravity Wells able to crush EVERY living thing, Black goles or use time shift to instante rot someone's body to death ir any craY thing

Put an Arrow to her head and she is Dead. If a witch managed to sneak near her by surprise, taking advantage of the stronger Magic, she is Dead.

@Rune_Alchemist my last comment was mostly a joke though I do see them as those characters now XD

I need to sleep now, its already 4:38 AM here...

But i think i made my point very clear.
Gravity, time... All those Powers Will be used mainly as defensive measures.
You should be worried about the only thing that can actually hurt you: the freaking thorn dices moving around, shredding and punching holes at things.

But well... If things start to get crazy near Shai, she can use her powers to be crazy too...

Think of it like the cold war. If you send your nukes ill send mine too.

And well... Paralyzing everyone in the forest by Poison, letting you bem able to basically murder everyone without much problems (and they cant do anything about it bcos they cant smell or feeling the Poison) is a kinda... Extreme approach, isnt it?

@13org I personally don't care Hissy is pretty much, the cure for everything

@Noxx

Sorry, it's late and my ability to differentiate jokes and stuff goes down drastically. no you just become a very argumenative grumpalump who hates everything because you're super edgy when you're tired

I really should be in bed instead of thinking where to put Phoebe....
Also, see Phoebe for how a well equipped and prepared hunter can hunt these witches and beasties.

*See elsewhere

@Ellion whoa bro...my guy...my dude its not that severe honestly DX no one has an ultimate world ender up their sleeves except maybe you but I got most of the information I needed to be sure the time girl wouldn't get that abused and other than it still being a 'what if' situation as long as we mind our characters and limit them where need be its fine right?

Also in a completely un-related note Hissy shouldn't be in that list of enforcer guy to kill

@Ellion
Hey drunky mc drunks :p

I would have to argue with you about a witch and hunter being even.
I think naturally a witch should be more dangerous that's why hunters need to prepare, bring special items and equipment, set traps and come in force or use the element of surprise.
(To me that's what hunters are/do)

They can't just randomly stumble upon a witch and expect to win with skill alone.
A hunter can get an even bigger advantage if he knows his targets skills and abilities.

Then, things can easily tip to his favour.

Just my thoughts...

It does seem to be gettin pretty crazy