The Faction effectiveness dichotomy has never been something as severe as something as the type match ups of Pokemon or any other RPGs, but more of an edge to compile upon those you already posses. The Holy powers of most angels is effective against demons, obviously. Demons naturally warp the world around them with their corruptive influence, which is remarkably effective against the Machina if anyone can understand how catastrophic change a 1 to a 0 can be in even basic coding. Machina's advantage is in some regards the weakest, as it comes from resistance rather then increased lethality, against the angelic powers. An exorcism on an uppity coffee maker won't stop it from short changing you in the morning.

As for how this plays out in practice? That's a matter of how invested you are in utilizing tools attuned to the faction's specialty. A Machina picking up an advanced railgun is going to do well ignoring a barrier of magic, though if an Angel picks one up and shoots a demon it won't have the same value unless they go through some effort to consecrate the thing.

If you ever heard of Planetside 2, then you can grasp the state of the Factions' capitals. They all exist in the same dimension and are in far off corners. They field vast armies battling along shifting borders, with the RP focusing on the more exceptional combatants in their own events. Now this means that they physically exist and can thus be entered, but what everyone seems to forget is that the capital of a militarized nation existing for the purpose of being militarized has fantastic security. Hell is self explanatory. The Machina are more obvious. And Heaven...well, you don't need to be a theoligist to understand how all the glitters are not gold.

And there are the clearly biased Vassals who don't want someone to launch a nuke from Hyperion to Celestia, or the Angels to summon an eldritch horror of the divine and smite the underworld. So causing a ruckus is bound to make Iona, Hoho, Juno, or the Eel come down upon them.

The eyes are simple. Within the Nexus, they are a great power bestowed by the leaders or powers beyond them as a boon for exemplary service to their faction. They don't denote your destiny and they can be taken away, so it's just a high tier power up. Considering the Vassals are refraining from being active participants it would be hard to say where you could get them outside of the three leaders.

That's hard to discuss, in no small part to plans getting FUBARed along the way. I can't say more beyond the fate of the Happy Verse and whether that happens or not is tied to it.

Ah, I see. So in theory, could any given faction make preparations in order to try to counteract their corresponding weaknesses? For instance, could Machina units implement safeguards against corruption in their coding, or demons develop a means of limiting the effectiveness of holy powers against them, that sort of thing?

I figured they'd all be heavily defended, not least by their extremely powerful rulers. Not so much that they all existed within the same dimension, but I suppose it works if you can't just teleport in guns blazing. That said, would each faction have their own additional dimensions to work within too, e.g. backup realms to fall back into if for some reason their capitals are completely overrun?

That's fair. Since you mention them, what do the Vassals represent within the setting, aside from theoretically not getting involved in the faction war past preventing those cheap shots? Looking at Juno's title, for example, I gather she has some major role in the Nexus' metaphysics, though I'm not sure what exactly. Are they all personifications of concepts within the Nexus? Are the faction leaders all Vassals themselves?

I suppose that's fair. I'm not sure how that meshes with the way they're described within the OP; does it not have anything to do with the user's inherent potential for using them? And with that in mind, what about stealing them from another bearer in some way, like physically pulling the Eyes out of their skulls or something? Though even if that were possible, I can imagine it'd be extremely difficult, given that the powers themselves are a huge advantage.

I suppose it'll be difficult to ask more questions about that for now, then... though I don't suppose we happen to know if the Vassals have any relation to the Great Danger?

I don't know about BC but I found the entire exchange fascinating from a scholarly point of view.

Not really. It's a fundamental aspect, like fire being a high temperature. It's more a wasted effort, playing to your weakness rather then a strength. But I should really re-iterate that these are only minor advantages and this line of inquiry has me thinking you're trying to develop someone seeking to exploit this when that's really not a wise idea.

Nope, there is no fall back point.

Juno has two bodies. The human shaped one people interact with, and a massive serpent who is coiled around the entire Nexus and holds it together. People got to glimpse that a few battles ago. As Windel had said the Vassals were never intended to be as prevalent as they had been so most others aren't as relevant.

Your inclination determines the color eye you receive; As in a more violent and destructive person get's Gold while a more supportive or commanding person gets Silver. As for stealing them? Can't say.

As I said before, plans have been FUBARed so often we literally can not say any more on the Great Danger.

Though all of these questions are superfluous at the moment, as one has to wonder what bearing they have on your character sheet. Capital Raiding, Colored Eyes, Vassals and Capital Raiding are really irrelevant subjects for a new character. Questions are nice and all but when you have no investment in the RP it's just raising concerns as to what kind of character you have brewing.

But anywho, I'm fine if BC has more questions, but really like a status update as to his CS.

Alas I'm turning into a bit of a guard dog, and it grew a little hard to differentiate between invigorating discourse and tedium. My apologizes.

And with that in mind, what about stealing them from another bearer in some way, like physically pulling the Eyes out of their skulls or something?

Frog [+]

"It's not easy being green..."

Name: Kermit Homicide

Title: The Frog

Age: Older than 15, for sure.

Gender: Male

Allegiance: Hell

Race: Frog-Puppet-turned-Demonic-Creature

Height: About 2'11", to estimate roughly.

Personality: Insane would be an understatement for the Frog, as he has some sort of system to his attacks. People who've met the frog have seen him as the most kindhearted individual, always wanting to see the smiles on the faces of others. Those who have fought the frog know that his fighting style is chaotic, destructive, and all around increasingly deadly the longer it goes on. The Frog has a bitter resentment of humankind, and will happily try and throw down against angels if he gets the chance, but will be more than happy to put on a show if requested by a child... or maybe an idiot.

History [+]

Commonly airing on the children's television shows for Hyperion, Kermit was a popular star for kids and dumb robots to learn from and look up to. A lot of people came to the conclusion that he was a very good role model for kids, and everyone loved the idea of him helping people find out how many letters are in the alphabet, what to do at various traffic signs, and all around be a good sport in life. The market realized this was a goldmine for products, and many Kermit puppets were made for retail sales. One of these toys was picked up by a soldier whose robotic daughter was one of the biggest fans imaginable. She loved the frog character, and it was always fun to have a bedtime story read to you by your favorite frog.

The puppet was packed away once the daughter grew out of the phase where she liked Kermit, eventually leading to the next time the frog was picked up being about 15 years later, where the daughter was throwing a party and a few of the attendees found the frog in a box of stuff that people could just take. These attendees were not fun guys, as they took the puppet outside into the backyard and began to do unthinkable things to it. Some were rather tame and could be treated with a wash, like how one guy pulled down his pants and urinated on the puppet, while other were a bit more... not-so-washable. The memory of necking will never leave the frog's mind. After the party was over, the frog was found in the backyard 2 days later, covered in various liquids aside from urine. The daughter was disgusted by this, and she had the natural realization to throw the puppet away in the dumpster, which was hauled off by a garbage collector later that day.

As the puppet was discarded in the dump, a strange looking man walked up to the small puppet, lifting it up with his hand and holding it. Disgusted when he realized the state the toy was in, the man threw it back onto the ground, covering the toy in more grime and gunk. It was at this point where the frog became... sentient, to some extent. The puppet left the dump that morning, and the police had found the dead remains of a strange looking man, riddled with stab wounds and with the design of Kermit's eye etched into the back of the man's neck.

The same day, the police found the dead remains of a teenage girl, her foot cut off and with the same mark of Kermit's eye on her forearm. A man was found beside her with his hand cut off, marked the same way.

The murderer was never found.

Powers:

• Frogginess - Kermit expresses all traits shared with what he was designed after. From the voice of the actual character to even the incredible jumping ability. Some would assume his jumps would be limited by his height, but they'd be wrong.
• Showtime - Declared by saying "It's Showtime!", Kermit is able to grab the attention of anything and everything around him, which forces the person to keep their eyes on him at all times. If they look away, they are rendered froggy and must put up with having too big of a tongue for the rest of the area, which commonly gets under their legs and trips them up. Demons and people with no eyes are immune to this, unfortunately.
• Rat-a-tat - Kermit's gun has a seemingly unlimited amount of ammo as long as he can continue saying the phrase of "RATATATATATATATAT..."
• Puppeteer - If anyone dares to put on Kermit as a hand-puppet without asking, may they lose all will to fight and fall under his control.

Weapons:

• The Rainbow Cannon - An unfitting name for an AK-47 with a drum mag armed by a frog, the Cannon is actually capable of firing any sort of bullet that's loaded into the magazine, which also is able to carry any kind of bullet that's in existence. This cannot load any sort of rocket, sadly, as that would be incredibly dumb and OP, and we don't want to teach kiddies how to be OP, as it makes them snooty.

Equipment: N/A

Other: Theme of Memes

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