[OOC] Beacon's Light: Rising - OOC (RWBY)

[Nefarious Prime]

Geez, the last few pages were a roller coaster of reactions to things.

Good idea, I'll edit the first post in a bit. But, small question, is Arara using Glyphs? 'Cuz that's a specific Semblance which she doesn't have, her unique thing is absorbing Aura from others. It's theoretical that Aura can generally make hard light surfaces, if that's what Ren did when fighting the snakes, and it could be part of why Aura shields people from harm, but what Arara's doing seems a little overreaching. I'd have thought you'd do something with the Dragon Lance, as you posted that it can fly and fight so long as she's channeling Aura into it.

Also, Lucy, if you got that for the Ravine, I need to suggest switching the location of some Grimm to take advantage of that. I actually think it'll be better, as the Grimm we have there now aren't really suited for that environment, but we have ones that definitely are. :P I'll put it in the group message.

[ERode]

Arara isn't using Glyphs. She's just making pseudo-barriers with her Aura, which I assume everyone can do. And all things considered, I thought that was a viable thing, using barriers to slow yourself down. XD

[Nefarious Prime]

Hrm, yeah, I s'pose, though I remember last time, people had some questions about that. :P I think if it's short range, it's fine, though they seemed an awful lot like Glyphs at first glance, LP posted something to that effect as well. :P

Alright, so, to get it down, all the general things Aura can do are: Make shields, heal wounds, bolster physical capabilities, and can give you a better sense of your surroundings.

For shields, it's personal as well as short range, and will reflect the color of the person.

For healing, deeper and more serious wounds require more Aura, but a person can decide what to heal themselves; You can also heal another person if you have physical contact.

Physical capabilities, obviously things like strength, jumping, and speed.

Sense of surroundings, it's so you're aware of things to interact with in the fight, and moving quickly doesn't disorient as much as normal; Also, for very talented Aura users, they can send a pulse of Aura around them, to find Grimm that are nearby by feeling for emptiness around them. Not a super long range, but it's for what Pyrrha was saying when she said it's part of the feeling you have when someone's watching you.

Now, some people's Semblances are related to these things as well, in which case, their prevalent abilities are more potent and enhanced, as they're more attuned to their specific use of Aura.

Does that work with people? Just to make things clear, as the show lacks info on stuff like this.

[Lucius Cypher]

When I made Vert way back when, his entire shtick was making barriers that he could move. Didn't even know Aura existed than either. Don't know if barriers are a universal thing for those who have aura, I always figured it was just a matter of specialization; some people focus more on being faster, others glyphs, some like to be on fire. It's not that they're all unique, it's just that some people are better at using a specific type. Like weapons.

[Nefarious Prime]

Oh, and Smith, you can have Pascale run into Naomi if you want, maybe mid-battle so there's no time for explanation. :P They'll have more to deal with besides Bugs, though, there's other things in the forest too. :P

[Asura]

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So, anybody can heal anybody?

I'm gonna need to completely revamp Lyndsey in that case. I'm pretty certain the whole healing factor thing is a Jaune exclusive and not a general ability.

[Nefarious Prime]

Well, Pyrrha said Weiss had her Glyphs and Ruby had Speed, it seemed like the former were then taken as special things. Ren seemed to have some barriers when fighting the Tai-whatevers, so I'd figure regular barriers would be more common, at the very least for personal shielding. :/

[RawrEspada4]

LimeyPanda said
Orion cupped his hands over his mouth; about to shout something when he stopped himself. ”Faunus are going to be nearby. Shouting would be suicide.”

So Orion is also now a faunus hater, I'm sure Arara and Isaac will appreciate the conversion but I find it just a little odd for the bear man to hate other faunus :p

[Nefarious Prime]

And Pyrrha's the one who healed Juane with her own Aura, and said it took care of wounds, which made me think it was a general thing. But Lyn's just loads better at it than other people, she can heal wounds more efficiently and with less Aura, so I'd like to keep that the same if possible. >~<

[Nefarious Prime]

And Jaune's thing, I thought, was shielding, which was kinda what Ren did. I assume he's just better at it, though I'm not as certain on that as I am on the other stuff. :/

[Lucius Cypher]

Well see that's the thing Asura. Everyone has some form of self regeneration, but it's not like Jaune who can put it onto overdrive, or like Lyndsey's who can accelerate others. It's more akin to "You won't die immediately from a mortal wound" like getting stabbed or thrown into a mountain. You know, like being able to go all the way down to negative 10 health in the more recent DnD books; you're out of commission after zero, but you can still be saved. For most people that's all they can do. For Jaune, maybe that means he can still act even after negative ten. Or whatever.

[Asura]

Weiss got her face cut open and it didn't seal like Jaune's cut did and she's a more experienced aura user. I'm thinking the cut thing was just thrown in for flavor. I'm of the thought process that semblances aren't just a specialization of your aura, but a unique ability.

Still, if everybody can become wolverine and everyone is a field medic, it'll make being wounded just something to shrug off. Oh, you sliced my torso open? I can heal that. I'm low on aura? I have three other teammates who can do it for me.

[Nefarious Prime]

Still, mortal wounds take a substantial amount of Aura to heal, whereas Lyn can heal 'em with a much smaller amount. In my opinion, anyways.

But all the GM's will hash this out in a bit, and we'll bring it back to the group when we've decided on things, so peeps don't worry 'bout it right now. :P

[LupusIntus]

Seems to me the 'average' aura user might just be able to say, stop the bleeding of a superficial wound: think of it like the emergency medicine capabilities of an emt who can 'reset' a broken bone but then has to let the body do the job from there. Where as a true 'healer' would be more like a surgeon, sealing wounds and actually repairing skin/internal injuries with a significantly more efficient use of aura.

Just my thoughts.

[LimeyPanda]

RawrEspada4 said
So Orion is also now a faunus hater, I'm sure Arara and Isaac will appreciate the conversion but I find it just a little odd for the bear man to hate other faunus :p

hush you

[ERode]

I thought it was more because he didn't want other Faunus peeps to know that he's there and rush for him, hoping for free perma-carries.

[LimeyPanda]

I typed the wrong word because it was late and I was sleepy.

[ERode]

so what, your 'Grimm' are 'Faunus'? I like that.

[LimeyPanda]

Don't put words in my mouth ERode, I swear to god. Orion is cranky enough because of destroyed sweets.

[Sixsmith]

LimeyPanda said
Don't put words in my mouth ERode, I swear to god. Orion is cranky enough because of destroyed sweets.

Oh em gee, Orion just absentmindedly strengthened ERode's point about Grimm turning into Faunus. :OOOOOOOOOO