[OOC] World Warriors: The Nomadic Fist (Quirky Fighting Game Influenced Roleplay)

[Nightmare Bunny]

I'm here!!! I'll start on my CS now~~

[Mixtape Ghost N]

I'm here!!! I'll start on my CS now~~

@Nightmare Bunny

I've dreaded this day.

Anyways, I made a quick edit to Sage's fighting style after realizing I forgot to update it. Oops.

[Nightmare Bunny]

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I've dreaded this day.

Anyways, I made a quick edit to Sage's fighting style after realizing I forgot to update it. Oops.

@Mr Allen J

A-Allen... I'm so hurt...

[Mixtape Ghost N]

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A-Allen... I'm so hurt...

@Nightmare Bunny

Then my work here is done.

[Savo]

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A-Allen... I'm so hurt...

@Nightmare Bunny

If it makes you feel any better, I'm here too :D

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Anyways, time to get started on that sentient Hamster who has a crapton of Ki within him... who pilots a human-like mech that is powered by his Ki.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Anyways, time to get started on that sentient Hamster who has a crapton of Ki within him... who pilots a human-like mech that is powered by his Ki.

@Savo

He'll die in the first sentence.

[The book of bad juju]

@The book of bad juju Pretty solid overall, but there's a few things that come to mind.

1). You didn't exactly explain how he learned his fighting style in his backstory. You say that his father and grandfather used a bolas, but didn't mention him grabbing any before he left at least. Especially since you made a big deal about him inheriting the family's traits. In an RP like this, I'd like training and the sorts to play a part in their past. Along with the fact I don't know where he learned how to rip holes in space. Is that a magic or ki technique?

2). This is probably me being anal retentive, and because you didn't provide a picture, but I can't get an idea of what he looks like. You were pretty vague, but, again, this is because you couldn't find a picture. lol

3). I'm a bit curious about his moveset because you said that he's weak up close, but he has a variety of close ranged moves. Are they weak, or...?

4). This is something tiny, but could you remove the space in the [ hr] tags? So they can form those fancy lines!

And don't get me wrong, he's not rejected, I just want a few things cleared up.

@Mr Allen J

1). The fighting style i'm intentionally leaving vague and low-powered. This guy is meant to be the equivalent of a Peacock from Skullgirls, Phoenix Wright in Marvel vs capcom, Mr Game and Watch from Smash. Not characters who fight because they're the bestest at fighting nor to explain a sensible philosophy of consequentialist ethics, but because they wanna get loaded and have a good time, use every gimmick in the book to win without actually being stronger. The ripping holes in space thing is just a ki thing, though. It would be much stronger if he ever bothered to train it, but he hasn't. I've added a few paragraphs in his history to explain most of this up.

2). Yeah, that's still annoying. Thinking of just making a bad sketch and scanning it in.

3). You've hit the nail on the head.

4). Done and done.

[Dead Cruiser]

FENRIR

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⦋ Ancient || Aesir || Male ⦌

APPEARANCE & PERSONALITY

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APPEARANCE

Fenrir is a massive, powerfully-built man from an age long past. He has the physique of god, with battle scars from hundreds of life-or-death struggles. Ice-blue eyes peer out from under his heavy brow, and thick, black hair hangs loose over his shoulders. Like any true man, he keeps a thick, dark beard, which contrasts with the bestial yellow of his fanged teeth. Fenris wears little in the way of clothing, mostly furs and leathers about his waist, heavy boots, and various charms carved from the teeth and bones of monsters he has slain.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

A born warrior, Fenrir lives to fight and to kill. A relic of another age, Fenrir fights for his personal honor and glory, and relishes in bloodshed. He believes firmly in the rule of might; he holds dominion over any man weaker than him, and will not answer to any he does not consider strong enough. When his more bestial side becomes dominant, his attitude becomes extreme enough that he believes that the weak are not fit to live if they cannot survive on their own. Not one to rest on his laurels, Fenrir constantly seeks new challenges and new opponents, finding that the glory of victory fades fast if not quickly regained. Apart from martial conquest, Fenrir's interests include feasting, drinking, whoring, and a variety of other wholesome pursuits.

BACKSTORY & MOTIVATION

Many hundreds of years ago, in a world of myth and heroes, Fenrir walked the earth. A warrior unlike any other, there were no men that could stand before him and survive. Refusing to bow to any king, he stalked the frozen north, seeking bloodshed wherever he could find it. Given both his physical power and the mystic beast-blood within him, only those who had mastered the secret fighting arts of the gods could hope to challenge him.

Fenrir's final battle was against the armies of a mighty warrior-king, a legendary soldier and wizard. Fenrir slaughtered scores of men that day, both with his Jarlhammer and with his claws and fangs. Eventually he struck down the king himself, devoured his heart, and held his head high aloft for all of his armies to see. However, his pride had finally overwhelmed him as at that moment the king's son took his vengeance, plunging his sword into Fenrir's side. While this was not enough to kill him, due to the unnatural vitality his beast blood gave him, he was weakened enough so that he was thrown into the icy sea, never to be seen again.

At least, not in that age. In modern times, a scientific expedition into the glacial fjords of Norway discovered something quite unusual. Ice melt brought on by global warming had revealed that which lurked deep inside one of the ancient glaciers. It was a massive wildman, with a sword stuck in his side. Eager to research what they thought was a mummy, the man was retrieved and thawed out, only to find that he was alive, and had been in suspended animation for at least a thousand years. Fenrir was revived and rehabilitated by Norway's government, hoping to uncover the secrets of his past. Fenrir was less than forthcoming, particularly given his distaste for the modern culture of Scandinavia, and escaped from the research facility he had been detained in. He now wanders this strange, new world, seeking new opponents by which he may again become the mightiest warrior of all.

FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES

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FIGHTING STYLE

Fenrir is a close-combat monster, with strength, speed, and endurance that are all seemingly superhuman. His style is an overwhelming berserk blitz, with no thought given to his own defense to that he might utterly obliterate his opponent. Fenrir switches freely between his mighty two-handed Jarlhammer, and his bestial fangs and claws. Fenrir can switch freely between his human form (in which his endurance is highest), his wolf form (in which his speed is highest) and his wolfman form (in which is attack power is highest). Additionally, Fenrir has mystic power over ice and cold granted by the power in his beastblood, which augments many of his abilities.

SPECIAL MOVES & TECHNIQUES

■ [Thviti]

[Fenrir becomes as immovable as a mountain, protecting against attacks that disrupt his positioning or knock him down.]

■ [Gelgja]

[Fenrir conjures an aura of cold, slowing his opponents' movements. If they linger in his aura of cold for too long, they will be frozen in place and immobilized.]

■ [Gjöll]

[Fenrir howls mightily at his opponent, with enough sonic force to destroy a stone slab.]

■ [Svartálfar]

[Fenrir taps into the true power of his Jarlhammer, crafted by dwarves. For a short time, it cannot be resisted by even the mightiest armor.]

■ [Sköll]

[Fenrir's claws and fangs transform to mystic ice, turning any wounds they inflict black and necrotic.]

■ [Hati]

[Fenrir summons a great burst of icy mist, pushing opponents away from him.]

■ [Ván]

[Fenrir, imbued with inhuman vitality, gains a second wind, allowing him to continue fighting long past the limits of his mortal form.]

■ [Helhammar]

[Fenrir summons ice from the depths of the underworld, and cloaks his Jarlhammer with it. For a short time, this chthonic ice will sap the vitality of those he strikes.]

SUPER MOVES

■ [Fimbulvetr]

[Fenrir's mightiest ice technique. By summoning ice from the ends of the world, opponents in a wide area are frozen solid, completely immobilizing them, and allowing weak opponents to be shattered into pieces.]

■ [Ragnarök]

[Fenrir's ultimate technique. Taking on the form of the God Wolf, he becomes a gigantic, unstoppable killing machine. His mastery over ice is inverted to mastery over fire, and his bloodlust can only be sated by the death of his foe.]

WEAKNESSES & LIMITS

The primary weakness of Fenrir's fighting style is his lack of range. Nearly all of his techniques are close-range, and his ranged attacks are very limited and predictable. Given that he was born and trained in an age without guns, he is completely ineffective against long range attacks. His fighting style is also very reliant on overwhelming strength and complete offense; while it is difficult to outpace him given his unnatural vitality, his strength can be used against him with a skilled enough technique.

OTHER

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Fenrir spæks wið a bit øf an äccent.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@The book of bad juju Ah, I get it now. Just note in his weaknesses section that his melee specials are weak or something and he's accepted.

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@Dead Cruiser Fenrir is a tough one. He's alright as a base character... but, his moveset is more like a boss character in a fighting game than a regular character. He can do a lot with his special moves as you loaded him with everything possible, instead of having him excel in some areas, but having weaknesses in others. Let's start.

1). Svartálfar, Ván and Helhammar are more like super moves than regular moves. I don't know, but having a guard breaker, second wind, and a move that punishes blocking as an attack he can do at any given time rubs me the wrong way. I'm not going to allow any of them due to them being broken.

2). You say that he's weak at a range, but you gave him several ranged attacks. Making the area cold (which I'll get to in a second), his roar, and pushing enemies away, sound like ranged attacks to me.

3). Gelgja kind of rubs me the wrong way since that move alone would be a headache to deal with. He'd practically be able to give him free reign to do any of his other attacks, and wallop away at opponents. I would accept freezing... if it was the focus of his kit rather than one of his many powerful moves.

3). Both of his super moves are practically instant win buttons. He can pretty much just render everyone helpless by freezing them with one move, and turn into an invincible super wolf with the other ones. Neither of these abilities are fair or fun (same with the rest of his kit). I don't feel comfortable accepting either to be honest.

4). You need to focus his strengths in one area, and give him actual weaknesses - or go the route I did with Justin and give him a bunch of techniques, but don't make him overwhelmingly strong in any of the categories. Is he going to be good at up close fights like you said? Then remove his many ranged attacks, his bullshit moves, and perhaps give him some more solid weaknesses.

5). Also, this is a small one, but you were supposed to give a list of personality traits, not describe his entire personality.

[Gowi]

So who is the loli yandere?

[Mixtape Ghost N]

So who is the loli yandere?

@Gowi

this post gave me cancer

[Dead Cruiser]

@Mr Allen J So I think the major issue here is that I'm not very familiar with design philosophy for fighting game characters. As a result, I designed Fenrir more like he was a MOBA or MMO character. That is to say, his special abilities are all meant to provide utility to him as a character rather than just be "an attack, but fancier," and are balanced by strict cooldowns. I did try to research some fighting game characters to base him off of (specifically Glacius and Sabrewulf from Killer Instinct, and Wolfgang from Blazblue) but I didn't come away with much useful information. Anyway, as a result, his specials may need to be reworked from the ground up, but I'll try my hand at working with your criticisms here.

1) I'll redesign these, but I'll be keeping the names the same for thematic reasons.

2) Fenrir has one ranged attack (Gjöll), and as I mentioned in his Weakness section, it's very easy to avoid. Essentially it has a massive tell, and only a completely stunned opponent would be unable to avoid it. Gelgja only works at melee range and deals no damage, likewise with Hati.

3) This was probably the most direct result of "MOBA Design Philosophy," as this ability was inspired by one of the most annoying Overwatch characters (Mei). As I just mentioned, it only works within Fenrir's melee range, and is meant to punish more mobile characters for getting into his range.

4) (You have 3 twice and it screwed your numbering) Again, a design philosophy issue, with abilities meant to swing a group battle into his team's favor. Fimbulvetr can be tweaked to be a large AOE version of Gelgja, which has a chance of insta-killing trapped enemies. Ragnarök could be better explained: essentially a super mode that increases his attack power and speed, and gives all of his ice abilities a lingering damage effect.

5) Hopefully these notes have clarified his weaknesses, which are meant to be his lack of reliable ranged attacks, and his lack of strong defensive abilities.

6) Do you need me to rewrite it?

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Mr Allen J So I think the major issue here is that I'm not very familiar with design philosophy for fighting game characters. As a result, I designed Fenrir more like he was a MOBA or MMO character. That is to say, his special abilities are all meant to provide utility to him as a character rather than just be "an attack, but fancier," and are balanced by strict cooldowns. I did try to research some fighting game characters to base him off of (specifically Glacius and Sabrewulf from Killer Instinct, and Wolfgang from Blazblue) but I didn't come away with much useful information. Anyway, as a result, his specials may need to be reworked from the ground up, but I'll try my hand at working with your criticisms here.

@Dead Cruiser

You should probably explain these "cooldowns" a bit more in detail, then. I had no idea about the cooldowns until you brought it up. Then again, the problem might lie in the fact that I am a bit inconsistent with the fighting game theme. lol

6) Do you need me to rewrite it?

@Dead Cruiser

It doesn't need to be reworked from the ground up as some of the attacks need to be cut, and the supers need to be changed a bit. That said, I'll address your points.

3) This was probably the most direct result of "MOBA Design Philosophy," as this ability was inspired by one of the most annoying Overwatch characters (Mei). As I just mentioned, it only works within Fenrir's melee range, and is meant to punish more mobile characters for getting into his range.

@Dead Cruiser

At the same time, it is really strong against anyone with a melee attack (Which is an awful lot of characters). Just getting within Fenrir's melee range is where a good amount of the characters deal their damage.

4) (You have 3 twice and it screwed your numbering) Again, a design philosophy issue, with abilities meant to swing a group battle into his team's favor. Fimbulvetr can be tweaked to be a large AOE version of Gelgja, which has a chance of insta-killing trapped enemies. Ragnarök could be better explained: essentially a super mode that increases his attack power and speed, and gives all of his ice abilities a lingering damage effect.

@Dead Cruiser

My problem with Fimbulvetr is the same I have with Gelgja, except on a larger scale. Unless there is some way of other characters escaping it, I don't think I can allow someone that freezes everyone instantly. You can maybe change it into a barrage of ice shards or whatever if you want to keep up with the ice theme. Ragnarök probably just needs to be explained a bit more in detail, and maybe a limit or two as to how long it lasts. Because it does sound like the second form of a boss. lol

[Mixtape Ghost N]

I plan on starting the IC on Friday, but don't worry if you haven't finished your sheet yet; it'll be open enough for anyone to just jump in.

[Gowi]

Somebody is impatient.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Somebody is impatient.

@Gowi

shut up, Gowi

[Savo]

Nipple salads.

Edit: This is what happens when we have discord, isn't it.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Nipple salads.

Edit: This is what happens when we have discord, isn't it.

@Savo

LOL SO RANDOM XDDDD

[Savo]

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LOL SO RANDOM XDDDD

@Mr Allen J

... you ok Allen? It almost seems like some sort of demon possessed you to type something so out of character... Side note, quote comes from Krieg the Psycho in Borderlands 2, so yeah.

Anyways, I'll alert everyone on discord that we need to perform an exorcism, find out who possibly hacked you, or if you're giving in to the dark side... possibly all three for good measure.

[cloudystar]

i'll try to find my old fighter and join hehe, can't wait!