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[QuietThinker]

And I don't think it would need it.. An assault rifle is an assault rifle. You could make them uranium bullets to make them as dense as possible, but they don't need to be corrosive.

[drallinix]

its just the explanation to how they make it through tank armor man its in the CS they penetrate that's how its not like a high enough dose to do anything and the half life on it is so short it doesn't matter

[QuietThinker]

An uranium bullet (or more specifically, a depleted uranium bullet) can easily pierce tank armour because it is so dense. Thats a real world application.

Oh, and they're pyrophoric, which basically means that when they fracture on impact, they tend to catch fire. And when they fracture on impact, they fracture into sharper pieces than the original. They're basically made for piercing.

[drallinix]

yeah but it isn't uranium its iridium the same stuff that powers the armor and a lot of his gear

[Schradinger]

Depleted uranium also superheats when it hits the target, which is what I assumed you meant when you said it melts through tank armor, Drall.

But getting back to the flame character, most bullets are made of lead with a copper jacket, not steel, and while lead has a significantly lower melting point than steel (621.5 degrees fahrenheit, which is cooler than your average campfire), copper is sitting pretty at almost 2,000 degrees fahrenheit, which is still too high for a completely passive ability. Even if he could passively melt bullets though, he'd still have to worry about the molten metal since melting an object wouldn't eliminate its momentum, and a supersonic glob of melted anything is still going to hurt. A lot.

Edit: Looks like QT beat me to the punch on my first point.

[Derpestein]

QuietThinker said
Dude.. Thats kind of missing the point.How about when he a specific strike it can melt steel, but that takes energy to keep up that sort of heat. Otherwise he just isn't susceptible to physical damage!

Except there are other things that aren't steel...

Fine. He can melt steel by blocking it. But other, stronger materials are almost completely ineffective.

Can he manipulate concentrated fire? Like, charge up a fire beam for some posts then boom lasers.

[drallinix]

if he puts this flame guy up then when alexander is taken out im bringing free into this and he will take care of Johnny blaze in not time

[Derpestein]

drallinix said
if he puts this flame guy up then when alexander is taken out im bringing free into this and he will take care of Johnny blaze in not time

Character specifically tailored to take out my character if what you're saying is true, huh?

I'm flattered.

[drallinix]

nope I made free days ago but he has some stuff that would wreck someone made of fire.

[Derpestein]

drallinix said
nope I made free days ago but he has some stuff that would wreck someone made of fire.

'Xactly.

May I hear them?

[drallinix]

free

name: Arnok Jensari (goes by the name of Free)
race: human
age: 27
height 6'1
weight 185 pounds
apparel: He wears a chainmail shirt over a white tunic. He wears leather pants and all is covered by long white robe with a hood. The trim of this robe is a brilliant and shining gold. The robe provides protection from elemental damage of all kinds but does little in the way of physical protection. On the fingers of his left hand he wears three magical rings.

rings
-ring of the wolf: this ring allows him to speak to and command wolves. The ring has the appearance of a sliver band with a sapphire that has a wolf head emblazoned in it.
-ring of the king: this ring is gold with an emerald with a lions head emblazoned upon it. The ring grants him unearthly presence and charisma. It also allows him to form a sword from water, the sword has the qualities of a regular longsword.
-ring of the raven: a gold ring with a purple gem that has a raven emblazoned on it. This ring boosts his prescience and wisdom. It also allows him to perceive things much faster than a normal man could hope to.

weapons:
-staff of the magus: this staff is an indestructible tool used to channel magical energy. Has the appearance of a tall wooden staff with a white crystal affixed to the top. The more magical energy that is gathered the brighter the crystal glows. The staff is used to muster magical energies and in desperation as a melee weapon.
-elixir of flame: a flask filled with a liquid that when he charges with magical energy literally becomes liquid fire like lava. He uses it by putting magical energy as a catalyst then throwing it when the flask shatters the lava like liquid is unleashed. unlike the lava the liquid has a low viscosity more resembling water so it can flow freely. He carries two of these.
-estus of mutation: a flask containing a potion that is a 50/50 chance of doing what he wants. When this mutagen is charged and contacts something it drastically heightens one attribute while at the same time gives the target an extreme drawback. He only carries one of these flasks.
-essence of frost: literally a liquid blizzard. This liquid when charged and thrown will freeze whatever it hits solid even fire. The frozen object can then be shattered if used it only freezes something for one turn then the target unfreezes. He carries two flasks of these.
-elixir of restoration: a potion of healing that he carries one of. This can be used to heal all minor wounds or one extremely serious wound. Must be drunk directly to have effect and must be charged by his energy first.

abilities:

one turn of charging
-fireball: an intense ball of fire is gathered in the hand and launched at the enemy. The fire is hot enough to burn a normal man to the bone upon impact.
-transmutation: may change an object into a similar object of different composition
-wind shear: wind is launched at the opponent in a long line at high velocity. This wind forms a blade of extreme cutting magnitude and power. This can be used to cut through steel beams.
-shadow snare: Can create a whip or claw from a shadow and grab an opponent to throw or choke them with it. There must be a shadow within five feet for him to use this move.
-blazing light: He fires an orb of intense light into the sky bathing everything in an extremely bright white light. When the orb is destroyed it forms a small rip in the fabric of space and time that can be used to transport to a similar hole made by another of these orbs. This rip in space goes away after three turns.

two turns of charging
-dragons gift: his palm is extended and white flames are shot forth from it. These flames extend twenty feet in front of him and can be moved with his hand. The temperature of these flames is high enough to melt treated stone.
-tornado drill: a point is made of rapidly circulating wind around the end of his staff. He can plunge this "drill" into an object and it will bore through with little resistance. He can bore through stone walls with this ability easily.
-precision beams: his fingers are extended and beams of hard light are shot forth from them. These beams are manipulated and aimed by moving his fingers and can cut through metal like butter.

three turns of charging
-inferno control: He makes a wall of fire and fires it at the opponent. If the attack hits it encircles the target and sets it ablaze from all sides. These fires burn at the same intensity as his dragons gift.
-rebelling earth: A line of spikes is formed out of the ground in a line to the target. Each of these spike fires forth from the ground at breakneck speed and remain there after the attack whether it misses or fails. Each spike measures eight feet in length and three feet in width at the base.
-wind cleave: An enormous version of wind shear that doubles its cutting power and speed.

four turns of charging
-magma direction: A gout of magma is shot from the ground at the opponent.
-wind reaper: The most massive version of wind shear he can muster. It triples the cutting power of wind cleave and is twice as fast.
-apocalypse preparation: this is not an attack it is a set up for a larger attack. His had is extended with the palm open and pointed at the target where a multicolored ball is formed in the palm.

five turns of charging
-apocalypse: his most powerful move, This fires an enormous blast of every elemental type of energy at the target in a beam. The beam is fired in a cone from the ball in his hand and spreads at a 45 degree angle in all forward directions. This attack packs enough raw energy to demolish a castle and hits with all elemental types so there can be no resistance granted to it. It can only be fired the turn after apocalypse preparation was used. When it is fired the ball of energy in his hand turns white and then fires as previously described.
-dragon form: He transmutes either himself or an ally into a massive dragon. The color and elemental type of this dragon are determined by him. The target of the spell gains all benefits of being a dragon and wields an enormous greatsword the size of a tree. The dragon can also fire an elemental breath attack of its type.

biography: Since he was five he was trained in the arts of alchemy and sorcery. He holds limitless potential in both and is a star pupil. His teacher is a 300 year old wizard of great stature. Free excels in poisons in alchemy and destruction magic, but can master spells and potions of any kind given enough time. Unless killed he will live forever due to an elixir of immortality that was given to him by his master and even if killed he shall merely be reincarnated with all of his memories intact.

[Schradinger]

Pyrokinesis is fine (depending on how hot/how much fire), it's just the auto-hit properties of having an aura that kills anyone within melee range that is OP.

It would also be a lot easier to properly review the character if a CS was posted.

[Derpestein]

Schradinger said
Pyrokinesis is fine (depending on how hot/how much fire), it's just the auto-hit properties of having an aura that kills anyone within melee range that is OP.It would also be a lot easier to properly review the character if a CS was posted.

It's still a WIP, but I'll get on it.

[Max Shadow]

i think you should have another go at a post vordak. cos i can see at least one major issue with it. not counting the fact that you completely undermined my post to the point of making all but the parts you chose not happen. something i've noticed you do on a lesser scale at least twice now.

[QuietThinker]

I agree that Vordak needs to redo his post: he got slowed. Which means there isn't any power behind his strikes, which means that he can't move very fast, and which means that he is vulnerable.

[Schradinger]

I'm going to have to agree. He initiated the net in his previous post, and didn't activate it until this one, and it doesn't actually require a charge post or activation time. The net is going to hit you before you can do anything to him. If it doesn't, you're essentially saying that your character is so fast that he can complete two entire attacks in-between the time that it takes your opponent's ability to activate and then engage, when that ability is at least as fast as any single attack Rauchnaut could make.

It would be like me firing a bullet at someone 10 feet away, then them firing two back at me after it leaves the barrel but before it hits them. Even if they're twice as fast as me, it won't matter. At most, they'll get lucky and get one chance to shoot back, but that's it.

[Vordak]

Aright, i edit. But Rauchnaut is fast enough to jump and attack twice in the lapse of one second. :/

He jumps as the two daggers are thrown, and he would already be at least halfway to Max when the only land. That gives him a second for both actions, and while i didn't make it clear, but the first attack was intended to have a follow up, so Rauchnaut was ready to end it halfway and immediately tranfser into another despite the generated momentum.

And in regards to post cutting: it's normal. I shouldn't be waiting 'till you characters very last action in his post to attack, should i? No need to "dodge, dodge, attack" when you can counter you opponent's very first action.

[Schradinger]

Yes, post cutting is normal, but you can't cut the same action twice. If the first time fails, that's all you get. Either take the hit or get out of the way.

You should also keep in mind that Max's character is himself superhuman. Those thrown weapons aren't going to be moving at normal human speeds. Depending on how strong and fast he is exactly, they could easily be moving as fast as some bullets, which would give Rauchnaut considerably less time to make his moves than if he were fighting even an Olympic level human.

Edit: Regarding my first statement, that's in the case of similar level opponents. If one character is tremendously faster (on the scale of Mach 1 vs peak human) then they could obviously get more than one attack in between their opponent's strikes. Though even then, taking a whole post for every attack isn't the way to go. A post it should be entirely self-contained, regardless of how many attacks are in it.

And in regards to you altering Rauchnauts attack, yes, a change that drastic needs to at least be hinted at beforehand, otherwise you can simply say he was planning for anything your opponent comes up with as justification to pull any move you want, regardless of whether or not it was originally intended.

[Max Shadow]

i wasn't going to make mention of this since i didn't want to make another fuss and i wanted to try staying impartial here.... but the net activates at the same time as max dodges. and with how you've worded the time zoning for your post as it is now (read it just before posting this) you've left it to your next turn that the net effects you and you're completely open to the wooden roots trapping you in my post. leaving you both in the full effect of the net effectively weakening your fighter and the trap closing on him that was otherwise going to hit when your character was going to be getting power back to his body.

and with the momentum behind the sword that you mentioned previously as being more than your fighter could stop there would be no way that he is completely reversing the direction of the sword after putting even more momentum and power into it.

"continuing the wild counter-clockwise spin with his now free left leg, bringing it forth and covering the distance Max had put between them, while cleaving the sword downwards in a diagonal slash, even more power behind this than his first strike."

" Bulat's tip burried itself into the ground, even his beastly might not enough to immeditely halt the swing's momentum, and as the demon bolted, catching up on Max, it left a deep blew up the soil, leaving a deep gash and surfacing roots"

"Rauchnaut covered the 20 meter - a petty distance for artificial muscle - in one powerful jump, and threw a downwards diagonal slash once again, aiming to hit Max just as he reached the ground."

and even if you say he was on the ground when he threw the attack, physics would have max on the ground by then and easily able to dodge.

[Vordak]

That doesn't neccesarily mean that the strike is of similar power. In fact, there was absolutely no indication that the swings' speeds matched, only their direction.

With the rest, i agree, although it weren't exactly clear to me before that the net activated as Max dodged, not after.