[OOC] Progressive Arcanum

[Leotamer]

And that is why I am avoiding having my character have any more than a few seconds worth of magical fore-sight, instead he will have an army of animals : D.

[Komamisa]

While extreme weaknesses that can be exploited needn't always be around, there should always be mind on things like limits. As Leotamer has demonstrated, perhaps not all Sykers are capable of bending the wills of nations and predicting so far into the future.

In other news, if my profile isn't up tonight, it'll certainly be up tomorrow afternoon.

[Imperfectionist]

:) You're right, of course. It's simply a thought experiment. The top one percent of Sykers...

Country of a million souls, 2% (20,000) are Sepcarim. Divided by three (if we assume rates of Monk, Shaman and Syker are roughly equal, which hasn't been discussed, as far as I know), we get 6,500 to 7000 Sykers in all. The top one percent of that? 65-70.

How many in that group are skilled with mental manipulation en masse? It only takes one.

EDIT: It isn't unreasonable to imagine a group of less than a dozen in the entire world, all attempting to out-plan and out-predict the others.

[Leotamer]

And honestly, I think giving Monks a good thing is better than giving them draw backs considering Xi is already the weakest magic. If anything, I think they even should have some limited magic resistance, other wise, what good is a fist of steel if someone can throw fireballs at you or put you to sleep.

[Shifter_Master]

What good are fire balls against a body that heals at a factor of 20 times normal? and how much good does it to put something to sleep the needs only a few seconds of rest each week? Monks can be very potent if applied in the right way, but hen again so can everything in this system, tis why I enjoy it.

Also I'm finally back and done with the Con, so i'll no longer be lurking

[Imperfectionist]

Leotamer said
And honestly, I think giving Monks a good thing is better than giving them draw backs considering Xi is already the weakest magic. If anything, I think they even should have some limited magic resistance, other wise, what good is a fist of steel if someone can throw fireballs at you or put you to sleep.

:P You get that sexy Wisdom-bonus modifier to AC, though! Plus, with such high saving throws, most of the time you'll be able to just Will yourself through that sleep spell, dodge the fireball with lightning-fast Reflexes, take an Abundant Step to teleport directly in front of the magestrava, and rip out his beating heart with one punch!

Yeah, Monks are awesome. Seriously, though, a Monk in this universe who trained as a warrior (we cannot assume they all would; in fact, quite a few are probably simple ascetics) would be very likely able to dodge quite a bit of offensive magic. Insorcery? Maybe not. But definitely things like fireballs.

[TheHangedMan]

Sorry for the lateness guys. There was a big blackout on top of me getting locked out of my own room yesterday xD

Jeez, the one time I'm off and you go and have a big discussion :) Anyway, from what I've seen, looks like no-one's posting anymore. That's a green light for the time-skip then?

[Leotamer]

I figured we were waiting for you.

[Komamisa]

Leotamer said
And honestly, I think giving Monks a good thing is better than giving them draw backs considering Xi is already the weakest magic. If anything, I think they even should have some limited magic resistance, other wise, what good is a fist of steel if someone can throw fireballs at you or put you to sleep.

Take a moment to look at the reinforcement magic excerpt that I put up from my character's profile. That's what a melee capable Magestrava is capable of, think of how much more fierce a Monk can be. Try hitting someone that can close a 100 meter gap in 3.2 seconds (to note, that's approximately 113 km/h or 70mph) with a fireball, whose body is comparable to steel, and whose fist can punch clean through your body then bisect you.

Monks be scary! They don't necessarily need a magic resistance with bodies and healing factors like they have.

TheHangedMan said
Sorry for the lateness guys. There was a big blackout on top of me getting locked out of my own room yesterday xD

Jeez, the one time I'm off and you go and have a big discussion :) Anyway, from what I've seen, looks like no-one's posting anymore. That's a green light for the time-skip then?

Haaaaaaaaaaaanged! Yeah, most people already gave the green for the time skip. I'm fine with it, myself.

[TheHangedMan]

I'm actually thinking that Zombeh may want to post before I TS, but if he doesn't in a few hours, I'll probably go through with it :I

Anyway, on the monks vs fireballs, you do realize that they can punch those things out of thin air, right? A certain amount of force or pressure is enough to disperse the gathering of flames. If you want to burn a monk, you're going to need something bigger and more streamlined.

[Jedly]

Sorry I haven't been on much today, a community I'm part of has found itself with an insurmountable hurdle before us. We were developing a new gamemode for Arma 3, yet the original developer of the map told us we were not allowed to use his content, even though he never stated it in his copyright clauses. Though we were fully aware of this, there was a high probability the guy would twist the truth. So now we're searching for a new map, and will have to plan out each city and base.

But yeah, we're all green for that time skip. I'll write up a post later today.

[Komamisa]

Arma Threeeeeeeeeeeee~~? I really do need to snag that, sometime. I really want to be a dedicated transport helo pilot.

[Excidius]

[Zombehs]

TheHangedMan said
I'm actually thinking that Zombeh may want to post before I TS, but if he doesn't in a few hours, I'll probably go through with it :I

Ah, no I'm fine with it. I can include any thoughts, etc. with my next post.

[TheHangedMan]

Well, that's the go signals from everybody, which means I can go ahead with the TS :)

[Komamisa]

The more I develop the character, the more this gif comes to mind

bad words, oh my!

[Excidius]

CAST CANCEL! *runs away*

[Traitor]

"A student with good academics, reputation, and speaking skills to stand-in for the student representative."

That's totally Lizz.

-smart
-popular
-witty
-fashion sense
-reliable
-"If I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you."

[Excidius]

More or less Buffy? :-p

[Komamisa]

Oh. Oh!~ Oh oh oh. Wait for my profile, please ; u ;. It'll be up in the next 14 hours.