The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

[drallinix]

so this is my last character cuz Adrian bores me to play at this point.

Aeon

name: Aeon (pronounced Eon)

height: 6'2

weight: 195 lbs without suit / 360 with suit on

age: 21

appearance: Without the suit on he is decently toned and well built. His eyes have white pupils and he has three scars around his left eye.

suit appearance:

tier: intermediate

abilities

Dexterity and cognition: Thanks to the synapses in his symbiotic suit he has enhanced reaction time and is able to react to move his head out of the way of a bullet fired at him as close as ten meters.

speed: He is extremely fast and agile and can move up to 200 mph sprinting. Whenever he needs to he can use the use his suit to boost this to 400 mph, but it takes away energy from the other parts of suit.

durability: Inside the suit he is just a normal man. He may be extremely fit and able to take a beating, but he is still just a normal man.

strength: He is extremely powerful thanks to the suit reinforcing his movements. At base strength he can lift 600 pounds. He can divert energy from other parts to enhance this to 900 pounds, but as with his speed it drains energy from other places.

Suit

name: XR88 symbiotic power armor (locked)
description: This suit is a living organism as well as armor. It has multiple abilities that will be described as follows

absorption and protection: This suit can alter its own molecular compound to adapt to presented threats. What this means is that the suit can adapt to virtually anything that hits it. When shot it can turn into Kevlar, when cut it can turn into diamond, etc. Different parts of the suit can adapt to different threats at the same time, but to much can overwhelm it. The suit can alter its composition into any known element or compound. On top of this already impressive defense the suit can absorb extreme quantities of different forms of energy to prevent damage. For example if shot with a flamethrower he would absorb all of the thermal energy. When this is done it slows the suits adaptive ability proportionally to the amount of energy absorbed. The suit can also only absorb two types of energy at a time. After absorbing two energy types the suit cannot absorb a different energy type for at least two turns. The suit cannot absorb kinetic energy out of a projectile or melee attack, unless the energy is already in the form of pure energy. The amount of energy the suit can potentially absorb is enormous, enough to power a city for two minutes, but if overloaded the suit will shut down leaving him trapped inside until enough excess energy is drained away to let it reboot. Once energy is absorbed he can either utilize it or let it dissipate over time.

stealth flux generator: By altering its molecular compound the suit can cause light bend around it effectively making it invisible. When he is completely still he is virtually undetectable. When he moves the flux field shimmers in his outline as it bends light as he moves. If the flux generator is on and he takes damage or absorbs energy then the suit's defense system takes precedence and disables the stealth field. For example if he is stealthed and gets shot in the arm, then when the arm changes its compound to absorb the shot it will be visible.

energy conversion and dissipation: The suit houses an internal energy supply that is potent enough to power the suit and its conversions. However when the suit absorbs energy it can also use the absorbed energy to power its gear, weaponry, and abilities. On top of that the suit can use the energy it has absorbed by focusing and emitting it. If one of those things isn't done then the suit's extra energy will slowly dissipate over time.

reaction time and threat recognition: Though Aeon himself has amazing reflexes the suit precedes even him. The suit can sense evaluate and react by adapting itself to a threat almost instantly. On top of this the suit is constantly scanning the biometric fields of everything around it. This allows it to react to threats attacking from behind, it will not tell Aeon but instead can adapt itself even if attacked from behind.

equipment:(other)

- NR88 energy pistol (locked): he carries two of these rather large pistols. They fire small burst of electrical energy that form small bullet sized lasers. These are fully automatic and fire around the same rate as a p90.Their recoil is little to none due to not using conventional projectiles. Each pistol holds an internal battery cell that can hold 150 shots before needing to be recharged. As well as this they can link with his suit to fire any energy that was absorbed. The color of the laser depends on the type of energy being fired.

- TX95 grenade capacitor (grenades can be looted, however the belt cannot): On the suit he wears the TX95 grenade capacitor belt. Using this belt he can transfer energy he has absorbed into hollow shells fabricated inside the belt by nanobots. Once the energy is transferred a grenade is ejected from a port in the side into his hand. After it is activated there is an 8 second delay before an explosion of the energy type stored. The size of the explosion depends on the amount of energy used. Also on this belt the holster for his pistols are held on his hips.

history:

Aeon hails from the dystopian future. The year is 30982 and the world has been left in shambles. The main controlling faction is a central government that has divided everyone into social caste. Once born into this caste it cannot be left or changed. These caste are known as Drx, Helix, Kalor, Marsex, and the lost.

The Drax are the poorest of the social caste system. These make up the maintenance workers, techniciansm and farmers of society. Next are the Marsex who are a lower middle class. They are generally seen in management positions over Drax workers. Third are the Kalor who are corporation and business owners. Finally we have the Helix , who are the nobility, these are your heads of government and lawmakers. The final caste is the lost. These are vagrants, rebels, criminals, and anyone found unworthy they were thrown out of the city to die in the wastes.

In the dystopian future an alien race named the Zeriph landed on earth. For a time relations were peaceful, but after a time war was started over the planets dwindling resources. For the next twenty years the humans were in a full scale and merciless war with the Zeriph. Eventually the Zeriph had pushed the humans back to the final city. These last few survivors erected the walls and sealed them. A new government and caste system were formed and everything was self sufficient and rationed. For sixty years all went as planned and the new city, now called Babylon, was thriving within its walls. However these things do not last and war was once again sparked.

One of the five caste, once known as the Kell, revolted against the others and attempted to overthrow the new government. Though this war only lasted for a year it was brutal and many lives were lost on both sides. The Kell were finally defeated and were stripped of their title and place in the caste. From that day forward they were to be known only as the lost. The walls were opened and they were cast out forever, expected to be killed by the Zeriph in the wastes.

This was not to be so, the Zeriph had killed each other off many years ago due to infighting over resources. The lost established a new colony under what was once New York City. They used the subway tunnels and dug new places to live and christened their new home as Mecca. Their society was tribal and militant. Led by the strongest, with women becoming housekeepers, and the men becoming warriors and raiders. With the Zeriph gone they began to study and experiment on the highly advanced technology left behind by them.

Nine years after they were cast out a boy with white eyes was found in a stasis pod in the tunnels. He appeared human so the people of Mecca decided to raise him as one of their own. He was raised as a warrior and was trained from birth to fight and kill the Babylonians. Even at a young age he had a strong affiliation with Zeriph technology. At nine he was able to bond with a Zeriph symbiote suit, a feat no other had ever accomplished. Twenty one years had passed and he is now a proud warrior of Mecca. The troops are rallying and soon they shall take back their home in Babylon.

[Lalliman]

There is no intermediate tier, you gotta give a number. Or are you just leaving it up to LeeRoy to judge the tier?

Well, my commentary at first glance:
- You gave no actual time estimation on the molecular reconstruction. Give us an x seconds/kg or something.
- You say his pistols shoot lasers. Is that actual lasers or frickin' lasers? Best not call something a laser if it isn't.
- Overall, i feel like this character's power level is way too vaguely defined, and his skillset leaves tremendous room for batmanning. I wouldn't know what tier to name him, nor a convenient way for you to better define him. I just hope LeeRoy or Schradinger have better insight in that.

[drallinix]

the lasers are meant to be like bullets made of the energy type he is using, and the armor adapts to whatever is striking it so the seconds isn't needed. If you shoot it, then it will change fast enough to absorb the impact. To make it fair his stats as far as strength and speed are very controlled. I didn't know what tier to put him in but five or six seems about where.

[Vordak]

He's OP even for T7. His energy absorption allows him to take far more than the long long range artillery bombardment mentioned as the T7 durability limit, and morever, he will explode afterwards with force exceeding the T7 power limits. There is literaly no may for the majority, if not all arena participants to kill him without making him KERBLOOOOM!!11, since it absorbs any type of energy, rite? How am i even supposed to WANT to fight that?

The mater transformation is also plenty dodgy. What stops him from turning the whole battlefield into one big explosive and then make it boom while chilling out in his energy absorbing suit? Or turn everything into plasma? Or turn his opponent into a penguin?

[Lalliman]

I wasn't talking about the suit's defensive ability, but the ability to reshape things it touches.

And, well, everything Vordak said. Even if you don't count kinetic energy as energy and thus don't have it absorbed by the suit (which i assume is the case), how many characters are there at that level that use purely physical attacks? Anyone without powerful physical attacks would be fighting a loss-loss situation against him. His physical defence, in turn, may or may not be overpowered, it's hard to tell. You use kevlar and diamond as examples, but even in real life there are substances vastly more capable of stopping such attacks. Let alone in a scifi world, who knows what kind of compounds the suit has already absorbed and can conjure up to block attacks.

Which brings up the problem of absorbing new compounds. If he ever touches Wolverine's claws, will he learn to transform his suit into adamantium, making him nigh invulnerable? Wolverine isn't in this arena, but you get the point. He's probably gonna get exposed to a lot of fantastical substances, so the ability to absorb them is gonna make his power level skyrocket sooner or later.

[Skallagrim]

Well a Dreamer would be challenged facing that suit in combat and thats a Tier 8 character. Just saying.

[Schradinger]

I have some ideas for limitations that I'll sum up and post after work, which should help bring the suit down to a reasonable level.

[drallinix]

well I specifically stated that the only elements he starts knowing are the ones on our periodic table of earth, he can assimilate more if he finds them during a match, someone with a sword made of some kind of special sword that he could scan for example. He cant absorb kinetic energy from strikes because that is to OP even I know that, and I limited the amount of energy types he could absorb at one time as two. Noone is going to put enough energy into him that it will make him go nuclear. They would have to stand there for like six post and pump an enormous amount of energy at him. By matter transformation I stated that the larger and more complex it takes more time to do. All that being said ill wait till schradinger post what he thinks then edit him.

[Schradinger]

Ok, I'd start by taking out the matter manipulation entirely, or reducing it to only a few very specific functions. In order to be of any utility in a fight, he'd have to be able to transmute several cubed feet of matter in seconds, and that rate would also be affected by the density of the material being shifted as well as the density it was being shifted to, along with the MASSIVE power requirements to achieve the fission necessary to break the atoms apart, then the fusion necessary to put them back together (and somehow prevent everything from exploding). The suit would probably have to be producing more energy than it can safely store in order to power that one feature. As a superpower, atom manipulation is a different issue, but to achieve it on such a scale with tech would be an astronomical feat well beyond the capabilities of a tier 7 suit of armor.

For the energy absorption, I'd start by adding a cooldown for switching between types of energy. For instance, he could absorb heat and electricity, but would be unable to absorb other types of energy for two turns afterwards (during which time he could still absorb the initial energy types, provided they do not exceed his storage level).

Regarding the storage level itself, it depends how long the city could be powered by the suit but it may not be as large an amount as you think. If we could collect all the energy from a single bolt of lightning, we could apparently power all of New York for one second. Technically, that counts as powering a city (and new york is a much more populous city than most). I'd start by giving a more specific example of how much the suit can store, then removing the nuclear explosion ability. That part is akin to Arthur releasing a massive electrical surge upon death that kills everyone within a mile of him. It's overpowered, and really kind of a dick move. If you get defeated, you're defeated. You can't have one last final "F*ck you!" attack that your opponent has no hope of surviving. Instead, just have the suit slowly bleed off the excess energy when it gets close to overload.

Finally, the maximum amount of energy he can hold should not exceed the amount that an equal tiered opponent could exert if they put all their power into an attack (you'll just have to guesstimate this part though).

[drallinix]

Allright, and for th matter manipulation I mostly meant that he could pick up you know some dirt and turn it into a sword if he wanted. Also what about the ability to adapt that's what makes the suit decent. Ill put a more definite amount on the energy, take out the nuclear part. It was mostly because no one is supposed to just dump enough energy into him to make him go nuclear. But allright ill change it.

EDIT: also what about the assimilation of new elements into its databanks, that way it can constantly evolve?

[Schradinger]

Without limitations, he could also pick up that same dirt and turn it into a fusion bomb. Without super strict (and very specific) limitations on an ability like that, its way above any of the tiers in LeeRoy's list. Even with those limitations, it's still a really powerful ability on its own, even without the energy absorption, cloaking, and firearms.

As far as constant evolution, it's an awesome ability to have in a story setting, but in an arena setting it means that he'll just be getting more and more powerful until nobody else in the RP can even scratch him, much less beat him. Constant evolution, I'm afraid, is an arena-breaking ability. Adaptation, on the other hand (reacting to specific threats based on pre-determined capabilities), is entirely possible given sufficient limitations and vulnerabilities.

[drallinix]

allright then ill edit.

[Lalliman]

As a side note, having him only able to absorb two types of energy at a time is a fairly pointless restriction. Just thermal and electrical energy energy covers 99% of characters. It's not really a problem now that the CS is nerfed, just pointing it out.
I also wonder what happens if he's hit by cold-based attacks. Does it drain his energy?

[Schradinger]

The constant adaptation issue hasn't been fixed either. He can still assimilate any material he touches (including that of nigh-indestructible weaponry), giving him adaptive capabilities that can push him past tier 7.

I'm also pretty sure that a tier 7 wouldn't be able to power a city for a month. Or even a week. That's a MASSIVE amount of energy, and the suit would functionally never be in danger of overloading.

[drallinix]

allright im not good at gestimation whats a good estimate for a T5 for the power and I thought I removed the assimilation feature.

[drallinix]

Also as for cold based attacks im assuming he could absorb that energy as well, as long as it didn't violate his two types at a time.

[Lalliman]

Well, i mention it because coldness is literally a lack of energy. The suit would have to expend energy to keep itself and the person inside from freezing, opposite to what it does when protecting from fire. Of course, applying video game physics instead doesn't hurt, as long as it's established up front, which is it now.

[Schradinger]

Well, Arty's a tier 5 and he can expend enough energy to power a city for two seconds, but he's not at the top range of energy projection. I'd say probably half a minute would be okay.

You probably just missed it, but there was a blurb about the assimilation in the absorption section.

And as Lalliman said, cold is a lack of energy. Absorbing anything from it would just make it worse.

[drallinix]

ok so cold will instantly skullfuck him, and ill take the assimilation part out, I forgot it was in there.

[Schradinger]

Not instantly. He'll still have whatever insulation properties the suit possesses, it just won't feed his energy reserves.