Alright, things that need to be adjusted before I can accept him... -blank out team, we haven't assigned those yet. -who calls him 'the green jester'? why? -not really wanting any criminal types in this RP, sorry. the character is solid, but background needs tweaking. -nested cylinders on a weapon is a can of worms you do NOT want to open. -despite your saying he loves pranks, his personality is not the type that would allow for that. -remove anything related to his team from your fanfics universe, we're grouping characters in teams of player characters.
1) Basic info: ◾Name: Kelly Nirvana ◾Team/occupation: Beacon Student ◾Species: Human ◾Age: 17 ◾Sex: Male ◾Handedness: Right ◾Aura/Effects: Green ◾Symbol: A green and black jester's hat ◾Physical traits: ◾Misc traits: ◾Nickname(s): The Green Jester (by his former criminal associates)
2) Appearance: ◾Height: 5'9 ◾Weight: 160lbs ◾Eyes: Forest green ◾Face: Elfish features, always looks like he's about to do something mischeivous ◾Hair: Messy, emerald green ◾Physique: Fit ◾Combat Outfit: A black suit jacket left open with his symbol on the back, a green t-shirt, jeans, and a featureless full face mask ◾Casual Outfit: A green t-shirt, jeans
3) Characteristics: ◾Personality: He believes two things: people who have the power to help others have a duty to do so, which is why he had such a difficult time reconciling what he had been doing in his past with his own values, and why he finally left, he also believes that the best way to survive the hardships of a life dedicated to helping others even at the expense of his own safety and happiness, as well as the horrible things he's done in his past is laughter, he tries to see the positive in life, despite the cynicism his previous life as a criminal taught him ◾Background: Kelly's father was a Huntsman who died in the line of duty, his mother was a librarian who, soon after her husband's death became very sick, Kelly spent most of the family's money on his mother's medical care, he was forced to drop out of combat school and fell in with the Three Bears Gang, he used his combat training to do jobs for them in order to pay for both his mother's medical bills and his own necessities, mostly mid level thug work and bodyguarding, but as he got more skilled he earned a reputation as being willing to do almost anything, and people started calling him the Green Jester, desperation drove him to do things he'd previously considered inconceivable, like murder for hire, espionage, and blackmailing, as he got deeper and deeper into the criminal underworld he kept grappling with his conscience, the final straw for him was being ordered to kidnap a child for ransom, he refused to do it, he managed to kill the thugs sent after the family of the boy he hadn't kidnapped, he used his remaining criminal contacts to get the family new identities, then vanished himself, his mother is still alive, but Kelly has negotiated a deal with Professor Ozpin where he gets accepted into Beacon, and all his earnings for Hunter missions are spent on his mother's medical care, in exchange for evidence in several criminal investigations, he has made it a point since then to cut himself off from his criminal past
4) Combat info: ◾Position/Class: Striker/Rogue ◾Landing strategy: Use a wind round to slow his fall ◾Weapon: Bloody Grin and Broken Laughter, a pair of revolvers with a blade that folds under the barrel on each gun, Bloody Grin is loaded with normal .357 rounds, Broken Laughter is loaded with a variety of Dust rounds, each gun holds eight rounds at a time ◾Semblance: Mind's Eye, with eye contact Kelly can read surface thoughts, with sustained eye contact, longer than thirty seconds, he begins to delve deeper into his target's mind, which causes him to be unable to move other than to remove his gaze from his target to break the connection, he recieves all information the same way the person he's reading thinks, for instance if a person thinks in pictures Mind's Eye gives Kelly his target's thoughts as images, if the target thinks in words, Kelly hears their thoughts, surface thoughts are literally whatever is running through the target's head at that exact moment ◾Fighting style: Fast and brutal, Kelly shoots most enemies, either with bullets or Dust, as necessary, but when he needs to fight at melee range he gets up close and personal with his knives, he uses his Semblance to give himself an edge on individual opponents and aims to end any fight as fast as possible
5) Trivia: ◾Relationships: ◾Notes: Kelly is a shade of green, his nickname came from the fact that when he was working as a criminal he'd worn a mask and jester hat and acted in an unpredictable manner during business deals in order to conceal his identity, most of the people who hired him don't know his real identity, so they just use the name he gave them for the purpose of the deal: Green, or his nickname ◾Tropes:
I'm not really sure why the cylinders on Bloody Grin are a problem, care to explain? Kelly isn't a criminal type as you put it, he used to be a criminal, but he's dedicated himself to being a Huntsman now, I can't really take that out of his backstory without a major overhaul of the character as a whole
the way cylinders on a revolver work is they turn on a spindle to move the next round to the barrel. the rotating mechanism is tied to the hammer, which in double action revolvers is tied to the trigger. having nested cylinders means you would need to have 2 triggers and 2 hammers or else both barrels would have to fire simultaneously. even with that, you have another problem: how are they arranged? are they nested as well? does the smaller hammer cock when you pull back the larger? how about the triggers, are they sid-by-side? one behind the other? how does he avoid pulling both triggers simultaneously? on top of that, they would have to rotate together, or have a secondary rotating mechanism inside the larger of the cylinders, which would increase the number of moving parts (and chances of a jam or malfunction) exponentially. one of the primary advantages of a revolver is that it has so few moving parts, the chance of a jam or malfunction is EXTREMELY low. TL;DR Revolvers are used because of reliability and simplicity, don't fix it if it ain't broken.
I suppose having him be a reformed criminal isn't too bad, as long as he was never convicted of anything.
fair enough, though Bloody Grin has two triggers and two hammers already, it already has more moving parts than a normal revolver because of it's second form, it can separate and shift into a pair of single edged daggers, only one hammer can be pulled back at any one time, the triggers are side by side, but remain in an inactive position flat against the handle of the gun until the corresponding hammer is pulled back, at which point the trigger is moved into a firing position, pulling back either hammer rotates both cylinders, they are set on the same spindle, Bloody Grin is a single action revolver, he needs to pull back a hammer himself in order to fire, having Bloody Grin be double action just wouldn't work, as you said, that would make it too complicated, does that help?
not really, it's still over complicatd for a revolver. why not use two double action revolvers that each have a retractable blade? if you have one weapon that divides, then if you're using the divided form and lose one of the pieces you're pretty much fucked.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to deny Kelly for now. we have an overwhelmingly mono-gender cast atm. the only female character is Lyle, and I want to diversify a bit.
1) Basic info: ◾Name: Diana Grey ◾Team/occupation: Beacon Student ◾Species: Human ◾Age: 17 ◾Sex: Female ◾Handedness: Left ◾Aura/Effects: Smokey gray ◾Symbol: An open book with two pages showing, on one is a skull, and on the other is the moon ◾Physical traits: ◾Misc traits: ◾Nickname(s): 2) Appearance: ◾Height: 5'5 ◾Weight: 108lbs ◾Eyes: Brown ◾Face: Unremarkable, not pretty or ugly, but set in a near constant frown ◾Hair: Shoulder length and reddish brown, just a couple shades off auburn ◾Physique: Skinny ◾Combat Outfit: Grey t-shirt, open zip up white hoodie, a short black loose pleated skirt that falls to midthigh, and black sandals ◾Casual Outfit: A white t-shirt and a gold hoodie, left unzipped, with the same short black skirt as on her combat outfit, in either outfit she wears a gold, heart shaped locket
3) Characteristics: ◾Personality: Antisocial and unfriendly, Diana avoids human (and Faunus) contact, preferring instead to spend her time alone, a basically good person, she just doesn't trust anyone ◾Background: Diana's life hasn't exactly reinforced her faith in humanity, she was raised in a Vacuoan orphanage, a small awkward girl, she was picked on by the other children, the adults ignored it, and, when she finally ran away, they didn't bother reporting her disappearance to the police. Diana was picked up off the street two years later, at age ten, by a man known as Oliver Laburnum, who gave her a place to stay and got one of the mercenaries he had on his payroll train her to fight, Diana showed no talent for weapons, but she took to Dust handling like a fish to swimming, like she was born with a vial of Dust in her hands. By age twelve Diana had completed her training and built her weapons, it was at this time that Laburnum had her going on her first jobs for him, stealing, sabotage, and espionage were all fairly simple for her with her Semblance and Dust capabilities, and she performed them well, because she owed him for saving her from the streets. When Diana was fifteen Laburnum's jobs finally went too far, he ordered her to kill a Vale Councilman, Diana couldn't kill someone who had never hurt her, so she played along until she and the merc who'd trained her reached Vale, then she froze the man in a block of ice, left him for the police and disappeared. Laburnum has been sending men and robots to try and find her to either bring her back, or kill her, after the fifth attempt Diana decided to hunt him down in order to stop his attacks on her. 4) Combat info: ◾Position/Class: Support/Controller/Witch ◾Landing strategy: Use a blast wind to slow her fall ◾Weapon: Diana's weapons of choice are Hecate and Isis, a pair of gloves hooked up to a system of siphons and vents for several Dust vials attached to each glove ◾Semblance: Astral Projection, Diana can eject her consciousness out of her body encased in aura, she loses her awareness of her real body, which falls unresponsive to the ground where she left it, her astral self is capable of changing its nature in response to any Dust she might use in conjunction with her Semblance ◾Fighting style: Diana uses the Dust in her weapons for pure elemental attacks, fireballs, ice shards, stone spikes, etc.
5) Trivia: ◾Relationships: As few as she can manage ◾Notes: ◾Tropes:
How about her? I don't mind RPing Diana, if you don't have a problem with it
1)Basic info: ◾Name: Violet Lightwood ◾Team/occupation: Beacon student ◾Species: Human ◾Age: 17 ◾Sex: Female ◾Handedness: Right, but trained to fight with two weapons ◾Aura/Effects: purple ◾Symbol: A violet flower with a thin gold ribbon curled in a spiral around it ◾Physical traits: ◾Misc traits: ◾Nickname(s): Vi
2) Appearance: ◾Height: 5'8 ◾Weight: 120lbs ◾Eyes: Jade green ◾Face: Thin, angular, brown skinned ◾Hair: Purple, straight, and shoulder length ◾Physique: Slim, athletic ◾Combat Outfit: Purple crop top and a black jacket that she wears open, tight white, knee length leggings ◾Casual Outfit: same, minus the jacket and with a pair of ankle length white form flattering pants
3) Characteristics: ◾Personality: Cheerful, joking, and surprisingly wise, has a habit of nicknaming everyone around her, she tries to help anyone she can, particularly her friends ◾Background: Violet's father was a Huntsman who died during a mission when Violet was ten, she inherited her father's weapons, which she still uses, re-sized to fit her considerably smaller arms, Violet taught herself how to fight and at seventeen was accepted into Beacon
4) Combat info: ◾Position/Class: Controller/Fighter ◾Landing strategy: Uses her chains to slow her fall, either by wrapping them around something that can break or slow her fall, or by shooting Blizzard out and creating an ice slide, she tries to avoid doing that as she isn't all that great at Dust manipulation, and the opportunities for fatal mistakes in that situation are a bit more numerous than she likes ◾Weapons: Inferno and Blizzard, a pair of magnetically propelled battle chains attached to a pair of bracers, each chain has a weight at the end containing a Dust crystal, fire for Inferno, ice for Blizzard, so that whenever Inferno hits something it triggers an explosion, and whenever Blizzard hits something it freezes whatever it hits ◾Semblance: Polarity ◾Fighting style: uses her Semblance to extend and retract her chains, as well as manipulate them in battle when necessary, Violet is a strategist, and is always thinking while she fights
5) Trivia: ◾Relationships: Violet makes friends easily as she's a cheerful and friendly individual ◾Notes: ◾Tropes:
Though on second thought I'd prefer to RP Violet, though I have no problem sticking with Diana if you prefer
