[OOC] R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

[KabenSaal]

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Different, do you mean something like The Beast... Or worse?

@GodOfWar

The Beast is unique. He was a weapon created in the God War, to bring a decisive end to it. Which he did, shame they forgot to put in distinction between Friend and Foe....

[GodOfWar]

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The Beast is unique. He was a weapon created in the God War, to bring a decisive end to it. Which he did, shame they forgot to put in distinction between Friend and Foe....

@KabenSaal

So he's a God-tier entity, with a big ass sword?

Challenge Excepted

Ok, so if The Beast is not an example of what the males turn into when they drink from the Black Cup, please elaborate on what the heck they DO become.

[KabenSaal]

Obviously, to be able to slaughter gods En Masse, he would be higher than God Tier. And, he does have a lot of swords, but most of them are slender and as beautiful as they are deadly.

He will eat you, quite literally

And, Males turn into Abominations. Grotesque creatures with little thought in their mind except to protect the Black Cup. Not a friendly existance.

[Genni]

Obviously, to be able to slaughter gods En Masse, he would be higher than God Tier.

@KabenSaal

Either Titan or Cosmic Tier would work for that then.

And, he does have a lot of swords, but most of them are slender and as beautiful as they are deadly.

@KabenSaal

A bit like Deimos then? ;)

[KabenSaal]

Titan works. Since the thing that finally brought him down was Gaia, Titan of Life, and it wasn't exactly easy for her.

Also, I forgot how the stats thing works. Do we get trait/skill points and stat points, or just stats for all three?

[Shadowman215]

Ok I get enough ERP jokes on MoonGuard.

[Genni]

Titan works. Since the thing that finally brought him down was Gaia, Titan of Life, and it wasn't exactly easy for her.

@KabenSaal

Cosmic tier entities would be beings a step up the evolutionary chain from even Titans, and would include beings such as Death, Entropy and Time who could unravel the very nature of reality with a thought. At this point I really don't hope the team run into anything that powerful, 'cos I have no idea how to play as an opponent who could just wish you out of existence with a stray thought.

Also, I forgot how the stats thing works. Do we get trait/skill points and stat points, or just stats for all three?

@KabenSaal

You just get skill points which can be spent in the following ways:

• 1 Skill point may be spent to increase Attack by 1 point
• 1 Skill point may be spent to increase Defence by 1 point
• 1 Skill point may be spent to increase Health by 5 points
• 2 Skill point may be spent to increase purchase a new Ability or Trait
• 2 Skill point may be spent to reduce the Energy cost of an Ability by 1 point, to a minimum of 1
• 2 Skill point may be spent to increase the duration of an Ability or Trait's status effect by 1 turn
• 1 Skill point may be spent to adapt a piece of found gear into a permanent Trait

_{Maximum Energy and Energy Regeneration may not be increased using Skill Points, but may be affected by Abilities or Traits.}

I'm also open to negotiations for exactly what skills you'd like to give your character, or what extra advantages you'd like to add to existing skills. Feel free to PM me with any ideas.

Please don't just add new powers to your character profiles though, I'd need to confirm if they're acceptable before awarding them since anything too overpowered wouldn't be allowed.

[Shadowman215]

Well eventually I wanted Vaerin able to bend reality using his magic. Considering Void is a form of Space in my view of it.

Edit: Cancel that, just realized how dumb that is.

[General Scales]

I wasn't expecting three levels from the first boss fight, dayum.

[rush99999]

<ENGAGEMENT COMPLETE - REST PERIOD STARTED FOR TWO TURNS>

XP Awarded:

• Rocksmith: 414 XP - LEVEL UP! Rocksmith is now Level 7! 20 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 8: 500
• Bumblebee: 270 XP - LEVEL UP! Bumblebee is now Level 5! 10 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Flare: 300 XP - LEVEL UP! Flare is now Level 6! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 7: 400
• Brick: 608 XP - LEVEL UP! Brick is now Level 6! 10 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 7: 400
• Heretic: 323 XP - LEVEL UP! Heretic is now Level 6! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 7: 400
• Sigma: 269 XP - LEVEL UP! Sigma is now Level 5! 10 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Psy-Warp: 236 XP - LEVEL UP! Psy-Warp is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Deimos: 255 XP - LEVEL UP! Deimos is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Void: 281 XP - LEVEL UP! Void is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 6: 300
• Vex: 214 XP - LEVEL UP! Vex is now Level 5! 15 Skill Points awarded. XP required for level 4: 150

@Genni

Aren't the XP caps supposed to increase by 50 XP per level?

[SimplyJohn]

@Genni Bumblebee's Stingers were definitely her best feature in that last battle, they pretty much opened Thrash up for everyone to pummel on. How would you feel about giving her an Arc Lighting trait, which would upgrade the Sting Like A Bee ability so that it could either jump between multiple targets or affect the same target multiple times if there were no other enemies around?

Edit: Cancel that, just realized how dumb that is.

@Shadowman215

Creating miniature black holes with his abilities would open up quite a few possibilities for his powers, and not just making it easier for him to clean his quarters back at base.

[Eklispe]

OP? I feel like it needs a condition on it.

Trait

Logia-Type- Flare can turn his body to flame nearly at will allowing him to take half damage from physical attacks.

[General Scales]

Well in the meantime I'll start thinking up what else to spend the points on besides some simple stuff.

[Genni]

Aren't the XP caps supposed to increase by 50 XP per level?

@rush99999

Only for the first five levels, after that it jumps to 100 XP since gaining XP is easier the more skills you have to draw upon. Plus you'll be facing more powerful enemies which will give you the opportunity to earn more XP during each encounter.

How would you feel about giving her an Arc Lighting trait, which would upgrade the Sting Like A Bee ability so that it could either jump between multiple targets or affect the same target multiple times if there were no other enemies around?

@SimplyJohn

I'd be happy with that, as long as it's limited to one extra target or an extra attack at first with the option of upgrading to extra targets later one.

Also you'd only be able to gain the Stunned status effect once for each attack, so if the same target was hit twice by the same burst of fire they'd still only lose ¹/₃ of their Defence for the three turns. You could still attack on subsequent turns to add to the effect, and since it could jump between multiple enemies it could make for a very effective crowd control ability.

Logia-Type- Flare can turn his body to flame nearly at will allowing him to take half damage from physical attacks.

@Eklispe

Sounds good, but would it be a trait which would automatically trigger on defence, or an ability which would have to be activated first?

[Genni]

Well in the meantime I'll start thinking up what else to spend the points on besides some simple stuff.

@General Scales

How about a 'Recall' trait, which would allow Psy-Warp to dispel telekinetic barriers and recover some of the Energy she'd used to project them?

There's also the option of having her create hovering platforms to aid in transport (giving her the Levitation status effect like Bumblebee) and grant a bonus to Defence.

[Genni]

Speaking of transportation effects, do people want to try and hunt down the escaping armoured trucks, or would they prefer to end the mission here? With Bumblebee the only one with any sort of high-speed pursuit options it might be a little difficult for the rest of you to catch up without procuring transport of some kind first.

[Shadowman215]

OOO! I just had a NICE IDEA!

Bend Reality (6 Energy):
Void folds reality in on itself, closing the distance between him and a target.

Like? Dislike?

[rush99999]

Speaking of transportation effects, do people want to try and hunt down the escaping armoured trucks, or would they prefer to end the mission here? With Bumblebee the only one with any sort of high-speed pursuit options it might be a little difficult for the rest of you to catch up without procuring transport of some kind first.

@Genni

Actually, Rocksmith can summon an awesome car outside of battle. It's rigged with nitro boosters and runs on rock.

[Genni]

Actually, Rocksmith can summon an awesome car outside of battle. It's rigged with nitro boosters and runs on rock.

@rush99999

Yeah, but it gets shitty mileage to the gallon. :p

Bend Reality (6 Energy):
Void folds reality in on itself, closing the distance between him and a target.

@Shadowman215

Nice idea, especially since it'd give him the ability to perform a melee attack against an opponent who'd otherwise be out of range for whatever reason and had some sort of additional defence against ranged attacks.

[Shadowman215]

Now just a way to make his melee attacks actually hurt things.