Majesty Tournament ~ Interest Check

[Everett]

@Gun The Zephyr Materia isn't meant to be indefinite. It has a duration, about 3 posts. With a cool down period afterward of 2 posts before another can be used. Where I usually Rp such limits can be internal and up to player discretion. Much like the guy that can break the sound barrier with a particular move this is allowing freedom of movement with the use of an item. What it does is clearly defined, an increase in speed, and for the purpose of this tournament I don't mind limiting it to his speed. Instead using the materia for just the freedom of movement aspect. Moving in a vacuum would kill whoever was in it unless they could generate their own personal atmospheric pressure and fill their own lungs with air.

And on the topic of being open ended and being vague. If I were to detail what it can actually do I'd probably reach the character limit a few times over, so being vague was intentional for convenience sake for both myself and the reader. I'd rather not have people slog through multiple posts of a list of mundane and complex energy based spells.

But I have made some edits in the form of drop down menus for the Energy usage and the Magical ability. I also added the post duration and cooldown to Zephyr materia. Let me know if more is required.

[Gun]

<Snipped quote by Starfall>

Jeer them with a sword up the arse, no less. Otherwise they will remain arrogant.

@Vordak

Good advice.

[Enki]

@Enki Everything looks good except for the move that auto-statuses everything. First, what statuses are they? Second, what status is this 'doom' feeling, if any? Lastly, and I'll put this in the rules, that all attacks must cover distance. I.E. No teleporting attacks two inches from someones face, and similar things. I'm assuming that you'll need to actually hit your opponent to give them those status effects.

@Gun

Ah the blood moon, The doom feeling is an overall feeling of dread. Obviously those with a strong mind/will can just brush it off. As for status effects, ya know the usual blind/silence/whatnot. It's honestly fluff anyway because everyone has some resistance or outright immunity to it. To be honest i use it as an area effect to counter healers as that is the only part that matters. Its a large area effect with a big ol'red moon overhead that makes the battlefield eerie and tinted red. It basically shifts the arena to make curative magic backfire.

So really I can just strike that other part out, it never works anyway is there for flavor and fun. And yes, teleporting is cheesy and attacks still have to actually land.

[Vordak]

BTW, why measure striking power in tons instead of joules? The latter has a much clearer connection to kinetic energy and overall power, IMHO.

[Gun]

@Everett
Convenience isn't exactly a decent enough reason to not explain what a character can and can't do when there are multiple sections that are not at all necessary for a combat tournament on that same sheet, with about two or three dropdowns that aren't totally necessary, either.

Getting access to random new spells that dont have any school, archetype, or reason to them means you could do whatever. I'm not saying you would, but an opponent surely may feel that way, and doing so would nix that problem before it begins. I suppose you could just always tell the opponent what those spells/abilities were, though.

[Maquina]

@Gun Heh...now see, was all in good fun until you started getting insulting.

I don't happen to have a ready sheet on hand for the Street Fighter-level stuff you're gunning for here, but I know Enki, Ev and Starfall. Uzuki is enormously more dangerous than Enki-the-character, who is actually one of the lowest-powered combatants in this particular crew of dudes; Sky is capable of standing against any 'Powered' character you care to name, and whatever Starfall does is going to be the end of this particular tournament regardless of any limits you seek to impose on it.

No skin off my nose, I suppose! I will keep my filthy little-girl hands off your tournament and watch the Princess enjoy herself in folks' entrails. Good luck and happy screaming, everyone!

[Vordak]

@DLL

Tch. Powerful characters are not what matter. Skill is all that remains in the end, and i'd like to think i have plenty to spare for the folk gathered here. But as i said, battle will show who's guts exactly will be spilled, and who'll stay alive to gloat.

[Starfall]

@Vordak A bit of verbal foreplay never hurts when you're looking to get some action. But a challenge it is then, to any who are unwilling to wait for the tournament or unable to participate in it, I throw my glove at thee! But mostly at that cad @Gun

I'm still sprucing up my profile before I post it but after we'll dance like an orgy David Bowie's.

[Everett]

@Gun Did you even look at the edits? I gave examples like you suggested. And I always explain what I'm doing at the time so that there is limited to no confusion about what is happening. And the drop downs that were added were ones that you suggested I put in. Please give it another look, unless you want me to repost it here, and let me know.

[Vordak]

Funny how both Divinity and Starfall at the same time are prophesied to be the doom of everybody else. Mind me asking who exactly of the two it actually is?

Or should i just forget about it and make y'all swallow your words as i leave them both biting the dust?

'Cause, y'know. I've no qualms about that.

[Maquina]

@Vordak Heh...ye know, I always find it funny how people who do unpowered-melee like to puff their own horn, all "THIS! IS! SKILL!" and assert strongly that anyone who uses any sort of powered or weapon-based style is simply leaning on their crutches and has no real talent.

I'll freely admit, I'm kinda butt at standard dispowered melee. I don't like it/find it terribly entertaining, I've not worked on mastering it, and thus I'm pretty un-good at it. But there's an interesting tendency I've noticed with a lot of T!I!S! types...and that is that they are often just as butt at higher-end Powered fights as a Powered fighter tends to be at bare-knuckle fisticuffs. They have a hard time dealing with all the extra capability, they don't really explore the fullest extent of their power, and they often fall apart when trying to fight someone who's spent most of their play time on that power tier. They just can't compete properly at that level of power because they don't like to do so and thus haven't developed the ability for it.

It's not about capital-S SKILLZ, man. It's simply about comfort level. My buddies and I figured it'd be amusing to flash Cee and see what sort of "HOLY HELL" reactions she got given the depth of her dossier and the fact that ENKI of all g'damned people is considered 2 stronk 4 fyte; I never intended to forcibly inflict her on the contest. If y'all want to run a Street Fighter tournament, then by all means be my guest. Heh, I'd simply caution you about believing that your skills in bare fisticuffs make you the Superior Man in all circumstances.

Could always try your hand in a dispowered/low-powered gun duel with me and see if it holds true. I don't do fisticuffs, but I'm not a bad hand at all on the range. Heh, not that anyone will care, I suppose. Just always makes me sad to see Street Fighters puffing themselves up and figuring theirs is the only game in town.

[Gun]

@DLL
Lol. This is great.

First if all, I never insulted you. You'll know when I insult you. I'm about to.

Secondly, 'street fighter level'? Oh yeah, I forgot, if you can't do whatever the hell you want with your compensating krutch-ass PC shit, then we're street brawling lol. Go kick rocks.

Thirdly, stating that virtually every person in your crew has characters stronger than Enki isn't helping your case. And any MP'er worth his salt could thrash any PC. Thats not the point here. This is an event with particular limits. This isn't about who can manipulate the most abstract lolmadeupenergy. Its about who can balance power with tact without requiring powers to pad the areas they're lacking in. Its about choosing a few things you like, and making them work. Not shoving as much shit into a sheet as possible to make up for lack of talent.

Finally, take your elitist bullshit somewhere else. I could care less what you say about 'lol my girl gunna keel yew!' Throwing a tantrum because I told you something you didn't like.

You reek of insecurity. Take it back to your crew if thats what you like to do.

Edit: I have several PC's. Wanna know why I didn't use them? This isn't the event for them. I'm not even against Pc's lol. You came here and clearly read zero rules, then got upset when I told you what those rules were and took it as an insult.

Note: To his other 'crew' members, I mean no disrespect, but I had to address that shit. Kthx.

[Gun]

@EverettI'll go look now.

[Vordak]

@Vordak Heh...ye know, I always find it funny how people who do unpowered-melee like to puff their own horn, all "THIS! IS! SKILL!"

@DLL

I didn't say anything about my skill applying only to un-powered melee. In fact, it applies to un-powered hand-to-hand as well. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Vordak]

In all seriousness though, i don't have a single idea why you even tagged my in that rant of yours, or made that rant in first place.

[Gun]

@starfall
I'm actually no longer participating at this point. Your glove may go to whomever.

[Maquina]

Heh heh heh.

I ain't the one quoting 'warrior and boy' nonsense at people to get them to bugger off. Da's a'ight, though. Still, never let it be said that a girl can't adapt.

Enk, Star. Keep an eye on your FFL inboxes. Going to spend the rest of the evening working on a street-tier sniper, see if I can't kick out a shitsheet I can use. Won't be nearly well-developed enough for campaign work, but these guys have outright stated they don't really want anything in the sheet except combat-relevant information, so that should help. Heh, I have no doubt whatsoever that Gun's next post will be "Don't bother, you're auto-banned from this event because you're Not A Cool Bro", but if they're going to allow Uzuki and Sky, I suppose I'll see what they find objectionable about a rifleman with no offensive abilities whatsoever.

Should be an interesting experiment, no? I mean hell, Real Skill(TM) means they should be able to handle a rifleman with anything they put together, eh?

[Zorlock]

I am in!

Zendi Lorelock

Name: Zendi Lorelock
Age:33
Height:5'9"
Weight:172lbs
Race: Half-Orc
Class: Battlemage

Appearance:

My Hider

Still young for a Battlemage but exceeded those of his world. Zendi was the first of his plains to achieve ultimate potential. Reading the lost and ancient scrolls of his school, he learned spells and abilities that have been forgotten. Once he reached what he believed to be the peak of his power that the school can offer, he altered the minds of his fellow mages, having them believe he never attended the school and disappeared.

Spells~
Supreme Counterspell: His recommended and favorite way of canceling spells, inner abilities, Jutsu's and any other unique powers that use energy from the body.

Epic Magic Missile: A spell he found within one of the Ancient books. Calmly uses it to 'dispose' of small armies. From his fingertips, fires up to 40 magical orbs about the size of a basketball. The missiles strike's unerringly, even if the target is in melee combat or has less than total cover or total concealment. If hit by any of these can damage like a sword is being stabbed into you, simple to out run them though.

Vindication: A small sphere of bright white light flies to the point designated and explodes violently. From there causes Magical and Sonic damage, thus making most resistance useless, but this spell is heavily recommended to be used as a final go to. being within the large radius can ultimately destroy anything external, internal and ghost like. It travels with incredible speed.

Equipment~
Skywalking Boots: These boots allow Zendi to walk across the air, to reach higher he needs to think there is something for him to step/land/move on.

Wit's End, Razor of Timeless Battles: This Greatspear/stave is built to battle magical entities. The blade's length is two feet long, being unable to wound anything physically but affect their soul/spirit/inner being etc. If say Wit's end blade cuts your arm like it was going to take it off from you body, it would faze through it but damage the part of the soul to the arm, which makes your arm worthless and motionless.

Orb of Disrupting Krakens: The orb is about the size of a baseball and is purple, looks to be made of glass. Its internal properties give it the ability to absorb magical energies, etc.

Abilities~
Zenki has learned to master his senses. He can hear past other sounds that travel, making it nearly impossible to sneak up on him and accurately know where they are coming from. His vision is considered godlike, he can see the inner powers of beings and ghostly creatures. His reflexes are unimaginably good, hitting him in close combat would be a feat itself.

His movement speed is incredible.

[Vordak]

@DLL This man needs a sword up his ass ASAP.

But what of jeering the arrogant?

@Starfall

Jeer them with a sword up the arse, no less. Otherwise they will remain arrogant.

@Vordak

[Gun]

@DLLSee there you go compensating again.

Dont bring an unpowered rifleman to this tournament as some piss-poor excuse to fellate your own desperate ego. See, normally id be civil, but you attacked me for what amounts to 'you told me I'm wrong'. So now I see no reason to feign civility.

And its not that you're not a coolbro that you can't participate. You can't participate because you've already shown me you're the absolute worst class of egotist, and I want it nowhere in this tourney. That and, like a 'Little girl', you left the tourney at the first sign of someone not kissing your ass.

If you've got that much to prove, then I guess we can throw down outside the confines of this tourney. This shit was for fun, simple combat. Not somewhere for you to come and stretch your cock.