Lalliman

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

I read "excluding" as "including". That happens to me a lot, herp. It seems at least decent that way, but you'll have to see what LeeRoy says about it.

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

I dunno. It's not necessarily overpowered, but it may simply be unsuitable for competitive play. It's so hard to make rules on when it would or wouldn't work, it ends up mostly arbitrary. And because being instakilled by mind control isn't a satisfying way to die, everyone will end up resisting it, unless they're already so weakened that it's little more than a finishing move. If you were to take out the ability to kill people with it and only use it to screw with them, it'd be far more usable.

Besides, you may find some problems with the Gamo Tan too, seeing as it takes effect instantly and is thus undodgeable. You could say that someone could jump out of it quickly to avoid damage, just like how sticking your hand in an oven very briefly doesn't hurt, but that brings up a problem with the wording. You say it heats up not just the air, but whatever is in the area, including human flesh. You could boil someone's heart, killing them instantly without a saving throw so to speak.

Boss Battle: Diabolus

Seeing as Shen is, well, dead, that seems like a good excuse for him not appearing for a while.
If you're still around Eklispe, please show yourself, cause the next round should be coming up soon.

Boss Battle: Diabolus

As Shen rose to his feet, he heard Free's ultimate attack tearing through the concrete above him and knew that his attempt to escape the blast zone had been futile. "God damn mages." he grunted, before apocalypse's beam came down upon him, destroying everything in sight except the indestructible Usurper, which would soon become buried beneath the rubble of collapsing skyscrapers. Although his body was destroyed, Shen's soul hung on, vaguely aware that even death wouldn't liberate him from the curse. If Usurper couldn't find a new wielder, it had other, stranger ways to bring itself back into use...

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

See here, my character! I hope i didn't forget anything. I feel like i did...

Gregor Scott

Name: Gregor Scott
Race: Hellwolf (Modified werewolf)
Age: 19 (reached maturity at 8 due to accelerated aging)
Sex: Male
Height: 5’10 (human) / 10’ (beast, on hind legs)
Weight: 170 lbs (human) / 900 lbs (beast)

Physical Description: As a lycanthrope, Gregor has two forms. His human form is an unremarkable man with short brown hair and brown eyes. He has a square face, high cheekbones and a hook nose, and usually shows a short scruffy beard. He’s fit-looking, but otherwise average in build.

His beast form is that of a giant wolf, 12 foot long from snout to tail and 6 foot tall at the shoulders (when on all fours). The beast is far more muscular and heavily-built than a normal wolf. His fur is red as blood, his claws and teeth black and his eyes bright luminescent yellow. His front legs are longer than his hind legs and he can take on either a bipedal or a quadrupedal stance.

(Reference: Like this, but with fur across his entire body and black teeth.)

Psychological Description: Although he might deny it, Gregor is a soldier at heart, most at home on the battlefield, taking orders from those more qualified. After escaping the military’s grasp, he struggles to balance his violent nature and his will to do good, constantly doubting whether he’s even suitable for the latter. He’s a gentle person at his very core, but has trouble showing emotions beside stoicism and anger, preferring to bottle them up.

Tier: 4

Powers/Abilities/Skills:
Lycanthropy – While Gregor has some minor abilities in human form, his beast form is vastly more powerful. Due to his genetic modification, transformation is no longer involuntary. He can change into his beast form at will, a process that takes about 10 seconds. Intense pain or anger can still invoke the transformation involuntarily. His bite is also no longer infectious; he can’t transform others into hellwolves. The abilities below are only present when in beast form, except the bottom one, which lists his abilities as a human.

Physical attributes – Gregor’s muscles are naturally very strong, and further enhanced by demonic magic. He can lift 3 tons of weight above his head and can sprint at 150 mph on all fours. Running on only two legs significantly slows him to 50 mph. He has great stamina, capable of fighting for several hours before being exhausted, though he’ll begin tiring after half an hour. His bones are as strong as steel, providing great protection from blunt force. His muscles are more dense than most animals’ and his fur is exceptionally thick and tough, giving good protection against low calibre bullets and mundane blades. His natural body temperature is 150 °F, which may rise up to 200 °F when engaged in heavy exercise (e.g. fighting). This, combined with his accelerated metabolism, makes him highly resistant to mundane poisons.

Regeneration – Gregor’s body heals itself at a supernatural rate. Minor cuts and bruises disappear in a matter of seconds. More severe injuries such a bullet wounds tend to rapidly stop any blood loss, but require time and rest to heal fully. Making him bleed out is possible but difficult, thus the best way to kill him is by hitting his vital organs. His healing factor is powerful enough to restore severed limbs, though it usually takes several days to do so.

Senses – Gregor’s sense of smell is like that of a dog, far more powerful than a human’s. Depending on the wind, a scent might be tracked from miles away, especially that of someone he’s familiar with. His hearing isn’t stronger than a human’s, but more accurate, better capable of differentiating sounds and capable of hearing a wider frequency spectrum. His sight is twice as sharp as a human and he can see in near-total darkness, though his vision turns black and white in very low light levels.

Mystic blood – His demonic DNA grants Gregor passive fire resistance. Flames and other heat-based attacks are generally shrugged off, but due to his werewolf side, the resistance is not perfect. He can still suffer scorching wounds when hit by exceptionally powerful flames (5000+ °F). On the flip side, divine magic deals increased damage to him and healing spells that draw from a divine source are ineffective. Holy water and certain other divine items will hurt him on touch, as if he was an actual demon. Due to his werewolf side, silver burns to the touch and wounds inflicted by silver weapons regenerate at half normal rate.

Demon fangs – Both his teeth and his claws are made of a metallic semi-magical material that is twice as strong as steel and is a great heat conductor. By channelling his demonic energy into them, Gregor can heat them to 3500 °F, which turns them a luminescent orange in colour. The effort this takes is negligible, though it takes about 10 seconds (2 ticks) to reach full heat. When he stops channelling energy, they cool back down over the course of one minute.

Fire breath – Gregor can breathe out a cone of fire, similar to a flamethrower, 40 foot long and 20 foot wide at maximum output. At max power he runs out of breath after 10 seconds (2 ticks), but a smaller flame can be sustained for longer. The flames are 2500 °F at the centre. The energy cost is negligible as long as he can still breathe.

With a little extra effort, he can compress the fire into a ball inside his jaws before spitting it out like a projectile. The fireball moves at the speed of an arrow and can travel up to 100 feet before dissipating. Upon impact, it explodes in a 5’ radius, with enough force to knock a human clean off their feet but not necessarily kill them. It can be charged for up to two ticks for increased force, heat and radius.

Smoke breath – By burning a low-efficiency flame inside his body, he can spew a cloud of black smoke instead fire. This takes one tick of preparation, after which he can spew out enough smoke to obscure a 20x20x10 feet area. As a side effect of having this ability, inhaling smoke is practically harmless for him.

Abilities in human form – Some of Gregor’s beast abilities carry over partially to his human form. He can lift 800 lbs above his head and sprint at 25 mph despite his seemingly average build. His stamina is exceptional, but within human limits. His sense of smell is about 10 times that of a human and he has limited darkvision. All effects of mystic blood are equally present in his human form. His regeneration is slowed, but still significantly faster than a human's.

Equipment:
None except his clothes, which have a tendency of getting torn apart when he transforms.

History:
Gregor comes from a modern fantasy world, during a time of war when governments were racing each other to the creation of the perfect weapon through the combination of science and magic. Gregor was created in a cloning vat by the US military, as one of the prototypes of a mixture between lycanthrope and demon genes. The manual selection of genes allowed them to combine the viciousness of a werewolf with the mystic power of a demon, minus the demons’ exceptional cunning that made them difficult for their creators to control.

Even before “birth”, Gregor was subconsciously indoctrinated to follow his masters’ every command. For years he was trained in combat, and once ready he was put to practical use against the US’ enemies in the field of battle, alongside his prototype brothers. Their design was still imperfect, not yet reaching their full potential, but showed great promise, as their group was capable of wiping out entire battalions of human soldiers.

Over time, the design was being refined for the creation of superior hellwolves, but in the meanwhile Gregor’s batch continued as an elite military unit. However, the more he saw of the world during his missions, the more the uneasiness about his very existence crept up on him. At his core, he was nothing more than a weapon to his masters, a monster created to do what monsters do best.

Everything changed when he was tracked down and confronted one on one by a witch named Natasha, a former subject of the Russian super soldier program. She seemed to know all about his internal struggles and claimed to be sent by a dragon known as Abraxos, who was the leader of an underground organization of supernaturals opposing the tyrannical oppression of mankind. At this point, Gregor welcomed the opportunity to leave his current life behind and see what the military never wanted him to. With Natasha’s help, he escaped the grasp of the US military and fled to the headquarters of the Free Ones’ Sect in Bulgaria, where he joined their ranks in the fight for freedom and equal rights.

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

Hey Vordak, i was gonna use a demon werewolf too :| What are the chances.
I guess i'll choose a different character, just in case they end up too similar.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

The deadlifting world record is about 1000 pounds, but that's only for lifting it a few inches off the ground. If you look at Jean Baldwin's CS, you can see the max lifting weight section is meant to indicate how much you can lift above your head, not just off the ground. Thus why he went with 600 lbs as the tier 1 limit instead of 1000. I assume that's the thing you were wondering, as the tiers above 1 are pretty much arbitrary.

As for punching force, i agree it's questionable to use 2x lifting weight for everyone, even those people with significant training. I suppose it's only a rule of thumb though, and the creators of highly trained characters should put the punching force into their CS after all.

Edit: several posts were made while i was typing this, so my comments might be obsolete.

Boss Battle: Diabolus

This seems to be the point where nobody really knows what to write anymore and the roleplay dies for no particular reason. We're waiting on you Drallinix, and it seems you have three choices:
- Use your transmutation to create a parachute, if you have the time for one charge before you fall to the ground (which you probably don't).
- Retroactively change the angle at which you fired apocalypse to prevent blowing away the building below your feet.
- Fall to your death. Dying wouldn't really matter since you'll be alive again in the next fight, but you'd think Free would be smart enough not to blow up the building he's standing on without a back-up plan.

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

Hurr, turns out my statement was false. I thought by tier 1 you meant tier 0, so i thought his strength was 250 lbs or lower. 600 lbs is actually a good estimate for a man of his build.

Anyways, you're free to make the character however you wish. In fact, the adapting and crafting part could be cool if put to use well. Just keep in mind that you'll probably have trouble finding opponents when only tier 1.

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

With arms like logs, he sounds like me might be tier 2 rather than 1. Then again, it's hard to tell, cause there's no concrete definition of his strength. You may want to specify.

Also, not to criticize your character, but playing someone whose fighting style comes down to hulk smashing may get repetitive real fast. Just take that into consideration.

And LeeRoy, i swear you'll see a character from me soon. I'm working on it.
Not that i'm planning to myself, but i wonder: is there any restriction against making tier 7 characters? Would they be banned from fighting the bosses?