Mangrale

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

I'm not sure if I should bother mentioning anyone in my posts in a group this small, but I can do so next time if it's preferred.

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

It would be a little while longer still before Gastrod would fully get used to the insistent beeping that he associated with the notifications his personal communicator received, a low enough volume that only he could effectively hear. In picking the device from his robes and fiddling with it until he eventually got it to show him what he wanted to know, it occurred to him that this little lunch break of his was pretty much over.

With a general sense of how to approach this new mission, the namekian returned to the Scather, keen to gather as much intel from the ship's available systems as he could competently understand. Since these latest offenses affected multiple villages by the looks of it, it felt appropriate to confer with the onboard holographic map readings to get a proper visual representation of the settlements already hit and those projected as most at risk. For Gastrod, the idea was to pick the most outstanding one of the latter and station himself there. The idea did occur to him that searching through a previously assaulted village might allow him a chance to come across some manner of clue to where the victims could have presumably been taken, but he decided on saving that option for the possibility of the stakeout taking too long.

"... There's no guarantee that the victims will still be alive by the time we arrive, little one. Our first objectives are to defend the natives who haven't been captured yet, and make contact with the trappers if at all possible. Anything else is too early to predict," responded the namekian to Burnet's question, taking to his self-imposed responsibility to prepare the "budding lad" for the horrors of conflict with all the sobriety he could spare and none of the tact.

After signing up for the quest, a task certainly expedited by the helpful operators nearby, Gastrod made his plan of attack known and patiently awaited for dispatch via Yardrat, his arms crossed in silent introspection. How his fellow fighters factored into the mission, he couldn't say nor did he feel it urgent to group up just yet considering how they didn't have a read on where the attackers were located. If the aggressors were indeed getting bolder with each hit, then he couldn't even discount the possibility that multiple settlements may yet be attacked at once.

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It didn't feel quite right, from where the namekian was standing (or floating to be more accurate) to eradicate all the penned up space cattle while they were still locked up in the ranches he came across. Whenever possible in fact, Gastrod saw to it that the hapless herbivores were set free from their holding areas before he reduced their former livestock prisons into smoldering craters. Course his patience only lasted for so long, and so after the first ranch he hit, any stragglers that didn't heed their liberator's stern call to evacuate would meet their fate in the smoldering cavities where their homes once stood. Oh well, he gave them a chance at least.

Of course the specimens that he allowed to escape wouldn't last that much longer in comparison, as after a good few minutes, the slug man would track and hunt them down, tallying up his quarry according to the animals he counted as surviving the carnage. They'd have a preciously fleeting row of freedom in their final moments, he'd get to practice his hunting skills, it was a total win-win, as they say. Sure he got a good number of dirty looks and a tad worse come his way courtesy of the native population that witnessed his methods in action, but he took special exception to claims suggesting his plan of attack was sloppy. One of the especially rowdy hunters even had the nerve to call him a "garish, squishy-looking, two-bit sellsword". If the Grand Master had been inexplicably present to witness such disrespect, then Gastrod would see no other recourse but to slap the mouthy ingrate over the head with his own dismembered arm.

Sure it'd be a pain to grow back, but that just goes to show how seriously Gastrod views such insolence in the company of his master. Ultimately though, the namekian's hands were tied, given the lad's annoying lack of evil in his heart.

But that was then (and a pleasant, hypothetical daydream), and this is now. Gastrod had since levitated on his lonesome within eyeshot of the Scather, overlooking the smoking black pillars of the wreckages that also awaited their former owners. For now, he mostly occupied himself with munching on the juicy produce that some of the aforementioned natives had thrown his way. Picking a few sticky berries that had stuck to his shoulder pieces and lifting them up to his mouth, he pondered whether the peltings were a part of their complaints against him, or if they were actually expressions of customary gratitude, in which case - Who was he to judge? Food for thought.

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Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

@IceHeart Oh right, forgot about Yamcha's Spirit Ball. I did indeed have control over their trajectories in mind when I made the move. I can clarify in the description, if you want.

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

@IceHeart This is my first take at techniques. Let me know if anything needs touching up.

Character Bio

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____________________________________________________________________________ Name: Lord Gastrod VI │ Alias: The Sixth One Age: 73 Race: Namekian Gender: Namekian Appearance: Height - 7.4 ft │ Weight - 246 lbs While possessing a rather imposing stature and build on par with the most accomplished warriors of Namek, Gastrod's shoulder armor and large wrapping, which he usually disregards when he values mobility over defense, is most certainly not typical Namekian garb. Power Level: Zarbon (Second Form) Combat Type: Ki / Magic │ Ki Color: White Personality: Zealous • Naive • Courageous • Tactical Shrewd in the ways of combat, so long as he can keep his focus that is, Gastrod typically takes to battle with a deadly seriousness. Outside of combat scenarios that he's most familiar with however, it becomes increasingly difficult for him to hide how out of his depth he is, not like that has ever really discouraged him from engaging in the past. Still, there can be no doubt as to his predominant motivation, which gently steer him down something resembling the straight and narrow. ____________________________________________________________________________

Background

From the fairly deep reaches of space, there may periodically arise some rather uncommon occurrences, like Namekians that have grown up separate from the usual homeworlds from which they in some way should conceivably trace their origins back to. Gastrod VI is one such whose knowledge of his race doesn't stretch very far beyond his own experience with the family he's derived from. All his brothers, in essence, are unquestionably devoted to a singular purpose in life: to obey the wishes of their Grand Master, to whom they accredit the saving of their ancestor. Upon this Gastrod lies the responsibility of taking up the fight against the forces of evil in the universe, and earning some extra cash for the interests of his master.

Weapons & Techniques/Spells
Weapons
N/A

Techniques/Spells

• Magic Materialization (Weaponry)
  Gastrod can reliably channel his latent magical power into creating a weapon that he has taken to naming Alkalios. It is an immense broadsword with a sizable blade that ends in a sharpened, crescent-like wedge, which he typically uses in powerful, deliberate attacks.
• Eruptive Clash
  By effectively imbuing Alkalios with an extraordinary amount of ki, Gastrod can then unleash the charge in a cataclysmic explosion of energy, initiated through a single mighty blow.
• Mortal Salvo
  After charging a great deal of ki into one of his hands, he can let loose with a volley of up to six concentrated projectiles which he could then direct the courses of, so long as he concentrates. All will detonate in a destructive sphere once contact is made.
• Calamitous Maw Cannon
  Ki is channeled up behind the point of release, in this case Gastrod's own mouth, opening to discharge an enormous beam of energy that has the power to blast its way through large swaths of terrain with ease.

What Are You Listening To?

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@IceHeartAlright thanks. I'll try and make the distinction in the future. I'm also considering at least one technique involving the primary weapon he'll create, and will likely use one of the slots for it.

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@IceHeartI have most of the CS finished, but feel free to let me know your answers to the questions above whenever you like. Sorry for not following your sheet code format that closely.

Character Bio

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____________________________________________________________________________ Name: Lord Gastrod VI │ Alias: The Sixth One Age: 73 Race: Namekian Gender: Namekian Appearance: Height - 7.4 ft │ Weight - 246 lbs While possessing a rather imposing stature and build on par with the most accomplished warriors of Namek, Gastrod's shoulder armor and large wrapping, which he usually disregards when he values mobility over defense, is most certainly not typical Namekian garb. Power Level: Zarbon (Second Form) Combat Type: Ki / Magic │ Ki Color: White Personality: Zealous • Naive • Courageous • Tactical Shrewd in the ways of combat, so long as he can keep his focus that is, Gastrod typically takes to battle with a deadly seriousness. Outside of combat scenarios that he's most familiar with however, it becomes increasingly difficult for him to hide how out of his depth he is, not like that has ever really discouraged him from engaging in the past. Still, there can be no doubt as to his predominant motivation, which gently steer him down something resembling the straight and narrow. ____________________________________________________________________________

Background

From the fairly deep reaches of space, there may periodically arise some rather uncommon occurrences, like Namekians that have grown up separate from the usual homeworlds from which they in some way should conceivably trace their origins back to. Gastrod VI is one such whose knowledge of his race doesn't stretch very far beyond his own experience with the family he's derived from. All his brothers, in essence, are unquestionably devoted to a singular purpose in life: to obey the wishes of their Grand Master, to whom they accredit the saving of their ancestor. Upon this Gastrod lies the responsibility of taking up the fight against the forces of evil in the universe, and earning some extra cash for the interests of his master.

Weapons & Techniques/Spells
Weapons
N/A

Techniques/Spells

• Magic Materialization

Dragon Ball - The Planet Breakers

I'd say the CS is pretty much done save for the techniques and weapons. I guess the questions I have now would be along the lines of:

• With Magic Materialization being a spell (one of the four available slots), should the weapons I intend to use it for be in the weapons section, or is that just for permanent weapons only?
• Namekians already have a great deal of established abilities, like regeneration and gigantification. Would it be better to treat them as techniques rather than inherent traits, and what I don't have written down is what he's yet to learn as a namekian? Like: no regeneration unless I have it listed in his cache of techniques. I'm actually fine if that's what you want me to go with, I just want to be sure.