Schradinger

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I've been wondering he same thing, LeeRoy.

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I've got a couple questions, mostly just to pick your brain. I think your character and his tech are absolutely fascinating, and somewhat similar to a concept I have for one of my own characters. :)

First question: Can the armor absorb infinite amounts of energy or is there a limit to it? If there's a limit, how high is it and what happens when it reaches it?

Second question: How quickly can it shift from one form of defense to another, and can it use multiple defensive forms simultaneously on different parts of its surface? (Like rubber to counter an electrical attack on its arm at the same time as a mirror to counter a laser on its chest.)

Third question: How much power can it generate for its energy weapons?

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Would it be alright if Drall edited then we started the correct posting order immediately? Otherwise Arty's going to be suspended in midair waiting for his collision with Adrian to conclude for the entire time it takes three different characters to perform two sets of actions. Everyone else has posted at least once since my last post, so it makes sense to start the posting order fresh in the very next post instead of compounding the problem further with more double posts.

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Since no one specified their locations in relation to each other, it was left to me to do so, and it made the most sense to have Leeroy's guy approaching from the other side of Adrian in relation to Arty, since he could see both of them as he walked up. I described such an arrangement in my post, which means Adrian literally could not look at the lich without turning away from Arty, unless he moved before doing so, which he did not.

As for the body slam, yes, you remain largely unaffected when you're in the middle of a fight with the adrenaline already flowing and the expectation of getting hit, but that's not what's happening. Adrian is entirely unaware and getting blindsided by a 220 pound projectile slamming into his back at superhuman speed. That's going to knock the breath out of him at the very least, armor or not. You also didn't specify any unique functions of the armor, so it is assumed that it functions in a similar manner and at a similar temperature to normal plate armor, which also doesn't do great against blunt trauma (which is what Arty's attack is causing).

If you're going to use magical armor that burns everyone it touches and can instantly sprout spikes of hellfire all while completely negating kinetic damage, you really have to specify all that in your CS, otherwise it's little different than power-gaming.

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Ok, that makes more sense but still doesn't remove the issue, which is that your character, who has no super-speed according to his bio, was able to think and react to a body slam in between the time that it touched him and the time that it took for the force of Arty's momentum to be transferred into Adrian. Anyone short of the flash is too slow to do that, and even magical spikes don't form instantly, and that's also assuming that Adrian would still have the presence of mind to summon the spikes immediately after being body-slammed at super-human speeds (if you've ever been body-slammed you'd know how hard it is to think tactically during and right after, much less breath easily). Mass is also a factor in any collision, and since Adrian only weighs 195 pounds (which I assume includes his wings), Arty at 220 pounds has more mass and would more than double the amount of weight they have to support.

The point I'm getting at is that the force of the collision will affect Adrian long before he has a chance to summon the spikes, if he even retains the clarity of thought that would be necessary to summon them. He wouldn't even have enough time to smile.

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I think most people apart from Jagajac are still here and just waiting.

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I mentioned it before that as well. If you could wait for your turn next time Derpestein, I think we'd all appreciate it.

And Drallinix, how is it that your character knew mine was attacking when he was very specifically doing so in his blind spot? Unless he literally has eyes in the back of his head, he wouldn't even know Arty was gunning for him until after he got hit. I'd appreciate it if you could edit your post to take that situation into account.

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Don't worry about it man. :) As long as you're willing to learn you'll be in good shape.

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It's your character, so if that's what you want to do then go for it. :)

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135 degrees Fahrenheit isn't that hot. It almost gets that hot around here in the summer, and fire at that temperature wouldn't even be uncomfortable for Arty. I'm not even sure if it would cause most woods to ignite, and it definitely wouldn't do anything to the magical oak tree.

I'd recommend looking up napalm and adjusting the temperature to somewhere in that range, though maybe adding in that he has to build up (or charge) the attack for X number of posts in order to reach max temperature.