Tuujaimaa

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

In order to continue to not take the first action, Touho decided that she must take action. With her recently amassed symbols of Fuujin, she used her Akishimo no Gishiki technique that would create a hailstorm capable of blanketing the entire battlefield in shards of ice and freezing winds - she was content to take the risk of her opponent having an affinity to ice as the chance was extremely low compared to the chance that it would force them to take action. Most opponents would be forced to retreat and find shelter from the blistering cold that would fall over the battlefield, and in doing so she would force her opponent to take action first.

Provided that her opponent was not, in fact, immune to the effects or of helped by the cold, they would find themselves quickly in a risky position. Action would be required of her opponent first, and even if that action ended up not being beneficial to the Windspeaker, the battlefield was her domain in the Akishimo no Gishiki - she would have a distinct advantage against almost all opponents.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

I... See. That rule is specific to this forum (to my knowledge) and isn't something I've ever practiced in the past. Duly noted, however.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

Touho continued to make symbols at the previous rate that she had before until she had a total of twenty three symbols, taking an additional 9 seconds. She had decided that her opponent was not in the immediate area, and that her initial thoughts had been wrong. Perhaps this was foolish, and she kept herself alert during the entire process in order to be ready to react in case she was wrong, but it did not seem like there was an opponent nearby.

The easiest way to win against an unknown opponent was to grind them out - she was able to stay well out of range of most possible combatants for a long time, and her ability to blanket the entire arena in a frigid hailstorm was one that she would have to take advantage of. She had seen a glimpse of what looked like a cave entrance, but she did not know if there was an interconnected series of tunnels. When fighting commenced, she would be sure to check it out - but until her opponent revealed themselves it was too much of a risk to make the first move.

The first to act was the first to fall, she had always been taught, and it was a tenet that had saved her life multiple times in the past - now was no different.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

Yeah, my bad. Hah. I was tired and did not read properly.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

Jok's entry to the forest would initially go unnoticed, as his distance and the lack of obvious noises that he made were enough to obscure his presence from the Windspeaker, but his settling point was close enough that Touho knew something had entered the vicinity. She did not make any overt movements that could give away her position nor change her breathing patterns, but silently moved the digits on her right hand, twisting her wrist slightly, as she created Symbols of Fuujin with which to be prepared. While she would stop (or speed up depending) upon hearing another movement or seeing something to suggest such movements, the Symbols would mount fairly quickly until she had created five.

Her first technique would likely be Spiritual Armour in order to get a feel for her opponent's preference for range - she was capable at mid range and short range, but had an offensive disadvantage at the longer ranges. The more quickly she could cover the distance, the easier it would be to land a crippling blow and win the fight from there. These assumptions were just that, however, and she withheld any true judgement until she knew the capabilities (or at least had a cursory idea) of her opponent. Any significant action before that would be brash.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament

Apologies - I've been pretty busy recently. I'll get a post up today.

Devil's Storm

There's no particular rush, @The Wanderer! Devil's Storm isn't exactly going to be fast paced anyway.

Devil's Storm

@Silen Syanka: The bio's definitely up to scratch now, but I can't let you create bullets made of fire/electricity with any sort of frequency/ease without giving you a crystal, and I'm just not comfortable enough to give you a crystal. You'd also have no way of getting access to inscribed crystals, which are the balancing mechanic given to those who do have crystals. You can certainly imbue your bullets with fire and electricity, but until you get a crystal that scope of magic will just be beyond you. :/

Devil's Storm

It would be challenging to meet such a requirement without a crystal, and the justification for the existing characters with crystals is A) Quality of Bio, and B) Use of crystal carving that locks the crystals into use of that spell and that spell alone. I'll leave the finer points up to Innue, but I'd expect to see a very well fleshed out character in order to obtain that sort of power.

RPGuild Ranked Tournament - Tuujaimaa vs. Melonhead

The nature of tournaments was not one that could be described easily to a priestess who was the head of the military arm of her religion, but explanation or no she had been sent to participate and participate she would. Her first step on the island was in the forest to the north east, just by a river, and she wasted no time by preparing her Megumi no Fuujin immediately – without this crucial technique, much of her combat ability was rendered null and she was vulnerable to threats that she would not be when within the embrace of the Wind God.

It was safe to assume that she was not alone on the island, but a cursory glance around reminded Touho that the island was significantly larger than she had imagined her arena would be – her opponent could be nearby, but that was highly unlikely, and it was likely for the best if she stayed to the shadows until such a point as she could identify them.

Content to wait, Touho floated to the top of the nearby canopy – far enough back that the winds she commanded would not disturb the trees enough to give her position away and low enough down that seeing her would require some degree of searching. Her scope of vision was not immense as a compromise, but she would rather consider herself safe from an ambush than have perfect information.

It was not the way of the Windspeakers to hide, but measures had to be taken. Touho kept herself vigilant and prepared, awaiting some sign that her opponent was indeed on the island and was searching for her. It was only a matter of time, after all.