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modmaster ([personal profile] modmaster) wrote2024-08-05 08:33 pm

BLESSINGS (POWERS/ABILITIES) SUBMISSION

Good day!! I'll explain the process of how choosing powers will go, it's really easy, I promise.

• Make sure to read the blessings page. It explains the general principles on how this worlds' "magic" applies.

• In this post, make a top level for your character! You can submit your abilities underneath that toplevel. You do not need to make it overcomplicated if you don't want to! If you want fireballs, just putting down "fireballs" is fine. In fact, PLEASE don't make it overly complicated. Adding limitations and details can be great, especially to give extra flavor, ut if I must sit through eight paragraphs for one ability detailing the formulaic speed of light, I might perish (and more than likely simplify it for you)!

You can choose up to three abilities!

You do not have to choose them all right now nor do you need to have them immediately by game start. If you want to drop just one ability now and come back later with the others, that's fine. Characters can develop powers over time!

• Once you comment, I will reply back to your comment, making any specific changes necessary, usually to have them thematically connected whether its to your character's family or to help tie them together so they feel connected to the character.

• I'll also do any balancing if necessary. If it's way too strong, I'll help you scale it down or if it's too simple, I'll add a little more to give you more flavor. Powers should be level 30 on a level 100 scale but you can have stronger powers if you add limitations to it. "Can teleport anywhere but only once a day" or "has supergenius level knowledge but only in regards to cacti".

Announcement as of Sept. 24th: We do ask from this point on, any blessings submitted should be around 200-250 words per blessing, If it gets much larger than that, we reserve the right to reject them and ask to shorten it, SIMPLY PUT, IF IT GETS TOO BIG, WE GET SLOW CUZ WE OVERTHINK TOO MUCH, THIS IS TO HELP US STREAMLINE THE PROCESS A BIT. like obv there are some exceptions (like if you're indecisive between two types of limits or something and describing both) but an ability itself should remain about 2-3 paragraphs or so.


I am going to be honest, I do not have a degree in power and magic balancing. I will like make mistakes! If you find an ability way too limiting, you can come and make that case to me, and I can see if I can adjust it! Does one of your abilities never come up in play or you find it's one you don't find fun to play with? Feel free to come back to your toplevel and ask for an addendum, we can make it work.

The important part is I want people to have powers extend from their character as part of their personality/identity. It's not suppose to be about winning/losing/who is the strongest, etc, and hopefully by letting characters pick their own isntead of from a pre-selected list, it will help to do that!

And so with that siad, I am trusting people to be reasonable if these powers come into play at any time. By that, I mean, if you find yourself in a fight with a character, using powers, don't steamroll the other player without striking a conversation. Be considerate of the other person. Remember, it's important to go with the flow of the fight and see what feels right!

Your character does not need to win all of the time! Your character is not automatically better than anyone else 100% of the time. If you get into an ooc confrontation over who should win when it comes to powers, you must diceroll. I do not care if you have a five paragraph essay as to why your character should win, if the other rper is contesting that for whatever reason, make it fair and do a diceroll! Easy peasy! That said, diceroll is NOT a requirement all the time, it's fair to just see what happens! This is only a requirement if there is an ooc disagreement, if you ask me to settle it for you, I'm going to say "do a diceroll" first and go from there.

I GENUINELY DON'T THINK THIS WILL BE A HUGE ISSUE, my friends are chill and cool, but I am notating this just in case because we know sometimes things get crazy, emotions and excitement can get high, so this is the great neutralizer in those instances, ok? Ok.

Will this power I want be allowed?
COMMENT AND FIND OUT. Even if you feel its too insane, go ahead and comment, idc.

This power feels like it wouldn't go with this family.
THATS FINE, COMMENT AND FIND OUT. Even if I lack the brainpower to make it work, it's fine. Just like fashion and personalities, not everything has to be 1 to 1 with the family theme.

Can powers evolve over time?
SURE. It is not unreasonable to have a character's power being "vine whip" evolving into "thorny vine whip".

I just don't think I should bother putting the power in...
I HAVE BANNED ANXIETY, GO AHEAD AND COMMENT AND JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS, IT DOESN'T HURT TO AT LEAST TRY.


Okay, I'm done for now! Feel free to comment to this post ANYTIME YOU'RE READY and I'll reply (but please give me a few days ok).

Please see the first toplevel for a proper dumb example.
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Re: Addendum

[personal profile] vapour 2024-09-05 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yes please, the selective persuasion fits really well with his AU background in the end and the whole information thing c: And thank you so much :D
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Re: APPROVED

[personal profile] liveindarkness 2024-09-05 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine with that! Thank you~
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Re: CLARIFICATION

[personal profile] regulate 2024-09-05 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I would say it's a single-use spell with a 24-hour cooldown while his vocal cords recover for both powers, and if it helps, a standard football field is 100 yards, but I also don't mind shrinking the radius amount to 5 yards (15 feet around him) for both spells.
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Re: Addendum

[personal profile] vapour 2024-09-05 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, sounds great, I'm very happy with it. Ehhe. thank youu!!
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Re: CLARIFICATION

[personal profile] vapour 2024-09-05 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
SORRY I AM RAMBLING A BIT IDEAWISE BELOW....

I like the second one, but also I don't really need to nullify blessings necessarily after I thought more about it, especially now if someone else is doing it!

What I want, if possible, is for the blessing to create an area to recreate the effects felt in an anechoic chamber. If you aren't familiar with those, the effects are that it is so quiet in the chamber, you can hear your own blood flowing through your veins, your own bones creak, you'll eventually have trouble keeping balance because without the echoes you lose spatial awareness , get really unnerved, etc. and you can only end up staying in so long before you can't take it anymore and need to get outta there.

I just felt like because these are all natural things that are happening that any defense or attack or traditional kinds of protection blessings would be able to shrug it off too easily since the effects aren't actual err... "magic." I don't know if I'm explaining this correctly haha.

If you think we can work a way to do the chamber effect that's neato and could provide some funsies to play with, I would much rather do this than nullify the blessings specifically. I feel like if he can create this effect in a creative way, it can easily be used "defensively" in situations technically. I'm also okay with like some crazy super restriction on it and scenario adjustments where it can only be used in certain situations or something rather than a blessing that can be used frequently and such.

Basically I think it's a really cool concept and I felt it could be a really cool power in certain crazy situations that might just make the event or scenario amplified in some crazy fun way for everyone or etc. The idea of a small zone where echoes cease with no sound and that your own body's simple vital functions can drive you crazy and makes you feel unnerved rather than the blessing creating magic hallucinations or illusions seemed like it might be fun and unusual with a lot of potential. but if it's too complicated I totally understand (I think I make it sound more complicated than it is because I'm worried about sounding like I want some crazy OP thing to beat the snot out of things that must be beaten properly on the ship! Not the case, though, and Childe isn't going to use defense anyway, you and I both know how he is about defense. I'm definitely more interested in how can I make this blessing fun for story/drama and situations with him and other characters etc. than "I need to use this to be combat overpowered/give my character an actual battlefield shield from attacks and stuff."

If that's possible anyway! I'm not sure if it is since I have only played in one ecats game ahhaha. forgive me!! if it can't work i'm happy with the second option you provided so long as the other person isn't using it the same way. If they are similar I will just ask if it's okay if I go back to the drawing board for this power.

also this is just an explanation of the "experience" I'm looking for in the area that becomes anechoic if you're not already familiar:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/anechoic-chamber-worlds-quietest-room/index.html
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TEMPORAL STASIS

[personal profile] otherspiderman 2024-09-07 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
the ability to freeze time a short duration (like thirty seconds icly)
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TEMPORAL SOLIDARITY

[personal profile] otherspiderman 2024-09-07 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
kind of like the second power but he can freeze time for himself and another person for a longer period (maybe an hour? longer would be nice but w/e) BUT he can't go very far (so like, if he does it in the bedroom, it'll deactivate when he leaves the room) (and maybe he also can't try to interact with anyone else) (it's basically just for cute time out) (get it) (time o,,).

and also he has to bite the other person for it to activate.
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Re: APPROVED

[personal profile] preciousjem 2024-09-07 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Let's go with B.
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Re: APPROVED

[personal profile] notlikeanyone 2024-09-12 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
I am very okay with that! I like the limit being one at a time unless really concentrating for cool RP moments. Anime nosebleed/mouth bleed aesthetic with passing out for if he really overdoes it maybe??? Like "I have nulled out all these attacks but now I am unconscious and completely vulnerable oops" to balance it.

Digs appropriate icon out,,
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Reconstitution

[personal profile] featherduster 2024-09-16 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
AKA SHAPE-SHIFTING WITH A TON OF NERFS AND CONDITIONS

  • Can only apply it to himself
  • Can only take the form of another organic being
  • He has to maintain concentration the entire time and it's both mentally and physically exhausting, so there's a time limit on it and he can't do it again immediately or he'll just pass tf out
  • There's always a "tell" (think dittoface) -- ie his beauty mark is always there no matter what and can't be hidden

  • Obviously on an OOC level if he were to take the form of another PC, then it would be discussed ahead of time and strictly opt-in from the other player. Otherwise it's like. He just failed. Get good.

    Also assume this just never works on NPCs unless u specifically tell me otherwise.
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    Defensive ability name tba

    [personal profile] ice_69 2024-09-17 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
    Something like being able to foresee/intuit and avoid an attack directed at her. Maybe like once an encounter or something?
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    Baku

    [personal profile] demonicdomestic 2024-09-19 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
    Eats the negative emotions that cause nightmares. Only works when sleeping with people (e.g. in the same bed), or when in contact with a sleeping person. Effect is temporary and only lasts for as long as he's physically present.

    OOC consent is mandatory, and player preference as to whether an affected character has sweet dreams or just no dreams at all.

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