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BLESSINGS (POWERS/ABILITIES) SUBMISSION
Good day!! I'll explain the process of how choosing powers will go, it's really easy, I promise.
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.
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 properdumb example.
• 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
Raika Hojo | Siren's Melodies
note
(1) If someone declares "I love you" or "I hate you" to this character while any of his Blessings are actively in effect, then every effect will instantly be dispelled and he will be struck cartoonishly dizzy & heart-eyed for a time (from a second to a few minutes depending on how heartfelt the declaration was), unable to recast until he recovers.
(2) Any negative ability effects will be only half as effective AT BEST on someone this character genuinely perceives to be "a princess".
Blessing #1
Short-- Flightless wings + distracting singing.
Long-- Can sprout wings from any part of his body for stuff like comically hopping up just a BIT higher or covering his eyes when it's bright. Being able to sprout wings from any part of his body is also a downside cause he is always like 1 sneeze away from accidentally going full on BE NOT AFRAID Biblically accurate angel look. It also makes him permanently lightweight and delicate, not at all suitable for combat.
The main usage of these is not flight, but rather: when he has at least one wing out, his singing becomes extra Distracting. If someone is REALLY FOCUSED and/or in danger then they might only be distracted and forced to turn around for a second, but some drunk guy who was just chilling could be entranced or comically compelled to follow after him Pied Piper-style while the song lasts. It's up to the target's player.
Maybe one day if he practices really hard he can level up and do a bit of flying too. Maybe.
ACCEPTED
Blessing #2
SUMMARY:
Heartfelt: The ability to open up a link for sharing thoughts and feelings.
It's essentially a private group chatroom at the cost of emotionshare.
DETAILS:
The emotionshare is not optional and will be at LEAST surface level.
The chatroom is basically telepathy, but it's kinda like texting since a participant can usually backspace/consciously decide whether or not to send the thought (unless they're really upset or smth).
In maybe a few ways it's more convenient or private than using phones, and it's probably good for syrupy heart-to-heart conversations thanks to the emotionshare...
...but also, even if you don't count the emotionshare as a downside, it comes with some other issues. Such as:
1: The chatrooms can get split into more private mini-chatrooms, but it's never entirely private because Lala will always be present in every conversation as the "host".
2: It can get prohibitively loud in Lala's head if there are too many convos going on at once and he'll be rendered useless.
3: In order to enter the chatroom, someone has to tell Lala the keyword every single time, and the keyword is some variation on declaring themselves a princess.
4: Participants can leave whenever they like so the emotionshare can only be used on willing (or properly coerced) participants, it's not very good for PVP
ACCEPTED
Blessing #3
SUMMARY:
Livedreaming: A dreamshare ability that hooks up with the chatroom ability.
Allows participants in Lala's network to continue chatting in their dreams, and to interact with each other's dreams.
DETAILS:
When a participant goes to sleep, their dream-self will always have a device on them that shows the telepathy chatroom as a real chatroom (complete with cutesy linestamps). It will continue to allow them to chat, and also to watch each others' dreams as if they were a livestream feed, the device is a camera, and the chatroom is the comments section.
By tapping the right button (accidentally or not), they can hop into the other participant's dream.
"Guests" will have 0 power over the dreams they visit, which can be unfortunate if it's a nightmare.
Lala WILL hold some power, in that he can meddle with others' dreams so long as they're currently in the chat.
The amount of control he has over the dream varies. If the dreamer identifies as a girl or a princess, then he'll be able to do just about anything dream-logic allows for, but otherwise he'll only be able to make small changes.
Lala is incapable of PVPing someone with this such as by making a dream into a nightmare. If he ever feels any form of malice whatsoever towards the target he will immediately wake up and be unable to fall asleep again for the rest of the night/day.
ACCEPTED