RWBY OOC thread

[Marcus Pheonix]

Well I changed around my description for his appearance and the semblance, tell me if that works a bit better?

[MasterWeavile898]

Much better

 

Not certain you actually need to say the injuries will catch up to him, seems kinda given imo. But it's certainly not bad to have it either

[Marcus Pheonix]

Well my initial thought for his semblance I pictured him smashing his head through a brick wall. If I want him to do that I think he should definitely have a headache after it.

 

By the way has anyone figured out his name yet?

[MasterWeavile898]

Yeah, like I said, I think that's a given. Since you said it only suppresses pain

[Marcus Pheonix]

It does increase his resistance though, as he takes more damage the pain is suppressed allowing him to fight more without feeling pain e.g. he could hit a lot harder because he wouldn't be worried about breaking his fingers... or is that too op?

[Switch]

oh, does that mean our semblances are too similar? yours sounded different when i read it in the form D:

[Marcus Pheonix]

Yeah, mines similar to yours and crimsons. His resistance increases, increasing his limiters as a punch that would have previously broken his fingers will just cause bruising allowing him to hit harder, but it also diminishes pain (it would naturally considering his resistance improves) but he still takes damage he just doesn't feel the full results of it. When his aura is nearly depleted he would be at his strongest... I realise we all have pretty similar semblences, maybe I should change it...

[Switch]

i can change mine if you'd prefer? i dont have any ideas at the moment but if you want to keep yours the same i can think of something. i was going to wait to post until i got feedback anyway.

Edited September 19, 2014 by Switch

[Marcus Pheonix]

No... I think I can think of something, just have to see if it would be approved.

Shields, he can use glyphs similar to weiss that allow him to use the surrounding terrain as a shield. If he's standing on a glacier he can create a wall of ice to block attacks, in a desert a wall of compact sand... I guess similar to earth bending in Avatar but restricted to large rectangular shields, maybe he can cast them forward as well (I have an image of him surfing accross the land on one haha)

 

How does that sound?

[MasterWeavile898]

I feel like there could be a better shape than rectangles, but aside from taht i see nothing wrong with it

[Marcus Pheonix]

I'm thinking of walls... whats wrong with that? If I can make more than just rectangles it could be op, and rectangles are simply. He can make shields out of anything (his landing strategy would be solidifying the air beneath him into a slide) but it can only be rectangles.

[MasterWeavile898]

That's what I mean, a wall feels too simplistic. Like I said, it's fine, I just feel like there's something more interesting out there

 

EDIT: There's nothing wrong with it, I just feel something better is probs out there. I shouldn't really be complaining since I don't really have any ideas

Edited September 19, 2014 by MasterWeavile898

[Marcus Pheonix]

I'm trying not to be OP but if you have recomendations I wouldn't mind

 

Also does Spyro Approve?

[MasterWeavile898]

Give me a while to think, there's something just out of my mind's grasp that I think would work. I'll think of it soonish I hope

 

And Spyro likely won't be around until afternoon/evening, at least that seems to be when he appears

 

EDIT: Oh, I got it. It should form a sphere around him. Sounds kinda obvious, force fields and stuff. But think about it, he's supposed to be a bear, right? So think of it like a cave (maybe even make it so there has to be a cave mouth on it? Might be a bit overly complex) And of course it's not like it's impervious to attack, since it would just be simple materials in the environment around him. It would likely only provide shielding from one or two hits before collapsing

 

Yeah, caves, for bears

 

(Might be stupid? I'm half asleep by this point)

Edited September 19, 2014 by MasterWeavile898

[Marcus Pheonix]

Well thats good, cause it is the evening

 

Solidifying matter into shields seems pretty useful.

[MasterWeavile898]

He's on CST, it's 3:00AM for him

[Marcus Pheonix]

Booo time sucks.

 

Hmm a sphere sounds okay, but I like the idea of it only being in a single direction, although... if he could make a sphere he could become like a boulder! Hell yeah that would be awesome! Maybe he can make a sphere but he mostly makes single shields, but for something like his landing strategy he surrounds himself with air and and uses the momentum to roll forward and bowl through stuff! Yeah thats awesome!

If spyro approves I'm gonna make that his semblance, still it would mostly be for defensive purposes (but I think being able to turn himself into a boulder would be pretty sweet!)

[KuroKishi]

Well... if we think about how bears are (big, bulky and fierce but mostly average at speed[except a few species like the grizzly]) his way of defense shouldn't exactly be what a physically weak character would use, ie. create shields and use them in combination with speed to avoid attacks.

 

Maybe it would be better if the material coated around his body form, like a second layer of defense. Of course, it's only an idea, go ahead and consider it, but with his strength, I see him off better as a large, armored brute than a large brute which strangely makes walls to protect himself, as if a physically challenged character.

[Marcus Pheonix]

Bears are actually pretty quick, especially polar bears.

 

And I like the cave idea.

[MasterWeavile898]

Who says a strong character can't make walls? Hell, why is a mage making walls? (I assume physically challenged means they'll be using magical-ness to survive) Most mages are either squishy or tanky, they either have no defense or have strong natural defenses

 

It makes far more sense for a physical bruiser to make walls than a mage (unless they're a support mage obvs, then it's different since it's not for them) Assuming we're following traditional archetypes

 

EDIT: Also, yeah, most bears are actually extremely fast, they have massive muscles in their legs that give them massive strides. Even tree-climbing bears are usually fairly speedy

Edited September 19, 2014 by MasterWeavile898

[Marcus Pheonix]

Hmm polar bears are fastest swimming, maybe he could specialise in making shapes of water? Or maybe he manipulates the water in terrain (he's useless in a desert but put him on a beach or in a rainforest and he'll be hurling the land )

Nah I'm just gonna stick with the caves.

[KuroKishi]

Usually, physical bruisers are either well-armored enough to shrug off ranged attacks (which is the main reason walls are used by weaker body-type characters nowadays, cause heck, making a wall to stop a kick seems to mentally challenge any character nowadays) or can resist the attacks with parts of their body/shields of some sort. Plus, a physically-strong character can take the strain of extra armoring by using terrain around him with low to no negative impact on his performance.

 

Mages, however, quite often lack those defensive capabilities (which is why I freaking approve of battle mages), which is why they end up using walls to stop projectiles and keeping their enemies at a distance with binding-type magic. Also, their weaker bodies don't exactly allow them to strap chunks of rock or pieces of tree around their body, since it'd weigh them down and ruin their balance, which, if the setting is semi-realistic, would ruin magic rather easily. This is why there are spells which turn their skin to stone (which, in reality, just gives it better properties, thus making it tougher - it doesn't really turn it to stone), which have limited effects on them, allow them to keep mobile and have extra defense, and are relatively low in terms of power usage cost.

 

And I did say average, except for some species, which is a bit wrong. What I meant to say is they are relatively fast since their muscles are well developed, but some species are average at best. That's a mistake I'm willing to accept.

 

Lastly, what exactly is the bear type he's based on? Polar? Grizzly? Black? Brown? Heck, Pandas?

Edited September 19, 2014 by KuroKishi

[Switch]

so while we're on the subject of character critiquing does anyone else want to go at my character? i know there's not a lot of info sorry ill fill in the RP'd areas later but i'd like to get existing issues out of the way since it seems there are some so i can get started on my post .-.

Edited September 19, 2014 by Switch

[Marcus Pheonix]

Ursus maritimus tyrannus and whats wrong with a Big guy having the ability to turn into a boulder? Also I think it works with his backstory, hes a character who just wanted a quiet peacful home where no one could hurt him, so he makes his own.

I'm sticking with the sphere idea now, its too awesome to give up. And seriously whats so hard to believe of a tank having the ability to be better suited as a tank?

 

I think the blocking out pain is a little weak, compared to other semblences (especially those in rwby) its pretty lacking reflecting pain could be more interesting. Otherwise I want to know why does she have to be a faunus... and how is a 5'5 person gonna carry a giant hammer

[Switch]

mmmmaybe? i feel like the power of semblances in rwby kinda vary from what we've seen and i think it matches her character? but if you have other suggestions im open to them ouo;

 

as for the faunus thing it affects her backstory as being a faunus tends to do, which in turn affects her personality and other such things.

also Ruby is very short and has that giant scythe so i think size isn't really an issue in RWBY? at least i gave mine some muscles D':