[@Zero Hex]

So even after all this, you're still complaining? Well I guess stubbornness can't be helped at the end of the day but just be prepared to accept the end result. Now moving on to the meat of my response:

[quote=@Zero Hex]
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Okay so here's the funny thing then. A number of the abilities proposed there? They're exactly the same as what I had before, except slightly rewritten. They do away with the immunities to powers that take away all character agency, which is a different can of worms given my dislike over those things, but the ability to improve perception, amplifying his sensory abilities, focusing on positioning and whatnot? It was all there already. In fact, the ability to generate a field of perception is a straight upgrade over something I was told to get rid of, because it's going from having trained senses to a legitimate localized danger sense.

And I did explain my abilities. In detail, both thematic and in application, to the same extent as many a canon power considering they're oft-defined by user personality. I did it when I replied to the first message telling me to get rid of these things you're now telling me are fine, along with defining other things such as explaining that having grit and being used enough to fighting to adapt to battlefields and being quick to react does not make for completely ignoring all damage and effects, or how I was essentially spending superpower slots to further define how my character will fight with a sword. I'm starting to think no one actually bothered to read any of that, considering it was never really addressed beyond a fun fact video I put up.
[/quote]I honestly don't see what's your complaint here. According to you,"They're exactly the same as what I had before, except slightly rewritten," in response to the proposed changes in your abilities. If that was truly the case then I doubt you'd be whinin over it cause any normal person would just probably interpret that as having them nerfed in some manner. But then again, I may be wrong, cause since it's you specifically, you're going to try to scavenge around for anything that looks helpful in order to argue a case that has been long since passed. 

In response to the second paragraph, you didn't explain your skills in detail, so don't make me re pull up your cs again. Scratch that: 

"1. A sound mind in a sound body: Toshiro’s body is tremendously resilient against poisons, curses and the like even when they’re created as a result of an ability as powerful as a zanpakuto’s released state, while his mind and senses are all but impervious to outside interference. Illusory attacks, perception-altering techniques, attempts at psychic invasion, none of these are really effective." 

Wait I thought you said you explained it in detail? Oops, I'm sorry, you're right, you did explain it in detail. But was that amount of detailed information sufficient? No. Despite the good amount of text you put down for the skill, it might as well have said "Supermman can fly" if this same amount of detail was applied to a Superman char. If you didn't realize it already, I'm saying your skills have detail, but just not in the way you meant it. Like I said in response to your char's third skill "how is that possible?". If a skill like this one requires me or any other normal person to hunt down the creator in order to properly understand it, then it's not very detailed(Unless in the rare or uncommon case it was super complex which it's not). 

"Does this game operate on bias? I'm getting the feeling that it does. Zobozun was ganged up on and called a troll for defending his character concept and when he understandably got upset he was the one punished, and then he was kicked from the game for being "disruptive". I explained my abilities in detail to try and work things out, then I'm told to suck it up and just change everything. Essentially identical, if not superior, abilities are then approved when posted by another player. Is this because I didn't accept the invitation to the skype group or because I had the temerity to correct someone on what a mary sue is?

I admit a couple of my powers might have crossed the line because I'm so zealous in trying to avoid powers that take away control of a character in a setting where there's no chance of failure or mechanics to constrain them in some way, but what about the rest? Tell me again I haven't been judged unfairly when apparently 3/5 of the things I had are just fine when proposed by someone else, yet I was told to get rid of it all and the only help I received after asking for it several times came from another player."

If you think it does, then it does apparently. I guess that would explain why everybody involved wasted time out of their day to gang up on you in the form of posts like these: 

[hider=Bunch of Rehashed Info to help my response]"If I wanted that, I'd describe his reiatsu as average, but state it was spread out over a larger distance. Not only would this actually make his presence more faint, but it would also allow him to better detect the movement of other people through the reiatsu allowing him to better track people's actions even without being able to see them. It gives you your 360 degree field of perception (not vision), and something akin to "danger sense," without making it a zanpakuto ability, or sounding more powerful than it is.

(Trust me, I understand your situation well. I posted up Majime and while people seemed to think he was "Captain level," or OP, including yourself, I assure you that if you can close the distance, which is very possible, he's more or less screwed or has to risk hurting himself to properly defend. Putting all of your skill in one area is a risky choice, but still a viable one if done right)

Furthermore, I'd maybe write out a sample or two, exclusively for yourself, of Toshiro in combat, perhaps one fighting a ranged combatant, and one fighting someone up close. You'll get a "feel," for his Fighting Style, which will probably inform you a lot as to how this will work out for you.

Moving on. So you want to not get one shot/totally wrecked by people's various abilities? This is a slightly more difficult issue, as you've brought up, but making yourself basically immune to those abilities, while it does make people have to fight Toshiro with less ranged/elemental/energy-based means, also happens to take away a lot of agency in regards to everyone else's characters--which is why (If I understand Axel properly) you got called out for it by a GM.

What I would do is make his zanpakuto a melee/physical type, with a focus on defense. Maybe it doesn't ramp up the amount of damage he can take, or even create a shield around him, but perhaps it amplifies his sensory abilities, allowing him to better evade such attacks--though doing so will still require exceptional skill and positioning--which is his focus anyways. Conversely, you could say that it makes his body an extension of his blade, rather than his blade an extension of his body. By this I mean he might be able to deflect, parry, and block attacks as if he were a sword. It could also reduce his body's weight and/or allow him to redistribute his center of gravity.

Someone fires Byakurai at him, for example, and he could choose either to slap the flat of his blade against it, deflecting it to the side, or he might use his hand and forearm to strike it and it would cause the same effect that his blade would. Plus, a zanpakuto is typically pretty goddamn durable, so it might not make his own body as durable as someone like Mirja, or Kenpachi Zaraki, for example, but it would very well give him a better chance of defending himself against, not to mention countering, various forms of attack. You could also give him exceptional control over what "little," reiatsu/reiryoku he has, allowing him to perhaps exhale small amounts of spirtual energy or refresh his body with his internal reiryoku, to purge poisons over a set amount of time depending on the effect of the poison and its strength (how fast acting it is).

All of these, while they could be considered exceptional skills, do fall into the realm of the "average shinigami," who happens to be able to use what they have cleverly.

Hopefully some of this helps."[/hider] Wait hopefully some of this helps? Oh I get. They're ganging up on you in secret, sneaky bastards xD I mean it would make total sense for them to do so since you're implying that you're being ganged up on like Zobozun for defending your character concept just like him right? Stopping with the blatant sarcasm, you're simply looking for silly reasons to rationalize why your char won't get accepted...when you should be looking directly at the stuff in front of you(I feel like I said this twice).

[quote=@Zero Hex]
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[B]I admit a couple of my powers might have crossed the line because I'm so zealous[/b] in trying to avoid powers that take away control of a character in a setting where there's no chance of failure or mechanics to constrain them in some way, but what about the rest? Tell me again I haven't been judged unfairly when apparently 3/5 of the things I had are just fine when proposed by someone else, yet I was told to get rid of it all and the only help I received after asking for it several times came from another player.
[/quote]Oh wow!!! You just gave me the magic words to hammer the nail in the coffin!!! According to what you said in the highlighted quote, you admit that some of your powers are op(Or crossed the line if we're being technical). Despite that fact, in the very beginning of this nonsense, you had a rebuttal for each and every single skill I pointed out. What does that mean? That means you can be proven wrong...even to you. Not only that but by having a zealous mindset(You said it first, not me), you're at risk of being biased in favor of your cs regardless of the facts presented against it. 

Honestly, I'm starting to get annoyed by your responses. Like every single time recently, it's always you complaining and it just so happens that it's about the same exact thing. Like why? Both me and Phobos who are two gms gave you the final say, yet you are still yapping on about it? Nearly everyone who has read it and voiced their opinion agreed that your char's op. I also went as far as having your skills looked at by two retired rpers(One who trained me(Or tried at least)) that wanted to vote in your favor solely to piss me off. You know what one of them said while looking at your Yaiba skill? They was like" It's not that bad," stopped talking suddenly just to make sure he read it before saying,"What dafuq?". 

"and the only help I received after asking for it several times came from another player." And don't give me or anyone that sorry excuse for help cause it was a complaint in reality.


"How do you [B]suggest[/B] balancing out a man whose thing is being a skilled actual swordsman with the low key powerset of "can sword real good despite being unable to powerblast", without being immediately rendered moot by the people summoning reiryoku-stealing, crushing bodies of water, creating poisonous clouds and a poison-on-touch armor, summoning and controlling magical shadows etc, all of them armed with a magical weapon as well, often with a higher level of proficiency in other skills to boot over my extremely overspecialized guy. Should I just scrap it and just have a samey powerset? Let go of an actual gimmick in favor of regular lieutenant levels of power?"

 You think merely because you asked a question, it's asking for help? I'm not stupid, I know exactly what asking for help is and it's surely not that. Even if that was considered asking for help, I did you with my rebuttal which was basically me saying "broaden your horizons" in order to expand your sense of creativity. Was that not sufficient for your interpretation of the word help? Well maybe you should've been more direct with what you wanted help with. Besides, I said this at the end of my last response "Also, like I mentioned, you can always ask me or one of the gms for help and we can try to provide some innovative stuff for you char." so that's on you if you didn't get the help you needed.

Though I know there's no way in hell you'll see reason in this post, I hope for your sake you do. I'm out and goodnight Zero ^-^