[quote=GrandDM2]
I know my username is different, but I managed to set a different password to the one I thought I'd set (no idea how :/), so I had to make another account.In response to your concerns, he's not capable of using ten cores at once. At the moment, he can combine two or three at most, with basic cores. Stronger cores require more of his concentration. He'll still be able to draw on any core at least a little, because that's the whole point of his affinity, but without training extensively and studying the core in question, he can't draw on them much. He's reached a high level with the five elemental cores and the kinetic core, and he's fairly good with common ones, but the rare and powerful cores were always under heavy security so he couldn't get in and look at them. That means that it would take him months, if not years for a very powerful core, to learn to use a new one properly.As for strength in versatility, that's what I'm aiming for. His strength doesn't come from strength (if that makes sense), it comes from skill. He trains constantly with the cores he has access to and learns to use them better. By doing so, he's learnt to use them in new ways that are more powerful, but that doesn't mean he uses brute force as his primary asset (although I'm hoping to have some epic-core-sorcery moments where he brings out some probably-OP powers, with GM approval.)In the edit, I've altered the description of Core Mastery and added a list of the cores melded in the Corestaff. I've kept a small ability to channel cores naturally, but the higher levels only come with hefty training and a lot of meditation. The basic channeling is very minor - even with a really OP core like gravity he couldn't do much more than throw a small chunk of rock, only about the size of two clenched fists. Likewise with other cores - he's only got very minor access to them until he's really put some effort in.
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Alright, I'm digging it. Just two things before I accept:

1) Your character has a lot of power and is very unique. But it shouldn't be expected that he is the SOLE man in the world to be interested in cores. I mean, not everyone has 5 rings and a beast staff, but I feel he should be defined as a type of person who specifically studies cores and can control them like that. They could be really really rare and we may never stumble upon one, but something to make your character seem less like a legend that everyone should know about. I was thinking "Corologist" but that sounds like a mere scientist as opposed to someone who has mastery over them. I also thought of "Core Smith", "Spark/Sparker" (sounds like a nickname that society would give to such an individual), "Reactitions", "Mage", "Seeker" (y'know, cuz they seek to understand cores). Basically I just feel that if your character was one of a few, he wouldn't appear to be so godlike, because no one else can control cores like that. But on to the next point.

2) According to the Cs, your ability doesn't come from your kage, but rather, is enhanced by it. This is fine, but I would really recommend adhering to the first point above. However, if your ability CAME from your kage, meaning he is able to control and channel cores because his kage increases his spirit, that would be fine without adhering to point one. This means that without his kages, he can't really channel cores without really exerting himself via the staff and rings, and that too only for elemental and kinetic cores.

These are really just strong suggestions. Cores are really strong materials and come in a variety of powers. But your character is really unique so I'm going to leave it up to you. I might also add (I should mention this in OOC), that cores have lifespans. So for example a fire core will eventually burn out and you'll have to get another one to replace it. Doesn't happen often, but does happen eventually. Tell me what you think about the whole ordeal and then I'll accept you.