This does beg the question of what happens to the hero's sidekicks.
if nothing else @LadyAnnaLee I foresee lots of mutual grousing between the two :P
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This does beg the question of what happens to the hero's sidekicks.
if nothing else @LadyAnnaLee I foresee lots of mutual grousing between the two :P
It's what kept him alive for centuries while stronger mages and demons than himself were undone.
traumatized Medai noises
Oh, I won’t refute your statement about me missing a piece of the puzzle. You are correct. I am well aware that I’m a bit weird when it comes to being sensitive about differences in raw power between the PCs, regardless of themes, nuances, and everything else.
Oooooooh trust me I understand completely. First D&D game I was ever in we rolled stats with a rather merciless GM and I ended up the lowest of the bunch, with the highest guy having 20 points over me. My character was completely useless in combat despite being a fighter. And was character-ending-event'ed out of game due to some stupid bullshit I won't get into here, and then the rest of the group joked about how they were gonna brutally murder her later.
I completely understand where you're coming from.
^ Also what Yam said tbh yes ^
@Izurich
I mean I don't think that's really a fitting parallel, frankly. No amount of sheer bs anime superpowers is going to win this game is the point. The way I envisioned Medai it's straight up pointless trying to equal her in power - and all of that power has done absolutely zero good for her. If anything it's been a curse. I understand what you're saying don't get me wrong but even in the context of 40k a guardsman might think of a completely out of the box solution that goes infinitely better than just charging the enemy and hitting them with a sword.
Not to mention, at present Medai isn't at full blown living God strength - because that's kind of boring? She's powerful, very powerful, but with the sword in her chest I'd certainly no longer rank her in the top.
What's far more "powerful" in this context is, well, genre savviness as yam said.
But eh differences in perspective and I do really understand you. I just think that you're slightly missing a piece of the puzzle is all.
I mean I don't think that's really a fitting parallel, frankly. No amount of sheer bs anime superpowers is going to win this game is the point. The way I envisioned Medai it's straight up pointless trying to equal her in power - and all of that power has done absolutely zero good for her. If anything it's been a curse. I understand what you're saying don't get me wrong but even in the context of 40k a guardsman might think of a completely out of the box solution that goes infinitely better than just charging the enemy and hitting them with a sword.
Not to mention, at present Medai isn't at full blown living God strength - because that's kind of boring? She's powerful, very powerful, but with the sword in her chest I'd certainly no longer rank her in the top.
What's far more "powerful" in this context is, well, genre savviness as yam said.
But eh differences in perspective and I do really understand you. I just think that you're slightly missing a piece of the puzzle is all.
@Izurich
I mean fair, I completely understand that even if those references go completely over my head. My point was more that in this context it isn't how powerful you are that matters. Either way I hope you like whatever you come up with ^-^
I mean fair, I completely understand that even if those references go completely over my head. My point was more that in this context it isn't how powerful you are that matters. Either way I hope you like whatever you come up with ^-^
@LadyAnnaLee
Fwiw if it helps I reckon Medai would like Karina far more than any of the others we've seen thus far. Not to mention thinking she has the best chance of the lot - she won't try to brute force her way into victory like the cycle Medai's been stuck in for ᴇʀʀ.ɪɴᴛᴇɢᴇʀ.ᴏᴠᴇʀꜰʟᴏᴡ years.
To couch it in one of the few anime references that I actually understand - Medai is Saitama but in a world where no amount of punching will be enough to solve the problem.
Fwiw if it helps I reckon Medai would like Karina far more than any of the others we've seen thus far. Not to mention thinking she has the best chance of the lot - she won't try to brute force her way into victory like the cycle Medai's been stuck in for ᴇʀʀ.ɪɴᴛᴇɢᴇʀ.ᴏᴠᴇʀꜰʟᴏᴡ years.
To couch it in one of the few anime references that I actually understand - Medai is Saitama but in a world where no amount of punching will be enough to solve the problem.
@Izurich
In fairness Medai's op plz nerf living God level strength *didn't help* - much as yam said. My intent with her character is more that I find the concept of someone that powerful who's also afraid, vulnerable, and just wants it to be over to be far more interesting.
To me the concept of "former demon lord who was cast down by the isekai protagonist and mind wiped and with every successive demon lord to be defeated her mind gets wiped again and again leaving only a tiny shriveled core of identity with each cycle that she clings to out of cosmic terror of being stripped of any identity beyond 'the disgraced living weapon' and apparently the isekai goddess responsible for this is the good guy?" is actually a pretty damn fun idea. It doesn't matter how powerful you are if you've been trapped in a hellish cycle for longer than recorded history because you can't even remember the face of the previous demon lord or what they did to get defeated. Let alone how you yourself fucked up back then.
In fairness Medai's op plz nerf living God level strength *didn't help* - much as yam said. My intent with her character is more that I find the concept of someone that powerful who's also afraid, vulnerable, and just wants it to be over to be far more interesting.
To me the concept of "former demon lord who was cast down by the isekai protagonist and mind wiped and with every successive demon lord to be defeated her mind gets wiped again and again leaving only a tiny shriveled core of identity with each cycle that she clings to out of cosmic terror of being stripped of any identity beyond 'the disgraced living weapon' and apparently the isekai goddess responsible for this is the good guy?" is actually a pretty damn fun idea. It doesn't matter how powerful you are if you've been trapped in a hellish cycle for longer than recorded history because you can't even remember the face of the previous demon lord or what they did to get defeated. Let alone how you yourself fucked up back then.
Thank you very much!
The obvious solution is to make a pc that is possibly the single most powerful living being in existence - yet can't use that power and instead lives in perpetual pants-shitting terror of the continued vengeance of the bitch of a goddess and wants for absolutely nothing but the end of the nightmare
Subversion of power fantasy! Also cute fluffu
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Subversion of power fantasy! Also cute fluffu
I am a genius without peer
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