DarkwolfX37

Myriad Reality

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What do you want to learn? Why me?

@Techspert

Ivo: Because of what you are. We hope to learn how to improve Ashe in ways that we wouldn't think of.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

@DarkwolfX37
Alright, so those powers. First, guns or anything that are similarly as deadly as guns are not allowed in the RP at all (as the vast majority of the characters don't really have anything that can counter guns), so that brass knuckle move has to go. Second, I'm assuming that the truth ability is based on being able to see the body's physical reaction to lying, kind of like Toph's lie detector ability in Avatar, right? Third, the counteraction and disagreeing powers sound like very weird, abstract and pretty OP powers, some of which border on mind control. And finally, I'm uneasy about allowing teleportation and turning invisible unless they have some easily counterable aspects to them

@tipssyCalibrator

I mean... The "gun" part wouldn't really be fatal in the first place. It'd be the size of the God of Death's finger gun in Assassination Classroom since it's inside a pair of brass knuckles. But does that mean the whole power is out or just that move? I can't tell which you meant.
I figured it would work off of alterations in a person's inner energy, but that would work too.
Yeah, I intended that counter move to be very risk-reward. Since normally all it would be is a shield against really strong attacks that take long enough to be reacted to, and the only ways to make it offensive require taking the hit or basically taking the hit twice and trying to be the one left standing.
The memetic power is sort hard for me to defend. That's why I tried to make it really hard for it to be used very effectively. I should've specified that it only works on one idea per person at a time and gave it a cooldown of a week per person. I also think I probably worded it poorly by saying "idea," but I couldn't think of a better way to put it.
I mean, the invisibility part would be making a pretty high-pitched sound that someone could track as a side-effect. And like @Azereiah said, there's a lot of heat generated and friction would be wearing down whatever they're standing on. So constant, careful movement would be the only way to make it viable in combat, otherwise it would be more for sneaking and even then there's the high frequency.
Similarly, I like Azereiah's idea of a pre-image where the teleportation is going to occur during the time it's being planned. Plus starting out with a 5 second cooldown and lack of cost-effective control limiting the number of teleports per day, and starting out with only being able to teleport to somewhere she either can see or has been before would be another balancing factor.

Again, these are really just the barest bones rough drafts to see if the concept of the power is viable before I go about giving them serious balancing and development. Since I want to build the character around the power, I just want to figure out what power I can build around before I bother building the power up to a final draft level of complexity.
Sorry about the trouble.

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@DarkwolfX37

On teleportation: Perhaps a pre-image is visible at the destination point for a split second before the teleportation actually occurs?

On invisibility: Those vibrations are loud. Very loud. And they generate a lot of heat due to friction. While the eyes can't follow the user themselves, other sense can take over in a pinch, and vibrating like that while on the ground may kick up dust or cause excess wear on the surface.

@Azereiah

That's a good idea and something I sort of thought was obvious enough that I totally forgot to mention, respectively, so thank you for both of those.

The Unwanted.

@DarkwolfX37

Ah wait, so Violet managed to escape the teargassed area?

@Polaris North

She's to the right of the door at the corner of the building. The tear gas is spreading towards her and she's in the opposite direction of JJ.
Since Ashton took point, and JJ's post mentioned "the others behind her," plural, that left Luna taking up the rear, so I based my post off of that. And by "to the right," I mean as if you were looking at the door from outside, she'd be to your right, specifically.

Myriad Reality

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*Frowns*
I'm sorry to hear that. But as for her, can you confirm that she's with you and then her purpose in observing me?

@Techspert

Ivo: That I can. There is quite a lot we can learn from you, I and my compatriots would greatly appreciate it if you would allow her to do so.

Myriad Reality

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Since we only know one Uncle Gerald, it reasons to assume that his grandson would know that we talk to him. So it wouldn't matter which one it is because if you matched that one, you would know.

@Techspert

Ivo: I'm afraid that if you're still speaking to him, then he is not my grandfather. My grandfather passed away long, long ago.

Myriad Reality

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Hi, Ivo. Are you the grandson of our Gerald?

@Techspert

Ivo: That depends on which one is "your" Gerald, wouldn't it?

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

Gave Rumi a new power.

I want to hold her hand.

@CondorTalon

You degenerate pervert. :P

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

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Haha. Go ahead. But, bear in mind, I think it's a really cool power too. It's just really freakin' powerful.

@Yuuta

Semantics are a purely conceptual thing. There is no actualized version of semantics. It's only a human construct used to understand actualized things, just like math. So it would only be an illusion that affects humans who use it. Other species wouldn't be affected, so a truly smart/creative character could observe how animals respond to something that's acting oddly. Or, perhaps, turn into one such other species to alter their thought process in such a way that semantics no longer factor in. Much like how other species don't use numbers, they also don't assign labels to things, so they'd be immune.
One could also argue, due to the lack of specifics in how it works on the mental level, that anyone who is multilingual would have a decent chance to recognize the distinction between an affected object and another object of the same name. A sort of "a rose by any other name is a rosa" thing. Or anyone who is able to suspend object-oriented thinking processes would also be able to notice that, at the very least, something is wrong beyond what a normal person would.

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

That's probably all I can do tonight, I'm really tired

@DarkwolfX37
Most of the powers themselves sound fine for the most part, but there are a couple specific powers in each of them that are pretty OP. I'd go over all of them but I really need to sleep right now

@tipssyCalibrator

Okie doki. Though if it sounds OP, it's probably not going to be unlocked until way later in their development. I didn't really specify much since this is a rough draft just to see what's worth refining for a character.
I'll be patiently waiting until you get a chance to look them over in more detail. :3

Institute for Young Channellers (Shounen Battle School Anime RP) (Always accepting)

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Well, it's a bit more than an illusion. With an illusion, a smart character can go, "Wait, this doesn't make sense. It can't be real." They can then try to figure out a way to see through it. However, by altering the semantic identity of an object, you are forcing every character to think X = Y. They will think and act as though the illusion is real regardless of how little it makes sense.

For example, she could switch the semantic identity of her team's flag and a leaf. Now, the entire team will be trying to capture the leaf and ignore the flag.

@Yuuta

Do I have permission to get philosophical in defense of the accused, your Honor?