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Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Dead Cruiser: Yes, assuming Soulflame, and yes for when starting, but only Supernaturals.
Odin's ravens are Supernatural, yangwu is Supernatural, and the last one is... Somewhere between a Deity on the lower end and Outlier (mainly because trickster god associated with a creation myth).

@golani: Well, let's start the analysis.
First, minor nitpick sorta thing: when everyone else is using illustrations (even if they're stylized), using a real person for an appearance feels kind of... Odd. I think I'd prefer just a text description over that plus an actual person's image, if possible.

Next: Once again, even if we've got a scenario where a person was trained extensively starting at a young age, college grad-level tutoring plus talented at CQC and with firearms, PLUS mastering multiple languages, and then way too many thieving skills on top of all of even that. Um.
I don't know, it just sounds a bit too... Absurd to me.

Then, abilities... I feel like strength isn't as necessary if you're focusing more on the 'cat' aspect here, as most people don't think 'strong' when you say 'cat'. Agile, limber, and surviving a lot of things that they usually shouldn't? Yes. But strength? Not... Ordinarily I would think.

@VitaVitaAR: I think my only issue is, as usual, 21 plus medium level Contract. If you could elaborate more on the Fianna, their reasoning behind letting the character 'work' for Soulflame, and a viable reason for why Soulflame would give the go-ahead for this exchange, it would help in me making my final decision here.

Also because this would make, like, three characters "technically" from other Anchors, but given the size of the group of RPers I'll let it slide.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Grand General: Uh. Hm. Oh boy, where do I begin...

First: Name. No parent in this day and age would ever give a name that essentially means 'Lightning Lightning' to their child. It's baffling to even imagine, to be quite frank. And having the katana be named "LIGHTNING SWORD" is... How about no? It's painful to think about, having taken the language for four years, so those names have to go. Pronto. Or, well, at least one of the lightnings in the name.

Second: Age 23, famous for iaido, MMA, and wrestling. Also an Olympic gold medalist for Japan. Let's put aside how absurd this whole scenario is for a second (because despite this being an urban fantasy RP, it still has roots in reality) and point out that the dude was outstanding enough for a deity to just recognize him. No motives, no hidden agenda: just because he was that good, the god decided to go and make contact with no strings attached. Quite frankly, that's way too absurd. Like, really? All he has to do is pray and slap a picture of the god on his stuff? What drawbacks? Caveats? Anything with meaning behind the contract? Then what's keeping Take-Mikazuchi invested in this person in the first place, especially considering he's not a part of the Japanese anchor and instead personally reached out to the guy? That leads me to...

Third: Famous (likely worldwide), but is working in a city in the US (not a very famous one, by the way) for an underground semi-vigilante organization. You think that isn't going to raise alarms? Cause problems? His actions have him heavily affiliated with the nation of Japan, so why the hell is he working here in what is more or less a lifetime gig?

Fourth: Lower-middle contract at age 23. I guess I should have clarified that there's only low/mid/high for this, so I accept the blame for that, but being halfway there at that age is simply absurd, especially when stacked on top of all the abilities he already has in that (fairly stacked) form. Also, what the hell is 'affinity to Storm' supposed to mean? I don't mention anything in that vein in the OP.

Fifth: Abilities and skills. Simply linking to a pair of sites is in bad form. It's the equivalent of a student telling a professor to 'just Google it' when asked a question during a lecture or during an exam; it's just not in good form.
On that note, just tossing a bunch of martial arts styles together and expecting me (or anyone else) to understand what they mean at a glance is assuming that we know what thought process was taken to reach this point. What ABOUT the styles were used? Just because you know doesn't mean everyone else will. Also, why the hell is a person so adept at hand-to-hand combat using a sword in combat? And why does he have an actual sword in the middle of an American city without hiding it? Metal detectors are EVERYWHERE these days, after all, and it's not like he can just skip the law because it's famous (especially when that sword starts tasting some blood). Oh, and let's not forget that even if it's a modern-forged sword, there are still people who can (and probably will) just shrug off blows from blades like this like nobody's business.
Also, once again, that name is dumb. Sorry not sorry.

I think those are the major points of contention in the form. Revision or a complete overhaul is highly recommended, friend.

Blades of Iron Roses: A fantasy Knight RP

Tiral simply nodded at the division of teams before walking back to the Captain's side. A two-pronged assault was simple enough to execute, at least, and he had already planned on interfering with the orcs' ability to move the moment he had seen their positions. Casting such magic over the entire battlefield, even if it was on the enemy's domain, though, was a bit of a worrisome job to him. He had initially planned to act a bit more conservatively, deliberately interfering with any enemies that charged at them from crucial locations, but in the end this probably worked out just as well. The only problem, of course, was if the enemy would adapt in turn and, if so, how quickly they would.

"If it's a flanking attack, then something quick and simple should work fine to notify the other party. Silent, visible but not to the point of being obvious..." he pondered for a moment before sighing. "I can use my ice to reflect some light towards the other side of the forest once we arrive. That should suffice as a signal from our end."

He would leave with the Captain once everything was set and done, but any more than this really wasn't necessary on his part in terms of preparations.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP (Interest Check)

@Dead Cruiser: I also mention Taira-no-Masakado and Yamata-no-Orochi as possible options, and yet both are already... Well, dead as far as we're concerned. There's also beings that govern the dead or are actually dead, but that's also not relevant to the conversation, so let's stop that topic there.

Regardless, I'm not changing my mind on the issue. On the topic of power scaling (which is referring to the Contractor, by the way), you're dodging the issue entirely. I've made my stance two posts ago, and it hasn't been addressed in either reply afterwards.

Simply put, let's drop the issue here. I don't wish to continue arguing over something set in stone, and constantly bumping the interest check like this becomes redundant when an OoC already exists.

@Grand General: Aye. OoC's been posted on page one (and I've updated the OP to give a link, too).

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@TheFake: Should be fine. Accepted (but don't push the form to Characters quite yet).

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Tominas: Yes, but there should generally be a good reason for such a case to occur, if at all. Everything boils down to justification, really.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP (Interest Check)

@golani: Was aware, did see, replied 18h ago.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Enigma: Nothing's been taken yet, and there's no limit on how many beings of a given pantheon are allowed, so there's no need to reserve anything, either. You're safe.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP (Interest Check)

@Dead Cruiser: Well, by that logic half the Egyptian gods, a good chunk of the Nordic ones, and a few beings who preside over the dead are no good. Also, like, 95% of anything in 'Outlier' is dead/has been killed in mythology, and that doesn't exactly make for interesting dynamics if you're not making a contract as much as you are looting off a corpse. Kinda defeats the point of the whole idea.

I still remain iffy about the power scaling regardless, though, as that seems to be the issue you've casually sidestepped here.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Tominas: Ayup, world events are as they are today in the real world. More or less. Famous people might not be the same, though, depending on circumstances.