We can also have other news clipings of short stories people want to feature about their character, such as the time they saved some cat from a tree as an example. Just some character development stuff. And showing off new battlegrounds we can use in disguise as weather reports...although I'm not sure people post weather reports in newspapers due to it constantly changing, but whatever.
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What's the plot bay door?
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If nothing else I'll show up and read the newspaper.
That gave me an idea. A multiverse newspaper that posts about various battles we have so people can be up to date on the latest events all in one place. I could have a ninja-like teleporting character who has special vision powers so can see many of what goes on, if people are fine with such a character able to see them but not interfere. Or we could have sections of the newspaper that outsides don't know about and is just for our sake.
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A competent military deployment is yes and no. The captain and many of its members have served in the military, but the captain is free to get his crew from anywhere he pleases (within reason) so some are technically civilians. For example, if the Hawaiian rock monster ends up teaming up with them. His ship is likely part of a specially listed group that doesn't follow all military regulations. If he promotes someone to XO on his ship then this doesn't mean they'd retain this rank and go to other military deployments, and vice versa. The military could respect his judgement and transfer the credentials to the normal military, but it's not required for them to do so. He could go to an admiral say ask permission to promote someone and if they agree then it would be valid and not just after the fact.
Later: Oh, also. Ion disruptors would probably do systems damage, too? but we're a competent military deployment, so I figure we'd have our Bokites equipped with ion deflectors for this situation. IF the bokites would even have the space for it. You could just power down your shields to give up Za Powah for the other.
Bokites wouldn't come equipped with such things in standard issue. Their shields would be too weak to power down to supply energy for very much. The shields are mostly for small arms fire, radiation, small space debris, etc.
Name: Ke
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 152 pounds
Appearance: He's a Caucasian looking brown haired young man with a lean, athletic build. His shoulder length hair has a wild look it to, like wavy twisting spikes. He has vibrant green eyes and an attractive face that doesn't look overly masculine or feminine, but you can tell he's male even if he could be described by the term "pretty boy". He presents himself as clean cut, seldom having dirt or wear and tear on him.
Personality: A lot about him can be explained by the fact that he cares what others think about him a bit too much. He doesn't like letting people down or being seen as a coward so he often gets himself involved in crazy plots that he probably shouldn't, only on the good morals side of the spectrum. He doesn't fall for negative peer pressure, but if he wants to do something bad such as steal then the overwhelming positive peer pressure gets to him and he feels goose bumps and chickens out, thinking everyone is watching and judging him for every wrongdoing or stupid action that he takes. Some can find him paranoid or egotistical due to these feelings that he has, and they wouldn't be far off the mark.
He tries to stay cool looking and in control at all times even as he secretly feels these pressures that compel his actions. He might make up stuff like saying he doesn't care what happens, and truly does try to follow through with these lies to himself and others so that he can wrestle control over his own life, but he almost always ends up caving and having to come up with more excuses why he has to help out in this circumstance. Another term for this part of him could be tsundere. "I'm not doing this because I like you. Idiot!" Only he tries to be more polite then that, erring more on the aloof side of things.
He's seldom truly satisfied with the way things are, feeling mostly like just a tool of fate who cannot stand up for himself even if he can accomplish great things. It never ends up filling any void that he feels.
Abilities
Physical Abilities- He's clearly superhuman in his capabilities. Most notable is his agility and reactions allowing him to dodge bullets if he's ready for them, or even cut them in half. He doesn't rely on brute force very often as his strength is one of his weaker aspects even if still outmatching what unenhanced humans would be capable of.
Fighting Skills- His fighting style if forced to get into a melee engagement involves darting around, doing light damage as he looks for weak points. He's a very talented individual at this, making use of duel wielding short swords, each one controlled as well as he could with only an individual sword, although a master sword wielder could of course defeat him with a single sword alone.
His sword fighting is usually used in conjunction with his magic or a last resort, as his magic is where his true power lies.
Powers
Power of Wind- He can bend wind to his will. His wind magic is colored transparent white, almost like glass, once his influence takes over, but it still behaves more or less like normal wind until his power leaves and things revert back to normal almost instantly. It draws upon his energy, so advanced techniques fighting with brute force could quickly drain him, especially on the large scale.
Wind originating close to his body can build up speed very quickly up to 150 miles per hour, accelerating at a speed of 50 miles per hour every second before this rate of acceleration rapidly slows so that it would take around 10 seconds from beginning to end to reach 200 mile per hour winds. He can get in excess of 250 mile per hour winds at max power and an additional 10 seconds of acceleration. These are speeds that can throw a house, but his range is poor unless he uses up even more energy, making an already exhausting technique even harder on himself. Due to it's poor range it's often defensive, as it can be used as a shield to make bullets and other projectiles almost useless while he can keep his high winds going, while most individuals would clearly have trouble getting in there to attack through other means as well. Normal humans would struggle just to remain standing at speeds of around 100 miles per hour, even when braced and leaning into it, making only super powered people able to push through and put up a meaningful attack against him.
He can originate winds further out from his body but this requires more energy and time to pick up speed, cutting it's acceleration by two if starting a mere 40 feet away. He can send wind outward after first building up it's speed close to himself in order to create long range attacks. This is actually his preferred strategy in most combat situations. If wind is sent out it retains it's speed but looses it's acceleration bonus for being closer to himself. For a physical attack combined with his move, he has needles that he can blow forward quickly and easily due to their light weight.
It's important to note that he can fly at the speed he has his wind surrounding him at and is very maneuverable with this technique.
Equipment
Outfit: He doesn't wear armor so that he can lift himself easily. He instead wears a vaguely chinese looking flowing red sleeveless vest, tan pants, and brown combat boots, with some accessories such as bracelets traditional for his people. It has a professional and well off vibe.
Weapons: A set of iron short swords with blades one and a half feet long. He also has 50 thin iron needles total in two pouches attached to his belt on either side.
Bio
He was born to a strict household of powerful elemental users. Ke showed a lot of promise, but this made the burden placed on him all the worse. Some people could call his father abusive, even if his father's goal was admirable in their family doing everything they could to help others with their abilities. Ke has not mentally gotten over those days despite leaving as soon as he was able (16 in his culture), and although he tries to distance himself from his old ways, even going so far as leaving the planet, he's still stuck helping others whenever possible to the detriment of his own physical and mental well being, feeling like he still had a duty to perform. He's too ashamed to go back home after leaving in a huff so got by on his own thanks to his powers catching the eye of a certain group called the Nights Haven.
Trying to be a lone wolf (and failing), he makes a surprisingly decent income as their group takes on many tough assignments to help those in need...for a price they can afford.
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 152 pounds
Appearance: He's a Caucasian looking brown haired young man with a lean, athletic build. His shoulder length hair has a wild look it to, like wavy twisting spikes. He has vibrant green eyes and an attractive face that doesn't look overly masculine or feminine, but you can tell he's male even if he could be described by the term "pretty boy". He presents himself as clean cut, seldom having dirt or wear and tear on him.
Personality: A lot about him can be explained by the fact that he cares what others think about him a bit too much. He doesn't like letting people down or being seen as a coward so he often gets himself involved in crazy plots that he probably shouldn't, only on the good morals side of the spectrum. He doesn't fall for negative peer pressure, but if he wants to do something bad such as steal then the overwhelming positive peer pressure gets to him and he feels goose bumps and chickens out, thinking everyone is watching and judging him for every wrongdoing or stupid action that he takes. Some can find him paranoid or egotistical due to these feelings that he has, and they wouldn't be far off the mark.
He tries to stay cool looking and in control at all times even as he secretly feels these pressures that compel his actions. He might make up stuff like saying he doesn't care what happens, and truly does try to follow through with these lies to himself and others so that he can wrestle control over his own life, but he almost always ends up caving and having to come up with more excuses why he has to help out in this circumstance. Another term for this part of him could be tsundere. "I'm not doing this because I like you. Idiot!" Only he tries to be more polite then that, erring more on the aloof side of things.
He's seldom truly satisfied with the way things are, feeling mostly like just a tool of fate who cannot stand up for himself even if he can accomplish great things. It never ends up filling any void that he feels.
Abilities
Physical Abilities- He's clearly superhuman in his capabilities. Most notable is his agility and reactions allowing him to dodge bullets if he's ready for them, or even cut them in half. He doesn't rely on brute force very often as his strength is one of his weaker aspects even if still outmatching what unenhanced humans would be capable of.
Fighting Skills- His fighting style if forced to get into a melee engagement involves darting around, doing light damage as he looks for weak points. He's a very talented individual at this, making use of duel wielding short swords, each one controlled as well as he could with only an individual sword, although a master sword wielder could of course defeat him with a single sword alone.
His sword fighting is usually used in conjunction with his magic or a last resort, as his magic is where his true power lies.
Powers
Power of Wind- He can bend wind to his will. His wind magic is colored transparent white, almost like glass, once his influence takes over, but it still behaves more or less like normal wind until his power leaves and things revert back to normal almost instantly. It draws upon his energy, so advanced techniques fighting with brute force could quickly drain him, especially on the large scale.
Wind originating close to his body can build up speed very quickly up to 150 miles per hour, accelerating at a speed of 50 miles per hour every second before this rate of acceleration rapidly slows so that it would take around 10 seconds from beginning to end to reach 200 mile per hour winds. He can get in excess of 250 mile per hour winds at max power and an additional 10 seconds of acceleration. These are speeds that can throw a house, but his range is poor unless he uses up even more energy, making an already exhausting technique even harder on himself. Due to it's poor range it's often defensive, as it can be used as a shield to make bullets and other projectiles almost useless while he can keep his high winds going, while most individuals would clearly have trouble getting in there to attack through other means as well. Normal humans would struggle just to remain standing at speeds of around 100 miles per hour, even when braced and leaning into it, making only super powered people able to push through and put up a meaningful attack against him.
He can originate winds further out from his body but this requires more energy and time to pick up speed, cutting it's acceleration by two if starting a mere 40 feet away. He can send wind outward after first building up it's speed close to himself in order to create long range attacks. This is actually his preferred strategy in most combat situations. If wind is sent out it retains it's speed but looses it's acceleration bonus for being closer to himself. For a physical attack combined with his move, he has needles that he can blow forward quickly and easily due to their light weight.
It's important to note that he can fly at the speed he has his wind surrounding him at and is very maneuverable with this technique.
Equipment
Outfit: He doesn't wear armor so that he can lift himself easily. He instead wears a vaguely chinese looking flowing red sleeveless vest, tan pants, and brown combat boots, with some accessories such as bracelets traditional for his people. It has a professional and well off vibe.
Weapons: A set of iron short swords with blades one and a half feet long. He also has 50 thin iron needles total in two pouches attached to his belt on either side.
Bio
He was born to a strict household of powerful elemental users. Ke showed a lot of promise, but this made the burden placed on him all the worse. Some people could call his father abusive, even if his father's goal was admirable in their family doing everything they could to help others with their abilities. Ke has not mentally gotten over those days despite leaving as soon as he was able (16 in his culture), and although he tries to distance himself from his old ways, even going so far as leaving the planet, he's still stuck helping others whenever possible to the detriment of his own physical and mental well being, feeling like he still had a duty to perform. He's too ashamed to go back home after leaving in a huff so got by on his own thanks to his powers catching the eye of a certain group called the Nights Haven.
Trying to be a lone wolf (and failing), he makes a surprisingly decent income as their group takes on many tough assignments to help those in need...for a price they can afford.
Trust isn't always about if they are intentionally cheating. You can't trust me to know if someone who can punch through a brick wall could also lift a van with that same level of strength, as but one example. So that leaves me with rule of cool for what I think sounds right in my head. I'm fine with doing stuff like that, even if I'd probably just underestimate myself and have them fail.
Why I was trying to figure out some numbers is because vague stuff like, "he's strong enough to punch a bear's lights out" doesn't really cut it for proper comparison. Like how would that compare to being able to lift a grown man up from the ground with one hand and throw him across the room? Or lift 30 coconuts? If we don't use numbers and all pull out random feats of strength, all we can really do is assume they are just about equal in their abilities if we just went by the honor system. Even trying to be as honorable as possible it would still be hard to know how things would truly pan out the more vague things are.
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I'm sorry, but that's wrong. Force equals mass times acceleration, there's no square in there.
Literally this entire argument and discourse about math and numbers is why numbers need to be gone. This is a full page of multiple paragraph long posts trying to grind home the idea that math makes this whole thing fun.
The new character I'm making will have no numbers. Hopefully he'll be done within the hour. Yes, he! I shall finally be able to make another male character! Who's not Halfwood who I've briefly put off creating a sheet for.
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