ModeGone

Your avatar and the avatar above: The Walk In

Joke's on you, I don't have one.

Even though Majora Dragon Cult Dragur might be plotting to sacrifice me or abuse my strange knowledge of his god for personal power, my reaction to someone walking into my room is simple:

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOME GET OUT"

... otherwise it'd be straight up "Satanic cults again, bab. Yeah I should probably stop fessing up to Dad claiming to be Satan but this is a completely different cult."

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

You'd think I'd have something more interesting or complicated considering my usual gaming habits but I blew up 3 hours playing Mamono Sweeper. All it is is just a rpg monster-themed minesweeper game yet here we are.

World of Light

Echo Fighter unlocked: The Green Thunder

Name: Mr. L Luigi Mario
Game Origin: Super Paper Mario Super Mario series
Appearance:

Personality:
Although his true personality is suppressed, elements can still be seen past the abrasive ego and smartmouthed sass. He'll help someone... but only if he can get something out of it that he can't simply steal. He's loyal and a hard-worker... but those traits only go as far as the job for Castle Bleck. He's a team-player... but he'll mock them and feels that he's better than any of them even though he's the newest recruit. He holds his family dear and near to his heart... but he doesn't remember them so he's built a machine to fill that void in his life. Where Luigi is timid, Mr. L lashes out. Where Luigi would hesitate due to empathy, Mr. L breezes past without a care. Luigi would be generous to a fault... but Mr. L's greed and pride would seek to ruin a target. Mr. L is willing to play along with these Light World cretini until he either sees Bleck's Void in the sky or his Flip ability lets him reach the black castle.

Background:
Once upon a time, there was the best minion ever to be hired on to Castle Bleck! And his name was Mr. L. Nastasia scouted him from... uh... somewhere and convinced him that working for the Count would be a dream come true. The pay was... okay, the pay wasn't so good. And there's no dental what with the multiverse being consumed by the Void. But the rewards for aiding the Count would be everything you've ever wished for. A place in the perfect world that would be born after everything has been destroyed.

So, naturally, Mr. L said yes.

As the greatest thief in the known universes, Mr. L's skills were invaluable to the team. They already had the bratty mistress of transformation (mistress is... literal, actually, yeesh what a freak), a meatheaded brawny boob, a crazy clown who won't leave L a-l-one, and Miss Nastasia. They were clearly bereft of a good sneak and someone capable of something more techy than the rest's fists and spells. Honestly, magic's not so reliable. Look at the thunder-whatsit in his hand. It's good for a spark half the time and the other half it's like it doesn't wanna do anything!

So one day while on the job (those wedding crashers that interrupted the preparation ceremony for the Chaos Heart's manifestation need to be trounced)... something went... weird. So while a bunch of worlds have the Void hanging overhead, Mr. L was in the middle of Flipping to another dimension some new ratfink showed up and wrecked everything before the Count could! And to make matters worse this new place he found himself in is like an anti-Dimension D! Instead of letting him fight or use his powers at their full strength Mr. L is as weak as a Goomba about to march off a cliff! Something weird's going on. No more Void in the sky, no powers, and a new player in the whole dimensional shenanigans game... Someone is gonna get trounced and the trouncer's name is Mr. L!

Specialty: Mix of Stealth and Melee due to lacking his Brobot.
Level: 2
Experience: 0/10
Powers:

• Flip Dimension (Weakened) - Capable of shifting on the Dimensional axis into a 2D shadow-like shape. While this lets him dodge attacks and slip through cracks, if something hits him it deals more damage. Furthermore, the illusion of invisibility is not absolute. Although he can rotate to continue fooling someone pacing around, if there are multiple people around there they might spot him at the 'wrong' angle. People can see him when looking straight down from above. And when light is cast on him, his shadow still functions as normal.
• Thunderhand - Something gave his 'innate' electrical magic a jumpstart. Now he can actually use the damn thing in a fight without it fizzling all the time. Basic forms are a quick zap, a sphere of electricity, and channeling an electrical current through a target to move in tandem. If used to strike first in a fight, Thunderhand has a chance to make the target dazed from the sudden shock.

Strengths:

• By Leaps and Bounds - Incredible jumping ability that dwarfs whatever that red midget with the horrendous mustache is capable of.
• Electrical Mastery - Mr. L's affinity for electrical magic seems inborn. Its origin is shielded in mystery but there is a hint of the divine in its energies.
• Technological Knowhow - Brobotics.

Weaknesses:

• Anxiety - Underneath all his bluster, Mr. L is actually a bit of a worrywart. When things don't go according to plan he freaks. Although given his attitude rather than cowering like some green stringbean loser, Mr. L lashes out.
• Self-Deprecation Overinflated Ego - Easily distracted by his own pride. Does not handle insults lightly.
• Lost Origins - Memories from before signing on to Castle Bleck are... hazy, to put it mildly. He has no idea who he used to be but he must had been the best, must had been number one.

Spirits:

Kindred Spirits:

• Baby Bowser - A strangely familiar koopa brat who clearly deserves a swift kick in the keister. "Waaa I want milk and cookies waaa the yoshis are mean to me!" Go jump in a lava lake without a stupid old geezer to magic you out!
• Jevil - Oh no, Mr. L thought he was done with creepy grinning purple-and-black jesters! Dimentio's multiplied again and this time its not an illusion!
• Cecil Harvey - Looks like someone he's robbed before but way too tall to say for sure. All but a brother to someone brainwashed by a formerly caring but now evil and malevolent cape-wearing sorcerer.

Inventory:

• Worn Useless Wooden Mallet - Mr. L has no idea why he has this. Its not even a proper construction tool to repair his Brobot! +10 to Attack
• Shroom Shakes (x10) - Much more useful! Heals 10% of user's health and purges poison.

World of Light

This should be ready now.

Echo Fighter unlocked: The Green Thunder

Name: Mr. L Luigi Mario
Game Origin: Super Paper Mario Super Mario series
Appearance:

Personality:
Although his true personality is suppressed, elements can still be seen past the abrasive ego and smartmouthed sass. He'll help someone... but only if he can get something out of it that he can't simply steal. He's loyal and a hard-worker... but those traits only go as far as the job for Castle Bleck. He's a team-player... but he'll mock them and feels that he's better than any of them even though he's the newest recruit. He holds his family dear and near to his heart... but he doesn't remember them so he's built a machine to fill that void in his life. Where Luigi is timid, Mr. L lashes out. Where Luigi would hesitate due to empathy, Mr. L breezes past without a care. Luigi would be generous to a fault... but Mr. L's greed and pride would seek to ruin a target. Mr. L is willing to play along with these Light World cretini until he either sees Bleck's Void in the sky or his Flip ability lets him reach the black castle.

Background:
Once upon a time, there was the best minion ever to be hired on to Castle Bleck! And his name was Mr. L. Nastasia scouted him from... uh... somewhere and convinced him that working for the Count would be a dream come true. The pay was... okay, the pay wasn't so good. And there's no dental what with the multiverse being consumed by the Void. But the rewards for aiding the Count would be everything you've ever wished for. A place in the perfect world that would be born after everything has been destroyed.

So, naturally, Mr. L said yes.

As the greatest thief in the known universes, Mr. L's skills were invaluable to the team. They already had the bratty mistress of transformation (mistress is... literal, actually, yeesh what a freak), a meatheaded brawny boob, a crazy clown who won't leave L a-l-one, and Miss Nastasia. They were clearly bereft of a good sneak and someone capable of something more techy than the rest's fists and spells. Honestly, magic's not so reliable. Look at the thunder-whatsit in his hand. It's good for a spark half the time and the other half it's like it doesn't wanna do anything!

So one day while on the job (those wedding crashers that interrupted the preparation ceremony for the Chaos Heart's manifestation need to be trounced)... something went... weird. So while a bunch of worlds have the Void hanging overhead, Mr. L was in the middle of Flipping to another dimension some new ratfink showed up and wrecked everything before the Count could! And to make matters worse this new place he found himself in is like an anti-Dimension D! Instead of letting him fight or use his powers at their full strength Mr. L is as weak as a Goomba about to march off a cliff! Something weird's going on. No more Void in the sky, no powers, and a new player in the whole dimensional shenanigans game... Someone is gonna get trounced and the trouncer's name is Mr. L!

Specialty: Mix of Stealth and Melee due to lacking his Brobot.
Level: 1
Experience: 0/10
Powers:

• Flip Dimension (Weakened) - Capable of shifting on the Dimensional axis into a 2D shadow-like shape. While this lets him dodge attacks and slip through cracks, if something hits him it deals more damage. Furthermore, the illusion of invisibility is not absolute. Although he can rotate to continue fooling someone pacing around, if there are multiple people around there they might spot him at the 'wrong' angle. People can see him when looking straight down from above. And when light is cast on him, his shadow still functions as normal.

Strengths:

• By Leaps and Bounds - Incredible jumping ability that dwarfs whatever that red midget with the horrendous mustache is capable of.
• Electrical Mastery - Mr. L's affinity for electrical magic seems inborn. Its origin is shielded in mystery but there is a hint of the divine in its energies.
• Technological Knowhow - Brobotics.

Weaknesses:

• Anxiety - Underneath all his bluster, Mr. L is actually a bit of a worrywart. When things don't go according to plan he freaks. Although given his attitude rather than cowering like some green stringbean loser, Mr. L lashes out.
• Self-Deprecation Overinflated Ego - Easily distracted by his own pride. Does not handle insults lightly.
• Lost Origins - Memories from before signing on to Castle Bleck are... hazy, to put it mildly. He has no idea who he used to be but he must had been the best, must had been number one.

Spirits:

Kindred Spirits:

• Baby Bowser - A strangely familiar koopa brat who clearly deserves a swift kick in the keister. "Waaa I want milk and cookies waaa the yoshis are mean to me!" Go jump in a lava lake without a stupid old geezer to magic you out!
• Jevil - Oh no, Mr. L thought he was done with creepy grinning purple-and-black jesters! Dimentio's multiplied again and this time its not an illusion!
• Cecil Harvey - Looks like someone he's robbed before but way too tall to say for sure. All but a brother to someone brainwashed by a formerly caring but now evil and malevolent cape-wearing sorcerer.

Inventory:

• Worn Useless Wooden Mallet - Mr. L has no idea why he has this. Its not even a proper construction tool to repair his Brobot! +10 to Attack
• Shroom Shakes (x10) - Much more useful! Heals 10% of user's health and purges poison.

World of Light

I see. In theory it would still be possibly to have the same effect of invisibility in a limited sense by turning 2D and then directly toward whoever he doesn't want to see him, but of course since this is 3D it would be trickier to manage. I was more or less confused because I was assuming we were going for translating the move itself into the new context rather than the outcome of the move, which is stealth. We may be able to compromise (and also not make up new abilities characters don't canonically have, which I'd rather not do) by saying that he can flatten into a 2D being in 3D space but be able to rotate himself to stay facing whatever target he focuses on, thus maintaining practical invisibility. The limitation would then transition from being shadow-projection to him being able to be seen from the side if there are multiple enemies. Plus, this would still allow him to do things like slip through tiny cracks and hug walls. Would that be alright?

@Lugubrious

So something akin to Kingdom Hearts's Heartless Shadow or Nobody Creeper effects, but along height rather than being "squished" to the floor? I'll have to work out how to write the description but it sounds good to me.

and also not make up new abilities characters don't canonically have, which I'd rather not do

I try to only pull things that a character could feasibly have at the point in their timeline. For example given the nickname Green Thunder, I tend to have Mr. L be still capable of the Thunderhand from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. However given Nastasia's brainwashing and the fact that the magical power was a gift I give it a psuedo-awareness that keeps him from having full control of the ability. If he gets it back over the course of the RP it would still nerfed even more, much to his frustration.

Current Mood in One Gif

Can't find the animated version but

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<Snipped quote by ModeGone>

I think I've gotten the picture, although it's still a little confusing. I do think that simply being able to make himself two-dimensional would be a very useful Power in and of itself, without any extra confusion. Is able to become just a line in his game?

@Lugubrious

Kiiiiiind of? The thing about him becoming a line in the game is because when you see yourself use the Flip within a dimension you are turning your character sideways. Because they're a flat character and the rim of the paper-figure is facing the screen, they become "invisible". In the Paper Mario series you had all kinds of weird shenanigans playing on the "paper" theme like getting folded up into a paper airplane to fly across long distances or walking through iron bars because you're paper-thin. Changing dimensional perspective is following that kind of effect but with a result.

However like I said this is a 3D person. Trying to rework this effect without being a simple rotation implies that there's an actual effect. Since its not an Illusion and doesn't have anything to do with light I can't say that he looks invisible until you put your hand where really is and you feel him. So I'm overthinking this...

The two main effects that Flip has:

• Letting you walk around objects (be they enemy, prop, or attack) by going down the other axis.
• Travel to another world/dimension.

With the first form it is technically turning invisible and has been used to this effect by various characters. But you're still physically there so things like weight remains the same and since you only see the characters in the game from the side/front perspective I like to think that top-down would be a whole other story. Given the setup and how the effect has an actual upgradable timer in game, I'm going to say it'll last two or three posts in the current form. I also like the idea that light casting shadow on the "invisible" character would let you see the shadow as if the figure was standing there normally as it would give more of a challenge to sneaking around.
With the second I have it completely blocked until necessary because we're on one world and the character would take the opportunity to ditch given half a chance.

So in theory he could just be turning into a line because going from 3D to 2D would have a weird visual effect. Or following the displayed effect in the game he'd be "turning into a line" because of the way dimensional perspective is warping around him. In the end its the same kind of result but it has different connotations in my head that I'm having a tricky time spitting out.

World of Light

I went with the dimensional shift because I imagined he was in the middle of changing locations when the Super Paper Mario multiverse got attacked. I can change it.

As for the "seen from the front" due to him being a 3D being rather than 2D sprite in a 3D map I was picturing his dimensional shift making him look like a line at all angles like when you look at a billboarded sprite and see the same exact flat image at every rotation.
One of the giveaways I was thinking of was that his shadow would still look normal in spite of him having a less visible form. Another was that seeing him from above or below gives him away.

Good to hear that the sheet's almost ready to go!

What Are You Listening To?

Not me exactly but my brain:

World of Light

I fixed up and updated the character. Here's the l-oser.

Echo Fighter unlocked: The Green Thunder

Name: Mr. L Luigi Mario
Game Origin: Super Paper Mario Super Mario series
Appearance:

Personality:
Although his true personality is suppressed, elements can still be seen past the abrasive ego and smartmouthed sass. He'll help someone... but only if he can get something out of it that he can't simply steal. He's loyal and a hard-worker... but those traits only go as far as the job for Castle Bleck. He's a team-player... but he'll mock them and feels that he's better than any of them even though he's the newest recruit. He holds his family dear and near to his heart... but he doesn't remember them so he's built a machine to fill that void in his life. Where Luigi is timid, Mr. L lashes out. Where Luigi would hesitate due to empathy, Mr. L breezes past without a care. Luigi would be generous to a fault... but Mr. L's greed and pride would seek to ruin a target. Mr. L is willing to play along with these Light World cretini until he either sees Bleck's Void in the sky or his Flip ability lets him reach the black castle.

Background:
Once upon a time, there was the best minion ever to be hired on to Castle Bleck! And his name was Mr. L. Nastasia scouted him from... uh... somewhere and convinced him that working for the Count would be a dream come true. The pay was... okay, the pay wasn't so good. And there's no dental what with the multiverse being consumed by the Void. But the rewards for aiding the Count would be everything you've ever wished for. A place in the perfect world that would be born after everything has been destroyed.

So, naturally, Mr. L said yes.

As the greatest thief in the known universes, Mr. L's skills were invaluable to the team. They already had the bratty mistress of transformation (mistress is... literal, actually, yeesh what a freak), a meatheaded brawny boob, a crazy clown who won't leave L a-l-one, and Miss Nastasia. They were clearly bereft of a good sneak and someone capable of something more techy than the rest's fists and spells. Honestly, magic's not so reliable. Look at the thunder-whatsit in his hand. It's good for a spark half the time and the other half it's like it doesn't wanna do anything!

So one day while on the job (those wedding crashers that interrupted the preparation ceremony for the Chaos Heart's manifestation need to be trounced)... something went... weird. So while a bunch of worlds have the Void hanging overhead, Mr. L was in the middle of Flipping to another dimension when he found himself in a completely unfamiliar world. To make matters worse, it's like the anti-Dimension D! Instead of letting him fight or use his powers at their full strength he's weak as a Goomba about to march off a cliff! Something weird's going on. No Void in the sky, no powers... Someone is gonna get trounced and the trouncer's name is Mr. L!

Specialty: Mix of Stealth and Melee due to lacking his Brobot.
Level: 1
Experience: 0/10
Powers:

• Flip Dimension (Weakened) - Capable of shifting on the Dimensional axis into an concentrated line. While this lets him dodge attacks and seem invisible, if something hits it deals more damage.

Strengths:

• By Leaps and Bounds - Incredible jumping ability that dwarfs whatever that red midget with the horrendous mustache is capable of.
• Electrical Mastery - Mr. L's affinity for electrical magic seems inborn. Its origin is shielded in mystery but there is a hint of the divine in its energies.
• Technological Knowhow - Brobotics.

Weaknesses:

• Anxiety - Underneath all his bluster, Mr. L is actually a bit of a worrywart. When things don't go according to plan he freaks. Although given his attitude rather than cowering like some green stringbean loser, Mr. L lashes out.
• Self-Deprecation Overinflated Ego - Easily distracted by his own pride. Does not handle insults lightly.
• Lost Origins - Memories from before signing on to Castle Bleck are... hazy, to put it mildly. He has no idea who he used to be but he must had been the best, must had been number one.

Spirits:

Kindred Spirits:

• Baby Bowser - A strangely familiar koopa brat who clearly deserves a swift kick in the keister. "Waaa I want milk and cookies waaa the yoshis are mean to me!" Go jump in a lava lake without a stupid old geezer to magic you out!
• Jevil - Oh no, Mr. L thought he was done with creepy grinning purple-and-black jesters! Dimentio's multiplied again and this time its not an illusion!
• Cecil Harvey - Looks like someone he's robbed before but way too tall to say for sure. All but a brother to someone brainwashed by a formerly caring but now evil and malevolent cape-wearing sorcerer.

Inventory:

• Worn Useless Wooden Mallet - Mr. L has no idea why he has this. Its not even a proper construction tool to repair his Brobot! +10 to Attack
• Shroom Shakes (x10) - Much more useful! Heals 10% of user's health and purges poison.