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<Snipped quote by Rilla>You talk about two different things.
If somebody has "insert random number of enemies" then it's an abuse unless he explicitly has such power and then he's probably up against people who are on similar level of power.

What you describe is very much the same as somebody auto-destroying your swords, disarming you and rendering your powers useless. In a plain unavoidable autohit abuse.
Would you recognize this as being fair?

@Willy Vereb

The difference is, swords aren't NPCs, they are classified as equipment - and most people recognize that, which is why you wouldn't see anyone auto take your swords, unless they are one of those super godmodders.

But, it's not two different things. If you enter with day a main character, and he has say, 4, flanking people. Those are considered NPCs, the one that isn't is the main character and they fall under the general NPC rules. Unfortunately, those didn't also make the jump to NuGuild, as it were, but they are the same.

I liken it to the Skallagrim vs DJ fight, again. A Gothi vs a team of trained veterans; CHo was the main one, leader as it were, and even though the rest were trained, they were still considered NPCs. If they weren't, and were more or less considered individual characters, that would have been a wholly unfair fight.

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@RillaI might be inclined to agree with you on the magic tattoo's, but then I thought they were also created by some kind of drug. As for having more debuffs then buffs. Well I guess gaining more drugs over time could be part of her character arch. It would be similar to Stalker gaining runes or Kei'taro gaining keys.

@Crazy Scion

That would be good motivation for her character; learning about more potential drugs and stuff to bolster the character. Drugs AND the tattoos seem like two wholly different skill sets, fit for two characters instead of placed on one.

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With the thing where i can take aoes and use them against you, i was actually thinking about allowing it to absorb the environment aswell and use that against you, but i scrapped it for some reason.

Also, why do you assume the drugs are the main part of Kray and the tatoos dont fit?
Maybe its the tatoos are the main part of Kray and the drugs dont fit.

@Bartimaeus

Because you've talked to me about Kray before. :P

And in either event, one doesn't fit the other, making it look like the abilities of two different people fitted into one.

Such reasons are why people typically try and follow a general theme in their characters. Like Stalker focusing on runes, instead of runes, and then wielding a trident that can shoot out water, or a shield that pushes earth around.

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<Snipped quote by Rilla>That doesn't sound fair.
I can understand if there are more lax rules regarding NPC fighters but the way you worded it'd mean the enemy character does a random AoE attack and kill everyone but the other player while technically the said soldiers may have means to do something against it.

@Willy Vereb

In theory, they can - and in some ways, that's the point. Otherwise, nothing really stops people from making it, effectively a one on -insert number of NPCs/minions.- SKallagrim vs DJAtomika played this out well, but then again, Skallagrim isn't the type to nuke all the NPCs at one time without sustaining some type of damage in the process.

In general, or at least to me, the NPCs/Minions are really different words for the same thing. Random mooks designed to be destroyed. Nothing, however, stops you from controlling the ones you have left to make some type of attack against them - and hope to the high heavens you aren't going up against someone who'll stand toe to toe with 100 minions and defeat them all in a blur that rivals that of the blur in Smallville.

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Not Stalker's issue. xD

Actually though, I think KRay would be a far better character is @Bartimaeus focused him more on the drug thing and the injector gun. The Tattoo manipulation seems an unnecessary add-on, and seems out of place; more like a random addition than anything that clicks with the character. I'd have replaced it with Kray being knowledgeable on various plants and poisons, and having altered his body to have less negative effects and more positive ones, and the opposite for his opponent. And perhaps having a 'blank slate' type of drug, where Kray can add any item(like wood, or so) into the mixture for varying effects(Concrete into the blank slate, weighs down the opponent for x amount of turns.)

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Fun fact, you don't actually need to add 'Unranked' to the title. Hahah.

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@BartimaeusI've just begun reading yours and Rilla's fight in earnest and Stalker is a very dangerous man. He would be an interesting person to get to know. If he didn't need you dead that is.

@Crazy Scion

I don't actually need her dead.

just, you know, if Kray ain't comin' quietly, I gotta merk him.

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Alright then lemme change my post to reflect that knowledge instead of it being 'random wall numero uno', or do you want me to keep it as is?

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<Snipped quote by Vordak>I guess so.
Not like I have so much time to spare, either.
Anyways, I think I finish my other profiles.

@RillaAre "mastermind" kind of characters who don't fight alone but use something like a personal army are allowed?
That'd be my third character.
Think of a mix of Batman with a classic Bond Villain.

@Willy Vereb

Any kind of character is allowed. We aren't limiting them, but they'd have to be tiered appropriately. Skallagrim just took on a army trained squad alone; but you'd have to realize the NPCs can be killed by the opponent with auto-hits, eventually leaving you alone.

[Ranked] Rilla vs Bartimaeus

For what could have been compared to an a sturdy individual, he certainly was light; either that, or Blow... Bang... was more powerful than previously anticipated. Either way, Stalker was happy with what occured. The blast had sent the hulking beast deep into the room, and from the sounds of it, through several walls.

One.
Two.
Three.

Three walls based off the dull echo of crashing sounds that permeated from the depths of darkness in the room.

Stalker stepped free from the shadows, his abilities wearing off either way. With a crack of his neck, the Light at the End of the String swung freely once more, and another clone was formed. With a nod, Stalker sent it heading into the room and through the holes. Stalker followed behind it, letting the light swing back and forth, before wrapping it up in his hand.

No need to alert the prey.

So far, Kray had proven somewhat idiotic in his behavior, but strangely durable. Perhaps now, however, they'd find his body - and deliver it back to the employer.

Following the trail of destruction, the double made it to the third hole - Stalker appearing just a few moments later. Last time, the ruse worked to perfection, there would be no reason why it wouldn't have duplicated effects.

Peering though the third hole, there still had been no body to be retrieved, and that was somewhat disappointing. Kray was crafty, he had to admit.

They now had a choice to make. The left afforded them a quick trip, but a brick wall marked it as a dead end. That left the right, and thus that is the way Stalker sent his double. The damage Kray sustained should be on the verge of putting him down - especially when he drops from the hulking behemoth he had become.