thewizardguy

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@Divinity
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Multiverse At War - (MAW) (High Casual RP: Always Welcomed)

@Divinity

FAQ

To avoid future confusion, I am also Gun.

Guardian Corban

Personal characteristics

Birth Name: Corban Irene Saezer.

Alias: Crystal Saberwing, Guardian

Used Name: Corban.

Age: Several generations old.

Date of Birth: December 25.

Lineage: Human Outsider.

Class: Guardian.

Alignment: Neutral Good.

Birthplace: Louran Village, Sky Garden Continent, Escaria Homeworld, Ayenee Universal System

Primary Residence: Private demiplane “Calin Valleyâ€

Height: 183 cm.

Weight: 82 kg.

Hair Color: Chocolate brown

Eye Color: Milky crimson

Blood Type: Metaglobin-C

Persona

You do not truly know what it means to be a man until you've become a woman.

Corban is an eccentric man, being contrary just to show that it can be done. This can mean anything from drinking milk tea when others drink bloodwyne, to hanging out as a girl in the nearest hot spring. Few men would dare do such unmanly things, which is probably why he does them; he who does what others fear to do must surely be better!

To survive, a Guardian must not only know the tools of the trade; he needs to be able to identify a person's magic and then react accordingly. This is doubly important considering that many of his foes are faster than him, so initiative is on their side. As a result, he has some curious courage. This courage comes from many things, ranging from standing against a massive fireball by virtue of his faith in his magic, or disguising himself as a woman, knowing that the Amazons would kill him if they found out.

To divine someone's magic on the fly requires a keen mind, which Corban has. His technobabble may turn others off, but make no mistake: he knows what he’s talking about. He may even start deconstructing someone’s powers aloud, violating the sanctity of its mystic allure, just to annoy them.

Abilities

Outsider Human - Humans are identified by their DNA, a wholly physical construct. When that same DNA is energized by a pattern, Corban is one of the results. Thus, he looks just like a human, and yet he is as magical as the fairies and dragons. Every move he makes carries with it the power of his body and the force of his spirit. However, since he was raised as a human since birth, he still has the mind of his fellow men, including the fast learning inherent to a relatively short-lived race:

◦ Recycle - Corban's short-term memory can remember the last 3 spells/fragments he’s used. Provided he has enough energy, he can fire them again without recasting. There is a size cap, however; complex spells tend to have multiple fragments.
◦ Mimic - If a technique falls into one of this specialties (Abjuration, crystal magic, carbokinesis), Corban has the aptitude necessary to outright deconstruct it, and mimic it. Profligate users of barriers, beware; he is watching.
◦ Extension - Some mages just memorize the spells that are in the book; Corban memorizes the principles, then mixes and matches them on demand. The core abilities of his vocations can all be extended, provided one is creative.

Magical and Mechanical Systems and Sub-systems - To defend against someone, you must know what it is. To that end, Corban reads his books. His proficiency with his enemie's weapons is entirely a function of his experience, which is a function of his personality. Their themes tend to revolve around crystals and technology.

◦ Abjuration - Abuses
◦ Conjuration - Dislikes
◦ Divination - Likes
◦ Enchantment - Dislikes
◦ Evocation - Likes
◦ Illusion - Dislikes
◦ Necromancy - Neutral
◦ Transmutation - Abuses

Channeling - When the opponent is up close, sometimes there isn't time to create an elegant wall to block them with. For those unfortunate times, Corban can channel his magic through his sword to create effects, such as being able to reflect an attack (Abjuration) or make his edge harder (Crystal magic). This applies to his fists too, although poor combinations (such as ablative armor) will result in his skin being ripped off in layers.

Vocations

Guard Science [Abjuration] - Making and breaking defenses; counter, guard, cancel; regardless how one defines defense, Corban is good at it. Extending the conventional antimagic and barrier setups, Corban can also use dispels as tankbusters instead of blasts, combine a barrier and a previous spell for an elemental shield, or take a page from mimes and use his barriers as air steps.

Crystal magic - Cross-discipline of transmutation and earth. Corban has studied crystallization extensively, both on a material and magical level. Crystal magic sacrifices the breadth of fire magic for the kind of strength that makes his barriers all that much stronger…and his piercing attacks all that much sharper. As always, Corban can extend the principles of crystal magic in ever-more-creative ways, including the creation of spell cartridges and the sublimation of high-energy attacks into diamond dust.

Carbokinesis - Cross-discipline of transmutation and earth. Seeing as how carbon is an anagram of his name, it’s no wonder that he took a liking to this corner of magic. Wherever there is dirt, coal or wooden buildings, there is the hidden risk of Corban turning the environment against a person. Combined with crystal magic principles, Corban can also sprout pure eutactic diamonds. It is a small miracle that he does not crash regional gem markets after every battle.

Ishtalle-Fu - Corban can parry quite well with a normal blade. After all, when you're tasked to block off a chokepoint by yourself, that means putting yourself in harm's way. However, finishing off his foes with a blade is another story¦unless that blade is Ishtalle. Living with a living weapon is not easy, especially when she demands much of her wielder. As a result, Corban specializes in a specific set of kata designed to utilize her morphic abilities to great effect. The inherent unpredictability of his moves changes the rules of the game dramatically. Like other vocations, Corban can extend it to become one with his weapon.

Equipment
Reinforce Robe- The black duster is woven with graphene fibers, one of the many carboniferous materials that he can make from earth. It is an exotic cousin of chainmail armor, the fibrous layer bending while resisting swords. Crystalline ribbons, woven into the surface in patterns like the circuitry of a distant civilization, take the bite out of lightning attacks and can act as magic amplifiers.

Primary Weapon, Equipment, Companion - Ishtalle

Name: Guardian Edge "Ishtalleâ"

Classification: Sentient Morphic Weapon

Complementary Item(s): Nexus Core

Default Style of Weapon: Longsword

Length:

-- blade: 61.8 cm (Golden Mean)

-- overall: 100 cm

Weight: 1 kg

History: When Corban blew out the door to an abandoned forest shrine, he had no idea that he would inherit a living weapon. The former weapon of a noble knight, Ishtalle had only been tested against other human knights in war. By binding to Corban, she entwined her fate with his. Upon his discovering the realm of Ayenee, her power catapulted. Painfully tempered in the blood of divinity and the searing heat of high magic, she eventually grew from merely a knight's blade to the most powerful Guardian Edge in existence. The onus is upon thee: respect the power of an evolving weapon.

Qualities:

◦ Godslayer Edge - Ignore epic and divine damage reduction. This aspect only shows itself when she has a blade, and has fully committed to a specific form. Whoever you are, this will hurt.
◦ Armory of One - All the equipment of a king's armory can be emulated by her, and then some. Whether Corban wants a sword, a scythe, or a swordscythe, she can deliver. Having all three at once is certainly possible.
◦ Dual Channel - She did not know how to cast magic before. Just as Corban has learned a few tricks from her, so too has she learned a few tricks from him. Corban can co-op her casting abilities to double- or dual-cast spells.
◦ Telepathic link - Ishtalle can communicate with Corban regardless of distance or plane. Only she seems able to break it.
◦ Artifact Soul - Being a Strong AI, Ishtalle straddles the fence. Death and shatter magic merely stun her, as opposed to kill. Having her own will also means she has her own ego. She has abandoned Corban at least twice for incompetence.
◦ Adaptive Edge - When she strikes against another weapon, she can feel its skin and taste its magical coating. After a few thousand times, she has assembled an impressive library of materials and enchantments. Using this library, she can learn how to break inferior weapons with ever-greater efficiency.
Note: Depending on how strong she judges a weapon to be, Ishtalle may not allow Corban to draw her from her sheathe.

Misc.

Scale - Corban can go anywhere from mild to high tier.
Universe - Ayenian Universe(Original)

Now put it in the Characters tab you lazy bastard, before I go do it for you.

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@Divinity
Yo, I'm assuming the Paralyze spell will paralyze her muscles or something? Or does it function like a physical bond, like a force field holding her in place? Or is it something different? You didn't really specify.

I'll respond in the morning, I'm going to sleep nao.

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@Divinity
Yo, you should move your character to the Characters tab. He's on page 29.

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@Divinity
The wave of shadows smashed into the carbon-plated shield the mage had created, attempted to smash it into the ground as Darquesse gloated. Of course, she wasn't expecting the sudden blast of explosive energy that burst out from the mess of it. The blast was powerful enough to tear through her shadow barrier like a knife through butter, and even punched a hole through her magically enhanced body. She could feel it as her insides were burned to a crisp, a hole easily the size of a basketbal newly formed through her chest. For practically any other being, such a wound would have spelled certain death, but to Darquesse it just meant things were starting to get fun. Her body knit itself together with ease, even the damage from such a blast inconsequential to her.

It seemed it was time for her to test her opponent's magical senses. For as the shadows began to dissipate and Corban emerged from his protective bulwark, she would utillize this time to drop to the ground - and into it. By manipulating the earth around her she formed a tunnel that closed behind her, moving through the earth like a fish through water. It was a little trick she'd learned from Sanguine, although his ability worked slightly differently. Of course, she was unaware of Corban's control of carbon, and it would be rather hard to surpass him in his own element. But for the moment she was hidden from his eyes, testing whether his senses matched hers.

Testing his capabilities, she launched a spire of shadows from the ground, a different location than her own, to attack him. It usually wasn't her style to play hide and seek with her opponents, but this guy was the only one besides Vile to put up a good fight. And she wanted to poke him a bit before she pulled out all the stops. To test him, and his limits. It was like a game, and she was well aware that he had more tricks to explore. To her, this lethal duel between mages was nothing more than another opportunity to explore the world of magic. One that would end rather gruesomely for her opponent, if she got her way.

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@Divinity
Eh, if it hadn't worked she has two alternative methods of sight.

She has the ability to sense souls, eg all living beings, through her necromancy.

And using elemental magic she's able to sense minute air pressure differences from a distance, basically functioning as a radar that doesn't rely on sound.

So whether it would have worked or not, she has no real need of her eyes in order to find her enemy.

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@tex
Eh, I personally prefer the versatility, as it highlights the differences between universes. To me the vastly different mechanics of the different universes are one of the more interesting aspects of multiverse roleplays.

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@Divinity
Because in her universe, seeing magic doesn't work like normal sight. All magic is equally 'bright', it's just in different shapes and matrixes, or in larger pools. So while creating bright flashes makes sense for your magic-sight, it doesn't really work because of the way her magic-sight works.

It's a subtle difference, but it is there. And it shows how magic works differently in different universes.

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@Divinity
"Dispel."

Just as Darquesse had been certain her opponent was going to be skewered, her shadows were torn to shreds. No, not exactly. Nothing had actually hit them, or was even really affecting them. But the magic she used to make them solid, to control them, had been.... well, dispelled. That was most certainly odd, and worrying in fact. The only beings she was aware of that could pull stuff like that were the Creatures of the Void, and if this guy was some kind of magic eater... well, there was a reason nobody went down there anymore. But it would be unsightly to run at the first sign of trouble, and this world had different rules after all. Maybe that was all he could do, and she could just pick up a really big non-magical rock and- Oh shit he was flying.

So this guy was able to negate magic AND fly. Well shit. This wasn't going nearly the way Darquesse had imagined, as in her imagination she had crushed the puny mage with her first attack. And it turned out if she wanted to beat this guy she was going to have to get creative. While he flew at her he tried to blind her with the magical equivelant of a lightshow, probably expecting her to flinch. Perhaps magical vision worked differently where he was from, whereby such things would be effective, but as it was Darquesse merely mentally dissected his magic as he cast it, learning more about him with every move he made. It also showed he was aware of her magical vision, as the spells clearly had no effect, useless discharges of magical energy. So he was experienced with fighting mages of her level, a rare thing where she was from. So perhaps she would have to put him in his place.

Utilizing the advantage he believed to have gained, he shot around her at rather impressive speed. But arrogance was the undoing of even the greatest of mages, with the notable exception of herself. As Corban attempted to fly around her he was find himself struck by a sudden blast of shadow as it emerged from Darquesse's back. He'd let down his guard in believing her blind, and the shadow attack would smash him back to Earth with the power of a truck to the face. Corban would find himself smashed into the ground, smashing the stone beneath him as he formed his own little impact crater.

"Thanks"

Darquesse took a moment to purposefully ignore the comm message, before gloating. "So, how's it feel to be the bitchy mage? I mean, all the universe, no MULTIPLE universes, and you had to fight the top dog. Your luck must be so shit." She grinned, shadows moving around her as she summoned an orb of flame in her hand. It burned with enough force to melt through solid metal with relative ease, and she was fairly certain that unless this guy had some sort of supernatural defence, it'd do the same to him. "So, I'm curious about your magic. That could go two ways. You can either fight me, or I could cut up your brain. Either way, you die. So I figured it's fair to let you pick."

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Posted. @Divinity if having Darquesse go all-out is too much, I could have her hold back some more.