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Post by Pieter Wolfbane on Jun 23, 2015 20:10:46 GMT
The answer to having this absorption giving you an ability, in particular having a skill's knowledge be stolen (not taking it completely, but stealing through copying), is not acceptable.
There's also a few things at play here as well, concerning the type of majins that existent now these days:
Majins are supposed to be as populace on Earth as Humans are as populated on it. Their power is nothing like the original Majin Buu, which is why they can't have both Absorption and that Majin Magic Skill. Even your character is subjected to this, despite being a million and 16 years old, as your history dictates you are a failed attempt at replicating the original Majin Buu, one who only has the ability to absorb.
Overall: The answer from me is no. Just no...
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Post by President Bao on Jun 24, 2015 3:47:14 GMT
I actually dislike the massive difference between the 'canon' schools and positions and the custom ones we can make. I think you should need to spend a similar amount of cash to claim the Guru or Kami slot, rather than just needing 10k PL. That might encourage people to think harder about whether they really want the job because it is a significant time investment getting there. Have not had a chance to read all three pages, but this caught my eye so to quickly address: The difference is we *want* people to take on the canon roles, because they create RP opportunities, provide services, and tie in to making this place feel authentic(they are a staple of dragonball). Custom Roles on the other hand are more a gift to yourself, thus why we make you work for it (after all... who would pick the canon roles if you could make your own custom one just as easy). This does tie in though to my earlier comment about me feeling people have somewhat misunderstood what a support character is. I did not get the chance to reply last night cause of bad, and today lunch break is short and I wanted to try and post the factions message I made so I gave that priority - as soon as I can though I will elaborate, either here or in a new thread.
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Post by Zuni on Jun 24, 2015 5:42:18 GMT
I actually dislike the massive difference between the 'canon' schools and positions and the custom ones we can make. I think you should need to spend a similar amount of cash to claim the Guru or Kami slot, rather than just needing 10k PL. That might encourage people to think harder about whether they really want the job because it is a significant time investment getting there. Have not had a chance to read all three pages, but this caught my eye so to quickly address: The difference is we *want* people to take on the canon roles, because they create RP opportunities, provide services, and tie in to making this place feel authentic(they are a staple of dragonball). Custom Roles on the other hand are more a gift to yourself, thus why we make you work for it (after all... who would pick the canon roles if you could make your own custom one just as easy). This does tie in though to my earlier comment about me feeling people have somewhat misunderstood what a support character is. I did not get the chance to reply last night cause of bad, and today lunch break is short and I wanted to try and post the factions message I made so I gave that priority - as soon as I can though I will elaborate, either here or in a new thread. I'm just gonna say I highly disagree with the idea that 'they create RP opportunities, provide services, and tie in to making this place feel authentic' are in any way things that are unique to canon vs custom roles. I'm hoping you didn't mean this to sound as aggressively 'anti-custom' as it does. What you're heavily implying is that you don't want people doing things that aren't canon because it is just 'for themselves' and therefore selfish? I'm sorry, but anyone wanting to create a school and take on students is building RP opportunities and advertising themselves as a route for character development for other people. People will always want the canon roles anyway because people will, to be blunt, always want to be Goku. All that privileging them achieves is to make potential alternatives feel like cut-rate ripoffs of the 'real' Masters of the site. Oh, and to gain and lose a Guru inside two weeks.
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Doctor Kouda
Rising Soul
PL: 58,708; Chaos Form(x7), Muenster Form(x12) Items: One-Use SpacePod, Heavy Weights (1/4 of PL), Royal Spaceship, 2 Extra Seats, Tier 4 Gravity Chamber; Tier 1 Shop, "I Love Bao" T-shirt, Tier 3 Healing Chamber, 1 5kPL Guard, 1 10k PL Guard; Zeni: 176
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Post by Doctor Kouda on Jun 24, 2015 17:12:03 GMT
I personally am against any character/player having this ability. I think admins/mods can be an exception to this since they are held to a higher standard of rules. I don't see why this "power" is so important to have. My stance is that this power should be reserved mods, admins, and players that have a record of good conduct. If mod/admin deems a player responsible enough, then that seems valid.
I also think the "evil shadow twin/persona" cliche is overused. Just add "dark" as a prefix to your characters name and you automatically make your original character half a personality, essentially. But that's just my opinion in terms of storytelling. I mean it has been handled well in the past (one of my favorite fiction books is about the dichotomy of man) and I've seen some good examples of the trope being done right on the site. I think its handled well when the original character isn't sacrificed or toned down to make room for the other half.
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Post by Zuni on Jun 24, 2015 19:50:22 GMT
That's a fair critique. I personally don't think it is a good investment because, mechanically, a standard boost is a relatively small gain that helps cut down an already-short early game and then... does nothing for you, where any other special technique remains useful throughout the life of the character and will always be relevant. If I was a student, I wouldn't be going for it myself.
In Zuni's case, though, the peaches seem really fitting to the concept and I'm damned if I can think of anything better so I'll probably go for them anyway. People do seem to want more evil boosters and I'm all about giving people what they want.
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Post by Pieter Wolfbane on Jun 24, 2015 20:04:37 GMT
In addition, did I mention that if Alaistair dies or gets knocked on unconscious, the boosts he gave out get removed? This also means that they can't help people achieve the power level needed for transformations as well. It's one of the many things making Alaistair's ability so tedious.
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Post by Zuni on Jun 24, 2015 21:22:01 GMT
To be totally honest? Alaistair's powerup sounds way too overcomplicated and clunky for a relatively simple design goal.
If it'd be something that Pieter would be in favour of, I'd suggest it be replaced with the same rules as the Guru Unlock Potential with the unique downsides 'can be removed later if Alaistair wishes, WILL be removed later if Alaistair dies, puts everyone in telepathic contact' for the upside that the students don't need to buy a gi.
That'd remove a fair amount of the bookkeeping and wouldn't be unbalanced IMO.
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