OOC Discussion

[Suzuki Mine]

@Crimrose


HNNNNNNG- I really, really like living hive characters...! At the risk of sounding like a weeb, I've liked them ever since seeing the Aburame clan in Naruto years ago.


Her main power sounds legit enough, though the second supplementary power doesn't feel like it fits in right. From what I'm getting from it, she's capable of producing eggs to make more insects, but the process for her to do that isn't really explained, so I'm left a little confused. Mayhaps expanding on that a little more would help. Otherwise things looks good on the powers end so far~


As for her weaknesses, I believe I've seen here and there in the OOC that mortality is a weakness that all characters are assumed to have, so saying that she can just be offed won't count I think.


The same could be said for the "she can't become invincible" weakness as well, though that can be reworded to "She can only develop resistances and defenses of the same degree as any other insect." Basically, that's saying that if there's an insect out there with super defense, she can develop that defense as well if she comes across something that warrants the evolution.


For instance, if she and her insects decided they needed to evolve to handle bullets, they could develop a shell/toughness up to that of the ironclad beetle - known to have the strongest shell out of all arthropods. It'll be hell to break through when scaled up to a human level equivalent, but it's still possible~


I-I hope that helps some. Sometimes I just ramble, think I'm talking logically and just end up confusing people more. DX

 

[ViAdvena]

OMG What a gourgeous lineart!!! O
AND Perspective OO


Great Job ^^bb

Thank you ;-; I was following shitton tutorials and reference while drawing it, don't think I can draw it again without looking at those. o-o


@DJ MagicHat That post is glorious. 10/10 will never fell asleep in that class.

 

[DJ MagicHat]

@Necessity4Fun I'm sorry! @welian was telling me to get a move on, and it had been so long since I posted...yeah. Life is weird. Feel free to put in a response where you show up late or something, or if nothing else we can figure out some other can of shenanigans for later involving another lecture.


@Swoob Permission granted, as long as you're willing to get just as involved in ridiculous antics fueled by pop culture references and Internet memes every 0.63 seconds.


@ViAdvena Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Future lectures won't be quite so exciting, but...the theme is there, at least.

 

[Crimrose]

@Suzuki Mine


Yeah, I'd follow an existing bug before a custom. Finally, the Ironclad gets some recognition.


Anyway, it'd pretty much be like a normal hive on the inside, with the exception that there's several reproductive organs. Its a reverse of how most bugs are female, unless its a different kind. So yes, the majority of her bugs are male. Why? So they can be exposed to the world for data collection, and return to breed for the proper evolution. Sounds weird, but it doesn't have 100% logic...


Also, she'll need more food than normal. Think of honeypot ants, how they store food and then release it. There's a lot going on internally, which is why many are interested in figuring out how she works. I might make her a bit taller, to support all that...


EDIT: I meant killing her bugs before one comes back to breed will keep her from evolving, not killing her

 

[Suzuki Mine]

@Crimrose


UUUUUGH THAT JUST SOUNDS SO GORRAM COOL...! DX


Yes! Now it all makes super perfect sense to me! Put that right into her profile and I'm sure it'll help with getting her accepted~ 3

 

[Crimrose]

What is a reasonable height for this power is the true question... She'd need a bit of space... 7 ft? That's actually achievable by humans. (My uncle is 7'8...)

 

[welian]

@St Indigo Don't forget to PM your new character by the 4th, otherwise you will be stuck with your first character indefinitely.

 

[Swoob]

Yo guys, so with the influx of new characters, we've been noticing a frightening amount of people wanting to be S class. Please remember that S class supers are capable of extreme catastrophes and are both rare and very exclusively handed out. Applying for an S class will significantly lower your chances of being accepted. We will only choose the best characters for S class, and we can reject your character even if there are no "problems" with it.


The most common classes are D, B and mainly C classes. This is the current power balance.

Doesn't really look right.


We need more Cs and Ds. We know that creating powerful characters are often much more fun (hell, Eden originally had 32 power points before I settled down and was still A class), but we implore you to put away your pride and help us out. We're not trying to make the experience worse for you, but that is simply how we are going to accept characters. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

[Crimrose]

@Swoob


Wait, that applies to me now....? Dammit...

 

[Swoob]

@Swoob
Wait, that applies to me now....? Dammit...

it always has, this is just a reminder to both you guys and ourselves

 

[Crimrose]

@Swoob


Thing is, most powers do that.... Mine won't do it in a day, but let her spread infection and watch what happens... Bug legions. Giant bug legions...


Anyway, what truly defines catastrophe? Someone with white phosphorus generation could easily do that. Simply having a power like... Mental Disorder Manipulation, or just the ability to induce madness would be enough to cause mass suicides.

 

[Aldur]

But Swoob-sama. I waited years upon years to make this S-Rank character D:


Besides, are you really gonna say no to me on my birthday?

 

[Aldur]

@Swoob


Whoooops. Here be the tag.

 

[Swoob]

But Swoob-sama. I waited years upon years to make this S-Rank character D:
Besides, are you really gonna say no to me on my birthday?

no


(heh)

 

[Swoob]

As for how far this catastrophic destruction can go, think of the already accepted S rank characters. Red can freely manipulate metal (think about it) and coat his body in it. Riley can generate any drug/chemical, not only giving her a near-immortal body but she can choose to enhance any aspect of herself far beyond human capability by creating the right substance. Mallory is completely immovable and can literally overpower any object in existence. Dante, though he is out of the roleplay now, could go into an unstoppable demonic form.


These people are not only capable of mind-blowing destruction and fatalities, but it is also nearly impossible to stop them (tho I have my plans; wound transfer is a pretty flexible power <.< >.>). When a character is so powerful that most A class supers would simply fall to their knees and accept imminent death, they're an S rank.

 

[Crimrose]

So basically 90% of the builds I planned to use but thought I had to be balanced so I didn't use?

 

[TerraBooma]

I wasn't sure if Kennith was going to be a C or a D, ended up settling on a C because of the oppertunitys even short range astral projection can apply. If you want I can drop his range down to a D. I don't mind playing weak people, and maybe some others who wouldn't want to drop to a D would be willing to go to a C? I'll just leave him if he's good there though.


I mean the next character I had in mind (Faaaar in the future) was just going to glow in the dark, so I don't think I'm one of those powerful people xD

 

[Swoob]

I wasn't sure if Kennith was going to be a C or a D, ended up settling on a C because of the oppertunitys even short range astral projection can apply. If you want I can drop his range down to a D. I don't mind playing weak people, and maybe some others who wouldn't want to drop to a D would be willing to go to a C? I'll just leave him if he's good there though.
I mean the next character I had in mind (Faaaar in the future) was just going to glow in the dark, so I don't think I'm one of those powerful people xD

no that's ok, C is within our target range so ur good


also @Crimrose idk, its ur builds so i wouldn't be able to say


but yea, given there is a ranking system, people will be stronger than others and it will be generally unbalanced. That's why only the best written S rank characters are accepted. It's not like our gates are closed entirely, it's just going to take a hell of a lot to squeeze through them

 

[Guilded Clover]

@Swoob Would you like me to change my character to C rank?

 

[Swoob]

@Swoob[/URL] Would you like me to change my character to C rank?

If you would like to, it would be preferred. This stuff is an encouragement, not a decree


also side note have we RPed together at all before? ur name looks familiar but idk where i saw it (my old username is Swimswamswom btw)

 

[Guilded Clover]

If you would like to, it would be preferred. This stuff is an encouragement, not a decree
also side note have we RPed together at all before? ur name looks familiar but idk where i saw it (my old username is Swimswamswom btw)

We have! But I forgot what roleplay it was. I think we were in two together, but I know we were both in one together.

 

[Suzuki Mine]

[/casually works on potential future characters in the background]

 

[D. Rex]

Beckett, V.

• Heroism
• Statistics

• Aspect	Scale
  COUR	?????????	05
  ALTR	?????????	02
  ORDR	?????????	03
  KIND	?????????	03
  PRCT	?????????	05
  DIPL	?????????	06

• Aspect	Scale
  HLTH	?????????	01
  STRN	?????????	01
  DEFN	?????????	03
  AGLT	?????????	02
  INTL	?????????	03
  WILL	?????????	06

• General
• Appearance
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers
• Gallery

• Full Name
  
  Victoria Beckett
  
  Nicknames
  
  Vicky
  
  Codename
  
  ---
  
  Gender
  
  Female
  
  Age
  
  17
  
  Rank
  
  
  C
  
  
  Limiter
  
  Active, Level 3
  
  Role
  
  Student
  
  
• Race
  
  Caucasian
  
  Hair
  
  Black
  
  Eyes
  
  Formerly Hazel, now they are likely assumed to be dark purple. It is kind of hard to check.
  
  Height
  
  5'10"
  
  Figure
  
  Mesomorphic
  
  Notes
  
  Her limiter makes it look like she is wearing a VR headset.
  
  
• (+) Sensible
  
  
  Vicky has always had a good head on her shoulders, and this hasn't changed. She is not a genius, and isn't some sort of special analyst, but she does have keen enough mind to use what she does know to good effect.
  
  
  Self-Conscious
  
  
  Victoria has always been aware of who she was and what she is capable of, and does well in keeping herself grounded. Though while she does not hold herself to the standards of others... she does have standards of her own. The manifestation of her powers left plenty for her to be conscious of. Plenty for her not to like.
  
  
  Vigilant
  
  
  No. She is no hurry to go out and save the day. She is, however fairly observant. Question everything and be skeptical. Though not paranoid, she will be quick to frown upon things that make little sense or look to be a threat. Perhaps this comes with her being a bit judgemental. Though normally a bit more passive, this new environment is discomforting. Not to mention, she does need to maintain an awareness of her surroundings.
  
  
  (-) Disgruntled
  
  
  The sudden change of her lifestyle has left her understandably frazzled. Furthermore, she never did have a fondness for supers. Still doesn't. Now add limitations galore and an ugly TV she has to strap to her head. These are just superficial, and she is hardly the worst off as far as Supers go. The deeper issue being great she hasn't quite come to terms with this yet. Vicky can often times get snappy or seem standoffish when it starts to weigh on her.
  
  
  History
  
  
  Victoria came from a nice and happy and stable family, and she lived quite the normal life, having your normal ups and your normal downs. In fact, she was doing quite swell. She was making good grades and planned to go to college, she had many friends and a handsome boyfriend, she was learning to drive and had just gotten a first job that paid more than minimum wage. As per many super stories, this would all change.
  
  
  It had been a rough week, she hadn't been feeling well and her optical migraines had become quite frequent. She was sixteen and was taking the final tests of the school year. In the classroom, as another migraine decided to plague her, it was all she could do to rub her eyes and try to see as she pushed through... and then it came out of nowhere as she looked up to see what time it was. The clock then just disappeared as the beam forcefully and painfully erupted from her eyes...It had happened so fast that she barely knew what happened. She could barely see. There was destruction and debris and screams. Someone had tackled her, she was pretty sure it was the teacher, and she could remember seeing the sky. It wasn't but half a minute later that she blacked out. When she came to, she is in some facility, with some contraption on her head, and though she couldn't see, she could hear her parents talking in the next room.
  
  
  Thankfully it had been a relatively small school, and nobody had gotten killed (Though there were quite a few injuries). The school, however, was as they said "cut in half"... Needless to say, her life changed from there and not necessarily in the best of ways. They kept her there at the facility for about a week, running tests and helping her adjust to the limiter. They suggested her being transferred to an AEGIS training facility nearby in Baltimore (To be honest she doubted she had much choice). Her parents, though troubled, where as supportive as they always were. Over the next few months, they sold their home and moved to Baltimore, enrolling Victoria into Facility 108.
  
  
  Victoria's mind went to a slightly darker place. She didn't want to be a monster. She didn't want to be disabled. She was told it wasn't her fault and that it was just something she was born with... as if that mattered to her. She doesn't like supers... she doesn't like losing her old life... doesn't like being virtually blinded...doesn't like all this government involvement... and she doesn't like having to wear that thing on her head. Then there is that whole rating and ranking system...
• Other Character's Name
  
  
  ---
• Main Power
  
  
  Optic Energy Blasts - Though perhaps not technically accurate, this ability is frequently called "Laser Vision" by many. She has heard many debate whether it is akin plasma or a sort of energy, what she does know is that when she opens her eyes a beam is emitted with a penchant of being quite destructive to whatever it makes contact with. The beam is wide and "raw", as she currently seems to be unable to bring herself to focus it. Thankfully this means it will dissipate at a certain distance. It is capable of punching through stone and steel, and what the initial blast doesn't immediately break, it would eventually burn through.
  
  
  • Energy Resistance: To put it simply, without this, her head might explode when she closes her eyes. Her body seems to have developed a natural resistance to many forms of energy. While not entirely immune to energy that is not her own, she is much more resilient against other sorts than that of the normal human.
    
  • Energy Generation: All that energy has to come from somewhere. This may not give her an unlimited pool of energy to fire from, but it is what overcomes the law of the Conservation of Energy and Mass.
    
  
  
  Limitations
  
  
  • Always Active: Vicky seems to lack the ability to consciously control her ability apart from closing her eyes. This leads to many obvious and dangerous problems, and requires her to where a limiter all of the time.
    
  • Exhaustion: The energy does not seem to come free, and it certainly does not seem to be efficient. Should she release the energy for too long, she will weaken and tire until she collapses.
    
  • Vision Problems: While wearing the limiter, her vision suffers. Namely her peripheral vision takes a major blow. This is tolerable given the alternative, without the limiter, every movement of her eyes changes the direction of the beam meaning that she can not look around freely without risking serious collateral damage. So unless she wants to destroy her surroundings when she is not wearing the limiter, she more or less has to walk around blind.
    
  
  
  
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[D. Rex]

Alrighty! I got a rough draft up. I still got to work on the traits though. Any constructive criticisms so far?


Edit: And will flesh out history and a few other details too.

 

[Gus]

As for how far this catastrophic destruction can go, think of the already accepted S rank characters. Red can freely manipulate metal (think about it) and coat his body in it. Riley can generate any drug/chemical, not only giving her a near-immortal body but she can choose to enhance any aspect of herself far beyond human capability by creating the right substance. Mallory is completely immovable and can literally overpower any object in existence. Dante, though he is out of the roleplay now, could go into an unstoppable demonic form.
These people are not only capable of mind-blowing destruction and fatalities, but it is also nearly impossible to stop them (tho I have my plans; wound transfer is a pretty flexible power <.< >.>). When a character is so powerful that most A class supers would simply fall to their knees and accept imminent death, they're an S rank.

I also would think of the potential accidents (or deliberate terrorist amplifications if an S class is captured and experimented on) Allen could turn the whole world to Borg, because his hive mind, at least in principle, could infect others. I suppose bugs could do that, but it is hard to see how. Mallory, in addition to being able to literally erase from existence anything he can get his hands around, is not currently absorbing the whole planet for reasons nobody understands. If whatever balance between dark matter and dark energy is holding him in check were to be upset, it is possible he could destroy the planet immediately. Hell if somebody mind controlled him into tunneling into the sun, that would be all she wrote for the entire solar system. As for Red, earth has an iron-nickle core about a hundred miles in diameter. Pull that to the surface and you'd get an earthquake capable of liquefying the crust of the whole planet. Riley, if tampered with could convert the entire atmosphere to, say, methane, inside of a year. Inside of a month, the runaway greenhouse effect alone would be game over. Dante, could have maybe gone world war hulk, but honestly always struck me as class A, as described. Torrent seemed like maybe she belonged in S, given the potential for tidal waves and such. I could also make an argument for Kyle Keysor and Klaus Von Scheiffer being S. Most classic hero concepts belong in A or B though. I could do Cap as a C. Spidey is a solid A. daredevil is a C. (Heck, Chris K basically IS daredevil with a bonus power of vision.) Cyclops is A or even B. Phoenix is S, but jean grey is An A at best. Supes is S. Hulk. Maybe Thor, maaaaaybe Thing? But could do either justice with A.


A is insanely powerful. My first submission (who was rejected for potential time paradoxes) was basically 'the flash' and he was class C. A gives you points enough to hit 'category nine' in two stats, if you are willing to be below average in two. Category nine is 'off the scale' powerful. S only gets you three extra points, so it really comes down to "could you be the macguffin in a plot to end all life on the planet?" I think the hive concept is reeeeeeeeally cool, but if the Human Torch can end your world domination plot with a single nova blast and no help from the rest of the FF, you are A, not S.