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That link for 'shuko' doesn't work, Care-bear D:

@Heartless - Well, for one, it's Radiant Garden, not Beautiful Garden. However, the main flaw here is that your bio says you were eleven when the Heartless attacked, and that you are 21. The problem with that is the Heartless only invaded 4 years ago- not 10. As such, you would either have been 17 when they attacked, or you'd be 15 now. Personally? I would go with 17 when they attacked, because Nomura has told us Nobodies don't age, meaning you'd look permanently 11 years old... xDDD


@Bard-

Wordsmith- The only issue I see is how you and the others traveled around. Gummi's only came into existence within the past 4 years. However, I will PM you some... ideas.

Kuroda- Approved (I think, I sort of lost focus so I'll go over it one more time in a little bit)


@Aldrick- Kellan approved. Nymira approved.


@Sousei- Edgelock mostly approved, though you still need to fill in some of the upper information. Also, you don't really need to list Samurai's Edge and Shinobi's Agility as passives, considering those would just be Strengths of the classes. The only reason you'd have to list those is if it's to take those strengths even FURTHER than those with the Samurai/Ninja classes.

Fixed the traveling error as per our discussion Sory and added it as a support ability.

Rasxa, Wordsmith, and Cornelius approved.

I'd like to petition for a few changes to Alan's profile . . .

First, I'd like to take a weakness to the Poison element and to the Charm status effect in exchange for a resistance to the Darkness element (a byproduct of Phoenix's purification magic) and the Auto-KO status effect.

I'd also like to make several changes to my limit breaks:

I'd like to remove Triplecast and Quadracast. I still like the idea of composite magic, but I have other limit ideas and would rather not spend slots on largely redundant abilities. Since it's no longer part of a progression, I'd like to change the name of Doublecast to Composite Spell.

Since Rebirth Destiny was created before the official list of status enhancements was posted, I'd like to make some changes: instead of granting Manaspring (which isn't on the list), could it instead restore MP to full upon activation and grant Faith? Also, it should probably have a turn limit. Is 5 turns fair?'

Level 3 Limit Break will just be forfeit for a stat upgrade.

New level 5 Limit Break: Ars Purificare - The greatest purification magic in Phoenix's secret arts. Forces one target Alan can touch into their own soul wherein they are forced to confront their own sins. The target disappears from the material world whilst under the effects of this spell, and cannot be harmed, aided, or interrupted by any external power. The target's sins manifest and attack in a manner that cannot be ignored, but that otherwise varies from person to person. It is, however, always life-threatening. Even if the target's experience takes a benign form such as a polite conversation over tea, they are aware that their very life hangs in balance. This is true purification magic - sins that are successfully confronted in this strange alternate world will be truly purified. If the target fails, they are returned to the spot where they disappeared, wrecked and quite possible dead. This spell has no effect on creatures who lack hearts and/or souls.

If Alan ever uses the Ars Purificare , he must atone for his arrogance by facing it himself within a day or lose access to Phoenix Arcanum forever.

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Also, a note on how I imagine the experience of having purification magic cast on oneself, since it's a part of Alan's skillset that I intend to have become increasingly central:

Artificial purification (such as through the Purify/Purifa/Purifaga chain) removes impurities in the heart and soul, but, as Sory noted, not the mind. The patterns of thought and behavior that led to the presence of sin are still in place even if the sin itself is removed. Left to their own devices, targets of these spells will more often than not simply proceed to drive up their 'sin count' again. Evil people are still evil. Et cetera.

What it does do, on a phenomenological level, is produce in its targets an incredible sort of clarity - hesitation, confusion, and that vague sickly feeling you get in the back of your head and throat when something you can't quite put your finger on just doesn't sit well with you simply seem to crumble and fall away. It's not entirely dissimilar to the sensation of being drunk, but without the loss of control or acuity. Once the pain dies down, it's actually incredibly ecstatic - it's the emotional impact of days or months of meditation or prayer packed into a single instant.

It's pretty much the nicest way to attack someone ever. Abusing it, though, is probably bad for the person in the long run. (Ironically enough, I'm pretty sure abusing purification spells counts as a sin.)

Ars Purificare, on the other hand, actually forces its target to confront their sin in all respects - mind as well as soul and heart. You effectively can't survive without either pulling some kind of ridiculous shenanigans or growing as a person.

It occurs to me that I probably should have put this last part somewhere other than the character audition thread, but I'm not sure where.

For the purposes of the RP, yeah, I'm defining sin as (a) lingering darkness in one's heart, or (b) an action or behavior that results in an increase in the darkness, especially in one's own heart. It's not the definition I would prefer to use, but I'm trying not to rock the metaphysical boat of the RP too much. I'm using 'impurities' here more or less synonymously with sin, which is I guess technically inaccurate, strictly speaking. Unless, that is, we take the light to be the heart's true essence.

If a person literally had absolutely no light in their heart, what I said about phenomenology wouldn't apply, though it would still do damage. No reason it wouldn't. The Purify line works/does damage by burning away darkness/sin. The bit about how it would feel was just me trying to imagine how it would affect a person's behavior in the aftermath. It's a byproduct of the spell, not the spell itself.

Do the replicas really have no light whatsoever though? I understand that they start with only bad memories, but it seems to me that unless there's something very fundamentally not human about you, just living as a person is going to introduce light into your heart. . .



Hmm . . . yeah, okay, I'll admit that I didn't think through that ability enough. I left it amorphous on purpose but I really should have thought about win conditions. Strike it for now, I guess. I'll think on it some more. I've got three levels, anyway.

As for status effect resistance . . . I guess I'll go with stun.

Spoiler Correction: [Sources of Unversed are not themselves considered to be Unversed. Unversed are raw emotions wrapped in coagulated darkness. Vanitas and the Replicas are simply beings with hearts that lack light.]

EDIT: Also, adding 3 new styles to Core's Mugenken

Backhanded Style- Core wields a single katana backhand. Used for speed, agility, and hard-to-predict attacks, but his ability to guard is reduced.

Twin Backhanded Style- Core wields two katana backhand, one in each hand. Used for speed, agility, and numerous attacks, but his ability to guard is reduced.

Twin Half-Back Style- Core wields two katana, one forehand and one backhand. Used to reduce the weaknesses of both forehand and backhand styles, though the strengths of both styles are reduced as well.

Keyblade Name: Lunar Blossom
Keyblade Description/Picture:
Pro: Specializes in magic and has a relatively high defense.
Con: Not an attack oriented keyblade, so it has a short reach and isn't ideal for attacking.
Keyblade Ability: The Lunar Blossom has the ability to create protective barriers, such as: Shell, Protect and Reflect.

As a Keyblade applicant, you will need to answer the following:

Why was your character chosen to wield a keyblade? Suzu wants the power to prevent any world from ever getting attacked again. As she knows the sorrow of seeing the destruction of the heartless firsthand.

Why does your character wield that particular keyblade? Because of her want to defend her world and the family she loves. She realizes that she doesn't quite seek the strength to take vengence on people as much as she seeks the strength to protect her loved ones from harm.