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*rubs back of head*

Yeaaahhhhh.... When your dealing with a rapier and trying to take someone out, your best bet is go for the vitals if you can, quick in and out stab.

Maybe if you can get a stab in the neck a twist out to the side, hopefully slicing the jugular vein on the way out.

But a hit to the center mass?

That'd work if you were doing a bout and were scoring hits. But a rapier blade is too damn thin to do much damage even if it doesn't get stuck on a rib in the way in.Yes a stab in the heart is gonna ******** you up and is fatal, but not an instant death that you'd be looking for.

A rapier is good for slowly destroying a foe. Tendons, shallow wounds, a stab in the lungs perhaps. Not so much for finishing moves.

I actually really have to re-read your two's fight when the thread opens back up.

I've seen you two go at it over the years with others. Even if he didn't get the weapon, it'll probably be one of the best fights this year.

Ahhh.... like I thought.

*nods*

That invalidates my arguement entirely. But that was to be expected. We are talking about you here.

As to Morphic materials... s**t where do I start?

The number one problem I have with them is the energy issue. Your transforming a material from one state into another. Take a look at a Melting temperature table for ANY metal besides Mercury. You have to get it up to at least 400 degrees F before any of them really change state, sometimes up into the low thousands up into the low THREE thousands.

I leave out Mercury because it's the Devils Metal... that s**t is wack Bro.

To change the state of a metal, you have to expend one s**t ton of energy.

Lets say your entire arm is made from Astral Crystal. Which has the strength of highgrade steel but the flexibility of processed rubber.

You want to have some clue of exactly how much Astral energy you'd have to be using to change that form from soft to hard and move it all over your body?

1 calorie will raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius.

So looking at an EXTREMELY rough idea of the math.

The standard arm weighs about 3.216kg give or take 0.464kg.

Take that and say multiply it by just 400 degrees.Extreme Low end of changing the state of a metal. If it was actually made of even Brass you'd have to raise it's temperature into the mid 900-1000 degree's celius. That's not enough enough to melt ******** Zinc.

So your looking at least having to burn through 1200 "Astral" calories just to change it's state. How many bloody times you think you could do that s**t and survive?

Oh wait...Kcals are what they measure food in. So you'd have to change the math slightly.

1 Kcal will raise the temperature of 1 KG of water 1 degree.

Not so much the math, but the correct symbols.

I apologize.

Another thing about the way Tres's abilities work, is that...Tres's own mental energy is inherent in the formation of those astral constructs. Those materials are held together and in existence by Tres's imagination. The astral material merely forms the volume of what is essentially a mesh made up of mental energy.

So that why its so easy for him to shape that particular material, as an metacreative psion.

Tres's body has mutations that support his psionic power.

Tres's body processes metabolic energy more efficiently than a human beings to form the pool of psionic energy within his mind that he uses to manifest psionic ability.

Tres's metacreative abilities in particular are strengthened by Tres's psychological delusion. Often times, rather than accepting Tres's reality he lies to himself to maintain his ego...which also has an effect on his abilities but his ego is mainly what lies at the core of his psychometabolic abilities.

Its the reason why Tres's self confidence is tied directly to his health.

Oh I'm sure there are. But does that mean that I'm going to nitpick through yours or anyones profile to point them out?

And you've kinda just proven my bloody point about Morphic materials.

You had no clue about the math, probably some vague idea on the energy usage... but mainly you handicapped yourself because it MADE DAMN GOOD ROLEPLAYING.

That it offers your character a bit of realism is secondary to the discussion.

You are one of the very very few who use Morphic materials in a fashion that is at least believable on a basic level.

It's actually kind of scary, in it's own way.

Anyone else would play Tres to his strengths and damn the consequences. I admire you in that respect at least.

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Alright you can stop proving my point now.

I've really got to remember not to stroke your ego so much.

In any matter, I use a variation of Tres' psychological delusion myself for Zantara. Except in Zantara's case it's taken to a bit more of an extreme. He has basically a constant Iron Mind in place because of his Sense of Self.

He believes only what his senses can tell him all combined. He can not be changed in form except by God-like or artifact level powers against his will. He can not be phased by illusions unless they are perfect in all senses. If he doesn't believe that a sword will wound him, his very body will fight against that reality hardening his scales.

At his peak, he could walk through flames and not get burned by the sheer power of his belief. He believes in one thing and one thing only.... that HE is himself and only he can change that.

He's nowhere near that these days because of IC plot growth, but it is canon.

Also, armor. If the kid had good armor, that would edge it in his favor. Dunno. Didn't read fight.

What do you want to pick my mind about?