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Finally thought of my non-combative talent! This talent will *not* immediately come into play, even if approved, as some drawbacks of this talent have already been shown in the RP with the Anima and his Exodus but the benefits (once again, ONLY if approved) have not come to be yet and will be RPed in, in ways that are most likely embarassing to Kinetav and hilarious to us twisted

RPC Name: Kinetav Erth'azar (Kine)
RPC Rank: Adept

Combative Talent or Non Combative: Non Combative

Talent Name: Intwining of the Souls

Description: Edge's evolution has taken some odd twists along the way, the Exodus physically fusing itself with Kinetav in a few various aspects that cause obvious drawbacks as well as benefits.

Drawbacks: Every time that the Anima recalls a memory from one of the souls in his Exodus, Edge's voice begins to physically intwine itself with that of Kinetav, giving his voice a hollow, noticeable twin voice for 2 posts. Every time that Kinetav thirsts for a soul or is angry/upset with anything or anyone, tendrils of blood red, just like the color in Edge, will begin to crawl into his right eye and will remain for 2 posts. Whether these conditions change to 3 posts or stay just as they are in the RP is yet to be determined depending on the power of the souls in Edge (aka if he takes a master's soul or above at any point or possibly even when he becomes a master himself and Edge grows with him, these drawbacks might go to 3 posts a piece. Your thoughts on this would be much appreciated). This causes drawbacks because it becomes easy to tell just what his intentions are or that something is up with the Anima, both foe and friend able to read him alike. It causes his true nature to be more easily exposed as well... both of these drawbacks would also occur right after a transformation into another soul's form.

Benefits: Kinetav can use the souls inside of Edge (current and future) to create generic or specific disguises of difference races and both sexes. This ability takes one post to prepare, and the disguise forms on the second post. To specify, Kinetav will be able to mimic any race and sex of any NPC or RPC that he slays using Edge of trainee or higher. If he killed a Draconian male, then he could transform into a draconian male, but not a female draconian, so on so forth. He can mimic personality, looks to a precise point, touch, and voice. He cannot mimic aura color or smell, and Edge can transform into a weapon that the race would more likely use but it has to keep its core the same. For non-OP purposes, the races he can only meld to (for now) are the basic humanoid and a humanoid with long ears like below:



((Am I going to transform Kinetav into Charlie Sheen? Nah, no thank you. Did I get tired of searching for a Human Necromancer picture and went the hilarious route with a sample of Charlie Sheen instead? Duh....he's winning rofl ))

After much debate, it has been decided to add in a few things to this talent and just resubmit it now instead of later. Clauses to be added:

This talent does not change the appearance of armor. Fake armor plates or a cloak will be used in order to hide his true armor underneath it, or the armor itself will be taken off.

The weapon *is* able to change the color of the metal blade that it is using, but the core's color nor shape may be changed. Most of the time, this Exodus will most likely be hiding under the cloak and of course at Expert Rank, underneath his armor at all times.

Since touch *can be mimicked*, he can mimick the feel of a small breasted woman in situations that call for it... at least the upstairs part. As for the downstairs, kinda impossible to hide it, but if a character dives for his crotch it'll be just that much more funny.

While disguised as a soul, the current soul's memories, Kinetav's memories, and Edge's sight do not trigger the Hollow Voice Effect. Digging into a soul other than the one he is disguised as for a memory will trigger the Hollow voice effect. Anger will effect the Anima based on a D20 roll should he be angered by any person 2 posts in a row (first post, he shrugs it off. if that same person angers him again next post, it's a D20 roll. 11 and higher, his anger is in check and he can shrug it off permanently. 10 and under, and the red tendrils creep into his right eye and linger for 3 posts).

This talent *is* somewhat progressive. Upon reaching master level himself or the acquiring of a soul that is master rank or above, both the drawbacks and benefits get slightly better/worse. The drawback is that both the Hollow voice effect and eye effect linger for 3 posts. The benefit is that the aura of the disguised soul is mimicked too, making smell the only thing that he cannot mimic. This makes him able to trick anyone who cannot keenly smell him or do not have Sense Soul.

Rpc Name: Tombz
Rpc Profile Link: http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?page=1&t=22152823#319742535
Your Customs Thread: http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=21947321
Rpc Rank: Master

Combative Talent or Non Combative: Non

Talent Name: "It's my Body!"

Description: Tombz, in some weird instance managed a loop hole around the not using anything but blunt weapons and pole arms, by devising that he is a robot, and any blade, bullet, beam, etc. is apart of his body, or at least linked to it. The gods agree to such a thing only because of his race.

Skills: N/a

Rp Sample:
The head plant moved it's large tentacle over to Yensen to smash him against the wall. With the two plant holding him down, Yensen couldn't pull himself up on the platform. "You leave me no choice!!" he yelled, as 8 arms unfolded from underneath his jacket, 4 of which latched onto the platform, and the other 4 stopping the tentacle. Yensen began to rev the prop rippers in his legs, lifting himself into a spin and cutting the tentacles. Finally free, he slipped onto the 6th floor, and began to climb onto the 7th. The two plant walker lost part of their tentacle arms but still latched onto the wall with roots. The other plant walker that Yensen cut was still moving up after him. Still having one good tentacle, it used it to wrap around on his leg. The head plant moved it's tentacle not to Yensen this time, but above him. The large and heavy tentacle swept downward to swat Yensen off the wall Yensen clung to the floor using the octo arms. He leaned down and held his arm over the side, cutting the arm, but catching it with his hand. With the free hand, he aimed at the walker, and let off a horrible cloud of fire from his arm, after letting it go. He then turned his attention back to the head plant. He grappled the 7th floor, and began to climb up. He was sure his plan would still work.

Hey there smile Nice to meet you, I'm one of the Vice Captains here who's been away for some time but is coming back more and more. Talents are not one of the areas that I have jurisdiction of, but I wished to give my non-official analysis and advice smile

I personally like your talent, but I'm afraid that it is certainly combative in nature as you are speaking of dodging ranged and melee attacks. With the current battle system, I think it'd take a little more tweaking as such speed boosts would temporarily push her into a whole new speed class for dodging attacks. Keep working with it tho, and you'll get it smile

As for your skill, I agree that you can find locations through pulses of energy. Contents of a box, not so much as the energy would have to bounce off the objects similar to echo-location, right? And is your character technically "focusing" to the point where she cannot attack or dodge during it?

--Verideathul

Sounds good to me. Can't wait to see it reapplied for and all -- I do have one more big question though. I wouldn't really recommend a blind Kiranu, as magical attacks and footsteps can be silent and she has no form of True Sight like the Seers.

Are you prepared for a challenge such as this?

1. Deliberate min / maxing in your character's creation is not allowed. I apologize, and this is something that we need to indicate in the first post for talents and in character creation rules but we've got alot going on and so word of mouth will have to do until then :-/ To clarify, min / maxing is the deliberate minimizing of a character's weaknesses, while maximizing their strengths. In this particular instance, this is where the issues are:

- Dark Avengers must have an inherent weakness to bright and light related abilities. This talent is made with the intention of removing that weakness from her character, in addition to addressing others.

- Elsbeth is described as a character whose strengths are in meticulous planning that culminates in a one-shot ability. For one, while one hit kill abilities are not entirely prohibited (as stacking of skills and buffs will usually make for very powerful combinations), the biggest weakness of such a strength would be that should the one shot fail, the consequence is having to cope with it missing and Elsbeth exposing herself, thus putting her in harm's way.

- With her speed of 9, this talent guarantees her a full speed class jump to dodge all attacks, regardless of ranged or melee attacks. This ability has no cooldown or balancing attributes that serve to counteract how lopsided her skills then become when she's able to execute an insta-kill and also escape the majority of counter-attacks made against her. As a Dark Avenger, mobility and speed are already her strength, and this talent would further improve this strength with a permanent passive boost to 11 / 12 speed in regards to combat. As Speed is most important in regards to combat, it is the greatest selective speed boost a character can get. In conjunction with a Dark Avenger's abilities to slow and afflict their targets with status effects, this further increases the advantage it provides her against all manner of fighters.

- She receives a bigger boost to dodging ranged attacks than characters that can not only see, but hear and prepare for them. Your argument that magic and other ranged attacks can be loud is valid, but not universal. The aspects of magic and magical abilities in Rykros are extremely varied, and not all of them require spoken word or make sounds. Additionally, having exceptional hearing is different from having powers of tremorsense, sonar or other magical senses. It can determine the distance from which a shot from a firearm or bow may be fired, but it does not grant prescience, the ability to move more quickly in bullet time, or the ability to pinpoint who the target of the ranged attack is unless without use of her energy wave ability - one that offers no combat benefits and ends without residual effects if combat begins.

- She also receives the same against melee attacks, despite being blind. Where being blind would inherently disadvantage a character in these respects, a Blind Fighting talent like this does not necessarily put a blind character with trained hearing at a greater advantage than others. It allows them to compete with characters that are skilled at fighting and also have sight, and gives them the advantage of being able to fight in the dark or other visually obstructive environments, or through other status-affecting abilities that would otherwise blind them.

While I hope this feedback doesn't dishearten you, I want to make you aware that Talents are without question the most time consuming part of a character's creation [and at times the most frustrating]. Everyone has great ideas, and because talents are so intrinsic to not only that character's life, but all others, it's imperative that they are all adjusted to not only give the player the flavor and benefits they want their character to have, but also ensuring that they are fair, balanced and not providing an edge greater than that provided in other talents. I really appreciate your patience, understanding and cooperation regarding this.

This does not mean your talent is denied, but it does require you be willing to make large changes to get it approved. For one, the boost to dodge any ranged or melee attacks can be no greater than +1 as a Passive Ability. Anything higher must be an active ability that requires energy per turn to use, with a maximum number of continuous posts it can be active for and a cooldown for the abilities use.

Additionally, this talent cannot minimize her weakness against light based abilities that are considered divine, or normally regarded as blinding. The effects of being struck by such an ability are not limited to sight - it disorients the character, which also impacts all senses and the characters sense of direction.

I will leave it at that to allow you to make your own comments, and for Verideathul to make comments of his own. Don't be shy with questions, but please be respectful and cognizant that this is not a personal attack against you, your creativity, imagination or character.

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