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Akina Tokuwa

PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:25 pm


Alright, LokisRose! You asked for critique, which means I am going to pick apart your senshi concept. Some of these notes will just be my opinions.

HERE WE GO:

As far as the sphere goes, I tend to be prickled by ones that sound modern, even if they aren't. Coffee has existed since before the Middle Ages so it meets shop requirements to be a viable sphere. However, I think calling it something like Senshi of Coffea (the berry that coffee is derived from) would sound better. Since Coffea would involve the beans as opposed to the coffee product derived by them, her casting acting could involve smashing them or something. I don't know. These are just my thoughts. There is nothing wrong with coffee as a sphere; I'm just waxing on about it.

Instead of going with rounds/posts for your duration, I would just list the amount of time instead.

I think the idea of her attack being an agility/alertness buffer is a good one. The dice roll to determine which "round" the muscle tremors hit in will probably be too complicated. You should probably just leave that up to other players to determine. I think her eternal attack is very cool!

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Subamara is putting her own energy into her boost attacks, so the real 'number of uses' limit is down to how much coffee she's consumed before going into battle. It shouldn't usually be a problem, but coffee-deprived Subamara won't be as effective in battle. (EDIT: er. I just noticed the knight stuff. This point can be removed if it's too close to the knight faction's 'energy cost'.) She cannot use her attacks on herself.


I would delete this as it doesn't follow the rules for senshi magic. What she does as a civilian should have no bearing on her powers when in henshin.

edit -- Whoops. Ryu pointed out that I typed 'cacao' which actually makes chocolate, not coffee. The dangers of critting late at night! Coffea is actually the source material for coffee. SORRY. But again, the 'Coffea' v. 'Coffee' thing is really just an opinion of mine for you to consider!
PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:14 pm


Thank you for your assistance, Akina! (And thanks Ryu for reading it too!) smile

Attacks: Yay, I'm so glad this progression's going to work!
Mechanics simplified, and all times now in seconds. I've removed the problem paragraph entirely - I only put it there to limit her a little. If necessary, I can mess with her durations or number of uses instead.


Sphere: No worries at all. I admit, I read you crit before you edited and had to actually run to google to make sure - and I think that's why Coffea is not going to work as a sphere name: most people know what plant grows chocolate, but have no idea what grows coffee. Coffea just looks like a typo to me. sweatdrop All the older/other culture names are pretty similar to coffee/caffe, just odd spellings. Caffeine is even more modern-sounding, and Coffee Beans would be kind of limiting the sphere too much, I think, even though it would be more natural-sounding. And it isn't really more natural, since there is so much drying/processing to get to the coffee bean itself, even if the whole process doesn't need high tech to do. (The actual natural bit is a red berry with the 'bean' inside. Which you can eat, but I guess it doesn't taste that great.)

I totally understand where you're coming from, and it's something I've worried over, but I think it only seems modern because it's so essential to our modern lives. Historically, it's kind of always been the 'modern' drink: it's been religious, banned, associated with rebellions and with scholars, and currently is a huge part of world economies.

I'd be happy to assume Asteroid Subamara was a newer culture in the Moon Kingdom, or have a more Arabic-themed uniform than the design I've put up, to match with the earliest references to the sphere. I'm totally okay with other Senshi going 'what, seriously?!' if they ever meet my girl. I know it's a bit of a silly sphere, but I love it.

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Akina Tokuwa

PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 1:45 pm


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