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Lightning Blade
Fast, Precise, unpredictable
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This style was created by Dante for multiple reasons. The man was a trickster, but he always had loved swordplay with a greatsword. The only problem with this was the fact that most greatsword styles are based around slow, powerful attacks. Or wielding the swords in a dual stance. While the cutting power in these styles are good, they are too slow and easily countered. Many greatsword users die because their sword was just a fraction of a second too slow. Dante's style is the exact opposite. This style is meant for precise and quick attacks by a large blade. It has little room for defense and is based almost solely upon the fact that Dante has rediculously quick reflexes and striking speeds thanks to his class. It builds upon this and is pretty much a weapon version of the wing chun style. This style is based around a trickster's speed, and as such it is critical the user be a trickster, for nobody besides a trickster can use this style (Besides weaponmasters). Everybody else swings much too slow, and doesn't have nearly a good enough reaction time for most of the style. If anybody else wishes to learn this style it must be taught to them personally by Dante. Besides the original passive, most of the style is heavily energy based. That's why most attacks say (requires energy).


Skills

Speed training
Rank: D
Description: This skill is based off of the trickster's speed training, in that the higher of a rank you are the faster your sword swings are, and the faster you can chain together strikes. This is the main reason most people can't learn this style, as it is a trickster based style. At trainee you are only a little faster than average, but by master your sword will start to be a blur.
Trainee: Slightly faster than the average swordsman
Novice: Faster than a skilled swordsman
Adept: Faster than a skilled dagger wielder
Master: Sword is now blurry when swinging, general outline of weapon is still visible
Sage: Sword is very blurry, no general outline

Lightning Draw
Rank: D
requires energy
limits: Requires greatsword to be sheathed on the wielder's back.
description: The first offensive skill of this style, The user focuses on drawing their sword as fast as they can. This is much like the katana version, except the sword has to be on the user's back. In a quick downwards slash, the time fram from the muscles clenching to start the slash all the way to the end of the slash is almost instantaneous.

Lightning Sheathe
Rank: C
requires: Expert rank, energy
description: Lightning sheathe is another good ability in this style, often chained together with lightning draw. This is a vertical slash upwards, ending with the sword immediately entering the sheathe. If chained with lightning draw, the combined strikes equal a B ranked attack.

Play Ball
Rank: C - S
requires energy
description: This skill is the only real defensive skill of the style. By turning the blade flat and swing it like a baseball bat, the user can deflect energy projectiles in the desired direction. This skill can deflect any energy projectiles equivelant of the energy used to cast it. It may not deflect actual projectiles though (Arrows, bullets, etc) only energy ones.

Precision strike
Rank: C
Description: This technique was designed to aid in taking down armored foes, and severely harming unarmored foes. In this skill the user will look for a weak point in the opponent's armor, (Or an artery for an unarmored opponent) and make a very quick and very surprise stab in the spot. The lethality of this skill makes it deal one rank higher in damage.

Lightning removal
Rank: B
description: One of the most debilitating skills of this style, it requires contact to be made with an opponent's blade. Once the two blades clash, the user will slide their blade down the length of the opponent's blade in a lightning fast fashion, turning their wrist at the last second so their blade passes the crossguard of the opponent and effectively lops off the enemy's hand. This skill is a good surprise maneuver.

Watch my back
Rank: B
requires: energy
description: This skill is used whenever somebody tries to attack Dante from behind. Instantly, the trickster will flip his blade so that the blade is facing him and stab backwards towards his chest, narrowly missing himself and impaling the enemy behind him. The reason this skill requires energy is because of how fast the reaction time of it is.

The Bermuda Triangle
Rank: B
Requires: Energy
Description: This skill is an interesting one. Basically, you swing your sword three times, once diagonally downwards to the left, once diagonally upwards towards the right, and directly across horizantally in the form of the triangle. However, this skill is performed so fast, only the first slash is seen. The other attacks can't be percieved by the eye because they were so fast.

Float Like a butterfly
Rank: A
description: This skill is one of the more useful and annoying skills of the style. It is used whenever an enemy comes at them with a quick flurrying combination of attacks. Dante will place the greatsword behind his back holding it with both hands, and begin ducking and dodging, jumping and sidestepping. Anything to avoid an attack. This skill can be used on any enemy of a speed equal or lower to him, and can't be used on single attacks. Only combinations.

Never back down
Rank: S
requires energy
description: In this skill, Dante will jump up and kick off of the opponent, flipping backwards and into the air before he starts slashing in a frenzied fashion at his target from the slight distance. The trick is, every single slash emits a crescent wave of extremely destructive energy. Each slash helps Dante stay in the air, and upon completion he will land back down onto the ground.

Trick Vengeance
Rank: SS
requires: energy
description: Probably the best skill in the lightning blade style, hell it's probably even the best trickster skill as well. For one post, Dante will charge energy into his body. During this post he can't use anything requiring energy. In the next post, Dante will perform a dash. However, this dash will be extremely different in comparison with a normal dash. Instead of stopping a few feet away from the target, the trickster will slash downwards with their greatsword and literally slash and dash through the target. This skill decimates most beings, but it can only be used once a month IRL. After using this skill all trickster skills will cost an extra rank in energy for the remainder of the fight, as this skill is extremely draining on one.

The Spartan's Right Hand
Defensive, Offensive, Well Balanced


Description:
This is a style designed around a well balanced and extremely lethal mix of offense and defense. This style heavily utilizes the spear and the shield, utilizing the shield protect the user and to keep close enemies at bay, and utilizing the spear to really go in for the kill and keep enemies at a distance. This style was particularly used by the fierce Legions of Kratos, who conquered many northeastern lands in ancient times. This style is very versatile to say the least, partially covering all ranges of combat, from short to long ranged. Many practitioners of the spear will take a liking to this style, as it doesn't require you to sacrifice defense for offense, as most spear styles usually require.


Skills

Crashing Waves
Rank: D
description: You bash your shield forward twice, really putting a lot of power and force into the second bash. The first bash is simply meant to stop an enemy's sword and push it off course, delaying their ability to pop back into a ready stance to defend or attack again. The second shield bash will send enemies with a strength rating lower than yours on tumbling backwards onto their a**. Anybody with a strength rating equal to or greater than yours will simply be sent staggering. After the second bash, you will do a lightning quick spin before stabbing your spear into your opponent, the momentum of the strike easily able to puncture thick steel.

Viper's Bite v1
Rank: D
description: You throw your spear in an extremely straight and accurate path. This attack speeds up the spear considerably, giving the spear the speed of an arrow. While the spear is extremely difficult to dodge in this stage, it is still possible if the opponent is very fast, with supernatural reflexes.

Cobra's Bite
Rank: D
description: The user ducks underneath a horizontal slashing or swinging attack, simaltaneously slamming the bottom lip of their shield down onto the toes of the opponent, breaking completely shattering the bones in the foot and making the opponent's guard open up. As soon as the opponent's guard opens (Because who wouldn't at least partially open their guard after having every bone in their foot smashed?) they stab the spear upwards into the target.

Python's Bite
Rank: C
Description: When confronted with a vertical slash, the user will move one foot behind the other and sidestep, shifting their center line and allowing the strike to move past their body by mere inches with their spear arm facing the target. They then stab their spear directly at the target in retaliation, attempting to run the enemy through while he is still completing the downwards slash.

Will Breaker
Rank: C
description: Useful when somebody swings a sword or other weapon at you. Instead of blocking the attack with your shield, you meet it with the shaft of your spear. When the weapons clash in the air you parry the enemy's weapon to either the left or to the right before stabbing forward. The parry will leave opponents who are not equipped with a shield or another weapon practically defenseless, as it leaves their entire body open to attack.

Disarming Strike
Rank: C
requires: energy
description: one of the first countering techniques in this style. You wait for the opponent to swing their weapon at you, before you augment your shield with energy and bash your shield directly at the weapon with such force it will disarm the enemy. You then stab your spear forward immediately after the shield bash in an attempt to impale the enemy.

Shield of The Epic
Rank: C
requires: energy
description: the user will charge energy into their shield, and they then thrust it forward towards the enemy and emit an extremely flashy and blinding white light from it. This will blind anybody looking at or towards the shield for the one whole post. This also enhances the durability of the shield for the post it was activated in.

Spear of The mighty
Rank: C
Requires: energy
description: The user will focus energy into the entire composition of their spear. After this is accomplished, they stab the spear forward in an attempt to impale the enemy. This technique is useful because of the fact that even if the enemy manages to jump backwards and dodge the spear tip, the spear grows rapidly to twice it's original length, impaling the enemy before reverting to it's original size. During this time, the spear will glow brightly, though not brightly enough to blind anybody.


Vault Kick
rank: C
description: you stab your spear into the ground, jumping into the air while still holding the shaft of the spear stuck in the earth, twirling yourself around the spear and kicking the opponent in the chest or face whilst spinning around the spear. This kick has enough momentum to break bones.
the kick looks like this... just with a spear. and without the retards

THIS IS SPARTA
Rank: B
description: this skill is the ultimate counter. First, you either wait for your opponent to swing their weapon at you, or to throw a punch at you. You then bash your shield out and sideways at their attack whilst taking a step forward. This will send an opponent wielding a weapon staggering off balance slightly and open for the next part of the attack. it will cause somebody punching the shield to stagger as well, with the additional affect of breaking their fist. For the next part of the skill the user will do a full frontal spartan kick, sending the enemy stumbling backwards, but not quite falling. Then for the closure of the skill the user will stab their spear forwards and impale the enemy straight through with the tip.

March of The Legion
Rank: B
requires: Energy
description: With this skill, every step you take is imbued with energy. These steps will cause tremors, which are very slight at first but will gain in strength with every step taken. They steadily gain in power up until the fifth step. For the fifth step however, you must use A ranked energy instead of B ranked energy at the beginning of the skill.
First step: very small tremor. Noticeable, but not very. Doesn't really affect anybody much.
Second step: a decent tremor, may cause somebody to stumble but not fall.
Third step: A very noticeable tremor. most humans will be knocked on the ground by the tremor.
Fourth step: Large tremor. All but the strongest opponents will be knocked on the ground by these tremors. (Opponents with a strength of 10 or higher)
Fifth step: The most powerful of the steps, this step will cause cracks in the ground and knock all enemies off of their feet.

Viper's Bite V2
Rank: A
Description: You throw your spear swiftly and accurately, just like with the last version of this skill. However, the speed of the spear is heightened considerably. The spear now moves with the speed of a bullet upon leaving contact with your hand. It's penetration power is heightened considerably, and can usually pierce through heavy armors and such.

The Buzz Saw
Rank: A
requires: Energy
Description: the user will coat their shield in energy before throwing the shield at an enemy,sending it flying towards them at the speed of an arrow. The energy coats the entire rim of the spear and makes it razor sharp to the touch. The shield will spin viciously with the properties of a buzz saw, it's energy augmented edges slicing through opponents as it makes contact. This attack can easily eviscerate heavily armored targets and cut through barriers up to it's rank. Any barriers that it doesn't manage to slice through it will usually leave heavily damaged and rather easy to break afterwards.

Shield Wall
Rank: S
requires: Energy
description: The ultimate defensive technique of this style, though despite it's rank it is performed fairly simply. The user will crouch behind their shield and march forward, spear tip bristling dangerously to the side of them much like any normal spartan taking apart in the shield wall. An invisible sphere of energy forms around the user, blocking them from all attacks of the shield walls rank. Now the reason the shield wall is the most powerful defensive technique in a spartan's repitoire is because for every spartan partaking in shield wall, the cost is divided between them. So let's say there are two spartans taking part in the shield wall. Each of them will only have to pay half of the energy cost, thus a full S rank energy is being payed to sustain the wall.

Strength In Numbers
rank: S
description: This skill is only really useful if the spartan is in a group of people. Basically what it does is raise everybody in the groups speed and strength by one for every member in the group. Practically useless by itself, with a few allies this skill could help turn the tides of battle. As one could imagine, due to the high energy cost of this skill it won't be useful at all unless the user finds themself to be part of a particularly large combat group, which is highly unlikely at best.

RPC Name: Greed ((Even though none of this is relevant))
Rank: Expert
Class: Berserker mayne
Element: Fire and electricity
Weapon/Armor name:

Greed's ring



Type & Material: It's a ring, crafted out of 24 karat gold and a large faceted and flawless ruby.

Description: Greed's ring ironically enough, isn't even Greed's ring. It's actually his birthday present for Alex that he intends to to give to her. The metallic band and setting are both crafted out of finely worked twenty four karat gold, and the ruby in the setting is rather large, and glimmers in even the smallest amount of light. The ruby matches the default tone of the diabolus's eyes perfectly. However, there is more to the ring than meets the eye of course. While it may appear to just be a pretty little gift, Greed trapped a certain trait from the diabolus into the ring; and that is their inherent defense. Whenever somebody wears this ring, they have a damage reduction of -1 from all attacks. It also reduces the amount of energy required to make defenses and barriers by one rank. And the last edition of the ring is that if the wearer is ever in any sort of imminent danger, then Greed will know about it as soon as it starts happening. Besides these small boosts, the ring offers little else in terms of special properties. It is simply meant to help keep her safe, not as a method of attack.

Abilities:

stated in the description

Raziel's Codex
This is the place where I get bored as ******** and make random monster ideas. Don't judge me, it's my customs locker. >.>

Will be adding more to the list, but here's one to start.
((U/C))
Chimerite

Rank: B - S
Strength: 7 (S ranked version is 11)
Speed: 10 (S ranked version is 14)
description: The chimerite is pretty much the evolved version of the original chimera. While not as strong in terms of rank, where the Chimerite excels is it's intelligence. A far cry from it's rather dull ancestor, the chimerite swiftly adapts to situations at a rate far faster than normal predatory animals would be able to. The thing about the chimerite that makes it so hard to kill is the fact that it has three brains. One of these brains is located in the goat like head, where a brain would typically be. The second one is located behind the lion like chest face, deep in it's chest protecting it from harm. The final brain is located inside of the head of the snake's tails. So long as one of these brains remains active, the beast can still function. As a predator it has enhanced senses, and it's snake head can pick up heat signatures from the pit organs it possesses.
Skills list for the Chimerite
Flame spit
description: Flame spit is the typical flamethrower like skill creatures possess. the chimerite will open up one of it's mouths, and a flame will roil forth. These flames can increase in size and intensity depending upon the rank of the chimerite.

Acid shot
description: the viper tail of the chimera will spit an incredibly fast ball of acid at you. This acid is very corrosive and will melt even through metal armors.