#character abilities

[rwby-confess]

Confession #1168

[estro-gem]

Hi! I’ve been binging your series and I’m super curious about the cast’s abilities in the Oasis!AU. I know you mentioned Ragatha’s will be explicitly brought up more later but I’m also wondering about the others:

Gangle and Kinger’s we have a pretty good idea of considering the fight, but I’m wondering specifically how Kinger’s ability would be described? It seems almost like a summoning thing?

And for Jax and Zooble, are their abilities mostly physical and what we’ve soon so far? With Jax being pretty fast (and feral) and Zooble being able to kind of become a giant collection of parts? Or are those more avatar quirks and not their specific “ability.”

If Jax and Zooble’s are more physical, then I’m thinking about how half the cast has more physical based abilities (Pomni, Jax, Zooble) while the other half has more mental/supernatural (Gangle, Kinger, presumably Ragatha)

(This also makes the pairs/neutralizers interesting because each pair is one more physical-based person and one with more psychic stuff, almost like a balance to completely each other.)

And then Kaufmo… maybe you’ll go into this later but I’m wondering what his ability is?

And ending this (super long) ask, I’m also curious how you would rank the characters in terms of strength/power/OP-ness?

I appreciate the interest! Thank you for asking ^^.

I'm surprised and VERY impressed that you were able to see that there were Primary Metaphysically Gifted (PMG) and Primary Physically Gifted (PPG) characters. You were correct in noting that there is a PMG and a PPG in each set of neutralizers. THANK YOU for SEEING my vision!

This posts contains spoilers to those who had not read Oasis!AU entries of Arc 1.

This is a long answer, sorry.

Kinger of Oasis

This takes into account that he is "Awake."

I've sketched additional to his part, since it's it stuff you can SEE, and because most of the confusion seemed to stem there??

Kinger's character ability could be seen as a summoning thing, yes! It's called Blind Chess.

Including himself, he has 16 pieces at his disposal that he can place anywhere he wants on the checker-tiles. He can also choose to show you where he had placed them or not, then summon one at a time, each taking their turn by emerging from the tiles in the inverse order as displayed above. Obviously a lot faster, as the only have seconds to move in Blind Chess.

The abilities of each piece is described in Arc 1; Mirage - Chapter 3.

The main point is that Kinger essentially BECOMES a sentient chess board and the only way to escape is to get off of the checker-pattern.

Other than Blind Chess, he can use the checker-tiles as a form Fast Travel - almost teleportation - in which he can sink into the tiles and pop up somewhere else on the board. The scope of this depend on how well he is familiar with his surroundings.

Kinger can also Body Swap himself to embody one of his pieces, but as each of the types of pieces are extensions of different parts of himself, but communication, general abilities and mannerisms are limited as long as he embodies the alternative piece. Body Swap can only be done on checker-patterns of at least 4 tiles and Kinger can only Body Swap back to normal on a checker-pattern of at least 4 tiles.

Gangle of Oasis

Gangle has a nice mix of character abilities; her most powerful being Possession

She can Possess any of the characters or NPC's (thus not technically making them NPC's anymore) and completely take over their actions, abilities or completely suppress them. Abilities of others are ridiculously hard to control and she needs various hours and sessions of practise before she can master one skill. It's easier for her to allow the possessed character to perform their ability themselves - that is, if they want to.

She can interact with the character in their Mindspace - every character has one. Gangle usually keeps them suspended within their own mindspace.

She can allow leeway for the character that she Possessed to have control to whatever extent she desires. Character can obviously She has access to memories and emotions if the characters she Possesses, but has a hard a hard time remembering them, when Possession is disabled and she can not alter them at any point.

Gangle is has great Empathetic Observation, in which she is able to read the other's state of mind or current emotions, even intentions if she manages to hone in on her detective skills. Her theater masks can assist in this ability; the comedy masks can fixate onto general positive emotional states and the tragedy masks can fixate onto general negative emotional states.

Physically, she is very Stealthy and strong - specifically in terms of tension (it's rare for her ribbons to tear, so she can easily Restain.) Her ribbons can be cut with sharp objects, but she has learned to react for her ribbons to be cut along their length rather than completely off, which hurts a lot but allow her to have multiple tendrils.

She can Stretch/elongate her ribbons, but it is extremely limited. Longest being about 3 times it was in their original length.

Jax of Oasis

Jax got the short end of the stick with character-abilities. Compared to the others, he is very weak (in my opinion).

He has Ferality, Dexterity and Luck that he can enable and disable; Ferality and Luck both on a sliding scale mechanic. The mechanic is NOT reliable at all and the more feral he is, the harder it is for him to became human/civilised again. It takes grounding techniques, concentration, shock and/or time for him to restrain his Ferality. It must be noted that shock is more likely to send him into Ferality than out of it.

While Feral, Jax's situational awareness sky-rockets and primal/survival instincts takes charge in his general ability to reason. Since he is a rabbit, his first instinct would be to flee to what he would consider as a greater threat than he is. This is where Dexterity allows him to make a quick escape. He is one of the naturally faster characters and possess the most endurance out of all of them.

Jax has Luck, which adjust the outcomes of his actions to favour him. This only applies to him in a direct sense, but can influence other characters indirectly or by chance and can vary based on how he adjusts the intensity on the sliding scale (Default to Lucked Out). There is no "Unlucky" for him. He seems to keep it set to Default most of the time, despite having a clear advantage.

Zooble of Oasis

(I'd love to draw it, but there's SO MANY parts >w<)

Zooble's default state is to have a combination of various parts, heads, limbs, eyes and torsos in an amalgamation that doesn't resemble a human or an animal. This is known as Full Form and is the strongest state they can be in. It's very difficult for others to pull them apart in that state.

They are generally the strongest character in Full Form, and have the ability to Climb on almost any surface. They can mold and shift their shape, Rearrange limbs and detached part of themselves with relative ease.

They can Split their form into multiple individual organisms that all share a mind in real time. Their ability to let them all function individually depends on their ability to multitask - something Zooble had to learn throughout their stay in the Digital Circus. Their parts have natural affinity to want to cluster together, so Splitting takes effort - not unbearable, but still a little of a strain.

Zooble tends to lock most of their parts in a box the Caine to graciously gifted them, to both appear more human and not be burdened by how bulky they are or the mental strain of controlling all of the parts at once. Naturally, the locked parts claw and scratch and bash into the inside of the box to rejoin with the rest of Zooble, especially when times are dire of they are distressed.

They prefer to sleep in Full Form. The most sensitive parts to pain is the various eyes scattered about their body.

Kaufmo of Oasis

*You don't remember.*

As for an OP-ness scale?

Ragatha is definitely OP and Jax is definitely the weakest.

I don't know how I would rate the others ...

[writers-bane]

I've reached a new level of procrastination. The max level, I think.

Instead of writing my WIP (which is so close to be finished) I was thinking about my main characters and how they would be if they were in a video game. Like what their abilities would be. What class (tank/damage/support) they would be.

Was the idea fun? Yes, I love video games

Do i recommend it? Yes, even if you don't play games. It might inspire you especially if your genre is fantasy/sci-fi

Will I ever get to finish my draft if I keep getting ideas that don't really benefit my story and spend my time thinking about them instead of actually writing? Probably not but what are you gonna do—

[3-bats-in-a-trenchcoat]

SCREECH’S KIT AND BACKGROUND!

Kit!

Weapon: Syringes (12)

Ability One: Pummels (hop type)

—Screech can hop into the air and latch onto railings or roofs. (Cooldown 10s)

Ability Two: Last Ditch Effort (quick heal type)

—Screech unloads his remaining ammo into a single teammate. (Cooldown 8s)

Melee: Talon Kick

Ultimate: Forced Mutation

—Screech injects himself with a serum and mutates into an owl creature. He has three flying slams before shrinking back to normal. He suffers from Hindered for 5s afterwards.

Minor Perks

Fledgling Flight— Screech’s Pummels receives a second charge, but it halves the height.

OR

Dissection— Screech’s melee kick causes Bleed for 4s.

Major Perks

Superior Serum— Forced Mutation’s knockback is increased by 5% (originally 6.8m/s)

OR

Genetic Damage— Screech’s primary fire causes a 5% movement speed debuff for 0.4s, stackable up to 30% for 2.4s.

BACKGROUND!

After receiving his PhD overseas in Scotland, Dr. Soren Kessler returned to the U.S. and entered into the corporate sector. He worked on various projects and watched with the rest of the world as the original Overwatch fell.

Years later, he’s approached by what he believed to be the American government with a contract to recreate and better the original super soldier serum after its formula’s destruction during the dismantling of Overwatch. Soren agrees, signs the contract, and quickly gets to work. In order to boost humans’ natural abilities, he begins splicing animal DNA with his own DNA. A year into his contract he administers the formula to himself, through an injection port paid for and installed by his beneficiaries. The serum wasn’t perfect yet. Soren mutates into a hulking amalgamation of human and owl, destroying his lab and his research in the process.

When he finally regains his human mind, he finds himself caged underground in the Red River Laboratories. Under the guise of the United States government, the Conspiracy had duped Soren into signing a trap contract. A small hidden clause stated that on the predicted occurrence of property and research destruction, they practically owned Soren until he paid the debt off and/or finished the serum for them.

After four years, Soren feels no closer to finishing his work and his human body is becoming more and more mutated as the animal DNA corrupts his own. He attempts an escape that is quickly squashed. After being in a cell for several days, Soren is released and presented with a new objective: maintain Subject-013’s physical health.

Given only a basic file, no knowledge of the Chernobog Project, and no defensive training, Soren finds himself in the field with Emre Sarıoğlu. Completely unaware that he was supposed to be killed in the crossfire on his first mission as punishment for trying to escape.

[gravesmistake314]

[plots-and-prompts]

Character Abilities #6

Powers that affect reality (pt.1)

Animal control: Ability to control the movement of animals

Animal morphing: The ability to transform into any animal

Corpse manipulation: The ability to control the movements of or reanimate the dead

Density/size shifting: Ability to increase or decrease one's density or size

Elasticity: Ability to stretch, deform, expand or contract one's body into any form imaginable

Energy constructs: Ability to create complex shapes (e.g., a flower) or even functional machinery (e.g., fire extinguishers) out of solid energy

Energy conversion: Ability to absorb one form of energy and convert it into another form of energy

Immutability: The user has absolute protection from any alteration or change, regardless of the source or cause, other than their own and retain the state they currently are.

Inorganic: Ability to transform completely into an inorganic substance while retaining organic properties

Intangibility: The ability to alter one’s tangibility at will

Malleable Anatomy: The power to rearrange the physiological features of oneself and others

Metamorphosis: Ability to change one's physical, biological form to mimic the appearance, characteristics and/or power set of other individuals

Omnipresence: Ability to be present anywhere and everywhere simultaneously

Pathifery: The power to warp reality based on one's instincts, feelings, and emotions, rather than actual coherent thoughts or words

Prehensile Nail: The ability to manipulate the nails of oneself and others

Substance mimicry: Ability to transform into any substance touched

Summoning: Ability to summon beings or objects for assistance. This may range from invoking simple implements to mighty familiar spirits.

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Metanoia (n. Greek, late 19th century):  1) A transformational change in one's way of life 2) A change resulting from repentance and spiritual awareness

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Characters: The Empath (male)

Never underestimate the empowered empath. Our kindness and compassion is too often mistaken for weakness or naivety, while we are in fact highly calibrated human lie detectors...and fearless warriors for truth and justice.

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