#skill: stat motif

[imasallstars]

SSR/SSR+ 【My Beautiful Utopia】Ranko Kanzaki

“Oh, to continue my life in the twilight. Even the smallest of glimmers shine bright and sear into my heart”

FOCUS STAT 　　　 7366 VOCAL TOTAL APPEAL 　　　 15 708 Skill:「Joined In Reqiuem」 　　　(Motif) For every 9 seconds, there is a 40~60% chance that and you will gain extra SCORE BONUS based off your current unit’s total VOCAL APPEAL for 4~6 seconds Center Skill:「Resonant Voice」 　　　When 5 DIFFERENT SKILLS are in your unit, all active skill effects will stack. However, other appeals other than VOCAL will receive a 100% penalty.

※ this card is limited through scouting in CINDERELLA FESTIVAL BLANC starting 28.06.2024

[katfreaks-hidyhole]

The newest member to the +10 club and the last member of my original FEH team to join, Lissa the Sprightly Cleric

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Okay Linked Universe Fandom, we have to talk. I am extremely disappointed in all of us that out of all the myriad possible duos of the Chain, only one has an official name (Downfall Duo). This has got to change. We need more duo names stat. So, this is my proposed list! Hopefully at least some of them catch on. 👀 Many thanks to @kuraiarcoiris for assisting me with some of the uncooperative duos on the list. >.> Looking at you, Warriors and Wind.

Without further ado!

Sky

Sky+Four: Horizon Duo (because they are the first two Links chronologically in the timeline, charting new horizons for the young kingdom of Hyrule, and because I view the two as representing the sky and the world [e.g. Four’s element motif]. And where do the sky and world meet? The horizon.)

Sky+Time: Wife Duo (because they both canonically love their wives and miss them. Sky isn’t married to Sun yet, but he will be, so it counts. >:V)

Sky+Legend: Harp Duo (because they both canonically play magic harps and enjoy music)

Sky+Hyrule: Thunder Duo (because of their abilities to channel lightning and the fact that Hyrlule’s spell is called Thunder. Also two of the quietist Links having a duo named after a loud sound is amusing)

Sky+Twilight: Firmament Duo (because “firmament” is another word for the physical sky, and also sounds like “firm,” and both characters are good grounding forces for the other Links.)

Sky+Warriors: Knight Duo (because they actually remember their training as knights and can apply that training. Plus, both are knights in shining armor for their Zeldas.)

Sky+Wind: Breeze Duo (because flying and sailing both use air currents, and breezes are heartening and encouraging, just like these two.)

Sky+Wild: Aeon Duo (because “aeon” means "a long or seemingly long period of time" and these two are the Links that had to wait the longest amount of time to complete their quests.)

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Four

Four+Sky: Horizon Duo

Four+Time: Shade Duo (because they are possibly the only two Links that lingered after their deaths, Time with the Hero’s Shade in Twilight Princess and Four with the four Shadow Links that appear in the Palace of the Four Sword in A Link to the Past [though one could theorize that those are Dark Links unrelated to Four entirely, so this duo name could also refer to Shadow from the Four Swords manga])

Four+Legend: Forging Duo (because not only do they have blacksmithing skills, but both forge the way for the heroes who come after them to the best of their abilities.)

Four+Hyrule: Mousetrap Duo (because they can both shrink to the size of mice, Four with his Minish form and Hyrule with his Fairy spell)

Four+Twilight: Prism Duo (because light is very important to both of their games [Twilight’s light spirits and Four’s Light Force], but also their mechanics allow them to “split” and show another side of them like light through a prism, i.e. Four's ability to divide into four and Twilght’s crystal that lets him become a wolf)

Four+Warriors: Teamwork Duo (because their games center on teamwork more than any of the others')

Four+Wind: Shield Duo (because of their identical shields that signifies a possible blood connection between them)

Four+Wild: Shattered Duo (because they both break or "shatter" things in order to fight. Four breaks himself through his splitting mechanic, and Wild breaks his weapons. You could also interpret this as Wild's memories being broken, too.)

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Time

Time+Sky: Wife Duo

Time+Four: Shade Duo

Time+Legend: Melodic Duo (because their games focus so much on music)

Time+Hyrule: Fairy Duo (because of their connection to fairies)

Time+Twilight: Legacy Duo (self-explanatory)

Time+Warriors: Command Duo (because leader and his unofficial second in command)

Time+Wind: Menace Duo (because these two absolutely will be menaces together once Time relaxes a bit.)

Time+Wild: Moon Duo (because of the focus on the moon in their games. “I Hate the Moon” Duo doesn’t have the same ring to it :p)

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Legend

Legend+Sky: Harp Duo

Legend+Four: Forging Duo

Legend+Time: Melodic Duo

Legend+Hyrule: Downfall Duo (basically codified fanon at this point)

Legend+Twilight: Critter Duo (because they are currently the only two Links with animal forms)

Legend+Warriors: Worsties Duo (or just "the Worsties." Self-explanatory :3c)

Legend+Wind:Seagull Duo (because Aryll loves seagulls and Marin loved seagulls.)

Legend+Wild: Stockpile Duo (Because they’re obsessive about being prepared, so they stockpile things more than anyone else in the whole Chain.)

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Hyrule

Hyrule+Sky: Thunder Duo

Hyrule+Four: Mousetrap Duo

Hyrule+Time: Fairy Duo

Hyrule+Legend: Downfall Duo

Hyrule+Twilight: Rustic Duo (because they both come from very humble origins. Most of the Links come from pretty humble origins, but I get the feeling those two are Country Boys if you know what I mean. ;))

Hyrule+Warriors:Firestorm Duo (because of Warriors' penchant for using fire in battle and Hyrule's thunder spell)

Hyrule+Wind: Salvage Duo (because both have had to salvage their kingdoms from their destroyed states and salvage important items from where they were scattered around their worlds)

Hyrule+Wild:Wander Duo (because they both are the most adventurous Links and tend to go off the beaten path more than any of the others)

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Twilight

Twilight+Sky: Firmament Duo

Twilight+Four: Prism Duo

Twilight+Time: Legacy Duo

Twilight+Legend: Critter Duo

Twilight+Hyrule: Rustic Duo

Twilight+Warriors: Big Brother Duo (because they are the big brothers of the Chain)

Twilight+Wind: Successor Duo (because they are Time’s direct successors that are actually acknowledged as such in their games and in the comic)

Twilight+Wild: Protégé Duo (because Twilight is Time's protege and Wild is Twilight's)

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Warriors

Warriors+Sky: Knight Duo

Warriors+Four: Teamwork Duo

Warriors+Time: Command Duo

Warriors+Legend: Worsties Duo

Warriors+Hyrule: Firestorm Duo

Warriors+Twilight: Big Brother Duo

Warriors+Wind: Scarf Duo (because there have been a few panels where Wind steals or hides under Warriors’ scarf)

Warriors+Wild: Arson Duo (because of that one sketch where the two are riding on a log burning everything down around them, and they clearly enjoy setting things on fire)

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Wind

Wind+Sky: Breeze Duo

Wind+Four:Shield Duo

Wind+Time: Menace Duo

Wind+Legend:Seagull Duo

Wind+Hyrule: Salvage Duo

Wind+Twilight: Successor Duo

Wind+Warriors: Scarf Duo

Wind+Wild: Walkie Talkie Duo (because Wind's joy pendant allows him to talk to Wild through his Shiekah slate)

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Wild

Wild+Sky: Aeon duo

Wild+Four:Shattered Duo

Wild+Time: Moon Duo

Wild+Legend: Stockpile Duo

Wild+Hyrule:Wander Duo

Wild+Twilight: Protégé Duo

Wild+Warriors: Arson Duo

Wild+Wind:Walkie Talkie Duo

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A few trios for good measure!

Wind + Wars + Time = Eras Trio

Wars + Sky + Wild = Chivalry Trio (or Knight Trio)

Wind + Wild + Hyrule = Apocalypse Trio

Hyrule + Legend + Wild = Triple Threat

Warriors + Twilight + Sky = Big Bro Trio

Four + Hyrule + Legend = Tiny Trio

Sky + Four + Time = Pre-split Trio

[kirbyoctournament]

Hello again all! After the riveting finale of last year's tournament, we've spent a few months collecting a selection of fun stats into our final 2024 Tournament Review!

From which participant had the most propaganda posted, to the total number of votes cast across the event, to which canon Kirby species was most represented, we hope you'll enjoy this send-off for the 2024 tourney!!

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★ POLLS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES a selection of the highest performing polls that attracted the most public attention

Mama D vs J: 848 votes

★ Dawn vs Starry Dee: 749 votes ★ Fylass vs Clark: 741 votes ★ Astro vs Noir Fontaine vs Techie: 592 votes ★ Sir Meteor vs Life: 554 votes

★ CHARACTERS WITH THE MOST PROPAGANDA characters who had the most propaganda posts for them, either from their own creator or from other artists

Fecto Flora 155 posts

★ Valfrey 112 posts ★ Sir Uther 108 posts ★ Noir Fontaine 98 posts ★ Dotty 95 posts

After applications closed at the end of April, the tournament ran from May 10th, 2024 to October 28th, 2024, just a few days shy of six months! During this time...

★ 143 competitors joined the tournament and made friends ★ 1,813 Propaganda posts were made by the community supporting those competitors, and reblogged to the @kirbyoctournament blog ★ 202 polls were made pitting your favorites against each other ★ across those polls, 43,165 votes were cast ★ and of all these, winners starstruck dee and Rope MF received 1179 votes and 699 votes respectively over the course of the event

★ RANDOM STATS

★ 36% (52) of entered OCs were of the "orb" species, with 33 of those taking up the mantle of "knight" specifically. far and away the most represented species ★ Waddle dees were the next most common entrant, with 17 OCs. ★ Ripple Fairies were the least showcased non common-enemy/custom species type, with only a single representative! ★ Of all OC names, "S" was the most common initial at 16 OCs, a statistic we do feel is influenced by the frequency of "sir" before names. Removing those, it was the letter "A", with 13. ★ The least successful initial was the letter "J", with all but one of their 4 representatives (75%) falling in the first round.

★ PROPAGANDA WITH THE MOST CHARACTERS INCLUDED most tournament characters included in a single piece (or single series) of propaganda

★ Tournament OCs Part One and Part Two by @ivynajspyder with a total of 60 competitors

★ 55 competitors Havent You Noticed I'm A Star? by @giantchasm ★ 29 competitors and 2 non competitors (total 31 characters) Congrats To Fecto Flora! by @ceoofmetagala ★ And an honorable mention with 13 competitors and 15 non competitors (total 28 characters), Stargate Commemorative Piece, by @moonverc3x

During the tournament, creators and fans of all kinds arrived to showcase their best skills in support of their own ocs, their friends, and even brand new favorite characters they had found. While it's of course impossible to pick just one stand out piece -and we strongly recommend you check our full propaganda tag to see many more of these incredible works- here are some notable and unique highlights suggested by the Kirby OC Tourney community!

★ Propaganda Hijack; Music cover by @boa35 ★ Vote Dotty; by @cauliarty ★ Vote Flora; by @metagalacafe ★ Valfrey icon; by @gethoce ★ Friendly Talk; by @sacrificecage

★ Dont Stop Rope MF Now; Animated music video by @mint-termsandconditions ★ Just another Astral; by @aseuki ★ Tea Time; by @quanblovk ★ Nighty Knight Mod; by @windstriker427 ★ Tournament armours; by @rosiegardenlove

★ Havent You Noticed I'm A Star; Animated music video by @giantchasm ★ Motifs and Symbols; by @kirbybecomesastarwarrior ★ Surprise propaganda; by @poppybros-jr ★ Go Life!; by @shippyo ★ Not In The Lead; by @hnm-tech-support

★ Noir's Field Trip; Masterpost of art, comics and asks by @desultory-novice ★ Space battle; by @pinkestmenace ★ Only In Passing; by @what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me ★ Wolfbell's Illustrated Roleplays; by @zombiecicada ★ Not Over yet; by @a-stardusted-sky

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And with this, we officially conclude the 2024 Kirby OC Tournament event!

Over the next few days we will reblog a few final propaganda posts we received notifications for since October. We also have a new pinned post with an FAQ regarding the tournament and when things may be picked up next!

Thank you for coming along on the ride with us, for sharing your creativity and supporting OCs, and for helping us to make this into a wonderful and enriching community event!

See you around!

[fandom-only]

Hello, would you like a Proseka OC Template?

So I made this while trying to figure out basics for when making an original character, from name to personality. So now I'm sharing this for when you make your own OC.

Heads up, it is not a drawing template. It is for writing. It's more like a refrence sheet, but I hope it helps.

Ask any questions if you want, use it freely, delete the ones you don't need. No need for credit, have fun <3

Introduction [Original Introduction] -Original

[New Introduction] -Brand New World

Basic Information

Name                    :

Alias                      :

Unit                       :

Age                       :

Gender                  :

Sexuality                :

Affiliations             :

School info            :

Height                   :

Personal

Personality           

Appearance

Casual:

Casual one:

Casual two:

Uniform:

Main Unit Outfit:

Unit Outfit one:

Unit Outfit two:

Alternates:

Backstory

Early Life

Major Event

Aftermath

Relationship          :

Unit               :

 

VS                  :

 

Family           :

 

Non-unit        :

 

Others           :

Abilities (Optional)

Overview

Stats                      :

Strength         : /10

Intelligence    : /10

Flexibility       : /10

Dexterity        : /10

Speed             : /10

Stamina          : /10

Abilities

 

Specialty

Initial Cards:

1 Star

Name             :

Skill Name     :

Skill               :

Attribute        :

2 Star

Name             :

Skill Name     :

Skill               :

Attribute        :

2 Star

Name             :

Skill Name     :

Skill               :

Attribute        :

3 Star

Name             :

Voiceline    :

Skill Name     :

Skill               :

Attribute        :

Trivia

Themes/Associations (Optional)

Birthday         :

Zodiac sign    :

Constellation  :

Flower           :

Style               :

Motif              :

Foods             :

Dislikes          :

Hobbies         :

Factoids

 

Etymology (Name origins)

[sailforvalinor]

A quick analysis of why Ezra and Thrawn are each other’s perfect nemesis (especially for those who aren’t as familiar with Rebels):

The reason that Thrawn is so dangerous is, of course, not just because of his analytical mind or brilliant battle tactics, but because he takes the time to know his enemy. He understands what all art historians or anyone in the liberal arts can tell you: that art is one of the clearest windows into a society, and studying a society’s art can tell you just as much, if not more than a history book can. Thrawn always takes the time to throughly understand his enemy before he fights them, and that includes the Jedi Ezra Bridger.

The problem is, however, that Ezra is not a typical Jedi. It stands to reason that what Thrawn knows about the Jedi comes from the Jedi Generals in the Clone Wars, who abided by very standard military tactics—and to a point, having fought in the Clone Wars, Kanan Jarrus, Ezra’s master, often used those tactics, and passed some of them on to Ezra. However, since he primarily fought in a small rebel cell, Ezra was primarily a guerrilla fighter. Even when they went on to join the larger Rebellion, Kanan and Ezra often avoided their larger full-scale battles in favor of smaller ops that catered to their talents, only joining large battles when it was absolutely necessary to turn the tables. And though he was a commander, it was actually fairly rare that he led troops into battle like the Jedi generals in the Clone Wars.

Additionally, while early on in his arc he shares some similarities with Anakin and Luke (especially in his struggle to figure out how to protects those he loves without falling to the Dark Side), it becomes apparent by the end of Rebels that he is on the path to becoming a Jedi like Qui-Gon Jinn or Yoda—that is, a Jedi very in-tune with the Living Force. Though he possesses many of the more physical talents we associate with the Jedi—heightened senses, strengthened physical abilities, skill with a lightsaber, etc—his talents have always tended towards the more cerebral (e.g., he was receiving extremely vivid visions of the future while struggling just to levitate an object). One really interesting thing about Rebels is that it often chooses to represent the presence of the Force with a high-pitched whistling sound, one that Ezra quite often seems to hear and let guide his decisions. He is also very prone to receiving extremely vivid Force visions. But the ability he is most known for, especially in Ahsoka, is his ability to connect to living beings. If you were wondering why such a deal is made over the Loth-Cat in episode one, it’s because Loth-Cats have become somewhat of a motif for Ezra, just like the purrgil—they seem to be always around him in Rebels, and serve as a sort of barometer to the audience as to how strong Ezra’s Force abilities are. In season one, they would just pop out and hiss at him every once in awhile, but by season four, they’re all over him—if he stood out in a field and held still for too long he’d just be buried in cats. The same goes for other creatures—he befriends the purrgil early on in the show, and is able to enlist their help in the finale. He’s also so in-tune with the Living Force on his home planet of Lothal that he is approached by Loth-Wolves, mysterious, spiritual beings who weren’t thought to exist outside the realm of myth, and shown a way to use a hyperspace corridor to travel to the other side of the planet.

However, this ability doesn’t just extend to animals—it extends to people, too. It’s like someone poured everything into his charisma stat. He makes friends everywhere he goes, so easily it’s like breathing, and people naturally gravitate towards him and want to help him. (It’s probably why he has made such good friends with those adorable rock people—he just can’t help being forcibly adopted wherever he goes.) The reason he is able to beat Thrawn in the end of Rebels is that he calls in every single favor from all the people he recruited to his side throughout the past four seasons, and when you see everyone on screen—former Imperial cadets, smugglers, deposed military leaders, space wolves, space whales, Clones, etc—it’s then that you realize just what an inspiring leader he is. If Ezra can get Hondo Onaka of all people to join Rebellion, you know he’s got something special.

Not to mention, since Ezra has spoken to and been indirectly trained by a Force being (the Bendu) and was the first on-screen Jedi to discover the World Between Worlds, it’s quite possible that he understands the Living Force better, or at least in a very different way, than most Jedi within the Order did.

To sum it all up, Ezra is just so different, so unconventional, both as a military leader and as a Jedi, that Thrawn, for all his military prowess, doesn’t know what to do with him. He is absolutely unpredictable, because he always abides by the will of the Force, something Thrawn is completely unable to get access to or understand. I always think of them when I see this meme:

because it’s almost quite literally what happens in the Rebels finale. Thrawn has pulled off a seemingly infallible maneuver, the Rebels are completely pinned-down, their resources are maxed-out, and he knows they will not risk the deaths of civilians. Ezra gives himself up, and he thinks he’s won. But then what does Ezra do? He summons a flock of purrgil who drag him, along with his entire Star Destroyer, into hyperspace and jump to another galaxy. How on earth could Thrawn have even predicted that? And even if he had known Ezra’s plan, what could he have even done?

That’s why Thrawn is so eager to kill Ezra in Ahsoka. Something tells me that he’s been hunting him in these ten years we haven’t seen them—because he knows that this one man is far more dangerous than anything waiting for him in the galaxy he is preparing to invade.

[acealistair]

RPG Character Development Questions!

Trying my hand at making one of these, specifically aimed towards D&D characters but it should also work for other TTRPGs and video games like Dragon Age.

Send me any number of emojis for any of my characters! Anyone is welcome to reblog! 😊

~*~*~CHARACTER DESIGN~*~*~

👀: Describe their physical appearance in as much detail as possible. Facial features, colors, height, build, etc. 👄: How do they talk? What's their vocabulary like? What does their voice sound like? Any accent, verbal tics, etc? 👃: Do they smell like anything in particular? Why do they smell like that? 🏷️: What is their full name? Do any of their names have any special meaning? How did you come up with them? 🌳: What physical traits did they inherit from their biological parents? Do they look more like one parent than the other? ♦️: Are there any motifs you associate with them? What do those motifs represent thematically? 🎨: What is their color scheme? Or at least colors you associate them with? 🔮: If they were to feature in the art of a tarot card, which one would it be and why? 💭: What was the original concept for your OC? Has it changed at all since then? 📺: Is your OC inspired at all by characters from other media? Which one(s) and what traits do they have in common? 🛡️: How does their class inform their characterization? How does their personality match or clash with the stereotype for that class? 📖: Describe your ideal character arc for them. How do you envision them changing by the end of the story?

~*~*~SKILLS/HOBBIES~*~*~

📊: What is their best stat? What is their worst/dump stat? How do these affect how you roleplay as them? 🗡️: What type of weapon do they normally use? Is there a particular reason for it? ✨: Are they a magic user? If so, how did they come to learn it (born with it, studied, acquired, etc.)? What does their magic look like when cast? If not, what is their attitude towards magic? 🖌️: What is their go-to hobby? When did they start learning it? Why do they like it? 🔨: Do they have any practical skills they wouldn't consider a hobby? What sorts of skills and how/why did they learn them? 🍳: Are they good at cooking? Do they like to? Why and how did they learn to cook, or, if they didn't, why didn't they? 🎵: Are they any good at singing? What situations do/would they sing in? Would they sing in the shower? 🎻: Do they know how to play an instrument? If so which one(s)? Do they enjoy music in general? 💃: How do they feel about dancing and are they any good at it? Do they prefer solo, partnered, or group dancing? 🚗: In a modern AU, what kind of job would they have, if any? 🎁: If they needed to give a friend a gift, how would they go about choosing one? Would they buy it, make it, or do something else? Would others consider them good at gift-giving? 📚: Do they like to read books? If so, what sorts of books do they prefer to read? If not, why don't they like reading? ✍: What does your character's handwriting look like? Do they write letters often? What other contexts do they usually write in, if any?

~*~*~PERSONALITY~*~*~

���: What are three of their personality traits that others would generally consider positive? 🙁: What are three of their personality traits that others would generally consider negative? 😱: Do they have any irrational fears/phobias? How do they cope with them? Has a phobia ever impacted the game you play them in? 😭: How easily do they cry? Do they ever cry in front of other people? When was the last time they cried? 💢: How quick are they to anger? What is a surefire way to piss them off? What do they act like when angry? 😄: How can you tell when they're really happy? What sorts of things make them happy? How often do they smile? 😳: How easily are they embarrassed/flustered? What sorts of things catch them off-guard and make them lose their cool? 🏁: What do they consider to be their main goal in life, the thing that motivates most of their actions? 🤲: Do they have any deep desires that they don't talk about and/or don't even realize they have? Do these desires conflict with their main goal at all? 🗣️: How social are they? Do they speak to strangers because they like to or only when necessary? How differently do they act with strangers vs. friends? 🐾: How do they feel about animals? Do they have/want any pets? Do they have a favorite animal?

~*~*~BACKSTORY~*~*~

😬: Did they ever make a major decision in their past that they regret? How are they handling it now? 🙏: What are their feelings on religion? If they are religious, what do they practice? How much of an impact does it have on their daily life? 🎓: What was their education like? Do they have any favorite subjects? What is their preferred learning style? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦: What is their family like? Are there any family members that are particularly influential and/or important to them (whether in a positive or negative sense)? 🛝: Do they have any childhood friends? If so, are they still in touch with them? What is their relationship like now (or why did it end)? 🧸: What was their favorite childhood toy and why? 🚸: Would they consider their childhood to have been a happy one? Why or why not? Does their perception of that differ from yours as their player? 🌹: Are they experienced romantically? How many romantic partners have they had? How has this affected their view of romance? 😡: Do they have any enemies and/or rivals from their past? How serious of a threat are they to your OC?

~*~*~RELATIONSHIPS~*~*~

💘: Do they have a "canon" romantic partner? If so, who is it and what is their relationship like? If not, what kind of person would be the optimal romantic partner for them (the most interesting narratively, not necessarily the healthiest/what they think their preferences are)? 😍: What traits, physical and/or mental, do they find attractive in other people? 💒: How does your character feel about marriage? Have their feelings on marriage ever changed? 🎉: Who are their party members/companions? Describe each of their relationships with your OC (however brief or detailed you want). 💍: Among their current companions, are there any that are narrative foils to your OC? How so? 🍼: How do they feel about children in general? Do kids get along with them? Do they have/want kids of their own (now or down the line)? 🤝: How do they express platonic affection? When does an acquaintance become a friend for them? 🥰: Who do they currently consider to be their best friend and why? Has their best friend changed over time? 🫂: How are they with casual physical touch? Do they have different boundaries based on how well they know a person? Is there a specific reason behind their comfort level?

[imsobadatnicknames2]

What's OSR? I've seen you mention it several times in your RPG posts. Is it like a genre of rpg or...?

Hey, sorry I took so long to reply to this lol you probably already just googled it by now.

But like. Anyway.

OSR (Old-School Revival, Old-School Renaissance, and more uncommonly Old-School Rules or Old-School Revolution, no one can really agree on what the R means) is less like a genre and more like a movement or a loosely connected community that seeks to capture the tone, feel and/or playstyle of 70's and 80's fantasy roleplaying games (with a particular emphasis on old-school editions of Dungeons and Dragons, particularly the Basic D&D line but pretty much anything before 3e falls under this umbrella), or at least an idealized version of what people remember those games felt like to play.

There isn't exactly a consensus on what makes a game OSR but here's my personal list of things that I find to be common motifs in OSR game design and GM philosophy. Not every game in the movement features all of these things, but must certainly feature a few of them.

Rulings over rules: most OSR games lack mechanically codified rules for a lot of the actions that in modern D&D (and games influenced by it) would be covered by a skill system. Rather that try to have rules applicable for every situation, these games often have somewhat barebones rules, with the expectation that when a player tries to do something not covered by them the GM will have to make a ruling about it or negotiate a dice roll that feels fair (a common resolution system for this type of situation is d20 roll-under vs a stat that feels relevant, a d6 roll with x-in-6 chance to succeed, or just adjudicating the outcome based on how the player describes their actions)

"The solution is not on your character sheet": Related to the point above, the lack of character skills means that very few problems can be solved by saying "I roll [skill]". E.g. Looking for traps in an OSR game will look less like "I rolled 18 on my perception check" and more like "I poke the flagstones ahead with a stick to check if they're pressure plates" with maybe the GM asking for a roll or a saving throw if you do end up triggering a trap.

High lethality: Characters are squishy, and generally die much more easily. But conversely, character creation is often very quick, so if your character dies you can usually be playing again in minutes as long as there's a decent chance to integrate your new PC into the game.

Lack of emphasis on encounter balance: It's not uncommon for the PCs to find themselves way out of their depth, with encounters where they're almost guaranteed to lose unless they run away or find a creative way to stack the deck in their favor.

Combat as a failure state: Due to the two points above, not every encounter is meant to be fought, as doing so is generally not worth the risk and likely to end up badly. Players a generally better off finding ways to circumvent encounters through sneaking around them, outsmarting them, or out-maneauvering them, fighting only when there's no other option or when they've taken steps to make sure the battle is fought on their terms (e.g. luring enemies into traps or environmental hazards, stuff like that)

Emphasis on inventory and items: As skills, class features and character builds are less significant than in modern D&D (or sometimes outright nonexistent), a large part of the way the players engage with the world instead revolves around what they carry and how they use it. A lot of these games have you randomly roll your starting inventory, and often this will become as much a significant part of your character as your class is, even with seemingly useless clutter items. E.g. a hand mirror can become an invaluable tool for peeping around corners and doorways. This kind of gameplay techncially possible on modern D&D but in OSR games it's often vital.

Gold for XP: somewhat related to the above, in many of these games your XP will be determined by how much treasure you gather, casting players in the role and mindset of trasure hutners, grave robbers, etc.

Situations, not plots: This is more of a GM culture thing than an intrinsic feature of the games, but OSR campaigns will often eschew the long-form GM-authored Epic narrative that has become the norm since the late AD&D 2e era, in favor of a more sandbox-y "here's an initial situation, it's up to you what you do with it" style. This means that you probably won't be getting elaborate scenes plotted out sessions in advance to tie into your backstory and character arc, but it also means increased player agency, casting the GM in the role of less of a plot writer or narrator and more of a referee.

Like I said, these are not universal, and a lot of games that fall under the OSR umbrella will eschew some or most of these (it's very common for a lot of games to drop the gold-for-xp thing in favor of a different reawrd structure), but IMO they're a good baseline for understanding common features of the movement as a whole.

Of course, the OSR movement covers A LOT of different games, which I'd classify in the following categories by how much they deviate from their source of inspiration:

Retroclones are basically recreations of the ruleset of older D&D editions but without the D&D trademark, sometimes with a new coat of paint. E.g. OSRIC and For Gold and Glory are clones of AD&D (1e and 2e respectively); Whitebox and Fantastic Medieval Campaigns are recreations of the original 1974 white box D&D release; Old School Essentials, Basic Fantasy and Labyrinth Lord are clones of the 1981 B/X D&D set. Some of these recreate the original rules as-is, editing the text or reorganizing the information to be clearer but otherwise leaving the meachnics unchanged, while others will make slight rules changes to remove quirks that have come to be considered annoying in hindsight, some of them might mix and match features from different editions, but otherwise they're mostly straight up recreations of old-school D&D releases.

There are games that I would call "old-school compatible", that feature significant enough mechanical changes from old-school D&D to be considered a different game, but try to maintain mechanical compatibility with materials made for it. Games like The Black Hack, Knave, Macchiato Monsters, Dungeon Reavers, Whitehack, etc. play very differently from old-school D&D, and from each other, but you generally can grab any module made for any pre-3e D&D edition and run it with any of them with very little to no effort needed in conversion.

There's a third category that I wouldn't know how to call. Some people call then Nu-OSR or NSR (short for New School revolution) while a small minority of people argue that they aren't really part of the OSR movement but instead their own thing. I've personally taken to calling them "Old School Baroque". These are games that try to replicate different aspects of the tone and feel of old-school fantasy roleplaying games while borrowing few to none mechanics from them and not making any particular attempts to be mechanically compatible. Games like Into the Odd, Mörk Borg, Troika!, a dungeon game, FLEE, DURF, Songbirds, Mausritter, bastards, Cairn, Sledgehammer, and too many more to name. In my opinion this subsection of the OSR space is where it gets interesting, as there's so many different ways people try to recreate that old-school flavor with different mechanics.

(Of course, not everything fits neatly into these, e.g. I would consider stuff like Dungeon Crawl Classics to be somewhere inbetween category 1 and 2, and stuff like GloG or RELIC to be somewhere imbetween categories 2 and 3)

The OSR movement does have its ugly side, as it's to be expected by the fact that a huge part of the driving force behind it is nostalgia. Some people might be in it because it harkens back to a spirit of DIY and player agency that has been lost in traditional fantasy roleplaying games, but it's udneniable that some people are also in it because for them it harkens back to a time before "D&D went woke" when tabletop roleplaying was considered a hobby primarily for and by white men. That being said... generally those types of guys keep to themselves in their own little circlejerk, and it's pretty easy to find OSR spaces that are progressive and have a sinificant number of queer, POC, and marginalized creators.

[galaxyrangermezmoment]

5 Star Quantum Harmony: Literally Just Trick Room From Pokémon

Once again, I don't really have a concrete character in mind for this. I just realized that having a character be slow is so under utilized at this current moment. It's getting better with Castorice and even Tribbie but it would be really cool to see more depth be put into being slow.

Honestly, I think an analog aesthetic that's slightly akin to Silver Wolf's digital based motifs would be interesting. Maybe even leaning towards vaporwave. I also keep thinking about Tenna from Deltarune soooooo

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This character would want high speed (ironically) to have their ultimate, Rerouting the Motherboard, active as fast as possible. This would also allow the ultimate to last longer if the caster consistently is the last to go.

The activation of Rerouting the Motherboard would reverse the turn order for a total of two turns. This would mean that characters (including enemies) who would otherwise be among the last to act would now be first.

In addition, Rerouting the Motherboard, would also decrease all allies SPD by #% of the character's max SPD when calculating the turn reversal. Their first Bonus Ability, Vulnerable Circuitry, allow all allies to deal True Damage while Rerouting the Motherboard is active.

The character's skill, EM Pulse, would be an AOE attack that scales off of this character's ATK. This would also have a higher toughness reduction stat of #.

Another one of their Bonus Abilities, Calibration, would enable enemies who have been entangled and imprisoned to take more damage while actively debuffed.

[borom1r]

👄 🏷️ ♦️ 🔮 💭 🛡️ 📖 📊 🖌️ 🔨 🚗 🎁 ✍ 🙂 🙁 😱 😭 💢 😄 😳 🤲 🗣️ 😬 🎓 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🛝 😡 💘 🤝 🫂 for Fýrulf!

👄: How do they talk? What’s their vocabulary like? What does their voice sound like? Any accent, verbal tics, etc?

oooo inch resting.. i haven't really thought abt his voice. he definitely has a noticeable regional accent since his village is SO isolated + so fiercely guarded. he's definitely picked up Common in large part from his adventuring companions (his mother taught him enough to get by, when he decided he was going to be an adventurer), but he keeps a lot of interjections/small phrases from his mother tongue while speaking Common (like using "naja" instead of "well"/"whatever")

i think his voice sounds somewhere between Jesper Gras + Petri Lindroos

🏷️: What is their full name? Do any of their names have any special meaning? How did you come up with them?

technically speaking, his full name is just Fýrulf! nobody in his clan really has "official" last names; what could be considered a last name is usually meant to distinguish between two people between with the same first name.

as such, when he's at home his "last name" would be Vígdíssonr. while he's adventuring it's Lokasonr because nobody outside of the village is gonna know who Vígdís is (his mother's name, Vígdís, means "war goddess")

♦️: Are there any motifs you associate with them? What do those motifs represent thematically?

wolves, forests, hammers, runes – thematically.... mmmmm. he's a viking werewolf lol. there's not necessarily a lot of deep themes for him

🔮: If they were to feature in the art of a tarot card, which one would it be and why?

the Tower! (sudden change, release, downfall, revelation) — the transformative, destructive act of lycanthropic transformation; rebirth through violence; so on and so forth

💭: What was the original concept for your OC? Has it changed at all since then?

i just wanted to make a werewolf barbarian :3c his concept hasn't rlly changed at all

🛡️: How does their class inform their characterization? How does their personality match or clash with the stereotype for that class?

he's a Wolf Totem Barbarian — wolves are sacred to his clan and he's been raised from birth to either defend the clan with his life or venture out into the wider world and bring back glory. he has embraced his violent nature and enjoys any opportunity to feed that bloodlust and show honor to his wolf-kin (children in his clan are raised alongside wolf cubs from the surrounding wolf packs!)

📖: Describe your ideal character arc for them. How do you envision them changing by the end of the story?

I think it really depends on the people around him. if he doesn't have like. someone he CARES about enough chances are he'd never question some of the more questionable aspects of his clan's culture.

he wouldn't ever seek a cure for his lycanthropy, but if he found the right person he might actually be convinced to master his bloodlust.. yet if he does that, and any of his family found out, they'd be obligated to hunt him down and kill him sooooo. it would be a very difficult choice to make, forsaking all he knows to become a gentler person for someone he loves.... Hmmmmmmmmmmm

📊: What is their best stat? What is their worst/dump stat? How do these affect how you roleplay as them?

his best is strength and his worst is intelligence. said it before but his thought process truly does boil down to "bite first ask questions later"

🖌️: What is their go-to hobby? When did they start learning it? Why do they like it?

he likes shaping and painting shields :3 the elders of his clan taught him when he was young because for all he liked to rebel against his elven nature, he was still fascinated with the idea of art as a form of intimidation

🔨: Do they have any practical skills they wouldn’t consider a hobby? What sorts of skills and how/why did they learn them?

weapon maintenance, restringing bows, et cetera. hunting, tracking, clothing maintenance/repair, tanning hides. he learned this so he could survive out in the wider world

🚗: In a modern AU, what kind of job would they have, if any?

historical combat reenactor!

🎁: If they needed to give a friend a gift, how would they go about choosing one? Would they buy it, make it, or do something else?

he would be inclined to scavenge or make it himself. has a tendency to just Deliver things to ppl. feathers, cool rocks, et cetera. if it was a birthday/holiday gift he'd probably craft a weapon or shield, or prepare a hide for someone

✍: What does your character’s handwriting look like? Do they write letters often? What other contexts do they usually write in, if any?

extremely blocky, he does not write if he can avoid it. prefers the runic script of his clan instead of writing in Common < his Common looks like chicken scratch

🙂: What are three of their personality traits that others would generally consider positive?

loyal, protective, humorous

🙁: What are three of their personality traits that others would generally consider negative?

quick to anger, values wolves more than mortals (outside of his pack), judgmental of outsiders

😱: Do they have any irrational fears/phobias? How do they cope with them? Has a phobia ever impacted the game you play them in?

idk that it's necessarily a phobia but he doesn't trust nets. weaving is a mystical act in his clan so it's very common to have spells woven into nets + as a child of Loke who was captured in a net, he's very distrustful of even torn nets

😭: How easily do they cry? Do they ever cry in front of other people? When was the last time they cried?

he doesn't cry easily, and would not allow himself to cry in front of others. the last time he cried was as a boy when he was hunting with his sister and they found a dead wolf

💢: How quick are they to anger? What is a surefire way to piss them off? What do they act like when angry?

VERY quick to anger— touching him or his belongings without permission is a quick way to piss him off lol. he's very snippy with people he Likes; if he doesn't know or like you, he'd be more inclined to break your wrist

😄: How can you tell when they’re really happy? What sorts of things make them happy? How often do they smile?

he gets the wiggles lol, very much like an excited dog. seeing a wolf in the wild on his adventures, knowing a full moon is coming soon, a successful hunt, a good raid— so on and so forth.

(he's as quick to smile as he is to get angry, so he smiles pretty often!)

😳: How easily are they embarrassed/flustered? What sorts of things catch them off-guard and make them lose their cool?

it's hard to actually embarrass/fluster him, and trying is more likely to make him angry lol

🤲: Do they have any deep desires that they don’t talk about and/or don’t even realize they have? Do these desires conflict with their main goal at all?

hmm..... i think ultimately he'd like to find someone who understands him + who he can bring home to the clan + will like. embrace their culture? but that's not sth he'd ever really address bc then he has to grapple with his very detached sense of self + lack of understanding of social mores/etc

🗣️: How social are they? Do they speak to strangers because they like to or only when necessary? How differently do they act with strangers vs. friends?

not SUPER social, more... curious? he won't stay in a conversation if there's no benefit to him, but he will snoop around for potential quest opportunities. he tends to be pretty formal with strangers bc he doesn't actually pursue senseless bloodshed. murdering everyone does not equate to glory/renown for himself and his tribe lmao

😬: Did they ever make a major decision in their past that they regret? How are they handling it now?

regret? not really lol. he's got a very sort of... "what happened has happened and I can't change it, so there's no point dwelling on it" attitude

🎓: What was their education like? Do they have any favorite subjects? What is their preferred learning style?

nooooooooot formal at all! but his oldest brother, Komas, became a (sorta) druid (ie learned from an elder in the village who used to be an adventurer, so he's fairly low level since he's not Adventuring, but can still use his magic to aid the forest/wolves surrounding the village) and his third oldest sibling, Eindriði, is a Cleric of Loke who got called to that path out of the blue (it had originally considered itself a Child of Odin, a sort of wandering scholar and the only non-lycanthropic clan members who are allowed to leave the village)

all this to say Fýrulf picked up a lot of odd booklore from both Komash and Eindriði, and practical skills from the clan elders. he liked learning to make hunting traps :3

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦: What is their family like? Are there any family members that are particularly influential and/or important to them (whether in a positive or negative sense)?

he and all his siblings have the same mother but different fathers! family conceptions in the clan actually have three tiers— blood-kin, moon-kin, and wolf-kin (1st importance: moon-kin, your chosen family; 2nd importance: blood-kin, you share blood, blood-kin can be moon-kin too; 3rd importance: wolf-kin, the wolves you were raised alongside, occasionally wolf-kin may become moon-kin for lycanthropes who can speak with them)

Komash is a half-orc and is Fýrulf's favorite sibling (half-orcs mature very quickly and Fýrulf was the only sibling with enough guts to try and wrestle an adult-sized half-orc, so he and Komash have a special bond— also because their other siblings are fully human and they're not; Fýrulf is a half-elf). Fýrulf also has a strong relationship with his mother; he couldn't care less about his father, though.

Fýrulf's honestly probably calmer/more restrained than he could be because of Komash's influence as a Druid (Circle of the Moon)

🛝: Do they have any childhood friends? If so, are they still in touch with them? What is their relationship like now (or why did it end)?

all children in the clan are raised communally (partly because a significant chunk of parents are adventurers who only stay around until children are weaned onto mashed foods) so Fýrulf has quite a few "cousins." he's not really in touch with them because he's off adventuring, but he enjoys seeing those who stayed in the village when he does come back! he's neutral towards most of them, and honestly he's closer to his wolf-kin (of his own choice).

spending a full moon in the village and getting to run and hunt alongside his wolf-kin is a special treat

😡: Do they have any enemies and/or rivals from their past? How serious of a threat are they to your OC?

none who survived! duels are an accepted part of life and Fýrulf has always come out on top. of course, he knows literally nothing about his father's side of the family. whether or not his elven lineage could come back to bite him in the ass (should anyone actually discover who his father is).... Remains To Be Seen

💘: Do they have a “canon” romantic partner? If so, who is it and what is their relationship like? If not, what kind of person would be the optimal romantic partner for them (the most interesting narratively, not necessarily the healthiest/what they think their preferences are)?

hmmmm he's had a couple theoretical partners I've workshopped but nothing that's really stuck yet— but as far as his BG3 lore, he's romancing Astarion + Halsin (which says a lot, I think). for how strong his emotions are, he tends to take his partner's lead and as such he's very willing to give Astarion as much time as he needs and let him shape the relationship in way that's most comfortable.

he's also VERY into his dream visitor and as ive said im pointedly avoiding spoilers but like. Fýrulf considers his dream guy to be part of his pack, which means he would be VERY easy for DG to manipulate...... lol

🤝: How do they express platonic affection? When does an acquaintance become a friend for them?

thoughtful little gifts, acting protectively, trusting their insight/listening to their directions...

if someone trusts his judgement and does not treat him with fear because he is. A Lycanthrope, that's a quick way to earn his trust and begin the journey from acquaintance to friend

🫂: How are they with casual physical touch? Do they have different boundaries based on how well they know a person? Is there a specific reason behind their comfort level?

if someone asks first/lets him initiate, he's perfectly fine with physical touch :3 just don't touch the back of his neck. + yea he ABSOLUTELY does (for example, in his BG3 run Astarion, Halsin and Gale would be the only ones who could touch him without explicitly asking first).

there's not like.. a specific reason he could point back to, he's just always been particular about touch

[pxnxply]

Middle-earth Role Playing statsheet

tagged by @maedhros-feanoriel & @curufiin

Last one because I am sleepy now.

Eöl

❯   STATS ⋯ ✵

    STR: 16

    DEX: 16

    CON: 16

    INT: 18

    WIS: 12

    CHA: 8

❯   BASIC INFORMATION ⋯ ✵

    Name(s): Eöl

    Nickname(s): None

    Gender: Male

    Culture/Race: Elf/Sindar

    Profession: Blacksmith

    Alignment: True Neutral

    Original Character or Canon Character?: Canon

    Date of birth: Unknown

    Place of birth: Beleriand

    Current living place: Nan Elmoth

    Demeanor: Brooding

    Languages: Sindarin

❯   PHYSICAL INFORMATION ⋯ ✵

    Height: 7’5     Weight: IDK

    Eye color: Blue

    Hair color: Black, with a white streak

    Special physical (tattoo, scars, left eye of a different color, etc): Tree motif tattoo on left upper arm

❯   FAMILY ⋯ ✵

    Parent names & race: Unnamed

    Grandparent names & race: Unnamed

    Sibling names & race: None

    Children names & race: Maeglin

    Partner name & race: Aredhel

    Pets: Cat

❯   ARMOR & WEAPON SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Armor (None, light, medium, heavy): Heavy

    Favored weapon: Swords

    Name of weapon: Anguirel

    Skills with edged weapons: ★★★★     Skills with crushing weapons: ★★★★

    Skills with two-handed weapons: ★

    Skills with thrown weapons: ★★★★

    Skills in archery: ★★★

    Skills with polearms: ★★

❯   GENERAL SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Climbing: ★★

    Riding: ★★★★

    Swimming: ★★★★

    Tracking: ★★

    Cooking: ★★

    Foraging: ★★★★★

❯   SUBTERFUGE SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Ambush: ★★★★★

    Stalk/Hide: ★★★★★

    Pick Locks: ★★★★

    Set/Disable Traps: ★★★

❯   ATHLETIC SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Acrobatics: ★★

    Brawling: ★★

    Wrestling: ★★

❯   CAREER SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Animal Handling: ★★★

    Boat Handling: ★★★

    Craft: ★★★★★

    Navigation: ★★★★★

❯   MEDICAL SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    First Aid: ★★★

    Apothecary: ★★★

    Midwifery: 0

    Surgery: ★★★

    Poisons knowledge: ★★★★★

❯   ARTISTIC SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Dance: ★★

    Play Instrument: ★         Poetry: ★

    Singing: ★★

    Tale Telling: ★

❯   INFLUENCE SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Acting: ★     Bribery: ★

    Diplomacy: ★

    Interrogation: ★★★

    Leadership: ★★

    Public Speaking: ★★

    Seduction: ★

    Trading: ★★

    Trickery: ★★★★ ❯   LORE SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    History: ★★★★★

    Mathematics: ★★★★★

    Religion: ★★★★

    Ainur Lore: ★★★★

    Dwarven Lore: ★★★★

    Elven Lore: ★★★★

❯   MAGIC SKILLS ⋯ ✵

    Enchanting: ★★★★

    Sorcery: ★★★

    Attunement: ★★

    Spell Mastery: ★★

❯   OTHER ⋯ ✵

    Perception: ★★★★★

    Read / Write: ★★★★★

[imasallstars]

SSR/SSR+ 【Hide and Seek In Love Forest】Hiromi Seki

“I don't need to practice my smile anymore. All I got to do is smile when I need to”

FOCUS STAT 　　　 7418 VISUAL TOTAL APPEAL 　　　 15 709 Skill:「Seek It, Gaze of Love」 　　　(Motif) For every 9 seconds, there is a 40~60% chance that and you will gain extra SCORE BONUS based off your current unit’s total VISUAL APPEAL for 4~6 seconds Center Skill:「Resonant Makeup」 　　　When 5 DIFFERENT SKILLS are in your unit, all active skill effects will stack. However, other appeals other than DANCE will receive a 100% penalty.

※ this card is limited through scouting in CINDERELLA FESTIVAL BLANC starting 28.06.2024

[over-the-time-flow]

Super Robot Rollcall: The Preventers

Garrod Ran

"I won't let you repeat our mistakes!!!"

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Age: 15

Height: 161 cm

Voice Actor: Wataru Takagi

The Blazing Mobile Suit Pilot himself (self-entitled), Garrod's a determined young man who, throughout his travels, realizes just how much of the world around him is built upon (or, in the case of the actual source material, atop the ruins of) the past generation's mistakes, traumas, and baggage. Throughout it all, his dedication to the taciturn young Tiffa Adill serves as motivation to never turn back, regardless of how much cruelty or foolishness he has to deal with.

I like him a lot :)

Garrod won't wow you, but he's certainly not bad either. High Evasion, high Skill, and high Accuracy are all rather nice to have, but his offensive stats are underwhelming.

However, as the game goes on, his Spirit Command list will prove to have basically everything you could want him to have, except for the all-important Spirit (気合, raises user's Will by 10), which would make firing the Gundam X's signature move a lot easier. Speaking of, said signature move more than makes up for Garrod's lack of innate firepower.

Garrod will become better throughout the game, but it does hurt him that all but one of his "upgrades" are more on the machine side than the pilot side, since you could just stick anybody else on his machine(s). Still, the one that IS a direct upgrade for him is rather strong, even if it's technically a secret.

Fun Fact: Garrod is responsible for the single longest-range sniping feat in the history of Gundam, landing a shot from 15~20 thousand kilometers away. Though it should be mentioned, the target in question wasn't exactly small...

Gundam X

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Model Number: GX-9900

Height: 17.1 meters

Real World Designer: Kunio Okawara

The Earth Federation's trump card, and one of the most powerful Newtype-use weapons ever made. Armed with multiple superweapons and a dedicated support unit that never saw live battle during the old war, even with the relatively small number of deployed units, it made one hell of an impression on the battlefield, and gave Jamil Neate PTSD even though he was the one piloting it.

Today, Garrod Ran pilots it, though he doesn't know the full extent of the machine's history, nor of its capabilities...

Average mobility, average range, average firepower, but man it's got one hell of a trump card up its...

...Huh? Where's its trump card?

...In any case, once it's here, it's a big reason why this is one hell of a machine. I'd honestly say it's better than its upgraded counterpart in quite a few circumstances.

Fun Fact: Kunio Okawara has said that the GX was designed with the motif of the famous samurai Sasaki Kojiro in mind; the diagonal way in which the cannon rests on its back, alongside the way the hilt of the beam saber is pulled from its base, are meant to be evocative of Kojiro's famously long katana, the Monohoshizao (Clothespole).

Jamil Neate

"Don't think, just run!"

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Age: 30

Height: 180 cm

Voice Actor: Ken'yu Horiuchi

A former newtype ace, Jamil now makes his living by leading the Frieden crew. Due to the PTSD the war gave him, he finds himself unable to get back in a Mobile Suit's cockpit, and prefers to lead from the Frieden's bridge instead.

Despite no longer being at the forefront, Jamil is far from a coward, and will go to extreme lengths to protect other newtypes from the same fate he now grapples with. He believes in a future where newtypes are no longer used as weapons of war, and this resolution is exactly what makes people trust him so fiercely.

Jamil boasts the singular strongest Ranged stat out of all battleship commanders in the game (and by a LONG shot), and despite claiming to no longer have Newtype powers, he still has one level of the skill to boot, making him easily the most accurate out of the whole bunch. On top of that, his Evasion is good enough that, coupled with his Newtype abilities, he's capable of making the damn thing dodge sometimes.

If you had to find something to complain about with him, it'd be that his Spirits list really isn't all that good for battleship captain duty, being more suited to a Real Robot pilot.

Also, there's a secret in this game involving him; by a certain chapter, we want him to have 20 kills. Considering how far off said chapter is, it's really not that tall of a task provided you know about it, and i'm sure some people have even managed to get it while not knowing about it. Still, we'd best not forget to feed him every once in a while.

Fun Fact: Flashbacks aside, we never see Jamil without his sunglasses until he takes them off during the final episode, after which point he never puts them back on again.

Frieden

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Length: 130 meters

A modified version of an old Federation Alps-class land battleship.

It's certainly a battleship. It's got thin armor coupled with no barrier, but it's got large reserves of HP as with all battleships, so it's not exactly easy to take down. Plus, by being a landship, it's got the distinct advantage of being able to get terrain bonuses, something the other battleships can't really do.

In case you were thinking of being silly with it and trying to upgrade its mobility to fit Jamil, don't bother. That'd be incredibly expensive for very little returns, and said upgrades will carry over to later ships that are even less fit for dodging. Even equipping it with mobility raising parts doesn't seem worth it, as it only has a measly two Parts slots, much better dedicated for consumable items for you to cast on nearby allies.

Fun Fact: The german word "Frieden" means peace.

Roybea Loy

"I wonder if there's a Heaven?"

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Height: 184 cm

Voice Actor: Takumi Yamazaki

The Frieden crew's resident playboy. In the original show, his playboy behavior was rationalized as being a way to spread more love than hatred in the desolate world of the After War timeline, but in SRW R's world, i suppose he's just like that innately.

Also, his cut-in art in R is ATROCIOUS, they did him so fucking dirty.

Roybea is alright. He's got average stats all around. Using Garrod as a measuring stick, Roybea hovers slightly below Garrod in most regards, except for being exactly 1 point better in both offensive stats, and being a whopping 10 points behind in Evasion.

Still, he makes up for this with a fairly stellar Spirit command lineup, with an early Daunt (脱力, lowers target enemy's Will by 10) being stellar for boss-slaying, and later getting Assault (突撃, can use any weapon after moving, except for MAP attacks), which can make him a serious candidate for the GX (and its upgrade) in playthroughs where you don't get the big Gundam X secret. On top of all that, he even has 2 levels of Support Attack.

Gundam Leopard

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Model Number: GT-9600

Height: 16.8 meters

A heavy-weapons machine from the same war as the Gundam X, the Leopard was also originally a Newtype-use machine, though the one Roybea uses has been heavily modified, and no longer has the Flash System.

Below average Mobility, below average Movement Range, below average firepower. This thing's not great. It has a MAP attack, but it's weak enough that it won't be very useful for much more than weakening multiple grunt enemies at a time (though it IS nice that it doesn't have a Will requirement). It'll get a couple upgrades later down the line, but even then, there's better options, even within the constraints of Gundam X MSs.

Fun Fact: In the Gundam X timeline, this was the first Gundam ever made, and was once ridden by the very first newtype.

Witz Sou

"Please... Protect the Frieden!"

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Height: 175 cm

Voice Actor: Kazuya Nakai

A hot-blooded, impulsive young man who's often the butt of jokes on the Frieden. He starts off abrasive, but as the crew gets to know him better, he can't help but get attached. He's been trying to get money to help his family back home, but when he returns home after a long while and things have seriously changed, he has a hard time coping with it.

His backstory doesn't really fit with the complicated setting of SRW R, and the large cast in R doesn't really offer Witz the found family vibes that the Frieden crew thawed him with, so here he's just an asshole for no reason and is often designated for scenes where the script clearly just needed someone to be a dick and/or a contrarian. Poor Witz :(

He hovers around Roybea's statline on every metric except Melee, which is REALLY low, but that doesn't really matter when no Gundam X machines really suffer from the pilot having low Melee.

Spirit Commands wise, he's less impressive than Roybea. He's not really missing anything particularly important, but he doesn't have any real standouts other than maybe Accel, which coupled with his Airmaster, let him be wherever he wants to be, whenever he wants to be.

Fun Fact: Witz was Kazuya Nakai's first role, fresh off of giving up the salaryman lifestyle to try and break into the VA business. Judging from certain interviews, it seems he's rather attached to the role because of this.

Gundam Airmaster

Source Material: After War Gundam X

Model Number: GW-9800

Height: 17.2 meters

A high-mobility newtype-use machine from the same war as the Leopard and the Gundam X. Much like the Leopard, this machine seems to have been modified, and no longer has the Newtype-use Flash System.

High base mobility, and BONKERS Movement Range. It does suffer from not having an attack with longer range than 5 tiles, but that issue is somewhat alleviated by the fact that said 5-range attack is post-movement on top of this thing's turbo speeds.

A more genuine issue with it, however, is its lack of firepower. Still, you can do a lot worse than this one.

Fun Fact: Kazuya Nakai has a model kit of this machine, but refuses to actually build it out of sentimentality. I've always found this story really sweet.

Fa Yuiry

"Humans are emotional animals!"

Source Material: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack

Birthday: October 9th

Age: 17

Voice Actress: Miyuki Matsuoka

A determined and kind young woman who ended up involved with the AEUG during the Gryps Conflict. Though not as impulsive as some of her compatriots, she too has a strong sense of justice, and held deep resentment for the Titans.

In SRW R, the Gryps Conflict has already concluded (though evidently in a very different manner from how the TV show concluded), and now she searches for Kamille's whereabouts.

There's no sugarcoating it, Fa's terrible. If you must find any positive quirks of her, she gets Blocking up to level 5, which is really high, and she gets three levels of Support Defense. Couple this with her being a Newtype, and i guess you could try and make her a Support Defense battery? Obviously this would be a terrible use of a deploy slot, but if you absolutely MUST deploy her because you are madly in love with her, that'd be the move. Here's some rot13'd paragraphs with future unit spoilers if you're someone who MUST use Fa and find this non-negotiable.

if you're wondering why i even bothered with this, it's because i really really like theorycrafting and will take any excuse to do it

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Methuss

Source Material: Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Char’s Counterattack

Model Number: MSA-005

Height: 26 meters

Power Source: Nuclear Fusion Reactor

Real World Designer: Mamoru Nagano

An experimental mobile suit created as a testbed for the Zeta Gundam's transforming mechanism.

It's also one of my favorite Mobile Suits, period!

It's terrible. Its only saving grace is its ability to Repair, which is admittedly rare in R, but... it's really not worldchanging enough to justify how bad this thing is.

They even gave it a B rank in space. This thing spent most of its time in space in the damn show, man, what the hell

Fun Fact: Despite prominently serving as a fuel tank for the Hyaku Shiki's big beam cannon (official name, trust me), the Methuss has never had the ability to Resupply by default in SRW games, only recently acquiring as a Full Upgrade Bonus (or Half Upgrade Bonus).

This is a great injustice.

Lucrezia Noin

"Zechs... it's been 1 year and 22 days..."

Source Material: New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Age: 19

Voice Actor: Chisa Yokoyama

A smart and level-headed woman, Noin graduated from military academy with top marks. She did her best to revive the Sanc Kingdom, which her stalking target lover old friend Zechs hailed from, alongside his younger sister Relena. Even after the kingdom fell once more, she and Relena continued to steadfastly expouse and protect the virtues of total pacifism, the ideal on which the Sanc Kingdom was built. In the Preventers, she goes by the codename "Fire".

In SRW games featuring Endless Waltz, she's usually the first or one of the first Preventers to join you.

Noin's stats are all middling to bad, with the one standout being, weirdly enough, rather high Defense.

If you use her at all, it's for her rather good support-oriented Spirit Commands, but her machine isn't particularly fit for support duty, so she just feels aimless. If only we could put her in the Methuss...

Fun Fact: She's often overshadowed by Zechs both in the source material and in all of their countless SRW appearances, but in-universe, she's shown herself to be a lot more competent than him on various occasions.

Taurus

Source Material: New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Model Number: SK-12 SMS

Height: 16.8 meters

Real World Designer: Jun'ya Ishigaki

Imagine if the Airmaster didn't have its cracked Movement Range, nor its great base Mobility. Now imagine Witz was pilot-locked to it.

Yeah, i'd advocate for total pacifism too if this hunk of junk was the best i could get my hands on.

Whew, that sure turned out to be one LONG rollcall.

With that, happy birthday to me, and i'll be seeing you all on monday!

[tumblezwei]

new relic sets and Firefly and Jade's finalized kits have leaked, I shall talk about them. Keep in mind this is an amateur's reading of this stuff, I'm not number crunching here.

god it figures a new BE set would release right as I finish farming meteor for Sushang. I guess I should have known what with Harmony TB, Boothill, and Firefly all utilizing break effect. Here's hoping that harmony TB can get me over that 250% threshhold lmao.

aaaannnddd the new best in slot for the FUA crowd. Actually I really hate seeing "FUA" used for follow-up attack bc it always tricks me into thinking people are talking about Fu Hua for at least a couple seconds. Marshal Hua leaks......where are you.....

But idc about this set bc I have no FUA team. I am making the prediction that this set's lore is about the Yuque, it just has the look of region-specific Cloud Knight armor.

literally just Firefly's BiS. Who else can even benefit from that set?

Well, actually now that I'm thinking about it, Asta with this and the new BE relic set might go hard as hell. And maybe Hoook?? But honestly I haven't even taken a glance at Hook's kit so idk what she specializes in. Himeko and Topaz could too, I guess, but I think they'd benefit more from this other set.

Speaking of, the other is just another FUA buff, following HSR's tradition of providing a new BiS the patch directly after a new support unit for that gimmick comes out.

As for lore, the first looks like the Zhuming?? If we're just going off of the flame motif. The second feels like the Yaoqing, considering they're the ones with the Lunar Embryo and the Borisin problem. It makes sense that we're getting more Xianzhou lore considering we were told we're going back to the Xianzhou this year.

idc about eidolons so I'm not including them.

Firefly's kit looks pretty similar to the various beta stages. Ultimate enters her into an enhanced state (SAM) with stronger attacks, standard skill consumes 50% HP for 50% energy gain, enhanced state skill restores HP. DMG taken decreases alongside her HP so you can worry less about her being oneshot after she uses her skill, so she might be viable to run with a shielder only.

Technique and enhanced skill gives a fire weakness implant and thank god bc that shit used to be locked behind her first eidolon.

It looks like the complete combustion countdown will prevent you from spamming her ULT and staying in the enhanced state. It looks like speed and break effect will be the two stats to look out for. Especially with one of her traces ignoring target's defense starting at 250% BE. yeah, that BE relic set was made for her.

Jade! Her kit is weird. Basic is standard AOE attack, but her skill enhances an ally's speed by 30 and when that ally attacks they deal addition quantum damage to every enemy based off of her attack. Oh and it also consumes 5% of the ally's HP.

Each attack from the ally that has her skill active gives her stack, when the stack reaches 8 she deals a follow-up attack. Her ULT is an AOE attack that enhances the damage of her follow-up.

So it looks like Jade will need to run with an ally that has a high speed stat, bc she can't enhance herself. Honestly you'll have to go to the meta bitches to see who fits her best, bc I'm not the person to ask lmao. Maybe a harmony unit, since most of those need high speed anyways? Or another damage dealer to make the most out of the attack increase.

Also real quick, check this out

This bitch has a 4-STAR ERUDTION LIGHTCONE

Oh he's a 4-star for sure. Sorry Sunday enjoyers lmaoooooooo

[jacksonmaardn716]

Week 8

Experimentation

Basically waterboarded the bro, put a sheet cover over him and went into a park with a strong light. Worked out well as sunset is at light 5:30 so it got dark real quick. 

Editing black and white and added off white kinda effects to make it seem more mysterious, rustic, and how pollution kind of makes everything more dirty,  personal feeling. Sheet over face to make bro seem like he cant breathe aka pollution also relating to the colour balance

Next steps: I want to add text, edit smoke into the photo, another photoshoot that has better lighting and alter the camera settings that make the photo clearer.

Ideas: suffocation ; loss of identity from urbanization ; protective gear i.e. motif of mask

Challenges i faced:  the bedsheet being too thick, the time i took the photos around 5ish was around sunset and i had to constantly change the settings, and so the photos i got were very inconsistent, and some were blurry/shaky. Also i was pouring water over the bro while someone else was pulling a sheet back and flashing a flashlight into his face which was very uncomfortable for him. Additionally I didn't have a light which I could freely move around which limited the amount of lighting choices I had

Week 8 in class

 Begin by writing in a Word doc for your blog: what are the 3 main challenges you are currently facing in your project, along with your current plan to address these 3 challenges? These reflections will also be used in your one-to-one meetings with your lecturer and informal group critiques with your classmates. Use these thoughts and plans as a starting point for discussion.

3 Challenges

Finding a way to capture pollution or the concept of the negative aspects of pollution in a photograph. Thinking of fog machines, a vapes but don’t have either

Change in direction. When the class first started I was pretty set on a graffiti urban set of photographs, but then as I progressed I realised that the subject I chose didn’t relate. I was stubborn and tried to stick with my idea until almost the formative and only then I fully grasped that my idea was not it.

Finding someone keen to help out. All my friends are in their 3rd year as well and getting swamped by assessments. It’s hard to find someone keen to go out and take photos for a few hours in the dark.

HM: Personal procrastination.

Challenge 1) Post production editing experimenting with smoke

Challenge 2) 

The goal is to begin problem-solving at least one central aspect of your campaign/project in class time. This may be in response to verbal feedback or an area you have identified you need to work on.

You may also select one skills aspect of the brief that you wish to advance, for example:

studio lighting practice (book studio ahead of time);

DSLR camera testing (test trials to learn a new way to use your camera to suit your shoot);

location lighting tests (take lights to a location – book these ahead of time);

location finding (go to locations to test compositions, light, etc);

test props or materials photographically;

lens and focal length testing (undertake a series of tests to work out optimum focal length etc. for a particular controlled shoot);

developing or scanning analogue film;

printing in the darkroom;

post-production for inkjet printing (book computer ahead of time in inkjet lab);

book-making tests;

Intro to inkjet printing;

Further in class experimentation:

quick mock up

LED Light panel set.

Borrow a piece of fabric

Stats of most heavily polluted cities in the world and stats of the particulates in the air

Shock factor

Studio test was really good. Lighting and setup all tested. Now future testing will use different cloths and lighting panel

I bought a piece of silk 90x90 for less than $20 as it was an off-cut at Wah Lee near hobson street.

Looked at facebook marketplace for fog machines, can borrow one for 20$ but needs a power source.

Natalie sent me an email showing canned atmosphere aerosol which seems to fit my purpose. It’s on sale as well for 23$ and in Mt Eden so I will definitely check it out

I’m also struggling to rent a light from the AUT space as there’s something wrong with my account. Looking to go to IT and fix it

Site searching: there's a place with graffiti outside wah lee which would be nice at night time. Otherwise the phone booth at princess street could be nice as well. Next to after 6 moto the abandoned car park

Want to look at dirty-grungey places. Where could I go?

Abandoned buildings? 

photo from online^ potential composition

[yamuna111]

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