Okay, that makes sense.Smuthunter said:
Nope. Sure you used Monologue to gain some extra rolls and they were mollified , but not everyone buy your excuse. But they recognized you don't want to openly talk about it and so decided to investigate in a less direct way.Deathwings said:
My mistake: corrected.Pipeman said:
You can learn it later, once you gain at least one dot in Martial Arts.overmind said:
I didn't say "join" I said "hook up with." That may entail just being allies who trade favors or it might mean making Rias and friends our minions or even something else entirely. And I wouldn't say joining Rias is out of the question either -- Solar or not, we're still a neophyte to all things supernatural while Rias is a demon princess with a great deal of knowledge and power we would be well-served to take advantage of. Even competently-built Solars are sometimes minions to more powerful beings simply because it serves their purposes to do so.overmind said:
My mistake, sorry.Smuthunter said:
We'd still need to buy all the Charms in it, which would cost us 10 XP each, unless Alexander dramatically house-rules it.overmind said:
Oh hell no. Solars are subordinate to other people in many situations. There's even one Elder Solar way out in the east of Creation who has been mind-broken and enslaved by the leech gods.overmind said:
Not sure why we would go for Fist of the Daystar rather than Solar Hero Style. Buckets of damage dice is exactly what we need when fighting shonen villains.
The main issue is that that first dot in Martial Arts costs two whole BP to buy now.overmind said:
Oh you're talking about Chung's SHS rewrite, I was getting that one mixed up with Arms of the Unconquered Sun.Pipeman said:
Well, that is more efficient.Pipeman said:
I'll have to disagree on this. There's nothing entertaining about being murdered by angry dice.Fellgar said:
No. :notfunny:Selias said:
It's a short one, with four chapters. Comedy. I think most people agree that his fics only get bad once he goes on for too long. Pretty sure I read that somewhere. Could be wrong though.Carrnage said:
You'll hear no arguments from me. His SAO/DxD fic is the best in FF.net's DxD section (though admittedly that's not saying anything).Selias said:
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Yeah, actually. Exalted has this problem called "lethality" which means that despite being demigods mechanically-speaking we're actually extremely fragile when you calculate weapon damage and compare it against our available health boxes.Fellgar said:LOL seriously? Worried about *THAT* on easy modo?
Funny, I seem to recall Kirito losing even with his super reflexes when he sparred with Kiba*, and then both of them got KO'ed in the rating game. I agree that it's not terribly realistic for them to recover so quickly but saying that makes them into god mode sues is a bit much.
Smuthunter said:
Several, actually. First there's the flaw of invulnerability, which in our case will most likely be compassion, meaning we can't use it unless we're protecting someone. Second there's the mote cost, what with PDs being really expensive in 2.5 means we can only use it sparingly.Fellgar said:
Yeah actually it does. Kirito loses against Kiba, loses again in the rating game after spending most of it carving up Raiser's pawns rather than anyone of importance, and gets the primary source of his uberspecialness picked apart and shown to be actively detrimental in a fight with a well-trained opponent. Finally, his contributions to the plot ultimately amount to giving Issei an opening to do something really awesome rather than doing something really awesome himself. When I compare him to actual god mode sues like CED Naruto there is absolutely no comparison whatsoever.
Smuthunter said:
Good catch. That will probably be less of a problem unless we start getting attached to mortal chicks instead of people who can hold their own in a fight.Nervaqus987 said:
Smuthunter said:
I think the motes produced by the Gear can only be used offensively, so we can't use them for a PD. I'd check, but it's not on the first page.Fellgar said:
