Trials of the God-Harem King [Highschool DxD/Exalted] (CLOSED)

[Smuthunter]

ya know the interlude is kinda pointless. I mean it's not like we can do something about it with Issei.

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Whether we can do something about it or not isn't the point. The interlude is foreshadowing an upcoming conflict with Bright so it doesn't come across as a random ass-pull when it eventually happens. This is a pretty basic technique in literature.

 

[Alexander]

Hey Alex, I recommend that you only keep track of the number of available to be spent on attribute points rather then the total. You still have stamina as two months along with strength and dexterity even though we have already paid for most of those trained.

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? You sure? I'm looking at it and, no, I clearly changed it.

 

[Alexander]

Just as insurance, are there any mental attacks in DxD that we can say we need to learn how to defend against?

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Uhm, not that I can think of at the moment. I think not.

I'm also trying to work out a Supreme Radiance Shintai based on the Malfean Shintai, our Anima, and an 'Intimacy on sight' effect. Currently trying to find sources as comparison to get an idea of a balanced strength and pricing.

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That would be awesome . I suggest the Infernal Manual and Broken Winged Crane for that. In Shards of the Exalted Dream there are also the Charms (including a Shintai) for Theion, who was Malfeas before becoming a Yozi.

 

[Gnarker]

That would be awesome . I suggest the Infernal Manual and Broken Winged Crane for that. In Shards of the Exalted Dream there are also the Charms (including a Shintai) for Theion, who was Malfeas before becoming a Yozi.

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After several hors spent futilely trawling the internet for the rules of Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai I'm afraid I'll have to finally concede defeat, go from memory, and leave the numerical values for someone else to fill in. It'll need to be hammered into shape some by someone who actually knows what he's doing anyway. If I forgot any part of DTAS (boost to Green Sun Nimbus Flare maybe? Like I said, I forgot.), please someone say so.

Supreme Radiance Shintai
The Exalt chooses dragon-themed Mutations and appropriate Dragon Knacks analogous to Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai. Of these, he has to first fill up the basic physical traits of a dragon form (claws, scales, wings, a tail, as well as at least one level of increased size per point of essence. Should he at a later point receive one of these mutations or knacks separate from Supreme Radiance Shintai, he may remove it from this list and replace it with something else, as long as the separate purchase does not require a shapeshifting effect to appear.

When this charm is activated, the Exalt transforms into 'A great western crimson dragon with scales of orichalcum, its maw burning with the cleansing flames of the sun.', assuming all of the previously chosen Mutations and Knacks. His Anima flares, and assumes red and golden coloration like a Solar's. Armor and Weapons interact as they would with Lunar Shapeshifting, i.e. they vanish should they stop fitting unless they're made from Moonsilver or are a part of Boosted Gear.

Additionally, anyone seeing the Shintai for the first time in a scene has to resist the Exalt's Presence or develop an Intimacy towards him: Terror (for those who oppose him or threaten an innocent or something that is his, etc.), Love, Adoration, or Fan-Like Worship (for those with a compatible orientation), respectively Awe, Respect, Loyalty, or Friendship (everyone else). A special case are those who are both enemies of the Exalt and capable of loving him; They develop two intimacies, one of Love or something similar towards the Exalt, another of Guilt or Shame towards themselves.

Anything else (cost, keywords, duration, etc.) is largely similar to the Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai, including analogous prerequisites and upgrade charms.

 

[Alexander]

After several hors spent futilely trawling the internet for the rules of Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai I'm afraid I'll have to finally concede defeat, go from memory, and leave the numerical values for someone else to fill in. It'll need to be hammered into shape some by someone who actually knows what he's doing anyway. If I forgot any part of DTAS (boost to Green Sun Nimbus Flare maybe? Like I said, I forgot.), please someone say so.

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Found it:

Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai
Cost: 12m, 1wp;
Mins: Essence 3;
Type: Simple
Keywords: Desecration, Form-type, Obvious, Shaping
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: By Rage Recast
When the gods turned Malfeas inside-out and gave him form, they exposed his inner monstrosity for all to see. Denied Creation, the Demon City must satisfy himself with dominion over his hateful flesh. If he must suffer the humiliation of physical existence, then the parameters of that body will be defined by the raging whim of the onetime Primordial King—and none other.

The Infernal spreads his arms and collapses his anima banner into his flesh, producing a brief, blinding cataclysm of emerald flame. This explosion acts as a one-time environmental damage effect (Damage 3L, Trauma 1) to everything within three yards. When the smoke clears, the Exalt stands transformed, his demonic nature stamped unmistakably into his flesh.

Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai has the following effects:
• The warlock simultaneously manifests all (Essence x 10) points of mutations provided by this Charm's prerequisite. Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai explicitly ignores the normal restrictions on the number of positive mutations a Desecration effect may provide and does not count toward the mutation limit of other such effects. If By Rage Recast supplies mutations that are mutually exclusive to one another, he chooses which to manifest and which to keep inert within him. Mutual exclusivity is the only basis for a mutation not manifesting.
• All Shaping effects which would transform the warlock's body become Obvious to his senses. He may reflexively reject any unwanted changes, even while unconscious or otherwise inactive.
• The concentrated force of the Infernal's empyrean fury hardens his skin, adding (Essence) to his natural lethal and bashing soak.
• The warlock adds (Essence) yards to his base movement and dashing distances.
• Finally, the demonic power thrumming through his body increases the warlock's Strength by (Essence) for the purpose of feats of strength and attacking inanimate objects.

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There is also this from Shards of the Exalted Dream. Malfeas before falling:

Universe Emperor Shintai
Cost: 15m, 1wp;
Mins: Essence 5;
Type: Simple
Keywords: Blasphemy, Emotion, Form-type, Obvious
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Empyreal Invincibility Declaration,
Cosmic Tyrant Decree, Apocalypse Comet Gaze ()

Theion woke far from his brethren, brushing against the infinitude of Time Not to gaze on the 10,000 kingdoms he might rule. The formless rebels of Chaos laughed at him, a foolish monster seeking a place that could house his impossible majesty, but they screeched in voiceless terror at what he did next. From all his would-be dominions, the Empyreal Chaos drew forth the skeleton of the universe and shattered it, fashioning it into the fiery tines of his crown, lighting the flame of his righteousness and forging a realm greater than any imagined by others. Like the universe-forging flame of the Empyreal Chaos, warlocks activating this Charm are subsumed into a blaze of their own might, their bodies ceasing to be worthy houses for
their infinite radiant soul.

This produces the following effects:
• The Infernal's body is a pure, white flame with a radius of (Essence ÷ 2) yards, and her anima flares to the 11+m level, a light encompassing a radius of (Essence x 50) yards. Her fiery, transcendent body is both material and immaterial, allowing her to physically interact with both levels of existence and ignoring one or the other for purposes of moving through obstacles. She may enter spirit sanctums like a dematerialized spirit. Others who do not similarly exist in this dual state must use magic to affect the Exalt as if she were in the opposing state. (In other words, material beings must use Charms to affect immaterial things, and immaterial beings must use Charms to affect material things, in order to physically affect the Infernal at all.)
• As a flame out of the primeval chaos, others may enter into the furnace of the Infernal's body, but this constitutes an environmental hazard with Trauma and lethal Damage per action equal to (her Essence ÷ 2).
• She does not breathe, though she may still speak with her voice. She is immune to and ignores previously accrued penalties from Crippling, Poison, non-magical Sickness, fatigue, sleep, hunger, and thirst.
• The character's Cosmic Tyrant Decree expands its range to fill her anima. Her social attacks inflicting servile Emotions become unnatural, imposing scene-long internal penalties of -1 on targets' actions unrelated to the feeling, and -3 to contrary actions. By successfully imposing servile Emotions (target's Conviction) times in the scene, the target adopts an appropriate servile Intimacy that may not be eroded without spending 1wp per scene of effort.
• With Twin Suns Dawning active, the Infernal's vision can see through any obstacle within the space of her expanded anima, regardless of thickness.
• Apocalypse Comet Gaze inflicts damage to subordinate characters as if they were servile, and expands its maximum Range to the extent of her expanded anima.

An Essence 6+ repurchase expands the radius of the Exalt's flame-body to (Essence) yards, and her blazing anima to (her Essence x 100) yards.

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[Gnarker]

Found it:
There is also this from Shards of the Exalted Dream. Malfeas before falling:

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Thanks! Where, if I might ask? The Theion Charms I've actually found: http://ninjasensei.wikidot.com/yozi:theion, unfortunately the site doesn't seem to have the entire Malfean Shintai Charm Tree.
Also, I could've sworn there was some kind of Mental Influence Component to that Shintai, but I guess that was the Greater Malfeas Shintai then. Could you please post that and By Rage Recast too?

 

[Alexander]

Thanks! Where, if I might ask? The Theion Charms I've actually found: http://ninjasensei.wikidot.com/yozi:theion, unfortunately the site doesn't seem to have the entire Malfean Shintai Charm Tree.
Also, I could've sworn there was some kind of Mental Influence Component to that Shintai, but I guess that was the Greater Malfeas Shintai then. Could you please post that and By Rage Recast too?

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Ink Monkeys Collection. I was lucky while searching.

Greater Malfeas Shintai? I think you mean Demon Emperor Shintai:

DEMON EMPEROR SHINTAI
Cost: 15m, 1wp;
Mins: Essence 5;
Type: Simple
Keywords: Blasphemy, Emotion, Form-Type, Obvious, Sickness
Duration: One scene
Prerequisite Charms: Gifts of Invisible Flame, Viridian Legend Exoskeleton (x2)

As this Charm activates, the Infernal's being evolves into pure Essence and expands at infinite speed to encompass the universe. For a moment, his feet tread the shinma and the wholeness of fate tangles about his limbs like tattered cobwebs. Time sits at his right hand and resurrection upon his left. He has become the Infinite Radiant Is, the supernal transcendence of all divinity, the Holy Tyrant, the King of the Primordials. It cannot last. The infinite gravitation of humiliation crushes him, layer upon layer, until he finds himself imprisoned within a body of shining brass and volcanic stone. The Demon Emperor form is slightly larger than the character's natural body, and is visually recognizable as the warlock to those few who can gaze upon its awful radiance and survive. It surges and bucks from within, constantly fracturing to release shafts of darting molten radiance, only to quickly re-seal itself. Entire sections sometimes burst, the momentary rupture exposing smoking brass bones and a deadly emerald star where the Infernal's heart should be in the moments before the shell knits itself closed again. The character's anima flares to its full iconic state, expanding beyond all reason to encompass an area (Essence x 50) yards in radius. To watchers from afar, it may appear that some vast phantasmal behemoth moves across the land.

This form confers the following features:
• The warlock gains benefits identical to the second purchase of Viridian Legend Exoskeleton (this cancels and will not stack with already existing
activations of that Charm), as well as an additional +10L/10B soak on top of that amount.
• The interior of the Infernal's anima banner becomes toxic with the terrible might of his radiance, searing all within with terrible burns and deadly bleeding sores. The afflicted drown in blood as their lungs disintegrate and flesh putrefies. This (Damage [Essence / 2]B /action, Trauma 5) environmental hazard only harms animate beings. Victims may negate this damage with a Miscellaneous Speed 5, DV -2 action, prostrating themselves before the Infernal and pressing their foreheads to the ground in utter supplication (rising from prone immediately voids the protection such groveling affords). Doing so automatically bestows an Intimacy of terrified awe upon the supplicant (irresistible due to her voluntary submission).

• Those who dare to gaze directly upon the Infernal's awful radiance forfeit their lives. Looking upon the warlock's face automatically inflicts Green
Sun Wasting (targeting the Infernal while averting one's eyes imposes a -2 internal penalty).

• Such is the mercy of Malfeas that the warlock sometimes does not destroy his vassals. The Infernal may shield up to a Magnitude of his Essence rating in individuals chosen at the time of activation, whether a single unit or a series of disparate individuals. The warlock may reflexively revoke this protection from anyone at any time.

An Essence 6+ repurchase affects dematerialized beings, upgrades the anima banner's size to (Essence x 100) yards, and increases its Damage to (Essence)B.

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By Rage Recast
Cost: —;
Mins: Essence 2;
Type: Permanent
Keywords: Desecration, Obvious, Shaping
Duration: Permanent
Prerequisite Charms: By Pain Reforged

Once Malfeas was the Primordial King, his power and glory unconstrained by the crude limits of a body. Now, mutilated and caged in the prison of form, his cosmic might and boundless fury can only twist him toward more harmful expressions of his majesty. An Infernal who learns this Charm selects a package of (Essence x 10) points of temporary positive mutations as a "library" of options. She must allocate all of these points at the time of purchase, even if that means choosing mutations she doesn't really want as filler. Once allocated, the library remains fixed. However, raising Essence allows the Infernal to re-allocate all (Essence x 10) mutation points from scratch as though she just acquired the Charm. At Essence 10, the warlock may reallocate her mutations by spending one full day in either isolated meditation or a series of ancient, ecstatic dances. Whenever the warlock's anima banner reaches the 11+ mote level of expression, she reflexively gains eight points of mutations selected from her library as a temporary Desecration. Horns may curl from the warlock's forehead, leathery wings unfold from her back, or fanged maws open upon her body— whatever demonic features best express the Chosen's fury. She may not gain mutually-exclusive mutations at the same time. This transformation is not optional. In the unlikely event the Infernal cannot express a full eight points without going over (such as by only purchasing Abominations at Essence 3), she must get as close as possible. Once her anima subsides below the 11+ level, the mutations fade back into her body. By Rage Recast explicitly ignores the normal limit on how many positive temporary mutations a Desecration effect may bestow (see The Manual of Exalted Power—The Infernals, p.103). Mutation points gained from the Charm do count toward the usual mutation point limit other temporary Desecration effects can bestow.

If the character knows the Charm Fealty-Acknowledging Audience (The Manual of Exalted Power—The Infernals, p.116), then she may pay a surcharge of +5m when invoking that Charm to gift those who swear fealty to her with up to eight points of mutations she is capable of manifesting with By Rage Recast. This gift is a permanent Desecration. With Essence 3+, the Infernal may choose to retain her current mutations when her anima banner recedes. She may dismiss these mutations at any time her anima is below the 11-15 mote level of display with a diceless miscellaneous action, but must flare her anima anew to restore her mutations or change them out for a new suite of grotesqueries.

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[kinglugia]

Alexander.
Can I...ah...try making some custom MA for Issei?
If yes, can you PM me something to work with?
(And I might need to make some spells just because)

 

[Alexander]

Alexander.
Can I...ah...try making some custom MA for Issei?
If yes, can you PM me something to work with?
(And I might need to make some spells just because)

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Sure. What kind of MA are you interested into? The general theme is sufficient.

 

[kinglugia]

Sure. What kind of MA are you interested into? The general theme is sufficient.

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Well...given Issei has played Monster Girl Quest (all three, as per my headcanon), as well as certain harem genre anime/LN/manga (such as FSN, Campione and SAO), I say create a form of MA that is inspired by them.

But what I truly wanted to recrea- no, improve upon is Luka's Demon Sword Skills. Such interesting attacks, yet we can only get one per turn. Now that we have combos and flurries, I believe that I can either make custom Melee charms or create a whole new MA style that can be used with swords.

And considering that with the exception of Wood, I have such ideas on how to utilize the elements of Monster Girl Quest.

Kufufufu, those silly Dragon-Blooded will get lotsa aneurysms on our brand of Glorious Solar Bullshit. Especially when we have Bright Shattered Ice to tell us on DB Celestial MA.

Oh, the fun I can do with them!

 

[EternitynChaos]

Sadly we probably have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to the Elemental Dragon Styles, as they were not around in the First Age

 

[Alexander]

Well...given Issei has played Monster Girl Quest (all three, as per my headcanon), as well as certain harem genre anime/LN/manga (such as FSN, Campione and SAO), I say create a form of MA that is inspired by them.

But what I truly wanted to recrea- no, improve upon is Luka's Demon Sword Skills. Such interesting attacks, yet we can only get one per turn. Now that we have combos and flurries, I believe that I can either make custom Melee charms or create a whole new MA style that can be used with swords.

And considering that with the exception of Wood, I have such ideas on how to utilize the elements of Monster Girl Quest.

Kufufufu, those silly Dragon-Blooded will get lotsa aneurysms on our brand of Glorious Solar Bullshit. Especially when we have Bright Shattered Ice to tell us on DB Celestial MA.

Oh, the fun I can do with them!

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Gotcha. I will see what I can provide. Just one thing: there aren't DB Celestial MA, they are all Terrestrial.

 

[kinglugia]

Gotcha. I will see what I can provide. Just one thing: there aren't DB Celestial MA, they are all Terrestrial.

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-_-
Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Wood Dragon Styles beg to differ.

 

[EternitynChaos]

I think he's meaning they are not Native charms, like Solar Hero, Fist of the Day Star and other such styles are, in other words, Celestial MA, yes, DB, no

 

[Alexander]

-_-
Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Wood Dragon Styles beg to differ.

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Uh, I forgot about those. Still, all DB needs to undergo initiation before they can learn them.

 

[kinglugia]

Ah, I see what you mean.

 

[EternitynChaos]

Uh, I forgot about those. Still, all DB needs to undergo initiation before they can learn them.

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It's all right Alexander, its not like DragonBlooded are real Exalts anyway, so anything to do with them doesn't REALLY matter anyway /laugh

 

[Heaven Canceler]

You know, I just remembered that Explanation of Issei about the different martial arts types with terrestrial being the roots, celestial being the plant and sidereal being the flower, does that mean sidereal martial arts are better normally?

 

[EternitynChaos]

Sidereal Martial Arts let you do things like Turn someone into a duck, Kill someone's dreams, or jump out of a tea cup to assassinate someone, they are the Metaphysical bullshit tier, so yeah, its basicly a grading scale, TMA => CMA => SMA, just like with Sorcery, TCS => CCS => SCS

Duck Punch No Jutsu

PATTERN SPIDER TOUCH
Cost: 20m, 1wp; Mins: Martial Arts 6, Essence 6;
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: Obvious, Shaping, Touch
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: Thumbnail Spider March, Jumping
Spider Strike, Water Spider Bite
And as each heard her words and came to the center of
her web…
Once, changes to the Loom of Fate could change anything
in Creation. The pattern spiders, which tend the Loom, no
longer permit swift and drastic changes, but that potential
remains. With a successful unarmed attack, a character can
use this Charm to fundamentally change his target, reweaving
the structure of the target's existence. Doing so causes one
of the following effects:
• Transforms the target into a beast, robbing him of her
mind and shape.
• Transforms the target's fl esh into one of the fi ve elements:
a breeze, a fl ame, a stone or statue, a pool of water
or even a living tree. The target remains alive and aware,
but unless she is an elemental of the relevant type, she can
take no actions (though the martial artist could transform
the target into an elemental).
• Grants the target a new life and identity as any sort
of non-Primordial creature (other than an individual who
already exists). The target instantly develops appropriate
social relationships, seamlessly integrating into the life of
any appropriate entities save creatures of the Wyld, beings
outside the pattern of fate and spirits on or above the levels
of the Five Maidens. (If the Sidereal uses this Charm to
transform a person into a Lunar Exalt out in the Threshold,
the local beastmen and barbarians "remember" the character
as if she's lived her whole life among them, but Luna will
not be fooled. Also, the character would gain no Charms
beyond those she already possessed, though any Charms she
has and her anima display will visually correspond to those
appropriate to her new form.) These effects are permanent,
and the victim forgets her old life.
• Unmakes the target utterly. In the unlikely (though not
unprecedented) event that a targeted Primordial fails to use
a perfect defense, that Primordial becomes a Neverborn. Any
other target instantly ceases to exist, in life and in the afterlife,
as the strands of her Essence come apart and scatter.
The Shaping effect replaces the normal damage of
the attack.
The reapplication of this Charm or extremely potent
powers such as the Endowment spirit Charm can immediately
return targets to their original form. Targets transformed into
other people and back might have diffi culty recovering their
old memories, though. Nothing can remake the unmade,
however, even transforming a second target into a replica
of the unmade one.
This Charm does not affect tattooed Lunar Exalted,
whose bodies reject external transformation. Neither can
a martial artist use this Charm to affect a target under the
direct protection of a Primordial, Yozi, Neverborn or Incarna
(so for instance, nobody's unmaking any Deathlords unless
their Neverborn masters are somehow distracted).

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[Alexander]

Before leaving (because I have things to do), I would like to post here a custom Charm I am working on. I accept suggestions:

Synchronized Partner(s) Symphony
Ability: Performance?

The Lawgiver and his forces moves as one body, their actions synchronized and their hearts communicating without the need of words. With this Charm the character and those influenced become extremely good at modifying their movements to coordinate perfectly with each other. This Charm comes in handy in the ballroom, the bedroom, even the thick of battle. The dance performance of two characters with this Charm would put the best work of Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers to shame. The sexual prowess of a character with it would be legendary all on its own. The third application of this Charm makes coordinating assaults that much easier. Using it, the character automatically succeeds at the roll to coordinate a group of attackers to assault a single target. The designated target's Dv is reduced by a number of successes equal to the Solar's Performance? rating. This penalty cannot exceed the number of attackers in the group. The character can attach himself to any coordinated assault he sees fit, without the player of the person coordinating the assault having to include the character in the dice roll to do so.


I know what you are thinking. And the answer is: yes, this Charm can be used to make awesome orgies. Managing a harem is easier when the girls find each other's company enjoyable )

 

[kinglugia]

*reads Synchronized Partner(s) Symphony*
Hmm, an interesting Hora.
Perhaps make it Stackable to limit the numbers of people we can Hora with? Because if someone munchkins it the right way, we might accidentally create a War Charm instead.
Meaning? We use it on an army of Magnitude 9 and...
So, um, (Stamina + Performance + Specialities)/2 people we can use it with per purchase, up to Essence?

 

[Alexander]

*reads Synchronized Partner(s) Symphony*
Hmm, an interesting Hora.
Perhaps make it Stackable to limit the numbers of people we can Hora with? Because if someone munchkins it the right way, we might accidentally create a War Charm instead.
Meaning? We use it on an army of Magnitude 9 and...
So, um, (Stamina + Performance + Specialities)/2 people we can use it with per purchase, up to Essence?

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Uhm, you right. Let's, how about this: the first purchase allows you to coordinate a group of Magnitude no greater than 1 (max 10 people). Further purchases allow you to raise the max Magnitude.

 

[EternitynChaos]

sounds workable, fits with our first goal as well ^^;

 

[EternitynChaos]

Rias "Issei-kun... when they said 'Make Love, Not War' I don't think this is what they were talking about."

 

[kinglugia]

Rias "Issei-kun... when they said 'Make Love, Not War' I don't think this is what they were talking about."

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Hora Hora Hora!

 

[Smuthunter]

Supreme Radiance Shintai

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IMO, this is too similar to DTAS. A shintai is supposed to be the penultimate expression of the yozi's themes. This expression has more to do with the Red Dragon Emperor than with Hyoudo Issei, or with the combination of Dream and Infinite that supposedly gets us into devil-tiger status.

Now, what our Shintai should look like I'm really not sure. We're a really weird rules-ignoring devil-tiger who came from a Solar and multiple power sources that aren't related to any of the Exalted. But I'm thinking maybe less an actual transformation and more the manifestation of something like warstrider armor. Our core is still that of a human, so our form should remain such as well. All the actual mutations are inflicted on Boosted Gear, like Juggernaut drive save that it's completely under our control.

 

[Alexander]

Rias "Issei-kun... when they said 'Make Love, Not War' I don't think this is what they were talking about."

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No no, they were talking exactly about this ^-^.

IMO, this is too similar to DTAS. A shintai is supposed to be the penultimate expression of the yozi's themes. This expression has more to do with the Red Dragon Emperor than with Hyoudo Issei, or with the combination of Dream and Infinite that supposedly gets us into devil-tiger status.

Now, what our Shintai should look like I'm really not sure. We're a really weird rules-ignoring devil-tiger who came from a Solar and multiple power sources that aren't related to any of the Exalted. But I'm thinking maybe less an actual transformation and more the manifestation of something like warstrider armor. Our core is still that of a human, so our form should remain such as well. All the actual mutations are inflicted on Boosted Gear, like Juggernaut drive save that it's completely under our control.

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Like someone said: Devil-Tigers are Windows, a Cosmic Dragon is Unix.

Ophis' related Charms should be something about increasing the amount of Essence available, while Great Red...something Craft related?


Surprise! Omake time!
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A Solar Circle's Adventure Time​

"Hurry up! There's too many of them!"

"I'm almost done!" You yell back without raising your eyes from the streams of numbers flashing on the screen, your fingers dancing on the Essence-infuse keyboard. You push a final button and turn to the raven-haired boy on your left. "It's open! Lelouch!"

"Alright!" He grabs the gate's handle and pulls. He also completely fails at moving it even of a millimeter.

"Oh, for the love of-!" You rush to him and pull the handle together with him. This time the gate opens and you and Lelouch enter.

"Quick! Come on!" You yell while keeping the gate open. A brown-haired guy and a girl in a black sailor uniform run inside, followed by a pink haired beauty firing with her rifle behind her. The first two give you a hand and together you quickly shut the gate. You hear the crystal, zombie-like monsters chasing after you slamming on the metal door and start banging on it in rage, but without success.

For now, you're safe.

"Aah.." You and your four comrades sit down on the ground, your breaths ragged. "Seriously Lelouch, do something about your body. You're too weak."

"Well, excuse me." He rolls his eyes. "I was busy organizing a rebellion against a continent-spamming military empire. I didn't have time to do exercises."

The girl with the sailor uniform chuckles. "Senketsu says you're a horrible liar Lulu. We're Exalted, we can do stuff like that in minutes. Just admit it: you just hate physical activities."

"I will not be belittled by a talking uniform, Ryuuko. And don't call me Lulu!!"

At this point you suppose an explanation is necessary.

You are Hyodo Issei, once a normal Japanese student. One day you were almost killed by your (fake) first girlfriend, but was saved by the Unconquered Sun who make you one of his Exalts, a Twilight Caste. Later you found out people were after you because you have Boosted Gear, a weapon capable of killing gods, in your soul.

From that point on you had many adventures, that lead you to a journey through multiple dimensions. It was during your travels that you me other Solar Exalts, whose Exaltations found themselves outside Creation like yours and bound with the natives of other planes, namely them. With your interests aligned you and the others formed a group.

You look at the black haired, with a single red bang, girl in a sailor uniform wielding the half of a giant pair of scissors. Her name is Ryuuko Matoi, a Dawn Caste. She came from an alternate version of Earth, and received her Exaltation while fighting a, in her words, 'tyrannical bitch with bushy eyebrows' while searching for the one who killed her father. Her uniform, Senketsu, is sentient and is capable of transforming into an armor that made her stronger. It also shows a lot of skin, so she doesn't use it often.

You look at the brown haired boy. His name is Shi-Woon Yi, and he is a Zenith Caste. He came from the Korea of another alternate Earth. Once a normal student like you, he was involved into the world of dark martial arts after a series of convoluted circumstances. He received his Exaltation while trying to save a little girl from a gang of martial artists bikers. His martial arts are powerful, but he's reckless.

You look at the pink haired beauty, a full woman even if her short height may hint otherwise. Her name is Lightning, a Night Caste. We're in her world now, a giant floating sphere with an entire civilization living inside called Cocoon. An ex-soldier, she received her Exaltation after avenging her sister who was turned into a crystal statue by a god-like being. Taking her Second Breath protected her from being turned into a L'cie, which is a curse that would eventually transform her into a mindless Cie'th, like those monsters that were chasing you. Sadly her friends weren't so fortunate, so now you and the others are helping her save them. She wields a weapon that his a strange mix of a sword and a rifle.

The last one, the boy with black hair and purple eyes, is Lelouch Lamperouge, an Eclipse Caste. Formerly a prince of a modern empire from an alternate Earth, he was disowned after her mother was killed and exiled. He received his Exaltation while fighting soldiers of his country, and used his new powers to lead a rebellion against his tyrannical father. His combat abilities...are lower than zero.

"I think that's enough rest." Shi-Woon stands up. "We can't afford to waste more time than necessary. We need to save Snow and the others."

"Umph." Light snorts. "Don't worry about the idiot: he is too stupid to die." She turns to look at you and frowns. "Issei, are you sure about...?"

"You heard Vanille. L'cie that complete their Focus become crystal statues, but wake up again if the Fal'cie who turned them needs their services again." You sigh. "This means that your sister is alive and that there is a method to save her. But I need to see her first and be absolutely sure, because I'm not trying anything before that."

"Just making sure." You turn around, but you catch a flash of smile. "Let's go."

You all stand up and follow her.

"Lelouch, if you want I can show you this method to train your mu-"

"If I say no, it's no Shi-Woon!"

Tough times are waiting for you.
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I promised it some time ago, and today I finally delivered it. Enjoy 8)

 

[Smuthunter]

No no, they were talking exactly about this ^-^.Like someone said: Devil-Tigers are Windows, a Cosmic Dragon is Unix.

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I'll see your special snowflake syndrome and raise you a swat on the head. Devil-Tigers are the penultimate result of an exalted-style creature defining itself using bits and pieces of another being's power. The Cosmic Dragon is a devil-tiger, whatever else you want to call it, and not something better than a devil-tiger. This stinks of something like kids who argue about stuff that's better than infinity by tacking +1s and +2s onto the end of it.

 

[EternitynChaos]

heheheheh, God help creation if that Circle ever turned up in the Realm, Lulu would take on look at Her Rednesses work and throw a fit. also I think Shi-Woon and our Issei would have alot to talk about considering how we are taking him /laugh.

Hai Hai Smuthunter, as you say

Though I was more meaning Soul Archtecture then anything when I said that, Fetch Soul mostly, as I would not mind at all Alexander letting us learn the Charm that lets us spawn 3rd Circle Deva so we could re-enbody Ddraig and Bright in the future

 

[Alexander]

I'll see your special snowflake syndrome and raise you a swat on the head. Devil-Tigers are the penultimate result of an exalted-style creature defining itself using bits and pieces of another being's power. The Cosmic Dragon is a devil-tiger, whatever else you want to call it, and not something better than a devil-tiger. This stinks of something like kids who argue about stuff that's better than infinity by tacking +1s and +2s onto the end of it.

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Hai, hai . Sorry about that, but I wasn't trying to say Cosmic Dragon is better than Devil-Tiger. Honest. I only wanted to say they are different things.

heheheheh, God help creation if that Circle ever turned up in the Realm, Lulu would take on look at Her Rednesses work and throw a fit. also I think Shi-Woon and our Issei would have alot to talk about considering how we are taking him /laugh.

Hai Hai Smuthunter, as you say

Though I was more meaning Soul Archtecture then anything when I said that, Fetch Soul mostly, as I would not mind at all Alexander letting us learn the Charm that lets us spawn 3rd Circle Deva so we could re-enbody Ddraig and Bright in the future

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Oh? Give me a minute.