BrigandRansom/ScintillantBladeChatLog

<grimshear> okay... so aside from the "Hey cool, Iajutsu" factor, whats the point of the Mind Body etc unity charm?

<BrigandRansom> Well, it's a permanent, and compatible with other Melee charms

<BrigandRansom> never be caught unarmed again, as long as you have your weapon

<BrigandRansom> does that seem speedbumpy to you?

<grimshear> eh... sort of and not really

<BrigandRansom> hmm

<IndicaDragon> hey all

<BrigandRansom> I think a bonus is justified for the Chosen Weapon, now that I think about it

• • BrigandRansom nods @ Indi

<IndicaDragon> any of you know anyone who has a complete version of stormwrack?

<grimshear> if you added something like a "Lethal Strike" ability to it, where you say... count double your weapon specialty if you sheath your weapon between strikes, it would be a definite non-speedbump and up the coolness

<IndicaDragon> without pages missing?

<BrigandRansom> !_!

<grimshear> like the Blade Form charm though

<BrigandRansom> wow

<BrigandRansom> that's great

<grimshear> thankee ;)

<grimshear> 'cause then you get the whole "with a single flickering strike, he returns his blade to it's scabbard, his opponent's mind struggling with the fact that they're already dead"

<BrigandRansom> do you think Prescision timing method is overpriced?

<grimshear> gimme a sec to read over it again ;)

<grimshear> 2 per tic... dunno... I can't remember what similar charms cost

<BrigandRansom> 2 motes per init tic, purchase up -=Or=- down

<grimshear> up or down is probably worth it, if it can be done at any time

<BrigandRansom> "Movement Anticipation Practice" is where that one becomes most useful

<grimshear> like if you're going to act, then suddenly hack down your init to strike simultaneous with someone, it's probably worth the 2

<BrigandRansom> yep, that's what I was thinking

<grimshear> and I _love_ Bodyguards Folly :D

<BrigandRansom> =D

<grimshear> "You have hordes of bodyguards!?! This proves your spirit is weak... now watch me slaughter them all!" <-- done with realy cheesy dubbing voice overs

<BrigandRansom> Bodyguard's Folly was inspired by the first fight in the movie "Sanjuro", where Tsubaki punks out a good 2 dozen or so extras

<BrigandRansom> lmao

<grimshear> overall it looks really solid man

<BrigandRansom> excellent

<BrigandRansom> Now I just need a Pre-pinnacle and a pinnacle

<BrigandRansom> do those Ideas I have for those look good? Any ideas yourself?

<grimshear> for a pinnacle, I'd probably say something like "Form of the Unassailable Master", where the difficulty of all strikes against the user is increased by his MA score or something similar

<grimshear> so instead of needing that single success, you suddenly need like 6+ :P

<BrigandRansom> ... ouch

<BrigandRansom> good ouch lol

<grimshear> to balance that one out, you'd probably have to have it activated concurrent with some of the others, along with a semi-hefty cost to itself, but I like that idea

<BrigandRansom> maybe make it a secondary form built off of the first? kinda like what I did with Dawn Fist having 2 form charms?

<grimshear> ya... you could do that

<grimshear> you could go either (or both ;) ) way, one being the "Go ahead, try and hit me" and the other being "Watch me Hurt you" :P

<BrigandRansom> hmm

• • grimshear holds his tender bits at the thought of a single guy activating both at once...

<BrigandRansom> lmao

<grimshear> oh god... I just thought of something

<BrigandRansom> combo?

<grimshear> 1 Will, Ess= 2x permanent essence; "Blow of the Pussiant Master" (or something similarly impressive). Effect: Auto Successes = Perm Ess, extra attacks= perm Ess/2

<grimshear> so it just gets more scary the more powerful you get :P

<BrigandRansom> o_o

• • BrigandRansom blinks

<grimshear> imagine comboing those two :P

• • BrigandRansom shudders

<grimshear> would cost like 3+ willpower and like 20+ essence to do, but you'd be an unstoppable machine while it lasted :P

<grimshear> you know... sometimes I'm ashamed of myself...

<BrigandRansom> Hmm... do you think that could be cheapened and balanced with penalties to mental stats, since you're too "In The Zone" to think or percieve?

<grimshear> I think this deserves to be one of those times :P

<BrigandRansom> instead of seeing red, you're seeing sunlight

<BrigandRansom> =)

• • Angelheart shames grimmy

<grimshear> I'd say that anything outside of combat with your chosen target and interferring agents would basically not be possible

<grimshear> everything is a nice shiney haze until it tries to attack you, at which point it learns the error of it's choice ;)

<Angelheart> god I love cheesy kungfu movies some times

<BrigandRansom> or, making that one charm incompatible with melee charms

<grimshear> ya... that way it would only be your skill and your weapon