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Maneuver Type: Is it hand to hand, or a weapon oriented maneuver?

Additional Advantage: What could it do to your opponent when the move is completed? Will it stun them? Knock them back? Knock them down?

Accuracy Rating: Be honest. How accurate do you expect this move to be? Choose from a range of 30% for really powerful moves, up to 90% for fast, light attacks.

Description: Please do not exceed two paragraphs.

Proscribed Items

 

The following are forbidden:

-No super forms.
-No Chaos Emeralds, Sol Emeralds. Because no Emeralds are allowed in a character's possession, Chaos Control (a powerful move that disrupts time and space in the user's favor) is not allowed.
-No stupidly powerful attacks or moves - throwing a bolt of lightning to stun your opponent is fine. But causing a whirlwind that could rip apart a large city is simply too powerful.
-No outside inteference or help - this means other people aren't allowed in your fight whether they're NPCs or actual players.
-No healing in battle.
-No teleporting.
-No containers of limitless space.

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• 1 Shanui Reefthorn
  
• 2 Alexander Grimm
  
• 3 Nick Gladyss
  
• 4 Akashi the Tiger
  
• 5 Garret Ranson
  
• 6 Blader
  
• 7 Kenji Bushido
  
• 8 "Cokey" Black
  
• 9 Janicelia "Huntress Tesoro" Xachiri
  
• 10 Aayden Venorae
  
• 11 Mevnomba Dondred
  
• 12 Jake
  
• 13 Blaire Fields
  
• 14 Kelsey Folk
  
• 15 Saffron
  
• 16 Cheau "Shuck" Boucher
  
• 17 Ryou (Ree-OH) Kazaki
  
• 18 Miles William “Tails” (alternatively “Cy-Fox”) Prower
  
• 19 Vanadium
  
• 20 Rachel Harding
  
  
  Pending:
  
• Cain Rarazael
  

BlizShadow

Feb 4 2011, 07:22 PM

Okay, so onto Vincent--

One thing with your profile; I'm confused about this "Ultra Mode." It says you move faster than the environment around you, which in my mind indicates some warping maneuver like Chaos Control. But at the same time, you indicate it's only effective against slower opponents which brings up some conflict in how it works. I would advocate you reword it so that it only affords you speed boost and nothing else. Otherwise, it's fine. xP

And then that's it, right? No more profiles?

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• Archery: Through intensive training with his father, Al has become adept enough at archery to successfully hunt and defend himself. He not only knows how to shoot various types of bows, but can make his own equipment. His custom long bow of many years is testament to his skill.
  
  
• Bay:
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  • Maneuver Type: Defensive
    
    
  • Additional Advantage: Can leave those with sensitive hearing stunned for up to two posts.
    
    
  • Accuracy: N/A
    
    
  • Description: Al literally pauses the match to back out of arm's reach and unleash a raucous bay at the opponent, shrill enough to force even his own ears back. It does no damage but can leave an opponent confused enough by the random behavior to afford Al an opening.
  
  
• Hidden Ground:
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  • Maneuver Type: Counter-offensive
    
    
  • Additional Advantage: Al is afforded an easy and cramped hiding space to rest with little risk.
    
    
  • Accuracy: As a targetting maneuver, 80% within a ten foot radius.
    
    
  • Description: Al jumps into the air and spins laterally like a drill to dig and situate himself underground. The momentum of this process allows him to quickly slalom through earth for one post and position himself with the advantage if anyone were to follow. His hearing isn't terribly affected at the depths he's capable of digging, meaning he can potentially strike or throw off an opponent from below if they're close by.
  
  
• Fang Breaker:
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  • Maneuver Type: Hand-to-hand
    
    
  • Additional Advantage: If completed, it is almost always assured to leave an opponent stunned for up to three posts should they remain conscious.
    
    
  • Accuracy: For the corresponding steps-- 1) 45%; 2) 65%; 3) 90%
    
    
  • Description: A powerful three-part finisher initiated during CQC, generally left as a last-resort option-- 1) All five claws slam down against the opponent's head in a powerful right-handed swipe. Al's entire body is put behind the blow, leaving it slower than normal and his abdomen dangerously exposed; 2) If the opponent hasn't fallen, Al lays waste to their chin in an open-handed uppercut in order to throw them into the air; 3) While the opponent is suspended in the air, he jumps and grabs onto them before initiating a Hidden Ground with the intent to slam the opponent's head. Opponents with great thresholds for punishment may be able to block or kick out of it, upon which Al simply goes underground.
    

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• English Long Bow-- A smooth and highly-sturdy self bow made from heartwood with a reverse twisted string; It's usually slung across his shoulder.
  
  
• A belt of eight arrows. The arrows are a few inches smaller than those normally used for long bows, affording Al greater speed. Arrows can also be used as makeshift stabbing instruments if he's feeling particularly crude.

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• Predatory Instincts: Al has extraordinary senses of smell and hearing, allowing him to track opponents efficiently and keep himself hidden. He also knows how to move through thick vegetation and read wind patterns, and he possesses the patience to stalk a target for hours.
  
  
• Sprint Metabolism: Al has an excellent cardiovascular system on top of boundless terrier energy, meaning he can initiate steady exercise for hours. His hardy bones, toned muscles, and battle experience also means he can take a lot of damage without immediately feeling the full effects.
  
  
• Range of Motion: Al is very limber and can twist around and curl up in all manner of positions at lightning speed. Catching him from behind is just as dangerous as engaging him from the front.

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• Eyesight: Al's left eye is stricken with a cataract, leaving him officially half-blind and thus open on his left side. Although he's become accustomed to using his bow, his accuracy still suffers compared to archers of similar skill.
  
  
• Low Defense: Al has no natural or synthetic armor on his body, leaving him completely open to all manner of blows and weaponry and especially elemental-based attacks.
  
  
• Overheating: The same biology that supports Al's endurance also carries the consequence of fatally overheating through overexertion. Reaching or overshooting his exhaustion level will prompt an immediate cool-down of two posts where he must lay still and pant.
  
  The system-- Al starts off at an exhaustion level of zero with a threshold of nine. The use of a combative skill adds a specific number of points to his exhaustion level while normal turns passed cool him down by two-- one point per post made between both combatants. The number of points attached to each maneuver: one for Bay, two for Hidden Ground, and three for Fang Breaker.
  
  Example: If Al immediately uses Fang Breaker, he will have an exhaustion level of three. If a whole turn between him and the opponent passes, the level will drop down to one. However, if he were to do two successive Fang Breakers directly after the first, he would reach his threshold and shut down.

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• Nature: Guardian (His inner self)
  Possessed of an inner strength and determination, driven by either love or duty, he is compelled to protect his charges, be it the weak, his lord, his faith, or his family. In his hands, Strength becomes more than an attribute; it is his duty to use it for the good of all (or at least on his loved ones' behalf). However, Rage might undo him if he isn't careful. It's hard to use himself as a shield without getting angry with the attackers - or occasionally resenting those under his protection. Even the calmest soul may grow disgusted, and in a moment of anger, destroy all he defends.
  
  
• Demeanor: Trickster (His outer self)
  The universe has no meaning; life is a comedy, experience a procession of the absurd. Samuel revels in this chaos, drawing humor out of senselessness and bringing a smile to the tragedy. He can't face a world without reason or caring, so he invents his own meaning and plasters that leering, grinning face over everything. Better still is when he can convince others to see that artificiality. As much as he tries to deny the disorganized truth, he can still see it, and he hopes that others sees it too. He can make them laugh, but like any good clown, he can make them learn, and make them cry.
  
  Empathy is his strength; with it, he can cheer up others and find the banana peel in his friends' path. When things get serious, he is capable of redirecting his empathy toward more constructive uses.
  
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  Due to his training, Samuel always seeks to maintain the initiative by attacking no matter what. He does not stand with an opponent with swords locked, glaring at each other; he slides his sword down in an attempt to cut off his opponent's hand or fingers; he deflects his opponent's sword to the side and runs to the flank, trying to cut the neck or an arm or leg; or he may drop his sword entirely and grapple his opponent to the ground and fight there. Samuel's particular preference leads him to seek close, or extreme close combat.
  
  
  Skills:
  
  
• Kunst de Fechtens
  Maneuver Type: Melee - Fighting Style (Passive)
  
  Additional Advantage: General Weapons Proficiency
  
  Description: His sword / unarmed fighting style is similar to the German Kunst des Fechtens, or "Art of Fencing." Composed in the Middle High German language of the mid to late-14th Century, The Art of Fencing is perhaps one of the greatest Western Martial Arts ever created. Originally founded by who is considered to be the Father of the German School of Swordsmanship, Johannes Liechtenauer, the Art of Fencing was the most deadly and versatile fighting style of its time, becoming obsolete with the advent of affective firearms.
  
  The rote mastery of this fighting style allowed one to fight anyone, ranging from peasantry to fully armored knights from on foot, on a mount, and with either a longsword, spear, sword and shield, daggers, two-handed swords, and barehanded. Using the basic principles of attack first, defend by counter-attacking, stay near the opponent’s weapon, and use strength against weakness and weakness against strength, and the basic philosophy of maintaining the initiative, the practitioner of this fighting style was almost undefeated in one-on-one combat. Many modern martial artists have declared this style to be the Western equal of Japanese samurai swordsmanship.
  
  
  
• Shield Wall
  Maneuver Type: Melee - Defensive
  
  Additional Advantage: Attacks that Knockdown only induce Knockback instead.
  
  Accuracy Rating: 40% vs direct attack (two out of five)
  
  Description: Samuel can wield his shields that reminds many of an army that would wield a fortress, allowing him to shrug off all but the most damaging, or indirect of blows. The Shield Wall allows him to more easily defend against physical attack against his upper torso and defend against direct Knockdowns, but leaves his legs vulnerable.
  
  
  
  Equipment:
  
  
• 2x Shield / Musket Gatling
  A custom design, Samuel co-designed the shield with his fellow sergeants to be a defensive weapon of hidden destruction. With the foundation of an oval shaped steel buckler two and a half handspans in width, the spine of the shields were hollowed out, to allow for the installation of six shortened musket barrels, each with its own flintlock firing mechanism. A steel casing was added to protect the barrels. The shield was operated by a pullstring made of iron and reinforced leather cabling, threaded through the armor up the arms to the neck, where the leather ends could be gripped in the teeth. A strong tug would spin the barrels, releasing the spring held locks holding the sixty caliber iron musket balls in place, and light off the flintlocks in quick succession.
  
  The shields were excellent force multiplier, but they were decidedly one-use as far as battle was concerned. The one limitation of the shields were that they would have to be removed and held upright in order to load the gunpowder and the bullets. Samuel's particular shields are unique in that they have been modified to use percussion caps instead of gunpowder, but they still have to be reloaded in the same fashion.
  
  
  
• 2x Custom Sword Tonfas
  Samuel's swords began as single bladed shortswords, but were custom modified so that the handguards could be used as another handle. The result was an extremely versatile weapon that could be held as a regular sword might, or as a tonfa.
  
  
  Strengths:
  
• Fighter's Awareness
  Also known as the Fighter's High, this state of consciousness is the result of years of combat. In the heat of battle, adrenaline, combat conditioning and personal mastery combine to push the fighter's mind into a state of hyper-awareness. In his mind, normal movement seems slowed, and time seems to lengthen. This allows the fighter to process more information and improve his reactions, flowing with the moment.
  
  
• Ambidextrous
  Samuel has a high degree of off-hand dexterity and can perform tasks with the "wrong" hand at no penalty.
  
  
• High Stamina
  Through years of constant training, Samuel has grown accustomed to fighting with his armor and equipment. While the average soldier would move at a slower speed, Samuel can move at normal speed while fully armed and armored, capable of most of the feats unburdened people would have no problems at.
  
  
  Weaknesses:
  
• Overconfident
  Samuel has an exaggerated and unshakable opinion of his own worth and capabilities - he never hesitates to trust his abilities, even in situations where he risks defeat. Because his abilities might not be enough, his overconfidence can be very dangerous. When he does fail, he quickly finds someone or something else to blame. If he is convincing enough, he can infect others with his overconfidence.
  
  
• Short
  Samuel may rank among the taller members of his side of the height spectrum, but this means that he still stands shorter than the majority of all known walks of life. Coupled with his tendency to crouch, this means that he might never get any successful hits against an opponent's upper torso or head, provided that his opponent has a stable footing. It's not without reason that Samuel earned the private nickname of "Ankle Biter."
  
  
• Anachronism
  Samuel cannot operate modern machinery and weaponry. He may be familiar with name and form, however he lacks the proper training and common sense to use them.