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

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Maybe we should think about taking something other than -2 health levels? Maybe 2 x -1 and 4 x -4, also giving us a total of 6 health levels.
 
-1 levels are not worth it, simply because we can reduce -2's to -0 with smart charm and spell work; well that and an efficiency point of view anything less then 3 health levels is a waste of time, -4 wouldn't be bad but others didn't like the idea of taking them last time we talked about it
 
Maybe they'll like the idea more now that we have some -2 levels to stop us from falling to -4 immediately?
 
[X] Follow Azazel's plan

i like the experience point distribution. should be able to get us most of the knacks and we can buy and equip them when the fights come up hopefully.
 
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decided to try my hand at making the regen knack something a little more, worthwhile


the current version is this


Infinite Factory of Life
Cost: 3m
Duration: Instant
Prerequisites: Essence 3, Stamina 4
The pay the motes cost to repair a single level of damage. That damage can be bashing or lethal, and the healing takes place in an instant without leaving a scar. Aggravated damage is beyond the power of this Knack to heal. Bruises, lacerations and bullet holes vanish before the astonished onlookers' eyes. This Knack can be used only once every time an attack inflicts damage on the user.
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Where as I was thinking something more along the lines of


Infinite Factory of Life
Cost: -/2m/4m
Duration: Indefinite/Instant
Prerequisites: Essence: 3, Stamina: 4
This Knack super-charges the dragons healing abilities beyond anything it knew before, at purchase it allows the dragon to heal 1 level of bashing damage every 10 ticks, this increases to 1 level of bashing per 5 ticks or 1 level of lethal per 10 ticks at Essence 4 and 1 level of Bashing per tick and 1 level of Lethal damage per 5 ticks at Essense 5; The Dragon also gains the ability to spend power to enhance his healing to even greater heights, as a reflexive action he may spend 2 motes per level of bashing damage and 4 motes per level of Lethal damage healed, however he may only spend a maximum of Stamina + Resistance per 10 ticks until he gains Essence 4 at which point this cap is removed.
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This makes it useful, while not making it as good as the Luner healing charms and gives us more reason to raise our Essence quickly ^^


anyway, just thought I'd throw this out here and all before I crashed for the, err day /laugh as its just hit 7:30am here
 
Alexander said:
On the screen robotic arms pop out from the ground around Issei and fire lasers at him. Where they hit a red magic circle forms before fading. Issei drops down as if he suddenly got heavier. "Ehi?! What did you do?"

"Those are special seals that put a great load on your body Hyodo-kun." Azazel cheerfully says in a mike. "Only I can remove them, and they will keep getting heavier as your strength grows. But don't worry, you will get a pause of course. After eight hours of my special training."
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Isn't this a shaping effect? Shouldn't Issei just reflexively activate Integrity Protecting Prana and lolnope it?
 
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Odysseus2099 said:
Isn't this a shaping effect? Shouldn't Issei just reflexively activate Integrity Protecting Prana and lolnope it?
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By some definitions it could be shaping, but they're most likely hitting him with an effect that applies external penalties to physical actions, which is within the realm of something a non-shaping charm or sorcery could do.
 
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By some definitions it could be shaping, but they're most likely hitting him with an effect that applies external penalties to physical actions, which is within the realm of something a non-shaping charm or sorcery could do.
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How so? I was under the impression "shaping" applied by default to anything that couldn't be blocked in more traditional ways. A non-shaping method could be turning up the gravity, though that would be ignored by environmental defense charms, for example.
 
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Odysseus2099 said:
How so? I was under the impression "shaping" applied by default to anything that couldn't be blocked in more traditional ways.
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Right. And Issei got shot by lasers that he could have dodged or blocked but didn't for story purposes.
 
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Smuthunter said:
Right. And Issei got shot by lasers that he could have dodged or blocked but didn't for story purposes.
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A punch that knocks out the target's soul, that can be dodged, counts as shaping. Basically, anything that alters the targets stats directly counts as shaping as well.
 
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...or it could simply be a training effect... you know, like it's being used for, no need to make thing more complicated then they need to be, and even if he could no sell the effect, why would he, he's here to train, not to show how awesome he is by lolnoping everything Azazel does
 
Its probably just anchoring some altered gravity to his person. Not intrinsically a shaping effect that directly effects Issei, therefor it bypasses the Integrity Protecting Prana. Its stated why in the charm itself why issei would be effected by such a thing.
 
EternitynChaos said:
...or it could simply be a training effect... you know, like it's being used for, no need to make thing more complicated then they need to be, and even if he could no sell the effect, why would he, he's here to train, not to show how awesome he is by lolnoping everything Azazel does
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By that logic he would have stayed on the ground to tank the explosions and just stood in front of the machine guns. He was nervous before it hit him, and he had no idea what it did. For all he knew, testing his magic resistance might have been the point of the exercise.
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Its probably just anchoring some altered gravity to his person. Not intrinsically a shaping effect that directly effects Issei, therefor it bypasses the Integrity Protecting Prana. Its stated why in the charm itself why issei would be effected by such a thing.
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That would probably work, it's just from Azazel's "Those are special seals that put a great load on your body Hyodo-kun." it sounded like they were effecting him directly, not the area around him.
 
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That's quite good Eternity. It's worth a vote:

Which version of Infinite Factory of Life do you prefer?
[] Alexander's
[] EternitynChaos'

Odysseus2099 said:
Isn't this a shaping effect? Shouldn't Issei just reflexively activate Integrity Protecting Prana and lolnope it?
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He probably could have, but after hearing Azazel's explanation Issei decided to not do it since he needs the training. It's like "This is a dick move, but I am going with it anyway because being defiant will make things worse for me".

Anyway, a little interlude is coming. This should be fun...
 
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Training Days II: A Not So Peaceful Month (Part 30)
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    • Interlude​

    In Japan, situated between the Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures, during the year 1964 was founded the Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park. There, between the Yatsugatake mountain range and Mt. Kaikoma, exists a valley that is near Lake Suwa. And in the middle of this valley exists a uninhabited but well conserved shrine called the Komagatake Shrine, situated at the base of Mt. Kaikoma.

    However, very few are aware of the old, original name of the Shrine.

    Hakurei Shrine.

    Let's look closer, past the barrier erected many years ago by powerful supernatural forces, and you will see that the temple, the other half of it, isn't uninhabited as the other one.

    "Reimu! Give me tea, da ze!"

    It is much more worn down however.

    "No donations, no tea. Go away Marisa."

    On the shrine's grounds, there are three unique individuals.

    The first one is a young miko with long black hair wearing a red and white shrine maiden outfit. Said outfit leave her armpits and skin exposed in a way that no proper miko would consider acceptable. Sadly, her ancestors were perverts and she herself doesn't know better.

    The second one is another young girl with long blond hair wearing a very stereotypical black and white western witch outfit complete with pointed hat. She wears an apron over it, but that's her personal preference.

    The third one is another young girl with long ginger hair, two horns coming out from them, wearing a tattered white singlet and a long purple skirt. She is also drunk, but that's a common occurrence.

    As the other two argue over tea and sweets the girl with ginger hair, stare at the sky with a content face, her cheeks red as she drinks sake from her gourd that never run of it.

    The idyllic scenes is however disturbed when a girl with black raven wings coming out of her back flies over the shrine and land at the entrance.

    "Tengu Mail Service, here's to satisfy all your requests!" The girl adopts a cute poise before addressing the others. "Who is Suika Ibuki?"

    "I-Hic!-am!" The ginger haired girl replies.

    "There is mail for you!" She hands out to Suika a letter before flying away.

    A large smile blossoms on Suika's lips as she reads who the sender is. Opening the letter she starts reading it with fondness. "Mh...Mh-Hic!...Ohoh, she is having fun I see. A Yatagarasu? Hic! Now that's not a lesser feat. Hic!"

    "Someone you know?" The miko asks Suika while she is busy keeping the witch away from her kitchen. "I never saw you receive mail before."

    "From my granddaughter. She lives in the outside world, so letters take a lot to travel."

    "I see-" And then time stops.

    No, this wasn't the fault of a certain perfect maid or a certain Nietzsche vampire. It truth time didn't stop. However, seeing how the two girls seem to have become stone statues it's like the time stopped for them.

    Eventually, after long agonizing seconds, the two turn their heads and stare at Suika with perfectly stoic expression and pupils the size of saucers. "...Pardon me?" The miko asks. "I could have sworn you said you have a granddaughter."

    "I did-Hic!"

    "That's impossible, da ze!" The witch exclaims. "To have a granddaughter you...you...yeah! You need to have a child!"

    "I have a child. A daughter to be precise." Suika answers as it was the most natural thing in the world.

    "You have a daughter?!"

    "I'm also married."

    "You are married, da zeeee!?!?"

    "Oi-Hic! What are you surprised about?" Suika childishly pouts. "I have a personal life you know? It's not as if staying here drinking sake is all I have ever do in my life."

    "Then why are you here?" The miko demands.

    "Free meals of course-Hic!"

    As the witch restrains the miko, who now holds a Gohei and seems fully determined to murder Suika with it, Suika takes out a wallet from her singlet and show the contents to the other two. "See, see? Those are my handsome husband and beautiful daughter!"

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    The two young girls could only stare, their minds failing to comprehend the sheer impossibility before their eyes.

    "Is he a lolicon, da ze?"

    "Why yes! How did you know?"

    "Call it intuition." The witch deadpans.

    "How-How did you give b-birth?!"

    "With a lot of troubles." Suika grimaces. "I kept switching between constantly wanting to eat miso soup and wanting to eat strawberries. It was maddening!"

    "That's not what...nevermind." The miko shakes her head. "S-So you're married. How did it happen?"

    "Weeel-" Suika puts a fingers on her lips. "I was drunk at the time, but I think it went more or less like this:-"

    *Flashback*

    "Hic! Hic! Party! I want a party! There are only rubbles here! Hic! Give a party!"

    *sound of something being destroyed*

    "Noooo!! The ancient Maya Temple! You! What did you do? Get lost! Lost!"

    "Woah. Hic! Are you picking up a fight with me? Hic!"

    "I will if necessary. As an archeologist I can't allow for the priceless relics of the past to be violated!"

    "Bring it on! Hic!"

    *out-of-this-world battle*

    "Y-You're pretty good you know?"

    "Passion for my work gives me strength! I. Will. Not. Fall!"

    "This is fun! Keep going!"

    *another out-of-this-world battle*

    "Aaah, aaah...I-I lost?"

    "Aaah, aaah...S-Seems like it."

    "Aaah...Ehi."

    "What?"

    "Do you want to marry me?"

    "Will you stop destroying ancient temples?"

    "Yeah."

    "Then I accept."

    *End of Flashback*

    "-And the next day we had a big party to celebrate and I got drunk with a lot of very good eastern wines. Not as good as sake of course." She takes another long sip, completely ignoring the shell shocked faces of her friends.

    "T-This is the most stupid thing I have ever heard!" The miko screams in outrage.

    "Wait, he defeated you?" The witch asks. "Is he a Youkai?"

    "Nope. Fallen Angel."

    "Fallen Angel? You mean those guys from Christianity who got kicked out of Heaven because they had sex or something?"

    "Yeah. He's a beast in bed." Suika leers in a sultry way, making the other two step back in disgust at the mental image. Ignoring their reactions Suika cups her chin. "Mmh...Now since Mittelt-chan is having so much fun, maybe I should give her a visit! Yeah! I will do that." Lifting the gourd over her shoulder she starts walking away. "Plus I want to see in person this Sun Dragon Demigod. Never saw one before. Maybe I will ask Yuugi if she wants to tag along..."

    And so Suika disappears in the distance, leaving the miko and witch alone.

    "....Sun Dragon Demigod?"

    "Your guess is as good as mine."
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    The ritual to make Eiko Issei's familiar was brought to completion for the cost of 3 Xp. Check the results here.
     
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    • I... I... Ieieie this will only end in tears, and FIRE, and BLOOD and oh god WHY!

    still nice Interlude, always fun to see what's happening out in the world, I have this distinct impression that we are going to get stuck with a unwanted lodger or two huh /laugh
     
    So when our friend in the Shinto pantheon* is talking about Japan having problems with the youkai population is he also talking aboGAPPED

    *(Oh shit, is he going to try to get back to us while we're stuck doing Azazel's training?)
     
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