Power PMs from Bingo Fight

Vocab|CHESS

Now, I dont have much of an idea about powers, since I thought I'd make the character sheet first and deal with that shit later go me XD, however, I DID remember something I thought would be cool.

Since she's a gamer, I had the idea of small scale reality manipulation. Say, an area around her of a small park. In that area, Summer can alter the rules and environment - basically everything - as if she was using a level generator is something like GameGuru or whatever.

It ties less into her name, more into the general idea of her character as a whole, but its worth asking about. Any suggestions on your end?

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Okay, so the immediate thing: not once have I seen a hero with the power to pull people into a killer Mario Party board. The next: I'm not sure how you got from "chess" to "reality warping." The powers are derived from the word itself, not the character.
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So, before I give you my next I idea I have to ask, how powerful and creative can these abilities be? Because I have an idea from something I juts read, but I gotta know my limits before I actually think more on it.

Also, yeah, I'm not surprised that last idea was a flop. It didn't make much sense in my head, but I thought I'd try it on and see what you thought. Guess wishful think aint very helpful here XD
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Honestly, I think you could get some decent mileage out of the way chess pieces move- acrobatic repositioning from the knight's L-movement, ability to run in any direction from the queen, powerful shoulderbashing from the rook.
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What I had an idea for was kinda like a duel sided power, one for offence and one for defence. Offensively, her power would be the ability to take on characteristics of the different pieces - enhanced strength, durability, speed, etc. Defensively, her ability would be to animate chess pieces, and control them through her voice.

It'd be like controlling an army under attack, and becoming the army to attack.
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Alright, here's the thing: this is inspired by more recent Tokusatsu shows, like Kamen Rider's Heisei era. In these sorts of shows, a hero typically has a fairly unique, streamlined powerset. This powerset usually gives one to three signature techniques, one of which is usually represented by a weapon- sword, lance, gun, rocket launcher, killsat, whathaveyou. This encourages them to develop new forms and techniques down the line to keep up with their evolving foes- something they don't need to do if they have fifty powers. What I'm trying to say is, maybe start small and work up?

If it's too hard to think of something based on CHESS, maybe use a different word?
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Hmm... I would change my characters identity, but the only other one that I would want to use would be logic, and thats gonna be even harder to create something for XD

I get what you're saying. Which brings me to this idea... Start small, so my idea would be to give her two short swords and a speed enhancement, representing her starting place as a pawn. Along with this, she'll have the ability to gain affinity with other pieces. So, as she fights, she'll be able to use the pawn's power to transform into any piece. The more she fights, the more affinity she'll gain with each piece, to the point where she'll be able to take on their power as well - with progression going Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King.

That way I have a way to develop her, while keeping it small. How do you feel about that? Note: I dont really watch Tokatsu show's, or really shows of that nature, so TBH I'm new to this whole concept XD
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Braigo|BURST

Hello, I thought I'd send a PM now since you had asked about discussing what I had chosen for your bingo fight game. It has been a while since I've done any sort of RPG anything. As a side note, should I post my character's bio in the thread like others have?

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Well the primary idea is that he is very basic in his fighting style having to rely on his martial arts. As he fights, a meter on the suit (still deciding on how it looks, but it is plainly visible on it) fills up then as it hits max he BURSTS!. His default burst isn't very special (can't decide quite what it would be yet) but he has the option for other BURST forms later. Since he is a tae-kwon-do practitioner his form has armored legs with boosters in them, though they're only strong enough to be something like jump jets. They also have an aesthetic thing where when he poses they expel steam. I'll include a very rudimentary draft of what they look like. He also has very light armor in his forarms, and a chest guard that will have the previously mentioned meter on it. If you happen to know of any riders with something similar I'd be happy to hear it. The last time I watched Rider was when Decade was new.
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Tal0n|POWER

So, you want to talk about the powers?
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That's the idea, yes. I'm honestly curious how you're going to sell me on POWER. It seems like it's so broad as to be almost meaningless.
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MysteriousFrog|DEITY

I said the wish in the character sheet but I can repeat it here. The wish is going to be:

"To lead the world into a new age of peace and cooperation."

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Yes, I saw the wish. I want to know what spandex-based superpowers you are getting from the magic bingo card with the word DEITY written on it.
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Oh, my apology. Well, for the super power, I would say the application of miracles. Essentially reality manipulation, but with the stipulation that the amount of power I have depends upon the amount of followers I have. In essence, if I get more fans, I get more power. More believe people have in Mathis, the more power he gets.
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You are the third person to ask for reality warping, which also makes you the third I've had to deny the ability to warp reality. It's just not flashy enough- reality warping makes for boring fights.

This is inspired by more recent Tokusatsu shows, like Kamen Rider's Heisei era. In these sorts of shows, a hero typically has a fairly unique, streamlined powerset. This powerset usually gives one to three signature techniques, one of which is usually represented by a weapon- sword, lance, gun, rocket launcher, killsat, whathaveyou. This encourages them to develop new forms and techniques down the line to keep up with their evolving foes- something they don't need to do if they have literal omnipotence. Given that you might be picking this word on the grounds you feel it's immediate victory, I'm going to have to ask you to switch to something else.

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Less about immediate victory more about character concept, but I have no problem changing to an alternate power set to maintain the character. How about the power can instead be 'deity imitation' Take on a characteristic and weapon that the a god is famous for. For instance take on a swimming speed and trident of Poseidon temporarily. Or the spear and sight of Odin. Have a limited setlist of god forms that can expand as his power grows.

That would also reflect the mentality of the character shifting between religions looking for a god who he considers worthy.
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Hell Coos|DEVIL