I know it's meant to apply to those kinds of things, but I want to verify whether or not it also affects things like Core Connection or Echo of Peace.
Crystalwatcher's Magical Girl Quest!
- Thread starter Crystalwatcher
- Start date
- Original
Nix's Warden
Welcome to Hades
- Location
- United States
My response.EDIT-to-Canon
- (???) (Magical Girl) Dark Steel
???? ???????? (Kate Anderson)
- Stats
- Weapon
- Spells
- Abilities
Absolutely glorious. I think I'm going to cry.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
Magical Girl Dark Steel equips her little sisters a bit more... literally than most. Oh, they're fine... but other people aren't.Combined with all the Intercept related abilities, that sounds terrifying.
.............Does that bypass things like Core Connection and Echo of Peace?
Nix's Warden
Welcome to Hades
- Location
- United States
Oh. Just something to think about. We now have Collateral Damage on the Purifier Beam, so when we get a chance we need to take a training option so we can toggle that on and off, and if we are lucky we might even figure out a new trick or two.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
No, those aren't team work bonuses, they're abilities.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
@crystalwatcher. how would a MG team's synchronization effect be expressed, in terms of traits and mechanics? I'm thinking about trying a second (well, third if you want to be technical) team that will hopefully become canon, and I thought I'd go with synch version instead of role version like I did with the Dames.
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LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Abilities.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
Just have an ability or two that cause parameter multiplications when in the presence of certain other members of the team.
Crystalwatcher
(Verified GM)
- Location
- Limbo
This more or less. Much like the Maidens have with their Switch ability. Nothing too complicated.
No, because those count as individual abilities. Not synchronization.Combined with all the Intercept related abilities, that sounds terrifying.
.............Does that bypass things like Core Connection and Echo of Peace?
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
- (Unified Light) Magical Girl Thundering Huntress
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Nora Valkyrie
- Stats
- Weapon
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Mjolnir
Attacks Per Turn: 1
Affinity: Lightning
Ability: Collateral Damage
- Spells
- Abilities
- (Unified Light) Magical Girl Guardian Huntress
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Ruby Rose
- Stats
- Weapon
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Crescent Rose
Level 1
Attacks Per Turn: 2
Affinities: Velocity
Ability: Crush
- Spells
- Abilities
- (Unified Light) Magical Girl Burning Huntress
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Cinder Fall
- Stats
- Weapon
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Obsidian Bow
Level 1
Attacks Per Turn: 2
Affinity: Annihilation
Ability: Armor Pierce
- Spells
- Abilities
- (Unified Light) Magical Girl Metallic Huntress
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Penny Polendina
- Stats
- Weapon
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Puppet Blades
Attacks Per Turn: 3
Affinities: Technology
Ability: Armor Pierce
- Spells
- Abilities
So here are the Four Huntresses! I decided to go with a RWBY theme again, but lower their power levels and get rid of the Hope source affinity. This time, they represent the 'united, people are capable of amazing things' aspect of RWBY, hence their shared ability. Individually, any one of them can be a threat, but with Strength United they became far more dangerous.
Nora's affinities come from her Semblance and personality. Her semblance inspired her Power of the Storm ability, and the grenade launcher aspect of her weapon inspired her spell. She probably joined because it's the expected thing, and maybe her friend Ren was injured in whatever caused her powers to awaken, and the Akashic Record promised that he'd get top of the line medical treatment to make it more attractive. I imagine she visits every two or three days.
Ruby's affinities also came from her Semblance and personality. I decided to bump up her High Speed Combat ability by a single level, then change her spell to make others able to handle more opponents. Like Canon, she'd be the youngest team member here, who knows about MGs through the shows and her big sister Yang (I may or may not make an expy of her here later). Her family would probably have convinced her to join up, since most Independents wind up dying.
Cinder's affinities came from her powers and actions (seeing a trend?). I imagine that she'd be in awe of, and envious of the Godddesses at the same time. In my head canon for her here, her hometown was under attack a few years ago, and one of the Goddesses saved her. Depending on how long ago Hope occurred, it could be that her town was attacked attacked by one of the UD Goddesses as a distraction for something. That would definitely leave a mark, and being saved by Gold would only increase that. So she's jealous of their power, and intellectually realizes that she's not likely to reach their level, but still searches for a way to upgrade her Growth Affinity out of a desire for more power. Huh. Did not expect to put that much thought into this. Anyway, she's the oldest, having awoken her powers the day before her eighteenth birthday.
Penny's affinities came from her robotic nature and her purpose. She's also the odd one out, having a transformed body that is notable different. She might be the third type of magical girl, and may or may not angst about her possible loss of humanity. I haven't decided yet. Anyway, here she used to be an ordinary girl until her powers awoke.
So, what do you think?
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Familiar
The Vaguely Recognized
- Location
- Washington
@crystalwatcher! I'm calling you out!
I'm accusing you with crimes against continuity, and the manslaughter of my growing timeline. I present The Evidence:
These two highlighted bits together imply that the quest takes place during 2011, and I'd begun building my timeline with that fact as my keystone.
But!
Juggernaut Drive having died in 2012, and that being four years ago adds together to the quest taking place in 2016, a full five years difference.
Now, there was the chance that miss Alexandria was actually Juggernaut Core, not Drive, and that her death took place very recently, in which case the your previous implication was only off by a year. Then this was uncovered:
Damned by your own admission.
And here we have the victim, a timeline brutalized and ended by your poisonous tongue:
You have five years to account for, Watcher. How do you plea?
I'm accusing you with crimes against continuity, and the manslaughter of my growing timeline. I present The Evidence:
These two highlighted bits together imply that the quest takes place during 2011, and I'd begun building my timeline with that fact as my keystone.
But!
Juggernaut Drive having died in 2012, and that being four years ago adds together to the quest taking place in 2016, a full five years difference.
Now, there was the chance that miss Alexandria was actually Juggernaut Core, not Drive, and that her death took place very recently, in which case the your previous implication was only off by a year. Then this was uncovered:
Damned by your own admission.
And here we have the victim, a timeline brutalized and ended by your poisonous tongue:
Nearly 8000 years ago:
Beginning of the Eternal War over a philosophical disagreement
Febuary 2001:
Magic is proven to exist
Jan-May 2003:
5yr-old girl levitates car
Start of World War 3 (?AKA Unification Crusade?)
~2003:
White Soul and Red Rose become magical girls
??????:
End of Unification Crusade
~2 years after:
Demons Out of Nowhere!
First contact with the Unified Light
~1 year after:
Second Fall of Rome / Moment of Fury
Humanity being an adorable little boogeyman
??????:
<?>The Oblivion Incident<?>
~2006:
The Goddess Four become magical girls
??????:
Fall of Hope
the Goddess Four splinter
??????:
Reluxus: Gabriel's Last Stand
~July-December 2006:
The Three Drives become magical girls
~January-June 2007:
The Three Drives get their asses kicked and fall off the radar
??????:
Battle of Las Vegas
2011:
Judgement Core becomes a magical girl
Start of Quest
Beginning of the Eternal War over a philosophical disagreement
Febuary 2001:
Magic is proven to exist
Jan-May 2003:
5yr-old girl levitates car
Start of World War 3 (?AKA Unification Crusade?)
~2003:
White Soul and Red Rose become magical girls
??????:
End of Unification Crusade
~2 years after:
Demons Out of Nowhere!
First contact with the Unified Light
~1 year after:
Second Fall of Rome / Moment of Fury
Humanity being an adorable little boogeyman
??????:
<?>The Oblivion Incident<?>
~2006:
The Goddess Four become magical girls
??????:
Fall of Hope
the Goddess Four splinter
??????:
Reluxus: Gabriel's Last Stand
~July-December 2006:
The Three Drives become magical girls
~January-June 2007:
The Three Drives get their asses kicked and fall off the radar
??????:
Battle of Las Vegas
2011:
Judgement Core becomes a magical girl
Start of Quest
You have five years to account for, Watcher. How do you plea?
One problem: it works on the assumption that Alexandria is actually Juggernaut Drive, and the epitaph isn't a red-herring.
Decim
On again, off again lurker.
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
Another option is that Nepgear, as shown before, is an unreliable narrator. As such, some things like exact dates should probably be taken with a grain of salt.
Actually, I've found evidence that points to it being a red herring:
Sega is 19 years old, and was a Magicl Girl on a team with her friends:
If Sega is indeed Solid Core, that means she was active when she was 13-15, depending on the exact time Solid Core was active compared to her recent birthday. Which suggests that they were around the same age, and lived in the same area.
Alexandria would not only have been several years older, but likely living in a different city.
As such, I suggest that if Sega is indeed Solid Drive, Alexandria could not have been Juggernaut Drive!
Decim
On again, off again lurker.
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
Not necessarily about the second. As Nepgear said:
They moved after Sega won the battle for custody of Nepgear. So they may well have been in the same area and friends at one point.
And about the 'several years older bit'. While the fact that Solid Drive worked with her friends to fight the UD would be suggestive that the Drives were the same age, it is by no means absolute that they are. The person we suspect to be Juggernaut Drive is named Alexandria Soft. Which well known console developer has the word 'soft' in its name? Microsoft. I actually think that the expy of Vert is Juggernaut Drive. Let's be honest here. Vert is noticeably older than Sega in Hyperdimension Neptunia, so I would expect an age difference between her and Sega. I had (and still have in a few cases) friends who were several years older than me.
At any rate, I suspect the mystery of Alexandria Soft and who the other Drives are will likely be solved in-character soon enough with Sega, Judgement Core, and Noire (presumably Judgement Drive) around.
Which happened when Sega was 17. The Drives were active for a relatively short amount of time, less then 6 months. As Juggernaut Drive's death was also the point Solid Drive disappeared, if Sega was Solid Drive, she retired at 13-16 years old. Well before she and Nepgear moved elsewhere.
Which is why I said "suggests".
- Location
- South Africa
We need fairies, so I've been thinking of doing Holly Short, Tinkerbell and Flora, Fauna and Merryweather expies.
But for now:
Another Negima expy
My Little pony: Friendship is Magic expy
Another Negima expy.
But for now:
- (Unified Light) Magical Girl Jester Nun
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Misora Kasuga
- Stats
- Weapon
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Calciamentis Velox
Attacks Per Turn: 5
Affinity: Velocity
Ability: Double-Hit | Boost-Self
- Spells
- Abilities
Another Negima expy
- (Unified Light) Magical Girl Twilight Sparkle
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Sandhya ó Héidín
- Stats
- Weapon
- Spells
- Abilities
My Little pony: Friendship is Magic expy
- (Unified Light) Magical Girl Concealed Observer
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Kaede Nagase
- Stats
- Weapon
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Tengu no Kakuremino
Level 1
Attacks Per Turn: 1
Affinity: Trickery | Containment
Ability: Lockdown
Ninpo Shuriken
Level 2
Attacks Per Turn: 2
Affinity: Trickery
Ability: Return
Kunai
Level 2
Attacks Per Turn: 1
Affinity: Trickery
Ability: Danmaku
- Spells
- Abilities
Another Negima expy.
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Crystalwatcher
(Verified GM)
- Location
- Limbo
*stares* Oops...
Banana?
I'll try to figure out where I lost those years.
Highwind
To Rise From The Ashes
- Location
- Brazil
Large Scale Magical Accident. Everyone knows that Really Important Stuff happened during those five years, but they'll be damned if they can remember. Even Gaia and her peers are stumped and if Cosmos knows, she ain't telling. Naturally, there are many researching what happened during those years and what exactly caused the loss of those five years from all races' collective memory, but there hasn't been much progress on either side of the war.
And of course, being the protagonists of this story, the task of discovering what the fuck happened during those years falls onto Anastasia and Team Gear, and boy were those some bizarre years...
That was literally one of the proposed plots for Drakengard 3. Except it would have been called Drakengard 4 and the plot would revolve around finding out what the fuck happened during Drakengard 3.
Familiar
The Vaguely Recognized
- Location
- Washington
I'm glad someone shares that particular passion with me.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
That's actually a pretty good idea. I mean, in just two weeks we're good enough to not instantly die to a serious Goddess grey. What excuse did the drives have, when they were working three on one?
Obviously, there were Shenanigans.
Nix's Warden
Welcome to Hades
- Location
- United States
If I had to guess? Grey went full on UBW and started flinging around ALOT more dangerous shit then just plain steel swords fired at Mach Three.
Edit: Looking at Grey's sheet, with her Peerless Skill enabling her spend a single action to nullify a opponents action, and her having what counts as a limitless number of attacks, she probably bombarded everything around her in a never ending rain of steel, blocked every attack they could launch at her, and just continued into infinity until the Drives lost.
Fighting Grey is like fighting Gilgamesh's Gate Of Babylon fused with UBW. You can't get close to her without being wrecked by her weapon bombardment, you can't fight at range when she legit has a limitless amount of weapons to spam at you, and every attack you do make is blocked by one blade and countered with three more.
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chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
This implies that Grey wanted to little-sister us, you know. You should be careful with your implications. @crystalwatcher might read them and get ideas. Warm ideas. 'Fluffy' ideas. Some might even call them... Huggable.