- Location
- Planet Earth
Actually, this is our back up weapon for when Transistor is off playing flying artillery like the last fight and thus, not where Jaune can use it.
Hold It In (RWBY/Transistor)
- Thread starter Prok
- Start date
- Crossover
bearbearington
A plain bear. Nothing more, nothing less.
Jokes on you, a real huntsman are not limited by the mere notion of main arm, sidearm or not enough arms.
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NexysDhyArchen
Throne Breaker
How about a straight up sword? Get actual use out of our Swordmanship skill? Though, that raises the question: Does our Swordsmanship count towards our skill in using the Razor Shield/Chainsaw?
Tassadar
The Overlord of Cakes & Toucans!
-Look at most huntsmen who use just one weapon.-
Where are these real huntsman?
- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
[X] The Suitcase
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
ADeshantis
King on the Chromium Throne
- Location
- United states
Um... that's part of what a sidearm is. Your secondary weapon for when your main weapon needs reloading or maintenance you can't give it, or isn't effective at current range.
I mean most Huntsman we've seen have a maximum of two weapons, and even then they're a matched pair instead of main arm/sidearm. Pyrrha's the closest, with the way Milo and Akouo are configured offering easy access to weapons for every combat range. Ren and Emerald carry two weapons but they're identical. Having a sidearm at all is unusual, and I think it's partly because of something very important.
Anything you wear into combat, you have to carry with you. The more bits and bobs you have, the harder and more time consuming maintenance gets. If you have one weapon to field strip, check, and clean, it'll take you maybe five minutes, and maintenance gear probably weighs under a pound or three. But every different weapon has to have supplies of its own, and time dedicated to its upkeep.
bearbearington
A plain bear. Nothing more, nothing less.
Well most hunters wield mechashift weapons which is technically multiple weapon in one. So they have surpassed the limitation of not enough arms by making sure everything can be wielded within the confines of two or less arms.
On the other note, can we build a brand new weapon for Ada with the power of MATHS? She seems too broke to get a proper one.
- Location
- Orbit, Alpha Centauri
[X] The Suitcase
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
I absolutely adore the idea of the chainsaw, but there's a reason good ole sword and board is so popular— it works really well. This will give us another layer of protection, and I like the sound of the aura boost. Anything the claw gun and chainsaw can do the Transistor can do better, but it's more of a artilery piece or caster's weapon than a shield. Having that will shore up our defensive weakness.
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
I absolutely adore the idea of the chainsaw, but there's a reason good ole sword and board is so popular— it works really well. This will give us another layer of protection, and I like the sound of the aura boost. Anything the claw gun and chainsaw can do the Transistor can do better, but it's more of a artilery piece or caster's weapon than a shield. Having that will shore up our defensive weakness.
SneakyWalrus
Is the Water Free?
I vote this, on the grounds of it making me think of a Terminator Lightening Claw.
- Location
- Belfast
"Jaune... I'm really not sure how good this idea is..."
"Trust me! It'll work great!"
"Jaune... You are grafting additional robotic arms onto your back in an attempt to 'Wield all the weapons at the same time!'... Aren't the two you have enough? And can't the Process provide the additional firepower when the two of us don't have enough working together?"
"Are you saying you don't want a pair when I'm done with my own? You can never have too many arms!"
bearbearington
A plain bear. Nothing more, nothing less.
Thus begin the tale of Asura-Jaune, only with less unstoppable RAEG and more confusion and tangled limbs, with an extra side heap of screaming Weiss.
SaltyWaffles
I am dissapoint, son
- Pronouns
- He/Him
That's what we needed as an option for a RWBY crossover: Asura's Wrath!Jaune.
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Anyway, one day we're going to transition from "mechashift arm" to "full Ironman", and it will be awesome.
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"Jaune Arc was able to build the Process in a
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- Location
- Somewhere
[X] Suitcase
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
Because as much as I think we could swing the "Engineer" look, it'd need modification and it's annoying to get all dressed up and then have it ruined by Grimm. "Not Quiet As Silent, Exactly as Deadly" is tied for second place with engineer though. Just feels... overly scruffy for the creator of a baby god.
And naturally we want the blade-edged shield over the chainsaw, because chainsaws don't have any defense and if we REALLY want a chainsaw we should just modify the transistor into a massive chainsword with an teeth reminiscent of Breach or Crash. Furthermore, a chainsaw can be really nasty... but the edges would dull fast, so the transistor is probably better suited for it. That, and unless you modified it anyone caught in the teeth would be flung away by the direction of the rotation unless you added a hook to keep them there, and that just makes it a really short range grapple weapon that'd be relatively useless against Grimm... if my logic is correct, anyway.
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
Because as much as I think we could swing the "Engineer" look, it'd need modification and it's annoying to get all dressed up and then have it ruined by Grimm. "Not Quiet As Silent, Exactly as Deadly" is tied for second place with engineer though. Just feels... overly scruffy for the creator of a baby god.
And naturally we want the blade-edged shield over the chainsaw, because chainsaws don't have any defense and if we REALLY want a chainsaw we should just modify the transistor into a massive chainsword with an teeth reminiscent of Breach or Crash. Furthermore, a chainsaw can be really nasty... but the edges would dull fast, so the transistor is probably better suited for it. That, and unless you modified it anyone caught in the teeth would be flung away by the direction of the rotation unless you added a hook to keep them there, and that just makes it a really short range grapple weapon that'd be relatively useless against Grimm... if my logic is correct, anyway.
- Location
- Jaburo
[X] The Suitcase
[Nope] A goddamn chainsaw shoots out of the top, revving up to its full speed with every clench of your fist. Less dangerous hand to God, you have never felt this fucking metal in your entire life. (A Goddamn Chainsaw- melee range, high maintenance/fuel cost, very low defence capability, extremely high damage output if used correctly.)
To quote one of the old Cyberpunk 2020 Chrome Books (basically catalogs of cool cyberware for player characters),
'"ChainRipp? Oh, yeah, just go right ahead and advertise the fact that you're a raving looney who doesn't care about splattering blood all over 20 witnesses who can positively ID us?"
"But it's so cool!"'
As badass as a chainsaw fist would be, I just don't really see it being within Jaune's millieu just yet. At least for now I feel like the shield is the wiser choice. Heck, we can even use it with the Transistor if we spend some time getting sufficiently strong to pull a Dark Souls and one hand the massive two-handed sword.
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
[Nope] A goddamn chainsaw shoots out of the top, revving up to its full speed with every clench of your fist. Less dangerous hand to God, you have never felt this fucking metal in your entire life. (A Goddamn Chainsaw- melee range, high maintenance/fuel cost, very low defence capability, extremely high damage output if used correctly.)
To quote one of the old Cyberpunk 2020 Chrome Books (basically catalogs of cool cyberware for player characters),
'"ChainRipp? Oh, yeah, just go right ahead and advertise the fact that you're a raving looney who doesn't care about splattering blood all over 20 witnesses who can positively ID us?"
"But it's so cool!"'
As badass as a chainsaw fist would be, I just don't really see it being within Jaune's millieu just yet. At least for now I feel like the shield is the wiser choice. Heck, we can even use it with the Transistor if we spend some time getting sufficiently strong to pull a Dark Souls and one hand the massive two-handed sword.
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
Prok
Go play Star Fetchers
- Location
- Scotland
Pretty much exactly as long as it took me to write the word bambina, once I remembered it existed.
Ababababababa.
The Orkiest thing you've seen so far.
I'll go Orkier before the end of this quest, somehow, someway. It's in my blood to be a football hooligan anyway.
Hey now, remember-
When I was talking about formshift armour having its teething problems, I was talking about the actual formshift mechanisms themselves, not the weapon attached to them. Someone brought up Springtrap elsewhere in the thread, and...
As much as I absolutely loathe Five Nights At Freddy's and everything connected to it, it's, not... an unfair comparison. Moving gears and springs suddenly being where they're not meant to be, while also being nearly impossible to get out of even with outside assistance that doesn't involve just taking the limb off.
I HATE IT but it's NOT WRONG but I HATE THAT THAT COMPARISON CAN BE MADE AT ALL
But, with that teething issue now sorted out, formshift armour is now exactly as safe as any other formshift weapon. Which is to say, 'don't be a moron with it, and you'll lose the minimum number of fingers possible.'
There aren't any trap options here, or anywhere else in the quest that aren't obviously marked as being risky gambles. I'm not that kind of GM- I don't get any pleasure out of misleading you people or punishing you for wanting to do one thing in particular. You absolutely will not hurt yourself with any of the options on offer, and if you could, the shield would be exactly as likely to hurt you as anything else going by your own logic. But no, unless you are already at the point where a chainsaw to the gut just wouldn't matter anymore, there are very few ways you could manage to hurt yourself with your own weapon aside from calmly, willingly, using it to hurt yourself.
Maintenance, yes, fuel, no. You can't synthesise processed Dust, nor is it likely that you ever will, but you could replace it with an electric motor and battery pack that can be charged by the Transistor's excess power or another source of electricity.
Why do you think your Scroll's never died in public yet?
Well, since the Process knows it, the Transistor knows it, and since the Transistor is basically your second brain, you also know it, it's just a matter of asking your second brain about it.
But no, aside from a general sense that drafting did, something to him emotionally, Jaune never really figured it out. And if he did, I imagine it would only infuriate him more, since Luxin makes no fucking sense AGH-
You've already seen a member of Lumen's family.
The rest are only marginally better. Take that how you will.
Razor shield, yes, chainsaw...
... Also yes, actually, a sword and a chainsaw work, functionally the same, the only real difference is how you angle your arm for a slash and the overall range of it.
... And, gore potential. That's a pretty big change too.
Fuck, now I just wanna write that DOOM/RWBY post that's wallowing in my idea dungeon.
This is entirely true.
What I think people forget in terms of RWBY's weapons is that, while you may have a-
spins wheel
-battleaxe that-
pulls piece of paper out of hat
-turns into a cannon that fires-
throws dart at dartboard
-miniature Dust-infused railway spikes at people, that still counts as one weapon. A Swiss army knife doesn't count as 82 separate utensils, it's one entity with 82 different functions, and if you need to repair it, you're still only repairing one thing.
It's the same idea with formshift weapons- you may have to sink several hours of maintenance into this one hellishly difficult project, but it still takes less time than cleaning and maintaining three separate weapons that fulfil the same purpose as that spike-shooting battlecannonaxe.
Jaune, up until this point, has never had to deal with that because his weapon is both self-sustaining and intelligent enough to make itself more efficient and automate various things by itself, essentially meaning all he has to do is guide it along the paths he wants, and feed it keys to remove restrictions.
Hell, he probably won't have to deal with maintenance at all until you lot put it in his head to figure out how you're going to customise it.
... Lord I dread that day-
You can pry that machete from her cold, dead hands.
Anyway, the votes will close tomorrow night at 8pm, and by the looks of it, Suitcase and Shield are winning by landslides with 53 votes each!
That's-
That's...
That's a lot of people, oh my God-
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Doctor_Hayden
Plant-Katto
- Location
- Morioh, 1999
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Make that 54.
[X] Suitcase
[X] The vambrace unfolds, twisting and widening until it becomes a large kite shield, twisting and rotating until you clench your fist again, and it locks into place. You don't miss the keen edge lining the shield. (Razor Shield, a short-range defensive option with limited offensive capability. Additional Aura bonus.)
- Location
- Hyperborea
Personally, I'm disappointed that no one else supported me in this.
@Prok, you never answered my question, did you miss it?
CaesriusPolybius
Worldgate Mechanic
- Location
- United States. Ish.
It... has, though? Waaaay back before the Signal graduation test. It had to be plugged in and everything.
Nihilo
Authorial parasite
- Location
- Catalonia
That was before we had picked our flavour of bullshit, tho.
Darik29
Verified Delicious
Hey GM, question.
It's too late now given how heavy the vote weight is, but I have to ask.
Would it have been possible to have for a Formshift weapon one like Optimus Primes Heat Baldes?
You know, those kick ass duel swords that pop out of his hands, super heated and made of murder?
Because I would have Loved having one of those for Jaune.
It's too late now given how heavy the vote weight is, but I have to ask.
Would it have been possible to have for a Formshift weapon one like Optimus Primes Heat Baldes?
You know, those kick ass duel swords that pop out of his hands, super heated and made of murder?
Because I would have Loved having one of those for Jaune.
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- Location
- his hidden lair
This is a travesty, a grave betrayal that I can only possibly forgive if we set the eventual goal of motorizing our shield so the sharpened rim spins real fast.
If we aren't using our magical god like powers over math to make gratuitous but awesome weapons in RWBY the Grimm have already won. Don't let the Grimm win.
Paid for and brought to by the Commitee for Honestly Applied Industrial Nonprofit Systems for the Advancement of the World. Or C.H.A.I.N.S.A.W.
If we aren't using our magical god like powers over math to make gratuitous but awesome weapons in RWBY the Grimm have already won. Don't let the Grimm win.
Paid for and brought to by the Commitee for Honestly Applied Industrial Nonprofit Systems for the Advancement of the World. Or C.H.A.I.N.S.A.W.
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Prok
Go play Star Fetchers
- Location
- Scotland
I saw it, and then promptly forgot about it. Apologies.
Much like I forgot about my apparent distaste for Team JACL as a name- it works, it's associated with a colour that at least half of the team has, it doesn't require switching between first and last names like most other options I found, and its creation only requires letter subtraction rather than replacement, which honestly places it far and beyond most other team names for me.
If I did hate it at some point, it's since grown on me so much that I forgot I hated it in the first place, let alone why.
... Look, man, I've been writing this for two years now, you can't expect me to remember every little-
Hellooooo explanation I'm going to latch onto like my life depends on it-
Eh, way you people are talking, you're eventually going to either be covered in or become Process matter- I'm sure it'll happen someday.
But with traditional formshift armour, absolutely not- even if you padded it into uselessness, metal conducts heat, you would almost definitely cook your arm doing that, even if you somehow rigged it up to only heat up when fully extended.
Throw it in the maybe pile.
CaesriusPolybius
Worldgate Mechanic
- Location
- United States. Ish.
Forgot about that. Point.
Hey, as long as we can get our soul to stick/stay, what's the downside?
EDIT: something something process tang, that'll really shock the Brothers
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SneakyWalrus
Is the Water Free?
It's funny cause Jacinth as a team name is entirely appropriate considering the colour of the Transistor's eye kinda matches it.
- Location
- Hyperborea
I've been looking primarily for colour words using only the first names. One alternative to Jackal is Jaboncillo, one of the names for the tree Sapindus saponaria.
Edit: or if we cheat and substitute letters like some canon teams already do: JCLA for Jonquilla, a species of usually yellow flowers.
That would be appropriate, though I can understand the desire to just use first names. It's just more elegant that way.
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