Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)

[X] (Boost Device) Summoner
-[X] (Device) Scenic View
-[X] (Weapon) Twin Daggers
-[X] Spatial Translocation
-[X] Aerial Combat
-[X] Wide Area Search
-[X] Swarm Summon
 
I think if you are going to main line summoner maybe give her the swarm, and a bigger summon too?
 
You don't have to pick known or named spells. You can just give a description like "spell to make her hits stronger" or "swarm summon" or something, and I'll tell you if she can't do them for one reason or another (unlikely considering her rank) or if it's okay, I'll come up with a decent name when I'm finalizing her spell list.
I see. The clarification is appreciated.

[X] (Boost Device) Summoner
-[X] (Device) Scenic View
-[X] (Weapon) Machete
-[X] Aerial Combat
-[X] swarm summon spell
-[X] Summon spell
-[X] Spell to make melee hits more powerful

You are right about Temporal Sludge not really working out, so out it goes for an actual Summoning ability. Flight is nigh mandatory.
 
I think if you are going to main line summoner maybe give her the swarm, and a bigger summon too?
So something like

[X] (Boost Device) Summoner
-[X] (Device) Scenic View
-[X] (Weapon) Twin Daggers
-[X] Spatial Translocation
-[X] Medium summon
-[X] Wide Area Search
-[X] Swarm Summon

EDIT: Also, this is why I hate plan votes like these. 62 miliion suggestions with one or two differences. Way easier to just wait until near the end and vote for whatever proved to be most popular.
 
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I don't like the device name Scenic View. Missy, as far as I can tell, wants a clean break from Vista, and naming her device in a way that references Vista just wouldn't do her justice.

Now, I'm not the best at names, but I'll try to take some inspiration from her new hair.

[X] (Boost Device) Summoner
-[X] (Device) Calico Laughing
-[X] (Weapon) Hatchet

I don't know what spells to give her just yet.
 
[X] (Boost Device) Summoner
-[X] (Device) Athame
-[X] (Weapon) Knife
-[X] Guardian Beast
-[X] Strike Boost
-[X] Spatial Translocation
-[X] Swarm Summon

Alright, here's my plan. First, summoner version so we can put her Rare Skill to full use, with a knife form for close-quarter combat. Guardian Beast so she has someone to keep an eye on her and we have an extra fighter, Strike Boost to give her some extra use on the battlefield, Spatial Translocation for teleportation, and Swarm Summon so we can see what she can summon. With this, we can focus on getting her more Boost and Summon Spells, while still making her useful enough to be a combatant at the start.
 
For the spells, I can't find the list of possibles,
Like I told land, just give me a description of what you want the spell to do. I'll come up with a name later.
Can the Champion summon hold a giant mana blade in their mouth and then be effect by Vista's blitz action?
Ha ha, sorry but no. Blitz Action only affects the caster. Strike Boost would work on the summon.
Spell choice votes are a mess. Especially in a batch like this. Evasion fits well enough with what I want that I'll probably switch to it if it gains any momentum.
Agreed (you have no idea how much I agree :cry: ) but unfortunately the starting spell list is going to determine the details of each character's fighting style, so they have to be done in batches.
How about a fist weapon to match her arm and speed?
That's fine too.


I'm assuming all the people voting for a melee Summoner build just don't want to risk the lower defense of Full Naruto?
 
[x] (Armed Device) Ninja

Its a shame that her chosen Rare Skill doesn't really fit with the way Missy fought before or wants to fight now. Even Naruto (Having a chonky tank cover while she flanks) feels a little too Vista-style Support for how she'd have fought with Aegis and friends, and a bit similar to how Kayleigh's role will likely be. Armed Ninja fits well with the sort of tricks we can fit into whatever transhumanism the voters will allow us >_>

Shame it was Epoch who got Regenerator and her Summon, not the reverse D:

No real idea how to do a spell list though... but SW already seems to have ideas for how to do it whatever happens.
 
A Sonic Form Barrier Jacket would give Missy a permanent boost to her speed while the Jacket's on and amplifies all movement spells, including Aerial Combat and Blitz Action, to the same degree as Taylor's in the process (which means supersonic flight).
Okay, I'm confused. o_O
To be sure I understand you correctly, are you saying that Missy's Aerial Combat and Blitz Action will be less effective than Taylor's? But why?


I prefer to go full Summoner and add some gadgets and mutations to make Missy an effective fighter.
 
I'm too clueless about mgln for this vote I think. So I'm going to copy just one thing from @helnae:
[X] (Device) Calico Laughing

And defer to the majority of there is one on the rest. Although her spells

[X] should include whatever it takes to get the biggest possible summons eventually.
 
[X] (Boost Device) Full Naruto
-[X] (Device) Scenic View
-[X] (Weapon) Sickle
-[X] Aerial Combat
-[X] Blitz Action
-[X] Swarm Summon
-[X] Spell to make melee hits more powerful

Altered the formatting to make it easier to count.
I still think that Blitz Action is a good choice to go with Full Naruto, since we want her to be able to move as much as possible to make up for defense.

In my case I simply want to make full use of the Rare Skill, including the Giant Summon.
You can still make full use of the Summoner skill with the Full Naruto option, it's just exchanging some personal defense for personal speed.

To be sure I understand you correctly, are you saying that Missy's Aerial Combat and Blitz Action will be less effective than Taylor's? But why?
Taylor's skills are fully mastered while Missy's won't be:
2 XP for modificationsto known spells. This can affect how a spell acts, but it isn't enough to be a new spell on its own. Homing Bullet and Burst are the stereotypes of this tier, but I'm sure we'll find more together.
  • Something very special in the modification tier is spell masteries. Because non-template mages don't have centuries of cumulative memories to fall back on, all their spells are comparable to the "Adept level" for a template mage. Learning a mastery spell improves a collection of related spells to the "Master level". For example, spending 2 XP on Movement Mastery would improve Blitz Action, Sprint, and Aerial Combat; Boost Mastery would improve Strike Boost, Barret Boost, and Cape Boost; etc.
 
[X] (Boost Device) Full Naruto
-[X] (Device) Scenic View
-[X] (Weapon) Sickle
-[X] Aerial Combat
-[X] Blitz Action
-[X] Swarm Summon
-[X] Cover - Invisibility
 
Shame it was Epoch who got Regenerator and her Summon, not the reverse D:
Everybody said they liked summoning the most.
the way Missy fought before or wants to fight now. Even Naruto (Having a chonky tank cover while she flanks) feels a little too Vista-style Support for how she'd have fought with Aegis and friends
I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean. As Vista, she did crowd control and would dash in and out to get light hits in. She was honestly more of a distraction than anything else.
No real idea how to do a spell list though... but SW already seems to have ideas for how to do it whatever happens.
No I don't! I need at least a description. It's spells I can do all on my own.
In my case I simply want to make full use of the Rare Skill, including the Giant Summon.
Yeah, summons are rare enough that it's worth tossing everything into that ability.

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Deep breaths. Deeeeep breaths.

her Rare Skill requires a Boost Device to use Champion and Giant summons (AKA, the Good Stuff ©)
(Boost Device) Full Naruto
Both Summoner and Full Naruto can do the full breadth of summoning. Full Naruto gives her a bit of a boost to the melee option by making her faster, so FN is more for the melee summoning build and Summoner is better optimized for support.
Okay, I'm confused. o_O
To be sure I understand you correctly, are you saying that Missy's Aerial Combat and Blitz Action will be less effective than Taylor's? But why?
Correct. Taylor, being a template mage, has the cumulative experience of several centuries using her spells in the back of her head. That's why template mages get to increase their spells to Master level. Device mages have all their spells as Adept level permanently. You can change that with a mastery modification, as Demojay quoted, and the speedy BJ for Full Naruto comes with that built in.
 
Okay, I'm confused. o_O
To be sure I understand you correctly, are you saying that Missy's Aerial Combat and Blitz Action will be less effective than Taylor's? But why?
Well—
Taylor's skills are fully mastered while Missy's won't be:
Yeah, that. If we do modify/master her movement abilities, how fast would she be?
Because Missy needs to be the fastest if we're going that route.

Edit: So, I didn't get the 'view new posts' notification for Silently's post. Annoying.
 
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[X] (Boost Device) Full Naruto
-[X] (Device) Scenic View
-[X] (Weapon) Sickle
-[X] Aerial Combat
-[X] Blitz Action
-[X] Swarm Summon
-[X] Cover - Invisibility
 
@Silently Watches Perhaps it's a silly idea, but can summoners by any chance bilocate? It's a relatively common summoner skill from other series where they summoner acts like a Unison Device here, but on their summons, acting through them and in a number of cases using them for armor.
 
With the clarification that Full Naruto can still use the highest-tier summons, I'm switching to that.

[X] (Boost Device) Full Naruto
-[X] (Device) Scenic View
-[X] (Weapon) Sickle
-[X] Aerial Combat
-[X] Blitz Action
-[X] Swarm Summon
-[X] Spell to make melee hits more powerful
 

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Deep breaths. Deeeeep breaths.

Both Summoner and Full Naruto can do the full breadth of summoning. Full Naruto gives her a bit of a boost to the melee option by making her faster, so FN is more for the melee summoning build and Summoner is better optimized for support.
This thread has a hard enough time trying to keep track of what abilities Taylor has, never mind what half of them do. Adding another three to the pile? I am just tossing my vote on something that sounds cool.
 

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Both Summoner and Full Naruto can do the full breadth of summoning. Full Naruto gives her a bit of a boost to the melee option by making her faster, so FN is more for the melee summoning build and Summoner is better optimized for support.


Yay the cartridges make even more sense!

This thread has a hard enough time trying to keep track of what abilities Taylor has, never mind what half of them do. Adding another three to the pile? I am just tossing my vote on something that sounds cool.

I suggest mine it has katanas and speed... And GO!!!
 
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@Silently Watches Perhaps it's a silly idea, but can summoners by any chance bilocate? It's a relatively common summoner skill from other series where they summoner acts like a Unison Device here, but on their summons, acting through them and in a number of cases using them for armor.
You mean like possessing the summon?
This thread has a hard enough time trying to keep track of what abilities Taylor has, never mind what half of them do.
That's why I go through the trouble of keeping the character sheets up to date :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
[x] (Armed Device) Ninja

I am not sure about the other choices as of now, but this is definitely the device selection that I would prefer.
 
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