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Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)

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Silently Watches said:
Tim bent down and picked Missy's head up from her chest to check both her eyes. "Eyes look normal. Body structure is unchanged. Looks like she got out of this with just a change in her hair pigmentation, though I would presume it is all hair over her entire body." He points to her face, and you see her eyebrows got a similar treatment, though they are least are unicolored with red on her right side and black on her left.

"I'm perfectly fine with that, and I expect Missy will be too," Dragons says. A few swipes of the keyboard, and large swaths of Missy's 3D scan vanish. "If all we have to do is account for her hair color, I can dedicate all the illusion projector's processing power to match her hair movements in real time rather than covering them up entirely."
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A light groan from Missy interrupts your thoughts of how you could possibly overcome the lack of an industrial mana power grid. "How are you feeling?" you ask instead.

"Like I got run over by a truck." Nostromo releases the straps holding her limbs in place, and she wobbly climbs to her feet. "I don't… feel different?"

"We got incredibly lucky." Tim pulls up an image of her new look and shows it to her. "From what I can see, your hair is the only thing that changed."
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Tinkers. Going for the complicated, high-tech solution that can easily fail instead of a much simpler mundane solution.
If all that is changed is her hair, why not just use something simple like old-fashioned hair dye to fix it?
Less likely of a malfunction revealing things, and also makes for an easy explanation if she is discovered at school: She has always died her hair. They only started school last year after the Simurgh attack, nobody would know any better save possibly Miss Militia.


Silently Watches said:
...because the guy who gave the lecture was way too interested in the intricacies of gun safety.
Yes, you get it. Don't point the gun anywhere you wouldn't want a bullet going. You understood it the first time he said it. The next ten times were just overkill.
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That isn't limited to just him. My grandfather enjoyed hunting until the fall before he died. Whenever he had his guns out for cleaning or anything and I was around, he'd always remind me about the rules of gun safety. Even when I'd graduated high school.
#1. "Never point a gun at somebody unless you are going to shoot them."
#2. "There is no such thing as an unloaded gun. Always treat the weapon as if it were loaded at all times and never point it at somebody unless you are going to shoot the, not even if you just finished unloading it."
#3. "A gun is a dangerous weapon, it is not a toy. Do not play around with guns. Do not joke with them, and never point it at somebody unless you are going to shoot them, not even in jest after unloading it."
#4. Keep the safety on and your finger away from the trigger until you are ready to fire, and never point it at anyone or anything you do not intend to shoot even with the safety on.

Notice a theme? He would remind me or quiz me on at least the three rules of gun safety every time he had the guns out around me my entire life until he died, and my mother said he only stopped doing that to her when he started doing it to me. Even then, when I was a kid I recall him asking her to recite those rules, especially rule #1.

[X] Build elemental bullet press and guns for Kayleigh (1 slot, 1 tech point
[X] Build advanced Device for Missy (2 slots, 1 tech point)
[X] Build advanced Device for Laura (2 slots, 1 tech point)
I can't decide on slot 6, all my other thoughts need more than 1 slot.


P.S. I didn't get alerts for this thread for several updates, then I got 2 dozen alerts this morning.
 
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SlickRCBD said:
[X] Build elemental bullet press and guns for Kayleigh (1 slot, 1 tech point
[X] Build advanced Device for Missy (2 slots, 1 tech point)
[X] Build advanced Device for Laura (2 slots, 1 tech point)
I can't decide on slot 6, all my other thoughts need more than 1 slot.
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We've already decided the general build plan, now we're trying to decide what kind of Device Missy is getting.
 
SlickRCBD said:
I can't decide on slot 6, all my other thoughts need more than 1 slot.
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You're a little late, my friend. On the plus side, that is exactly what we built!

We're actually doing char gen for magic Missy.
SlickRCBD said:
Less likely of a malfunction revealing things, and also makes for an easy explanation if she is discovered at school: She has always died her hair.
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But what if she wants to show off her new hair color, either among her friends or when she's out caping? You can't turn off hair dye.
 
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Silently Watches said:
Sprint is basically a self-directed Crescendo. It directly speeds up the flow of time for the caster, making them think AND move faster. I was pulling spells from the different templates, and that one comes on Extinction Knight. What makes it so nasty is that there is nothing stopping you from combining Sprint and Blitz Action.
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2 small things. This combo further stacks with sonic shield? You mentioned extinction knight, that sounds like it'd be limited to armed device Ninja? Or am I reading too much into that?
 
Byakugan said:
2 small things. This combo further stacks with sonic shield? You mentioned extinction knight, that sounds like it'd be limited to armed device Ninja? Or am I reading too much into that?
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Silently Watches said:
Serums and mutations don't stack because they're technically the same thing, one is just permanent while the other is temporary.

HOWEVER, a Strike Boost serum/mutation, the Strike Boost spell, Crescendo/Sprint, Blitz Action, and a haste-mode Barrier Jacket WILL stack because they're all different ways to make people faster.
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There's the full stacking list. Missy go fast. We just need to get her there.

As for it being an Extinction Knight spell, that doesn't mean it's an Armed Device spell. I doubt Extinction Knight gets shooters, and IE didn't if I remember right, but they're hardly Intelligent Device limited.
 
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Byakugan said:
2 small things. This combo further stacks with sonic shield? You mentioned extinction knight, that sounds like it'd be limited to armed device Ninja? Or am I reading too much into that?
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I'm not really sure what you're asking here. If you're asking if Sprint is limited to Armed Devices, only for B-rank and below. That's the advantage of A+ mages, they can cross-specialize outside of what their Device would normally permit for modification and basic tier spells. Maybe some advanced tier spells, too, but that would be on a case by case basis.
 
Actually, to continue on that thought, B-rank is probably the most restrictive rank to be. D- and C-ranks, they can and should have Storage Devices, which can use any modification and basic tier spell they want. Storage Devices can't learn advanced or WTF spells, but D/C-rank mages can't cast them anyway.

B-rank mages can use modification, basic, and advanced tier spells, but to use the advanced tier they need an advanced Device, which can't cast basic tier spells outside their specialization. An Intelligent Device or a Boost Device can't cast self-buffs like Sprint for instance, and Armed and Boost Devices can't cast shooters, and Intelligent and Armed Devices can't cast buffs most kinds of buffs or healing spells. These mages become very narrow in just what they can do unless they use Storage Devices instead.

At A-rank, advanced Devices can once again use all the basic and modification tier spells they want.
 
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How long is Missy's hair? Is it curly? It occurs to me that calico coloration on long hair will look pretty different from a calico cat, because each hair is a single color – on a cat you see the patches, but with long hair the roots show between the later bits of other hairs. I think it might end up looking more stripy? Depends on whether it's curly and how tangled it gets.
 
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Silently Watches said:
Actually, to continue on that thought, B-rank is probably the most restrictive rank to be. D- and C-ranks, they can and should have Storage Devices, which can use any modification and basic tier spell they want. Storage Devices can't learn advanced or WTF spells, but D/C-rank mages can't cast them anyway.

B-rank mages can use modification, basic, and advanced tier spells, but to use the advanced tier they need an advanced Device, which can't cast basic tier spells outside their specialization. An Intelligent Device or a Boost Device can't cast self-buffs like Sprint for instance, and Armed and Boost Devices can't cast shooters, and Intelligent and Armed Devices can't cast buffs most kinds of buffs or healing spells. These mages become very narrow in just what they can do unless they use Storage Devices instead.

At A-rank, advanced Devices can once again use all the basic and modification tier spells they want.
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Sounds like a B-rank would carry an advanced device and a storage device, then?
 
Qwertystop said:
How long is Missy's hair? Is it curly? It occurs to me that calico coloration on long hair will look pretty different from a calico cat, because each hair is a single color – on a cat you see the patches, but with long hair the roots show between the later bits of other hairs. I think it might end up looking more stripy? Depends on whether it's curly and how tangled it gets.
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Since we're dealing with magic, and the color moved up the hairs from the roots when we gave her the serum, it's possible that the hairs aren't monochromatic.

@Silently Watches Are the requirements for Missy using her Breaker tier summon as restrictive as Ragnarok? Cartridges become a lot more important an upgrade if she can't cast anything else and still be able to summon.
 
Wyrd said:
Since we're dealing with magic, and the color moved up the hairs from the roots when we gave her the serum, it's possible that the hairs aren't monochromatic.

@Silently Watches Are the requirements for Missy using her Breaker tier summon as restrictive as Ragnarok? Cartridges become a lot more important an upgrade if she can't cast anything else and still be able to summon.
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Given that Caro doesnt do anything of the sort, i think Breaker summons are probably restricted based on their own rules. Voltaire wont allow himself to be summoned if he doesnt consider it to be a good reason(and iirc, you have to be protecting something important, he wont answer a call simply to destroy a enemy). Missy's Breaker probably has some conditions of their own.
 
Qwertystop said:
How long is Missy's hair? Is it curly? It occurs to me that calico coloration on long hair will look pretty different from a calico cat, because each hair is a single color – on a cat you see the patches, but with long hair the roots show between the later bits of other hairs. I think it might end up looking more stripy? Depends on whether it's curly and how tangled it gets.
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Missy's hair is short but pretty straight, so it should look similar to the patches of a real calico.
TaliesinSkye said:
Sounds like a B-rank would carry an advanced device and a storage device, then?
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Mages only have one Device. Technically Subaru in canon had two, an Armed Device gauntlet and Storage Device rollerblades, but I can't see a reason why the skates needed to be Devices and not some other form of manatech, and they were slaved to her gauntlet anyway, so she wouldn't get any advantage out of them.

Anyway, long story short, no. You can choose one type of Device and one type only, certainly for the purposes of this quest.
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@Silently Watches Are the requirements for Missy using her Breaker tier summon as restrictive as Ragnarok? Cartridges become a lot more important an upgrade if she can't cast anything else and still be able to summon.
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Giant summons work differently than Breakers, don't worry. The big restriction here is that while the Giant is out and about, the summoner can't cast any other spells. All their magic is tied up keeping the summon in the real world. Once they dispel the summon, they aren't in mana overload or poisoning, though, so they can continue to cast.

As for what they allow themselves to be summoned for, Missy's Giant summon wants a good fight. It wouldn't be happy being summoned to destroy a city unless the city is heavily defended, but digging its teeth into a dragon or another Kaiju? Oh, that'll work just fine.
 
Full Naruto it is. Definitely has the majority.
Adhoc vote count started by Silently Watches on Jan 5, 2020 at 2:03 PM, finished with 139 posts and 58 votes.
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Vote Missy PART 2

Now we're getting somewhere. Two parts to this vote. First, the name of Missy's Device. There weren't a whole lot that I liked that were proposed, actually only one, but here are two options and a write-in option.

[ ] (Device) Scenic View
[ ] (Device) Calico Laughing
[ ] (Device) Write in name

Not too hard. Second, her weapon.

[ ] Sickle
[ ] Khopesh or Egyptian sickle-sword
[ ] Combat knife
[ ] Shock baton
[ ] Lightsaber
[ ] Tomahawk
[ ] Brass knuckles (not actually brass)
[ ] Nothing, raw fisticuffs
 
Alright, a Boost Device won! I'm quite happy with that. Now for the new vote...

[X] (Device) Scenic View

[X] Khopesh or Egyptian sickle-sword

I like the name, as it does reference Missy's past as Vista. Even if that part of her life is over now, it still had an impact that should be acknowledged.

As for the khopesh, I think it looks cool
 
[X] (Device) Panorama
[X] (Device) Calico Laughing
[X] (Device) Fractal Skirmish
[X] (Device) Red Blitz
[X] Combat knife
 
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[X] (Device) Scenic View
[X] Khopesh

She may not be Vista anymore, but the homage is nice. And a Khopesh is a non-silly version of a sickle when it comes to weapons.
I think curved blades are better for fast attacks too? As in, moving fast and rushing past with a slice rather than stabbing. I'm not exactly an expert though.
 
[X] (Device) Calico Laughing
[X] Brass knuckles (not actually brass)

Sad theres no option for a gauntlet, but i suppose with magic having a full gauntlet vs a pair of knuckles doesnt make much difference other than style. I CAST FIST!

One thing of note however, "Khopesh or Egyptian sickle-sword" The Khopesh isnt a sickle. Its basically a short handled axe and used exactly like one. Hacking blows, downward hooking of shields, etc. It evolved from axes and had a super forward point of balance like a axe.
 
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