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Monochromatic Ursine
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But it is Egyptian!
Magical Girl Escalation Taylor (Worm/Nanoha)
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Yes, in one chapter Taylor mentions that she watched the Aleph versions of the prequels with the Undersiders. She also mentions that they were just as disappointing as the Bet versions, so seemingly Lucasfilms is still active in Bet.
Yes, so? Crocodiles are Egyptian too, and do you want Missy to become a crocodile? Missy as a crocodile... that would be really cool.
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Monochromatic Ursine
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Sekhmet is a cat headed Egyptian warrior goddess of healing.
Missy is a calico haired Boost Device wielder with an egyptian weapon.
It is a thematic name.
Silently Watches
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And your point is?
All I'm saying is if you decide to go full on cat and it turns out Missy summons, I don't know, a turtle, it's going to look really really weird and I'm going to laugh at you.
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Monochromatic Ursine
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That's why it was phrased in the form of a question!
Silently Watches
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In that case, I would recommend not naming her Sekhmet. Both because you don't know what animal she summons and because apparently deity names are in bad taste on Earth Bet. I think? Someone tell me if I'm off base on that one.That's why it was phrased in the form of a question!
But you know what? Since Missy's summons are an unknown, I may very well give you the option after her next interlude (not the MM interlude I've mentioned before, but the first time when the girls actually fight together) to see what she summons and then decide if you want to change her name. It'll call for a little bit of correction on my end, but nothing truly terrible.
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As much as I like turtles, because turtles are cool, red and fast... No, no. Bring on the speedy red turtles. It will be hilarious.
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Sekhmet the Blood-Drinker, the Bringer and Taker of Plagues, She of the Marvelous Mane is a lion, not a cat. A bit of exactness, please.
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Silently Watches
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Although, cutting back to your comment here, going Egyptian for her weapon is FAR from the worst choice you could have made. It is actually rather appropriate for her for a couple of different reasons. Still does not justify naming her Sekhmet.
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Yep. Assuming voting slows down and continues in this same vein, I might close it tonight and start the first Laura vote.
If anyone's wondering why these votes are moving so quick, it's because I had this weekend and today through Wednesday off. I'm back at work on Thursday, and the first two days are always awful, so there is no way in hell I'd be able to answer questions until I got back home late at night.
Mal-3
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I will endorse this if the kaiju summon is Gamera. (Friend to all children!)
(Also, wherever the hell they relocated to Uber and Leet see phone footage of Missy and her army of fast red turtles, and prepare a visit to Philly to do a Mario Kart episode...)
[X] Blitz Action
[X] Aerial Combat
[X] swarm summon
[X] switch Barrier Jacket to and from haste mode (+2 XP)
Blitz gives her flash step (not quite teleportation but anime enough), Aerial Combat and swarm summon are obvious, and Jacket Switch gives her a backup in case she can't extract from a situation. Seems like a fairly balanced build for a Bort character.
[X] Aerial Combat
[X] swarm summon
-[X] Champion summon (-2 XP)
[X] switch Barrier Jacket to and from haste mode (+2 XP)
A Summoner without a Champion Summon is like a blaster without their Buster. Take it first. Missy's melee ability is respectable for street level but she's not a Knight class, and her weapon only hits a bit better than a normal weapon of that size for an adult.
[X] swarm summon
-[X] Champion summon (-2 XP)
[X] switch Barrier Jacket to and from haste mode (+2 XP)
A Summoner without a Champion Summon is like a blaster without their Buster. Take it first. Missy's melee ability is respectable for street level but she's not a Knight class, and her weapon only hits a bit better than a normal weapon of that size for an adult.
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Eh. My expectations are very tempered. She's not one-shotting an EB, just like we can't.
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So just completely out nowhere since I was rereading AARs, whatever happened with Saint and his crew after we captured him? Is he sitting in a jail cell ranting about AIs and aliens while the guards are going "take a look at this guy"? What about the crew, are they just sitting around awkwardly pretending to not know Saint if they're potentially not as zealous as him and know when to give it up as a bad job?
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Mags, the one member of the Dragonslayers who had magic, actually has 'inmate' in their Magical Potentiates profile. So, yeah, they're in jail, and since the only person who might care enough to get them out is in the Birdcage? They aren't about to become relevant.
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Deity names seem to be associated with megalomaniacs. Less that they are bad, and more that the type of person who'd take a god's name is usually neither well adjusted nor reasonable
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The Dragonslayers are all in different prisons to keep them from coordinating any efforts to escape. Otherwise, yeah, they're basically cooling their heels. Saint is in a particularly bad spot because he's the most zealous of all of them, and while he has the technical know-how to "contract out" in a prison environment, he's not making any friends.
Unless you decide to interact with them, don't expect them to be relevant ever again. The only reason Mags is even in the list is just in case you guys decide you want to try recruiting her to get her out of prison. I don't know why you WOULD, but there you go.
TaliesinSkye
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Is Aerial Combat necessary to be able to fly, or is it just something adapted for flying with great speed and agility?
Silently Watches
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I mean, Deviceless mages can learn Basic Flight, which has none of the high speed capabilities that Aerial Combat does. For Device mages, AC is the default flight spell.
Any particular reason you're asking?
TaliesinSkye
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Just wondering if Missy could fly (for transportation/tactical purposes if not combat purposes) if we didn't select Aerial Combat.
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[X] Blitz Action
[X] Aerial Combat
[X] swarm summon
[X] switch Barrier Jacket to and from haste mode (+2 XP)
[X] Aerial Combat
[X] swarm summon
[X] switch Barrier Jacket to and from haste mode (+2 XP)
Silently Watches
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She could, sure, but she wouldn't get the supersonic flight her sonic Jacket/Haste Mode gives her. Basic Flight can't go that fast.
And because no one asked, WTF tier telekinesis is certainly Breaker-comparable. If my calculations are right, and they better be after I triple checked them, we can hit megaton yields fairly reasonably.