Fixed.
I remember you saying that if we tried to build Gundam-type Funnels, they'd be more like the drone we already built rather than proper Gundamy floating bits. Did I misunderstand the kinda drone we actually built?
More like I know nothing about Gundam and don't care enough about it to watch a bunch of episodes just for one little thing like this.
The combat drones you can build would probably be very similar to Fortress-style or small Gadget-style drones unless you can provide an image for what you want them to look like or a very in-depth description of what they look like and do.
What does Regenerator do exactly? And slightly unclear who has it.
Epoch has Regenerator, as mentioned in his mini-character sheet.
Name: Epoch
Affiliation: Adepts
Occupation: Villain
Linker Core rank: A
Rare Skill: Regenerator
Magic color: Blue
Known magical talent: Hovering, primitive Shooter
Parahuman ability: Time manipulation
As for what it does, it makes it easier for healing spells to affect him or even to set up a passive regeneration effect (think Wolverine but much slower).
Okay. What about Teleport or Wide Area Search?
Both are doable for any Device. Just so you know, Maclibuin is too weak to cross dimensions. He would be limited to Spatial Translocation/teleportation around Earth Bet only.
Is it possible to cast WAS and direct Telekinesis at a target some hundred meters away? While also ID-ing the target? Again, Device type limits are appreciated.
That far is a stretch, but it's definitely possible to use telekinesis at a distance within WAS's area of effect.
Device limits, let's see.
Starting from the basics,
Storage Devices are jacks of all trades. They can cast shields, Shooters, teleport, WAS, dimensional barriers, telekinesis, Guardian Beast, binds, healing, enhancements… Basically the bread and butter spells that make up 80-90% of combat magic. They also provide a basic Barrier Jacket like Taylor had at the start of the quest. Appearance-wise, they normally look like staves, but there are a variety of other forms they can take and have been shown in the series.
Intelligent Devices were based off Storage Devices but made more sophisticated. They have much better AIs to advise and support their mages, and they are capable of more intensive long-range and true bombardment magic like Busters (Solar Wrath) and even Breakers (Ragnarök). In exchange, they can't do much in the way of increasing physical abilities for hand-to-hand combat or support-type spells. Perfect Storm is an Intelligent Device, so a mage with one will fight much like Taylor. They are limited in form to staves or guns.
Armed Devices are on the other end of the spectrum from Storage and Intelligent Devices. They are computers put inside of physical martial weapons, like swords, hammers, axes, spears and other pole arms, gauntlets, etc. They focus on spells to make their mage hit harder and move faster, and they can also be built with alternate or bigger forms. Canon examples are a sword that can turn into a whip and a bow, and a hammer that can grow as big as a house or deploy a rocket thruster to make it hit even harder than normal. Armed Devices can also cast the basic spells (teleportation, Guardian Beast, WAS, binds, yada yada yada). They also carry an improved defensive forcefield, the Knight Armor, and can let their mages store up magic in cartridges.
Boost Devices are jewelry or ornament-like Devices that focus on support skills. Healing, increasing defense or strength or speed, giving new abilities like regeneration or flight to people without them. It also provides the best debuffs, and if you want to forcibly teleport somebody away from you, that's Boost Device-specific. They are also the best way to use certain Rare Skills to the fullest advantage. Summoning magic is one such Rare Skill, and the stronger summons require this type of Device in addition to the Rare Skill itself.
Anything else you want to know specifically?
@Silently Watches? Is it possible for Tim to build a Linker Core Scanner for Epoch so he can get accurate readings?
For the purposes of this quest, no. Standstill or somebody with a Device can send out a telepathic message so that people with Linker Cores can come to them, but proper scanning can only be done by Immortal Assimilation Engine.
