Matter of Faith (BTVS / OC)
- Thread starter Lost Star
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Yea, would never have meshed with Astral's personality. Just saying that I could totally see that scene happening.
Might have been possible if Astral had more charisma or Astral's character was different. But eh. Just wouldn't fit personally with who he is now.
Just random ramblings and musings about the scene is all.
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Astrals a simple man at heart. I'm imagining some big bad trying to lecture him about his quest being futile and all that jazz, and him just smaking the dude in the face. And then moving on.
Because in the end, he's just doing this to help people. One step at a time. All the moral quandaries that others might be afflicted with simply wouldn't touch him.
Because in the end, he's just doing this to help people. One step at a time. All the moral quandaries that others might be afflicted with simply wouldn't touch him.
- Location
- Little Rock, AR
[X] Socialize with Ally (Father)
Cha Practice? Also our father has lost his way lost the light of his life. His spark it needs enkindling. The essence of the Light is faith is hope in the gentleness in man, in the kindness and nobility and brotherhood.
The protect the weak, inspire the hopeless, redeem the lost, and smite the wicked.
In that Order!
Cha Practice? Also our father has lost his way lost the light of his life. His spark it needs enkindling. The essence of the Light is faith is hope in the gentleness in man, in the kindness and nobility and brotherhood.
The protect the weak, inspire the hopeless, redeem the lost, and smite the wicked.
In that Order!
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AZATHOTHoth
༼ つ ☀️_☀️ ༽つ
[X] Train Dexterity
- Location
- Brazil
[X] Train Dexterity
munchkinomatic
Douchiest of Bags
- Location
- The land of Skepticism
[X] Socialize with Ally (Father)
Wouldn't Vitality be the thing to train, then?
Being able to hit the enemy hard and put them down is a good thing too. Supernatural stuff are agile, we need to be able to hit them with full force.
Nah, they'd touch him. They're just not important in the face of evil, you deal with them after the evil is slain.
Unless, you know, it's necessary to smite evil, then you handle it right then and there.
Joshua
I've covered wars you know.
- Location
- Califorina
Unless I'm mistaken Vitality is a pure body skill. We're only allowed to train a Mind, or Soul skill for this one.
Pensive Rumination
Praise me more?
- Location
- Australia
[X] Train Dexterity
Week 3 Start
Doing a quick update just because.
[x] Train Dexterity
Roll 50+15. +1 dex
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Sunday is a bit of a quiet day for you. Mostly dealing with various chores that need to be done, and homework that hasn't been finished. You're bodies still recovering a bit from your previous exertions, so you don't work on that. Instead you do mostly stretching and a bit of reflex training. Coordination isn't really important for you in bodybuilding, but it's something you know how to train in general anyway.
You make a bit of a game of it with a stick and a ball. Working on keeping the thing in the air while you're dealing with laundry at the laundromat. Simple stuff, but it works on your reflexes for the trials ahead. You see a bit of improvement even in this. It's slow going, but this is the way your improve yourself in the end. Proper training takes years upon years.
You think you have a bit of cheat yourself though. Your direct channel to the light has enhanced you in more than a few ways, and will continue to do so. You'd call it cheating, but since you're dealing with things that go bump in the night, you can't complain in the end.
All together, Sunday is a pretty quiet day where nothing much happens in general with you. Not every day can be an exciting day really.
You end the day looking through the Book of Light and just enjoying your time before school starts again.
Monday dawns too soon though. And you grumble as you make your way to the school. Jet's a bit busy when you come in, but waves at you happily and informs you that you're ahead for a fair amount, and shouldn't have to meet up if you don't want. You're pretty certain he's got a new video game that's taking up his time, but you don't begrudge that.
Mr Smith finds you before things start though.
He's the only person in the school larger than you. Honestly a bit ugly too. His face isn't something to write home about, and the muscles he has make him intimidating more than anything else. He's also actually probably the best teacher in the school too, so students have a bit of a mixed relationship with you.
"Astral." The man waves you over. "Just got word of a body building exhibition at the end of next week. Bit short notice, but if you do good on it I can see about getting you into the nationals."
You blink at that. "That soon?" You wince a bit.
"Yeah, gonna hurt, but I think you can do it. Your frame's good, but you're going to have to be careful." Mr Smith gives you a once over. "Can see you've been working at it too. If you can get the stances done right this time you're a shoe in."
"That sounds great." You smile at the man.
You're considered a 'junior' bodybuilder. It's a rather important distinction in many ways. When one thinks of bodybuilding they think of someone able to lift enormous weights. Which is actually a bit of a mistake. That's weightlifting, which requires a distinctly separate training. There is a fair amount of overlap, but the end result is radically different.
Bodybuilding requires an immensely strict diet, and involves a fair amount of cardio as well as other exercises. It also will involve something that's going to be a bit painful over the next two weeks. You're going to have to work on something called cutting. And with two weeks it's going to be closer than you would like. What it would involve is radically changing your diet to slim down the fat portions of your body, and cutting back on lifting.
It's not going to be pleasant.
"Yeah, see me when you can, and we can work on your presentation." Mr Smith slaps your shoulder. "I'm going to have you do a few poses in front of the cheerleading team before you head out. Best way to kill stage fright."
"Oh god, not again." You flush and groan at the same time. "Their catcalls are horrible."
"It's for a good cause!" Mr Smith laughs, and you groan as the man walks off.
And you just realize that this is going to really make things a bit awkward with your new powers. You mentally cross of Saturday next week off your free time.
[]
School Time! You are current maintaining a C+ Average!
You have two actions available. One socialize, one training action. You are auto training Charisma with Mr Smith.
[] Socialize
[] Training
[] Any Write ins.
[x] Train Dexterity
Roll 50+15. +1 dex
----
Sunday is a bit of a quiet day for you. Mostly dealing with various chores that need to be done, and homework that hasn't been finished. You're bodies still recovering a bit from your previous exertions, so you don't work on that. Instead you do mostly stretching and a bit of reflex training. Coordination isn't really important for you in bodybuilding, but it's something you know how to train in general anyway.
You make a bit of a game of it with a stick and a ball. Working on keeping the thing in the air while you're dealing with laundry at the laundromat. Simple stuff, but it works on your reflexes for the trials ahead. You see a bit of improvement even in this. It's slow going, but this is the way your improve yourself in the end. Proper training takes years upon years.
You think you have a bit of cheat yourself though. Your direct channel to the light has enhanced you in more than a few ways, and will continue to do so. You'd call it cheating, but since you're dealing with things that go bump in the night, you can't complain in the end.
All together, Sunday is a pretty quiet day where nothing much happens in general with you. Not every day can be an exciting day really.
You end the day looking through the Book of Light and just enjoying your time before school starts again.
Monday dawns too soon though. And you grumble as you make your way to the school. Jet's a bit busy when you come in, but waves at you happily and informs you that you're ahead for a fair amount, and shouldn't have to meet up if you don't want. You're pretty certain he's got a new video game that's taking up his time, but you don't begrudge that.
Mr Smith finds you before things start though.
He's the only person in the school larger than you. Honestly a bit ugly too. His face isn't something to write home about, and the muscles he has make him intimidating more than anything else. He's also actually probably the best teacher in the school too, so students have a bit of a mixed relationship with you.
"Astral." The man waves you over. "Just got word of a body building exhibition at the end of next week. Bit short notice, but if you do good on it I can see about getting you into the nationals."
You blink at that. "That soon?" You wince a bit.
"Yeah, gonna hurt, but I think you can do it. Your frame's good, but you're going to have to be careful." Mr Smith gives you a once over. "Can see you've been working at it too. If you can get the stances done right this time you're a shoe in."
"That sounds great." You smile at the man.
You're considered a 'junior' bodybuilder. It's a rather important distinction in many ways. When one thinks of bodybuilding they think of someone able to lift enormous weights. Which is actually a bit of a mistake. That's weightlifting, which requires a distinctly separate training. There is a fair amount of overlap, but the end result is radically different.
Bodybuilding requires an immensely strict diet, and involves a fair amount of cardio as well as other exercises. It also will involve something that's going to be a bit painful over the next two weeks. You're going to have to work on something called cutting. And with two weeks it's going to be closer than you would like. What it would involve is radically changing your diet to slim down the fat portions of your body, and cutting back on lifting.
It's not going to be pleasant.
"Yeah, see me when you can, and we can work on your presentation." Mr Smith slaps your shoulder. "I'm going to have you do a few poses in front of the cheerleading team before you head out. Best way to kill stage fright."
"Oh god, not again." You flush and groan at the same time. "Their catcalls are horrible."
"It's for a good cause!" Mr Smith laughs, and you groan as the man walks off.
And you just realize that this is going to really make things a bit awkward with your new powers. You mentally cross of Saturday next week off your free time.
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School Time! You are current maintaining a C+ Average!
You have two actions available. One socialize, one training action. You are auto training Charisma with Mr Smith.
[] Socialize
[] Training
[] Any Write ins.
[x] Train Mentality
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Yay. Free charisma training.
[X] Training Willpower
We're maintaining a C average. So Mentality isn't really that important. And if we do want to raise it. Socializing with Jet might be better.
So Willpower it is. That reroll bonus.
Anyway, are we still doing those after school training stuff with Faith? Or do we need to socialize for that?
Don't want to smother her after all.
[X] Training Willpower
We're maintaining a C average. So Mentality isn't really that important. And if we do want to raise it. Socializing with Jet might be better.
So Willpower it is. That reroll bonus.
Anyway, are we still doing those after school training stuff with Faith? Or do we need to socialize for that?
Don't want to smother her after all.
King Arthur
The Once and Future King
Question.
If these stats, the 4, 7, and 6 are just what we are ultimately capable of, then what are our current stats?
Or am I completly misunderstanding something here?
You technically are, but you're both in the training phase. If you specifically socialize with her, you're going to actually talk instead of doing your own thing. Otherwise she'll just practice with the crossbow.
Secondary stats are what you're currently capable of.