Into the Sandtrap OOC

[kivabunny]

a thing or two does not a specialist make

[ColdScales22]

Okay I've been gone for a few due to college but I'm back now and I've read what everyone posted. Okay, Whitewolf, what is up with your character? There's no race listed, not even a name except for some 'street name' barely a backstory, knowledge of every martial arts skill known to them and her body is her weapon?


I'm sorry but that's a seriously OP character, you better tone down on it or else that's not gonna fly.

[kivabunny]

hmmm tone it down.....lemme see, conceivably my character is not a killer, can only take the offensive when able to sneak up on people, my character is made to protect, not fight, clearly no other character in this RP has much of a peaceful disposition, may hesitate to kill,but probably will kill if angered sufficiently, my character MAIMS, and only as a last resort, ask youself this, if you are evenly matched in skill with someone, but they have no morals preventing them from say...taking a hostage, who will win? I am giving my character a lot of power yes, but with that is coming an aversion to violence


alone, my character may be near invincible, but my character is a protector, create a sufficiently harmful distraction to the person or group being protected, move in while distracted


as for the rest names are difficult, and backstory more so, especially considering this is the first time i have tried this particular archtype
most of the time i play aggressive characters

[ColdScales22]

Even if your character is a 'defender' it doesn't give a valid excuse for her to have all these abilities. I mean you've given her the ability to disarm a weapon before it's even fired (how this is possible even without augments is strictly beyond my knowledge), her story doesn't say anything about her and even her race is unknown at this time. You need to seriously rethink this character because to me it just falls into the 'unstoppable assassin/hero' type of role, the others here have a character with a set backstory, certain abilities and something to compensate for that.


You've barely given your character any type of drawback to them and it looks like it's fallen strictly into a powerplay role. You can tell me that they only use their powers to defend others but the abilities still being there would be a hassle to work with or around it.

[kivabunny]

ahhh but there in lies the problem


 take out the insane disarming.......i get shot
 
take out the stealth.....i get shot before i can disarm
 
take out the insane speed and strength.....well all the other characters have physical augmentations.....i get my back broken and end up in a wheelchair
then shoot myself from depression.


they work in sync.


as per the backstory, i am working on it, as i mentioned before, this is the first time that i have played this kind of archetype




have you ever actually played a game that allowed you to do so and played through without ever attacking? it proves my point, pure defense is literally several times harder than attacking, if you attack and succeed, no more threat, defend and succeed and the threat is still there,but you are fine


my character IS overpowered, IF it were offensive, but it being defensive levels the playing field


if you can think of a way to make my character a pure defender and still have a fair chance at surviving the fight i am fully open to suggestions


as to how the disarming speed is possible, consider that a modern martial arts master can dodge a rattlesnakes strike, factor in mass genetic refining, everyone now has alot of potential, and my character as far as potential goes, probably does not have the highest speed, however it is the training that allows martial artists to dodge the snake, not the potential