Now that you're familiar with how the game works and that combining your shards can lead to new powers, it's time to figure out what those powers are! Please use this post to ask questions about potential power combinations, in the comment below. Once you and your thread partner(s) have determined what power you would like for your characters to have, leave a comment down below describing your shared power and I will approve it or ask for changes!
Here's a brief rundown on how powers work: for characters with the same shard, your original powers will be amplified based on how strong your relationship is. For characters with different shards, you will receive a brand new power when you focus and choose to create a bond during battle. This power will be your only power for the duration of the bond; your original power is sealed and unable to be used. Bonds can be broken or frayed very easily early on - things like arguments, doubt in your partner(s), or not trusting your partner(s) can lead to the bond breaking. Should this happen, you'll regain your original power immediately.
Negative CR works a little differently. You only require some level of trust between you and your partner(s). That trust can be something like "I trust you to do the stupidest thing possible at any given moment" and the bond will still work! Negative CR also has one hidden benefit - if the bond breaks, it will cause an explosion between the two characters! If you're too close to each other, you could get caught in the explosion, so look out for that. As negative CR bonds are very easy to break, this could even potentially be used to your advantage...
Please fill out the following form to submit for your new powers! You will need to submit new powers for each group of bonds: for example, if an Onyx and Diamond character have a power, you will need to resubmit for a new power if they partner up with a Ruby character. This can apply up to all seven colors of shards!
Bonds with characters of the same shard color do not need to be submitted, as your powers will strengthen naturally. This will always override bonds with characters of a different shard - so for example, if two Sapphires and an Emerald have a bond, only the Emerald will receive a new power. The Sapphires will instead have their original power strengthened!
Please leave any questions about powers here, and I will get back to them as soon as I can! It's easier to keep track of things if they're all consolidated here, so please do not ask about powers in the discord!
Player Names: Eri and Luna Character Names: Basilio and Oscar Shards: Sapphire and Topaz CR Type: Positive of the "HELL YEAH LET'S FUCK IT UP" variety, at the moment! In the future, who knows, but I forsee it remaining positive but getting more nuanced. Power: And per your galaxy brain idea in chat, here we goooo: Basilio and Oscar share all damage, have increased aggro as a default, and naturally have health regeneration, requiring less healing!
Player Names: Nik and Lav Character Names: Vakama and Bailey Shards: Diamond and Sapphire CR Type: Mildly positive CR, we are awkward professionals just trying to get by in this wendy's. Power: With blessing from modchan, the two of them can hijack a not!dead robot if working together. One will need to concentrate to maintain the actual control while the other gives the commands for their new robot puppet, and the amount of concentration needed will depend on the size of the enemy. If the person concentrating loses their focus, they lose control of the robot.
Player Names: Ashley and Nick and Skylar Character Names: Ashley and Ed and Atem ("Yugi") Shards: Emerald and Topaz and Sapphire CR Type: Positive CR. All three are on the same wavelength of trying to protect the group by gathering information about what enemies might be up ahead. Power: Enhanced senses to help guide their group. Pretty much Ed's natural senses dialed up to eleven, to be able to hear patrolling robots, see more clearly down hallways, etc. Maybe the way it works mechanically can be advantage on perception checks or something along those lines.
Player Names: Nin and Nao Character Names: Lucifer and Viktor Shards: Ruby and Emerald CR Type: Mildly positive for now, primarily because Viktor has no concept of what a Lucifer is and Lucifer ha no idea he was a robot overlord. Power: Counter shields- combining their abilities lets them react to attacks with a shield that responds by firing a laser when struck.
Player Names: Nilla & Coco Character Names: Gyles & Percy Shards: Onyx & Diamond CR Type: Positive! bonded by the skateboard for life (hopefully) Power: Basically Spiritual Weapon from D&D - the ability to create up to four weapons (max of two wielded by either of them) that can move around and fight with mental direction from their wielder.
Player Names: Fuyu and Lyndon Character Names: Yves and Wednesday Shards: Sapphire and Onyx! CR Type: Positive (I think)! They have a similar goal and it's trying to help out sorta. Less people down for the count means less of a metaphorical pain in the butt for them in the future. Power: Healing Licorice Gummies. Get past the controversial and decidedly goth taste and they're not bad! Minor healing effect or a weak regen, I leave this up to Redd on the strength for now.
Player Names: Fuyu and Coco Character Names: Yves and Percy Shards: Sapphire and Diamond CR Type: Positive CR! It's very cute!!! Power: Both Yves and Percy get to use the weapon Percy summons, one copy each. The weapon is covered in flowers and vines. If they use it on an enemy, they can hit harder; if they use it on an ally, they will heal instead. Same as above, minor healing or a weak regen works!
Player Names: Nao and Nik Character Names: Viktor and Vakama Shards: Emerald and Diamond CR Type: Positive, "there's two of them", both full of self-hatred but will probably drag one another to the end out of sheer mutual desire for atonement and second chances. Power: Mutual defensive augmentation, with Vakama taking temporary hextech fades and Viktor getting to look like a red Mercedes. No I don't care that this is a color clash they'll survive. Supportive only, gives minor defense/vitality boost up for the duration (idk reasonable length, 3 combat turns? 5?) and they can forgo an attack one turn to instead let their bond partner take both of their def/vit bonuses for a single round (they can only do this once per bond).
Player Names: Ashley, Fuyu, Coco Character Names: Ashley, Yves, Percy Shards: Emerald, Sapphire, Diamond CR Type: lol (it's a mess but it's very much positive. complicated but positive.) Power: Second Life – not literally, but what this will do is allow each of them to each tank one critical/potentially lethal hit in a fight. The wound will turn into a minor one, and give the one who tanked the hit a significant strength boost for a few turns (2? 3?).
Not sure if they're allowed to roll with advantage when this takes effect but lmk c:
Player Names: naru & lum Character Names: wolfwood & void archives Shards: onyx and emerald CR Type: positive (derogatory) Power: nothing too fancy, probably, but a literal light shower that will heal anyone (allied) that gets bathed in it. it can provide the same level of healing as wolfwood's defaulted state. IE. severe into moderate, moderate into minor, and minor into no injuries. ...the "penalty" of wolfwood being unaffected by his own healing still standing. unsure if this will be limited use or what... (whispers let it be like medica from ffxiv)
Player Names: Dani, Coco Character Names: Rio, Percy Shards: Sapphire, Diamond CR Type: Positive! They have generally good vibes off of each other even if their relationship is still growing. Power: Percy's power and Rio's combine to give them each a laser gun - but one with healing properties rather than hurt. They are able to fire bullets that quite literally look to be aflame, but when they hit their target it washes over them with a warm, soothing sensation as it heals their wounds (level of healing to be determined by Redds)
Player Names: Sable and Nao Character Names: Dorothy and Viktor Shards: Emerald and Amethyst CR Type: positive, it's cyborg wlw mlm solidarity in this house lately Power: Both of them gain the ability to fire a highly pressurized burst of water with the kind of power of an industrial water jet cutter. It's also weirdly bright blue for some reason.
Player Names: Luminitrium Character Names: Void Archives & Jasper Shards: Emerald & Ruby CR Type: positive Hours with these smug binches Power: light powers fuels increase the range/capability of Jasper's shadow manipulation (think that brighter light increases shadows), to the point where Jasper can obscure himself in darkness even better/efficiently, slipping into them quicker so that it appears he's moving fast - like the flash step (after-image of a shadow and then he's gone, so maybe it adds a roll advantage?) the light may also have a consequence of blinding enemies due to how much brighter it is to assist in roll advantage being a thing, but up to you, mod...hopefully this makes sense
Player Names: Lav, Naru Character Names: Joker, Wolfwood Shards: Amethyst, Onyx CR Type: Positive, in the sense they're just two guys trying to keep everyone alive and have no reason to hate each other?! Power: Since they're both healers already, their power would be heals, bass-boosted, taking Wolfwood's stronger heals and Joker's multitarget heals and aggro generation to heal multiple people (three, not including themselves?), while transforming the aggro draw into a brief stun for any enemy who sees their little show. Bonus damage to enemies if anyone laughs at them (no) (unless...?)
Player Names: Ashley and Coco Character Names: Ashley and Percy Shards: Emerald and Diamond CR Type: Positive. 100000%. My god is it positive. They're in love your honor. Power: Ashley brainstorms a weapon that both she and Percy can use. Once she has her idea, it's shared with Percy, who can then summon the weapon for them both. The weapon looks like a drawing! The idea here is that Ashley authored them for Percy to draw. The weapons will last for up to 3 turns but may disappear earlier if they need to sever their bond before then. They can also use these weapons to do multi-targeted attacks and hit up to 3 people at once, per person.
Player Names: Amity, Sable Character Names: Mafuyu, Dorothy Shards: Onyx, Amethyst CR Type: Positive! Power: Born from both their desires to protect, and their connected elements, Mafuyu and Dorothy can choose two people to shield in a gentle-looking bubble that hardens into ice upon direct impact for a round.
Player Names: Dani, Nilla Character Names: Rio, Gyles Shards: Sapphire, Onyx CR Type: Positive! Gyles has been looking out for Rio, and Rio appreciates it. Power: You know what's better than two tinies with lasers? More tinies with lasers. Gyles duplicates the both of them, and their duplicates still get lasers and still explode upon being hit. We are now Unlimited Laser Works (please let me know how many copies of them in total exist for this to not be too OP)
Player Names: Sable, Seto. Character Names: Dorothy, Raven. Shards: Amethyst, Topaz. CR Type: Surprisingly, positive CR! They had to work quite a bit to get there but it is largely positive! Power: Dorothy and Raven combine their powers to create an invisibility cloak made of water; they can either use it for one of themselves, or cast it onto someone else to cloak them from the enemy's sight!
Player Names: Sarah and Coco Character Names: Sunday and Percy Shards: Topaz and Diamond CR Type: NEUTRAL! They've talked a little but we're here for chaos. We as in the players. Power: Percy can summon temporary hoverboards for himself and Sunday. Sunday can create a pathway of piano keys leading them straight to their targets. They can ride over the pathways and play obnoxiously loud piano music on their way there. This gives them accelerated speed and advantage on their rolls. (I was thinking mostly for dodge rolls but can it count for kickflips too)
Player Names: Nin, Nao, and Nilla Character Names: Lucifer, Viktor, and Gyles Shards: Ruby, Emerald, and Onyx CR Type: positive leaning Power: More Counter Shields. basically I'd like Gyles's duplication to allow more counter shields to be made. fuck u infinite
Player Names: Nik and Seto Character Names: Vakama and Raven Shards: Diamond and Topaz CR Type: Positive!!!! ;w; yay Power: Given both are ranged attackers by practice, we were thinking possibly an invisibility effect to both of their ranged attacks/actions for a limited number of turns. Whatever they are attacking (so long as it is with a projectile weapon, idk if Vakama's telekinesis could count here!) would have to roll at a disadvantage for dodging until their bond is severed or their turn timer runs out.
Player Names: Luminitrium, Ran, Luna Character Names: Void Archives, Jasper, & Oscar Shards: Emerald, Ruby, Topaz CR Type: Going for positive-adjacent CR and whimsy Power: Essentially, an upgraded version of this, only this time, the beneficial elements thanks to the presence of Oscar's shard-enhancing ability allows for that shadow to extend to a couple more people of choosing, is the ideal! (the roll with advantage and mildly increased aggro as the same as well)
Player Names: Luminitrium & Sarah Character Names: Void Archives & Sunday Shards: Emerald & Topaz CR Type: Positive CR Power: Essentially, the power of light and Sunday's own support buff for an attack or defense allows for a sudden rain of holy upon multiple enemies (that's right, we invokin' Holy up in here!) There will be the bonus of a choir added, complete with unnecessary but definite angelic imagery with the falling of feathers for dramatic effect in the midst of this. Not sure how the potential defensive buff can add into this, but hey.
Player Names: Luna & Lu Character Names: More & Turo Shards: Emerald & Ruby CR Type: Positive! Turo and More have a lot in common and bonded over this from day one. They generally enjoy each other's presence and spend a lot of time talking about the novelties of the world around them, as well as... the mess that is their own existences, rip. Thanks to the litany of issues accompanying them both, there's a tint of desperation and dependence in the bond though. Power: Combining the power of novel-writing and terastalization, right now, right here! This new power allows each of them to summon tera crystals and write words on them with the tip of their finger. The words guide the crystals in their behavior. So "protect" might make a crystal shield, "burst" might cause the crystal to explode and cause damage with its shard, etc. This is designed to allow them to get somewhat creative with it... or to just write and use Pokémon moves.
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