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"My abilities allow me to perceive much, both far and close. It is my purpose here; I assist your efforts by providing analysis of the battlefield from afar."

Ophelia looks down at her very un-maidlike dress.
"I am not much for the smell of smoke. As for being a healer and a maid, I am not someone who does either for a living, though learning to heal in my world was necessary."

Boys, time for character selections.
This took about a whole day to think about. All your sheets were good; most flaws were really very minor, easily fixed or mainly due to my preferences, so it really boiled down to who had the sheets that synergised together the best with everyone else's both with regards to mechanics and fluff.

So, in order, the players and characters who got in:

Yamato Sato (BlitzDungeoneer)
Juliet Jackson (DragonRage)
Taro Wasabi (Sl4cker)
Haruko Karasu (KingMurdoc)
Viverra Femella (spümpkin)
Agatha Klein (Jilladilla)
Yui Akiyama (Projeck37)
Suzu Hiro (SentientBowtie)

And an extra slot was opened, because you guys gave in so many good sheets that I genuinely could not leave all of them out. This slot went to, after a long train ride of deciding:
Amelie Kurosawa (Twinwolf)

The ones who didn't get in either didn't synergise very well with the group or were simply outshined in terms of mechanics; it wasn't that your sheets weren't good.

However, for the people who HAVE gotten in, I must warn you, if you drop or become inactive too long, someone who didn't get in gets your slot. So please keep that in mind, and congratulations.

The game will begin on November 1, so see you then. The accepted players will be added to the posts underneath the OP shortly.

Time for the second sheet review. Anyone who submits a sheet after this point, there's no guarantee I'll have a look at your sheet or that you'll get in as I will likely be making selections over this weekend.

Anyone who already had their sheets approved, you're good.

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Your fix was approved. You're good to go.

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LOADING can be resisted by opponents with the right stat descriptors, eye of truth will likely have the headache as the true drawback as it'll screw with all of his other skills. Unless you want to further optimise skills, though, you're basically set.

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Cold Iron does not negate magic here lorewise, so you might need to figure another name out for that.  Otherwise, you should be good.

Backstory-wise, we've resolved the main issue. You should be good to go.

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You're good, unless you want to further optimise. Stay Here might want a different drawback though; having lower attack will make it harder for Ragnar to inflict damage on a pinned opponent.

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You haven't fixed anything I asked you to fix. Kaboom is still useless, Exploshuuuun and Anyone want some barbeque still need to be removed. Your Advantage is also useless; as you are a melee character with explosive weapons, you're not likely to miss ever. If you need an example as to how encounters look in this system, look here, it might help you make edits to Junko's skills.

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Apart from optimisation issues and you needing to put down your new Advantage, you're good.

Backstory-wise, you're good to go.

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Soloist Grandiose just improves your Advantage; you don't need to change it, but if you want to change it out for something else, you're good. Also Final Crescendo is going to be quite weak as she has no buffs in her offensive stat descriptors. Otherwise, good mechanics and backstory-wise.

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Apart from anything you might want to optimise, sheet is fine mechanics-wise. I do have to warn you that you're competing in a massively overcrowded niche as it is; at least half the applicants are also doing ranged characters with high damage output and durability.

Backstory-wise, I'm a little iffy on it, but it's nothing that goes against anything I've written up already.

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Mechanics-wise, Amelie's a little bit of a mess; her Mobility doesn't mention anything about her Ally Shift, which weakens it a fair bit, and her lack of skill will make it harder for her to utilise her Momentum or Advantage to the fullest, though that isn't really much of a problem because of what the Advantage does anyway. Hit and Run is likely going to be more useful for mobility rather than damage as a result of your mobility focus. However, there aren't a lot of problems that need immediate fixing, mostly just optimisation.

Backstory-wise, you're a little sparse, but that's my fault for rushing you. Just fill it out a little more and you're golden.

Anyone who decides to submit a sheet after this, be wary that you only have most of tomorrow to submit a sheet before I make selections. I will also not be reviewing your sheets as formally as I have these sheets; if you want feedback, you'll have to either go on the Discord or directly ask for it.

Mircea sits next to him, taking up a cup (that is pretty much almost crushed in his massive palm) as he does so. The chair he picks visibly creaks and shakes as he takes his seat.
"Of course! Tea is not usually what I would drink, but taking a moment to break bread and share wine with a battle brother is good, as my uncle always said!"

Ryuko looks confused by the question.
"....fun?

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The clanking of Mircea's armor can be heard long before the man himself appears, stomping into the dining hall, loud booming voice and all.
"Is that....tea I smell?"

Quote from: IamanElfCollaborator on October 22, 2017, 09:51:38 am

Norio shrugs. If he noticed the sudden coldness, he doesn't particularly care.
"Well, no, but I figured from the swarm of glass spiders trying to murder you that you guys were, well, the good guys."

Sera raised an eyebrow. "How do you know the glass spiders weren't the good ones?" she questioned. "...Kidding. To put it simply, a goddess - Harmony - summoned us "champions" to fight the "fiends" of a god, Discord. We win, the multiverse is safe. We lose, things don't end well." She adjusted her glasses a bit. "Those 'Fiends', incidentally, are usually old enemies from our own worlds. If you've got some sort of arch-enemy, or someone who hates your guts, or something like that, expect them to show up at some point."

Norio rubbed the back of his head.
"Uh-huh. Well.....that's....going to be a problem."

"She has asked us to....mainly interfere with Discord's forces. That's all."