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((And the issue of not having a plot. One sec. Super-portals, inbound.))

<Interesting, my heuristic is evidently incorrect... Very well, would you mind if I asked about the previous universe you were in, now that it has become apparent that your comrades survived and Camille is alive once more?>

Quote from: MrVoid on December 07, 2013, 03:39:45 pm

Couple of things Remuthra and Collaborator, the powers are not yours immediately, they are going to be bid upon using your energy (hp stat). Secondly, this is going to have a very strong pvp/pve element, with rules defined in the first hyperlink in the OP.
Given the requested powers, I'd balance remuthras like so

Boy, I'm Getting Mighty Tired of Your Antics: Pull a loaded gun out of thin air and fire. The exact weapon and ammunition loaded are random.  Spend (not burn, there is a difference) 20 energy for a 1/4 chance to third, half, double, or triple your attack against one opponent this round.

Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop Me: The negate all damage done up to the power strength (the amount of energy you spent bidding) of this power.

Bah. I specifically engineered the powers not to take energy. Joe Bridger shuns your energy systems.

the powers are not yours immediately

Quote from: IamanElfCollaborator on December 07, 2013, 03:26:02 pm

...the following skills are exempt from choosing:

• Arcana: The Fool

Why?

Quote from: IamanElfCollaborator on December 07, 2013, 03:26:02 pm

Name: Cullodus
Gender:

Spoiler: Two Powers: (click to show/hide)

Arcana: The Fool: Cullodus can use a random power from the movepool of currently participating characters. Energy costs cannot exceed the amount of energy he has put into Arcana: The Fool, and the following skills are exempt from choosing:

• Your Ordinary Weapons Cannot Stop the Illustrious Joe Bridger
• Armageddon Clock
• Emptiness
• Arcana: The Fool
• Arcana: Fortune and any associated results

((Will add abilities to this list.))
Arcana: Fortune: A d6 is rolled, and Cullodus uses different effects depending on what he rolls:

• 1 (Fool): Cullodus simply uses Arcana: The Fool as usual. However, the attack is doubled in power.
• 2 (Magician): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Magician; Enemies are enveloped in magical flames, leaving a cursed burn that will hurt for two turns.
• 3 (Priestess): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Priestess: Enemies lose 10 energy; Cullodus gains 10.
• 4 (Empress): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Empress: Cullodus is healed for 15.
• 5 (Hierophant): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Hierophant: Cullodus gains one of the enemy's skills for the duration of the battle. It cannot be any skill that is banned by Arcana: The Fool.
• 6 (Lovers): Cullodus uses Arcana: The Lovers: Enemies are now unable to attack him without performing a roll; 5 or above allows the attack to proceed, 4 or below forces them to retry. This effect lasts for 4 turns.

I vote for setting 4. Deliberately stopped him from using certain skills; otherwise that would be hideously ridiculous.

Lovers is hideously underpowered and more an annoyance since you just have to retry, unless you mean it doesn't work in which I think it's over powered since you have a very low chance to be hit. Maybe you can't attack without a roll as well?

Quote from: Empiricist on December 07, 2013, 02:51:44 pm

<You mean, aside from the risk of horrible death?>

Selina blushes brightly.

"Um uh... wh-who are y-y-you two...?" Selina seems a bit embarrassed, but manages to smile at Maria shyly.