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[Takosher]

Ten years have passed since the Planes of Tempest were saved from destruction by the Tenth God, the Hellfire Knight. Seven new planes appeared in the wake of this grand event, and many are eager to explore them. However, to avoid the massive political upheavals that have occurred in the wake of gods ascending into a plane that is already inhabited, the other gods declared these off limits until after a god ascends there. And although a good idea in theory, this policy has proven troublesome, as not a single god has risen since the tenth.

Faced with no better ideas, the gods decided to attempt to replicate the circumstances that led to the Hellfire Knight’s ascension by holding a grand tournament in which the best of the best from each plane would come together to fight one another, strengthening each other and themselves to a point where they could surpass their humanity.

And this brings us to you, one of the eight challengers in the Second Godhood Trial. You managed to win your way to the top of your plane’s selection process, and now represent it on an international stage. Now all you have to do is face down each of the other challengers, a task that won’t be easy, but one which will certainly prove rewarding.

Also there is definitely not a mysterious, world-threatening crisis looming just over the horizon this time, nope, not at all.

~Foreword that Comes After the Little Hook Directly Above It~

Hello, welcome, this is TTG2, it is a sequel, and as such there’s a lot of stuff goin’ on from the previous RP that might make it a little intimidating. Since understand all of this would be really confusing, there’s a wiki here. Unfortunately, it’s not very complete, and you’ll certainly still have questions. So if you’re interested in participating in this RP, please stop by the Discord server and request the TTG role. There are only 8 slots here, and returning players will be getting priority in that regard, so be sure to pop by as soon as possible.

Do note that this OOC will primarily be covering new information, so it’s probably best to try to familiarize yourself with the older material first.

~Setting~

Tempest is a strange world originally comprised of seven infinite planes, each with their own strange properties. In the wake of the Hellfire Knight’s ascension, seven new planes emerged. Due to the gods closing them off, all but Hope are almost entirely uninhabited, save for a few special allowances for research expeditions. These new Planes will serve as the main locations for combat across the RP, however most all of the non combat interactions in the RP will take place in the Plane of Greed, as that is where the challengers will be staying.

Faith
A mountain of infinite height, covered almost entirely in a thick forest of pine trees. Its peak, held constant by a cluster of anchors, serves as the home of a surprisingly well preserved ancient city built of wood. Although prone to the occasional bout of snow, Faith is surprisingly warm, although that still leaves it a rather chilly land, especially at the peak.

Hope
A stone tower, also possessing infinite height, the levels of Hope are in a state of constant flux that only solidifies once observed with purpose. The tower’s adaptive nature makes it ideal as a place to live, as its rooms can be altered to fit any purpose. As the most recently colonized plane, Hope is still rather small. As inexperienced as she is, the Hellfire Knight makes little attempt to draw in more residents, although help from her various advisors has lightened the burden, and recently Hope has been expanding more rapidly. Due to its young nature, there is very little unique culture, but it would be fair to say that the uniting factor of Hope’s people is that they live up to their plane’s name.

Love
Finishing out the trio of infinite height is Love, an endless tree. The air through its massive tangle of branches is warm and dry, yet always carries a gentle breeze to make it feel a bit cooler. Rarely, the wind will pick up in speed and cause the branches to creak and sway.

Justice
A hot and humid land of swamp and marsh. Justice is by far the most animal-rich plane, being downright teeming with wildlife (especially irritating insects). Sometimes ravaged by raging monsoons.

Courage
An arid and sandy desert littered with ruins. The extremely hot and dry air seems to instantly obliterate any liquid water exposed to the open sky. Luckily, there are many caves hidden in the dunes which protect from this unusual property, and many of them are filled with ancient technology or even underground springs. Sometimes sandstorms blow through, blotting out the sky, but these can prove even more treacherous than the evaporation, so only the foolhardy would dare brave them.

Temperance
Trapped in a state of endless twilight, the grassland of Temperance can seem rather empty, save for the occasional glistening pond. It rains here rather regularly, but not in any sort of severity.

Wisdom
An infinite expanse of water teeming with ocean life. Although primarily salty, some lake-sized patches on the surface are mysteriously freshwater. There is a floor, but it is infinitely far from the surface. Anchors on the floor create pockets of breathable air. The surface is constantly ravaged by severe thunderstorms, save for the lakes, which are always unusually calm.

~Challenger Selection~

Each of the eight inhabited Planes is fielding one challenger for the tournament, and the process for selecting their challenger was left to the individual Planes. As such, your character will need to be created with a Plane to represent in mind. The selection processes were as follows:

Pride
Would-be competitors had to have a recorded record of high standing in past events. Those that met a certain threshold faced off against Adam, who selected the fighter he thought had the most potential. Although being a resident of Pride was not required, it was required that all tournament standings submitted were from Pride, biasing the process towards those who spent larger portions of their careers there.

Greed
Queen held a tournament of his own to select the champion of his realm. Entry into this tournament was completely open, and it was absolutely massive. It was also a single elimination bracket, where one mistake would cost competitors their bid. Short rests were held between matches for mechs to repair at least a little, but overall it ended up being a constant three days of fighting. The entire ordeal was a test to see who could achieve complete domination of their opponents for the longest duration. Only Greed natives were allowed to enter.

Gluttony
Gluttony made a huge bid for competitors to participate in a series of small tournaments leading up to a main selection tournament, trying to encourage even the poorest and most outlying participants to join (Ice Gryffin had to use a lot of political influence to get the aristocracy to okay this). The idea was that since a new god hadn’t been found for so long, it must have been that all of the potential gods were those who hadn’t had the opportunity to showcase their abilities yet. These tournaments were held over several months to give ample time for unknowns to find one they could participate in, with those who placed highly even once being given the opportunity to compete in the selection tournament.

The selection itself was a double elimination bracket fought in best of threes, all intended to minimize the chance of the best choice being knocked out of the tournament by a stroke of bad luck.

Although no rules were set for residency, any well-established competitors from outside of Gluttony were banned from participating, for fear they might dilute the pool too much.

Wrath
Wrath’s challenger was selected by the aristocracy, and as such was the result of politics and bickering. They are widely considered to be unworthy of their spot, and are clearly the least skilled off all the tournament competitors. Of course, they are not only a native, but a member of a long-standing dynasty.

Lust
Anyone wishing to represent Lust had to go through an hour and a half long interview with a selection committee headed by Swag. A total of ten interviewees were determined to be worthy of the spot. These ten were put through a series of matches with each other, as well as other top fighters in the mech combat scene and the god of Lust himself. In the end, all but one dropped out from the pressure of having to talk to Swag again.

Sloth
Bear just picked someone he liked. Sloth’s population isn’t big enough to warrant anything more complicated, and his judgement is widely considered excellent. Obviously they were a resident.

Envy
Since Envy already uses a delegative democracy system, and it was simplest to use it to select a champion as well. As such, the Envy champion will be someone who is not only a respected combatant, but also influential enough to convince large numbers of people to support their bid and tenacious enough to campaign for their spot. Being a resident of Envy was not a requirement.

Hope
Hope’s representative was chosen by a series of round robin tournaments, followed by an elimination bracket. The round robins were held off-plane due to space constraints. After the elimination bracket, anyone who wanted to dispute their results was allowed to fight the Hellfire Knight to prove they deserved better. It’s rumored that the representative actually managed to defeat the god and earn their place that way, but this is as yet unconfirmed (AKA talk to Lexi and Val if you want to go this route). Due to Hope’s low population (of which all natives are under 10), there were no rules on residency whatsoever.

~Chapters and Phases~

The RP will be split up into several chapters, which will in turn be split into several phases. Two story phases on either side of one combat phase. The first story phase will be very freeform, allowing characters to interact with one another and various NPCs at a few different locations. The post combat story phase will be more structured, and the PCs will typically be split up to interact with specific NPCs in ways that further the plot of character development. Of note, whoever is deemed to have fought the best (IC, not OOC) that chapter will find this story phase occupied by an interview.

~Combat~

Combat in this RP is largely freeform, although anything you do will need to be reasonably justifiable within your stats. Keep in mind that the goal of combat is not to win, but to write a compelling and satisfying result for all parties. In general, each combat post should include a reaction to your opponent’s attack, and your own attack (or other response, such as setting something up for the following turn). The more you give up in your reaction, the more you’ll be able to get away with in your attack. Your character’s unique set of skills and abilities will allow you to put more into your turns while giving up less, but so will your opponent, leading to a back and forth that should bring out the best of both character’s designs.

Fights should end with both sides having given it their all, and the result should come down to whoever finds the best way to make their character lose in a satisfying way.

Also, this whole thing is pretty animu, so please do have your characters fight through banter just as much as through mech combat.

Prior to each combat, an analysis written from the perspective of in-universe analysts will be posted to provide some insight into how the match is expected to go, as well as pointing out some things that might complicate those expectations.

~Character Design~

Characters are given 17 stat points to split among four stats: Speed, Melee, Firepower, and Armor. At 6 points in a stat, a special ability for that stat is unlocked (do note that aside from the speed ability, all of these will need a reasonable justification when used). With the way things are distributed, this means that you can have two of such bonuses at most. Stat power is thought of somewhat exponentially. The higher your stat, not only the more variety you can include in it, but the more raw power abilities from that stat can possess across the board. While this does encourage specialization into a stat, keep in mind that you need a variety of tactics to be truly successful, so your build will need to find other ways to patch up the inevitable holes.

One of your most powerful tools in character design is your character’s Spark, a powerful ability central noty only to their combat but also who they are as a person. A Spark is a constant, no matter how your character chooses to fight, it will always exist within them in some form.

Similar to Spark, your character also has a personal skill, which is a unique trait of theirs that comes from their own abilities as a person, rather than their mech’s abilities.

You will also be afforded one other method of spending your stat points besides raw stats, but which method exactly depends on which system you choose to use. The options here are between Divination and Revelation. Divination provides the choice of using a signature, which costs 2 stat points. A signature is a powerful technique that can only be activated when certain conditions are met. On the other hand, Revelation gives access to spell slots, at the cost of 1 point per 2 slots (up to a maximum of 3 points/6 slots). Spells are much weaker than signatures, but in return gain a massive amount of versatility. A spell can take up multiple slots, and a 5 slot spell would be on par with signature, while a 6 sxlot spell would be slightly better (although using a 5 slot spell is a pretty significant diminishing return compared to just having a signature)

Also, during the design process, you should be aware of the seven damage types. Different types of attacks have different properties, and your character’s defenses can get more power for less points by specializing their defenses. Only Revelation System mechs can use Arcane, Elemental, and Curse damage attacks, but any mech can specialize their defenses against them.

Physical
Damage from hitting things with solid objects or other stuff that would physically push them around

Energy
Damage from hitting things with attacks that aren’t physical, but still exist in the physical realm

Arcane
Damage from magical power that does not truly exist in the physical realm at all

Explosive (Physical+Energy)
Damage from explosives, which merge energy and physical damage

Elemental (Arcane+Energy)
Damage from magical power generated to mimic real energy. Although they mimic some properties of energy attacks, they are still made of arcane power and are not exactly the same

Curse (Arcane+Physical)
Damage from magical power that has physical repercussions (for example, a beam of arcane power that forcibly causes rust)

Nova (All)
The ultimate power formed from all of the others. Only those most in tune with their fundamental alignment have any hope of accessing such raw power (AKA this is a lore thing, don’t actually use it)

~Character Sheet~

Name: [What your character’s name is. If they are concealing their identity and only operating under their Alias, you may leave this blank, although you should at least personally be aware of it]
Alias: [The name your character uses when competing in the arena, doubles as the name of their mech]
Age: [How old your character is]
Plane: [The Plane your character is representing in the Trial, as per the selection process mentioned above]
Motivation: [What your character hopes to achieve by participating]
Personality: [Who your character is as a person and how they act]

Appearance: [What your character looks like]

Mech Appearance: [What your character’s mech looks like]

Mech ([System - Revelation for spells, Divination for signatures])

• Speed: [How fast and maneuverable your mech is. 6 point bonus: Five extremely short range teleports that can be activated so long as your mech is capable of moving freely]
• Melee: [How much ability your mech has to deal damage at close range. Thrown weapons are typically counted under melee. 6 point bonus: One autohit when taking an attack at melee range, allowing you to counterattack without giving your opponent the ability to respond]
• Firepower: [How much your mech can lay on the hurt from a distance. 6 point bonus: Unavoidable and unblockable hit. Can be used with many small attacks or a single powerful attack, as long as you can justify it. While they can’t defend, your opponent does still get to respond to the attack before you act further]
• Armor: [How much of a beating your mech can take. 6 point bonus: One time ability to completely block any damage]
• Spells/Signature: [Spells are 2 spells for 1 stat point, with a max of six slots. Signatures are one big, conditional ability for 2 points To get a spell on par with a signature would take 5 slots]
• Spark: [A unique and powerful ability that is deeply intertwined with your mech’s combat style and your character’s personality]

Personal Skill: [A special skill based in your character’s own strength rather than anything created as part of their mech]

Note that while backstory is not a required element, I will want to touch on at least the basics of it with you before accepting your character, so you should have a general idea of it regardless.

~Accepted Characters~

Ethereal Hunter - Twinwolf
Ruby Darter - DragonRage
Wandering Dragon - Chevaleresse
Sycophant - Goggy
Neon Aletheia - IntSys

~Returning PCs~

Hellfire Knight, God of Hope - Chevaleresse
Revenant - Stratos

~NPCs~

Swag 2.0, God of Lust
Blink, God of Envy
Sleeping Bear, God of Sloth
Queen, God of Greed
Aries, God of Wrath
What Truths Ahead, God of Gluttony
Astra
Arcturus
Trinity
Winter
Marita Lemmins

[Twinwolf]

Spoiler: Whoops I've had this sheet for a while (click to show/hide)

Name: Madeline “Maddie” Lane
Alias: Ethereal Hunter
Age: 18 
Personality: Madeline’s default setting is to puff herself up, try and show pride and confidence in her abilities, sometimes to the point of bluster and rudeness. This is something of a facade. She’s out of place here. She knows it. She knows everyone else knows it. She’s just some no-name from Gluttony standing among giants. Even her mech is built around only taking shots when they can’t fight back. Her natural persona is one of cheer and friendliness, but she tries to act like a competitor should, at least on first impression.

Motivation: She didn’t expect to get this far. When Maddie joined the small sub-tournament in her region, it was to try and get it’s prize money for her family (one of the incentives for the less aristocratic among the population to take a shot). She was just happy she’d won that. She hadn’t expected to win the one after, and the one after. She didn’t go into it planning to be a god. But now that she’s come this far, she plans to win: she plans to make a plane without the bone deep power structures of gluttony, wrath, and others. She hopes that she can show that there’s a better way. Naive? Maybe, but she can certainly try.

Plane: Gluttony

Appearance: Maddie is a short young woman, with naturally tan skin. She has bright red hair left loose, and eyes of a similar shade. She’s fairly lean from exercise, but looks like she’s only recently started gaining proper muscle. Generally she tends to wear light, comfortable clothes, since by comparison to gluttony most plains would be downright balmy.

Mech Appearance: Ethereal Hunter is somewhat bigger than it’s user; Maddie’s 5’2” normally, and the mech iis around six and a half feet tall. The helmet is a mono-eye type rather than a visor, allowing for greater field of view. It also has something of a hood in order to help the head blend in a bit more. The armor, such as it is, is segmented into many scales, giving it a somewhat reptilian appearance, although the figure is vaguely feminine. It’s default color is a reddish-brown, but it shifts to match the battlefield once the battle begins.

Mech ([System]): 17 pts
Speed: 6. Often, a hunter fights prey that could snap them like a toothpick if they let them close the distance -  so they don’t. Ethereal Hunter hovers just a bit off the ground and moves fast and quiet, letting Maddie reposition and keep away from the foe.
Melee: 2: The Ethereal Hunter is not an up close and personal duelist. If she needs to use a melee weapon something has gone terribly wrong. So Maddie has some tools to get out of dodge. The Ethereal Hunter’s legs charge up with energy as she moves; when she stomps, it discharges all that force at once. While it can hurt if she makes direct contact, the primary purpose is the heavy shockwave that knocks the enemy back and gives her a boost in running away to get hidden again. 
Firepower: 6. You don’t get near the prey until they’re dead. The main weapon of the Ethereal Hunter is a mech-sized, bow shaped railgun. It has a slow rate of fire, as the “bowstring” needs to be drawn back to charge the shot, but when it his, it hits hard. As a backup, Maddie has access to an array of remote drones that pepper the enemy with energy beams. The rail-bow is the main damage dealer; the drones are primarily to cover a retreat, or as a conduit for spells.
Armor: 2. The game plan is “don’t get hit” but no plan survives contact with the enemy. Or with reality, generally. So Maddie’s prepared; her mech has a few layers of reactive armor. When she gets hit, the plate she’s hit on detonates and launches both her and her opponent away, giving her some time to drop smoke and screw off.
Spells: 1
   -Smoke field: An escape tactic. When threatened, Maddie can a large cloud of smoke around herself, heavily obscuring the area and allowing for a concealed retreat.
   -Decoy: A minor illusion focused on one of her drones. She causes the drone to cloak itself and emit a shimmering effect, similar to her own tell, and it’s shots, while still being the normal shots from the drone, appear as if they’re from her main weapon. Used to trick enemies into thinking they’ve found her while luring them away and into a better firing line.

Spark: Cloaking field. The greatest weapon is that of surprise, and that’s hard to achieve in a dueling tournament… if the enemy can see you. Maddy’s spark allows her to turn herself and her mech nearly invisible for a time. There is a shimmering of the air where she is if she’s moving too fast, as the ability has difficulty keeping up with movement.

Personal Skill: Boo: One of Maddie’s drones has rather more autonomy than the others… and can be summoned even when she’s not in her mech. Maddie was sort of freaked out by this at first but basically treats them like a weirdly shaped dog.

[GodofGamingRWBY]

Ah crap, I might've already had a sheet for this as well, whoops.

Spoiler:  Celica Ezner, the Crippled Star of Gluttony (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Celica Ezner

Alias: Sycophant

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Motivation: On the surface, to prove that anyone can rise to the top of the world, regardless of their physical disabilities. In reality, she’s merely trying to become a god as a way to regain the recognition she desires.

Plane: Envy

Appearance: Celica is a fairly young, caucasian woman with messy, dirty blonde hair that manages to go all the way down to her hips, her hair also covering a good portion of her eyes due to her bangs. While she does have dark circles under her eyes almost constantly, her eyes still manage to retain a rather vibrant shine to them, despite being brown. Though she was tall once, her inability to walk makes her appear far smaller than she actually is. Her regular outfit consists of a large, dark grey coat, a knee length silver dress underneath, black leggings, and grey shoes. In addition to this, she wears a necklace chained with silver, bearing a carved ruby on full display.


Mech Appearance: Sycophant can loosely be described as a gargantuan dog, albeit clad in silver armor and possessing two sets of claws on each leg, a razor sharp tail, and glowing red lights in unarmored areas (mainly the eyes and mouth). Celica herself resides in the middle of the mech’s torso, a camera feed connected to its eyes allowing her to view her surroundings.


Personality: Celica portrays herself as the calm, experienced, and friendly noble, supporting those around her as well as herself with equal grace. Although always seemingly tired, Celica is also always seen busying herself with some sort of task, occupying herself with something important during any possible downtime. Ultimately, despite being fairly competitive, Celica never loses her cool, always having a response to any situation, and a word of advice to those that need it.

Of course, many of these traits are false, only crafted with care in order to hide her true nature, that of a woman who has become prideful and jaded, looking down at those around her, and relentless when it came to her goals, unknown to all but herself.


Mech (Revelation): 17 
Speed: 7: Despite Celica’s own disability, Sycophant is anything but slow, capable of running at high speeds, leaping clear over mechs its own size, and rapidly changing its movement during a fight.
Melee: 6: Designed to grapple and tear, Sycophant is capable of matching the strength of mechs normally bigger than itself, latching onto them and using its fangs and claws to systematically tear them apart, and using its speed to create openings to do so.
Firepower: 0: Due to the nature of her Spark, Celica chose to forego the use of ranged weaponry, as a way to ensure her own effectiveness.
Armor: 3:  While designed for speed rather than defense, Sycophant is still a bunch of reinforced metal. As such, it’s fairly good at taking blows, though it lacks any true specialized defenses.
Spells/Signature (2 slots)
-Molten Fangs (2): Allows Celica to channel favor directly into her mech’s claws, fangs and even tail, rapidly superheating them to extreme levels. While this does lower their durability, it also greatly enhances their ability to cut through normal defenses.

Spark: The Ezner Mirror: A manifestation of Celica’s nature, the Ezner Mirror allows her to tamper with both the sight and hearing of her opponent, creating an illusion of her mech that appears perfectly lifelike, while also hiding her own presence. However, this spark can only function as long as her opponent is unaware of its effects, or has an equal means of blocking outside interference, and has yet to make a physical contact with her true self. Once those two main conditions are fulfilled, the illusion will quickly break apart, unable to function properly for the rest of the fight. Still, the Ezner Mirror can be used in short bursts even when its effects are revealed, creating false imagery in the midst of combat to further confuse Celica’s opponents.

Personal Skill: Two Faced Queen: Through experience, Celica is capable of hiding her true intentions and character from those around her. It takes the most observant of individuals to notice that there’s something off about her, much less that most of her character is falsified, and even when her true nature is found, Celica it’s still difficult to get a read on.

[DragonRage]

Here I come!

Spoiler: Elspeth d'Argo and the Ruby Darter (click to show/hide)

Name:  Elspeth d’Argo
Alias:  Red Darter
Age:  20

Personality:  Elspeth loves the sky, and the freedom to go where she wants and do what she wants.  She’s at her happiest flying, seeing sights she hasn’t before, and helping people in need wherever and however she can.  She’s not above schadenfreude, but there’s no malice in it.  She could be cackling wildly at your misfortune one moment, and offering you a hand up the next.  Elspeth says what she thinks, and acts on it too.  There is no brain to mouth filter.  People you haven’t met just don’t know they’re her friends yet.  And people who are hostile just haven’t exploded enough to become her friends yet.  Both are problems easily solved.

While Elspeth is extremely intelligent and academically talented, she’s also something of a scatterbrain.  Even if her feet are on the ground, her head’s in the clouds.  She’ll listen for hours with rapt attention to someone else discussing what they’re passionate about and recall all the details years later, all while solving a complex equation in her head, but forget she’s holding a pencil until she’s jabbed herself in the eye with it.  She goes through at least one hat a week.  As good a listener as Elspeth can be, she’s also an avid talker, and eager to share the tales of her numerous adventures and misadventures.  Disengaging from this politely would be challenging at best if she wasn’t so incredibly hard to offend.


Motivation:  A free spirit at heart, Elspeth is motivated largely by wanderlust, altruism, and a love of flying.  She’s in this tournament to see if she can win, to make some truly spectacular explosions... and to make sure that the new god will treat their subjects well.  She knows she would, and that makes her an ideal candidate, but if someone else would also do a good job, she wouldn’t be opposed to them winning as long as they can best her.

Plane: Wrath. 

(Wrath had a great deal of difficulty selecting a representative, as practically all the options gave someone an unacceptable edge in power or influence.  Elspeth was a compromise candidate, as someone who wouldn’t give anyone too much power.  She combines noble heritage and charisma with a lack of strong political ambition, and at least seems fairly easy to manipulate, giving the nobles of Wrath an easy in with the new god and plane.  And her family was eager to take the chance to get her out of Wrath for as long as possible, ideally forever, thus keeping her ethics and explosions out of their politicking.  Elspeth, naturally, has no idea that the political nature of her appointment has given pretty much everyone a rather low opinion of her competence and odds of success.)

Appearance:  A thin, fit, willowy woman with a head of short, perpetually wind-tossed, flyaway blonde hair, pale blue eyes, and a nearly omnipresent sunny grin.  One of her front top incisors has been knocked out at some point in the past, and a shiny, golden, metal replacement installed in its place.  She has mastered the art of catching the light with this golden tooth to give herself the classic smile sparkle.  Elspeth is pale, with an abundant crop of freckles dusting her face, neck, and shoulders.  She has quite a collection of scars, ranging from barely noticeable to the large, blotchy patch on her right arm she’ll cheerfully brag about being a burn souvenir from almost but not actually crashing the Red Darter into a lava flow on Wrath.  Every scar has a story, from the inspiring to the reckless, and she’ll happily share them.

Elspeth is something of a clothes horse, and loves fancy dresses and fancier hats, which will inevitably be forgotten somewhere when she gets distracted.  She loves sequins, glitter, and lace, but especially all three together.  She’s broken at least one bone every time she’s tried wearing heels, so flats are a must.  If she’s fighting or flying, she switches out for a dark red flight suit and fleecy, brown aviator’s jacket.  Either way, a set of sturdy, dark-rimmed goggles are a must, either over her eyes or pushed up on her forehead.  Unlike her hats, purses, and other accessories, these are never misplaced.

Mech Appearance:  The Ruby Darter strongly resembles an enormous dragonfly, with six insectoid legs as landing struts, a bulbous cockpit equipped with a heavy quad 20mm autocannon, four agile wings coated in tough fabric, and a long tail packed with conventional explosives and spellbombs in an extensive bomb bay.  A pair of rocket boosters are mounted on its back.  The mech’s armored plating is painted an iridescent, cheery red, and the paint has been doped with copious amounts of silver glitter for extra sparkles.  The wing fabric is translucent and shines with all the colors of the rainbow, much like insect wings.  The mech is relatively large, enough so for Elspeth to sit in a cockpit in the head; it's just small enough to maneuver in most standard arenas, though it may struggle a bit in particularly cramped conditions.

Mech (Revelation)

Speed (6):  True to its appearance, the Ruby Darter is fast, extremely agile, and capable of indefinite flight.  It can hover, accelerate and decelerate rapidly, and turn on a dime on its four rapidly beating wings despite being a large, heavy mech loaded down with guns, armor, and explosives.

Melee (0):  Elspeth and the Ruby Darter have no melee weapons.

Firepower (6):  The Ruby Darter’s heavy quad 20mm autocannon is capable of laying down a daunting amount of fire, but is not the mech’s primary weapon.  Far more dangerous is the massive supply of explosives carried in the tail bomb bay.  The Ruby Darter carries ten high capacity ‘cookie’ explosives, twenty small bomb containers holding thirty incendiary bomblets each, sixty general purpose bombs, and a single massive, armor piercing, high explosive charge affectionately referred to as the Tall Boy.  These weapons are usually deployed with a No-Ball, Cookie, Plumduff-Plus, or Arson drop load, but Elspeth can use a custom drop load if she wants to.  All of these explosives have aerodynamic, finned, metal casings to both improve accuracy and reduce the risk of premature detonations.  They can be fused for either contact or timed detonation.  The tail is articulated and mobile, allowing the Ruby Darter to hurl bombs instead of dropping them if desired.  The Tall Boy cannot be thrown in this way, though, and has to be dropped.  The bomb bay is enchanted to allow all the bombs to fit.

Armor (3):  The Ruby Darter is plated in fairly sturdy metal armor, sufficient to protect the mech from weak attacks and glancing blows entirely, and reduce damage from stronger attacks.  The armor is substantially better against physical attacks than energy-based ones.  The tail’s bomb bay is enchanted to greatly reduce the risk of high energy attacks or effects causing the bombs within to cook off, likely destroying the Ruby Darter and its pilot in the process.  As added protection, the bomb bay is located in the mech's tail, which unless something is going seriously wrong will have the rest of the mech between it and the incoming fire.

Spells (2):

Afterburner - Elspeth dopes the fuel supplying the Ruby Darter’s rocket boosters with raw elemental fire, greatly increasing speed for a brief period at the expense of some agility.  Overuse could cause the boosters to explode or catch fire.

God Hand -  Elspeth channels vibrations through the Ruby Darter’s wings, firing a wave of pure force to knock back nearby enemies.  This spell’s effectiveness climbs sharply as the distance between the Ruby Darter and the victim decreases.  It is very weak beyond point blank range.

Galvanize 2 -  Elspeth curses an enemy to become very strongly magnetic, drawing nearby metal items towards their center of mass with a great deal of force. 

Spark:  Song of the Sky - All effects, including weight, that would impede movement are massively reduced if they are too powerful to be negated outright, and are entirely negated otherwise.  This does not prevent others’ effects from moving Elspeth; she could still be thrown, or blasted around by an explosive, or knocked back by a weapon attack.  This is because such instances are moving her, rather than preventing her from moving.  However, other sources of impediment like a gravity increasing spell, a net, or a goo bomb will be far less effective than they should be if not entirely ignored.

Personal Skill:  Simple Geometry - Elspeth is very good at solving complex equations and math problems in her head, especially those related to geometry and projectile motion.

[Chevaleresse]

Spoiler: High Concentration Weaboo Bullshit (click to show/hide)

Name: Tarmo Musashi
Alias: Wandering Dragon
Age: 28
Plane: Sloth
Personality: Tarmo is a person of extremes seeking to master them and, if he can’t bring them into balance, then to direct them at something positive. Most notably is his incredible temper; it is startlingly easy to enrage the man (though he’s been working on that.) These rages tend to burn long and hard, and are a primary reason he hasn’t settled down anywhere in particular. They manifest as a destructive and predatory anger that seeks to destroy the offender.

Outside of this, he tries to be calm and reasonable, but without anger to distract him he tends to fall into a lonely sort of melancholy. Tarmo is constantly searching for something to occupy his mind, and tends to latch onto subjects or people with occasionally alarming devotion for a time (though for the most part the only person he’s stayed lastingly attached to has been his master, Ookami.)

Motivation: Tarmo fights to improve himself and seek his own destiny.

Appearance: A relatively short man at 5’4” with ragged blonde hair (that seems to be permanently untameable regardless of his best efforts.) His body is lean and scarred, with the most prominent of these being, of course, the one over the stump where his right arm used to be. His eyes are a bright, cold blue, and tend to glow with his Spark’s activation from the flow of Favor.

Mech Appearance: Tarmo’s mech consists of samurai-styled armor that seems to largely be made of dark steel with yellow trim. Conduits for the mech’s electricity (actually a blend of proper electrical energy and a more magical, elemental form) are visible beneath the larger plates, as well as running lengthwise along the shoulders and framing the chestplate. The helmet has a long, white mane flowing from it, and has a pair of horns jutting forward from the helm.

The Wandering Dragon’s primary armament is a massive, heavy blade. The weapon is made of a dark, almost glossy metal that gains a color and shine more typical of steel along the leading edge. The center of the blade is jagged, abruptly coming inward about halfway up the weapon (though the entire thing slowly narrows as one gets further towards the tip.)  Only the top six inches of the rear of the blade are sharp.

Mech (Revelation)
Speed: 4 - A capacitor system similar to that used to store the electricity used in attacks is also used to power the mech’s motors, giving the Dragon the capacity to move beyond even what the rating suggests. The drawback of this system is that it cannot provide that level of output continuously, forcing the user to either operate at a lower (and more consistent) speed or lose the ability to move more quickly than they could on foot while the system cools and recharges.
Melee: 7 - The Dragon’s Broken Fang is nearly the same weight as the pilot by himself. What it lacks in finesse it makes up for in raw power and momentum, and Tarmo can wield it with devastating speed. It also charges up power with each swing, discharging electricity into targets struck - or even ones that suffer near misses. The primary disadvantages of the weapon are low precision against an evasive target, and direction changes being difficult for the wielder to execute (indeed, it’s at the most powerful when used in a spinning, flowing, dance-like manner.)
Firepower: 2 - The Wandering Dragon is capable of generating electricity internally and discharging it in bolts or flying arcs. They inflict more disruption to the mechanisms of a mech than true damage, as their primary purpose is allowing the Dragon to get in close. Extreme amounts of charge buildup can permanently disable mech systems, though this is not common.
Armor: 2 - Wandering Dragon’s armor plating possesses no exceptional qualities other than being light enough to allow the pilot to move freely. Enough to deflect glancing hits and ward against light ranged attacks, but not reliable enough to ward against more powerful or well-aimed hits.
Spells: (4 slots) Crystallize: Envelops Tarmo and his weapon in a cool energy, causing the latter to leave ornate “crests” made of ice on every swing. These form into proper attacks a moment after the attack completes, stabbing into opponents that are still within range and then bursting into fragments. The condition on the spell is “I have enraged myself and then become calm.”
Spark: Overcome: Tarmo gains melee power and speed proportional to the amount of damage his mech has taken.

Personal Skill: Eye of the Storm: Mental interference of all kinds will not affect Tarmo’s combat skills. However, this does not make him immune to deception, illusion, or just plain poor decision making.

[IntSys]

The following details a property of Erebos Co., Ltd.

Spoiler: Company Mascot of the Erebos Corporation, Spotlight of the Stage (click to show/hide)

Name: Apate (“Real” name, but never called as such in public. She refers to herself as Neon outside.)
Alias: Neon Aletheia
Age: 21
Plane: Lust
Personality: Neon is the Erebos Corporation’s official mascot, and so she knows very well how to present herself. She’s very energetic, confident, and cheerful in the public, whether it’s on television or fighting in the ring, advertising the company’s products with enthusiasm. However, little is known about her beneath the surface. Words from her past opponents are that when they came into melee range with her, she suddenly felt like an entirely different person - a person that feels real and grim, yet a person that knows very well what she wants for herself, whatever it could be.

Motivation: Under the orders of her boss, she suffered through a decade of rigorous training regiments, partially to utilize mech combat as a highly-effective advertising tool, but ultimately to place her in a position to achieve godhood and expand the Erebos Corporation’s influence far and wide.

Appearance: Neon is rather short for her age. From a distance, her white twintails are immediately apparent. Her green eyes never seem to be at rest for even a moment, yet they barely have any red in them.
Neon’s outfit of choice is a business suit crossed with a rather short skirt, with a pair of black ribbons with silver edges binding them together. She also wears a necktie bearing the logo of the Erebos Corporation, in gold outlines.

Mech Appearance: Neon’s mech is very much augmented into her body. The core centers around her chest, spreading outwards into her limbs. She wears a very sleek and lightweight combat suit that only seems to provide a bit more protection than her normal outfit. The combat suit also heavily resembles it, with carbon fibers over the synthetic fibers instead. Finally, her gloves and boots are all specifically crafted with hyperconductive metal, beaming blue. The gloves in particular have a compact energy cannon installed, connected to her core.

Mech (Divination)

• Speed: 6 - Taking advantage of her build’s low weight, Neon can move with incredible speed both in the air and on the ground using electromagnetic levitation. The near-frictionless movement additionally allows her to perform swift, acrobatic maneuvers that would otherwise be impossible for most mechs to accomplish.
• Melee: 0 - Neon gains no extra melee power or options in her mech. This however does not mean that she isn't proficient with melee weapons in general.
• Firepower: 3 - Unfortunately, Neon can’t really muster effective firepower due to distance limits to her control of electricity. She has to resort to a more rudimentary form of energy projectiles fired from her hand cannons and charged by electricity, which, while numerous and hard to evade, don’t really hurt all that much, as the distance alone is enough to drain the electricity. Conversely, she can still inflict decent damage with rapid electric arcs up close. In tandem with her Spark, she can control replicated parts electromagnetically.
• Armor: 6 - Neon can raise instantaneous electromagnetic shields with incredible strength, enough to deflect ballistic projectiles and resist most forms of attacks. And of course, she doesn’t have to keep it up at all times.
• Signature: Par[ad]oxysm - Neon’s finishing move, and her most mysterious one. Even those who had faced it before couldn’t really figure out how it worked. “If Neon and her opponent are making physical contact,” she can invert her remaining electricity and fry through the opponent’s weak spots in an instant, tearing the opponent’s mech apart in a horrific eruption of light and darkness. The attack trades her points in Speed and Armor for Firepower permanently. The less damage Neon’s armor has taken, the more lethal the attack gets. After use, Neon is only left with enough power for a soft landing and to draw harmless displays with.
• Spark: Electroreplication - By entering melee distance with the opponent, Neon can manipulate surrounding electrons to scan for one part of their schematics and relay them back to her almost instantly. Then, she can create a lesser replica of it with favor, with potency roughly equal to the mean of her Firepower and the relevant stat of the part, but never exceeding the original. The schematic can be replicated over and over again if need be, but to get a new schematic she has to drop the old one. Neon can create colorful displays using the technique as well, with very lenient restrictions as they’re created on runtime and take little to no memory space.

Personal Skill: Aleph Naught - “I know a lot about pain~! It’s because I defeated them all.” Neon has virtually no limits to her pain capacity, even if it’s a direct hit into her flesh. Since she can still fight as long as her core is intact, she can afford letting most of her body take direct damage, secretly magnifying her defense capability. And with a bit of calculation, she can use the technique to satisfy the conditions of her Signature without creating shields to parry attacks with. (ie. taking a penetrating strike through the abdomen)

[Stratos]

Hi yes, hello. Lore Master Stratos reporting for duty.

Spoiler: Caridin Shale, the one man crusade (click to show/hide)

Name: Caridin Shale
Alias: Raguel
Age: 22
Plane: Pride
Motivation: To tear down the corrupt pillars of the world’s current status quo is a task that requires great strength. Strength beyond the means of any single mortal man. Caridin knows this, knows it well… he has been taught it many times throughout his journey. Now is the perfect opportunity to surpass the limits of mortal men, and he has no intention to waste it. He may or may not also thirst for the blood of a certain deposed politician...

Personality: A young man from humble roots who seeks to do what many of those like him are either unwilling or unable to do: stand up for themselves. Young, idealistic, and sincere to a fault, he despises the cruel nature of the world, where the strong are free to exploit and dominate the weak for their own selfish gain. He is tireless in his crusade to break that cycle, acting with sympathy and compassion towards its victims and the common man, while meeting its perpetrators with a special breed of righteous indignation and belligerence only possible from one who no longer has much to lose.  Indeed, his dedication is so great that not even the fear of death can influence him when faced with such insidious adversaries, only the fear of doing nothing and letting evil win. Perhaps its just the foolhardiness of youth that steels his resolve so. Perhaps he just really doesn’t have anything to lose. Or perhaps it’s the simple power of pure spite....or all three mixed together.

Appearance: A young Caucasian man standing at 5’10” with a sinewy build. His eyes are emerald green and glimmer with resolute intensity, shifting to pale gold during times of great duress. His ash grey hair falls in short, stringy locks down to his chin, parted in the center in order to avoid obscuring his vision, while his sharp nose complements his jawline. His primary outfit consists of leather boots, black trousers, a dark grey shirt, and a brown leather jacket.

Mech Appearance: The Raguel, is a towering, humanoid juggernaut decked out in white armor plating with dark grey joints and gold accenting that flares with ominous light. It’s plating grows bulkier around its chest and primary joints, but becomes sleeker towards the waist and the rest of its body. It’s chest and pauldrons are all shaped into triangular peaks, while a set of twin rocket thrusters are embedded in it’s back and emit vibrant blue flames when active. Its legs and shoulders are outfitted with singular versions of the same thrusters as well. Its helm bears a radiant crown and prominent feathered motifs, along with a gold visor. The points of the crown are actually sensor arrays which help detect incoming threats from all sides, as well as collecting various types of information about the mech’s surroundings. Attached to its side is a large sword handle with ornate gold decoration; when activated, a blade of translucent white light projects from the hilt, measuring roughly half as long as the Raguel is tall.

The Raguel has no  traditional controls to speak of. Instead, the armor has been ensorceled to mirror Caridin’s movements and respond to his neural impulses.

Mech (Revelation) 15/17
Speed: 3 [The Raguel is not built for blistering speed, and as such it is limited to just above peak human speed on foot. The thrusters embedded in it’s back and legs, however, allow it to hover along at a slightly higher pace even on their lowest power, and when flared to their highest can provide it with a short but considerable burst of speed and/or altitude to reposition itself before they have to cool back down.]

Melee: 6 [The Raguel is strong enough to destroy reinforced concrete walls in a single punch. It’s primary weapon, Judgement, is a blade of magically hardened light, rendering it absurdly sharp and able to hit enemies with both its physical impact, and the arcane energy which holds it together. On top of that, Judgement is also outfitted with a special module to “excite” and amplify the light used in it, turning the blade from just a length of hardened light into a high powered laser beam contained in blade form. A direct strike from it while in this mode is hot enough to melt steel like butter, and the waste heat it gives off is considerable.]

Firepower: 0 [The Raguel has no need for guns. Caridin’s spark can make it a consistent threat regardless of distance.]

Armor: 6 [The Raguel’s armor is designed to survive relentless onslaughts of attacks while still remaining perfectly combat able. The toughness of it’s alloy plating can stand up to even heavy impacts, the carbon nanotubes distributed throughout said alloy will disperse any energy that is somehow not absorbed to fuel Caridin’s spark, and the various warding sigils inscribed into the plating will dampen the potency of any hostile magick used against it. The true secret to it’s defense however, lies in the fact that its armor has multiple layers, each one designed to maximize the amount of punishment it takes to reach it’s critical systems. As such, the Raguel doesn’t survive so much by tinking attacks as it does by just having an unholy amount of hull integrity to chew through.]

Spells: 4 slots (2 points spent)
Favor Burst (3)- A self-augmentation spell. The Raguel infuses itself with large amounts of fluid favor before instantly expelling it in a manner similar to a jet burst, granting it a brief, but very high burst of speed and physical power. Given the raw power requirements and somewhat dangerous nature of this spell's operation, extraordinary concentration is needed to successfully cast it. It additionally causes great stress on the mech even when done successfully, so much as to begin deteriorating it if overused in a short span of time.

Coils of Light (1)- A peculiar manipulation spell which only affects the destructive light produced by Caridin's spark. It can only be cast when caridin unleashes it, but will grant caridin far greater control over it, allowing him to alter the shape of its usual beam into other forms, such as an explosive blast, a radial shockwave centered around him, etc. While this spell does not change the overall power of his spark’s output, it will appropriately alter the distribution of said power across the it’s area of effect depending on the form it takes (ex, explosive forms distribute the power in a single burst, rather than as a constant output like the standard beam).

Spark: Smite [Caridin harbors a dim light of ruin within his heart. By drawing in and absorbing energy from his surroundings, he can grow this light’s radiance, amplifying its destructive potential in turn. Both ambient energy and more concentrated forms (such as those used for energy/elemental/explosive attacks, etc.) can be absorbed, but the latter will intensify the light at a much quicker rate. So long as the light has been charged even slightly, he can channel the entirety of its accumulated destructive potential into his weapon, combining it with his own physical strength in order to unleash it as a massive beam. The exact power of this beam grows depending on how much Caridin has charged the light since it’s last use, though even at the weakest charge it will always hit with at least the destructive potential of one of his physical attacks.]

Personal Skill: Hyper Scrutiny: When Caridin truly puts his mind to something, the amount of retention and attention to detail he can muster is astonishing. By hyperfocusing on something (ex, objects, events, people, etc.) he can engrave its every detail into his mind. The amount of time required for him to fully memorize something in this manner rises depending on the subject's complexity, but given enough time he can theoretically memorize even the most complex things down to their most minute detail. In combat this skill allows him to memorize his opponents fighting style and capabilities, better preparing him for subsequent encounters.

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

The Master of The Inexplicable Skill walks forward, an undeniable noble and wild soul. Ookami!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Ookami


Alias: Unequivocal Soul


Age: 82


Personality: Ookami is a man always ready to battle, one might say he's always seeking a fight. However it is not a trait spawned by rage or malice. He is but a man who believes in bettering himself in the forge of friendly combat. He's truly like a grandfather to all he meets, and has a kindness to him that rivals his raw stubbornness in a battle.


Ookami is unyielding and yet flexible with others. He is fearsome, yet kind. He lusts for battle but also to better himself and hopefully others.


Motivation: Ookami found something in himself different than others. After a thousand fights it was clear to him he was different than others,  he could feel the difference in his soul when it was against others. He never noticed it… not until he thought himself a master. But… how could he be a master if he did fully understand himself? He would master the inexplicable part of his soul, he would find the answers to do so.


And so, he would do it the only way he knew how, baring his soul in the contest of battle.


Plane: Hope


Appearance: Ookami is a wild haired old man covered in a silvery white man of hair front and back. Often he wears it tied in a ponytail though this does little to tame the wild locks of the man. Ookami often wears small decorations in his hair and beard, small bells, beads and the like. He prefers to show off his upper body, a mountain of well toned muscles with a collection of scars from hard work and countless battles with other Mech users. He wears two steely bracers on his wrists, about all on his person that could be considered armour. 


He wears otherwise loose baggy clothing, mostly as he finds them rather comfortable. He prefers dark foresty greens, his self proclaimed favourite colour. Outside of his tempest of hair easily reaching down to his waist either side… he wears quite simple clothing. He saves the styling and personality for his hair.


Mech Appearance: Unequivocal Soul is a simple Katana, nothing more, nothing less in its default state. It can also be seen adorning Ookami's body as an energy when hit or flames and other such things when he is particularly amped up. Ookami explains this as it being his will to fight, his fighting spirit made manifest.


Mech ([System]) 

Speed: 5 (For an old man, Ookami is quite the spry one. In addition to being in disgustingly good physical shape he can also use his blade to assist in maneuvering by rapidly increasing it length to launch himself among other such things. He'd merely an ordinary despite all that if it were not for favor. Ookami can imbue his limbs with his fighting spirit pushing his muscles beyond human limit. He can strengthen his legs and arms to send himself flying using raw explosive force of will, or simply imbue himself with enough to ran faster than any normal man. It is the fact he so well knows his body that he can shape his fighting spirit to offer the support of a mech. He is not as adept at this application instead of raw offense or defense but it only lags subtly behind.)

Melee: 6 (As a swordsman… most of what Ookami does is melee. He has trained for his strikes to harm even strongly armoured mechs by augmenting his body and blade. Similar to his raw power output allowing him to have more mobility than a normal human, so is his ability to augment his fighting capabilities. Mostly he focuses on his blade using it as a focus for his favor to strike blows that could shatter even the toughest armour. He can put the full force of a mech behind his blade, as it is one, making it more of a force of destruction than a blade. He can focus his favor into his fists, feet, or any part of his body as well if such an attack would find more purchase.)

Firepower: 0 (Ookami does not use traditional ranged weaponry, after all… it is pretty hard to create such even if you can change the form of your blade.)

Armor: 6 (Ookami's body is well trained, allowing him to take blows quite well with the use of his mech. He can brace himself, or even use his blade to deflect or turn back blows. It takes an attack of a true power to even force him to resort to using favor. Weak attacks are turned away by his own human power alone. For attacks that pass this test however they must then face Ookami's fighting spirit, his ever resilient flame. He may imbue his body or Unequivocal Soul with the flame of his soul, either burning away attacks before them reach him or turning them away purely by force of will. At times, they may fail the test so spectacularly that they must be tested themselves their own attack meeting them head on. This however is quite rare.)

Spells/Signature: (Ookami has no true signature, it was never something he had sought to develop. Perhaps one day he shall find one.)

Spark: The Shape of a Soul: (Ookami has the ability to understand the souls of others. He can evaluate the fighting spirit and the souls of others he comes across, including his own. As a result Ookami can alter his, changing the inherent properties of his mech as he sees fit. It cannot become something other than a sword, the true shape of his soul, but there is otherwise no limit to what he can do. He may change its size, the malleablity, and other such properties infinitely. Though Ookami can see another's soul, he cannot manipulate any but his own)


Personal Skill: The Inexplicable Skill: A skill that Ookami has yet to understand, an aspect of his soul that cannot be understood but makes him different than others. He seeks to find the truth to this… to understand the Inexplicable. (This, is the plot relevant personal skill.)


 

[AzyWng]

Finally got my sheet ready to go.

Spoiler: MENACING MAN (click to show/hide)

Name: Aleks Jansons
Alias: Midas
Age: 22
Plane: Greed
Motivation: Though he’s been able to achieve considerable wealth in a very short timespan, Aleks has never really found anything he’s truly wanted to spend it on. While he’s settled for risking chunks of it here and there (and while he’s lost a good deal of money this way, he’s also gained even more than he’s lost in return), he decided to take a shot at the tournament in the hopes that he might just become a God. An entire plane’s worth of colonization to fund sounds as good a use for his money as any.
Personality: In battle, Aleks adopts a reckless, all-or-nothing attitude, often charging full-force at his opponents.
Outside of battle, Aleks has a somewhat more melancholy attitude, often feeling bored to the point of total aimlessness. With so many of his own desires filled, Aleks doesn’t really have much in the way of goals. Most of what he does is motivated by the desire for something interesting to happen - which may mean attempting to start a conversation, pulling a prank, or even inciting a fight for little to no reason.

Appearance: Young-looking man, with neatly combed blonde hair and brown eyes. His fair skin is rather smooth, and it’s obvious that he takes good care of his appearance. This contrasts somewhat with a wide frame more befitting a heavyweight boxer than an entrepreneur. Much more obvious is the fact his taste in clothing is... a bit odd. What he wears can vary widely from one day to the next - he’s been seen wearing everything from snake print jackets and clothing with mismatched colors to suits that shine like they’re made of precious metals.

Mech Appearance: Resembling a set of golden blocks with legs, nearly every single surface of this mech has been covered with gold plating that is so shiny as to be painful to look at for too long. On the “head” of the mech rests a dome-shaped structure resembling a crown. The most obvious weapons this mech has are its hammer and shield, though a few pieces of gear on its shoulders resemble missile launchers and cannons...

Mech: 17/17
Speed: 4. While agile enough to be capable of ‘dancing’, Midas’s movement is only moderately fast at best. It can, however, put on quick bursts of speed to more easily close the distance between foes.
Melee: 6. Midas’s weapons of choice are a golden hammer and shield - both of which have a smiley face on the face of the hammer and the front of the shield, respectively.. While both weapons hit hard (lighter mechs sometimes losing limbs after being struck by the hammer), it takes a second or two for Aleks to wind up and recover from his swings. To compensate, both weapons are multiple rocket boosters that allow for faster windup and recovery. In addition, the hammer and shield can be thrown to attack at a distance, with the rockets being used as a means of returning them.
Firepower: 0. The threatening-looking devices on the shoulders of Midas are actually a variety of party-related equipment - confetti cannons, giant airhorns, and the speakers of a massive boombox. None of these items serve any purpose in battle besides irritating an opponent. Midas relies entirely on its hammer and shield to inflict damage, and is incapable of attacking at range save for throwing its hammer or shield.
Armor: 7 Despite its gaudy appearance, Midas’s armor is in fact an expensive variant comprised of multiple layers of different material and angled in such a manner as to make most attacks glance off rather than directly hitting. As if that weren’t enough, Midas’s shield is even more heavily reinforced with both physical armor and energy shielding, making for a bludgeon that can resist almost any form of attack. A strike from a weapon such as Midas’s hammer would be required to knock it aside.
Spells/Signature: 0. Aleks has not developed his Signature for use in battle, choosing to rely on his hammer and shield to inflict damage.
Spark: Untarnished: Most light or moderate damage this mech receives will not impair its function. While its abilities will still be reduced if it, for instance, loses a limb, most lesser forms of damage will not impact Midas’s performance.
Personal Skill: Effortless Wealth - Aleks has a considerable amount of financial skill and luck. While he will not always be able to avoid taking losses, his investments in general are extremely profitable, and he tends to win a lot more than he loses when he gambles his money. Aleks is unlikely to spend or lose all of this money through normal means.