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Post by burdenking on Nov 10, 2015 19:45:25 GMT
Hello, I'm new to the forum and such, so if I'm overstepping my bounds with this I apologize. I did not see any rules stating I was not allowed to post here but I have been wrong before so I'm pretty prepared if I was in this case.
Any who, My question pertains to the Cypertronian sub=species known as Shifters. Are they allowed on this forum? and If so, what would their limitations be?
I had planned to create a female Shifter (named Jury rig until I can figure out a better name) who had a small number of set forms she could take for as long as she desired, but also possessed the ability to impersonate people she has seen for a limited time, likely a couple posts or so, before she had to drop the act. I don't know if her stats would change in these forms, though I imagine her physical stats doing so due to the inherent changing of her physical shell.
If required, I will provide examples for what I desired her set forms to be, as well as working with staff to make it work for me, but also make it not overpowered and fit into the forum pretty well.
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Post by Shadowstrike on Nov 10, 2015 20:06:29 GMT
Hello there Burden and welcome to the forums. I admit I'm not the current character moderator (that would be Skyspray) but I have dabbled as overseerer for specifically unique or difficult to approve characters such as a shifter, so I believe my words carry weight but characters usually aren't my decision in the end. At this moment I also have to admit we have never had a shifter for whatever reason that may be.
In terms of rules I am not aware of any rules that prevent shifters. However I feel it only necessary that I ask now the limits of her transformation... it would hardly be fair to allow you to become metroplex size when we don't allow standard city formers. By the same extent neither would having multiple set forms be fair if some of them where used to break the stat limit we currently have. So if possible I'd be interested in the examples of these set forms. I hope that all makes sense.
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Post by burdenking on Nov 10, 2015 20:44:09 GMT
Thanks for the quick reply. Of course I would never want to break the rules with her, so I was thinking that with her set forms, she could change her height and such to take on more imposing forms, such as this one. Of course, this is only for her set forms. When she's trying to shift into someone that isn't one of her set forms, she can not only maintain the form for a short time, but the form must be close to her own total mass. This would prevent her from taking large forms, such as metroplex. As for the stat limits, they would fall into line with the limitations of the system. Only her physical stats would shift, while her mental stats would remained locked. So her forms will never break the limitations put on by the stat lines. However, these set forms would basically be things she pulls out when she needs to, or to fool the enemy to think there are multiple enemy combatants when there is actually simply one. Such as the big guy above, would give her some impressive strength and durability, but would drain her more dexterous stats significantly. Does that help?
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Post by Skyspray (Aquahaze) on Nov 10, 2015 20:49:48 GMT
Hello, I am Skyspray and I think that I should give my input.
As Shadow said, limits to shifting would be nice so that we know. And i can also say this: i don't think stats should change with the shifting. You can be a weak thing, or maybe strong. Maybe you would be faster, or slower than what the form ususally is.. In my book, shifting works with those forms that are close to the original, I.E a bike does not shift into a tank and vice-versa, if you catch my drift. If you limit yourself to that, then i see no issues. But of course, I'm open for suggestions.
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Post by burdenking on Nov 10, 2015 21:30:04 GMT
That would be her shifting into people she saw, where as her set forms are mor elike her specializations. We could but a limit on how long or what they can do, but the thought of a decepticon who can trick the enemy into thinking that a whole bunch of new decpticons have arrived and such. The big guy in the picture i posted before would be her biggest form, which would be maybe 25% taller then her.
As for the vehicle forms, idk. Transformers are all about compacting and Scrap, but I'll try to stay away from anything to crazy
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Post by Shadowstrike on Nov 10, 2015 22:48:51 GMT
That all sounds acceptable. I suppose we've just got to wait for the character app now
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Post by burdenking on Nov 10, 2015 22:49:35 GMT
woop wopp, okay. I'll get to work then XD
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Post by Skyspray (Aquahaze) on Nov 11, 2015 5:48:26 GMT
Yep. Sounds fine by me
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