Posts made by Dyson

[Goddamnit I've been making that stupid a mistake this entire thread! My character sheet even says 4 actions. [img]http://z6.ifrm.com/static/emo/12.png[/img] Well, I edited the last post but I can't make up for the rest of them. I'll stand by any decisions made on how to retroactively fix matters.]

"Yes!" Wyvern explained, breaking out of the shell of ice that had covered her up. "Okay, time to take this guy out." She commented, looking back to Z-Dragon. Her neck was crawling with the glowing lines of scales as she regenerated from the damage of the earlier attack.

"My job? Fine." The Dragon head said, shaking off the last bits of ice on his jaw. He opened his mouth and blasted a ring of electrical energy, followed by a line of electrical bolts. He didn't get much farther as Wyvern quickly moved forwards onto the magnet tiles and then dodged around. Rokon followed up by doing the same in the opposite direction, going through the snow bank.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
X: Drake Vitality Signature Attack: Wyvern (Recovers 15 HP)
1: ZapRing1 Battle Chip: PengiB (40 Elec + 10 Elemental Bonus + Stun 1)
2: Dragon Rage Signature Attack: PengiB (5 Elec x 8 Hits)
3: Movement
4: Dodge

Rokon.SP
1: Dodge
2: Dodge

Wyvern covered her chest with her arm just as the ice started to climb along her and froze them in thick ice, followed by covering Z-Dragon completely as well. The extra weight wasn't going to throw her off guard, but she let out high pitched grunt of annoyance at being stuck like that. "W-what? Thi-this is so unfair! Aa-a-and cold!" She commented, realising that with her arms as they currently were she wouldn't be able to do much in the ways of attacking for the moment. "Zed, what about you?" She asked, hoping the cannon-dragon was okay.

"Haaaaatttttee..." Z-Dragon barely got through the sheath of ice that had trapped him in place.

"I will do what I can, Mistress!" Rokon declared, immediately kicking a burning crescent across the magnetic tiles towards one of the Pengi, and then adding a follow-up blast from her pistols to really get the point across.

Wyvern did what she could to dodge, able to do so much more easily on the snow and magentic tiles than she could on the ice. She would have to look into doing something about that... Regardless, she knew the movements of the ice attacks pretty well. What she had her eye out for, however, was if Rokon came into danger. When she saw the second attack firing from the support program, she knew that she wouldn't be able to dodge. She grit her teeth and moved in the way, hoping that she could at least activate one chip even with her arms bound in front of her by ice.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
1-5: Dodge unless
If (attack targets Rokon): Jump in path, attempt Guard1 Battle Chip ([1 Hit Shield] + [Reflect up to 60 + Piercing + Line Attack])
X: Drake Vitality Signature Attack: Wyvern (Recovers 15 HP)

Rokon.SP
1: Burning Crescent Signature Attack: PengiA (40 Fire)
2: Attack: PengiA (20 Damage)

The duo (Trio?) made their way further down the path until they found their way to a skating rink where some penguin viruses were playing. Of course , they were quickly discovered as well. "Aww, aren't they - Jeez!" Wyvern called out, jumping back when one of the Penguins summoned a monster right in front of them. "Dragon, shoot it!" She called, Z-Dragon reacting faster than he realised and coughing up an electric wasp before he mentally caught up with what was going on. "Next up, one bomb..."

"Wait!" Vita suddenly called out, realising something. "Those penguins, I think..."

"What, do they not blow up good?" Wyvern asked, stopping as the bomb formed in her hand.

"Hold on, hold on, I know this..." Vita said. "The Virus Wiki on the boards!" She said, biting a finger and rolling onto her back. "People put up all kinds of things... Those guys.. Penguins... Pengi! They're invincible on ice!"

"Of all the cheap tactics!" Wyvern said, stomping a foot on the ground. A wave of magentic tiles started to sweep forward, focused on taking out as much of ice as possible.

"Is no one bothered by the fact that that penguin snapped its flipper??" Z-Dragon interjected as Wyvern tossed her bomb and started to dodge quickly around the magnetic tiles.

Rokon added to the first wave of fire by drawing her pistol, the barrel of it transforming as a single flame formed at the end. She fired a beam of energy towards one of the Pengi and then quickly dived into one of the snow banks in order to keep her off of the slippery ice or the slowing magnets.

Wyvern quickly drew a pair of bombs and tossed them at the Pengi as well, hopefully adding a bit to her last barrage of attacks. She then charged forward and tried her best to run a circle around the Pengi in order to draw and dodge their fire as best she could while remaining on her own magnet tiles.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
1: Arrow1 Battle Chip: SnowBlow (100 Elec + 10 Type Bonus + Homing)
X: SetMagnet: Large Area Magnet Tile Change
2: Magbomb Battle Chip: PengiA (30 Elec + 5 Type Bonus + Blast 3 (+1 Break Bonus) + Stun 1)
3: Dodge
4: Doublebomb Battle Chip: PengiA, PengiC (20 Damage + Blast 3 (+1 Break Bonus) x 2 Bombs)
5: Dodge

Rokon.SP
1: Firefox Soulsteal Signature Attack: PengiB (40 Fire + 20 Fire Drain)
2: Dodge

"Ah~h. That was scary." Wyvern pointed out, leaning against the pillar of ice that held Rokon. She knocked on the exterior a couple of times, and in response the ice shattered and dropped Rokon to the ground, still in her guard pose. "Are you okay, Rokon?" Wyvern asked, brushing some of the ice off the support program.

"I... I am fine, Mistress." Rokon replied, swallowing hard and looking around.

"Really? Maybe we should let you rest for a bit..." Wyvern began to suggest, Rokon reaching out and stopping her hand.

"Please, have no such concerns." Rokon told the Navi. "I will keep myself on the defensive in the next battle, and use my new techniques to restore my own energy." She explained.

"Could you two stop yapping so we can move on already?" Z-Dragon told them both, Wyvern nodding.

"Alright. Let's move on then!" Wyvern said, heading slowly down the icy path.

[Ready for Battle 2]

"Damn, Rokon!" Wyvern called out as the tower of water froze into a solid pillar around the support program. Frozen in place in the pillar, Rokon was stuck in the pose of blocking the incoming attack to reduce damage. A pretty weak attempt, after she had attacked so aggressively in the first place and left herself open. "Zed, we've got to take that out fast." Wyvern commanded.

"Don't get all pissy when your toy gets hurt." The dragon said back to her, taking a deep breath and then blowing out a small electric wasp that shot forward towards the last Nautilus.

"Freezing attacks..." Wyvern contemplated under her breath, lowering her center of gravity to have an easier time on the ice. She slid off to the side in order to get circle around the last enemy and hopefully attack from a direction that wouldn't risk hitting Rokon.

"Do you even plan to hit that thing with the snow in the air?" Z-Dragon asked, curling his neck down so that he wouldn't just get repeatedly flung by Wyvern's movements.

"We've got to try! Just fire off another round." She ordered. The dragon growled a little and let a build-up of electricity form in his mouth, soon sending out a set of bolts towards the last enemy. Wyvern did what she could to stay stable during the fire and slid back and then to the side.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
1: Arrow1 Battle Chip: Nautilus A (100 Elec + 10 Elemental Bonus + Homing)
2: Movement
3: Dragon Rage Signature Attack: Nautilus A (5 Elec x 8 Attacks + Multi-Hit)
4: Dodge
5: Dodge

Rokon.SP
1: Frozen!
2: Frozen still?

[5 day bump]

"Ah! A road! Finally!" Wyvern commented, rushing down onto the path and immediately slipping and landing on her backside. She drifted slowly across the icy surface until she ended up on the other side, then pulled herself up like a child learning to ice skate for the first time.

"Mistress, are you alright?" Rokon asked from the other side, carefully getting onto the surface and balancing herself.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Wyvern responded, brushing a little snow off her armour. "Do we have anything for all this ice, Vita?" She asked the operator, making slow strides down the road.

"Well, not really, no." Vita said to her, having a short day dream about ice skating in the cool winter air... Instead of roasting in her apartment. She had to keep a fan on her PET to make sure it didn't start to overheat at all.

It took a little time, but the group finally came across another form of digital life. Viruses, playing with the snow and ice. Wyvern slid to a slow stop and looked at them, then back the way they came, and then met the gaze of the viruses again. "Have we met these guys before?"

"Who cares? We just need to delete them." Z-Dragon interjected, shifting his jaw.

"It matters! I don't know what they do. Are they going to shoot lasers or reflect attacks?" Wyvern complained, setting her arms up to guard her.

"I can't remember... You're thinking about that video game we were playing though." Vita commented.

"Oh... Oooh! Oh, you're right!" She said, letting out a sigh. "Alright then! Rokon, try out some of your new techniques. I'm going to get some of the dust knocked out of my systems!" She called back, turning forward to the viruses and suddenly summoning a bomb into her hand. She hefted it down the ice towards the Slime in front, and them immediately tried to get working on some maneuvers. What she ended up doing was little more than sliding to the side, but she'd have to get a little more aggressive with movements as the battle went on.

One of Rokon's ankles began to glow with a hot flame as she suddenly kicked skillfully upwards and created an arc of fire that launched down the ice road towards one of the Nautili. She landed on both feet and skidded a little on the ice but did what she could to keep herself standing. A pistol formed in her hand and she blasted a follow-up shot towards the same enemy, otherwise focused on her footing.

"Looking good, Rokon!" Wyvern commented, pulling an arm in front of herself as a Guard1 shield quickly formed out of thin air. It covered her from the front completely, so Z-Dragon peeked his head out and blew out a spinning disc of electrical energy that headed towards another one of the Nautilus viruses in the back. Wyvern held the shield in place and twisted her feet to keep her stable on the ice, particularly so her Dragon 'friend' could get his aim.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
1: Magbomb1 Battle Chip: Slimey (30 Elec + 10 Elemental Bonus [One Target] + Blast 3 [+1 Break Bonus] + Stun 1)
2: Dodge/Footing
3: Guard1 Battle Chip: ([1 Hit Shield] + [Reflect up to 60 + Piercing + Line Attack])
4: ZapRing1 Battle Chip: NautilusB (40 Elec + 10 Elemental Bonus [One Target] + Stun 1)
5: Dodge/Footing

Rokon.SP
1: Burning Crescent Signature Attack: NautilusA (40 Fire + Slashing)
2: Attack: NautilusA (20 Damage)

Wyvern teleported into the ice field in a beam of green energy, immediately covering herself with her arms even though she was well protected by her armour - and unable to feel 'cold' in the first place. "I-i-it feels good to get out again." She commented, looking towards some tall digital glaciers in the distance that sat like mountains.

"It was about time we did something." Vita commented, laid out on her floor. In the sweltering heat of the day, she had stripped down to almost a swimsuit and was enjoying an icy drink. "Now that school is all done, I've got lots of spare time. Maybe I can even feel a little cooler."

"Couldn't we just have gone to the beach? It's the season, after all." Wyvern commented, standing up straight and crossing her arms.

"Stop playing games. It's about time we get to do something interesting." Z-Dragon hissed.

A pillar of red light formed behind them that slowly formed into Rokon.SP. The foxy woman stretched her arms and then froze in place, looking to Wyvern and dropping her arms to her sides. She bowed to the Navi and then straightened once more. "Happy to be of service again, mistress."

"Happy to have you, Rokon." Wyvern said with a wave, looking back up in the direction she always assumed Vita was. "So where to?"

"Well... Anywhere, I guess." Vita told her, sipping her drinking and letting out a satisfied sigh. "South?"

"Which was is south?"

"I dunno."

"Southward then!" Wyvern called out, heading in a completely random direction further into the ice field.

[Ready for Battle 1]

Changing 'Jump' [Melee, 60 Damage, Impact, Movement, Self Slow(1), 60 SP, 3TCD] to 'Jump' [Melee, 80 Damage, Impact, Movement, Self Slow(1), 80 SP, 3TCD].

200/380 points.

Adding 'Wyrm Calling' to Wyvern:
Wyrm Calling: [2-Hit Planar Shield, 40 SP, 1TCD] Wyvern calls upon the weakest level of Dragons she combats in order to defend herself against foes. When standing on a tile with an elemental affiliation, she draws the spirits of small wyrm dragons. The two dragons twist into a shield on her arm that takes on the element of the tile she's standing on.

240/380 points.

Adding 'Burning Crescent' and 'Foxfire Soulsteal' to Rokon.SP:
Burning Crescent: [Shot, 40 Fire Damage, Slashing, 40 SP, 1 TCD] The ankles of one of Rokon's shoes begins to burns with a red and orange flame. She then kicks with that leg, producing a flaming arc of energy that launches outwards towards an opponent. It is only tall and wide enough to hit a single opponent, however it cuts like a flaming sword on contact.

Foxfire Soulsteal: [Shot, 40 Fire Damage, 20 Fire Drain, 80 SP, 2 TCD] Rokon draws one of her pistols, the barrel transforming into a wide mouth that generates a single spiritual flame. A beam of energy from behind catches the flame and they both head towards an opponent. The beam damages with high heat, and afterwards the spiritual flame burns the opponent further. The data that is burned by the spiritual fire passes back to Rokon and regenerates her strength.

360/380 points.

Vita was pleased and a little embarrassed when the three people already there let her through to make her purchases. She smiled sheepishly and handed over her money and then quickly got out of their way. If they had come for something other than normal wares, it was probably something way over her head. "Thank you." She said once she had cleared the group and gotten her upgrades. "Um, all of you." She added, quickly exiting the shop.

Coming in from the subway, Vita opened the door of the shop to find that it was already quite busy. Three people were lined up at the counter and talking to the owner. She nervously crept around the group so that she wouldn't disturb them and busied herself instead with the displays so she wouldn't be getting in their way. She picked out the Process Upgrades she needed and carefully checked the types to make sure she had what she needed.

Vita hung back for the time being. Once the line had cleared up she'd certainly be able to make her purchases.

[Purchasing Process Upgrades V4 (400 Zenny), V5 (500 Zenny), V6 (600 Zenny), V7 (700 Zenny) and V8 (800 Zenny). Total cost is 3000 Zenny.]

Vita laughed a bit at the little show and took her purchases. "Thanks for the chips. See you again." She told him, waving before turning her back and walking back out the door.

As soon as the front door of the shop opened, Vita was smiling and walking towards the front counter. "Hey again." She said, stopping just in front of the counter and quickly looking over the display of chips. "Hey, could I get one of those Energybombs and three of the small energy packs?" She asked, opening a small purse to look through what she had. "Let's see... 600, three is 360... Ah, I've got change." She said lightly to herself, handing over the zenny in exchange for her chips.

I have 134 Bugfrags.

Buying Speed+ V1 for Rokon.SP (100 Bugfrags, +5 Levels)
Buying Hit Point+ V1 for Rokon.SP (10 Bugfrags, +1 Levels)
Buying Damage+ V1 for Rokon.SP (10 Bugfrags, +1 Levels)

Changes Rokon.SP to 2 Actions, 50 HP, 20 Damage, Level 7 (+1 Level to Wyvern.EXE).

Remaining Bugfrags: 14

Wyvern took some deep breaths and cracked her neck from side to side a little then raised her arms. "Well, that was a pretty tough one!" She pointed out towards the distance with her spear and was ready to take on the next fight already.

"No, Wyvern." Vita said suddenly, causing the Navi to freeze in place.

"What? Aw, come on, Vita!" Wyvern complained, looking despondent at the suggestion of leaving.

"We've earned a lot of zenny and stuff, Wyvern." Vita explained, setting up her PET to withdraw her Navi from the networks. "We should really make use of it, don't you think?"

"Well... Yeah... But I still want to try to-" Wyvern started.

"I know, I know. I want to see how far you can get too." Vita said, smiling lightly. "You're really impressive, but you're still a new." She explained. "Plus you're damaged and I don't have the subchips needed to restore your health. It's probably for the best that we take some time off and buy some new stuff."

"Well... Okay." Wyvern said, defeated.

"Well listen. We'll get some new gear for you and Rokon and then we'll hit up a different network, see what's available. Sound good?" Vita asked.

"Mhmm! I like the sound of that!" Wyvern said, looking back to her support program.

"Alright! Jacking you out!" Vita said, hitting a button on her PET.

[End Thread]

"Wyvern, that one Melody-" Vita said, taking a look as the battle data came in.

"I see him, Vita!" Wyvern responded, her spear appearing in her hand as she turned towards it.

"Mistress, I-" Rokon called back, aiming her pistol and taking a step back from the approaching enemy. Wyvern crouched for only a moment and then sprang into the air, crossing the distance with her spear pointed downwards in order to land and pierce the virus. The Navi looked to her program and gave her a smile, a faded green scale design on her neck showing that she continued to recover as time went on.

"Don't say anything." Wyvern said, stumbling a little from her landing sight and cutting Rokon off from anything anything else. "Let's take out the rest of them!" She called, Z-Dragon immediately reacting by forming a ball of fire in his mouth and blasting a spray of fire that promised to hit more than a single target. Wyvern charged back into close-ranged back, light on her feet and making sure to suddenly feint and roll to the opposite side. With smoke still billowing from her mouth after the last blast, Z-Dragon shot out a flamethrower that seared the ground as it passed.

Rokon didn't have much to offer, but she was able to fire off a shot in combination with Wyvern's own attacks.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
1: Jump Signature Attack: MelodyEXA (60 Damage, Impact, Movement, Self Slow(1))
X: Drake Vitality Signature Attack: Wyvern (Recovers 15 HP)
2: Heatshot Battle Chip: MelodyEXB (40 Fire + Spread 2 (+1 Break Bonus))
3: Dodge
4: FireBurn1 Battle Chip: MelodyEXC (50 Fire + Line Attack (Max 3))

Rokon.SP
1: Attack: Swordy-N B (10 Damage)

In the show of fireworks going off, Wyvern was unable to dodge the incoming attacks and they struck her hard when they did get through. The bump from the Melody and the slash from the Swordy tore her body apart and send her tumbling away from them. Her form was ragged as the slash had torn open the already weakened data on her chest. She felt sweat on her brow as a strong green glow crawled over her face and the gash in her frontal data began to slowly knit back together. "Damn... They... They came really fast." She said, wincing as she pulled herself to standing.

"Wyvern!" Vita panicked, the operator quickly going over all of her data. "Incoming shield! Put it up!" She ordered, slotting it a chip quickly.

"Heh... Yes ma'am." Wyvern responded, calling up the Guard 1 chip and pulling up the large shield that formed in front of her. She would be able to defend at least one attack with it, if she let the enemy get close enough.

Rokon clenched a fist and was ready to run to the rescue, but stopped near the edge of the magnet field. She couldn't risk wasting time by getting caught on them and helping her mistress was far more important. She called up a pistol and aimed across the battlefield, narrowing her eyes on one of the seriously wounded Swordies. She popped off a shot that hurdled right across the field and then returned to keeping an eye out otherwise.

Wyvern hid behind the shield and the long neck of Z-Dragon allowed him to reach up and over the shield and eye the enemies on the other side. "I would like some shielding too." He muttered, taking a deep breath. He let out a spray of energy in a shotgun blast at the group of enemies and then craned his head lower in order to shoot another blast along the ground. It wouldn't kill everything, but it was a lot of death flying around at the least. He didn't have much time to watch his work as Wyvern dodged any survivors even if her shield was still in place.

Meanwhile, the hungover Elebee, probably summoned after enjoying one too many energy shakes, was free to home in on his target.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
X: Drake Vitality Signature Attack: Wyvern (Recovers 15 HP)
1: Guard1 Battle Chip: Wyvern ([1 Hit Shield] + [Reflect up to 60 + Piercing + Line Attack])
2: Shotgun Battle Chip: Swordy-NB + Others (50 Damage + Spread 2 (+1 Break Bonus))
3: Shotgun Battle Chip: MelodyEXC + Others (50 Damage + Spread 2 (+1 Break Bonus))
4: Dodge

Rokon.SP
1: Attack: Swordy-NA (10 Damage)

"More riders? Haven't I beaten a bunch of these guys?" Wyvern asked, crossing her arms in front of herself. "There was that guy on one of the note-guys, and then there were the knights riding the stoves! Vita, why don't I have something to ride?" She asked, a little disappointed.

"Well, I never really thought about giving you one..." Vita said, looking thoughtfully at her PET. "Actually, is it that important right now?"

"I would gladly serve as your mount, mistress." Rokon said, crossing an arm across her chest in a salute.

"..."
"..."

"That aside, shouldn't we be a bit more concerned about the attacking forces going on?" Z-Dragon said after an extensive sigh.

"Given the proper form of course, mistress-." Rokon continued to try and clarify what she meant.

"Well let's get started then!" Wyvern said over her, pointing in the direction of the change. "Rokon, you stay back and find some normal tiles, I'll worry about everything else." She said, the SP unit walking back to try and find tiles that would help her a little bit. Wyvern started when a wave of data crossed the field in front of her, passing by all the enemies as the normal tiles turned to metal and began to hum with a magnetic field. She stood her ground though, giving the enemies time to keep up their charge, and then lopped a single bomb high into the air. As soon as the Magbomb started to descend, she drew out both hands to a pair of forming bombs. "And let's go!" She added, tossing the two bombs into the incoming mass of mounted enemies.

"Haaaack-ptoo!" Z-Dragon noisily said, spitting out a high-speed Elebee that headed up and then across the battlefield towards the boss Swordy. He grumbled something but it didn't seem to sick as Wyvern quickly began to run to the side, rolling so that she'd have better luck of dodging sudden sword-slashes. Prepared to instantly recover from any wounds, her bare skin showed a faint tattoo of green light in the shape of scales.

Finding her way to some normal panels in the back, Rokon raised her weapon and took a pot shot at one of the mounted Melodies. It was a little disappointing, but there was going to be more for her to do in the future, for certain.

Actions
Wyvern.EXE
X: NaviCust SetMagnet (Large Magnet Field)
1: MagBomb1 Battle Chip: Swordy-N A (30 Elec + 5 Elemental Bonus + Blast 3 (+1 Break Bonus) + Stun 1)
2: DoubleBomb Battle Chip: Swordy-N B x2 (20 Damage + Blast 3 (+1 Break Bonus) x 2 bombs)
3: Arrow1 Battle Chip: Swordy-NEX (100 Elec + 10 Elemental Bonus + Homing)
4: Dodge
X: Drake Vitality Signature Attack: Wyvern (Recovers 15 HP)

Rokon.SP
1: Attack: MelodyEXA (10 Damage)

I personally think that being able to create terrain requirements to sigs or secondary sig effects would be interesting. For example, a Sig that can only be done on Grass or Snow tiles (either you're on it or the opponent is, depending), or that gains a bonus when a certain tile is involved (Like a water attack that's stronger on sea tiles, or a non-elemental attack replicating the wind effect by increasing damage on a sand tile).

I don't think that a standardized debuff cost reduction would work (Like an X0 sig point reduction for including the clause) but that some kind of general reduction could work instead, like halving the cost of the clause-attached power. As well, I think that the total of the sig points used should compare to your maximum, as opposed to the actual cost you pay.

For instance. Your sig point maximum is 120. You make a fire attack (on a fire Navi) that deals 80 damage, but it heats metal tiles and deals an extra 40 fire damage (It makes sense since the attack would also turn the metal to Furnace). Instead of paying 120 points for the entire technique, you'd pay only 100, paying half for the metal tile only 40 damage. It would also have a 3 turn cooldown as opposed to a 2 turn cooldown.

For a second example, possibly a little more dangerous, would be a technique that only works a certain tile. Taking that former one as a base, it'd be a technique the deals no damage unless it targets a metal tile. In that case, it would deal 120 damage. It would still be a 3 turn cooldown technique, but would cost only 60 sig points. Halving the price seems like a big deal, but it also makes the attack completely situational. No metal tiles makes it dead weight.

I'm sure many of you can think of ways to positively break this idea to make it completely unfair, but with some small notes I'm sure it could work. The basic reason would be to give some sigs a little more situational flare and allow its form to make a little bit more of a difference.

Aside from that, I like the idea of having more shapes to use like line attack or wide attack.