Ok, I'm going to address a few dozen things that have been bothering me about people's assumptions. Probably not the smartest thing I could do when people have concerns about my character being OP, but I'd like to not get winded walking down the hall, which seems to be where we're going.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=194612.msg9659274#msg9659274">Quote from: Jane Storm on 01-03-2014, 09:31:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">*snip*And he's big. <br/>*snip*</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>1. Karn is 6'4'' tall, I am the same height IRL and was by the age of 16, he is<em>not</em>unnaturally huge as people seem to assume.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=194612.msg9659295#msg9659295">Quote from: Vill on 01-03-2014, 09:53:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">*snip*<br/><br/>Anywho! I agree that there are definitely going to have to be some technical issues that are glossed over in order for the mechanics of several of our character's weapons and fighting styles to function. And, I'm ok with that since none of it seems to be so impractical that it's insulting to the senses. That Vill comment was mostly just made as a segue into my agreement that Karn's stamina should be his inherent weakness. The armor would just realistically compound that issue, while nicely rounding out the character's balance. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>2. Karn is wearing full plate, full plate weighted roughly 50-60lbs, his is fancy so we'll call it 60-70lbs (leaning toward 70 with a full load of dust for the jets). Modern infantry carry roughly 90lbs of equipment into the field with them and they are capable of running, jumping, crawling, diving, and even wading... without Aura or anything like it. Furthermore Karn has been training in full armor for years and has been wearing this suit pretty much all the time for the last 3 years. He's used to the weight by now. No, it doesn't tire him out any more then your character's combat clothing tires them out. There is a reason weighted clothing features in the training of some martial arts. After a while you get acclimated.<br/><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=194612.msg9659274#msg9659274">Quote from: Jane Storm on 01-03-2014, 09:31:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">@Vill and Rebel: Vill's idea sounds good to me. Rebel, would you rather have Armina "pop" Vasili up as a second challenge in her duel with Karn? They could either fight one another or together against her/some other Beowolf, just to test Karn's ability to refrain himself. He could find his way back to the training grounds and get used by the combat teacher ;D<br/><br/>@everyone: After chemistry class does everyone want to skip forward and post accordingly to Aribeth's suggestion? I think it's a good idea as well and make sure you PM eachother if you want some character interaction to take place before the next morning, as Aribeth said.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>3. Karn is perfectly fine with fighting the 'bang stick' master and his cowardly weapons. He will not, however, have anything to do with any type of Grimm... other then butchering them mercilessly.<br/><br/>4. I would like to have the time skip after lunch and/or a break period so Karn can meet his team and the other students. Group interaction on that scale is pretty much impossible via PM. That's just my preference though.<br/><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=194612.msg9659313#msg9659313">Quote from: Vill on 01-03-2014, 10:23:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That's a good point that the concept would be notably different from the sort of Grimm we've seen thus far. But I'd be willing to wage that we're going to eventually see more humanoid Grimm in the future. This is obviously not only speculation, but speculation based on a hunch. It just seems like a reasonable assumption since it's a trend that so pervasively spans the entire genre. I would be surprised if it never came up. But, anything's possible.<br/><br/>With that being said: I know that the Grimm are supposed to be soulless, and if they don't say it out right in the show, it's certainly suggested that they can't match human intellect. However, I don't know if the ability to shift one's image would necessarily rely on intelligence. It could just be a hunting strategy that these creatures are able to change their physiology to look more attractive to humans to lower their guard the, <em>bam</em>: you've found yourself in the arms of a hideous man eating creature. Not exactly how a "real" succubus would operate ─ at least, not that I think, I'm stepping out of my expertise a little here ─ but it would still be interesting. We could always call it something else. In fact, I think it would be cooler to give it a different name. It would just so happen to be loosely influenced by the concept of a succubus.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>5. The Grimm seem to be largely based off of legends and fairy tail monsters or, in the case of the Nevermore, a poem. As such I personally see no problem with intelligent Grimm, even the Boarbatusk was smart enough to disarm Weiss.