<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8921946#msg8921946">Quote from: AidenWhite on 18-09-2013, 15:48:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If you want. If it is accepted, go ahead. Just make a drawback that justifies having such an ability for balancing purposes, go right ahead. This is fiction. As long as everyone agrees, I could have Lyuk riding in on a unicorn that travels at Mach-20 and it is made of gummy bears and skittles with sprinkles and the drawback is that it needs to be refrigerated after 30 minutes of use.<br/><br/>&gt;.&gt;<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The point I was trying to make is that if you don't follow the rules of the lore, then there's little sense of playing a story surrounding the lore to begin with. Even fiction has rules. So unless it's stated that the lore can be taken loosely, or it's okay to break a few rules, then it's preferable that you follow the rules of the lore.<br/><br/>And I think we already said early on that it should be discussed among the members if a person should be allowed to use Lost Magic (Although it's debatable whether or not the magic in question is Arc of Time. Although it's very similar to it...). Correct me if I'm wrong.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8921999#msg8921999">Quote from: Revenent on 18-09-2013, 16:16:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think you're overplaying how overpowered my character could be, Carlissa. I designed her to have drawbacks specifically to counter her strengths: she has no offensive magic other than the speed boost; due to the nature of her Flashback, if she wants to use it effectively, a fight that is three minutes long for the opponent will be more like twenty minutes for her; and her temporal anchor lasts so long that she has to allow herself to be captured if she uses it, or rely on a friend to retrieve her before the villains move her somewhere else. If I made it only last a few seconds, it would be way too powerful defensively. Using it means she surrenders the fight this way.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'm not arguing that your character is OP per say (since I think all the characters started out a little too powerful for my liking), I just think your magic is being taken too lightly. Because in the manga, abilities like time travel is a feat not easily achieved.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">It took years for the Eclipse Project to gather enough magic to travel back into the past. And your character can do it by herself? Not even Ultear could do that (Or at least not to the reader's knowledge. Although it's safe to assume she never used it, since such a useful ability being ignored by a time mage is ludicrous). Even if it is limited to 24 hours...</div></div><br/>But for discussion's sake just because your character has drawbacks and no offensive spells doesn't mean she isn't OP. Far from it. In fact, some of the most powerful anime characters in existence have no offensive powers. For example, Kachome from Gash Bell was arguably the most powerful demon in the manga, and he didn't have any offensive powers. His most powerful spell could bring his opponents into an illusion world, where he controls their minds and can make them believe and feel whatever he wants them to. He could bring them to a paradise, or attack them with imaginary attacks, as well as nullify his opponent's ability to fight. He could even kill a person if he wanted to. My point is just because an ability isn't offensive doesn't mean it isn't OP.<br/><br/>Now I'm not accusing your character of being like Kachome. She's not THAT broken. But abilities like stopping time around her so she's unharmable and traveling back in time are very useful abilities and can be very useful in combat. For example, she could travel back in time to warn her comrades of an incoming attack. Or she can warn them about an enemies weaknesses, and prevent something really bad from happening. An ability like that can make a mage or a group of mages<em>unstoppable.</em><br/><br/>And before you say it, I don't think you'll abuse them. You're a better RPer than me, after all. Just trying to make a point for the sake of making a point. :/<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8921999#msg8921999">Quote from: Revenent on 18-09-2013, 16:16:10</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Anyway, I did some numbers off everyone's stats, ranking from D=1 to SS=6, and here's the sum of each character's ranks:<br/><br/>Devon: 29<br/>Vincent: 21<br/>Ralena: 25<br/>Lyuk: 29<br/>Leona: 21/25<br/>Alice: 17<br/>Shun: 27<br/>Luca: 22/25<br/>Dieago: 24<br/>Mathilde: 29<br/><br/>That's the same as Lyuk and Devon, and only two points above Shun. I can take a couple points off, if you want, but she's definitely still around where the other characters are.<br/><br/>(By the way, don't take this is me being defensive. I just want to see what would be considered a fair set of stats for her.)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The problem with stats is that I think we all have a different interpretation of what each grade means. One person's B class is another's SS class. Personally, I think people who have an "S" class grade means that the ability in question is on par with a high grade S class mage, like Guildarts. I don't even think the main characters of Fairy Tail have grades as high as S.<br/><br/>I wish there was a more clear translation for the grades. Because personally, I think my expectations for the grades are higher than most of the people here.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=176393.msg8922271#msg8922271">Quote from: Annie on 18-09-2013, 17:47:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">EDIT: Btw, with all this time magic discussion, I remember a mage in Fairy Tail that could "manipulate time", but it only worked in an area of effect. He used it to appear to be faster than his enemies. Here's the guy: http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Racer<br/><br/>That could give some ideas.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Holy crap I totally forgot about that guy.<br/><br/>But I wasn't really concerned with that kind of ability to begin with. My concerns are towards the time travel and the frozen in time spell.<br/><br/>But maybe my concerns are for nothing. I guess if everyone else thinks it's okay, than my opinion really doesn't matter.