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#261476 Japanese Teeth Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:17:15 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Story: What I mean is that he figured out new ways to apply his Geass rather than randomly going "Oh, by the way, it can now go through walls" or whatever. Compared to say, Ichigo, he certainly doesn't pull new powers out of his ass. Although his plans certainly go into Xanatos Roulette, though.

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#261477 Applelight Limited Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:17:24 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Well like, for example, he has a flare spell. He shoots a jet of burning sparks up into the air that can linger around, completely illuminating the area. However, if he aims his horn at the enemy, it becomes a handy ranged attack. He can can't make it more powerful or anything like that. It all demands on the aim.

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#261478 Japanese Teeth Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:18:54 PM from Meinong's jungle

See, this is why I'm on the fence about One Piece. On one hand, it uses the whole "weird powers" thing better than just about everything except Jojos Bizarre Adventure. On the other hand, I think it has one of the ugliest art styles of any manga I've ever read.

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#261479 storyyeller Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:19:13 PM from Appleloosa

Talk about New Powers as the Plot Demands with this kid...

Dwarves in Artemis Fowl are worse. They get a new power every book.

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#261480 Death Cloud Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:20:14 PM from Horsehead Nebula

I'm not big fan of Badass Normal they are to often trieted as better that superpowered character because of their lack of powers (that often hapen with Batman). Or to have abilities who normals shouldn't have.

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#261481 Applelight Limited Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:20:21 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ Mousa

Yeah I don't get that one on one thing Shonen does. If you team up, you become much better!

My engineer could hitch a ride on the back of one of the Pegasi as he shoots at targets.

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#261482 storyyeller Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:20:51 PM from Appleloosa

What I mean is that he figured out new ways to apply his Geass rather than randomly going "Oh, by the way, it can now go through walls" or whatever. Compared to say, Ichigo, he certainly doesn't pull new powers out of his ass. Although his plans certainly go into Xanatos Roulette, though.

Oh I thought you were talking about the battles. The geass stuff is pretty clever.

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#261483 Sky Strike Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:20:57 PM from Trottingham

@story The progression of dwarves is pretty ridiculous.

"Oh, you can dig really fast? Ok. And sonar beard thing? That makes sense. Wait, luminescent, tough saliva?"

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#261484 Mousa The 14 Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:21:02 PM from Northern Virginia

Ugliest.. Art styles...

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#261485 Wryte Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:21:31 PM

I'm particularly drawn to BadassNormals myself, so my main characters tend to be ordinary humans. One exception to this is a guy named Dornen who eventually acquires a source of immense magical power called the Seed of Evil by killing the sorcerer who previously possessed it. Dornen loses his left arm in the process, and the magic usually manifests as sort of replacement limb when he uses it, because that's about as much as he can wrap his mind around, but he resists using it as much as possible mainly to spite the voices of its previous masters whispering to him from inside his head.

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#261486 Mr AHR Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:22:15 PM from ಠ_ಠ

One Piece is pretty damned detailed. It just takes a while to get used to the oddness of the art style.

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#261487 Applelight Limited Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:22:35 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

I'd only have one character who 'changes'...the Engineer...because he refines and improves the design.

Stats at MK 2...goes onto MK 3 etc.

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#261488 Sky Strike Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:24:31 PM from Trottingham

Sorry to derail, but I've been reading about Keanu Reeves, and I'm convinced he's immortal. If not, he's still a really nice guy.

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#261489 storyyeller Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:24:45 PM from Appleloosa

"Oh, you can dig really fast? Ok. And sonar beard thing? That makes sense. Wait, luminescent, tough saliva?"

You forgot lockpicking, gas propulsion, suction cup pores, and being immune to the bends.

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#261490 Sky Strike Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:26:10 PM from Trottingham

@story The gas propulsion kinda makes sense, but the suction cups and lockpick were pretty bad. And the "no bends" was horrible.

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#261491 Badwolfwho Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:26:17 PM from Stardust Road

I don't mind coming up more power via sheer willpower. I'm a fan of BURNING JUSTICE!

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#261492 Death Cloud Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:27:37 PM from Horsehead Nebula

@Sky he is immortal, but after some decades he regenerate to regain his youth.

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#261493 marston Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:27:53 PM from America

Since we're talking about powers and Badass normal's, here's this journal.

http://jarredspekter.deviantart.com/journal/Normal-Heroes-Much-Needed-315525023

#261494 storyyeller Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:28:37 PM from Appleloosa

Anyway, I think Opal Deception is where it got really egregious. Also, Light is better at exploting his power in inventive ways than Lelouch was.

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#261495 Sky Strike Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:29:16 PM from Trottingham

@marston Ginger would love that.

@story Egregious, you say?

edited 29th Jul '12 5:29:37 PM by SkyStrike

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#261496 Drenius Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:29:45 PM from Northern Virginia

What's got you thinking he's immortal, Sky?

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#261497 ATC Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:31:04 PM from Sleeping

I tend to give my non-human characters incredible powers with incredible drawbacks.

Ecksample; A certain characters can turn into a being of flame and a crocodile; but water has the effect on her that mercury has on humans; and her blood doesn't clot so a nosebleed paper cut or shower could kill her.

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#261498 Sky Strike Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:32:54 PM from Trottingham

@Drenius Read the thing at the bottom of his page.

Nice avatar, by the way.

edited 29th Jul '12 5:33:02 PM by SkyStrike

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#261499 Blissey 1 Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:32:54 PM from a random Pokècenter

This is great. I'm trying to write a Shonen comic, and I want to know the pitfalls.

you know we have a page for that sorta stuff, right?

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#261500 Mousa The 14 Sun, 29th Jul '12 5:33:02 PM from Northern Virginia

I never worry about weaknesses, if your character can die from a bullet wound, he's vulnerable enough.

The pitfalls section fails to mention my very irritation and even endorses it by advocating the flipping Touernament Arc! AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!

edited 29th Jul '12 5:34:09 PM by MousaThe14

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