abt thoughts on the evos/devos of the mane?
anyway using your thoughts i have some new ideas for the Mane Cast combat mechanics
Everypony has 3 basic attacks: Head But, Charge, Buck, but like a mage using his staff not every pony's best attack is physical.
AJ has the highest str so bucking is her strong suit, pair her with the DM Horseshoes and she has a chance to eject her target from the battle, (but her speed drops to a crawl and her str takes a hit but the weight of them lets her train her str and end faster)
she also has Throw, grabbing a item from her saddle bag and well...you get the idea, she has a infinite supply of apples which do horrible damage but on impact cover th target in apple sauce blinding or stunning them for a round.
her evolution is ??? her devolution is a golum - a giant iron pony construct.
TS is all about magic, her mana, and intel are the highest
she has acess to several telekentic moves shove, hold, move, knock down, with a attempt to shove them so hard and fast they are ejected from the battle. She is also something of a blue mage able to learn other magic tricks with study from the owner.
Evo mini celestia?, devo mini nightmare moon?
RD is all about speed, so her speed stat is highest
RD's signature move is the "Rainbow Dash" where she can hit up to 6 targets for light damamnge or circle one target six times.
evolution - super Dash think golden coat, speed boost, invunerability, the later via a ablative shiends that eats mana instead of hp once mana is goen then she takes hp damange...ALOT OF IT so
Fragile Speedster Luckiliy My Shield Will Protect Me
Devo: Griphon - what better then to have her devolve into a bigger jerkass then Gilda
Fluttershy - not sure of stat she would excell at or evo/devo maybe a manticore devo?
Fluttersly doesnt attack directly, but there is a chance she will target one enemy and Stare them down till the end of the battle, this means that both she and the monster become untargetable, the chance of doing a stare down increases with her friends being hurt.
Call for Help: her signature power summons animals to aid her, they have varied effects, single heal, group heal, a swarm of butterfly to cover their escape, even a few might do direct dammange, like say she manages to summon a manticore for aid, the summon is random.
Rarity?
Pinky Pie?
My battle engin can support up to 30 heroes, good for simulating a raid but like LAD the normal party max will be 8
7 friends, a robot, and a spirit, will find a way to protect us...if it kills them.