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unionoftheheart) wrote2012-05-24 11:16 pm
unionoftheheart) wrote2012-05-24 11:16 pm
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Skill #7
Advanced Swordplay
Regained - Skill Game #15, Snow, skill sharing
Notes - So this skill covers a fair amount of his advanced swordplay work. I am basically limiting this to physical attack commands that have no elemental associations, and picking only a few status attacks because that doesn't strike me as Ven's style particularly. Aerial Slam, Ars Arcanum, Binding Strike, Blitz, Quick Blitz, Sliding Dash, Slot Edge, Sonic Blade, and Stun Edge are what he gains from this skill, along with Reversal Slash and Counter Rush in the movement command category, and setting aside BBS game mechanics, you can generally assume that he's gotten a major boost in his swordplay ability, responsiveness, creativity, long combos, etcetera. (This kind of also counts as getting his combo and aerial combo extensions and combo finishing boost abilities in BBS lingo.) I've decided at this point that finish commands are going to be covered in a different skill.
In non-BBS lingo, he's picked up a variety of attacks beyond his usual basic combo. Very high-speed charging attacks, leaping swings of various sorts (some of which might stun you for a bit), ridiculous flurry of blows, smashing something up in the air and then back down from a great height. He's generally stronger and surer with his swordplay, and is much better at pressing a string of attacks without giving a moment to slip away from it and counterattack. He can counterattack viciously after blocking, and has an uncanny ability to dodge around behind you and slash at you from behind.
I should probably talk about how deck commands work for a bit, and how I'm handling them in Aather. Basically, in BBS, Ven has a ginormous array of commands to pick from, but he can only "equip" a certain small number at once. (Some major commands take two equip slots.) These commands cover special attacks, magic, items, break dancing, etcetera. There's no MP in BBS, though he obviously has MP limits in Aather due to powercap. Any skill (aside from items) will recharge itself after a certain brief time so that he can use it again. He can't switch out commands during battle.
In Aather, I'm considering Ven's "command deck" to be "those particular things that he is mentally prepared to do RIGHT NOW." I've got some decks listed in this post. Swapping decks registers as him taking a moment to switch gears. The command reload limits basically means that he can't spam a particular attack unless he's got multiples in his deck. So if he's just Sonic Bladed your ass, he won't be able to do it again for at least a few comments.
+20 fuck yeah I am badass!
Regained - Skill Game #15, Snow, skill sharing
Notes - So this skill covers a fair amount of his advanced swordplay work. I am basically limiting this to physical attack commands that have no elemental associations, and picking only a few status attacks because that doesn't strike me as Ven's style particularly. Aerial Slam, Ars Arcanum, Binding Strike, Blitz, Quick Blitz, Sliding Dash, Slot Edge, Sonic Blade, and Stun Edge are what he gains from this skill, along with Reversal Slash and Counter Rush in the movement command category, and setting aside BBS game mechanics, you can generally assume that he's gotten a major boost in his swordplay ability, responsiveness, creativity, long combos, etcetera. (This kind of also counts as getting his combo and aerial combo extensions and combo finishing boost abilities in BBS lingo.) I've decided at this point that finish commands are going to be covered in a different skill.
In non-BBS lingo, he's picked up a variety of attacks beyond his usual basic combo. Very high-speed charging attacks, leaping swings of various sorts (some of which might stun you for a bit), ridiculous flurry of blows, smashing something up in the air and then back down from a great height. He's generally stronger and surer with his swordplay, and is much better at pressing a string of attacks without giving a moment to slip away from it and counterattack. He can counterattack viciously after blocking, and has an uncanny ability to dodge around behind you and slash at you from behind.
I should probably talk about how deck commands work for a bit, and how I'm handling them in Aather. Basically, in BBS, Ven has a ginormous array of commands to pick from, but he can only "equip" a certain small number at once. (Some major commands take two equip slots.) These commands cover special attacks, magic, items, break dancing, etcetera. There's no MP in BBS, though he obviously has MP limits in Aather due to powercap. Any skill (aside from items) will recharge itself after a certain brief time so that he can use it again. He can't switch out commands during battle.
In Aather, I'm considering Ven's "command deck" to be "those particular things that he is mentally prepared to do RIGHT NOW." I've got some decks listed in this post. Swapping decks registers as him taking a moment to switch gears. The command reload limits basically means that he can't spam a particular attack unless he's got multiples in his deck. So if he's just Sonic Bladed your ass, he won't be able to do it again for at least a few comments.
+20 fuck yeah I am badass!