(05-06-2015, 10:05 AM)theincubuslord Wrote:(05-06-2015, 10:03 AM)Spiritual Machine Wrote: What, no one here gets their powers from friendship? I thought this was a Japanese RPG.
That's more a typical Western trope though, is it not? Like with Captain Planet and My Little Pony.
Chachan does! ... Kinda.
This may sound dumb, but I kinda have this concept of Variable Defense for Chachan where he's "as tough as he is needed" for situations. In a more fanciful sense, his latent aetheric well (which he can only slightly tap into with his Physic spell to heal bumps and bruises) is used to bolster his endurance and overall durability when those he cares about are in trouble. It still hurts like hell afterward - often needing a healing touch in particularly violent situations - but basically the desire to help his friends allows him to take a potentially fatal attack and dissipate its energy down just enough to make it non-fatal.
So yeah. Chachan's defensive powers come from friendship. Meanwhile, Gogon's powers come somewhat to person talent (Arcanima and general intelligence) and the rest from technologically abusing an existing source of knowledge and power. Judge's power comes from ~*spoilers*~ that I don't quite want to disclose quite yet.
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