How do you RP out GLD/Flash and MRD/Overpower?

[ShoggMommy]

Totally like anchor howl.

Actually, if it were used.... mmm I'd have to agree with several others of it being a burst of energy/aether.

[Tiergan]

I view it as something of tool of a necessity. If you're a gladiator, you probably don't have much ability with aether.

 

Not enough to heal someone, to hurt them, to slow them, etc.

 

However if you use it just right... *flash*

 

It's the perfect sort of dirty trick a Gladiator would use, the aetherial equivalent of throwing sand in someone's eyes.

 

 

I like this and will probably run with it as the explanation for my character. o/ I kind of liked Tiergan being the aether-dumb guy while Lurial was the one between the two of them who really knows how to handle it to a certain extent.

[Erik Mynhier]

Aether, charge aether from the hand, through the handle and blade to the tip where it is released as a flash of blinding light. The ic effect is similar to a flash grenade. Used ic for a quick escape. The drawing arggo thing is more a mechanic and also doesnt fit, trust me, being hit with a flash grenade does not make you ignore others and attack one person, but it does give BLIND status lol.

[Harmonixer]

Totally like anchor howl.

Actually, if it were used.... mmm I'd have to agree with several others of it being a burst of energy/aether.

 

Anchor Howl and Castle of Stone was it? Eitherway, I was quite fond of that shows representation of tanks. Really badass.

 

I always assumed that Flash was an aether based radial blind using the weapon as a catalyst. Overpower, I hadn't ever considered for some reason.

[Raccoon]

I consider internal aether/chakra to be used regardless of a person's will, even if you don't have a talent for it or have enough of it to cast spells. All of your flashy attacks? Aether.

 

As for Flash, it could be an unconscious trigger of the flight or fight response, affecting those around you on an instinctive level through a sudden burst of aether that resonates with their own. And since you're using it against enemies, it triggers the fight side of it; in a city, you could RP using it to trigger the flight side of it in ordinary civilians. In anime terms, it could be the same as being able to sense or emanate bloodlust/killing intent. All the GLA/PLDs out there just consider it a special technique and don't try to reason out the underlying factors.

[ShoggMommy]

Totally like anchor howl.

 

Anchor Howl and Castle of Stone was it? Eitherway, I was quite fond of that shows representation of tanks. Really badass.

 

I always assumed that Flash was an aether based radial blind using the weapon as a catalyst. Overpower, I hadn't ever considered for some reason.

 

Indeed. Anchor Howl and Castle of Stone were often used by their tanks. One as the hate generator, the other sort of like stone skin in my thoughts, a defensive strategy.

 

I always considered Flash as an aether based radial blind as well.

[K'nahli]

 

+85 aggro

 

 

 

Were I to RP combat, I wouldn't reference in-game skills. I'd just explain exactly what I had in mind, totally of my own creation. I mean it's fine if you want to reference something because you like it but I wouldn't actually use them as though they are the actual techniques your instructors would have taught you, haha.

 

That said, they both imply aether-enhanced attacks, something of which none of my current characters actually utilize.

[Flickering Ember]

I like the idea of Flash being someone using their weapon to reflect light, but I figure it doesn't need to be that, necessarily.

Lol. I like this idea. Or! Paladin armor is so shiny that they can just blind people with their armor at will.

[Mahorela]

As stated previously I typically think it's best to RP it as a burst of aetherial energy. You don't have to be a mage to use aether (Such as how Monks use 'chakra') and the animation rather heavily implies that it's just that. I can see how people would prefer to RP it as shining light in people's eyes, but I think the most consistent version would be a burst of light since in the grand scheme of things it's a parlor trick and unless you're like 100% aetherically inept it's plausible for even a common swordfighter.

 

 

I think Overpower is in a similar boat. Some classes use aether in ways they don't expect, so while warriors aren't known for being aether users, this one could be similar to the chakra business in monks. They're trained to focus their will into an intensely powerful swing which is more or less the means to have a burst of aetherial energy issue forth from the head or point of impact. That's how I would RP it if I was going to, same with Tomahawk as being written off as my character channeling a large amount of focus into the head of the axe before swinging it towards the target.

 

I just keep it simple and ignore some abilities that don't suit my character in a roleplay sense, although currently that number is basically just two with tomahawk and overpower. If you RP the ability to use aetherytes then I don't think stuff like this is a far stretch even for the most magically inept characters. That is, of course, if they were taught such a thing, but given that Flash is the subject of a quest for gladiators it doesn't seem far fetched that it's a common and very useful ability.

[K'nahli]

I like the idea of Flash being someone using their weapon to reflect light, but I figure it doesn't need to be that, necessarily.

 

Hahaha, what?  I can just see someone struggling to get their sword at the right angle, holding out out in front of them with one eye closed and failing to get the direction of the beam right.

 

"JUST WAIT... I'm trying to do something clever..."