|
| Re: To rage or not to rage [message #54918 is a reply to message #54917 ] |
Mon, 05 March 2012 21:58   |
 |
 Sir Lee
Messages: 3110
Registered: May 2005
Location: São Paulo, Brazil |
|
|
|
Well, sure. If the character does not have instinctive control of her ability, it would demand lots of concentration to use the ability effectively. Which strong emotions tend to disrupt.
It would make for a character who, even if technically very powerful, would be ill-suited to combat. But this could yield a couple interesting situations...
Take, for instance, a powerful TK who is easily disturbed. Not suitable for combat, so our guy takes some quiet job where his abilities are useful -- like, say, making fine jewelry. Then some thugs decide to rob his store. They hold a gun to his head (he panics and promptly loses his power), tie him up and throw him in the back room. Where he has the time and quiet to calm down...
Don't call me Shirley. You will surely make me surly.
--
Sent from my Bugs Industries® bPhone™
|
|
|
| Re: To rage or not to rage [message #54919 is a reply to message #54917 ] |
Mon, 05 March 2012 22:14 |
khade
Messages: 1639
Registered: May 2011
Location: Rockies |
|
|
|
|
It's not what you're asking, but I'm pretty sure that Eldritch, when she gets mad, gets cold, still berserk, but she wastes no movements or time on being angry.
|
|
|
|
| Re: To rage or not to rage [message #54930 is a reply to message #54924 ] |
Tue, 06 March 2012 00:07 |
polarone
Messages: 435
Registered: May 2011
Location: Orion Arm of the Milky Wa... |
|
|
|
A good example would be sleethr's Whisper while using STIM.
There are many examples of characters who can go into an uncaring or emotionless rampage.
"Quote."
|
|
|
|
| Re: To rage or not to rage [message #54938 is a reply to message #54930 ] |
Tue, 06 March 2012 03:50 |
 |
tristra
Messages: 281
Registered: February 2012
Location: North GA |
|
|
|
The idea is not emotionless rampage but that a person has to keep there emotions in check or there powers weaken or turn off totally.
I'm trying to think of a comic example of this from some major story set but am drawing a blank, I am not sure that mainstream has any big characters with powers that work like this except Mystics, like Dr. Strange who need concentration to use there power and hold its effects.
This would be similar to that but they would have to go all Jedi and put themselves above there emotions to do there best.
You know, Jedi does fit as an example very well.
it is touched even in the movies that a Jedi is supposed to forgo all extremes of emotion good and bad, and they are supposed to seek to think beyond being swayed by there feelings because that is the path to the dark side.
or in this case that is the path to loosing there power.
Diane
I like that idea, it's pretty cool and would be one way to make the affect happen
A symbiotic Avatar that can't force it's will on the spirit, so they have to work by the spirits rules to get the benefit of its powers. Perhaps the Spirit has a sensitivity to emotions that disrupts it's powers.
To further that thought a person could be an Avatar and have two spirits one that gives powers when they are emotional and the other when they are peaceful and it could be like a sliding scale between the two, a constant struggle for balance.
but that's just a guess, there was talk of an avatar having more than one spirit but I haven't seen it yet except when Jinn and Jann were caught, not sure if that counts though as they are effectively the same person.
Wait yes I have. when Jinn was trying to train to defend against Avatars. So yes an idea like this could work, I think.
[Updated on: Tue, 06 March 2012 03:54]
-----Yes I'm picky, but only in the pursuit of curious tidbits. -----
|
|
|
| Re: To rage or not to rage [message #54946 is a reply to message #54938 ] |
Tue, 06 March 2012 11:18 |
 |
Cockle
Messages: 646
Registered: July 2011
Location: UK |
|
|
|
There are all manner of abilities that require concentration, but that alone wouldn't be terribly interesting.
I'd take Diane's Avatar idea, and couple it with a physical change so that when the spirit goes off in a huff, the person reverts to "normal". Plenty of options there. My personal favourite would be an Apollonian hero reverting to a mindless jock: a Front Row Union member.
|
|
|
|
| Re: To rage or not to rage [message #55798 is a reply to message #54949 ] |
Fri, 23 March 2012 08:15 |
Mikeli Soth
Messages: 98
Registered: May 2011 |
|
|
|
and his name was Zen.
"Screw tactics guys, we're going in epic!"
|
|
|
Members
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
