Raindrop Valkyrie

Basically normally Diggersby is actually pretty weak. It has a base 56 atk stat which is rather...well it's awful. However, the reason Diggersby is strong is Huge Power like mde said. With that ability Diggersby basically gets Free Swords Dance without having to set it up ((and can still get to +6)), so it's a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge ((Eh? EEEEEEEEEEEEEH?)) boon to Diggersby and makes it a powerhouse that doesn't need to set up, but can set up as well. ((since I think it gets SD.)) Without Huge Power, it's not really worth using. It suddenly becomes amazing as soon as it gets that Hidden Ability.

Na, they are probably just trying to help me out and also get to see what I'm going for if you can't. Trust me, they don't mean to jump on you and make it feel that way even if it does happen. People tend to forget the more numbers that pile on... the scarier it gets and the more it seems like you're ganging up on them even if that's not the goal. It jsut sorta happens. No one's trying to do that to you, but I totally get why it feels that way. SInce it's just like "Ahhh... now's there's tow that don't agree with me. OH LORD NOW THERE"S THREE" like jsut the pile on effect and even if it's not meant to do that it can. No worries dude lol. I totally get where you're coming from.

Kinda why I thought of doing it, but mostly jsut cause people would once again assume Revenge to be a "Male" emotion or Idea. I'd like to subvert that. Also, jsut not enough Lady Berserkers out there. and huuuuuuuuuush you're fiiiiiiine. Just cause I'm explain why I don't agree with you doesn't mean I'm make or jumping on you. I'm just defending what I see in the concept and why I want it that way. I'm trying to explain the story I'm telling or want to tell with this character. Your input is still valuable and I don't want you to not challenge the things you see. If you didn't hold a differing opinion it wouldn't be any fun nor would mine hold as much weight. The reasoning you presented rusty IS the reason I want Bravery to be there. Because more often or not it's seen as wholly evil, Revenge is considered wholly evil... However... it doesn't have to be and some of the greatest people were driven to action by it. They become what they were. The world is really messy, an more grey than black and white. This character is meant to skirt the boundaries of white and black in the sense of morality. They are meant to be looked at and maybe be able to be seen from some perspectives as evil, but... to also be looked up to. It's a matter of perspective. I like characters that aren't just fully goody two shoes mcgee, or Mister "I'mma twirl my mustache some more" McEvilDoer. I like grey because it's how life is... form different perspectives different things look different. So na, it's cool and I get where you're coming from. But this character is meant to challenge that very thing you said. That is why I'm going with what I want here. No hurt feelings dude, I'm a big boy. Just cause I don't agree and want to take something a different direction doesn't mean I'm mad you brought it up. I actually enjoy the conversation and want to make it so you see maybe where I'm coming from and why they have that Personal skill. I like a lot of what you have to say and enjoy the back and forth. Just cause I bring up soemthing in contrast doesn't mean "Hukuna doesn;t care what you're saying etc..." I'm definitely listening. I'm conversing back to you, I jsut want you to understand where I'm coming from is all. So chill, we're cool dude XD.

Basically if I wanted to paint all of human emotion as a vile evil thing Mental Pollution would be in. But what I'm doing here represents more or less, the Anti-Hero or those that find Bravery form what could be considered a selfish source. Revenge, and the emotions of Anger don't need to be considered evil and too often are. They are a part of being human after all. TO me, saying that it's flat out evil is more or less wrong. That is, the very meaning of ideals, the ones that say what is good and desired of people and what you shouldn't do, that people tell you how you should be how you should, how you are a good person. Don't give into your emotion because to them, that's wrong. They are afraid of that, because if people can get mad and stand up for themselves have the drive to do that,... things might not go well for them.I want this character to more or less fly in the face of that. Because Emotion is not inherently evil or not heroic. I want this specifically, because Bravery, isn't just from the sources that Fate has shown. SOmetimes it comes from a more selfish place, but to me... that isn't wrong or evil. It might not be the shining example of a hero, but Heros are just that, a collection of antiquated ideals. They are barely human... as evidenced that it works while his Mad Enhancement is one. Cause perhaps... his Mad Enhancement isn't a forced evil. Perhaps it because it's a manifestation of the want to stand up for one's self to take their life into their own hands and do something. There's a reason their sanity is not lost this time... because Revenge is very sane. Also, thinking of changing Revenge to female mostly cause all my current characters are male at current.

The thing is... I like it being Bravery that breaks the rules, cause Revenge basically represents the Anti-hero in some ways. I kinda want it to be ore or a Bravery from not heroic sources and to really feel like he's breaking the mold in that way. It sounds weird, but it paints a picture that I like. That one doesn't have to be 100% a hero to be Brave. I like breaking that, and Fate loves breaking it's rules a lot.

And? Just cause it's true of Herc doesn't mean it holds true always for all Berserkers. Just because it happened once doesn't mean it will happen every time a Servant has that combo of personal skills. Bravery on Herc is incapable because it. However it's probably makes more sense to put Mental Pollution to more accurately represent that this guy isn't exactly the easiest individual to get along with.

I dunno, interesting Berserkers are actually kinda cool. Ones that are sorta augmented by it rather than horribly weakened in anything but raw power. I just like the idea of a Berserker that wants to be one. It's not something I feel Fate plays with enough.

Just think I'd be interesting to see this Ideal/Concept clash with Honor. Basically, the Ideals of a hero, a true Idealistic view of a hero, fight one that is a a purely human and emotionally driven version of one. That and I really think it's a good opportunity to have a different type of Berserker, one's that's not entirely just super crazy mad and isn't to crippled by being in the class... really it just fun to try and make Berserkers that actually want to be Berserkers. Like really, not being a Berserker, Revenge would be maximum garbage. ((Also... I'm too good at making Berserkers and just really starting to like it.)) Revenge

Sure thing... now for me to decide what the hell she actually wants for a second mon... What was the Base Power limit for starting moves again? I kinda forget and don't feel like searching around in the thread to find it XD.

I mean of course but that's for general Discussion and you know, "Man this game was crazy hehe" stories etc... this is more meant to be a semi-regular guide to certain decks that are in meta that go in-depth in describing them. Think about a Team Showcase or RMT for Pokemon, but jsut for Hearthstone instead. This Series would aim to take a deck and really analysis it down to the nitty gritty, what certain cards did in the standard list, maybe provide some Meta Tech card ideas etc. It's meant to be way more in depth. The Main Thread is more for just talking about the game, usually in a casual manor. This would be basically to help players improve, learn about new decks and ultimately start climbing Ladder if they so choose. I may even do some that would specialize on Arena and it's meta, but it would be much more in-depth on certain topics. Basically, this format wouldn't working the main thread. It's too detailed a look at something and probably get ignored or eat up all the discussion leaving people without a place to just share their "I just kicked butt like you wouldn't believe" stories without just butting in. It wouldn't play nice with the normal actual Thread since it needs o be able to thrive on it's own discussion with people being able to more easily suggest Tech cards they think I missed or just their builds of a deck they think are really good or work for them. Perhaps even have Budget versions of that deck that players with less cards could run to get in on the ground floor and get a taste of the deck they really want in the end but don't quite have everything for.

Yea, I'd be fine with that XD. Solves needing to finagle how it ends up going down quite a bit, besides I think it would be a pretty damn fun battle XD

Howdy folks, and welcome to my Inn! Why don't ya take a seat by the Fireplace and prop up those feet o' yers. After all, it's cold out there isn't it? Have a drink, a hearty meal perhaps to warm that frame o' yers. But, certainly don't forget to play a nice game of Hearthstone as well. Silliness aside really welcome! today I'm going to discuss a pitch, mostly to see if there are enough folks interested in me doing this big ol' shabang. I know I briefly touched on it in a post within the main thread but I think it's time I make an actual effort towards it and make my pitch to you guys. Before that though let me Introduce myself. I don't make that common a foray outside of the Roleplay forums on this very site, but I think I'd like to make an effort to step out juuuuuust a little and really have some. Many of you might know me as the RP Sensei, or... maybe not at all do to how rarely I poke my head around places. Either way, I'm glad you choose to read my thread and I hope you really dig this idea and you really help out. I think the Daily Special ((name still a working title and not set in stone.)) The Pitch: What I want to do here is make a semi-regular topic that discusses or spotlights current decks in the meta of Hearthstone. How strong these decks are has little merit into the discussion, however It'll be fun to cover some big hitters in the meta and hit those hidden gems as well. I'm also thinking of doing class spotlights and talking about Classes in general and really getting a working understanding of Cards etc out there to the people. I want this to be a resource that they can use to learn and grow. While I may just start out with Deck Spotlights, I want to try and do Class Spotlights, Card Spotlights ((like Epic Cards maybe as a whole topic, or cards that have certain effects, that kind of thing. Or even maybe just focusing on 1 card in specific.)) perhaps even heavier topics like Deck Formulating etc can be done in the future as well. The thing is, this will take a looooooooooooad of work. So, I'm not sure I can 1. Do it with how much stuff I'm already doing. 2. On my own, and 3. If there's enough interest to even warrant this. After all, at times the thread for it already is pretty slow and halts to a pretty hardcore crawl at times so I worry if it's worth me doing something that will take so much work and work that other places have Experts for. I certainly don't know everything under the sun so... it's definitely pretty tough for me to easily do this on my own. I would definitely need images of all the cards to be able to use in a neat organized database I can easily pull from. Kinda like this ((though I just lazily uploaded this to imgur for an example.)) So if there's any convenient database that is known about send it my way, or, help me compile that bad boy XD. This way it's easy to have a visual representation of the card and to easily show someone the card without vaguely explaining it, or having to explain it to a new player from a nebulous position. Also so I don't have to explain it literally anytime I talk about it, it's right there for the player to look at and understand. ((Gold Card animations are completely unnecessary, however, might be nice to have for Singular Card spotlights just for extra awesome!)) Token Cards ((things that are generated by other cards and aren't obtainable.)) being ripped would also be helpful that way I can put the Tokens out as well for easy reference. Also, on my own it'll take awhile for me to compile up the information for a singular discussion thread and to maintain the main thread for discussion and feedback on the series, hosting the all the previous editions and discussing what people will want to see potentially from next week's(("from next very loose segment of time and stuff's" just doesn't sound very catchy...)) edition. I will typically screenshot the entirety of the deck Ultimately I'd love to have a person who was the Expert for each class in the game on a panel etc, but that's being overly optimistic already for one and they'd have to be pretty strong players, Even I'm not too confident in my skills at the moment and really need to brush up and finally pull my weight into Legend rank. I'd love to hear what people think and if there's actually... any interest in this idea. Maybe if there were those willing to help me make it a reality as well! Well, I shall let you discuss and ask me some questions and what not. Have at it! Maybe, you'd like me to do an example of it before you folks are convinced? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the read and hope I get some people talking in here about this. Would you like to see this? Should I just focus on Deck Spotlights or should it be varied and flip around to different subjects? I'd love if you guys could ask some questions of me, or answer mine to you. Anyway, Hukuna Sensei...Out~

That one is actually entirely coincidence since I got Azegeor from a random name generator when I wrote this initially. Times is a reference though yes XD. I couldn't actually say Undertale is an inspiration for it... but can at the same time. It wasn't out when I originally wrote it and yet... it fits the wheelhouse of what I'm going for like sooooooooo well. I'd say Overlord is probably more the vibes that it was about since Overlord I'm in love with and it sparked me wanting to write this giant mess of an experiment, but now Undertale as well. So Undertale is definitely going to seep in a bit at times XD. But yea, it's funny how something that plays with the very ideas I wanted to, came out while I was writing it. Like it's suuuuper funny and awesome a coincidence XD. Name: Lord Cyllis ((note, this is a self appointed title, he's not actually a lord.)) Race: Mantis Lord [insectoid], a more regal version of your typical Mantis Man. Their hands are normal other than their middle finger being a blade ((they tend to be made fun of for this.)) The rest of their body is humanoid and mimics the human body but in a much more bug like fashion. Their wings aren't just decorative either and they can actually fly with them though it takes great strain. Chosen Ability: Flying Age: 550 ((Old as hell by Mantis Man standards.)) Appearance: An old decrepit old man of a Mantis. He well decorated and powerful looking despite his age. His chitin is a ruddy brown similar to that of wet mud in most places however due to his advanced age the further from his midriff the more dried out the colour looks, with the extremities looking like desert sand. He has a mock beard made of hardened chitin that hangs tightly on his chin giving it the appearance of well trimmed facial hair. Personality: He was a Staunch Supporter of Solomon until the bloody bloody end, and still prefers the old coot's methods. It was obvious this would be the case considering that he was the head general of Castle Dour for nearly 400 years and was one of Solomon's old drinking buddies ((well... Solomon couldn't actually drink since... undead... it's a metaphor.)). They were very close and shared similar ideals. Being one that clung to the past as much as he did, he couldn't accept the old man lost his mind and refused to budge on it and to this day says he would've been easy to convince out of his madness. Either way, the self proclaimed Lord of Blades is just an old man who tells his old war stories boasting of the old days and old conquests. Whether or not he could make new ones is entirely up to debate. Class: Lord of Blades [Warrior] Lesser Abilities: Tier 1: Katana Specialist*, Longsword Specialist, Flammenschwert Specialist, Medium Armour Specialist, Breaker Blade, Reflex Guard, Flash of Steel, Flame's Lash, Grit. Tier 2: 8 Unknown. Tier 3: 8 Unknown. Tier 4: Katana Expert, Longsword Expert, Flammenschwert Master, Medium Armour Expert, Fourfold Heaven's Strike ((also famous for creating this move, even the human world knows that. Also taught it to Times, and every Head Royal Guard before him, as a formality.)) Flash of Flame, Dragoon's Blade, Lightning Reflexes. Tier 5: 8 Unknown. Tier 6: Katana Master, Longsword Master, Flammenschwert Master, Medium Armour Master, 4 Unknown. Tier 7: God Slash ((World Renowned inventor of the move, taught it to Times and every other leader of the Royal Guard as a formal welcoming.)), Blade Shadow, Puppet Blade, Blink. Tier 8: Sunder the Mountain, Vorpal Blades. Tier 9: Katana God. Signature Abilities: Avatar of Blades Boast of the Century: Background: Old as the beginning of days, it was said Cyllis was around before there was a Castle Dour... at least... the boaster claims. How accurate this is is unknown since this shitester rarely tells the truth and most don't bother refuting anything he says. However, what is well established is he's been the Commander of Dour's ground forces for nearly 400 years. As the Lord of Blades ((a self-proclaimed title)), the old coot was always a master of the blade. That's even a gross understatement. He understood the sword more than most, even able to seemingly replicate magic with one by learning to ignite his blade with flames or even create shadows of it that could cut a foe. He inventing countless techniques, that even Humans and the other Free Races heard of, and eventually, learned how to use. They were well cemented in many sword styles, most of which were created by Cyllis himself. However, due to his boasting nature, it hard to say how much is really accurate. He prefers having multiple sword for different situations, learning three to mastery, one to the point he is hard to refute being the best in the world with in his hands. Even in his old age he continues to create more styles and learn more about the blade. ********************************************* Name: Countess Sybil Contiello Race: Vampiress [Living Flesh] Age: 6780 Appearance: A Flawless Beauty, her skin is the normal pallor of an undead but it doesn't affect how beautiful she looks. She has a voluptuous figure of an older woman in around her 30's. She tends to wear crimson blood red gowns and over the top clothing that is probably a display of wealth. She commonly wears a brooch that has the look of a black widow, and also one of a baying hound. Both are symbols of the Contiello family. While the Hound is typically for the males... Sybil doesn't really give a shit and wears it anyway. Her being the "head" of the family... most don't say anything. Personality: The unflappable and unbreaking Sybil Contiello. She's not one to take crap from anyone, not even those of her own family... or her own husband. While not the head of the family in name... everyone knows she's really in charge. Her will is unbreaking and her opinions almost never waver. She's well known to be hard to deal with and is a name easily feared through out the Castle. Class: Queen of Blood [Mage] Lesser Abilities: Tier 1: Magic Missile, Whip Specialist, Blood Steal, Blood Spiral, Suggestion, Burning Hands, Barkskin 1 Unknown Tier 2: Acid Arrow, Charm Person, Order, 5 unknown. Tier 3: Hypnotic Eyes, Spider's Web, Spectral Hound, Charm Monster, Iron Skin, Fireball, 2 Unknown. Tier 4: Inver's Black Tentacles, Hold Person, Improved Charm, Blood Spear, Steel Skin, 3 Unknown Tier 5: Transfusion, Cone of Poison, Invisibility, Decree. Tier 6: Serpent's Kiss, Demon's Kiss. Tier 7: Cloud Kill. Signature Abilities: WIP Bloody Rose: The Widow's Web: Background: The Contiello's were the most powerful and influential Vampire family within the Vampire courts for near millennium, Typically standing towards the top easily. They were incredibly wealthy, but more importantly... vastly intelligent and crafty. They were also bounds ahead of those that would look to take their power, their assets, wealth. They nearly ran all of the Underdark at one point when it still existed. This earned them a well respected spot among Castle Dour. They had a whole quarter of the Castle that was considered their, or the Brass Gold Quarter it is better known. It is widely considered the most illustrious part of the Castle, having an extremely pertinent sense of wealth... to points it almost ceased being beautiful.. and was borderline tacky and gaudy. They treated the area more or less as their Summer Retreat but didn't visit all that often. As such their Servants there more or less became integrated with the normal Staff of the castle. However, it was unfortunate timing that Sybil and her husband Belmond, decided to pay a long due visit to the Night Lord Solomon. They were weary of all the political fallout in the Underdark due to their involvement with a particularly scandalous rash of Turnings. The Underdark was nearly at capacity and the new flood of servants they created wasn't particularly looked fondly upon by many. So, Sybil snatched up some of her favourite servants and prepared to move towards Dour to weather the storm or really just avoid it for time being. They couldn't have picked a worse time. Even though they would've still been attacked rather heavily by the Free Race forces if they remained elsewhere in the Underdark, it was in Dour that they got sealed away with the others. At least the Nobles of the Underdark wouldn't bother them anymore... as all of it burned in the war. They were stuck in Dour for 100 years... to Sybil it was nearly the blink of an eye no time at all. She went about her business actually carving out a pocket of power for herself, her husband and their family within the Castle. Being one of the most powerful Mages in the castle helped things, and further her unabashed use of bewitching magics. It was dangerous to fall into the Blood Widow's web... dangerous indeed.

NPC Profile for our Lord of the Night. Name: Azegeor of the Night Faith Race: Lich Lord [bone Fiend], The most dreaded of Undead. Spellcasters that bore their lives into an unnatural long state in defiance of nature. A conscious choice... the voluntary discarding of their humanity the price. Age: Unknown, thought to be nearly the same age as Solomon before him. Appearance: Azegeor cuts a strong imposing figure, which is strange for one that is primarily a mage. He has the bone structure of one that was noble in life, if he had skin he'd probably be pretty handsome... or vilely repulsive, it's hard to tell. He wears Robes as black as night and a matching cloak studded with small shining diamonds to represent the stars. It is the well known Cloak of the Night, the right of any Lord of Night. He also is always wearing a necklace that ends with a motif of a fist clenching a blade, blood spilling out either side. Next to it resides another motif, that of a Raven clenching a skull. They are attached to a simple string, nothing made of any precious metal. Personality: Grim, very grim. He's rarely seen out and about in the castle, but when he is it known that he is rather grim and dour. He is rather kind to those he talks to however. He's got a rather positive outlook for those that follow him, but... as a ruler ((and previously)) he always worried about the safety of Dour and the ability of the Monsters to once more carve a spot in this violent world. So long had they been locked away the very World on the outside probably shifted so much. He worried for Dour in the world at large and whether or not they would ever be able to venture outside the walls once more. Class: The 13th Lord of the Night [Mage] Lesser Abilities: Up to 9th. Ooooooh Spooooooky!!!!! Signature Abilities: Nocturne of the Damned. Background: Not much is known about the mysterious Azegeor, how he came to the Castle is shrouded in more mystery than how the humans even discovered Castle Dour in the first place.What is known is that he has an extremely dark past he refuses to speak about even when pressed. What ever it is, it haunts him. Probably the regret of how he ended up as a Lich or something else. It's uncertain. It is known however that he lead the party to overthrow Old Insane Solomon, the once dreaded 12th Lord of the Night. He had turned into a pile of unreliable insanity, a miserable old addled being that no longer had any reasoning. Azegeor knew something needed to be done and Solomon removed from power or else they'd remain with the Gates closed forever. The plotting took many years as it was hard to do anything out of sight of the guards of the Paranoid old Lord. But Azegeor and a few trusted advisers discussed how they would end Solomon's reign in secret. They discussed for many long years whenever they could how tehy would do it. They failed a few times, but never in a way that the Old Solomon even knew their plot was in action. They were meticulous and calculated. They made sure he'd never find out even if they failed since if they did, they'd almost never be able to get at him again. Screams filled the Castle one day as they wrested control, in one fell swopp the Old Bastard was gone and now Azegeor sat on the throne. However, there was still opening the door that remained... unfinished.

Okay,I think I've got it. I guess anyone who wants to battle Drake just lemme know XD. And yea does seem a lot cleaner. I wasn't a huuuuge part of Ymora last time so you'll have to pardon the questions I'll have XD.

So, like a jump cut? Where we do the battle in another thread and in the main thread RP getting to where it ended up happening. Basically, we fill in the context through the IC, but RP out the battle while getting to that point in the Battle Thread? Am I getting that right?

How exactly will we be doing this? Just... by way of the IC? I just want to be clear on exactly how we're workin' this. Pretty certain I know my second mon already so not worried about that.

Emberly, Claude "Of course, she's my partner I want the best for this little girl. She's my everything and my partner through and through. She'll be with me most of my journey. We'll stand at the top together one day I know it. So, of course I have to take care of her. After all, even if it's not a Contest battle, looking good is still important, gotta look cool and awesome as a trainer too. It's just not as big an aspect just for looks as a trainer." she said with a giggle. She did mean it, one should look the part of being powerful. Contest battles were about appearance foremost, where as trainers were more about raw power and skill. They both had these aspects but one focused on the other much more closely. Emberly found the action, the skill and the power to be more exciting, more fulfilling than the appearance parts and why she was a trainer, but she didn't see anything wrong with the trade Coordinators did. Really trainers and coordinators were two sides of the same coin. They were just different kinds of a similar concept. One cared more for appearance and the art behind a battle and Pokemon. The other more towards power and the skills of battling. But... were they really so different? In Drake's mind... not really no. Whisper enjoyed being petted like she always did. She really loved that spot as well. She nearly purred like a cat... it was strange from a puppy, so it clearly wasn't purring. Either way though it was obvious she was enjoying the attention. Drake was happy too, Whisper tended to not really care for others, but today she met two people she got along with. That was a new record for sure.

Emberly, Claude The little Growlithe used her move Odor Sleuth again quite like she had earlier with Addy and her Tropius. It probably wasn't noticable to Claude as Odor Sleuth enhanced Whisper's sense of smell and did things internally rather than externally. Once more she took a deep whiff of the trainer's hand getting a sense of what they were like. This one smelled quite different from Addy, though, due to their Pokemon both being grass types they had similar undertones. This one more the scent of fresh linens, probably as a result of the Cottonee. Whisper didn't sneeze this time as the fresh smell wasn't quite as active or vigorous as the Tropical scent all over Addy. It was actually rather relaxing and felt a lot like home. Whisper even looked sleepy for a second having taken a deep breath of it it was that relaxing. She rubbed her head on Claude's hand to indicate she was okay with being pet. Looking down at Whispre reminded Drake she forgot to mention something, she gasped a little as she saw her rubbing her head against Claude's hand. "That means she okay with you touching her. She's trying to tell you to pet her behind the ears that's her favourite spot." Twice in one day, one time even in public. Perhaps Whisper was starting to get over her fears more and more. That made Drake produce a big dumb grin. She was so happy that Whisper was starting to be more and more comfortable around people. She used to be so afraid. Maybe the big shock of all those people in line before really ended up helping her. Diving into the deep end and being forced to learn, forced to float. Drake felt that it seemed a bit mean, but in the same note that there wasn't any actual harm that could come to Whisper... quite the opposite really. She was surprised she didn't decide to turn anyone into barbarque today.