Winds Blown Differently

Skife nodded. "I'll need my strength if he comes back... and, after dinner, I need to talk to you in private, Mr. Belmont."

<Ignore combo breaker! No, I think someone thawed him out.>

Gavin, Pell, and Robin all hear the invitation to eat, and come running to the kitchen. "I am. "Same here." "I'll eat."

Blake was downstairs now. "Hey. Shegee told me to." Julie burst into laughter.

<Ready when you are Zelda.>

<After the meal have Blake go on the back porch for whatever reason and he'll be approached.>

Skife also chuckled. "Yeah, Sheogorath is one mad hatter. I don't have the Wabbajack, but..." He cast a spell, and got crushed by a giant gummi block. Muffled by the giant building material, he yelled, "I got the Spontaneous Object spell... Ow..."

Blake sat down. He muttered,"Get her off your mind..."

Skife said, muffled by the giant gummi block that was crushing him, "OK, time to get rid of this block." A large, white pentagram appeared in front of the giant gummi block. One flash of light later, and the block was gone, and Skife was standing upright. "Luminescence."

<Luminescence: A level 7 light spell, dealing heavy light damage to all enemies in range (max target: 7)>

Rexial, who was now inside, sitting in the corner, shrugged. "Eh, I'm more a fan of Luminaire, myself."

Skife raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And what is this 'Luminaire' you speak of?"

"It's a technique used by a young swordsman named Crono. I'm pretty sure it's completely magic-based, and it's Thunder elemental, most likely." Rexial shrugged.

Skife said, "Well, Luminescence is a light-elemental spell, and a lot more powerful than Holy."

<Y'know, I had a good ol' rant ready about how that spell seems particularly...overpowered. Then it got erased. The gist of it is, I've never seen a game with more than what I'd consider 5 tiers of magic. In terms of Final Fantasy:

Standard level
-Ra
Ga
Ja
Flare/Holy/Ultima

Hell, Kingdom Hearts...where, let's not forget, THIS STORY TAKES PLACE, only has three: Standard, Standardra, Standardga. Long story short, we are utterly breaking the system here, and this kinda thing is the reason why. It's like inserting the Spirit Bomb into Zatch Bell. It doesn't work within the context of the story unless you add some plot contrivance.>

<Well, here's Skife's basic level system for BM spells:

1: Standard level
2: -ra
3: -ga
4: Tier 2 spells (Holy, Ultima, Flare, Tornado, etc.)
5: -ra of those spells
6: -ga of those spells (Ultimara goes here as well)
7: Concurrences (They're from FFXII, so just do a google search)
8: -Blast/Storm Spells (Just shiftable forms of the above) (Ultimaga is here)
9: Ultimate Spells (These spells are most of the final forms of the spells above)
10: ??? (Reserved especially for Apocalypse (the ultimate damage-based spell) and one other spell))

<And you went wrong somewhere around number 5. Ultima is the single most powerful spell in most FF games. With the obvious exception of VI, in which it's Kefka's weakest attack. Ultima, Flare, and Holy are spells that should not have -ra or -ga attached to them. I don't feel like googling Concurrences...partially because I really don't like FFXII, and partially because I've played Dissidia and know what Luminescence is.

That being said, it's fine if you bring in these "Concurrences," but please, nerf them. As I said, Ultima is meant to be THE most powerful spell. I'm okay with Apocalypse being stronger because...well, let's see what happens when I end the world, but aside from that...please restructure this a bit.>

<Yeah... Well, I can get rid of the level up's for Ultima, and have it jump straight to Apocalypse, instead of having those intermediary spells. As for Holy, I'll keep those spells there, as Holy is the only FF light spell in the game, and if I jump straight to Luminescence, well, as Concurrences are going to be nerfed... And, when I say Flare, I mean the fire elemental spell from XI, not the non-elemental one.>

<Alright, that makes sense. And I wasn't saying get rid of Holy, Flare, Meteor, or anything like that. I was just saying that it's incredibly broken if the single most powerful spell normally accessible in the game...was only 40% of his maximum.

And regarding Flare...I never personally viewed it as non-elemental. I would always forget that it wasn't Fire...so I'm also perfectly okay with it being fire-attribute, especially so if, as you say, it is indeed Fire in one of the games. I wouldn't know, I never played that one in particular.>

<Yeah, XI was online, and sort of like WoW, where you have to pay for a subscription. On another note, fire-attribute Flare is actually a HP attack used by Shantotto in Dissidia>

Ven nodded and began serving food, "Eat up. We don't get chances to eat meals like this often. Most of the time, it's quick stuff from the fridge." He explained passively as he finished up the serving.

Riku shrugged. "Or, in my case," he said, sitting, "I have to go hunting around the forest for berries...and animals. I do quite a bit of training there."

Skife sat down to eat.

.//twisted.fate wrote:<Yeah, XI was online, and sort of like WoW, where you have to pay for a subscription. On another note, fire-attribute Flare is actually a HP attack used by Shantotto in Dissidia>

<I smell something BURNING>

<I chain that to Burst and Quake, and you are pwnd>

Blake said,"If it isn't too personal, you think I could get to know about you guys?"

Adalade sat down and said,"Too long and too much of a cluster**** for me to explain."

Skife finished his dinner quickly, the training from his years on the run through the worlds becoming apparent. He stood up. "Thank you very much, that was the best meal I've had in ages. Granted it's the only meal I've had in ages, but still, delicious. I'm going to go train." Skife pushed his chair in and went to the training room to train.

Blake swallowed some pasta. "Well that was fast. And I guess I should start... Around 2 years ago, I died. I somehow got revived and obtained the Ghost Arts. I could posess my way through any army... Including Red Purgatory."

<If possible could any character know about RP?>