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@SwordOfTheNagas
Purification, Poison, awakened approved.
@Bluedemonwolf
Forgetfulness approved.
--Trees:
Bark Armor - How tough is it, how long does it take to grow, if it's destroyed can he immediately grow it back or is there a cooldown.
Tree Grafting - Can it be any kind of trees, even kinds that normally wouldn't graft? Like grafting a eucalyptus to a lemon tree! (Is fine if so just needs the clarification for documenting.)
The rest seems fine!
@Seimei
Hope approved. Awakened approved.
@Tigeria
Those sound good to me. :Ia Can you repost as a full form again? I love their powers, it's such a cute theme. XD
@Natty-chan
Wild cats approved!
@Alanna the Pirate Queen
Toxic Waste approved!
@RozeyBear
Awakened approved!
Birthdays approved, but note that Insta-Party could definitely be used more often! If you ever feel like updating it, feel free, and if you want suggestions on more powers I have a couple!
@Ruler
Paranoia approved, but noting I have some ideas if you ever want to discuss additional powers for them.
Heartbreak cannot directly change ponies' actions or thoughts without consent, only influence or intesify or soften their feelings, so they can't really ... force ponies to start to believe something new. However, you could re-envision it to, say, bringing up any doubts or silly little fears they may have had about that pony in particular, intensifying anything that might lead to a feeling of heartbreak? So if someone has 0 doubts it would not affect them, but if someone had a passing thought their partner might have cheated on them, it would balloon and become intense and heart-wrenching?
Clarity I think is fine, although again, I could definitely think of some more powers and out of the box concepts for her if you're interested.
@Reoakee
--Communication
Many Voices - I take a bit of an issue with just on the note that it wouldn't really be a hive mind as much as it would be a collective, for communication; the difference being that hive minds tend to think together, work for a common goal, be directed or be 'one' in some way, none of which really fits for communication as a concept. The ability itself is fine in the "creating a net of ponies that communicate with each other over long distances" way, though you need to specify some upper limit of ponies and how far away they can be before they lose reception.
Silence is Golden - This is a reversal power and cannot be allowed; it would be appropriate for an alicorn of illiteracy, mutes, etc. However, I think a twist on this which would work could be something like "Communication Breakdown" - wherein instead of removing their ability to communicate at all, she forces the group to, for a brief time, communicate in different languages for instance. They would still be able to communicate through universal symbols - for instance, pantomiming - but they would all speak and understand different languages and dialects than usual. Basically a switch to flip their standard method of communication, throwing a wrench into things but not *removing* the ability to communicate at all.
Communication Boosted - Does this just make it more efficient? Like shouting louder and more clearly, getting further cell range, etc? o vo
Final power concept - The reverse of my suggested Communication Breakdown, allowing a small number of ponies around her to communicate freely regardless of disability, language barrier, etc? Restricted to a small number of ponies (2-5?) and only for a set time period, but essentially a gifted version of Thousand Words.
--Candle Whick
Please make a note that Flamebody does not protect from *being burnt* even if he can't feel the flame. That would be too strong of an ability for an awakened.
Rotten Taste may also be slightly too powerful for an awakened? I think it would be fine for slightly spoiled food (aka just curdled, but not fully ROTTEN milk, or fruit that has brown spots and a bit of mold but isn't a total black, festering pile). This is because the implication would be that he's essentially totally immune to both fungi and bacteria if he can eat totally rotten food which is a bit much in terms of awakened powers.
@Sesshiyasha
Just a note, please don't just transfer until you're ready. I will 100% not ever ever ever look back further than my last post unless I need reference to a quote, so if you do edit into that post I won't see it. Just post when you're ready. XD
@One Little Jay
For Birds' Eye, Speed Burst, and Heighten Senses, I need some indicator of how far above a normal pony's abilities these raise his. Also, Heighten Senses would probably cover Birds' Eye, honestly? Since it would heighten his eyesight? Unless it's specifically an EXTRA bonus on top of it only when he's up high looking for prey.
For All Vision, I don't know if that one makes sense. Hunters that hunt in the night either have enhanced vision (which is covered by Heighten Senses), or don't rely on sight at all (like bats). In DnD terms, I can understand why he might have Low Light Vision, but not Darkvision. XD And he already has a power that would heighten his lowlight vision anyway, so ... And Detail Oriented would help with tracking in lightless environs through touch or scent or such.
For an alternate power suggestion, perhaps a quick/efficient kill power? Allowing him to know exactly how/when to strike to take down his prey most efficiently and with the least amount of damage to the corpse.
@bitsie spider
For the Morose, I'm not sure that Waxing Poetic works since welcoming and calming is not really ... related to anything morose? It could work if it's -only- dealing with dark feelings, and without the calming and welcoming - perhaps more of a sorrowful NEED to just get it off their chest and wallow in those feelings a while? It could certainly make them feel better after but that wouldn't be a direct effect of the power, either.
@Joshuality
Awakened generally need to be much weaker than alicorns, though I think yours seem fine for him. They're fairly weak and balanced.
For Thorn-Colored Glasses, I need to know how many ponies this can affect at one time and how many it can affect maximum per day.
For Fight For Me, I need to know how often he can cast the ability and how often he can do it per day.
In addition, remove the not power - we don't count "they're tired after" or "this drains them" type things in balancing because it often just would never come up in RP. You're welcome to have him DO that, but it's not something to note here!
@PZMJNP
You're always welcome to change up powers later on anyway. x'D Since I do have a few things we need to work on, I can tell you that you can strip those out, repost the form without them, and poke me on Discord - I'll approve the *workable* ones as is and we can figure out the details of the others going forward.
The Vault will not work - their power doesn't have anything to do with secrets so there's no real reason they'd be bound like that? It could be their -choice- not to share secrets, and they could make ponies feel comforted sharing that burden, though.
Shoulder the Burden - how often can they do this?
Hope This Helps - how often can they do this?
@Fuzzy-Corgi
Unshaken courage: How often can they do this or is it just an aura effect, and if so how far away does it affect?
Defensive peace: How often can they conjure it, how long does it last, is it a worn shield or a magical, floaty one?
Trust in me: how far away, assuming it's an aura / constant effect?
Readiness to help: Bags of bits probably wouldn't work since bits are heavily regulated by area, but the others would be fine. How often can this be done?
Approved:
Awakened - Gilt Mech | Reve | Pumpkin Praline
Alicorns - Purification | Poison | Forgetfulness | Hope | Wild Cats | Toxic Waste | Paranoia | Clarity | Birthdays
Purification, Poison, awakened approved.
@Bluedemonwolf
Forgetfulness approved.
--Trees:
Bark Armor - How tough is it, how long does it take to grow, if it's destroyed can he immediately grow it back or is there a cooldown.
Tree Grafting - Can it be any kind of trees, even kinds that normally wouldn't graft? Like grafting a eucalyptus to a lemon tree! (Is fine if so just needs the clarification for documenting.)
The rest seems fine!
@Seimei
Hope approved. Awakened approved.
@Tigeria
Those sound good to me. :Ia Can you repost as a full form again? I love their powers, it's such a cute theme. XD
@Natty-chan
Wild cats approved!
@Alanna the Pirate Queen
Toxic Waste approved!
@RozeyBear
Awakened approved!
Birthdays approved, but note that Insta-Party could definitely be used more often! If you ever feel like updating it, feel free, and if you want suggestions on more powers I have a couple!
@Ruler
Paranoia approved, but noting I have some ideas if you ever want to discuss additional powers for them.
Heartbreak cannot directly change ponies' actions or thoughts without consent, only influence or intesify or soften their feelings, so they can't really ... force ponies to start to believe something new. However, you could re-envision it to, say, bringing up any doubts or silly little fears they may have had about that pony in particular, intensifying anything that might lead to a feeling of heartbreak? So if someone has 0 doubts it would not affect them, but if someone had a passing thought their partner might have cheated on them, it would balloon and become intense and heart-wrenching?
Clarity I think is fine, although again, I could definitely think of some more powers and out of the box concepts for her if you're interested.
@Reoakee
--Communication
Many Voices - I take a bit of an issue with just on the note that it wouldn't really be a hive mind as much as it would be a collective, for communication; the difference being that hive minds tend to think together, work for a common goal, be directed or be 'one' in some way, none of which really fits for communication as a concept. The ability itself is fine in the "creating a net of ponies that communicate with each other over long distances" way, though you need to specify some upper limit of ponies and how far away they can be before they lose reception.
Silence is Golden - This is a reversal power and cannot be allowed; it would be appropriate for an alicorn of illiteracy, mutes, etc. However, I think a twist on this which would work could be something like "Communication Breakdown" - wherein instead of removing their ability to communicate at all, she forces the group to, for a brief time, communicate in different languages for instance. They would still be able to communicate through universal symbols - for instance, pantomiming - but they would all speak and understand different languages and dialects than usual. Basically a switch to flip their standard method of communication, throwing a wrench into things but not *removing* the ability to communicate at all.
Communication Boosted - Does this just make it more efficient? Like shouting louder and more clearly, getting further cell range, etc? o vo
Final power concept - The reverse of my suggested Communication Breakdown, allowing a small number of ponies around her to communicate freely regardless of disability, language barrier, etc? Restricted to a small number of ponies (2-5?) and only for a set time period, but essentially a gifted version of Thousand Words.
--Candle Whick
Please make a note that Flamebody does not protect from *being burnt* even if he can't feel the flame. That would be too strong of an ability for an awakened.
Rotten Taste may also be slightly too powerful for an awakened? I think it would be fine for slightly spoiled food (aka just curdled, but not fully ROTTEN milk, or fruit that has brown spots and a bit of mold but isn't a total black, festering pile). This is because the implication would be that he's essentially totally immune to both fungi and bacteria if he can eat totally rotten food which is a bit much in terms of awakened powers.
@Sesshiyasha
Just a note, please don't just transfer until you're ready. I will 100% not ever ever ever look back further than my last post unless I need reference to a quote, so if you do edit into that post I won't see it. Just post when you're ready. XD
@One Little Jay
For Birds' Eye, Speed Burst, and Heighten Senses, I need some indicator of how far above a normal pony's abilities these raise his. Also, Heighten Senses would probably cover Birds' Eye, honestly? Since it would heighten his eyesight? Unless it's specifically an EXTRA bonus on top of it only when he's up high looking for prey.
For All Vision, I don't know if that one makes sense. Hunters that hunt in the night either have enhanced vision (which is covered by Heighten Senses), or don't rely on sight at all (like bats). In DnD terms, I can understand why he might have Low Light Vision, but not Darkvision. XD And he already has a power that would heighten his lowlight vision anyway, so ... And Detail Oriented would help with tracking in lightless environs through touch or scent or such.
For an alternate power suggestion, perhaps a quick/efficient kill power? Allowing him to know exactly how/when to strike to take down his prey most efficiently and with the least amount of damage to the corpse.
@bitsie spider
For the Morose, I'm not sure that Waxing Poetic works since welcoming and calming is not really ... related to anything morose? It could work if it's -only- dealing with dark feelings, and without the calming and welcoming - perhaps more of a sorrowful NEED to just get it off their chest and wallow in those feelings a while? It could certainly make them feel better after but that wouldn't be a direct effect of the power, either.
@Joshuality
Awakened generally need to be much weaker than alicorns, though I think yours seem fine for him. They're fairly weak and balanced.
For Thorn-Colored Glasses, I need to know how many ponies this can affect at one time and how many it can affect maximum per day.
For Fight For Me, I need to know how often he can cast the ability and how often he can do it per day.
In addition, remove the not power - we don't count "they're tired after" or "this drains them" type things in balancing because it often just would never come up in RP. You're welcome to have him DO that, but it's not something to note here!
@PZMJNP
You're always welcome to change up powers later on anyway. x'D Since I do have a few things we need to work on, I can tell you that you can strip those out, repost the form without them, and poke me on Discord - I'll approve the *workable* ones as is and we can figure out the details of the others going forward.
The Vault will not work - their power doesn't have anything to do with secrets so there's no real reason they'd be bound like that? It could be their -choice- not to share secrets, and they could make ponies feel comforted sharing that burden, though.
Shoulder the Burden - how often can they do this?
Hope This Helps - how often can they do this?
@Fuzzy-Corgi
Unshaken courage: How often can they do this or is it just an aura effect, and if so how far away does it affect?
Defensive peace: How often can they conjure it, how long does it last, is it a worn shield or a magical, floaty one?
Trust in me: how far away, assuming it's an aura / constant effect?
Readiness to help: Bags of bits probably wouldn't work since bits are heavily regulated by area, but the others would be fine. How often can this be done?
Approved:
Awakened - Gilt Mech | Reve | Pumpkin Praline
Alicorns - Purification | Poison | Forgetfulness | Hope | Wild Cats | Toxic Waste | Paranoia | Clarity | Birthdays
- this can be done once a day
