Board Thread:Role Plays (AU)/@comment-24617443-20170525163000/@comment-24617443-20170528084617

Wait Delt, let me correct you that creating smoke is not that detrimental at all since its made through his weapon with the smoke being made from the dust rounds loaded in which does add a disadvantage of some rounds becoming weaker in its dust effects but its a fair sacrifice for large explosions that are easy to make and blow up, but the smoke lasts for 15 minutes regularly and its heavily dense to make it more difficult to dissipate manually, while also making it more powerful if used as an explosive.

The aura used for his semblance is also minimal due to how much he's been trained using it. Remember that he was being trained as an assassin at a very young age, and began going into missions once he reached 11 (with an experienced veteran though, mind you), and prior to his first mission he was being trained harshly by WF to become an effective assassin, and with a semblance that grants him exceptional manueverability and to create large scale explosions with no risk for himself, and even create more difficult conditions in a fight for his enemies, I can confidently say that he knows his semblance inside and out and how to use it creatively.

I did fail to add the amount of aura he has, which I don't really add because I would never expect to use them in these sorts of situations, I only picked him because he was the fairest in his team, which only have two accepted and one still in development, so it slipped my mind of how much aura he actually has. He probably has a moderately large to large aura reserves due to how extensive his training was in his childhood and how much he's dependent on using it.

The properties of the semblance is explained exceptionally enough in his page, I believe. So I believe re-reading it may help, but you can ask me more questions if you like. The thing is, is that you missed his semblance's properties, which is he loses weight. He doesn't need to rely solely on the ability to fly with it because its just as effective to make yourself less tired from doing taxing tasks by losing weight on parts that are covered, but at consequence his physical attacks that is using only his body and not from an external device (I.E. his weapon excluding clothing) aren't that strong since he's got no weight behind them. When he's not fully covered in the smoke, he only loses weight on the part that are covered. If his weight is covered in smoke, then the weight of his waist is lost but everything else is normal. Even the most minimal of smoke or some-like... thing (?) works.

Stuff he's holding, however, don't get affected by his semblance so they still have their full weight. It's a weird property unique to Al's semblance, but he's essentially still got oomph behind his swings since the Censer-flail still has weight which means damage.Don't overthink this, because its pretty simple but trying to think deeper only makes you more confused.

Its just that his body doesn't have weight but still has his full physical strength, its just that he doesn't have the weight of his mucles, fat, and bone behind them, but that doesn't affect him using his weapons nor does he lose strength, in fact he can use them better in hindsight. If you need more clarity, just talk with me on Fanon chat or Discord. I'm more than happy to explain it to you.

Do also note that when in this form, the Censer-flail also has a "Lantern function" which can make blinding light instantly and is activated by his aura, which is very minimal and he can control the strength of the light freely. He can use this quite effectively, since he put that function there in the first place because knew it would be useful, which adds more options for him in a fight, like briefly blinding the enemy with a flash of light.

Can I also add in experience? Alalā's a third year who has already been taught how to fight before he was 10 and began doing assassinations at 11, though his was with a veteran to assist him but he does lone assassinations as well. You can imagine he's faced, or saw his senior face off, other huntsmen or mercenaries with their own plethora of weapons which would make him more used to most kinds of weapons like staffs, swords, most convetional firearms, and other common close-quarters combat weapons. Tonfa's would probably also be part of this list of weapons he's already fought against, and that could give him an edge on how to fight against it, albeit slightly. His weapon can also be pretty unpredictable if used correctly, and Alalā know's full well how to utilize it and I'm not sure if Dalton has ever fought against one quite like his prior but I'll leave that to you, Delt.

I do wish I can add in the idea of the mental battle, since Alalā thrives in situations where he can make his opponents feel emotions that will make them more prone to making mistakes, which he is trained well to capitalize in since he's trained as an assassin. He's also the type whose willing to exploit enemy weaknesses, this is also because of his training. After all, you can kill something easier or find opportunities to strike if you can learn and exploit their weaknesses like their temper, physical disabilities, habits, and ect. but I'm not sure if that's allowed (despite this being my tourney and I can call the shots on what's allowed from what's not).

Dalton's a pretty formidable foe and he's got a powerful defensive semblance and exceptional fighting prowess. He's also got training from being "young muscle" for the to-be-made Prophecies Syndicate, which would be nice to know because it might have stuff that may add to his capabilities. Though its strange for someone whose refrained from killing to be looked upon highly because not killing people means they can come back and they will know of Dalton's abilities which would mean that they would try to make countermeasures or tell other people of his capabilities which inversly would mean he'd get focused every time he's in these fights but I'll just say that they were killed by someone else. Also, no one likes muscle that can't remove obstacles, so he should not be revered but rather ridiculed as strong but with no backbone but I'm not here to criticize. Also, wow he's even tougher than Zincz when he was young which is pretty ridiculous but the whole "Spartan blook" lineage does reason it, but still sounds a bit too ridiculous for me...

HOLY FUCKING SHIT HE'S A PERFECT OPPONENT FOR ZINCZ I NEVER SHOULD'VE CHANGED HIM FUCK!!!

Moving on.

I think I want to prop up a question of my own for Dalton's semblance actually. Can you give us a rough approximation of how tough these Bulwark prisms are? Can they be weakened like any material through methods like heating, cooling, and the like? Also, these can be walked on? Or are they slippery or steep to the point that it's impossible to stay on them?