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Post by Jenny McDonald on May 24, 2006 12:37:04 GMT
I was thinking... shouldn't they be a little more restricted? For example, you can only shapeshift for a certain amount of time, or a water elemental could start out controlling about a puddle at a time and work their way up... because at the moment, people can do pretty much anything straight off the mark. Just a thought... please don't kill me.  |
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Post by Skuld on May 24, 2006 13:00:16 GMT
I think you're right, Jenny. We need to have some sort of measured structure. I mean, most of the people that are displaying their abilities are the Headmasters, the Headmasters son, and someone who is obviously older as she used to attend the school, but still.
If there are no restrictions, how can we have the student/teacher ranking system and whatnot.
I think it would be a good idea to sit down and hash this out.
: )
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Post by Jenny McDonald on May 24, 2006 13:34:42 GMT
*peeps out from behind sofa* Someone agrees with me? Yay! One idea I had, which is a little extreme, but still... a while back I was writing a story (which I still hope to finish, but it's not going to happen anytime soon  ) where there was a shapeshifter character, and when she shifted to a larger form, it was all to do with rapid cell multiplication, so it was very tiring, she had to eat and drink soon after for energy, and if she did it too fast it could go wrong and turn cancerous or something. And when she got smaller, bits dropped off, which is fine if the two forms are similar shapes with only cosmetic differences, but which leads to difficulties if the change is more drastic. I remember one scene I was quite pleased with, but which was quite traumatic for the characters, where after turning into a mouse the shapeshifting character had to basically be rescued from her own body, most of which had suddenly become superfluous. The other characters thought she'd died or something. That was fun. =  |
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Post by Skuld on May 24, 2006 15:59:25 GMT
Well, we have to take into consideration the idea of mass. If you have a shifter you can't just turn into a bear. There is a wieght different that is so massive that you have to wonder where the rest of it came from. I mean, you can't speard out your cells to make more.
Cell manipulation is a difficult thing to master. To say the least.
XD
So, I agree, Jenny.
We to make shifting rules.
Elemental rules.
I mean, even elementalists that can control all of the elements have limits and boundaries, right?
So, should we write them, run them by the admins and see what everyone thinks? Or should we leave it to you guys and see if you can come up with anything? Or should we just shut up?
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Post by Syn Chimera on May 25, 2006 11:22:40 GMT
no you shouldnt shut up, i think you should leave it to me and the other admin, we do have a set of rules for each charater type, but its just that they arent finished yet!
there are restrictions in place, but yea the only people who have been showing off their abilities are the admins and the admins 'son', thats because thye are older and more experienced than any of the students, but im glad someone has brought this up.
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Post by Jenny McDonald on May 25, 2006 11:55:37 GMT
Spiffy! ^_^ Cheers and can't wait to read the rules. ...Whaaat? I like to read that kind of thing! So I'm weird.  |
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) where there was a shapeshifter character, and when she shifted to a larger form, it was all to do with rapid cell multiplication, so it was very tiring, she had to eat and drink soon after for energy, and if she did it too fast it could go wrong and turn cancerous or something. And when she got smaller, bits dropped off, which is fine if the two forms are similar shapes with only cosmetic differences, but which leads to difficulties if the change is more drastic. I remember one scene I was quite pleased with, but which was quite traumatic for the characters, where after turning into a mouse the shapeshifting character had to basically be rescued from her own body, most of which had suddenly become superfluous. The other characters thought she'd died or something. That was fun. =
