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Combat & Techniques Apr 5, 2016 10:23:57 GMT

Post by Cliff Slade on Apr 5, 2016 10:23:57 GMT

How Combat Works:

Seeing as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is primarily a fighting manga/anime, it is to be expected that you'll run into fellow players who want to throw down; either to test their skills, or to kill you. Due to this, we'll need some ground rules on how combat is actually performed.

We prefer not to employ too many restrictions on players during combat. Because of this, combat is fairly freeform; if you can think of an offensive or defensive maneuver, chances are it's quite doable. Just keep in mind however that your character isn't a god: Though you might want to dodge everything, it doesn't mean you should. It's a give and take with freeflow combat like this. Make sure you're being fair to your opponent, or else they might start being unfair to you. Also, make sure to keep in mind how often you've avoided attacks in the fight thus far, as well as how much damage you've taken; even masters can get sloppy if they fight long enough.

Despite combat being freeform, we do have a system to gauge player strength. This is known as Soul Sync*. Soul Sync determines how attuned to your chosen fighting art you are. Be it Hamon, your Stand, or even your Vampiric abilities, all of them are powered by this system. The higher your Soul Sync level is, the stronger you are both in offensive and defensive capabilities.

However, on most occasions in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the outcome of fights were usually a bit unclear. To keep things from getting unfair or ridiculous due to differences in Soul Sync levels causing arguments, we've got a simple system to determine if an opponent can actually match up to you properly.

Basically, it works as follows: If you and your foe are within 75% of Each Other's Soul Sync, they are considered to be on equal footing. This is roughly the difference between Jonathan and Dio during their final bout. And, being within 50% of each other's Soul Sync, lower-level fighters can still hold their own against a much-stronger warrior(Think Joseph VS Ultimate Kars). Below that and players will have to plan accordingly and work together to beat a stronger foe.

*Soul Sync system and the 75/50% rule originally created by therevolution over at World of Dragon Ball: Souls. Many thanks to him for allowing us to implement this system.

Last Edit: Apr 18, 2016 10:01:16 GMT by Cliff Slade

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Combat & Techniques Apr 6, 2016 13:15:12 GMT

Post by Cliff Slade on Apr 6, 2016 13:15:12 GMT

Techniques:

Due to the high amount of diversity in skills between characters in the manga, we've decided to employ a Technique Tier system. All offensive, defensive, support, and "Special" skills fall under this system.

Most Classes start with four techniques slots, save for Stand Users, who only start with three to make up for their free Trump Card skill. These can be split up in a multitude of ways. Some Examples would be: Four Basic Tier skills, One Intermediate Tier Skill and Three Basics, One Adept Tier Skill and Two Basics, or One Master Tier Skill. Characters gain new techniques after reaching certain landmarks with Soul Sync(Listed in the Stats section of Mechanics).

Something to note about techniques is that only one can be used per post. You can do as many non-tech actions as you want in a post, but using more than a single technique is not allowed.

Techniques can be learned either "On Screen" in a solo or group thread(Fated Bouts excluded), or "Off Screen", which essentially means your character learned the skill in the time between threads. Before one can learn a technique however, the technique must be approved in the "Technique Applications" thread that can be found here.(link to come)

Offensive Techniques:

Abilities such as Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash or Star Platinum's infamous "ORA ORA" are techniques intended for damaging purposes, meaning they fall under this category.

Basic Tier abilities operate on the assumption that one turn of 'charging' or 'holding' said technique is equivalent to 25% of the players Soul Sync(abbreviated to SS), rounding to the nearest non-decimal number. For instance: Caesar has 500 SS and fires his Bubble Launcher without charging. It's power will be 125. However, if Caesar were to charge up for one turn and then release it in the next post, it's power would instead be 250.

Adept Tier offensive attacks can be split into two separate types; upgraded power or a unique variant. If an attack has increased power, one post of using the attack is equivalent to 50% of the player's power-level, rather than 25%. Unique variants would be something like the Bubble Cutter Gliding, where the attack could be diverted mid-flight to hit a dodging enemy.

Advanced Tier offensive attacks are similar to Basic Tier abilities, in that they cannot have a special variation on them. Advanced Tier abilities charge at 75% of the player's SS per post spent charging.

And finally, we have Master Tier techniques. These techniques also don't have the ability to become variants, though they do charge at 100% of the player's SS per post. These techniques are usually fairly draining on ones stamina, though nowhere near as much some Special Skills.

Next to your offensive techniques in your character sheet should be an abbreviation denoting their tier and type. These are as follows:

[B1] - Tier 1, Basic.

[A2] - Tier 2, Adept.

[VA] Variant Skill.

[A3] Tier 3, Advanced.

[M4] Tier 4, Master.

Support Skills:

Abilities that are not used to directly damage an opponent, but rather simply techniques that gain help you to gain an advantage in some way will fall into this category. There aren't many limits to this category; think creatively when creating techniques of this caliber, as you never know what might be approved.

The abbreviations for Support Skills are as follows:

[SU] Support Skill with no extra tiers. (Example: The ability to hover in the air, or the ability to sense other warriors.)

[SUP1] Tier 1 Support Skill. (Example: A speed burst to avoid an offensive technique.)

[SUP2] Tier 2 Support Skill.

[SUP3] Tier 3 Support Skill.

[SUP4] Tier 4 Support Skill.

Special Skills:

Special Skills are a very uncommon skill type, and can usually only be obtained when first starting. All Classes have something unique in store, so check their respective pages in the Races/Classes section!

Last Edit: May 13, 2016 7:22:30 GMT by Katherine Wright

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Combat & Techniques Apr 21, 2016 12:58:28 GMT

Post by Alyc Ovich on Apr 21, 2016 12:58:28 GMT

Variants:

So, you might be wondering what [VA] stands for? Well, you're in luck, I'll tell you all about the amazing power of Variant Skills. A Variant Skill is a technique used to provide an edge that isn't purely one based on power.

At its core, a Variant Skill has a 'power' portion relative to 25% of the user's Soul Sync level, but the trade-off for not being as damaging as a regular Adept Tier skill is that it can have one extra quality added to it.

The following are some good examples;

Stun - If an opponent is hit by this skill, they are unable to use techniques in their post.
Homing - If an opponent dodges an attack, this attack can be 're-launched' on the user's next post to try and hit the same opponent again.
Speedy - Techniques with this variant effect move at speeds equal to 150% of the Soul Sync charged into it (I.E: if an attack is at 1,000 Soul Sync, it'll have a speed of 1,500 instead).
Redirect - Techniques with this variant effect can cause the target of another technique to be changed, provided the Redirect Variant technique is stronger than the target technique.

Keep in mind that you are more than welcome to make up your own variant types- you never know what could get approved, after all!