Sahasrara Drive: Embodiment

[Nuala Byrne]

Technique Name: Sahasrara Drive: Embodiment
Class: [1]
Technique Type: General Human World Dweller
Usable By: Human World Dwellers, Saika
Technique Element: [None]
Technique Description and Effects: A stylized, 30-foot-tall manifestation of the user's divine reflection is projected from them into the material world, cast from shining energy representative of the color of their reiatsu. This manifestation exemplifies their greatest qualities and appears much as they do, but idealized and flawless. The Embodiment moves and fights alongside its projector, assisting them with obstacles, tasks, and encounters as an extension of their will.

The Embodiment typically appears above and behind the projector and may move around them, tethered to their physical presence. The Embodiment may move anywhere within 50 feet of its projector. The Embodiment's projector may use non-release techniques, releases, release techniques, and release properties while the technique is active, and may also pay an extra 25% of the reiatsu cost of a non-release technique to channel it through the Embodiment itself. When this technique is Mastered, there is no extra cost to channel a non-release technique through the Embodiment.

The Embodiment's Strength is equal to its projector's combined Strength and Reiatsu Strength, and its Speed is equal to their own. It has Durability equal to twice its projector's combined Reiatsu Strength and Spiritual Pressure, and deducts their Reiatsu Strength from the Offensive Stats of attacks striking it. When this technique is Proficient, the Embodiment gains extra durability equal to its projector's combined Reiatsu Strength and Spiritual Pressure (for a total of three times their combined spiritual stats).

The Embodiment can use projections of items its projector wields, scaled up to itself. When the Embodiment forms, it can have a duplicate of up to 1 item its projector has. When the technique is Proficient, up to 2 may be duplicated and; when the technique is Mastered, up to 4 can be duplicated. Whenever one of these items is damaged or destroyed, the Embodiment's copy of that item suffers the same damage, and vice versa. When the projector releases a sealed weapon or power, they may choose to channel their release into the Embodiment, who wields the form and functions of their release weapon in their stead, scaled up to itself.

How to use technique: Rather than projecting multiple new duplicates from their divine reflection, the user channels their divine reflection through their crown chakra to amplify its appearance in the material world.

Technique Drawbacks: Before learning this technique, a character must have first Mastered Sahasrara Drive. Using this technique costs 600 reiatsu on its first post, and 150 reiatsu to maintain each post thereafter. The Embodiment cannot wield duplicates of any unique or reserved item, and if items are duplicated for the Embodiment to wield, the cost to maintain the Embodiment per post increases by another 150 reiatsu. Damage to the Embodiment is permanent per manifestation; any loss in its Durability cannot be restored for any reason. The user must have Sahasrara Drive active while this technique is maintained, and they cannot project other duplicates of themselves while it is active. If their Sahasrara Drive stops for any reason, the Embodiment vanishes, and the user is stunned for one post; though they can still defend themselves, they are unable to move around or attack. When this technique is used and while it is maintained, it counts as a long-term stat boost.

Made By: Ammutseba

Reserved? No

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I feel the boosts on this technique are a touch too high. I'm content with the combined Strength + RS for the Strength (up to 3x the higher of the two), but I don't feel the speed should be that high when the manifestation is as tall as it is, and hits as hard as it does. I'd prefer no boost, but I'd be willing to pass a 25% Speed increase to the next grader if you feel it's necessary. In regards to durability, I'm content with durability being that high, but only under the condition that durability to the construct cannot be regained, through any method.

In regards to items and releases, I'm not quite fond of the fact that this potentially makes another instance of the user's release and all of their items, for only 150 reiatsu per post. I don't have a problem switching which between the user or the manifestation can use said release/items, but I don't feel both should get both at the same time, even considering the tech slot investment on this one. Given there's a handful of "one per person" items that exist out there, and those items (alongside releases in general) are balanced around the fact that folks can only have one copy of them, I don't feel that's something that should be jeopardized. Other than that, this looks good.

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1/2

[Zeich Yajuu]

Round two!

So my initial reaction was "wait what, this is overpowered by a long shot," but then I pulled out the big book of "how does this whole drive system work" and generally acquainted myself with it and the costs of it. Tomoe Cores as a base can vary from 2000~2300 at peak efficiency of Reiatsu to RPM and stopping at First Gear just to get to this step if I understood everything right, meaning you're likely to be spending more unless you're following those perfect guidelines. Combine that with a heavy tech slot tax and suddenly this becomes much, much more palatable.

My only concern with this is that a RS build can abuse this heavily. RS feeds into overall OS (STR+RS), durability (2~3x RS+SpPr) and damage resistance (RS). While the costs of activation and upkeep go a long way in this regard, a proper Spirited or similar build can not only mitigate most damage (RS mitigation vs opponent OS), but would last an incredibly long time. You'd have to bank a good chunk of Reiatsu on this, for sure, but the embodiment would have attacks with higher-than-standard OS and be close to invulnerable while this is active. My only request would be to reduce either the durability or the mitigation amount - the latter would be ideal, to something like 75% of the user's RS.

Additionally, and this is a quick question, for duplicating items: is the 150 Reiatsu a per-item cost, or just overall if any items are duplicated?

[Yuki & Yui Tsumugi]

Seeing as it's been a month without edits, I'm gonna go ahead n' take this out of the queue; once changes are made feel free to re-report~!