Zeich Customs

[Zeich Yajuu]

Technique Name: Magokoro: Kisho (True Heart: Temper)

Technique Class: 3

Technique Type: Unique

Usable By: Zeich Yajuu only

Technique Element: Spirit

Technique Cost:
100 Reiatsu per post. 400 Reiatsu to activate the tripling.

Description:
The Magokoro line of techniques was born when Tsukikage was able to align himself with Zeich’s soul enough that he could take the place of the Polaris, the spirit he had consumed. With this alignment, he has become able to feed upon his host’s excessive emotions, which can then be channeled in various ways to strengthen the Inner Hollow. These can only be used when Tsukikage is in control of Zeich’s body, or when he is manifested physically.

Magokoro: Kisho focuses on Zeich’s anger, whether it be born of fury, irritation, or frustration. When Tsukikage absorbs these feelings, his strength increases immensely, allowing him to strike with increased intensity. As long as this technique is active, either Zeich or Tsukikage’s Offensive Stat is increased by 50%, depending on if it is a possession or if Tsukikage is manifested. At any point, however, it can be ended forcibly to triple that Offensive Stat instead for a single post, at an additional cost.

How to Use:
Channel anger, and feed it into Tsukikage.

Drawbacks:
With all Magokoro techniques, they can only be used in specific conditions. Either Haiiro Yasei or Zeich’s Vizard Mask must be active for Tsukikage to possess his body, or Tsukikage must be manifested physically via techniques like Spiritual Projection or Kurayami: Kurotaigen. Additionally, only one Magokoro technique can be active at a time.

While there are no drawbacks to the base form of the technique, using the forced tripling consumes all of Zeich’s anger in order to release it as a massive burst of strength. After using it, this technique ends, and requires three posts of cooldown before the strength of Zeich’s anger is restored.

Made By: Zeich Yajuu

Reserved?: Yes

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Technique Name: Magokoro: Shizukesa (True Heart: Tranquility)

Technique Class: 3

Technique Type: Unique

Usable By: Zeich Yajuu only

Technique Element: Spirit / Mental

Technique Cost: 100 Reiatsu per post

Description:
The Magokoro line of techniques was born when Tsukikage was able to align himself with Zeich’s soul enough that he could take the place of the Polaris, the spirit he had consumed. With this alignment, he has become able to feed upon his host’s excessive emotions, which can then be channeled in various ways to strengthen the Inner Hollow. These can only be used when Tsukikage is in control of Zeich’s body, or when he is manifested physically.

Magokoro: Shizukesa focuses on calm and tranquility, an emotional state of its own. By feeding this calm into Tsukikage, Zeich can not only rein in the Hollow’s temper and bloodlust, but can also help shake off negative afflictions from outside sources. While this technique is active, Tsukikage and Zeich combine their relevant OS for the sake of fighting off or resisting outside influences that would alter emotional or mental states. This may include fear, confusion, and anger, while also fighting off effects such as mind control or abilities that would reduce mental Skills like Calm Mind, Lack of Fear, or Strength of Will.

Tsukikage’s stats for the sake of this technique vary based on his current state: if he is possessing Zeich or summoned via Spiritual Projection, he mirrors Zeich’s stats, as per the technique. Essentially, this allows a possessed Zeich or Tsukikage summoned via Spiritual Projection to double the stat used to determine resistance against appropriate effects. If he is summoned via Kurayami: Kurotaigen, he uses the stats that were assigned to him at the creation of the technique. This combined stat affects nothing but resistance; increased Spiritual Pressure will not affect Reiatsu amounts, nor will it allow more damage to be done with appropriate attacks.

How to Use:
Channel calm, and feed it into Tsukikage.

Drawbacks:
With all Magokoro techniques, they can only be used in specific conditions. Zeich’s Vizard Mask must be active for Tsukikage to possess his body, or Tsukikage must be manifested physically via techniques like Spiritual Projection or Kurayami: Kurotaigen. Additionally, only one Magokoro technique can be active at a time.

Additionally, this technique can only last as many posts as Zeich has ranks in Calm Mind. Further, at the end of this technique, his Calm Mind is reduced by 1 for each post this technique was active, and will recover at 1 rank for each post that passes after the technique ends, starting at the end of the post after he ends it and increasing at the end of each subsequent post.

Made By: Zeich Yajuu

Reserved?: Yes

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Technique Name: Magokoro: Shin’nen (True Heart: Conviction)

Technique Class: 2

Technique Type: Unique

Usable By: Zeich Yajuu only

Technique Element: Spirit

Technique Cost:

Description:
The Magokoro line of techniques was born when Tsukikage was able to align himself with Zeich’s soul enough that he could take the place of the Polaris, the spirit he had consumed. With this alignment, he has become able to feed upon his host’s excessive emotions, which can then be channeled in various ways to strengthen the Inner Hollow. These can only be used when Tsukikage is in control of Zeich’s body, or when he is manifested physically.

Magokoro: Shin’nen is built on Zeich’s self-confidence and conviction in the path that he chooses to walk. Granting this confidence unto Tsukikage allows the Hollow to reach the pinnacle of his fighting ability, allowing nothing to stop him or stand in his way. Mechanically, the effects of this technique activate when a clash between two opposing forces occurs, such as an attack on a skin defense, or two attacks struggling for dominance. Zeich’s Strength of Will strengthens Tsukikage’s attacks in this situation, comparing it to his opponent’s own willpower. If Zeich’s Strength of Will is higher by 1, then the opposing force in the clash has its effective OS decreased by 10%. At a two-rank advantage, the opposing force is decreased by 25%, and at a three-rank advantage, the opposing force is decreased by 50%. If a four-rank advantage exists, then Tsukikage’s strike will automatically win except in a two-class difference. This is only for determining the results of a clash, and does not affect anything else.

This technique costs 200 Reiatsu per post to activate and maintain.

How to Use:
Channel conviction, and feed it into Tsukikage.

Drawbacks:
With all Magokoro techniques, they can only be used in specific conditions. Either Haiiro Yasei or Zeich’s Vizard Mask must be active for Tsukikage to possess his body, or Tsukikage must be manifested physically via techniques like Spiritual Projection or Kurayami: Kurotaigen. Additionally, only one Magokoro technique can be active at a time.

Additionally, with each post that this is active, Zeich’s Strength of Will is reduced by 1, all the way to a minimum of 0. Once this technique is deactivated, Zeich’s Strength of Will will be restored by 1 per post, up until its current maximum, starting at the end of the post after he ends it and increasing at the end of each subsequent post.

Made By: Zeich Yajuu

Reserved?: Yes

[Kitai Yoru]

Hello there. I shall be your first grader. In the future, I would request that you include the technique you are making a technique line for somewhere alongside the new ones, for ease of convenience. Thank you.



Magokoro: Kisho: In comparison to other long term stat boosts, this is far too easy to perform, without any real drawbacks to speak of.

Magokoro: Shizukesa: Several questions regarding this technique, the first being that how does this work with your Haiiro Yasei technique, since that technique reduces your points in Calm Mind to zero? Second, why do you clarify who is currently in charge of the body if you combine your stats anyway? Third, this is a doubling to any stat needed to resist an effect instead of an OS, which I will assume is boosted to 3x when in Mask, all for 100 reiatsu a post.

Magokoro: Shin’nen: I am hesitant to approve this, regardless of how often Strength of Will is taken. Why would having a higher skill let you automatically beat out any OS if you had a 4 in SOW, if your opponent had none? Why does this give you a free 10-50% difference if your skill is higher? And besides all of that, this technique has no reiatsu cost, and no downsides to just using it for one post and letting your skill return to normal the following post. There is no real downsides to this, aside from it being very situational.

Kyodo: I am not passing a technique that would allow you to grav pressure a Class 0, especially not on a class FOUR technique that only costs you reiatsu to activate.

[Zeich Yajuu]

So to begin with, this isn't a baseline technique with customized versions; it's a custom technique line. There's no base tech to be included.

Kisho - I'm aware that cost-wise this is generally lower. Compare it to Gate, however, which is 400 Reiatsu for doubling TWO stats (essentially, four times the cost and four times the effect of this technique) and a 100/post upkeep (four times the potency for the same per-post cost as this). And while Gate's drawbacks makes Reiatsu costs double, this technique requires me to either have my mask (limited post use), use another technique with a per-post cost (Kurayami: Kurotaigen), use a technique that summons a weaker version of my Inner Hollow (Spiritual Projection), or use a technique that has massive skill penalties (Haiiro Yaisei). Additionally, the ability to gain a tripling lasts one post, shuts everything off, and costs the same as doubling two stats via Gate. I feel that balance-wise it doesn't seem terribly overpowering, but I'm willing to compromise if you have suggestions.

One last thing to note is that it only works on Tsukikage - if he's summoned via Kurotaigen or Spiritual Projection, Zeich gets zero bonuses. Only when his mask is on or he's using Haiiro Yaisei does it affect his own stats.


Shizukesa - Admittedly I copy-pasted descriptions to some extent. This would not work with Haiiro Yasei, given the lack of Calm Mind. Clarification only matters for the sake of Kurotaigen, because with that technique Tsukikage has his own stats when summoned, and this technique is again, designed to work on him, not Zeich. If he's summoned and not possessing, then the technique only affects him, not Zeich. Next, this only works on specific techniques: those that affect the mind or emotions. It won't work on general poisons, physical disabilities, etc. It does not increase his Reiatsu pool, it does not power his Zanpaktou's OS, it doesn't give him better cutback, it doesn't make his attacks stronger. It specifically exists as a counter to mental techniques, which is why the cost is lower than again, Gate, which has a 400+100/post cost, but doubles two stats and actually affects everything about them. I'm happy to raise the cost up a bit, if needed.


Shin'nen - It's purely a Shonen Determinator thing. It's the ability to push yourself even harder than you should be able to, to press back what's in your way, and break through just through sheer willpower. You have the strength of will to overcome your opponent's willpower, and that allows you to push just enough to win in an advantage. 4 is a Skill tier that is extremely powerful, and allows one to get away with numerous things, but I also just followed a progression in percentage. 10/25/50/100 seems like a reasonable progression, especially as, since you said, SoW is a very common skill. That being said, there IS a small artifact I need to fix - restoration of SoW is supposed to start the post after, and I'm happy to specify that it restores at the end of the post, so I'd have to use it every other post to use it at maximum capability.

...Also apparently the Reiatsu cost got lost in the translation over, that's my bad. It should be 200/post to maintain. I'll edit that in.


Kyodo - How many C0 characters do we have, again? I just have this in place for if Zeich manages to get into a proper high-tier canon fight. I'm happy to improve its Class/cost, but at the moment it is a loss to Grav Pressure someone of equal level - Zeich would spend twice as much Reiatsu in a post than his opponent would. Of course, including Bankai synergy, that does end up being still to his advantage, so I'm certainly not bothered if you'd prefer a higher Class. Would you be opposed to Class 2, 400/post?

[Kitai Yoru]

Magokoro: Kisho: Fine, I can pass this for now.

Magokoro: Shizukesa: Alright.

Magokoro: Shin’nen: Given you added costs and changed how SoW recovers, I'm good with this.

Kyodo: I am not letting this technique affect class 0 characters unless this technique itself is class 0.

[Zeich Yajuu]

Fair enough, I'll go ahead and remove Kyodo for now. I'll think about how I want to handle that for the future, and stick with these three for now.

[Kitai Yoru]

1/2

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Magokoro: Kisho - my only question is about duration and if there is one, or if this technique is continuous and you just pay a cost per post?

Magokoro: Shizukesa - 'Tis fine.

Magokoro: Shin’nen - 'Tis also fine. I kind of like how you went ahead and added the clash mechanic description in there. That'll help alleviate a lot of headache later, I'm sure!

[Zeich Yajuu]

Kisho is a continuous duration as long as the cost is paid, with the tripling only lasting one post and turning the technique off for three!

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

All good then! 2/2 from me!