Amalia Techniques

[✱Paiva "Amalia" Vollbrecht✱]

1. Technique Name: Blutseele (Blood Soul)

Class: 5-1

Technique Type: Quincy Technique

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): Vandenreich Exclusive

Technique Element: Spirit

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): The user can spread their Blut outside their body and with it the possibility for life. When the user’s blut comes in contact with non-living matter it can begin to reshape it and form a body that stands 7’ tall with a large, muscular frame. The blut not only creates a body, but breathes life into the husk, creating a Blut Homunculus. The homunculus in question can be summoned at different class levels, each requiring a different reiatsu amount and offering unique attributes. The Blut Homonculus is available for a total of three posts. The homunculus’ dimensions and duration of activation are static across all levels. It is able to benefit from blut vene starting at class 3, but this can still be bypassed by a secondary release. The homonculus and the user share the same field of vision. That is, what the user sees it sees and what it sees the user can see. It can be commanded mentally and verbally to do things, but predominately reacts based on a mental link between the two. Its reactions are also based on the user's sensory stats, including instinct, senses and ES. In other words, it can protect and attack with the same level of acuteness. It can essentially sense when the user is in danger.

At class five, the user can summon a homunculus that lacks intelligence and resembles more of a bloodthirsty juggernaut. This class costs 250 reiatsu. Its stats for this level are as follows: Strength: 300, Speed: 200, SpPR:0, Instinct:0, Senses:0, ES:0, HE: 0 – RS is equivalent to the user of the technique and remains that way across all levels.

At class four the cost is 350 reiatsu. Strength:400, Speed: 250, SpPR:0, Instinct:0, Senses:0, ES:0, HE: 0

At class three it costs 450 reiatsu to activate. Strength: 500, Speed: 300, SpPR:0, Instinct:0, Senses:0, ES:0, HE: 0

At class two, the summoned homunculus is now even more lethal and now has access to a basic Quincy abilities. In other words, it can summon a crow-bow made of reishi and fire a total of five bolts at a time. Due to his size, these bolts are roughly four feet long and capable of severing limbs and piercing armor. The bolts count as the class summoned and use the user’s RS. Each of the arrows costs 60 reiatsu and is siphoned from the user of the technique. This class costs 600 reiatsu to activate. Strength: 500, Speed: 400, SpPR:0, Instinct:0, Senses: 0, ES: 0, HE: 0

At class one, the homunculus is at its most lethal. Bolts from its crossbow now cost 70 each. It can also wield a solid blade made from reishi, which costs the user 70 to manifest. If blut vene is bypassed with a secondary release, any damage dealt to the homunculus can be restored quickly by gathering nearby materials to repair the body. This costs the user 100 each time. This class costs 800 reiatsu to activate. Strength: 600, Speed: 500, SpPR:0, Instinct:0, Senses:0, ES:0, HE: 0

How to use technique (How is it activated?): The user pays the appropriate reiatsu amount listed for each class level and arrows/healing used by homunculus in appropriate stages. Those values are listed within each class description.

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc): The homunculus created will only last a total of three posts. The user does not have access to Blut while this is active. Only one is capable of being created at one time using blut. The user must pay the appropriate amount for whatever class that is summoned and, depending on class, the user's reiatsu is taken whenever a bolt or similar is used.

Incantation and Effect: None

Made By: Rennos

Reserved? (Yes/No): No

2. Technique Name: Bombardierung (Bombardment)

Class: 4

Technique Type: Quincy Technique

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): Vandenreich Exclusive

Technique Element: Spirit

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): A technique used in conjunction with eiku or similar types of weapons. Sends spirit particles hurtling at an opponent with a swing of the broad-end of the eiku. As they travel they collect other particles like a snow-ball effect, but do so with intense speed and efficiency. They become so large that they resemble small meteors and hit targets and bore into them not unlike a fiery meteor. The user can control how many are created, but no more than eight can be created at one time. Durability/strength is equivilant to the user's RS.

Eight of the objects are created and have a circumference of 15ft. They travel at a speed of 800, but their sheer size and number make them difficult to dodge. Each radiates an intense heat and are heavy and capable of pulverizing most objects. Standard clash-rules apply. 

How to use technique (How is it activated?): By offering 400 reiatsu to activate and pairing it with a weapon.

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc): Repeated use of this technique is capable of destroying the weapon being used to direct it. If the user employs this technique twice the weapon will break.

Incantation and Effect: None

Made By: Rennos

Reserved? (Yes/No): No

3. Technique Name: Erdspalter (Earth Splitter)

Class: 4

Technique Type: Quincy Technique

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): Vandenreich Exclusive

Technique Element: Spirit

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): Dramatically increases the cutting power of a weapon by lining the blade with a thick layer of reishi. The reishi resembles liquid as it coats the blade. The condensed, liquid reishi on the blade greatly amplifies its cutting power and range. A single swing of the blade can cleave through multiple, solid stone structures and even steel. It is intended to cleave things in half with ease and extend the cutting range despite the distance from the blade.

When the user swings their weapon, the immediate target can be cleaved in two, but the cutting power travels a total of 10 feet, allowing for both enhanced cutting power and striking multiple targets. It can be used to enhance the piercing potential of a weapon using thrust attacks.  The cutting/piercing power is equivalent to the user's RS. The cutting/piercing power afforded by this technique last for three posts.

How to use technique (How is it activated?): By offering 200 reiatsu to activate and pairing it with a weapon.

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc): Consecutive use of the technique dulls the blade of the enhanced weapon. If the user applies this technique to a weapon without a one post rest it will dull the blade by 50 percent. A third consecutive use will destroy the weapon. Cannot cut/pierce objects with durability greater than the user's RS.

Incantation and Effect: None

Made By: Rennos

Reserved? (Yes/No): No


4. Technique Name: Verfeinern (Refine)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Quincy Technique

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): All Quincy

Technique Element: Spirit

Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect): A simple technique freeing Quincy of reishi poisoning while using their cross in Hueco Mundo. By halving their reishi intake, they can avoid being poisoned. 

How to use technique (How is it activated?): See drawback.

Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc): Use of this technique cuts reishi intake by half to avoid being poisoned by ambient reishi.

Incantation and Effect: None

Made By: Rennos

Reserved? (Yes/No): No

[Johnwaluigi]

Ok, I’ll be the first line of grading for this.

For Blutseele, I feel like the stats of the Homunculus should be dropped for each level. I think a reduction of 100 in each stat would be appropriate. At the moment, the Class 5 version would demolish most Class 5 characters. My second suggestion is that you remove the homunculus’ autonomy. It should require direct manipulation by the user, which makes the technique slightly fairer - and means they no longer require sensory stats. With this change, the stats for the Class 3+ versions could remain as they are. As an extra drawback, I’d suggest that the user can only have one active homunculus at a time - due to the drain on mental/physical energy.

For Liquid Particle, I’m not sure I can pass it. The powers it grants are essentially godlike, and I can’t think of any reasonable way to balance them. If you can come up with a more balanced version of the technique with the same, please do.

With Liquid Particle needing to be changed, I’m not sure Sacred Vessel makes sense without that context. If you can think of an alternative use for it, please say so - or else I’ll just assume that it needs to be graded alongside Liquid Particle.

[✱Paiva "Amalia" Vollbrecht✱]

Alright. I fixed the first technique and replaced the other two. You're welcome to another look.

[Johnwaluigi]

Ok, some more changes.

Could you please shrink the homunculus? I see no reason for it to be 12’ tall. 7’ would be more appropriate - taller than most, so still imposing - but not overly tall. Other than that, I’m happy with Blutseele.

Please increase Bombardments cost slightly, or reduce the number and size of the meteors. The technique is cool, but at the moment I think its scale is too much for its drawbacks.

Earth Splitter is a strange one to grade, I feel. I think adding a drawback that says that it cannot cut objects with a durability greater than the user’s RS should balance it, though. Perhaps the cost should be increased too - at the moment it feels a little too strong.

Refine is good - in fact, I think you can remove the 25 Reiatsu cost - giving up half of your Reiatsu intake seems like a strong enough drawback to me.

[✱Paiva "Amalia" Vollbrecht✱]

Alright. The proposed changes have been made.

[Johnwaluigi]

The cost of Bombardment should be higher still - somewhere in the region of 500 Reiatsu. Once that's changed, this has my 1/2.

[✱Paiva "Amalia" Vollbrecht✱]

Then a lot, not slightly. Haha. Anyways, I changed it.

[Johnwaluigi]

Well, yes I suppose. XD 50 Reiatsu doesn't mean much to a Quincy.

Cool, 1/2'd.

[Himitsu Kasumi'Oji]

Blutseele states that the homunculus can benefit from Blute vene at class 3, but you state that it has super durability in the class 5 version. I don’t think the class 5 homonculus should have any skin defense. Also, increase the cost to repair the homunculus at class 1 to 100 reiatsu please. In turn, you can raise its class 1 strength and speed by 100 each to make it more class 1 worthy.

Regarding Bombardierung, 1000 speed at class 4 is definitely on the high end, especially with 8 projectiles. Please reduce this to 800. In case you’re not too happy with this trade off, I’d be comfortable if you decrease the cost of the technique to 400. I believe that balances it out.

Erdsplater would be a bit more useful if it lasted more than a post. I’d rather bump the cost to 200, give it a 3 post duration, and have the weapon shatter if used a third time.

Verfeinern is very fine. Once the changes I requested are made, you’ve got my 2/2.

[✱Paiva "Amalia" Vollbrecht✱]

Alright. All the proposed changes have been made, but I wanted a clarification on Earth Splitter. Are you recommending I remove the blade dulling drawback and simply keep the weapon destruction part or keep both? If the latter, everything should be ready for a second examination.

[Himitsu Kasumi'Oji]

The class 5 bluteseele still has "extreme durability." What do you mean by this?

[✱Paiva "Amalia" Vollbrecht✱]

It was language leftover from old edits, which I removed. I felt durability was necessary to mention because it was a living construct, and didn't want want to give the impression that it could be taken down by a single katana swing. 

[Himitsu Kasumi'Oji]

2/2