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rhinostagros) wrote2018-01-07 09:04 pm
rhinostagros) wrote2018-01-07 09:04 pm
Visibility and Malevolence Permissions
Laphicet is part of a spiritual race known as malakhim. In canon, he is invisible to most people. However, they can see the effects that he makes on the environment, such as his when he uses his spells or moves objects around. It might look like something is floating.
As of 2018/03/18, Hathaway has upgraded Laphicet's jewelcomm to allow him to be visible to everyone. However, it also has a function for him to manually return himself to his usual, invisible state (if your character doesn't possess innate spiritual talent, anyway.)
He's very likely to remain corporeal at most times now. But I'll be sure to note in threads when he does revert back to his invisible self, which will probably be during missions where he finds it beneficial. So feel free to use the notes below as a guideline!
➼ Who can see Laphicet (while in his invisible state)?
- He can be fully perceived by those who possess high resonance, spiritual sense, affinity to the supernatural
- Animals, monsters
➼ My character doesn't have spiritual sense. How can my character build up the ability to perceive him?
- Building up character relations with him
- Communicating with him through magitek. He can be heard through audio and video by everyone.
- The more time you spend with him, the more likely they'll eventually be able to see him.
It can be a gradual change, first starting off with hearing him, then being able to see him
Feel free to ask me any questions! I'm also very flexible with how I'm working this mechanic into the game.
Secondly, Laphicet is able to sense malevolence. Malevolence is impure emotions which can be feelings such as hatred, despair, greed, conceit, obsession, lust, cowardice, selfishness, etc. It's a powerful toxin to malakhim, seen from their eyes as dark energy emanating from the being's body.
While with Hathaway, he will be using his magitek as a vessel to protect himself and heavily dampen the effects of malevolence. However, he can still sense the negative energy to some degree.
➼ Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character? He's most likely to pay it some mind if the negative emotions are in an overwhelming state. If not, it's also perfectly acceptable to say that your character is concealing their negative emotions well enough.
➼ If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense? How severe are these emotions? He won't be able to clearly distinguish the emotion, but it's possible he might try to make some sort of inference.
Minor update: I revised the second question a little bit, so I might be replying and asking for some extra information!
As of 2018/03/18, Hathaway has upgraded Laphicet's jewelcomm to allow him to be visible to everyone. However, it also has a function for him to manually return himself to his usual, invisible state (if your character doesn't possess innate spiritual talent, anyway.)
He's very likely to remain corporeal at most times now. But I'll be sure to note in threads when he does revert back to his invisible self, which will probably be during missions where he finds it beneficial. So feel free to use the notes below as a guideline!
➼ Who can see Laphicet (while in his invisible state)?
- Animals, monsters
➼ My character doesn't have spiritual sense. How can my character build up the ability to perceive him?
- Communicating with him through magitek. He can be heard through audio and video by everyone.
- The more time you spend with him, the more likely they'll eventually be able to see him.
It can be a gradual change, first starting off with hearing him, then being able to see him
Feel free to ask me any questions! I'm also very flexible with how I'm working this mechanic into the game.
Secondly, Laphicet is able to sense malevolence. Malevolence is impure emotions which can be feelings such as hatred, despair, greed, conceit, obsession, lust, cowardice, selfishness, etc. It's a powerful toxin to malakhim, seen from their eyes as dark energy emanating from the being's body.
While with Hathaway, he will be using his magitek as a vessel to protect himself and heavily dampen the effects of malevolence. However, he can still sense the negative energy to some degree.
➼ If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense? How severe are these emotions? He won't be able to clearly distinguish the emotion, but it's possible he might try to make some sort of inference.
Minor update: I revised the second question a little bit, so I might be replying and asking for some extra information!
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Y
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: self-loathing, apathy... i don't know laphicet's canon but you know mine, so feel free to have him sense whatever he needs to!
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: doubt, greed (for knowledge? idk if that counts?)
I'm not sure if Sieglinde's ALASTAIR-granted magic would allow her to see him or not, but she does have a spirit energy sensing compass on her, so I imagine that would work?
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I'd imagine it would work, yes! If you want though, you can have her just hearing his voice first, before outright seeing him. Or perceive him entirely works just fine too! Whatever you feel is most fun for you.
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Alright! I'll probably go with a "can see him if she's actively trying" sort of thing.
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Oh boy. So Arya's been exposed to the worst of the worst of human nature during her trek through a war-torn hellscape. In canon her presence alone proved immensely disturbing to a woods witch due the immensity of Arya's grief and anger. Add to that not healthy doses of hate (both directed at others and at herself), desolation and hopelessness, and she is not fun to be around. Also this is all pretty much constant. Westeros is the worst place txt it.
Arya does have a very strong spiritual side (she keeps faith in her gods and has heard them speak to her) and, while I'm unsure if that will be enough to allow her to see Laphicet, she also has a strong empathic bond with a direwolf who will be able to. (Also she has magic powers that let her slip into the minds of other living beings and said direwolf is her favorite pair of eyes.)
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I'd say Arya at least will be hearing only his voice, while the direwolf can perceive him completely. But she can definitely see him through direwolf/other beings' eyes too!
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: She's lowkey selfish in that most fifteen year old girls are selfish.....otherwise she's got some self-doubt in her.
No idea if she'd be able to see him, but she's pretty faithful to the dragon gods in her canon. Personally I'm up for going with whatever route you think would be most fun for CR!
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Hmmm- I'm not too familiar with FE canon but do the dragon gods respond to her faith in any way? Otherwise, I think he might be unfortunately invisible to her at the start.
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So starting off invisible works for me!
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Hatred, betrayal, despair, anger, selfishness, obsession...you name it, its probably there.
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Y
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Grief, self-doubt, desolation... do guilt and regret count?? because so much. He's pretty good at concealing them, but only in a regular-joe sense, he isn't capable of guarding his aura or??? any other spirit being stuff.
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Hatred/wrath are kind his main feelings for even being here, but he's also got plenty of lust and greed to go around tbh. Tommy is just a mess.
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Y
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Wrath, greed. Generally not very severe, but always sort of present.
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Y
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Wrath, hatred, apathy, deceit, fear, selfishness, cruelty . . . she's got problems.
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And quick question for Anthy - how severe would you say her emotions are?
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: bitterness, loneliness, anger, hatred, doubt, fear
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Lust, guilt, selfishness, cowardice, fear.
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Y
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: Greed, conceit, deceit. She is constantly lying/manipulating people and has a gigantic ego. Her greediness only really shows up when money is involved.
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Not rly, she is pretty chill
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: n/a
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense? How severe are these emotions?: he's got a bit of despair kicking in there :( sorry tiny bro. sometimes it is worse than others, when he's upset it tends to snowball and he just goes back to every bad thing he's ever done and obsesses. otherwise, he can be pretty neutral??? hope this makes sense
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Y??
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense?: he's less outright negative and more grey morals tbh, but some self-doubt is always present... not to worrying levels, though. his malevolence manifests more in times when they're interacting outright with people who are Not Good: then he's prone to anger and not being very positive about these people. granted, he still tends towards "bringing them to justice" rather than "murder all of them for revenge" but there's at least some disregard for the lives of those he thinks don't really deserve to live... also, he's definitely deceitful in the sense he lies whenever he thinks it's beneficial.
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: y
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense? How severe are these emotions?: Despair/grief is the biggest one. RIP Kikyo. It's pretty strong from the point I took him. They've run into resurrected, zombie Kikyo twice, and so he's having Some Feelings.
In canon, Kagome gives him shit for being "selfish and violent," but hilariously, he's quite unselfish and is only violent towards evil demons so ?? ??? it's up 2 u. I'm fine with them not being there or them being there because stupid protags.
I guess I should have filled this out earlier whoops
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense? How severe are these emotions?: It kind of depends. Generally speaking, Majima's learned to compartmentalize a lot, to the point where a lot of people aren't even aware there's anything wrong with him. There might be a flash of anger or cynicism now and then, but the biggest underlying theme, should anyone catch him in a particularly vulnerable moment, would be crushing guilt and also bitterness.
In fights, he's usually fine unless it's a heated fight, in which case he's basically a crazed rage machine reveling in violence and pain and the fear in his enemies' hearts. Sorry buddy.
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Can Laphicet sense malevolence in your character?: Y, but just to the extent that people are people! Laphicet would be getting pretty strong ~GOOD GUY~ vibes from Jin overall...
If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense? How severe are these emotions?: Not highly severe but god lmao if there's anything it's PRIDE. there's a thin undercurrent of it always, and if Jin's being a jerk at the time it'll probably spike a bit.
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I'm canon blind but I'd imagine he'd sort-of perceive Phi in some way with canon spiritual affinity and all...
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If yes, what kind of negative emotions can he sense? How severe are these emotions?: See above?
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