Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20181126150808/@comment-25396609-20190515013320

It doesn't feel terribly practical, extremely cluttered and over-specialized.

Point of comparison for tri-form weapons is something I whipped up recently.

- Name: Lumen Ostende

- Wielder: Livia Vitrum

- Maker/Smith: Livia Vitrum (with help from Argento Caden)

- Classification: Omni Form Dust Cannon

- Form 1 Design: A rifle resembling a heavily modified Mk 48 machine gun. It features an over-under double barrel system, with each barrel being fed by a selectable dual-element Dust magazine. There is a large blade on the underside of the weapon with a space underneath the barrel allowing for a proper grip.

- Form 1 Aesthetics: Lumen Ostende is primarily colored in matte yellow with key components such as the barrel, blade, and rails being metallic bronze.

-Transformation 1: The stock collapses and fills the space underneath the barrel, while the upper barrel pivots backwards,aligning lengthwise with the lower barrel. The pistol grip splits in half then folds out and up to the sides, fitting into indents in the collapsed stock. The blade extends to the full length of the unfolded gun, while the barrels slide downwards and become a hilt.

- Form 2: A straight, single-edged sword with a rounded tip measuring approximately 3 feet long, with a two-handed hilt and no guard.

- Form 2 Aesthetics: Metallic bronze hilt and blade with matte yellow filler components

-Transformation 2: Barrels slide back into place, connection port opens on the top of to the unfolded upper barrel, allowing the weapon to lock on to Livia’s prosthetic leg

- Form 3: A bladed mono-skate propelled by a Dust-fueled thruster; controls in this form are routed through Livia’s prosthetic leg directly to her central nervous system; making it a functional extension of her own body.

- Form 3 Aesthetics: same as sword

- Dust Usage: Changeable dual-element magazines utilizing powder. Used for either Beam-cannon mode or as the thruster in Monoskate mode

- Usage: -The basic Dust Plasma Cannon form is Livia’s primary method of attack. It functions in a fully-automatic fashion, with options for single-barrel or alternating-barrel fully automatic fire. Each barrel is capable of switching between two Dust elements, allowing Livia access to a total of four Dust types. This form is also used concurrently with her Semblance (creating mirror-like glyphs) to perform trick shots by bouncing her shots off her glyphs.

-The sword form is Livia’s close-combat option and is used in a fairly typical fashion.

- Livia’s favorite form is the Monoskate. It is equal parts weapon and vehicle, allowing her to strike at enemies while staying in motion and is most effective when fighting abnormally large enemies.

- Planned/Possible Upgrades: Addition of fourth form: a contiguous-beam plasma sniper rifle

- Notes: Lumen Ostende is Latin and roughly translates to “light show”