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LiveandSound wrote: @TestPilot: In response to your questions:

1. So "Arthur" still feels pain, but damage is mitigated by Aura. Good analogy with the Limit Break reference

2. Fair enough. I'm thinking that this OC team would be upperclassmen from Atlas who arrived as part of Ironwood's security detail and also opted to participate in the Vytal Tournament.

3. Also sounds good.

With respect to "Arthur", I'd say he's a faux-determinator - the kind that oscillates in temperament and is motivated by his allies. Basically it's what you get if a Determinator is crossed with Power of Heart. Now the Lancelot expy will be more of a Determinator, especially with that 'Kinesis' semblance of his.

Also, could you provide a particular source for Excalibur's ability to "[collect] the lights from the planet"? I've found sources that Excalibur was blindingly radient, but nothing that quite elaborated on this particular attribute.

Alle9009 wrote: This sounds useful and would suit the person I've got in mind, but I don't get how it works. Does this mean that the user would be able to use the properties of Dust to create an elemental effect based on what dust he chooses, or is it that the character can control Dust to cluster it in the expected area and then use it to form the effects he wants according to what Dust he chose? Or does his semblance allow him to function as a small time Mage? Please elaborate. And again, thanks.

Well, different kinds of dust already have an elemental property associated with them for the most part, so I suppose the most accurate interpretation for what I had in mind would be the part of your response which I bolded. The dust provides innate elemental 'energy' as both Weiss and the Remnant episode on Dust elaborated. Thus, it can be crafted with various degrees of precision and skill via your OC's semblance at the cost of increasing amounts of aura for more complex techniques. For example, a fireball would be simplistic and have a minimal drain on aura. Something like a firestorm would combine multiple types of dust and significantly deplete the OC's aura reserves.

LiveandSound wrote: As far as I remember, the only person that actually, successfully stole Excalibur, was Morrigan, or Morgan, or Morgana, however you want to call her. Besides, it's a fucking cool sword that absorbs light, who wouldn't want to have it? At the very least, it would sell for a ton.

Also, Excalibur originally was not the sword in the stone. That sword was, another, not-particularly-legendary sword (which Arthur used. Back then, Excalibur belonged to Sir Gawain). They got "fused" together as time went by though. With respect to Morgan/Morgana, she's actually another OC on that team as I may have stated previously, her role being akin to Weiss in that she's the dust-using 'mage' of the group. Interestingly enough, I have an attack strategy in mind where Morgan deliberately attacks Arthur with her semblance (which I'm still trying to finalize) or dust, just so his semblance can absorb it.

And yes, I'm aware of the distinctions between the SitS and Excalibur. I was wondering however if it were possible to include references to both in this particular OC without the lore being overly cumbersome.