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Reply Subj: Re: Yes, but which theme was it? Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 at 10:38:54 pm EDT (Viewed 488 times) | |||||||
Quote: In Lara Night's case, she has that "overflow" ability that she could simply burn and electrocute everyone in the vicinity by releasing a very large amount of electrical energy at once (like a lightning strike from a powerful storm).I think every successful superhero character has to have those limits; think about the harm an evil Human Torch could do unrestrained by conscience. As long as there are good in-story reasons why the character can't use an instant-battle-winning power every time then the writer retains suspension of disbelief. Quote: Quote: In Liu Xi's case I tend to assume that more complicated, actual chemical manipulations must take longer and be harder than "raw" elemental use. I don't know if Liu Xi can usually radically transmute (say earth to water) but if so I'd say that has to be pretty draining too.Quote: I've divided this into two sections: Similar elements, and equal trade. Liu Xi can swap two Metal elements, for example - iron to silver, lead to gold, etc. But because the latter more precious metals are so dense, it takes an enormous amount of material and lots of her own personal energy to make it happen. It may even take enough energy to kill her. That's why she can't, for example, create large amounts of radioactive material from rock. At least to her, making a few ounces of valuable material out of worthless rock isn't worth her life.That's a useful and logical clarification. Quote: Also, interestingly enough, 100% perfectly pure rare metals like gold are kind of impossible with modern technology, so anyone who tests it would probably dismiss it as a fake or some kind of tampering and declare it worthless. So all that energy and raw material would just go to waste.Noted. Quote: Silver, on the other hand, isn't quite so dense, and she may be able to handle if she makes only one small medallion a day over the course of a few days. Since a proper spell isn't something that can be hurried, and since it would likely require a certain purity of silver, and since Vinnie is usually broke, I guessed that Liu Xi may have made them from possibly junkyard iron or something.Indeed. But imagine Vinnie trying to describe the runic sigil N'Krog'Kroth so that the amulets get twisted into the correct configuration. Quote: Quote: Conversely, an ability of Liu Xi's that I really like is her sensitivity to the elements. It adds a nice unique perspective to investigations, enhances dramatic tension, and perhaps explains why the character can sometimes be a bit detatched from the world - she's effectively seeing tides and colours the rest of us can't possibly perceive.Quote: I figure the way it works is kind of like a smell or vapor would. Ever hear someone in a room ask "can you smell that?" And then a few people can, but most people can't. The elemental sense would be kind of like that, something she picks up just barely with her senses, but that nobody else has the ability to.It also means that she's always walking round seeing things differently to the rest of the world. If her power was somehow shut down it would be like us suddenly having black and white vision. | |||||||
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