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In Defense of my Emotes
Okay, so since my roleplaying struck a bad chord with some people, apparently, I feel I need to explain Xallax's nebulaic wings in depth.
First off, the symbolism behind the colors blue and purple. It actually has to do with Undertale Souls, so it's a little OOC, but if you look at it ICly, the colors go well with black and silver, which are the colors of his plumage. Blue is the Integrity Soul, and Purple is Perserverance. My headcanon is that combined, blue-violet is Honesty, which I personally feel fits Xallax well, as he is honest and straightforward about his opinions most of the time.
Now, looking at it mechanics wise, it only makes sense that Xallax, as a serpent, is able to perform this. The "Colours" ability in Subterfuge allows one to colour their arrows. The message for this ability is along the lines of, "[COLOR] light flows forth from your fingertips into your quiver of arrows". If you watch me carefully, I occasionally emote something similar with his wings, in order to keep the dye on them from fading away. It also has to do with Subterfuge Illusions, as he uses this to make the dye glow. The glowing effect also creates a trail, hence the dramatic effect produced whenever he takes off or lands. Thanks for reading.
Isn't it anime to scream "Ashaxei" every damn time you want to dramatically become a giant flying lizard?
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Jonesey screams out banana and breeds with his children.
People make weaponry out of glass, marble, gold. . . Things that are really don't make for great weaponry.
Using OOC methods to defend IC things that honestly are pretty minor in any grand scheme of things isn't really necessary. Just do what you do and probably don't RP with them if it is triggering others.
We haven't really interacted much, but just a note for the future. Keep on keeping on.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
That said, and I should have said this earlier, using Subterfuge Colours to dye your wings is a brilliant idea I wish I'd thought of.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
So it wouldn't really make sense to have wings glowing permanently like that via illusion magic, but you could certainly make them glow for a moment.
Dying stuff seems totally doable though.
Personally, I am one of those who think that just because things function one way for the sake of combat balance, that doesnt mean thats how they always function whenever they are used in-universe, so I don't see anything wrong with getting a little creative with some things.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
The actual coloring of wings is fine, for the record. Plenty of IC dyes you can RP even if someone thinks using the colors ability is sketchy.
There's plenty of things that are possible with abilities in-universe that we don't see happening just because most are orientated around combat.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
CONJURE CLOAK <target>
DISPEL ME
DISPEL ME will remove a subterfuge induced cloak from your person.
DISPEL <target>
Cloak persists for a duration, and is not an immediate single use thing.
Dispel removes illusions from yourself or others.
Cloak is removed by dispel.
Therefore, cloak is a persisting illusion.
Modifying cloak (or ghost, which seems to work similarly!) to make something glow instead of hiding it seems entirely in keeping with the spirit of that school of illusion.
Q.E.D.?
So, yeah. I'd much rather people be creative and have fun over trying to police what I think is or not possible. Not to say some people don't go over the top sometimes, but in the end that is the price for freedom, much as it can be annoying in those cases.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
Cloak is a good example of illusion magic with persistent effects! There's a few of them in Subterfuge, and mimicking those certainly makes sense. Changing what they do, though, is a lot more questionable because a guarantee that you can do x is not also a guarantee that you can do y. Only x. So cloaking, for example, is certainly possible. Making something glow is very different than cloaking something, so cloak's existence doesn't really guarantee that.
Lightwall, however, might actually support the idea that you can make persistent glowing illusions. You can't really colour lightwalls, but the flavour text from the colours ability certainly supports the idea you can produce different coloured light. That does have a specific duration, as all of the illusion magic does, so it'd need to be renewed regularly. Upkeep might become annoying. Still, it does seem plausible from that perspective at least.
The rules for customisations take this a step further because they're effectively staff-approved lore at that point, not merely permitted but having official backing within the canon.
For example, it's officially canon that Lenn has a phantom scythe, but her own physical appearance is not canon (and Nicola's even told me it wouldn't be supported).
You do you, boo.