Saiya Power Upgrade: Stone Arsenal (Gorgon Form)

» Name Of Character: Saiya
» Link To Character: https://www.platinumhearts.net/t19214-saiya-the-half-jinn-approved-1-5

» Upgrading:

Stone Arsenal:

When Saiya is the Gorgon, she has the ability to create weapons by utilizing an orange stone that is located in the center of her waist. When she removes this stone, she sacrifices her ability to utilize her Petrifying Scream to create bladed weaponry that carry the essence of her scream's petrification magic within it. With the petrification in her weapon, the magic will only work on living objects, and the effect's strength will be determined based on the opponent's general durability. Depending on the weapon she utilizes however, she could the time needed to make her effect take place, at the cost of loosing out on the weapon's overall duration.

All weapons will have a duration to the time that they can be used before being crumbled, since the magic from the blade itself would be worn out. From there she would need to wait 2 posts before crafting another stone weapon, if she has enough energy in this stage to do so.

When she is using her magic in this way she is only allowed to carry two weapons at once, maximum. If she does so in this way, the duration of the length she has both of those weapons out will be halved.

The general rule for durability in relation to the strength of the effects of the weapon would be needing to equal to, or be higher than her own durability to accept more hits without becoming stoned by her strikes. With this in mind, there would need to be a minimum of 4 strikes within the same area of the body for the effects her petrification to take place if one is equal to her durability. Less than her durablity would typically take 2 strikes within the same area to have the effect take place. Those above her durablity would at the minimum need 6 strikes in the same area for the status effect to be applied. The exception comes from those who are in Master and Grandmaster, to which then a majority of the effects to this would not apply until 10 or more strikes. And even then the effects may be minimal.


All of the specifics as far as durations, durability checks, and wielding capablities will be stated below.


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Common weapons utilized are:
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-Greatsword:

This is the heaviest hitting out of all of her weapons, and rightfully so. This blade is a behemoth of a weapon that is equal to the Gorgon's height, standing at 5'11" tall. The material itself is light enough to be swung by her, but regardless the weapon is still stone and weighs her down a lot. When this weapon is created, she can only use this sword for 2 posts maximum. In addition to that, her speed will be drastically reduced, and her weapon skill would decrease as well, just because of the rate at which this weapon would swing. However, the benefits to this weapon, is that the amount of strikes needed to get petrification would be halved if hit by this weapon. Meaning that in a situation where an opponent would need 4 strikes in the same zone to be petrified would now only need 2, and so on. This weapon uses two hands, and she can not use any other weapons with this other than her claws.

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- Spear:

This is the fastest of her weapons, since rather than the whole weapon being made of stone, only the tip itself is stone, while the rest is of a wooden-like material crafted through her own magics. With this weapon selected her speed will increase drastically, as she's no longer held down by the restrictions of stone, but the drawback to this being a fairly small and narrow strike zone for her to utilize. Although this can last for up to 4 posts, this weapon is fairly easy to break since most of it is wooden, and in addition to that the length of the weapon could cause very easy imbalance issues when it is swung, blocked, and/ or deflected. This weapon follows the general rule for durability checks. This weapon uses two hands, and she can not use any other weapons with this other than her claws.

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- Broadsword:

This is her comfort weapon in this state and because of her comfort, her weapon skill increases when using this blade. The weapon is 100% made of stone, but it is fairly compact, only coming in at 30" in total length. Every area on this weapon would be considered a strike zone for the petrification to take effect, as there are a lot of barbs sticking out around the weapon in addition to the bladed edge itself. This weapon's duration would be a maximum of 6 posts before shattering, and this weapon follows the general rule of durability checks. This weapon is able to be used in 1 hand and can be dual wielded. If used in this way, the weapon's duration will be halved to 3 posts before shattering.

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- Katana:

Similar to the broadsword, the katana makes her more comfortable and thus her weapon skill increases when wielding the blade. Unlike the Broadsword, only the blade itself is a strike zone for her petrification to take effect. In addition to that, this blade is unique by the fact that it is the only one to have an option to be sheathed. When she sheaths the katana, instead of needing to wait 2 posts to regenerate a new blade, she can sacrifice creating a new weapon, at the cost of continuing to use this one. When she sacrifices in this way, rather than needing 2 posts to recharge her magic, she would only need 1 post of cool down, before unsheathing the blade. The petrification on this blade also takes on a unique property in that it runs on an acid within the scabbard of the katana. Therefore the moment she unsheathes the blade she has 3 posts of effectiveness with the petrification effect before it is washed away. Sheathing the weapon will refresh the petrification's acid. This weapon follows the general rule of durability checks.
This weapon is able to be used in 1 hand and can be dual wielded. If used in this way, the weapon's duration will be halved to 3 posts before shattering.

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- Shield:

Her answer to a defensive alternative. This weapon takes the durability rule and applies it towards it's striking surface. Rather than this weapon having a cooldown, it has turns of effective durability. Once the amount of attacks are blocked or deflected by this shield, the eyes on the shield will open up, giving the opponent one turn to turn away or retreat, before it's gaze petrifies the enemy that broke the shield. The amount of attacks that the shield can take works in the opposite way of the durability checks meaning those equal to her durability will take 4 hits to break her shield, above her durability would need only 2 or 1 hit to break her shield, those below her durability would need 6 to break it, and those who are completely untrained would need 10 hits to break it. Although she can wield this weapon with one hand, she cannot cast any other weapons while this one is active. The only thing she is able to use is her claws.

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- Claws:

These are her claws that are always active and extended on each of her hands while she fights. Often these are what she resorts to using after one of her weapons breaks, or if there is not a weapon being held in the hand. These claws do not break, and have a duration that is infinite as long as she is in the form. The petrification effect is applied, but the effects need 4x the amount of strikes for the petrification to work. Meaning at her durablity level, rather than 4 strikes to experience petrification, they would need 16 strikes from her claws to experience it. This does not make each individual finger count as 1 strike, however each hand would count as 1. Meaning if she had a weapon in each hand, and two free hands. If each of those free hands clawed the opponent, that would be counted as 2 strikes out of 16.

» Why:


I wanted to provide more clarity on this form. It was never explained more than "She can create stone weapons, and turn people to stone." This provides more checks and balances while keeping her overall theme in check.


» Extra: Might be doing this for A LOT more forms, but this is the one I want to work on for now.