Lamia
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Lamia Hey just had a look over your cs and there's quite a few issues I'd have to address.
The most pressing one being her ability of lightning generation and lightning redirection.
Lightning generation was reserved for the fire nation royalty or high ranking officers, and was rare even among them. I could maybe see her learning it over time, but the technique requires a complete absence of emotion which I just wouldn't really see.
Lightning redirection was supposedly created by Iroh, which would be 60+ years from the time of the start of this rp. To be fair the lore around it is a bit iffy, but one thing would be clear, the ability would be unseen up until this point in time. There's also no explanation as to how she came to have this ability. I'd really only see this ability coming around very late into the rp from a master firebender who has studied waterbending techniques.
Secondly and perhaps more concerning is her pets, firstly there's no real mention of how she obtained a deer dog despite them only being seen around the desert, but that isn't really a massive issue. The main issue is how she has a flying bison. How could she possibly have obtained a flying bison if she was not an airbender, and had never visited an air temple? Airbenders receive a flying bison while in training as a lifelong companion, no other people have access or a connection to them. Flying bison are airbenders, and likely only bond with humans that can airbend.
For the weapons I wonder how a petite girl can carry and use so many, especially with her seemingly low degree of training. (I assume by ballista you are referring to a crossbow (which is only seen on pirates, so would also need explanation), and not the siege weapon). Under fighting style you also just put fire-bender, so I don't really understand why she has any weapons if that was the case.
As for the history, it's okay, leaves a lot unexplained like how her father just straight wouldn't believe her, nor does it explain her leaving the fire nation, unless you were planning to address that with a large initial post. There should probably be some explanation of heritage as she has a bronze skin tone, yet most in the fire nation are relatively pale, but this isn't a big deal to be honest. There are a few other things but backstory isn't the most vital part of a character sheet as characters will explain them (if they choose to) over the rp anyway.
There is also a firebender already accepted, and while I'm not against having multiple benders of the same affinity, I do prefer diversity to benefit combat situations, character interactions, and the like. Also multiple firebenders is the most unlikely scenario as the fire nation are against our characters in this story.
I'm trying to keep the rp pretty accurate lore wise, and relatively 'realistic' considering the setting, so I'll be quite strict about these kinds of things, even during the rp.
Hi, just now seeing this.
I didn't really read up on her skills too much. Just scanned through. Totally my fault. I will just make her have no special skills for the time being.
As for the pets, I'll change the flying bison bit as well. Gosh, I didn't realize how much I didn't think through her profile. O_O Sorry.
I was planning on explaining on how she acquired the weapons in the actual rp if that's okay.
I plan to also work on her history more to explain the uncertainty of her father.
Oh, I forgot about the bit of the fire nation being against the characters. Should I change her bending skill?
I totally understand about you wanting everything to be accurate. I'm just gonna head over to the character sheets thread and just change a few things around lol.
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