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OC NEED HELP
« on: February 11, 2017, 08:36:35 PM »
Wouuld love some feedback.

Name: Crimson Nightshade
Nickname: Miyako (美夜子): Japanese name meaning "beautiful night child.” was given by her Mother
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Age: 18 years, Arashi 2nd; (year=unknown)
Blood Type: AB
Race: Human/Slivery-eyes (do not care that might not be a real race)
Place of Birth: A small village in the forests of Vale
Occupation: Student at Beacon Academy; second year
Team: Unknown
Gender: Female
Personality: Cool, rarely shows emotion but sometimes when you get to know her is nicer, introvert, mature, serious during combat, strong willed/strong hearted, when someone is in need in combat she doesn’t give up to try to save them but it she fails she fells a small burden put upon herself, hides many secrets, wise,
 Likes: Spicy/Salty/Sour food, Nature, Meditation, Weapons, Painting, Reading, Playing the piano, Music
Dislikes: Perverted men, watching people suffer in front of her, sweet types of food, crowded areas, romance movies,
Hobbies:  Training, Reading, Listening to music, Meditation, Playing the piano, Creating & Mixing Dust
Fear(s): Fear of Death/Dying (Necrophobia) 
Strengths: Wisdom, Strategic Thinking, Patient, Intelligent, Determined
Weaknesses: Shallow, Shy, Stubborn, Logical, Emotionless at times,
Backstory: Crimson was born a warrior. Her mother and father were huntresses and hunters. In a small town in the forests of Vale, is where she grew up. As a child, she was taught how to fight grim, how to unlock her semblance and many more things that her parents and other townsfolk taught her. The town was full of huntresses and hunters who helped her train. She learned many fighting styles as a child but not one could be her main fighting style. The town was prosperous….Until. That day…that day. The village when into shambles…The once village she grew up in was gone, destroyed, vanished. A hoard of grim of many shapes and sizes slaughtered every single man, woman, and child until nothing was left. The woman name Salem commanded her beasts to kill. All of the huntresses and hunters, one-by-one, fell to their death along with many grim. Crimson’s parents fought against Salem as Crimson, herself helped to defend the village. Suddenly Salem slaughtered Crimson’s parents right in front of her. Crimson ran toward Salem in anger, tried to seek revenge of their death. Crimson and Salem fought valiantly until Salem struck at Crimson leaving a horrid scar that coved her face and chest. Before leaving she said,” You are too weak for me. You are a foolish little child. I am surprised you are still alive after that blow…hmpt. You are just a small child…But. When we met again, I will not hold anything back and you will die at my feet by my hands. You will end up like your village and your parents…DEAD! I will let someone from this village know the burden of their village and its’ death. You are an interesting child…let’s see how long you will last…HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” She vanishes along with the rest of the surviving grim. Everyone was dead. Crimson crawls toward her parent, trying to heal them. It was too late…they were lying on their deathbeds. Her father whispers something before he died, “We love you, so much. Stay strong with your head held high. Remember…we are always….here for... y-y-you…..” She held their cold hands as they died. Crimson faints from exhaustion. She woke up in a city far away from the main city in Vale. She was rescued by multiple groups of hunters and huntresses that where on patrol in the forests. They were the trainees of the first huntresses and hunters including the huntresses and hunters as well. She told them all her story, even the first hunters and huntresses. They all agreed to help her, take care of her, and to train her with the many huntresses and hunters in the town. She kept training during her recovery, and stayed with the people. She trained as hard as she could and was determined. Crimson was devoted to getting revenge. Crimson vowed an oath that she will live long in the name of her village and get vengeance on Salem for killing her parents and destroying her loved village. (Now let us see how her story will play into…)

Weapon Names:
Weapon Storage Forms: on leg-weapon-blade-hilts that hold two at a time
Weapon Primary Forms: Two long-bladed katanas, two swords with barrels that hold powdered-dust on each of their hilts
Weapon Forms/Transformations: When using the swords and katanas, they could be used as a regular weapon. However, one sword and one katana can combine into a dual-bladed staff. If wanting to use a ranged weapon, one of the staffs can become into a bladed-bow for ranged/close combat weapon with dust infused arrows
Dust incorporation into the weapon: Each sword has a dust barrel. When in staff mode, both blades are infused with dust that can change with different dust by switch around the dust barrel. As a bow, when arrows are in the arrow rest (were the arrow rests and where the arrow waits to shoot out.) the arrows quickly get infused with dust powder with different aspects
Dust Arrow aspects:
•   Red- Fire
•   Yellow-Lightning
•   Blue- Water
•   Cyan- Ice
•   Green- Nature/Wind
•   Brown- Earth
•   White- Air
•   Purple- ???/ Gravity
Weapon History: Forged by hand in a small city in Vale where she grew-up in most of her life; 10 years ago when it was forged; designed because her mother was a skilled archer/swordswoman and her father was skilled with katanas and weapons in general; she wanted something to remind her of the old village; why it was named=unknown
Semblance Name: Midnight’s Vail
Semblance info: Same antithesis sort of like Schnee glyphs semblance. (Weiss and Winter) The ability is very flexible and can be used in many different ways, based on the user. The base attack would be shadowy bolt of energy similar to Weiss’ white glyph blasts, though the bolts can be many small bolts or fewer, larger bolts. The energy can be shaped into tendrils, slash-like waves, used as a weapon, and barriers. It also has the ability to possess items/creatures such as some rare grimm that can be used in combat. Said energy can be used for non-combat purposes as well. Including summoning beasts, like Winter, the user conjures more of a shadowy creature that can be used for combat and for non-combat uses. A key enhancer is the availability of darkness/shadows. A lot of darkness, such as a dark park with only streetlights around or shade from trees, will allow the user to draw on it for larger attacks. On the other side, if there is a lot of light, a plaza at noon on a sunny day, then the user has little extra power to draw on, thus leaving them with their natural abilities with some enhancers still having the ability to conjure their beast of choosing that they have fought.
Semblance Catalyst Focus: tuning/caster
Aura Color/ limitation: Twilight lavender with hints of lilac; had a large amount of aura from training within her lifetime
Fighting Style Name: The Guardian Discipline
Fighting Style Info:
History: A group of the first Hunters and Huntresses created the Guardian Disciplines long ago.  These styles reflected upon the weapons of the Guardian Masters: Sword, Dual Swords and Staff.  These three different weapons created the three different styles named after the three masters.  Ashen for dual swords, Onyx for swords and Ivory for staff users.  Since then, the Guardian Disciplines have evolved and changed and different variations of the Disciplines that have been created.
Training: The training involved for the various Disciplines vary.  The Basic Forms are easy to learn within five months of practice.  However, the Advanced and Master Forms are much harder to master.  It usually takes 2 years to use the Advance Forms.  Then, it takes even longer for the Master Styles to be learned.  Most students do not even attempt the Master Forms, but those who do are considerably stronger than most in the Disciplines.  While there are some users known to blend from one style to another, most students under the Disciplines truly are inclined to just one style.  Most training begins at the age of ten and most do not pass the Advance forms until age 13.  However, there have been special cases.
Onyx Forms
Basic Forms: The Onyx style refers to one-handed sword techniques, but can be applicable to sword and shield users as well as two-handed sword users.  The Onyx basic forms can be translated into any of these styles, as it is simply learning sword cuts as well as simple defenses with the sword.
Advance Forms: In the Advanced Forms, we see the splitting of the styles.  Single sword, one-handed users rely more on acrobatics as well as speed to deal with an opponent and the moves.
Ashen Forms
Advance Forms: With the basic known movements of attack and defense learned in Basic Forms, Advanced adds much more unique dynamics into the mix of attacks.  Now, the user must train their body to use a much more athletic approach in their combat.  Now, a new move in introduced into the mix.  Dual Kata is a series of X-Slashes, whirlwind like movements and other moves designed to overwhelm an opponent with incredible speed and power, continuing to pound on their defense until a hole is force open in which the user can dispatch their foes.
Master Forms: This is where the Ashen style is known for, the Dual Reverse Grip.  It is a powerful and quick style, much like the Master Reverse Grip form of the Onyx Forms.  This allows the user to adopt a more aggressive approach as he is able to run and slash much easier as well as to rush an opponent.  This style and its moves, however, are incredibly difficult to master.  They use more physical movement and incredible dexterity as well as total mastery over the Advanced Forms as the techniques in Master often link with the moves of the Advanced Forms.
The major move is Ashen's Storm, an extra set of moves that are added to the beginning and end of the Dual Kata starting with a reversed slash and a series of blows and at the end of the Kata is a reversed X-Slash.  It is known to be a powerful Kata.

-Appearance-
Hairstyle: Medium length about up to her shoulders, parted straight down the middle with medium bangs that drape to right with a strand of hair usually falls in the middle
Hair color: A purple-black with a hint of blues and silver
Eye color: Violet with hints of silver (out of battle that is often),    (in battle/combat/training)
Outfit: lilac/light-purple short dress with dark purple sleeves that stay on the forearm with lilac/purple fabric draped around the elbow; a pure black ribbon that ties around her neck and drapes near her chest; purple-black metal “gauntlets” on both arms with some pieces of fabric and deep-purple gloves connected to the wrists; the same black-purple metal but whole leg guards on both legs with “spikes”; knee guards with same metal and have swords and katana hilt holders, purple 4 in heels that connects to the leg guards,   
Accessories: arrow quiver on back of left leg that hold at least 10,000 compact arrows, a small compact shield on her left forearm, a dust pouch with all forms of dust that is neatly categorized between types/element/etc.,   
Complexion: Very pale, rarely gets sun; has quite a few scars all over her body but one very distinct one that covers her face and parts of her chest
Handedness: Ambidextrous but mainly left-handed
Height: 6’1 (without her shoes); 6’5 (with shoes)
Weight: 132.4

Reputation: Shy, rarely talks except in combat/training/class, Top huntress or soon to be huntress in academy,
Parents: Sebastian (Father), Phoenix (Mother); Status: DEAD; Cause of Death:  Murdered in combat
Sibling: N/A
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Re: OC NEED HELP
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2017, 10:54:35 PM »
So again the template provided is going to help alot with people reading your character sheet. Making it easier to see what they and what you are missing. It's here http://rwby-rpg.rwbyfanon.com/index.php/topic,86.0.html

As for the character itself sorry but I have a lot of issues
    -Being logical and stubborn is both kinda a contradiction and aren't weaknesses and I think you should fold all of these sections into the personality.
    -I don't think being scared of death is really necessary as it's basically universal
    -Your history could do with some paragraphs particularly around the dialogue as well as simply more
    -Having a sembalance which is 'like the schness but shadow' isn't going to go down well with the mods as it's both uncreative and very powerful. But I won't say take it out as I've already literally ripped the heart out of another semblance this week.
    -The fighting style stuff is neat but I'd focus on the marco side of her style rather than specific strikes; is it fast paced? Can she keep it up for long? Does she need an open space? How defensive is it? ect ect.
    -10,000 arrows is like a lot of arrows. Due to my immense knowledge of the ranger apprentice book series I know that most quivers have around 24 arrows. In real life professional archers, like mongol horsemen or english longbowmen, would carry multiple quivers to last them a whole battle. It may seem a small thing but ammo does matter in fight threads
    -There is no real reason for her to have a reputation
    -I'd also add a part about her in combat weaknesses for example my character Calen Shirke extremely underweight and therefore isn't really strong.

The first thing I'd recommend you to do is look at the other approved characters and see how they have been designed and try to answer all the questions that they do. Link here http://rwby-rpg.rwbyfanon.com/index.php/board,16.0.html

Again I don't want to come across as rude I just want us to get your character ready for the mods as quickly as possible.
No criticism is too harsh so hit me with your best shot.

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Re: OC NEED HELP
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2017, 12:25:38 AM »
Thank you for your.....disagreements on my oc...I will try to do it as fast as I can if I'm not too busy...but my mind has other ideas and I don't know how to thinks about all of your critics. I'll think about it...and if I'm not into all the changes that they will ask me...I might leave...just to let you know..

 
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Re: OC NEED HELP
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2017, 12:33:36 AM »
Salem, and all canon characters, are nonexistent here.
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Drop-out: Durian Ghede ~ Former leader of team DFDL
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Re: OC NEED HELP
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2017, 04:09:18 PM »
Well if I took out Salem that would have to be hard for me to change but I'll think about it.

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Re: OC NEED HELP
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2017, 04:46:49 PM »
Unfortunately when several people tie in cannon characters it gets messy real quick. I haven't been on the site long but I have already seen 3-4 early WiP characters that involve Salem, if all of those had been approved they would start contradicting each other. Not to mention changing Salem from who she is in the show, the fall of Beacon has not happened here so extremly few people know who Salem is.

That and a few other reasons is why there is a rule against all cannon characters. For example Ozpin is not the Headmaster of Beacon at this time, Alban Inverno is. So if you want to partake then rewrite the outline of the character, or spend some time developing your own villain (probably won't be popular with the mods if it's too similar to Salem though :P

Good luck, and people here will do their best to help you make an great character. :D
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Re: OC NEED HELP
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2017, 06:46:31 PM »
READ THE RULES BEFORE DOING ANYTHING

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Students
Wisteria Lockheart - 1st Year student at Beacon. "Don't make me throw a book at you"
Shiroe Pendragon - 1st Year Student at beacon - "This is my monochrome reality" - Team MARS
Lavender du Lac - 1st Year Student at Haven -  "The harder I try the further things drift away."
Ayaka Miyamoto - 1st Year student at Beacon. "Tsubame Gaeshi!" - Team ALIA
Vermilion Desdemona - 3rd Year Student at Beacon - "Only time you'd be above me is when your head rests on my pike"
Talen de L'eglantine - 3rd Year Student at Beacon
Kei Almas - 4th Year Student at Beacon - "Everything is ripe for the taking!"
Aurum LeBlanc - 3rd Year Student at Atlas - "Lay back, take it easy, and watch the comedy unfold"

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Re: OC NEED HELP
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2017, 06:54:30 PM »
Well Salem's role in your story is simply as the face of a hoard of unstoppable Grimm. She could just be replaced by a big Grimm whose forced to retreat by Crimson's parents before they succumb to their wounds. Like that horseman Grimm which did in Ren's parents.
No criticism is too harsh so hit me with your best shot.

Calen Shrike - ASTC - First Year Beacon.

Saffron de Cortez - SALT - Third Year Atlas.

Amarant Lovis - (formerly of)ACCE - Headmaster of Atlas Academy

Ramalia - RASB - First Year Shade