The Official 1 Year Anniversary of The Unnecessary Balance

Any problems with my nominee? I'm open to modification.

Could I get a bit more info on Slayer and Judge please?

And yeah, I gave him a bio up until the point he became the Emerald Weapon to help flesh him out.

Edit: Man I can never respond correctly to quotes. Box is almost invisible.

Thanks for the info, I edited my post.

Sorry. Can't do it. I back Yellowflower. I'll put what I would have find here. If it is allowed after all, fine. If not, I've spent a lot of time on this over multiple days, and I don't feel like letting it rot. I'm not designing another entry. If you shoot it down, fine, but Emerald Blade is pretty much a giant wrench in anything that I can do that I would be slightly satisfied with.

What I would have made:

Name: Gregory Quinn
Gender: Male
Age: ??
Class: Shapeshifter
Level: 20
Weapon Proficiency: lance: C, staff A

Unique Equipment:

Emerald Rod (technically a staff. Requires E rank in Lance. Usable only by Quinn.) when not in battle, it can appear to be a rod of any length six feet or less.
Weapon ability: randomly use one of the enemy's activated abilities (=skill). Polymorph link
When equipped: evasion +25, all stats +10
Deals magic damage

Abilities:

Polymorph: transform into an identical copy of an ally, copying all current stats (except health) as base stats. Emerald Rod becomes an exact copy of the weapon ally has currently equipped. If unarmed, Rod becomes a random item in their inventory. If nothing is in their inventory, it becomes the most basic weapon usable by class Emerald Weapon becomes. Lasts three turns in battle, though outside of battle, it can be held for as long as Emerald Weapon is conscious in a 24 hour period. The rod will not copy transformative items such as dragon stones.

Crystal Mirror: create an identical copy of oneself. Usable even when transformed. Copy has only 1 health. Recharge 2 turns.

Banishing mirror: exiles target to pocket dimension for 3 turns. Only one enemy can be banished at a time. banished enemies can be seen, but cannot attack, be attacked, or move. Chance to occur =magic-enemy resistance

Personality: excellent actor. He is also ruthless, saying and doing whatever he needs to in order to stay ahead of everyone else, and almost everyone will believe him. He has never failed at being the person others want him to until he no longer needs them. He has very little knowledge of his past, but lives with the knowledge that something made him the way he is, and it troubles him that one day he may be called to do what he is made for. He is intelligent, but he doesn't pursue knowledge, instead accepting things for the way they are and determining how he can use it to his advantage. He knows very little about how his abilities work, but he knows that nobody else has them either, so he uses that to his advantage. No one knows the extent of his capabilities, except for the mysterious presence who created him. While the primary drive for his actions is self centered, the underlying cause is in attempt to find whoever it was who created him.

He is selfish, manipulative, and charismatic, but insecure about his role in the world, and lonely from being the only one of his kind. This also makes him distrusting, because a long time ago when he first realized who he was, he knew that society would never accept him. While Leah had Dhaos(? Can't spell fantasy names), Quinn had nobody. He empathizes with those society labels freaks, misfits, cripples, and others that most of the world shuns. He will actively go out of his way to help these people, because he

A) wants to
B) can easily move on afterwards, because who will take seriously the word of a beggar about a shapeshifting man he met in the middle of the night?


Likes: mythology and history, the occasional meat pie, long walks on the beach
Dislikes: politics, gambling, drinking
Family: unknown
Appearance: 5'9". Auburn hair, wavy. Bright green eyes, change hue with the light. Villain-worthy goatee. Slightly enlarged canines and an acute scent of smell due to a brief accidental stint as a dog when he was first learning how to transform. Around this time he developed his taste for meat pies

So Grayjack's character is now winning by one. Also, Os, I see nothing wrong with your character. I don't see how Emerald Blade would throw your character off. So Quinn is in the poll, if you want him to be.

Without going into too much detail, the Emerald Weapon looks like a giant titan in Weapon form. All extra abilities and stat boosts are only active in weapon form . In essence, this means the Emerald Weapon can have any abilities in normal form, and there would be no conflict. Since Emerald Blade is a command skill, using it is entirely optional, and you could just rely on Quinn's other Shapeshifting powers, assuming he wins.

Does that clarify things a bit, Os?

Also, I'm torn. So many good characters. I can't decide who I want to win more.

When in doubt, root for Max Powers

Grayjack, I suggest Lucky Seven for a special skill.

Sorry, I wasn't thinking straight. I'll create 2 more special skills for him.