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I won't lie, it had been way too long since I'd indulged myself in one of Ga-Koro's famous Takoyaki dishes. For those unaware, Takoyaki is a traditional Ga-Koroan snack dating back to shortly after the village's creation. It's primarily composed of a mix of batter, octopus meat, tempura flakes (delicious), green onion, and small bits of pickled ginger. These elements are all thoroughly mixed together, and fried in a special, cast-iron pan. I say it's special, because it's really more of a griddle than a pan, with uniformly shaped and placed half-spherical moulds. These moulds, during the frying process, are what gives the snack it's trademark spherical shape.
Once everything is fried up, the balls are then brushed with a special takoyaki sauce, which as far as i can tell is kind of similar to Worcestershire, and, interestingly enough, you can also get some mayonnaise in there as well.
To add the final touch of flavor, on is sprinkled a special layer of green laver (that's a type of edible seaweed), and flakes of dried makuta fish, culminating in one of the tastiest treats you'll find this side of Ta-Koro's infamous banana splits (overrated if you ask me).
And now I want takoyaki. D:
So I remember a while ago I asked if compasses were a thing to the Dasaka, due to the rarity of iron; Nuju's word was probably not. But, I was reading Ayiwah's page on the wiki, and she carries a compass, so I guess they do exist. Very expensive tool, I'm guessing, like how spyglasses were in the middle ages. More a sign of wealth.
so when do I get my element of fist and become the cqc version of that joker ech over there
Do custom elements still happen these days?
Custom Elements are as much a things as they ever were. No one really requests them anymore.
Remember the Toa of Kinetics guy.
That could be construed as a Toa of Fist.
Custom Elements are as much a things as they ever were. No one really requests them anymore.
You say two posts after the guy who had to settle for altered air rather than vacuum as an element
Remember the Toa of Kinetics guy.
That could be construed as a Toa of Fist.
become the Master of Fists.
Custom Elements are as much a things as they ever were. No one really requests them anymore.
You say two posts after the guy who had to settle for altered air rather than vacuum as an element
Firstly, one request in ~six months constitutes "no one really requests them". Secondly, requests =/= approval.
In terms of characters, I think that's pretty recent... Anyway, had to comment on the irony.
There was this one time when I made twenty characters in a month.
Ah, 2012.
I miss thee.
Remember the Toa of Kinetics guy.
That could be construed as a Toa of Fist.
become the Master of Fists.
that was the idea yes
Hope this speech'll be empressive impressive.
Empirically impossible
GET IT
So is there a hard fast rule regarding these custom elements? Like what if I wanted to make a hybrid character of multiple elements... say Fire and Earth or a combination of both elements like Lava or something to that extent? Would that be allowed?
I'm pretty sure dual elements are not allowed, even to that specialization. Particularly lava, since one hit and you're toast. Granted, a Ta-Skakdi and Po-/Onu-Skakdi could use their elemental abilities together to get that power.
I don't think you'll get away with a character having multiple element/powers.
The only exception I can think of is those who've used antidermis to gain new abilities.
You could get an Amulet and have a measure of switch-hitting...
well I was just looking up the elements on Biosec01 and it said under Earth Combinations that:
"Combinations
When combined with the Elemental Power of Fire, it can be used to make lava." So wanted to ask if this was a thing here.
Yes, it's a thing. If an earth user ad a fire user combined their powers, that is (I think Hakann and Reidak did something like this?). But I don't think you'd get away with a single character who had power over both earth and fire.
Ah... well maybe I'll make an acid element character or something? Could be interesting. What do you think an Acid Elemental Matoran would be like? Purple and green? Resistant to toxins and poisons? I guess a Toa or Turaga would work just like the other "powered" Acid users.
So do we have a consensus on the Kaita or Nui Fusions here? Like has it ever happened or could it ever happen? I suspect that if allowed it would not be so for players own characters. For example I may not be able to fuse 3 of my own characters but say two of mine and one of another may be allowed. Or something to that extent. Also if so, do they have to be of separate elements or could 3+ of them be the same element? Like say a Po-Kaita Matoran or in the case of the evil aligned Ko-Matoran Nui, lol. What abilities would it have I wonder?
There haven't been any Kaitas in the past, and I don't think there will be any time soon.
Matoran Kaita maaaaaaaay might have a chance of seeing the light of day. We could take a page from Corpus Rahkshi and emulate the Kaita mechanism from that game; three players fuse three characters into one larger being, and then coordinate with each other, agreeing on all of its movements. You could ask Ultimo (Chumpu) or Nato (Torchwick) for more info on that.
Toa Kaita? Forget it. Three elements plus three mask powers...
Kaitas, Matoran Nuis, and Turaga Nuis are strictly prohibited. Dual element characters are similar, in that their likelihood of approval is next to zero.
Yes, it's a thing. If an earth user ad a fire user combined their powers, that is (I think Hakann and Reidak did something like this?). But I don't think you'd get away with a single character who had power over both earth and fire.
The Maru used a lava attack in their fight against Makuta, it was pretty powerful. Hakann also has a lava launcher in game, though I don't know if he was only granted that because he has one in canon or not, as lava is pretty high up there on the "you're screwed if it hits you" rankings.
Kaitas, Matoran Nuis, and Turaga Nuis are strictly prohibited. Dual element characters are similar, in that their likelihood of approval is next to zero.
Well that pretty much ends that argument I guess. lol. Still being fairly new to the story I wanted to ask. Also I think I read most likely on the wiki that a character had two elements. Not sure if it was a staff character or not.
Anyway what say on the Acid element type for a character? Think I could try it out and see what develops?
well hub we better scrap those fusion dancers
Well that pretty much ends that argument I guess. lol. Still being fairly new to the story I wanted to ask. Also I think I read most likely on the wiki that a character had two elements. Not sure if it was a staff character or not.
Anyway what say on the Acid element type for a character? Think I could try it out and see what develops?
I suspect the 'character' you're referring to is Aeolus and Arden, two Toa whose spirits have become trapped in the same body (Iden accident, surprise surprise), with special permission from the staff. Their elements, Fire and Water, have become 'intertwined', so to speak: they cannot use one without using the other, leading them to be referred to collectively as a 'Toa of Steam'.
According to canon, Acid is a power and not an element, but we (the staff) might be open to allowing it as a custom element in the BZPRPG.
Have there been any custom elements int the RPG before? Like maybe not this one, but earlier ones?
Absolutely. In the Old BZPRPG, custom powers, not just elements, were everywhere. Pretty much nothing was banned, so people went wild. Sometimes the results were pretty out there. In the NBZP, and now the BZIII, they've been around too. Doomslayer used to be a Toa of Oil, we had a few Toa of Kinetics around. They haven't been very common this arc, in large part because the ones that were here in 2012 may not have been re-approved initially, or the players that used them may have dropped out.
Short answer, yes. And they're still allowed, you just have to really put thought into what you're asking for. Not because we don't want to let you do it, but because an element has so many potential uses that we have to be careful in what we approve.
Vacuum, for example, was pretty similar to Air and had proposed effects that didn't necessarily work.
So what I've heard, The Old BZPRPG Was sort of like an Open-world Bionifight with even less restrictions.
And like hundreds of posts per day, probably.
Pretty close. Less restrictions meant that the powers were even more crazy than Bionifight. Full powered Makuta were fairly normal.
The end of one arc had a sentient black hole fighting a Great Being of hunger who had eaten the interdimensional ship used by a bunch of chaos beings.
Pretty close. Less restrictions meant that the powers were even more crazy than Bionifight. Full powered Makuta were fairly normal.
The end of one arc had a sentient black hole fighting a Great Being of hunger who had eaten the interdimensional ship used by a bunch of chaos beings.
*Mind blown*
Although it was short-lived, I liked my rahkshi detective.
Santun War was awesome.
Pretty close. Less restrictions meant that the powers were even more crazy than Bionifight.
How is that even possible?
The end of one arc had a sentient black hole fighting a Great Being of hunger who had eaten the interdimensional ship used by a bunch of chaos beings.
Oh, that's how....
Vacuum, for example, was pretty similar to Air and had proposed effects that didn't necessarily work.
Vacuum is a subpower of air people.
and does this mean i can get my acid reapproved
pls
plssss
Pretty close. Less restrictions meant that the powers were even more crazy than Bionifight. Full powered Makuta were fairly normal.
The end of one arc had a sentient black hole fighting a Great Being of hunger who had eaten the interdimensional ship used by a bunch of chaos beings.
Oh how glad am I those are gone. And Sha'i'tan wasn't a great being, just a particularly powerful creation of one with delusions of grander.
The Santun war started out awesome but unfortunately fell out at the end due to major people falling off the sight.
Not that I'm bitter or anything. =P
Wow, not sure how I'd feel about a black hole character... wait... I made one once named Darkmatter. He was a Transformer had a gun that generated black holes. He didn't last long, got shoved into a hole of his own creation and was destroyed.
Anyway, If I wanted to create an Acid or other custom element character, how would I go about doing it? Would I first have to define the element and get it approved first? I know there is a character who has Smoke as a custom element. I think that would be cool character to make but had to find out who owns it and ask first.
Well that pretty much ends that argument I guess. lol. Still being fairly new to the story I wanted to ask. Also I think I read most likely on the wiki that a character had two elements. Not sure if it was a staff character or not.
Anyway what say on the Acid element type for a character? Think I could try it out and see what develops?
I suspect the 'character' you're referring to is Aeolus and Arden, two Toa whose spirits have become trapped in the same body (Iden accident, surprise surprise), with special permission from the staff. Their elements, Fire and Water, have become 'intertwined', so to speak: they cannot use one without using the other, leading them to be referred to collectively as a 'Toa of Steam'.
According to canon, Acid is a power and not an element, but we (the staff) might be open to allowing it as a custom element in the BZPRPG.
That is a strong possibility. I remember the two elements being Fire and water though more than that eludes me.
well hub we better scrap those fusion dancers
Eh, don't worry Raz.
We'll just have to