Comments | takua: Hack

takua

Hack

Feb 19, 2008 19:39

Since I wanted to collect what I hope will become my hack for Takua, I figured that I'd get input on it while I was at it. Here's everything that I have so far considered for what is essentially a "senses" hack.

Primary: Link of the Eyes

Like what the title says, the function of this is to bind allies' sight together into a cohesive whole. In ( Read more... )

Comments 5

jpec07 February 21 2008, 04:47:07 UTC

What are the downsides?

takua February 21 2008, 05:52:01 UTC

Do there need to be any? This isn't a hack that damages anything...that said though.

His mental concentration is needed to make this flow effectively. When he is mentally disturbed, or emotionally disturbed somehow, the number of people that he can link together and/or the quality of the link itself goes down. I can't really think of a drawback because this is all about utility. There wouldn't be an SP cost attached I wouldn't think. But...why would there need to be any downsides or drawbacks to this?

jpec07 February 21 2008, 10:09:39 UTC

That's the nature of the beast. There needs to be some disadvantage that the hack gives you, some opening to balance out the powers that it gives you. Trust me when I say that you need to come up with a drawback for this hack in order for nighthand to approve it. There needs to be a balance and, as he told me on many occasions, when you first get the hack, you will essentially be worse off than you were without it ( ... )

takua February 21 2008, 15:34:19 UTC

He won't get this all at once. It's broken down into secondaries and primaries so that I can earn this little by little. I'll probably ask to have both of the primaries to start off with, and gradually unlock the rest of it.

And I was trying to make an open-ended hack. There isn't supposed to be a limit to how much his senses could grow, or how adept and quick the reflexes and balance becomes. That said, I could probably come up with a few things to add on, assuming that I make it to that high level.

As for a drawback...I'll think of one shortly and post it up on here. It'll probably be something physical, or I'll go ahead and make an after effect to using it. That, really, sounds better than anything else.

Drawbacks umbraltear February 21 2008, 10:13:33 UTC

Always, always, always have drawbacks for your hack. If you think it's too weak to necessitate one? Make it stronger or someting, but always have a drawback.