Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Character Creation and Discussion

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Yosh-to!

Part VI of Mai's Profile up, detailing spells and abilities:

Spoiler for length:

-TSAB Midchilda Main Command Base, Kuragana

*Smith parks jeep at open parking lot*

Smith: Can you stand up Wes?
Wesson: Somehow, I can. I’m much tougher than you think.
Mai: I see.

*Mai and Smith help Wesson up*

Wesson: Remember Mai, not even your Demon Form is a match for me!
Smith: Us you mean.
Wesson: I can’t be killed by you Mai!
Mai: *Chainsaw revs*

There are fates worse than death.

Wesson: *sweats profusely* never mind what I just said…
Mai: *stores Astaroth* Right.
Smith: You might want to keep that away in front of General Maxim.
Mai: Maxim-sama?
Smith: Yes the General. He’s the one we’re visiting to formally meet you.
Wesson: And also to hand over your applications.
Mai: I understand. *opens up holodisplay*
Smtih: You’re still reading that Mai?
Mai: *nods*
Wesson: But you already know your own powers and abilities. No reason to read them from a third party.
Mai: …

Someone once said to me, “You don’t need a reason to do something you like. Just do it.”

Smith: I wonder who said that…
Mai: …

You did.

Smith: Oh… go on then.
Mai: *blinks*

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As an Armed Device, Astaroth is equipped with a 3-round sliding bolt cartridge system, common in most staff weapons of its type. It is mounted at the bottom tip of the staff, using 5.56 caliber cartridges. Due to the unique condition of her Linker Core, Mai’s combat style is heavily reliant on cartridge use in order to conserve her own Linker Core energy – on average, Mai is required to use at least 3 cartridges for any spell ranked A and above, regardless of effects. Further improvements to the storage capacity of Mai’s Linker Core battery should enhance her energy management needs during spell casting, and the addition of an AI to her device should further reduce the strain on her condition.

Asides from Astaroth, Mai can also conserve energy using specially made glass charms, which resemble a caricature of the human body, with the symbol for Venus engraved in its center. These charms store a limited of magical energy inside them, and each preprogrammed with a single spell. When used, these charms form a string of light around the neck of the figure, which is then pulled to activate the programmed spell. Not only does this save time, the charms themselves can also be used by other people, even those without magic ability, simply by pulling the string. And because the magical energy is already stored using it requires no magic on Mai’s part.

(It is noted that these charms were inspired by similarly-designed straw dolls that Mai used as the Hell Girl).

Limitations to the use of these charms include the extensive preparation necessary to infuse the charm with the necessary magical energy and program the desired spell, and each charm can only be used a single time before requiring recharging and reprogramming. Also, due to the energy storage limits of the charms they can only be programmed with spells no higher than A+ rank.

Mai has three of these charms, one blue, one red, and one black, corresponding to the three types of Chaos magic disciplines that Mai is proficient at; namely Standard spells, Illusions and Demon Invocations respectively.

Individual details on her spells are as follows:

Standard Spells - These spells are similar to most Midchilda type effects, with the exception of using Chaos magics. They pack more power per rank than equivalent Mid spells, but sacrifices accuracy and range in the process.

Ranged Standard:

Doom Bolt: A multiple shooter spell, this spell creates multiple unguided energy balls, which can be used to bombard a target area. Additionally, the balls explode and splinter on impact, further devastating anyone caught in its blast radius.

Doom Flak: Similar to Doom Bolt, but explodes on command, making it useful as an anti-air area spell.

Doom Spike: A single shot spell which forms a spike of dark energy that is shot at hypersonic speed. Effective at penetrating heavy armor.

Doom Shotgun: Shoots several hundred tiny balls of unstable dark energy at the target area. Devastating at close range, but loses effectiveness after only a few meters. Instantaneous casting time and damage spread make it ideal for indoor combat.

Doom Blaze: Mai can shoot forth a jet of black flame that instantly burns anything it touches.

Doom Saber: In Eviscerator Form, Mai can concentrate spinning energy around Astaroth’s sawblade, before launching it at the target through a swing. Highly effective cutting spell, but very inaccurate.

Chaos Meteor: Mai forms a mass of dark energy that she discharges as a massive ball towards a target. Often used for demolition of large, heavily fortified structures. Due to the time it takes to cast it is not often used in direct combat.

Chaos Whip: Forms a solid whip of dark energy on Mai’s hands, used for mid-range combat and binding, as well as other utilities.

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Smith / Wesson: Whips?
*looks at each other*

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Meteor Hammer: Combining Chaos Meteor and Chaos Whip forms this weapon, where a condensed ball of dark energy is attached to a Chaos whip, granting Mai limited control over its movements. Used primarily as a mid-range demolition weapon.

Melee Standard:

Black Impact: Mai can charge her fists with dark energy, which enhances the power of her punches. Rarely used due to combat preferences.

Black Crozius: Charges the head of Astaroth with unstable dark magic. The magic explodes upon impact, dealing massive explosive damage to the target. Used rarely, as Astaroth itself is damaged when using this spell.

Black Chainsaw: Eviscerator Form’s extended mode. When active, a second roundsaw, made out of dark energy is created, and connected to Astaroth’s head via two energy chains, forming a large chainsaw. This variant is Mai’s most powerful melee weapon.

Attached Image:

Spoiler for Blade Chainsaw:

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Wesson: *shivers**holds on to manhood*
Mai: *hint of a smile*

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Bind Standard:

Chains of Torment: Mai’s most powerful bind spell, Chains of Torment unleashes dark energy chains that burst out from the ground and completely bind the target. The more the target resists, either physically or through magic, the tighter the chains wrap until the spell is cancelled or the victim is killed. This spell requires a large solid surface to be cast on, and has limited range, making it ineffective in air combat. Also it is easily dispelled by Divine magics.

Demon Grip: One of the most unusual bind spells ever recorded, Mai can use invisible dark energy to bind an opponent simply by gripping them, binding the body part affected. Traditional bind dispel techniques do not work on this spell, and unlike Chains of Torment can be used in midair. However, physical contact must be made for the spell to work.

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Smith: *whispers* Whips…
Wesson: And Binds…
Smith: With gothic Lolita…
Wesson: Dressed in black…

*chainsaw revs*

Smith/Wesson: *sweats* Maybe not…

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Defensive Standard:

Chaos Shield: Similar to traditional Round Shields, only using the Midchilda Chaos Circle.

Illusion spells – Chaos Illusion differ from standard Midchilda Illusion spells in their execution: while the latter aims to change the external appearance of an object via optical camouflage, the former directly implants the illusion into the target’s mind, creating a more visceral experience. Unlike with simple Illusions, Chaos Illusions can influence all five of a target’s senses, blurring the line between what’s real and what’s not. As a drawback though, Chaos Illusions require more power to affect multiple people than equivalent standard spells, and is thus most effective when used on less than two people. Mai has three different illusion spells available, all three of which requires eye contact, along with the proper spell activation to use:

Ocularis Infernum: This illusion type amplifies a person’s deepest negative feelings (fear, doubt, hate) and distorts it into visions of ugliness that further provokes that person’s emotions. This creates a feedback loop that traps the person inside the illusion unless he is able to reduce all trace of negative emotion within him, or after the spell expires within 3 minutes.

Ocularis Malum: More versatile than Ocularis Infernum, this spell allows Mai to trap a person inside any illusion of her making for one minute once they have made eye contact.

Ocularis Terribum: Mai’s ultimate terror spell, where she amplifies a person’s greatest fears and manifests in that person’s consciousness as physical beings. The psychological damage from this spell is evident in Mai’s victims during her time as Hell Girl. This spell also requires the most concentration from Mai in order to prevent the spell from collapsing, unlike with Malum or Infernum:

Demon Summoning- Chaos magic is unique amongst Midchilda-based disciplines for its ability to create living beings simply through a coalescence of dark energy, thus the tern Dark Energy Monsters, or D.E.MONS. Most Demons created in this manner are extremely unstable, and will eventually collapse and disintegrate after enough time in the material universe. However, the power of these Demons is formidable; Mai’s recollection from the archives of the Crozius Maleficus point to the ability of A-rank Chaos Magi to summon a Demon 2 ranks his own level in terms of power.

The shape and form of most Demons summoned via Midchild-Type Chaos magic tend to be wildly random; no two demons are alike, as per the unstable nature of Dark Energy. However, Mai can summon demons that fall into two categories: Ground and Aerial demons, which inhabit their respective elements. Ground demons are created with brute physical strength and durability, while Aerial Demons are created to serve as light, fast raiders that rely on numbers to overwhelm their prey-

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Smith: We’re here.
Mai: *looks up* Where are we?
Smith: The clerks up front told me this is the room where Glock was staying at the moment.
Wesson: Thought we’d drop by a surprise on him before we went to the General. He’d want to rest after his travels, so let's drop by!
Mai: … Indeed.
Smith: Shall we Wes?
Wesson: Ready when you are.
Smith: One!
Wesson: Two!
Smith / Wesson: THREE!!!

*busts door open*

YO GLOCK!!!!!

...

Mai: ...

Smith: Where’s Glock?

Chaos references, and quite a few variations of the Doom Bolt. But.... *starts flailing arms* No Winds of Chaos?

Smith & Wesson have ripped the page with 'sublety' out of their dictionairy, haven't they?

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

I was also under the wrong impressions. Come to think of it, I'm going to write my own drama segment soon. About Keroko, I'll give her a more bubbly and girlish attitude when she hears about the new equipment to help you out in ironing out her image.

Please do, I'll try to get the fluff scene to paper in the meanwhile.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

*noted again* Hmhm. She'll definitely hate the Einst Glied series. They're basically armored tentacle salads that spouts lasers from their faces.

Armored... tentacle salads?

No... She'll definetely not like that....

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

I can almost imagine it now. Though it includes a part about Kha saying something that prompts Keroko to pound him again.

*muffles a few chuckles with coughs*

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Well, she has no inhibitions whatsoever... she slice you in half in a blink if you cross her lest your name is Glock, Smith, Wesson or Maxim

That sounds awefully familiar... Oh yes, Keroko is definetely recognising herself in this girl.

Originally Posted by KBTKaiser

Hrm...Health Drink + Mabiko = ...

1) Brief KO + late deployment with SS+ natural power rank...
2) Long KO + no immediate benefits...save for building up drink immunity...
3) Brief tail bristle + Dark side Mabiko...

take your pick...

3. Dark Mabiko? yup, definetely 3.

Speaking of health drinks....

Keroko: Ah? Is everyone hanging around here? Ah! great, drinks, I'm thirsy.
Nanoha/Kha: Kero-!
Keroko: *Downs the entire drink in one go*
Nanoha/Kha: *Stare with a large sweatdrop*
Keroko: *puts down the glass, only then does the taste starts to register* Don't tell me... Liana's health drink?
Nanoha/Kha: *nod sadly*
Keroko: Ah... So ka... *stumbles back outside*
Kha: *sighs* I'll get her a double lunch. She's going to need it after she's finished emptying her stomach.

[Aaron008R]

Originally Posted by An Hero in Disguise

Nice abilities there Following my usual self I wanted to start a discussion about the power of Chaos Illusions and means against them but then mentioned the part about the necessity of eye contact

Now we need to see Mai in action

Now you want to compare against a cute-goth-loli-with-a-chainsaw-staff-and-terrifying-power?

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Well, she has no inhibitions whatsoever... she slice you in half in a blink if you cross her lest your name is Glock, Smith, Wesson or Maxim

So what were you going to discuss anyways? Serge wanna take on Mai and her illusions?

He'd be trying something definitely dangerous. Killer lolis are extremely deadly when coupled with the MOE! Barrier.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Please do, I'll try to get the fluff scene to paper in the meanwhile.

Gladly. I'll put in some roller-coaster jokes as well.

Armored... tentacle salads?

No... She'll definitely not like that....

I thought so. I think we'll be seeing a lot of ICB's in the I-n's arc.

*muffles a few chuckles with coughs*

Hey, Artherion would enjoy that.

Speaking of health drinks....

Keroko: Ah? Is everyone hanging around here? Ah! great, drinks, I'm thirsy.
Nanoha/Kha: Kero-!
Keroko: *Downs the entire drink in one go*
Nanoha/Kha: *Stare with a large sweatdrop*
Keroko: *puts down the glass, only then does the taste starts to register* Don't tell me... Liana's health drink?
Nanoha/Kha: *nod sadly*
Keroko: Ah... So ka... *stumbles back outside*
Kha: *sighs* I'll get her a double lunch. She's going to need it after she's finished emptying her stomach.

Another poor soul.

[An Hero in Disguise]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

So what were you going to discuss anyways? Serge wanna take on Mai and her illusions?

Well, Serge has no reasons to confront Mai. The same goes for her I think. Her relationship with a powerful Lost Logia may be the only thing that could get SSD's interest, but Serge's group in particular has other things to do. Anyway, isn't Glock somehow related to the Intelligence Department?

Regarding fighting illusions, aside from VA reference , Serge doesn't need to keep his eyes open participating in a magical duel

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Keroko

Chaos references, and quite a few variations of the Doom Bolt. But.... *starts flailing arms* No Winds of Chaos?

Smith & Wesson have ripped the page with 'sublety' out of their dictionairy, haven't they?

That sounds awefully familiar... Oh yes, Keroko is definetely recognising herself in this girl.

I'm trying to reference W40K, not make it a full-fledged 40K... although, I think I've already crossed that line with the Necrons And Smith and Wesson are about as subtle as a nuclear bomb

And... how should Keroko and Mai meet anyway?

Originally Posted by Keroko

Speaking of health drinks....

Keroko: Ah? Is everyone hanging around here? Ah! great, drinks, I'm thirsy.
Nanoha/Kha: Kero-!
Keroko: *Downs the entire drink in one go*
Nanoha/Kha: *Stare with a large sweatdrop*
Keroko: *puts down the glass, only then does the taste starts to register* Don't tell me... Liana's health drink?
Nanoha/Kha: *nod sadly*
Keroko: Ah... So ka... *stumbles back outside*
Kha: *sighs* I'll get her a double lunch. She's going to need it after she's finished emptying her stomach.

May the Light of the God Empress Bless her Taste.. amen.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Now you want to compare against a cute-goth-loli-with-a-chainsaw-staff-and-terrifying-power?

He'd be trying something definitely dangerous. Killer lolis are extremely deadly when coupled with the MOE! Barrier.

Do Lolicon lure tactics even work on Serge?

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Another poor soul.

And more to come once IT has been MASS PRODUCED!!!!

Spoiler for Instant Death:

Originally Posted by An Hero in Disguise

Well, Serge has no reasons to confront Mai. The same goes for her I think. Her relationship with a powerful Lost Logia may be the only thing that could get SSD's interest, but Serge's group in particular has other things to do. Anyway, isn't Glock somehow related to the Intelligence Department?

Regarding fighting illusions, aside from VA reference , Serge doesn't need to keep his eyes open participating in a magical duel

Yep, asides for curiosity reasons (aka Will Aether Threads work on Chaos Magic), or something along those lines, no reason Mai will want to fight... unless Serge somehow says something incredibly crass for some reason and forces Mai to summon a Greater Demon of Korn

And yes he is, although the 79th has their own Investigations Team, making them incredibly autonomous.

Cocky are we?

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I'm trying to reference W40K, not make it a full-fledged 40K... although, I think I've already crossed that line with the Necrons And Smith and Wesson are about as subtle as a nuclear bomb

And... how should Keroko and Mai meet anyway?

Hmm... I'll get back on that.

Originally Posted by LoweGear

And more to come once IT has been MASS PRODUCED!!!!

Spoiler for Instant Death:

They... they mass produced it?

Keroko won't have any motivation to even try eating lunch at this rate.

[Aaron008R]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I'm trying to reference W40K, not make it a full-fledged 40K... although, I think I've already crossed that line with the Necrons And Smith and Wesson are about as subtle as a nuclear bomb

Tell me about it. They can't last five minutes without invoking Mai's wrath.

Do Lolicon lure tactics even work on Serge?

You think he's immune?

And more to come once IT has been MASS PRODUCED!!!!

Spoiler for Instant Death:

W-WHAT THE HELL?!?!?
We're doomed! Run for your lives!

Liana:
Kusuha:

[Fuyu no Sora]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

And more to come once IT has been MASS PRODUCED!!!!

Spoiler for Instant Death:

Oh my.....

Cass: Boy, I did well in listening to Lieutenant Takamachi and Captain Testarossa ><

Ken: Glad you did. I wouldn't want to put flowers in your coffin Chief

Artes: You sure about that? Look above.

Cass and Ken:

Ken: Let's make a run for it Chief!

[Keroko]

Oh, one more thing concerning Keroko. Due to problems between her ranking and Hayate's (Keroko was equally ranked with Hayate, but got promoted far before her, even though storywise Hayate was the first to get promoted that high that fast) I am dropping her rank from Commomwealth Air Force Wing Commander to normal Air Force Captain.

This mistake was mostly due to a combination of my own hastiness, ignorance of millitairy rankings, and love for X-wing novels.

Talk about killing your darlings.

[Kha]

Just another thought that has been spinning in my head ever since one Espada referred to Vivio as "Seijou":

Spoiler for Vivio...?:

(bullets and spellfire ricochet)

Kha: (strained) Go! I'll hold them off. Hurry.
Viv: (frightened) Kha-tan is hurt!
Kha: Never mind me! Quick to the transport! I won't let them kill you!
Viv: ...

(Several IVA radicals emerge and fire at him. Kha casts his shield, but with each blow bits and pieces of it was falling off)

Kha: Vivio!!! What are you doing?! GO!!!

(stray RPG headed for the girl)

Kha: NOO!!! (jumps in the way)

(Dramatic explosion, then Kha finds himself in a world of pure light. He cannot make anything out from the blinding glare.)

?????: (echoing) Kha...

Kha: Empress...?

?????: Kha... You know that you are not one of us... You know that you belong to another order... Why is it that you help us...

Kha: The Light is the same no matter how you look at it. At the end of the day, as long as I am true to the Light, it doesn't matter who you serve. I have followed you all my life; nothing shall change that.

?????: For that you are willing to risk everything for this child, who may crush your original beliefs if she lived...

Kha: I believe in her.

?????: To believe in the Star Child... It is time. Rise, Kha, rise a true Cleric-Knight...

Dust cloud clears slowly, and the radical terrorists look at the blast zone, then...

Kha steps out, wearing an upgraded version of his Knight Armor.

()

Kha: You have been judged guilty, and by the will of the God Empress I shall mete Justice! (raises hand)

Song of a Thousand Mourning Angels...

Spoiler for What's this?:

REQUIEM BREAKER!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the TRUE Schneiderform. (And Kha's Breaker)

For God Empress H*****, and the Star Child VIVIO!!!

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Kha

Just another thought that has been spinning in my head ever since one Espada referred to Vivio as "Seijou":

Spoiler for Vivio...?:

(bullets and spellfire ricochet)

Kha: (strained) Go! I'll hold them off. Hurry.
Viv: (frightened) Kha-tan is hurt!
Kha: Never mind me! Quick to the transport! I won't let them kill you!
Viv: ...

(Several IVA radicals emerge and fire at him. Kha casts his shield, but with each blow bits and pieces of it was falling off)

Kha: Vivio!!! What are you doing?! GO!!!

(stray RPG headed for the girl)

Kha: NOO!!! (jumps in the way)

(Dramatic explosion, then Kha finds himself in a world of pure light. He cannot make anything out from the blinding glare.)

?????: (echoing) Kha...

Kha: Empress...?

?????: Kha... You know that you are not one of us... You know that you belong to another order... Why is it that you help us...

Kha: The Light is the same no matter how you look at it. At the end of the day, as long as I am true to the Light, it doesn't matter who you serve. I have followed you all my life; nothing shall change that.

?????: For that you are willing to risk everything for this child, who may crush your original beliefs if she lived...

Kha: I believe in her.

?????: To believe in the Star Child... It is time. Rise, Kha, rise a true Cleric-Knight...

Dust cloud clears slowly, and the radical terrorists look at the blast zone, then...

Kha steps out, wearing an upgraded version of his Knight Armor.

()

Kha: You have been judged guilty, and by the will of the God Empress I shall mete Justice! (raises hand)

Song of a Thousand Mourning Angels...

Spoiler for What's this?:

REQUIEM BREAKER!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the TRUE Schneiderform. (And Kha's Breaker)

For God Empress H*****, and the Star Child VIVIO!!!

Th-the god emperor of mankind!?!?!?!

*looks again*

Dammit Kha! You had me scared there for a sec!

*Sigh* Oh yeah, I finished the second part of the getting-Nanoha-to-relax fluff: Sisters by soul.

Spoiler for Sisters by soul:

*door buzzes*
Nanoha: *muffled from the other side of the door* Dozo!
Keroko: ojamashimasu!
Nanoha: Keroko-chan! What brings you here?
Keroko: Chrono told me you had to take a day of tomorrow or face the wrath of Shamal. I have a day off too, so I figured we could spend it together.
Nanoha: Ah, good idea. Let me finish these requests and-
Keroko: -Yappari-. Ano na, Nanoha-chan, the idea of a day off is that you don’t work for a change.
Nanoha: But-
Keroko: Ah! I brought chicken, and marinaded them too. All we need is some rice. Eto… where did I put it?
Nanoha: Did you bring vegetables?
Keroko: *raises hand dramatically, one finger pointing skywards* You don’t need vegetables when you have meat!
Nanoha: Ehehehe, I’ll go see what I have then.

*the sound of a lit stove, sizzling meat, boiling water and the chopping of vegetables fills the room*
Nanoha: It’s almost as if we’re back home, isn’t it? You do the meat, I make the vegetables.
Keroko: Un, ah, the rice is done.
Nanoha: I’ve got it.
Keroko: Hmm, the chicken is almost done, too. Let’s go set up the table.
Nanoha: Hai.

Nanoha: So how is Rogue Squadron?
Keroko: We’re doing pretty well. Ever since I got pushed for that promotion to Captain when the Squadron entered active duty, it’s been hectic. Trying to manage the Squadron, flying missions and doing my things as an instructor at the same time. Luckily things calmed down a bit after the first few months.
Nanoha: And they accuse me of working too hard.
Keroko: You are working too hard. Whatever I do as an instructor, you do the double. Granted, we recently balanced out a little, but you’ve been pushing yourself.
Nanoha: … Heh, here we are supposed to have a day off and we’re still talking about work.
Keroko: It’s because we have nothing else to talk about. Let’s change that tomorrow.
Nanoha: So where will we go?
Keroko: Hmm, we could go to that new movie that all the privates are talking about. Or we could go into the city, Tyria told me about the brilliant shopping center that opened up recently.
Nanoha: Un, sounds like fun. But let’s eat first.
Nanoha/Keroko: Itadakimasu!

*later that night*
Nanoha: That was delicious.
Keroko: Un, I can’t wait until tomorrow.
Nanoha: But let’s get some sleep first. I promised Shamal that I would try to go to sleep at 11.
*The two snuggle into the bed, facing each other with a smile.*
Nanoha: Oyasumi, onee-chan.
Keroko: Oyasuminasai, onee-chan.

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*Several blocks away, a group of people can be seen staring at the monitor.*
Hayate: Kawaiiiiii! Just look at the two of them!
Rein: Honto-desu! It was a good idea of Chrono-kun to let Keroko do this.
Chrono: Ma, I’m curious as to how tomorrow will end up, but for now it’s a ‘mission complete’
Signum: Desuga, who would have thought Keroko would succeed so easily?
Shamal: Tabun… because those two are true sisters. Despite not being related by blood, they care for each other just like blood siblings would do. Almost like you and Fate, Chrono-kun.
Chrono: *sighs* Tamashi no shimai… ka?

[Fuyu no Sora]

Originally Posted by Keroko

*Sigh* Oh yeah, I finished the second part of the getting-Nanoha-to-relax fluff: Sisters by soul.

Spoiler for Sisters by soul:

*door buzzes*
Nanoha: *muffled from the other side of the door* Dozo!
Keroko: ojamashimasu!
Nanoha: Keroko-chan! What brings you here?
Keroko: Chrono told me you had to take a day of tomorrow or face the wrath of Shamal. I have a day off too, so I figured we could spend it together.
Nanoha: Ah, good idea. Let me finish these requests and-
Keroko: -Yappari-. Ano na, Nanoha-chan, the idea of a day off is that you don’t work for a change.
Nanoha: But-
Keroko: Ah! I brought chicken, and marinaded them too. All we need is some rice. Eto… where did I put it?
Nanoha: Did you bring vegetables?
Keroko: *raises hand dramatically, one finger pointing skywards* You don’t need vegetables when you have meat!
Nanoha: Ehehehe, I’ll go see what I have then.

*the sound of a lit stove, sizzling meat, boiling water and the chopping of vegetables fills the room*
Nanoha: It’s almost as if we’re back home, isn’t it? You do the meat, I make the vegetables.
Keroko: Un, ah, the rice is done.
Nanoha: I’ve got it.
Keroko: Hmm, the chicken is almost done, too. Let’s go set up the table.
Nanoha: Hai.

Nanoha: So how is Rogue Squadron?
Keroko: We’re doing pretty well. Ever since I got pushed for that promotion to Captain when the Squadron entered active duty, it’s been hectic. Trying to manage the Squadron, flying missions and doing my things as an instructor at the same time. Luckily things calmed down a bit after the first few months.
Nanoha: And they accuse me of working too hard.
Keroko: You are working too hard. Whatever I do as an instructor, you do the double. Granted, we recently balanced out a little, but you’ve been pushing yourself.
Nanoha: … Heh, here we are supposed to have a day off and we’re still talking about work.
Keroko: It’s because we have nothing else to talk about. Let’s change that tomorrow.
Nanoha: So where will we go?
Keroko: Hmm, we could go to that new movie that all the privates are talking about. Or we could go into the city, Tyria told me about the brilliant shopping center that opened up recently.
Nanoha: Un, sounds like fun. But let’s eat first.
Nanoha/Keroko: Itadakimasu!

*later that night*
Nanoha: That was delicious.
Keroko: Un, I can’t wait until tomorrow.
Nanoha: But let’s get some sleep first. I promised Shamal that I would try to go to sleep at 11.
*The two snuggle into the bed, facing each other with a smile.*
Nanoha: Oyasumi, onee-chan.
Keroko: Oyasuminasai, onee-chan.

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*Several blocks away, a group of people can be seen staring at the monitor.*
Hayate: Kawaiiiiii! Just look at the two of them!
Rein: Honto-desu! It was a good idea of Chrono-kun to let Keroko do this.
Chrono: Ma, I’m curious as to how tomorrow will end up, but for now it’s a ‘mission complete’
Signum: Desuga, who would have thought Keroko would succeed so easily?
Shamal: Tabun… because those two are true sisters. Despite not being related by blood, they care for each other just like blood siblings would do. Almost like you and Fate, Chrono-kun.
Chrono: *sighs* Tamashi no shimai… ka?

Very cute Kero-kun ^^ When will we see Part 3?

[Meophist]

Got five more characters to fit with some previous characters. Will post two for now.

Spoiler for Zarithia Saah:

???: Argh! I'm bored! What to do, what to do… Hrmm… I guess I'll just look at my own profile. See what's there.

Profile — Zarithia Saah
Name: Zarithia Saah (ザリシア・サー)
D.O.B.: 02/01/0058
Hair Colour: Red
Eye Colour: Blue

TSAB Mage Rank: B (Air)
Magic Type: Midchildran

History:
Born and raised in Elseia, Zarithia is the second youngest of four sisters. She had relatively little interest in magic or magic training until her second oldest sister died in an accident while a part of the TSAB. From that point, Zarithia started to self-train herself and soon joined the TSAB.

Zarithia: Well, that sounds kinda cool, the two events are unrelated. Just a coincidence. I need to get into contact with the guy who wrote this and clear this up.

Once in, Zarithia showed ambition and talent which allowed her to quickly get through training and soon joined the 34th Lost Logia Search Forces. However, following a particular incident, the force was disbanded. Zarithia has since created a quick-response strike unit with Aetis Zast, who was her partner in the 34th Lost Logia Search Forces.

Zarithia: That's it? Well, I guess I still haven't done much. Let's see, next page…

About:
Zarithia is a kind, cheerful, and mostly carefree girl. When she considers somebody to be her friend, she will work hard to defend that person when possible.

Zarithia: It's nice to read good things about you.

However, Zarithia has shown an obsession with the colour blue…

Zarithia: Obsession? Favourite colour isn't an obsession!

…as she is frequently seen wearing blue, her barrier jacket is almost entirely blue, she decorates her room with mostly blue, she notices the mention of blue even if it's across the room, and tends to side with whoever has the most amount of blue on them during arguments(hair, eyes, clothing, etc.). It is thus recommend not to count her during arguements.

Zarithia: …I'm going to kill whoever wrote this. DIE! DIE! DIE!

Zarithia uses an only minimally modified standard issue storage device for combat. However, unlike most Midchildran users, Zarithia prefers combat in close-range and is surprisingly effective at such. Her style is more defensive than offensive, making her an effective front guard. Her specialties lie in speed and defense.

Zarithia: I don't care if you're starting to praise me now. You're not getting out of this alive, Mr. whoever-wrote-this. You're the reason nobody listens to me!
???: Actually, it's because of how you act.
Zarithia: Oh, hey blue~
???: He- hey, let go of my hair. So I'm guessing you were reading your own profile?
Zarithia:Ah, yeah. Hey, Aetis, you happen to know who wrote it? I want to kill him.
Aetis: No, but if you keep saying things like that, somebody's going to arrest you.
Zarithia: You're no fun. I'm bored. Maybe I'll check out your profile.
Aetis: Hey, wait! …You already opened it.
Zarithia: Hiding something?
Aetis: Not really. My life isn't that interesting though.

Zarithia: Well, let's see…

Spoiler for Aetis Zast:

Profile — Aetis Zast
Name: Aetis Zast (エィテス・ザースト)
D.O.B.: 26/06/0057
Hair Colour: Blue

Zarithia: Blue~
Aetis: Cut it out.

Eye Colour: Green

TSAB Mage Rank: A (Mixed)
Magic Type: Neo-Belkan

Zarithia: Miss high-rank.
Aetis: You'll be A-rank too if you'd just try. Your apparent determination from training seems to be all gone now, though.

About:
Born in Kranagan, Aetis is an only child. She has always shown a desire to be a TSAB officer like her parents and joined early.

Zarithia: Hrmm… only child. Your mom and dad are here too?
Aetis: Well, yeah.
Zarithia: Cool! I want to meet them. Do they have blue hair too?
Aetis: Mom does… Is that the only reason why you want to meet them?

After training, Aetis joined the Emergency Response Force - Blue team, but left after 2 months to join 34th Lost Logia Search Forces.

Zarithia: Huh? You were a part of the ERF Blue team? For two months? What happened?
Aetis: It's… a little complicated.
Zarithia: But why did you leave? It's blue!
Aetis: Not everyone shares your enthusiasm for the colour.
Zarithia: Well, because you left, I get to meet you. So it's all good.
Aetis: …
Zarithia: Alright, I'm skipping over to the next page.

About:
Aetis is perceived to be often serious but enjoys conversation and tends to get along with others. She has a strong sense of duty and responsibility and is good a following orders but sometimes becomes lost during the absense of orders. She has trouble when the situation requires going beyond what the normal rules allow.

Zarithia: You don't seem to be mad about it badmouthing you.
Aetis: It's not badmouthing, it's valid flaw that I need to work on.
Zarithia: …Boring

Aetis uses a heavily modified version of the standard issue spear-type armed device, increasing its effective range as well as its power output to better handle longer range attacks. Aetis mostly concentrates on powerful medium-range attacks in battle, focusing on off-balancing her opponent. However, she is weak in defense so she prefers countering attacks with her own attacks rather than bringing up a defensive shield or barrier.

Zarithia: Hrmm… it's not a very interesting profile.
Aetis: What did I tell you?
Zarithia: Oh yeah, why did you come here anyways?
Aetis: I just thought I'd check up on you.
Zarithia: Hrmm… ok. Oh! There's this book I thought you might like. Here! It's a comic book my cousin on Earth gave me.
Aetis: "Magic Knight Rayearth"? Is this about Belkan practiciners or something?
Zarithia: No, they don't have magic on Earth, much less Midchildran or Belkan. It's all fantasy. Anyways, one of the characters in it has blue hair and…
Aetis: Blue again, huh? Hrmm… the main girl looks kinda like you. She has a sword… come to think of it, I think a sword-type device could suit you.
Zarithia: Really? A sword… huh?
Aetis: Don't take it too seriously. Your staff works fine as it is.
Zarithia: Hrmm… a sword…
Aetis: You're not listening…
Zarithia: Oh right! Tomorrow I'm going to meet a friend of mine from school. I thought maybe you can come too.
Aetis: Tomorrow? I should be alright. Who's your friend?
Zarithia: Her name is Subaru Nakajima. She's really fun person to be with. 'Said she's going to try to bring her partner along too!

[Erio]

Hello everyone. I have very little time for reading right now, so I apologize for not making comments on what you guys are talking about now...

However, I do have a few comments about what you guys were talking about yesterday (sorry ) which involves this thread's #1 target: the infamous Serge.

Yesterday I had some time so I read through all 5 acts of An Hero's scenario. That was very nice, An Hero. I liked how the whole battle played out, Serge's objectives and motivations, and how thoroughly you explained everything. HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO NANOHA, YOU B-- err... oops, I didnt mean to say that out loud.

You know, I already had an idea of what special powers I was going to give Gaia by the time I created my 5 Relic users, but I did not have a good way to explain how his powers worked. However, thanks to An Hero's ideas about Serge's powers I now have a good way of describing how they work. You guys will not see Gaia in action until a couple of episodes from now, but expect some uber h4xness. I'm serious about this.

This leads to what I want to say now: How far should we develop our characters?
--First a disclaimer: while I will be using Serge to explain my points, I by no means am saying that he should be nerfed. In fact, I love Serge--he's just how I would do a badass villain.--
I dont know if you, An Hero, noticed while you were writing your combat scenario against the Aces, but I found out while writing my ficlets how... under-skilled (for the lack of a better word) the Aces are. What I'm trying to say is that our Aces only have about 4-5 major skills that they use in different ways. Example, Nanoha's offensive arsenal consists of Divine Buster, Accel Shooter, Starlight Breaker and Excelion Buster, and a few other, which are variations of these four main spells. The first three do about the same thing: attack the target directly with raw power. The fourth is Nanoha's attempt at melee combat. If we group her spells this way, we see that Nanoha's main ability is long range energy bombardment, and Excelion Buster is Raising Heart's attempt to give Nanoha another combat approach in battle. As you can see, Nanoha doesnt go too far away from her main combat style which is long range combat. She did reveal another spell, Stardust Fall (was it? forgot the name), so she might have other spells hidden from us right now, but I strongly believe that they will all fall into the long-range category.

Now, if we see characters like Serge, he has 10 known abilities (as An Hero obviously has a bunch others trump cards under his sleeve) all of which do different things. In his case, 7 of the spells counter 7 or more different types of attacks, which include melee, mid-range, and long-range. In other words, this guy is capable of handling almost every attack thrown at him! And we were proven this by An Hero's scenario. To think that he is only two years older than our Aces...

And what about characters like Kha? He has more spells, barrier jacket forms, and device modes than all our Aces combined. I cannot comment about Kha right now, though, as we have yet to see him in action. How does he handle his huge arsenal of spells? Is he a quick thinker? Can he actually remember all the spells he has and use each of them in the right circumstances? Does changing between barrier jacket forms and device modes affect his stamina?

This is why I like to create characters with a main strength or ability, and then make them learn new moves by modifying such ability or using the ability in different ways as the need arises. However, I've been trying to make my characters fit into the main canon without problems, as proven in my little fanfic, so I guess that's why my characters are all underdeveloped, as I take a different approach when creating a character.

BTW, these comments were all thought up after I tried to get Kha and Serge involved in my fanfic. They seem to be way out of my character's, and even the Aces', league.

What do you guys think?

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Erio

Hello everyone. I have very little time for reading right now, so I apologize for not making comments on what you guys are talking about now...

Spoiler for space saver:

However, I do have a few comments about what you guys were talking about yesterday (sorry ) which involves this thread's #1 target: the infamous Serge.

Yesterday I had some time so I read through all 5 acts of An Hero's scenario. That was very nice, An Hero. I liked how the whole battle played out, Serge's objectives and motivations, and how thoroughly you explained everything. HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO NANOHA, YOU B-- err... oops, I didnt mean to say that out loud.

You know, I already had an idea of what special powers I was going to give Gaia by the time I created my 5 Relic users, but I did not have a good way to explain how his powers worked. However, thanks to An Hero's ideas about Serge's powers I now have a good way of describing how they work. You guys will not see Gaia in action until a couple of episodes from now, but expect some uber h4xness. I'm serious about this.

This leads to what I want to say now: How far should we develop our characters?
--First a disclaimer: while I will be using Serge to explain my points, I by no means am saying that he should be nerfed. In fact, I love Serge--he's just how I would do a badass villain.--
I dont know if you, An Hero, noticed while you were writing your combat scenario against the Aces, but I found out while writing my ficlets how... under-skilled (for the lack of a better word) the Aces are. What I'm trying to say is that our Aces only have about 4-5 major skills that they use in different ways. Example, Nanoha's offensive arsenal consists of Divine Buster, Accel Shooter, Starlight Breaker and Excelion Buster, and a few other, which are variations of these four main spells. The first three do about the same thing: attack the target directly with raw power. The fourth is Nanoha's attempt at melee combat. If we group her spells this way, we see that Nanoha's main ability is long range energy bombardment, and Excelion Buster is Raising Heart's attempt to give Nanoha another combat approach in battle. As you can see, Nanoha doesnt go too far away from her main combat style which is long range combat. She did reveal another spell, Stardust Fall (was it? forgot the name), so she might have other spells hidden from us right now, but I strongly believe that they will all fall into the long-range category.

Now, if we see characters like Serge, he has 10 known abilities (as An Hero obviously has a bunch others trump cards under his sleeve) all of which do different things. In his case, 7 of the spells counter 7 or more different types of attacks, which include melee, mid-range, and long-range. In other words, this guy is capable of handling almost every attack thrown at him! And we were proven this by An Hero's scenario. To think that he is only two years older than our Aces...

And what about characters like Kha? He has more spells, barrier jacket forms, and device modes than all our Aces combined. I cannot comment about Kha right now, though, as we have yet to see him in action. How does he handle his huge arsenal of spells? Is he a quick thinker? Can he actually remember all the spells he has and use each of them in the right circumstances? Does changing between barrier jacket forms and device modes affect his stamina?

This is why I like to create characters with a main strength or ability, and then make them learn new moves by modifying such ability or using the ability in different ways as the need arises. However, I've been trying to make my characters fit into the main canon without problems, as proven in my little fanfic, so I guess that's why my characters are all underdeveloped, as I take a different approach when creating a character.

BTW, these comments were all thought up after I tried to get Kha and Serge involved in my fanfic. They seem to be way out of my character's, and even the Aces', league.

What do you guys think?

About the Aces' spell list.... well.... let me post it:

Spoiler for watch... and be amazed.:

* Raising Heart Activation — Nanoha changes Raising Heart into Device Mode, and usually her Barrier Jacket is activated as well. The transformation was intended to be performed with a long passphrase[7], but Nanoha only uses this incantation in its entirety once before discarding it[8], replacing it with "Raising Heart onegai!" (Raising Heart, please!).
* Lyrical! Magical! — This is Nanoha's personal incantation for using Raising Heart. Although she calls this out to unlock abilities more complex than simple force fields (such as Raising Heart's Sealing Mode), once the ability is unlocked she seldom needs to use the incantation, except to seal Jewel Seeds. In A's she uses the phrase to kick off a training exercise.
* Jewel Seed Seal — Used to seal the Jewel Seeds so they will not fuse with anything.
* Area Search — This extends Nanoha's magical senses, helping her to find disturbances such as Jewel Seeds.
* Restrict Lock — Although it is not named in the animation, this is Nanoha's binding-type magic, meaning that it is analogous to Fate's Lightning Bind ability[9].

[edit] Defensive Abilities

* Barrier Jacket — Nanoha's Jacket is a blue and white school uniform-styled dress with a metal waist guard. Upon activation, she dons this costume, which is either shown as instantaneous or through a minute-long segment of stock footage. This Barrier Jacket is not just the flashy costume, but it also refers to an invisible defensive field generated by the costume, reducing or eliminating any serious injury from events such as an impact with a building[10].
* Protection — Nanoha's first spell, and Raising Heart's auto-guard magic. It can guard in every direction, but can be penetrated relatively easily.
* Round Shield — A powerful shield that can withstand a prolonged attack, such as from Bardiche's Arc Saber. Unlike other barrier-type magics such as Protection, it can only guard in one direction.
* Flier Fin — Gives Nanoha the ability to fly, and increases her movement speed.
* Flash Move — Temporarily increases Nanoha's movement speed, similar to Fate's Blitz Action. If Nanoha uses this in conjunction with a melee attack, the resulting explosion is technically called a Flash Impact.
* Reactor Purge — This ability "detonates" Nanoha's outer Barrier Jacket to counteract an attack, similar in principle to reactive armor on modern tanks.
* Sacred Mode — An improved version of Nanoha's Barrier Jacket, including field generators on the shoulders, gloves, and other defensive enhancements. She can now use the Jacket with Raising Heart in Standby Mode.
* Accel Fin[11] — This is the upgrade to Flier Fin. It grants even greater speed at the cost of some maneuverability.
* Protection Powered — A "harder" version of Protection, which Vita and Nanoha both discovered can resist an attack from a cartridge-enhanced Graf Eisen.
* Bind Break — This attempts to deactivate a binding spell, and the time required to do this depends on the complexity of the target magic.
* Active Guard
* Holding Net — This creates a net that can catch almost anything. It was used in the first episode of StrikerS, to make sure Subaru didn't crash into a wall.

[edit] Offensive Abilities

* Divine Shooter — Nanoha's rapid-reaction attack magic, creating a small number of magical energy balls. The balls can be guided in the air, and sometimes Nanoha will use this magic to attack the target from the rear[12].
* Divine Buster — Raising Heart's first attack. It can best be described as an anime-stereotypical particle beam shot.
* Starlight Breaker — Nanoha's own "variation" on Divine Buster and her ultimate attack, but in reality a very different magic. It involves the collection and reuse of the magical energy left over by previous attacks dispersed in the combat airspace for a new attack, creating the "light beam converging" effect seen in the anime. Two additional variants are recognized in the DVD booklets, but not explicitly named in the anime dialogue.
o Starlight Breaker Plus — This variant simply extends the time spent collecting magical energy, thereby increasing the overall attack power. Nanoha used this (despite the damage to her Linker Core midway) to break the force field deployed by the Wolkenritter and alert the TSAB.
o Starlight Breaker ex — This variant is used in Excelion Mode, and uses a full magazine of cartridges, thus meeting or exceeding the attack power of the "Plus" variant with less time.
* Accel Shooter — This is the upgraded version of Divine Shooter, allowing Nanoha to guide about a dozen high-speed magic missiles.
* Barrier Burst — This detonates an active barrier (such as Protection). Useful for countering a melee attack.
* Divine Buster Extension — As Divine Buster, but with a longer range and a targeting reticle/scope.
* Excelion Buster — Available only in Raising Heart Excelion's less stable Excelion Mode, this is arguably Nanoha's most powerful ability to date, second only to the Starlight Breaker ex. Excelion Buster involves a few supporting magics, but is itself similar in principle to her Divine Buster with far more attack power. Unlike her Starlight Breaker ability, this does not require residual magic in the vicinity. The command phrase for Excelion Buster is "Break shoot!"
o Force Burst — In this method that requires four cartridges, she fires the shot much like the Divine Buster. Two variations exist for Force Burst: she may fire all arms of the shot at once, or delay the last one until after the others weaken the target's defenses.
o Barrel Shot — Nanoha may precede an attack in Excelion Mode with an invisible binding field to prevent the target from moving.
o Accel Charge System (ACS) Mode — Nanoha combines the energy bayonet on the tip of Raising Heart along with a burst of speed from the energy wings on the device to penetrate the target's magic defenses. Then, she unleashes a massive burst of energy inside the defenses. Two cartridges are spent for the first phase, three for the second.

Straight and simple copy-pasta from Wiki. And that is only Nanoha's spell list. Kinda puts things into perspective, doesn't it?

[Erio]

Originally Posted by Keroko

About the Aces' spell list.... well.... let me post it:

Spoiler for watch... and be amazed.:

* Raising Heart Activation — Nanoha changes Raising Heart into Device Mode, and usually her Barrier Jacket is activated as well. The transformation was intended to be performed with a long passphrase[7], but Nanoha only uses this incantation in its entirety once before discarding it[8], replacing it with "Raising Heart onegai!" (Raising Heart, please!).
* Lyrical! Magical! — This is Nanoha's personal incantation for using Raising Heart. Although she calls this out to unlock abilities more complex than simple force fields (such as Raising Heart's Sealing Mode), once the ability is unlocked she seldom needs to use the incantation, except to seal Jewel Seeds. In A's she uses the phrase to kick off a training exercise.
* Jewel Seed Seal — Used to seal the Jewel Seeds so they will not fuse with anything.
* Area Search — This extends Nanoha's magical senses, helping her to find disturbances such as Jewel Seeds.
* Restrict Lock — Although it is not named in the animation, this is Nanoha's binding-type magic, meaning that it is analogous to Fate's Lightning Bind ability[9].

[edit] Defensive Abilities

* Barrier Jacket — Nanoha's Jacket is a blue and white school uniform-styled dress with a metal waist guard. Upon activation, she dons this costume, which is either shown as instantaneous or through a minute-long segment of stock footage. This Barrier Jacket is not just the flashy costume, but it also refers to an invisible defensive field generated by the costume, reducing or eliminating any serious injury from events such as an impact with a building[10].
* Protection — Nanoha's first spell, and Raising Heart's auto-guard magic. It can guard in every direction, but can be penetrated relatively easily.
* Round Shield — A powerful shield that can withstand a prolonged attack, such as from Bardiche's Arc Saber. Unlike other barrier-type magics such as Protection, it can only guard in one direction.
* Flier Fin — Gives Nanoha the ability to fly, and increases her movement speed.
* Flash Move — Temporarily increases Nanoha's movement speed, similar to Fate's Blitz Action. If Nanoha uses this in conjunction with a melee attack, the resulting explosion is technically called a Flash Impact.
* Reactor Purge — This ability "detonates" Nanoha's outer Barrier Jacket to counteract an attack, similar in principle to reactive armor on modern tanks.
* Sacred Mode — An improved version of Nanoha's Barrier Jacket, including field generators on the shoulders, gloves, and other defensive enhancements. She can now use the Jacket with Raising Heart in Standby Mode.
* Accel Fin[11] — This is the upgrade to Flier Fin. It grants even greater speed at the cost of some maneuverability.
* Protection Powered — A "harder" version of Protection, which Vita and Nanoha both discovered can resist an attack from a cartridge-enhanced Graf Eisen.
* Bind Break — This attempts to deactivate a binding spell, and the time required to do this depends on the complexity of the target magic.
* Active Guard
* Holding Net — This creates a net that can catch almost anything. It was used in the first episode of StrikerS, to make sure Subaru didn't crash into a wall.

[edit] Offensive Abilities

* Divine Shooter — Nanoha's rapid-reaction attack magic, creating a small number of magical energy balls. The balls can be guided in the air, and sometimes Nanoha will use this magic to attack the target from the rear[12].
* Divine Buster — Raising Heart's first attack. It can best be described as an anime-stereotypical particle beam shot.
* Starlight Breaker — Nanoha's own "variation" on Divine Buster and her ultimate attack, but in reality a very different magic. It involves the collection and reuse of the magical energy left over by previous attacks dispersed in the combat airspace for a new attack, creating the "light beam converging" effect seen in the anime. Two additional variants are recognized in the DVD booklets, but not explicitly named in the anime dialogue.
o Starlight Breaker Plus — This variant simply extends the time spent collecting magical energy, thereby increasing the overall attack power. Nanoha used this (despite the damage to her Linker Core midway) to break the force field deployed by the Wolkenritter and alert the TSAB.
o Starlight Breaker ex — This variant is used in Excelion Mode, and uses a full magazine of cartridges, thus meeting or exceeding the attack power of the "Plus" variant with less time.
* Accel Shooter — This is the upgraded version of Divine Shooter, allowing Nanoha to guide about a dozen high-speed magic missiles.
* Barrier Burst — This detonates an active barrier (such as Protection). Useful for countering a melee attack.
* Divine Buster Extension — As Divine Buster, but with a longer range and a targeting reticle/scope.
* Excelion Buster — Available only in Raising Heart Excelion's less stable Excelion Mode, this is arguably Nanoha's most powerful ability to date, second only to the Starlight Breaker ex. Excelion Buster involves a few supporting magics, but is itself similar in principle to her Divine Buster with far more attack power. Unlike her Starlight Breaker ability, this does not require residual magic in the vicinity. The command phrase for Excelion Buster is "Break shoot!"
o Force Burst — In this method that requires four cartridges, she fires the shot much like the Divine Buster. Two variations exist for Force Burst: she may fire all arms of the shot at once, or delay the last one until after the others weaken the target's defenses.
o Barrel Shot — Nanoha may precede an attack in Excelion Mode with an invisible binding field to prevent the target from moving.
o Accel Charge System (ACS) Mode — Nanoha combines the energy bayonet on the tip of Raising Heart along with a burst of speed from the energy wings on the device to penetrate the target's magic defenses. Then, she unleashes a massive burst of energy inside the defenses. Two cartridges are spent for the first phase, three for the second.

Straight and simple copy-pasta from Wiki. And that is only Nanoha's spell list. Kinda puts things into perspective, doesn't it?

Hey hey, now. Do you think I didnt go to Wiki to check their spell lists?

I didnt want to go into listing every single spell Nanoha has, so I just took her offensive spells part as an example. Just look at the spell lists: her defensive abilities are all standard, so there is no point into going through them. Every mage should have them, or slightly different versions of them, or they wont survive. Now for the offensive spells, I'll go through it again:

Divine Buster, Starlight Breaker (Plus and EX), Accel Shooter, Divine Buster Extension. These all fall into the long-range bombardment category. Forget the fancy names, they all do the same thing: long-range bombardment. Barrier Burst is quite a unique one, as it uses a shield spell to activate. And, as I said too, Excelion Buster is an attempt at melee combat. But basically she only does one thing: long-range attacks. That was my point.

Its not how many named spells you have. My point was how versatile can or should a character be? Anyone could create a character that can perfectly perform long-range, mid-range and melee abilities, but such character would be considered unbeatable. (Read as: God-like).

Please read my post again.

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Erio

Hey hey, now. Do you think I didnt go to Wiki to check their spell lists?

I didnt want to go into listing every single spell Nanoha has, so I just took her offensive spells part as an example. Just look at the spell lists: her defensive abilities are all standard, so there is no point into going through them. Every mage should have them, or slightly different versions of them, or they wont survive. Now for the offensive spells, I'll go through it again:

Divine Buster, Starlight Breaker (Plus and EX), Accel Shooter, Divine Buster Extension. These all fall into the long-range bombardment category. Forget the fancy names, they all do the same thing: long-range bombardment. Barrier Burst is quite a unique one, as it uses a shield spell to activate. And, as I said too, Excelion Buster is an attempt at melee combat. But basically she only does one thing: long-range attacks. That was my point.

Its not how many named spells you have. My point was how versatile can or should a character be? Anyone could create a character that can perfectly perform long-range, mid-range and melee abilities, but such character would be considered unbeatable. (Read as: God-like).

Please read my post again.

True, but in that case you really should read Kha's profile a little better. He may have a ton of spells, but basically all he is is a tank: He's there to soak up the hits for others. Sure, he may have a lot of spells, but as you said the number of spells doesn't matter.

As for someone who can perfectly perform long-range, mid-range and melee abilities... a certian blonde haired scythe wielding mage comes to mind. If canon can do it, why can't we? Fate can do all three, and she's not invincible either.

[FlameSparkZ]

Originally Posted by Keroko

About the Aces' spell list.... well.... let me post it:

Spoiler for watch... and be amazed.:

* Raising Heart Activation — Nanoha changes Raising Heart into Device Mode, and usually her Barrier Jacket is activated as well. The transformation was intended to be performed with a long passphrase[7], but Nanoha only uses this incantation in its entirety once before discarding it[8], replacing it with "Raising Heart onegai!" (Raising Heart, please!).
* Lyrical! Magical! — This is Nanoha's personal incantation for using Raising Heart. Although she calls this out to unlock abilities more complex than simple force fields (such as Raising Heart's Sealing Mode), once the ability is unlocked she seldom needs to use the incantation, except to seal Jewel Seeds. In A's she uses the phrase to kick off a training exercise.
* Jewel Seed Seal — Used to seal the Jewel Seeds so they will not fuse with anything.
* Area Search — This extends Nanoha's magical senses, helping her to find disturbances such as Jewel Seeds.
* Restrict Lock — Although it is not named in the animation, this is Nanoha's binding-type magic, meaning that it is analogous to Fate's Lightning Bind ability[9].

[edit] Defensive Abilities

* Barrier Jacket — Nanoha's Jacket is a blue and white school uniform-styled dress with a metal waist guard. Upon activation, she dons this costume, which is either shown as instantaneous or through a minute-long segment of stock footage. This Barrier Jacket is not just the flashy costume, but it also refers to an invisible defensive field generated by the costume, reducing or eliminating any serious injury from events such as an impact with a building[10].
* Protection — Nanoha's first spell, and Raising Heart's auto-guard magic. It can guard in every direction, but can be penetrated relatively easily.
* Round Shield — A powerful shield that can withstand a prolonged attack, such as from Bardiche's Arc Saber. Unlike other barrier-type magics such as Protection, it can only guard in one direction.
* Flier Fin — Gives Nanoha the ability to fly, and increases her movement speed.
* Flash Move — Temporarily increases Nanoha's movement speed, similar to Fate's Blitz Action. If Nanoha uses this in conjunction with a melee attack, the resulting explosion is technically called a Flash Impact.
* Reactor Purge — This ability "detonates" Nanoha's outer Barrier Jacket to counteract an attack, similar in principle to reactive armor on modern tanks.
* Sacred Mode — An improved version of Nanoha's Barrier Jacket, including field generators on the shoulders, gloves, and other defensive enhancements. She can now use the Jacket with Raising Heart in Standby Mode.
* Accel Fin[11] — This is the upgrade to Flier Fin. It grants even greater speed at the cost of some maneuverability.
* Protection Powered — A "harder" version of Protection, which Vita and Nanoha both discovered can resist an attack from a cartridge-enhanced Graf Eisen.
* Bind Break — This attempts to deactivate a binding spell, and the time required to do this depends on the complexity of the target magic.
* Active Guard
* Holding Net — This creates a net that can catch almost anything. It was used in the first episode of StrikerS, to make sure Subaru didn't crash into a wall.

[edit] Offensive Abilities

* Divine Shooter — Nanoha's rapid-reaction attack magic, creating a small number of magical energy balls. The balls can be guided in the air, and sometimes Nanoha will use this magic to attack the target from the rear[12].
* Divine Buster — Raising Heart's first attack. It can best be described as an anime-stereotypical particle beam shot.
* Starlight Breaker — Nanoha's own "variation" on Divine Buster and her ultimate attack, but in reality a very different magic. It involves the collection and reuse of the magical energy left over by previous attacks dispersed in the combat airspace for a new attack, creating the "light beam converging" effect seen in the anime. Two additional variants are recognized in the DVD booklets, but not explicitly named in the anime dialogue.
o Starlight Breaker Plus — This variant simply extends the time spent collecting magical energy, thereby increasing the overall attack power. Nanoha used this (despite the damage to her Linker Core midway) to break the force field deployed by the Wolkenritter and alert the TSAB.
o Starlight Breaker ex — This variant is used in Excelion Mode, and uses a full magazine of cartridges, thus meeting or exceeding the attack power of the "Plus" variant with less time.
* Accel Shooter — This is the upgraded version of Divine Shooter, allowing Nanoha to guide about a dozen high-speed magic missiles.
* Barrier Burst — This detonates an active barrier (such as Protection). Useful for countering a melee attack.
* Divine Buster Extension — As Divine Buster, but with a longer range and a targeting reticle/scope.
* Excelion Buster — Available only in Raising Heart Excelion's less stable Excelion Mode, this is arguably Nanoha's most powerful ability to date, second only to the Starlight Breaker ex. Excelion Buster involves a few supporting magics, but is itself similar in principle to her Divine Buster with far more attack power. Unlike her Starlight Breaker ability, this does not require residual magic in the vicinity. The command phrase for Excelion Buster is "Break shoot!"
o Force Burst — In this method that requires four cartridges, she fires the shot much like the Divine Buster. Two variations exist for Force Burst: she may fire all arms of the shot at once, or delay the last one until after the others weaken the target's defenses.
o Barrel Shot — Nanoha may precede an attack in Excelion Mode with an invisible binding field to prevent the target from moving.
o Accel Charge System (ACS) Mode — Nanoha combines the energy bayonet on the tip of Raising Heart along with a burst of speed from the energy wings on the device to penetrate the target's magic defenses. Then, she unleashes a massive burst of energy inside the defenses. Two cartridges are spent for the first phase, three for the second.

Straight and simple copy-pasta from Wiki. And that is only Nanoha's spell list. Kinda puts things into perspective, doesn't it?

Though, some things don't seem quite accurate there...

Ok, the drawing of the "movie scene" as requested...

Spoiler for Rice and Pasta:

Yeah, it was a bit rushed...kid of like the last movie scene...lol

[Erio]

Originally Posted by Keroko

True, but in that case you really should read Kha's profile a little better. He may have a ton of spells, but basically all he is is a tank: He's there to soak up the hits for others. Sure, he may have a lot of spells, but as you said the number of spells doesn't matter.

As for someone who can perfectly perform long-range, mid-range and melee abilities... a certian blonde haired scythe wielding mage comes to mind. If canon can do it, why can't we? Fate can do all three, and she's not invincible either.

Hmm, I never thought about Fate being as powerful as you describe her. She's a mid-range/melee hybrid who is good at both, but not excellent. In melee she is good, but she cannot beat Signum head-to-head, and thus she relies on speed and evasion. Her mid-range spells are good also, but not as powerful as other characters. Her long-range spells would be her ceremonial bombardment spells, which take time to cast. In my opinion, she is very balanced, and as you say, not invincible. If we had to place Fate into a combat category, I would put her under Speed.

Did you read Serge's fight against the Aces? That was what I was trying to discuss. I brought up Kha as a small example of a very well developed character who is very versatile and has a bunch of spells, but I never mentioned he is overpowered. And as I said, we have yet to see Kha in action, so I wonder how he uses his arsenal of spells. I wasnt picking on his number of spells, but just how good he is at using his extensive arsenal of spells in a combat situation. Just think of a scenario where Hayate has to search her Book for a spell in middle of combat and she is not able to find it in time. (An example. If you want, use another character instead of Hayate)

Hehe... Not exactly what I was wanting to discuss...

[Keroko]

Ah, well, can't disagree with the Serge thing. Heck, it's actually one of the topics of the moment who would fight how and win or lose against Serge.

Blah, my discussion skills are low at the moment, I blame sleep. I'll come back with good arguments tommorow.

[Erio]

Originally Posted by Keroko

Ah, well, can't disagree with the Serge thing. Heck, it's actually one of the topics of the moment who would fight how and win or lose against Serge.

Blah, my discussion skills are low at the moment, I blame sleep. I'll come back with good arguments tommorow.

I'll probably have a good contender soon. Gotta wait until I get back home, though.

Well, internet time is over now. Be back in 20 hours... when the discussions are over, as always.

See ya guys later.