Joining: Ahana

[Ahana Varma]

@Ahana Varma:
I'm not quite sure where the total 0.5 second summoning time comes from. As far as I can see, it takes 0.1 seconds for the fire to travel the 2.2m (at 22m/s), and then 0.004 seconds (4 milliseconds) for it to materialise properly. Did you mean "After an additional 0.4 seconds" instead of "After an additional 4 milliseconds"?

Ah. Oops. I think I was thinking of milliseconds as being a tenth of a second because mm are a tenth of a cm...  :wat:
Yeah... I'll... uh... change that...
Don't judge me.

Is there a limit to how many she can summon at once? Say, could she make 10 of them and just stick them in the ground for later use? I'd assume she can, but I'd spell that out as a little tidbit of advice for people writing her in fights.

I kinda thought that this bit made it clear:

Ahana has no method of un-summoning them

But I guess not... no, there is no limit on the maximum number. If there was, she would have hit it long ago, since she can't get rid of them.

So here's an edited version (changes in bold) that will hopefully make this a bit clearer:

The Fires that Forge Endless Spines; Creations of the Golden Conflagration! (900)
(Physical Strength, Ranged Proficiency, Ranged Materialise Proficiency)
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A thin, straight line of golden fire, 3 cm thick, shoots (at a speed of 22 m/s) from one point within 3 metres of Ahana to another point just a little over 2.2 metres away from the first. This fire cannot deal damage, though anyone with DEF less than twice her ATK will feel some warmth emanating from it. After an additional 0.4 seconds (i.e. it has half a second total summoning time), the fire vanishes, revealing a javelin made of pure gold. Creating one of these is almost effortless and requires some concentration, but not complete Focus, meaning she can still move about as normal (the fire follows her if she does, maintaining its position in relation to her body) and she can use Physical Strength defensively (e.g. to bat away a sword if someone tried to stab her). Alternatively, she can choose to summon two at once, in which case she can move at no faster than walking speed whilst summoning and cannot defend herself. It is entirely possible for her to wield one of these in each hand, if she wishes, or she can opt to use only one at a time.

The javelins are 220 cm long, 2.5 cm thick at their widest, and have sharp points on either end. Due to being made entirely of gold and being completely solid, they weigh far more than sporting javelins, which are hollow. As a result of this additional weight, they can only be thrown at about half the speed and a quarter as far as someone with her ATK would be able to throw a regular javelin, though this extra weight does also mean that they deal a fair bit more damage than normal ones. They can be used for either melee or ranged attacks, though due to being made from such a soft metal as gold, they can be dented, bent and broken much more easily than most weapons. Ahana has no limit to the number she can summon in total and no method of un-summoning them. This makes it entirely plausible for anyone nearby to get their hands on one of her javelins and use it as an Incidental Weapon.