03-07-2017, 06:38 PM
Ohhhkay-- with the history part out of the way, onto the (possibly) last tweak to Ribbons.
Ribbons (900)
Uses Ranged, Area Shield, Debuff
Bright yellowish ribbons a few inches wide and just thin enough to make you feel silly when you’re wrapped up in them. They can be manipulated in a variety of ways, such as creating small, simple or plushy objects. Using this method allows Mami to create incidental weapons out of ribbons, such as quarterstaves and rapiers, though they are just incidental weapons, and are ultimately only as effective as breaking a tree branch off a nearby tree.
A singular, very long ribbon can also be shot upward and twirled, demanding Mami remain completely still and focus on twirling it around her. This allows her to clear minor obstacles around her (like fog) or deflect weak projectiles (like low-caliber bullets and weaker blaster fire). The dome she creates from twirling the ribbon around her is half a sphere with a twelve-foot diameter. It takes about three seconds for Mami to conjure a ribbon (for instance, up her sleeve), point her arm up and fire said ribbon out. From there it almost instantly spirals into full effect. Using this for more than a few seconds will tire Mami out, and dealing with anything more than roughly the above specified things (low-caliber bullets and weaker blaster fire) will have some damage pass through to Mami. As a result, she can continue as long as she has the resilience to keep taking said damage. Mami must focus entirely on this and cannot use other Moves while doing this.
Ribbons can also be shot from Mami’s sleeves and used like grappling hooks, so long as the arm she’s using has its hand free to grab at the ribbon. The ribbon may be as long as she likes, though her ribbons are likely to tear if they're much longer than her current Super Jumping ability (or 100 meters if she has Flight). She may draw herself toward and away from a ribbon she’s using at just below her current SPD, or she can just use it to swing. (Side note: I'm assuming it's OK for the grappling bit, because it's basically just moving except not on the ground and a lot more limited. Having bullet-level top speed seems a bit silly for this.)
She can also use it to grab people and objects. Her ribbons maintain the same length as the grappling hook function when applied in this way, being limited to her current Super Jumping ability’s distance (or 100 meters if she has Flight). Firing a ribbon in this fashion takes such an insignificant amount of time it’s not worth measuring, but it still has to travel to its target. Mami's ribbons travel about as fast as a bullet, so characters fast enough to evade gunfire reliably or with enough skill to deflect a bullet will likely find handling Mami's ribbons equally challenging.
Grabbing a hold on things with ribbons tends to be a simple ‘grab and pull’ affair, and cannot be controlled past pulling the ribbon back or cutting it off if Mami is too physically weak to pull what she’s trying to pull toward her. Cutting it off before a strong enough opponent weaponizes the tether against her, though, requires equal or superior speed and aim... or she's going to be a ball and chain for a few seconds, at least. This can be used to grab hold of a limb or weapon, most obviously, rendering either one significantly more difficult to use as she tugs away at it. Mami may, as with other uses, only use a ribbon in this fashion with an otherwise unoccupied hand and arm - she may not, for instance, restrain both arms of a target using a free arm and an arm occupied by the Master Sword.
Ranged weapons, however, become more effective until they’re pried away by merit of being pulled toward their target. If Mami disarms a target of their weapon in this way, she may draw the weapon to herself and use it as an incidental weapon - if it takes ammunition, however, she cannot reload it. This can also be used to take advantage of the environment from a distance - for instance, wrapping a ribbon around a boulder and pulling it toward Mami to trigger an avalanche, forcing both herself and her enemy to retreat.
Lastly, she can give just about anything a quick tap and almost instantly gift-wrap it. This is entirely flavour, and only applies to people for comedic effect or if they’ve already been defeated by Mami. (I lost this last bit at one point. I don't know when, but I did. It's in the original post.)
Ribbons (900)
Uses Ranged, Area Shield, Debuff
Bright yellowish ribbons a few inches wide and just thin enough to make you feel silly when you’re wrapped up in them. They can be manipulated in a variety of ways, such as creating small, simple or plushy objects. Using this method allows Mami to create incidental weapons out of ribbons, such as quarterstaves and rapiers, though they are just incidental weapons, and are ultimately only as effective as breaking a tree branch off a nearby tree.
A singular, very long ribbon can also be shot upward and twirled, demanding Mami remain completely still and focus on twirling it around her. This allows her to clear minor obstacles around her (like fog) or deflect weak projectiles (like low-caliber bullets and weaker blaster fire). The dome she creates from twirling the ribbon around her is half a sphere with a twelve-foot diameter. It takes about three seconds for Mami to conjure a ribbon (for instance, up her sleeve), point her arm up and fire said ribbon out. From there it almost instantly spirals into full effect. Using this for more than a few seconds will tire Mami out, and dealing with anything more than roughly the above specified things (low-caliber bullets and weaker blaster fire) will have some damage pass through to Mami. As a result, she can continue as long as she has the resilience to keep taking said damage. Mami must focus entirely on this and cannot use other Moves while doing this.
Ribbons can also be shot from Mami’s sleeves and used like grappling hooks, so long as the arm she’s using has its hand free to grab at the ribbon. The ribbon may be as long as she likes, though her ribbons are likely to tear if they're much longer than her current Super Jumping ability (or 100 meters if she has Flight). She may draw herself toward and away from a ribbon she’s using at just below her current SPD, or she can just use it to swing. (Side note: I'm assuming it's OK for the grappling bit, because it's basically just moving except not on the ground and a lot more limited. Having bullet-level top speed seems a bit silly for this.)
She can also use it to grab people and objects. Her ribbons maintain the same length as the grappling hook function when applied in this way, being limited to her current Super Jumping ability’s distance (or 100 meters if she has Flight). Firing a ribbon in this fashion takes such an insignificant amount of time it’s not worth measuring, but it still has to travel to its target. Mami's ribbons travel about as fast as a bullet, so characters fast enough to evade gunfire reliably or with enough skill to deflect a bullet will likely find handling Mami's ribbons equally challenging.
Grabbing a hold on things with ribbons tends to be a simple ‘grab and pull’ affair, and cannot be controlled past pulling the ribbon back or cutting it off if Mami is too physically weak to pull what she’s trying to pull toward her. Cutting it off before a strong enough opponent weaponizes the tether against her, though, requires equal or superior speed and aim... or she's going to be a ball and chain for a few seconds, at least. This can be used to grab hold of a limb or weapon, most obviously, rendering either one significantly more difficult to use as she tugs away at it. Mami may, as with other uses, only use a ribbon in this fashion with an otherwise unoccupied hand and arm - she may not, for instance, restrain both arms of a target using a free arm and an arm occupied by the Master Sword.
Ranged weapons, however, become more effective until they’re pried away by merit of being pulled toward their target. If Mami disarms a target of their weapon in this way, she may draw the weapon to herself and use it as an incidental weapon - if it takes ammunition, however, she cannot reload it. This can also be used to take advantage of the environment from a distance - for instance, wrapping a ribbon around a boulder and pulling it toward Mami to trigger an avalanche, forcing both herself and her enemy to retreat.
Lastly, she can give just about anything a quick tap and almost instantly gift-wrap it. This is entirely flavour, and only applies to people for comedic effect or if they’ve already been defeated by Mami. (I lost this last bit at one point. I don't know when, but I did. It's in the original post.)
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