Dragoncat

If I were making a romhack/fangame with shapeshifters, I'd use neither. I'd just let them stay shifted all the time and give them stats similar to non shapeshifting units...which is even more realistic than the gauge imo. In a few convos in the Tellius games its implied that the laguz can shift forms whenever they want. There is nothing about "they only shift when the energy/whatever of battle is high enough". An example is in RD beginning of part 3, where Oscar is cooking and Lethe and Mordecai go hunting for more meat. Since there's no mention of laguz using beorc weapons to hunt I think they can just pick what form they want to be in and be in it for as long as they want/need to.

Or those...but all three of those were there too. Idk.

This is pretty cool! I fiddle with statsheets myself...I include strength and magic. Maybe move can be replaced?

Yeah he is. But he did have some redeeming qualities...his buddy Alder who took the BK's stab for him. I almost feel sorry for him here. Almost xD

Hey, I said I would be juggling two forums xD

Five years ago, the continent of Tellius was engulfed in a brutal war. King Ashnard of the Daein kingdom ordered an attack on the neighboring nation Crimea. The attack was swift, deadly, and unprovoked. After about a year of bloodshed, Ashnard was slain, bringing his reign of terror to an end. This war is known as the Mad King's War. It appeared that the mad king had left no heirs, but a noblewoman stepped forward with the claim that her daughter had been sired by him. The people had no choice but to believe her and allow young Nyra to take the throne. All the nations of Tellius were now free to rebuild and move forward. But, sometimes what was once broken, will never be completely fixed... Feedback Thread Prologue: A Surprise Successor August 27, 645 Nevassa, Daein A mighty roan stallion with a young woman on his back galloped through the street. If one were to get close enough, they would be able to see the determination and anger in the lady’s eyes. A steel sword was strapped to her back. She was pursuing a group of cavalry, they were all clothed in blood red armor, while her own armor was jet black. Daein had lost the war. King Ashnard was dead, and he hadn’t married or produced any heirs. Of course, the new Crimean queen wasn’t going to be in charge of both countries. Begnion controlled more land than anyone else, so why not add more to their empire? Nyra knew she had no right to argue. She was just a lowly soldier. General Petrine had always said she had the potential to be much more, but she, too, was now dead. And Begnion wouldn’t care anyway. But Nyra, being the hothead she was, wasn’t going to take this without a fight. She was going to show those red clad snobs who they were dealing with. And they would either kill her or throw her in jail for the rest of her life, but she didn’t care. She pulled back on the horse’s reins, causing him to skid to a stop, neigh, and rear. The Begnion cavalry appeared to be reporting to the halberdier ahead of them: an average sized man with dark purple hair. His armor was the distinctive red, with an olive green scarf. And he had an air of authority about him. No doubt about it, this was who the apostle had put in charge. One of the soldiers turned and spoke to the halberdier. “General Jarod, there’s a Daein cavalier here.” “I thought we told all of them to stay away while we get the paperwork settled.” Jarod huffed. “Go away. The war’s over. You lost.” Nyra stared at him, anger burning in her eyes. He smirked. “Such a fierce look for a little recruit!” “I’ll have you know that I am NOT a recruit. I was trained by, and served under, Petrine of the Four Riders.” “Ah, Petrine...she was a fiery one. But the key word is was. Go home, lass. We can’t have any Daein stragglers hanging around. Even if you did know that witch of a woman.” “Is that fancy lance just for show? It looks brand new. Did the apostle take a pampered noble, put him in armor, and call him general?” Nyra taunted. “I will not go home. If you want me to, you’ll have to force me.” Several Begnion soldiers raised their weapons. Jarod gave them the “stand down” gesture. “I will deal with this myself.” He grabbed his lance and gave it a twirl. “Try me!” The crowd scattered. Nyra brought her horse into a charge, blade drawn, as Jarod stood his ground. The steel sword clanged against the steel greatlance. The Begnion soldiers were rooting for their general, as was expected. Nyra managed to spot some Daein townspeople out of the corner of her eye. Most looked like they were just wondering what was going on, but she thought a few of them appeared to be impressed with her. As they should. Nobody else had the gumption to stand up to Begnion. This Jarod guy...who was he? She had never heard of him, and he had looked like he hadn’t seen much actual combat until she actually saw him fight. That jumping skill was unreal. He had to be clearing twice her height! And with a heavy weapon that should weigh him down! As impressive as it was, he was still her enemy. She concentrated on attempting to block his blows while slashing at him with her sword. “NYRA!” The familiar voice came from the group of townspeople. In one swift movement, Nyra stabbed Jarod in the shoulder, had her horse trample him to the ground, and turned. The crowd parted to let her mother through. Her mother, a frail skinny thing, had a piece of paper in her hands and was glaring at the scene in front of her. Behind her was an ancient looking woman who Nyra had never seen before, and a man she recognized as Lukall, a Daein noble. “Everyone, your attention please!” Lukall announced. “There’s been a recent development! Or a twenty-eight year old development, depending on how you look at it.” Nyra blinked. She was twenty-eight... Lukall proceeded to walk forward and look at Jarod, who was collapsed on the ground with several wounds. “He’s just out cold.” He said to the two women with him. “He won’t be able to protest now, but he will if we’re not quick enough. Lady Jaclyn, bring me the document.” Nyra’s mother handed the paper to Lukall. He turned to Nyra, and she reached for it. Lukall pulled it away. “Not so fast. The information in this document...will come as a shock to you. Fair warning.” Then he allowed Nyra to take it and unfold it. The paper was a birth certificate. Under name, in slightly faded writing, was Nyra Terricks Daein. That was a bit odd, Nyra’s mother was a noblewoman, but usually only royals had a second surname that they shared with their country. Place of birth was Nevassa, gender was female...under father, written in the same faded script, yet clear as day, was Ashnard Terricks Daein. “Breathe, girl!” Lukall waved a hand in front of Nyra’s face. At the same moment, Jarod coughed behind her and attempted to get up. Nyra whipped around and plunged her sword into his forehead. His eyes glazed over, and his final breath was a faint sputter. The old woman and Nyra’s mother both had the same blank expressions. She turned to them. “...But you always told me my father had died before I was born...how...” “Oh, is that what she told you?” The old woman hobbled forward. “...Pardon me, you don’t know me. My name is Melina. I delivered you...you can see my signature here.” She pointed at the bottom of the document, where the parents’ and midwife’s signatures went. The line for the father’s signature was blank. There was still quite the crowd gathered. Lukall took the birth certificate and held it in the air. “Citizens of Daein, we have a successor! I give you Queen Nyra!” A few of the Begnion soldiers, and even some of the Daein townspeople, had to look at the birth certificate with their own eyes to believe it. One Begnion soldier bowed his head to Nyra. “We will return to Begnion at once, Your Majesty. General Jarod will be laid to rest in his own homeland...”

Story: here I'll be posting authors notes for each chapter here too. AN for Prologue: Jarod had to go. He does anyway in RD...in this alternate history, he got what was coming for him earlier. If the fight seems unrealistic and one sided, Nyra got some bumps too, but I couldn't find anywhere to say that.

I thought you did the Katie thing on purpose, honestly...you said you were snarking when you did it so yeah. I see. It is a common name in our world at least. But a lot of parents try to not name their kid something that's extremely common, not necessarily super duper special but yeah. Prologue is being posted!

Snowy: Woo! You don't have any qualms with the name change I see, which is good. Xyr: I don't think I remember you. Did you change your username? Anyway... I'm also setting up an info dump site. There will be brief character descriptions with sprites for visuals...I'm not going to post in the spriting forum. Every time I do I end up making an idiot of myself. Hopefully since this is the writing forum and the sprites will be offsite that won't happen.

It's been awhile! Been caught up with real life stuffs and an RP site I was a part of was revived, so I was spending a lot of time there...but the flying feline is back. I've decided to start completely over from scratch with this since I just rushed in with little planning last time. Don't worry, everyone who submitted characters, they're still good. But one has had a name change, I changed Kelly to Keira. Snowy didn't seem too attached to that name...I like it better. Expect the new prologue soon. You can post in this topic, and it's encouraged if you were reading it before so I know you're still onboard. It will be posted both here, and on the RP site I mentioned earlier. I will try my best to juggle two forums...

I'm giggling like an idiot over here! I'm picturing that dog on Dr Dolittle: "No! Not my manhood! Anything but my manhood! I'll never look at another female ever I swear... Yo Baby-YAAAA!" From now on I'm gonna call that dog Sain. Let's see...soccer...Sully! She kicks Virion and he implies she kicked him hard. She'd be good on my team. WCWY go to Disneyworld with?

Dual Dragons, Torrel is a female. And not sure what you're refering to when you talk about Boyd not being the most savvy. He definitely doesn't make the best choices sometimes, especially when drunk...lol. Should be able to comment on things and vote shortly, I've been slacking!

Fair critique Cynthia. I also thought the B on Boyd/Leo was too short, but I couldn't figure out how to fix that. And I see I pulled off the wildlife thing! Go me! Jank: If you follow all the guidelines I don't see a problem. A lot of people do the same thing with their stories.

Volke. He already says he's going to throw knives at someone. "You have until the count of 10 to show yourself before I start throwing sharp objects." WCWY name a pet after, then get that pet spayed/neutered? And expect them to have the most amusing reaction?

I feel like the only one who has trouble with hard mode... -_-

Sacred Stones? What berserker druids...

Poor Ryouma...he's never going to get rid of the "lobster" nickname. Story time: A friend of mine had a lobster in an aquarium. He named it Asshole because all it did was attack the fish. And then it died because he didn't know lobsters need something special done to the water(forgot what). Why I just now remembered that when Ryouma's been called Lobster forever? I have no idea...

Robin Williams passed months ago.

I believe it. She also calls him a meathead in their PoR support.

Good job! Lol "cracker brain"...

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I'm working on the next chapter geez!

Snowy extended it.

I get stuff like this too. Some programs just don't work on some versions of windows. Try a different patching program. You can look for "alternatives to nups that work on windows 7" or something.

That Ryouma is awesome. Reminds me a bit of the final battle with Demise in Skyward Sword, what with the electricity around the sword.