Can I break Ikul's idea streak?

[snubcake]

Archery / Throwing Knives

You can throw knives and shoot arrows, making you a whiz at long distance combat. You can use the arrows and knives in normal combat, in addition to any powers unlocked.

Lvl 1:
Fire Radius: 25 feet
Cheap Shot - Shoot an arrow straight into one of an opponent's nerve, inducing a 3 to 5 second state of paralysis

Lvl 2:
Fire Radius: 35 feet
Knife Flurry - Quickly throw three knives at your opponent, using one finger per knife. The attack only takes about a second.

Lvl 3:
Fire Radius: 45 feet
Double Shot - You can now shoot two arrows in one shot.

Lvl 4:
Fire Radius: 60 feet
Shielding Arrow - Shoot a mystically enhanced arrow at the ground, producing an 8 foot tall 5 foot radius cylindrical energy shield.

Lvl 5:
Fire Radius: 75 feet
Intercept Projectile - Use your bow to return any projectile aside from bullets back at the the sender.

Lvl 6:
Fire Radius: 90 feet
Cheaper Shot - Throw a knife into one of an opponent's nerve, inducing a 5 to 8 second state of paralysis.

Lvl 7:
Fire Radius: 110 feet
Arrow Rain - Call forth a rain of 15 arrows that rain down upon the opponents. Great for groups.

Lvl 8:
Fire Radius: 130 feet
Explosive Shot - Shoot a mystically enhanced arrow that explodes on impact. It can break down walls weaker than steel and damage enemies, but the arrow is fairly heavy and inaccurate.

Lvl 9:
Fire Radius: 150 feet
Cheapest Shot - Shoot an arrow straight through an opponent's nerve, inducing a 10 to 20 second state of paralysis and damaging joints, depending on where the arrow hits.

Lvl 10:
Fire Radius: 200 feet
Arrow Storm - Call forth a storm of 30 arrows that rain down upon the opponents. Great for big groups.


I've left out the firing distance. If you think I should add it back in again, just tell me.

[Ikul]

Power ideas are my area. Get the hell off my turf.

Just kidding. It's nice, but not particularly powerful, and it provides no defense.
You could take "intercept attack" as one of your abilities, so you can throw something in the path of any incoming ranged attack, thus blocking it on a safe distance.
I'd take "deadly aim" as the power tree's game.

Technically, crossbows shoot a lot slower than regular bows. They just pack more of a punch.

[snubcake]

Then it will be a special crossbow? Or I'll just make them become "more skilled" with the bows so they can shoot faster.

And, like I said, it was a very...very rough draft. I just put the basics. I did it with about 5 minutes until I had to go, and then planned to majorly edit it later when I didn't have anything to do. Thanks for the critique, though.

[Ikul]

I'm not sure about the changing array of weapons. Nothing prevents a level 1 character from tossing a shuriken. So, instead of changing weapons, you might want to consider adding use for them.
Like, throwing a sharp item so that it lodges in a special nerve joint, which would cause crippling pain, paralyze body parts, eventually put the person into a coma-like state until it's removed?
Then, toss in Intercept Strike, maybe a Return Strike which would block an attack and continue to hit the opponent.
You can make varying sizes of makeshift weapons. At first, you take a pebble and hit a face. By the end, you take a table and kill a pigeon on half a mile distance. What do you say?

[Link]

Yea, your powers uses weapons that, are pretty much allowed, making your power kind of... redundant? Perhaps making it so u can charge up your weapon with energy, and special Attacks, like Double Shot or something.

[snubcake]

For the array of weaponry, don't you have to go to the professor to level up your abilities? So, I'm thinking the professor could give you the equipment....considering you don't just find shurikens laying around.

Well, yeah, I'm gonna work on it now.

[Link]

true, but theyre an item to add to a shop...

Which, I should make that subforum. free imaginative labor when others come up with stuff. I havnt had to come up with a new power in over a month because of Ikul.

[Ikul]

Well, Shadow got his chained kukri. Or kunai. I don't remember. And he got it for free. So I don't see why a character couldn't start with a supply of shuriken, a bow, and a supply of arrows.

[snubcake]

Edit Complete. Feedback?

[Pekan]

Could I suggest making archery a secondary power? It'd work well. Like, speed with the skill to fire arrows. But, the people with weapons would have to get rid of their weapon and replace it with a bow. And quiver.

[snubcake]

Yeah, I guess so. Firing arrows isn't exactly a super hero thing. Unless you're batman, then you just pretend you have powers. I dunno. Ikul, Link, what do you guys think?

[Ikul]

Personally, I think Batman is one of the better heroes because he did more than walk into a reactor core to get his abilities. He worked for them. And spent a lot of money. But that's an opinion.
And don't you know the Green Arrow? He shoots arrows. There's also Bullseye.
And I actually think the power tree is good the way you made it. I think it qualifies as a fully functional power set.

[snubcake]

Sorry, no Batman Bashing intended. The Dark Knight is currently one of my favorite movies.

And thanks, your guide really cleared up how you make these powersets.

[Ikul]

My personal favorite Batman is Michael Keaton.

[Link]

much better. This looks good. id add the range as well, just for the heck of it.

[snubcake]

Added it.