Noelle

Actually that was definitely the main reason why I was being specific. Lena as a pretty long history of killing people by giving them the flying ability and then sitting back and waiting for them to kill themselves on accident. Also I sort of wanted to outline what her resistances are for myself and others.

Having her heal from bludgeoning-type damage works for me! She might have a few other things going on if it's alright. Like being able to resist friction and such (for the wind resistance), or being able to breathe with little air (high altitude), but I'd be very happy with this if it's alright with everyone.

So it would be fine if just being in enclosed spaces sort of dampens her powers and extinguishes them if the space becomes too enclosed?

I wasn't actually sure of the extent of how weaknesses worked. This is what I get for not reading all the books D: I figured that it was more of them getting weaker until they don't work at all, since that seemed to be how the first Epic worked in Steelheart? (The only whose danger sense gets much worse if he's attracted to someone). I'd have to work out the exact size of room she can be in then, I guess!

Not precognition, it would more be like a reaction. If something that would hurt her (like say a tree) is in her path, she'll just instinctively move out of the way. I was hoping her weakness could be claustrophobia, the more enclosed a space she is in the less her powers work. Is that alright to use?

So it's alright if she's immune to certain things like friction or G-forces then? And she could have like, a slight danger sense to keep herself from running into things? None of that would cause her to be a high epic?

I thought about that too! But I'm pretty sure if she can't be durable due to healing factor/immunity to g-forces then, like, she would die if she went that fast to begin with? Even if she's more durable than the average person, I'm pretty sure making sudden changes as those speeds would just straight up kill her. Like, after a certain point there's not much difference if you run into something or not. If you're changing your direction super fast there will be effects that end with death. Jet pilots, for instance, have to wear certain gear to try and counteract the g-forces they undergo when flying, and those would probably be far less than ones Lena would experience since she can change direction much, much faster than a jet plane. That's why her whole deal with only gifting the flight ability results in so many deaths. That's also why I don't really see how it can be weakened while still getting to do the fun flying bits which were why I ever gave her the ability in the first place. If there's any sort of immunity she could have that's not PI that would allow her to do that then I'd be more than happy to change it. Otherwise I am fine with making a new character, I just need to think of one. Also hello Will! Of course I remember you! I just couldn't read your username when I saw that post on my phone. It's good to see you ^^

I definitely agree with you! However I always imagined Lena as a very, well, cowardly and petty sort of person. The healing factor was always about her not accidentally killig herself if, say, she ran face first into something at high speeds and also a sort of "safety blanket" that let her interact with others, since otherwise I felt her personality lent itself to sort of staying out of thick of things even if that is boring to her simply to assure her own survival. I didn't realize that it would be an issue and when I was thinking about her without the power her ability to fly in the manner I was intending would be quite limited as was much of her impetus to interact with other characters due to her own cowardice, if that makes sense? I just don't think she "works" without that ability since it was originally just about enabling her to fly in the manner I intended. Like, if she would die from running into something or from G-Forces (since I assume such an immunity would be problematic as well) and I sort of made it that she would, because she has faster reaction times but not /that/ fast, then it severely limits the sort of cool flying power fantasy I was going for with her powers. She can't exactly go at breakneck speeds if doing so will actually break her neck and kill her, you know? But if it is a problem I can definitely just make a different character. I'm quite sorry! I did not realize that her powerset would be an issue. (Sorry for any spelling/grammatical errors. I am typing on my phone ^^; )

Yup! Why do you ask?

Uhm this does pose something of a problem since I only wish to ever play one character (its hard for me to keep up with several different ones). The idea of not having it work quickly enough to prevent a fatal wound also would be sort of not what I would want, since this healing factor is more of making it so her powers don't kill her. She is a character more based around utility (since she would and could run from most fights). But if that is what pushes her into high epic territory and that is disallowed, I can't see how any alternative that would be as effective would not result in the same classification. Also, part of the reason I wanted it to be a healing factor versus danger sense or durability was so that she had an active reason not to want to use it. Her character isnt really based around utlizing her healing factor. That is much more of a secondary thing that helps enable her to be the somewhat playful and irreverant character that she is. Instead of changing the power is there something else that could be done? I'm sorry to ask. I just didn't know when making her that this would be an issue D:

Thank you! For her healing factor, basically she's more durable than normal (so she doesn't have to, say, constantly regenerate while travelling at high soeeds due to friction burns), but if she sustains any serious damage she heals it in a matter of seconds. It's very fast and very effective (after all, if you run into the ground at mach speeds you'll be mostly a splatter >__>). The main limiting factor, if you will, is the fact that she does not have a dulled sense of pain when injured, so even if shes only horribly injured for a few moments doesnt stop it from being agonizing. Heck, because she can survive almost any blow, that means that while other people would say, simply die painlessly, she gets to have the unique experience of whatever pain it is. I don't want to be gruesome, it's just that the main "limit" of that power is her reticence to ever want to use it. As for how familiar with the RP I am, I mostly have been reading "What Happens in Corvallis" since that was where I intend to enter. (I already messaged Coma ^^) I also am almost perfectly halfway through the books since I have about half of the second book left before I start on the third ^^

Hello, hello. My name's Noelle. I'm a bit confused on how to enter the RP, but I was told to come here and introduce myself and the character I wanted to play so it's nice to meet all of you! I'm a big Sanderson fan, and I've really enjoyed what I've read of the Reckoners universe, so I figured joining this RP would be loads of fun! If I do this wrong I am sorry! But here's my Epic, Lena (Epic name in progress): I'll start with her powers, since that sort of helped to turn her into what she is now, Lena is a flying epic, although of rather extraordinary skill, perhaps due to the source of her flight. Rather than manipulating winds or transforming, she can change how gravity works, but only with regards to her own body. However, she can lessen, strengthen, and redirect these pulls at will, allowing her to basically have herself pulled (or fall) in any direction she wishes. With these powers come a several secondary ones, but almost all are passive. She is exceedingly durable, as well as almost complete resistance to the dangers of G forces (since, after all, those are caused by gravity), which is quite helpful when you sometimes fly into things at mach speeds. However this durability mostly comes not from shrugging off an enemy's attack, but from healing through it, and so while few things can kill her, many things can hurt her. A lot. On the other hand, her reflexes and reaction times are significantly higher than a normal human being. Her senses of hearing and sight are also many times more powerful than a normal humans, however her other senses are unchanged. While it is extremely difficult to injure her, she is not actually strong, just hard to hurt, and has no sort of danger sense besides her sharp eyes and ears. Her final ability is that of gifting, although she has only ever used it to make others able to fly like her (and consequently caused more than a few deaths when the users of that power killed themselves by accident), claiming that it is the only ability she /can/ gift. ---- Lena has little need to leash herself to more powerful Epics. After all, with the ability to withstand as much punishment as she can, the epics that can harm her tend to be famous enough for her to avoid. However, she has little offensive ability. While yes, in theory she could just pummel others by flinging herself at them at high enough speeds, such a thing is extremely /painful/. Even if it doesn't cause her lasting damage, for the short time it does last it is excruciating. Over time she has grown better at working through the pain, but it is not something she can ever ignore. Due to this, Lena is surprisingly non-confrontational for an Epic. It's not a matter of being easy going so much as not feeling like a fight is ever worth the effort. This leads, sometimes, to her seeming apathetic or lazy when pragmatic is often the more appropriate phrase. However, without the need to subjugate or control so fore in her mind, Lena's most powerful foe tends to be her own boredom, and thus she is on a constant quest for novelty. Embroiling herself with a city's people, epics, and problems tends to be a delightful distraction, so long as she can stay entertained. It's certainly better than the dullness of the country-side, but it tends not to keep her attention for long. So Lena is something of a nomad, flitting from city to city as it catches her attention, and leaving once it has lost it or it's too dangerous to stay. Her moods can change often and easily as her whims take her. For Lena, it is not so much a matter of reacting to things "appropriately" as it is inciting the most interesting reactions from those she interacts with. (Her backstory is a WIP because I want to run a few things by Coma to see if they make sense, since I haven't finished the books yet and wouldn't want to write something impossible c: ) I hope I did that right, thanks for reading! If I didn't, sorry for the useless wall of text QuQ