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[regalia] okay this is the plurk where I lock in Hye-Jin's powerset and transformed design
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because I haven't done that
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and I gotta
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because arts
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what I have so far:
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- color theme white
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- weapon book
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- ranged fighter
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I keep imagining, like, a witch hat
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but that's all I've got
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I feel like white needs an accent color
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what are our team colors anyway? I think all major colors are taken but I could probably double up with a different shade as an accent to white
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I'll put a pin in that thought
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what does her magic Do
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generic spread of D&D expy spells?
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one specific element?
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something weirder?
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possible accent colors: almost anything, but gold, silver, maybe red, blue, black?
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oh gold is good
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that should be unused
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also what about a system where she has relatively weak starter spells but each can feed a more powerful evolved version of a different starter spell, sort of like the Wuxing, where each element feeds the next one in sequence?
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interesting but possibly too complex
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maybe if I can bake it down
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fire + ice powers and they're stronger if alternated?
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still doesn't feel QUITE right
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mahou havers help me brainstorm
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what comes out of the book to do precure-adjacent fight stuff
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heals? buffs? swords? lasers?
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Book shaped projectiles?
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Open your book and shoot more books
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
familiar summons
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
her powerset is that she's like a familiar summoning beastmaster
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
ties in w/her ideas that the monarchy is bullshit and that true power comes from people helping each other w/o the pressure of power systems in place
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COMPANION BUILD
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she summons like... three pokemon
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although I can also see that coming off the reverse, like...
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she's summoning underlings and sending them into the fight while she doesn't risk herself?
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bad look
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she might be able to share health or synchronise with them somehow
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but I think if I can make it feel right then this is Correct
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so the more she's risking herself the more powerful they are etc
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
maybe you could play into that
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
like if that's just the powerset the regalia grants her and she dislikes using it for exactly those reasons, so she self-sabotages in fights out of an unwillingness to use those powers while also doing her best to work out ways to expand the scope of her magic
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interesting
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OK what if
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the intended powerset for Index is
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use book, summon guardian spirit, make it fight for you
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but instead
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Hye-Jin just, like, learned martial arts
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uses book, summons guardian spirit, then puts book away and fights alongside it
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so with that in mind, for visual design...
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- white outfit, gold accents
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- big fancy book like arcanists use in ff14
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- 
her hair braids grow out like another four feet
her hair braids grow out like another four feet
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- sensible boots for kicking
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- big bow on side of hat
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- big witch hat
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
what if she had one of those cute capelet things
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oh that sounds good
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she's all like "if I'm putting my guardian spirit in danger to protect me, I need to put myself in danger to protect it"
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looking at arcanist tomes for inspo
looking at arcanist tomes for inspo
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SO
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guardian spirit
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what does IT do/look like
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The first thing that came to mind was something with a lion’s mane but the mane is made of flowers
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I've got some thoughts on the guardian but I think I can leave it out for the commission art