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Shredax - Proposed stat change from fast physical sweeper to a slower tank

Well in the world of electric guitar shredding, the faster you are the better you are. So that is kind of the core concept of my creaturemon. I would prefer he be fast. Weather he's a tank or sweeper(whatever that means :P), doesn't matter. Just as long as he shreds fast!!!! Like, top tier speed in the creaturedex. Whatever else you gotta do to his stats to balance this is fine, as long as it doesn't make him irrelevant. Maybe give him something unique to electric types that would give someone a reason to use him. Maybe something to balance his shortcoming. I dunno. Just fast. Yeah man.

Matthew may have an idea on that.

A fast tank would be interesting, no?

Shred guitar or shredding is a virtuoso lead guitar solo playing style for the guitar, based on various advanced and complex playing techniques, particularly rapid passages and advanced performance effects

Guitar = Axe

author=Darken

author=Link_2112
Who said it was human? I think once you enter the realm of 100s or 1000s of years old, you leave behind a fact based idea of what a humanoid body is capable of.

Based on what metric? The average life expectancy has increased to from 48 to 71 since the 1950s. The maximum age is likely an ongoing change. Also is Jeanne Calment not human then?

But a 71 year old back then would probably be similar to a 71 year old now. They might have been stronger back then because they had to work constantly, instead of a life of convenience sitting at a desk. I don't see what life expectancy has to do with my comment. I didn't say 100 years old, I said hundreds. 200 years old, 300 years old... I doubt there are any applicable facts about Humans to know what would happen, however we could say with some certainty they wouldn't get stronger and better at everything.

A 71 yr old in any time period wouldn't exactly be running around jumping and swinging swords. And if they were, they would be a little bit slower than a younger person and couldn't keep it up as long. Even if a person doesn't die from age alone, their bodies slowly degrade and start to shut down and they would get slower and weaker. Metabolism slows and cartilage degrades. Eventually they won't be able to do all the things they used to even if their mind is fully functional, which it probably wouldn't be. So if we're talking about human beings, then I would say it's not possible for them to be anything other than a dried up prune in a wheelchair by age 200 if somehow they didn't die from their heart stopping or disease. They wouldn't be an active party member and they wouldn't get better with age.

They would have to not be human, or in some alternate reality where we have learned to overcome our bodies deficiencies. So it's all speculation and doesn't make much sense to be limited by what we know, today, about humanoid bodies. We only know of Humans that fit in that category but you see other things like Vulcans, which have humanoid bodies and are given longer lifespans and different attributes. That's what it takes to make a character go beyond 100 years and still be useful enough to do anything other than talk. So current science goes out the window, was my point.

author=Sooz

author=Link_2112
If someone is bad at a skill it might not matter how long they have to practice it. They will simply suck at it.

If you bash yourself against a skill repeatedly, you're going to eventually develop a level of competence at it 99% of the time. You maybe won't be the best at it among people who've bashed themselves against said skill for the same amount of time, but once you hit centuries of practice, you're GOING to be better than the average human.

I disagree. Some people's brains aren't wired to be able to fully understand certain things. Sure, they might be mildly competent at something after doing it for 200 years, but it doesn't mean they will reach any guaranteed level of skill at it(like that beyond the average human) with 99% certainty. I would suggest that your 99% certainly only applies to less than 50% of the population.

It's easy to think that if you spend your time around other talented people, but there are many unintelligent and untalented people out there that will never accomplish anything no matter how long they have. If that were remotely true we would have a hell of a lot of good drivers out on our roads but that isn't the case. There are people who drive probably every day for 50+ years and they still suck at it. They don't even get any better at it. They get worse because their eye sight and reflexes are dulled.

But I'm going between real/unreal, human/not human so much I don't know if anybody is even talking about the same thing as me. I guess the point is, once you go past 100 year old characters, just make up whatever shit you want and it's pointless to debate. Just don't try to compare them to today's humans.

There is an episode of Twilight Zone where a character has lived 100's of years and it's just like Liberty said, he's going mad with all the memories/feelings he has and wants to end his life because he can't take it. Old characters is a cool concept but too often it's just a slight backstory and not thought out in any meaningful way. It's just some person who looks and acts like a 50 year old who happens to be 1000 years old. And that brings us full circle to Soli's comment, and I'm done here.

Who said it was human? I think once you enter the realm of 100s or 1000s of years old, you leave behind a fact based idea of what a humanoid body is capable of.

Who said that person was actually smart or talented? If someone is bad at a skill it might not matter how long they have to practice it. They will simply suck at it. I would prefer that kind of mega old person to the typical god like immortal being of supreme perfection. Maybe they don't even remember anything beyond the last 100 years.

Needs more docks.

I just watched an episode(105) of Disenchantment that had a very dark take on the Hansel and Gretel tale. It's a good show.