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So, quick question on the human-appearance rules. I'm considering apping this guy here, Cho Hakkai, from Saiyuki. He normally looks human, but only because of three limiter ear cuffs he wears - he's a human-turned-youkai, and in youkai form has noticably pointed ears, slitted gold eyes, and moving vine patterns on his body. I know the easy way to deal with this would be to just strip him of his youkai form and it's associated powers (which is... all of his special abilities, basically), but being youkai is kind of... the physical manifestation of some major past trauma and just how totally and completely screwed up he is in the head, so I'd kind of like to keep it, given the premise of the game. Any possible solutions :|a?
Not a mod, but I know there's some characters in-game who are stripped of this or that appearance during the day, and then change during the night again, just like the return of any other power. Only currently in-game example that my sleepy mind can come up with on the spot is Rapunzel, whose hair gets longer at night, but I know there's been others too- I think Kurt from X-Men would turn blue at night?
So basically look pretty human during the day, less so at night?
Although what our player said above is true about some characters, I'm not sure if the same would apply to Hakkai due to the fact that he spends the majority of his canon in his "human" form, (while a character like Kurt is permanently "inhuman" in canon, and Rapunzel's change at night is fairly minor).
That said, I think the best solution would be for Hakkai to still have the ear cuffs in-game (as "sentimental jewelry"), or to strip him of his demonic powers altogether. In the case of the former, you'd have to explain/clarify in your power-limiting section how you plan on limiting his demon form, how it'd be different in the setting of Landel's, etc.
That does, thanks! And yeah, definitely stripping down his powers - but the youkai appearance is a good reminder of all the terrible things he's done ;)
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So basically look pretty human during the day, less so at night?
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That said, I think the best solution would be for Hakkai to still have the ear cuffs in-game (as "sentimental jewelry"), or to strip him of his demonic powers altogether. In the case of the former, you'd have to explain/clarify in your power-limiting section how you plan on limiting his demon form, how it'd be different in the setting of Landel's, etc.
Hope that helps!
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