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Published: 2019-03-27 03:16:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 787; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 2
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Name: Cextel
Alias/Nickname: Tel, Captain, Cap't
Species: Dragon/ Alien
Age: 26
Height/Weight: 3' 2'' / 100 lbs
Gender: Male

Reason for entering:
He wants any treasure or trophies he can get his paws on, and immortality would certainly be one of his greatest prizes yet. Along with the bragging rights that come with being immortal, he would use it to get back at his mutinous crew and show them who's boss. Other for then the prize at the end, Cextel is excited for the experience overall. He's a adrenaline junkie, and what a better way to get a high then fighting to the death?

Strengths:
 He's very charismatic and can strike up a conversation with anyone. Cextel's good at getting his point across and influencing people to like him and agree with his ideas.
 Due to his noodle like body he's pretty flexible. Even his bird like hind feet can bend.

Abilities:
 Can manipulate gravity in a 15' radius around him. He can change the strength of gravity and cause things to float/ be lighter/ or get heavier. Cextel can manipulate gravity to about 50 lbs of force, so he would be incapable of lifting anything above 50 lbs but could make them feel 50 lbs heavier. He can manipulate more than one object at a time as long as the total weight doesn’t exceed 50 lbs. However, the more objects he controls at one time and the longer he controls them cause him to become more and more exhausted. He would get dizzy and faint after a couple of minutes and need sit down and take a breather after strenuous use of his ability, making him vulnerable. 

 Can float and move through the air via gravity manipulation. Can be a maximum of 10' off the ground before he has trouble controlling himself and getting higher. He can move about 20 mph via floating. He prefers to be off the ground whenever possible, but while floating he can’t manipulate any other objects via gravity without risking fatigue. He wouldn’t use this except in extreme situations, but he would be exhausted in less then 10 seconds and unable to use his ability until he can rest for at least an hour.
  
Weaknesses:
Due to spending almost all of his life in the zero gravity of space he's not used to using his body which reflects in the stats below.
 Weak for his size
 Not fast on the ground
 Out of shape, and has low stamina
 Is very sensitive to warm temperatures. If it's too warm (above 70°F/21°C) he can get tired easier and have trouble focusing. If it gets extremely hot (above 100°F/ 38°C) he'll be unable to use his ability entirely. 
 Has trouble breathing air that's not in a vacuum. He's not used to breathing partials like oxygen, and his lungs have a hard time handling it. For him breathing normal air is like breathing on a 100% humid day. If he pushes himself too hard in battle or in general, he gets dizzy and has to fight for breath.
 He has insomnia and barley gets any sleep. Because of this he acts very rash, sluggish, and doesn't think things through. If he doesn’t get enough rest he has trouble controlling his power and controlling objects other than himself. He's a light sleeper, and if he can't get 8 hours of rest he won't be at the top of his game. He often complains about being tired, and he always looks for a chance to sleep whenever he can.
 Not very perceptive. He's slow on the draw and it takes him a couple seconds longer then others to comprehend a situation.

Personality:
 Confident, he trusts in his abilities, and that whatever he does is the right thing.
 Coward, as soon as the going gets tough he's outta there.
 Can get very passionate about something that's interesting to him.
 He has a short temper, he gets angrier faster the less sleep he has.
 No honor, if he sees a weakness he will take advantage of it. Not afraid of fighting dirty.

History:
He's a space pirate! Or *was* a space pirate before his crew threw him off the ship. He was born and raised in the vacuum of space. Ever since he was a young kid he got away with petty crimes before being picked up by pirates for his ability to manipulate gravity. Even since then he rose in the ranks before becoming the captain of the ship. He was a good leader at first, but after a while he started hording more and most gold for himself. One day after a fierce battle with the intergalactic police his crew decided enough was enough and dumped him in the middle of space to fend for himself. It was only luck or fate, that he found that door...

Likes:
 His hat
 Treasure
 Interesting conversations
 Sleep 
 Space

Dislikes:
 His crew
 Other gravitational fields

Other:
 Hard to tell in the ref, but he has his hair in a pony tail
 He loves his pirate hat and would be devastated if he lost it or if anything were to happen to it. You would never see him without it.
 He would never tell anyone this, but he wears mascara
 Can do basic sign language with back feet (how he and his crew communicate)
 He can't actually grab or use any object with his front paws (which annoys him immensely) forcing him to use his back claws.
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Comments: 5

wishi-fishi [2019-04-03 09:44:05 +0000 UTC]

*sweats* I adore them...

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WhiskersMT In reply to wishi-fishi [2019-04-03 10:22:21 +0000 UTC]

He's a good boi

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wishi-fishi In reply to WhiskersMT [2019-04-03 17:16:52 +0000 UTC]

As good as a space pirate can be LOl

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Techn0Gecko [2019-03-30 00:18:31 +0000 UTC]

Hi Whiskers, 

Cextel is looking good. We just need a few adjustments before we can accept him.

Abilities: 
- Gravity manipulation - At the moment, this ability is a little bit too complex in terms of how it functions and it needs to be simplified. The amount he can manipulate items will needs to be constant to avoid confusion, so I would remove the section about overcoming gravity. In terms of what this can do, we will need you to drop being able to change the direction of gravity as this is overpowered. You are welcome to keep making objects float and changing the weight of them but we will count these as separate abilities for balancing purposes. We will also need you to drop the weight limit of objects (liftable, and in terms of gravity she can create) down to 50lbls. To balance this completely, both abilities also need a cooldown period (i.e he can't use the power again for a few minutes) and/or to take some sort of physical toll on him (e.g. causing exhaustion). 

Floating - Is this a constant ability? If not, how long can he do so before resting and what is the cool down period? If this is a constant ability, this needs some limitation. This could be something like not being able to use his gravity manipulation skill on other targets, but feel free to suggest something.

Weaknesses: 
- Trouble breathing air - This needs to be boosted a little to make this more applicable to battle. I would change this to say that exertion makes him at risk of coughing fits/dizziness/fighting for breath or something similar.

While the weaknesses you have are fine, some of them are conditional/not constant (namely not fast on ground, sluggish without sleep) and not very perceptive only counts as a partial so are only counted as .5. This gives you a count of 4.5 weaknesses to 5 strengths. Consequently, we need one more weakness added for him to be balanced. If you need any ideas, the Character Design journal has some suggested weaknesses. 

Do give me a shout if you have any questions! 

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WhiskersMT In reply to Techn0Gecko [2019-03-30 01:01:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
 

I changed the things you noted, like the max weight on his manipulation and not being able to float and use his other ability at the same time. Overall, I made him much more susceptible to exhaustion which I think helps balance him out. I also added that he gets tired easily in warm temperatures, so I think that counts as .5 weakness? Which would bring him to 5/5.

I was wondering if giving him a weapon (a sword or something) or have him able to throw objects via gravity counts as another strength. I was planning on having him fighting by throwing competitors around or throwing them off balance, but since he can only lift 50 lbs I don’t think that will work anymore, lol.

If I need to make any more changes please let me know!

Thank you for your time!

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