Post by The Watcher on May 30, 2008 7:12:11 GMT -5
The vaizard are the antithesis to the arrancar: they are Soul Reapers who have obtained hollow powers. Having begun as Soul Reapers, the vaizard appear entirely human, and barring those times where they are using their powers are indistinguishable from ordinary Soul Reapers. To gain access to their hollow powers, a vaizard dons a hollow mask. This allows them to augment their Soul Reaper abilities with hollow powers, as well as giving them access to some of the generic hollow abilities. Their spiritual pressure likewise changes into a mix of hollow and Soul Reaper. This process of donning one's hollow mask is referred to as "Hollowification"
Skills:
Shikai: Once the shikai is activated, the zanpakuto will change form to access whatever special abilities it is capable of. They usually remain in the form of a sword, but the type of sword differs radically among various zanpakuto. The special abilities of the zanpakuto, like the zanpakutō itself, have specific names that usually must be announced to fully activate the effect. As Ichigo's zanpakuto, Zangetsu, explains, knowing the name of an attack and not knowing it makes a difference in the amount of power that attack has. Shikai gives a boost of 50 to all stats. must have 250 attack to achieve shikai. (shinigami, human shinigami, and vaizard tier characters only)
Bankai:final and most powerful form. Unlike the shikai, there is no command phrase to activate bankai, though the user will usually say "bankai" beforehand. A zanpakuto's bankai is often a manifestation of the spirit itself, usually creating a massive creature or effect to aid the user in battle (Ichigo's bankai is an exception, becoming more compact instead). The bankai itself will extend the name of the zanpakuto (Ichigo's Zangetsu becomes Tensa Zangetsu, Byakuya's Senbonzakura becomes Senbonzakura Kageyoshi), or sometimes change it altogether (Tōsen's Suzumushi becomes Enma Kōrogi). Certain Soul Reapers also change with their zanpakutō, gaining clothing similar to what their spirit form looks like. Most zanpakuto will also gain additional special abilities. Like with the shikai, most of these abilities have an associated name or trigger command. Bankai boosts all the users stats by 100 and requires 350 attack. (shinigami, human shinigami, and vaizard tier characters only)
Mask: The ability to summon a mask and tap into their hollow abilities required to use cero also gives the vaizard a + 75 to all stats. 100 to all stats if Vaizard is a master. + 150 if vaizard is broken. Broken vaizard gain all hollow abilities but lose all shinigami abilities they also do not have ressurection or bankai mask durations is random with each vaizard it is mod rolled and added to your profile. you can use normal training rolls to get your duration rerolled but it is possible to get a shorter duration in the process.
Cero: High-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as the mouth, tongue, hand or fingers. Only menos, arrancar, and vizard have so far been shown to use cero attacks, and it appears that stronger entities can use it more efficiently. Various arrancar and hollow characters display variants of the technique. Requires atleast 250 reiatsu and menos or higher hollow tier/vaizard.
Kidou: Demon magic utilized by shinigami. User must meet the requirements in the demon magic thread under newbie corner, all demon magic is auto gain unless its custom them it must be trained using one normal training roll out of your 5 weekly training rolls. Kidou can only be used by shinigami tier characters and vaizard. Alternately, Human shinigami cannot use Kidou and broken vaizard lose acces to any kidou they had before being taken over by their hollow side.
Skills:
Shikai: Once the shikai is activated, the zanpakuto will change form to access whatever special abilities it is capable of. They usually remain in the form of a sword, but the type of sword differs radically among various zanpakuto. The special abilities of the zanpakuto, like the zanpakutō itself, have specific names that usually must be announced to fully activate the effect. As Ichigo's zanpakuto, Zangetsu, explains, knowing the name of an attack and not knowing it makes a difference in the amount of power that attack has. Shikai gives a boost of 50 to all stats. must have 250 attack to achieve shikai. (shinigami, human shinigami, and vaizard tier characters only)
Bankai:final and most powerful form. Unlike the shikai, there is no command phrase to activate bankai, though the user will usually say "bankai" beforehand. A zanpakuto's bankai is often a manifestation of the spirit itself, usually creating a massive creature or effect to aid the user in battle (Ichigo's bankai is an exception, becoming more compact instead). The bankai itself will extend the name of the zanpakuto (Ichigo's Zangetsu becomes Tensa Zangetsu, Byakuya's Senbonzakura becomes Senbonzakura Kageyoshi), or sometimes change it altogether (Tōsen's Suzumushi becomes Enma Kōrogi). Certain Soul Reapers also change with their zanpakutō, gaining clothing similar to what their spirit form looks like. Most zanpakuto will also gain additional special abilities. Like with the shikai, most of these abilities have an associated name or trigger command. Bankai boosts all the users stats by 100 and requires 350 attack. (shinigami, human shinigami, and vaizard tier characters only)
Mask: The ability to summon a mask and tap into their hollow abilities required to use cero also gives the vaizard a + 75 to all stats. 100 to all stats if Vaizard is a master. + 150 if vaizard is broken. Broken vaizard gain all hollow abilities but lose all shinigami abilities they also do not have ressurection or bankai mask durations is random with each vaizard it is mod rolled and added to your profile. you can use normal training rolls to get your duration rerolled but it is possible to get a shorter duration in the process.
Cero: High-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as the mouth, tongue, hand or fingers. Only menos, arrancar, and vizard have so far been shown to use cero attacks, and it appears that stronger entities can use it more efficiently. Various arrancar and hollow characters display variants of the technique. Requires atleast 250 reiatsu and menos or higher hollow tier/vaizard.
Kidou: Demon magic utilized by shinigami. User must meet the requirements in the demon magic thread under newbie corner, all demon magic is auto gain unless its custom them it must be trained using one normal training roll out of your 5 weekly training rolls. Kidou can only be used by shinigami tier characters and vaizard. Alternately, Human shinigami cannot use Kidou and broken vaizard lose acces to any kidou they had before being taken over by their hollow side.