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[Empiricist]

I spruced Chartre up a bit.

Consider having some sort of Taunt or otherwise Tanky Action. Because all that Magic Resistance is only going to pay off if the enemy mages continue hitting him with spells. Wait actually, consider making For All your Charades... into a Taunt that redirects the victim's next Magical Attack at him. That way, Disabling Strike will mess up a mage either way, since either they lose their spells, or get stuck using them against someone who tanks them like nobodies' business. Desummoning Field, when it actually gets used, will be utterly hilarious.

Oh, and for Evridiki, wait and see if we get any healers, then do your restat (if at all). Her Chemicals will be far more useful if she actually has the free turns to use them. If it doesn't look like she does, consider sacrificing Every Second Counts for a Perk that gives each of her Chemicals a limited number of uses per battle, but also allowing her allies to use them (preferably as Free Actions, but that isn't mandatory). Letting people self-administer or give allies Inaprovaline will probably fill in the same "ensure that that an ally on low health doesn't get knocked out" role, just in a different way. Alternatively go for a "1 extra Action every 3 Turns" perk like Anna and Motya.
Here are some incomplete sheets for Alanis. They have not spent any Action Points at all and have no equipment listed. Some have unspent Perk and Action Slots. Because let's face it, she's about to get nerfed hard, so might as well just rebuild her from scratch.

Spoiler: True Tank (click to show/hide)

Move all DEX points into CON.

• Untapped Potential (Perk): Increase SYN each turn. Scales (very, very poorly) with Level.
  
• Spilled Essence (Perk): Boost SYN proportional to damage taken (including by temporary HP) the previous turn.
  
• Shielding Distortion (Perk Extension): Because Mantle of the Embrace is abnormally powerful, it takes up this Perk Slot as well as its own.
  
• Mantle of the Embrace (Multi-Slot Perk): If Alanis is able to get their permission, she can redirect a proportion of the damage she takes this turn to another ally. This may be done with multiple allies.
  
• Kinetic Shell (Active): Bequeaths Alanis with temporary HP and RES that scales with SYN.
  
• Gravity Well (Active): A percentage of all damage taken by allies this turn is redirected against Alanis. Cannot be used consecutively.
  
• Bulwark (Passive): When Alanis uses Basic Defense, she may choose to protect an ally, taking damage in their place.
  
• Shellshock (Passive): If a Kinetic Shell is broken, all foes who attacked Alanis that turn have a chance of becoming Stunned.
  
• Luminous Barrier (Passive): Enemies that attack Alanis while she has a Kinetic Shell have a chance of becoming Blinded.
  

Right to the main feature of this build is the reworked Mantle of the Embrace. It's so useful, it takes up two Slots. Hell, even if it took up Spilled Essence, it'd be well worth it. See, we don't have many Tanks, but we do have plenty of Durable characters. Mantle of the Embrace allows Alanis to capitalize them and use them as pseudo-tanks, making them take some of Alanis' damage as well. This really shines when using Gravity Well.

Spoiler: Defensive Support (click to show/hide)

Reconsider spending of DEX points.

• Untapped Potential (Perk): Increase SYN each turn. Scales (very, very poorly) with Level.
  
• Bewitched Barrier (Perk): Alanis is allowed to take Free Actions with cooldown that allow her to augment Kinetic Shell's effects.
  
• Kinetic Shell (Active): Bequeaths an ally with temporary HP and RES that scales with SYN.
  
• Aegis of Fate (Free Action): May be used when Alanis is using Kinetic Shell. The Kinetic Shell raises the chances of "Upon Being Attacked" effects (such as dodges and counterattacks, this does not include effects that have a chance to inflict a Status Effect on the attacker) being activated. Has cooldown.
  
• Aegis of Light (Free Action): May be used when Alanis is using Kinetic Shell. Enemies attacking that Kinetic Shell have a chance to be Blinded. Has cooldown.
  
• Aegis of Bindings (Free Action): May be used when Alanis is using Kinetic Shell. Enemies attacking that Kinetic Shell have a chance to receive a damage debuff. Has cooldown.
  
• Aegis of Retaliation (Free Action): May be used when Alanis is using Kinetic Shell. The Kinetic Shell confers a 1 Turn damage boost upon being broken. Has cooldown.
  

Not actually sure if Bewitched Barrier is actually necessary for this. The basic idea is to just give people Kinetic Shells and flavoring them as needed to make them even more versatile. Bear in mind that unlike the True Tank, the Kinetic Shells here are likely weaker because they can't be placed on anyone, not just the caster. The Aegis of X Free Actions are more examples of what may be done rather than proper recommendations, though even as examples, they're pretty nifty if I may say so myself.

Spoiler: Steady Damage (click to show/hide)

Reconsider spending of DEX points.

• Overwhelming Power (Perk): If Alanis has struck a foe with Kinetic Slam the previous turn, a percentage of the damage is added to Kinetic Slam if Alanis uses it on the same target this turn.
  
• Calculated Murder (Perk): When using Kinetic Slam, a percentage of Alanis' INT is added to her SYN.
  
• Kinetic Slam (Active): A Ranged Magical Attack with Multiplied Damage. No tricks, no gimmicks, just raw power.
  
• Solid Force (Free Action): May be used when Alanis is using Kinetic Slam. The attack is considered to be a Physical Attack.
  
• Pent-Up Power (Passive): For every turn Kinetic Slam is disabled, Alanis gains one stack of Unleash. When Kinetic Slam becomes re-enabled, all stacks of Unleash are removed and she gains a proportional 1 Turn damage boost to Kinetic Slam.
  
• Kinetic Mage (Passive): Bonus to SYN rolls for Kinetic Slam. Its damage is also raised by a percentage.
  

Overwhelming Power is a replacement for Untapped Potential. It trades versatility, reliability, availability, and consistency for scaling and greater offensive power. Target someone else? You lose the bonus. Can't use it this turn? You lose the bonus. Target dodges? You lose the target. Target guards or gets a defensive buff? Bonus is going to fall. What it gives you is scaling and raw power however. Calculated Murder is based on Technique is Everything, trading a bit of power for consistent results, and allowing Alanis to harness her INT. Of the Actions, only Kinetic Slam is needed, the rest are all examples. But do note that they focus on dealing damage, and don't add other unnecessary attacks to her repertoire. Solid Force is for magic-resistant foes. Pent-Up Power is to punish anyone who dares seal Alanis' magic, I figured it'd be more interesting than to blow a Perk on something to protect it from locking effects. Kinetic Mage is a reworked Combat Expertise.

No defensive Perks or Actions, this build is about ensuring that Alanis has the highest DPS. She ought to consistently outdamage Mio with this. Because Mio is versatile, Mio is unyielding. Knock her down and she'll just get back up in a supermode. Lash out at her and her fairies will block it. Try to attack her mind and she'll resist. She'll survive even the vacuum of space. She could probably win a fight on her own.

This version of Alanis can't do that. She can't do any of that. She trades everything for raw damage. And so long as she has others to lean on, she ought to utterly obliterated anything that stands in their way. If they manage to keep her conscious, that is.

Spoiler: Burst Damage (click to show/hide)

Reconsider spending of DEX points.

• Arcane Might (Perk): Gravity Crush is abnormally powerful.
  
• Calculated Murder (Perk): When using Gravity Crush, a percentage of Alanis' INT is added to her SYN.
  
• Dark Matter (Active): Applies one stack of WIMP to the target.
  
• Gravity Crush (Active): Remove all WIMP stacks from the target and deal damage proportional to Alanis' SYN for each stack removed.
  
• Aftermath (Passive): After Gravity Crush is used, the victim takes increased damage from all sources proportional to the damage it inflicted for 1 Turn.
  

The only one without ramp-up at all. The idea behind this is to just build up as many stacks of WIMP on the target as possible and sacrifice them for enormous burst damage and a debuff that helps others finish them off. This takes a lot more coordination than the steady damage build as a result. The idea is that Gravity Crush should be coordinated with everyone else's actions so that it blows up as large a chunk of HP as possible, while Aftermath then allows everyone else to unload their heavy hitting attacks at increased power as well.

[Sl4cker]

alanis splits into 4
now there are as many alan/alanises as there are dios

[Powder Miner]

Well, remember, it's the GM's decision what bosses are immune and aren't immune to, and Elf doesn't want bosses to have their actions taken -- as it is now, the skill doesn't do that, and also makes things easier for everyone else to deal with.

[Empiricist]

Well, remember, it's the GM's decision what bosses are immune and aren't immune to, and Elf doesn't want bosses to have their actions taken -- as it is now, the skill doesn't do that, and also makes things easier for everyone else to deal with.

Ah, fair enough then.
Sanure: Mysterious Human should scale.
Elf: Heavenward Strike needs to specify whether it takes into account buffs, debuffs, boosts and status ailments. You know, so she doesn't try using it only to find that it does nothing because her foe's offensive stats have been debuffed to oblivion.
Twi: Looks good, especially since you can just spam omnihugs to debuff everything She's definitely Tankier too.

alanis splits into 4

Five actually. You just don't see Tank-Cannon Alanis because she's hiding under Sanure's bed, waiting for him to just make a single slip up when talking about Transformations, so that she may be unleashed into this world

[Projeck37]

Emp, I'm curious of what your thoughts are on Contagion. Keep it brief for your own sanity, pal

[Sanure]

Sanure: Mysterious Human should scale.

alanis splits into 4

Five actually. You just don't see Tank-Cannon Alanis because she's hiding under Sanure's bed, waiting for him to just make a single slip up when talking about Transformations, so that she may be unleashed into this world

I'm not worried about Mysterious human, as that gives a -15 damage threshold, which is basically to prevent her dying early. It's also going to be removed when the event is triggered.

Please no.

[Empiricist]

Emp, I'm curious of what your thoughts are on Contagion. Keep it brief for your own sanity, pal

He has -2 Action Points. He's spent 12, but he only has 10.

You might want to try and work SYN scaling into as much as you can right now, see if you can even make his damage over time Status Effects scale a bit with it. After all you've maxed it out for this Level, so you may as well milk it for all it's worth. Plus all the Damage Over Time effects I've seen thus far have been pretty anemic. Go ask a GM how much damage a Level 2 attack that has its damage delayed for 5 turns, has a 2 turn cooldown and which cannot be used on a foe already afflicted by it should do. Use that as a rough guide for how much Pinpoint Toxins ought to do in total.

Big Boom really ought to deal more damage. Assuming I understand Basic Attacks correctly, he deals 1d14 damage thanks to his Kalashnikov with a +10 from DEX, bringing it up to an average damage per hit of 17.5 before damage reduction. Big Boom on the other hand has an average damage of 13. Now even if it had +10 from SYN, it'd only be at 23. What's the problem? Well, even with a 1.5x Damage Multiplier (and if memory serves most Damage Boosted Strikes would deal more than that by Level 2), an Action expressed as a powered up Basic Attack deals more damage. Which is a problem, since those kinds of Actions have no drawbacks at all. While Big Boom, on the other hand, requires a specific Status Effect only Contagion can inflict. So it really ought to be significantly more powerful than it is now.

He's trying to do a bit too much in my opinion, in between damage, buffing and setting people on fire. Consider having some sort of Free Action with cooldown that removes the additional effects of a Single-Target Attack but converts it into AoE in return. That might be able to let you condense Ignition and Gaseous Toxins into the same Free Action, with the actual power dependent on their single-target counterparts. Or consider making his toxic fumes flammable, allowing you to remove Poison for Burst Damage by igniting the gas like a fuel-air bomb.

[Powder Miner]

finished shinju arc
woooooooo

* Powder Miner sleeps

[Sl4cker]

no anime is complete without absolutely fucking massive amounts of content to look at

[Empiricist]

Elf, you may want to define what Seemingly Helpless means by "most villains". Because the way I'm currently reading it is as "mustache-twirling villains with over-complicated death traps", that is, it's not going to affect Trespassers and most of their omnicidal minions.

Also, like Twin said, she's got an unspent Perk Slot.

Oh and since it could be a useful basis for giving other characters skills, what happens when Combat Expertise is upgraded? As in, how much do its bonuses improve by? Is it possible for a character to just blow three of their Actions Slots on copies of that?
Blitz, buff 3-Hit Combo. It started with an 0.8x Multiplier, but both Transform Attack and Combo Break dealed full damage per hit at Level 1.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

That's exactly what I mean, Emp. That and supervillains.

I'm aware.

Stuff. I'll think about it.

[Empiricist]

That's exactly what I mean, Emp. That and supervillains.

Okay, I was just confirming that the argument about it a week or so back was just another one of those comical misunderstandings.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

rip in rip

[Empiricist]

rip in rip

You realize I wasn't actually in the debate for once right? I think it was just between you and KJ
Hey Elf, how much damage should an Action with the drawback of having the actual attack being delayed by 5 turns, being unable to target the same foe until the first one hits, and having a 2 Turn Cooldown do?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

rip in rip

Also, 4d6+(Applicable Stat). Is this basically a shittier version of Future Sight?