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[Twinwolf]

Might be kind of bland, but Defense? It gets the point across.

Also, link to that game when you post it, please.

[Fniff]

Hope? Like, 'hope is my shield'.

[IronyOwl]

Hey, whats a good Magical girl virtue that connotes defensiveness or perseverance or protectiveness of self or others? I'd use "Love" but thats what I'm using as the skill for tearing off limbs and fusing them to your body.

Thinking purity, maybe?

I... thought you were Twinwolf at first. That explains the limb-tearing much better, at least!

Purity is good. Innocence could work, depending on how well it fit thematically. Heart strikes me as edging into Love's territory, but it's a decent synonym for resolve or similar. Not fond of Hope, since it feels more like a commodity ("I have 3 units of Hope right now") than a trait ("My Love is at Tier 3"), but it does fit Love's naming convention.

Focus, Calm, Clarity, and Poise all match Purity's monk-like "inner strength of the calm, clear, enlightened variety, and therefore resilience" interpretation. Resolve or Determination are probably less stylized than you'd want, but fairly accurate and clear.

Of course, it also depends on what your other stats do and are themed as. Love/? ? ?/Celerity/Voice is going to be a different puzzle than Love/? ? ?/Hate/Empathy.

[GiglameshDespair]

PTW

[piecewise]

Hey, whats a good Magical girl virtue that connotes defensiveness or perseverance or protectiveness of self or others? I'd use "Love" but thats what I'm using as the skill for tearing off limbs and fusing them to your body.

Thinking purity, maybe?

I... thought you were Twinwolf at first. That explains the limb-tearing much better, at least!

Purity is good. Innocence could work, depending on how well it fit thematically. Heart strikes me as edging into Love's territory, but it's a decent synonym for resolve or similar. Not fond of Hope, since it feels more like a commodity ("I have 3 units of Hope right now") than a trait ("My Love is at Tier 3"), but it does fit Love's naming convention.

Focus, Calm, Clarity, and Poise all match Purity's monk-like "inner strength of the calm, clear, enlightened variety, and therefore resilience" interpretation. Resolve or Determination are probably less stylized than you'd want, but fairly accurate and clear.

Of course, it also depends on what your other stats do and are themed as. Love/? ? ?/Celerity/Voice is going to be a different puzzle than Love/? ? ?/Hate/Empathy.

I went with Innocence. Mostly because "Heart" would be confusing considering all the other uses it will get.

KALI MA!

[heydude6]

How about integrity or honesty?

[Empiricist]

Friendship.
Frill Density.
Ribbon Proliferation.
Dress Radius.
Flammability.

[monk12]

When doing systems that try to break down Love/Good in a way more involved than Color Coded For Your Convenience, I usually take a look at the list of Virtues and go from there. If you're focusing on the "defensiveness" characteristic as the opposite of aggression then the proper Virtue is Patience, being Peaceful in Goal- Black Mages are Wroth, White Mages are Patient. If you're more focused on the defense of the less fortunate then you want the Virtue Kindness, being good to all living things. If you're looking more for protectiveness of self in the Purity sense then Chastity is what you're after. If you're working the perseverance angle then Diligence would be what you want.

Like Irony said, much depends on what your other skills are and how you've typed them.

FAKEEDIT: Or just go Innocence, that works too.

[FallacyofUrist]

Where did all these posts spring from.

[Twinwolf]

Piecewise is apparently starting up a grimdark magical girl game and asked for a good name for a defense stat.

[piecewise]

Piecewise is apparently starting up a grimdark magical girl game and asked for a good name for a defense stat.

I dunno if I would call it grimdark. I mean yes, you do cast magic by either hacking the heart out of an enemy or by self injury... But I feel like some elements are too campy to be dark.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

Piecewise is apparently starting up a grimdark magical girl game and asked for a good name for a defense stat.

I dunno if I would call it grimdark. I mean yes, you do cast magic by either hacking the heart out of an enemy or by self injury... But I feel like some elements are too campy to be dark.

"CRAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIN"
"Awww, she's just trying out this new 'extreme blood loss' diet!"

[GiglameshDespair]

Piecewise is apparently starting up a grimdark magical girl game and asked for a good name for a defense stat.

I dunno if I would call it grimdark. I mean yes, you do cast magic by either hacking the heart out of an enemy or by self injury... But I feel like some elements are too campy to be dark.

"CRAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIN"
"Awww, she's just trying out this new 'extreme blood loss' diet!"

You'd have what, 4- 5 litres of blood in a person. Blood is 1.06grams per ml, so a litre is just over a kilogram. So losing four to five kilograms... why, they'll be very healthy with all that weight lost!

[piecewise]

The fun part is that you can either do it yourself, or do it when an enemy injures you. So say a big mother fucker called a "Joyless" comes over and bites your arm off. Turn that blood spray into a swarm of bees or maybe a jet of napalm! That will learn him!

[Twinwolf]

And then take his arm to replace yours!