Tadashi is going to be working on bonding with two of his regalia. Tadashi is going to be training and taking part in challenges that take sustained physical or mental activity to impress and surprise one of his regalia, Rhode (flabbergasted, energy aspect, power to manipulate minerals), and at the same time bringing along his very clingy other regalis, Ethan (needy, tradition aspect, increased productivity power), to make sure they have fun and help them learn the same skills.
The clingy regalis is going to help Tadashi increase his productivity by enhancing his control over his existing abilities rather than developing a new ability.
As part of that the following abilities will be upgraded or have limits removed/adjusted:
Cat Speech (passive): (dropping the limit on not being able to speak human in cat form)
Cat speech: In all forms Tadashi can speak with cats, but he cannot speak human while in his cat form
Animated Sketches (active): (drawings can now be 3D, reduced their max size)
Animated Sketches: Tadashi is excellent at drawing with graphite-based pencils and charcoal. If he uses one of those two to draw he can actually draw in the air and his sketches come alive. They are not sentient and are completely under his control. They can be no larger than 10' x10' and can only be up to 1" deep. They are able to lift and carry things up to 50 lbs or complete very simple tasks but are easily destroyed. Anything above 50 lbs of pressure will break the creatures and they collapse instantly into dust upon being broken. The creatures also are especially vulnerable to water and disintegrate when they make contact with it. If drawn to include legs they must use them to support themselves and any that do not have legs are limited to hovering at the same height above the ground as they were drawn with. Either walking or hovering they can only move at a normal human's walking pace and cannot remain animated for more than an hour. He currently has a hard limit of 3 animated figures at once but controlling each one takes a little concentration so he very rarely has all three moving at once. His control reaches up to 500 feet but he can only make them move when he can see them, to avoid unintentional harm to others.
Animated Sketches: Tadashi is excellent at drawing with graphite-based pencils and charcoal. If he uses one of those two to draw he can actually draw in the air and his sketches come alive. They are not sentient and are completely under his control. They can be 3-dimensional but no larger than a 5' cube. They are able to lift and carry things up to 50 lbs or complete very simple tasks but are easily destroyed. Anything above 50 lbs of pressure will break the creatures and they collapse instantly into dust upon being broken. The creatures also are especially vulnerable to water and disintegrate when they make contact with it. If drawn to include legs they must use them to support themselves and any that do not have legs are limited to hovering at the same height above the ground as they were drawn with. Either walking or hovering they can only move at a normal human's walking pace and cannot remain animated for more than an hour. He currently has a hard limit of 3 animated figures at once but controlling each one takes a little concentration so he very rarely has all three moving at once. His control reaches up to 500 feet but he can only make them move when he can see them, to avoid unintentional harm to others.
Transformation: (active) (half cat form portion of the ability is now controllable)
Half-Cat Form: In addition to the fully cat or fully human natural forms, Tadashi can take a more feral form in the middle. He has great difficulty controlling his feral urges in this form and it has only been triggered in the past by fear and pain. In this form he stays humanoid but gains retractable claws, grows a cat's tail and ears and a thin layer of white fur grows across his body. Except his hands and feet have black fur. Tadashi gains greater strength(can lift little under 300kg), speed(50-60mph) and balance and his senses are twice as good as those of a normal cat.
This form is extremely taxing mentally and physically and he cannot stay in it for more than 12 hours. After taking this form he is exhausted and weak and must sleep for about 12 hours.
Half-Cat Form: In addition to the fully cat or fully human natural forms, Tadashi can choose to take a more feral form in the middle. He has some difficulty controlling his feral urges in this form but unless he suffers extreme pain or fear he can normally keep himself from going too far. In this form he stays humanoid but gains retractable claws, grows a cat's tail and ears and a thin layer of white fur grows across his body. Except his hands and feet have black fur. Tadashi gains greater strength(can lift little under 300kg), speed(50-60mph) and balance and his senses are twice as good as those of a normal cat.
This form is extremely taxing mentally and physically and he cannot stay in it for more than 12 hours. After taking this form he is exhausted and weak and must sleep for about 12 hours.
As part of impressing the other regalis Tadashi will be taught a single subsection of the regalis' ability to manipulate minerals that complements his existing ability to control constructs. He will learn a new active ability:
Diamond Clones: They can summon up to three clones that appear within 20' of the character, made up of diamonds clustered together to match a hollow version of whatever form he is in at the time of summoning. They are mentally controlled by him in the same way he would control his drawings. They cannot go beyond 100' of him or they collapse and disappear, each one takes a measure of concentration to keep functioning and he can only make them move when they are within his eyesight. Unlike the drawings these clones cannot hover and must use their legs/arms to move around. The diamond clones each have their own separate 10 minute duration and subsequent 20 minute cooldown from the time the clone is dropped. He can only have a total of 3 drawings or clones up at any one time. The diamond clones have the same speed, strength and durability as the corresponding form of Tadashi does, but are able to continue functioning as long as at least 50% of their body and 2 arms or legs remain attached. They are immune to the effects of extreme temperatures and the energy-based effects of magic. For example a dragon's breath or a bolt of lightning would do nothing to them but spears of ice or whips of vines would damage them. The diamonds disappear 1 minute after being removed from the clone or 1 minute after the clone collapses.
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