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Puzzle and Dragons CRT: Dimension of the Mystic Part 2, Equips, New Powers, and Gaslowe Stealing The Show

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And the CRTs just keep rolling out...Today we're talking about everything that happened in the Great Witch Chapters that gave characters new abilities and justifications, as well as correcting an AP justifications mistake from the last CRT. No real feat changing, just changing who scales to what based on the equips.

Part 1: Equip Scaling (It was in the last CRT but for some reason I didn't make it something we put on the actual profiles OOPS)

So we're starting with correcting a mistake of mine: Equips were already known to give compatible monsters stat boosts. We list that on the profiles even. However we do not list using these equips as 'higher with [insert equip item here]' and we probably should've by now.

However, the Great Witch Chapter has made it more obvious that the assist weapons the characters equip are far more impactful than just 'higher'. Characters in this arc make use of their equips to battle opponents that would normally be completely out of their league, which was also a very important part of the discussion about scaling in the last CRT. Certain 'equips' were sentient, capable of battling on their own, while others are inanimate objects but are shown to still be of comparable power. So regardless of fighting alongside allies or just using inanimate gear, the user is still getting the same boost.

This was basically already accepted in the last CRT, but I'm re-explaining it here so we're clear that the equips don't just make characters stronger, but stronger to a degree that they can battle characters on-par or comparable to the equips themselves.

Anyone who uses an equipped assist weapon/item/ect should have an added justification of either 'Higher with [Insert Equip Here]' if they still stay in the same tier, but would scale higher, OR '[Insert Higher Tier] with [Insert Equip Here]' for characters who get a complete tier change in these situations, such as the Great Witches themselves who are High 4-C in base, but with their Equipped Assists Items were able to fight 2-C characters.

A further note: Only the key that actually uses the equip should get the equip as 'Standard Equipment'. However all other keys should probably get it as 'Optional Equipment', because with prep-time and outside help, any character can in theory use any equip. We'll delve further into this in another CRT but we're not bloating this up TOO much more than it already is going to be...

A simple example: Zela's base form uses Smokk in-character, meanwhile Zela's 'Great Witch of the Stone Fists' form uses both Smokk and The Archfiend's Arms in-character. Both keys should have a rating similar to this: High 4-C (Upscaling Idia, Being comparable to 5 Mechdragon Fusion, God Canopus, 5 Mechdragon Combo, Demon Hadar, and Ultimate Gunma), 2-C with 'Zela's Magical Hat, Smokk' and 'Archfiend's Arms' (Being comparable to The One that Comes from the Chaos, and being able to fight The One that Writhes in the Void as a team)

BUT, base form should have the Archfiend's Arms listed as 'Optional', and won't be available for SBA threads, only useable if the thread creator allows it.

Naga: Holy Rites Mistress, Echidna's Snow Globe Holy Rites Mistress, Echidna Key High 4-C, Crimson Lotus Bride, Echidna's Ring Crimson Lotus Bride, Echidna Key High 4-C

Mermaid: Enchantress of the Sanctuary, Siren's Snow Globe Enchantress of the Sanctuary, Siren Key High 4-C

Dryad: Spirit of the Masquerade, Alraune's Lollipop Spirit of the Masquerade, Alraune Key High 4-C, Christmas Tree Spirit, Alraune's Snow Globe Christmas Tree Spirit, Alraune Key High 4-C

Cupid: Sanctuary Messenger, Archangel's Snow Globe Sanctuary Messenger, Archangel Key High 4-C

Succubus: Holy Night Witch, Lilith's Snow Globe Holy Night Witch, Lilith Key High 4-C, Covenant Witch, Lilith's Ring Covenant Witch, Lilith High 4-C

Mystic Ice Knight: Balmung Berserk Keys 2-C

Mystic Stone Knight: Gáe Bulg Highlander Keys 2-C

Valkyrie: Valkyrie Blade & White Rose Shield Valkyrie Keys 2-C

Vampire Duke: Duke Cloak Vampire Duke Keys High 4-C, Moonlit Prowler, Vampire Lord's Lollipop Moonlit Prowler, Vampire Lord Key High 4-C

Vritra: Vritra's Brooch Super Reincarnated Vritra Key 2-C

Hera: Holy Night Santa Claus, Hera's Snow Globe Holy Night Santa Claus, Hera Key 2-C (A special case, this assist is NOT compatible to the other keys, so it should not get a justification other than this key)

Santa Claus: Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus' Snow Globe Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus Key High 4-C

Ilm: Mega Awoken White Phantom Demon, Ilm's Tiara Mega Awoken White Phantom Demon, Ilm Key 2-C

Zuoh: Chaos Flame & Phantom Cloak One-Eyed Hell Phantom Demon, Zuoh Key 2-C, Hellseye Black Phantom, Zuoh's Brooch Hellseye Black Phantom, Zuoh Key 2-C

Gaslowe: Gaslowe's Experiment Tools Gaslowe High 4-C

Mille: Gleaming Time Dragonbound, Mille's Timepiece Gleaming Time Dragonbound, Mille Key 2-C (This is not currently on the profile, this equip needs approved still. It has it's own CRT)

Well that was fun, lets move onto:

Part 2: New Abilities and New Ability Justifications

The writers of this arc of the story were really making it a grab bag of cameos, a ton of characters from other dungeons, bosses, games, and even other plotlines showed up in this one, and that overlapped with a handful of our profiles we already have on the site. A number of characters revealed new abilities, or revealed new attacks that use abilities they already had in new ways. So they will all need updates.

World Tree Sprite, Alraune:

Night Skydragon, Elysium:
Nyarlathotep, the Faceless God:
Phoenix Knight:
Fenrir Knight:
Dragon Knight:
Naga:
Mermaid:
Dryad:
Flowerdragon Gaia Brachys:
Firedragon Grand Tyrannos:
Pitch Black Night Princess, Lilith:
Earth Baron:
White Baron:
Cthulhu, the Nightmare Incarnate:
Azathoth, the Primal Chaos:
Ancient Dragon Knight:
Red Skydragon, El Dorado:

Part 3: Gaslowe is the new main character

When we found out that we were getting a Story Mode arc about the fan favorite Great Witches, I don't think anyone expected that the secret boss for the HP Lovecraft themed dungeon would be our antagonist for all 5 chapters...And really steal the show. They loaded Gaslowe up and there is SO much to talk about with him compared to other characters, so he's getting his own section to better organize it all:

Abilities:
New Scaling:

Gaslowe's absorption of other character's magic makes him much more powerful than normal in this plotline, building in strength until his final defeat and the magic is taken from him, ending with his admittance that he's no match for the Great Witches despite how well he did earlier in the plot.

Gaslowe is a High 4-C character in the scaling chain, and even with the above assist revision we still would not scale him any higher than that. But with his Absorption, I think he deserves a new justification.

-Gaslowe, now up to having absorbed power from three Great Witches, steals magic from Veroah's seal outright before battling her alongside her own magic hat Shaz. The fight goes so poorly that Ratatoskr questions if Gaslowe is simply immortal because they can't seem to beat him. He leaves without much fuss.
-Gaslowe crashes into Saline's Space-Time Gate and fights all the Great Witches at once, each equipped with their magic hats and what remains of the power of their Seals, alongside Saline who still has her full seal and her hat Kohza. They still can't beat Gaslowe and he's able to swipe the fifth seal
-Their next battle with Gaslowe goes much the same, the girls have to regroup and take him on with teamwork, and are forced to steal the seal back from Gaslowe. It's only AFTER losing it that he admits that he does not believe he can defeat the Great Witches anymore.

Gaslowe employed more stealth and trickery early on, used his hax to steal power for himself, and was able to more directly compete with the girls who scaled much higher than himself, and upon losing that power he admitted defeat and that he could not win. So I think Gaslowe should get a new addition to his tiering: "up to 2-C with absorption". This way these feats don't scale back to his base, which they shouldn't, but we outline how powerful we know he can go if given suitable targets or prep time.

Intelligence:

Gaslowe is a smart cookie, and I believe he should now be rated at least as an 'Extraordinary Genius' after the events of this plotline.

-He was already a scientist who experimented greatly with poisons and toxins, which he still displays his great amount of skill with in this plotline too by frequently using potions and toxin related abilities. (See above...So, so many...)
-His history with technomancy and infusing his magic into technology that he developed is so impressive that Madoo, a witch who is at least 7 years into her experience being a 'Great Witch', finds it incredible
-He shows himself to be a skilled manipulator by presenting himself as unthreatening, friendly, and helpful to Madoo while coercing her through her desires to play into his hand.
-He shows tremendous combat skill. Madoo was a 'Great Witch' for at least 7 years and valued gaining more strength 'since infancy', she roamed often to defeat foes in search of Seals worthy of her time, discarding many before the events of the plot. Despite both her power, skill, and experience, Gaslowe was able to force a draw in their duel convincingly (implying he could have possibly won had he desired to) to keep his manipulation going. He would later have the strong advantage against each and every one of the Great Witches, putting Reeche and her allies on the defensive and forcing her to infuse her seal and eventually make the Blue Rose, having complete advantage over Veroah, and was able to combat all the Great Witches together at the same time, which would now include Zela alongside the Archfiend, who she herself is a martial artist and a witch so powerful and skilled she'd impressed Madoo earlier. Not bad for a gangly plague doctor in a nice suit.
-His preplanning had a ton of moving gears as shown back up in the preparation section of abilities, he was manipulating many groups of people to play off each other and work towards power to continuously take it for himself
-His technology allowed him to breach the Time-Space Gate of Saline, something she didn't believe was possible, and allowed him to open dimensional rifts to allow him to summon beings from between dimensions, as well as claiming that they could 'manipulate the dimensions' meaning they were on a scale as far-reaching as other dimensions of their multiverse. It is only implied, but he likely also created the many robotic guards the girls fight as a boss gauntlet while they track him down. (I understand that's less impressive, but it's noteworthy)

Gaslowe's intelligence reached the point of him being able to apply both magic and devices of his own creations to affect the boundaries of dimension and allow for dimensional travel, which has already hit futuristic sci-fi levels of smart, but the variety of what he's done with his science research (robotics, technomancy, poisons, dimensional travel), his manipulations, his planning, and combat skill show he also has a wide range in his capabilities, so I believe this bump is very warranted.

Stamina:

I'm not going to repeat it all in-depth because you've already read it all and you're likely sick of reading this far into the CRT, but Gaslowe's stamina should just mention that he was able to keep up with the Witches and their allies when he was on their level, occasionally having back-to-back rounds of combat with them (1 time against all 5 at once) and could keep going, as well as how long he survived with his magic expelled which should have dusted his body and destroyed his soul. The lanky science boy clearly does cardio day because he kept going like a champ.

Part 4: The TLDR, you're almost there

1. All characters with assists need their assists actually mentioned in justifications for the power that they have on their page. It's character specific if it's enough for a tier bump or not.

2. All the character with pages on the wiki who showed up in this plot should have any new abilities they used mentioned.

3. Gaslowe is a smart boi with a lot of abilities and some hax that let him power up. These all need listed.

I thank you so much for sticking with me to get this far into the CRT, this got quickly out of control because while I don't think a lot of this is complicated (not like justifying new stats can be), it was just lengthy. So many characters need what amount to minor updates, with Gaslowe being the only BIG offender of going through a ton of updates. I understand this has probably been a time investment for anyone reading this and I can't thank you enough.

...And I will thank you by letting you know, there's already 3 more CRTs planned for this verse because other stuff needs done, but we'll get there as we get there. 1 of those is thankfully pretty easy. The other 2 will be long...Not complicated, again, just long...
 
Thank you so much for the feedback, especially with how long this one ended up...
 
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