Reality Quest CRT - Booster Multiplier

[CatLover313]

First time making a CRT, read the discussions page, so hopefully I followed all procedures. So, with this recent thread of Falcon Revolve feat being debunked, the previous booster multiplier on the verse feats and statements page, as discussed in this previous CRT, of 7.7x can no longer be used. This discussion will just be talking about the booster multiplier of Dowan, as I don't want to discuss who scales to it (nor do I want to edit all the pages just yet, as the speed of many characters will need to change due to the previous CRT and I personally think the RQ speed page needs a total revamp).

Advocating for the change of Booster to 5x multiplier as the illustrator in social media confirmed it is “about 5 times faster” (Initial question translated in english too). Just for some context, during May 2025 - August 2025, the series was on Hiatus so the artist could recover from an illness, so around this time, he (instagram handle is tsung_333) was answering many fan questions. We also allow WoG statements if isn't brief or vague and is clarifying something that happens/implied in the story. Also saw this thread where discord messages were allowed so trying to provide credentials to instagram. Also, for the site's WOG definition, it says "An abbreviation for "Word of God." It represents Author, or editorial, statements about a certain franchise, and/or its characters". So I just wanted to provide credence to the series illustrator's comments when we allow editorial's too.

The ability booster from the wiki page “For 30 seconds, agility will increase dramatically. This ability can be dispelled during activation.”

Examples of booster dramatically increasing Dowan’s speed:

Feat 1: Dowan mentions he can't dodge something, then proceeds to use booster, dodges it, and then proceeds to dominate with speed.

Feat 2: Dowan is fighting relatively to the other swordsmen, about to get hit, then uses booster to get behind him and hit him.

Feat 3: Dowan is again fighting relative at the time to the other guy, uses booster to get outspeed and get behind him. Later on, Dowan does start getting severely outsped by him but Booster is also not used again.

So with booster providing a dramatic increase in each instance, furthermore, the story has actively portrayed Dowan as having an huge increase in speed each time combined with illustrator comments, I believe it's fair to change the 7.7x boost (or after the CRT, no boost) to 5x boost.

Agreements: DeltaStriker22. Pxnd_013, Mercury009, Hayder0772, W3nnW, Kyungho

Disagreements: Allegxtions

Change Recommendations: Qawsedf234 recommends to change it to a Possibly 5x boost due to question's about illustrator having enough authoritative power.

Agreements: Qawsedf234 (Staff), Firestorm808 (Staff)

 

[Pxnd_013]

OP seems fine to me

 

[DeltaStriker22]

Agreed.

 

[Mercury009]

Seems good to me too, agreed

 

[Hayder0772]

Seems good to me, agreed

 

[W3nnW]

Seems good. Agreed.

 

[Kyungho]

Yes

 

[Allegxtions]

I disagree, the artist has already conceded the fact he has no narrative authority over the story and would rather stay out of those matters out of professional courtesy. Therefore, I don't see why we should be using him as a source for this.

 

[Mercury009]

Could you provide the entire context of your claim?

Edit: I just saw the link to the image you were talking about; Sorry about that.
You are confusing narrative authority with statements. His saying "I think booster does x5, but the author thinks it can go even higher" doesn't challenge the narrative authority over the story at all.

 

[W3nnW]

I disagree, the artist has already conceded the fact he has no narrative authority over the story and would rather stay out of those matters out of professional courtesy. Therefore, I don't see why we should be using him as a source for this.

I dont see why the booster statements affect the story.

Edit: Also artist stated author believe the booster speed is much higher. Going back to the statement of booster

 

[Allegxtions]

Could you provide the entire context of your claim?

Edit: I just saw the link to the image you were talking about; Sorry about that.
You are confusing narrative authority with statements. His saying "I think booster does x5, but the author thinks it can go even higher" doesn't challenge the narrative authority over the story at all.

I'm not saying it does, what I am saying is since he has little to no narrative authority, why should his statements hold any meaning? It's fine as supporting evidence but if it's all you have, I'd say it's pretty weak.

I dont see why the booster statements affect the story.

Edit: Also artist stated author believe the booster speed is much higher. Going back to the statement of booster

see above

 

[Pettam33]

I'm not saying it does, what I am saying is since he has little to no narrative authority, why should his statements hold any meaning? It's fine as supporting evidence but if it's all you have, I'd say it's pretty weak.

see above

What? HE himself thinks it was a simple 5 times increase. He then tells US that the author on the other hand, has the value or multiplier much higher. Not only that. This thread is about a NERF for the ability to begin with, going from 7.7 to 5 (which is wrong since that's what the ARTIST believes). Either way why are you even commenting here? You added little to nothing of value, and it's clear your being of bad faith, as your actively engaging in negative argumentation (The moment the artist HIMSELF tells us the author has it MUCH HIGHER, it automatically negates it NOT being narratively useful)

Furthermore, I'd rather take the ARTIST statements over ANY other source separate from the artist-2nd and author himself-1st, since it's as close to the real value we will get. Who, once again, TELLS us that the 5 he gave us is just blatantly wrong, and it's much higher instead.

Otherwise. I believe the 7.7 should remain, as the increase in booster should be faster than any skill Dowan has atm.

 

[CatLover313]

It seems like this will ultimately land on whether staff believe the illustrator has enough credibility to give the multiplier boost. So I'll just wait for their response.

 

[Kakistan]

Agreed, but I also want to include the tidbit here, for anyone that is curious, that Booster is canonically slower than Falcon Revolve. Thus any future calculations for FR shouldn't be linked back to Booster.

Here are my findings that were posted in the Downgrade thread:

"Next is Weapon Mastery. I think this feat (Dowan throwing balls) should also not be used for his base, since WM is a very blatant buff to his speed. This is displayed in Chapter 53 where Dowan is surrounded by 2 gang members and says "I can't dodge both of them right now!", but overtakes the situation with a visibly massive boost via activating WM.

Not much to say about Booster itself, it's a 5x multiplier according to the creators. What I want to remark is related to it, though. For example: In the same fight as the initial Falcon Revolve, Dowan's WM deactivates due to losing his blade and instead he uses Booster, but the opponent is still able to see Dowan get behind him.

Furthermore, when WM+Booster is used, the opponent still ended up reacting and put up a defensive stance to block (Chapter 102). This is explained by the opponent not actually having gone all out in their prior clash. Dowan was noted to only hold back on the last attack, to avoid being lethal, not the others. And this leads into what I want to say about Falcon Revolve, which presents a full-powered version incapable of reacting to Dowan, proving WM < Booster < Falcon Revolve in terms of buffs."

 

[CatLover313]

Agreed, but I also want to include the tidbit here, for anyone that is curious, that Booster is canonically slower than Falcon Revolve. Thus any future calculations for FR shouldn't be linked back to Booster.

Here are my findings that were posted in the Downgrade thread:

"Next is Weapon Mastery. I think this feat (Dowan throwing balls) should also not be used for his base, since WM is a very blatant buff to his speed. This is displayed in Chapter 53 where Dowan is surrounded by 2 gang members and says "I can't dodge both of them right now!", but overtakes the situation with a visibly massive boost via activating WM.

Not much to say about Booster itself, it's a 5x multiplier according to the creators. What I want to remark is related to it, though. For example: In the same fight as the initial Falcon Revolve, Dowan's WM deactivates due to losing his blade and instead he uses Booster, but the opponent is still able to see Dowan get behind him.

Furthermore, when WM+Booster is used, the opponent still ended up reacting and put up a defensive stance to block (Chapter 102). This is explained by the opponent not actually having gone all out in their prior clash. Dowan was noted to only hold back on the last attack, to avoid being lethal, not the others. And this leads into what I want to say about Falcon Revolve, which presents a full-powered version incapable of reacting to Dowan, proving WM < Booster < Falcon Revolve in terms of buffs."

Yeah, once this CRT is done, the verse speed CRT will be made. I don't particularly think Weapon Mastery itself gives a speed buff as I don't like giving random AMPs to abilities unless they state they do either their description (Booster), later on in the Manhwa (Auto-mode increasing output through the system box), or is an active skill that allows for sudden irratic movement (Falcon Drop, Blind Hit Strike). At most, Weapon Mastery appears to just increase the users dexterity as it does increase weapon-handling, but no system indication of increased speed. My issue with the 6 Ball Feat, rather than being a WM feat, was that it was throwing speed and not actual combat speed.

But, yeah, in the fight against the Sword Guy, he did appear to be holding back initially as once Dowan's booster deactivated and he let his hair down, Dowan got completely beaten up with certain instances of not being able to catch up at all. So Dowan using boosters was faster than him and made him only use a defensive stance but without boosters, got severely beaten up.

Neutral with the Falcon Revolve stance. I messaged another support member and they said they might try to make a supplementary page or add in the notes section with all the boost multipliers (if they're stated or have calc's to them). Though the outcome will likely depend on this thread.

 

[CatLover313]

Yeah, once this CRT is done, the verse speed CRT will be made. I don't particularly think Weapon Mastery itself gives a speed buff as I don't like giving random AMPs to abilities unless they state they do either their description (Booster), later on in the Manhwa (Auto-mode increasing output through the system box), or is an active skill that allows for sudden irratic movement (Falcon Drop, Blind Hit Strike). At most, Weapon Mastery appears to just increase the users dexterity as it does increase weapon-handling, but no system indication of increased speed. My issue with the 6 Ball Feat, rather than being a WM feat, was that it was throwing speed and not actual combat speed.

But, yeah, in the fight against the Sword Guy, he did appear to be holding back initially as once Dowan's booster deactivated and he let his hair down, Dowan got completely beaten up with certain instances of not being able to catch up at all. So Dowan using boosters was faster than him and made him only use a defensive stance but without boosters, got severely beaten up.

Neutral with the Falcon Revolve stance. I messaged another support member and they said they might try to make a supplementary page or add in the notes section with all the boost multipliers (if they're stated or have calc's to them). Though the outcome will likely depend on this thread.

Though instances where WM and Base speed differentiates will be very specific. Like, if something is about to hit Dowan and he uses a stick with WM to block/hit it away, it would accounted to the weapon handling increase. However, if Dowan just tilts his head to dodge while holding the stick, I'm not attributing that to WM as that doesn't really have anything to do with Weapon Handling. It's very specific still and don't really think it'll ultimately effect the future speed scaling.

 

[CatLover313]

Bump

 

[Qawsedf234]

So my ultimate issue here is that the 5 figure comes from a non-authoritative source, with it only being relevant because the source said that the author believed its faster.

Going by our definitions:

Likely​

Should be used to list a statistic for a character with some basis, but inconclusive due to the justification being vague or non-definitive. The probability of the justification in question for being reliable should be favourable. This term should be used sparingly.

Possibly​

Should be used to list a statistic for a character with some basis, but inconclusive due to the justification being vague or non-definitive. The probability of the justification in question for being reliable should be notable, but mild. This term should be used sparingly.

I think this likely qualifies for a "possibly" rating for the boost. If it were directly from the author, I'd be fine with it or if the author was able to affirm the statement in some capacity, I'd also be fine with it.

Right now the WoG is valid, but I'm not sure if it's strong enough on its own for a straight rating.

 

[CatLover313]

So my ultimate issue here is that the 5 figure comes from a non-authoritative source, with it only being relevant because the source said that the author believed its faster.

Going by our definitions:

I think this likely qualifies for a "possibly" rating for the boost. If it were directly from the author, I'd be fine with it or if the author was able to affirm the statement in some capacity, I'd also be fine with it.

Right now the WoG is valid, but I'm not sure if it's strong enough on its own for a straight rating.

Alright, thank you for the reply. Does the CRT need one more staff vote or is it minor enough for just one?

 

[DeltaStriker22]

So my ultimate issue here is that the 5 figure comes from a non-authoritative source, with it only being relevant because the source said that the author believed its faster.

The artist isn't a non-authoritative source. (Source: Korean, English)

While his primary role is doing the art for the series, he's also in direct contact with the author and in his own words exchanges ideas with him.
He has influenced the writing by providing ideas for dialogue and new skill ideas that have made it into the manhwa.
One of which being Boosters the skill we're discussing in this CRT.

While the author has more authority than the artist, we can not dismiss the insider knowledge the artist has about the information such as explanations of how certain skills who's exact capabilities weren't specified in the series for whatever reason.

 

[CatLover313]

Bump

 

[Qawsedf234]

The artist isn't a non-authoritative source. (Source: Korean, English)

He's non-authortive per this quote:

disagree, the artist has already conceded the fact he has no narrative authority over the story and would rather stay out of those matters out of professional courtesy. Therefore, I don't see why we should be using him as a source for this.

What he can comment on in an official capacity is stuff he adds and discussions he has with the original author.

While the author has more authority than the artist, we can not dismiss the insider knowledge the artist has about the information such as explanations of how certain skills who's exact capabilities weren't specified in the series for whatever reason.

I didn't dismiss his statement, as it is valid. But if per his own words he lacks canon narrative input and we don't have confirmation that the author thinks its >5x boost wise, I don't think a solid rating is allowable.

It's possible and nothing contradicts it, but the source it comes from is non-authortive, which is why I think "possibly" works.

 

[CatLover313]

It seem's like the Possibly 5x Multiplier Boost will be the option that is staying, so I'll try to get one more staff vote to see their opinion and close the CRT afterwards.

 

[Firestorm808]

Possibly 5x boost is fine

 

[CatLover313]

Thank you, this CRT can be closed now