As long as you limit his powers to simple shapes, then it should be fine. I also personally think that he should need to remain focused on any object he creates in order to keep it manifest. How is he at creating multiple summoned objects simultaneously?
Also, can his objects only be summoned via him making some sort of "contact" with them? Like, to make a wall, he needs to feel out the wall, he can't just will a wall into existence 20 feet away from him, can he?
edited 28th Dec '11 9:06:48 AM by gingerninja666
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I think that is actually a pretty good weakness to his powers. If other ponies are "disbelieving" the object he is making then he has to concentrate more to maintain it. I could see villains trying to fill him with doubt in order to make his powers even less effective. Fortunately his friends are there to believe in him.
edited 28th Dec '11 9:02:31 AM by Mio
I think that works. But really, I think when we actually start coming up with stories involving the foils, each author is going to put different limits on them.
Well, I wanted the fact that he was even a pegasus to be a big reveal to SOMEONE (since he wears a coat that hides his wings most people mistake him for an earth pony) I kinda wanted that reveal to go to Smoke Screen, since he'd be the one most likely to get pissed at Check Up regarding his jerkish actions and question why he acts like such an asshole. (of which his ruined wings are a major cause)
edited 28th Dec '11 9:26:32 AM by gingerninja666
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs SchneizelPony Genetics: My personal theory on Pony Genetics is that mane and coat colour are covered under normal genetics. Family will tend to have similar colours, species works differently however. Two members of the same species will have offspring of the same species, two members of different species will have offspring of the third species, e.g. a Pegasus and an Earth Pony would have a Unicorn foal.
Your (Ace) theory works as well, except the standards for an Earth Pony (X=Y) implies that that is the hardest combination to reach any other values would result in a different species, thus Earth Ponies should be the least numerous species. However outside of Canterlot and Cloudsdale the vast majority of ponies seem to be Earth Ponies.
Other things this theory implies is that high in the sky there is a high concentration of magic making Y higher than X in most cases and that magic is in lower concentrations in Canterlot where the majority of Unicorns live, leading to Y being lower than X.
Chuckles' powers: I personally just thought of him as being able to mime anything into existence, but the more complex the object the harder it is to maintain. e.g. A wall can be maintained indefinitely (unless sufficient force is applied) but miming a turned on hose would only be viable for maybe a minute at best.
Maybe his powers could be unconsciously activated by extremely vivid dreaming, Sleep Miming. Unicorns probably have a similar problem with Sleep Casting.
Could be Moonbeam, least likely to know he's a pegasus since he's known Check Up for the shortest time.
Edit: Oh and my plan for the Trixie fic is to have a Chuckles vs Trixie Showdown as the finale.
edited 28th Dec '11 9:27:30 AM by Badwolfwho
Tealove is best pony.Pony Fanon IndexHm, there is that, yeah. I reasoned under the idea that the world of Equestria has some literal magic in the air, which is part of the Mana Cycle. Earth Ponies are common because most of them have mana-neutral diets and live in places with very "average" (being about par with the pony neutral average) magic concentrations.
The Unicorn thing was deemed due to the average Unicorn body being mana-rich relative to most normal environments.
edited 28th Dec '11 9:33:22 AM by AceOfScarabs
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You underestimate Trixie, her special talent is about putting on a show. It's going to end in a draw.
Gotcha, that would lead to the ironic situation where if Unicorns formed a settlement in an area with high mana content to take advantage of it, their children wouldn't be able to on account of being Pegasi.
I don't underestimate her. I thought YOU were underestimating her!
that's good though.
Would Moonbeam even care about Check Up enough for the pegasus reveal to shock him though?
edited 28th Dec '11 9:38:46 AM by gingerninja666
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel@Badwolf: Granted, the environment is but only a single factor, there is still some major influence from both parents so there's a fair chance of the child inheriting from both parents and taking the same 'race' as them. It's a wildcard factor that comes into play if the parental inheritence isn't strong enough to lock the child's 'race' into a particular template - that's when environmental influence takes over (like, say, in interracial pony couples or when Carrier Genes (Sea and Alicorn) become involved).
The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!Okay, some catching up to do, you all were busy, it seems.
Here's my take on magical accentuation and attenuation chambers, magical storage crystals, and the usage of certain alloys to transmit magical properties:
One of Celestia's older students (decades ago) managed to glean research notes and materials from other great Unicorns of times past - translated works of Starswirl the Bearded, Nebula the Lesser, Orion Sunbeam, (and other unicorn-like celestial names) and rediscovered the usage of using metal grids to amplify magical fields. By building these grids into a hemispherical chamber (think geodesic half-dome), this aged unicorn (un-named for now) can greatly accentuate his magical abilities, which are waning due to his advanced age. Okay, nothing too wierd, right? To prevent this amplified magical ability from running rampant (or even being detected), he has another grid outside of the first, which is being used to shield the chamber from external magical influence - this grid is shunted to a large network of otherwise useless crystals (milky quartz maybe) so that he's limited his ability to exert magical effects outside of his chamber, as a safeguard.
The attenuation grid can be disabled - disconnect it from the damping crystals via a bunch of knife switches (cuz nothing says mad scientist steampunk like knife switches).
Now, here's where I'm stepping out on a limb:
He's a bitter old pony, feeling like he was born fiftysome years too early. So, he's been devoting his later years of his life into manufacturing the Elements of Harmony, or... trying to, at least.
He failed - sure, he has six things of jewelry made up that act as magical storage batteries and can accentuate the innate magical abilities of the pony who wears it but... They're tainted by his bitterness. Not that one could simply make the EoH, anyway.
Not seeking to make this guy an antagonist, just a jaded old pony who might need someone younger to help him get over feelings of discontent. Not a mad scientist, either. He's actually quite rational, intelligent, and well-aware of the potential for mis-use his lab could have. Hence why he has it hidden under an attenuation grid.
What I am picturing is that this old guy could beused by Moonbeam, and later on, the group, as a contact for information. Has an extensive library of arcane old works from the old unicorn masters.
This could be an early story for the Other Six, as well as being a minor recurring character.
edited 28th Dec '11 9:49:52 AM by pvtnum11
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Then really we underestimated each other. Trixie's my bar for a realistically above average Unicorn, as opposed to Twilight who is apparently second only to Alicorns.
Depends how long they've known each other before the reveal. It just makes sense for Smoke Screen to have been the one to save Check Up, he is the resident hero of Hoofington always trying to help and what not.
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Ah I get it now.
I still like my E+P=U and so on, but I could really go either way I'm not that bothered about pony genetics.
edited 28th Dec '11 9:49:57 AM by Badwolfwho
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I tend to operate on the assumption that with a few exceptions they all did not necessarily know each other well before they were all "knighted" so technically any of them could work.
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Interesting. It could also be where we see the first signs of the organization (still needs a name) at work. Perhaps the Earth Pony professor (also needs a name) could be plying him for specific information.
edited 28th Dec '11 10:05:04 AM by Mio
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A Mentor Character for the group? Somewhat like Zecora but instead of potion and creature knowledge, he's an expert on magic.
By tainted Elements do you mean they have an adverse effect on the mental state of the pony wearing it, that they can only be used for evil purposes or that they are just weaker than if they were pure?
Now I'm thinking about a magical Faraday Cage. An area where no magic can be cast, from a Unicorn's spells to a Pegasus' Cloud Walking.
That would work based on the theories that Rarity's father is an Earth Pony (Could still be a Unicorn though), she and Sweetie Belle are Unicorns because their mother was.
Alicorns in my mind are spawned by magic, they can't be created in nature.
edited 28th Dec '11 9:57:57 AM by Badwolfwho
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In my mind Alicorns are another race altogether. With their own city and country. Kinda like the gods in Thor
edited 28th Dec '11 10:05:18 AM by gingerninja666
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs SchneizelEta Carniae the Third, that'll be his name.
Yes, the second grid is essentially a magical Faraday cage, in the sense that stuff done within it won't exert itself outside the cage. But it doesn't prevent magic from being performed within it. Too large of a cavity, maybe.
Eta has a much-smaller chamber that he designed specifically as a damping room, and no magic can be performed within it. He had the help of some assistants in constructing it, as well, hard to use tk-magic while within the thing as it was nearing completion...
The crude copies of the EoH are tainted, but they do not corrupt the wearer. All they end up doing is storing magical energy for later use, but they must be tuned to teh wearer. They're all tuned for Eta, currently.
I'm still thinking that Luna gives the Other Six symbolic elements upon Knighthood - just identification badges, really - but these false elements are simply conversation pieces, I'm thinking.
Eta has yet to wear them all at once. He wore them individually to tuen them and to make sure they worked, but other than that, they're unused and collect dust, a tribute to his pride and folly. It might be a Really Bad Thing if he ever tried to, though. They sit in his Faraday cage for now.
And yeah, he could be the group's version of Zecora.
^ See ^^ as an example as to why I picked that. The X-gene has a huge amount of material in it. Y-gene, no so much.
edited 28th Dec '11 10:05:34 AM by pvtnum11
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I'm just annoyed with how fucked over guys always seem to be
DAMN you people and your walls of text! I can't write that much
edited 28th Dec '11 10:11:13 AM by gingerninja666
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs SchneizelAs far as the genetics go, I'm sticking with the X+X=X and X+Y=Z theory. Much easier to remember and still allows for plenty of variety.
Reaction Image RepositoryIn the X+Y=Z theory I have Trixie's parents being a Pegasus and an Earth Pony, and that she learned most of her magic on her own.
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Though I fear making him OP.
My fanfic outline. RIP Posey