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Hmn. If I'd believe anyone ity would be you, Arcana. But I'm still damn sure that, on mission with my defender for example, I've managed to tick off a Chief Soldier by accident and, one swipe later, im floor paste.

I will go and test that to be sure however.

^ This

Also;

Firsty, it's Lord Recluse.
Secondly, getting a little deep there, fella. And you'd probably be better served studying the Fifth's background a bit.

It was mentioned during one of the announcements OR Q&A to do with Incarnates that there would be a third build available. Im not sure if that build was the only one with the Incarnate slot or not, it was all a little hazey.

Amen to this.

Kinky

Come on, Lis, when was the last time you chucked me one of these?

Seriously; Where to people keep getting this idea from?! It's not true! Go in game, go up to a mob of even con or higher, and hit rest. In fact, to prove it, go to the warzone or somewhere and walk up to the biggest, nastiest Rikti you can find. Then rest in front of it.
You. Will. Die.
One shot, one kill. End of story.
There is no one-shot rule. Or if there is, its only in very extreme cases.

Yes, I meant Pious' post. Excuse me for double checking something that has, in the past and even in one of the two OS threads, been ignored. Being polite never killed anyone, y'know.

Hmm, I know the fe- CHOCOLATE! *noms* >_>

Edit: Ok, read the post. Quick point of order; the bodies are gone. Leon put anyone left alive on the titan to rest and Lawrence burned them to ash, to stop them being brought back as, say, zombies or somesuch.

Also, is Eleven ok with you using the Dunelm Group? Just checking..

*shrug* Because I wanted to? Other vampires have control over death and darkness, or something else.
Leone decided he wasn't overly fond of that. And so he picked fire. It's a matter of transference, really. And, when all's said and done, the choice is simple; Have a plethora of varied and, in some cases somewhat strange powers...Or sacrifice some of them and the power put into them to master other things. Like plugging a major weakness to the point that you can even control it. Another reason to them all being magic origin too, rather than, say, natural.

It's not like they are as stupidly overpowered as some of the vampires (or other creatures) I've seen in Pocket D or round and about. A stake through the heart is a major inconvenience for anyone, no matter their pain threshold. Getting your head cut off is a major crimp in day-to-day activities. Both at the same time? Your looking at a good week or so being swept up and going through the rites to get you back into one piece. And thats only if the other DeFeurards didn't get taken out as well. If they all did...well, long nap for a good while, although Leon will come back the fastest of them. He's had the most practice. He's also been taking precautions and leaving himself backdoors. He's fast, he's strong and he heals faster than a mythical troll... But he can still get put down. Simple as that.

tl;dr
I wanted to. If people get really finickity about it...I will go away and write up a whole in-depth explanation, citing dates in Leons history, names...etc etc

It was Leon's turn to laugh and look dissapointed.
"Boy, child, 'you'... You sound as idiotic as Lucard," he said with a little shake of his head as he turned his back pointedly on Erez'Zul. "And as for all the waffle about chaos and anarchy...pah. It's nothing so grandios. Just the struggle to get from today to tommorow. Thats what most people worry about. It's one of the reasons humanity hasn't gone stark bleedin' insane yet. It's people like you who see all the darkness and chaos and anarchy," he turned back for a moment, the fire in front of him causing his ruby glasses to glow, obscuring his eyes as he grinned toothily, "And it see's you, too. You'd better hope it's not hungry. Because, let me remind you; they aren't my hunters."

He turned back to face the fire, resting the katana over his shoulder and putting his free hand in his pocket.
"Just stay out of the way while your pontificating. There's a good chap," he said, stepping into and through the flames, haloed breifly by them before vanishing through them.

Which, if the Priest is going to do anything, will be himself, He of the Every Powerset

"So your happy letting an engine of destruction, a random one at that, rampage around on the whim of whoever really is controlling it?" Leon asked, keeping his blade low but also ready should Erez'Zul lunge. "Pardon a chap for observing, but that sounds like damned bad planning to me. What if it turns on you? What if it's meant to look like it belongs to you for a reason? Hmm?"

He glanced around, noticing Lucard dissapear behind a building, while Marie ignored him and went back to more important matters. "Yes, he and I have met before. He thinks that purely his age makes him somehow magically superior. Tush, I say. Hasn't made him any wiser, I can see that much. If he really thinks going after them will hurt me...well, they can look after themselves. Rather well, might I add," he added with a little chuckle.

His face became more serious as he looked up again.
"As for the balance...While I personally don't have much care for Reverand Hunter, he helps weight the side. Again, while I care more for the sole of my best boots than I do for your Mistress, she too plays a needed role. That doesn't mean she couldn't do with being put in her place now and then. Which is what I intend to do. This whole 'Open Season' is what is upsetting the balance. You will always get hot-head hunters, some of whom will eventually die. You also get rampaging psychopaths that give all undead a bad name. In time, they too willl be destroyed. And so the balance manages itself. Whereas Open Season is indiscriminate and has a level of fallout that is far from acceptable. I'm no Hero," Leon's eyes flashed for a moment, "But some things just will not do."

"So...if it's a duel you want, by all means, sirrah, duel on," he finished, twirling the katana before settling into a double handed stance. "I will not be found wanting."

Genius

Agree to that. Anyone believing that just a crucifix will banish one of the DeFeurards is likely to get beaten up with it.
Any item wielded with genuine belief in a specific diety of the world will hurt. It might not be insta-death, but a sword imbued with pure faith will do more damage than a regular one. So will a possessed sword, sword imbued with high power magic, etc etc. Its another form of empowerment.

Hmmmn. Makes sense. Fact f'today.
Although Leon isn't Eastern European Also, while he may lack the rather huge plethora of abilities that a lot of vampires seem to possess, he does possess less of the weaknesses. Most likely explanation is sacrificing 'active' power for a much for reactive/passive sort of power. Certainly ties in better with regen, although vampires have always healed fairly fast afaik.
That and a punch like a hammer

She managed to bite him for his pains, backstepping quickly and blocking what shots she could with her blades, the others smacking into her with a faint wince. The wounds began to close as he dropped out of sight, as she spun on her heal and rubbed her forehead with a grimace.
"I'm a lady to those that deserve it," she muttered, taking in the rest of the battle, "To everyone else I'm a b*tch from hell..."
She blinked out of existence, reappearing near the titan and running back to resume her assault on it. Marie DeFeurard was quick to anger, but she wielded that burning emotion like she did her swords; with practiced skill and ever-present care.

"Now, see, if you'd got me when I first came to town, I'd have been right f*cked," Leon smirked, teleporting past the fireball and strolling out onto the ground in front of Erez'Zul, casually brushing a bit of ash off his sleeve. "Stainless steel worked well on the road to Berlin, but I realised that the brave new world needed something a bit...more." He raised the blade in front of his face, eyes either side of it as he smirked. "Enscorceld Impervium, courtesy of the boys and gals at MAGI, when I was still an employee. Thankfully they never bothered with an off switch, eh?"
He chuckled, taking a stance and pointing the blade straight at his adversary.
"Now stop flouncing around and fight like a man, you cad!" he taunted, taking a step and flicking his fingers mockingly, daring Erez'Zul to charge him.

At which point Marie pulled him closer, before headbutting him square in the face.
"Typical silly little man; all flair, no clout," she quipped, baring her fangs, before kicking visciously with her heavy boots at his knee, aiming for a very painful and somewhat spiky contact.

Iron and silver, as far as I know, have never done squat to vampires anyway (thats werewolves.) and, even so, is not a known weakness of theres. Shooting vampires with anything unholy is about the same as if it wasnt there, unless its to the point of Chaos level magic, which f*cks everything and anything over anyway, and they are fairly resistant to holy items too, due to never having fully become 'dark children of the night' or other such stuff. Vampires, yes, unholy psychotic monsters no.

And yes, Leons mastery of fire, which gave him the name 'DeFeurard' passed to his children. Marie tends to rely more on the same traits as her father (healing very fast and stabbing anyone in her way) while Lawrence traded out some defensive capabilities for offense and lockdown (Fire/Fire Dominator)

For the record;
Leon: Katana/Regen scrapper with Fire Mastery
Marie: Dual Blades/Regen scrapper with Fire Mastery, not quite as good as her father
Lawrence: Fire/Fire Dominator with, you guessed it, Fire Mastery. Also, has Mez resistance, if not mez protection. He is, after all, a freaking vampire. Trying to scare him, Marie or Leon is about as much use as a chocolate hammer.

If people want to argue, I can happily supply builds for them, along with notes about any additional powers. Leon, for one, has a handbook page.