The Makings of a Semblance - Crafting Original Characters for RWBY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- On it's surface, making a semblance for your own RWBY characters may seem like a simple task but there is a lot to consider when designing a characters abilities. From how a semblance is awakened to the way they interact with the world around them and even how a semblance interacts with the users own Aura...
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Phoenix: I am no authority on OCs
Literally everyone in the Guild: Unfortunately history won´t see it that way.
I’m not sure if you copied Painted Daisy’s comment, or they copied yours, but yours is funnier without a doubt
Actually, Glyphs aren't unique anymore. Ren's semblance, both Vibe Check and the ability to Suppress Emotions, now joins Glyphs in having multiple abilities.
I’m sorry, but calling it “Vibe Check” sent me
It isn't multiple abilities tho. Both sensing emotions and suppressing them have the same basis. Glyphs, however, do not share a common base. Glyphs range from time to gravity to summons, etc. A semblance can evolve and be used in different ways as long as it keeps a relation to the basis of that power. For Ren, the basis is emotions. He could potentially even learn later on to evoke emotions in others and it would still make sense because it is still emotion based. I hope I explained this well enough
Both of those abilities are still related to each other.
I’d argue with Ren the various abilities of his Semblance feel more interconnected than Weiss’s Glyphs, especially when you think about what Aura can do and how the world works. Ren can hide whatever is it about emotions Grimm use to sense people, Aura is connected to a person’s soul, Aura can enhance people’s senses, Ren eventually starts being able to see people’s emotions/possibly into their souls through their Aura, these don’t seem like massive leaps. At least not in they way various abilities of Glyphs do (and that’s before we get into Summoning, which still feels like it comes out of nowhere.)
@@rabies481Yes. Yes, you did. And I think you for it
I made a charater who’s semblance is a passive semblance called fear that weakens peoples will and resolve so she can’t be near people.
Extreme introvert
@@hellhound2350 wish I had that semblance
Sounds like the apathy grimm
@@PrincessLockette That's because it is the Apathy Grimm's power to the letter. Not even mad about it. It would make for some amazing character growth if handled right.
I ended up making a Semblance that makes my character a semi glass cannon. He uses his Aura to create meele weapons, but depending on how big or small the weapon is, it takes a portion of his Aura away. For example, creating a dagger/knife basically tickles his Aura, but something like a claymore or bigger ends up taking a massive chunk of his Aura or all of it, leaving him vulnerable so he plays it safe with a regular sword and a dagger.
Phoenix: I am no authority on OCs
Literally everyone in the Guild: I’m just gonna pretend I didn’t hear that.
Here here
I mean, his advice does help out I've even been thinking about what he talks about when working on my characters
Indeed
@@exquisitetoast3859 can we all agree that Phoenix/night has inspired us either with the story of team Srph a story with so much potential and all these oc eeasy that has helped us all make are oc better than before seriously he’s a so creative
@@justaweebwithsubjectivetas9019 Phoenix did inspire me to make OCs with his OC and team SRPH videos
If you were going the freezing time path, you could potentially have a semblance that slows the molecular vibration of anything in a small area. This essentially would make it seem like time is slowing down
my issue is that im too smart and i end up turning the weakest powers into strong ones with logic like what you said will not work like you think the ibrations of molecules specialy in the human body create heat and if you slow down that vibration soo much you will literary freeze everything around you solid the less molecules move and vibrate the closer you get to freezing
I've always thought of a idea of a semblance that is basically a mix of the parents making it as rare as weiss's glyphs. Like say a character has some sort of light/energy manipulation semblance, dad's semblance could be something with maybe fire and the mother with lightning. But that's just my thoughts.
MHA :v
Youre thinking of Quirks in MHA
My OC's semblance is called "Projection" and put very simply, it allows him to project his aura into a mostly physical form (similar to the Green Lantern's light constructs), though he has to be careful with his semblance as it drains his Aura very rapidly and his aura reserves, while above average in size, aren't sufficient to maintain continuous use of his semblance.
Sounds like this girl I made that can manipulate Hard Light dust she touches
9:42 this reminded me of two OC semblances I made and now am taking into consideration:
I had an OC with a Crystallize semblance that crystallizes matter, part of me thought this was too strong and I took inspiration from Rumpole’s semblance of “Golden touch” how her semblance could transmutate atoms, my oc’s crystallize can collect and rearrange atoms to create crystals.
Secondly I was working on an OC with a semblance that did the opposite of Ren’s semblance, while Ren can hide emotion to become undetectable to grim my OC did the opposite. Her semblance is like a beacon to grimm, every grimm within the area will drop everything and target my
OC regardless of circumstances, I call this semblance “Provoke” or “grimm magnet” since it only works on grimm as for people they’ll feel a slight feeling of anger and aggression toward her.
(Love your videos, have a good day)
Ah yes, the classic agro attack
@@simplyplague5465 Whats an agro attack??
@@luckydog5079 It just stands for aggravation, like in RPG games where you draw every mob to target you.
@@simplyplague5465 oh, thanks
"Even with all the aura of every person in the world, stopping time would be..."
Jinn: Guess you forgot the end of Volume 6 eh?
Jinn is the spirit of the relic of knowledge created by a literal god, not really comparable in scale to Aura in my opinion lol
Thanks, I feel I'm the only one who finds semblances the hardest to come up with sometimes. I've only come up with 2 semblances for my OC team haha
I have NAMES for my oc teams Semblance, but when I try and make them into actual Semblances that would work, I always fluff it up
@@HHLucifer666 I have a similar problem. The wordplay comes easily to me, it's just figuring out what any of them do that's the issue.
@Ledge personally my favorite semblance I've made is pretty much ruby's semblance, except since he's based off the angel of death, actually my entire team has either angelic/demonic/saintly names. But moving onto my oc, his semblance is called "crowhaven" which allows him to transport himself a generous distance as nothing more than a group of ravens
@@HHLucifer666 My biblical references are a bit rusty, but I do like the name crowhaven and that semblance idea. It reminds me of when vampires dissolve into bats to teleport short distances.
My team's based off the Bremen Musicians story, so they're all based on animals in some capacity. My most flashy semblance is probably Copycat, which can make up to nine aura clones of cats the user's seen before.
Aura itself is a really interesting concept. It is a person's soul made manifest externally that is used as a resource both as a shield of sorts but also as a pool of mana to draw from essentially. A person projects it with their will, and controls it with their thoughts while their semblance is basically what makes a person's soul unique, a "true reflection" of the person. Now I'm wondering what semblances characters in other franchises would have if they were teleported to Remnant somehow xD
Just think of it as a video game health bar
@@toskiemail1371 definitely the blue one
My idea for semblance came from the lock out syndrome. Here come a character who some how become permanently paralyzed. She’s conscious but unable to move.
Overtime, she developed a way to turn her aura into fibers. By attach them to objects or her body, she’s able to control them like puppets. At first her family was hopeless. They then later discovered that small objects around her starting to move slightly. Soon, they have hope when she began to move small parts of her body. Then she can learn to walk, run, remotely feel things through her aura fibers or even see things through them around corners. Thus she developed an aura vision like eyes through skin.
However there’s some drawbacks. It’s take time to master and the more complex the objects is the harder to control them probably. It took her years to be able to move like a normal person. Also since it’s relying entirely by her aura, the moment her aura break, she will be completely helpless. Moving too many, too big or too often would drain her aura even faster. Therefore, she will still need a specializes wheelchair to spend most of her days moving and communicating.
I NEED TO SEE THIS! This is such a great idea, since there are drawbacks and I'm pretty sure you can get away with having an Aura reserve as much as or even beyond Jaune's. And, in theory, you might be able to fight without sensing pain.
*My OCs be like:*
"What's your semblance?"
"I can turn people into Grimm."
"How...?"
"Three generations of selective breeding."
Ah yes. The very "practical" Semblance, known as- DOG BREEDING
@@vardiganxpl1698 The Dog Faunus-Grimm hybrid in the background turns around when he hears *dog breeding.*
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When I come up with a semblance I try to give them all a curse for example my main oc sort of has telepathy but the thoughts of the surrounding people are just shoved into his head uncontrollably resulting in distraction rather than intel
I think drawback is a better term than "curse", but that is pretty logical.
@@EthanKironus8067 yeah, I couldn't really think of a better word
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Did something similar. One of my characters can sonically project her voice but she can't control it so she wears a mask to stop herself from shattering the eardrums of everyone in her immediate vicinity.
What about a Semblance of draining others' Aura (either by physical contact or close proximity) and it being something uncontrollable, at least until it begins evolving?
When creating my first RWBY oc, the character was your typical weak-semblance nobody looking for his big break, so I wanted a semblance that wouldn't pose a great threat in the usual sense, therefore, needing a loophole to make it effective in combat.
What I got was a semblance called Bravado. Much like Ren's semblance, my OC could manipulate his emotions alongside the emotions of others. However, where Ren's semblance masks emotions, my OC could make anyone feel a strong sense of bravery and boldness, so much so that it could completely negate negative emotions making it great for avoiding Grimm. The little loophole here was that my OC could use his semblance to make his opponents cocky, and when they slip up because of their arrogance, he can capitalise on their mistake.
This video could not have come out at a better time. Been working on my character for the OC contest ALL day and was at a roadblock. This will definitely help! Thanks! 😁 And I’m sorry for your loss! I hope you and your family are doing better!
Same
4:00 Sounds so JoJo tho. Like that one that manipulated the perception of time for multiple people, so it’s like keeping them under an illusion.
watching this was very useful but sometimes I get indecisive about the ability of the semblance but this was so helpful so thanks phoenix!
Glad it was helpful!
I came up with a really cool one years ago
Object Perminance:
Once the user has contacted an object with the tips of his fingers on one hand, he can teleport to that object once thrown, however, when teleported he keeps his current pose and the teleported object is in one of his hands. Doing this, he has to position himself how he wants to be before he teleports, for instance if he throws it to the ground to dive roll before he teleports he has to put himself in a ball first. Can be used to gain infinite height however it is confusing and dizzying to do so.
I also had one that was kinda like Weiss's Summons, but with this one they create a larger humanoid character that copies the same moves the user does. It was originally inspired by Real Steel, that one movie where they fight with robots by boxing and it copies their moves.
Perfect timing.
I'm trying to flesh out the semblances of my OC team (as well as the nemesis and the protagonist's mentor).
Phoenix, my dude, I needed this knowledge literally a month ago
I have an OC that uses her Semblance to either push away or force objects together (a gravity-based semblance) and have her use Gravity dust sewn into her clothes to amplify her Semblance. Without the dust, her Aura would drop rapidly with extended use of her power (her Aura is average), so out of habit she tries to finish fights quickly, and her need to rush would leave her open for attacks.
My Rwby OC isn't even a hunter he's actually a dust trader lol.
You never know even a Dust Trader might have to do combat against Grimm from time to time. May even got a bit of training as a Huntsman but Dropped out ?
@@shelbybayer200 yeah 0 combat affinity but his semblance is great for his job but his weapon looks intimidating but purely a bluff.
@@AnowonTRS
That sounds like an intresting idea
I've made a few semblances in the past but I think my favorite was Invulnerability. The OC was able to pick a type of damage (slash damage, bash damage, strike damage, Dust damage etc.) and then the more they were hit with that damage, the less it affected their aura. If he was hit enough times, he would become completely immune to that type of damage either for the remainder of the battle or whenever his aura ran out. Whichever came first. The basis of the semblance was a middle ground between Yang and Tock's semblances. Yang had to be hit multiple times to build up attack power. Meanwhile, Tock's allowed her full Invulnerability but only for a single minute. My semblance was meant to be a mix. Dust was another factor for the semblance but it was meant to act as a disadvantage. Say he took slash damage from a sword and then took more slash damage with an added effect of Burn Dust. If his Invulnerability was fully active, he would take no damage from the first attack but half damage from the second. It's a semblance that literally makes you pick and choose what damage you can afford to be hit by and what you need to avoid. This is only the first stage. I was planning on evolving it later.
Everyone’s semblance: *Godlike power*
My OC’s semblance: “Hey guys I have this parry shield that can parry any attack, but if the attack is too strong there can be consequences”
I had four sembblances, two of them seemed kinda OP.
First Clone: Make one clone of yourself which is indistinguiable form the real you. He rarely survives more than one hit but you can easily make a new one.
Ice armour: Generate ice on your body to protect yourself, use it as blunt weapons and throw them as projectiles.
Tech control: Control any tech that you touch, the larger the tech and the more precise it is the more taxing it is. Requires a clever mind to grasp the machines properly (This one may be overpowered)
Powder snow: Turn yourself into powder snow and simply let a hit pass through you. Can also be used to move thorugh small holes. Is very taxing and requires great skill to use since you can only turn yourself for about one second. Can at beast be used about five times a fight (Not sure about this one)
Any comments?
They go along with the weapons of the OCs.
Clone: Two sickle chains with guns, useful for pulling slicing and even blunt hits. Can be intrlocked to swing each other around. Useful when you fight with yourself as an ally.
Tech control: A tech backpack which can turn into most weapons
The other two don't really compliment their semblances
As far as time-based semblances go, I had one idea I've been toying around with for a semblance I call "Rewind".
The user touches an object and for a little while they are able to "rewind" the objects flow of time, making it travel the exact path it took in reverse. then release the semblance so it moves like it did the first time as if nothing happened.
I would have them use a lot of thrown projectile weapons, specifically shuriken / sawblade style weapons to set up fields of moving "lines" that opponents have to stay out of for battlefield manipulation.
The more complex the structure of the target (Like say an organic living being or Penny-level robotics) and the more change it underwent (moved from one spot to another Vs Completely shattered and turned to dust), the more aura they need to rewind it.
So they wouldn't be able to manipulate other people's time flow at all (Just their equipment, and even then, manipulating anything that is infused with another person's aura is a lot more draining. I would say they CAN "rewind" themself, (to dodge or even undo wounds) but it takes a huge aura drain just to get a few seconds of time back (Otherwise they could theoretically give themselves immortality by rewinding often enough to prevent aging)
An evolved form would probably gain a "fast forward" or "pause" function to freeze a target or speed it up.
Being limited to non-organic objects that the user has touched, rather than an area or people feels like it keeps it balanced enough (IMO) since it functions similarly to a weaker version of Pyrhha's Polarity or Glynda's Telekinesis but with extra features in certain circumstances.
So essentially, the Rewind ability from Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Strictly speaking, the ability that you desire with this semblance doesn't need to involve time at all. All you need is the ability to temporarily reverse the momentum of inorganic objects.
I will say though that being able to reverse themselves with the ability and undo wounds, regardless of how much aura it would cost, is an overpowered ability compared to what we have seen in Canon RWBY.
Even if the ability is not overpowered, once it involves manipulating the flow of time in any way, it breaks the rules of the universe. Time manipulation is something that only the gods and the relics are capable of, and even they may not be able to reverse the flow of time, at least as far as we have seen in the show lol
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while thanks so much for more rwby oc stuff man
I always had an idea of a Glitch semblance where the user can teleport wherever with pixels. Storywise, he would at first have some malfunction issues with his semblance, Glitching uncontrollably, but he got more used to using it and can not only teleport, but actually turn into the pixels, similar to Ruby's Petal Burst. This power is akin to that of Vanellope from Wrech it Ralph, Delsin from Infamous, and maybe like Tracer from Infamous.
How did I not think of watching this video when I made my RWBY OC :0
My OC has a Semblance I call Personal Gravity. It lets him choose to change what direction gravity pulls him in, letting him "fall" wherever he wants as a steadily accelleration.
It also affects items and people he is in physical contact with, though it takes more Aura depending on size and weight. He uses 2 shields that he maintains contact with using special wire that lets him control them freely up to 50 feet away with this. He uses this to be an almost omnipresent tank for his team, interposing his shields between them and incomming attacks whenever he can.
It also can be used in hand-to-hand combat to throw off opponents by changing what direction gravity is pulling them when they manage to make physical contact, wether it's him or his opponent scoring the hit. This only lasts for a single second after contact is broken and takes active effort. Imagine fighting someone but every time you hit them, the world seems to flip upside down and you fall away from the ground a few inches.
A stronger version would be Mass weight control by increasing the weight of your mass you can not only hit harder but also if you increase enough you basicaly will have your own gravitational pull
@@homunculus7 that feels too limiting to me. It would allow for more damage on hits, but that's about it. Changing what direction gravity pulls a person for a split second may not do extra damage, but it make sure you'll get an extra hit or two in. From their perspective, it looks like the whole world did a sudden flip around them. Also messing woth mass wouldn't let him be able to affectively steer his weapons.
I thought of an OC from Mantle who awakened to his semblance by accident. It happened on the job in the Schnee mines during a mining collapse. He and his coworkers were buried alive under several tons of compacted dirt. Due to the terror he felt, his semblance activated and surrounded himself in rock armor. He dug his way out and buried his coworkers.
This semblance is called Golem: it is a powerful semblance that covers the user's body in rock armor. Other types of rock can be used like concrete or unrefined iron ore, but refined materials or scrap metal will not be affected.
Pros: this semblance greatly enhances the user's durability, allowing them to take a great deal more damage than is possible when wearing the most advanced types of ballistic armor. It even let's the user go toe to toe with characters with large amounts of magic like the maidens for short periods of time. Additionally, it provides a small increase in strength and endurance because you are leveraging the rock armors strength.
Cons: despite all the benefits the semblance provides, it has some important drawbacks. First, once the rock armor goes on, it can only be removed by a complete aura depletion, kinetic weapons like hammers or mining tools, explosives work too. Second, covering yourself in too much stone could slow you down and make it near impossible to move. Third, even though it is stone armor, you are still vulnerable to intense versions of various elements like heat or cold.
Even with all of these issues, my OC wears a special suit of armor in the form of a juggernaut suit from CoD, uses a high powered rocket drill and flail combo weapon with a high caliber rivet gun secondary.
He is an immovable object with a hatred for all things Schnee related and hates Atlas for forcing him to become a huntsman against his will. He would much rather work a nine to five job like everyone else, so he is inexperienced, dismissive of those in positions of command, stubborn and defiant to anyone who orders him to do something he doesn't want to do. In spite of these flaws, he is loyal, holds the line despite the odds, and takes a realistic view of the world.
This is my OC, what do you think?
Thanks for making this series as its helped me make my RWBY OCs and with this one would go great for making my third one.
my oc for rwby: has the semblance to defy physics
"so what do you do?"
"i defy physics by literally creating a small radius that affects objects"
"like what?"
"creating an anti gravity field"
"huh that's neat...why am i floating?"
"this some times happens"
vine's aura cloak may not be as strong as others
meanwhile, vine uses his aura cloak to stop a nuke
That wasnt his Aura Cloak, that was using his semblance to project his Aura around the bomb. Whilst similar, his projected Aura is a solid material as opposed to the invisible defensively used Aura Cloak!
I learnt alot from this and it helped me with my OCs semblance
Inner beast: this is linked with your temper (when your angry you let out the beast) you can expand there aura over there arms and legs making a more beast like limbs incuding claws fur and so forth but the angrier you get the more this aura take over when in use if you lose complete control of your anger your aura would create a aura beast surrounding you which is more savage where you have almost no control and you just need to wait for your aura runs out.
The arms and legs are easy to control your aura management but when you loose control you are a more feral beast rather then a person and it burns through your aura faster :)
I was coming up with RWBY OCs again and trying to figure out how to do a transformation/lycanthropy inspired semblance for one of the characters that isn’t too powerful and also has drawbacks and rewatching this vid made me realize that the precedent for mimicking Grimm is already in the show, the Schnees where they have aura copies of whatever they summon, honestly the advice here and seeing that again helped figure out how to bring it together
How about a Faunus whos semblance works like evolutionary regresion letting the fausnus animal dna temporarely overtake his other dna slowly going back the evolution scale to the animal your traits came from? Could be permanent too and you have to be careful the more you regress the stronger you get but go too far and youre literary just a bear or something
If I had a Semblance, it would be called ‘Dust Shroud’. An ability that can only be used in a dusty environment that can create light based energy shapes from that dirt.
If there’s no dirt, the Semblance can’t be used.
It’s called ‘Dust Shroud’ because the latter part makes it into both a barrier and flexible mass of light.
Honestly I need one of your videos right now. I've just felt really down today. I don't want to go into details but I'll just say it's past memories that's really bothering me. I felt mad last night and cried this morning. It's just been rough emotionally
I'm sorry that you've been going through so much. I hope that things will be looking up soon and if this video can give even a small relief, then it makes creating videos all the more worthwhile 😊
@@PhoenixNight thanks. It helps me not overthink my problems. I think what also hurts is I don't have anyone in my life I could vent to, so I bottle it up inside and pretend I'm happy and then have a breakdown at home when no one knows. I guess I feel like part of the fan bace for RWBY a s it's nice to see other people the same way
This will make a fine addition to my collection
Only so far into the video but this has been quite insightful so far. Makes me wonder/hope I can make a more unique or proper semblance for my Faunus oc.. who is based off a mantis shrimp, I kid you not.
Really useful video Phoenix. It's helped me figure out how one of my OCs unlocked hers and how it works. Cheers and good luck judging the contest. Hope you liked my entry.
I'm pretty sure in Volume 8 we see Cinder using scorching caress with her grimm arm. Unless she is using her human arm to generate swords for both hands to grab. She is also seen generating fire from the grim hand as well.
So I kinda went with my own thing with me and my friend’s semblances, but I did put reasonable limitations on them,
My semblance (well one of them, long story) is Atom Manipulation, it allows me to manipulate the atoms around me and create things, like my main weapon of choice, however my limitations are, if something can’t get enough atoms it can’t be created, if it’s something that is animate like say a human, I can’t create that, and if say a weapon I make takes enough hits or a hard enough hit, it disassembles back into atoms, I did this as to not make my semblance to op but also make it a bit fun to use.
And my friends semblance is a bit of a custom one, called Glitchportation, basically she can call upon all technology energy in her vicinity and can use it to teleport to places however, her limitations are, if she can’t focus on a place to teleport to, she can’t teleport, and if no technology is around, she can’t teleport as far, this is so she can’t say teleport from atlas all the way to vacuo in like 5 seconds.
Feel free to leave any constructive criticism or feedback on the semblances.
I don't have a RWBY oc, but I do have a Kingdom Hearts oc, and I could see Remnant affecting her abilities, much like the Pride Lands and Atlantica.
Her "semblance" could be called Variable Truth, and would basically be shapeshifting. On the other hand, her weapon is called Lifeline, and keyblades, like aura, are deeply personal(or should be)... Maybe she can partition bits of her 'aura' for later use?
On an unrelated note, I had an idea for a monster with an ability called Sinew Hijack. It'd basically take advantage of automatically twitches and phantom movements, making characters think their limbs are moving when they're not.
You know,I have some Semblances of Team STAR which his my Fanmade Team.
Joseph Sterling: His Semblance is Phantom,It allows him to Phase through Solid Objects and Attacks like a Ghost
Tom Malone: His Semblance is Blur Projection which he runs around creating After Image Clones of himself to confuse his Opponents
Avery Scott: His Semblance is Electro Touch and it allows him to Hack or Disrupt any Tech,Predict a person’s Movement and Create an Electric Net to Trap his Enemies or Grimm
Robert Yardley: His Semblance is Metal Alloy which he can turn himself into a Metal state and becoming an Unmoveable Object so he's basically like Ironhide from Transformers Animated
Also,Keep up the Good work.
Had an idea for a few.
Thick Hide: The more damage taken, the more resistance to damage while active. Essentially the more you fight this guy, the harder you have to hit him consecutively to eek out the same damage. Constant sources of damage like automatic gunfire, and chainsaws become worthless, but a high energy slugger like Yang would put a beat down on this semblance, and makes for interesting matches against other heavy hitters. Said semblance is used by a big tanky gorilla faunus who's always resisted verbal and physical abuse.
Personal War: Multiplication of damage with each consecutive hit. I use this on a really physically week character, who uses a sniper. To note this guy's got a revenge streak against the White Fang going, so he uses it as a "killchain." Deal enough damage to bust through an aura, snag a kill, kill chain off the damage.
Destroyer. This semblance converts thermal energy into pressure. Gathering heat from friction, fire, sunlight, ect, builds into pressure. Upon release, said pressure explodes outwards in a directed wave. Depending on the amount of heat, this could be built up to the point the pressure wave could heat things themselves, flash boiling things like stone into magma. The user is a polar bear Faunus that was subject to an SDC mining camp, and was lit on fire and burned his hands on the barrel of a machine gun stolen in a break out.
Hearts and Minds: Emotional manipulation. On contact the user's own emotional state is projected onto whoever is being touched. Mostly used to make people less hostile. If everyone's happy, nobody wants to kill each other. This one much like Qrows is always on. The user refrains from touching people for this reason.
Here was my idea of a perfect semblance for me: Aura Learning. My oc could "learn" parts of somebody's semblance. But I could only use it on people I have a connection to, i.e my best buddy or my sister. And like I said, only parts of it. So if I was friends with team JNPR, and I learned Nora's semblance, I would have to choose between either learning her ability to absorb lightning or her ability to transfer electrical energy into damage.
I was super nervous going into this video because I have already submitted my character and so its too late to make changes now.
But after watching this video, I think I'm good still.
My character's semblance is basically soft fire bending. Creation of the fire comes from dust and crystals so she is breaking any rules there. How she uses her semblance is unique to her and her overall design.
Its possible I underestimated the aura drain using her power, but for the context in which its being used, it should be fine either way.
My sixteen OC's semblances (That I will probably never use because I have no time....sadness):
Team Avocado:
Alabaster Linen: Equality (Allows the user to make the target experiance their own hits and attacks)
Volt Acid: Venomus Tip (makes everyything he touches poisonous and allows himself to be restistant to poison)
Olivine Privet: Ariadne's Threat (allows her to have a blueprint of a building in her mind once she has passed one part of it, like a tunnel)
Opal Blizzard: Volatile feelings (changes the temperture/climate of things she touches)
Team Pitch:
Phlox Harlequin: Mania Unleashed (can make his opponent go completly crazy for a certain amount of time)
Claret Aero (Alabaster is his twin so this is why their semblances are very similar): Vendetta (collects the energy of blows against him and stores them in his aura until he unleashes it all on one person)
Coral Falun: Without Fail (never misses her target)
Hunter Viridian: Forge's Touch (knows everything about a weapon when he is able to touch it)
Team Celadon:
Cedar Flame-Aramanth: Gentle Friend (Can calm down others trough touching them)
Leuce Onyx: Invisible Walls (can create invisible walls almost everywhere that can't be passed, not even by himself)
Alice Zaffle: Echo (Can use a fragment of the power of former opponents she managed to defeat)
Nyanza Moss: Final Stand (collects Aura of her teammates during a fight and sets it free in agiant energy blast once her Aura is broken)
Team Celeste:
Corvin Rich: Helm of Darkness (Has the ability to make people unable to move through looking at them)
Copper Blush: Lock Picking (can open any kind of lock through touching it and knows its mechanisim after that)
Lapis Lazuli: Night Fall (can make people fall asleep
Periwinkle Thullian: Blinding Lights (collects sunlight and can create a bright lighting strike to blind her opponent)
This video was great and helpful. I hope you like my semblance Phoenix
Two semblances I made were forge and dissent
Forge is a quirk where the creator can create objects from smaller matter by using the aura as a connection ( this is actually my oc's ability as he's based off the Celtic, japanese, and Russian myth of trickster animal merchants and he uses this semblance to make blades and objects for trading)
Dissent is a passive semblance that messes with the person's train of thought leading to more sporadic and nonsensical behavior
Yo I think the writers of the DC comic crossover should hear this
I have a semblance for my character where she can make a fire like substance but it disappears the moment she either looses concentration, stops touching the object, or runs out of stored heat, if she runs out of stored heat she can get hypothermia and die, by stored heat i mean like warming herself by a fire or under a blanket
I have a character that’s supposed to be a support based genius. His semblance is hyper cognition; he can speed up his perception of processing and analyzing information, and if he comes into contact with something, he can feel what the person who held it thought at the time- it also improves his memory. Is this too strong?
Yay, I’ve been waiting for this (semblances are my kryptonite)
Thanks for the tip Phoenix!
My OC named Walking's powers is mostly based off of sounds his semblance is called Volume so he can either dampen or amplify sounds created by his movements or weapons which in my case is a sort of dubstep gun, so he can stun opponents by firing ear deafening soundwaves.
Also i have a OC called Jackie her semblance is she can turn herself into a glitch/intangible by literally splinting her aura and body molecules but for as she needs and the fact she has a split personality so she becomes more...let's just say insane.
5 semblance I come up.
Memories - the ability allow to see a person's past by look through them.
Strength - allowing to lift over thousand pound weight.
Jump - to jump high and jump long distance.
Slow motion - a ability to slow things down or persons.
Force field - a power to create surrounding around to defend from being hits.
I made this:
Liquid metal: allows oc to telepathically control a liquid metallic substance that is infused with his blood.
Strengths: can be used to form blade weapons (spears,swords,scythes ect.) , form platforms for transportation, shields and probe’s
Weakness: extreme temperatures.
I have one semblance which I called blood thirst which basically increases all of the users physical abilities and with each hit the duration of the ability last longer (about 2 seconds or so and it starts with about 30 seconds for base and it can also be deactivated) and when activated it drains a part of the users aura
My newest iteration I currently am using in my fan made story has a Semblance that has two "Modes" to it
There is it's passive mode that Forms a feild of Directional reverse for on coming things {This takes about 1 percent or around 50 precent of Aura}
Then there is mode 2 or Offensive mode
My OC can use a lot of Aura to send a "Shockwave" that can Alter the Directional position of a specific Target
It's called Aura Vectors or just Vectors.
It can be used with Dust to add elemental effects
I relate it with the Semblances of a set of characters Pyhrra's Polarity, Ren's ability to mask emotions, a bit of Ruby's Petal Burst and the Semblance of Jaune
All in all, I tried to have my OC having the ability of the control of Direction and Magnitude at once that can be used in away that is versatile while still being a Singular ability.
My OC awoke to his Semblance by being forced to have his Aura exposed by Scientists experimenting on his Aura by forcing a sort of Nightmare in his mind witnessing a past event.
But, due to the idea of his Trauma he usually refuses to use his Semblance in combat unless provoked while saying to his opponent.
"I didn't want to do this, but………you're giving me no other option. Just remember, you asked for this !!"
My characters was her aura.
She can pull the aura off her to create a bubble, or shield to protect people.
She used it as a rookie dust scientist to create protection bubbles around crystals that they were experimenting on.
Say during the creation of a new dust. The mixture was wrong and it went critical. Shed bubble the crystal or dust to lessen the explosion.
I was thinking of a teleportation semblance that resembles the movement of an electron (I'm not scientist I'm just remembering what I learned in school.) . It would have a passive and active effect. Passively they would just teleport randomly in a set area around them (not sure how big the radius should be) as long as something is already there about every second. Though they are more likely to teleport close to their starting location though while less likely they could suddenly teleport several feet away. Since it's passive those teleports don't strain thier aura what does though is when they what to actively move to a location to do so they focus on the location which increases the chance that they randomly teleport there (though in the furture they might be able to make 100%) and the further the distance the larger the aura cost.
My OCs semblance is called "Forget Me Naught" the moment you see him while he's using this semblance you've already fallen for it as the moment you lose sight of him you'll forget he was ever there to begin with though a natural counter to it would if you can't see him so the blind and blindfolded can remember his presence but not his appearance
Huh? His name? Oh its... huh what were we talking about again?
I'm dead. That's a damn good joke!!
Well played lmao
Legit my official file for him is just a blank page with the word forget me naught before it goes on to describe what can only be someone completely different
@@madmohawk6560 Goddammit, dude!!
I had an idea for a Semblance:
"Drowsy"
Its user can make a person/Grimm sleepy/fall asleep by saying to them, "Go to sleep". They can initially only do that to a sing target at a time.
I planned for it to evolve eventually being able to enter a sleeper's dreams (I got inspiration from Shion Zaiden from Ice Queendom)
Does that sound balanced?
I had an idea where the OC’s semblances would create hallucinations based on the target’s current mood. Fun at parties and useful during a fight.
My teams semblances:
Mine: Super Nova- absorb heat for a stat boost or store the heat and create a blast within a certain radius.
Friends: Music Man- charges his power by strumming either his weapon (guitar axe) or any solid object. As long as he can create a rhythm, he can charge his attack.
Friends: Iron Giant- can harden any part of his body to block an attack or basically hit something harder. However he can only harden one part at a time so the rest of his body is left open.
Friends: Power Trip- the more hits he can land, the more power he gets. However if he takes damage, his power level goes back to the basic level.
My main OC's Semblance is very simple, but possibly op. When hit by an attack, she can "spend" a certain amount of Aura (much like everyone else does) to completely ignore the attack, like she was a wall. This allows her to counterattack immediately, or keep running if completely outmatched
I'd Call that Semblance "Perfect Guard" or "Complete Absorption." But if you worked on a name already that's nice. I was just giving out my own thoughts of your Oc's Semblance
@@kidderpderpshi7974 Those are good names :D
But since she's based on the Undertaker wrestling persona, I usually give it a wrestling-inspired name, "No-sell"
Getting here late, but I have a character that has a semblance that nullifies other semblance within a close range. He was basically a hunter of rogue huntsmen and bandits.
I chose an semblance I dubbed, 'Eyes on me'. Essentially, who ever has to focus on my character, but it can be broken and entirely useless if the character doesn't have any allies. For grimm, the emotions of anyone else cannot be seen, basically invisible to them, except my character, making them the only choice for the grimm. For people, whoever is selected will get a sliitting headache not focused on my character, but unlike the grimm, they can still try to harm others, it'll just hurt to do so. Of course, if her aura runs out or she's defeated, the effects wear off, a self sabotaging semblance.
So a Taunt , Nice
Me and the other discorders went over mine oc. Also I think you already covered this.
Hey! I'm coming up with a semblance called "Needle and Thread". When the character who has said semblance attacks (the needle), an afterimage of the character will attack in succession to the original attack (the thread). I was just wondering if there would be any logical dust interactions when it came to this semblance.
Id also like to add then when thinking of a semblance keep a path of progression/evolution in mind, like how it will change and grow over time
Semblances? Ok...I'd like some opinions on these:
- Shaping your aura into weapons
(Masterwork)
- Sensing everything around you within a limited area
(Clairvoyance)
- Making your aura immune to certain types of dust
(Nullify)
- Ability to fly
(Levitation)
- lock-on to never lose your target and do twice as much damage to that target, but one person at a time for 5-10 minutes
(Hunt)
-Fully restored your aura when it's broken
(Second wind)
-Temporary restrict someone's will to kill.
(Pacify)
-Teleport a short distance but in fast succession
(Blink)
-Freeze time in certain areas
(Closed clock)
-Create portals
(Gate)
-Hack technology with your mind
(Jack)
-Enhance all stats for 2-5 minutes at a time
(Buff)
-Lower someone's else's stats for 2-5 minutes
(Nerf)
-Force grim or people around you to target you only for 5-10 minutes
(Taunt)
- The ability to create a clone that thinks, acts, and fights on its own
(Doppelganger)
I think these are pretty good.
IDK what roles my team's semblances would fit since in au they're a ragtag team that has come in contact with RWBY and in canon they're a piratesque hunting team. Their semblances are:
Jade - Fortune: she can control the probability of a person's actions and her probability is in the reverse effect
Azul - Waterfall: he can manipulate water to make a barrier that he can control who can enter
Daisy - Sunburst: she can create and manipulate fire so long as she's in direct sunlight
Evergreen - Shroud: he can camouflage himself and others by muting aura radiation.
Rowan Reignier:
Semblance: Blink teleport. He can teleport 5-10 feet (10% aura used for 5 feet, 20% for 10) However you can feel where he is going to go due to a breeze that is produced on the original location to the destination.
The reason for it existing was due to his aura’s low regeneration. It was his desire to survive. He is heir to the position of Chieftain in his village and though his father disfavors him his will to live is strong so this little “Pounce” gives him a chance to either attack closer range OR get a little bit of extra space between him and his opponent.
he is a cat faunus hence the name pounce
Mine OC's name fenrir, his semblance it's called alpha, he can summon two wolves, hati and skoll.
I see you Ten Shadows
I'm a simple man, I just gave mine x-ray vision. A previous one had aura drain.
I had an idea for a character based of the concept of the Faustian Pact; essentially he would only have access to like 1/4 or 1/3 of his total aura, but in return he would constantly regain aura and have no upper limit. The pact/bargain compnent comes in as his ability to give out this aura that he cant use for himself, however it causes strange changes to the sembelances of others; making them stronger in some ways but often puttong greater strain ob both himself and his "pactmate"
Copy : the wielder of this Semblance is able to copy the Semblances of others, but certain circumstances are required...
1) the wielder my make physical contact with the person who they are going to copy, this activates the first part of Copy where the wielder draws in the Aura of their target into themselves
2) the wielder must understand how to use the copied semblance, this requires observing their target using their semblance first
3) the wielder has a limited amount of time to use the copied Semblance equivalent to how much of the targets Aura they have drawn into themselves, once that Aura has been depleted they are unable to use the targets Semblance until they draw in more of the targets Aura
4) can only start off copying a single Semblance, but with training and practice could possibly copy multiple Semblances at the same time but for shorter periods of time compared to a single one
My oc semblance is being able to teleport and switch places with what ever living thing he sees.
Pros: great for escaping, allows unpredictability, and causing cross fire to opponents.
Drawback: only used on one person, and farther the distance the more aura drain, only can take one other ally with them increasing aura drain.
Best skill: flash bang crushing and intentionally teleporting to make opponent take the explosion head on.
I don't have a rwby oc (because I'm workin on an original multi-series) but this comment section has a lot of really good ideas and I hope a lot of their characters get a decent amount of attention
The only good Semblance I can think of, (I am not doing this iteration of the competition) is what I call "Craftsman's touch" its a telekinesis semblance, primary limitation on strength and control is the familiarity the user has with the object, and they have to at least have touched it for them to be able to manipulate the object at all, however with objects they have personally made, like weapons and ammunition for their weapon, they are capable of fine control, and able to recall the object to them. Objects they've merely had contact with they can push a little, enough to throw off an attacker's aim, but not much else. My idea is to use it for a ranged focused character that specializes in working with limited access to dust, so while the weapons may be dust infused, they'd be hesitant to use dust in ways it'd be expended, and will only do that in a pinch.
My weapon is a rapier that clicks into a bow. Both are able ti use dust like Weiss' weapon. The semblance is switch. He's able to instantly switch places with another thing. He can switch olaces woth anything even small things like a soeck of dirt or an air molecule. Nonliving objects don't require much aura while a living object would require plenty more to switch with. He's an Orca faunus as well with the tail. Oh yea the arrows are on him, but if he runs low then he can use a bunch of dust to fire dust arrows from the bow instead of just empowering the arrows with dust.
An idea I had for a semblance revolved around creating a barrier based on specified dimensions set by the user at the time of activation. Any shape, so long as the user can maintain a clear image of the barrier’s boundaries. However, the barrier’s boundaries must be closed and cannot collide with anything (so no amputations, accidental or intentional). The barrier, being a semblance, drains aura just as if it were deployed around the body when subjected to attacks (inside or out). Additionally, it requires enough focus that it cannot be deployed in tandem with a typical defensive aura. To further limit its current incarnation, the barrier cannot be moved once deployed, only dissolved to produce a new one.
Wow, Video came out on my birthday and I still didn't see it till September
My favorite semblance I have made is Eclipse Heart. The users emotions are converted into physical power, making hem stronger and faster. However while using his semblance his emotions slowly overwhelm his ability to think rationally. This is visualized as his body being silhouetted slowly from the top down. First it is a shadow over his eyes, then his shoulders and head are pure darkness with his eyes glowing, then his whole body black with piercing glowing eyes of light as he is fully consumed by his emotions. At that point he can only break free from his semblance by his aura breaking
Could a Huntsman use their aura to primarily manipulate dust, like, only dust? Similar to the way Weiss lit candles in the wine cellar. It would require focus, the Huntsman would be vulnerable as their aura is manipulating the dust, the dust effects would be preprogrammed and movement would be difficult. This is basically me looking for help and approval.
I enjoy this idea of sticking with the canon rwby universe. Dont gemme wrong i like seeing characters who bend the rules, but i also like those who stick with them XD
There's something interesting I found on the RWBY subreddit when I was reading up about different types of semblances. Eddy said that semblances can basically be anything as long as there's some kind of limitation and he used Tock's semblance as an example. Here's the link: www.reddit.com/r/RWBY/comments/k5hzx6/transformation_and_semblances_doesnt_seem_have_to/
So it seems that any rule on what a semblance can and cannot be has been completely blown out of the water. Although, I do wonder what are your thoughts about this.
I would still stick to what I said in the video for the most part. Sure some things I have said may actually be possible but there are certainly some semblances, like time manipulation, that just should not be possible based on the amount of Aura it would take as a whole. Making a single persons Aura unbreakable for a minute breaks the aura afterwards and that is just strengthening the physical aspect of Aura. Altering a Universal concept like time should be far beyond what a single person is capable of. We'll see what semblances arise in the future though and alter our perceptions accordingly based on what is introduced into the canon of the show 😊
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No time manipulation?
Look up Argento Pocoron.
He’s from the RWBY novel, and he has a semblance that let’s him slow time for a target
He slows the Targets perception of time, completely different than actual time manipulation
i created a semblance that after looking at it for a bit i realized that it was just alomancy, specifically iron and steel alomancy
I was wondering about passive semblance like Qrow has. Cause I thought of a semblance called 'Cold Touch' where the user freeze thing when in contact and she can't turn it off. She has to wear specific materials etc. I don't know if it can be a 'realistic' semblance in RWBY canon though
Interesting idea! Passive semblances as far as we know are abilities that don't drain too much aura. Qrow can put more of his aura into it to make the effect more potent but when it's just passively active it's not all that strong. To freeze something solid would likely take too much of a person's aura to function as a passive semblance otherwise the person would have probably drained all their aura unintentionally soon after awakening their Semblance and died in the process. That's my line of thinking at least
Jill and Jax at 3:06 be like:🤔🤔
Jill & Jax probably: Is that a challenge?
it's just too much of a plot convenience, a guy with a semblance of control people and a semblance that can super-amps a semblance and they made an army.........it's too unbelievable.
I’ve only finished one character so far. I’ll pitch his full description in the discord some other time. But his Semblance is essentially temperature manipulation. By touching any object he can temporarily change their temperature. He could also imbue this effect into objects he’s touching, so he could effect his weapon and chuck it at another object, he could alter the temperature of that object too. Obviously it has some limitations. First off, he can only alter an objects temperature by 60-70 degrees from its original temperature (so 60-70 degrees colder, or warmer). There is also a limit to the amount of material he can effect, I haven’t decided exactly how much but it would grow as he gets more skilled.
Also, the object will slowly return to its original temperature, organic objects return much faster.
OH, also he can’t conjure fire or ice. He can only alter the temperature of pre-existing, solid objects. So he can’t heat the air or freeze water
His weapon is a big shield that can split into two separate gauntlets. I imagine he would freeze the ground beneath him and snowboard on his shield to move around at high speeds. Or he could burn or chill people with punches with the gauntlets. The shield would also have weak engines on both sides so he could propel himself when boarding on his shield, or to propel his punches
I’ve also figured out how he awakened his semblance, and what myth he’s based off of. But I chose not to put those here cuz this comment was getting long
I have a pair of OCs that are twins that have reverse semblances that can speed up or slow down one object / person at a time
My OC Jaiden can accelerate his movements to the point of seemingly slowing time, Even though it is just him moving at near mach 1 speeds.
Aqua has camouflage, which allows her to change to her surroundings.
Violet has what i would call transformation, It enables her to take on the shape of another being. This is usually impossible but there is an in story reason behind this.
Gray has grimm beacon. Pretty self explanatory, It attracts grimm to his location but he himself cannot be noticed by then.
Will also explain my B-team.
Coral has gills, Permitting underwater breathing.
Raimu has temperature sense, Allowing her to see through the temperatures around her. usefull as she is blind.
Olive has empath, they are able to sense other peoples emotions.
Wyatt has stoneskin, Making his skin take on the properties of tough rock and enhancing his strength.
And then C team.
Oleana has protective force, She can create a force field to protect allies.
Roux has the very rare insight semblance. He can see the aura of a person and know what they will do next.
One we all know is Neo. it is still mirrors. Its a prequel story so i figured adding her would be nice.
Finally we have Gale. He has Booster. This allows him to make someones semblance stronger.
Idea for time stopping semblance: in the show "Wakfu", a character with that ability rambled "stretch out the space between seconds to slow down time". maybe if you just briefly stop the next unit of time from arriving, you could achieve a sort of low power version of time stop?
So, right off the bat he is saying that Ruby (Matter Manipulation at the atomic level), Weiss (Time Manipulation, Multiple Abilities), and Juane (Massive pools of Aura) are all breakers of cannon and should not exist. Heck, even Qrow (Probability Manipulation) is likely out of line since that would require messing with things on the scale of quantum mechanics. Oh, and Yang violates this guide as well as her Semblance produces fire without dust.
Basically every character in cannon violates the rules provided. So that means the only rule is the rule of cool.
Hey there phoenix, I have an ability I want your opinion on, ( Fluid Manipulation ).
What do you think?
1. Is it a good ability to have?
2. Is it "OP" in the sense of combat, support or general uses?
3. And have would you go about unlocking/using it's full potential?
Can I get some feedback on this.
Semblance name- Matchstick
The OC can control fire, but only if there's a flame or a spark already existing. A small flame won't eat through his aura, but larger flames at a longer time rate will drain him quickly