Dreadnought
A clan of half demons which are quite powerful and strike fear into their opponents. Their signature is the fact that their body is made of a sort of carapace which they grow and dissolve. The carapace itself is what keeps them alive when in battle, looking like a demon from hell when they harden. Not much are alive as they were mostly wipe out by Fraxen, considering them as heretics and abominations. Some think that they were spawns from hell, bloodthirsty monster that knows no end, so there reputations are quite pitiful. They really don't like to talk that much about there bloodline, so they kept secret, scattered across the land, some don't even know that they are a dreadnought. When they are born, they age like normal humans and act like humans, which is why they can blend in so well with humans. But once in birth, they either send the child to an orphanage, or to another family by leaving them on the front door with a door ring, or asking the people to take care of the child. Some are outcast and left by the street if the family can't take care of the child. Other than that, Dreadnoughts at birth already knows the meaning of survival.
Strengths
- Adds a +3 to your max strength when in your carapace mode
- Your body is a living weapon, charging in when they are harden is almost a death wish.
- You can harden your skin anytime, giving a wide advantage to you in the battlefield
- Has an extra +150 energy per rank
- The carapace is tough enough to stop C ranked and bellow attacks.
- The only known bloodline that cannot be taken by the chimera bloodline
- Your element can combine with your carapace, making it affective during battle.
- They can punch through a metal wall with ease in armor form.
Weakness
- They give off a unique smell allowing Vampires and werewolves to smell them easily. They can sense Dreadnoughts from a nearby nation from there current nation.
-You can only have one element, and with that element would be the color of your carapace.
- Vampires are one of their natural enemies since a Dreadnought's blood is tastier than a human.
- You will have a hard time moving your body around in your armor form, which could leave you in a wide opening.
- You are still part human and you are as flexible and vulnerable as one without the carapace.
- Not available to Swordmaster class or Berserker class.
- Novice to down must shed there carapace every 2nd post. Adept to expert must shed for every 5th post. Master to sage must shed for every 8th post. If you don't shed your carapace, your armor would be less affective and chip/break off, only blocking D rank attacks and lower.
- -3 to speed when going into your carapace. You also create louder sounds, giving away your location very easily.
Skills
Revert
Rank: E
This is a basic skill that reverts your carapace form back into your human form. Works well if you know you can't block an attack in carapace form (You automatically know this)
Shed
Rank: E
Their most basic skill, shedding is a part of their life. When in Carapace form, the user must shed there carapace so that they can retain the hardness and add a new layer of carapace. Depending on what rank you have is when you can shed. (You automatically know this)
Terror Ammo
Rank: D
Though its not visible you need to create ammunition for your terror shot. This makes either 2 shots for your shotgun one magazine for a pistol 6 bullets for a revolver 5 for a rifle. eight if its a bow or crossbow.
Note: This is the one of two techniques that defy the normal carapace hardening requirements. This technique creates ammunition that only fades after the current fight is over, or used in a Terror Shot.
Dagger Claws
Rank: D
The user must harden there carapace like claws, each finger as powerful as steel daggers. They can also break normal weapons with ease and can cause some serious damage to a person. They also can't move there fingers, so holding a weapon in there hands would be quite useless. Depending on what element you have will give you a rank up or a rank down.
Carapace Shield
Rank: C
By using your carapace arms, you form a giant shield that covers your front, but leaves your back with a wide opening. The shield can block up to B rank attacks and bellow, an rank up from what element they have and a rank down if there element is weak against another.
Terror Shot
Rank: C
Requires to use: Terror Ammo
This is a unique ability of the Dreadnoughts. The second of two abilities that defy the normal Carapace hardening rules. When this is used, the weapon always remains for ten posts, unless struck by a C rank or above technique. The Dreadnought creates a replica of a normal weapon, be it revolver, rifle, or even crossbow. One hand serves as the basis of the weapon. (Revolvers, the used hand is the grip, rifle the hand is the stock and the second hand must be used to steady the barrel, crossbow is similar to pistol but requires a second hand to steady the barrel as well, and bow the hand used for this technique is the center of the bowspan. Second hand pulls back from this, mimicking the normal usage of a bow to shoot Terror Ammo..
Spears of the Damned
Rank: C
Your arms transformed into long spears that can pierce your opponent with a long reach. They can stab through metal plating with ease, but would only dent any that are harden than steel or do nothing. They can infuse their element with their attacks as well.
Harden Spikes
Rank: B
The user's carapace would grow long spikes all throughout there body or a certain body part. They can pierce through steel plating with ease and can break metal weapons with ease, but anything that is higher or harder would only get scratch. The users cannot move while they grow spikes and are only good for defense. They can also infuse there element into the spikes.
Strike Spike
Rank: B - A
This is a strange technique, and one that forms the idea behind a later one. The Dreadnought plants one foot firmly on the ground and cannot move from that spot for the duration of the technique. They then cause a spike of carapace to shoot through the surface of the ground which then explodes from the soil to strike at the target. Only works in straight lines, and the user has to Shed the Strike Spike before moving, or else severely injure themselves.
Mephisto's Rage
Rank: A
The user would punch the ground into the earth as a carapace like claw that is about as huge as a boulder would come right under there opponent and would either grabbing them or smash them into the ground with great force, causing bones to break and weapons to shattered that are steel or lower. The carapace is thick and hard to break as C rank attacks and higher would have to break the carapace. The claw can also follow there target if they miss the first attack, but would leave the user wide open to an attack.
All Is Dust
Rank: SS
This is like an suicide move, harding to a ball of carapace which can block A rank attacks and lower, then at the end would blow their body, acting as a huge bomb. The blast radius would be at lest a 100 feet in diameter, anyone or anything that is caught in the blast would turn into dust or ruins, even the user. This is the ultimate sacrifice and must only be used if things come to worse. The hardening for the carapace ball will take a process of 3 post. After that, it's all over. If your element is fire or earth, the blast radius would add an extra 50 feet.
Decimation Detonation
Rank: A-SSS
This is the last resort technique that any Dreadnought will ever use. The Dreadnought curls into a ball that somehow hangs in midair, and slowly the liquid carapace flows around them, creating an orb. After building up for a period of time, the outer layer of carapace finally hardens. However, more liquid keeps flowing from the Dreadnought, overfilling the space within the carapace orb. This results in a deadly explosion when the pressure gets to be too much. The liquid carapace causes the outer layer to burst, turning into tiny, high-paced, deadly fragments of shrapnel that can punch through nearly every defense. Then the second part occurs. All that liquid carapace is flung outwards, hardening into flying segments of carapace that slice and crush anything that is left standing within the explosion radius. That is only the liquid that is flung close to horizontal - the liquid that flies up into the air turns into mortarlike rounds. The outer part hardens while retaining a liquid center, that acts similar to the original orb. The heavy chunks fall back into the ground, and after a short time, explode into shrapnel that adds to the devastation.
Carapace form by Element
Water
Wind
Lightning
Fire
Earth
Darkness
Light
