The massive Aspect suggestion thread [Draft]

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Skritz
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The massive Aspect suggestion thread [Draft]

Post by Skritz »

Just a list of potential aspects to massively expand their roster. Aspects are among some of my favorite things about the classic Nexus War and now Nexus Clash, especially the stranger Tier 3 ones which can have some pretty interesting concepts. Consider each their own suggestion and feel free to add more, which I will add by editing the post.

Holy Champion
Main Themes: The Holy Champion as a class is defined by the concept it embodies and, as such, many of its aspects tend to evoke certain parts of the Aspect in some capacity. The more ordinary and human aspects tend to evoke some deep otherworldly wisdom or wonder.
  • This man/woman has sharp, almost hawkish features. His/her hair and eyes are bright silver and he/she seem to almost float with each subtle movement.
  • This imposing man/woman has a broad, powerful figure and incredibly long, sandy braided beard/hair. He/she speaks with a deep and composed voice.
  • A bronze-skinned man/woman with thick slabs of perfectly cut muscles which radiate pure power. Not a single blemish or scar mar his/her perfection.
  • A tall, imposing man/woman with reddish-gold skin and hair. He/she softly glow, as if his/her skin was a candle.
  • A stern and surprisingly fit-looking old man/woman with deeply tanned, almost leather skin. Glowing, blue celestial runs adorn his/her brow and radiate light all around him/her.
  • This man/woman's skin is a deep, sparkling blue and their long flowing hair has turned pure white. Miniature stars sparkle and dance around him/her.
  • This tanned man/woman of indeterminate age and serene features. He/she appears seemingly ordinary and human, but when they speak and act everything radiates with great purpose and presence.
  • This dark-skinned, elderly man/woman has gleaming, golden hair which radiates which bathes his/her presence in a warm and pleasant glow.
  • A tall, immaculately beautiful and bald individual of indeterminate gender who radiate serenity. Their skin is of alabaster and their eyes glowing flame orbs.
  • This impossibly graceful figure is of indeterminate gender and has smooth, perfect golden skin. Their deep, black eyes shine each with what appears to be galaxies inside them.
Exalted Harbinger
Main Themes: As the messengers of celestial powers, the existing themes of the EH appears to be their lithe and swift natures. However, given their somewhat grim nature and skill set I've written some aspects which focuses more on their angels of death/horsemen of the Apocalypse vibes.
  • This grey-skinned man/woman is tall and thin with incredibly long white hair and radiates an eerie aura which is nonetheless not malicious. He/she speaks in hushed tones.
  • This man/woman's skin is the color of pale, shining jade and his/her hair is shock white. Despite such artificial skin, he/she move with perfect fluidity.
  • This red-headed man/woman has hawkish features and an athlete's build. A halo of fiery light adorn his/her head and pulses ever more quickly the close to evil they are.
  • This muscular being of indeterminate gender has silver skin and lacks a mouth or nose. Their pure white eyes are constantly open and darting around, as if seeking something.
  • This lithe, androgynous being's hair has become a mane of pure white feathers which flutters in the wind. They speak with a musical and melodious voice.
Seraph
Main Themes: Seraph are the most mechanical and inorganic of the Angels, with their clockwork theme being predominant. Their more human looking aspects tend to evoke being serious and war-like.
  • Gold and silver filigrees crisscross the dark skin of this man/woman and his/her eyes are unblinking metallic orbs.
  • This serious, grim-looking middle aged man/woman appears human at a glance but close inspecting reveals thin lines across his/her body where a silvery shine can be seen. He/she is completely bald.
  • This being's body appears to be entirely composed of metallic tubes, coils and armor plates which twist and overlap to create an incredibly complex simulacrum of the human form. Their eyes shine a bright electric blue.
Redeemed
Main Themes: A sense of wounding and penance is a clear thematic marker of this class. Great suffering and pain marks the existence of the Redeemed and most of them bear some stigmata, making them the closest the Angels could ever get to terrifying or gruesome aspects.
  • This old man/woman's skin is entirely covered in thin scars and their shock white hair is tightly pulled against their skull. His/her eyelids are a deep reddish, bloodstained color and his/her eyes are likewise blood colored.
  • This man/woman's face has been replaced by an impassive golden mask which appears to be fused with their very flesh. Trickles of blood slowly but surely drips from where the mask is fused with the face.
  • This fierce-looking man/woman has wild, fiery red hair and bright glowing yellow eyes. While fearsome in appearance, their body language is calm and collected.
  • This bald, androgynous being has an half-and-half appearance. Their right side has smooth, alabaster skin while their left side has grey sickly skin covered in deep red scars. Despite this, they are always smiling.
  • This beautiful, albino being of indeterminate gender is alluring yet radiates a deep sense of sadness. Their eyes are pitch black and their hands and feet bear burn scars.
  • This genderless being would be beautiful, with long gorgeous locks of blonde hair, clear skin and effortless posture but their perfection is marred by their empty eye sockets which radiate white flames.
Infernal Behemoth
Main Themes: Big. Nasty. Fucking. Demon! The Infernal Behemoth is the archetypal high fantasy warrior demon, all big and monstrous. Just how human they are vary from aspect to aspect but most are centered on being bigger, stronger, meaner and fiercer than all others. They shy away from true Lovecraftian elements and intense body horror. Other demons cover some of these aspects in their own way.
  • This man/woman has grown massive and muscular and their skin has turned a deep burgundy. His/her face is a twisted, grotesque exaggeration of a human one and sharp, yellowed and tusk-like teeth protrude from his/her mouth.
  • This man/woman's body has grown so muscular that his/her skin has ripped apart, revealing twisted muscle cords and bony spikes. Their face has no skin at all and burning flames have replace his/her eyes.
  • This muscular man/woman's skin has become hard and scabby. They have no ears or nose and bony spikes protrude from his/her brow, chin and spine. His/her eyes have become yellow and slitted.
  • This...being's limbs are long and multi-jointed and they tend to crawl on their knuckles. Their skin is ashen and scabby, almost reptilian and they have no lips, only exposed fangs.
  • This creature is more beast than man, combining traits which are lupine and reptilian, with a razor-fanged snout, pointed ears and rows of scale erupting in random patches of their black, fur-covered body.
  • This monstrosity is only human in shape, their skin being nothing but melted scar tissue and jet black stone. They have a massive head and mouth, which tend to hang slack jawed. Smoke pours from it constantly.
Wyrm Masters
Main Themes: Wyrm Masters are the ugliest, least human-looking demons and look like half aborted monstrosity, deformed and barely human. The body horror and lovecraftian elements of demons are strongest in them.
  • This skinny man/woman's skin constantly ooze a thin layer of slime and constantly pulse and boil. Sometimes you can spot eyes erupting from his/her skin but they quickly close and vanish back, reabsorbed into the body.
  • This man/woman appears to be incredibly old and wrinkled. Upon closer inspections, the folds of his/her skin shift and wriggle in unnatural ways. When he/she open her eye sockets, they reveal compound eyes.
  • This misshapen man/woman's face has mutated into a set of pincers and pedipalps that constantly drool. His/her skin is covered in small, sharp bristles.
  • This creature is more worm than human, with short and stubby limbs and a fleshy, tubular body that wiggles and coil along the floor. They have no face, only an open mouth with too many rows of teeth.
  • This creature is only barely human in shape, being closer to a mass of fleshy tendrils with four clusters rougly analogous to the four limbs of the human shape. Over half a dozen glowing red eyes shine beneath the ever shifting tendrils.
  • This hideous creature is bloated and twisted, with short quills erupting from its back and forearms. It's face has twisted into a bony beak and its eyes wiggle on short stalks.
Fallen
Main Themes: They are twisted, fallen angels and as such their aspects should reflect this rather than the more monstrous demon aspects. After all, they need something to tie them to their older nature. There are also themes of corrupted mechanism as well as faked angelic nature. Tricky bastards, aren't they?
  • This man/woman would be attractive, if not for the random metallic spikes and twisted razor-bladed cogs which erupt from his/her flesh. His/her hair have been replaced by spiky, whip-like coils bound together, each ending in a hook.
  • Parts of this man/woman's skin appears to have been replaced by rusty metal, blackened iron and rubbery machine parts. A halo of bloody nails erupt from the back of his/her skull.
  • This man/woman has attractive features and yet, somehow, you can't seem to be able to describe them as his/her form slowly shift before your eyes over time. Sometimes, you can spot glowing snake eyes.
  • This being's skin appears to be made of porcelain, but it is cracked and stained, exposing grotesque muscles and twisted flesh between the cracks. They have no eyes.
  • This being body is entirely composed of rusty metal twisted and bent into a humanoid shape, held together by exposed veins and fleshy outgrowths. Disturbingly, a perfect androgynous head sits at the top of this monstrosity's body.
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SaltedSalmon
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Re: The massive Aspect suggestion thread

Post by SaltedSalmon »

We have 3 Good classes here, so I think the obvious Aspects to make are aspects which represent Angels being able to belong to any Good Power.

Here's a few examples (I think they're of somewhat questionable quality but they convey the general idea I have for them well):
HOLY CHAMPION:
(Namm's Judging Fire) A young woman, apparently in her prime years, appears to have a perpetual scowl on her face, judging all the people in the room. From her arms and legs a burning fire sprays, threatening to destroy the unworthy.

SERAPH:
(Alonai's Elemental Armor) This being's body appears to be covered in heavy rocks, welded together by wood. Underneath the natural armor lies brass clockwork.

REDEEMED:
(Namm's Atonement) This old man appears to be scarred with writings on his body, detailing many particular, violent sins. He seems to be saddened and burdened by them.
(Baraas's Redemption and Teamwork) This young man appears to have a jolly disposition. Parts of their body appear to have been replaced with metallic brass prosthetics. Their metallic left eye shifts around, observing others for any wounds or maladies.

EDIT:
One more for the road
FALLEN:
(Influence from Biblical Satan or Demiurge, your pick) A intense light shines from the golden, embroilered armor of this shining angel, which seems to intimidate you into worshiping its form. Beneath this shining light, visible only when they are weakened, you can see weathered stygian steel encasing a wounded and scarred man.
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