Subject: Re: [FFML] [Ranma/Wheel Of Time][teaser] Differing Powers
From: Matthew Campbell
Date: 11/12/1997, 9:10 PM
To: Louis-Philippe Giroux , fanfic@fanfic.com

Louis-Philippe Giroux wrote:


Hmm... Ranma's control of his chi might translate into control of the One
Power in this world.  Hmm...


More fun if you keep them separate.  That way both groups are 
encountering as power they've never seen before.  (I would attribute the 
Ranma crowd's superhuman physical abilities to chi.)


- How many Warders could Ranma take on at once?

Depends on how many are blade masters.  Or even , as I term Lan and Rand,
high level blade masters.  Let's say that none in the Tower are Lan and
Rand's equal yet... 10 Warders before Ranma starts pulling out his special
techniques.

   Yu're being generous if each of them has a sword.  Remember that Warders
have increased endurance (not at Ryoga's level, but still)


I'm not so sure.  Ranma is extremely hard to hurt with bludgening 
attacks, yes?  I mean, he can take strikes that shatter stone without 
apparent injury.  It would seem logical he has a certain resistance to 
edged weapons as well.  I'm not saying he can't be cut, more like if a 
regular person caught a sword strike to the stomach, their guts would be 
ripped open.  Ranma would only be cut, and Ryoga would only be slightly 
cut.  Also, he heals fast, probably much faster than even a warder.  
Check how quick he goes in the ice skating battle from being barely able 
to stand to being ready to fight again.
The point being that he might actually be able to take a few sword 
blows without great injury, just like he can afford to take a few 
punches from another super-martial artist.

- What happens if you mix Ranma, cats, Aes Sedai, Asha'man, cannon
fod<AHEM> people and *no* Akane?  Dumai's Well revisited!

Who against who?  Nekoken-Ranma versus Aiel, no problem.  Aes Sedai and
Asha'man, if they can keep cool and are fast in weaving a net, can capture
him.  Of course, the Asha'man are also decidedly deadlier than the Aes
Sedai...

   Ah...  But can the Neko-ken shred OP flows?


Cutting each other's flows is a major part of combat between One Power 
users.  I don't think it's unreasonable that a technique devoted 
especially to cutting things should be able to do it.

- What happens when Nerimian super martial artists encounters one or more
Ta'veren(s)?


I think Ranma *is* a Ta'veren.  He certainly warps probability.


-- Matthew Campbell E-mail me at mgcampb@clemson.edu