Fusion Meme!

[monstertruckers]

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As requested, a monster fusion meme to help people plot and plan for the new feature arriving on the 8th!

What is fusion?
Fusion is a new mechanic getting introduced to the game. The assorted problems and magic concentrations at the next location (an old Steel Warden fortress) will have an affect on Drifters. Namely, they will be able to fuse their monster forms together.

This will typically happen when encountering threats and dangers, and is similar to a moon warp with forcing changes... It's just that this time around, characters can fuse each other's monster forms together.

Can you give us a little sneak peek of the event?
Sure! As currently written, here's some highlights:

An element saturation isn’t the only strange thing in the fortress. Anyone who makes contact with the fortress stones will find themselves building a resonance with a fellow Drifter. This grows stronger the more time they spend in the fortress.

Until finally the bond solidifies on the next change the Drifters go through and hits a fever pitch. The next threat they encounter WILL force a transformation. When that happens, their next change fuses their two monster forms together into something new.

Their fusion form is a combination of two Drifter’s traits. It is also twice the size it would normally be, and is well suited to taking on any giant sized monsters. It can even give Drifters a brief insight into the memories of their partner, as the fusion takes place.

When this happens, both Drifters can switch control over their merged form. Those with greater synchronism will have more control, while those who squabble and fight will find that their monster form becomes more feral and savage. This fusion lasts until the threat abates: when that happens, the fusion breaks apart, and Drifters return to their prior state.

Is this basically the Ouroboros Form from Xenoblade 3?
Yep, pretty much!

Wait I'm not in the game yet, can I still use this and comment here?
Also yep! This is going to be in the TDM, it's getting posted to the meme comm, potential applicants can absolutely use all of this!

Cool, can we get one of those text box forms to start plotting?
Absolutely! Feel free to use this:

<u>INFO!</u> <b>Player Name:</b> Alias you’d like to go by! <b>Character Name:</b> Your character name! <b>Canon:</b> Their canon! <b>Currently In Game:</b> A quick yes or no <u>FUSION STUFF!</u> <b>Monster Form:</b> Base monster form you are bringing in! <b>Traits:</b> Traits that are currently active or inactive. <b>Fusion Ideas:</b> Forms your fusion might take! Memories you might share! How chaotic is this fusion going to be, and all that fun stuff! <b>Extra:</b> Other plans/ideas you have! Car shenanigans, character stuff, gifs, etc!

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Comments

[thetatters]

Oh man, is your boy a mundane WWI-era blind guy now thrown into a monster world? John would enjoy bodysharing with him! His canon host was a 1930s British expat who lost his sight, so John became his seeing-eye entity. Nothing would be more comforting to John than describing their surroundings to Edward, sometimes at great and poetic length. He's missed that simple partnership so much.

The WWI flashbacks would fascinate him more than horrify him, because John has heard all about the Great War. His host Arthur was barely too young to fight in it. Arthur also spoke fondly of hiking and camping as a boy back in England, so John would be enchanted by any mundane stories Edward cares to offer.

And of course there can be so many spider legs and tentacles.

[propatriamori]

He is indeed a standard issue WWI guy! He was literally written into his canon to illustrate the "war is hell" trope, so he comes neatly packaged with all sorts of trauma and difficult emotions.

Which, ironically enough, turning into a spider have alleviated rather than made worse.

This all sounds really lovely! Edward would especially like having a seeing-eye eldritch god, and having someone who isn't immediately horrified to share his war experiences with. He'll also probably pester John with all sorts of questions about being a god/an entity from somewhere else.

[thetatters]

Love this, perfect. John is usually cagey about his whole deal, but Edward will remind him enough of his bodysnatching victim boyfriend partner that it'll lower his guard. (For reasons outside his control, John went a little evil and killed that guy, and is now haunted by guilt. So he'll be on extra-good behavior around Edward.)

[thetatters]

John now has a toplevel here!