Talk:Delinius/@comment-1917722-20160205202622/@comment-1917722-20160212115702

Note-to-self #2: Saltflame. As you can see, the tradeoff is very simple: becoming an Ethereal, he has less health and terrible attack, but his MAG stat is sent flying even further up. His DEF is also raised a little, together with his speed. This Ethereal Delinius (or Saltflame as he refers to himself) is a very angry glass cannon.
 * Alpha-Unaltered post-Reckoning exclusive
 * Delinius falls prey to the cynicism and bitterness he's carried up to now and discards his body, thus becoming an Ethereal, but fusing some of his possessions into his being. His writing book becomes the equivalent of a Soul Relic; he doesn't need the Navigation Tablet for teleportation, however.
 * His stats change around a lot:
 * HP: 44 > 37 (-7)
 * ATK: 32 > 22 (-8)
 * MAG: 75 > 83 (+8)
 * DEF: 29 > 33 (+4)
 * SPD: 41 > 44 (+3)

Deprived of his weaponry, Saltflame fights solely using his magic. This is almost exclusively fire/light-type magic. Along with this, he has a surprisingly high evasion rate, probably based off of the Navigation Tablet's evasion buff and amplified with mejjyks.

An odd thing is that Saltflame no longer has any rage-based moves that Delinius had, probably because this rage is part of his being and is the essence of his magical power.

Saltflame's general bitterness is completely different from what I initially thought up for Unaltered Delinius post-Reckoning. When he dies with the explosion of the star Lux, his soul is absorbed into his writing book, and a symbol is formed on the cover.

If we want anyone to pick this writing book up and interact with it (or simply keep it), that's entirely possible. Or we'll just say that it was picked up by someone and taken to Artemus. In that case perhaps the souls of different iterations of Delinius are also captured in there and fused. Saltflame plus a bunch more angry flame souls? That writing book is going to be far too salty for anyone to work with unless they have either a very similar aura, or are in some way related (following Dwin would count in that respect).

Applause for me writing several paragraphs without noticing. Egh.