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「MONEY, MONEY, MONEY」

In my JoJo universe, gods exist to some extent, and can claim mortals they deem worthy as their champion. This champion will be granted a stand that is somehow related to the domain of the god that sponsored them (though in JoJo fashion, it is not usually as direct as something like a storm god simply granting control over weather for example).

3M is a stand belonging to the champion of Cissonius, the ancient Celtic god of commerce and travel.

Ability: 3M allows the user to summon a shop containing 3 random items, arranged from cheapest to most expensive. The shop can be summoned as often as he wants, but every day it resets, containing different items. The stand allows the user to buy these items, so long as he can offer the appropriate value; meaning, not limited to just currency. At the same time the shop resets, any items he purchased that day will be lost. The catch is that credit is not allowed. He can only pay with valuables on hand, that he can reasonably claim belongs to him. Keep in mind the user of this stand lives in medieval times, when paper currency was not widespread.

As said previously, the items are arranged cheapest to priciest. The cheapest item is quite affordable, and usually the user has enough value on hand to purchase it. Because of this, it's also the least helpful of the 3 items. It might be something like a spool of rope, a bucket of apples, maybe a knife if you're lucky. It can definitely be useful, but you'll have to be creative.

The moderately priced item is a step up. It could be a nicely forged sword, a perfectly tuned guitar, or something like that. Also, this is when the shop stops being limited to physical items. You may be offered something like a contract for a single guard, which upon use summons someone to protect you for a time; stuff like that.

The expensive items are where the stand gets interesting. The amount that these items cost would likely be inconvenient to constantly carry around, but they are worth it. The expensive items are often enchanted, maybe sometimes replicas of famous mythological items. But they can also be more utility-based. Maybe you can purchase a contract for a large house that begins building itself magically upon use, or you can buy a safe and fast travel across the sea. Perhaps you could buy a magic fishing rod, that upon being used in water summons a massive sea monster.

Of course, the most expensive item is typically the one you want the most, but gathering the goods for it will not always be easy. This can force the user to either work with the less expensive items, or think of creative ways to gather the resources necessary for purchase (internal organs are valuable, for example).

There's one more layer to the stand: if the user hasn't opened the shop yet that day, he can request a Special Shop. These Special Shops affect the price and quality of the items. For example, he could request a premium shop, where every item is powerful, but very expensive. Or he could do the opposite and request a bargain shop. A fun one is the mystery shop, where each item is priced the same, but their contents are hidden until bought, and he can only make one purchase.

Appearance: upon summoning the shop, a skeletal figure in black robes stands silently, the 3 items displayed in front of him. If you've ever played Hades, it's a lot like Charon's shops. The keeper is intangible, and so are the items until purchased.

If I win, I'd like the next theme to be stands that permanently affect the user's body.

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u/13838473 — 1 day ago

「TIN MAN」

Namesake- Tin Man by America

Power: B

Speed: C

Range: A

Durability: C

Precision: A

Potential: A

Ability- 「TIN MAN」has the ability to control molten minerals and metals. It can essentially water bend it. It can also cool it rapidly to solidify it, but once it's solid, it is no longer under its control. At first, this seems situational, as most people are not often in an area with molten rock/metal nearby. But this stand's true power comes from the fact that his range of control is limitless. This means that 「TIN MAN」has control over the earth's outer core, which is made up of molten iron/nickel. This also gives him control over plate tectonics.

Some things that control over all the molten rock and metal in the earth allows him to do:

-Bring molten materials to the surface

-Manipulate the magnetosphere (can strip atmosphere, remove radiation protection, EMPs, mess with biological processes, targeted magnetic anomalies)

-Earthquakes

-Eruptions

-By redistributing the mass of the earth's core, he can increase, decrease, or even slightly change the direction of gravity

-Longer term, he can move and concentrate favorable substances to an area, such as nutrients and rare Earth metals

Some other things: the moon has a molten core. Meteors burn up in the earth's atmosphere, but also slightly liquefy.

This power sounds very busted, and it is. The user could literally destroy the planet with ease. However, its main limitation is that the user is a good person who does not want to cause massive environmental damage and death. Most of the techniques mentioned above are very destructive unless used carefully. It becomes a balance where the user has to look for small scale ways to use his ability, and potentially gets pushed further throughout the story.

u/13838473 — 13 days ago

「I'M SO GREEN」

Namesake- I'm So Green by CAN.

User- Princess Yuebing, an heir in the fictional Medieval Yè (夜) Dynasty. She is deemed to have no political value, and is sent on a "diplomatic mission" with very little protection, essentially an unofficial execution. She develops this stand to defend herself against assassins and defy her family.

Appearance- 「I'M SO GREEN」 is a humanoid wearing woody armor, with flowers and leaves covering parts of its body, and a mushroom shaped like a wide brim sunhat on its head.

Stats-

Power: A

Speed: B

Range: D

Precision: C

Potential: B

Ability- 「I'M SO GREEN」 can grow any tree structure from its body. This includes things like branches, bark, leaves, fruits, seeds, etc. The more energetically dense something is, the longer it takes to grow.

Some things Yuebing can do with this ability:

-grow fire resistant bark armor

-create ropes out of fibers

-infuse its fists with poisonous needles from a European Yew

-grow nutrient dense fruits with boosted effects (i.e coffee beans with more potent caffeine)

-create hard projectiles from nuts

-leak various saps, resins, or rubbers

-flammable cotton or pollen

Basically any cool thing trees can do that you can think of, this stand can do.

*Note that this stand goes off things colloquially known as trees rather than botanically. Palm trees and banana trees for example, are not technically trees, but their properties can still be used by this stand.

If I win, I would like the next theme to be stands based on gods/deities.

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u/13838473 — 14 days ago