Haha hi all. Silly bulletin to put out there I know, but I'm also just struggling and want to figure this out, so... here we are haha.

So, I'm sure you've all seen my obsession with my boy Mikhail recently haha. He's very good, to say the least. I also made two more characters to go with him, I'll get their refs done and post them soon too. They're uhhh very cute wheeze.

ANYWAYS I've been thinking of what to do with him combat-wise? I know he has the spirit summoning, and that's cool. But I want him to have a secondary means of defense, just in case he can't summon or just in case he gets into a position where he's being targeted and his spirits can't help, something like that. I have a few ideas, but I can't decide what I like most. So I figured I would put it up to a vote, see what you guys think would fit him most I guess? Yeah it's silly, but y'know!

So, I have three big ideas right now. I'm torn between meteor hammer, twin pistols, and throwable vials.

The meteor hammer idea is newer, but also very cool. I like the idea of designing it with a celestial theme to fit his vibe, I think that'd be very fun. And I could really see him using a flexible weapon like that in combat for some reason? Like I could totally see him swinging around this thing and using it to disarm/attack foes, y'know. It would also give him an excuse to have some martial arts knowledge, so he can kick your ass with or without his weapon, but he'll more typically use his weapon in combination with any extra moves. Considering he has a lot of healer vibes with his healing/buffing vials, I like the idea of sheer melee power behind this haha. Healers that can obliterate you are my weakness. Maybe I could even give it some sort of elemental effect, like maybe he can plug vials into it to give it extra effects upon hits or something, idk haha.

The twin pistols have been an idea I've had since his conception. Which, I do like them? Twin pistols, especially in fantasy media, are my weakness. The fighting styles are just so cool, I adore them. Plus designing them could be really cool. I like the idea that maybe he can create different bullets that have different elemental effects? Then he can swap between the effects he wants at any given time. Could be a pretty neat and elegant fighting style, which could be cool? Plus designing his pistols would be fun haha.

The throwable vials would probably fit his vibe most, but I also worry they may almost be cliche for him? I don't know wheeze. But he's a scientist, of course he'd make concoctions he could use for damaging foes. They'd probably follow the same elemental idea, he can essentially throw mini spells or something, y'know haha. Could be neat, at the very least. It's kind of self-explanatory so haha.

Let me know which one you like the most out of these! Or, if you have any other ideas, feel free to suggest them too!