Editing Gasconade (section)

==Appearance & Equipment==
Gasconade is described as a "very ordinary man" with blonde hair and a square jaw.

What sets him apart is that every part of his physical body is made up of a complex arrangement of two-dimensional images, like pictures drawn on paper. These interlock, overlap, and create a fragmented silhouette, largely ressembling a person.<ref name="PRT47">Gasconade is, by contrast, a very ordinary man, but for the fact that every part of him that isn’t costume looks like a complex arrangement of two-dimensional images, like pictures drawn on paper and interlocked, overlapping, to create a general silhouette of a person, fragmented throughout. - [[PRT: Department Sixty-Four|Department Sixty Four]], [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14274744 PRT Quest threat ii p47]</ref> He is still disproportionate compared to what is usually seen with people.<ref name="PRT47 cs1">◈ GASCONADE; Jaager D. Charles<br/><br/><br/>Classification: Breaker/Stranger 3<br/>Unable to affect the world long-term, or be affected long-term.<br/><br/>Disposition: Protectorate  Location: DEPT 22 (Seattle)<br/>Age: 25 Status: Full time   Height: 6’ Weight: 190 lbs.<br/>Class S Option: NO   Appearance: Scandinavian blond, square jaw, disproportionate build. - [[PRT: Department Sixty-Four|Department Sixty Four]], [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14274744 PRT Quest threat ii p47]</ref>
When acting as a cape he carried guns, allowing him to inflict temporarily lethal damage with his power.<ref name="PRT47"/> In fact given the nature of his powers, Gasconade is one of the few capes to actively use guns in combat.<ref name="R1">As stated by others, it depends on what you do, not what you have.<br/>[...]<br/>Carrying a gun adjusts all interactions. You're saying 'I'm not in this to play' or 'I'm expecting to hurt seriously and risk being hurt, and I'm prepared to defend myself'. It escalates the game and makes everyone a little more tense. A gang of thugs that all carry guns are going to come across as much more serious and will be treated as such. Getting arrested while having a gun, even if you don't use it, the group is going to get hit that much harder. Less so for a single individual carrying a gun in a larger group.<br/>In short, it's discouraged.<br/>Keep in mind that I'm talking about handguns here. Rifles, SMGs, shotguns, the context is much different. You don't bring a SMG to perform more effective warning shots.<br/>''Using'' a gun, though, that changes things. The moment someone gets shot, it stops being theatrics and posturing and becomes an omnipresent danger. The game is no longer being entertained. In large part, context aside, the shooter is giving up the unwritten rules that would benefit them.<br/>Tattletale played by the rules. She shot Glory Girl to disable the forcefield. Still softballing it. Skitter shot Coil, but there was a longstanding relationship (and it was fairly discreet). Still sketchy, still a problem.<br/>Doing it with no warning, shooting a civilian, doing it recklessly enough civilians get caught in the crossfire, doing it against someone weaker, all will be perceived as dangerous and reckless. Maybe the entire city's cape population doesn't band together to go after you like the ABB did, but others may start playing it like the referee isn't watching anymore.<br/>[...]<br/>The way the rules work, people know what's up and ''generally'' things work against those who pack heat and those who use it recklessly. They end up alone, they end up with more enemies rallied against them, hitting harder, and generally they get enough warnings that they should cut it out that they'll quit it or commit. Typically the approach of the opposition will be 'we know he uses guns, so let's not make this a thing that keeps escalating'.<br/>In different areas, though, the situation may well be different. I can picture Texas having more gun-wielding capes in general. - [https://redd.it/31q3ht Wildbow on Reddit]</ref> One of a handful of exemptions to a widely held rule.