Sublime Visions of the Eye of God

Unending Sprawl Beneath the Stars

The Holy Grail. A wish-granting machine that can grant any wish.

The Holy Grail War. A battle royale fought between seven Magi over the Holy Grail.

In this war, Servants- the spirits of Heroes and Historical Figures from ages past- are summoned to fight in the stead of magi. These Servants far exceed the power of those who summon them, even the weakest of them being beyond the strongest human. Their speed, strength, endurance, agility, all exceed common sense, and as if this were not enough, Servants bear the right to a trump card. Noble Phantasm, the crystallized fear of a Servant's past. A holy sword they used in battle, a recreation of their ability or adventure, their proof as a hero.

In order for the magi to control these beings who reach into the realm of "gods," each magus is given three Command Seals. These are absolute orders that shackle the Servant to its summoner's will, by speaking an order aloud a Command Seal is used to create an order that cannot be ignored by the Servant. However, the more vague these orders are, the more spread out the power of the Command Seal is, and the weaker its effect becomes.

Seven Servants, seven Masters. Six of these Servants must die, and the last pair standing will gain the right to a wish. You may live, you may die.

...But do not let the fear of death delay you.

After all, if that omnipotent cup filled by 'God' can grant any wish, what human wouldn't traverse heaven and hell to find it?

So come. Place that chip known as your "life" on the line, and fight in body, mind, and soul for the right to a wish. Fight to achieve your deepest desires. Fight for the greatest hope, and fight against the blackest despair. Fight to leave your mark on the world.

Welcome to the Holy Grail War.

Rejoice. Your wish may be granted.







Rules

1. No godmodding, no controlling people's characters, no autohitting, no doing things you shouldn't be able to do. You guys should know this.
2. Have fun and don't be a bully.
3. This is a TYPE-Moon Roleplay, so we go by TM mechanics. That means stuff won't be allowed if it contradicts the universe's rules.
4. You are not always right, and your character is not Yamato Jesus.
5. No Masters with guns. It's too easy.

If I were you I would assign an amount of points to spend on stats

For Servants? No need, balancing will be inherent as per TM mechanics. Parameters will just have to suit the Heroic Spirit in question. A Caster with B rank STR for instance is unlikely to happen, though there are some exceptions depending on where you look.

As I said, we're operating on TM mechanics, so TM canon will be used as a baseline for judging the plausibility of something like stats. If someone tries to app Hannibal with A rank Mana or Volundr with A rank Agility, that'll be pretty substantively implausible as per their own legends/histories and comparison to canon Servants.

So the site I usually RP in has literally no people who are interested in a Fate/TMoon based RP and I've been searching like mad for one. This one stood out as the lone light in the darkness so I made an account here just for this. Which begs the question: is it possible for me to join this?

Of course. I'll hold off on making an OOC until we get enough people for a few pairs, of course, but feel free to make a Master/Servant app if you like in the meantime. Or just reserve a class, if there's one you're especially partial to.

I'd like to reserve the Berserker class since I probably won't get around to making a CS today. Just a little question: Do you think this RP will actually get full? I'm just afraid since my experience with Fate RP's is that none of them ever get full with dedicated players sadly on the site I went to.

Alrighty.

Generally on this website it can go either way, from what I've seen. Plenty of HGWs get their slots filled and then some, some don't quite get off the ground, so it's frankly hard to say. We'll just have to see.

Just realized the Berserker I had in mind (Antaios) would technically be fully divine although he still got beaten by Hercules.
What are the limits on the strength of heroic spirits you are placing? If someone comes in with Gilgamesh, Karna, etc. would you allow it?

Anything for you, Guy.

Sublimation said
Just realized the Berserker I had in mind (Antaios) would technically be fully divine although he still got beaten by Hercules.What are the limits on the strength of heroic spirits you are placing? If someone comes in with Gilgamesh, Karna, etc. would you allow it?

Ah, yes, Antaeus would be ineligible, sadly.

Limits on strength...well, there aren't too many limits for balancing's sake, if you follow the mechanics. I'll write up a banlist and add it to the OP. Gil of course is going to be banned, but most bans will be around because of ineligibility rather than balancing.

Banlist is up.

Lol I was gonna try out Genghis Khan with Ionian Hetairoi V2 but hes banned. Curious about the Gawain ban though, he didn't seem to be really all that broken like Karna or Hercules is.

Accidental double post/

Sublimation said
Lol I was gonna try out Genghis Khan with Ionian Hetairoi V2 but hes banned. Curious about the Gawain ban though, he didn't seem to be really all that broken like Karna or Hercules is.

He's not, there's just no consensus on what Numeral of the Saint actually does, and the one I've been given by people who understand Japanese properly is that it's equivalent to his "status" becoming EX during the daytime, meaning everything is treated as nonstandard. It's less because he's broken and more because he's weird.

Huh, I always thought numeral of the saint gave him insane levels of protection like Godhand or sorts.

Sublimation said
Huh, I always thought numeral of the saint gave him insane levels of protection like Godhand or sorts.

That's how it's expressed in gameplay, but that's gameplay. The skill description itself says that "status (parameters) becomes nonstandard", and EX is what nonstandard means,

I can see where the confusion would come from with such a vague text.
Also can I reserve the saber spot? I have a good heroic spirit in mind for it, although Rider would also work if someone wants the saber spot.

Sure, I'll take you off Zerker, then.

Should I create both master and servant?

Yeah, that'd be preferred.