[OOC] Fate/esoterica

[VitaVitaAR]

It's been years.

Years since the last war for the Holy Grail concluded in Fuyuki City. Years since the final combatant fell, and the war concluded in the destruction of the Grail itself. And the remnants, too, were dismantled, cast apart by a former participant. Indeed, the Fuyuki Holy Grail has been utterly annihilated, no longer to be of any use. And yet...

Some of the components remained. The allure of a wish-granting artifact that could be used to obtain the Root of all Knowledge proved itself to be too great. The scattered fragments of the Holy Grail were assembled, rituals and replications of previous techniques were used to attempt to piece them together. And yet, they could never fully recreate the Grail that had been created by the Einzberns. But with the fragments they had collected, with the pieces that had been recovered and recreated, they were able to produce a copy, a replica of the original Grail. A hacked together, improvised system that was not fully tested nor fully explored, but a replica of the original nevertheless.

This creation, this new Holy Grail, this copy of the original, was placed in the coastal United States town of Redrock. Named for the reddish stone jutting up from its beaches, the town is not known for any kind of unusual activity. And yet it happens to be the location of one of the highest concentrations of leylines in the United States. Far from Japan, there was no way for the participants of the last War to attempt to interfere if they so chose. At least, as far as the creators of this new Grail were concerned. A variety of interests converge now, on Redrock.

The Mage Association, suspicious and yet intrigued by the revival of the failed ritual. The Church, desiring once again to see if this truly is a recreation of a holy relic. They have even dispatched one of their most potent Executors as an overseer.

An overseer for a new Holy Grail War.

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The town of Redrock is a sleepy, peaceful town. While it is not rural, far from it, it is not an immense city. It shares many similarities, in fact, with the small city of Fuyuki that the war once occurred in. It possesses its own attractions, including the Redrock Amusement Park and the aged catacombs dating back to the birth of the United States.

It would do well for the participants in this new war to gain experience with their surroundings.

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So... a Fate RP! The above introduction should probably have covered setting well enough, but I'm going to lay down some quick ground rules before I go further.

• No Servants Older than Gilgamesh
  
  • That's canon.
• No Servants from 1900 or later
  
  • Known rule of the setting, even if I do think there's some cool candidates from beyond then. Sadly, Simo Hayha will never qualify for anything but perhaps the most far-flung future Grail Wars.
• No Servants with more then three Noble Phantasms
  
  • Isn't that enough? Most have one or two. More crosses into far too much power.
• Standard Seven
  
  • We'll be having seven servants and seven masters summoning said Servants. Sorry, but this is going to be a traditional grail war,
    so first come first serve when it comes to classes. ^^; In addition, players from the last version of the RP will be allowed first pick of Servant slots.
• Please sign up with both a Servant and a Master
  
  • This hurts the last point a little, but ensures there is balance in numbers. Don't worry, you won't be playing with yourself. Pairs will be arranged between players, or I can pair people if they're stuck.
• If you get yourself into a situation where your character may be killed, I'm sorry
  
  • The premise of this RP guarantees that Servants will be dying. And if your Master messes up, they're at risk too. However, Servants at least are all famous figures from the past, and shouldn't go down easily.
• No reality marbles
  
  • These are super-rare. Exceptions MAY be made but it's unlikely.
• Have fun!
  
  • That's what this RP is here for. Follow standard RP etiquette and my guidelines, and you should have no problem.
• Tiger Dojo
  
  Finally, @Raineh Daze will be helping me run this RP, and will naturally be in charge of the Tiger Dojo.

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Bios:

Masters:

• Name:
• Age:
• Gender:
• Appearance:
• Personality:
• Skills:
• Abilities:
• Brief Backstory:
• Assets:

Servants:

• Name:
• Class:
• Appearance:
• Personality:
• Stats:
  
  • Strength: E-A(Modifiers are caused by skills and should be covered in those skills)
  • Endurance: E-A
  • Agility: E-A
  • Mana: E-A
  • Luck: E-A
  • Noble Phantasm:
• Class Skills:
• Personal Skills:
• Noble Phantasm(s):
  
  • Name:
  • Rank: (Any Noble Phantasm with a rank higher than A will be highly scrutinized)
  • Type: (Anti-Unit, Anti-Army, Anti-Fortress)
  • Appearance:
  • Effects:
• Alignment:
• Changes: (This section is purely for things such as genderbending. If you make a male historical or mythological figure female, I want an explanation for it)

@Rin@Raineh Daze@Anza@PKMNB0Y@KoL@King Cosmos

[KoL]

Here, I'm.

[ItMeGritty]

Master

Name: Jean-Pierre Michel

Age: 35

Gender: M

Appearance: sevenseasentertainment.com/wp-content…

Personality: Cool headed and well-mannered, he never denies anyone courtesy, even if they are his bitter enemies. He is resolute in his beliefs, but is willing to hear what other people have to say and is not above changing his mind when presented with new information. He is confident, polite and flexible.

Skills:

• Firearms Training
• Fencing
• Chemistry

Abilities:

• Alchemy
• Magecraft: His elemental affinity is Fire, origin is Cycles and his lineage sorcery trait is Enlightenment; discovery what was once unknown. Jean-Pierre is adept at fire magics and magics that convert one thing into another, either to alter to use of an object or to reveal a hidden truth about it. Uses an old wheellock pistol as a Mystic Code.

Backstory: Jean-Pierre Michel was the younger of the two sons of the Michel family. A ‘middle of the road’ Mage family, as affluent as they are in mundane society they could never seem to make waves in the world of Mages. Jean himself enrolled in university to become a chemist while his brother took up the humble life of a missionary. However, tragedy struck as Jacques was killed by an armed militant group while helping villages in the Middle East. Jean left academia to relearn his families magical teachings, believing that the solution to solving the world’s conflicts lied somewhere between magic and science.

Now a unique opportunity has appeared on the horizon to make Jean’s vision. A Grail War without the meddling of any of the major magical families that developed the cursed ritual in the first place...

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Servant

Name: Kallinikos of Heliopolis

Class: Caster

Appearance:ayakashi-ghost-guild.wikia.com/wiki/F…

Personality: Timid and curious, the knowledge of his awful weapon weighs heavy on his head. He loathes having been brought ‘back from the grave’ as now his dark secret can be known to the world. His one wish is to create a world where all terrible knowledge is obscured from humanity, including knowledge of the Grail War, in order to create a world of peace.

Stats:

• Strength: E
• Endurance: D
• Agility: E
• Mana: B
• Luck: A+
• Noble Phantasm:A+

Class Skills:

• Item Construction: A; Can create devices which effectively deliver his NP in a timely manner. Knowledge in chemistry and alchemy allows him to create potions as well.
• Territory Creation: A; Can create a factory-like ‘temple’ dedicated to the creation of his NP and devices.

Personal Skills:

• Mass Production: A
• Presence Concealment: A+; applies not to himself but to his NP. It’s presence and true nature can only be discerned by him to ensure its secret is not known to anyone. It can only be perceived by others when deployed as a weapon.

Noble Phantasm(s):

• Name:Ignis Graceus-The Secret of Greek Fire
• Rank: A+
• Type: Anti-Army
• Appearance: A green liquid that bursts into flames when ignited or when it comes into contact with solid objects or water. The fire behaves as conventional fire would, burning flammable objects and growing as it consumes more fuel, only it continues to burn on the surface of water and it cannot be put out by conventional means outside of smothering with large piles of dirt. Chemical solutions are known only to its creator.
• Effects: Developed by Kallinikos, a Syrian seeking refuge from Arabic forces, he shared his secret of Greek fire with the Byzantines Greeks who employed it successfully against two sieges from Arabic fleets on Constantinople. The actual composition of the substance was such a heavily guarded secret that it’s precise composition and methods of manufacture are still unknown to this day.
  
  This NP manifests as an extremely complex formula within Kallinikos’ mind. On it’s own its useless, but with time, material and mana it can be used to manufacture Greek Fire. The substance itself is also useless and requires a method of delivery, such as a simple grenade or a siphon. Once deployed it takes the form of an army consuming fire, able to stop even the most overwhelming military forces in its tracks. The fire consumes all flammable substances in its tracks and grows so long as its supplied fuel. Methods or dowsing it, conventional or magical, do not work save for dumping dirt on it or cutting it off from fuel. Betraying the relationship between fire and water, this fire will burn on the surface of water and throwing water on it will only make its flames burn more intensely.
  
  Because it’s composition has been unknown for centuries, this NP effectively has Presence Concealment (A+).

Alignment: Neutral Good

Changes:

[VitaVitaAR]

@ItMeGritty: If you look at the character list the slots are notably all full.

[Raineh Daze]

Hat obtained on arriving in the modern day. She's got to look the part of Caster.

• Class: "Caster" (Foreigner)
• Identity: Kezia Mason
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Stats:
  
  • Strength: E
  • Agility: C++
  • Endurance: E-
  • Mana: A+
  • Luck: EX (E)
  • Noble Phantasm: -
• Class Skills
  
  • Transcendental Existence: EX. What does it do? Nobody knows for certain, but it probably acts as a form of magic and curse resistance by rejection of the same laws of reality as even servants run on.
  • Independent Manifestation:† A. A skill gained through the dual influence of Nyarlathotep and the World itself--although Kezia must undoubtedly die to become a Heroic Spirit in her future (the past), she is very much alive at this point in time. Though her existence here is possible via magic, her death would not--and this paradox gives her immunity to both instant death effects and those that would attempt to use time manipulation against her.
    And, of course, she's manifested as herself--though acting as a Servant is far more convenient.
  • Item Construction: B. She's a witch, it's to be expected.
  • Territory Creation: B.
• Personal Skills:
  
  • Divinity: B
  • Servant of Crawling Chaos: A+. Basically selling yourself to an Outer God has its perks, even if it's a malicious one. The abilities are far more useful against Servants than her normal witchcraft would be: the ability to create portals of almost any size or dimension, as long as she knows the destination properly, including to somewhere... else to allow the tentacles of some being to come through. It also allows for small scale manipulation of time: massively accelerating herself for a brief period or even, if "Caster" can react quickly enough, rewinding a second to try and fix something.
    Heavy use of these abilities in an area starts to distort the geometry of the place entirely.
  • Witchcraft: A
• Noble Phantasm(s):
  
  • • Name: Hounds of Tindalos - Temporal Stalkers
    • Rank: -
    • Type: Anti-Unit
    • Appearance: Despite the name, calling them hounds is a misnomer... although they have all the persistent hunting ability that would imply, they are not, in fact, canine except maybe in general outline--nor consistent between them. Some might more closely resemble their namesake, whilst others...
    • Effects: Not really a Noble Phantasm at Kezia's call, merely a class of phantasmal species that caught wind of her movements through time. Though threatening to a magus and even capable of harming Servants if they get a hit in, she can cow them quite thoroughly into not attacking--fortunately. Where they come in useful is that they will never give up on stalking their prey, and if they catch wind of anyone or anything not in its proper time period... like, say, a Servant, they will continue to pursue them of their own accord. Seeing as they can materialise from any reasonably sharp corner, this makes them a useful autonomous defence.
      She could call them off entirely, but that would neat some setup.
  • • Name: Stalker Among the Stars - Endless Recursion of Time
    • Rank: EX
    • Type: Anti-Failure
    • Effects: The greatest benefit of her arrangements with the Outer Gods is this protection--one she can invoke either manually or automatically upon death. In doing so, it will reset her to some prior time point, by default the last point that she actually travelled through time, with all her knowledge of the preceding events intact. In this case, it defaults to her summoning.
      Even with all of her advantages over a normal Caster, she's still a fragile, human magic user, and the Grail War is extremely dangerous. Kezia has fully lost count over the times she's had to go through it all, and is intimately familiar with the people involved, their capabilities, and their identities--even if she's keeping them well under her hat; revealing paradoxical knowledge just makes it harder.
      Practically, her foreknowledge gives her unmatched luck (though if things do deviate from her expectations that will revert to its baseline value) along with simulating the effects of Clairvoyance, Instinct, and Eye of the Mind (True): when you repeat things until you can survive, it's quite hard to be surprised or NOT come up with a new plan.
  • • Name: Dreams of the Witch House - Sleeping Portals
    • Rank: -
    • Type: Anti-Unit
    • Effects: By appropriately marking a locale, or cursing a person, Kezia can forcibly teleport them to herself whilst they sleep--wherever or whenever it might be that she actually is. Upon awaking, the target will be exactly where they fell asleep, as if nothing had happened at all--possibly not even physically moving, due to the witch's knowledge of places not quite in step with normal time.
      Quite useless against Servants, due to their not sleeping, but it's a good way to get a Master alone for a chat.
• Changes: She is not, quite noticeably, a decrepit child-sacrificing old hag yet. She DID come here straight from the Salem Witch Trials, though.

† DO NOT LOOK THIS UP. All the info about it (except Saber Ryougi) is in spoilers. Oh, and Merlin haxxed it to show up.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Raineh Daze: As discussed, Accepted.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

• Name: James Moriarty
• Class: Archer
• Appearance: "Leave everything to this old dandy, Master."
• Personality: Moriarty is, at first glance, an eccentric old man with a habit of self-deprecating jokes and a penchant for causing mischief. After all, while every other Servant around him is young and spry, here he is as an old man of around fifty! That being said though, Moriarty goes have a bit of a soft spot when it comes to dughter figures, and it has been proven that a little girl referring to him as 'papa' can change him from 'old man with a love for trouble' to 'doting father'.
  Or so one would believe. While that is as much a part of his personality as anything else, a Moriarty who is wholly focused on his hobby of evil is cold, calculating, and willing to sacrifice any and all things to achieve his goals. He loves evil in all forms, and will not hesitate to lead his Master down the same path should they catch his fancy.
  Which aspect he ends up gravitating more towards, of course, depends wholly on his Master.
• Stats:
  
  • Strength: C
  • Endurance: D
  • Agility: A
  • Mana: B
  • Luck: A
  • Noble Phantasm: C
• Class Skills:
  
  • Magic Resistance: D
  • Independent Action: A+
• Personal Skills:
  
  • Magic Bullet Shooter: EX
    A skill originating from the phantom Moriarty was fused with, "The Freeshooter". Moriarty's bullets, shot out from the massive coffin-gun that he uses, can not only fire the magical bullets that always hit their mark, but also a variety of missiles (which are distinctly not bullets) and other such projectiles.
  • End of the Spider's Thread: A++
    Moriarty's own knowledge of criminal underbellies and his control thereof extends itself to the manifestation of this Skill. Plans of evil, that he may or may not have involvement in, will eventually reach his ears, and he can, in turn, manipulate them in subtle ways to bring about larger, long-standing effects.
    To smear good and defile law while remaining perfectly unknown but to a select few—that is this old dandy's modus operandi.
  • Evil Charisma: A
    Having been acknowledged by the esteemed Sherlock Holmes as having connections to every criminal underbelly, this skill manifests as the ability to weave people with evil in their hearts to do as he wishes. From robbery to murder to conspiracy, all is within the realm of possiblity for the Napoleon of Crime.
• Noble Phantasm(s):
  
  • Name: The Dynamics of an Asteroid—The Ultimate Crime
  • Rank: A+
  • Type: Anti-Army, but can become Anti-City or Anti-Country if strengthened
  • Appearance: Under ordinary circumstances, this is assumed to be the coffin-gun that he uses to fight with.
  • Effects: The True Name and power of this Noble Phantasm embodies Moriarty's desire to commit the ultimate crime—so perfect in execution that nobody, not even his nemesis Sherlock Holmes, could find out the cause. While under standard restrictions, Moriarty gains the ability to fire out a massive barrage of bullets and missiles at his targets before finishing them off with a massive laser fired from the tip of his weapon.
    
    Mini-spoiler

    Beyond that, though, his Noble Phantasm, when fully invoked, has the ability to summon a massive asteroid at any location that he so chooses. It holds no special properties other than being considered an 'object that can harm Servants as well', but the destructive force that such a massive object colliding with the Earth would have is evident enough. Should Moriarty be strengthened by another outside force, this Noble Phantasm would be enough to eliminate an entire city or even country off the face of the Earth, with no trace left behind.
    Truly the 'perfect crime'.
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Changes: N/A

[VitaVitaAR]

@PKMNB0Y: Accepted, the flaws in the grail being used as the explanation for why this version of Moriarty is summonable.

[King Cosmos]

@VitaVitaAR quick question. Is there going to be a discord for this RP?

[VitaVitaAR]

@King Cosmos: There is, I'll get an invite out.

[Anza]

Saber CS

Name: Minamoto no Raikou (AKA Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Ushi Gozen)
Class: Saber
Appearance: Ara ara ma ma...
Personality:
As a Saber, Raikou manifests as the super-serious defender of the Imperial Capital, the leader of the Minamoto clan who carries on her shoulders a heavy responsibility. As an intelligent commander and pillar of virtue, she carries herself with great pride in her strength and position, looking down upon the immoral and deceitful as nothing more than insects to be crushed beneath her heel. However while she may appear as a calm and ruthless warrior, she quickly shows a patient and caring side towards those she likes, perhaps out of a desire to relieve her own deep-seated loneliness. Those who do accept her for what she is, she treasures beyond all else.
Though she has no capital to defend in this war, she still retains a desire to "protect," and will defend her Master against any threat, no matter the cost. For Raikou, this includes protecting them from their own sinful nature, and quickly dealing with any scum who would seek to cheat or manipulate them. These strong instincts can make her difficult to control at times, but at heart, her loyalty is unbreakable.

Stats:
Strength: B
Endurance: B
Agility: D
Mana: A
Luck: C
Noble Phantasm: A+

Class Skills:
- Magic Resistance B: Cancels spells with a chant of less than three verses. Even if targeted by High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals, she is unlikely to be affected.
- Riding A+: All vehicles and all creatures up to the level of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast can be used as mounts.
- Divinity C: Raikou was born as the heaven-sent child of Gozu Tennou, so she possesses the Divinity Skill.
- Madness Enhancement E: The root of the mental degradation that affects her in other classes. Beyond her somewhat overprotective nature, this has no effect.

Personal Skills:
- Eternal Arms Mastership A+: The dexterity of combat arts performed to the extremes. Prevents the degradation of fighting skills no matter the kind of circumstances, even if she loses her armaments, etc.
- Mana Burst (Lightning) A: Mana Burst is the increase in performance caused by infusing one's weapons and body with Magical Energy and instantly expelling it. Because Gozu Tennou is the incarnation of Śakra (the god Indra), Minamoto no Raikou possesses the power of Kitano Tenjin (Raijin) over thunder and lightning. As a Servant, it is expressed as a Mana Burst Skill.
- Mystery Slayer A: The declaration that she was the strongest Mystery Slayer of the Heian period becoming a Skill. Allows her to rapidly analyze and counter abilities based on 'mystery,' such as magical weapons, divine power, and nonhuman physiology.

Noble Phantasm:
Name: Doujigiri Yasutsuna
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Appearance: Oni Slayer
Effects: A long blade understood to be the greatest of Japan's five most celebrated swords. A peerless weapon that magnifies Raikou's strength and swordsmanship.
However, its true nature is something darker: not an honorable blade of 'war' but a murderous blade of 'execution' that slew an intoxicated Shuten Douji. Once its true name is released, it will unleash a killing strike the instant the enemy lets their guard down or takes their eyes off the blade. Ordinarily, Servants with high Endurance or great defensive skill have a chance of surviving this attack, but those with 'Evil' alignment will be struck down no matter what.

Alignment: Lawful Good
Changes: Slightly different stats and skills, and a different personality and Noble Phantasm from her Berserker version. All changes are based on canon descriptions of her attributes and how she would manifest as a Saber Class.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Anza: Accepted.

[King Cosmos]

@VitaVitaAR

Rider Hannibal Barca

Name: Hannibal Barca
Class: Rider
Appearance:

Hannibal

Personality: Considered to be one of the greatest military minds in history, Hannibal is a man who inspired loyalty among his troops and fear within his enemies in equal measure. A fair and honourable man who never asked his soldiers to do anything he would not himself do; the fact he managed to survive 17 years in enemy territory with no desertions or conspiracies against him is a testament to his leadership and charisma than even his hated enemy of Rome acknowledged.

He is not cruel, despite accusations of such from the Romans. There are no stories of brutality which mar his legacy like some other great generals and his animosity towards Rome seems to only include the city itself and not its citizens. “I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.”

His is prideful and holds his own abilities in high regard; when asked by Scipio who he thought the greatest general Hannibal answered “Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus of Epirus and myself” and when further asked where he would place himself were he not defeated he answered "in that case I should have put myself before Alexander". This confidence makes him fearless, constantly able to challenge enemies larger and more powerful than himself.

Stats:

• Strength: C++
• Endurance: C++
• Agility: B++
• Mana: C
• Luck: D
• Noble Phantasm: A

Class Skills:
Magic Resistance: B
Riding: B

Personal Skills:
Enemy of Rome EX – As a young boy Hannibal was made by his father to swear an oath to never be a friend to Rome and in his adult he waged war with Rome, crossing the Alps and plaguing the empire for decades with his armies. He is considered to be Rome’s greatest enemy; so much so that “Hannibal is at the gates” became an expression of fear and anxiety even after he was defeated. Under this skill Hannibal becomes more power when fighting against any opponent associated with the city of Rome or the Roman Empire, increasing his strength, constitution and agility greatly (this accounts for the ++ added to those parameters).

Military Tactics A+ – Known as the “Father of strategy” for the manner in which his enemies adopted the strategies he used. Hannibal’s victories in Hispania and during the Second Punic War are legendary and he is regarded as one of the greatest military leaders of all time alongside such names as Alexander the Great and is lauded by future military leaders such as Bismark and Napoleon. Increases the power his Anti-Army Noble Phantasms by one level normally and by an additional level when “Father of Strategy” is active.

Charisma B – Hannibal was a notable military leader in part due to the sheer loyalty he inspired amongst his troops, in spite of the fact that they came from very diverse backgrounds. He would lead by example when in the field, taking no more food than his troops and going hungry when they did, sleeping in the open air beside them and personally leading troops into the fiercest part of the battle. When his army reached the Alps, many of his troops stated a reluctance to cross, being loyal to Carthage but not wanting to leave their homeland behind; Hannibal allowed them to leave unopposed rather than force them onwards.

Noble Phantasm(s):

• Name: War Elephant March
• Title : The Wrath of Carthage Marching to War
• Rank: B++
• Type: Anti-Army
• Appearance: A single large, one tusked war elephant with a large and decorative howdah on its back leading a herd of 37 other war elephants.
• Effects: Summons a herd of 38 massive war elephants, the number of elephants that were reported to be in Hannibal’s army prior to crossing the Alps. Despite most of them not surviving the crossing of the Alps the war-elephant corps are easily the most famous and most fearsome units in the army Hannibal led into Italy. As a Noble Phantasm the strength of these beasts is greatly exaggerated compared to when they were alive, practically being on the level of Servant’s themselves, with B rank strength, A rank constitution and C rank agility.
  
  Upon summoning this Noble Phantasm Hannibal will usually mount the lead elephant and begin a charge; this lead elephant is named Surus, the last surviving elephant during Hannibal’s Roman campaign which has only one tusk and carries a howdah for Hannibal to ride in. Surus can also be summoned alone if the entire herd is not needed.
  
  Servants caught in the path of the charge will be paralyzed with fear unless they possess a skill that negates mental interference or Bravery on a level equal to this Noble Phantasm.

• Name: Father of Strategy
• Title : Legacy of the Ancient World’s Greatest General
• Rank: A
• Type: Anti-Unit (Self)
• Appearance: N/A
• Effects: Hannibal is known at the “Father of Strategy” due to the way in which his enemy Rome adopted some of his military tactics themselves and added them to their strategic arsenal. A revolutionary military mind whose influence was felt for centuries to come, this Noble Phantasm is the embodiment of that legacy.
  
  This Noble Phantasm allows Hannibal to instinctively deduce the strategy or tactics of any military minded Servant younger than himself, as all strategies developed after his were derived from his own as the “Father of Strategy”. As well as granting him knowledge this Noble Phantasm also increases the effectiveness of his Military Tactics by one level against opponents he has deduced the strategy of and also reduces the rank of their own Military Tactics or similar skills by one parameter.

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Changes: N/A

[Sosuke]

Berserker - Muramasa Sengo (False)

Name: Muramasa Sengo (False)
Class: Berserker

Appearance:


Personality: Cold and distant, in part due to her inability to communicate orally. Still one gets the impression she is a recluse who keeps to herself and doesn't care about the world so long as it doesn't bother her. If her Master is accommodating she might develop feelings akin to 'responsibility' but it will typically be far removed from genuine care. Still she has a wish and so long as the one who summoned her doesn't impede that desire they'll be considered an ally.

Stats:
Strength: C (Raised to B through Mad Enhancement)
Endurance: C (Raised to B through Mad Enhancement)
Agility: B
Mana: C
Luck: D
Noble Phantasm: A

Class Skills:
Mad Enhancement: D
Under the effects of Mad Enhancement Berserker's Strength and Endurance rank up in exchange for the vast majority of her language skills being eroded away. She is reduced to expressing herself in mere grunts and basic expressions of approval or displeasure. Berserker also cannot easily comprehend complex thought for extended periods of time, lacking the enough rationality to continually process such dynamic information.

Personal Skills:
Sword Smith (Katana): A
The sole specialization of crafting peerless swords that were the cause of Muramasa's infamy and renown in Japan. Due to her exclusive knowledge of smithing it is impossible for her to use this skill to create anything else. Using gathered materials Berserker can make such swords, specifically katanas, that transcend any in the common era. These blades will contain the mystery of 'being a blade forged by Muramasa' and will be leagues above anything that could be forged by human hands. Further any swords that are created this way will be granted the 'demonic' property due to Berserker's legend.

These items can be used by herself or given to her Master as a high grade weapon that transcends modern sense. It can have varying traits based on the 'image' that Berserker has in mind when creating its body, such as creating wounds that are resistant to healing or a blade that lights with unholy fire. This is not omnipotent and can only grant the blades weaker concepts that fall in line with their evil nature. The final products will have an attack power rivaling between an C and A rank damage output when compared to other swords. It takes roughly one day of time to forge a new sword of this caliber. Weaker blades can be created much faster, within minutes, but they hold no more mystery than those of modern times.

Naturally the wielder's strength will factor into the damage and effectiveness when using these forged blades. Unlike with projection of a certain Archer, these swords are forged with no inherent history or experience. As such will have nothing for the user to draw on, considered lifeless even. Even if Berserker puts her entire experience into the blade a human will not be able to fight a servant since they are simply using a tool with their own body's natural abilities, much like fork or a pocket knife. The following Swords have been created.

Peerless Ingenuity - B
The ability to retain one's proficiency in a craft despite any mental affliction or injury of the body. This differs from Eternal Arms Mastership in that it only affects skills that do not qualify as techniques of war. Where a soldier trains their body to remember the motions of their sword an artist trains their mind to never forget their prowess off the battlefield.

This skill allows a servant to display their full artistic prowess despite any hindrances. For a magus it could be magecraft, for a singer it could be how to elegantly enchant those around them, and a scribe could remember and reproduce any work or map they'd ever produced. In Berserker's case it is the elegant craft of forging swords. Even under the effects of Mad Enhancement she can create swords just as effectively as she had in life. In fact under her current mental state one could say its the only purpose or pleasure she finds in her maddened existence.

Conglomerate of Demonization- A
This is the skill that result of the facts surrounding Berserker simplifying a group of individuals into a single entity of legend.

The School of Muramasa sword smiths has overtime devolved from a craft and school of multiple people to the myth of a single individual who was a cursed artist who only brought misfortune. As a result all of the souls that are attributed to 'a maker of the demon swords Muramasa' have congealed into a single entity. Hundreds if not thousands of personalities have coalesced into a single soul that is the culmination of experience and tragedy, shunned by all who laid eyes on their works.

While all of the souls are molded together but individual from one another, the most compatible soul is the form that Berserker took. In other words this womanly form was the one who bore the most similar personality to the world's interpretation of Muramasa Sengo. Normally this would cause a conflict in an individual but since they are all an entity working towards a common goal they become a single unified entity, abstract but strangely linked completely.

These various souls inside of her make it impossible to affect her with any sort of malicious compulsion or interference by any means. Further, even though they were smiths and not warriors... Their culmination of knowledge put them on par with any great Swordsman. In this case the total experience outweighs the genius of the individual.

Noble Phantasm(s):
Name: Juuchi Yosamu: The All-Consuming Demonic Edge
Rank: B
Type: Anti-Unit
Effects:The demonic blade that is the ultimate height of Murasama's skill as a sword smith, used in a contest between herself and Masamune. It had been forged to be impossibly sharp, designed to be the sole finest cutting edge among Japanese katana in history forgoing any regard for other traits. Due to Juuchi Yosamu having been worshiped as 'A blade that cuts all it touches' which transcends the normal basis of bladed weapons and has been elevated to a conceptual weapon of cutting. By design it cannot be said to be a normal sword for combat and slaying her enemies but rather a tool exclusive to flawlessly cutting and severing humans and objects alike.

When the peerless edge comes into contact with an object, the blade checks if the object can indeed be cut and if so the target material is converted instantly from 'This can be cut' to 'This has been cut'. The stroke of Juuchi Yosamu ignores all other factors including strength, mystery, and any materials that the object has been constructed out of. An example of this would be most beasts comprised of flesh and blood. No matter their defense or the age of its mystery this sword can cut the beast because 'flesh can be cut' even though normally the blade would have to have the correct 'traits' to harm the beast. Juuchi Yosamu bypasses these requirements since it is a 'thing which can be cut'. As a conceptual weapon its abilities extend beyond affecting physical matter and is equally potent against entities that are without concrete form, such as demons and spiritual entities. Its cutting power is limited however to distinct objects and forms; Abstract things such as 'the future' and 'fate' are excluded due to the fact these are a metaphysical concept. This renders its effectiveness much less absolute than eyes that can observe the Root.

In the Holy Grail War this concept of 'cutting' will generally apply to enemy servant's armor and spiritual body. Without question this blade can cut through magically woven armor with no resistance since any armor is not absolute and can be pierced by a superior weapon. Defenses that are comprised of a conceptual armor or space will generally be exempt from the 'without question' category. Juuchi Yosamu can also cut cleanly through a servant's body no matter how durable its materialized form is, as long as it makes contact it will cleanly sever without any resistance. Nameless weapons that are simply of a superior design will also not be able to resist. These can include a wicked nail and chain, a massive rock slab, or simply a flawless silver sword. They are simply objects of a fine make and not any sort of mysterious object that can resist a sharper edge cutting through them.

Noble Phantasms are generally the only thing that can resist Juuchi Yosamu concept of cutting, but its not an absolute defense. In these cases the generally accepted 'The Greater Mystery will prevail' applies. Noble Phantasms of lesser rank (C rank or lower) will not find themselves able to withstand Berserker's swings and will be cut cleanly without any resistance. Objects of equal and greater (So B rank and above) rank will be unaffected by Juuchi Yosamu concept and function as normal without any danger of being severed, but can naturally still be damaged as normal (B rank or above). Noble Phantasms that's Rank changes based on their method of use, such as Mordred's Clarent, will be checked at the time of contact and be split if its rank is of equal or lesser rank.

Name: Akuma Tan'ya: The Malevolent Smiths' Collective
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Unit
Description: The collective of 'Muramasa' school had a vision for the ideal of a 'sword'. Now a collective entity it could say that all of those ideal creations became the ideal for the One. All of them are masterpieces worshipped as the peak of an existence by the collaborative entity known as 'Muramasa Sengo'.

In much the same way that the magecraft 'Gradiant Air' exists, Berserker is able to shape raw Od into an ideal shape befitting their mental image. All the 'gaps' in the illusion are filled in by the cumulative experiences of the many existences within 'Muramasa Sengo'. Though, the weapon is still an illusion, and will break after one hit but at the same time is not a sword limited by history, reality, or acceptance from humanity. Its the freedom to create any sword that one wishes to hold in their hands.

[Effect]: This Noble Phantasm would generally be sealed due to Berserker's Mad Enhancement. However due to Berserker's 'Peerless Ingenuity' Skill she can make use of such a complex Noble Phantasm despite mental hindrances. This ability allows Muramasa Sengo (False) to be able to transcend the traditional shaping of metal and directly craft magical energy into a finite shape matching their mental image. Despite never being magi in life this is a skill bordering on magecraft, expressing how talented of a smith this collective is.

As long as the upkeep for this Noble Phantasm is paid, as a Single Action, Muramasa can conjure a sword in her hand fitting her mind's image at the time. If she imagines a sword that hits with the weight of a 100 swords that's the property the created sword will have. If she imagines a Sword of Ice that freezes the air itself, then so it shall be. These swords can be swung a single time before shattering before the 'illusion' shatters into ambient magical energy... But she can freely create them mid combat as long as she's supplying this effect. Unlike certain archers she cannot use them as Projectiles, at least not in the 'Berserker' vessel. This effect lasts for 10 rounds, with a 10 round cooldown before its used again.

Alignment: Neutral Evil
Changes: This isn't true Muramasa Sengo, but instead the culmination of school of smiths persecuted in his image. The entirety of a collective worshiped as a single person of great renown... Their swords branded as Evil by Japan. The appearance of Berserker is female because the 'individual' most like Muramasa himself happened to be a feminine persuasion, so that was the appearance the collective took.

[Raineh Daze]

@Sosuke

All. Slots. Are. Occupied. There is no room for anyone to randomly join. Everything is claimed. This RP is full.

Maybe this will help:


Or this link to the character tab showing that every Servant is accounted for.

[Sosuke]

My apologies, I noticed the 'Full stats' afterwards... I couldn't find out how to delete the post. I am admittedly unfamiliar with this site having joined recently. Apologies for the extra hoop you needed to jump through.

[Raineh Daze]

Sorry, but I'm just frustrated that every time a thread is marked as full, people will automatically try to join it.

[KoL]

I expect to have my CSs posted by this coming weekend at most.

Brynhildr is easy since she's a canon character and my Master CS is like 70% done or so. I just to sit down and work out the last few kinks in them.

[Sosuke]

No worries. Happy hunting for everyone involved~

[VitaVitaAR]

@King Cosmos: Accepted.