There are stupid questions, but if you pretend you were just joking you should be okay.
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The best business pitch is to throw the business ball past the business batter to the business catcher.
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I sometimes hear about someone having skeletons in their closet. Ok? How do you know they're still in there? You can't just assume a skeleton is gonna stay still. This is your house, not a graveyard.
Achilles can cancel spells targeting him with a chant below two verses. This skill cannot defend against magecraft on the level of High-Thaumaturgy and Greater Rituals.
Achilles can use vehicles and all creatures up to the level of Phantasmal Beast and Divine Beast as mounts. However, he cannot ride members of the Dragon Kind.
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Personal Skills
Achilles is the child of Sea Goddess Thetis and human hero Peleus, granting him medium Divine Spirit aptitude. This skill also has an effect which reduces special defensive values called 'purge defense' of the enemy in proportion to the Divinity's Rank. Achilles can break through Skills such as Protection of the Faith and Enlightenment of the Sacred Fig.
Due to affection from his mother, Thetis, Achilles' Strength, Endurance, and Agility parameters are ranked-up. These improved ranks are displayed in parentheses next to Achilles’ parameters.
It is possible for Achilles to continue fighting even with mortal wounds so long as he does not receive a decisive killing blow. Also, once combat ends, it is nearly impossible for him to succumb to his wounds afterwards.
Achilles is immune to mental interference such as pressure, confusion and fascination. This skill also has the bonus effect of increasing his melee damage.
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Noble Phantasms
Name: Andreias Amarantos
Title: Amaranth of the Brave
Rank: B
NP Type: Anti-Self
Range: 0
Maximum Number of Targets: 1 person
Description: The Noble Phantasm maintaining Achilles' gift of immortality from having been blessed and exalted by the Olympian Gods. Any attack against him is nullified, including physical damage, the "normal attacks" of Servants, and even Noble Phantasms, regardless of rank. It cannot be pierced by power alone, but it does have three weaknesses. The first is that those who possess the Divinity skill are able to harm him. One with Divinity of Achilles' rank or greater can deal full damage to him, and for every rank below Achilles' Divinity the damage is reduced by 25%. Those without Divinity but in possession of Divine Constructs can deal damage so long as the Divine Construct is being used to attack, and the damage will be based upon the weapon's rank in the same way as Divinity. The second weakness is that Achilles is only protected from actions which can be considered "attacks", so something like a vampire's bite meant to display friendship would affect him as normal. The third weakness is that his left heel is not protected by this Noble Phantasm, and wounding it will permanently negate this blessing.
Name: Diatrekhōn Astēr Lonkhē
Title: Spear-tip of the Star Traversing the Skies
Rank: B+ (temporary rank-up to attack power)
NP Type: Anti-Unit
Range: 2~10
Maximum Number of Targets: 1 person
Description: Achilles's Hero-killing spear given to him by his father, Peleus. It is a simple spear with sturdy workmanship, able to pierce hearts and penetrate defences with every strike it makes. When its true name is called, it creates a "Duel Field" for Achilles and his opponent where no luck, outside help, or even gods can intervene, and the combatants can only leave when one of them has been defeated. Various rules of the duel can be agreed upon by both participants before hand, and this effect cannot be used on an unwilling opponent or one who is much weaker than Achilles. Due to immense regret for killing the Amazonian Queen, Achilles will not call its true name against a female opponent.
Name: Troias Tragoidia
Title: Tempestuous Immortal Chariot
Rank: A
Type: Anti-Army
Range: 2~60
Maximum Number of Targets: 50 people
Description: Achilles' three-horsed chariot. Two of the horses are nigh-immortal while the third is simply quite strong. It boasts extraordinary power, "riding like lightning", and is very difficult for enemies to stop. Increasing its speed also increases the damage it deals. At its highest speed it is just like a giant galloping lawnmower, but consumes a harsh amount of mana.
Name: Dromeus Komētēs
Title: Comet Form
Rank: A+ (raw power)
NP Type: Anti-Self
Range: 0
Maximum Number of Targets: 1
Description: The embodiment of Achilles' legend that he is the fastest among all the heroes of all eras. Far beyond his Agility parameter, he can almost instantly close the distance between himself and anything in his field of vision, and his spear thrusts are rapid enough to be likened to a storm. Rather than calling its true name, this Noble Phantasm is activated by Achilles stepping out of his chariot. If his left heel is damaged, the speed this Noble Phantasm grants will be reduced by about 70%.
Name: Akhilleus Kosmos
Title: The Miniature World Enclosed by the Azure Sky
Rank: A+ (raw power)
NP Type: Barrier
Range: 0
Maximum Number of Targets: 1 person
Description: The shield of Achilles, a Divine Construct forged by the Greek smithing god, Hephaestus. It is a defensive Bounded Field Noble Phantasm that can stand against nearly any attack when its true name is called by deploying a miniature world, allowing it to protect against Anti-Unit, Anti-Army, Anti-Fortress, Anti-Country, and Anti-Divine Noble Phantasms. With the shield's nature comes its sole weakness to Anti-World Noble Phantasms. Also, although Hephaestus likely never intended it, the shield can be used to "attack", by aiming to crush the opponent with the miniature world and continuously pushing forward after its deployment.
I should be able to post some time tomorrow, though possibly later in the evening. If no one else has summoned by then, August will gladly take the opportunity.
EDIT: Come to think of it, Archer and Rider should both get fame bonuses here. I don't think those stick once we leave town, though.
The Servant in question is Achilles, with his "Affections of the Goddess" skill. As for Discord I'm not big on voice chat but it would make for a good place to have back-and-forth conversations without clogging things up in the thread, so I'd vote yes.
A quick question: If a canon Servant has a skill that passively ranks-up their parameters, is that rank-up on top of their written parameters, or is it counted already?
Non-Canon Servants must be approved by a moderator or administrator before placing them in the accepted thread. In addition to this, Canon servants will be limited to two noble phantasms for the most part, though it is uncommon for a Servant to have more than a single noble phantasm.
The phrasing makes me think 'canon' was meant to be 'non-canon' there, though I can make it work either way.
This looks interesting. Too bad I guess you're not interested in original Servants with the identities of canon Servants, but I'll find something to app over the next couple days if I'm still welcome by that time.
"Naturally, I'm in as well," August affirmed to the Director without standing up, "After all, no single force should dominate the entire world. Some amount of conflict is required to keep things active..Even if their cruelty is not aimed at us, the Greys receiving their wish can only make the world a sad and stagnant place." It was a fine answer, but ultimately a perfunctory one. August had received his task, one that also offered a chance at a wish, and so he had no doubt of his own commitment, as his expression made clear. If Orson is providing a private plane, I think I'll take along a few extra weapons. He considered the sorts of tools that might be required to deal with a challenge on this scale, as well as what functions might be made obsolete by the presence of Servants, before reserving that train of thought for after the meeting had concluded.
August glanced briefly around the room, and his thoughts were taken to the relic contained in his briefcase. "It seems that all the Masters of Black have been brought together, but we're still missing our Servants. Director, should we clear these chairs for a summoning circle, or do you have another room reserved for that purpose?" As he said this, August rose to his feet, clearly prepared to act on either answer. Although he was still processing everything he had learned from the briefing, nothing that had been revealed so far had given him significant pause, and while he valued the strategic information that had come to light and there were obviously various details that would have to be investigated and dealt with on site, in that moment he was simply prepared to take the next significant step towards becoming a true faction in the Great Holy Grail War. August thought of his briefcase and his allies whose capabilities he had learned of so far. "The sooner we summon our Servants and see what they're made of, the sooner a real strategy can take form."