I was thinking more in the line of say how "office equipment" bring the idea of a computer and a printer, etc to the mind. Very generic items like those Waver had on F/Z.
Sure. The thing mainly is that there are basically infinite things you can do with a workshop. The most basic kind of workshop would just be some place you threw a Bounded Field up in for stuff like alert systems and controlling the area's mana, and you don't really need supplies for that, just time. Supplies only really come into play if you're doing more complicated stuff, normally.
all the apparatus required for the creation of a temporary workshop
Clarify this.
Anyone whose fate is read using this deck will be subject to the possession of a demon intent on actualizing such fate, be it for good or ill.
Clarify what exactly this refers to, ie is it Demonic Possession in the sense of a being from a higher dimension trying to incarnate in the flesh, is it a curse of fate manipulation similar in atmosphere to Mystic Eyes of Jinx, etc.
The excessive wealth is fine, but if you intend on using it for things that the average person wouldn't be capable of obtaining, you'll need to obtain permission in PMs first.
Not gonna lie, I was pretty concerned you were gonna pull a @Tatsua Aiisen and app loli EMIYA. I'm glad you didn't because I would have said no.
If we're being technical then you probably shouldn't be able to summon him without some bullshittery like Rin's pendant or p l o t, but since if I applied that logic to you I'd have to apply it to everyone and make things a lot messier as a consequence, he managed to avoid the banlist.
I have a Rider pretty much ready to go. Just need to actually get the concept down in words and adjust for balance and shit.
EDIT: Realized Rider wouldn't work if he just had one NP available. Can rework him as an Assassin.
Two is acceptable if he really rationally should have them and it isn't just mindless wank. PM me if you like.
That said, counting both yours and the post below yours we do have three people vying for the Rider slots, so Assassin may be for the best.
What's the verdict on unique class skills? Might we be afforded one, within reason? Throwing my idea out there, for that matter; Never Alone: [Rank] A skill the negates or diminishes any boons enemy servants receive for fighting a servant with this skill one on one, or pertaining to assassination. Sneak attacks are harder to achieve, and the Presence Concealment skill suffers in a rank decrease.
Will be making a Rider.
If you mean Personal Skills, then making your own Personal Skills is absolutely fine; if anything, it's encouraged so long as they make sense. Class Skills are fixed, so you can't make your own of those.
Sorry D4C is True Magic memes so that's banned I apologize for the inconvenience but have you considered such timeless ability sets as a turtle that has a room in it because this would be fine if not for the fact that you cannot roleplay a turtle as turtles cannot use keyboards
Mhm, I'm pretty surprised as well, but we got a decently-sized sign on of people, plus a couple more prospectives who are currently PMing me, so I figured we might as well get the OOC up to make the application process cleaner.
We'll probably start the RP proper once, say, five or so Master/Servant pairs have been put together. That may change as circumstances arise though, of course~
As an aside, if you plan on making an application and you've decided on what they'll be, let me know so I can jot that down in the Characters tab. For instance, currently we have two people making Lancer-class Servants, so it might be for the best that others avoid that class if they can so we don't step on any toes.
And remember, people are probably going to app Servants more than they are Masters, so people willing to make Master and Servant applications (or just Master applications alone) are appreciated~
Class: Ruler Name: ??? Master: Holy Grail Noble Phantasm: ??? Keyword: Ruler STR: E, CON: E, AGI: D, MGI: D, LCK: EX Magic Resistance: B, True Name Discernment: B, God’s Decision: A+ Paragon: A, ???: ?, ???: ?
01 - Noble Phantasm
Information not available.
02 - Ruler
Administrative class container used by the Holy Grail itself. Results in the Class Skills of Magic Resistance (B), True Name Discernment (B), and God’s Decision (A+). With these class advantages, even a third-rate Heroic Spirit can become a first-rate threat.
There are two cases in which a Ruler will be summoned. The first case is when a Ruler is summoned due to the Holy Grail War taking place in an extremely peculiar form and an unknown number of consequences would come about as a result. In other words, this refers to cases when the central pillar of the ritual, the Holy Grail, deems that the Servant Ruler, who is under no one’s control, is needed in this ritual. The other case is where there is a possibility that distortions will appear in the world due to the effects of the Holy Grail War.
In this case, the reason is currently unknown.
01 - Paragon (A)
Among Heroic Spirits, the status of being a hero is something that goes without saying. There are the strongest heroes, the most celebrated heroes, the most charitable, the most devout, and so on. A hero is fundamentally “the one and only”, something that can do the impossible and save those who are fated to die.
This, however, is a form of mental nature accorded to those who can be considered “heroes for heroism’s sake”. Ruler himself is a low-class Heroic Spirit that could only be called third-rate without the benefits of his class container; however, he stands tall as a shining beacon, an incorruptible monument to the potential of humanity. If beings such as Heracles and Ozymandias rank among the strongest heroes, Jeanne d’Arc ranks among the purest, and Karna ranks among the most charitable, then Ruler can be said to rank among “the most heroic of heroes”.
“Strive, live, and burn up brilliantly. This is our duty as men.”
Class: Archer Name: ??? Master: Matou Zouken Noble Phantasm: ??? STR: D, CON: E, AGI: B, MGI: D, LCK: E Magic Resistance: C, Independent Action: B Clairvoyance: C+, ???: ?, God of the Bow(?): EX
01 - ???
Information unavailable.
01 - Clairvoyance (C+)
Capable of keeping track of fast-moving object within a range of four kilometers.
The plus modifier signifies a capacity similar to Presence Detection, in other words the ability to sense the presence of things and see through trickery. Illusions will have no sway over him, and concealment abilities of an equal or lesser numerical value can be nullified.
02 - ??? (???)
Information not available.
03 - God of the Bow(?) (EX)
An ability a half-step from an Authority, the unique skill that is Archer's ability with a bow. Archer was an absurd existence who was capable of striking down demons and gods with his arrows. For any other existence, this would likely be a Noble Phantasm, but to Archer this is not a feat but rather simply something he accomplished as easily as breathing.
At no point in his life did his arrows ever fail, regardless of what they were aimed at. In other words, it can be said that at the time when his arrows are loosed, parameters become meaningless.
...however, this only applies if the arrow is loosed. Moreover, firing an arrow in this way necessarily consumes a proportional amount of magical energy, making it a capability that must be used sparingly and strategically.
As Archer's True Name is unknown, the true name of this skill is inaccessible.
01 - He Who Lost Fortune
Information not available.
“Oh, that was a dumb fuckin' choice you just made.”
Class: Berserker Name: Dulle Griet Master: Unknown Noble Phantasm: Gate of Hell STR: C, CON: C, AGI: B, MGI: D, LCK: A+ Mad Enhancement: EX Collector: A, Tainted Charisma: C, Hell's Fear: EX
01 - Gate of Hell: Devil’s Treasury
A rank, Anti-Unit Noble Phantasm.
Avarice, antagonism, alienation. The crystallization of Berserker’s pillaging of Hell. This is the capability to open a gate to an “other world”, in order to bring things from Hell to the world where Berserker is. Furthermore, an implicit ownership is possessed over all such beings. The static rank of this Noble Phantasm is thus simply due to the fact that the Noble Phantasm fundamentally is merely opening a gate and the status of owner, rather than applying to the objects of Hell itself.
This world contains “everything mankind uses to damn itself”, examples being the myriad weapons bearing titles of “cursed” and “demonic”, tomes of forbidden knowledge, tools designed to create human suffering, and curses that have acquired biological form. It does not include the ruler of Hell, but for all intents and purposes Berserker owns anything “The Ruler of Hell” can be said to own.
There is always a world of death. An underworld, Hell, Naraka, Tartarus, something of this nature always exists. It is a basket into which mankind places its fears and that which it deems evil, the monster under the bed to urge morality. If the strongest Heroic Spirit possesses everything mankind can give rise to, then this is a Noble Phantasm representing everything that mankind’s consciousness has created and named a tool to curse itself with.
...in other words, the shadow cast by the Golden Capital.
01 - Collector (A)
The "talent" to collect high quality goods—a "luck" that draws rare items into the possession of the Servant.
Berserker is a collector of treasures, but she is not one who gathers the treasures of the Earth. Rather, she is the one who strode into the land of human fear and death to pillage all within it and seal it into her collection.
Rather than possessing individual items that were there, it is better to say that what she had obtained was "Hell itself", the very crystallization of the legends of the land of damnation that cycle throughout human mythologies.
02 - Tainted Charisma (C)
The capability to use avarice and hunger as means to unify groups and command armies. Should an individual have a desire that can be sated through violent means, it is possible to tap into that desire and bring them into one’s fold. At this rank, creation of a small army of devoted misfits is possible.
03 - Hell’s Fear (EX)
The condition of an existence who marched through Hell, pillaged it, and returned unscathed. A conceptual immunity to and dominion over Hell’s existences. In other words, a burden of existence and extension of the Noble Phantasm “Gate of Hell”.
All demonic beings are incapable of exerting any form of unwanted or antagonistic interference upon Berserker, whether this be physical, mental, conceptual, interdimensional, status effect, or otherwise. Given its nature as something that “triumphs over what humanity calls demons”, this can extend to beings which are not demons but which are merely granted that moniker by men, albeit with a 50% reduction in effectiveness. Furthermore, a status effect of fear is inflicted on all such demonic existences with regards to Berserker, with the severity of this depending on one’s “strength as a demon”.
Moreover, in the case of those demons whose place of origin is the world accessed by her Noble Phantasm, Berserker’s commands are an absolute dogma.
It should, however, go without saying that those beings that humanity can never match, those beings akin to evil gods, are fully exempt from the effects above. Conquering human fear does not equate to conquering that true abyss, after all.
01 - She Who Plundered Fortune
Just as there is always a Hell, so too are there always those who enter it. The mountain-destroying goddess, the exalted muse, the demon king supreme over gods, the greatest hero of Greece. And yet, there are none who have truly conquered that Hell. The goddess was stripped at the hands of the abyss, the muse failed to see his love returned, the Demon King failed to make death a relic of the past, and even that mighty hero, witnessing two friends trapped, could only save one.
In a way, Hell is thus the embodiment of something people should not be able to reach. Even if you have the power to crush the god of death underfoot, you have not conquered Hell. To conquer Hell is to conquer human fear, human torment, and human punishment. It is not that Hell contains All the World’s Evil, but it is that Hell contains those crafts of human imagination that this very imagination calls repulsive. In all legends, Hell must stand tall. Even if there is a hero strong enough to conquer Hell, he must not, because to invalidate Hell is to invalidate the push to morality that those legends attempt to cultivate. Even though the greatest hero of Greece had many times defeated his uncle in combat, he had never once conquered Hell. Even though the Demon King who ruled over all three worlds had bested the first man to die, he had never truly conquered Hell.
This is Berserker’s power. Berserker is a low-grade spirit. Compared to the chief heroes of culture spheres, or even to second-rate Heroic Spirits, she is undoubtedly weak. She is simply a raving lunatic, bearing no combat skill, no great reverence, no humans who sing her praises. An irrelevant figure of a small branch of folklore whose feats can be counted on one hand and whose legend has not even reached half a millennium in age. Yes, she is weak, she is undoubtedly weak.
However, she has done what all of those great stars of man had failed in doing: she conquered Hell.
She ventured into the darkness and robbed it blind. She was someone whose original fortune was irrelevant, for with nothing more than a mad determination that puts even the strongest of heroes to shame, she overwrote reason and fate and created her own providence by stealing it from Hell. She is simultaneously a testament to the unending power of human will and a frightening clown who has acquired power that she should not have.
A weakling who has done what the strong could not. A mere footnote who has come to possess mankind’s terrors. A third-rate Servant who has undeservedly come to take the title of “most powerful Servant in this Holy Grail War”.
It is for this reason that she is granted the title of heresy with regards to the theme of this story. She is not one who lived without fortune, one who had fortune and lost it, or one who had fortune and was killed by it. She is one who lacked fortune and so stole it.
