Turboshitter

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It was approved.

It's not reality warping, it's information-altering. Saint Graph modification is par for the course; this has little difference where a difficulty standard is concerned. It's not as if it's altering that core impulse from [ ]. In terms of age, mystery, and power, he's decisively low-class.

The comparison to Shakes is also pretty moot since First Folio doesn't alter information, it just "shows you a story".

@Over Illusion

So is it just changing people’s memories and the written references to something, or can it affect the physical world? What happens if they change a vital detail of someone’s legend? Will that Heroic Spirit or people’s memories of them change to accommodate the alteration or is it limited to just changing what’s written in history books so they all say stuff like “Napoleon rode into battle on a giraffe”? I’m a bit confused.

Also Shakespeare’s NP never made much sense to me. I was operating under the assumption that it was actually altering the “story” in a meta sense, not just showing you illusions (keep in mind I haven’t finished Apocrypha yet).

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Ay yo it's your boy Berserker

@Over Illusion

Was that approved by Fiddle? You probably should’ve waited to put that in the character tab. Also, as entertaining as the idea of 18th century Berserker Donald Trump is, that NP is a bit... out there. Especially for someone of his youth and minimal fame. I mean, Shakespeare pulled that reality warping shit too but it only worked under really esoteric circumstances and he was also William motherfucking Shakespeare.

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Here’s my Baba Yaga WIP. I’m gonna fill out the remaining sections and make it look nice when I have the time but I want to get this out here in the noosphere for review ASAP.

Caster

"Hmmm... I wonder if I can use this apple to lure in any small, easily-poisoned children..."

Class: Caster
True Name: Baba Yaga
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Height/Weight: 243cm/136kg

Personality:
History:

Stats:
STR: D
END: D
AGL: B
MAG: A
LCK: B

Class Skills:

• Territory Creation (A): Construction of Baba Yaga’s Hut, which is superior to a Workshop, becomes possible.
• Item Construction (A): Capable of making healing potions that grant limited immortality.

Personal Skills:

• Divinity (D): Worshipped as a minor goddess or avatar/emissary of the Earth Mother by some, Baba Yaga is guaranteed the bare minimum protection afforded to a goddess.
• Potnia Theron (D): As an extension of the Earth Mother in Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is permitted use of this skill, though its effectiveness compared to a true or major goddess is severely downgraded. Allowing the communication and parthenogenic “birthing” of various animals and monsters, it makes Baba Yaga’s hut a frighteningly well-guarded place.
• Elemental (A++): Baba Yaga is commonly associated with the Earth Mother and is attributed with control over the elements as well as the weather. While her ability to control the weather does not allow her to do much other than dictate the day’s forecast because she lacks access to Koschei the Immortal’s island of Buyan, the home of the winds personified, her command over the raw elemental forces is excellent, giving all her elemental attacks a Rank Up in effectiveness and allowing her to summon Elemental Masses as familiars, which she refers to as “her four horsemen”. Little is known about them, but they appear not to be the same Four Horsemen known throughout Judeochristian lore.
• High-Speed Divine Words (B)

Noble Phantasm(s):

• Name: Baba Yaga’s Hut
• Title: The Chicken-Legged Castle
• Type: Anti-Army/Anti-Fortress Bounded Field
• Rank: A+
• Range: 1-99, though ultimately irrelevant due to its mobile nature
• Description: Baba Yaga’s mobile hut, a magical fortress made from rough-hewn stone and yew that walks on a thousand chicken legs like a millipede. Capable of walking, running, and even jumping hundreds of feet in the air, the hut is a mobile magical weapons platform, amplifying Baba Yaga’s innate magical abilities to the point where continuous use of Anti-Army magecraft (i.e. gratuitous beam spam) becomes possible. When it decides to settle down in one place, fences made of human bones pop up all around it, skewering any unwanted intruders who attempt to enter without Baba Yaga’s permission. The hut is capable of taking as much damage as it can dish out, requiring an Anti-Fortress NP to completely destroy it (since it is itself a fortress), and any damage that it sustains in battle can be fixed with the aid of the trees of the forest, which aid Baba Yaga in the construction of her hut. Outside of the forest, the hut’s self-repair function is inhibited by the corresponding distance from nature, but it can still rebuild itself, albeit slowly, by harvesting materials in the surrounding area. There have been times when Baba Yaga’s hut has been made from a variety of scraps and patchwork materials, and with the addition of its many skittering legs, it takes on a chaotic, almost protean atmosphere, like a living thing.

• Name: Mortar & Pestle
• Title: I’m Not the Average Witch!
• Type: Anti-Unit, Anti-Army (when used in conjunction w/ magecraft)
• Rank: B
• Range: 1-99, though ultimately irrelevant due to its mobile nature
• Description: Baba Yaga’s vehicle of choice for when leaving her hut becomes a necessity (this can be in case of emergency, a need for stealth and subtlety, or just plain boredom with Baba Yaga). The mortar and pestle she normally wields in her kitchen increase in size in an instant, becoming a witch’s staff and flying chariot rather than mere kitchen implements. The mortar can fly at speeds greater than modern commercial aircraft and achieve similar heights, while the pestle becomes a Mystic Code capable of amplifying Baba Yaga’s magecraft to a degree suitable for short excursions outside the defensive perimeter of her hut. While neither are exemplary Noble Phantasms in and of themselves, their utility and synergy together makes them worthy of their rank.

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Right, I'll finish it ASAP so you can give a proper judgment. Either way, I wouldn't go as far as anything like High Thaumaturgy or True Magic, even pairing oneself with Caster Cu's skills should be next to impossible to a modern magus, and he's more or less the standard I'm working with for this.

Also, it's good to know that you like Mahou Tsukai no Yome as well. I have yet to read the manga, but I'm really liking the anime so so far. It's one of the best stories I've seen in a while.

@Kuroyomihime

I’ve been meaning to watch that, how good is it?

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Hopefully gonna have a WIP for Baba Yaga done in the next hour or so, @ADamnFiddle

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Nah, he already said no. Regardless though, I have apped Koschei, but if I feel like I have another servant that would be more fun I might just change tbh.

@TsundereStorm

Whatever you want, bro. Though it would be interesting to see Baba Yaga and Koschei either fighting or working together, since they apparently knew each other in life according to some tales (some of them even say Koschei was a herdsman for Baba Yaga but let’s not hurt his pride too much xD)

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I've just had situations where I apped with the phylactery as immortality like it would be and it's almost always a no go. So I just gave it this instead which is comparable.

@TsundereStorm

Fair enough. In most cases it would be too, but Fiddle seemed okay with it when I floated it past him, so maybe ask?

Also, SLAVIC SERVANT SMACKDOWN! KOSCHEI THE IMMORTAL VS BABA “OG” YAGA! COMING TO YOU THIS SATURDAY ON DARK AMAZON!

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@Turboshitter Yo I wanna see your koschei app. I wanna know what I missed when I was making mine :^)

@TsundereStorm

Okay so “finishing touches” might’ve been a slight exaggeration, but here’s what I had:

Hider

Class: Caster
True Name: Koschei the Deathless
Gender: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Personality:
History:

Stats:

• STR: C
• END: E
• AGL: C
• MAG: A
• LCK: E

Class Skills:

• Item Construction (A)
• Territory Creation (A)

Personal Skills:

Noble Phantasm(s):

• Name: Marya Morevna
• Title: Hidden Inside an Egg Inside a Duck Inside a Hare Inside a Chest Beneath an Oak Tree On an Island in the Middle of the Ocean
• Type: Anti-Unit (Self)
• Rank: A+
• Range: oo
• Description: The phylactery made by Koschei the Deathless, a powerful sorceror and renowned warrior who sealed his death away in a place no one would ever find it. Its container, a needle, was once buried far away in a land rarely visited by man. When the immortal lich is summoned as a Heroic Spirit, it is placed in the hands of his Master. A powerful tool for both controlling and empowering Koschei, possession of the needle is the ultimate bargaining chip more powerful than a Command Seal, as well as the means by which Koschei remains immortal. So long as the needle remains unbroken, his concept of death is trapped inside it, rendering him unkillable by even the most extreme means. Magecraft, Noble Phantasms, Mystic Eyes of Death Perception; all are useless. Even if Koschei were to be reduced to nothing but elementary particles in a planet-destroying blast, he would quickly reform so long as whatever killed him did not also destroy the needle or kill his Master. However should the needle be destroyed, a task which even an infant would not find troubling, Koschei’s death comes home to roost inside him, and he will immediately perish as the sum total of the damage done by time and his enemies returns. A singularly powerful and unique feat, this Noble Phantasm represents the first time a human was able to truly part ways with their own concept of death, becoming the inspiration for the enduring legend of the lich.

I’m honestly kinda surprised you made his phylactery an auto-regen NP instead of, well, a phylactery. I get balance and stuff but being unkillable except for his one super-specific weakness was kinda Koschei’s thing.

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Koschei; The Immortal

Name: Koschei

Title: The Immortal/The Deathless

Class: Caster

Gender: Male

Appearance

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Personality: A dark and broody person. In life, he enjoyed tormenting others with his magic, sure of his powers and safety. The kind of person who plans out what needs to be done before trying to do it.

History: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koschei

Weapon: None

Parameters:

STR: D

CON: C

AGI: D

MGI: A+

LCK: C

Class Skills:
Territory Creation: A
Creation of a “Temple”, which is superior to a “Workshop”, becomes possible.

Item Creation: A
Capable of making healing potions that grant limited immortality.

Personal Skills:
High-Speed Divine Words: B
High-Thaumaturgy level Magecraft can be cast at the speed of Single-Action spells.

Weather Control: EX
The ability to control the winds and weather. This ability stems from the legend that Koschei’s island of Buyan is the origin of all weather, where the three brothers that are the wind personified reside.

Animal Dialogue: B
Because the intellect of the creature is not increased, only somewhat complex nuances can be made clear.

Noble Phantasm:

Name: Phylactery
Title: The Mystery of Immortality
Rank: B
NP Type: Anti-Unit
Range: -
Number of Targets: 1 person
Description: In life, Koschei obtained status and immortality as a Lich. His Phylactery was a needle that was hidden inside an egg, inside a duck, inside a hare, inside a chest of iron (Crystal or Gold in some legends) that was buried under an oak tree on his island. Rather than creating a Phylactery, this concept of immortality is imbued into Koschei’s very being when he is summoned. As such whenever he is damaged or wounded, the wounds are immediately restored at 1/15th the mana cost he would otherwise have to expend to recover from said damage.

Name: Buyan
Title: The Isle of the Winds
Rank: A plus
NP Type: Barrier
Range: -
Number of Targets:
Description: Koschei has the power to summon all or parts of the Island of Buyan. Buyan is the magical disappearing island where Koschei hid his soul for safe keeping so that he would never be killed. This Noble Phantasm is simply an island. Everything meant to be on the island is on it.

@TsundereStorm

Dude I was literally just putting the finishing touches on my own Koschei app this morning xD

It’s okay though because I had the better idea to use Baba Yaga while I was at work today. Claiming that other Caster spot now, just in case someone ninjas me again.

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I don’t wanna step on any toes here, but isn’t Achilles just a tad OP? Like, this is just me here, but I’d rather square off with Berserk-Herc than Achilles. Dude has a ridiculous number of NPs on top of his eponymous heel.