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Why does it not work as a personal skill? It's not like it's a legendary weapon or a blade beam.
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Because you said that Personal Skill needs to be a NP.
And I will take B ranked STR and C ranked END. It's about the normal parameters for a Saber in the first place, and as I said before, Musashi was known for his physical prowess; he devoted his life to martial arts.
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"Hold his own" is a bit flexible. Coincidentally, Musashi liked flexibility. What it does varies depending on the skill in question.
The skill does not allow him to just brute force his way through things, because why would use use a rough sword that's a horrible idea. It does mean that after gaining info on a technique or better yet, observing its use, he can determine gaps and weaknesses in its use. By figuring out a work-around, he can force the opponent into where he personally shines: direct combat.
Admittedly, this does rely on my own ability to find gaps and weaknesses in a NP.
And I guess I'll tone STR and END down by a point each. Whatever.
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So what I'm getting from this is that a hokey half-assed summoning can create a hokey half-assed version of a Servant, that is still tangentially connected to the original.
Given how Musashi is apparently going to be summoned with a hokey half-assed ritual, I'd like to it would fit the bill to a certain extent.
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I also dimly recall Jack the Ripper and Alexander having variants.
If I may offer my thoughts on the matter.
Dracula has been depicted differently in certain materials even when summoned as the same class (see: Extra Drac as opposed to Apocrypha Drac), so variants of Servants seem to be within the realm of possibility.
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Actually it refers to "Like Water". I don't get why it wouldn't be allowed, since it's essentially a weaker version of Knight of Honor, with a title that suits Musashi.
So to clarify, playing a character that's literally a carbon copy of a servant is allowed, but playing a character that is figuratively a carbon copy is not?
And on the other skill, Book of Five Rings is a skill that lets him hold his own against NPs provided he has prep time.
It ties into his real-life historical habit of exploiting weaknesses in enemy techniques and weapons, and also he wrote a book of how if he caught you doing this he'd kick your ass.
His combat stats being higher than Kojiro's makes sense because, historically, he beat Kojiro in two hits with a stick.
The high strength especially makes sense. Katanas are heavy swords, and Musashi used his one-handed to develop his dual-wielding style. Moreover, he's historically described as being physically very large. I recall his height being listed as something like six feet, which was tall for a Westerner, let alone a Japanese.
hat said, non canon variants of a canon servant would be accepted, right? I mean things like Archer Heracles, or Saber Diarmuid would have they been game, 'cause I feel it's a fair point