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[Constructman]

Fiore dei Liberi

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Class: Saber

• Alternate Classes: Lancer, Rider

Name: Fiore dei Liberi

• Other Names: Fiore Furlano de Cividale d'Austria, delli Liberi da Premariacco

Place of Origin: Italy
Alignment: True Neutral

Parameters:
Strength: B
Endurance: C
Agility: A+
Magic: E
Luck: C
Noble Phantasm: C

Class Skills:

• Magic Resistance (D)
  Only provides protection against Single-Action spells.
• Riding (B)
  Most vehicles and animals can be handled with ease.

Personal Skills:

• Eye of the Mind (True) (B)
  Capable of calm analysis of battle conditions even when in danger and deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. So long there is even a 1% chance of a comeback, this ability greatly improves the chances of winning.
• Protection from Arrows (B)
  As long as the shooter is within the line of sight, this skill user can track down ranged weapons with his eyes and defend against them. Does not apply for attacks made from super-long-range or with a great area-of-effect.
• Eternal Arms Mastership (B)
  Prevents degradation of fighting skills when under the effect of mental hindrance.
• Flos Duellatorum (-)
  Total memorization and internalization of the fighting system of Fiore dei Liberi. See the Noble Phantasm section for details.

Equipment:
In the Saber Class, Fiore will be summoned with two swords - an arming sword and a longsword - and a dagger. He will also be wearing a suit of armor. If summoned as Lancer, he will wield a short spear and a poleaxe; and as a Rider, sword, lance, and horse. He will keep the dagger for all of his classes.

Noble Phantasm:

Spoiler:

Flos Duellatorum: Flower of Battle (Anti-Unit Martial Manual, C)
Fiore's manual of fighting, Flos Duellatorum or Fior di Battaglia, contains a series of "plays" for unarmed combat, dagger fighting, sword, sword in armor, poleaxe, spear, and mounted combat. These plays are both counters to the fighting of the uneducated as well as counters to his own counters. Having memorized all of these plays by heart, Fiore can execute them flawlessly when a situation presents itself. If an enemy attacks in a manner that Fiore encountered in life and recorded in his book, Fiore will reflexively perform the proper response. Even if the incorrect weapons are involved, as long as an attacker's "play" resembles one that Fiore recorded in his book, he will be able to respond without conscious thought, automatically adapting his technique to fit his current weapon. In close combat, this makes his style of fighting a never-ending series of counterattacks, confounding his opponent at every turn until they are cut or bound. This Noble Phantasm synergizes extremely well with his skills, meaning that the only way to stop Fiore would be to either use a series of unfamiliar techniques in quick succession, immobilize him, apply excessive force, or attack him with a thaumaturgical or conceptual technique that is impossible to block or that he can't break through.

The true Noble Phantasm Flos Duellatorum is not what was just described above, which is a skill akin to that of Tsubame Gaeshi, Wu Er Da, and Mumyou Sandanzuki. Rather, it is a copy of the book Fiore wrote in life that he carries on his person at all times. Fiore does not need this book in order to use its techniques, as he has memorized its entire art. It can even be destroyed without penalty to Fiore's fighting ability. The benefits of having it intact are that it can be used to teach others his art. Individuals who read the book and who can fully understand the meaning of the techniques will be able to use Fiore's skill Flos Duellatorum as if it were their own. As well, the book contains blank pages in which Fiore can add strategies to counter abilities he has only encountered during the Holy Grail War. This Noble Phantasm can have its ownership transferred to other individuals, whether it be to Fiore's Master or to a Servant Fiore feels is worthy of carrying the art should his own defeat be guaranteed.

Lore:

Spoiler:

Fiore dei Liberi was a knight, mercenary, and diplomat, as well as the first of the Italian fencing masters. His name faded into obscurity shortly after his death, but there are some today who view him as one of the greatest swordsmen of the Common Era.

From a young age, Fiore had an inclination towards the study of the martial arts. It was this drive that defined his entire life. Studying under fencing masters across Italy and the Holy Roman Empire, he eventually synthesised all of their teachings into one fighting system that he recorded in his manual Flos Duellatorum.

Starting from 1381, he was known as a fighting instructor for men who had imminent duels, as well as a trainer of mercenary forces. He moved across Italy, never settling down in one place but always changing masters and employers. Whoever needed help from Fiore would receive it.

After the year 1400, Fiore dei Liberi disappeared from historical records. While there are rumors of him serving other lords like he had always done, no verifiable sources can be found. His date and place of death are unknown.

Personality:

Spoiler:

Fiore as a person is level-headed and professional, even in his private moments. He is capable of emotionally detaching himself from situations and instead acting through either cold rationality or pure reflex. This, in addition to his personal history, may suggest loyalty issues, but the fact is that once he has taken a contract, he will keep to it until it is over. As a result, him betraying his Master is close to impossible.

Fiore's passion comes from instruction in the art of the sword, and when he is teaching, fractions of his normally cold personality start peeling away, revealing a younger, more energetic Fiore. However, while passionate about teaching, he does not view himself as the master of all things combat related; rather, he is very humble and will be quick to admit his own inferiority should an even greater master appear. Such feelings do not exist for frauds and charlatans, however, which he will have to be restrained from butchering.

Due to never having contact with the "magical" side of the world in his life, Fiore will likely have a difficult time adjusting to the presence of Magi and users of "supernatural" weaponry in a Grail War. He will almost certainly have a mental breakdown if he survives a confrontation with an enemy he cannot counter in any way due to what he would call "conceptual mumbo-jumbo". As his entire legacy is based on his martial art, he will not take having it utterly invalidated kindly. On the contrary, should he meet an equally skilled and relatively "mundane" swordsman or spearman in the Grail War, he will be thrilled by the opportunity to test his skill and will be a very gracious loser if he falls.

His wish for the Grail would be to be more widely remembered, and that a more accurate rendition of swordsmanship would take hold in the media. As a side note, he cannot watch most historical or fantasy TV shows because he will get annoyed at the quality of swordsmanship in them.

Miscellaneous:
Likes: applying his mind to develop his body, honest and eager pupils
Dislikes: ruffians, frauds, Magecraft
Talents: teaching people in a cryptic manner
Natural Enemy: Cu Chulainn, Siegfried, Heracles
Catalysts: one of the original manuscripts of his Flos Duellatorum/Fior di Battaglia
Notes: Fiore considers Rider to be his best class, as it allows him to use the full extent of his art. However, due to his association with the longsword, he will receive a fame boost from being in the Saber class, with his strength, endurance, and agility being one rank up from their normal levels.

[Zork Knight]

Koschei has... No Endurance? Does that mean he just falls apart whenever he's hit? Though considering who he is, that's hardly a problem. I was entertaining the idea of a Caster with no Strength parameter, who would exist as annintangible spirit, so having another entity with a null parameter made me more confident. His Noble Phantasm would make him a pain in the ass for less pragmatic and knowledgeable masters, and he's probably overpowered to a degree because of it; but once somebody finds out who he is, he just screams "gank my master!".

On an aside note, I thought that the Magecraft skill was for Heroic Spirits in other classes he could use Magecraft? The two we've seen so far are EMIYA and Fionn Mac Cumhaill, primarily physical fighters but also renowned for their mastery of Magecraft, while Koschei seems to be entirely a magus. Maybe give him High Speed Incantation and Elemental instead? Elemental (Water) if you want to be specific and not have him be an Average One.

Never seen anything about Magecraft being meant for non-Caster classes only. Also, the lack of Endurance is because D&D undead have no Constitution (cuz they're dead).

[Constructman]

Never seen anything about Magecraft being meant for non-Caster classes only. Also, the lack of Endurance is because D&D undead have no Constitution (cuz they're dead).

Just extrapolating since we've only seen the skill on two canon Servants, neither of whom are Casters. I just thought that the skill might be redundant, since Koschei was of the Caster class, and was obviously a Caster. Paracelsus and Blavatsky are modern Magi yet they don't have the skill, so... *shrugs*

What would that look like in the Fate verse though? If another Servant stabbed him with a sword, would he be able to tank it or would he just blow up? Or would nothing happen because he has no "hitpoints"?

[Zork Knight]

Just extrapolating since we've only seen the skill on two canon Servants, neither of whom are Casters. I just thought that the skill might be redundant, since Koschei was of the Caster class, and was obviously a Caster. Paracelsus and Blavatsky are modern Magi yet they don't have the skill, so... *shrugs*

What would that look like in the Fate verse though? If another Servant stabbed him with a sword, would he be able to tank it or would he just blow up? Or would nothing happen because he has no "hitpoints"?

He wouldn't blow up. He'd just happen to have a wound in his chest now.
I mean, corpses don't blow up when you stab them.
Usually.

[You]

I just thought that the skill might be redundant, since Koschei was of the Caster class, and was obviously a Caster. Paracelsus and Blavatsky are modern Magi yet they don't have the skill, so... *shrugs*?

oh oracle of GO mats please continue giving us info about which Servants don't have what.

[Constructman]

oh oracle of GO mats please continue giving us info about which Servants don't have what.

... Got me there.

[Canon]

If you want to bring GO into it, there's even a Caster who doesn't cast anything

[SpoonyViking]

oh oracle of GO mats please continue giving us info about which Servants don't have what.

What about "Fragments"? Do we know what casting Skill Paracelsus has in "Fragments"?

[You]

What about "Fragments"? Do we know what casting Skill Paracelsus has in "Fragments"?

Para's skills in fragments are "Item Creation, Territory Creation, High speed incantation, and more."

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hi larious
sakurai laughing at you nerds beacuse sakurai isn't a nerd

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[Canon]

I like how there's a bullet just for pronouns but skills get a など

[You]

I like how there's a bullet just for pronouns but skills get a など

Importance:
First Person Pronoun Usage >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skills

[Funderfullness]

Class: Caster

STR: E
END: D
AGI: C
MGI: B
LCK: D

Class Skills

Territory Creation (C): Capable of constructing a simple Workshop.

Item Construction (C): Caster mainly specializes in alchemical concoctions,
including drugs and poisons. Her expertise in chemistry and botany allows
her to maintain a garden of plants whose growth is magically accelerated.

Personal Skills

Patient Zero (A): Denotes that Caster was the index case for an epidemic. Due to this
status, she is immune to any diseases caused by skills or Noble Phantasms lower than
rank A, but she still carries the disease inside her, making it still possible to spread.
For those that are ranked higher than A, she can develop resistance or immunity faster.

Pharmacology (C): The study of chemicals that alter biological functions. Though her
circuit count is low, Caster makes up for it with a wide knowledge of chemistry and
biology. Indeed, the use of drugs and poisons has been considered by many to be on
par with witchcraft since the Age of the Gods.


Noble Phantasm

Choreomania~St. Vitus' Mania (B, Magecraft)

A process that Caster developed herself that transforms typical drugs into "living" contagions,
making them more akin to a virus. The type of drug can range from simple painkillers to powerful
hallucinogens or poisons. Through careful use of these new "viruses", Caster can quickly control
the actions and perceptions of a wide population. This Noble Phantasm is named after the most
famous instance of its usage: the Dancing Plague of 1518, where it was used on ergot fungus and
caused hysteria after it forced around 400 people to dance for days without rest, some of whom
died of heart attacks, strokes or exhaustion. Particularly dangerous drugs Caster could acquire
in the modern world include rohypnol, cocaine, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), opium and the
infamous "zombie drug", scopalamine. Since Caster's magecraft is used on the original substance
and the modified "virus" is not itself magical, Magic Resistance does not offer any protection.
Rather, resistance to disease and poisons are what one needs to overcome Caster.

Background

Frau Troffea was a German magus from Strasbourg who is largely unknown to history save for her
mistakenly using her magecraft on ergot fungus and creating the Dancing Plague of 1518, where
the fungus caused hysteria and involuntary seizures where the victims dance for days on end.
By the time authorities ruled out astrological or supernatural causes, Troffea had recovered
and fled the country. Though the plague was caused by magecraft, it became known that it was
caused by mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness. Remnants of Troffea's magecraft lived on,
occasionally starting new instances of strange plagues, such as more dancing or laughing plagues
or fainting epidemics.

[Bird of Hermes]

Frau Troffea is an interesting caster, focused more on bacteria than casting spells. Patient Zero is basically Poisonproof but working on skills and NP's instead of disease in general which fits her. Pharmacology is basically needed for her in order to compete otherwise she'd be a Caster weaker than Gilles. However bad she may be in a fight, she makes up for it with indirect combat with her contagions. Overall, pretty versatile.

[mewarmo990]

I like how there's a bullet just for pronouns but skills get a など

Importance:
First Person Pronoun Usage >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Skills

I love this. Like a big middle finger to all these power levelers, telling you to read the damn book

Does every Servant have a field for that, lol

[Theoneandonlyz]

Funderfullness

Quick question about Frau Troffea. You indicated in her Item Construction that she's an alchemist specializing in concoctions, a potion maker. But her Pharmacology skill and Noble Phantasm both focus on mundane, modern substances by way of examples. Can she apply whatever she creates using her Item Construction to her Noble Phantasm? Also how does what she brew up compare to modern substances?

Also what's the infection vector for Choreomania? Contact? Airborne? Ingestion? Memetic? Whatever the hell she wants?

[Funderfullness]

Funderfullness

Quick question about Frau Troffea. You indicated in her Item Construction that she's an alchemist specializing in concoctions, a potion maker. But her Pharmacology skill and Noble Phantasm both focus on mundane, modern substances by way of examples. Can she apply whatever she creates using her Item Construction to her Noble Phantasm? Also how does what she brew up compare to modern substances?

Also what's the infection vector for Choreomania? Contact? Airborne? Ingestion? Memetic? Whatever the hell she wants?

Yes, I suppose she could use her NP on magical substances, but she has a better aptitude for mundane drugs.

Making the infection vector whatever she wants seems a bit OP, so I'd say airborne since that would be the most consistent with accounts of the Dancing Plague.

[RoydGolden]

Funnily enough, I've just realized that none of my Casters are conventional magicians/spellcasters. I'd done a library (of Alexandria), a blacksmith (Haphaestus), a French king (Louis XIV), another blacksmith (Muramasa), a saint (Patrick), an American president (Obama, joke Servant), a warrior (Gideon), Donald Trump (surely a category unto himself), a painter (Escher) and a fairytale villain ('Stiltskin). Not one of these has been known for feats of magic in the way, say, Medea was. Patrick and Haphaestus are the closest, since he's a saint known for committing miracles (close enough to magic) and she's a god(dess) whose inventions were pretty much magical.

[Constructman]

Any comments on Fiore?

[Bird of Hermes]

Class: Caster
True Name: Mary Poppins
Alignment: Lawful Good
Place of Origin: England

Strength- E
Endurance- D
Agility- C
Mana- C
Luck- B
NP- C

Height/Weight: 154cm/42kg
Likes: Make Up, Well Behaved Children
Dislikes: "Naughty"
Talent: Punishment and Discipline
Natural Enemy: Misbehaving Children and Teenagers

Class Skills:

• Territory Creation (B) - Creation of a "Workshop" becomes possible.
• Item Construction (D) - Capable of only constructing minor magical artefacts.

Personal Skills:

• Animal Dialogue (A+) - Communication of intention with animals that don't speak a "language of words". She can communicate perfectly with both animals and interestingly enough, babies.
• Charisma (E) - The natural talent to command. Charisma is a rare talent but in rare cases, there are things that can affect the personality development of the owner. In the case of Mary Poppins, this resulted in the case of a "Natural Maid" against whom no one could object.
• Housework (A+) - A skill to measure one's ability to do chores, such as cooking and cleaning. At this rank it would not be an exaggeration to call her a perfect Nurse, she can even use common household objects like pots, pans and mops as weapons to surprisingly effective proficiency.

Noble Phantasm

Nurses Purse A Bag of Holding (Support) (C) - Mary Poppins held a purse that contained anything and everything that could be useful. This is as her purse acted as a gateway to a pocket dimension of infinite size. The bag contains an enormous volume of powerful mystic codes such as an 'Umbrella of Flight' or potions that accelerate healing. Mary can place her hand inside the bag and whatever is currently required will be drawn to her hand ready for use. Mary can even put living beings within the purse for confinement. However there is no light or warmth within, so if a living being is place within, it would not survive for more than a few days. The bag is hardy and can take damage but if cut in two, everything within the vicinity will be pulled into the rift that has been cut open into the pocket dimension.

Lore

A magical English nanny, she blew in on the East Wind and arrived at the Banks home at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London where she is given charge of the Banks children (Jane, Michael, John, Barbara, and Annabel) and teaches them valuable lessons with a magical touch. She acts very stern and vain, but the Banks children become involved in the most mystical occurrences while in her company.

The original Magical Nanny, she has a knack for making big entrances and vanishing the moment her job is done with no warning whatsoever. She is something of a "Weirdness Magnet" and various strange events will continue to occur around her but will deny anything "peculiar" happening around her, saying she is "Nothing but a prim and proper lady".

Mary is very vain and is always admiring herself in the mirror and other reflections. She is kind, affectionate and very loving but she is strict and will impose a sense of structure on a family that badly needs it, she will repeatedly say things like "Lawful Good is not Lawful Nice". She would leave the entire family of the children she cared for in awe of her with her firmness and attention. She is very firm and is perfectly willing to discipline any naughty children who will learn that behaving themselves can be fun.

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Mary is a bit of a joke servant and done for a bit of a laugh. The first books were written in the 30's, only 50 years after 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and if Nursery Rhyme can qualify for a servant, hell Mary can too.

Comments are nice.

[RoydGolden]

Mary Poppins: Well, the concept of her as a Heroic Spirit is pretty silly (in a good way) but the sheet itself is sound. Charisma (E) was patterned off of Gawain's variant, right? Albeit adjusted to fit Poppin's specific temperament. Housework Skill is pretty funny, if not exactly the most useful in a Grail War. If you wanted you could stretch it a bit and say it also grants proficiency in using all kinds of household tools as weapons (pots, dustpans, brooms, et cetera), though in that case an A+ rank would likely be more fitting.

NP is nice, albeit simple. Certainly wouldn't be a Mary Poppins sheet without some mention of umbrella-enabled flight, after all. And the idea of her stashing her Master or even enemy Servants in that bag of hers is certainly amusing. Also, congrats on the Neopolitan FC. That is literal perfection.