I posted this sheet over on the Monthly Servant Sheet challenge and I don't think there's any rules about cross-posting your own sheet so here it is. If there is a rule, let me know and I'll delete it from here.
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Foreigner
“Gangster Computer God worldwide SECRET CONTAINMENT POLICY, made possible SOLELY by worldwide Computer God Frankenstein Controls, especially LIFELONG CONSTANT THRESHOLD BRAINWASH RADIO ( quiet and motionless, I can slightly hear it; repeatedly this has saved my life on the streets ). FOUR BILLION worldwide population ALL living have a Computer God CONTAINMENT POLICY BRAIN BANK BRAIN, A REAL BRAIN, in the Brain Bank Cities on the far side of the Moon, we never see”
Profile
Master --- Description True Name Francis E. Dec
Sex Male Alignment Chaotic Mad Attribute Human Alias “The ‘Last Human’” Parameters STR E MAG E (A) END E LUK D- AGL E NP EX
Skills
Class Skills Existence Outside the Domain E- (???) Class skill associated with Foreigners. Denotes a being that descended from the void of outer space or exists stringently outside of the human order. However, due to the unique existence of Dec’s history and insanity, the very nature of this skill is brought into question. Madness Enhancement A A class skill usually attributed to Berserker’s. However, due to Foreigner’s innate insanity, he has earned this skill. Yet, he lacks the typical attribute boosts seen of this class skill. While one is generally still able to communicate with him, his ability to seemingly conclude or understand anything not in relation to his “delusion” is rendered obsolete.
Personal Skills Mind of the Tethered C This skill allows Foreigner to get brief insights into the thoughts of individuals (or rather briefly skim the outer layer of the consciousness of those around him) but this requires him to be “perfectly still”, allowing him to avoid any potential danger with enough forewarning but makes it so that he is at risk all the same. Innocent Monster B A skill possessed by Servants whose true history and existence have been distorted by the monstrous reputations and gossips they accrued across the course of their life and thereafter, without concern for the actual person's will or appearance. Francis E. Dec’s life both during and after has been attributed to his persecutory and paranoid rants over the nature of the world around him and history has deemed him as someone who’s insanity is “something to be made fun of and not taken seriously” and exploitation of Dec that came about as a result of his life. An image society only tends to remember him as without taking heed to his message hidden with the madness and only as the insanity-riddled man as he seemed to be. Delusions of the Last Human E~A++ A skill unique to Foreigner and yet a unique subset of the skill held by Abigail Williams' Mass Hysteria. A passive and always active skill that allows Foreigner to actively degrade the insanity of “non-humans” in his general vicinity. This effect starts off small in the beginning. Perhaps the feeling of being watched or feeling followed by unknowable forces. Then the voices began to whisper inside your head, as you become increasingly paranoid of both your surroundings and those around you. The voices get louder, you begin to see things that aren’t there, you begin to distrust those around you. Fear grips you as you realize that being outside simply isn’t safe in more. You isolate yourself as your mind begins to break down from the constant exposure and the auditory and visual hallucinations worsen as visions of a bleak future haunts you, taunts you…
delusionsOne’s mind, unable to handle the fierce assault of madness, begins to falter under the oppressive weight of this “reality”.
Until the mind itself becomes nothing more.
Only those deemed as a “true human” or rather, one not under the control of the “Computer God” seemed to be immune to this skill. In the eyes of Foreigner, he is the only human left free of the sinister Computer God's control and all others are merely a puppet for said ‘evil god’ to make use of. Therefore, all humans and even Servants are in direct danger from this skill, given long enough exposure. This skills directly attacks and corrodes the minds of those associated with the “Human Order” or, in short, it makes it so that those exposed to this skill not only develop a psyche that goes against the standard human mentality and propels them into a “abnormal way of thinking” but those exposed and not able to endure corrosion are left in a vegetable state.
A human shaped puppet with no thoughts or will of their own. In Dec’s mind, this is him simply freeing the masses from their tether to the Computer God, that it had maliciously planted within every human and was sending the thoughts and
sensations experienced by humans to the ‘Brain Bank’ on the Moon controlled by the Computer God, and their paranoid and eventual comatose state simply them “getting used to be being free once more”. An innocent and benevolent thought one could say, if not for the fact this act resulted in the exact opposite result.moon cell
Servants with high levels of Magic Resistance can withstand this mental assault but even they will too begin to come under the effects of this skill given enough time. In conjunction with his Noble Phantasm, this skill becomes even more disturbing as it is able to spread to those outside of his general vicinity with those “infected” with this thought virus able to pass it on to the unsuspecting masses.
Noble Phantasms
Delusionary War with the Malicious God
Secret Containment Policy
Noble Phantasm Foreigner’s Noble Phantasm, which is a true crystallization of Francis E. Dec’s crusade to combat the Computer God and its influence on reality. This allows Foreigner to “cancel out” the influences, blessing, technologies or even curses of the malicious deity. Or rather, it allows Dec to neutralize Servants or individuals that have a divine, supernatural or technological background. After all, all foreign deities seen in myths and technologies used predominantly by the masses are merely “aspects or Avatars” of the Computer God itself, therefore giving him the ability to affect them as a crusader in the war to free humanity and “contain” them. Servants with the ‘evil’ attribute have their parameters further decreased.
However, this Noble Phantasm can not be used with the significant use of magical energy or without Command Seal as it is likely that Foreigner wouldn't be able to be sent into a battlefield to use it in the first place without very convincing persuasion on the part of a Master. Another weakness of this Noble Phantasm is that it’s duration is extremely short and is not long lasting like his passive skill, meaning that a very physically abled servant with an innate high magic resistance able to resist both his NP and passive skill for a time or one from long distance can put an end to Foreigner with relative ease.Rank A+ Type Anti-Conceptual Range 30 - 60 meters Max Targets 0~99 salvationYour Only Hope for a Future
The 26 Manuscripts of the Madman
Noble Phantasm
rantsForeigner’s Noble Phantasm represents his final plans in freeing humanity and saving the ‘universe’ from the evil of the so-called “Gangster communist Computer God”. This represents his 26 manuscripts pinned by Dec in life. To awaken the mind of the masses and for them to observe the grand conspiracy taking place right before their very eyes.
This Noble Phantasm can only be used in congruence with his passive skill, which allows for him to expand its range and allows for it to become “contagious”, passing outside of his initial limited range, affecting person to person. A thought virus in every sense of the word. And by its nature it spreads at the same efficacy and virility of any contagious virus. Spreading by distance, contact, communication, through technological means, all unknowingly by those who are infected. In Dec’s eyes, this is him finally freeing humanity and fighting back against the Computer God. But from an outsider’s perspective, this can only be seen as a wide scale attack on humanity and the Human Order itself. Turning humanity into a similar mental state as that of Foreigner in life before succumbing to a vegetative state, free of all thoughts.
vesselsA salvation in the sense of the word and the perfect state to allow all of humanity become 'free'.
However, this is perhaps not even Dec’s true Noble Phantasm but has been “hijacked” in some way to further the goals of a malicious force. Whether it is born of his own mind or an outside force used to perpetuate its own agendas is unknown.Rank EX (?) Type Anti-World Range --- Max Targets 0~999
Character
Biography/History Francis E. Dec was an American lawyer and outsider writer who was best known for his typewritten diatribes that he independently mailed and published from the late 1960s onward. His works are characterized by highly accusatory and vulgar attacks against groups of people and conglomerates under the control of a vague force known as the "Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God" or Computer God for short, who had humanity under it’s complete control and only he was capable of combating it and it’s malicious assassins sent after him in an effort to silence and halt his mission from saving humanity. Henceforth living as recluse and mass-mailing wild, paranoid typewriter-keyed rants around the country and world, living in fear as a target “individual”.
Indeed, Dec’s crusade against this malicious God is something truly worthy of being deemed as a cause worth fighting for.
If the Computer God was real that is.
In reality, the Computer God that Dec viewed as his enemy was nothing more than the delusions of a tragic figure struggling with extreme paranoid, delusionary schizophrenia. Unable to escape from this reality he had orchestrated for himself, and deemed himself as the “only human” left free of this illusion’s control when it was in fact he who wasn’t truly in control the entire time.
A man afflicted by the disease of the mind, writing the experiences of his own reality he was trapped in.
A mental illness so strongly manifested that it ravaged the mind to the point that Dec would slowly but surely become more and more isolated from the very humanity he wanted to save with his own mind. An illness so strong that it might as well, had become “reality”. Oftentimes, it is the most mundane horrors that afflict humans that often inspire fear the most.
The loss of one’s mind.
The fear of not knowing what is what.
The fear of being trapped in one’s own mind can inspire true terror, especially when one doesn’t even realize it themselves.
This is the sad and horrible existence that is Francis E. Dec, the Last Human.
…However, several questions begin to surface.
In particular, why has Francis E. Dec been summoned? A servant of Dec’s stature shouldn’t be capable of being summoned outside of being a Phantom and yet, he has manifested completely as a servant, albeit a physically weak one. For what purpose is he here?
Dec would answer, “to save humanity” however his existence itself proves contrary to that very statement.
For what reason would the Counter Force or Master manifest such a servant who’s very threat would serve as an existential threat to humanity, if left unchecked? Unless it wasn’t the Counter Force.outer god?Perhaps, Dec’s mental state has truly created an enemy for him to battle against in the form of the “Computer God”?
Or perhaps, there is a more sinister intent from an outside force behind his summoning. A possibility that this so-called Computer God is no mere delusion but is something far more malicious; set on bringing “salvation” to humanity by any means necessary. After all, while his rants were indeed insane, they held grains of truth to them relevant to the modern day as his writing speaks to a feature of technical delusions that became increasingly prominent in the second half of the twentieth century with the further advent of technology and his writings most certainly warned of this. Dec's screeds are emblematic in their careening, amplified panic over imperious yet chimerical powers that seemingly are everywhere all the time and yet can never be fully confronted or understood.
If this is the case, who’s to say that the Computer God isn’t real?
Perhaps merely hiding it’s true form…?
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Personality/Character A man, full of potential lost to his madness. However, one can have a conversation with him to find him to be a rather intelligent, albeit paranoid individual who often goes on tangents, making his insanity all the more tragic and horrific in retrospect. Though the only way to have a conversation with him would prove dangerous to that person as coming into his range could prove costly in the long run. Especially if one were to “fall into his delusion”. Though a Master may very well be immune to this as Dec may view them as another ally who freed themselves of control of the Computer God, thus viewing the Master as a “true human” like himself
However, in spite of his mental illness, Francis E. Dec, while he may have been seen as propaganda and plans from the Computer God that haunted his mind, he managed to inspire and entertain others by creating something worth reading, appreciating and worth remembering for decades to come while in battle with his mind itself. A feat worthy of praise and in of itself.
Gameplay
Gameplay
★
HP: 6,789
ATK: 5,667
Deck: AAQQB
NP: Arts
Quick: 3
Arts:4
Buster:1
Extra: 3
NP: Arts
Skills
Mind of the Tethered C - Allows evade for 3 hits for 3 turns.
Stuns for one turn.[Detriment]
Innocent Monster B - Gains critical stars every turn for 3 turns.
500% Chance to reduce own defense by 18% for 3 turns
Delusions of the Last Human A++ --
Skill seal 1 enemy for 2 turns
Decrease defense by 20% at max for all enemies
Decrease NP gauge of all enemies by 1
Decrease defense for all allies by 10% [Detriment]
Decrease NP gauge of all allies by 10% [Detriment]
Noble Phantasm
Delusionary War with the Malicious God: Secret Containment Policy
Seals NP for 3 turns.
Reduces defense for 3 turns(10% to 50% at max)
Reduces attack for 3 turns (10% to 50% at max)
Bond CE
Bond CE
The Potential of Man Succumbed in Madness
Allows for Debuff Resistance for 3 turns, when equipped.
Interactions
Traits Earth, Weak to Enuma Elish, Threat to Humanity
Voice Lines Character interactions
Baggage: An obvious apostle of the Computer God. Avoid at all costs
Frankenstein: Won’t be fooled. Won’t be taken in by the Frankenstein controls even if the Computer God put it into the form of a beautiful woman.
Any Russian servants: Communists, therefore under the direct control of the Computer God. Avoid at all costs.
Any other Foreigner servants: Direct ‘Avatars’ of the Computer God. Can feel it’s ‘evil’ taint on them the most. Especially avoids to make sure he isn’t assassinated.
BB (Mooncancer): Absolutely terrified. Believes her to be the Computer God itself in a human, physical form. Dec's enemy is right before him and yet all he feel is abject terror.
"She must be it! She must be! Just look at the way she--it's dressed?!" Dec says in relation to Mooncancer BB's second form, confusing "gyaru" for "gangster"
Likes
Writing, combating the Computer God in whatever way he can
Hates
His brother, the Computer God, anyone directly aligned with the Computer God
About the Holy Grail
An obvious trick by the Computer God to take a wish on the Grail so that the Frankenstein controls can enable the Computer God to take direct control of him. Has no interest as a result
Authors Note on this Incredibly Mundane sheet
This is my first time actually doing the Monthly servant sheet challenge so when I found out that the pretty broad theme was going to "horror" I wanted to do something the expressed what I like to call "mundane horrors" or horrors that we and those around us have to deal with eventually in our lives and ones that are common enough to be perceived as mundane but still terrifying in concept. In that regard, I chose to go with mental illness or the 'terror of the mind'. Now this sheet isn't a dig at those with mental illness mind you but personally find the idea of your mind wasting away and actively working against to be one of the most terrifying things a human can go through. The mind is what makes us who we are and for it not only go away but to actively hinder and destroy you? That's some existential dread if I ever heard it and things like Alzheimer's and schizophrenia signify that for me and yet I still wanted to show that people can still be brilliant in their own way despite that. The 2nd form of horror is in relation to how the servant itself functions and expands on the first.
If you read the sheet, I used the term "thought virus" or i.e a "logic virus" and if you every played Halo or know any of it's lore you can realize how terrifying that is in concept and one that I hopefully managed to get across in the sheet. Mr. Dec here is basically a walking talking "thought virus" and he doesn't even realize it and actively believes he's doing good in some capacity, which is scary in of itself and that is on top of the man being trapped within his own mind. As for the Foreigner class selection, I personally always liked the class but it being limited to merely being connected to an Outer God to be rather limiting ( I know we got servants like MHXX and Voyager but still) and my definition of Foreigner has always been something that is inherently antithetical or outside the 'Human Order' itself not merely in relation to an Outer God even if that counts under that definition. So I made Francis condition is rather vague. Is the 'Computer God' merely a self constructed delusion on Francis's part or is it actually some Outer entity manipulating him behind the scenes in some respect or hell maybe a bit of both? Who knows. I'm a bit self conscious posting this given all the high quality sheets already here but screw it.
As to why I chose Francis E. Dec? Well, he was different for one thing and I had saw a documentary on him this week actually and as I was watching I was like, "I can make a servant based on that". And I'll admit Dec and his rant is admittedly hilarious and yet poetic and very sad as well when you learn the deeper context and really illustrates how scary mental illness in my eyes can be. And while I generally had this idea knocking around in my head for the past week, I basically did this sheet in one sitting. No beta, we die like (wo)man.